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London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

PREAttI THEATIfICAL ROM

(rime ♦ PAM WA U or NM 8)

An extraordinary scene which took place at the
Theatre Francais, last evening, will form a topic of
conversation for some time. The Comedians per-
formed, or rather intended to have performed, The
Marriage of Figaro, the representation of which has
been interdicted for some months past. The first
two acts were highly entertaining ; at the commence-
ment of the third, when the Count and Figaro are
on the stage, some persons in the pit observed that
Figaro suppressed one or two passages in his part ;
these passages were loudly demanded : the actor
could not impute it to a lapse of memory, as the
Prompter was there, and one of the audience, after
having. attempted to supply the omission, offered him
the printed Flay. Some conversation took place ;
the demand for the omitted passages was persevered
in ; the tumult increased, and the actors retired. They
soon made their appearance again, but when they at-
tempted to proceed with the Piece, without giving
the celebrated passages, the clamour was renewed
with increased violence. Some were willing to take
the Piece as the actors offered to perform it ; others
required to have it such as BEAUMARCHAIS had com-
posed it. Somebody proposed that the former should
be gratified with the representation of the Piece, and
that the money should be returned to the latter.
—Damns eagerly acquiesced in the proposition, and
requested those who opposed the performance to go
to the place where the money is taken ; but they)
wanted the Comedy, and not the money. Nobody
went out. The passage demanded with so much per-
severance relates to politics, such as they are under.
stood and defined by Figaro. It is eighteen years
since the passage was suppressed, and, except in two
or three instances, the Piece has been constantly pep.
formed, as it was then commanded. However, the
refractory persons persevered, and after a renewal of
shouts and vociferations on both sides, the Commis-
sary of Police said—" Gentlemen, our patience is
exhausted." They would hear no more ; the laughter
and shouting became louder than ever, and they even
attempted to get upon the Stage ; the actors then re-
tired for the third or fourth time; the curtain fell.—
The Commissary of Police attempted in vain to ha-
rangue the audience; they would not listen to him.
The scene assumed a laughable character. The order
to clear the Theatre was put in execution. On leaving
the House, the Pit gaily Pined in the air of Marlbrook,
and thus the disturbance and tumult terminated, as,
the piece would have concluded, with songs.
The following is the passage ordered to be ex-
punged. Figaro gives the following definition of
" La politipte," or state policy:
" To feign ignorance of what one knows ; to pretend know-
ledge of Mot one is ignorant; to attend to what one does not
comprehend; never to listen to what one does understand; to
affect power beyond one's means; to be often 'making a great
mystery of concealment where there is nothing to conceal; to
shut one's self up, to mend pens, and to appear profound, when,
in fact, one only thinks one's thinking; to distribute spies and
pension traitors; to open seals, to intercept letters, and to endea-
vour to dignify the poverty of one's means by the importance
of one's objecu -let me die, if this is not the whole art of
state policy.

A new and most elegant Theatre is now erecting at
Havre-de-Grace, at which both English and French
Plays are to be performed. It will be one of the
largest of any country town in France. The English
inhabitants at Havre are at present numerous beyond
all precedent, and trade there is very brisk.
Monday, above thirty of the Members of the
Berkeley Hunt Club dined together, agreeable to an-
nual custom, at the King's Head Inn, in Gloucester.
Colonel BIERNELZT was in the Chair, and JEassitAx
HAWEINS, Esq. Vice-President. The dinner, which
consisted of turtle, venison, and all the luxuries of the
season, was so admirably catered and served up by Mr.
DOWLING, as to receive expressions of approbation
from the whole company, the majority of whom did
not separate till a late hour.

Sir SeUingham Graham's hounds will meet on Wednesday, at
Drosiord ; and on Friday, at Westincon Hut.
The Hampshire hounds will meet on Wednesday, at Hinton.
house; Thursday, at Nutley Church; and on Saturday, on
Newton Common. _ _ __ _ _

Mr. Shard's wW meet on Wednesday, at Union
Wood, Winterslow ; and on Friday, at Weyhill.

Fly, the second best greyhound at Holywell Hunt,
was sold for thirty guineas immediately atter the race,
and was afterwards matched for fifty guineas a-side,
which she won.

The protracted stay of the swallows excites much
notice. The two following circumstances are re-
markable, at this advanced period I—Saturday se'n-
night, a young swallow, not fledged sufficiently for
flight, came down the chimney of Mr. W. Hardham,
grocer, at Eastgate ; and on the following day num-
bers of these birds were sporting over the Broyle-road,
Hants, with all the alacrity they exhibit in summer.
Friday, Mr. Ward, innkeeper, walked from York
to the second public-house in Shipton, and returned
back, in two hours and twenty-eight minutes, for a
small wager, The time allowed was two hours and
forty minutes, and the reported distance there and
back twelve miles.
Tuesday evening last, a frightful accident happened
in the Menagerie exhibiting at the bottom of Leith
Walk. A working man, with a child in his arms,
was, among other spectators, admiring a fine zebra,
whose cage is next to that of one of the lions. The
latter animal, with one of his paws, made a snatch at
the child, and pulling it out of its father's arms, got
its head within the bars of his cage. The poor man,
on perceiving the danger of his infant, fainted away.
Some of the bystanders instantly attacked the fero-
cious brute with sticks, and succeeded in rescuing its
intended victim, but not before the poor child was
dreadfully lacerated about the head and face. Some
nights previous, a Lady, incautiously standing too
close to the same animal's cage, had a shawl torn
from her shoulders, but fortunately sustained no pep-
sonal injury.
Mr. A. meeting Mr. B. the ether day, asked
a how many Capitals above L'2oo Buff had sold
in the present Lottery r Four," answered B.—
,6 Bless me," exclaimed the other, Nis that all?"
ec All ! why how many would you have ? There were
no more drawn ; and you can't expect him to sell
more than all r
To-morrow a Special Court of Aldermen will be
held at Guildhall, at twelve o'clock at noon---,4 To
consider of an Address of Congratulation to his MA•
IDISTYp on returning to his native land." The LORD
NAM w to take the Chair at -cos g'cleck precisely.