The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-22 00:00:00

TEIg STATESMAN.

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!COVENT G4RDEN THEATfig.

The Daily Prints in the interest of the authors
a the outrages that have been coomitted on the
persons of the people, are extre'ne•ly antioss tilts
morning to persuade ilttir Keade►s that the pub-
lic, after forty nights of perseverance, base sud-
denly " discovered their error," sod arc reduced
to submission.
" We have this day to record the•decline of
.44 the empire of tumult," says the trimming
Times, which, during this contest, has boxed
every point of the compass, in its vain endeavours
to acquire popularity. The sudden turn after the
visit of Mr. Kemble—ttiu return as sudden—and
the refusal to advertise the •ttbscription—(which,
however, !S subsequently condescended to do)—
are proofs too obvious to be forgotten :
'• On the week, we mar venture to congratulate the REAL
" ebat.tc-A4lgb Meads to good or,ler nod deerncy—nn the
" eppresch of the establishment of decorum and tranquillity
" in this Tbeatre."—Posr.

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Thus with the " rerilable" Morning. Post.
But the perfection of ridicule, is, as usual, to by
found in the simple Press.
" Upon the whole we may with safety now ronwatulaie
" the public an the elitism-tont of this rilliasiras prig, and
" the return of civilisation and social Artier 10 this Theatre.
" the nen-Wormed are 11311 ashamed, :Ind the rides.
" afraid to he seen in the cause—it !nun, th /More, sena die
" away, its it is imposkible for the few ironhled ltpirits Alta
" are yet lift to ate—tio pay their partizans., et gall the no-
" Kary into a pariicipation of their silly schemes uny longer.
" The drama" Atha& • the advancul Prices altd the Private
Privile•ed Dozes) " will Ilintriah again in spite of epplai-
thwaiind conspiraeg."—Casty.
" Oh what gin alteration!"
has been produced by this sudden death of oppe.
silion. It was but on Monday night that the
force of clamour was seen to be as violent as at
any period since the opening of the Theatre; and
strange to tell—hey presto—on 'Tuesday the op-
position is extinct. All this is abundantly db.
surd—those who may be &hided into the expec-
tation of a " Paradise regained," by the sub-
mission of the public to the Sialttonetaii " Para-
dise" of Private Boxes, will be gro'sly deetived.
We must, however, relate the trails, as to what
occurred last night.
The huasurous motion of the Attorney Gelle.
ral, on the subject of a cutispiracy, was expected
to produce some elit et on the public mind ; and
some effect it did produce, though Or a tendency
nut precisely such as was expected—for ;t has
only tended to increase the indignation of (ho
Public against the Proprietors. To second, how.
ever, the anticipated effect, it was last
night, to wake an elf,Jrt to give a mortis/ blow to

the oPposition.
Thu house has Owl-ally been thinner on Tess.
Jay than on any other evening of the week—the
corps of rulE4tts was therefore reinforced so
greatly as to restsh.4 them numerically equal to the
discontented-4ml the 0. P.'s were, w Wiest ex.
ception (if practicable), to have been driven out
of the house. %%Atm the " watchword" was to
have been last night, we have not Net lettrut...un
Frau, Sight the cxelatuatiou of " Green," was
Nor -goat eommetticattal 'to the Foundry
'Wien in the Pertralues private room. We have
110 reserve In st,eakiug of these circumstances,
with which•(autl many others) we are perfectly
acquainted.
To avoid the suspicion which the presence of
unusual numbers at the first price would naturally
excite, a large proportion of these zzoethies were
instructed to mix with the cumpaity its the avenue,
and eater promiscuutisly with them at half price.
—These instructions were minutely followed, and
the Pit, after the half price, was filled. 111 the
Boxrs there was a CNlSSidera divlay of Order-
by whoot almost all the front seats arc usually
monopolised.
The new ladies were known in the Pit at an
early hour, and the 0. P.'s played off a counter
manstivre, which completely defeated the pro.
ject. They all appeared without 0. P. either in
the hat or oft the breast.-.and for the first three
acts of 'use Suspicious liaAhand expressed but
very little disappro:tation. The consequence of
this numetsure was, that the ruffians were at a
loss who to attack, and this tregi.contic fame,
•that had been gut up by the Managers with so
much trouble and expellee, %tent oft very licitly)
to the grievous disappointment of the raisins.
A respectable Gentleman in the Pit, of the name
of aohson, r ship.owtter, residing at No. '2, in
A.merica.square, being marked as a victim, was
dragged out, wills a degree of brutality that would
have disgraced even a slave merchant—his teat
was turn to rags. On arriving at
BOW-STREET.

Ile was put to the bar like a felon, and there
I waited the arrival of his Mightiness the
IProfessor, who, in about half an hour, presenting
himself, charged Mr. ltobsoa with sneezinn•a un- 1
naturally, and afterwards running into the centre I
of the Pit on being mat ked, whereby a riot was
created. This charge was corroborated by a Mr.
F Daniel Davis, by profession a surveyor, in
Moomsbury-square, who not only concurred
► with Professor Bandon in the snee:ing or MrL
Robson having been unnatural, but added, that
his roughing was still more so, resembling the
bArkiog of a dog. Mr. Robson admitted the
facts of sneering and coughing, but denied that
they were unnatural; the dust arising from the
Pit had made him b:ith sneeze and cough, as it
had many others, and would, doubtless, also
make his Warship, were he to visit that part of
the House. His Worship, however, turned a
deaf oar to this remark, and elated the necessity
of Mr. Robson going to prison, unless he could
find bail. Fortunately fur that Gentleman, he
was accompanied by friends who were deemed
sufficient to become his sureties. Mr. Robson
then returaed to the Plt door, at which, being
`refused admission, he returned to Bow-street, and
claimed the interferenc: of the Magistrate, a ho re-
fused it, adding, that he did not wone.er at
the refusal to admit hint after his unnatural sneez-
ing, coughing, and other conduct.—(N. B. Per-
sons troubled with coughs and colds ought to be
particularly careful not to appear in Public, teat
they be required to find bail.)—Mr. Robson re-
monstrated, but Mr. Rc.tu closed the controversy
thy--" You can get no redress here."
While this question was milder disceeeion at the

Office, the ditcunient in the House had rites to a
height which rendered the music in Dun Juan is-

audible. No instruments, except a histics, ware,
however, introduced in the Pit, as the Company
hissed, hooted, and groaned with vigour, amply
sufficient to drown all sound from the stage or
orchestra. Neither the Boxes or Galleries took
much interest in the opposition. At length the
' curtain dropped amidst the usual roar.
The company in the Pit immediately turned
their backs to the stage, and on hearing " 0. P.':
down and uncovered," the whole of the company
in the Pit, with the exception of those in the
front benches nearest to the orchestra, immediate-
ly mood themselves. "God Save the King"
followed, and atter that the iseiml groans and
hisses, fur which the Private Braes came in for an
ample share, and by which those privileged re-
ceptacles were tidally cleared.
No placards were attempted to be exhibited, ex.
cent in one instance, and that was not up inure
than half a minute. Several papers were, house.
ver, thrown iuto the Pit ; and, amongst others%
three or four lists of the proprietors and tenants of
the Private Boxes, one of which we obtained. The
following is a copy of this paper, for the correct.
ness of which we, of course, cannot vouch. life
give it as it came to nut hands :

BLOOD ROYAL.
FOUR AIifISUAL 1103LEC RENTED IT
Aline', of WALES. Doke of CU MBEALAND,
I Duke of YORK, Duke of GLOUCESTER,
•

YOUR 1111XUAL sous PURCHASED BY
Duke of ISOR flIUMBIslt• I Mr. KNoX,
L I), Mn. AN TROBUS.
Earl of EGREMONT,

TWINTY-TOUR ANNUAL BOXES AT PRESENT
RINTED VR OCCUPIF.II BY
Priaren of VIAL ES, I Mr. WHITE (03lce la the
Date of DEVONSHLRII, !loose of Cossunnasl.
Ludy HOLLAND, Marquis of SALISBURY,
Earl SEFTON. Mr. BOONE,
Mr. VAUGII AN (City). Duke of BEDFORD,
Duke of NORTHUMISER- Count STAN REM HERO,
LAND. Loral NIOUNTJOY,
Mr. hi EYRICK. Mi. CUU rrs,
Marquis of AU llt CORN, Lord UHOLMON HELY,
Lady SPENCER. Marquis at ST A 1.70 R.E,
Mn. J. ORBY lIN N TER, Earl GROSVENOR,
Marquis of STAFFORD. Mr. HOPE.
Mr. A—NGERSTEIN (City), Idn. swum

We had an opportunity of ucortaining pretty
correctly the numbers of the 'opposition in the
Pit after the perforraunce, as their backs wcre all
turned to the Stage...we coupled upward►► ..r four
hundred, and we aysert with conlidencc, what
we know cannot be dettied, that these persons
were well diessed, and in appearance and de.
meatinur, highly respectable. The foul linen,
ragged apparel, unwashed faces, and uncombed
locks, were discernible, solely on those benches
near the orchestra, where the hired corps had
taken their stations.
If, fro►n the alteration in the opposition of last
night, the Proprietors hatter themselves with the
hope of having crushed the Public, greatly will
they he disappointed. Thu expressions of intlig.
nation last night were
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" Curies oat loud, bid docp."

—the settled and steed, Jctermlnatldte of the
conspany certainly evinced in our opinion a Inure
formidable oppositiva than has yet been sue-
posed to exist.