The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-01 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING.

The disapprobation of thi. Roman Father, was
expressed by hissing only, which did not Inter.
runt the performance; but the incessant barking
of the OrderiNs. who were evidently tattler the
iotiitosee of colds, certainly prevented the per-
formance, fron► being so completely heard, a, it
would otherwise have been. These, however,
being :chute price ►ought, were not construed
into act! of " mutinous insubordination," and
were therefore utn►oticed by the Traps.
Before the half price company wire admitted,
wo took our usual survey of the House.
In the Pit, which, when filled, contains 800,
we counted 76 persons, amongst whoa► we in.
dude l 2 Bow.street Officers, Perry and Wood,
the Firemen, and Long Gibbons, who stalked
and stalked out with the solemnity of the Ghost in
lignite'.
In the Dress Boxes were 25 Females, and 57
Gem'oten.

In the second Tier of Bozes the company was
more numerous.

In every Pricoc Box we saw some compay.

The sec: n shillings Gallery and the seven slid.
lings Pigeun-holes, contained six persons.
In tho front rate of the two shillings pinery
there was abundant room.

The one shilling Pigeon-holes appeared to con-
tain the usu tl stuffing.

For several minutia after the half price corn.
menced, no person entered the Pit...a corps of
traps rooted from the Orchestra, and seated them.
selves at the tipper part of the Pit, in expectation
of a grab at the halt.price 0. asto.
nishment at the *laciness of arrivals, was oval to
thcir disappointment.

During the 4th and sth Acts about 60 stragglers
came in ; but there were, at no period of the
evening, 150 persons in the Pit. Among thole
were shout 40 wearing the 0. P. medal. The in.
attention of the Public to the Boles was not infe-
riot.; and to give some show of coopany, a detach.
anent of the " house corps" took stations, in those
situations„ where the vacuititm were mint Omer,.
able.

Don Jams di.l not plat off to smoothly as The
Roman Father—hAlluaing, hooting, hissing, has.
zsine, an the pertontuttice of the 0. P. dance,
rendered !he e hole of tbs ninsic, with the excep.
lion of a p..rt of the first, and occasional itsiermist
sions in the seeutid act, inaudible.
A Gentleman of the name of Morris, observing
the noted Thomas Carpenter in the Pit, asked how
he could have the assurance to show, his face
there, a'ter having on a former evening insulted the
public bv throwing up his hat and challenging. any
man in ti: lioute to fight hies. To this Carpen.
ter replied, he did not want to fight ooze. An
altercation anti tumult ettsued, in the course of
which Carpenter heiug pushed, be accused Mr.
Morris of being the person—this not bring the
fact, Mr. Morns denied, and the altercation was
renewed, in which Carpenter, applying the epithet
of liar to Mr. Al—, that Gentleman returned it
with interest. Carpenter then, we suppose as a
proof of his not tei,hing lofted, doubled his fist at
Mr. Morns, who requested that they might leave
the Theatre, and proceed to argue the point in
that manner, without disturbing the Orderlys.
This invitation, although freqnently repeated in
the must friendly and persuasive miniver, by Mr.
Monis, Carpenter declined. The dispute at
length subsided, and Carpenter left the Pit,
to whic!i, in about ten minutes, he return.
ed, accompanied by Jew Bennet, Osborne the
Informer, Limbriels, and other Officers, who
planted themselves on Mr. Morris, to observe his
motions. Just hofore the conclusion of the per.
furmance, Mr. Morris left the Pit, on which
Lintbrock, and his brother traps, going out at an
opposite door, met >lr. Mortis in the passage,
and kindly conducted hint to

SOW-STREET.
where Carpenter ilharged him with pushing against
Aim, and tifteneards challenging hies to fight.

This statement was corifirtneti by Mr. Osborne,
who, in this case, was not the Informer.

Mr. Morris stated himself to be clerk in the
W4rrant-Office, Somerset-house, and positively
denied having pit shell Carpenter—his protestations
of innocence were, however, unavailing, and he
was compelled to find bail.