The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-02 00:00:00

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STATESMAN.

COVENT GARDEN TIIEATRE.

Ctirroan for ever.

Dillow rally and conquer.

No Princeutious for Old Prices.

The Devi/ is Blocks
And ►o is Jock.

Deatti or Victory.

The Public shall never be
Subdued by Vagrants.

No Ilyporrigy ill the Garb of Charity.

Rout B:ef and no Pork.

OLD PRICES
AND
CLIFFORD rut' ever.

No Private Boxes.

Op?n the private laclocare at

PahLie Prices.

The " Paradise Regained," announced last
week, is the feeble 66 Press" and " Globe." to
us, last night, appeared " Paradise lost," and that,
irretrievesbly. 'llse mutinous " insubordination"
of the people is so far from being subdued,*that
it has again burst forth with a violence of disap-
probation not inferior to any that has recently
been displayed.
The number of those who wore the letters
0. P., the insignia of the opposition, in their hats,
was very considerable—they wero conspicuous in
every part of the House. To the admission of
such Gentlemen as wore these" initiab hateful,"
some hesitation was observable at the doors; but,
on payment of the price of admission, they were.
passed, and great numbers entered the House with
those letters displayed on their hats—not in di-
miuutive leaden letters, but in large letters of four
inches length, cut out of card paper.
The Pit was so well packed, that it was diffi-
cult, even at whole price, to obtain a scat. The
Boxes displayed a !thew of company, among which
were the visual Orderlys. There was, however, in
Bow-street, an unusual bravado of hackney
coaches. This, we conclude to be ►he consequence
of a determination to shew the Public what can be
done. We, however, counted seven carriages,
without numbers—and 28 hacks.

Near the close of the second act of Every Man
in his Humour, the cracked sou►►d of a peony
trumpet roused the audience from the apathy with
which they had, until that time, viewed the per-
furo►anee,—from that moment, it was inter-
rupted by the decided disapprobation of the com-
pany. In the third act, the noise was such
as to render the Performers on the stage inatitli-
i
►ble--and at the commencement of the foul th,
the uproar increased, moil the house was in-
volved in one general howl of discordant sounds.
Penny trumpets were the favourite instruments of
disapprobation ; the whistles and catcalls were
not idle; and the hisses, groans, an►d shouts of
the company were only relieved at intervals by the
performance of " God sure the King," is% the
Pit—in which part of the House, although to ap-
pearance jutPcionsly packed, the Oppositionists,
to our great surprise, were more numerous than
the Orderly:. In fart, in the Opposition were
included several n ho had come in with Pit orders,
purchased under the Pia..-:as, at two shillings
each. Of this we heard of several instances ;
and ore we sate. A Jew had offered a double
Pit order to two Gentlemen, who, suspecting
forgery, presented the order at the door be-
' furc they paid the young Israelite. The order
was received. The opposition continued with un-
abated vigour during the remainder of the per-
formances; amid of the music of Oscar and Mel.
'ilia, we apprehend •ery few notes were heard by
any part of the House.
Placards again reared their heads without dread
—or opposition. Amongt them were the follow-
ing :

There was no.fizhting, and very few disputes.
" A Nose! A Nose!" (the cunt term for a spy,
or an officer), bring vociferated in the Pit by a
Gentleman, who found himself watched—
" That's the fellow who swore againot me lace
Wednesday," exclaimed a voice, and out went the
" Nose," neck and heels...." That's Richard
Wood,the blacksmith, who struck me," exclaim
ed another voice, and out sneaked this hired
Knight of the Anril, acco-npanied by a set of
Noses." The temper of the Pat wag, in fact,
such, that any attempt at coercion would have met
with much resistance.

In the course of the evening " A Currant),
a CLIFFORD, for ever!" was repeatedly shunted
from different parts of the house. Mr. Ct.iFFirltD
was himself present in the Pit.
Three hums for CLIFFORD, and three buzzes
for Mr. RIDLEY, were given by the Pit, in
which the Galleries and many persons in the Bores
joined.
Three hunus followed fur The Morning Chro.
nick.
Three for The Pak:man—and,

Three—Groans fur the poor, old, Post.
The Company remained, in every part of the
House, lone after the performances closed ; God
Save the King and Rule Britannia, concluded
the amusements of the evening.
The stilluess of '6 Paradise re...aimed" we con-
ectured to be that which 6' preceded the storm"
—our conjecture was last night confirmed—the
storm of indignation was violent and general.
—The Boxes and both the Galleries, loudly
joined in the mutinous "insubordination" of
the Pit—the stov:n of public resentment and
indignation is increasing, nor will it be allayed
until the Pricer are reduced, and the Private
Boxer laid open to the public, unrestrained ac.
eess, of the PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. The
Proprietors may safely anticipate an acquiescence
in whatever public price they may choose to affix
tto what- are wow the Private Boxes —but,
confident we are, that the reduction to old prices
will not, alone, satisfy the people their tits-
Ilpprubatioes, we ?entire to predict, will never
until all pr./racks and prlvikged Boxes, are
abolished at event.garden Theatre.