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fccntion, but interrupted by Mr. 

 Erskine, who with his usual force 

 and ability contended that Mrs. 

 Perry was a legal evidence, and that 

 by precluding her the court would 

 be diprived ot the only proper wit- 

 ness. This was warmly objected to 

 by the counstl for the prosecution, 

 and referred to the decision of the 

 recorder, who admitted the evidence 

 of Mrs. Perry. Afcera tiial of more 

 than eight hours, Mr. Ferry was ac- 

 quitted, the jury finding him " Not 

 guilty," without going out of court. 

 I4tli. EiHr.lurgh. The tiagedy 

 of Charles the First vas peifornried 

 this evening at or.r theatre. The 

 house was much filled on the occa- 

 sion. When tlieplay began, several 

 hisses were heard at anysentiment of 

 loyalty ultcrcd by the characters, 

 and applauses attempted when con- 

 tiary doctrines were inculcated J but 

 this being still persisted in, the or- 

 chestra wasdesired, by some officers 

 in the boxes, to play " God save the 

 King," which was accordingly per- 

 foimed. It has been usual of late, 

 when this tune is played, for the 

 whole audience to rise, and the gen- 

 tlemen to standuncovered; upon this 

 being done, about eight or ten were 

 discovered, sitting in the pit, who 

 litither rose nor took off their hats : 

 it was immediately concluded that 

 these were the persons who had dis- 

 turbed the entertainment, and ihere 

 wasal^udciyof" offhat£," tov/hich 

 the others paying no regard, it was 

 soon changed into " out, out with 

 them!" Thisstillprcducirigno effect, 

 a general ujjroar took nlacc ; h few 

 gentlemen, and several officers of the 

 Arj^ylcshire fcn^ibles, wlio wcie in 

 the boxes, rushed into tl;e pit, and a 

 scuffie-eirsued: at last, some refractory 

 persons wtreturn< doirt, and the rest 

 compelled to take off their bats. 



The play afterwards went on with- 

 out any interruption; and, upon a 

 second call for" God save the King," 

 many respectable people, of their 

 own accord, im mediately retired from 

 the pit. On Wednesday, the trage- 

 dy was performed again, when a 

 renewal of the disturbance took 

 place, which was, however, quieted 

 without any bad consequences. 



i8th. The tumult hasby no means 

 subsided; the magistrates, last night, 

 and their frieirds, nearly filled the 

 house, irisisted on the audience be-ing 

 uncovered at the playing of " God 

 save the Kiirg :" they succeeded in 

 their demands, for the oppositcparty, 

 on the supposition that the transac- 

 tion was at an end, had neglected 

 to attend. 



joih. New Drury theatre con- 

 tains in the pit 800 persons, whole v 

 range of boxes 1828, two shilling 

 gallery 6'75, one shilHnggallery 308, 

 total 3,61 1, amounting to 8i61, 68. 

 Thcie are eight private boxes on 

 rach side of the pit, twenty-nine all 

 round the first tier, and eleven back 

 front boxes; twenty-nine all round 

 the second tier, of which eleven are 

 six seats deep ; ten on each side the 

 gallery, three tier j boxes in the 

 cove, nine each side. The diame- 

 ter of the pit is ^ 5 feet, opening of 

 the curtain 43 feet wide, height of 

 the curtain 38 feet, height of the 

 house from the pit floor to the ciel- 

 ing is 56 feet 6 inches. 



Djed. 14th. At Mr. Welllng's, 

 engraver, Tavlstock-street, of a mor- 

 titication in his bovvcls, aged 60, 

 that ingenious artist, Samuel Hiero- 

 nimoGrimm; theexcrtionsofwhose 

 pencil were not confined to his more 

 immediate patrons, Mr. Rhodes, sil 

 William Buircll, bart. and the rev. 

 •ir Richard Kaye, bart. dean of Lin- 

 coln, but will be remembered with 



regret 



