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The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Other Parts Adjacent; Continued to the Present Time
The History and Antiquities of London Westminster Southwark and Other Parts Adjacent Continued to the Present Time Author:Thomas Allen General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1839 Original Publisher: G. Virtue Subjects: London (England) History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Europe / General Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missi... more »ng text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. History of London from the Jubilee to the Peace of 1814. Towards the latter end of the year 1809, the celebrated O. P. riots occupied the public attention. The opening of the theatre royal, Covent-garden, having been protracted till the 16th of December, the managers, in consequence of the great expence attending its building, thought proper to make an advance in the prices of admission; but though the whole rise was one shilling on the boxes, and sixpence on the pit, this, with the circumstance of having fitted up a number of private boxes, which were thought to infringe upon the room of the galleries, excited a spirit of resistance in the audience which had never before been equalled by its pertinacity and continued duration. As this rise of the prices had neces- oarily been announced in the papers previous to the opening of the house, the opponents of the managers were prepared to act their parts. Accordingly, on the opening as before mentioned, it appeared that a number of persons were collected in all parts of the house, who, by their noise and riotous behaviour, by barking, shouting, groaning, cat-calls, cries of off! off! old prices,« less