With this view the rioters paid a visit to Covent Garden, where the opera of "Artaxerxes" was being represented.

Mr.
Fitzpatrick delivered his inflammatory speech from the boxes, and insisted upon immediate compliance with the demands of his party.

Mr.
Beard, the manager, replied with great firmness.

He stated that operas had never been performed at such low prices as at his theatre; that his expenses were very great; and, he urged, that the public should not grudge the full price of admission, seeing that no expense in the way of actors, dresses, scenery, music, and decorations of all kinds, had been spared for their entertainment.

Finally, he declined to accept the tariff of admission proposed by Mr.Fitzpatrick.A riot then ensued, and so much damage was done that the carpenters were employed for four or five days in repairing the theatre.