The Virginia Gazette

London, Feb. 24. On Monday Night last, a great Disturbance happened at Drury-lane Play-house, occasioned by a great Number of Footmen, who assembled themselves in a riotous and tumultuous Manner, with great Outcries of burning the House, unless they were immediately admitted into what they call their Gallery; and in order to strike a Terror, they began to hew down the Door of the Passage which leads to the said Gallery; of which Col. De Veil, who was in the House, had immediate Notice, and thereupon came out, where they were thus assembled, and notwithstanding they threatened to knock his Brains out, he read the Proclamation to them, admonish'd them to retire, and desist from so unlawful an Undertaking; telling them, that he came as a Friend and not as a Foe, to warn them of their Danger. This Admonition, and seasonably reading the Proclamation, had its desired Effect. for they all went off in a few Minutes after the Proclamation was read, leaving the Field of Action to The King and the Miller of Mansfield, a new Dramatic Performance, written by the Author of the Toy-Shop, which has met with great Approbation.