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WESTAIINSTER SESSIONS. ISTURBANCES AT COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, -,.... ODE. FOR THE ROY AI, JUBILEE, OCTOBER 9, 5 , 1807 WP.ITTEN BY WM. TilOti. FiTZGEitAi.n, ESQ. And recited by him at the Gmnd Diner of the Merchants, Bankers and Traders of .London, at Merchant Taylors' Hall, Wt Wednesday. Yesterday the Sessions for this City was held at the elegani rie•-e Sessions House, near Parliament-square. —The following Grand Jury being sworn, and the usual acts read for the better prevention of riot and disorder, and vice and immorality : James Sutton, I lenrietta-street, Covent Garden, Gent. Thomas Wilkinson, Charles-street, ditto, Gent. Henry Robins, Covent Garden, Gent. J. T. Barber, Southampton-street, ditto, Gent. Thomas Field, Henrietta-street, ditto, Wine Merchant. Richard Mortimer, Charles-street, ditto, Gent. John Howell, King-street, ditto, Gent. William Buer, Chandos-street, ditto, Gent. James Wood, Chandos-street, ditto, Gent. Edward Marter, Covent-Garden, Gent. Thomas Attwood, Henrietta-street, ditto, Gent. William Bingley, 'l'avistock-street, ditto, Draper. Robert Joy, Covent Garden, Vintner. Benjamin Lepard, James-street, ditto, Stationer. George Erck, Henrietta-street, ditto, Gent. Robert Bentley, Bedford-street, ditto, Laceman. William Keene, Janses-street, ditto, Taylor. John George Halentz, Southampton-street, ditto, Taylor. John Hummel, King-street, ditto, Hosier. Thomas Kennerley, Bedford-court, ditto, Mercer. G. S. Griffenhoffe, Covent Garden, Laceman. James Mason, Maiden-lane, ditto, Carpenter. John Bowley, Bridges-street, ditto, Auctioneer. Mr. MAlNwAnixc, the Chairman, then charged the Grand Jury to the following effect : " Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—ln discharging the duty which I owe to the public, it has occurred to n' e, that it will be proper to make some observa tions on a subject which from its nattire, and the continuance and mischief which has ensued, is be come of considerable importance not only to the com munity, but to the individuals more particularly con cerned. Of that subject, Gentlemen, you ate all aware. It has become a matter of public notoriety, that since the opening of the New Theatre, in Co— vent-Garden, a great disturbance of the public peace " has taken place, with respect to the increase of prices in that Theatre. It has been declared by a large body of people assembled there, that unless the Pro prietors and Managers of the Theatre will take the same prices which they were accustomed to take, before the rebuilding of it, they will not permit any acting to go on, or at least that they will not suffer the performances to be heard. The consequence of this determination has been, that the most violent out rages were committed, to the injury - of the Managers, and that a large body of the auditors have been kept in a constant state of alarm and terror. This demand or as they term it, " claim of right," (where it is founded I know not), they still continue to enforce. It has been said by some who are of opinion with those persons, that the audience part of a Theatre have a right, upon all occasions, to express their ap probation or disapprobation, at the representation of any performance, and that time immemorial has' given sanction to it, that they may applaud or con— demn, either by clapping of hands or by hissing.— Whether this custom be right or wrong . is not the question in this ate, certain it is that it has been generally adopted ; but the usage, supposing it cor rect, can by no means be applied to the claim now set up by a particular body of the people. They can have no legal right of determining what prices shall be paid for admission, nor of compelling the Proprie tors (who have risked their fortunes and embarked in a hazardous undertaking) to submit to their de mands. Their claims are neither founded in law, in equity, nor in justice. Now, Gentlemen, the law j upon the subject is most clear, and shows that they can have no such right. The audience of a theatre has never been considered nor recognized in the right of a Court of Justice--they therefore have no legal means of enforcing their decrees. Besides, if any persons should suppose the fact to be so, look at the consequences of, conceding that right. If they were permitted to settle the rates of admission might they not as well settle the salaries which performers shall receive, the dresses which they should wear, and, in short, interfere with the internal concerns of the the atre. If this vas to be allowed, who shall say that what the audience of one night might enforce the au dience of the ensuing night might not rescind? — Again, even if the right did exist, it surely could not exist by riots or tumults. The law expressly says the contrary. By the law, no man can be his own judge, or a witness in his own cause, not even in criminal cases, except in self-defence. If such be the fact, this mode of redress for injuries, which they imagine is not to be tolerated, and least of all, that a riotous mob should be the Judges—but, however, that is a question which may come for discussion in this Court. I shall, therefore, nut take up your time any further, ouly cautioning you not to influence your judgments with respect to the prices, in determining on the cases At the late Northallerton Sessions , D uncan Camp- ! which come before you, whether the Proprietors ought bell (a quack-doctor), for assaulting Elizabeth Ham- :to take this price or that price, or whether more has by, at Catierick-lakloe, with intent to commit a rape, • been ex p ended and laid out in the house than they w as sentenced to hard labour in the House of Correc- ought to have laid out ; but you must examine from tion, and to stand in the pillory. the evidence, whether the persons charged with having A few nights since, the warehouse of Messrs Sid- committed unlawfial acts to the injury of the Proprie- Le s an d Co. c olour-manufacturers in Star and Garter- tors of the Theatre have done so or not? This will -, aid, l':atcliff-highwav, was broke open, and robbed be the most serious matter for your consideration. — of oi.e hundred weight of verditer, &c. Several Your strict line of duty is to examine the evidence, houses in that neighbourhood have lately been at- and determine whether the facts alledged have been tempted to he robiied. proved, in order that the accused may be put on his NoueE or..—C!: nee, the kith Duke 'of Somer. trial? We all know that riots have been committed; . set, had a great aversion to being looked at or spoken it therefore becomes my duty to state what constitutes' to by inferiors. His servants obeyed him by s i g ns, the offence, which I cannot do better than in the lan and when he went out in the country, the roads were guage of a very eminent Criminal Writer, (Chief previously cleared. " Go out of the way," said his Justice Hale)—" A riot," says that great writer, "is s•_•ryant one day haughtily to a countryman, who was where three or m ore actuall y do an unlawful act of th-ig•ivg a hog. " yi" said the surly rustic. " Be- , violence, either with or without a common cause or cause soy Lord DIC:e is coming, and he don't lily to quarrel." This opinion is, indeed, sanctioned and be /uct,tl or." The countryman, enraged, seized the confirmed by a number of authorities, who all ex hog by the cars, and held hint up to the carriage win- pressly state, that the " unlawful assembling toge- Glow, " 1 wool zee him, and my pig shall ther to commit a riot, is punishable by fine -and im zee him !... 0 0 , prisonment." Gentlemen, lam o it:rout information Nedeesdzo se'nright, as Mr. and Mrs. Sam, c a as to any proceedings in this Court upon the subject, renrith, accompaoied by their datialiter, were re- but I do understand that there are many persons turning home i n a gig f r o m Keswick; where they had hound under recognizances to answer here, if any in lacen, on a tour to the lakes, the horie took fright, &cm( nt should be preferred against them. It is a rear Threlleld, by which accident they were all three duty therefore cast upon you, in common with the thrown out. Mist; SNOW had her ancle brok en , and Magistrates on the Bench, to use your endeavours to w ai otherwise much toa:xcl. Mr. and Mrs. Sxow preserve the peace." " .. oli og c r. some :-,harp stones, had their heads and f aces Th e Grand Jury then withdrew. ca i i n slicking manner. Olympic Games by Creed were given, Aral Circus "ports by ; But Britons raise their voice to I . lcavcM, For Virtues throned at hotna! And from the Peasant to the Peer, They hail this day to millions dear ! The fiftieth Sun's Autumnal ray Beholds the mildest Sov'nign swap A People happy, great aril free ; That People, with one comino:i voice, From Thames to Gauges' shorts rejoice, In universal Juhileo ! TIT. May Heaven the chericli'd life extoftl, Of Albion's Monarch, Father, mend, For many a tut tire yoir ! Long be poserwcd that hour of Fate, When He Le !I:st, tae Good, the Great! Sh4ll can3e the yLnera t.. ac! IV. To HY N It Y's anci EDV/ARD . S sway, A few i I%re yr.irs were given, But Bis:ry ver ilark'd their day, As bles!'d Eart:i or 1-1-aven-- While ages y, • shall uwn, Our 114onarch'b virtues graced his Tbrcne ! V. The upright Judges of the Land, Frum Worldly !nfluence free, Were made by his benign Command ; The surest Pledge of Liberty ! t This Art alone endear, his Name, Bcyord the pride of Cressy's fame !' By this our Rights are made secure, And the deep Spring o: VI Justice pure ! Whit:- 'Bounty opus tbe Dungeon's Door, To liberate the sntrring Poor, And ti t the Wratched free; Facie Heart shall frel—(and grateful beat) That Groact.:s krone is Mercy's seat, And bless the happy J-bilee! VII. Age shall his weight of years ht guile, And Poverty 'They'd shall smile; Care's wrinki'd brew shall disappear, And sorrow intermit her tear! For Rich and Poor one voice shall raise, To England's GIory.—GEORGL'S Praise ! VIII. If there's a Traitor in the Land, Who will not raise for GEORG/ his hand; WI ose heart malignant grieves to see All England rise in Jubilee! Let the det•:sttd Monster find, Some cavern blacker than his mind' There let him waste his life away, Nor with hie presence blast this day! IX. While half the world in shackles groan Beneath a caui.ttv RA N 1 's throne, Drelicli'd in an htindrud people's blood! Britons with glowing bosoms sing, May Goo preserve our PA': itior KING! The moral, pious, mild, and good! X. Where is the virtue which he has not sliewn, To honour man, and dignify a throne ? Be this his praise—all other praise above, — A Prince enthron'd upon his People's love ! His subjects' rights art foster'd in his mind — The lov'd and honnur'd Titus of t mankind ! O'er whom may I leaven its awful Rgis throw, To blast the Traitor and confound the Foe ! Then let the Nations who confess his sway, For tver celtbrate this happy day; And ev'ry loyal subject sing, May Grin preserve our PATRIOT KING ! • Henry 111. reigned 56 years, and Edward 111. 50 years and aotne months. -1 The first Act of his present Majesty's reign was to render the bulges independent of the Crown. 1 Vide the Author's Address to the Literary Fund, anno 1803. POLICE. charged ep, ) l 7 ,o l ners c" b st' ;i 'b nZ' v ‘A e l :-7 S i a h m e ne h l ad an d information were et ti _______ sai l I. busy in pi:king pockets; upon Lakin: , them • ' ' ' Bow-slims:T.—Thome: Sather/ma was charged oy • . ni Inas rt,,, the 1 tody, and searching them, seven handkerchief; ..s -, Mr. James Brandon, who stated, that during found upon one, and &tee upon the other -_t;,. performance on Wednesday evening, and at the ' were ordered for re-examination. commencement of the fourth act, there was much ; I The little girl, calling her self 3Tar ,, arot Vl:re:, A.' noise and disturbance in the pit, where several per- , I; was lately found on Fish-street-hill, .ind pr (len is, sons were then standing upon the benches. • The pri. her uncle and aunt had hrought her to town, e n soner was one of them, and was making a noise by . they had deserted and robbed her, • s stated in ' • howling and hooting. I • ta; Paper, turns out, on inquiry, to be an inipst• .1. A John Lines, one of the patrole belonging to the erson from Somerstown stated, that si s I ' I . office, said, that he took the prisoner into custody, by P IL 1:1L6 141' . lived servant with him, when she called herself 1, desire of Mr. Brandon, for making a great noise. :. d e re, and that s he Wa emor , eloped from his bolisi.—.l, John Smith, another of the patrole, stated, that' now confesses that-she has no father on board the 61 1 , he assisted in taking the prisoner into cu s t od y , that perb. His Lordship wishing, if possible, he searched his pockets, and found upon him a paper to fin iow with the following words upon it " Old Prices and this girl's friends, or seed her to her parish, ha, pre- wailed on the Church Warden to protect hel. a I , • , New Managers." Mr. Sutherland admitted that he went to the thea- . days longer, that they may find if she tells the ta u now, telling her, if he finds she still continues to d,, tre at half-price, and joined the audience in hissing, ceive them, she will be sent to Biidewell. and crying "Off-" 4 The Magistrate ordered him to be discharged, upon I i ECCLESIAfI'I4.7AI, PROMOTION. entering into his own recognizance of £5O. • Thursday, the 19th inst. the Rev. James Jardine w-ts 50,..1;-...4.1 James Hills was brought in the cu s to d y of John Minister of the Relief Cm:grepation, N(.3.vlands. Th e • Lt. .. Clark, one of the patrole , from Covent - gard en thee- Johnston, Edinburgh, preached and presid. d. tre, who stated, that he was in the pit during th e per- ' . MARRIED. formance, when there was a great noise and disturb- On Wednesday last, at Islinnii, Mr. Thom eon, of the ".: ante, and observed some of the persons who were the ma A rk t et,toMiss 2 D t alton, ()t . Yor t k-Place, City Road ' Aberdeen,. ( t ., October, Aeorge And. r , on, Esq. 4,f Ix, most active, strike one of the patrole belonging to the m pon, to Miss Ann hilvy, daughter of the Rev. Dr. ()gilt-) office, and on his going to his assistance the prisoner that place. struck him. Mr. GRAHAM recommended the prisoner not to go to the theatre any more to behave in a disorderly manner; which he agreed to, and Mr. Graham dis charged him. 7homas Carpenter was charged with assaulting Chris topher Richmond, of Scotland-yard, in a box of Co vent-garden theatre, the same evening ; which being satisfactorily proved, he was ordered to find bail. Last night Mr. Alexander Chenis, of Stanhope-street, Clare-market, master tailor, was charged by Mr. James Brandon, of Covent-garden theatre, and J. Lyons, a Police officer, with having obstructed an Officer of Justice in the execution of his duty. It was stated that the play went on very peaceably until about the middle of the fifth act, when a person in the pit became very noisy, barking to the great inconveni ence and disturbance of the rest of the audience. Mr. Brandon came into the pit and pointed out the person accused; when the officers were about to take him into custody, the defendant swore that they should not have him, then struck the officer, and in the con fusion which ensued, the person who was accused of riotous conduct in the first instance escaped. The defendant was then secured and taken to this office. On the other hand the defendant denied that he had either made use of any oath respecting the appre hension of the other person, or that he had struck the officer. He complained , that• he had been very ill treated; that he had been knocked down, trampled upon, kicked and bruised severely; and that he had been robbed of his hat. He had been guilty of no offence whatever, rulers it could be deemed an of fence that he had joined in clapping a part of the per formance. The Magistrate observed that he was not charged with being guilty of any riotous opposition to the msasures of the proprietors or manager ; he was charged with an offence of much greater magnitude, namely that of interrupting an officer in the execution of his duty, and committing an assault upon him. The facts were sworn to, and he must either find bail or go to prison. The defendant requested the Magistrate to take his charge of felony against the officer in stealing his hat, which, however, he refused to do, alledging that he (the defendant) brought all the misfortunes he had suffered on his head, in consequence of kis own nai conduct in the first instance. Yesterday Joseph Prentice and William Porter were brought to the office in the custody of Pearkes, and charged on suspicion of having broken open and rob bed the house of Mr. Harrod, at Wethersfield, in Sussex, a short time since. They were committed for farther examination. GUILDII A LL—Yesterday Charles Waller was charg ed by a Gentleman with picking pockets in St. Paul's Church-yard, in the forenoon of the day of the Jubi lee, during the procession of the Corporation of Lon don to the Cathedral. The gentleman stated, that having observed a gang of pick-pockets, to the num ber of about twenty, in different parties of about two or three each, employed in committing depredations ,bled • he rs , --- 1), Dl::ii. On the Rth instant. the Hon. Wm. Cockayne, wrind st.r tl.e late Viscount Cullen, at Ru , lton House, Northomptnnshin TO MORROW. Sun rises. Sun set::, I Monn rise, 4 minutes at e • 7 tite 56 minute; after 4 ! mins L. 1 - 11GH Wrs l'Elt Al' LUNIA , N 13k1Duli I u , sl.fßitt. - ) -- st M0rning............- I tt O minutes after 5 Afternoon WHEN PROFESSIONAL MEN of Educati and Itc , ,pon , ibility deviate from the Gen rat Systkm tke selection of a particaiar branch, the sanction of long cont;fu success is the best criterion of superiority. Fourteen years have we devoted our practice to the excla treatment of two disorders, and the successf ill result of..our gives us additional ardour to oppose, as car as we are able; thr vages of those complaints which are the most important in catalogue of human infirmities. After initiation into every branch of pracMce, we contempt; the sufferings of Siphylitic tuld debilitated Patients, and [omit wish to rescue individuals from the ignorance of lii.edu.:a.ed :; or the equally dangerous precipitancy of general practitiotters. The disorders, to the cure ci Witch we have devoted our Lt: don, comprise every species of Venert.t.l infection, wheth,r recent or long duration : 2dly, All kinds of dcbility, whet arising from the habits of schcml-boys..a the indulgencirs o f tare age.—Numerous diseases are the result of is.nor.ince, haste in the treatment of a simple Go:lord:ma, and it nut nu! quently happens, that the seeds of lite are poisoned by the indis cretion of an unguarded hour. By a superior method such complaints are ea.zily cured; . even where others have failed, we trust that we may prem.:ale to offer a radical re-establishment. • Few, however, are the cases of complicated distress in thias- - order, compared with the calamitous situations of mt • ei wbo, from an indulgence in a Solitary Vice, or the prevalent gaitzties of a fashionable life, acquire that state of debility, which is the un avoidable consequence of such pernicious habits. • • . Where the unhappy sufferer broods over his misery, but care , ully conceals his misfortune, it may he some con elation for to know, that although it be an object of doubt or unc,ttaitity with other practitioners, the removal of these deficiencies by the gradual progress of renovation is the acquirement of our experience. ' II the rites of Bacchus or Venus have begun o reduce vigour, much anxiety will be prevented by an early counteraction of this languid state,and in those cases, no great difficulty will occur.. But where this deficiency has for years existed, a proper perse. verance is indispensibly requisite to revive the sitimberit.g sparks of life, and to re-animate the comfit utiorr, The secrecy which is so essential to our undertaking, and the qualifications which we presume to state, form the basis of our pretensions, and in coincidence with such till! intimation isgiv.n • that Messrs. Luau and Co. may be consulted personally, or I/ • letter, (inclosing a Batik Note) at their house, No. 29, Atina!ti street, Strand, near Temple liar. There is an additional entrance in Water-street adjoining, and the name is on both doors. I A Diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons in London, and O Testimonials from the most eminent Physicians and Lecturers !,1 regular education, and assi.'u ,us attention to the studies Of t-vt7y branch of the profession, are opentotheiespection of any eiviwrer, • and constitute a fair ground for that succe-s with which w aaee hitherto been honoured. &LEIGH and Co. Surgeons. No. 29, Arundel-street, MESSRS. CURRIE .and Co. Surgeons , Tlajesty's Service, challenge the whole world to pr..vL a single instance where their Medicine and method of cure have failed of the desired effect. The practice of many years in t is particular branch of their profession has not given rise oi eec unsuccessful case. They continue to direct their studies to the treatment and clue of Venereal Complaints, and that derangement of the systw., which is the consequence of the perniethus and wakeful eaects A . habit long and most unhappilypursued by the youths of bath secs: in the one it will be found to be the unfailing source of ILtrr,ii them by' on the crowd assemt to view the procession, ness ; the other kave its ravages fatally devehTed to them by a • resolved to watch their motions. His attention was tressing state of debility, winch, if not timely remedied, terminato chiefly directed to a party consisting of the prisoner 1 in impotence. These are its reniote and ultimate Ora s, w lin:: co:1 1 and two others. He allowed them to commit some sumptiona,loss ()flutist:War pot: er, and various nervous cuetplai7es usually cletracteriss ;he earlier stages of thissolitary vice. .0f per depredations of a more trivial kind, till, observing the suns languishing under the disorders incident to sack a lialet, thAr whole three press hard on a young man whom they treatment is simple and has never proved unseceessful, in the had surrounded, he followed them more closely , and course of a loug,Jaborious, and much extended practice. In try soon perceived the prisoner draw in his hand with a most obstinate and complicated cases of vent te..l ince:ion, ;Let as olestructions in the urethra, spiry excrescencec, hard /.!• g watch in it. The entleman then, as the best way of • 0. m urs, callous ulcers, eruptions, seminal weakness, :Le ts, Ai 4...0 securing the prisoner, seized him by the hand in which STRICTURES, he held the watch, and calling out at the same time, Whether recent or of long duration, and width have baffled the watch was claimed by the young man whom he . had seen pressed on by the prisoner and his comps- skill of other Practitioners ; are by their presunt itunrov 21:ea ~ pa. i treatment, effectually and permanently cured, without ; d tat! r , nions. Two or three officers who then came up, were , oftens i flri t t o V ) l l i ,, o , s t e h s e c I: t u p c p i l a i T e l : 11 1 7 0 i pain t a h i e ui l u a n i a a r rn c a ti t t l ez ., je ll e li n o r t e h h e ... ::. t : ..,... ~ i extremely anxious to take charge of the prisoner, but 2O years extensive practice in this metropolis, nuniereas eases of the gentleman refused to lose sight of him till he had sEriccurcs have been and are daily under their (ere. tin: tte , ...1 seen him safely lodged. ; eradication of which are etfectecl by a safe, certein, lade xpete . tious mode of practice, superior to any other yet adiptel 'llse A young lad, of the name of Lennon, proved the • weakness, relaxation, and debility proceeding from till s coni p laire, watch to be his, and that he had not discovered the i s speedily' removed, and the patient re,tored to sound aid .•:- theft till the alarm was given by the gentleman. ' gorous health. But where the debility has fur years existed. a proper perseverance in their restoretive remedies, a:ter Jr. -31:: The prisoner said he had gone with a friend to see is the procession, but had kst him at the other end of . tune has heen destroyed, indispensable requisite 0' revr... ni. slumbering %larks of lift, and to reanimate the Constitutiel. St. Paul's Church-yard. Observing a crowd, he went '. to see what was the matter, when the watch in Several Noblemen and Gentlemen, of the fir- - respecta.:ility , have been under the care of Messrs. Curriea Cnd o. f or the re apmovai of complaints of the Urethra, Strictures, :... ;aid, henv-g question was pushed into his hand. He was thunder- received a radical and p ermanent ' cure, re , test that r - h ees:ces struck -by the circumstance, and had not recovered mabe made to them assatisiactory evidences l of the &eh:eel ‘:- from his surprize when he was seized on by the gen - perioriry of Messrs. Currie and Cu . .'s plan of treatizelit. N!..- . tleman who now charged him with the theft. of these Gentlemen have had Strictures from ten to twenty )°• n ' and had been under the care of Messrs. Home tn.d Hearksle:, He was fully committed fia - trial. and other surgeons of equal eminence-, who attempted toe ` urn MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday Juba Alen - in/an was by the application of the lunar caustic, without sue.:ess• fully committed, charged with picking the pocket of greatest Al c s s I C tdelicacy,_.C u rr i e John Fenders of 12s, the evening before, in Bishop gate-street. ..The prosecutor said he was a River s - andsee secrecy, :I I n i v be consulted haetd their ir either hoti s e : x I, 7i ,i tte i t:i . e , Hattou-Garden. Patients in the country are requested to sieze the particulars of their ca , e, age, and ge neral habit of livici , Nc • tencible, and, after being on duty, was shoring his inclosing a remittance for advic e nic and eelic ines, when the 5.!:!' wife the illuminations, when he felt the prisoner's will be given or sent to any part of the kingdom. hand down by his pocket ; that finding he had been To ensure that sc. d recy so essential to then: - undertaking, 11l robbed, he caught the prisoner by the arm, when he 9th June,lllo9—.lo7, Hatton Garden. postzge of letters may be add to the account for med icines. stretched out his other hand to give away the proper- : - ------- ty, but the prosecutor taking hold of that in it a five-shilling piece, the other money his LONDON : Printed and publisheil by LEVEL KENT, Cl Car': terbury-Plare. Lambeth, at tbo S AR-OFFIC , ' 370 mile heard fall on the ground. street. Publibhed also s rmt..oFricF,Tenit Bar. !e, wh o g v(-7-y tis) 1; v , y . e•fs W"ln oten.k.,l , wLie in r. A LI 1 iiely :if I the So. filti out ha pre- !. a f t2T he trivia r:s to d,. att f tilt; q. of I,rn. -aid (air of pttishire. rist s, !es L . 8 ikitt.) . • 7 • Ad.:Cation Syst,:n gc0nt,1877.4 excl:t of..our ible; thr rt- traut in tilt into-ord.:tr.! id ;tinned I.:a:ta) ::Ito, itio;;eri. !ti our . ...;ten- viteth;-r ci a ty, wheth e r nciez; of ma- !nor.ince, t not mitr e . oy the cured; . presu:ne to CUPAR, OCIODER 18- Early en the morning of the 13th ins•ant a most • daring attack was made upon John Howie, mason in Ceres. He had been at Cupar market the day pre ceding, where he unfortunately had remained too long, and passed the south toll-bar about dawn of day, on his way home, which was nearly two milk distant. Bete o n six and seven o'clock that morning, some slaters, on their way south to their work, were alarmed at the appearance of different quantities of blood upon the high road ; and, while conversing stbout the cause, they heard some groans in the wood upon their left, where they found John Howie, almost lifeless, robbed of k. , 29. He was conveyed to his fa- CRT's house, and surgical aid being procured, ten nieces of fractured bones were extracted from his skull. John Dandie, jun. a recruit belonging to the rdeshire regiment of Militia, was committed the same evening. by warrant of the Sheriff of Fife, to Cupar jail, accused of being accessary to this assault and robbery. His absence from parade that morning, returning to Cipar with bloody clothes, and employ ing a woman to wash them, created great suspicion against him. I.'!-.e Sheriff has been actively employed since in taking a precognition.