The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-10 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET..

Hwy Seymour, :lOl;;lineWotTels, X4* Preston, and
George Harris, the two first of whom wore dress swords,
and were respectively attired in the full uniforms of •
captain and lieutenant in the Royal Navy, were charged
before Mr. D'Hyncourt with having been drunk and not-
ous at the Grecian Saloon, City-road, and the defendant
Harris, who was described as a surgeon in Norfolk-street, I
Strand, was further charged with attempting to mous the
other prisoners, and violently assaulting some of the officers
of the saloon.
From the evidence of Mr. Larkins, an artist, residing in
Vaughan-terrace, City-road, and that of several other wit-
nesses, it appeared that in the course of the performances at
I the saloon on the preceding evening, the defendants sud-
denly made their appearance in one of the private boxes,
and had scarcely taken their seats when they commenced
conducting themselves in such a disorderly and uproarious
manner as to attract general attention from all parts of the
house. In the first instance the &Wegener Namely directed
their offensive observations to the pee semen on the stage ;
hat after a short Interval they hastily hit their box and
made their way down to the lower slab, where they
paraded to and fro, keeping up a remise ire of insulting
remarks upon the audience, and ea being ramessersted
with upon their ungentlemanly behaviour, they isseantly
assailed several females amongst the amagessy with the
epithets of " rogites,"." thieves," and other mom of the
mess searrilows deseription. TM prism= persisted
la the some mehageons emus es maduct, antic it
was hand SIISUIWy to Mop the perhemmee, and a simul-
Mamas my of " name " and " Tarn them out " having
been robed in all directions, a posse of atleadants, headed
by fterearime, the Mime. advanced towards them, and, after
an isedhelutigeM to induce them to resume their
plasm mem to resort to forcible mesas to effect
their .Gls, however, were strenuously
resiseediVallishadones Simmered* and &yaw, when
Haab emielmed, "Drew your sweeds. geatiemen, and
cat themdews ;" bat Mime they hod tiem te act upon
the seggeelley theft wagons wire mined by launder,,
who dew Oen hem their seabirds. sad limed them eat
of their mash. A amuse clienteles them meeed, which
meshed la the forcible election settee dolkmdents, end, after
a renewed struggle outside, the whole Ka= were alb-
mat* meepowered and aria= es the Maim. A dia-
base Ames of emenit wee vilest the defendant,
Gouge Morris, by me of wafters at the seises, whom
Ihe hal felled to the ground by a blew on the nose ,• and
Keemisy, the private watchman, Mee momplaised that he
had been knocked down by the d 'tendon*, firieseur and
Simmeads, while they were endeavouring M erns their
way into the private entrance to the stage dresehm-romas,
a sheet tints before they were taken into emeedy. On be-
ing asked if they wished to say anything he sower to the
charge, the defendants severally expressed their extreme
regret at having so far forgotten themselves es the occa-
sion, which they attributed to their having indulged them-
selves after dinner to an imprudent extent i but they were
now acutely sensible of the extravagant mailed they had
rinsed, and were most anxious to make the fullest cm-
palmation to eh. Milroy.. 1..f.rL0.•• iamsidabsiit. they
had received.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said, whatever might be the position of
the persons before him, he must deal with the ease in the
ordinary course, and as the charges against them had been
conclusively established, he should order the first three de-
indents to pay • fine of 4th. each, or be committed for
seven days to the house of correction, bat with regard to
Harris, who had cenducted himself with mush greater vio-
lance than the others, he should amerce him in the full
penalty of 61., or two mouths' imprisonment
The fines were at once paid, and the defendants hurried
oat of court to a =b.__ _