The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-11-16 00:00:00

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prietors, with the intention of effecting a reduction
of the prices ; in consequence of which, and for the -,
purpose of preventing it interruption to the per-
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formance, the Defendant gave Mr. Clifford into
the enamels, of a constable. The second plea was,
that the Plianitiff had been instigating other pereon• 1,
to ewe their avast mitre in support of .the tint. Mr.
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tierjeant SHEPHERD way sorry to burden the record . i
with another plea, winch was, that the Defendant
had heed ,4enerally aiding the riot, and generally
inatigating others to tt.—Rule grouted. t
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The Loa, Cillitl Justice Mild, that' he had
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heard it was the opinion ot bottle great Lawyers., •, .
that it was lar.fill to eater the Theatre. pull it to A •
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pieces, and knock the actors on the bead. i
It was very evitlemt, from the lone of irony in i
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which this was spok,. that his Lordship enter- • a'.
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tained an °Termite opinion. 114 Lordship th;n 41
asked, whether the Sfailagers of the Theurchad ,0
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brought any actions for injury sultaired by the HI .e
riots? ,1, .•
Mr. Serjeant Sittentan said, he believed thee •
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bad nor. Upon r hurt hit Lordship amerced, that
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they were very tliiiri eat thinLfs, bringing an .ictints
against thane people who are able: to pay any ilas 2 .
usages, orlii.it, in such cases, might be awarded, 4 ;••
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andmerdy .thnittilig to bail.
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COTENT•GARDEN liars. •
Hear, We*ylt was rhergee with creating a riot iti the pit
of the thentre hp i.pc,veing steatite The change out being • ..elf •
suhstantiated, ge wa, discharged. .
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Mr. Powell adilPessed the Sittiee Magistrate, Mr Cn •-
ti AM, and informed hog, I hat a way purticafar friend of his, .
Mr Cowles; linen-draper, of Queru.street, Chenpaide, was
murdered is the pit, and win carried set by Perry, the watch- •
Nests, Wan apothecary a slop, in Charles.-street ; tint there .•
was a persua iii :he Write, whom he s .rr wedding; in the
renrih r ; the cone person ultra had charged Mr. Viright •
' Mr. Gilt l. teen oserved, that Mr. Powell uneht In he • 1
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very caul i tttt s bow he annossiti•eil a mat to In suiredered ; Ire
onght :o make himself aegilainted with every fart, hefi,c. he
sent fowls to llse world such a charge. The wurthy Hain- '
trate then directed Ineeader, out of the efficere, to go 14
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the apothezary's, and bring him an arcuoist of the stale of '
the men who was reported to be dead.
Lavender returned in ten injustice, and reported, that the
apothecary said, be could not find that be had any ere wan)
bruises or wounds, but that he smelt have received on is-
ward hart when brought into his shop ; 'he Messed very
faint, and on this, the apothecary mixed some strong harts-
horn and water; be rs rased to take it, or hi heieloal Alert- .
quested, that a beckon/ Lean* :night fee sent to me racy
imu home, which naii acandisigly dose ; and Mr. Cua nu gut i I
tutu the carriage, sad ordered the coachman to &see to i
Queen•atrpet, Cbeapside.
Mr. WiLloholt thee calmed the Mice, sad jefermed :he , ,
Magistrate, that be had ent been able to hunt '4,- tel,,ie, •
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rho had asssalted him i.e a former eight ; that t: e vss..ll
who had ntolen his hat was theta in the pis, sod he or..rard
that lin Meuse was Smith; he land icor gentleness so ei,.;41
he was the pireon • he ale ile.nght that it was his duty to !..
mesishm, ils.it he {tail been inturwed that a ga.tottelinall or ila
killed en the pit, and a ..: Smith was amosig•t those whO i I.
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eauned hie it. :.,I.i.
Mr. Gl:Alien tot, add. eee d him nearly es folio's :-...
'. Y.os are the load psi- .0 w 1... aught to ten/plain of ill.
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..4, - %....1.,,, I our in.. run .., go unfitly to the Theatre,
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with a ba I;e O your breast, to oxide riot; you, who ousest .
wish to Or thought the patron mud protector of hetet*, lias is
no right tocoi•splain i f the issue of that disturhauce, of I
which yottnelf was uue of the inst:g...tors. If, nirthrtussat is, ."7,
a man had lust his life is this rim, my conscience woutti di.
rert me to grant se warrant against you, before airy other per.
for your glaring, obstinate conduct."
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A person, who was iw company with Mr. Wienteett, Will -
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whom we also understated to be hit Solicitor, ohrerved," that ,
a man sitting in a 'nix could never be astawerable he • riot ' t
in Ilse pit; let the consequouces of that riot be shim they r 1' '
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%wild.'
Mr. Gm•m•st said, he must celestially d.ffemi in opinloo
Bonn him ithe &Avow) - fur if a ni n, sittiog so the boxes,
Is, his apprentice end c'uodriet, recited a riot In the pii, he
wan equally liable, se the man who perpetrated a crime for'
whirls the person in the box laid the ground wok.
1C Ms enholt then left the Other, Davin, that he would 1
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*Mud tin boxes every night wed wear O. P. on his bscsst.
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Joh" Exton was charged by Mr. Brandon, with sinnd•ng up i •
un the seats in the pit, darselng, playing at eingle-ei is k, and ' l
springing.* rattle, during the performance of the A (leftover ; '
• sod by that mean. creating a Mg. He was cer,asn of the . .
pe:sini of the Defendant, from his eluting, be being dressed
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or Volunteer's endues. i
This statement was corroborated try the evidence fif Mr. • -
Gibbons and Mr. Gray.
Mr. Ream then interrogated the Defeesdast.—. What are
you r• " A journeyarea grocer mad tes•rfealer, oat of place."
" 'Where du you reside?"—" 1 heir at Joseph Wright's,
grocer sad tes.dealer, No. 576, Whitecharei"--.. tt hat
ceps do you belting to l"--.." None."—" Whose aorfursu is
that yint Leviers ,"-" My landlord's."
Mr. R1C.413.. He is cumni:V...,,"
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James Matthew Fenian, a foreigner, in the anpluy of 1..
Thomas, furrier, in Wuod.street, Cbeapside, pictiarred •
coin plaint agsiust William Eldridge, sac of the City Comte-
Men, fur having detained him a prissier for upward, a two
hours, without any cause. It appeared from the statement A .
of Fernon, that he was passing along . -Mae, SmithhelN •
uo his way from his tweeter's to his sewn ,me If risky .A.
afternoon, between four and awe o'clock, with • bag, esau
raining anise skins, ow his hack, when Eldridge came up to
him and demanded what he had gut! Ferrero immediately Ali
told him, and also where he came 6 om ; Ibis however did OM
satiety Eldridge, and lie insisted on ha going tufo a public- -1?
house tg be searched; Faison s enamel i abed and I equested to
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be taken tutu. masters, hot to no effect, Ite was forced into
' a public-house, and there detanseet upwards of an hour; and •+'
on his again requentiag to be taken to his master, he was
threatened with being locked up iii the Comptes-, unless he I
was quiet. He Was afterwards takes to another pu.lse-heasse,
and 0.1 . nut start: 11.. a rotates'. house till lieu seven o'clock, !.1
' 'ltself appearing that nib ~ecount of himself was turret, lit . i •ii
was (Metaled.
The defence wet op by Eldridge was, Ibat the constable;
had orders to stop ad easpieloss persons having parcels; and
unless they bad • bill of parcels about them, to detais them ; '
In execution of that duty he bait demanded of Panes what '
be had got in his hag' who answered, seven skins; semi
searching, bows-ver, there moved to be eight ; under t' sae 1
circumstances, be submitted he was 'menial in detaining
Lim.
The Alderman (Doeteieet,) observed, he considered the
officer's ..indnet as highly reperhee.ible, sad that he had ,
soar mach beyond his authority y• much praise was doe to
"Sheers fee a vigilant Eschew" sit their duty . but they
should he carded that desk amt did nut get beyond the
bounds of jestice, mid become oppressive, as it had dune in
the preseet ease.. it was the duty of the consteble to have .
taken the MINI immediately to kis master's house, as he re. -
vented, and nut to have detained him a pcsieser, as he had .
dune, fur upwards of two Moira; it was out tea lira (the Alder-
man's) power to give the Plaintiff say relief ; but if be .
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thought proper, he might indict bum at the inmates. :
Ms. Thomas then came forward, and gave Fermin IN ea-
celleot character far a period of twenty yews, dariag witch I !, I
time he had employed hiss. Mr. 'I homes i hie dm
tersinuatime to support him in proseretlog t=t
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10V.NALL, NOV. IS. .
rit tVATE STILLS. ri
I Hoary Naval''as einsiamined before the hitting Magielitita,
' on ea infermatioa, charging loin with !gavial carried on re
private shit, M the pansk of Camkerwetl. .11 appeared, that, t
ISA Cvlisetittelee asuspicionscirriunettaree, whorh had fallen
0,,d, r the officer's observation, he, in August lan, went to 1.1
s..me premises occupied by the Itefeftilnet, to the Se m(
• Pad, which widowed,' had the sppaaranaa at a stable ally