The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-11 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

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PRIVATZ THEATIMALS.—YeIItfthy Mr. Fargues. the cop.
perplate printer, of 47, Berwick street, Soho. brimglit Daniel lin-
nrol. his rpprentice, before the Magistrates of this office. for hay.
ing frequently absented himself from his employ meat, and attend-
ing private theatricals. On Thursday Finnig4l was absent Bum
his duty the greater part of the day, and Mr. }'argues having ttn-
dentood that he was to perform at a private theatre in D:1111111/k-
-&ITCH, St. fillee's, that night, he gave instruciions to Gook, a eon.
static, in go there and take him into curody.
Mr. Couarir, the sitting Magistrate, desired (look to de-
scribe what he saw when he apprehended the prisoner.
Gook stated that on entering the house (which is kept hv a Mrs.
iiemniiagst, he proceeded to the second filar back room, and found
about Fifa, persons, Including the dromia.v persona., principally
aispeentiee toys and girls, and the business of the scene going
the pagewbsiog an the stage at the time, dtessod is chasacter,

and ranting the part of Ittiver'in the comedy of Wild Oats. Otwtk
went on the atage to rct his part, which he did by taking the pri-
mmer into the dressing room (a miserable back attic, which cite
male and female performers used indiscriminately for that purpose,
as well as for a greenlooto), and after making him dress in his
proper pert of the A pores.,ict. lodged him, after some little dtmur
I.# the part of the dramatic corps, In the watchhouse.
'The 31agior.oe it..patched all officer, dt.xlcing the immediate at.
tendance of 31rs. 111,inninigs, the 31elposnene of this establishment,
who. ',pots her arrival, dressed in the remains of Issitell4's weeds.
rommenced a theatrical speech in favour of kinuigal. Air. Conant
stopped her, anti desired to know what ab': had to say for keeping
such a Noise, and collecting together atlCil a number of yourg per-
sons lor ,Ice purpose of destroying their morals. and eventually
making them the very worst members of society?
Mr.:. Ileum; rg‘ answered largely fur the respectability of every
person who visited or acted in her house, and especially tor !fin. of
the prisoner. saying that Mr. Fugues permitted him to indulge in
such rational recreations.
Mr. Fugues denied this, but on the contrary, often admonished
his apprentice agalliht such pursuits.
Ate 31agistrate asked Mrs. Hemmings how abe could continue
this sch.tol tat iniquity after a 'ragtime on a tormer occasion to re.
lirqui,4 it, upon condition that the pariah would nut indict her
house as a *minion anis. wee ?

She continucd it, she said, by sufferance.
3lrs. Hemming• was informed that she and her house would be
indicted at the sie.rdotut, std the officers were ordered to the meau
time to look sft‘r the actors and actresses of Denniark.street.
It apptated dung this inquiry that money was actually paid for
tickets. attd that they played once a fortnight.
The Young linter was asst for a ['ninth to study his parts io the
House of Correction.

renterilay an Irinh labourer, of the name of (Marks Among/ate,
was brought up before Mr. CONANT, charged with breaking the
shop window% of Mr. Smith, No. IW, High Holborn.
Mr. Smith deposed that the prisoner had fallen against his
, windows and broke three panes of glass ; but it was not his inter'.
thin of pressing the charge, as he had one of a more important
nature to make—the night patrol Ix longing. to How-street came up,
and on giving the man, who was lyffig co the ground, into their
custody, they, upon the prisoner's attempting to rise, began strik-
ing him with their stalls about the loins and back, and, upon the
poor fellow getting up, one of them struck him a tremendous blow
on the back part of the head, which felled the prisoner to the
ground, after doing which they left him weltering in blood and
ran away, when the street-koepez liiles's came up and con-
veyed the prisoner to the workhdoss.
air. Oldlng, a jeweller, deposed that he was passing by at the
time, and observed the petrol befits* the prisoner in a tnost violent
manner, and they then ran away, leaving their victim in a state of
insensibility on the pavement.
Clark, the street-keeper, and some of the parish officers, cor-
roborated the latter part of the above evidence. and also spoke to
the state the prisoner was in when taken to the house surgeon.
Mr. CoNANT observed that it was a very extraordinary charge
against the How.street patrol, and by Mr. Smith mat.ing the
charge in their absence it appeared that he wished to excite a pre.
judice in the public mind against them ; and if he was confident
that they were Itow.street patrol, lie would let the charge stand
over, as far an related to their gross conduct, until the following
Tuesday. when he should cause the patrol to attend, and he like-
wise hoped that Mr. Smith would come forward and do what justice
and humanity required, and on the understanding that all the
parties were to attend the prisoner was discharged.
On last Tuesday, just before the close of the office, Avery, the
conductor of the patrol, came forward stated to the Magistrate that
his party, Milk and Waddington. were ordered to attend in con-
sequence of some complaint which had been alleged against them ;
on which the opposite party was called, but not being in attend.
once, ‘Viuldington entered into a long defence, which he concluded
by throwing the whole of the disgraceful conduct upon Clark, the
street-keeper : and upon 31r Conant inquiring why he was not in
attendance, Furzman, the watch-house keeper of dt. Hiles's, in-
formed the Magistrate that Ilarvey, the conductor of the street.
keepers, had desired Clark not to attend the Magistrate's order, and
which 11113 the occasion of his not being at the office ; on which Mr.
Conant directed all the parties to attend, and also Harvey, the
conductor. Upon coming to the office yesterday, Mr. Conant in.
gulled of Harvey the cause why he had ordered Clark not to attend
according to his order, when llarvey stated that be had received
' orders from the Chairman of the Committee not to let any or the
street-keepers attend at the office, unless a request was made to
him from the Magistrates, and which not being done, be had only
done his 'duty in not permitting the street-keeper to attend. The
Magistrate in reply severely animadvertec: upon such conduct. The
whale of the parties then came forward, with the exception of Mr.
Smith grid Waddington, when the previous statement WAS gone
into. at the conclusion of which 'tlr. Conant observed that
in his opinion the conduct of the patrol was of such a nature
that it deserved animadversion, and he should therefore state the
transaction to the proper quarter.—Thc parties were then
dismissed.