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London, England, 1809-11-29 00:00:00

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" Twenty pounds reward--Wbeeem them Itsa bees au in-
famous libel pohlinbed with the intent of traducing the dia-
meter and reputation of Mr. Thomas Hades, awl family,
the author of which is suppose.% to be bin Royal Highness
the Doke of lumen: Any person wbe will give iatOrwa-
tios, as as be may he convicted of the offence, Noll re-
main the above reward." Henry Nimmons, printer Hannay-
street.

[For the affidavits, in mitigation of punishment,
see our paper of Friday last.]
Mr. Justice Cause then animadverted on the in-
discretion of the Defendant, in lending his name in
an unlawful transa,tion ; and observed, that igno-
rance was not a sufficient excuse, as the Defend-
ant had, well 'mooing what he was doing, taken
out a license as a printer.
The COURT, therefore, adjudged him to be con-
fined for one calendar month, in the custody of the
Marshal of the King's Bench Prison.
He was accordingly committed.
This being the last day of term, the Court were
employed, the remainder of the day. iu hewing [no-
tions of course, and nothing else of public interest
occurred.

PULICI.

Now.ssapeaT, ram. as.
RIOTS AT COVEWT•GARDEN THEATRE.

At the end of the second act of the Ballet, two. persona
wove brought iate the efface, charged wit► snails' a riot is
the pit of the Theatre. . .

Jaimes Osborne, of Aldersgate street, builder, deposed,
that the Prisoners on their entering into the pit, at half.
price, colomeneed a riot, by calling out 0.P., alluding on
the meats, doming and 'carping time with the ejoculstiou of
0.P.; aod that they forced their way to the front of the pit,
driving before them several females, who were in the house
when the ends% ruse, and who were driven out of the pit ;
that he, the witness, lend beta assaulted by them ; lee pre
them a motion to conduct themselves more orderly, or else
would be lakes into custody. This made thi na more
violent, and they rem up and duets the mats, in the most
outrageous meaner, and sang rave Me Kies, while
two of the actresses, Mira Bribes and Viso Martyr, sang us
lbestage, which perfectly drowsed theist voices, nod pre-
vented the audience from henries.
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His tratiumay vu etwrobtaa-ted by Peter Cummins, of
Lancaster and Mr..Brainchm. •
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Mr. N Alta called ou diem for their defence. The first
stated, that hie name wee Frederick Showers, a clerk Mr
Tonging to the Fast lsdie Home; that he had stood un the
hem hes, because be could sot &diet wise see, as the persons
befo:e lino were stunting op and that be bud walked Moog
the larches to find out a place, where be could sit dom.,
asar & the sane time, have a view of the stage; he dialed
haring mule a noise, or having disturbed soy perms.
•rk, oilier Deiendalit stated his name to be Richard
Ailsins, slid denied the entire oldie charge against biro, etm
Cept t tat he had joined in the song of Cuitsnre the King.
0111411111 obeerired, it was impossible that they, the
Magistrate% could girt much credit to that loyalty which
wed to Mdse. a part iit His Majesty's sul4ems, sad to pre-
vent another past from envying radars' amitulteiscst.
Hr. N• 111111 ordered the Prim:isms to find hail.

//sri44 Collier, was brought from St. Cleanest's watch.
bums, sod charred with feleiniausty stealing a 21. Bask of
Forhowl watt, the property of Liisibstit Tanner, of HS,
Maul•lsso.

It appeared that the Promestrix Is a wryest, and had left
her place late us Monday eight. Yesterday morning, between
twelve endow o'clock, as she was passing shag the Strand,
apse Temple-By, she met with the Prim•er, and fielding it
very late, asked her if she could tell het wheMskie moldy*
a bed • Tim Prisoner took her to the Rose, in Skip-yen%
where she paid two 'hillier fee • bed. the Speed that the
Prisoner etientel sleep with her. be Pruscentrix west is
bed Bret, leaving her pocket, in which were the tl. note end
two shillings, on a chair. Before the Primmer pt late bed,
she heard her pocket rattle, aid, leaking up, saw the Prisoner
with the pocket M her hand, sad saw her take the note oat.
In cutorequeace of which, she sat up in bed, and asked the
Prisoner to give her the pocket, which she accuediag did.
On examining the pocket, the Proaecateix d' that
the ,tl. note was gone. She charged the Primness with tak-
iug it, but she denied it, and offered to stand search. The
landlndy was called up, and she insisted us marabou( the Pri-
mmer, and the room, but it could out be found. The Fruit,.
cutrix wee positive she bad it, after she went auto the room ,
strobe took it oat of her pocket, sad the Primmer sew it.
The Prisoner was committed for trial.
_

John South was charged withfelduisesty stealth( se V..

hreila, the property of Henry Hillier, umMitiammilter,im the
Haymarket —lt appeared, that, eu Monday evening, the
Primmer sad several others were mem larkiug about the shop•
door of the Prosecutor, sod the Prisoner was observed to
swatch au umbrella., whivls was hanging op, and run away
with it. The Prosecutor pursued him, sever lest sight of
Lim, and be was secured. The Prisoner threw the umbrella
away.—He was committed fir trial.
John ifloxhan. wee charged es suspieino of stealing a calf,
the properly olJohn Clark, m cow-keeper, of Kamm& Town.
The Prosecutor missed a colt from Ass grounds use Monday
morning q he traced it (rain therm to Smithfield, the mime
day, and from thence to Whitechapel, is the posseamon of
the Pi immor.
He was committed for further examisatioa.

The circumstance of Mr. tt LINIICKT losing his
hat in the pit of Covent-Garden Tnealre, on the
evening of the 6th instant, and the Magistrates re-
fusing to grunt • warrant against the person charg-
ed with having his hat, upon a suspicion of felony,
has been a subject of much conversation. The fol-
lowing statement will explain the matter: The Mete
taking of another oerson's property isnot felouy,but,
to c.,tistitute that came, it is necessary that the pro-
perly should be taken with • felonious tweet,
which must depend upon the circumstances, which
the law defines. If Mr. Wet onour's hat lied been
taken from hint clandestinely from •the pit, in a
lar wanner to his pocket being picked, that
would have constituted a felony. The conviction
of Shone, the man for pawning it, was under the
Act of the nth of His ',resent MAJIIIVT, gene-
rally called "The Pawnbroker Act."
The man concerned wen Daly, the watchman, in
seducing CA RO LIN A W ILCOIt, tram the gateway of
the Golden-Cross. Charing-Cross, wader • pretence
of walking before the Liverpool coach, has not yet
been taken; but the case being so extremely dis-
tressing, several liberal subscnpuisas have been sent
to the office for her.

A requisition lira been presented to the Loan
MAYOR, to call a Court of Common Council, "to
take into consideration the late calamitous Expedi-
tion to Holland,"
A few evenings since, the Bristol catch, called
the Volunteer, was overturned on Hounslow Heath,
with twelve passengers, who, we are hippy to say,
sustained no material injury.
In the garden of Mr. RICKARD UMW, of
Straogeways Lancashire, a rasbcrry-tree is at this
time bent Sown by the ripe fruit which loads its
boughs, being the second crop it bas furnished the
owner this year.
A Cairnmorgan stow, weighing 908 ounces, of
one entire crystal, was lately fund in the High-
lands al Scotland, sad is new ia the pessessiou of a
lapidary, is Edinburgh, •

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Teoteiriliy,ae Agneulterol Benet, Obi Tabus' Club ineile "
established at Crieff,indsr the petiolate etSir Patrick Mot -
ray, Bert. of Ochtertyre, and the ether laisdhuklen of tit
Cneff district of Perthshire. When lbo company weft as-
sembled, cuusistaug of the Proprietors, any, tonne mid
overseers, mid the principal furors of the tetiodry g the Sir
rant laid before them a plans and regulatiosee,fos the Society,
detailed at great length, dad droll% up with. Ismael ability,
JIT
which met with the warmest 'Racialistic% ei ldireoistat Ho
thee presented to them a large cdllecttoo u books on agri-
cultural subjects. containing all the meltable beinnentios ise
the different branches of rural economy *at has bee° giant
to the public during the last thirty years, which he Ishmael:A
as a beginiiiim to the library for the ode of the members.
On concluding his speech, be received the warmest thaolot,
is suns of the onetime, from Colonel Murray, of Alienate-
bey ; the Hoe. Mr. Barrel lirommowd, ut Perth ; and Gm-
semi Campbell, of Monsie, fur the trouble he hnd talon uei
the present occasion, sad for the ans.-ration paid by hits to
the general haterests of the comae,. These geutleuseu then,
along with Si, Petrick &ad the other pruptietors, sulaseriood.
very headstone sunup, for the beselit attar society, end were
followed by all the other limbers, who contribettad cheer-
fully towards an iwatitutiots which was likely to he product:tee
of the happiest efforts.
After the other-hearen were elected, and the Afferent
committees appointed fur carrying on the bosinews of the so-
ciety, the members all dined together, aid, eller spending
the evening in the utmost harmony and hood humour, they'
withdrew, delighted with the kind attemisio of then land-
lords, sad Poll of the praises of the patriotic founder of the
society; the worthy representative of 5 father, vibe was long
distinguished fur his unwearied attention to the interests of
the community at large, sad these of ditrotistens in par-
ticular.