The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-07 00:00:00

BOW STREET.

Edward Tr ilrh and Mary his wile were brought up yesterday
before T. Halls, Esq. on a warrant obtained against them by Cor-
nelius Ueuny, their landlord, charged jointly and severally with
assaulting liim,the aforesaid Cornelius Denny, with (encomia arms,
to wit, tour fists and one rotten. with intent, him, the said Corne-
lius, to demolish and otherwise maltreat. _

Mr. Denny, slur sundry bows and scrapes, now proceeded to in.
form his Worship that last evening he took the opportunity of Mr.
Welch's being at home to walk into his room in the capacity of a
"gentleman's polite reinembrane,er." fur the purpose of jogging
the memory of his tenant respectirg a certain given number of shil-
ling, and penes due to himself. in the way of rent, which Mr. W.
hail somehow or other, in the hurry of business or the distraction
of pleasure, forgotten to discharge. Scarcely, however, had he
made the nature of his vials known, when, instead of hearing the
welcome sounds--" Pray take a chair, Mr. Cornelius Denny, and
write a receipt," he found himself exposed to payment of a very
different description from that which he had anticipated, being im-
mediately assailed by the husband " tooth and nail." In his efi-
deavour to escape he now also found to his cost that he liad but too
fatally neglected that grand point in the tactics of a good general,
provision for a retreat, Mrs. V suddenly starting np from an
anihnscade in his rear, anti thus placing him between two fro.
ilia situation became now extremely unpleasant. if the horny
knuckles of Mr. W. were hard, Mrs. W.'s potion. which she plied
whit gtea: vigour, was harder; in abort, lie soon found that in his
pursuit after legal redress, he had somehow got-comuletely into
Chancery, and like many others in the same situation, foumhit ex-
tremely difficult to get out again. This, however, he was at length
enabled to accomplish, anti now brought up the parties to teach
them he must be paid in other coin than that which they were dis.
posed so liberally to bestow upon him.
Fur the defence it was urged that the caw* of assault assigned
was not the true one; that Mr. Denny, so far from acting in the
mild way he had tepresented, had called the defendant " • robber,"
and accused 'dui of stealing certain novels, his property. Common
as literary thefts are become in the present age, Mr. Welch did not
like the idea of being considered so gross a plagiarist as Otis charge
would intimate him to be ; he therefore retorted, as he admitted he
had done, and Mts. W'. had assisted him, as in duty bound. This
statement being coetimied on the cross-examinatlon of the cont.
plalnant's son, his Worship characterized the whole as a trumpery
proceeding, and dismissed the cave.
Yesterday afternoon. when the regular business of the office had
closed, Ale. Charles Horn, the singer and composer, of Drury-lane
Theatre, was brought before Mr. HALLS on a warrant, charged
with an assault upon an Irishman, named Tyson, who tills the
situation of patter at the stage-door of the establishment mentioned.
Tyson's statement was that on Thursday, at the time of the lei.
formers assembling for rehearsal, Mr. Hord came to the stage.
door accompanist by. two voting gentlemen, his son and his
nephew, and they were all about to enter the house, but witness
Lad received orders that none but those Immediately connected with
the Theatre should be allowed to pass, and he therefore put hie
hand before one of the young gentlemen, and was telling him that
he could not vase. when Mr. iforn gave hint " a sort of allow"
on the breast, which sent' him against the wall it the other end of
the lodge.
Mr. Horn begged, before he entered upon his defence, to ask the
complainant a question or two.
Mr. HALLS said he was perfectly at liberty to put any question
he pleased, and Mr. Horn asleed the complainant if Miss Ste-
phens's niece, Miss dolineon, Mr. biston's family Mr. Wal.
lack's, and others, were not admitted every day without any ob-
jection being ofiitred
. .

The complainant said they certainly were.
Mr. Horn—And pray, did you not yesterday admit Mr. Lis-
ton's son immediately after you stopped the two yriting gentlemen
who accompanied me-?
The complainant said he could net tell whether he did or not,
for the day was too dark to distinguish facer. and at all events. if
lie did admit Mr. Liston's son, he had acted contrary to the orders
given to him by the management.
Mr. Horn, in his defence, said that it had always been the cos-
torn for the performers to take their relatives or friend's to rehearsal,
and when he went with his son and nephew on Thursday the com-
plainant very rudely stopped them, at which he felt vexed, and be
certainly pushed the porter aside, but it war done with gentleness.
and rot violently, as had been stated. No obstruction hail ever
been offered to his . friends until during the rehearsal of the tart
opera, when he took Mrs. Horn with him, and he received a hint
that it was not desirable that he should bring any person with him.
The friends of other performers were allowed free ingress to the
theatre, as the complainant had admitted ; and haying very good
reason to believe that the prohibition with respect to him arose from
private pique on the part of one individual in the management, he
certainly felt disposed to mist it.
Mr. HALLS said that an assault had been sworn to, but it was
committed under such circumstance'', that he did not think himself
warranted in holding Mr. Horn to bail, It seemed to have arisen
nut of a disputed matter of right, and he thesefore leave the
complainant to his remedy by tudkunent at Sessions, if he thought
Et to adopt that course.
Mr. Horn wu discharged.