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London, England, 1814-09-10 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

THE ITRICAL ASSAULT.

Yorsp Serworfrrs, 44 Theatrical note, was charged with
•ioleutly assaulting Mr. Rattye, a respectable broker, in the
booth of Sateutfltis. sett. on Tuesday taizlit InAt:

Mr. Rattle statist; that he had pour to Bartholomew Fair,
along with mime friends. on the night in question, and went
watt others to view the performances in Saunders's booth.
Heinz Saunders, the Defendant, Wits dancing on a rope,
and :neatening the privilege which belonged to the frequenters
of the regular Thiztres. conceiving he did not perform suE.
to,eutiv attentive, he (Sir. It.) Insged two or three times.
Mr. Saunders, however, not choosing that his abilily should
the subject iir miratmarahle criticism, as soon as he had
concluded his evolutions, w. ut rosin.' to 31 r. Battye, and
asked him it' it was him who had hissed ? Mr. Dative un-
hesitatingly answEreil in the affirmative, upon which Mr.
Saunders, wit hone further consideration struck bun a most
violent blow in the eye, and, with the assistance of his
hrwther performers, treated Me. B. with much further vio-
lence. By the as.ietmecr of the live...hinders, however he
was at length restiteit from his perilous situation. He thenl
offered to pardon Mr. Saunders for h.s misconduct, pro-
vided he would make an apology befit', the assembled au-
dience who hail witnessed his Isis...on:net. This he refused
to do, and hence his appeal-Juice before the Aiderman.
The yutt ig equal, rian did not deny that he had been
irmilty of the viiitence imputed to him, hut attlibitted it to
the repeated knives with ...Lich Mr. Battye had assailed his
piTforniance.
Sir Vietni.rs FLOWFR said, every person was at liberty
to express their approbation ur disapprobation of a per-
tonne'. in a puller Thcatie. The conduct of Mr. Saunders,
therefore. had been wholly unjustifiable. He would give
them an opportiolity of settling the matter amicably, bow-
s-ref, if they could.
Mr. Battye he would settle the affair Qtly upon
condition of 3lr Saunders paying 101. to a Charitable In-
stitution.

One attic Officers &scrawl' the young hero of the borkts
as basin been declared a I,ankrupt only within the last
furthiglit, and therefore unable to pay this arm.

Coder ito.e CIITIIIII43IICeS Sir CH' AltteS FLCWTR pro-
posed that the sum to be given to a charity should be less-
ened to 5/

air !tatty consented to this reduction, but Mr. Saunders
preilircd iii,i to trial, and he me; accordingly held to bail
to Ittl:M tor the tomtit at the SCIPIOOI.

ROW-STREET.

John ('ole ins charged with stealing a bundle of clothes,
and other pruperty of Joint Kay, a sailor.
The Prosecutor stated, that be came from Chatham, at a
late hum on Wednesday night, and staid till six o'clock at a
watering.' s se, near ('iovent-Garden ; he then sought for a
coach to take him to Wapping, but not being ahle to pro-
cure one, lie inquired his way of the Primmer, who was
:1111i .nul he would cosidoet bin., he having no.
thing ti do. They went iuto a public-house, in 11ych-street,
and the sailor treated the Prisoner with some liquor, bait did
not drink any himself; he laid down tot a bench while the
Prisoner was drinking, and fell asleep, placiag his bundle
miller his head. lie awoke in about au hour, and di:co-
t:red that his bundle hall b►en opeued, anti robbed of two
frocks, a uair of It-tssers, nada shirt ; a handkerchief which
he ptared on his fare was gone, the handkerchief from
his neck, and all his 111411141- from his jacket-pork( t. He saw
the Privouer g _ acre's the back yard of the house, and
the pt. vide of the house pursued hint without 4 ifect. A con-
stable ti.is sent for, who ate:Wed the Prosecutor in search-
ing several public-houses in the neighbour' .1; •aud in the
parlour, tit the King of Prussia, the saibx saw him, and
pointed 100 out will, the bundle iq los let-,session, which
the sailor described as being marked with his initials, and,
uu CXJ111{1130..1!. thee tu•ucd out to be its. identical things
the sailor lead lost.

The Prisoner said, in his defence, that the bundle was not
the Prosecutor's. hut was one of his euumunions, who gme
it to him to carry to the Hell and Crown, Holbmii it, where he
was to west hit in three or four howl —lnquiry having
Leen made at the Bell anti Clown, this willed out to be
false, As 11411 sailor, as the Prisoner tlesuibeml, came theme.--
Comiuittisl for indium exainiustion.

tIITTOLCARDZIC

James Srtunders, of No 9, Falconberk.rourt, Crowe-
street, Soho, appeared to a siiintrions on nn information,
charging hiw with haviog on Moiida7, the 272 d any of Au-
gust last, sold one dozen of squibs (for hichhe le-
ccived in payment. 'I he vino ..;e bring clearly
prul•e4l, he WAS hued i.t the peuully of five itimi.ds and WM.
IIMILBOROV(111-1111MT.
MELLING PREVENTED.

Mr J Asain, a medical student, esinpini:ied at this office
on Thiirsday afternoon, that he hail receirA a letter fr,im
Mr. Adair, another mistiest student, chalk:if:Mit to figl.t a
duel. In consequence t.f this information, a peace-wai rant
was maned, and T Foy and Plank, appiehrndest tst. Defen-
dant. The letter contaimu: the ehatitiige w rodneed
fine the Ma,tristrate, and it called upon the Complainant to
meet the Defendant at five o'clock in the morning'. in Hyde
Park. Tit.. Defeudaut would be prepared with p:stuls, and
the Coinplainaut was desired to Cornish pustkr and ball,
other.tise he would be posted at a Ct. artL The parties had
differed some tune, and the Defendant had isrittesi the Com-
plainant a former letter to the tame pvirpnrt. He was held
in sureties. to keep the peace, Miami( is 2tlU. Ind- 90111 is
utba Sutcl4.!