The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-22 00:00:00

" THE HUMBUGS."

(Prom Bernard's Retrospections of the Stage.)
„„
ine name of " Humbugs" was given to this
Club on account of the manner in which every
new member was initiated. The system was to
introduce two candidates at a time, and to set
them quarrelling as soon as they were seated. It
did not signify in how trivial a point the differ.
ence on : the members expert in roguery,
would b
y taking opposite sides, aggravate the
natter till it assumed the aspect of insult ; and
the disputants were urged from arguments to
proceed to epithets, and from epithets to blows ;
when the noble supervisor of this farce interfered,
took the strangers by the hand and told them
" they were both humbugged," and had become
members.
My reader can infer the spirit of a Club pos-
leasing this for one of its regulations. The most
whimsical effects I ever witnessed were produced
by Charles Ineledon's introduction, who had the
honour of being proposed alone.
narrymore was extremely pleased with Incle-
don's conversation as well as singing, and had
long wanted to enrol him among the members.
The " Son of Song" expected therefore an un-
usual degree of attention when he came. He
Was then extremely popular in the ballad of
`` Black-eyed Susan,' for which the first call
was unanimous ;• but he had not finished the
first line, before a member exclaimed, " Oh
Charles, Charles ! come, it's too bad to foul us
this way." Ineledon stared, and asked what
hto is friend meant, The person beside him joined
the inquiry : others however interposed, and
begged Incledon to proceed :--
"All in the Dawns the fleet was m00r't1"......
" I
recolleneledon, Incledon," cried a dozen voices,
the Covent-gt y
arden
e singing to gentlemen, not
ou ar
gaery."
Incledon looked rllound in the utmost bewil-
derment: the manner of the members was so
judicious that he could not suspect the motive ;
they were all good comedians at table—not a
face betrayed a double meaning ; whilst a roar
voices round him whelmed
those of the mal-
contents.--" It's a
Tan shame—Ungentle-
the. manly interru
re tion-- p--Order, order I" &c. &c. At
again. quest,
tncledon was persuaded to proceed

" All in the Downs the fleet was moor',l"
" Stufr, atte---(ltiss) oii, Incled drunk 1".....i, Incledon,you're
ine
Who says I'm drunk ?" shouted
and ,leden. Twenty voices espoused his cause,
twenty swelled the chorus of
reprehension ;
whilst the cries of " Order, order I" tended only to
increase the confusion." I'll give any man twenty
pounds," said Incledon,,, who'll say I'm drunk,
Or give me the lie.
another "--" You're drunk, you lie."
stri
la You
Incledon had quitted his scat,
pped ►his Coat, and was offering to fight any
/nail in the room for the value of his Benefit.
Lord Barrymore had now his cue to interfere,
.--and sufficient cause,
for Incledon was wrought
Up to the fury of a foaming bull, and nothing
Under broken bones and
likely to satisfy him. bloody noses appeared
The instant however, that his Lordship said
'' he was humbugged,- the Club, which before
IPreBented a state of universal irritation, burst
ntee o a roar Of deafening laughter ; the rule was
explained at large, and every member came
Up to shake baneds with him.

i4litkio..hisinith.s:-hall,. Feste.r-lane, and the houses
or._
ietiistely adjoining it, forming the whole of the n th
4e
of Careploo, are now being pulled
trii_.icle of the present edifices having been divided into lots,
down. The
tr:Pepcaed of to different persons, the several purclutsers
'elcdly removing their respective portions. A new
7apt._,l'ed mare elegant hall, on a plan more compact and better
,Z*ed fin. the business of the company, will shortly be
:I,lll.enevd on the rite of the present one. The new
.ing Will,,in the solidity and beauty or its construction,
oattire the taste and munificenve of bi®f highly respected
44 Ite4thY Company. h will be faced with stone, and
ro:e Irmntpidiaatles around it. presenting an aspect of intik
wrbli.t), With that of he opposite neighbour the New Posh

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

Yesterday a young man n.imed Harris Violet,
was brought up in custody, charged by Solomon
Davis, one of the officers employed at the Hebrew
institution, in Randolph-street, Camden-town, with
stealing some articles of apparel from that institution.
The prisoner was remanded.
BOW-STREET.

Yesterday nine young. women and as many men
were brought in custody before Mr. Mwsllut.t,, as
idle and disorderly persons, found assembled together
in a notorious public-house, called the White Lion,
in Wy eh-street, against which repeated complaints
have been made.
Mr. Thomas, the superintendent of pollee, stated,
that in consequence of an information on oath, Mr.
HALTS had issued a warrant, under the sth of George
IV., empowering him (Mr. Thomas) to enter the
house and take into custody those whom he should
find assembled there, answering the description of
idle and disorderly persons. Armed with this war.

. .
rant, he went 011 the preceding night at a quarter
before twelve to the house in question, and found
the defendants assembled together, in a large room
up stairs, drinking'and carousing.
Sir R. BIrNIE asked Mr. Thomas if the defend-
ants were dancing ? Mr. Thomas replied that it
was a concert night. A piano was in the room,
and one of the defendants had been exercising his
talents upon it.
The females were separately examined, and seven
out of the nine were found to be common prostitutes.
There was no proof, however, that any of the men
came under the denomination of idle and disorderly,
although it was very evident that they were loose
dissolute young fellows.
Mr. HALLS observed, that although Mr. Thomas
had failed in this instance he might be more fortu-
nate upon another occasion.
Mr. Thomas de-paired of effecting any good, as

the magistrates appeared to be of opinion that the
present was not a case in which he ought to have
interfered. It was impossible under such &mum-
..

stinces that he could chi his duty.
Mr. MIN3HULL, although he should discharge
all the prisoners, was of opinion that l‘lr. Thomas had
performed his duty in a proper manner; and added,
that he thought good would result from what had
been done.

Mr. Thomas begged respectfully to differ from the
magistrate, and to express an opinion that the house
would be worse than ever.
Here the conversation ended.

'IIIA MES-PO LICE.

Yesterday a sailor, named Thomas Lamb, applied

:o the Magistrates of this office, for a warrant against

Captain Burnett, commander of the Sea&by Castle,
and produced a certificate from that gentleman, giv-
ing him a good character, as a steady and able sea.
man up to the time he was punished.
On the 24th of December last, while the ship
was at Canton, William Cronin), one of the crew,
was about to be punished, and great violence was
being used towards him, when he called for assist-
ance, and Lamb stepped up, and asked the Captain
by what authority he punished the man ? Lamb
was seized, when all the crew rushed forward in a
very threatening manner. Signals were raised, and
the officers and captains of the other vessels came

on board, and the mutinous feeling of the crew was
quietly put down. Lamb in order to escape a
threatened flogging, got amongst the rigging; but
on one of the officers 'threatening to tire at him, he
came down, and was ordered to receive five dozen
lashes. The punishment was inflicted with great
severity, and the poor fellow was for some time
afterwards under the care of the surgeon. lie
brought the dressings of his back to prove the se-
verity of the flogging, and stated that his spirits
were broken, and he should never be the man he

was again. Four others, he said, were punished at
the same time, and received two and three dozen
each. He was afterwards transferred to the Water-
loo, in which ship he came home, and received, pre-
vious to his leaving that ship, a written testimonial
of his good character and conduct during the voyage
homewards, from Capt. Newell, the Commander.
Captain RlctuntLL, the Magistrate to whom the
application was made, refused to grant the warrant,
on the ground that Lamb must have been guilty of
very bad and mutinous conduct, to have received
such a heavy punishment as fire dozen lashes.
John Downing, a seaman of the General Ryd
East Wittman, applied for a warrant against Cap-
tain Samuel Searle, the commander, for flogging
him during the voyage. The applicant, who had
very little the appearance of a sailor, and said it was
his first voyage, stated that the boatswain ordered
him to go on duty before the time for relieving the
watch, He objected to do so, when the boatswain
reported his; conduct to the captain, who ordered
him to receive two dozen lashes, which was ac-
cordingly inflicted. lie was afterwards placed in
confinement, and kept in irons three days on bread
and water.

Mr. BALLANTINE told the applicant that upon his
own showing he had been guilty of a disobedience
of orders, and could not expect much redress. lie
would however, grant the warrant, in order that a
proper investigation might be entered into, as he
could not suppose such a state of circumstances to
exist on board a merchant•ship, which could render
it necessary for a commander to flog any of his crew.
Three seamen, belonging to the Lowther Castle
East Indiamen, applied for warrants against Captain
S. S. Battle, the commander. One had received

two, and the other (a man of colour) three dozen
lashes, and they declared they had done nothing, as
they were aware of, which could subject them to
such a severe corporal punishment. The third, who
stated himself to be the ship's calker, said that
while the vessel was in the East Indie4, a rowing-
match was to take place, and having been detained
at his duty on board, had neglected to clean himself
by the time he was wanted to go out with the
officers. For this he met with very gross abuse and
the foulest language; a drawn sword and pistol
were placed at his breast by one of the officers, and
his life threatened. He was afterwarth, by the
captain's orders, put in irons and confined, but was
not flogged. Great violence, however, was used
towards him.

Mr. BRODERIP, to tqolll the three men applied,
informed the sailors that Captain Battle was already
bound over to appear at the next Admiralty Sea,
aim's, to take hie trial for an assault on one of his
seamen; and he saw no necessity for issuing fresh
warrants, as the applicants could indict him before
the Grand Jury, .when the Sessions commenced.
If the warrants were granted, all he could do in
case the assault were proved, would be to. bind
Captain Bettie over in sureties to answer the charge
at the Sessions, the Summary Assault Act not ex-
tending to offences committed un the high sea
Charles Ward, a seamen of the Inglis East India-
man, applied for a warrant against Mr. Philip,
Herbert, chief officer of that vessel, for assaulting
him on the high seas during the voyage. The ap.
plicant stated that Ile was sweeping the deck whh
Hewett, the boatswain's mate, when a few words
passed between them, which was overheard by one
of the midshipmen, who reported the conversation
to Mr. Herbert. Soon afterwards the latter gen-
tleman came on deck, seized a broomstick, and after
calling him a -- son of a. --, and other oppro-
brious names, beet him severely about the head and
body with the weapon,and tore his shirt off his back.
Mr. 'BRODBRIP questioned Ward whether he had