The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-17 00:00:00

POLICE.

night four persOns, two
men
.and two women, supposed,, to have been the
principal promoters of the calamity at•Sadier's Wells,
were brought before the Magistratea,in Hatton-Gar-
den. The men, linept Pierce and ,Juke Pierce,
(two brothers) were.first called in for:examination.
Mr. C. Dibdin, 'Manager •of the -Theatre, Sad-
lees Wells, said, that on Thursday night a riot had
occurred in ithat. Theatre, originating in the Pits in
consequence of mhich, alter being allowed some
tirtly to ttespet3s on the patience of the audience,
two men, supposed to be principiilly instiotuentai,io
the disturbance, had been taken into custody. • This
riot had been productive-of the most disastrous con-
sequences, as the Magistrate must already have
beard. In carrying out the Prisoners, the wcrdjight
had been mikonstrued intofire, and the idea of chat
being the tad, 'had been conveyed from the Lobby
into the balms. The appearance of agony and
wringing of. hands exhibited by the Ladies,. quickly
'communicated the alarm to the gallery, and in a few
moments the whole house was in a state of the ut-
most confusion and disorder.: Mr. Dibdin, himself,
and the whole of the pertbreterS, did all they could,
by their voices, and by a speaking trumpet, to con-
since the audience that the'alarm was false, and to,
endeavour to persuade those in the gallery .not to
precipitate thentielves into the pit. The 'conster-
nation, however, was so great that their remon-
stranioa, if at all beard, were in vain, :ind several
persons threw themselves down from the gallery,
'and were tratunledon. . •
Mr. J. Dobson, 30, Coleman.strect, said he was
in the pit at Sadler's Wells, on Thursday night, awl
was seated 'in the right hand. 'Corner towards `the
back.
.He described the 'condu& of -the Prisoners,
whom he particularly remarked, as anxiotts to excite
a disturbance. He believed that the scuffle in the
pit was the cause of the alarm prciduced in the gal-
lery. He could not impute any•thing intentional to
the Prisoners. .

Mr.
,Suter, Somer's Town, who was also seated
near the Phsoners, observed theth to be etretuely
disorderly for nearly two hours before they wet
taken into .cUstody. There were two women in
'company'voith them, 'tc;fici the* witness thought lie
sass 't little no in the outer Office. They all seem-
-ed as' if they had come to the 'Theatre with no
good intention. One of the. wonteu slapped a Gett•
tleman in the face ; and they seemed dt,iruto of
fighting among themselves, 'as if froth the wtisOla.
,tion,that others might take •it up. The women
'reached over'the Men, saying, that they should not
fight, as if they maot to provoke a fight. The polly
did not. seek) at' enmity with each other, hut only
appeared desirous of ,e2Nititig a quarraarrtott Others.
'One of, the Prisoner's.said—" if be did ,noefight he'
would kick up a d'---;--t! row," or ‘vonts to that ef-
i. fed, though the Witness would not swear to the
`elta;:t words: When spoken tot by the Officers, the
Prisoners sec them at defiance, They were at'
length pulled off their seats and carried our. Resist-
ance being made, the Ottiecri called for help, which
the witness was about -to lend, when, on turning
round. he saw the pit all in confusion, and an alarm
of tire prevalent. From the riot . in the pit all this
confusion had beenprodueed.
The two women alluded to by this Witness, having
beett brought fiit*iard by an Officer, they were lin-
mediately recognized by Mr. Suter, as being,those
whom he had observed in compaitywith the Pri-
'soners ; they stated their names to be Mrs. Luckar
and Mary Wynne.
The different Peace Officers, who are in the habit
of attending tins theatre, and who took the Pri-
'setters into custody, concurred in bearing testimony
to t'hcir riotous and d6orderly cundu6t. Neither of

themillowever, heard either of the Prkoneis use the
word fire, or the word fight, which occasioned the
alarm in .the gallery. The women were equally
aaive in the riot with the'tnen.'

. .
, Vincent -Pierce, i-Oriscteteke, said that .be i.yas a
brewer's servant, i was in the employment of
Whitbread, ilk brother,. the other Prisoner at
the bar, had arrived...from the country only the day,
before, and he, along with the two women at the
bar, with the elder of whoni he lodged, and the
younger 'of whom was a neighbotir, living imme-
diately opposite, 'in Cradle-court,. Redcross-street,
had accompapied him to the Theatre. The girl
who was alOng "With him had beep insulted the mo.
ment she went into the house, and a Gentleman
had also pushed his brother. He,had made riot,
'Only ref Using to be.turtied Out, becanse, as he told
those who threatened to do so, but Whom he did not
knew to be OtliCers, his money' was Al good as
another's.

John Pierce told a similar story, -stating that he
had only come from Wiltshire the day Oefore
Mrs, Lac said she was a inn woman, and re.
sided. In .:Cradle-court, Redcross-street, Vincent
Pierce-lived with her, and treated her to Sadler's
Wells on the night in question. She could not tell
how the 'quarrel began. She begged of them not
to be tronblesonie,- but they would, be troublesome.
Mary Wynne said, the Prisoner, Vincent Pierce,
bad asked her to accompany, hitn and his brother:
The younger-.brother,. in stepping from one seat to
another, -fell against a Gentleman in black, and they
quarrelled. ,

Alr.7Baker said,' there was, no evidence here of
Any intention, on the part of the Prisoners, to pro.
duce the dr,adful catastrophe, which had unfirtu-
natelY resulted from the riot which they-had been
so instrumental in producing. For their very cul-
pable corn6l,- however, though not such as war•
ranted him in committing them to take their trial
as for Murder, they were.clearlyindiaible ; and he.
thouglit,Mr. Dibdon,would do an acceptable service
to the public in indiding the whole of the
.Prisoners
fur the riot. •

. .
.Mr.-Dibdin, said be had immediately offered a rem
ward tOr-th4'discovery of the guilty persors. On un-
derstanding; that the Prisoners were in custody, he
bad come forward to prosecute, and now duty to the
public, as- well as his own inclination, should induce
hjtn: tocotuply strictly with the worthy Magistrate's
recommendation. • ..

');Mr. pindin. and the,oiher parties concerned were
bound over to prosecute. for the riot and the pri-
soners not being ready with bail, were ,ordered to bei
committed.. •

SPORTI.Nr:; INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER ME El INC.

Fit!DAY, OcT.
Mr. C. Browne's Woodhull, fist. zib. beat Mr. ke's
Woodcock, Bst.4lb. Two.yr old C. 2.5&,-S.-2. to i a ;,at ‘VOutl-
11hol.
Mr. Lake's Citizen; 7st. 731 b. beat Lord fersey's Ipswich.
Bst. Sib. T. M. M. songs. h. to z agst Citizen.
D. of.CraftCri's Musician, Bst. 81h. beat Ld Chase.
and-one, S,i. sib. Across the Flat. zoogs, h. ft. —f tto to
Ott M usician. .

Mr. Payne's Ferdinand, 7st. ilb.,beat Mr, Craven's Bronze,
Sst. 71b. Across the Flat. UogS.—; to 4 agst hadin
Mr. Wyndliani's Canopus, Bst. beat Mr. Artilueb Zodiac,
Bst. sib. Ab. A 4 tongs. —5 to 4 agst' Can/piis.

The Third Class or the oaober Oatland Ntakes. D. M.
Mr. D. kadclifEes Selim. ; yrs old, test. 31b. - i
Mr. Lake's Goity, 5 yrs 014, 7st. 1 'lb. . -
Lit Foley's Captain Absolute, aged, Bst. Ilb. ~. 3
Gen. Gower's 3Winley. aged. Est.. slb. • - 4
Mr., Watson's Dicadnought, aged, Bst. ¢lb. - . 5
Six to tour on Selim.
• Mr. Beaver's b. 1. by Strrntiard, agst Mr. Bradley's Prodi-
gal, ilst. 41b. each. Across the Flat, sogs.—Ottby Consent.

PEDESTRIAN FRAT.-411 May, 1778, ti very ex«
traordinary pedestrian race was prformed for a con-
siderable 'wnger, by the Hon. Mr. SHIRLEY, theta
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Warwickshire 4egiment
of Militia, who undertook to go from London to
Bath in one day, between sun-rise and shp-set,
which he 'completed within the time (about
teen hours), although he had been taken ill on the
way,. and obliged•to lie- down. an lout-. --The dis-
tance lob mile 3.

• ~.
Mrs. JORDAN is SO, much recovered, that she will
soon be able to animate the theatrical world again.—
Hor zeal to gratify the public should not, however,
impellier to come forward too sooti.

The Margate Theatre was opened on Wednesday
List, for the. benefit of the Benevolent Fund, The
Pit was ltied into. the Boxes, and the prices Of:ad-
mission were increased on this laudable ()tension, and
to the honour of the place, the house was rne.
rotvilyattendeli., The play was I'ameilano, and the
part'of Minerlune was performed in a very able
inanner, by Mr. TAitouRDEN, orie of the Propr:e-
t2rs of the ,I-IlvttEtttet. T4atre. Bcdazet- was re-
pr4lntea by. Mr. GRUBB, a Proprietor of DrUry
.I_,[ln, Theatre, with
,inueh ; and the most,Of
tin. Nrforrnets N•ere Ifqii,lleurs of the Art,. who
4111-a4 li,:il themselves iespeCiably,: .The Nrce was
The, //Map? Liwzjer, and Mr. TAHQURDE display-
ed tlii~ of'his powers, by a humorous per-
formance of Scout.

061ober dividends are now paying. at England's
great B:1Illi, the dui of. which is directly .opposite
J; • Whit tisa's -State Lottery Ot ice, 16, Cornhill,
where it -is ext,-Recled Fortune will 'distribute her
largest favour iti.the Lottery which begins Drawing
nest 'Tuesday, namely, t Grand Prize of 4,0,0001.
J. \V. would think himself remiss in Ilia attention to
the Public, wasshe no\ to recommend-their immedi-
ately laying out a part.'of theitjeceipts, in order. that
the next dividend they receive may be increased in
the additional sum of 20001. a year b' th purchase
of a Ticket, or year by a halt Shiite, tool.
a year by a quarter. Share, 2601. a year by nn e 3 hth
Share, and 1 val. n year by a sixtttehth Share, Drone
the very great deinand ati-eady' prestittes
pointrnent may, be the lot of l'ilosta who delay thilt
Purchase any longerd True Schemes
,gratis, raft
rizes paid imniedifitely they are drawn, from the,
lowest Prize to the Grind Prize of 44,000 i.
It is no less extraordinary thaWagrneable irefiee-
(ion to siX 'thousand adventurers in tht *present new
. Lottery Plan, that if unsuccessful in obtaining Ca.
pital Prizes in the first Scheme, they will have their
numbers drawn a secourl time, without any addi-
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listing only of six thousand Tickets, yet possessing
prizes to the amount of 63,0001. , N. B. T e
Drawing commences next Tuesday.

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TRIAL 1- J. wiLsoN>, alias J. RATFORD.

iConcluded frtin) yesterday's Paper.]

Mr; James Simpson ll'ells, Clerk sf the Halifax;
called in, and sworn.
I{e
.prcduced the complete Book"of the Halifax—
Swors to its corre6tness, and by di reaion of he Court,
point,ed (int to the Judge-Advocate the five men
g „ated. by
,the Charge to lave deserted,Whieh he did
as follows:
Iticiltard Iluhert, sgil7maker, born in Liverpool,
tngland, aged 29;
liertry Saunders, yeoman of the sheets, born in
reenock, aged d 6.
Jerikin.;26ord, ordinary, born in London, aged
34. • ,1 .
George North, Captain of the main-top, beta in
Itinsale, aged 27.
Wiliiam Hill, able, born in Philadelphia, aged 21,
entered at
.Antigua.
Q. Do you know the Prisoner to be one of the
,men you have now named ?—A. Yes, I do by the
name ofjenkin Batford.
• Q. Have you any reason for believing the Pri-
soner to be born in London I think I was pre-
-lent. when his description was taken, and he gave
,the place of his birth, London, himself.
Mr. James Bakie, Secretary •to Vice Admiral
Derkeley, sworn to the following Letters being true
-Copies'of those sent- to the Commander in Chief;
when they were read, and arc as follow :
'TO .I'O,llN. ERSKINE DOUQLAS, xso.
Captain of His Majesty's. Ship .Bellona, rind Senior
()dicer, &c. &c. Chesapeake.
.• His Majesty'S Skip Leopard, at See,
Ste, - eed Juno, 1807.
In obedience to your signal this morning, to weigh
'and reconnoitre, S. E, by E. I have the honour to ac-
linaint you, that having arrived off Cape Henry, to
the distance of about four or five leagues, I bore up.,
pursuant to orders from, the Commander in Chief, to
search for Deserters on board
.the United States'
frigate .Chesapeake. On arriving within hail an
Officer Was. dispatched according to my instructions,
to chew the Order to her Commander, togetberwith
the following Note from myself:
The Captain of hie Britannic 'Majesty's Ship
Leopard has the honour to enclose the Captain of
the United States' frigate Chesapeake an Order
from the Hon.' -Wee Admiral Berkeley, Com-
numder' in Chief of..his Majesty's Ships on the
North American station, respeaing some Deserters
Iraqi the ships (therein mentioned) under his com-
'nand, and supposed now to be serving is part of the
crew Of the Chesapeake. . .
"“ The Captain of the Leopard will not presume to
say any thing in addition to what the Commander
in Chief has stated, More than to express a hope,
that, every circumstance respeCting . them may be
adjusted in such a manner that the harmony sub-
sisting between ,the two countries may remain un-
diSturbed,"
The boat, after an absence of three quarter,' of
_an
hoar, returned with the following answer :
• " I knOw of no such men as you describe ) the
Pfficerti that were on the recruiting service for this
ship were particularly instructed by the Govern men t,
through :me, not to enter any Deserters from his
Britannic Majesty's ships ; nor do .1 know of any be-
ing here. ,
" I am also instated never to permit the
.erew of any ship that I command to be muster-
ed by, any other but her own Officers ; it is my dis-
,positiOn to preserve harmony ; and I hope this an-
swer to your dispatch will prove satisfaaory.
(Signed) lAMitti BAUON.
" Corm of the U. S. S. Chesapeake::

" List of Men found on board, and serving as a part of the
crew or the United States' ship Chesapeake. Deserters from
his MajCsty's Ships Me'anvils and Halifax :
William Ware, Daniel Martin, la. Strachan, alias Story,
UM. S. Metampus..
fn. Wilson, alias jerkin Ratford, H. M..S. Halifax.
(Signed) , S. P. HUMPHRE YS. 1,
H., M. S. Ship Leopard, at Sea, 22.4.1 tune, ISO.,

I. Copy of at Letter from Commodore Barron, to Captain
liumphteys , •
" itt--1 consider the Frigate Chesapeake as your Prize,
and am ready to deliver her to any Officer authorised to re.
ceive. her. —By the return of the Boat 1' sliall,exPed your
answer.; and ,have the honour to be, Sir, .. •
4, Your most obedient humble Servant.,
" AM ES,BARRON,Ik"
" At Sea, 22d tune, MI."

t ANSWER.

" kiis Majesty's Ship Leopard, at Sea,
224 tune, 18n7.

“fligt,

.‘ Having to the Utmost- of my power, fulfilled the in:
"strudions of thy Commander in Chief, I have nothing more
10 desire ;- and must,. inconsequence, proceed' to join the re-
mainder of the Squadron; tepeating, that I am ready,fo give
}Au every assistance in tny power, anti do most sinewely
plane that any lives' shoujd have- been lost in the execution
t a ,av ice whicht might' have been adjusted more amicably,
um t. Linty with r,!speo to ourselves, but to the Nations to
(Ai We respectively belong.
'" I have the honour to he, Sir,
" Your obedient hotrible Servant,
" S. P. HUMPHREYS."

On the receipt of thisietter, motives of humanity,
and an'ardent desire to prevent bloodshed, induced
.me, if possible, to endeavour to make the search
• without recurring to more serious measures, by re-
, patedlY hailing and remonstrating without effed.
I Alien direded a shot to be fired ucryss the bow;
after which he was again hailed ; the answera again
were equally tvasive • conceiving, therefore, that nay
orders would not admit of deviation, I lament to
• sCity:.that felt under , the -necessity of enforcing
0,10. by firing into the United States Ship ; a few,
ifi,tOt were returned, but mina strnek-ihiS Ship :' at
Isflte expiration ofi ten minUtes•• from the first shot
1•-eing tired, the pehilaut aii&ettsign.of the,Cliesa-
'feake were lowered. I Alien gave the necessary
iredion for her being searched, according to my
iristrudions,: Oa herewith send you a statement* of
.-,the nunibeitiniti-names of. the Deserters found on
board— Sesieral other English SubjeCts'composed
.part of tho,•,crew of tlia Frigate', but as they did not
ciahn the prute4tion of the British Flag, and not
the my orders from the Commander
in L therefore allowed them to remain,
After the, search had,heen made, and previous to
otp.iralion, Oh; Captain svnt me.the annexed Note, f