The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-24 00:00:00

COVENT-GiIkDEN tHEATRE.

We have some reason to.
congratulate otirselves
:.I.having often predi&ed, elven during the utmost
fury of the tumults which prevailed in this Theatre,
that the good sense and liberal feelings of the public
"Ould finally triumph, and last night we had abun-
dant reason to be satisfied that we understood the
bational.charader. The Comedy of Every Man in
his Humour was represented, and was heard with
nearly as much attention as generally accompanied
dramatic represeritations in "the most peaceable
times. :At the end of the third act a rush was made
towards the middle of thb Pit, and an attempt
to" revive the spirit' of tumult took place, but
it received so little encouragement, or rather was so
obviously discountenanced by tbe.audience in gene-.
nil, that it soon subsided, and did not 'rise into any
thing like an effeetual interruption of the perform-
'Lice through the remainder of the play, and the
4iter-piece of Don Juan. Hence then we trust that
be may now congratulate JpnN Bum, on the testatation of his gen'erotis feelings, witliont anTdirni-
botion of his manly spirit. _Some of his. family have
Indeed been riotous, and some mischievous, but
,111 ost of them had, perhaps, nothing but noisy fun
in view. The Proprietors have, no doubt, severely
kiffered in their property, arid have been grievously
disappointed in their hopes, but it is their interest
to be upon good terms with ,the people in general,
and if none ;of the lattetShould resume offensive
°Perations, we are persuaded that the former will
hot be inclined to shew a vindiaive spirit.

The Gazette of Saturday last, contains.his Majes.6
tY's.confirmation of the title of Knighthood; con-
ferred upon Sir THO3IAS STAINES, by his 'Sicilian.
4lajeSty FEaDINAND the IVth, King of the Two Si-
tilies, as a mark of the sense his Sicilian Majesty
!ntertained of the great skill alai intrepidity displayed
uY Captain STAINES a'gainst tlio4 twiny, ill 114 w "Lie-
titerrewean in June bkpt. •

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BO W.-571%32, -.1,-7—Yesterday, •Thamp..t Daly, a
Watchman belonging• to, the palish of St. Mary-le-
Sirand,...was brought to the Otike,:charged with be-
ing concerned with another man not yet taken, in
robbing Caroline Wilcox,, wife, of John Wilcox,
boatswain's mate of his Majesty's brig Bcag,le; ,p 1
Bank'notes of and 101: each, to, tlie amount of
about, 2601. and 6ir in cash, nine valuable gowns,
and other women's wearing apparel.. The circum-
stances attending the robbery are, of .a deep laid
scheMe, daring and very cruet; They are as
follow

:The prosecutrix's,lnisband was- some.years since a
steward on board the Columbus, in the West India
trade, till ,about five years since, when he was
pressed on board, one of his Majesty's ships; from
which. he was removed to the Rolla, on board of
which he was prornOted to be a gunner, 41 which
situation he remained about a year and a half, when
he was removed to the Beagle, and was promoted to
be boatswain's mate. He then sent for his wife,
and she sailed with him to the Baltic. On their re-
turn they joined the, expedition to Flushing, and
while on board, the prosecdtrix Mused the. Captain's
(Newcomb's) wife during her confinement in child-
birth.l About two, months ago they returned•to
dock,-at Sheerness, for the vessel to be repaired.
:On. Tuesday week, they went to the Downs,
where they were paid off; her husband received
threa years pay and some prize-money, which he
gave her, in consequence of his being ordered to sea
again, and desired her to return home to Ireland to
her mother, who has the care of their two children.
The money he gave her, together with the sum she
received as.a present from Captain Newcomb, made
up the above. Early on Saturday.
.morning she left
Deal, by the stage, and arrived in the evening at the
Golden Cross, Charing Cross. She not knowing
any person. in England, took her place by the Liver-
pool coach, to. proceed the following morning to
Ireland. She slept at the Inn, and , was called in
the morning at four o'clock, the,
.coach ;starting at
five.
,She got,; up
,when she was called, and was
waiting for the coach under the gateway in, St.;
Martin's-lane ;
.the ,hostler went to her, and told her
the.coach was nearly ready,,and to follow him; , she
did so a few yards, but it being darks lost sight of
him, when the prisoner aid another man accosted
her, and said they were going by the coach she,
was, and as the .coach, wound stop at three places
before it got off the stones,, which was very dis-
agreeable, advised her to walk on with them, 'till
they got to the last place, which she was silly enough
to .agree to. They Set .oft
.and,, as she supposed,
along the Strand; .the contrary_road she goes. It
has since been ascertained they went up Drorrlane„
and stopped at the lack Boy public house; the
prisoner and his companion had three half pints of
gin.; the prosecutrix did not. take any liquor, but
got some milk, of a woman at the. door. -
.After the prisoner and his companion had drank
th:vir gin, they couduaed her to ,the Cock pub.fC-
house, in Dyut-street, St. Giles's, which they told
her was the last place the coach. called at ; and they
asked her to treat them wiih some
,liquor, which
she agreed to. She put her bundle , the' bar, in
expectation of the coach coming up. the prisoner's
companion took :her beadle on, his .back, she suppos-
ing he was takitig it to the coach. In a few minutes
utter, the. prisoner told her the other man had run
away with her•bundle; this very much alarmed her.
The prisoner said he would-run after-him-and bring
him back ;, he then ran out of the house, but ,never
returned: In this forlorn state, the prosecutrix was
rleft in. one
,of the most shocking and dangerous
,neighbourhoods in London, without knowing where
she was, or a single person in England, and robbed
.of the whole of her property; this brought her into
such a distracted state of mind, that she took a pen-
knife from her pocket, and cut her throat ; however,
a surgeon was procured, and it was discovered that
the knife had not penetrated deep enough to en-
danger her life.. The wound was sewed up, and she
is in a fair, way oi doing well. She said, in justih-
, cation of her rash ad, that she might as well lose
her life as her money and cloaths. In this forlorn
gtate, an honest sailor took compassion upon her,
and took her to his apartments, where she fared as
-he-and his 'wife did during Sunday, and they made
up a bed for her.

On Monday morning, honest Jack went with her
to several pawnbrokers, to inquire after her cloaths,
which had been stolen. The wife' of the sailor re-
,quested her not to return there to sleep, as they
were in such a bad neighbourhood, their life would
be in danger, and she would not wonder at the house
being set on lire. After the sailor had made many
fruitless inquiries, he conducted her to the above
office, where Treadway, the Cobstable, belonging
to St. Giles's; .undertook to' investigate the business
for her, and took her under his protection, and pro-
cured her a habitation. Treadway traced out the
two public houses where they stopt at, and learned,
at. the Cock public house, in Dyut-street, that one
of the men's names was Daly, and that he was a
watchman, but did not know the parish he belong-
ed to; the other man who pas with him they only
knew...by sight. Treadway inquired at several
parishes, and at length discovered him to belong to
St. Mary-le-Strand, and 'apprehended him on Mon-
day night, on his beat, in Fountain-court, in the'
Strand.

Yesterday, the prisoner underwent an eXamina-
tion, when he acknowledged being one of the men
who was with the prosecutrix, but denied know-
ing who the ottier man was, or where he was to
be found. Ho was committed for further exami-
nation.

Mr. PEGLER, a King's Messenger, arrived yester-
day at the Foreign Office, -in. Downing-street, with
dispatches froth Spain.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, NO 24.
This day's Market had a pretty good supplp of
different kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, Pork, and
Veal, support last prices ; and the trade for the most
part was but indifferenr.The sales in the Hay
Market were trifling ; flay and Clover fetched last
prices; Straw has fallen in price. The following
prices and numbers are an atcnrate statement :

- To sink the 011 A per stone of-Sib.
Beef 4s. ad. to sS. od. Muttou 4s, od. tb ss. od. Veal 6s.
ed. to ys. cd, Pork ss. od. to 6s. Oil. •
Beasts 86q.-- Sheep 4,76o.—Calves 37.—Pigs 314,