The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-10 00:00:00

CO YEA T-GARDEN jiimartg.

Yesterday the adjourned Sessions-. ft; the Court
of Surrey•corritnente-d •at the Sessinris.-house, Horse-
monger-lane, before Mr. Serjeant Ossiow, and a
full Bench of Magistrates.
ASSAULT,
Jahn Vincent Simpson, surgeon, was indiaed for
assaulting Joseph Berryman. appeared iron the
.
however, received some marks cif applause oti his statement Of the Prosecutor, who was formerly a
' baker in Toolev-vreet, but is now retired from busi. -
entrattee, and he went through his part as if dis-
ness, that the Defendant formerly i'eted a house of
tut-bailee. existed. CHARLES KRTABLU experienced a
different fate,-and was assailed by violent tokens of him, which he quitted above twelve months ago,
disapprobation; but why nobody can conceive, as he I leaving rent due to the amount of 101. The use-
bears.his faculties meekly" in private lite, is al- color had not -ice') him from the time of his quitting
ways Fttentive to his public duties, and has no share ii the house till last May, when he met him one even-
in the property of the Theatre. j lag in Tooley-street ; he stopped him, and enquired
when he intended to settle the rent which was due ?
The usual weapons of annoyance were freely ex-
ercised in .various -.parts of the house, and papers- t instead of answering him,. the defendant knocked
were hung about the Theatre. It was, however, I him down several times; This was the assault coin-
evident, that the house contained
.more friends of plained of.
the Proprietors than had appeared before, for many The Defendant, who undertook to conduit his
of these labels were immediately destroyed, and own cause, addressed. the Court in a sne-th ot com-
those who brought them did not resolutely defend siderable length, in which he droned the assault, and
them. The roarings of the voice-were, it possible, also the charge of having quitted the house
without
more Violent and persevering than before, and many paying the rent which was clue, inasmuch as he lett
slight skirmishes took place. But the chief scene Of fixtures in the house worth treble the su e. He ob.
opposition was the pit, and there a severe contest 1 served, that whilst the Prosecutor was in bnsiness as
pievailed fur some time between a band of pugi- a baker, in Tooley-street, he was sevt rat ii ties s m=
listic Jews, w 4 it is said, and the opponents of the 1 moned before the Magistrates for selling bred short •
Theatre. The latter however succeeded in driving , of weight And that, in the course of the mar, wn4.
the 6-'66,4 Israel into the lobby. A Gentleman in lhe had been heard to say in Court, that tie h.;‘i
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the Boxes who tore one of the labels and threw the i obliged to swear roundly, when before the Grand
fragments into the Pit, had the flap of his coat torn Jury, to prevent the bill being thrown out,
oil, and thrown after them. It was then held up The Jury found him Guilty;
as 'a flag of tiiumph. Many- females of the -Cyprian The CHAIRMAN reprobated in strongterms the
corps stood up in the front of the second tier of conduct of the Defendant, in endea,iioriug to dot-
Boxes, waving their handkerchiefs, in order to en- -1 credit the testimony of the Prosectuhr, by the ii, taek
i. courage., the malcontents to proceed, who however i he had madv on his character and reputation es a
stood in no need of incitement. Four persons, we tradesman. And the broad insinuation which he
understand, were taken into custody for using horns- had thrown out, 4f his having -worn roundly, Or, in
the t. other words, perjured himself, when before the
and other instrumcmts of turbulence, and rousing
people by inflammatory labels.—lt is to be hoped Grand Jury. A very violent assault had been 'proved
that the difficulties into which sortie of the persons' i against him, and were it not for the incoavenience
• which might result to persons to whom h;s attend-
who have been companions in these scenes of riot
have brought themselves, will have due influence lance in his professional character might he neces-
- upon the misguided multitude, who night after sary, the Court would certainly feel incanted to in-
night disturb the public peace. flirt the punishment of imprisontuelt upon
It • can hardly be doubted that those persons who i The sentence of tl)e Court, however, was, that ho
have stood up for the Public, when they find, as should pay a fine of 151. and be impriscreed till it
some of the labels import, that they are made instru- was paid.
ments by men who have the most mischievous de- The Prisoner then addressed the Court, and ob.
signs in view, will be sensible of the danger which served, that the sentence just pas-,ed would- operate
they are unwarily promoting. As for the younger- as a sentence of • perpetual iulprisonmeot against
part of the audience,-who have nothing worse in t him, it being utterly out- of his ptyver'to pay such
vieW-than•enjoying what they call a row, it is pro. a sum ; he therefore -redeested the Court -would
bable that they will be checked by a sense of the alter the sentence of imprisonment fur a limited
legal trenbles which such conduct may bring upon time.
them, and refrain from their follies. • Upon this statement, the Court re-considered their
-We annex a few of the labels, as they obviously judgment, and changed the sentence to six weeks
indicate the designs of men who are not actuated imprisonment in the House ut' Correetiou, Her sc.
by public spirit, or juvenile indiscretion, but wish monger-lane.
to extend a Play-house riot all over the nation. The rest of the day was wholly occupied in hear-
" The Vtace of the People must be obeyed." t ing and deciding petty assaults.
" Resist the Imposition, and the Arrogance awl Obstinacy
ot the Black Prince must be bumbled."
" Let not Monopoly flourish."
" The Public will never bvsaustied with the partial Report
of the select few."
" Persevere and Conquer."
" Old Prices stilt, and better times,
" Resistance, boys, we have good signs."
" IoHN ru Lt. opposed to loist4 KEMBLE I—Fair Accounts
and lair Prices!"
" 1 oits But- t, to your own cause prove true ;
" j h 7 t. e yield, or you may rue."
On the.-..oncio.,ion of the Farce, many persons, as
well the aCtors in the turbulent scenes as the .mere
speetaturs, 'waited same time, probably- in expeeta-
tion that Mr. would come forward, but
finding there was no chance of bringing him sgain
to the stake, atter a little squabbling among them-
selves, they dispersed, witbout-donig any more mis-
chief.—We are sorry to add, that, according to the
esinnive of Mr. SMIRKS, the Theatre could not be
restored_ to what it was before the riots took place,
for less than two thousand pounds.

The scene of turbulence ''which has so often di-z-
-turbed Ihe public• peace,-.vas renewed last night with
undnnintshed fury. The play was tiichurd the
Third. and the farce Raising of the, tvna, but the
cru)k'd back'd Tyrant had not power to render a
gyllahlelie uttered audible, and all his fellow la•
bourns of the scene shared the same rate. COOKE,

DOV4ii, OCT. 7.

AGentleman was seen this toot nin2- walking to and
fro in a hurried manner on Shorn oiitf, nut betore
the persons who were near con. I a,, oo;:en tJ
to irevent the execution of his in0.101,.1,, I,e 1:al
precipitated himself into ;tie bud), ~,s
soon washed on shore, bit. al, •!t ti,,td to
restore him to life was truoe,s. seir..lmig his
pockets, several letters were to •nil, a‘ldreba
purposely turn oil. By ti,eir co,t,nt.
pear he has a correspond. 4, aoroad, an ' 11111 ht, a
merchant in the city. Jr one ~o,ket was totioci a
piece of paper' crumpled 01,„ wim the tollowhiz

lines :-.

Oh ! Sarah, Sarah, cruet in
Wily u.sotti a he.at s. frue ;
Wh.)S4:0111. Wish 01 tz, to hve
And-now yuu

THE JUBILEE.

He is of short stature, lu, i o a corheau great
coat, brae coat. with gin b,liton,
taloons and nail-boots. O.; (par; heir
that a gentleman aniAeriog dv,etiorr:ll I c,•,(1,
from Matg.ne the day 'before ou nor,;oaci:,
slept at the Ship 'Liven), The, body rt•inmis at ,:le
Cliff Barracks to be owned

CoRK, OCT. 4.—On Wediv,ridly night the ty:,:t
boy, conveying the Mail hoot CThir Istpcy,
was stopped near Barthough by IWO men I:tlarri,:,
who took from him the rdiil bag,, and afte-
out the letters ‘viiich it contaiiieo returned it to him
again. On ThUrsd,y.thorning ;Ix letters and pap.2rs
were ((Krd wituirt.acoople Of of tit, licit,:;;;
of Ballyaavid, when they were tazen charge of by
Mr. Baker, whodelivercd them sate to the Post-
master of Tipperary.' The l t tors were almost all,
tore open,' and some which contained property to
a large amount,. were of their contents.

Between twelve and o'cloel: at noon, i-,r) Fri-
day last, a xtfry .alarming 'fire biuke -EA st Mt-srs.
St:ong and S::rachan's varniAl•manut.telory, at 1-131,,,-
gersicrne, in cohscquence of ora their pots., e:;-
-plodins!- , ►which entii-e:v desirot, the ta:aory•i.;art of
the premises; he, t,7o.iu tne.a4iviiy .tod presence of
mind of Mr. S;rott2, and the assist.,oce of the men
from Sparks and Co.'s mot-,
varnish to the amount of some thousati'd pohndsi
and other cr;esiderahle property, v,.as sasett ir,,to the
devouring names.
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Dued, on the 21 3,ine hsl, at Martinique, 11:e
infant son of Lieutenant- Colonel LEANS, of the
13th Regiment of Ftiot. .
Yesterday week, when the S
.from London for Fa' Imonth, stopped at the Couch-
office in Salisbu.y; ott removing the tur the
exchange of coaches, a' boy- .too •.i ri, e old v, as
found asleep at the bottom ot •be out ! On Ins
being awakened, and questioned It ,w C. rite toere,
he-said he had b. en ways -acid-sock, in
the Inn-yard in 6ettiiig tnto the bout
to hide, he_fell.,is,eep, and no: ak, 11,d e.t er
by the putttn.; in of the lugga•,. (which :Is ligio,)
• by the n ourtie,slll,4 -5 A- e or the re-
moval of the-co.,cii tiirnagrtug Mr, ets Li it 'don
and he further asserted ilia he ti.i(t. con clued
during the whole of tur jp.srney t:..t.th it u,us
snore probible tifat tie 11.1 d awraki.d at antes, b w. s
too much fri.;:itenea by 111, i WARM to gite h..:-
cessary alaret no hig ref ease. He told is na
residence, and was immedtaitly taken back.-to Lin-
t don, in, the 'saute cu.A:h.