The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-14 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE'.

BOxv-sTaceT.—Dui mg the iiitittli barlCe at Covent
Garden Theatre, tne Magistraes attend at the office
till mi:lingete in case of a serious riot taking place.e
- Ott Wednesday,
,et ening Mr. A ti.AD attended, and
soon after ten O'clock, a gentleman, who said his
name was Desthard,' was brought, in the custody: of
an officer, charger with making a disturbance in the
boxes.
William Hewetson, or Battersea, Surrey, Esq.
said, that after•the coechision of the Opeta, the .pri7-
soner; who was ni • n-- ;rota o one of the boxes, in
the lower circle, got up, and standing upon. the
cushion of the tront ot tee box, aediessed the
people hi the pit, ii. ne:lriy•the followiog words:--•
Gentlemen—This is the -13th night that you
have met here with the most tiecided•ooposition to
the new prices. - I neither fear Mr. K.rmale, nbr
Bow-sitreet—" Here the bell rang-,—and,tne curtain
drew up. . The-etre& ot his speaking caused the
people in the pit to cheer. hire, and cry-out "bravo !
go, on !" which, 'with others expressing ther disap-
probation ot hi . eoeduee, certainly created a tumult
in the house for the time he was speaking.
• This statement was• confirmed by Baron Peiltzar,
of the Nine Elias, Vauxhall; and Mr.'Brandon..—
He-was occterAistoli.d. is.sil, __ ... '
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Alex. Cheehe,' coal-merchant, of Hackney was
,charged .by. Peter Fisher, ot Gastle-street, Leicester-
square..
Mr.. Fisher stated, Mat he observed Mr.. Cheeke
in the" front of-one of the boxes on the fourth
circle, and that he, -with the assistance of another'
person,., lung a paper over tfte'froiit of the box, and
then,;standing up, waved his hat to the people in the
.pit and said, " NoW, my'tioys, a strong pull,. a long
pull, and a pull all ,togethere," which was immediately
fell Owed by shouting from the, pit and other parts of
the house, -produced, as he auppos.,d, by Mr.,c.
speaking.
.This was confirmed .by .Mr. James Osborne, Of
Aldersgate-street, and Mr. Bennett. Ordered to
find bail. . " - e . •
Thothas IPazigh, was chargtol with assaulting
Rilrd Wood, in the pit ; •who stated that the Ni-
solver struck him with a stick on his -head,_ and un
his hand ; there were great noise and confusion in
the pit at the time, and he observed him strike se-
veral-olher people before he struck him.---Ordered
to find bail.- ' - ,
-. Yesterday morning, soon afterT two ,Vole.ck,
.two.
youog'inen went into the Brown Bear Public-house
•in Bow-street, which is open-all night for: the ac-
. corturr dation of Gentletnen,eand had a bed. About
eight o'clock they both came down Stairs to go out.
' As soon as they. were gone, the waiter, who let
them out, missed a pair of shoes and a pair of gai7
• tors, which had been cleaned, ready for the Gentle-
man they belonged. to to put on. The, waiter went afe
ter them, and overtook one of them at the corner of
the street, who denied any knowledge ot the shoes
arid gaiters; .on • being. searched; an ,iron crow veaS -,
fqund7in his pocket, similar. o. those used in house-
'breaking. He' described
,the,pubiic-house in Wild-
street, where his companion resorted. 'l'he -waiter,
in •cousequenee; went with Bacon, ' the captain of the
I;atrelcewho was in attendance at the Office, to the
house ; ' lie was not there ; they waited a. few tni-
nutes;and he, caine in. .As soon-as he saw them, he.
. ran out
_of the house., They pursued him, calling
onte--" Stop thiefi"- Bacon... had a desperate fall in
rnnnieg, and cut. his hand open. -.Tire Prisoner was,
however, stopped by some persons passing at .the
.•
tinte. On Bacon's searching him, •he found the
shoes. and gaiters which had. been stolen.
The, Prisoners were brought before Mr. GRAHAM,
when he who had the shoes and gaiters was com-
mitted for trial, and .he who had the iron crow was
sent OH board the Tender: .

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UNION-HALL.—Richard Pa,.Molyr charged with
breaking open a stable belonging to a gentleman in
Kennington-lane, and stealing a large to);.-coat, on
the night of the 15th of June last, , was tally own-
tnitten-foi trial.
George Churchill and .19hn Golding, apprehended
on a cnarge of sheep stealing, were remanded for
another examination en Wednesday next.

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