The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-27 00:00:00

Baker, and .a eneeteee ea others, wete forcing there, , pit And totes did Sot quit the Thealrd, and their it-
e.laes into the--Quince :fad 'on _his' endeeZeinineato i tention wa; attracted to.one of the front boxes,
up-
rerent ttli.ere, Mr. Baker. assaulted him, by la)-eng on which he went round to lane of the side be xes
BOW-STRIE,ET,.--On Saturday night the charges. hold_ of BO' try tile collar. Mr. Baf;er deoied the 1 when he saw the prisoner and a tall man standing '
charge, end said that he was passing by theOtficea he -1' up in the box, waif they were speaking ' to the peop
from the Theatre, anal' those -which arose out of .
thoughts a 9 th ere vaas business . goirig on, :behest:l lin the pit a the prisoner had the letters 0. P.on the
thee, re: assaults at the Police-Office, far exceeded
rieht to hear What was going forward, "and as he brease of his coat, and an°. P. medal on his bneast.
all other evenings since the Theatre opened ; the .
was. the Office-, the Complainant tlkie him: i Their eonduea tended to keep the people in the
()Pace Vas, for a considerable time, a general scene. a pesh, upon which, he acknowledged•he ,' house,, who otherwise, he '.belieaed, would have
of confuSiona and the .investigatiou of the charges.
did seize him by the colair. ' "-: --. T i gone z."wity, and create riot and 'disturbance The
occupied' the° attention of Mr. GRAHAM and Mr. Mr:Graham ordered Mr. Baker to find bail for ! priseneree 'eyed his bat,. which had en effe'a Upon
NARES, from i little eight o'clock, till nearly
,after the aessault• • , .es t ; teethe to the pit, .so as to. increase the noise'
one yesterday morning. The examinatietaof Contain Fitzgerald was tbfAi ! He, in consequence, sent a pauy of the patrole to
Edward jiiri 0h t an apprentice to a cutler in
. 0 P • • , , ' - tako.hirn into custody..
James-street, Covent-garden, was brought in the,
mr. •r'es.ilattieed,..osborne, of Al a builder, Samuel Taunton, the patrole, said, he went
ceetody of some of the patrole, and charged by
said he was in C-ovelit-GeSden- Thaatre, and that' J. with Nlrf: Brandon to secure the prisoner, whom he
James Brandon, who, on his oath, said, that during . he foUnd standing up in the brae, with an 0
soon after the
,*lialf-erice ktudience•hiid come ill,
the third ai!;t•of the. Opera of The EngliA Thefehere - .. P. on
was a gist disturbance in the Pit, occasioned by. a . sa,ss "
the prisnotr, Captain Viizgerald, sitting upon his coat. ' •
the pie:talon at the back of the dress boxes, lanock- The prisoner denied all the charge, except wear-
number b persons rushing from the upper part of the iiiiea great stick against the,hack of the bog, and a •ing 0. P.
.; and said, it was a omen near him who
Pit to the. middle; Where several of them put the lets-
ters"o. P. in their }tats; and made a very great noise, ' calling ". "Old . Prices, lite Prices at all, 0. P.'s' do : had atied 'as.' the witnesses described , but, he hav-
e our
.tity, arid tutu the officers Out of the Pit," ing no 'witnessei to prose this; was ordered to find
and confusion afterwards; .in consequence of which 'and swore if he was anise% them, he would turn bail.. '-
he went to tl; Pit, taking with him a party of the • out half a dezen of them. 'lhe Captain=eareinned i Sir 'Godfrey Webster made 'a complaints of - his
patrole,' And directed Limberich and others 'to' do
- •ta for about half an hour in the sonic: place; making a i
!invitee beetiViolently Assaulted by a man at the doer
into the Pit quietly, and to make titeir-way into ihe ' •
great noise end disturbance, and some person near i, of-the Offiee: 'Sir Godfrey Stated, that be was. sass
• centre, Where they would find-a number of persenra . }lien •observing, that if lie continued tnekttig *that ! ing the Office, and the illoor-beins, wile open, :arid
makinga grea'f'dieturbance,, and desired. that tl?1 noise,•
he could be taken into custody, he repliedesi beiShaea'S being; tianSatling, lie attempted to' enter
might •he baobght out.
and 'swore he would split their sculls; and used matey .! the Office; lan ••.e.a.s. told by •a man. that he-could not
Richard Limberick, one of the patrole said, that . '
ottierexptessiona to the Seine •etllse"-A ; and upon the :', he :admitted. While-he was standing on the steps,
according to the (lireations of Mr. Brandon, he went patrole. going into the lees where tie .was to take lie was seieed.sviolently by the collar, pushed off th
into the middle of the -Pit, where. he found a number ion, lie made great' ressistance, and a • number of
of peeStends'suing, with the letiers O. P. in their hats. - -
person got
.troin the pit into the boxes, and endea- i with a blasphemous oath.
The prisoner bad 0. P. in his hat, there Was, a gene- vowed to rescue him, by which his clothes got torn ; 1 Mr. GRAHAM eXplaillea' to Sir Godfrey, that no
rat scene of confusion ; he laid hold of the`Pi isoner,
dratt Captain ntzgeralsf sconduee tended to interrupt i person had any claim to be admitted into the,Oilice,
and gave hien in cherge IQ aurither of the patrole ; at-- , .
t tepertermence, and kept that part ()Late house .1, and told hint that the Otlice was so- beset every'
the swine-timer there was d great naise; particularly . near wherm
,he was 'hi a stateof -uproar., He Was'i evening, abet they' were Obliged to have forty: or,
by per Sens calfing out "" 0. P.'s sit. deans." -•- • • i
ordered to fuld bail. •= . ' - i lefty nun to guard it ;.andetliat there was such a
The prisoner denied making any disturbance, or. ! He replied that lie had no bail to give, for be bad, i crowd round the door a; few -evenings since, that
taking any part in it, but -,aid, he Went in at half- . no:friends, nor aEluell • knew keiy person in Lou- ~vocal lie was endeavouring to- enter the Office to
P 'he•ffaund :the pit. nearly full, and in the place don to whom'd he could to bail bune, and', was do, his duty,. the croWdewas so unerovernable, he
he got, fhe could not, see the'periormers on account
d, willing
~ to ,o . any thing, or .go any where they nearly. lost his life bsing,'squeezed so violently
of i he' pereons sianding.upoil the benchere and when
ortulairt ?roper to convey shim. Two Gentlemen i across his breast. He .also observed; that it was
other persons-were preasiog iersteird to the front :of 1
bailie ict.ty,.
_without keowing hint, came forward impossible for them to say in What manner the dour
the pit, he thotight he had a right to do the same, olv him ineol. each; and lihnielf hi 1 vol. They i slniuld- be kept 'clear, althotisrh he. should: highly.
Laving paid- has money e but 'Mr. Graham held; - wer- e Ir. laneey, ef'St. Mary-axe ; and Mr. culli- ' condeasn any improper rudeness on the parts of the
that haying only come in at half priee,..he had no • •
rnt.re, of La wrence-Pouutetiey-lane. = •
right to pressiorward to annoy those who had paid• i•' 0 ffecers .
Captain Fitzgerald, and the Gentlemerawho intee 1 Sir Godfrey persisted in stating that he had been
, full price, and in &ling which lie must have coal. rested thernselve, applied to Mr: Graham,,in order I violently ill-treated ; , upon which , Mr. • GRAHAM
routed many violent assaults, and therefore ordered l Captain's
search might be Made tor the• recovery of the said, it he could point out the man, he would take
situ to find bail. Captaiti'a watch;: and other property is Mari he had ! , the charge: ' After some time, Sir Godfrey returned
William Percoval, a linen draper, .of Oxford- -
lost. Mr. Grahani *called 'upon Mr. Brandotwettol t- and,pointed out •W. Blackman, one of the patrole,
street, was charged with similar condua at the same desired . • •
.that every exertion plight be made for , the, 1 who he said assaulted' trim, and repeated hisform et'.
-h 1 '
time. ~
of the property in the 'Theatre. : ....-.1 statement, of being collared and pushed off the
M. Nicholls, one of the patrole, said, that he(Was , _ F recovery , i,..
rancts .11,ing tkagle, a Barrister of the Temple, ! steps of the Office. This was confirmed by two
in the pit of 'the Theatre at the time, and saw Mr. i teas charge(} with assaulting William. Read, one of 1 Gentlemen in his company. -Blackman deriied the
Pereevalranning about upon the seats, in the:Middle the patrole belonging to the Office, who stated, that I, charge/ • . _
Of the pit ; he, bythe desire of 4 gentleman, took 1 \
lie was, endeavonring to a keep number of pers'ons i Mr. GRAHAM said, he was sorry to hear the charge
the prisoner info custody, in doing which he was 1 from 'rushing into the 0t soon alterCaptatn Fite- '1 against him, as if he bad been asked to point out 'a
knocked down, but by whom he could not say.
geralt Was brought in, when Mr. Eagle, who Was ; civil nuri belonging to the Offide, he should • have
Mr. Perceval denied the charge, andsaid,ahat the I
i Amon, there., assaulted him, and rbre his coat. ~ named Blackman. . • . , .
cause Of his moving about in the Pit upon the seats, r. Engle denied the charge,,:and •said that lie,. 1, . Two witnesses contradicted Sir Godfrey, as to
•
was, that there was a genet al pushing; all the audi- 1 by the- Office, and sd' ' -
was. passim;.,--I ing there :Was i Blackman being the man.
ence were standing upon the seats at -the time, and
, business going forward and supposing from his i Mr. GRAHAM said, as Blackman belonged to the
be was Obliged to move about, to avoid being pashed• • '
i he *had I right -to be present, was pro- , Office, and was always to be found, hesabould-not
down. ' . . l' professionneeding • 1 '
,Office, when b,..- was seized by the liold.hini to bail ; but Sir Godfrey could india hint.
Mr. GRAHAM inqUired of the patrole whether the 1. ceml complainanti.tilannwt_ll:na he,
not = knowing who he, was,
moving about of the prisotter appeared to be of that tas ie. did not appear to have any authority, resist-
description,
sif he wished to get out of the coati-
" 'ed him. . ,
slon, or if it was a pressing forward, and thereby as- 1 Mr. GR in reply, observed,
. that it -was a
AITAI`,.I, .
Vultipg atVeral persons ;_which they answering in i very much mistaken flatten in persons supposing
the .affirmative;he Was ordered to find,ball. 1 they bad a tight to come into the Office. Mr.
„ Ike Gentleinan who gave the prisoner in charge i
Eagle," from his profession, ought to know that, the
liii the patrole, did not attend... , I Ma,,-istrates, were only thing magisterially, and hear-
, ~,
Boar atter. lids examination. had closed, a greata 1 in, gscharges against-persons,. in order to investigate
droved` of
personS entered the Office, and i the business, to ascertain whether there was stll-
great noise anaPcimisision ensued for a considerable. t cient ground to hold them to bail, commit, or dis-
length of time; at last, when order was restored, it, charge them ; they could, if they pleased, go up
proved to be-aceasioned by (he bringing in of Captain stairs, and hear the charge, without any person be-
_
Fitzgerald' to the- Office, , ing present,,
accept the parties concerned in the mat.
The Captain addressed thesaench in a mat tat- ter ;et was, however, tar from his wish to prevent
tared and deplorahle‘state, his.coat being tore in two ,
t
he i any person
_coining in, if there was room, and they
down the back, his neckcloth and shirt in rags ; would conduct thetweit es, properly. He allowed
alSo said, that he had either been .robbed, or had lost i
th at, when they were sitting in judgment; the Office
hii hat; gloves, stick, a • watch, Which "cost him was an open Court.—He was ordered to find bail
' fifteen guineas, and some valuable seals ; and that
for the assault.
be had been dragged out of a beet, and brouest'A to IN Ir. John ft heattey, of Barnsford-court, Throg-
the Office by some men, without having done any mortim-street' •an tinder Writer and insurance-broker,
thing to merit such treatment, as tat as,lie was sense- was charged by Charles Humphries, belonging to
ble. ' For a considerable time' all appeared mystery the Office, who stated, that in the evening, as he
respeAing the Captaip, as no person attended to was assisting the patrole in bringing out Capt. Fitz-
give charge of him ; and lie continued stating the gerald from the boxes, in the passage between the
hardness of his case to the Magistrates, and the i aisket-box. es and the front boxes, Mr. Wheatley,
Gentlemen sitting around. Pie said he belonged to When was inone of the basket-boxes, snatched his
the 10-3 d regiment of foot, and had been serving his- statho.ut of
H his hand, and struck at him -three times
country several years in the West Indies, and had amplifies then endeavoured to get into
only arrived in London that day, and had. no friends Ntiblie boxli.
where he was, but was held back by some
in England. Mr. Brandon at length arrived, and other person or persons,. while Mr. Wheatleygot
stated generally that there was a great disturbance - out of the box. • Humphries then went round the
in- the box where Captain Fitzgerald was, and he boxeS, and found
e hai in another, and took him
sent several of the patrole in to bring out the person 'trim Custody.
:making the noise. - • Mr. Wheatley most positivel • denied the charge,
Charles the messenger to - saying, it, was -,c. )
, ___a eentlernan powdered'who took the
the Office,said he brought the Captain to the Office, stag from liuniphries, r and who- struck at him with
having,: during ilia perforrnance.of the af terepleee iht ; lie was only leaning over the box; in the affray
(Raising the Wind), observed the prisoner in: one of
glad
owas knocked down under the seat, and he was
the dress boxes callings out 0. E and OldPrtoicrlsl: to get out of the box, for fear of tut tiler in-
making a-great noise-and disturbance, tending- jaullryi, 'and having
i drank
id wine freely at his dinner,
terrupt the performanct. There was at the same
..ha he let e besidesewas, that when Hum-
time a great number-of other persons joining in the pliries came to apprehend him, he refused to go with
disturbance. • him, unless he sheered a warrant against him, which
M 7. Graham was about to proceed to the exami- he knew be had a right todemand 3 and he would
nation of another winless against Captain Fitzge-' _ not allow any man to collar hire. He at length
raid, but there was so much noises and confusion in agreed to go to the Office. •
the body.- of the Office, it was found impossible,
5.t1.11.1r; Wl2eatlehy. called two G. eetlemen who. were
vltid one voice being heard.. aboye the rest, Mr. i
Williami,elose to limn to prove his. detence. , : .
Gealtarn desired he might be brongbt . before •Clancey, of
,61, St. Mary Axe, said
- }tins i time parole in attendance, in- consequence, . that lee was in the box with him, and that he saw. a
torCt.3.l before him a youngenan of genteel appear- persoift who sat next to Mr. Wheatley take the staff
, slice,. who resisted. the interference of the parole, `o,t 0. Humphrics's hand, and make a violent blow
Itaring them to lay le7ilcl, of him, and he swore with it at. him. He was a- tall thin man,
en oath, in the hearing of Mr: Graham, who inquir- nowees. ' ina and wore
..,1 his-Ilan-le i lie.said his name was Baker, and that '.'- Mr.ieullimore, of Lawrence-Pountnay-lane; • con-
be was a Barrisierein Garden-court, in the Temple; .firmed Mr. Clancey's statement. ,-- • -
the Magistrae, in 'consequence, 'fined him ss. as a , Mr. GRAHLM .expressed himself satisfied with the.
V4l.llonian, for Swearing in, his presence, and three evidence of two such r,seeEtiblwitnesses; and yet
. 4hillings costs, which Mr. Baker immediately paid a did' not attach blame"' • ..a= e .
any to rturuphfies••for accusing
Mr. Graham, however, upon recollection, order- Mr. Wheatley, as, where there were-so limy per-
. ed the three shillings 'costs .to be returned, the
, sons , learning over the •Ixc it was very easy fora
being upon, his rieW, It then becanieca man to h mistaken. ' '
question how Mr. Baker came into the Office, and the, aMre
1 .11. Wheatley was accordingly dis Charged.
cause of his making a poise 3he said it was in resisting, a lam Allison, a journeyman chemist, was
eoniesnen who seized him, .and dragged himforcibly brought by Clark, patrole,and charged by Mr.
into the Office a• these men proved to be- some of the Brandou, who said, that-atttkhe. conclusion of the.
patrole, add James Whalen, one of them, charged i farce, he looked through a.
.bree
_ln the curtain,
. and
Mr: Baker. with essaultiug. hire, and stated, that Mr. obseried that a great number of -the -audience in the

POLICE.

PLOUGHING MATCH.

On Tuesday, the 7th inst. the con- petition for the
premiums given by thc: Highland Society of Scotland,
to encourage improvement in Ploughing, in the
county of Nairn, took place in a field, near Nairn,
belonging to Mr. George Richardson, in presence of
-Hugh Rose, of Kilravobk, appointed Convener
by the Society, several other of. its members; ,and a
number of country and military gentlemen, and-prac-
tical farmers. ,
Nineteen ploughs, drawn by two horses, and one
by oxen, started for the premiums. All the plough-
men finished their tasks .very expeditiously, and the
superior.manner in- which the whole of the work
was executed, fully evinced to the spailators, the
good effects of that spirit Of emulation-, which the
ploughing matches have excited amongst the, te-
nantry and servants in the county.
The first premium, being two guineas and a half,
and the Highland Society's silver medal,was 'adjudged
tODonald Macbain, servant to Mr. John Intosh,
at Kildrummie ; the second, being two guineas and
the silver medal, to David Urquhart,. serviant to Mr.
M'Arthur, at Polenath ; the third, of a guinea and
a half, to Hugh Fletcher,' servant to Mrs. Rose of
Kilravock (who ploughed with a pair of oxen); the
fourth of a guinea, to Alexander Fletcher, farmer,
at Nairn ; the fifth, to Alexander Murray, servant
to Mr. Falconer, at'. Nairnside ; and the Sixth, to
David Morgan, servant to Capt. Fraser, at Brackla:
The .unsoccessful candidates also were suitably rem
warded for comingforward.
It being the general meeting of the Nairnshire
FarMitig Society; after •the business of the day was
over, the: members of it dined together, at Mr. Rir
chndson's; Several of the military gentlemen from
Fort George, formed a most agreeable addition to
•the party, and the toast, the song, and the sentiroesa
made the winter's.eventngseem short.

CO*ONBa'3 INQUEST..--• On Saturday, .at .Iwo •
o'clock, an inquest ;vas held at the Punch Bowl, in
Hemlmk-court,Carey-street,before ANTHONY GILL,
Esq. Coroner for Westminister, on the body of Lewis .
Reilly, a boy of nine years old, apprentice to a chim-
ney-sweeper, in Little Shire-lane, Temple-bar, who
had died the preceding day•whilst in the a& of en.-
-deavouring to climb a-chinaney, by order of his mis-
tress. The poor boy.was several hours the china-
ney before he was extricated,. and was then found
dead. It was alleged; however,
.that he could have
either advanced or returned when he found' any
.inconvenience from his situation, ithe had, paid mfr.'
ficient attention to what_ he, was about ; and .the vers-
. did In onOuncedit an ad of CarelessneSs.

A stark of • most extraordinary dimensions, some
months ago made its appearance in the upper parts
of, the river Hoogley, . where the Hindoos are aecos-
,tomed to perform their ablutions. Many,attempta
were made to destroy it, but in vain. Three Bra-
mins, with several of their followers, Were - among-
its vielims .5. and the greatest distress and consterna-
tion prevailed among the, bathers; who, notwith-
standing, rather than forego a praftice consecrated
by their religion, were content, to enjoy it at the risk