The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-13 00:00:00

'14157 rigoN. „THE ATRE

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11.1ARLaozotiou-stassr.-.—On. ,Saturday pf,this
Pffice,,ho los than nine informations fort p,eniti-
ties were heard:against Mr.; Gently, proprietor,of
the PantheonTbeatre,. avowedlrat the suit of the
Lord Chamb.-..rlaitt, The lirst infprmatioU was
ibr a, representation of The Cabinet on the '26th
of July. , , . ,
• Lausdale,,the informer.on the former, oc-
.CasiCM, ,Aud who is designated the LyceUm Poet,
stated, that; he was,present at the representation.
Ab'e,operat'of ,The Cabinet, pulite 2,litlkofJuly.
Ile took-4,4h him a. hclok or dip "opera.;•-and •the,
dialogue, Ste., ; was• the same as at the winter
theatfes ; but, lite chord of ,tt. piano-forte was
struck at intervals, which was thther an interrup-
tion to the. performance than an accompaniment
to the dialoK,ue. On cross.4examinatiors, witness
stated, Ilta,t'h,e bad no hoer of receiving a.share
of the penalties), he havi,ng Barg tined •to. the con-
trary but keonsideration had been paid him tor
his time and trouble. Mr. Raymon4,,sent wit-
ness to the theatre to amuse himself, , as he conic'
betterspared than, any other person ; and the
priee of Julmissiou was given to him nt tlae Ly-
penin Treasury, but be could not exactly sa'y by
order of Mr. Arnold. ~,,

Mr. :Chambers,. R perfortitlr at the l'antlfenn;
who had been summoned to give evidence, de-
murred at being,sworn , when llrs,Gurney
.„eti on the, book being handed to hint, Ohl that the
;4)lagi,'lt:Ptes were. hound. to compel, to give
evidetie'e, in defintt of which he would be liable
At) be, commiti_ed for contempt., of Court. The
Magistrates sitid, they did not feel hound to com-
pel the witne:;-; to be sworn .in a case of mistle.
meannur, and much less.should they think of com-
mitting hint for contempt. If lie were, to leave
the Court, they should not even ;issue a process to
him.back.. Mr. Chambers ,was .advised.
Counsel to depart, and he took the hint and de-
parted. _ • - , •
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Mr.Mash,first clerk to.the LordSkamberlain's
office, stated., that he received instructions from
his L 00011) to deliver a.tiOtification at theynn-
theon Theatre, thatilie performances could not be
allowed to go on. Witness saw Alf. Cundy on the
subject,.who ilforined him in ucply,, that be felt
himself authorised in continuing the perforinarice
Under thy Justices' license, and he should got.on.
Thedefenthat had applied fora license, which was'
On crossrexamin4tion, witness ,stated
thci r. was nothing. bet‘tyr.t the Lyceinns and the
Chamberlain's office, further than the Cyceum bad
a license, nail. was considered under the protection
of the Lord
,Ohiiinbertain. Witness had' applied
at the Lyceum Or the enforcement of the Lord
Chamberlain's cruder,, becane tl a. people there
were better jittlges of identity and theatric&l per-
formances than most others.

Mr. ALt.t:4? contended, 'there was no evidence
thikt. Mr. Ctnnly was the proprietbr, or
that. the
.performances •were for Ittere and
The dialogue, he contendtd, was accompanied by
music,, and was within th.e, authority of the Jas.
tices' license, and not prohibited. by lbw ; and
therefore that the Lord Chamberlain 'bad no autho—
rity,tO.interfere Nvitlt the perforpauces. •
Cipittity.denied that the coestion ast74
thing to' do with the Lord Chamberlain's license,.
It had been tliskinctly proved that the flerfor-
Mances:wete such as were prohibited by law, and
,which the Justices' license did pot warrant.

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_ The de relidtint NVitS in the penalty of
501. and in the same penalty on eight other Wm-
innitionsi it baying. beers relased to let the Qthers
stand over till after thc-appeni tikfSemions.

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1311 JELLING. BVALMSQUED.
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VricLiy,nignt.at one orclock,
the men on watch at the office, %.4erecalled tip by
a woman, whi) itated,that sh,e back reason to be-
lieve her son (one of Mr. Clark's, shopmen, at
.I;:eter (hange). was about to fight a duel With
his. shopinates. early that ruoruiug ; and t4:quested
that, one.of. the officers would go with her, to,en-
otivvOr,to.pkevent hint from rarrying hi i intention
itito,eltecti the Men werec:dling NicholS,
the resident officer, the woman went over to the
Brown Bear, andi relating the cireumstatices to,
the landlady, was' informed that, n short tinte be-
fore,:two young mert had gone to bed there, and
given orders to be called at four o'clock in the
'miming, Nichols being wade acquainted with
this) it occurred to him, that the parties, who had
just retired, Might have iome knowledge of the in-
tended duel. Accordingly, he accompanied the
applicant to their roost, where she inituediamly
discovered that one of the partieswas her dear
son (/wiles Cope, And the other his friend.' Ni-
chols, on searching for pistols, found •in Mr.
Cope's pocket nletter, Of which the fdllowing is a
copy :
• . conduct taiwarch consider illibcrail end:
unjust; I therefore demand that satisfaction due to‘rards fo4;
pried hamar, And insist yoo will Meet Wt' at half-past fire
tiecioek to-morrow thorning, on Kennington-emulsion, 1,; set-
tle the business, according to the laws o'4m/our—and in case
of non,complionce, t shall,past you for notweard.
I am, Sir, rout's, Ike.
" Button Shop—to .11r. C. Cope." "W. SHAW."

Nirliols kept:charge of the honourable gentleman
and- Lis se Conti, and next morning went to Mr.
Clark's, wiler. be found Mr. Shate, who instantly
expresied his willingness to,attend before the Ma-
gistrate and explain the matter. Accordingly, on
•Satartlay inerning, all the; parties were hronght
'tip, when bltaW-stated, that he had sent the'clial-
lenga to Cope for the purpose hqaxing tim, and
tiffs to ridicule
a§iinning dispOsition. Several of
Mt. Clark's...journeymen, who were in the secret,
corroborated Slnt-ve'i account, Cope ruict, that till
then .hebail treated the matter in a serious light,
and on IFrithiyi 6-ening had gotie tis far as Isling-
,ton, whercohe'l‘Ocieked `his..':filend out of bed,
:`anal'witted& tint (ogo tt) the.lll;own Bear, that
they .might he nearer the plaCe of Meeting;
The Magistrate agl,cci Cope if he wit; satisfied,
lvlio replying in the affirmative, this ridiculuni
affair was distiii,,sed.'
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ITTeCinble
mOre than years ol 14 d, the sinis of
A few days ugi tWo striplings; neither of them.
parents in Newgatc
contk, ~at chalk Farm, upon an ciff:it (1' horar,
Market, nfet, with thc;r se..
piece
in his -antagonist's shonlder;
when one of them lodged the contents ot his

List week, .1. Smith. of Sibsey, wfts committed
t li4l;tijigituri o'4ol, ebarged -with vinthttitu the
peison of It ontreigto yearh of age.