The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-23 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

Interior of a Theatre described.—Pit gradually fills.—The
check taker.—Pit full.—The orchestra tuned.—One
fiddles rather dilatory.—ls reproved—and repents.—Evo-
lutions of•a'playhill.—lts final settlement on the spikes.—
, The gods taken to task—and why.—Motley groupe of play-
guers.—Holywell-street, St. Pancras.—Ennanuel Jen n i
binds his son apprentice.—Not in London—and why.—
Episode of the hat.

'Tis-Sweet to view from half-past five to
Our long wax-candles, with short cotton wicks,
Touch'd by the lamplighter's Promethean art,
Srart into light, and make the lighter start;
To see red Plarbus through the gallery pane
Tinge with his beam the beams of Drury-lane,
While gradual parties fill our widen'd pit,
And gape, and gaze, and'wonder, ere they sit.
• -Af.first, while vacant seats give choice and ease,
DiAant or near, they settle.where they please;
But when the multitude contracts the span,
And seats are rare; they settle where they can.
•Now the.full benches,to late comers, dr,bm
No room for standing miscall'd 'standing room.
• - Hark/ the check-taker moody silence breaks, • '
And bawling "Pit full," gives the, check he takes;
Yet onward still the gathering numbers cratri,
Contending crowders shout the frequent damn,
And all is bustle, squeeze,-row, jabbering, and jam,
See to their desks Apollo's sons repair; " •
Swift rides the rosin o'er the horse's hair
In unison their various tones to tune
Murmurs the hautboy, growls the hoarse bassoon;
• ot, §iglisthe"whispering lute,
Tang goes the harpsichord, too too the flute,
Brais the loud trumpet, squeaks the fiddle sharp,
Winds the French horn, and twangs the tinkling harp:
Till, like great Jove, the leader, figuring in,
• . , Attunes to order the chaotic din. -•-
.Now all seems busied—but no, one fiddle will
Give, half ashamed, a tiny flourish still;
Foil'd in his crash, the leader of the clan
• Reproves with frowns the dilatory man;
Then on his candlestick thrice taps his bow,
•
Nods a new signal, and away they go. •
Perchance, while pit and galleryery, " hats off,"
And aw'd consumption cheeks his chided cough,
Some giggling daughter of the cineen of love
Drops, rett of pin, her play-bill front above;
Like Icarus, while laughing galleries clap,
Soars ducks, and dives in air, the printed scrap;
But, wiser far than he, combustion fears,
And, as it flies, eludes the chandeliers; - • .
Till sinking gradual, with repeated twirl,
It settles, curling, on a fiddler's curl;
Who from his powder'd pate th' intruder strikes,
And., far mere malice, sticks it on the spikes..
Say, why these'BabaPstrains front BaoeltangueS? '
Who's that calls "silence" with such leathern lungs?
He who, in (]nest of quiet, "silence" hoots,
• Is apt to make the hubbun.he imputes.
What various swains our motley walls contain !
Fashion from Moorfields, honour from Chick•lane;
Bankers froni Paper Buildings here resort,
Bankrupts from Golden-square and Riche's-court;
' From the Haymarket canting rogues in grain,
Gulls from the Poultry, sots from Water-lane;
The lottery cormorant, the auction shark,-
The full-price master, and the half-price clerls,;
' Boys who long linger at the gallery &or,
With pence twice five, they want but twopence more.
'• Till some. Samaritan the twopence spares; •
And scuds them jumping up the gallery stairs.
Critics we boast, who ne'er their malice baulk,
- But-talk their minds, lye. wish they'd.mintt their talk ;
Big-worded bullies, who by quarrels live,
Who give the lie, and tell the lie they give;
Jews from St. Maryi Axe„ for jobs so wary,
ThAlor old clothes they'd even- axe St. Mary; - •
And bucks with pockets empty as their pate,
Lax in their gaiters, laxer in their gait,
tWl,o,oft, when we our:house lock up, carouse
With tippling tipstaves in a lock-up house.
- 'Yei here, as elsewhere, chance can joy bestow;
Where seowling Fortune seem'd to threaten woe.
- Emmanuel Jennings brought his youngest boy..
Up .as a corn-cutter, a safe employ;
Iti'HolyvVell-street, St. Pancras he was bred,
(At number twenty-seven it is said,)
Facing the Plough, and near the Granby's head :
He would have bound him to some shop in town,
But with a premium he could not come down;
• Pat was the urchin's name, a tedhaied.youth,
Fonderbf purl and skittle-grounds than truth.
Silence, 'ye gods ! to keep your tongues in awe
• • . The Muse shall tell an accident she saw.
Pat Jennings in the upper gallery sat,
. . But leaning forward, Jennings lost his hat;
Down from the gallery the beaver flew,
And spnrn'd the one to settle in the two.
How shall he act? Pay at the gallery door
• •:! Two shillings for what cost, when new, but four ?
Now, while his fears anticipate a thief,
• John Mullins whispers,—take my handkerchief.
Thank you, cries Pat, but one won't make a line;. •
, Tahe mine, cried Wilson, and cried Stokes, take mine.
A motley cable soon Pat Jennings ties,
_Where Spital-fields with real India vies, •
bow, down darts the 'painted hue, • -
Stared, striped, and spotted, yellow, red, and blue,
•2- Old calico, torn silk, and muslin newt
George Green below, with palpitating hand,
Loops' the last-'kerchief to the beavers band;
. Upsoars the prize; the youth, with joy unfeign'd,
Regain'd the felt, and felt what he regain'd,
While to the applauding galleries gratefql Pat
Made a low bow,. and tended the ransom'd hat.

It has been inaccurately stated in the public
papers, that Mr. Lawless, who lately made a
seizure of seven thousand guineas, received one-
third of that sum tor the seizure ; the fact is
that the stun awarded to him was 11413. Bs. 11;11d.

NEW PAItLIAMkNV,

M i:\IBERS • RETURNED.

Rut/andshire.---,Sir G. Heathcote, Bart. C. Ns,
Noel, Esq.,
Southwark Thornton, tsq.

Liskeard.--,•-j-lou. W. Eliot, Honi. C. P. Yofke.
Kincczrdine County . —G. Shipley•Druminond'i Esq.

CONTESTED ELECTIONS'.

POLLS.--SURRF.Y. —FI Ctoss..
Mr, Sumner -1924 j Sir T. Turtrt
Sir Thomas Sutton '.17?)1

buntfas.
Neville .

1119 1 Hallett....
l'ot3 I
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WEYMOUTH ANDNEI,cOMBE.REGiS.----OcT. 21.
Sir J. Murray ... : .... 330 Mr. H. Trail
night Min. T. Wallace 276 Mr. It. Steward .1
Mr. gioadhurst ;::'..', 267 M. W. Williami.. ,

LIMERICK (CITY). .
FIRST DAY.. - • SECOND DAY,
ColOnel Vereker.... . .15 Colonel Vereker...
Lord G1eutwqT1,411,...,.....:.,13 I Lord Glentwortli, •

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1. -INnumANAVitadiaEiti—We. are sorry to have oc-
casion to recoursta;most horrid murder, commit-
ted on the .wifiricsfr., Richard Ford, an industrious
labourer, at North .Huisl:, Devon : es it tends
strongly to_ shew the profligacy of the times, and
the more than'Consmer. necessity of stemming that 4
torrent oflicentiousness.which too I.!ich pervades
the, country, and which we fear is kept alive hi
tlitise revolutionary amt dangerous principles so
fatally inculcated throughout the kip glom. On
Saturday 'last- a Man entered the c:;ttage of the
.aboVe ;rimed person, in the open face of day, at
ten o'clock in•the forenoon, and with a bill-hook
almost cut the bead of the unfortuiate woman in
two pieces, afterliaving beat her with a broom-
stick until her skull 'vas literally beat to pieces ;
he then rifled her "pockets and took away about
eighteen shilling's in silver, and two or three one-
pound notes that he found in her box.—He then
dressed himself in a suit of the husband's clothes,
took part of a loat and some butter, and- went de-
liberately away, taking also the man's hat and two
silk handkerchiefs. He was seen at a small dis-
tance from the scene of this horrid transaction by
a lad belonging to a neighbouring farmer, who
knew him well, and took particular notice of the
clothes on the back of the wretch, as he was snak-
ing his espape. 'He was seen the same afternoon
going
b
towards Plymouth, and the alarm beinc,
given, the whole country were in pursuit of him,
. and we are happy to add he was apprehended on
Monday, at Torpoint ; he immediately made a
full confession of the murder; says that he remain-
ed in an out-house near the cottage until .the hus-
band of the deceased went from breakfast to his
work; that he then rushed in and fastened the
door, and
,sarga-ding.to his own description mur-
dered the pppElltwila,n,in the most savage manner
that perhaps wavver heard of.—He has also vo-
luntarily confased.liiinself to be the perpetrator of
the Ta.pe,fincLz4vditr committed last winter on the
body• or4sry-Iluxtable, of Dodbrooke, near-
Kingsbridg-e„ a poor little girl twelve. years of
age, the. tnelanchobi particulars of ki' hich appeared
- in our; -paper- of,,,ti,e- SO-th.,of4anuary last, and
`,afterwards in all .the London and _provincial pa-
ms, which itouid, act- -must still be fresh in the
recollectiottAsEttur readers, and-for which this
monster_wg.s:tho apprehended, but after a strict
txatninattou,:w4s- diseharged for want of sufficient
evidence ..again§4l:iti.--7.His name is Thomas Lus-
combe, about year's of age, walks lame, and is
altogether .'of wretched appearance.—He was this
Morning committed to the Devon County Gaol
for trial at the nest Assizes. He is well known
in the prison, having suffered two years confine-
ment there before, for a violent assault on a young
woman-at' kingsbridge ; and he observed-to the
turnkey-that be was now come to pass the re-
mainder of his life with him:—( Exeter Flying Post.)

About eight o'clock on Sunday evening, the
11th insi. a most shocking and barbarous murder
was committed in the Liberties of Ruddington,

Nottinghamshire, upon the turnpike road leading
from Nottingham to Loughborough, on the body
of Thomas Henson, the driver of Messrs.Pettifors'
stage waggon The villain or villains effected
their bloody purpose by a large cloven oak hedge
stake, which was found on the road besmeared
with blood. The unhappy sufferer, it appeared,
had been drawn through the fence into a grass
field, where hesw,aS found (while alive) weltering
in his biotic!, with a violent cut upon the head,

and his scull feriailred, totally deprived of sense
and the power. 'ol7speech. He was conveyed to
the town of,Ruddlngton, where surgical assist-
ance was immediately procured, but to no-pur-
pose, as he died about twelve o'clock next day.—
.An,inquest was taken on the body on the 130,
before. Thomas Wright, Gent. Coroner, and a re-
spectable Jury, before whOm no evidence appear-
ed that could lead,, in the smallest degree, to a
trace of the perpetrators of the hOrrid act :—a
,verdict, was therefore given of. Wilful Murder,
against some person or perions unknown.—A re-
ward of 1.501. has, been offered to any perscio who
can give wit infgrination ,as may lead to the con-
viction of't'he iiiuriterei•s.

MAItIiET, OCTOBER 23.

This Ma'l.li4f was pretty well supplied,with
the different4kinfh of Cattle ; Beef and Veal we: e
cheaper ; Pork is dearer ; Mutton supports last
price, and the trade in generil was not very brisk.
The sales in' the Hay-market were trifling ; Straw
has clropped in price ; Hay and Clover fetched
last prices. The following prices and numbers
are an accurate statement : .

To sink thu Offal, per Stone of 81b.
Beef,. 4s. Od. to ss. 1:0. Mutton, 45. 4d. to ss. 4d. Veal,
Od. to 6s. 43. Lamb, Os. to Os. Od. Pork, ss. od. to 75.4 d.
Beasts, 1210. Sheep, 9110., Calves, 105. Pigs, 230.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.
Hay, 41. N. to 51. 10s. Straw, 21. Os. to 21. 7s. Clover,
51. 10s. to 71. Os.

CORN-EXCHANGE, OCT. 23.—Our Market to-
day had but few arrivals of Wheat, which main-
tained the last quoted prices ; there is a tolerable
supply of Oats, which sold very heavily at a re-
duction in price of Is. per quarter; Barley and
Malt being in demand, and having but little at
market, sold at an advance of 2s. per quarter ;
Rye and Tick.Be".ns are ls. per quarter dearer;
and all other. Grain fully supports Wednesday's
nrices : Figui" reniiiiis the same.

COMAION COLIN OIL.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a Court of
Common Coun6l,which was very numerously at
tended.

The requisitionjlaid before the last Court for dc-
__

~claring a vacancy, in.the. Collector of Brokers rents
was called for and read, upon which a very long
debate ensued, and the Court finally agreed to con-
fine the election 'Of Mr. West to that situation, by
the Committee of City Lands, upon a division, by
a Majority of -18-.

;71 The Lord Mayor laid before the Court a letter
from the Lord Mayor-elect, declaOng his inten-
tion to take upon- :himself that office, which was

read.

Tkanks were unanimously voted to the Lord
Mayor's ;Chaplain, for his sermon, preached on
Michaelmas day last, previous to the Com Mon
Hall kir the election of Lord Mayor for the. year
ensuing.,_

Several Reports for granting Leases, and on va-
,,,rions other referenees were presented and agreed
and referred for execution, -

e Lord-Mayor appointed another Court to be
.liolden on Thursday next to settle the-Watch Rate,
_AD.(' to consider a: motion for a Gold -Box to be pre-
:. ;seated to Lord Wellington, and various other no-
,,:Ttices of motions

A Court of Aldermen was appointed for Wed-
nesday next;

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCT, 22.

James Fenn; coachman -to Lord, Delvin, the
&lest :.son of the Earl of Westmeath, was put to
the'har,-eharged with assaulting a rrson of the
7 name •of Crut'ehley, one of the Marshalmen of

the. Lord Chamberlain, in the due execution of his

• , From the statement of Mr. Anor.rnus, in sup-
port of the prosecution, it appe9red, that the de-
fendant was driving .his mastees 'horses, and in
. Waiting-at Carlton House on a Levee day, that in

intemperate mood-,.he:-eonimitted great irregu-
- laritv in. the Court-yard at Carlton House, and
„ .Mr.,Crutchley in endeavouring to stop him from

hiS- folly, was assaulted by Lim. The consequence
of_which was, that he. was taken from his box,
and his master haying no coachman to drive- him
_ home, was under the necessity of making the best
of his way to his house, without servant, carriage
- or-horses.

The ease was made fully out on,the part of the
Crown, and Mr. ALLEY addressed the Court and

• the.: Jury • mitigation of punisbnipit. Mr.
Crutchley also very handsomely recommended him
to.mercy, and the Court taking- all the circum-
stances into consideration, sentenced him to be
::.imprisoned one month.
• Joseph Maberly and Mn. Deane were indicted
Tor assaulting a young' woman, servant to a Mrs.
Conyers, a lady residing in the neighbourhood of
11 ark-lane.
The Circumstances of the case consisted in the
defendant,
,Mr.-2.l:lberly, Who is a Solicitor, go-
. to Mrs. Conyers' house, who is' by mutual
- consent living .separate iron her husband, and
there, using violene.e to ge', possession of some ar-
'tides of ornamental furniture, by forcing the key
'from the said=mentioned maid servant, in
.do-
Ing which he Considerably alarmed and injured
her.

The case was proved, and both the Defendants
were found Guilty.

THE KING V. FRANCES CRIBB AND MARGARET

BRADBROOK.

. _
. This was an indictment preferred against Mrs.
Crjbb, the wife of'the pugilist of that name, and
it Bradbrook, the other defendant, for assault-
ing a woman of the name of WTarr.

Mr.:MAINAN7ARING SUMITI(rd up the evidence,
and left it with the Jury to decide, who, after a
long•consultation. returned their verdict, finding
Mrs. Cribb Guilty, and Mrs. Bradbrook Not
Guilty.

I.‘IOST J tI‘IPORTAIstT . DECISION IttGARDING TFIIt
FARMING' AND AGRICULTURAL iNfrnitsT. •
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—We" gave a report of
a case at this Office, on Wednesday last, where
Mr. Sheppard a farmer in Herts, and a dealer in
' London, had his waggon,laden with dung, stopped
at Whetstone turnpike, and in default of the wag-
goner payinythe demand, two hot ses were detain-.
ed, and-Mr: Sheppard ulthcately paid 27/. 95. Gd.
for over weight. The information was discharged
on the ground, that the; load -did not consist of
thing alone, ,it having been proved, that a-basket
was a part of the load. The Sitting Magistrate's.
gave it as their opinion, that the Act of last Ses-
sion did not alter a clause of the Act of the
14th. of :the present King,- which
.exempted dung
from being weighed. Much inconvenience has
arisen to the farmer and , agriculturist rela-
tive to the construction of these Acts, and since
the last decision of the Magistrates over weight
hasbeen demanded and taken. in more than one
instance, by virtue of the recent Act. An infor-
mation was yesterday heard at this Ofiiee, at the
suit of Mr. Dyson, a farmer and stable-keeper,
whose waggon, laden with dung, was stopped at
the-Islington gate, on the 15th instant, and 281.
19s. Gd. demanded for overweight, a tilt or cloth
to prevent •a' load becoming- wet, being thereon.
The toll-taker, of the name of Eves, went the
length of: detaining two horses for the exaction,
which were sent to a repository, and sold for
thirty-six pounds.
Much discussion took place, on the subject. :Mr.
AND.REWS, .for the defendant, argued as on ,a
former day, that the last Act of Parliament was
made to reconcile the ambiguities of different'
former Acts,-and by that Act it was enacted, that
no waggon laden withdung, &c. of Wheels of sik
inches breadth in the fillies, should be 'allowed to
carry more than three tons. weight of dung.in•the
winter, and two tons and a-half in the summer.—
'The Learned Counsel contended that the Act of
the last Sssion controlled -the Act of 'the four-
teenth of the King. which gave unlimited weight
in dung.; and the preamble.itself strengthened the
latter Act.. Andrews argued on the different
Acts at considerable length ; and he also contend-
ed, that taking the horses was not taking money
, for toll. If the Collector had done wrong in that
respect, he would be liable to an action, but such
was not eognizable before the Magistrates.
Mr. BYNG, M. P. dwelt with much force upon
the construction of the several Acts of -Parlia-
ment, and ,coinbated Mr. Andrews' arguments:
He stated, his servant ,had once been., charged
with over, weight, because he had not eaten the
whole of his bread and butter he had purchased
fordinner, but the Collector was defeated in
this instance, and it was within the Act of the
14th, that a tilt could only be considered as a ne-
cessary covering-to hay, &c. and could no more
be dispensed With than the dung-fork or .shovel.:
The farMers must remain at a stand-still if dung.
was to-be weighed. The recent Act, the worthy
Member observed, took into consideration the
wheels oLgardeners carts, and omitted altogether
those of Waggons, 'So that the forther might carry
more than the latter. It was unfortunate that
the word only manure for the improvement of
land. was in Of Act of the 14th, which made a
basket liable to charge for over weight., Mr. I3yng
repeated that it was his intention to set the mat-
ter at rest when Parliament met. •
Mr. CONAN'D delivered his opinion at some
length. :fie observed, that taking the horses was
to all intent and purpose taking toll. - The Magi=
strafe was in hopes this was, a charge ror over-
weight in a mere load of dung; but he, neverthe-
less, «;a5 of opinidn, the tilt was a necessary, part
of the waggon, and not of the load. The recent
Act was to relieve the anxiety. of gardeners, and
lie was of opinion it (lids not go to repeal in any-
wise thc,Act of the'l4th, which relieved the dung
waggon from over weight.
Mr. ANDREWS hearing this much of • Mr.,Co-
nant's decision, stated, he would rather the case
(which was not exactly the one he wished argued
at the Sessions), be adjusted by returning hack
to Mr. Dyson his horses, &c. placing him in stutu
quo. • . .
The Magistrate observed, he bad no Objection
for the defendant to declare a non process to the
conviction, and get his'
.property 'returned. This
was agreed to *by both parties, which sets the
question at rest until Parliament meets,-that dun.-
alone is not entitled to he charged for over
weight.

A STATE TRIAL.-7A letter from New York,
dated September 3, says—'• Yesterday morning,
in the. Circuit Court of the United States, now
sitting in this city, a hill of indictment was pre-
sented against a merchant of this place for ,high
treason against the United States, in furnishing
the enemy with supplies of prOVision under a-Bri-
tish license, given by the late Minister VosTrltt.
The prisoner bad been prosecuted under the Act
against sailing unkr foreign licenses, and was on.
bail but on being indicted for the offence of
treason, the fact having been committed since
Dechiration of War, was committed to prison
firr,

On Friday last, John Low, a poor man, re'si-
dent Of Harieston, waft found drowned in a pond
in Gaudy-hall Wood, Redenhall Ee was found
standing upright. It seems the poor victim bad
ventured after some sticks; but missing his way,
most probably being deceived by the reeds which
were growing io the soft mud,. met his "miserable
fate. He was in the 92dr year: '
On Saturday,se'h night a second foot-race was run
on the turnpike road between OA: Long-bank and
Chester-le-street,.hy John Charlton, of Hamster-
ley, and George Blackeys, of Handon-bole, Charl-
ton staking 10 guineas to six guineas, in conse-
'quence of being the .former winner. After a race
of two miles, run in ten minutes and 324, seconds,
Charlton again beat his antagonist about fifty
yards.
A singular marriage took ,placelately, near the
Old Head. in Caitness, between a woman of MG
years of age and a man of 70; being her third hus-
band. It is .somewhat remarkable that on the
same,night she was married: tolter first husband,
her -Second vas born.