The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-13 00:00:00

POLICE.

MARLBORaUGH-STREET—The late tax-gath
of St. George's parish, who wo Cog mitt 1 to
Newgate some time since in default of u::l4:ig, tip
his payments, was yesterthw,brought to this elf,
flee, for another examination, his household goods
and effects haring been disposed of.
Mr. ALimi- attended for the defaulter, but it
turned out that he WaS yet several hundred
pounds minus, and he was reinanded back to pri-
son.

S. Ellis, J. -Thomson; and G Gard.:Er.
were charged with picking pockets in Oxford-
street, on `i.,an evening during the fire. T.ro
of.licers had welched the prisoners committins de-
depre4Cions for same time, and on a iavon,bie
opportunity presenting i'self, they secured them.
The prisoners. Were remanded till Thursday, to
give tho.,,e who have been robbed an 'oppor:uni-y
to identify their property.

WORS EET .-Charic.7 who :I'a
remanded for further examination from the above
.office on .Thursday, ebarge4 with stealing. a 5L
Bank of England note from two Italian
at a public-house, called the Duke of Nortiim-
herland, in Worship-street ; also for having in his-
pUssession a great number and• variety of Fleet
notes, some 5001. was yesterday committed ,on
the" latter charge, and the Bank Solicitortoulid
over• to prosecute.

UNioN-HALL.--A cawol...cQpsiderable irapor.
tance to publicans and others, in the habit of sell-
ing,:?irituous liquors at fairs, carne tO be
heard yesterday,' at this office, before Mr. Chain-
hers and Mr. Bernie. .

•The Landlord of the. Adam and Eve public-
house, in.Paneras parish, wassuimuoned on two
informations, chtirging him with stAling spirits at
Peckham Fair, not having a-license for that*.pur-
pose. By the Act of Parliament, persons being_
regular licensed victuallers are allowed to retail
beer in bottles, at chartered or customary fairs,
without having.any particular license for that pur7
pose ; and the defendant-now'contended that the
same,indulgence also extended to the sale of spi-
rits under similar circumstances, and it at it had
been customary to do so : the information on the
other band alleged, that the spirit heense only
authorized persons to sell spirits in the Lose for
which was granted, and no where-else, under
a penalty of 20/...f0r each offence.
The Magistrates, on looking over the Excise
Act, declared themsel4s of opinion -*es- were
bound to convict, although they felt themselves
reluctant to do so : the ,Act, however, giving
the Magi,strates a power of mitigating to 5/. they
did so in the present case, -a d the defendant waa
fined 51. and 11.-Ss. costs, fur each offence.

Another publican was summoned on an infor-
mation, charging Rim with two similar -offences,
and fined the same sum for each : he pleaded great
distress, and the. Magistrates gave him two months
to pay the money hi, and also advised both the
defendants to appeal against the, conviction, that
the question might be More fuily gone into.

SnApwn..t.,7--Sattirclay; about eleven o'clock in
ihe'forctioon, the Officerl belonging to this Office
Stopped a - cart as it was passing by the Office,
Ny it h suspected goods. In the cart they disco-
vered a considerable quantity of tamarinds, sugar,
and some valuable conch • shells, which theyL
broaf,ht for examination before -the. Sitting Ma-
gistrate, when the driver stated, that he had been
einployed by 'a Gentleman to carry them ,to
Tooley-street., The Gentleman (who, it seems,
is-(apt'ain of a West Indiaman), stated, that he
had 'bought ,the sfigar in- Ratcliff-Highway, but
did not' exactly Wow where.; the tamarinds le
had bought of. another Captain of a West India-
man ; and -the shells he had brought on shore
himself at Fdrferent times. This_ account, how-
ever,- not being_ deemed sufficiently satisfactory,
• the Magistrate convicted him under the limn-
boat Act, in the penalty of .40s. and directed the
'articles to- be 'sent to tbe CustoM-house.

Yesterday the Duke of YonK arrived in town
from Oatlands, and,this day his Royal Ilighne,.;s
will hold a Levee at his Office, at the Horse
Guards.

Daring Street Robbery.-7.--Saturday night, about
eleven o'clock, a Jew, of the name of Jacobs, who
keeps a sale-Shop in Saville-passage, Bond-street,
was attacked in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane,
by a desperate gang of street-robbers, five or six
in number, who robbed him of money and other
valuables to the amount of near 1001. and beat
mid bruised him to the imminent danger of liis
life. He was going home from his shop to his
house in E';horectitch, and passing through Wych-
street, when one of the ruffians first struck him a
blow in the face with a stick, then seized and held
fAst b the collar, while the others dragged.
him into a narroW passage, behind Astlev's Pa-
Yilion, and leading to Newcastle-street. Here
fiey effected their purpose,' by plundering him of
a bundle, containing sonic pieces of cloth and
other articles, and his pocket-book, containing
Bank notes. During the scuttle one of them kept
pelting him in the *e With mud, by which means
he could not distinguish any of their persons, from
the moment of his being first attacked.
Fire.--This morning, about half past three
o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out
in the lower premises of No. 36, Leadenhall-street,
Occupied by Afr. Merle, a picture frame maker and
till lei', and such was the rapidity of the flames,
that it .was with difficulty the family made their
escape over the adjoining houses. The wind
being from the west, the fire burnt in an
easterly direction, and consumed every thing be-
fore it to the corner of Billi er-lane. It then
destroyed entirely the very extensive premises
of Messrs. Holroyd and -Jackson, slopsellers,
the corner of Billiter-lane and Leadenhall-street
also the premises of Mr. Seagul, a tailor
37, Leadenhall-street. From the guard of soldier:
planted this morning across Leadendall-street,
also across Billiter-lane, we were not able to col•
lect an 'account of the damage sustained by all thf
adjoining houses, but we understand it to be con.
siderable.

The entrance to all the boxes and pit is easy
and secure. The fronts of the boxt!s have all di-
versified ornaments, which are newly gilt, and
give a variety and relief to the general aspect.
The grand saloon is 86 feet long, circular at
each' extremity, and separated front the .box-cor.
ridors by the rotunda and grand staircase. It has
arichly gilt stove 'ateach emuer, over which are
finely imitated *black and p•il.qw-veined Jmarble
slabs as pedestals in the niclies. The ceiling is
arched, and the general elFect of two massy Co-
rinthian
,cohnnus of verd fl'titlue at each end,
with ten corresponding pilasters,on each- side, is
grand and 'pleasing.
The rooms for coffee and refreshthents at the
ends of the saloon, though-small, are very-neat ;
they consist of recesses, Coitinthian pilasters, four
cizeular arches supporting domes with sky-,lights,
trpin ..vhich glass lamps al.e suspended. On the
north side of the Theatre is the wardrobe: The
retiring rooms: for the stage hoxessare decorated
Nvith rich crimson carpets, and with deep crimson,
e:ubossed paper. The private boxes have no anti-
chamnberS.

There are seventeen' rows of seats in the pit,
withfourStnall ones; inconsegnence of the orchestra
making two projections into it.' The orchestra is
about - eight feet wide, and extends nearly the
whole width of the pit.
:The stage is •-about thirty-three feet wide, the
proscenium nineteen and a half, and the whole
constructed so as to render the.eirculax appear-
anee of-the Theatre nearly complete. The part
usually appropriated to doors is occupied by two
very fine and largelamps, with tripods on trian-
gular pedestals ; each lamp' contains a circle of
small bUrners, on the principle of Barton's lamps.
Oiierthe lamps are two single boxes on each side,
forming an acute angle with the stage, and above
them are niches with statues.

The space over the. side boxes, and ranging
with the gallery, is. left
.entirely open hence the
more perfect transmission of sound to the remotest
parts of the house, where the lowest wh)sper may
be distinctly heard. . Between the pedestal, lamps
and the curtain, on each side, is a massy Corinthi-
an column of verd antique, with a gilt capital
t•upporting,the arch over the •sta;c; in the circle
of which are the arms of, his2'Majesty. Corre-
sponding with these columns are three pilasters,
ornamented with connected rings, • entwined
with grapes and vine leaves, all richly. gilt.
The stage, with all. the necessary, apparatus. of
trap-doors, &c. are the work of Mr. Leonard
Dryly. The machinery_ seemed to suffer no im-
pedithent in its operation, and the various changes
of scenery were executed with much ease and ra-
pidity. The scenes, Which were painted by Mr.
ci.eenwood and his assistants, do muck credit to
t it artist., _ _

The cieling is ornamented in the same style as
the dome, as is also the front of the boxes, which
done in medallions representing- classical sub-
jects. The latter part of the decoratiorsr; as well
as the front drop,- are finished with :Mich taste by.
Mr. Dixon. The plan which has been invented
by Colonel Congreve '-for conveying wt,iter to the
different parts of the house in the event of fire,
precludes in a great measure all apprehensions Of
that•calamity. The water for this purpose. is sup-
plied-by the York-buildings Water-works, and,
14-the-pwer of steam, may-be raised to an altitude
of 250 feet.

. ,
As*the .Committee have at length surmounted
all obstacles, and by unwearied zeal, spirit, and
perseverance, raised an edifice which may be con-
sidered as a distinguished ortyleent to.this. great
city, the capital of the civilized world, as it is de-
voted to the most rational amusements ever" devied
by human. ingenuity ; and as they have also pro-
vided no ample , company ,of performers of ac-
k:nowledged and of various talents, we have only
to -express our sincere hopes that the prosperity
of :the theatre may correspond with the labour,
activity, enterprising spirit and genius which
have been so meritoriously employed in the com-
pletion of it.

• ~•
griculiuthl Pii):Pictiotzs.—:-Yelterday .a case of
considerable importance to the inhabitants
of the it übliC squares, and who 'occupy areas in.-
clOsed by iron railings, before their houses, oc-
curred at the Public Office, Bow-street.. 'An in-
formation Was laid by Mr-. Kinnaird, the architect,
in his official 'character- of District Surveyor,
aglinst a projecting building in Lincoln's-inn-
square, extending beyond the general line of the
fronts of the houses, now constructing by Mr.
Soane, the architect, for his own residence. The
case was well argued by,Mr. Weatherall and Mr.
Coast,' in support of Mr. Sonne's Structure. ..The
'agistrates, Mr. Reid -and Mr. mares,- gave it as
their or.inion and judgment, that the proprietors
of -houses may lawfully build as far as the iron
railings in the front of their respective areas. It is
believed-that an appeal will be made- to the mext
Quarter SessionS.

In the' lower district of the county the winter
wheat, with the ,b .rlcy and early oats, are all
cut, and mostly -carkied to the stack-yard in very
excellent condign ; butthe spring wheat, with
part of tae latter'species of oats, and the greater
proportion of the' pease and beans, still reinilitt
to be brought, under the sickle. In 'the higher
.district the 'harvest is fully ten days later;-.as,
al-
though most of the wheat is now safe in 'the
stack, yet nearly one half of the crop remaniS to
be cut down.

Wheat, in point of quantity„ is considered ra-
ther below an average crop, nevertheless, being
far superior to the produce of last year, .and prices
promising to be high, the farmers may have rea-
son to be satisfied ; Barley; although not very
bulky, turns well out in thrashing, and' is of
good quality ; add Pats, which still 'form the
principal support of the labourer's family, are nosy
fortunately found to *be abundant, fully amount-
ing to an average.
No• positive opinion can at present be given of
pease and beans, farther than that, they are very
bulky upon the ground, and appear to be tolera-
bly well podded. At the same time it is clear
that the late very fa.vourabfe dry weather has
been of the greatest advantage to the filling and
ripening of that crop, a continuance Of whickfor
a few weeks lodger, may have the happy effect of
enabling the farmer to harvest si:nettling like an
ordinary produce.
Potatoes are found to be excellent in quality ;
Turnips• of every kind are 'still,' very thriving,
more especi4lly the rota baga, the, culture of
whieli is extending yearly.
•
The pasthre.grasS continues to•support tbensual
number of stock, and the second crop of chife'r.
having in many instances improved grcatly•oflate,.
affords a seasonable -supply to the working horse.
The summer follows, wherever • any thing like
qbrrect husbandry is practised, are in the finest
state of preparation, and a number of fields have,
already been sown with wheat, under the most
favourable circumstances;

The great scarcity, and consequent high price
of provisions' during the summer, having coin-
pellcd ohably•a greater number of people than
usual to turn out to the harvest, and the crop ri-
pening-Very unequally, the number of hands has
been gfcater than could be readily, employed,
wages, Of course, have been very moderate, is.
4d. a-day, with victuals, being the current price
for the two last two weeks, and previous to that,
only from lid. to is. or indeed almost what-
ever the farmer - chose to give ; as, from the•
above causes, and the harvest being later than
usual, the poor but gratetul Highlanders were re-
duceifiti the greatest necessity.—Sept. 30.