The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-30 00:00:00

THE INTERIOR.

N(YrTINGHANT, JUNE 26.--The Theat-ae at this
place has been abruptly. 'dosed; by command of
the Town Magistrates;. in coriscquene.e air the tu-
multuous proceedings 'that have taken place on,
several Successive' evenings, occasioned by are-
queSt 'made to the Orchestra to plAy- the national.
air Of " God sa‘e the -mug. ' Oa the tune being
called.for, it Las generally lo:!en'2CC:ol3 pan'ect swith
a 'cry of r: Hats soffl" which has in.o.ineen the
- z.nOSt violent opposition on the partof those who
are Any thing but loyal. Instead of complying
with the request, the Opposition answer it with a
cry of " Millions be free !," and, rising vial their
, hats on, place themselves in the most menacing
attitude of defiance. This act of indecency has
frequently led to -blows, and individuals in. the
boxes have been ohliged to seek their personal
safety by leaping into. the pit-, .while those in the
pit have placed, themselves in array against the
bokes, and a general contest or tiun:Tlt•haS ‘, been
the result. In several instances tif:kets have been.
distributed,: gratis, to the amount of several
'pounds, with a view to beat down the-loyal party
by main force, in 'consequence-of which several
officers had been insulted and mal-treated, parti-
cularly oa Wednesday evening last, when a num-
ber of those desperadoes surrounded Brigade Major
Huinp!u•:as, on coining out of the Theatre, hooted
bath al,. 1g the streets to his quarters, -and threwa
battle in his face, avhich eut him severely'.—Bri7
gade Major fLunpbrys is a most gentlemanly cha-
racter, Who had never taken any part whateVer in
the disturbances ; but that he was, a military offi-
cer was' quite sufficient.•- Onanother occasion, a
party way-laid an,officer of the Second Somerset
Militia, who, had• been forwardin displaying his
zeal and loyalty to his King at the Theatre, in
• the Park,
,late in the evening, atld beat him in a '
most inhum an Manner.. Several have beedcom-
pelled to, enter into recognizances for their good
behaviour, and two or three are bound. over to
appear at the Quarter Sessions, for the assault
-committed on the officer in thQPark. • This even-
ing was fixed for the: benefit 'of Mr: Rohertson,
one of our highly-respected -Manageis, who cal-
culated upon a net receipt of at least, 100.1. but,
.by the abrupt closing of the Theatre, his. benefit'
is necessarily postponed until after the Races,
which, it iS:siipposed, will be a great loss to high.
SHEFFtELD, JUNE 27.-1-We aresorry-to learn,
from the Resolutions, of the Meeting of Lieute-
nancy and Magistrates, that the nightly depreda-
tiOns, and other most violent breaches of the
\peace,.. in a great part of the manufacturing dis-1
tricts, of ,this Riding, stilj continue. The most
effective measures. are immediately' to be taken to
stop' the career of the lawless offenders. , •

STAFF62D, JUNE 27.—1 n the beginning of the
last week, a strong, body of those deluded men,
callin7 themselves Luddites, surrounded the'house
of a Lady, the widow of an Officer, residing in
Edgeley, near Stockport, and, with horrid threats,
demanded entrance, to search for/ arms. The in-
habiants, under animpression of dreadful conse-
quences resulting from a refusal, opened the door,
when a number of armed men rushed into the
house, and,' after... Minutely searching all parts,
took away eight swords, leaving the affrighted in-
mates in a state of extreme consternation. The
party consisted of from eighty to one hundred,
variously armed; and they paid the strictest obe-
dience to the commands of one who acted as the
leader, and who was of a respectable appearance.
We wish we could, with that degree of justice we
owe to the. public's information, here close this
article ; but we are sorry to say, the lapse of each
day, discloses some new object of alarm—some
new act calculated to impress upon us the most
alarming sensations and apprehensions for the ge-
neral peace and safety of the country. It has
been told us, that assemblies nightly take place
in secluded places, to the number of some hun-
dreds., that the Oath continues to be administered,
and that the, names .of those who are parties to
the abominable and seditious compact, are called
over at the several places of rendezvous with 'all
the regularity /and appearance of system and disc
cipline.

1-ItmpEusElELD, JuNE 25.—Last Monday, about
midnight, a great number of arme4 men, with.
their faces disfigured by broad black marks down
each cheek 'and over the forehead assembled new;
the dwelling-house of Mr. Fisher, a shopkeeper aL
BriestWistle, iu 'this neighbourhood, and, after
firing two guns, or pistols, demanded admittance
into Mr."'.A.isher's house, which he refused. '!'hey'
:.hen broke open the door, and two of then mill-
ing into the house, seized Mr. Fisher, who.had
just got out of bed; they each presented a pistol
to his breast, and threatened him with /instant
&ath if he- stirred a fOot. Not intimidated by
this threat, Mr. rushed from them toward
the door, when he N'as seized by other six men,
who, placing a sheet over his head, face-and arms,
kept him in that situation, while their coinrades.
ransacked the house, and took f;:in his pocket-
book bills to the amount of 116. besides 201. in
notes, and some cash ; they also took -a quantity
of notes and cash otrt.of a drawer, but to what
amount Mr. Fisher does not exactly know. When
the depredation was completed, the leader cried
out to the guard placed over. Mr. Fisher, " bet
him go ; don't hurt him ; we have Igot what we
wanted, and we will bring 'it back in thrze
months ;" and immediately made off.

HULL, JUNE 27.—Since our last were com-
mitted to 'York Castle, Bettis, the•wife of John
Woad, of tioebury,. near 'Wakefield, charged
upon oath with', having, on Wednesday last, at
Horbury, assembled's:yid' 4 great Titunbttr of per";.
sons, and riotously upset. a cart, containing po-
tatoes and onions, which the owner was then re-
tailing,'_and which property was felgniously taken
away. ..She,. the said Betty Wood, addressing the
mob, said, " him; let us murder him, and
take. his stuff from him ;" and that she was other-
wise aiding, encouraging, and abetting in the
said riot. MSc), James ffoldroyd, of Dewsbury,
clothier, charged upon oath with having, on the
night of Monday, the 22d of Jane instant, at the'
sign,of the 'Black Bull, in Mirtield, confessed that
he was at Rawfold's znill on the night it was at-
tacked, that he was
.engaged in that attack, and
that •he was near to his fellow creature when he

fell. Likcwise, Jane Bainei, charged upon the
oath of Isaac Hopi/fet- with feloniously titea,ing
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