The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-31 00:00:00

FUaLIr;.OFFJcE, RUIt . TRiiEf.

REVS Z. AsTLEY.

• Mr. RE Es, the celebrated Imitator, late of Co.
vent. Garden Theatre, has been engaged at Sadler's
Wells Theatre for some time past, to give his jail.
tations of the most celebrated London Performers ;
and on the first night of his performance he gave
imitations of Mr. ASTLEY, seri. in his exhibition of
a me Monkies at his Amphitheatre some years
since ; ltkewise his mode of conducting the Horse.
manship, his Dialogue with Mr. Merfyinan, &c.
Former imitations of Mr. As-I'Ln- having been
the suliji.et of a violent dispine between Mr. AsT.
LEY and Nelr. REV; some years since, which ended
in a prosecution, Mr. THOMAS Di BD IN, one
of the Pioprietiirs-, of Sadler's Wells, thinking
this would be reviving old grievances, and that
it might he the cause of enmity between the
tw o Theatres, as it would be supposed the imi.
tations h d the Manager's sanction, restricted
Mr. Rots from giving any more imitations of Mr.
A~tLeY, during his engagement with theirs ; and
sent an apohigy to Mr. AsTLEt, disowning the
imitations to have been given with his approbation,
and that he had restricted Mr. Rees from giiring
thtm any more. -It bring part of the engagement
of M. likes, that he was to have aßenefir, which
fixed tor Wednesday night last, it svas ge.
neralfy understood among Mr. ReES'S friends
that he ,would repeat the inotatiovs.of Mr. ASTLEY
; on that night :oh Tuesday afternoon Mr. Asi LEY,
jun. met Mr. Re es in. Qiieen.street,l„incolh's.inn;
fields, and complained to him of his illiberal
conduit towards his father, and assured him,
if he repeated his imitations of his father,
at his benefit on Wednesday, he would certainly at.
tend and h rsewhip him. In consequence of this
threat, Mr. REFS applied to the above Office on
Wednesday morning, and obtained a Peace War.
rant against Mr. AsTL EY,. junior. Mr. ASTLEY was
not taken in the course of the day. In the evening
Mr. Re EsIS benefit took place ; and in conse-
. quence of a recommendation of the Managers, he -
relinquished the giving any imitations of Mr.
r, senior, and.an apology was made previ.
ous to the commercement of his imitations, that
part of them were to be omitted. This was oppos.
ed by parr of the audience; who had come for the ex.
press purpose of hearing the imitations of Mr. AST.;
LEY, sen. and a riot ensued. It was with much,
difficulty the perfOrmanees were suffered to proceed.
Yesterday the parties atpeared before the Sitting
Magistrate, when, in addition to the circumstances
above stated, Mr. Rees said, he, as well as several
others, saw Mr. ASTLIY, jun. in the hexes, and
that he was a principal in instigating the riot. Mr.
A. acknowledged he was in the boxes, but denied
that he was adtive in making the riot..
The evidence failing to prove that Mr. ASTLEY
was a principal in the riot, the Magistrates only
held him to bail, to keep the peace towards Mr.
REFS. Mr. ASTLEY assured:Mr. REES, that if he
attempted to ridicule his father on the stage any
'.;nore, he would prosecute him under a particular
A 6 of Parliament, against holding up individuals
to ritlicule upon the stage, under which, for every
offence, he would be sullied to 501. penalty.