The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-20 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

On Saturday two young men, of gentlemanly ap-
pearance, were brought in custody from the watch-
house of St. Mary-le-Strand, charged with having
created a riot at the English Opera-house on the
previous night. The names which the prisoners
gave, as entered in the watch-house-book, were
" Captain Richardson" and " Young Hell." The
real name of the former is Charles Richardson Ber-
&city, and that of the latter Charles Davenport.
Bond, jun., stated, that on the night of Friday,
about eleven o'clock, he was on duty at the English
Opera-house, when a coach containing the two de-
fendants and three other gentlemen drove up to the
door. All the gentlemen appeared intoxicated, and
one of the defendants, who called himself Captain
Richardson, had a dispute with the coachman re-
specting his fare. They then attempted to force
their way into the house, but were resisted by Mr.
Thomas.

Mr. Thoma=, the constable, stated, that seeing
the state in which the defendants were, he refused
to allow them to enter the theatre, being apprehen-
sive that they would create a riot and disturb the
performances. The defendants, however, appeared
determined to force their way, upon which he (Mr.
Thomas) called upon the police-officers to aid him,
and with their assistance succeeded, after a consi-
derable struggle, in conveying them to the watch-
house.

Mr. Berkeley, in explanation of the charge, said he
resided at the Piazza coffee-house. A party of
friends and himself took a coach on Friday night,
and were driven to the English Opera-house, where
the coachman attempted to impose upon them by
demanding his fare a second time. When about to
enter the rt'heatre they were seized wi;11 violence,
beaten, and knocked about, and finally dragged to
be watch-house, where they found the night-con-
stable so intoxicated that he was unable to write
down the charge.

Edwards, th-e night constable, here stepped for-
ward, and declared that he was perfectly sober at
:he time.

Mr. HALLs addressing Edwards told him that his
general cenduct was so bad, he should•not consider
him in the light of a constable, and never would ex-
amine him as such. tie the❑ told the gentlemen that
(hey must put in bail for assaulting the constables,
unless they could make it up with them. The
coachman also must be paid his fare and for loss of
time.

The defendants retired, and having made their
peace with the parties whom they had assaulted
and satisfied the coachman, the Magistrate dis-
charged them with a caution to pay hackney-coach-
men their tare, and refrain in future from assaulting
those who were appointed to preserve the public
peace.

A person, who described himself as a doctor, pre-
sented himself before Mr. HALLS, and said he came
to lodge a complaint against his Majesty's Govern-
ment for refusing to pay him the sum of 461. 165.,
for attending and physicking 300 mum employed as
labourers by the Board of Works, at the Castle of
Windsor. " I have made frequent applications for
my money," said the applicant, "to the Duke of
Wellington and Mr. Peel, but without effect. Indeed,
the last letter which I wrote to the Duke of Wel-
lington was a very smart one, I assure you, and I
had an interview with Sir Richard Birnie in his pri-
vate room soon after upon the subject, but I have
never been able to obtain my money."
" You have come to the wrong place, my friend,"
observed Mr. HAu.s, smiling; " you must proceed
for the recovery of your money elsewhere ; but I can
hardly think that your claim would have been re-
sisted if you really performed the service which you
say you did. There must have been a sad epidemic
amongst the labourers at Windsor, that so many as
300 of them should have had occasion for your pro-
fessional assistance."

Applicant.—Then I suppose I must go to law for
the amount of my WI ?
Mr. Ilatis—That is a question for your own con-
sideration. I can give you no advice.
Applicant—Then I can only tell you this, that I
shall not give up my a*endance and medicine for
nothing; and moreover, Mr. Magistrate, I consider
I have just as good a right to be paid for my pro-
fessional assistance as you have for sitting in that
chair.

"No doubt of that," said Mr. lIALLs " good
morning to you, Sir."
The applicant then withdrew.
Mr. John Wayland, draper, of No. 15i, Strand,
was held to bail for a violent assault upon a young
girl named Sarah Etches, who was knocked down,
beaten, and bruised by the defendant.