The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-26 00:00:00

GRAND FRACAS.

THEATRE riIAISTgALS.—A consitleraWc distur-
bance prevailed. at the French Theatre in Ber-
Wick-street, last night. A gentleman having de-
tected afellow in the act of picking his pocket,
knocked him down. The_,fellow arose, and,
stripping, denied the charge, at the same time
challenging the gentleman to fight, whilst his
associate engaged with another gent !email. 4:un-
•fused cries of " a to porte,"-----" chuck bit otc,"
French and half English, exc. succeeded, and both
ladies and gentlemen jumped neck or 'milling into
the pit. The difficulty now was to get the ladies
npon the stage, as there Was a general struggle
to gain the pit dorm.. The ladies at length reached
the stage, but some were a little unit, owing to
rite spikes on the top of the partition,,yeliich en-
closes the orchestra. Meanwhile the rascal was
secured, and his accomplice kicked down stairs.
After some time lost in regaining seats, the per-
formance was resumed in the second act,. for the
first was interrupted in the middle. Scarcely,
however, had the perforniers passed through one
scene, when a new alarm arose ; tor, on the
stidden arrival of
.constables, the people in the
boxes began a second flight. Many hats and bon-
nets fell off, and Were trainpled under toot. At
length the Manager tame forward, and assured
the public that there was nothing to fear. So
much time was occupied by these interruptions;
that it was impossible to perform• the last piece
-The first piece, " Le'Peintre et Comedien," is much
the same as. rice `-`4clor of all 1170rk," and was well
calculated to show the versatility of talent M.
SAINT FELIX possesses, a 8 he was 10 play seven
different parts in it, and we could not but regret
the unseasonable interruptions which prevented
the continuation of this amusing comedy. The
second piece, "Les Ricnux d'eu.r filmes," is also
the popular farce of the " flee Hive," in French,
and-was admirably sustained by M. SAINT FELIX,
Mlles. JULIE and FCLICIE. 'We are very sort),
that his professional duties oblige M. SAINT FELIX
to leave town, as he is a very valuable acquisition
to this excellent company.

DISGRACEFUL RIOT.

The neighbourhood of Cow-cross and Turn-
mill-street was a scene of confusion and up-
roar from about six o'clock on Sunday after-
noon till midnight, in consequence of a. quar-
rel between the low Irish of Cow-cross and'
Tornmill-street, and the Monster Irish of St.
Giles's; the parties met at the Castle, in Cow-
cross, where after drinking until they were in-
toxicated, they commenced the battle; the house
being too small to contain the numbers, they went
into the street, aftned with bludgeons, tongs, fire-
shovels, pokers, and other weapons ; they set to,
and in a few minutes their numbers increased to
about two hundred persons=st he whole neighbour-
hood was thrown into the greatest alarm, and
several persons who happened to pass on their
own business were knocked down and trampled
upon ; in less than a quarter of an hour there Was
upwards of 100 men and women with broken
heads, bloody noses, black eyes, and otherwise
wounded, and some lying apparently dead in the
streets. T. Thompson, a very active constable,
lost no time in mustering constables, patroles,
and watchmen, to the number of about 30, who
came armed with cutlasses ; and in striving to
disperse the mob and secure the ringleaders, a
most desperate attack commenced on both sides.
George Turner, a patrole, was severely beaten,
and was carried off in a dangerous state ; Charles
Turner, his brother, was likewise dreadfully
beaten ; Eames, a constable, had his arm broke
from the blow of a heavy bludgeon ; Davison, a
constable, was dreadfully beaten and trampled
upon in the kennel ; the beadle, re-
ceived many blows ; at length, about ten o'clock,
the civil power having gained the assistance of
the police and constables, and watchmen from the
neighbouring parishes, the assailants were over-
come and put to the rout; the following 13 of the
most active of them taken in custody, viz. Thos.
Brown, John Carr, John King, M. Walsh, Step.
.Collins, J. Holland, P. Dvrell, Patrick Martin,
Daniel Cunnigart, John Griffith, Thomas Mor-
gan, Thomas Flit), and Patrick M'Carty, who,
with much difficulty, were lodged in the watch-
house, which was obliged to be guarded all night,
to prevent the mob from tearing it down. They
were conducted handcuffed, wid well .guarded
yesterday, before the Magistrates at'''•Hatton
'Garden Office for examination, and the crowd
of men and women who followed them to the
Office exceeded 1000 persons, by which the Office
and street were crowded to an excess never wit-
nessed before. Amongst the crowd were up-
wards of forty men and women with black eyes,
some with their arms iu slings, and others with
their heads bound up and bleeding. Tht prisoners
being put to the bar, the constables preferred their
charges„ and exhibited the dreadful marks of the
blows they received. The chati..t.es being made
out, ehe prisoners were all committed to prison,
until they procured good bail to answer at the
Sessions.

Sir HumritaY and Lady Do( left town yes-
terday for the Continent. Sir flumPtißEY's first
object is to assist the miners of Flanders and Ger-
' many in using his safety Limp for the preservation
of theit lives 3 and his second object to g 6 to Na-
ples, for the purpose of app!ying a chytnical process
to the unrolling the Herculaneum 41ISS. His Royal
Highness the PRINCE REGENT, we understand,
honoured Sir HUMPHREY DAVY with an audience
before his departure, and was graciously pleas-
ed to •enconrage his undertaking, and afford
to it his patronage. His Royal Highness, we be-
lieve, has never lost sight of these interesting
remains, and it is sincerely to be hoped that his
enlightened views and exalted patronage bringing
into.activity the resources of British Science will
at length unfold to the literary world these hidden
treasures of Greek and Roman learningh-L-N. Times.
The Rantilies of 74 guns, Capt. Tnomas Boys
(Rear-Admiral Sir WILLIANI JOHNSTONE HOPE'S
flag,shipi, sailed froth Leith Roads on Sunday,
to join the squadron now assembling at Ply-
mouth for a two monthS' truize in the Channel.
Yesterday the Duke of. YORK transacted mili-
tary business with the PRINCE itaosztT,