Star.
London, England, 1809-10-30 00:00:00

WESI'MIIVSTER SESSIOArS4

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
The following is an alphabetical List of the names
of Persons against whom Bills of Indictment have
been preferred before the Grand Jury, by the Minx-

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n,ers of Covent Garden Theatre, and the manner in
which those Bills were disposed of:
Baker, George, found Hillhouse, William, found
Black, John, not found Jones, W. H found
Bryan, Miclia,l, found Johnson, J. found
Blackburne. Wit am, not found Kenyon, rer found
Browne, John, found Lloyd, William, found
Birnie, not found Pocock, nut found
Bursiem, not found Rose, John, not round
Coats, William, nor found Ransom, James, not found
Clack, Thomas, found Ray, John, not found
Corry, Thomas, not found Ross, Alexander, found
Crisp, not found Rees, not found
Colville, Charles, found Savage not found.
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Chceke,-Alexander, not fount Scott, T. found (2 indictments)
Chines, Alexander, found Some, not found
•Dudfield, Samuel, not found Smith, Selion, not found
Dwyer. William, found Smith, William, not found
Destnalyre, John, not found Stallard, Samuel F. found

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Eyre-, not found "%loan, not found
Gurney, Charles, found Wells, James, not found
Goodey, John, not found Waugh, Thomas, found
Hooper, not found
• Samuel Dudlield, against whom the Bill of Indictment pre-
ferred by the Managers of Covent Garden Theatre was thrown
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out, is ttie person win) on two evenings addressed the audience in
the uniform of an officer of the navy. We unclqi tand that the
grounds upon which the Bill was rejected were tl at he did not in-
ttTrupt the performances, not having made Ida speeches until the
curtain bad fallen for the right.
The name of William Redgrove was returned by
the Grand Jury as not appearing when called.
Several other persons who had been ordered to find
bail by the Bow-st:eet Magistrates, were not indicted
by the Managers ; among whom was Mary Austin,
the young woman, who was committed to prison for
springing a penny rattle in the shilling gallery.

TIIE KING t'er:us THOMAS SMITH, JAMES CANNON, JOHN

M`NIcIIOLLS, MICIIAEL FLEMING, and THOS. FREELY.

Saturday an indictment was preferred against the
Defendants, for riot and assault.
Mr. ALLEY, as Counsel for the prosecution, stated,
that the case to which he had now the honour of cal-
ling the attention of the Court and Jury, was, in his
opinion, the most aggravated be had ever met with.
If the plea of the Prisoners themselves was taken, they
must be concluded to be one and all innocent ; but
as some other proof, beside their own declaration,
would be looked for, he entertained little doubt of
establishing their guilt, to the satisfaction of all pre-
sent. The offence imputed to the Prisoners was riot ;1
the unfortunate men themselves were children of the
sister kingdom, and lived in the neighbourhood of
Peter-street, St. Giles's, to the inhaAants of which
they were a perfect nuisance ; insomuch so, that fre-
quent complaints had been made against them by the
parishoners. There were some places of worship ad-
jaeent, which experienced great interruption from
their disorderly conduct ; as during the hour of divine
service, they assembled together for no other purpose
..11 that of riot. On Sunday, the Bth of October,
they were assembled in Peter-street for this purpose,
when a man passing by was addressed by one of them
in a language which he did not understand ; he asked,
for an explanati..l, and was instantly knocked down ;
they all exclaimed instantly, 46 Down with him, mur- '
der the Englishmen !" After being dreadfully bea-
ten and jumped upon, he was flung into a milk cellar.
A man of the name of Eyre, interposed to save him,
and shared the same fate ; another was also abused
for a similar interference, to such a degree, that his
health was materially affected • he was there that day
to give his evidence against them. Mr. Ailey con-
chided with expressing his regret that they were Irish-
men ; he imputed tieir misconduct to that want of
education which uni)rtunately characterises the lower
orders of that country.
Robert Wedderburne examined.—He is a tailor,
resides in Green's-court, Pete .street, and is a native
of the West-Indies. On Sunday, the Bth of October,
about four o'clock, he entered Petcr-street ; be saw
about twenty men standing there in three lots ; some
stood upon the pavement, and some in-the middle of
the street ; he bad a child in his arms, and his daugh-
ter was walking by his side ; he saw one lot engaged
in conversation with a man of the name of Pierce, an
Englishman, and knowing the temper of the Irish,
with whom he had often worked, he attempted to
bring him away from them. A scuffle began between
them and Pierce, upon which he gave the child to
his daughter, and endeavctred to drag him away;
the Englishman was knocked down into a milk-cellar,
and would, he believed, have been murdered, but
that a housekeeper opened his door and took him in.
They then cried out, ‘, Turn out the bloody English.
man !" He was knocked down himself soon after,
and beaten with seeks ; he endeavoured to it up and

beg for mercy, but in vain ; he then thought it neces-
sary to bawl as loud as possible, which lie did, louder
than any man ever bawled before. At length a sol- '
dier made his appearance, and, on seeing the red coat
they all ran away.
On his cross examination by Mr. Barmy, be Al-
lowed that he had taken off his coat, and said he
would fight one or two of them at a time 4 but then
it was after he had been abused and beaten. He had
taken his share of three pots of ale, and one glass of
gin, among four. The witness having betrayed much
violence of temper, during his cross-examination, was
reprimanded by the Court.
Charles Eyre, shoe-maker, Peter-street, deposed,
that as he was walking with a friend in Peter-street,
he was knocked down. Neither he not the former
witness could identify the prisoners.
Robert Alders, Samuel Snrey, and Uriah West-
wood, identified them severally. Here the case was
closed for the prosecution.
Mr. BARRY addressed the Court in behalf of the
Prisoners ; he insisted strongly on the violent temper
of the first and principal witness, whom he charged
with commencing the riot.
Mary Conolly, Patrick Rowan, and Mary Morgan,
were examined in behalf of the prisoners ; but, it ap-
pearing fmm their evidence, that they were not pre- j
sent at the fracas, and could only speak to the conduct
t,f the prisoners, subsequently ; the Jury, after a few
words from Mr. ALLEY, and a charge from Mr. Jus-
tice MAIKWARINC, brought in a verdict of—Guilty.
Mr. MANWAIUNG, in passing sentence, said, " This
is a riot of that atrocious and barbarous nature which
calls on the Court to inflict punishment with the great-
est severity, as an example to prevent the repetition
of the monstrous outrages that have lately taken place
in all parts of this town. At the same time the Court
are of opinion that they may do their duty withc,ut

,E'Ver(tY• They therefore Mkt t Will
and hope that the tiefonlants, coultrruh'':, (NJ
others, will. in return for the gmetosity of Jr: Con. rt
regillat:y the a- :thore canduct antl
s ihjects."—The Chairman then sentencod the lef.n
air.i to be imprisoned s:x mont:is.

S. .I.2nei WAS couvica-d of st.•:d
canters from a piblic.houce. 'l'h, it trere
ind,caueats of a similar nature agantst him, but tEci
were not called.

The Rev. Sir Ge9rge Macl iie, Kn:ght of the
and of the OrZer cif train, committAJLl from the Mat 'Lb :•-
rJugh-strcet. P. lice Office, under the Va.;Tant Act,wht
remanded until ncxt Sessions.—Ses,ions adjowned.

SIR MAT IIIIV B lOXAM AND CO.'s

BAWKRUPIVT.

On Saturday Sir M. BI.OXAM, Mr. WlLKlNsrrto
and Mr. WM. BLOXANI, the Partners, surrendered um,
der the joint Commission ; and Sir MATHEW also sur.
rendered under the Commission taken out against hirr;
individually.

The Nit%ting, which was held in the Court of King's
Bench, was very numerously attended, and a great
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many debt; were proved. A gentleman of the nani,•
of Allen chimed to be allowed the roof of a debt
of £7OO, on a bill which he had procured to he dis-
counr:d at the Bank of England, for a Bill Broker
Kith whom he had been accustomed to do business.

and from whom he admitted, that 'he had received

half-a-guinea for his trouble, over and above the legal
interest charged at the Bank.
Mr. Cui.r.uN for the Estate, objected to the prof
of this debt, on the ground, that the holder of the
bill, not being a Bill Broker, was not entitled to charge
or accept of a single shilling beyond the legal and
authorised rate of merest, for the discounting of the
bill in question.

Mr. ROBEItTSON, who attended as Solicitor for the
holder of the bill, contended that the allitional half.
guinea had not been received by Mr. Allen 14 dis-
counting the bill, but for procuring it to be discoant-
, ed. The discount had been paid not to him, but to.
the Bank ; and he had received the half-guinea 14
the trouble of sending to the Bank, and for the risk
he incurred in putting his name on the bill. That
this risk was not nominal or imaginary, he had al-
ready severely felt, having been obliged, in consider.
ation of this half-guinea, to pay to the tank the full
amount of the bill, being 4700. Mr. Robertson c'in.
tended that there was nothing illegal in Mr. All; n's
doing so, if he chose to undertake the risk, and in his
becominin this transaction, at least, a Money Scri-
vener. What objection, he begged to know, could
there be to his (Mr. R.'s), if he ha i sufficient weiAt
at the Bank, undertaking such responsibility, and for
his trouble charging a Solicitor's tee of 13s. 4d ?
The Commissioners were of opinion, that Mr.
Allen, not a bill-broker, was not entitled to charge
for the discount of the bill, any thing beyond the legal
interest. The claim was, of course, rejected.

States of the debts, and of the funds of the bank,
rupts were produced, to which they severally made
oath, to the best of their then kni..wledge and belief.
The Assignees on the joint and separate estates being
also called on, declared themselves perfectly satisfied
with the bankrupts' accounts, wilh the statements
now exhibited, and with the information afforded
them.

Mr. Champney, the Accountant to the Commis-
sion, assured the Commissioners and the creditors that
he bad never examined into the affairs of a great con-
cern where the accol.nts were so perspicuous and in-
telligible as in the present.
Mr. REYNOLDS, one of the Commissioners, also de-
dared that he had never seen so great a concern
where an equal anxiety to afford every information
at.d satisfaction to those interested, had been exhi-
bited by the bankrupts.
Mr. Robinson, one of the Assignees, feltit Ifs in-
cumbent duty to call the attention of the creditors, in
a peculiar manner, to the situation of Mr. \Vilkinsrn.
The immense losses this gentleman had sustained in
this concern, and the honourable conduct he had ob-
served throughout down to this moment, made his
present situation peculiarly deserving the attention of
the creditors. He should not trespass on their time
or patience at so advanced a period of the day (nearly
four o'clock) but should at present merely state it to
be his intention on an early day, to call a special
meeting of the creditors to consider the situation of
Mr. Wilkinson, and of him only.
The Accountant felt it his duty, on this point, to
stat?, that the sum, principal and interest, sunk by
Mr. Wilkinson in the concern, previous to the bank-
ruptcy, amounted to £105,000, and upwards. He
had now surrendered under the Commission private
property of his own to the amount of £10,060 be-
sides a house in Bedford-square, and certain leasehold
premises in the City, and had actually left himself
: without a shilling.—The Meeting adjourned.

A fire broke out last week in a rar.,Pe of about 20
cottages, near Ardleigh Crown, and entirely con-
sumed the same. No lives were lost.

A fire broke out early on Wednesday morning in a
two story brick house, in the Gothals, Glasgow, which
is employed as a mill for grinding dy2woods, and en-
tirely consumed the interior of the building, ieAvitig
only the walls standing. Considerable apprehclisiods
were entertained of the fire communicating to an ad-
joining cotton-mill, but it was happily prevented.
At Winchester annual town fair on Tuesday, the
weather pmving remarkable fine, much company at-
; tended.—Cheese sold from GO to 70, SO, and 90s. per
cwt. Horses sold dear. Lambs from 19 to 255.--
prime 30s. Fat sheep to 475.

The present exorbitant price of hay is owing to the
farmers being occupied in getting in their seed or
threshing out their grain, and will be of but short
duration. The quantity of fine hay in the country is
greater this year than has been known for many.
years.

CORN MA RIOET, MARK-LANE, OCTOtEIt CO.—The
arrivali of Wheat this day make but an inc(4l-
- supply, and the sales thereof are son? e-
what dearer than on Friday. Ba, ley rather le;wer.
hkewise—White Peas are cheaper— Leans of the
two kinds also—There are tolerable supplies of Oats,
and this article is named at little var.a.tion—Flour
remains at late prices.

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