Star.
London, England, 1809-09-25 00:00:00

POLICE, bir.
BOIr-STR EEr. —On Saturday Charles Zagnan:i ark ap-
prentice to a goldsmith, and John Gooday, a linen-
draper's shopman in Cheapside, were brought before
I. NARES, Esq. charged with behaving in a riotous
and disorderly manner, the preceding night.
The complaint against Zagnani was, that ke and
several others remained in the one-shilling gallery of
Covent Garden Theatre, a considerable time after
the performance was over, making a great poise, and
that he took a lighted candle out of one of the sconces
suspended from the gallery.
The prisoner Gooday, it appeared, also continued
in the Theatre after the conclusion of the perform-
ance, standing up in front of the lower boxes, and
making a great noise with a watchman's rattle ; that
he then went into the pit, where he held up a banner,
with the following inscription upon it—" No Italian
Depravity, or Ft-inch Duplicity—Native Talent, and the
Old Prices."
The Magistrate thought the conduct of both the
parties highly censurable ; and such as would warrant
him in calling upon them for securities to answer what
might be objected against them at the Sessions, on
behalf of the managers and proprietors of the theatre;
, and they were accordingly ordered to find bail.
In the evening, several persons taken into custody
at the theatre, for similar disorderly conduct, were
brought before the same Magistrate, and obliged to
find bail.
On the 9th instant, Elizabeth Mott, wife of John
Mott, of Carminster, near Dorchester, who was de-
tain4d in Dorchester Castle, on a charge of bigamy,
was liberated, at the earnest request of her first hus-
band, who had kindly resolved, on the death of the
second (which took place a few days prior, at the
house of the first), to take his faithful, affectionate,
and loving spouse a second time to bed and board.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

CANTERBURY, ScPT. el.—Our picking, with very few excep-
tions. will finish with the present wcek,a shorter period than has
been known for many years. Speaking of the body plantation of
this city, the crop is more defective than ever remembered to have
been experienced. The produce (small as it is) is very deficient
soth ai.to the colour and quality. A few partial spots in thecountry
imitations have better suc:eeded; but in most instances, where
the appearance was kindly, the produce has fall n short of expec-
tation ; equal to one-fourth, and some grounds nearly an hal' part.
We cannot flatter the planters with any expectation of high
prices to compensate them for the loss in quantity, as we are as-
sured by a well-informed correspoondent, that the quantity kit
oil hand is equal to Eke consumpnon of four years.
The phritations in Sussex anti some part of Mid-Kent are more
prmluctive than East Kent, but they all fall short of the quantity
at which they have been estimated.—The Fa;preans,plantation,
with the • xception of about twenty or thirty acres mar the town,
we are informed is very unproductive. Worcester, Essex, and
the North Clays are also much blighted. Weyhilt Fair is expect
-3 to produce a vet y small supply of hogs ; but as the buyers 144
fair purchased sufficient for two years consumption, the &m end
,ea into b. great
Old Flops, of all descriptions, are very uhsaleable. Not'any
busine.3, as yet, has been done at this market,. but some sampis
or yew Hops are expected next Slitirday.
WORC!:STER, Sept. 17.—Our hop plantations were said trifiate
mended very much within the last three weeks, but some of,loue
planters have begun picking, and they report them to come down
much short of their expectations. The duty fotschls plantation
got up, bit now is lowered egain ; it stands:yow,at.freins three.ta
4.'001 We had three !lockets of new hops at inarket yesterday,
but no; sal, M. was nWered for them, but tlfil 4iveie tibt gooa. •
BERKSHIar.—At Abingdon fair, on Tueada.rliatit, there Wadi
large chew of cattle and sheep, which were a wy dull sale.—
Good horses sold high, inferior scarcely saleable. '
At Reading fair, on Thursday, last; there was a large supply of
cheese. Very fine prime dairies sold from 68s. ter great
deal remained unsold.