Star.
London, England, 1824-12-06 00:00:00

POLICZ INTELLIGENCE.

BO W-STR E ET.
111.suaculc a" AIITIIOII.—The " Morriedtmd &Valk" iquabble be-
tween Mr. Poole and Mr. Elliston, we regret to state, has led to a
yery unpleas.mt result—to wit, a marriage between the leather on
the foot of the Manager and the broad-cloth on the nether portion
of the Author—or, in other words, Mr. Elliston has thought proper
to inflict an actual kick on Mr. Poole's own proper person a parte
pea I—at least as nearly so as he could ; and Mr. Poole,in retutn,
has thought proper to " lallup" Mr. Elliston's own proper shoulders
with a threepenny ash plant ! which kicking and lalluping very na-
turally brought them before the Magistrate.
Matters of this kind are always enveloped in mystery ; but, as
far as the circumstances appeared, they were thus:—About a fort-
night ago, Mr. Poole wrote a letter to Mr. Elliston—whether to
ask how he liked the preface to" Marne I and Single," or to offer a
new piece, we do not know ; but whatever that letter was about,
Mr. Elliston did not vouchsafe to notice it ; and therefore, at 12
o'clock, on Saturday, Mr. P. repaired to the Theatre, accompa-
nied by his dedicatee, Mr.St.ilubyn,for the purpose, as it would ap-
pear, of demanding an answer. At the stage-door they sent in
their cards ; and, after waiting a quarter of au 'sour, they were de-
sired to walk into Mr. Elliston's private room. They did so; and,
after waiting another quarter of an hour, Mr. Elliston entered the
room with their cards in his hand, and without any preface at all,
said to Mr. Poole, " if you don't get out of this house, I'll kick
your"—(w hat we bad rather not mention). Now, MrPoole, in-
stead of getting out, began to remonstrate ' • and thereupon Mr.
Elliston kicked him—whether precisely according to his threat or
not, we know not. Then Mr. Poole began laying on Mr. Elliston
with an ash plant, which he bad brought with him—Whether for
the purpose or not we canngt say ; but be that as it may, it was so
dry and feckless that it broke almost directly ; and then the Gen-
tlemen seized each other by the collar, and shook each other well,
and there was a terrible scuffle between them. How long that
scuffle lasted, and how they were got apart, we cannot say; but
certain it is, there was no great damage done on either side; and
when the scuffle was over, Mr. Poole and his friend, Mr. St. Aubyn.
came direct to this Office, whilst Mr. Elliston called out to his door.
keeper—" If you ever let that man into my theatre again, I will
discharge you.
Mr. Poole and his friend, as we have already said, came direct to
this office; where they obtained a private interview with Sir It.
Mim—for the Magistrate of the day (Mr. Mbuhull) was other-
wise engaged at the moment. Sir RICHARD heard their story,
which story was afterwards communicated to Mr. MINSHOLL, who
thereupon issued his warrant, and in a few minute% Mr. Elliston
appeared in the custody of Ruthven—an officer who executes war-
rants of this description with a peculiar grace. Mr. Elliston came,
attended by Messrs. Dunn and Winston, the treasurer and acting
manager of his Theatre, and having taken his seat on the bench, the
following colloquy ensued :
" You complain, Sir, of having been assaulted by Mr. Elliston?"
said Mr. AIINSHULL, addressing Mr. Poole, who was seated at the
other end of the bench by the side of his friend, Mr. St. Aubyn.
" Yes, Sir," replied Mr. Poole, rising—" yes, Sir—Mr. Elliston
has kicked me, as I stated in my deposition."
" Did you strike Mr. Elliston?" asked his Worship.
" I struck him, with this stick;' replied Mr. Poole—holding up
the fractured ash-plant abovementioned---" I struck him with this
stick, but not until be had assaulted me, as I have described."
" Well, Mr. Elliston," said his Worship," what have you to say ?"
" I shall...ay nothing," replied Mr. Etliaton, who still occupied
one of the Magisterial chairs with much dignity—" I shall say
nothing; let him expose Ms character in a public Court."
" Then, I say, Mr. Elliston," rejoined his Worship," that you
shall find bail."
" There they are, Sir—there they are," said Mr. Elliston—
pointing to Messrs. on and Winston, who instantly entered into
securities for Mr. Elliston's appearance at the Sessions, and then all
the parties withdrew without any further remark.