Star.
London, England, 1809-11-23 00:00:00

A CAUTION.

All persons having a cold or a cough, will beware of sneezing
or coughing in the Pit, otherwise they will be taken up to Bow-
street office.

After the dropping of the curtain, the 0. P.'s dis-
persed immediately, without the groans and cheers as
usual, which they had anticipated during the acts of
the Pantomine. On the whole, the opposition ap-
peared last night to have rallied their forces, and were'
much more formidable than on the night preceding.
There was a scuffle in one of the Upper Boxes, in
which several blows were exchanged, but the Gem-
men went out to the Lobby to settle it.

MAataortoticti-STREET.--Mr. Wienholt applied to
the Magistrates at this Office yesterday, to obtain a
warrant against a person, whom he stated to have
stolen his hat on the evening of the 6th instant. Mr.
W. stated, that he was attacked in the pit of Covent-
Garden Theatre, when his life was in imminent dan-
ger, and a man had taken his hat off his head, and
which hat had been pawned, but the man who pawn-
ed it was not the one who stole it, though he knew
his name, and where to find him. The person who
pledged it had been just convicted at Bow-street. On
being asked why a warrant had not been applied for
earlier, Mr. W. stated that the Magistrates at Bow-
street had repeatedly refused him a warrant. The
Magistrates observed, that it was an etiquette with
them not to grant a warrant when it had been refused
before by other Magistrates, as in that case there
would be no end to contention. If the Justices at
Bow-street had done wrong in refusing a warrant, a
writ of Mandarnui was the only method to be resorted
to. Mr. W. was informed that he was not deprived
of seeking a bill of indictment, and if a true bill was
found, the alledged offender would then be taken by
a Bench warrant.

1101V-STREET.—Yeiterday a man was brought to
the Office before Mr. GRAHAM, the Sitting agis-
trate,. charged with having taken Mr. Wienholt's hat
from him a few evenings since in the pit of Covent-
Garden Theatre. It appeared that the prisoner had
pawned the hat, and converted the money to his own
use. The pawnbroker, w;th whom the prisoner had
pawned the hat, appeared and identified his person :
he was therefore convicted in the penalty of 40s. and
£1 4s. 6d. the value of the hat, which the prisoner
paid. Mr. Wienholt received the value of his hat and
half the penalty.
Mr. David Forster, of No. 66, Basinghall-street,
was brought before the Magistrates at seven o'clock
yesterday evening, charged by two persons, the one
named John Goddard, and the other George Farmer,
with riotous conduct in the pit of Covent-Garden
Theatre, towards the termination of the first act of
the performance.
Mr. Forster behaving improperly before the Sitting
Magistrate, he was reprimanded in the strongest
manner for his conduct, and was ordered to find bail.
Two gentlemen, his friends, Mr. Robson and Mr.

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Aryan, instantly came forward, and 13.6e:rine his,ilife:
ties, and he was discharged.
The next persons brought forward were Mr. :times
Johnson, grocer, of Gracechurch-st:vet ; and Mr.
John Tyler, fish-salesman, of Billingsl.;at,2, They *ere
charged by Mr:James ikandon with i-epea teal y crying,
Silence! in the back boxes, with intent to create rict,
and interrupt the performance; tie cl-4trge was fur- .
ther supported by Iw3 other persons, attendants of
the Theatre.

Mr. Johnson detlarej, that his cries of silence arose
solely from a wish to stop the tumult that existed, so
as to enable him to distinguish the voices of the per-
formers ; and Mr. Tyler swore by G—D, that the
charge exhibited against him was erroneous.
Both Gentlemen were ordered to find bail.
Mr GRAII ANI then fined Mr. Tyler ttv/ shilling:,
for profanely swearing one oath in his presence, which,
with three shillings gists, he immediately paid.
Owen Jones was ordered to find bail f,r assaulting
Clarke and Jackson, Bow-street officers, while in the
execution of their duty, in the pit ; he stated himself
to be clerk to Mess's. Larkin and Co. hatters, No.
424, Strand.

Mr. David Forster was brought in a second time
in custody from the pit, and charged by Mr. Egerton
Cutler, of Bloomsbury.squai e, with haranguing the
people in the pit, and promoting riot and disturbance
by his general conduct.
G. Kent corroborated this statement, and Mr.
Forster was again ordered to find bail.
Goddard, the witness against Mr. Forster in the
Erst charge, then applied for a warrant to apprehend
a person named Bryan, one of the bail for Mr. For-
ster, for an assault. He stated, that on his return to
the pit, Mr. Bryan pointed him out as an informer;
and they tore the skirts of his coat nearly off, which
he exhibited in a very ragged state; as a proof of his
assertion.

Mr. GRAHAM granted the warrant, and at the con-
clusion of the performance, Mr. Bryan was brought
from the theatre by sme of the officers, attended by
an immense crowd of the 0. P.'s, who made a tre-
mendous noise at the front of the Office; in proof of
their displeasure.
Mr. Bryan was ordered to find bail. Two Gen-
tlemen offered to swear that the charge was false ;
but as the informant positively swore to the correct-
ness of his statement, their evkdence was not received.
Several persons were then brought in from the
door of the Office for disorderly conduct in the street,
some of whom were discharged with a reprimand,
and one was ordered to find bail for attempting to
strike an officer.

WooDcocics, &c.—There can be no doubt, but that
a very great portion of the woodcocks, snipes, plovers;
starlings, and such other birds as migrate to the south-
ward in the winter season, are lost in the vast Atlan-
tic Ocean. They generally travel before the storm,
and frequently amidst the obscurity of dawn, and
snow showers. At these times, woodcocks abound
on the Scilly islands, and near the Lizard and Land's
End—the extreme Southern and Western Capes of
Cornwall—where, such as approach before they are
quite spent, like Noah's dove, find rest from the
oceans of water and air ; and such as cannot reach
the shore, frequently drop, exhausted with fatigue;
upon such ships as they happen to discover. There are
few vessels from the Atlantic, which, upon approach..
ing the coast at this season, are not visited by these
forlorn voyagers—while great numbers of others are
seen—(yet, how small a portion of the whole can ever
be seen ! )—passing in foul weather to the southward
and westward, where an ocean, too vast for the
strongest wing to pass over, will inevitably swallow
them up !

FINE ARTS.—While the French nation justly boasts
of having the noblest collection of Paintings ever ac-
cumulated, the English as fairly exult in possessiig
the best Sculptures. As well as the fine statues at
Oxford, and Mr. TowNx.Ex's, now the Nation's, at the
British Museum, the unrivalled remains of Grecian
Art, from the chissel of the renowned PUMAS, are
now in London, the property of Lord ELGIN. His •
Lordship deservedly possesses the gratitude of the na-
tion for having, when in Turkey and Greece, expended
an immense portion of time, trouble, and money, in
obtaining them, and e-nveying them to our shot-es.
Most of them occupied the Temple of Minerva at
Athens, cousisting chiefly of Relievos, with a few co.
lossal Statues. No single figure is entire, being cruelly
amputated by barbarous hands, and gnawed by the
tooth of time : but what have been spared are suffi-
cient to justify the unbounded praises bestowed on
them by the historians of antiquity. The introduc-
tion of these grand productions of ancient genius into
England is a glorious zra in the Fine Arts. They
present a new world of beauty and taste to the eye of
the young Artist, and awaken a fresh and glowing
impulse in the mind of the Professor. Indeed their
perfect proportion, their inimitable grace, beauty, and
dignity, take full possession of the mind of the tasteful
spectator, dissipate every inferior thought, and ele-
vate it to the most refined sentiments.

William Jones, a native of Gower, in Glamorgan.
shire, quitted that part of the country about 50 years
ago, to avoid the grasp of the parish officers. He
came to London, and afterwards embarked in the
wine and spirit trade, which he carried on with so
much success as to accurpulate a fortune of upwards
of half a million. He died a few months since, leav-
ing his four executers .4000 each ; he bequeathed
all- his freehold property to several parishes in the vici-
nity of the metropolis ; gave legacies of £5OOO and
£lO,OOO to a number of friends ; and directed that
such of his relation: as might apply to his executors,
within twelve months after his decease, should be paid
one shilling each ! ! !
Tuesday afternoon a rowing-match took place be-
tween two of the first-rate v.-atermen on the River
'Thames-,..JANIES BROOKSON, of the Three Cranes
Stairs, the other belonged to Westminster, for 20 gui-
neas a-side. They started from the Swan Stairs, Lon-
don-bridge, to the Swan, at Chelsea, when, after a
good deal of manoeuvring and xkill, Brookscn lost by
about two boats lengths.
A new County Jail, costing £22,000, and a Bride-
well, costing k 15,900, have lately been b,iift in De-
vonshire, which kilice theircompietion havebeen disco-
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