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the Theatre, and, therefore, intirndtea to him that he was now
discharged.
• .. The son of Mi.Soane, the archited, ill Linenll.os-inn-fields,
was ordered to give sureties, himself. in .X. 7,0, to answer a charge
of riot and disturbance, by hissing and hooting during the per-
formances. .

Thomas Highman, a footman in livery, Wag dismissed tilior a
charge of exhibiting from the two-shiiling gallery two placards,
oft which were imocribed, " Covent-garden- Synagogue," and
" Jews and Gentiles ;" the evidence nut being sufhcient to iden
tify him with the. fact.

A young man named Richard Viral, a Clerk in a Public Office,
was ordered to find bail for riotous conduct, and rxhibiting pla-
cards in the pit. In default of bail, ht was committed.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR,

Sin—Upon perusing a statement in your Paper of to-day, of
the occurrences that took place at Covent Garden Theatre last
sight, with regard to myself, which is ia many respects very er-
roneous, I must beg you to insert the following remarks :
I am charged with " assaulting a person, and beating him most
w unmercifoily with a lor s std." How far I assaulted him will
appear from the sequel ; but with regard to the stick I used, it
was only a common oak walking-stick, about two inches or little
more in circumference at the thickest part.
I am accused of having been very " active in breeding distur-
bances, and striking those around me in the most wanton man-
ner." I can, however, bring evidence to prove, that I took no
part in the disturbances, otherwise than by hissing and cries of Of !
Of ! Nor did I strike any one till I was collared by the person
who gave me is charge—whom, I must remark, I had observed,
and pointed out to a friend who was with me, as himself belong-
mg to a gang of Jews and other persons of the lowest description,
to the number of 25 or 30, seated in the middle of the pit, and
who were themselves most forward in creating disturbances
throughout the evening. 'I hese persons, the moment 1 came into
the pit, marked me, for what reason I know not, and called out
that they had something to say to me by ar..l by.
With regard to the paragraph beginning, " He hail the leis-
fortune, &c and ending, " took the defendant in custody," I
have siate, that hearing a cry of " Torn him out," I, with. my
friend, went forward to the place, when a man (one of the ; sag)
in a light drab frock coat, asked me insolently if I wanted to
fight ? I told him that I had not any thing to say to him, bet
that if any one struck me, I would knock him down. About
a dozen fellows now pushed for upon me, putting themselves
:n boxing attitudes, and exclaiming " Down with him! Down
with him !" And the person who gave me in charge, seized me
by the eclat, indignant at which, 1 struck him with my rick;
tney continued to push forward upou me, and attempted to seize
me; and one fellow, the one in the light drab frock, struck at
me once or twice, but his blows were parried off by my trim. d,
who was knocked down, as I was myself, and after being much
maltreated, was taken into custody.
That part of the report, stating that I afterwards " struck
every body who attempted to molest me, and made no distinc-
lop between Jew or Gentile," is in the whole false ;—as, in the
first place, 1 did not do so, and in the next, neither myself nor
chi man who gave me in charge, stated any such thing at the Of-
fice, not hi the least to that purport.
With regard to having been " , fullyy committed fir want of bad,"
it is a gross falsehood—as two friends came forward with me a

few minutes after we left the mom, and gave bail for my appear-
ance at the next Quarter Sessions for Wehnninster; independent
of which, many gentlemen, quite strangers to me, offered them-
selves as my bail.
_ _

What I have asserted above, I myself am ready to prove upon
oath, as are also several of my friends, when called upon at the
Quarter Sessions. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Office of Ordnance, Tower, THOMAS WAUGH.
Oct. 13, 1809.

. Yesterday morning, soon after two o'clock, two young men
went to the Brown Bear, in Bow-street, and had a bed. 'They
slept in the same bed. About eight o'clock they both came down
stairs to go out. As soon as they were gone, the waiter, who let
them out, missed a pair of shoes and a pair of gaiters, which had
been cleaned ready for the Gentleman they belonged to, to put on.
The waiter went after them, and overtook one of them at the
corner of the street, who denied any knowledge of the shoes and
gaiters ; but, on his being searched, an iron crow was found in his
pocket, similar to those used in house breaking. He described
the public-house in Wild-street, where his companion resorted.
The waiter, in consequence went with Bacon, the captain of the
patrole, who was in attendance at the office, to the house; he
was not there ; they waited a few minutes and he came in. As
soon as he saw them, he ran out of the house. They prirstu-d
him, calling out " Stop thief !" Bacon had a desperate fail in
running, and cut his hand open. The prisoner was, however,
stopped by some persons passing at the time. On Bacon's searching
him, he found the shoes and gaiters which had been stolen.
Use prisoners were brought before Mr. GRAHAM, when he
who bad the shoes and gaiters was committed for trial ; the other
who had the iron crow, preferred going on board the Tend-r.
UNION-HALL.—Rielsard Paltoru, charged with breaking open
a stable belonging to a Gentleman, in Kennington-lane, and steal-
ing a box coat, was fully committed.
HATTON GARDIIN.A case of private still came on to be
heard yesterday at this Mee. It appeared •rom the statement
of Mr. Glued, Counsel for the Crown, that Jame: Smith, the de-
fendant, had been detected in carrying on a private distillery, at
Enfield, for which he had incurred penalties to a great amount.—
Mr. Denton appeared as Solicitor for the def. natant; he state d
several circumstances of compassion, which induced the Counsel
to consent to a mitigation of the penalty to 1001. which took
place accordingly.
SHADW Eu..—Yesterday Gar men Jegatont, a Swede, and mate
of a ship, was charged by Mr. Hodgson, of Ship Alley, WeUclose-
ivare, with obtaining from him goods to the amulet of £4B
under false tokens. He was fully committed.
J.. Sigel was also committed, charged with stealing a watch, the
property of Mr. J. Monish, of Old Gravel-lane ; and
J. Perry, for stealing a parcel of saws and a shovel.
MaNstota-nousz.—Yesterday J. Greaton, a labourer in the
East-India Bengal Ws rehouse, was charged with stealing, in tLese
warehouses, seven hanks of Bengal silk.
John Lloyd stated, that the prisoner asked him for the great-
coat of one Pethon, another labourer, which he gave him, and saw
him spr..ftd it upon the floor, and take the silk from his pocket,
wrap• it up in the coat, and conceal it between the bales. He Im-
mediately Communicated this to Mr. Evans, the elder, who exami-
ned the coat, and found the silk in it.
A Solicitor attended for the prisoner, and desired him to stake
no defence at present. He was fully committed for trial.
Jareith Beecher was also fully committed, charged with stealing
a quantity of nutmegs.
GUILDHALL.--Yesterday E. Jerry was charged by —Price,
• with assaulting him in Watling-street, on Thursday evening.—
The prosecutor stated, that as he and a friend were coming home,
they saw some men busy about a cart that was standing in Friday-
street, and doubting that they were there for no good purpose,
be informed the carman of his suspleons. They went :may; and
he, with his friend, proceeded home. He was, however, soon
attacked by the same men, and received several blows from th,m,
as well as his friend. When he recovered his surprise, he laid
hold of the person who bad first struck bins, but the prisoner
' seized him by the throat, and forced him to let go his bold. He,
however,. succeeded in securing the prisoner. His friend corro-
, bonded fis evidence, and the prisoner was comrcittedfor trial.

A woman named Rich, was charged by -- Hudson, with
robb'ng him'of his watch, and 101. in notes. The prosecutor
stated, that being much intoxicated, he fell en the pavement in
St. Paul's Church-yard, and the prisoner came to help him up.
When he had regained his perpendicular, he discovered his loss,
and instantly charged the watch with her. On searching her Gl.
in notes, and Gs. lid. in silver, were found on her, but no watch.
The prosecutor swore to the notes, and the prisoner was commit
ted fur triaL

At the General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace hol-
den at Newhall in Dymchurch, in and for the Liberty
of Romney Marsh, on Monday the 9th inst. Clifford
Pope was capitally convicted of sheep-stealing, and
sentence of Death was accordingly passed on him by
the Bailiff,
On Monday evening a most unfortunate accident
happened at Weymouth. As a boat-was coming on
duty to the harbour, from his Majesty's yacht Royal
Sovereign, in passing the Bar a squall of wind upset
the boat, and, melancholy to relate, Mr. Joßs BUR-
BARD, midshipman, and son of General Sir HARRY
B.:RRARD, was drowned. - Through the eat rtions of
other. boats from the shore and shipping, the rest of
the people were saved.