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

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with thelFate . oitiot,itelkilair fiC 'Was utterlj.
ihipossillt to heg#: a Wtwd from the thotfikat the cute='
tain drew up. • . The' popnlat spirit, far frOin beint
subdued, teemeti rather to have gained strength. T
' Theatre was by no means so crowded as on the
former nights ; but this proceeded in a great measure
from there having been no orders issued, and the Ma.
nagers being desirous of trying what effect 'might be
produced by leaving the Public to the weight of
-their own judgment.
The usual catcalls, rattles, trumpets, whistles, &c.
proceeded in full chorus. During .the interval, a
number of placards were displayed, with inscriptions
favourable to the public cause, as it seemed univer.
_sally to be esteemed. Among others we noticed the
following :—" British merit for ever, and no Cata-
lani."—One board contained a list of the salaries and
benefits of Catalani, J. Kemble, C. Kemble, Mrs. C-
Kemble, and Mrs. Siddons, amounting to 425,57.5.
Others, the following :
" John Bull, John Bull,be merry, bold, and resolute,
" Fear not to thew disapprobation,
" But freely keeryourvoisy station,
" Fur none of Xemble born -
" Can GVLL a Bands Nation." ,
" John Kemble linnets the cause of this riot;
" When he lowers his hiaes, John Bull will ix. 'quiet!"
—" The Clerks of the Bank are prevented from tit-!
tending the Theatre through John iCenible.—ft Bring i
down the pride of Keml.le and hit-rite tsp." -Tile- I
pent, Monopolizers, before the just anid deserved in-
dignation of an insulted British audience overtake you
in your career."--..." Let not a British audience be in-
timidated by Bew-street officers,"—" Do yon lower
your prices, and we will Raise the Wind.—liax poluli,
supremo lox."—•A coffin, with crossbones, Bcc:-.-and the
words—" Here-lies the body of New Prices, who died '
the 23d of September, 1809, aged six days."—These
and a predigious number of others to the same effect,
were pinned to the fronts of the boxes, and displayed
in the pit. Several printed papers were thrown
down during the performance, and the oppositon
appeared t© be most general. The play was ended a
little after eight, and the farce was over at about nine.
—The cmpany, however, remained in their places
till between ten and eleven, during which time the
noise and uproar were louder than At any time during 1
1 the performance. Silence was, however, obtained for
s'short time, while a gentleman addressed them from
;he front boxes, who had been heard on former occa-
sions. He stated, " that his principal reason for
coming forward was, that as the gentleman who was .
most accustomed to address them (Mr. Leigh) was l
not then in the Theatre, it would appear a triumph
to the Managers if no person was to assert the rights
of the audience. He congratulated them on the
events of the night, and thought they had obtained a
triumph over the avarice and insolence of the Ma-
nagers. As to their avarice, he believed that it would
be defeated. Their intended imposition could never
be carried into effect. (Loud applause, and cries of
never I never 0 One of the Managers (Mr. Kemble)
hid the insolence to pretend, the last night he addres-
sed them, that he really did not know what they
wanted. Alt the statements which had been made
on the part of the Managers, were false assertions.—
He was sure the very performers must, in their hearts,
wish their tyrannical Manager to be defeated in the
present contest, and if the public persevered as they
had hitherto done, they must ultimately defeat the
Managers." These and some further observations
made by the same Gentleman, were heard with ap-
plause.
The call for Mr. Kemble now became greater thane,
ever, and at length that Gentleman presented himself'
amidst the tumult of applause and disapprobation.
Having procured an interval of silenze, he spoke to
the following purport :

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" Ladies and Gentlemen—lt is with sincere regret I
find that any part of my conduct should be consi-
dered as bearing the character of disrespect towards
you ; and I trust a due examination of it will be the
means of removing any such imputation from me.—
To my conduct, as an Actor and a Manager, for up-
wards of five and twenty years, I appeal as an an-
swer to this most painful charge, and trust, during
the whole of that long period, it will successfully plead
my acquittal in this respect with all whorl's I have
n3w, the honour tdaddress. [App/awe.]
• 44 The Proprietors, I sincerely assure you, Ladies
1, old Gentlemen, are most anxious to do every thing
Isin their power to allay any ferment that may have
been created, and- to restore the public tranquillity.—
Orval applauses.) They arc willing that a Commit-
tee of disinterested Gentlemen should be appointed to,
inspect the state of the concern, and from the pro!ts
thence derived to, say, whether the old or the new
prices were the most fit •and reasonable. (Here-he
was interrupted by cries of " iso, no—No looks—No
Committer.") The Proprietors, Ladies and Gentle-
men (continued Mr. Kemble) thought they could not
do a more gratifying thing to the public, or one which
could'more completely satisfy them of their wish 'to
act liberally and fairly, than by giving them an op-
portunity of participating in the knowledge of our
affairs equally with ourselves. (General applauser.)
If this proposal meet your approbation, Ladies and
Gentlemen, as it appears to me it has, I pledge my-
self on the part of the Proprietors, that to the decision
of such .Gentlemen as may be approved of by the
public they will cheerfully submit ; and further, that
until their decision is known the theatre shallbe shut
up." ( Universal awl repeated wiz use.)
Here some Gentlemen in the stage-box called Mr.
REMBLF, and after a short conversation he thus re.
sumed
" Be assured, Ladies and Gentlemen, no time shall
be lost in thus proceeding to the strictest investigation
of our accounts, and that whatever the result may he,
it shall be immediately communicated to the Public.
—As to Madame Carai.Ast (continued he), I have
only to say, Ladies and Gentlemen, that Mr. HARRIS,
in entering into an agreement with her, was actuated'
solely by a wish to evince his attention to the public
gratification, by engaging for that purpose a perfor-
mer whose talents were acknowledged to be ttanscing,
dant—(" No Italian squallers on a 11ritiek
Feeling, hswever (said he); that this env
has proved to be not congenial to the public mind,
the Managers have been induced to alter their arrange-
ments inaltis respect, and I have now to assn.: the



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' On Saturday eleven prisoners were tried; third Of
whom were capitally convicted; vie--
77. /17,,i,!, kr stealing a black galdingithetrioPerty
of Mary Hinran, spinster
Wi//iceii Skpfieed stood indicted fur kliobibtisiy ut-
tering as true a certain receipt, knowitig the same to
be forged, for the purpose of defrauding one
Mordy. ,
It appeared from the evidence in this mei, that the
prosecutor, Richard Moady, was a gentleman's so .1
vant, and having by his industry and ecoliOrnfsae• d
some money, he employed his brother, Thattrab•Mor y,
to get 201. vested in the 5 per cent. Stoeks. Th.ni i t
Merdy, therefore, in the month of January, went to
'the Lank, and meeting with the prisoner, of whom 11'.
lhadiorne slight knowledge, and who was a kiAld of
'Tothng-broker, gave him the '2Ol with instructions
V** it was retie vested, In 2 short- time afterwards
the prisoner broUght. hins.a.receipt purporting to i)e
'the receipt of a person named W. S. West, for the
transfer of 201. 5 per cent. to the name of Richard
Mordy. Is the month of July, Richard Mordy ap-
plied at the Bank for his dividend ; but on presenting
j-the receipt, was informed that go such Stock had been
transferred„ nor was there any person of the name of •
,1-West employed in the Stock Office. An Inquiry was
then set on foot respecting the broker who had tram-
' acted the business, and the prisoner was pointed out.
The Directors of the Bank sent immediately for him,
and he was interrogated in their parlour by Mr. Kaye
the Solicitor. He then said there was • a running ac-
count between him and the prosecutor ; • but at a fu-
ture eamination he confessed that at the time Thomas
' Mordy had applied to him, he was mach distressed
in pecuniary affairs, and that he was induced to ap-
propriate the sum he gave him at that time to the
liquidation of some pressing demand ; but with a full
intention of purchasing the stock, when his Circurn•
stances would admit. On being questioned as•to the
receipt, he said he had given that merely as a memo.
randum, and that having a friend whose name was
West, his name occurring to him first, while he was
writing it, he put it at the bottom ; but begged it
-*tight be understood ho had not the most distant in-
lention of defrauding the prosecutor.
' • These facts having been proved, the prisoner was •
ailed on for his defence. This he left to his Counsel
' Mr:Guar:ix and Mr. ALLEY, who called several most
respectable witnesses to his character, who all spoke:
in the highest terms of his exemplary conduct, and of
his filial duty, having supported an aged mother by
his industry, for thirteen years. . .
The-Learned Judge, Baron HEATH.. then:summed
up the evidence to the Jury with great perspicuity,
dwelling on those parts which were likely to be fa-
vourable to the prisoner ; but at the same time signi-
-1 fying his conviction of the prisoner's guilt. •
i• The Jury, after some consideration, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty of the fraud, but not of the forgery.
The Learned Judge, in reply to this, explained to
the Jury the nature of the laws rerPecting forgery,
and said, that in the present case, the.fraud depended
wholly on the forgery.
' The Jury then begged to withdraw, and, after tieing
absent nearly twenty minutes, returned with a verdict
of Guilty—Death.
Thomas Rose, a letter carrier in the Two Penny Post
Office, apparently not '2O years of age, was tried for
secreting aid embezzling two of £5 each, on
the Ilrli of August last.
Mr. Thomas Smart, clerk to Messrs. Warrington
1 and Co. bankers, at Altriegham, near Knutsford,•in
1 Cheshire, on the loth of August last, put the two
1 notes in question in a letter, which was sent by the
regular post, directed to Mr. John Gen. Green, Vir.
gin place, Bowling-green-buildings, New Road, Pad-
dington. The letter reached London on the 11th,
and was sent from the General Post-Office to the Two-
penny Post-Office, it; Gerard-street, as this place of
delivery was within the limits of the latter ; the .
Paddin:rton Bag was given out on that day as usual,
and the place of delivery was within the prisoner's
,walk.
.There was some difficulty in- prOvmg, that
' that identical letter was given into the hands of the
' prisoner, but the deficiency in the chain of evi-
dence was made up by the testimony of his sister Sa.
[ rah Rose, an innocent looking girl about 18 years of
i age. Whetianit ipto the witness box she wept bitterly,
land was with the utmost difficulty prevailedrapor; by
repeated -questions, to state, that she had receiveci a
note from heebrother, some time about the 11th of
1-August, and had changed it with.one none, .altublie
can, in Westminter.
The publican gave it along with others, and in pap
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ment to Mr. Johnston, clerk to Messri. Barclay ni
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Co. Brewers.—Verdict—Guilty, Death.
I Thomas Richardson, a letter-sorter in the G4tiejni,
1 Post-Office, was capitally indicted for having ititisils
1 from a letter, which came into his hands eu Satarectai
I the sth of August last, ten Bank post bills, oithnat.at
1 : lue of £lO each, with intent.to defraud Messes.*aeo
and Co. of Fleet-street, bankers.
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Mr. Thomas Law, clerk to the abtife;
'•house, deposed, that on the sth of kogast 13 .i.AC *4,
by the General Peaaotos.footwlalesotottenstnrinoccdu.a7olireetpy7vsomi4r;norirdpaslissiatn:vertedb;
r7Hethietcnh-roeyfdllAtl'iuetgcpeullstia':
and she inratiocliatigetea,
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yi dh)edirected together.
' for his wife, changed two of the bills • the
.Prtsoner
The
insufficiencya an
acquittal
of evi -
on 'this Lechargearnect,
deuce,. aad ,thelaisolier was accordingly pronounced
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&117preiso-nifferner waalurs Ch7g6evdewo•
Ifirstc iththetrhiendcoremtmmenis:iso,ninofes•himicih..
of these,
vaedrvyicceoonfsidbeisi•acboleuriseamio,uthnte.
P'l,:i.ooheer
pleaded Guilty, and a verdict was entered accorrie
ilitgly.
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