Star.
London, England, 1820-01-27 00:00:00

POLICE.

THE PATENT TUE 1T11!.:,3 .142A1NAT THE ROYAL
COBOt; ItO 'I! I EATR E.

all V. GLOSSOP.

Yesterday, being the day apprinted, by' a.ljourn-
trent, to hear the lnformation, at the instance of the
secretary of the Dan y-Lane Theatre Committee, for
penalties against Mr. Glossop, the Proprietor of the
Royal Cohourg Theatre, for infringing his License,
by enacting at that Theatre a modified performance
of the Tragedy of B;eiiard 111. the defendant, at-
tended by his Counrel, Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. Dowe
LINO, appeared before. the Sitting Magistrates, at,
Union-liall, for the purpose of meeting the charge,'
when it was discovered that the Information bad
been withdi awn, without any reason assigned.
The Informer's Counsel, Messrs. F. PoLLocfc and
Mr. TurtroN, were not in attendance, but his Solici-
tor, Mr. BURGESS, appeared, and stated Lis regret
that the Learned Counsel on the other side should
have had the trouble of attending, as notice had been
sent to Messrs. Roomts and Sot:, the Solicitors for
Mr. Glossop, that the information had been with-
drawn, and that it would he unnecessary for them
to appear pursuant to the adjournment.
Mr. Ariouotes and Mr. DowuNo urged, that the
circumstance of such notice having been sent, was
no reason why they should not appear, pursuant to'
the adjournment, the object of which appearance
was to meet the Information, if it mild be sustained,
and if not, to have a verdict of acquittal recorded.
They complained in strong terms of the uncandid
manner in which the Information had been with-
drawn during the interval of an adjournment—the
necessary inference from which was, that the parties
at whose instance the Information was lodged, were
conscious of the injustice and unpopularity of the
step they had-taken, so prejudicial to the interests of
Mr. Glossop. The defendant having appealed to the
Information, he was entitled to have an acquittal en-
tered upon the record, and they now prayed that the
Information might be dismissed, as the prosecutor
did not think proper to come forward.
The Sitting Magistrates said, they could have no-
thing to say to the business, inasmuch as the Infor-
mation had been wholly withdrawn on Tuesday, and
as there was nothing upon which they could pro-
ceed, the presence of the Learned Counsel was quite
unnecessary. It was the ordinary and every day
practice to lodge Informatiims under penal Statutes,
and withdraw them at the will of the parties ,preise.
eating. Such was the present instance, and there!
was no precedent which justified the defendant in
baring an acquittal recorded. In fact, there was no
information now before the Court.
Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. DOWLING reprobated the
practice alluded to, as higly injurious to the charac-
ter of persons who might be subject to malicious and
unfounded accusations. In the present instance, Mr.
Glossop had been subjected to a charge highly inju-
rious to kis property—he bad appeared to the charge

`with a:manful determiaatiaa.ot muting it, and after'
the expense, inconvenience; and trouble to which he -
had been put, he had much season to complain. of •
the uncandid course which the business had taken.
The Magistrates repeated what the practice of the
Office was, and that. they had now.no Information
before them on • which they could act, one way or
the other.
Mr. BURGESS- the Solicitor, then lodged another
Information,. of the like nature, but containing other
allegations, and it is understood that the case will
come on for argument on Wednesday, 9th February.
The Counsel and the parties then retired. The
Office was crowded to excess by persons anxious to
-hear the decision of a case. in which the Public feel-
.
ing is so much interested.
Robberies at the Fire in Blarkfriars-Road.—George
Jennings and John Henry, coal. heavers, were charged
by Cooper, a Parish Constable with committing a
robbery at the house. of Mr. John Cleves, Pawn-
broker, corner of Edward-street, Blackfriar's•road,
during the time the premises were on fire, on Tues-
day night last. Cooper stated, that on the above
night, about half-past nine o'clock, he was at his
hotise in Cross-street, Blackfriar's-road, and heard
an alarm of " Fire !" He hastened to the spot, and
raw the attic story of Mr. Cleves' house on fire. Mr.
Cleves and some of his neighbours were rendering
assistance to save the property ; he (witness) assisted
in removing a
,great deal of property to a neighbour's
house. Seeing such a number of gangs of notorious
thieves before the house, some of which rushed in up
to the first floor, in spite of every exertion of himself
and his brother Constables, he was compelled to leave
the property, to assist the Constables and Watchmen
(about 40 of whom were present) to form a ring round
the premises. The line was frequently broken by
the thieves, who knocked the watchmen and con-
stables down. Two or 3(X) pickpockets were aloongst.
the crowd, and .every weld' essed person was hustled
and robbed in the most open manner. He saw the
prisoners pushing about at the time Mr. Cleves and
his friends were throwing property through the se-
cond.floor front window, to save it from conflagra-
tion ; the prisoners picked up each several bundles,
and put them under their coats and ran off through
the crowd, towards Blackfriars Bridge; he pursued
them with several -watchmen, and secured them.—
Upon searching them, he found two bundles of pro-
perty on each of them (witness produced the bundles,
to which duplicates were affixed), aad conveyed-then' •
to the watch-house.
Ames Adrims, a coal-heaver, was also brought be-
' fore the Magistrate, by Mr. Trough ton, the Beadle of
Christ Church, charged with committing a robbery
in Mr. Cleves house, during the fire. Mr. Trough-
ton said, he believed more property was stoles than
destroyed lay the File. He caught the prisoner un-
ning off with a bundle, to vhich a duplicate was
pinned, which had the name Cloves, Mad:friars-
road," printed thereon:—Theprisonel s were remanded
for re-examination on Wednesday next, when the
- Magistrate told them they might expect to be fully
committed to take their trial.

The Constable sated, that S'r Thomas Wilson and
his Lady were raising while the lire:men W'i.e
nlat-
iiig their engines on the flames, when they .were stir-
ounded by a gang of thieves, men and womeii, who
hustled them. Sir Thomas was robbed of his pocket-
honk, contaiming Bank notes, memorandums, &c.
and a valuable watch, chain,'seals, &c.

Mr. .)loore, auctioneer, of Illackfriarsroad, while
aisistiag to remove sortie of Air.- Cleves's pr. pert ,
was hastit:d, and the side pocket of his coat was cur
across the bottom, and a pocket-book, containing
Bank Of England notes to the amount of 00, and
valnahle memorandums, was 'stolen.
MaNsios HousE.--Captain Cuthberson, of a
merchantman in race Thames, sunumnied a lighter-
man, named llouroe, before the LORD MAYOR. yes-
terda.y, under the following peculiar circumstances:
—The Captain said, that during the late very incle-
ment weather, he vas lying blocked up by the ice
in the Thames. When the frost began to break up,
and the ice and sr,ow drifted with irresistible f:-,rce,
he was compelled to cut away his anchor, slip his
cable, and rua down the River. In the .interim, be-
fore he brought-to again, his anchor,' &c. had been
hauled np by the defendant, and for which he claimed
a compensation of 1:23, and refused to deliver up
the property until that sum was paid. He (the cm-
plaimmt) leskted this, upon the grounds, first, that
he had not employed the de!endant to do the labours
and next, that. if he had even done so, the charge
was enormous.—The defendant, in reply, said, that
the charge was not 'only not enormous, but most
reasonable. The anchor of the complainant, toge-
ther *ith many others, had got'bedded in the River,
and the labour to raise them was indescribable: the
anchor also, and the apparatus attached to it, were
greaser in magnitude than the others, and the task
‘N as of course the more formidable. The weight of
the anchor was 1,00-t pciunds, the cable was from 60
to 70 fathoms in length, and the chain GO fathoms.
The allowance for labour of this description also was
in general estimated by the value, and one-third was
uniformly paid. Here the anchor and apparatus
were at least worth 4.320, and his legal demand,
therefore, might have been for -.CIO.
Mr. Nelson, the Deputy Water Bail:ff, being in the
Justice Room, the LORD Mayon consulted with him,
and be confirmed the account given by the dein-,
dant, of an allowance of one-third being paid for'
Arch labour as had been done.by him.
The LORD MAYOR, under these circumstances,
thought the demand of £25 just and reasonable, and
dismissed the complaint of the Captain.
Bourne' then declared, that he would keep the an-
chor until paid; or, if the Captain chose, he was
ready to meet him in a Court of Law.
Gultbnam..—John Canning, an Irish labourer,
was yesterday brought to the Office, upon a charge
exhibited against him by Duncan Campbell, Esq. of
the following nature:—Mr. Campbell stated, that he
was one of the Committee for Affording Temporary
Relief and Shelter to the Houseless and Destitute, at
London-wall. On Tuesday evening, between nine
and ten o'clock, while the Committee were engaged
in relieving the poor applicants, the prisoner, at the
head of about 150 others, btirst in the doors, and
caused a great riot and confusion. Large sums of
n:oney were lying upon the tables, and, fearing, an
attack on these, witness rushed forward, and with a
stick beat off the foremost of the intruders. The pri-
soner received some more severe blows than he (Mr.
Campbell) could have wished to inflict; but the dread

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of losing the storey, and the fait of having cfiseo-.
vexed two notorious pickpockets secreted in the room
where the money lay, justified him, he thought, in
resisting the outrage and intrusion of so large sr body
of persons. He did not attribute any dishonest mo-.
tive to the prisoner; and he would not shrink from
the investigation, if the latter thought he had be-
'hayed illegally or cruel towards him.
Mr. Alderman THORP' the Sitting Magistrate,
thought the conduct of Mr. Campbell not only jus-
tifiable, but even laudable.
R. Willis said, he was door-keeper at the Institu-,
tion on the occasion in question. It was the rule not
to softer more than three persons to enter the room
for relief at any one time. Orr Tuesday evening,
this order' was broken with great violence, and the
prisoner, with about one hundred and fiity other's,
overpowered him, and rushed in.
Mr. Campbell said, he' did not seek the punish-
ment of the poor man. He had already suffered a
good deal in the loss of his relief money, his supper,
and a good lodging. All he had got for his impru-
dence was a night's imprisonment. 'The disorder,
however, of which he (Mr. Campbell) complained,
was of such a nature, that if net'checked,.the objects
of the Charity must be defeated.
The prisoner said, that he was a poor labourer,
having a wife and four children dependant upon
him, and had been without employment since Christ-
mas. lie declared his innocence,' and said he was
shoved in by other persons.
The Magistrate regretted the imprudence which
had led him to so much suffering anti imprisonment,
and hoped he would learn to conduct himself better.
Mr. Campbell, and the other humane Gentlemen as-
sisting him, ought to be protected is the great good
they were doing, and he would advise them to apply
to the Lord Mayor, as head of the Institution, for his
aid and advice.—The prisoner was discharged.

MANCHESTER, JANUARY 24.

SALFORD SESSIONS.

Mr. WILLIAMS, as soon as the Chairman came
into Court this morning, pressed for thesappointment
of NVednesday and Thursday for the misdemeanours
which were of a more public nature than other mis-
demeanours in the calendar. _

• The CHAIRMAN refused to fix any time, till the
felonies should be disposed of; and assigned as a rea-
son, that it would be hard upon persons who might
be acquitted, to be in Confinement till the end of the
Sessions, which might not he till next week.
The trial of one felony occupied the Court till four
o'clock. Lletiry Lancaster, aged 6'2; Robert Walker,
aged 30; Jonas Lancashire, aged *2O, the appeared
but 17, of a very genteel and interesting, appearance),'
were placed together at the bar; the two former
charged with stealing, the last with receiving, nine
•pieces of velveteen, the property of James Iloworth.
The goods were taken away while the servants of
Mr. llowo;th were carrying a considerable number,
of pieces from one warehouse to another. They were
recovered by Platt and Booth, •two of Nadin's men,
who stated, that they had watched the entry into a
warehouse in Back Piccadilly, belonging to George
,Lancashire, Jonas Lancashire's "fat'ker, and seen
Lancaster enter with two pieces of velveteen; that
they had followed him into the house, and fOund
two pieces more concealed in a room in the warehouse.
Walker, the third prisoner, had been previously seen
to assist Lancaster in carrying the pieces. lie pleaded
guilty. Lancashire was found in the warehouse, and
was said to have discovered symptoms of agitation,
ailsl to have attempted to rush out of the house. Platt
and Booth found the rest 'of the goods in a field, by
searching in the direction whence they had seen Lan-
caster and Walker coming,
The Jury fOund Lancaster guilty of stealing, and
I.Ancashire of receiving: Lancashire smiled at the
verdict.

The CHAIRMAN sentenced Lancaster and Walker
to tiansportation for seven years ; and Lancashire, in
consideration that the evidence against him left a
supposition that he might not be really guilty, to im-
prisonment for six months.

Belles has been mentioned as charged with clink-
ing a bell, and crying ". Cobbett's arrival." No Bill
hai been preferred against him, but he remains in his
c::11 6;1 the jail delivery, at the end of the Sessions.

Oa Sunday night last the house of Mr. Jour!'
GELLIBRAWES at the Terrace, Edmonton, was enter-
ed by means'ssf false keys, and robbed of property,
consisting of plate, wearing apparel, &c. The fa-
mily were at prayers during •the time the robbers
effecteJ.their purpose; they carried off the property
untli*.covered.

On Thursday night last two men entered the dove-
house of Mr. CHARLES PAINE, of Barron, in Suffolk,
and killed and took from thence sixteen dc;zen and
three pigeons, but having been seen by Mr. PAINE'S
shepherd, they made their escape without their booty,
which they left on the- premises in a sack.
Monday se'unight, about twelve o'clock at noon,
three men and tines boys, prisoners in Biidewell,
Edinburgh, effected their escape in the following
manner :—As the turnkey entered a cell where the
prisoners were confined, for the purpose of removing
one of them to another apartment, a quantity of snuff
was-thrown in his eyes, and instantly the whole of the
prisoners attacked and knocked him down ; they then
attempted to put a rope round his neck, with the in-
tention to hang him ; but he, being a stout man, pre-
vented them carrying their purpose into execution.
The noose of the rope getting into his mouth, pre-
vented him from giving the -alarm. They then
dragged him into another cell, and locked him in,
and made the best of their way through one of the
under passages, and got clear over the back wall.
Three of them have since been retaken.
On the 17th December last, a fire broke out in the
New Mill of Crimond, in Aberdeenshire, owing, as
was thought, to overheating the kiln, and the build-
ing was in the utmost danger of being totally de-
stroyed ; but by the exertions .of some people who
were at hand, particularly a young man of the name
of George Leith, who, at the hazard of his life, cut
through the roof, a stop was put to the fury of the
flames, after their considerably injuring that part of
the building. The premises were fortunately in-
sured at the Sun Fire Office, by whose agent the
loss has since been paid in full • and a handsome
gratuity bestowed on George Leith, and another
young man, whe was active op the occasion.

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