Star.
London, England, 1817-07-16 00:00:00

HAYMARKET.-THEAI MAL RIOT.

The play bills of yesterday announced the comedy
of Wild Oils," with the farce of 1, The C.:re:L.."
MATHEWS in the former, was to act Rover lor the
first time (with itnitat'o !,) and in the latter he was
to assume his old part of .!sr bald. Mr. M. it seem;,
has beeu ill, but his :,-cover y being confidently antici-
pated it was not thought necessary to change the pla.y.
Yesterday afternoon, contrat y to et pectat,im, au Ile-
layout-41.1e repot.: of his health was ieceived, and in
consequence the following bill is s .1.1 to have beers
jointed and posted at the doors cf the Theatre
THVATItt RC TAL, HAT:4 404KIIT•—rliftdely Et/e3;mg ..14.4 15,
1817.—The Public is mos: vspectlully Informed, that in conae-
titmice of the continued Intlispo.ilon of Mr. MA•rttcws, be Is
uuable to pesCont this eventilg; and the: Mr Rotas'. will
therefore act the part of 12.exr, in the Comedy of WilJ Oat, and
that the character ut Sir F. ctfil Plavary. in die Critic, will be
iu:tained by Mt. Tr ." • . •

The first scene of the play went off sulEcienly
tame, till the moment arrived for frover to come or.,
and when Mr. Itus.r.t.r, made his appearance, loud
disapprobation, • Weal .with applause:- niaie it im-
possible tcr him to pr:sceed with the task he hAa taken
upon himself.—Mr. ItLhSELL immediately adva'need
to the In nt of the stage, and begged to atrnre the
Audience, th it it was from no ambition of his own
that he came forward ia the character he had assum-
ed ; but in conserpsence of the indaspobition of M.
Mar rims, his duty to the Theatre and to the Public,
had made it imperatiae on hint to do so. In common
with every brother actor, he was sorry for the occasitin
of their dibappoto t tit. Usider 41 the csresimbtancts
of the case, he hoped for their indulgence, bin thought
it necessary to add, he could Slat liildeltAl votive
imitations, as MI. IVIATILKWa had imposed ut
'1 his bPconling address was genesaily applauded, Not
a strong spirit of discoutritt still prevailed, wt.iCh,
viheit they attempted to proceed with the performance,
increased, till at 1-rigth the tumult because 'call f,T-
midable, and lttsssa.t, and IlanNano, who played
'Harry, retired IR the midst of the uproar.
Mr. BARN/11W now appeared on the part of the Mani.
ger, to endeavour to kpptiox the indignation of the of.
tended part of the audicnee: lie represented the occur-
rence to he ohe that was unavoidable, and 4.11.
ed bills had been pi inted as soon as it was known Mr.
islafansw; could not perform, in order to apprize the
Public of the changes which it had been necessary to
make is the play and entertainment.—lt was dewed
that such bi.F had been issued.
Mr. Pm u N.11t1) assured the house that 200 bills had
been printed, one of which he produced and read.

The rnalcotiterus were still unsati:fiesl. Their mit—
tarty !r-ottucerl tar ihual varietii.s ul disct.r...l.-. A
thousand calls were made at the same moment ;
Boxes, Pa, and Gallery had their representatives, or
at fait oiators, who undertook to express the wishea
of the milltitacle.—Mr. asitsAp.b endeavoured to
speak, but was compelled to retire without effecting
his purpose.—A tier a pause of some length, he again
came fin ward. The Manaper, he assured them, was
anxious to comply with the wishes of the hOuse.
" Let him come forward then," was the response,
and Mr. 13ans4nu found it necessary once more to
leave the stage. .His absence was but momentary.
On his seturn he was greeted with hisses and viOlene
opposition, and the call for the Manager became
louder than ever. Silence being with some difficulty
obtained, Mi. BAISNAHD, nut having the tear of an
0. P. riot before his. eyes, said the Manager of that
Theatre was not in the habit of presenting himself to
the Public. The tumult was renewed. Mr. BAR:.
Nitta) was afterwards allowed to add, that the Maria.
ger desire I throtigh helm to know the wishes of the
audience ?—.Tire Manager was again called for; bet
Mr. BARNARD seemed to misunderstand the call, and
proceeded to ihew that it had not heen possible to
change the Play. This did not };rove satisfactory $
but having received trech instr.:;t:ons from the side
scenes, he declared hith.;elf al:hot ized to inform then)
that those who t‘i,!ied to have the Theatre might
'have their money returned. Upcn this the Pit rose
up in a body, and there was a general cry' of N-Ali
. all 1" meaumg that all should quit the house. Not
more, however, than about hilt the Fersona in the
Pit accepted the terms. Dee Galleries• vreseired
also some absnd,ned benches, and the more anbry
spirits having been got rid of by these means, sihnice
was, alter some time, re.u:red, and the riA) v,„,1 its
without much applause iudeid (Psi in truth it dr.
served none), but with ni matcsi .1 interruption abet.
wards.—Tattalt, in The trite., acted Sir Freffet with
all his wonted humour.

CORY EXCHANOte.MARK-LASK.A.LY /6.—We hews
had no fresh arrivals of ..iy F r, a stove Mr, en
which day there WAS A C".!1,41 .0)It ri.1411 4.:11
!land at the close of arket • but, in • •;•• ce
of the heavy rain "t • Cures•
general disposition to ; !,.. a.:41, ,; jts•
posed of, obte.ard Monday's- piker,

LAW INTELLIGENCA.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY

IMO LORD CHANCELLOR walk occupied in hearing
•
moment of no interest but to the parties.
Sir AWTHCR PIO'.:OTT was proceeding leith a Mn..
Lion, whet. Mr. lisu. stated, he Jid not think it alto-
gether sight that the senior Members at the Court
14)ocils: always take the precedence, as they did Irons
d..y to day by adjourning motions.
Sir ARTHUR PIOGOrT had no wish to do so, but he
felt it his duly to proceed as his motion was twelve
days older. than the other.
The LORD CHASCELLOR.....I am sure no person
can be worse atitnsied than the Chancellor, for when
I came•into Court this morning, I found only three
or lor of my friends here, and 1 hare now gone
round all the Geatletneet without the Bar.
Mr. Lore, 1 was in tLe Vice-Court in
the met aing.
Lotto CrtAscEtton.-1 am sore, Mr. Bell, had
you tir.t this fruloiog, you Jod I Woul.l hire
been conversing. yet, sold 1 should have been very
glad you were on, but you could not be in two places
at once. Believe me, Mr. Deli, thoti:i)l I have read
r.sarry I. our law-bre.ks, I never farrid any person
possecsel at logal übiquity, except his Idojesty. But
Sir Arthur Piggott, if your motion wirl occupy much
time, you lord better, it you please, postpone it, as 1
must rite sooner to.chy than usual.
The pleasantry of his Lot ds;,ip restored the good
humour of the Gentlemen at the Bar, and Mr. BELL
proceeded, as Sir ARTHUR Pioutirt said his motion
would take up a considerable time.--Nis Lordship
rose at hall atter one to attend the Council tor reCtiV-
ifig the Recorder's report.
The VICE CHANCELLOR was occupied during the
whole of the day in discussing exceptions, and he
role notice of his intention to bear short causes on
Ihutsslay.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY IS.
aP.OTT W. DRA'D. •
The plaintiff, who is a linen-draper, &c. carrying
on business at the corner of Chancery-lane, liolborn,
brought the present action of trover against a police
officer, belonging to the Justice-room, Guildhall, to
recoveraquantity of shawls, scarf!, bonahaterns,&c. of
which he kept poasession, under an indemnity Isom
Mvssrs. Todd and Morrison, haberdashers, in Fore-
street and Cheapside.
Mr. SCA/MITT. in stating the plaintiff's case, de-
toiled the hollowing particulars person of the
name of Levink, who had oni.t hen shopman to the
plaiotifF, and had afterwards gone into partnership
with a Mr. Johnson, in the same line of business,
subsequently estabhshed himself* as a jobber, a term
well known in the trade, as a man going *bout with
ready money from shop to shop, purchasing goods,
and selling them again :4t a small profit. in February
last he made some purchases of Messrs. Todd and
Morrison, in Fore-strett, consisting at silk shawls,
tissue scarfs, bombsiaeens, &c. at different prices, ac-
cording to the then value of the article in the mat Ice'
the person with whornhe dealt was named Euwards,
a shopman, and ihe place where the dtalit:g was
carried on was the open shop, sometimes in the pre.
aence of one of the partners. The goods he so bought
he carried to the plaintiff, and there sold them again
at a very small pr,,3t. On one occasion the shopinan
of the plaintiff, 'waled Littlewood, agreed to take
twelve of the shawls on his own account,and sent
them to Todd and Morrison, that they might dis-
pose of them on his account, but when they inspected
them they (wind that the shawls had come out of
their own warehouse, and thc sale had never been
entered in their books. It was ascertained that Ed-
wards was the shopman who had principally tran-
*acted the dealings with Lcviiik, and who had re-
ceived the money without rendering any account to
his employers; he was consequently taken up on a
suspicion of robbery, and Levink of being a receiver
of stolen goods; and, alter an examination at the
Suitice-room, both were committed. They were
tried at the Ord bailey, Edwards fur stealing the 19
shawls sold to Littlewood. and Levink for receiving
them, when the former was found guilty. bat the
latter acquitted. The present action arose out of
what passed at. the-Justice-room oa the examination
'of the parties. Mr. Harmer, the attorney for the
'prosecution, 'trimmed the necessity that not only the
tivelire shawls, but canoes other goods, consi.ting of
us4ses. • and bomhazeers, should be put into
the bands oh Brand, tl.e defendant, a police.oihcer, for
the purpose of being produced at the Old Bailey on
the trial, and atter some slight objection the proposal
was assented to-=Brand undertaking to return the
eiticles to the plaintiff, who had bought them of Le-
sink, as solo as the criminal proceeding was fermi.
When that time arrived, however, a demand
eras made of the goods from him, but he alleged that
he had received an indemniticadoo from Todd and
Morrison, and that he could not relinquishthe pore
tititioa. The Plaintiff was consequeagpclriven to the
kb-toren action of trover.
Litticwood, the plaintill's shopman, proved the
-"purchase of the shawls, botnbaseens, and tissues, of
Levink, by his Master. and also of the twelve shawls,
• which led to the detection of Edwards, by himself.
The7laintitlas Counsel were Olen about to call other
triturates lo the smartie sparts'of•the case, whets
Mr. 3ustide seggestEd, that as the plaintiff
detivelliffetilleUnly through llevlnit, it would be as
•arelilte ptit hiresitibihe bolaisl the first instance.
Leis Lintel was stieordiftglt eh:seined. He
thilt he his Sought of a'nd sdld goods to Todd
st MotriVih: is Febitisip last his purchases
assewswil,- is the whole, to £lBl ; he was sometimes
loppar by OW ',topcoats, and sometimes by another,
pisidiely. The goods in question were
41011.6 mks ii uet Value ,• OW he had bought
Choill
aot Pineal, who had mired him On that
1011:90110 of the theirs he was allowed a dip
tustuflelptt test. led lea others 'of a 5 per cent.
tablet was 'Mid •in the trade # •sti that for shails
were% 124 hirltrelipsid 3s. andlitad dad them again
to the plaintiff for 10s. He did not know whether
+lse patterns were foe the spring .or the winter, but
lowa l .depit with .F.dwardi he thought be was
the fair trade irise. f/s' the eay tdiards
was taken up he had refused to let the witness have
icor, more shawls, telling him that be would assign
dig noun at sight, and appointed a meeting at the
gecko is Fleet-street. The, witness had. known very
little of F.dwr3•,.;kB4l.itari,ag 4!‘111•1!3orit100 they
owi so no *heti `at in die open situp oi Thd4 and,