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Attendant had committed a tiost violent Msault do
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--- the plaintiff Stone, who had clone nothing more than
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY St serve the notice, and who therefore had done nothing
RIOTS AT TIIE LIV,ERPOOL THEATRE. more than his duty. The defendant had made much
The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved f'r a Rirle to , the same defence before the Jury, as he had in that
spew cause why a criminal information should not 'Court—but they saw that it was not founded in truth,
be filed against Robert Eccles, book-keeper, and they saw that the defendant had been guilty of a vio,
John Green, music-seller, of Liverpool, for rioting in lent and unprovoked assault on plaintiff, and had
the Theatre there. The Learned Counsel stated, consequently found him guilty.
that on the 2kb instant, two days after the Rule of • Mr. Justice Gmosa delivered the Judgment of the
Court formerly obtained, had been served in Liver. Court. The defendant had been guilty of an unpro-
pool, Mr. Eccles was seen by the attendanti at the . yoked and a disgraceful assault ; and what made it
Theatre, groaning, hissing, whistling catcalls, and i more unpardonable was, the defendant had commit-
making other noises to disturb the performance, ted the assault on the plaint
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•T, for having done no-
In one instance he was observed distributing a prin. thing more than what he was directed to do, for doing
ted song, of which the Attorney General read only nothing more than what was strictly legal, for serving
the last stanza. This obnoxious stanza was, as nearly on the defendant a notice not to trespass on the ma-
as we could collect it, as follows : nors of his mnaster, Mr. Bennett. The defendant was
" Now sound your Bugle Loa, -e, my lade, a sportsman, and how would he have liked his game-
Your catcalls Whistle all, keeper to have been treated in such a manner, for
And boldly for your Britishrights,
Like noble Britons call. serving alike notice An a neighbouring gentleman ?
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Ring out, ye trumpets, blow horns, blow,
And soon the Manager must go ; .
• Sound all your linp for lititain's htys,
For half-price and the goad old cause."
After some further remarks from the Attbrhey.
General, the Court granted the Rule with reference
to Mr. Eccles.
Mr. Green's offence consisted in ordering a hand-
bill to be printed, (calling on the people of Liverpool
to resist the demands of the Managers) and then dis-
fributing it through the town. The Rule was imme-
diately granted with respect to Mr. Green.
ASPLIN LUDOWICH.
The defendant was brought up to hear sentence in
this cause.
The circumstances of the case are these :—ln De-
cember, 1808, the plaintiff, a physician, a magis-
trate, and a captain of yeomanry cavalry, in Essex,
and the defendant, a Lieutenant on the 11,,mhay Es-
tablishment, casually met each other, and agreed to
try the speed of their horses for a wager of £2o.
The race was run and the plaintiff distanced. After
the fatigues and triumphs of the day, the parties with
some of their friends adjourned to a tavern. During
their stay, a toast was given by the defendant from
the chair, which was so far obnoxious to a clergy-
man who was present, that he retired. This conduct
the Chairman considered as a species of revolt, and
of which he could not sufficiently express his disap.
probation, and descanted very warmly on the slat 4
and rebellious procedure. According to the state-
ment of all parties, the time of holding forth on this
interesting topic was peculiarly unlucky ; for, just as
e, tour worthy Chairman" was lecturing on the par-
son's conduct, two bottles of generous and heart enli-
vening juice of grape, which had hitherto gone their
rounds with perfect facility, bad taken their stand be-
fore the plaintiff, who sat at the bottom of the table,
as " our worthy Vice President." Our Vice Presi-
dent felt it incumbent on him to defend his friend,
the absent parson, from the charge of a want of good
fellowship ; but, oh dire mishap ! forgot to push
on the bottle. The President vented a philippic
against long speecbes, in somewhat too pointed and
warm a manner. The Vice President rejoined, and
proclaime I aloud that there should be no dictator at
their table ; and that if Mr. President did not know
how to behave himself, he should he lugged from his
seat of honour and divinction. This raised a storm,
chaos came again, speoches and replies trod close no
each other's heels, till a din was raised that can be
better conceived by those who have witnessed a ta-
vern "w, than it is possible for us to describe ; the
result however was, that the threat was executed—
the President was lugged from his seat. In this reit-
contre Mr. President lost his cravat, the tail of his
coat, and one of his sleeves.

He would not have liked it at all, and would have
justly complained of an assault, for doing that which
was consistent with law—for endeavouring to pre,
serve his property from being trespassed on bysport-
ing gentlemen. The Court had taken all the circum- '
stances into their consideration, and thought that it
was necessary to convince the defendant, and such as
were of his opinion, that such conduct as he had been
guilty of was wrong, and that punishment must fol-
low accordingly. rbe plaintiff had done nothing
more than his duty; he had not In any way been
guilty of an assault on the defendant. The defendant,
on the contrary, had been guilt• of a violent, unwar-
rantable, and a disgraceful assault, on the plaintiff
St-ne. The Court adjudged that the difendant
should be committed to the custody of the Marshal
of the Marshal ;ea, during the space of three calendar
months ; and after the expiration of that term, he
should find securities for keeping the peace for three
years; himself in .e2OO, and two others in £lOO each,
and to find mull securities before he was dischatzed
from the custody of the said Marshal.

Next morning.—
.. Up rose the Sun—aril up ruse Dr. Asplin!"
who, recollecting somewhat of the occurrences of the
night before, wrote to the defendant, expressing his
regret at what had passed, and stating his willingnen
to make any apology that was not inconsistent with
the feelings of a gentleman. He received fur an-
swer, that no apology whatever would be accepted ;,
and defendant immediately had a number of placardi
prepared, which were posted up in various parts of
the neighbourhood, calling the Doctor a bully, and
a scoundrel. For this offence and slander an action
was brought, and judgment suffered to go by default..
The Court said, that the plaintiff had done all that
could be tea-iked by a gentleman, and that the con-
duct of the digendant was unjustifiable.
The sentence of the Court was, that the defendant
be confined in the King's Bench Prison six calendai
months, and then give securities for his good Veha-
viour for three years, himself in 12100, and two others
in £5O each ; the securities to be given before defen-
dant is discharged.
THE KING V. HENRY HUNT.
MY.. BURROW ES prayed judgment in this tame.