The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-09 00:00:00

parted at as early boor without oohs or &toll.
anew.

We regretted the presence of. e Magistrate in
the Upper Buses eta lads period of the perform.

anadjournment from the Bench of jig.
ilee'te the Theatre, no objection can he offered ;
Sot the minute attention to the disapproving part
of the company, and the frequent telescopic ob.
serrations of this Gentleman cannot be deemed
decorous. The character of Inspector cannot be
considered consistent with the align/is of • Ala.
' gistrate.
Thus passed another evening, without tka-cau.
mission of the slightest damage to the property Or
the Proprietors, to the renewed mortification of
the Professot ; respecting whose conversation at
the Wre*its we have heard some doubts expressed.
That Mr. Brandon observe', that " they might do
" as they pleased, if it was destroyed, the county
64 must pay for it," we are convinced is true,4l..
though we did not ourselves hear it. And most
true it is, that a county is answerable for damage
committed in a riot. if Mr. Brandon will iudulge
in these lively sallies, in the presence of his warm
friends and adatirers, he must not be surprised
et the repetition of his wire sayings in Box Lot.
Gies, Cycler Cellars, and Burton .4leleouses.
Mr. Shakespeare, the Counsellor, who was held
to bait fur appearing in the wig of his profes‘ion,
is the sun of 'A. Shakespeare, Esq. M. P. of
Albemarlc.strcet.

COPENT GARDHs pßvpßiErons.

CRIMINAL IN FORMATION.

FOR THE Sild TE.141%'.
Ma. &wind—Though the rule nisi, for IMO
to file the itif‘rmatiun against Mr. Clifford, the
barrister, and the other persons, furs 'Mule.
meanner, was made absolute, without any cause
being shown against It, yet your Raiders should
know, it must not be taken fur granted (hat no
defeucc will be made at the trial, of that the Jury
will find the parties guilty; but rather that it •
more vigorous defence will be made on the trial.
F'ur this mode of treating the proceedings in its
present stage has, nu doubt, been adopted as the
most prudent course to be pursued, in as much at
by the Mfendants letting the Prusecuturs make
the rule absolute in silence, they did not *Attests
their defence, which they Whet* ise must have
dime; but keep the Prosecutors in the d irk as to
the particular line of the defence; up to the very
moment of the trisl, and of course prevent ill
being anticipated, otherwise (hot by conjecture.
Iluwever, as the rule has li..eit made absolute,
it will no doubt he an acceptable piece of infer,
melte, to many of your Reader., to huow wheal
it is probable the matter will come on ill be tried,
which the of the civil action makes doubly •
i•itcresting ; I shall, therefnre, now proceed to.
.hew when the trial is likely to be.
The first snit afire the Presccdttors have mtde
time rule absolute, aud,entered into the statute re,
coognizatice to prosecute the information, is for
them to ale the isafeemation in the Crown Otticxi
ellercuputi n subpoena issues for the, limbo.' to
at upon Iving person with this,
they have fool- Court days to apinsar to it, If iIAI4
which time their Crown °lice Clerk eaters we
ppearaisce for them, .otherwise an aitaehment
i:sties to cumpa the eppesiratit v. This is all that
is likely to he done in Hilary Term, as the Del
fendants, upon their appearance, are bibbed to
an impedance till the fullusing term to plead,. -
Therefore, iu Easter Term, which. begins May the
filth and ends June the 4th, the Profetruturs will
give the two ordinary four day rifles, and then .
move fur the peremptory four day rule for the
I Defendants to plead ; and taking it for grauts.4
that the Defendants will thtn plead, the usual Oen
or nut guilty, to prevent judgment' being /lived
by default, the Prosecutors may, Iheoeispen siTb
notice and proceed to trial at we Sittines attic
Easter Term. The probability the refire is, that
the cause will come on to be tri..d by *Special
Jury, In ‘Vestiniuster 11411, altuut the ;Moldier of
June, unless either party gets it put off in the
interim, oa a: count of the absence os: a- material
witness, or the Defendants should plead in Hilary
Term gratis, that is, without waiting to he corn:
pelted by the rules, which is a very unusual thing ;
for then it may be brought on at Owe Sittings after
Hilary Term ; in the other case it is, of course,
gaits uncertain when it will ba tried.
A TEMPLAR.