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{"newspaper_name": "Portland gazette and Maine advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "p4", "byline": ".o+{+Ae"}
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Be4V-Sfreft.--Laf night a Naval
hero, who is captain of man of
war. and the brother of Nobleman,
was brought before the Magistrates,
from the boxes of the Covent Gar
den Theatre. where he had been
heiirg up rcv. He was charged
with violently ahaulting youth of
fourteen, the fon Of a retcdable CT
tizen III Coleman ftreet, who was
aEo at the Theatre, and now ac-
compa1icd his fon to the Office,
Th- Noble Commander had eviden-
tly-been upon BaccbSnnfan c,nize
in the evening. and taken in full
cargo of Tg'tan jnice, as his upper
works were good deal deranged (; in
eDdeayouring to make way, heeled
gunnei TO at every tack he was tow
ed into the Office between two Of
the How .treet ranners with iome
difficulty, and had fcarcely been
on board the good fhip J4Rieia, when
he endeavoured 70 af1ume the whole
authority of the quarter deCk. The
frit fzlute TO the Bench was a whole
broadide of dams anG blafs, offered
to bor the Magitrate, OF any man in
the room for thoufand fwore
great guns that if he had with him
his frf Lieutenant and his boat
twain, they three would clear che
decks of every man there in two
minutes, if the knb5erS were twice as
numerous as they were.


Tie Magiitrate however, not be-
ing IN boxing humour, nor proba-
bly, in training to meet fuch antago-
nilt IN his own way, begged leave TO
propofc centre fygcct for deciding
the, 5u6nefs, and was proceeding
10 examine the charge againf the
gallant commander but this gave
rife to q new buitle, and be inGftcd
as an officer and gentleman, on
private examination, and that al the
+. lubberly fons of bitches prefcnt"
mutt go our Of the room. la this,
however, he was not iRd1lg'd,
and the Bow-ifreet Officer who faw
the ah4ult proceeded to give his tef-
timony, as well as he he could, un-
der a tremendous difcharge OF
caths, intermixed with threats
Of Fgag7vays, r9nnd dszen5, and doab!s
iron5. The Officer ftated, that the
Cartain had been extremely riotous
in the Theatre, TO the annoyance of
the whole audience, and that he had
violently afiaultcd a lady IN one of
the boxes, whs from very coarfe
illuGranon in the captains own phra-
lie, il fee med was a old Cyprian ac-
ouaintsnce who wanted 70 allure him
70 freln engagement, which he de-
clined. He was therefore forci6ly
taksn from his w51ying5 in the boxes
and in lis way aflulted every one he
met, AMI amongit others the youth
now came forward


The Captain was till vociferous
and uaruIy Finding however, that
he could not briug his guns to an ef-
feStual bearing in this way, nc put