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      BOW STKEET . SAT 0 » J > AT- —FEACAS AT THE PABTHEHOH IN Si . MAa * n »' s-tAHE . —Two fasMonahly-attired young men , named Henry Cooper Paine and Thomas Pray , were charged with having created a disturbance in the ballroom of the Parthenon , in St . Martin ' g-lane . Hiss Elisabeth Seyton , a professor of dancing , of 19 , St . MargarefMerrace ; Westminster , stated that she rented the room in question two nights a-week , Tuesday and Friday , - tar the purposes of her profession . On these Bights the room was kept strictl y private , aud no one was admitted hut the pupils and their friends . On the preceding evening , about ten o ' clock the two prisoners , who ¦ were entire strangere to herself , presented themselves at the door , and demanded ahmittauce . They were informed by the doorkeeper ofthe regulations , and refused admittance , hutthey insisted upon going in , and eventually succeeded in getting in . She then went np to them , and told them in the most polite manner that they

      were intruding , whereupon Pa ; ne said that they were m a public room , aud she was no better than she should he . They were afterwards turned out of the room , and being sriy abusive , a police officer was sent for , and they were given into custody , A number of other witnesses were caned upon to prove that the two prisoners had been unruly in their conduct , and tivo officers proved that they had the greatest difficulty in getting them away j one of them declaring that he would not go without they took him on a stretcher , while the other stoutly resisted , and pummelled the officer with a life-preserver . On cross examination , several of the witnesses admitted that the hall-room was , on every other occasion , public , and the house itself was a public coffee-house . —Faiae , in his defence , * protested , in the first place that he knew nothing of his fellow prisoner , and then proceeded to state that he had frequently been

      to the Parthenon , and on those occasions he paid sirpence for entrance into the ball-room , and threepence for taking care of his hat . On Friday night ho went to the establishment , and after paying sixpence , as usual he entered the ball-room , and was treated in the manner deserioed hy the prosecutor . Pray attributed all blame to his fellow-prisoner , but certainly he could not help deprecating the conduct of the policemen , who behaved themselves in the most violent manner , and had made the most of the case . He had been confined in a filthy cell , with three wretched , drunken beings , and he hoped his worship would consider this as a sufficient punishment for the offence , if he had committed any . As to the life-preserver , it was all nonsense : it was a small thin walking cane , which he carried in his hand at the time . ? Mr . Jardine fined Pray £ 3 , and in default of payment to he imprisoned one month , and Paine , £ 110 s ., or a fortnight ' s imprisonment .

      Weojusdat . — Extraordinary Circumstance , — TTm . Howe , alias Ford , an errand boy , aged 16 years , in the servive of Sir . 6 . Webb , silversmith and jeweller , 36 , Great BusseU-street , Sloomshury , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Twyford , charged with stealing a double-bottomed gold half-plate lever watch , a double-bottomed silver . lever watch , a double-bottomd silver verge watch , and also £ 19 , the property of his master , under the following singular circumstances . 'The prisoner appeared at the bar dressed in female attire , which consisted of a silk gown , a large red shawl , black velvet bonnet , and black veU . Mr . Webb biingawora , said that on the 28 th of October last the prisoner entered his service , and after remaining , only two days , he absconded frith the articles in question , which he identified as his property . Mr . Twyford inquired if he had received a character with him .

      The prosecutor replied that he had received a most excellent character with him from a milliner , residing in the Blackfriarsroad , with whom he had lived about nine months . 3 Ir . Tnyford said that might account for his exquisite taste in disguising- himself as a young lady ot fashion . The prisoner , by order of the magistrate , then took off his bonnet , which caused considerable merriment in court , his hair bang cropped in the fashion of a boy . Daniel Curran , a hatter , residing at G 2 , Brunswick-street , Blackfriars-road , stated that on Friday last thejprisoner , who was then dressed as a boy ,-came to his house and engaged a room , at Ss . 6 d . a week , for his aunt , who , as he represented , was about to enter into business as a milliner in the neighbourhood . Witness shortly after left home , and on his return in the evening found that the prisoner , who was dressed , and whom he supposed to be

      the prisoner ' s aunt , was sitting in the room , where he remained until Monday , when witness accompanied him to make a purchase of some furniture for the shop about to he taken z and on the way , having asked if witness knew any person who would purchase some watches , he conducted him to the shop of Mr . Dempster , a pawnbroker , who set a value upon them , and with whom a silver watch was pledged . They then made a purchase of furniture to the amoimt of sixteen shillings , and the prisoner gave him the duplicate of the watch for his trouble . The prisoner then requested witness would assist him indisposing of the gold watch , and knowing a Mend in Green , wich who might purchase it , they paid him a visit , but he

      -was unable to make up the amount , and they pawned it , when he became the purchaser ofthe duplicate . Inthe meantime inquiry were made of witness respecting the -watch that had been pledged at the shop of Mr . Dempster , while the prisoner was out purchasing furniture , and there being some sovereigns on the mantel-piece in his room , they were used for the purpose of redeeming oneof the watches . It appeared that when the prisoner was arrested a trunk was found , which contained a quantity of ladies'frills , a hustle , shaving implements , ladies'false hair fronts , ladies' sandals , petticoats , and other feminine habiliments . The prisoner declined saying anything ill his defence , and he was folly committed for trial .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . Mosdat . — Highwat Kobbebt . — Isaac Moon was brought heforeMr . Maltby charged with having robbed a foreigner , named Desire Fayclle , of his -watch , value £ 10 , in Oxford-street , The complainant saidhe was walking in Oxford-street , about two o ' clockin me morning , with a female whom he had accidently met , when the prisoner came np to him and asked him what business he had with his wife I The prisoner then made a snatch at his watchchain and attempted to run off . Prosecutor seized him , and called police . Two men came up and pretended to assist prosecutor , hut in reality they so contrived mattery as to obtain the prisoner ' s release . The prisoner ran off , hut witness pursued , caught him again in Berwick-street ,

      and held him until the police came up . Prosecutor saw the prisoner extend his hand and throw something away , and the former then found that he had been robbed of his watch . Jane Wright , the wife of a copper-plate printer , deposed to being in company with the prosecutor , and corroborated his evidence . Police constable Mitchell , CSS , deposed to taking the prisoner into custody in Berwick-Street . The prisoner dropped something into the area of a house where he stood , and witness , ongoing into the area , found a watch , which was identified hy the prosecutor . In defence the prisoner said the watch had been handed to him by the witness , Wright Jane Wright declared that this was totally untrue . The prisoner was an entire , stranger to her . The prisoner was fully committed for triaL

      - CLERKEFWELIi . Tccsdat . Chaege of Bigajtt asd Eobbeut . —Mir . Thomas Wright , a fashionably-dressed yoang man , who described himself as a master chair-maker , was charged with bicamy , also -with robbery , and with attempting to obtain goods on false pretences . It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix , Miss Lydia Emery , a genteel-looking young woman , was on a visit at the house of a respectable housekeeper in the City-road in March last , where the prisoner was in the habit of visiting . An intimacy grew np between them , and the prisoner , representing himself as a single man in good circumstances , proposed marriage . The proposal was accepted , and they were married soon after in Shoreditch church . They lived together until August last , when aperson whom she did not-know went up to her in the street , and told her

      that the prisoner had been previously married , and that bis wife was alive . Her suspicions were excited , and _ recollecting that the prisoner had cautioned her against visiling ~ hi 5 sister , who lie said was a very l > ad character , sho went to her , and was by her informed" that the pri . soner had teen previously married at Xonwett , in Buckinghamshire , where his lawful wife then lived . The prosecutrix then left him , and in order to screen herself from the pr isoner , took lodgings , under a feigned name , at 30 , Jud . place , ( Sty-road . He , however , found out her abode , and strove to persuade her that although he had been previously married , he had been divorced by the magistrates of Nottingham , and was , therefore , her lawful husband ; He promised to cherish , her more kindly than ever if she returned to live with him , and wroto some letters to her , which were read in court , breathing the most romantic

      attachment . She was , however , inexorable , and , finding this , hewentto her lodgings , and , in feer absence , with a forged order , purporting- to be written by her , and addressed to thelandladv , Mrs . Wilson , attempted to obtain all the furniture and other property belonging to the prosecutrix , lie had a cart and horse , but the landlady , having been previously cautioned , refused to deliver them up . He went aw » y , and on Monday night last , at ten o ' clock , meeting the prosecutrix in the street , he snatched the gold watch which hung by her side , broke the guard , and ran away with it . She , however , followed and gave him into the custody of a policeman , on the charges of robbery and bieamv . A certificate of the former marriage in

      Buckinghamshire was ' produced , and also of the second in Shoreditch church . Sergeant Lester , lo B , made a statement , from which it would appear that the prisoner is a regular Count Fathom , having been chiefly engaged for years back ia intrigues with women . He seduced the daughter of a respectable fanner inXotogfcamshire , and was on the poiutof marriage with the daughter of a re-¦ pectable tradesman in St . lute ' s , about three months before Ids marriage with Miss Emery . The banns in that case had been published , and the knowledge of thepnsonsr * s real condition only reached the young lady ' s father in time to prevent the marriage . He was remanded for the attendance of his lawful wife .

      - - .,- ' QUEEJT SQUARE . WE » SEBDiT , —TVHOLESAtE PLUNDER BV A SERVANT . — Jane Hiscat , a woman about thirty years of age , uuder-^«& alengthened examination before Mr . Bond , charged U » Phmdering a number of families , in whose service i £ ^^ $ M o » k . \ The circumstances which led to l 9 a > onto 1 * , » »* nB"m are briefly these . On the *• CoW rflfT ' ' * had beBa ' m ttB SerricB 0 f ^ onthsj-wu dei »» 3 ^ miow -8 in * re ; Brompton , for three ££ T ^ ??*«¦*; a small sum of money ,

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      and abfcondea . lemringher boxesbehind her , and in consequence of the immense number of articles which had been missed , they . were searched that eyening ,- . when property to a considerable amount was discovered , a portion of which was identified by Mrs . Colwell , and a number of duplicates . The lady , supposing the latter related to articles belonging to her , sent to the pawnbrokers and redeemed them ; but finding that they did not , and presuming that they might have been stolen from Mrs . Howarth , in whose service prisoner had last been , she apprised that lady , who recognised a portion -of the property . The case was then put into the hands of Cornish , an active constable of the B division , who , after a diligent search , succeeded in apprehending the prisoner , and discovering other property , with an ownerfor a part of it . Mrs . Colwell said that her losses , consisting of table-linen , sheets , blankets , wearing apparel of every description , and other property of value , during the time the prisoner lived in . her service , were most considerable . She identified some lace , and a

      number of other articles found in prisoner ' s possession , as her property . —Mrs . E . Howarth , of 44 , Wilton-crescent , identified a gold chain and fen , the former of which was amongst the property pledged , and the latter . discovered in one of prisoner ' s boxes . The accused lived in her service six months immediately before she went into that of Mrs . Colwell , and during that time property of considerable value was missed . —Mrs . C . M ' George , of Wutoncreseent , proved that pr isoner had lived with her as cook about three years ago , and during the time she was m her service articles of considerable value were missed . She identified a very handsome amethyst ring , some very peculiar glass salts , and other property found by the constable in prisoner's boxes . —The prisoner was fully committed for triaL Four boxes owned hy the prisoner , are in the custody of the police , containing valuable property supposed to have been stolen . The property consists of a watch , jewellery , glass , china , very handsome ladies ' dresses , and very fine modern clothing of all descriptions , ' amongst which is a great quantity belonging to children .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Saturday . —Ax Incorrigible Young Thief . —John Wilkins , aboyofl 2 yearsof age , was placed at the bar , charged with stealing a portion of harness from a person named Stock , residing at Shors-place , Hackney . His mother had requested that he might bejunished , as he was continually stealing anything he could lay his hands upon . —A person named Lindcgrand proved that the prisoner came to his shop at Hackney , and offered the property for fid . ; as it was worth 15 s ., Mr . Lindsgrand told him to send the party he stated had sent him , namely , "Mr . Stock , and he would buy it ; he was ultimately given in charge . The police proved that his bad habits were incorrigible . —Mr . Broughton : As the only chance of sating him from transportation , I shall send him to the House of Correction for one month , to be kept to hard labour . SOUTHWARK . Saturday . — Highway- Robbery by a Femaie . —

      Catherine Allen , a notorious prostitute , was placed at the bar before Hr . Traill , charged with assaulting John Mackinlay , an engineer , and stealing from his person a silver watch and appendages . —Prosecutor , on being sworn , stated that he was in the employ of Messrs . Maudsleys , the engineers , in the Westminster-road . On Tuesday night , after he had left his employment , he entered the Horse and Groom public-house , where he met with the prisoner , who he treated to a glasssof gin . They afterwards left the house together , and when he arrived nearly opposite the Orphan Asylum she knocked his hat over his eyes , and snatched his watch from his fob , with which she made off before he was able to recover himself . As soon as he got his hat right he went in search of the prisoner , who , however , made her escape by running down the back streets , which abound in thieves and prostitutes of the lowest description . Not being able to get any clue of the prisoner , he went to the police-station , in Tower-street , when he informed the

      inspector on duty , and gave an exact description of the prisoner , as he noticed her very attentively in the publichouse . The watch was a new one , and cost him four guineas only a few days ago . —Police-constable , 130 L , said , that from information he received , together with a description ofthe prisoner , he went in search of her , but she eluded his vigilance until last evening , when he met he met her in the Kennington-road , accosting a gentleman who was under the influence of liquor . He then went up to her , and charged her with the robbery , which she denied all knowledge of . —Mr . Traill inquired whether the prisoner was known *—The officer said that she was a complete terror to all the inhabitants of the Westminster-road , being such a powerful woman . — Mr . Traill said that the prosecutor had sworn to her as having committed this most audacious robbery . He should again commit her to the Old Bailey for trial , when her former conviction will be produced against her , and the judge will send her out of the country for a long period . —She was accordingly committed .

      Monday . —Threatening Ieitebs . —Henry Killerby , an apprentice to Mr . Lewis , printer , of Finch-lane , in the City , who has been out on bail , charged on suspicion with sending threatening letters , some of them containing poison , to several of the inhabitants of St . George ' s , Southwark , appeared iu discharge of his sureties to answer the alleged offence . It will be recollected that in the early part of last month an spplication was made at this court by the householders of St . George ' s parish , Southwark , relative to several anonymous letters , some of them containing oxalic acid , having been received by some of the parishoners . The letters were couched in language of the most threatening nature . A communication of a similar tendency had heen transmitted by the same writer to the parish clerk of St . George ' s church , urging him to give

      utterance to certain slanderous expressions against Miss Spriggs , during divine service , and threatening to set lire to the edifice if he did not comply . These infamous epistles naturally created a very considerable sensation in the parish , and eventually the prisoner Killerby , a youth , the son of a tradesman in White-street , uear St . George ' s church , was taken into custody on suspicion of being the writer . When brought before Mr . Cotting-Uaiaon that occasion , the prisoner ' s writing was compared with that of the anonymous letters , and although there was a similarity , stiU there was no person iu attendance who eould speak with confidence to the identity . Inthe course of the examination it transpired that the accused was in the habit of attending in the belfry , and assisting in the ringing ofthe bells , and that while speaking to one of the men on the subject of the anonymous letter received by the parish clerk , he ( the prisoner ) gave utterance to language which would lead to the supposition that he was well acquainted with the writer , and he requested the party with whom he held the conversation

      not to mention the circumstance to any person . After the examination of numerous witnesses , the accused simply giving a denial to the charge , Mr . Cottingham remanded himfor a month on hail . When theprisoner was placed at the baron Monday , Mr . Cottingham , addressing Sergeant Kendall , of the A division , asked whether any further discovery had been made . —The sergeant replied in the affirmative , and said that the foreman of the prisoner ' s employer was in attendance , and that he was in a condition to distinguish his hand-writing with tolerable accuracy . —Mr . Cottingham then directed the anonymous letters addressed to Miss Spriggs , Mr . Humble , and Mr . Bowling , to be handed to the witness , in order to ascertain if he could speak with any degree of certainty as to the hand-writing being that of the prisoner . —The witness , whose name is Edward John Tyrrell , and who is foreman to Mr . Lewis , Finch-lane , printer , having carefully examined the letters placed in his hands , stated tbat to the best of his knowledge and belief they were in the prisoner ' s hand-writing . The prisoner was then remanded . !

      LAMBETH . Thuixsoay . —Extessive System of Piundee . —Mary and Caroline Gumming , sisters , and Ann Renekman , a relation , who have been in custody for some days charged with being concerned in plundering Mr . Shaw , solicitor , residing at No . 11 , Terrace , Walworth-road , of property consisting of plate , jeweUery , and other property , to the amount of nearly £ 700 , were again brought before Mr . Norton for further examination . The particulars of the case , as adduced in evidence , disclosed a system of most barefaced and wreckless plunder . The property produced , consisting of massive and costly articles of plate , splendid diamond brooches , gold and silver watches , & c ., from the shop of Mr . Turner ; pawnbroker , in the Walworth-road , completely covered a large table ' which is placed in the centre of the court for the accommodation of professional

      gentlemen , Audit was considered extraordinary by every " disinterested person present , that property of such immense value should have been taken iu pledge from persons ofthe prisoners' description . From the ' evidence it appeared that theprisoner Mary Gumming had formerly been in the service of Hr . Shaw , and had been succeeded in her situation by her sister Caroline . About eighteen months . ago the prisoner Mary commenced pawning articles of plate at the shop of Mr . Turner , and she then represented the property as belonging to Mr . Back , who she said was her uncle , and who lived at No . 11 , in the Terrace . Such was the frequency of these pawnings that every article of plate , jewellery , and wearing apparel belonging to Mr . Shaw , must have frequently passed through the bands of Mr . Turner's shopman . - A chest of valuable plate , hcionging to Miss Calcraft , and which was in the care of Mr : Shaw , had been plundered of its contents , all

      of which had been pawned with Mr . Turner , redeemed , and pawned a second time . Some idea may he formed of the extent to which these pawnings were carried on , from the fact that during the last month articles which had been in pawn for £ 114 had been taken out , while others to the amount of £ 123 were pledged . As much as £ 25 in one day was received upon different articles , and a pair of silver candlesticks were repeatedly pawed in the morning and taken out again in the afternoon to he used at night , so that the sum received by the pawnbrokerfor interest must have been enormous . The tickets of a portion of the property , which were given up by the prisoners , exhibited upon the face of them the greatest possible carelessness on the part of Mr . Turner ' s assistants , for not one of them bore the address , which it was admitted had been given by the prisoners when pawning . The prisoners were again remanded .

      TnESDAT Chabge . of Abduction . —James Grant , a policeman belonging to the P division of police , No . 290 , appeared before Hr . Norton , to answer to an accusation of abduction , in taking away Elizabeth Cruret , a girl aged 15 years , and concealing her from her parent . From the statement of the mother of the missing girl , it appeared that she was the wife of Sergeant Everest , and had resided for some years with her husband and daughters by a former husband at the police stationhouse in Park-place , Lock ' s-fields ... Some weeks ago she had discovered that a more than ordinary intimacy existed between theprisoner andheryoungestdaughterEluabeth , who was not more than fifteen . years of age , and from that time she ( the mother ) had bywords and acts done everything to prevent it , but notwithstanding all her efforts they managed to meet On Tuesday afternoon last the girl left her home in a very mysterious way , and from that time to the present no thing , was heard of her , aud

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      though her mother and step-father had - used the utuios exertions to find her out , they were unable to do so!— : Grant , who seemed to treat the matter with great indifference , admitted meeting the girl at Vauxhall-gardens and other places , but denied knowing anything about her present place of residence , and declared he had not seen her since Friday last . —The mother said she was pefectly convinced Grant had seduced her daughter , and prevailed upon her to leave her home . Mr . Norton remarked , that though the evidence was not sufficiently strong to establish a charge of abduction against the accused , Grant , yet

      there was enough to excite considerable suspicion that he had induced the girl to leave her parents , and that ho was not ignorant of where she was . He ( Mr . Norton ) should , ' however , take . care that the matter should not rest where it was , but that the utmost inquiry should be made , and diligence used , to find out the missing girl . The magistrate here addressing Mr . Inspector Collier , requested that intelligent officer would cause the strictest inquiry to be made , with a view , of discovering the girl , and that the result of such inquiries . be made known to him on a future day . The missing girl will , it appears , be entitled in a few years to £ 500 ..

      THAMES . Toesdat . —Heabtless Case of BicAMYC—Stephen Prer eott , a gun-maker , residing at Cleveland-street , Commereial-road , was charged with intermarrying with Fanny Lambert , his former wife , Jane , being ; still alive . The esse , as exhibited in the details , was a very distressing one . It was first brought under the cognizance of the court by Mr . Seaborne , the relieving-officer for Mile-End Old Town ,, to whom the complainant applied for assistance for herself and her baby when the prisoner abandoned her . Mr . Seaborne applied to the fellow on the part of the parish , demanding an allowance for his wife and child ; but he cavalierly replied that she was no wife of his , another woman had a previous claim upon him . — Mr . Seaborne told him such an admisssion placed him in a very strious position , and he was ultimately

      taken into custody on the present charge —The complainant , an exceedingly interestmg young woman , ' with an infant about four of five months old iu her arms , entered the witness-box , but was so overpowered that she nearly fainted away in the arms of the usher . The child was handed to a friend who . accompanied her , and she was accommodated with a chair at the clerk ' s table .. It was painfully curious to observe the conquest of mind over body , as the complainant , holding on by the chair and table , gave her evidence in a manner so calm and distinct as to win the sympathy of the entire court . The contrast between her and the prisoner was as great as could be imagined . He was a wretched-looking fellow , not able to write his name , whilst her maimer and language exhibited no little cultivation . Police constable' Johnson , 296 It , stated that he

      apprehended the prisoner on the 26 th ult ., on the information of . the complainant , who accused him of having another wife at the time he married with her . The prisoner , who was then lodging in Cleveland-street , denied that he had been married previously , but a woman , who was living with him at the time , was pointed out to witness as the first wife . The constable asked the woman if such was the case , but , before she could answer , the prisoner told her to deny it , which she accordingly did . Since the prisoner was first before the court , witness had been to Birmingham , ' and procured a true copy of the registry of his marriage , which took place by banns , at St . Philip's Church , to Jaue Smart , on the 3 rd of March , 1833 ,, He also produccd a certificate ot his marriage with the complainant .

      at Limehousc Church , in July , 1844 . The complainant said she was married to the defendant on Sunday , the 7 th of July , 1844 , at limehouse Church . Five months after that marriage , she discovered , by letters in the prisoner ' s box , that he had another wife living . When she taxed liim with it , he admitted the fact , and said his former wife was an abandoned woman , who had a child by another man before he married her . He often told complainant , in the presence of several persons , that she was not his wife , as she was previously married to another . When the prisoner was arrested , complainant saw this woman , who she understood had been brought up from Birmingham to take her ( complainant's ) goods , and swear robbery against her . He left her alter the birth of her child , about five months ago . The prisoner was remanded .

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      CF . NTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Monday . — Extbaobdinabv / Railway Robbebies . — Charles George Maynard was indicted / and the indictment charged that whereas one Daniel Gamut , alias John Garratt had , on the 19 th July / stolen a writing-case , con . taining valuable securities , the property of Yaughan Prance , and tbat the prisoner had accompanied and aided the said Daniel Garratt , in the commission of the said felony . In a second count the prisoner was charged with receiving the writing-case and its contents , well knowing it to have been stolen . Garratt , who had pleaded guilty , ' was also placed at the bar . Mr . Clark ' son and Mr . Bodkin conducted the prosecution and Mr . Ballantine defended the prisoner Maynard . Mr . Clarkson stated tho

      facts of tho case . In the month of July last Mr . Prance was a passenger by the Great Western Railway , and amongst other luggage had a leathern writing-ease , which contained money , - and valuable securities to the amount of upwards of £ 1 , 000 . This writing-case was missing on the arrival of the train at Paddington ; and Mr . Prance advertised his loss , offering a reward for the restoration of the property . On the 12 th of July Mr . Prance , who was staying' at Morley ' s Hotel , received a letter , which would be proved to be in the hand-writing of the prisoner Garratt , and a draft of which had been found at the house of the prisoner Maynard . Tho letter was as follows : — " Saturday , July 12 , 1 S 15 .

      "Sir—Your writing-desk , with leathern case , * ontaining many promissory notes and bills of exchange , is safe . A liberal reward must be paid for its restoration . The present holder of the documents will search out an agent whose respectability and responsibility is unquestionable ; and you must satisfy yourself by his references that he can be entrusted to negotiate an affair of so confidential a character , as it must be passed through some agency . You will please to reply to this letter in the Morning Post thus : — " Alpha will give £ if all the papers are restored safe . "This advertisement wiU be understood ; none but principals will be allowed to interfere . " In accordance with the terms of this letter , Mr . Prance caused another advertisement to be published in the Morning Post to this effect : —

      " Alpha is at Morley ' s Hotel , but will leave Paddington for B . at two o'clock to-morrow . Subsequent events have altered the value of the papers lost , which Alpha , iu an interview can easily show , hut a suitable reward is not objected to . —July 21 . " Mr . Prance , in answer to this advertisement , received the following letter , in Garratt's handwriting : — •' July 18 , 1845 . "Unless an advertisement , offering a suitable reward , appears in the Morning Poston Tuesaay next , the valuable documents will be no longer under my control , and will be irrevocably lost to you . " This letter was followed by another , which would be proved to be in the handwriting ofthe prisoner Maynard , and ivhich . was in these terms : "July 23 , 18 * 5 .

      " Sir—The agent whom I have solicited to arrange the matter referred to in the Jforntnp Post of to-dayj is , unfortunately , at Sandhurst , Kent , and will not return till Saturday morning next ; but I will address a letter ^ him to-morrow , which he will answer to yonr residence at B . ; aud you must name the amount of reward you will give for them . They are , nevertheless , of realvalue ; say , instead of three dots after the £ . . . fill up fhe sum in letters . " ; - . All these communications were addressed hy Mr , Prance to the Great Western Railway Company , and shortly afterwards he received a letter from the prisoner Maynard , purporting to come from Sandhurst , though it would fee shown at the time he was not at Sandhurst at all . The letter was in these words : — "Sandhurst , July 24 , 1815 ,

      "A stranger called at my office last evening , and represented that he haa found . a travelling writing-desk and contents , your property . He emphatically asserts that he did not obtain possession of the same dishonestly , for in fact he never received it at all . Now , the party has requested me to see you upon the subject , and , if perfected through my agency , you will be so good as to address a letter to my house , 19 , Howland-street , Fitzroy-square , London , stating the sum you will give on the papers being given up into your hands . The party is evidently . a shrewd man of business , and says the documents are valuable , and further , that no good can be effected with the debtors , unless the creditor has them back again . He has thrown out a hint that £ 100 ought to be paid as a

      reward , buthe will take £ 50 , which sum he will have paid into my hands ere he restores the papers , accompanied with a redemption on your part from any ulterior proceedings in the event » f future occurrence . The cash may safely be deposited in my hands , as you will soon know on an interview , and the papers ( not in my possession ) brought to my office within two hours afterwards . I shall be in town on Saturday morning , hut must return again into Kent early on Wednesday morning , so I trust the matter will be arranged satisfactorily on er before , I reckon the party is acting under the tuition of some sharp practitioner . " I am , sir , your obedient serratit , "CuablesMatnahd . " Y . Prance , Esq . " " House and Estate Agent .

      A correspondence was kept on , and eventually an appointinent with Maynard was made , and the result was that he was taken into custody at the Guildhall Coffeehouse , after he had produced the necessary writing-case and its contents , with the exception of about £ 10 in cash . The learned counsel added , that it would be proved that the two prisoners were in constant communication with each other , and other facts would be proved to show that they were closely allied and connected with the guilty transaction . A number of witnesses were examined whose evidence fully substantiated the charge . The jury ,

      after a brief consultation , returned a verdict of guilty of receiving the property , knowing it to have been stolen . A former conviction of Maynard was proved in 1816 . \ The Common Sergeant sentenced Garratt to be transported for seven years ; and Maynard to be transported for fourteen years . The prisoner Garratt was again placed atthftbar , when Mr . Bodkin called the attention ofthe court to tha fact that he had pleaded guilty to no less than six other indictments . The learned counsel had mad * a statement iu writing , which he ( the prisoner ) desired to have read . Mr . Straight , the deputy-clerk of arraigns , then read the following statement : —

      "Prison of Newgate , Oct . 31 , 1845 . " I feel it to be useless to make any attempt to defend myself against these cases , and I desire to plead guilty , although I did not myself take some of the luggage produced against me , but they came to me afterwards ; for instance , Dr . Daniel ' s , on the Great 'Western , I : did not have for some period , after the time" he stated they were lost , as I have explained to Mr . Nash . - I regret that I was in the moment of inebriation tempted to embark

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      in so dishonest a traffic ; but the first ^^ ' ^ f drioW rll succeeded , I could only go on , and to habuV - **™ jms do I attribute my first false , step J : for . it , was " ^ m eleva « d « ith-liquor'ft < iT « . tempted to meddle , ^ matters . But I beg to appeal to those kindnoblemen and gentlemen with whom I for years lived , and some of whom are on the bench and In the court , as to my general character as a servant . Some of their testa , menials are in the possession of Mr . Nash / who I believe has ascertained that I bore the highest character . Notwithstanding the ' extent of these matters , lam left without a shilling ; my thoughtless and careless habits , my love of dress aud drink , have brought me to this , and those who have led me into it from an industrious course ,. _ - .. . . _ . . . ; . *__ .. ... ^ .. Hnn

      of life ; have ' the reflection of doing so , and then leaving me without even contributing one shilling to defend one whose purse and liberal treatment ( even to foolishness ) they always experienced ; aud I leave them with that reflection on themselves , and on the insincerity of human nature , in the hour of need and peril to which they contributed . Hod I followed the advice and example of my present wife , I should now be a respected member of society ; to her I shall ever feel great respect ( though I have deeply injured her who is an innocent sufferer ); and to the governor of Newgate , Mr . Nash , and my attorney , I tender my thanks for their kind considera . tion to her and my feelings , in the . discharge of their duty to the public and to the companies whom Mr . Nash represents .

      "D . Gabbatt . ¦ " Witness—W . < x . Thwaites , solicitor , i , Lyon's-inn . " The Common Sergeant said , his attention having been called to the fact that the prisoner had pleaded guilty to sir other indictments , it became his painful duty to pass a further , sentence upon one of them , and that ssnt « nce was , that he be transported for a further term of seven years , to be computed from the expiration of the former senteuce . Charge of Child Murder . —Sarah Hughes was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant child . It ap . peared that the prisoner was in the service of a Mrs . Maidham , liying at Stoke Newington . , On the morning of tiieith of Match she was noticed by Mrs . Maidham as looking excessively ill . She would not at first confess that she had given birth to a child , but she did so on her mistress threatening to call a doctor . The body of the child was afterwards found in a box in the coachhouse

      quite dead , and with a string round its neck . The indictment charged that death had been caused by strangulation , the string being tightened so as to cause its death . According to medical evidence the ribbon in question might have been put round the neck of the child by tho mother for the purpose of facilitating parturition . It further appeared that divers baby clothes were found in a trunk belonging to the prisoner . The jury acquitted the prisoner . The poor girl , wlo had been in a fainting state during the trial , was carried out senseless . Stealing a Wife , « fcc . —John Hopkins , a squalidlooking cabman ) 24 years of age , stood indicted for stealing a chest of drawers and a great variety of other furniture and valuable effects , the property of James Freeman , in his dwelling-house . It appeared , by the opening of the case , that the prissner had , previous to the date of

      robbery , been an inmate as a lodger with Mr . Freeman , and his conduct gave him great satisfaction until the late occurrence , which had ruined his peace of mind . The prosecutor ) a respectable looking man , stated that during the prisoner's residence in his house he entertained no suspicion of his honesty , but unhappily for him he made a discovery which had completely disarranged his peace of mind and establishment in the world . He went out on the day ofthe robbery and did not return until late , when to his surprise and regret he found himself minus chairs , tables , bed , and indeed every valuable that was moveable . Upon inquiry he found that his property had been removed in a van , and the house was left to the care of the other lodgers . He found also that the prisoner had '' bolted . " Common Sergeant : In fact , sir , you found yourself divested of all ' your furniture ?—Yes , my lord . Common

      Sergeant : Nor was that all , I believe ? Mr . Freeman ( in solemn tone ); No , my lord ; my wife had gone too ( laughter . ) This levity met with a deserved rebuke . The prosecutor then detailed the "ups and downs , " "ins and outs , " which his footsteps had marked iu " search of a wife , " and at the expiration of fifteen days he found them together ,. " snug tucked up . " The Court : I believe upon your own bed ? Mr . Freeman : Yes , my lord ; and all the furniture iu the room was mine . The prisoner tried to make him believe that Mrs . Freeman exercised her own will , and said the furniture was hers—ho did not seem to be aware that she " was not her own property . " The man who moved the ^ household stuff , " said that they acted under the lady , who engaged them , but the prisoner

      was present at the unloading . J . Milne , the police constable who apprehended the prisoner , stated that he denied the robbery , and said Mrs . Freeman removed the goods . A gentleman of the bar reminded the court that it had been considered that , when the wife removed the property , her paramour was exempted from the larceny . Common Sergeant : Yes , but there is a case inthe books where Mr . Justice Coleridge decided that , to steal a wife only was a felony—she wearing her husband ' s apparel . Here was a stronger case , for the property was found on theprisoner .. The Learned Judge summed up , and without much consideration the jury found him guilty . His Lordship said they sat there to protect the public against wrong-doers like theprisoner ; hence the judgment was , that he be kept to hard labour for one year .

      Tuesday . —Chauge or Swindling . —Maria Locke , 50 , the wife of a surgeon at Pimlico , and Edward and John , her sons , aged 19 and 14 , were indicted for conspiring to obtain , by false pretext seven pairs of shoes from George Gawthorp , with intent to cheat and defraud him thereof . The case has been fully given in the Queens-square reports . The stratagems by which the shoes were obtained were reiterated , and the shoes were produced by a pawnbroker . They were pledged by a female on the day they wcre obtaiaed . Ho would not swear that Mrs . Locke was the person . The jury acquitted all the prisoners . Edwin Locke and John Locke were indicted for attempting to obtain other shoes upon similar pretences , and

      with the like intent ; and Maria Locke was charged with counselling and encouraging her sons to commit the said larceny . The evidence was nearly an echo of that in tho last case . Mr . Huddlestone said that the prisoner at the bar , down to the time of this transaction , had borne a respectable character , and she stood charged with on offence of a very grave description . The jury again acquitted them all . The Common Sergeant said there was another charge , but as the evidence was the same , it was scarcely necessary to occupy further time . The jury quite assented , and the prisoners were all declared not guilty , —They were then liberated from custody . The court , at its rising , adjourned to Monday , the 24 th inst .

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      # The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead will meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; every Monday evening , at seven o ' clock . This branch of the Land Society also meet at the same place every Monday evening , at seven o ' clock . Cornwall . —Mr . Clark will address the people of Truro , Camborne , Penzance , St . Ives , and Hale , during the ensuing week . Leeds . —Mr . ' William Dixon , from Manchester , will deliver alecture on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , in the Bazaar , Brig ' gate , to commence at half-past six o ' clock . Cheshire Hand-Loom Weavers . — On Tuesday last , Mr . John Linegan , from Wigan , lectured to the weavers of Wilmslow , and enrolled 150 members in the Hand-Loom Weavers . Union .

      Bolton . — The shareholders of the Bolton branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society are requested to .. meet every Sunday afternoan , at two o'clock , for discussion , and every Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , to receive subscriptions and enroll members , in the Chartist Association Room , Mawdslyatreet , near to the Dispensary . All persons wishing to join this branch of the Land Society aro invited to attend . Hum .. —The members of the Co-operative Land Society meet every Sunday night , at six o ' clock , and Tuesday , at eight o ' clock . Covestky . —A meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held next Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , November 0 , at the house of Mr . Hosier , the Old Coach and Horses' Yard , Much Park-street .

      Salfokd- —A grand tea-party and ball will take place in the National Charter Association-room , George-street , on Monday , November 17 th , in aid of the Dixon fund , when a numerous and efficient quadrille band will be in attendance . —Tickets Is . each ; to be had at the following places : —Mr . James Hoyle , White Cross-bank , Chapel-street ; Wm . Fallow , hair-dresser , Chapel-street ; John Millington , boot and shoemaker , Hope-street , Oldfield-road ; J . R . Cooper , bookseller , Bridge ^ street , Manchester ; J . Leach , 40 , Oak-street ; at the Carpenters' hall ; and at the Association-room . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association will take place on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock . Oldham . —Henry Hunt ' s BihtiDay . —On Sunday

      ( to-morrow ) the Convivial Society will hold their twenty-sixth anniversary in commemoration of the birth of that unflinching advocate of equal rights , the late Henry Hunt , at the house of a friend at North Moor , when a good and substantial dinner will be provided , at twelve o ' clock . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the Working Man's Hall , Horsedge-street , at six o ' clock in the evening . The Co-operative Land Society will meet in the above Hall , at two o'clock ; on particular business . Hevwood . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held in Association itoom

      the Chartist , tiartley-street , on Sunday , the 9 th inst ., at ten o'clock in the morning . Manchester . —All shareholders belongin g to the Manchester Branch of the Co-operative Land Association that have paid up their shares , as well as them that have not , are requested to pay the levy of threepence , by Sunday , Nov . 23 rd . All those who do not comply with this notice will not be entitled to vote in the election of delegates to tho forthcoming Conference . D Stockf mi . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association . will beholden , on Sunday , the 9 th mat ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      t MAKCHESTEB . ~ . Mr . James Leach will lecture in Carpenters Hall on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at halfpast six inihe evening . Subject , "The Land and its capabilities , ' The monthly members * meeting

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      will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o clock in the afternoon j ; ia the large ante-room of Carpenters ' Hall , when the election of the new council , and other businera'bf vital ' ¦ importance will be brought before them ... Norwich . — 'All members holding shares in the Norwich District Chartist Co-operative Land Society are requested to meet at the Chartist room , Sussexstreet , St . Martin ' s Oak , on Sunday , Nov . 9 , at halfpast * jix o ' clock . The committee in this locality meet every Monday night , at eisht o ' clock , for the purpose of enrolling members and receiving contributions . will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o clockin

      Ashton-undkr-Ltnb . —The usual meeting of the committee of the Ashton branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society will take place on Sunday next , Nov . 9 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when all persons belonging to this branch , who have not paid their levy , are requested to attend , as it is the intention of the committee to send in their list immediately after that date . Nottingham . —The members of the Nottingham Chartist Land Society arc respectfully requested to

      meet at Ml * . James bweet ' s , on Monday evening next , at seven o'clock precisely , on business of importance . Rochdale . —The members of the Land Fund are requested to meet at the Chartist-room , Mill-street , Rochdale , on Sunday next , at three o'clock in the afternoon , on business of importance . Birmingham . —The shareholders ofthe Co-operative Land Society are requested to meet on Monday evening , the 10 thinst ., at Walter Thorn's , No . Ill , Rea-street , as business of great importance will be laid before them .

      United Patriots Benefit Society . —The harmonic meeting of this society , in aid of the Gift Fund , will be held at the Brown Bear Tavern , Broad-street , TJloomsbury , on Tuesday evening next , at half-past eight o ' clock . Mr . J . G . Dron , in | , the chair . The South Staffordshire Mixers' Delegate Meeting will be held at Nancy Rays , Darlaston , on Monday , Nov . 17 th . Chair to be taken at ten o ' clock , a . m . A public meeting - will also be held at four in the afternoon , to be addressed by Messrs . Ramsay and Brown .

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      Duncombe Testimonial . —1 he sub committee , appointed in Jul y last , in accordance with the instructions given by the central committee , having sc « lected an elegant design , in which the spirit of British Liberty is represented as rewarding her champion . Messrs . Garrod and Co ., of Pauton-street , were selected as the makers . A deputation from the subcommittee called at the manufactory on Tuesday last , and saw the work in a forward state , and were informed that it would be complete immediately after Christmas . The presentation of this splendid ornament to Mr . Duncombe will take place as early after that period as possible , and a balance-sheet will be published , and issued to the subscribers .

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      ASTLEY' 3 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . The Bride of the Nile continues to attract numerous audiences . It certainly is a most imposing spectacle , and got up without regard to expense . The Palace of Memphis , the Hall of Dreams , and the Golden Hall of the Pyramids arc splendid scenes . The whole is a most brilliant piece . The Sacred Bull was richly caparisoned . There was little hut his head and tail to he seen , hut we think if any farmer's boy , six years old , had seen only these , he would have said " that bull * s a cow , " The highly-trained steed " Arieune" exhibited great sagacity , especially in taking up the two gloves , which is a very difficult feat to accomplish , and although the horse failed in this feat , yet the placing the two gloves together , and the many attempts it made to secure them , showed a wonderful degree of sagacity . ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE .

      This elegant and commodious theatre , under the auspices of Mr . Douglas , continues to enjoy an ample share of public patronage ; the inhabitants of the western district of the metropolis seem to appreciate the unceasing efforts of the management . A new two act domestic drama has just been produced—peculiarly suited to tho tastes of the usual visitors , entiled , Mary Campbell ; or , the Wife and Witness . The plot is of simple construction , hut well worked out . The piece opens with a sort of Dick Turpin carousal ; certain worthies of the road determine to fill their purses by nocturnal activity . A . J / r . Leyton arrives at the moment , and maks a gratuitous disclosure of his wealth ; Bartrum selects him as his victim , he is waylaid and , as we imagined , murdered—for in tho cottage of Mark Campbell he is secreted as dead . His

      pocket-book containing a vast amount of notes , falls into the hands of Campbell , and the poor man ' s temptation is too great—though urged by the honesty of the wife to make a restitution . At that moment the child calling for bread , he determines to take from the dead to satisfy the hunger of the living . He removes the body . Bartrum has observed this from the window , and discovers that Mary Campbell is the very woman that formerly rejected his addresses , and made him the outcast that he is . He resolves on her husband ' s ruin , and succeeds in procuring his arrest and arraignment as the murderer of Leyton . By an ingenious manoiuvro he obtains possession of the old man ' s money ; thus armed , he makes vile proposals to Mary Campbell , which she with scorn repulses - and as Bartrum is rudely dragging her from the cottage , har

      husband , who lus escaped from confinement , timely ruihes to her rescue—Campbell is again secured , and taken to prison to await his trial . The agony of the loving wife is finely pictured—she determines on preventing the appearance in court of tho only witness against her husband . She obstructs his path , tires at and wounds him—and exultingly leaves him . The court is sitting expecting the sole witness , who not appearing , the prisoner is acquitted ; at this moment Bartrum by a last effort reaches the hall of justice to tender evidence . The unfortunate Campbell is about to he arraigncdjfor tho robbery , when one of -Barfnim's associates , urged by the prattle of a child , denounces the real villains , fiartrum dofies him to the proof , when by one of those strong incii dents dramatic authors know how to invent , the supposed

      dead Leyton appears in court ; his assistants are secured , and the innocent made happy . The foregoing is a sketch of the principal , though there is a minor plot , that materially aids tho representation , in which Mr . T . Lee , as Sam Swivell , and Miss L . Pearee , as Bell Butterfly , keep the house in a continued roar of laughter . Their dancing duet , in act the second , was a fine comic effort , and elicited a most enthusiastic encore . Mr . Rayner as Bartrum , looked and acted the character with infinite spirit ; he forcibly reminds us of the late Frederick Yates , and seems a thorough favourite with tha audience . Mark Campbell was played by a Mr . C . Harrington ; there is too much hauteur in his manner for the poor countryman , and too great striving at effort ; still the performance was

      very creditable . Messrs . Smithers , Robberds , and Lewis , contributed their mite to the general effect , but the great charm of the piece was the manner in which Mrs . Campbell sustained her character—her love for her only child , her manifest devotion to the welfare of her husband , her struggles iu poverty , and subsequent despair , were masterly touches of nature , that proved her a finished actress , and commands success . Tho piece is well put on the stage . The scenery , by Mr . Neville , does him infinite credit . The drama was , as it deserves to be , eminently successful , and cannot fail to have a long run . The Death Ship is still attractive ; the excellence of Mr . Douglass as a British sailor we have before noticed . His descriptive hornpipe is indeed a gem .

      The spirited lesse has , this week , produced the Tragedy of Macbeth , from the text of Shakspeare , and with the music of Locke , The piece was put onjthe stage ' with that degree of taste which has gained so much fame for this establishment . Mr . Grattan Dawson , a gentleman , who earned considerable fame at the metropolitan minors about twelve months since was the Macbeth , and sustained the character with considerable ability throughout . His dying scene was true to nature and called down bursts of applause . Joseph Rayner , personated Macduff , and added by his able delieneation of the character much to his well-deserved popularity . Mrs Camphell , with more than her ordinary ability sustainedjthe character af Lady Macbeth . _ Locke ' s music was very creditably performed by Mr . Neville , Miss L , Pearce , MissLaporte , and a chorus exceeding thirty performers . Mr . Grattan Dawson , during his limited engagement , will sustain the round of Shaksperian . characters . This gentleman bids fair to fiU Up the gap left vacant by the demise of the lamented Elton .

      THE CITY THEATRE , Under the lesseeship and management of Mr . aud Mrs . R . Honner , neatly fitted up , thoroughly cleansed and redecorated , attracts large audiences . The performances have been Pauline , lie Spitalfields Weaver , aud The Revolt of La Vendee . The characters were ably sustained by Mr . and Mrs . R . Honner , J . - Webster , and Miss Lacey , who bids fair to become a brilliant star in the profession . At tho conclusion of the first piece Mr . and Mrs . Honuer , and Miss Lacey , was called te the foot-lights and greeted witii the loud applause of a crowded audience . Colosseum . — This is , without exception the most splendid exhibition in London . \ Ye may fairly say that art contends with nature for the palm of superiority . The conservatories are pleasing , and very prettily and tastefully arranged . The caverns , Mont Blanc , and th g waterfall , are magnificently imposing . The silence which reigns in the caverns is sublime , and broken only by the dripping of a few drops of water , or the trickling of soma

      small stream from a stalactite , or the gurgling of some rill which seems to partake of the stillness , and to murmur in subdued tones as it disappears among the rocks to find an outlet hy one of the numerous subterraneous passages . Everything seems infected with the quiet of the place ; no sooner does a person enter than he speak * in subdaed ^ whispers to his companions . The very air of the place seems still . The whistle of the wind is a stringer to its aisles . We question whether ever , a hearty laugh has , heen heard in its interior since it has been opened . What a contrast is . this with tho waterfall where the waterleapsfromrock torock , orreboundsfrom them into the lake below with the noise of acataS au hereis animation . Kreutht birds . seem to flitwitn K ? fnV raS , While * Stmncss of dea « - seems toS m he former place . If anything alive does tattun its residencMhere , it must bo only the olli and « a ? the sUjh ' p ! ^ a ^ - repaid with fo ? th ' A Uet DEr , i i l "W-ProfesSor KeUer has , *» . the . last week , heen debiting the visitors to this

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      place of amusement with his " Poses PiasHnTT ^ the ancient master .. "The Trium ph of ST fro from David , is a most imposing piece . « n , qQT ^ from Canovs , is a beautiful scene , and not l « . "' " I'Studies , " by L . Keller . The whole of 2 t ? * judiciously selected and exceedingly wellsustaiZ *" "Grand Tableau Final , " a national piece , by L i * i , is a fine display ; the whole is well worth y of a visit « A Nigh t m a PaovwciAL Theatbb . —BattL ths non « n , FiDME .-During the week billsVj been plentifull y distributed in a country town , announothe re-opening of the theatre for the winter season Th Green Bushes , and revival of Susan Hopley ; OU Famirt " and Fresh Faces , on Monday evening & cSo th place of amusement ' with ¦ .:. « d .-T ^ IT ^^ ^

      , . ran bill announcing this important event . On the crenin named many parties ' had collected to witness the debut nt the performers for the season . The boxes had a aeceat sprmking of would-be gcntlemeo , the pit was tolerablr filled with the less foppish and more sober of the koJ folks Of the town . The gods above had mustered s tr < Z to greet a favourite , who really performed Dicky Dca . ni an itinerant green . grocer , attached to Susan JSoplcy and to his donkey , first rate . The performers , as mi ght b » expected , were not of th « first order . The young lad , who sustained the part of Miami promises better Thing * after a time . Between each act the audience was tieatel

      to an extra performance , which was produced by th . movements of sundry feet and ancles behind the sc ' tnej some wearing enormous boots of ancient date , others cUi in those of lighter material , yet still proclaiming them , selves at bilonging to an age passed by . The forms by which these feet were moved were concealed from view , but it was evident , from the rapidity of their motioni ) that all was bustle behind the scenes . Now , here was a novel performance , affording material for reflection . We suppose the audience generally were employed in reasoning , from the distinguishing peculiarities * of what they could see , and picturing to themselves the peculiar form , features , and character of what they could not see . At

      one moment a large boot appeared—that , of course , must belong to some hero in the piece , or some robber , whose face , well-be wiskered and plentifull y meustached , was des tined to perform great things in the killing waydurin ' the next act . Then would come a mere tiny affair , which as it swept by , was sometimes nearly hid by the muslia that covered the form to which it was a necessary appendage . This , of course , must belong to the heroine of tha piece ; if it . be her first or second appearance in ( i j , Character , and could you . be placed near enough von might hear her heart beat more audibly as the prepara . tions for raising the curtain became nearer their com * pletion . The contemplation of how much paint would " he laid on , to excite the pity or admiration of the audi ence , required great penetration ; of course , she was tall aud smallthe foot her such

      , hespoke , but as to the paint that was a more difficult question to solve , and required more deep thought . There were other feet , large and small , some whose proportion ' s bespoke the owners a ? "fat , fair , aud forty , " destined to play some humble housewife ' s part in the scene . All this appeared to us as got up expressly to please the more studious and gravo part of the audience , and there was indeed sufficient for their imaginative fancies to revel in . Whether the scenery was too short , or-was expressly prevented from going to the bottom , for the especial benefit of the partie * we mention , it is not for us to say , but we should supposs the latter . The curtain , generally termed a green one , from its colour , had evidently seen the opening of many such seasons , It had , indeed , to lament its fudod btaut y ,

      and to sigh for charms that had disappeared . It wan truly in the decline of life , and had much shortened the days of its future existence . Its lower extremities , too , had been repaired with a piece of more recent fahnoul tiau , which , contrasted with the faded beauty of its supe . rior , plainly told of the service of the . upper part , and showed it had grown grey in its mil !? to the eminence it had attained ; but , like its colleagues , it too was shorn of the usual proportions , allowing the studious part of tha audience opportunity for exercising their imaginative faculties . Now , what more easy than while the lower extremities of this veteran curtain were being repaired , than to have made it sufficiently long to have cfl ' cctually screened the parties behind , had it not been the intention ofthe persons engaged in the matter to give these

      opportunities between the acts for the studious to employ themselves . At all events , we arrived at this conclusion ; we considered this as a portion of the performance , and as such wc made the most of it . After a time , tho move , meuts of the feet behind generally hecame less rapid : then came the tinkle of an apology for a bell , which , by its noise , we should suppose must , like the ffreen Bushes , be . long to an age " one hundred years" gone by . After its click , click , click , had been thrice repeated , tho noise Of which you may imitate by striking the snuffers against the candlestick , the scene was raised , aud displayed the necessary performers , all prepared to sustain the parts allotted to them . Then came the pleasure of contrastinjr the imaginative picture with the reality displayed to view ; it was , indeed , as tho novel says , an

      interestexciting occupation . The first part , the Green Bushes , was tolerably well dragged through , and the usual quan « tity of cat-gut scraping nearly completed , when another novel scene was introduced . . We suppose this part was intended for the gods , as it was only the pit gentry who could enjoy the full benefit of tho contemplative scenes , and this , of course , must have bsen got up for the especial benefit of those above , as a set-off for what they had missed . Be this as it will , it seemed exactly to their taste ; the flutc-player enjoyinghis . part—and why should he not , it was given to him to be played , and if the audience could not hear him , why he might as well not be there . Well , he was " tearing away with a vengeance , " " puffing like a porpoise , " so that tho " second fiddle " became nobody , he could not be heard in the squall . Ha remonstrated with the flute , and called him haxduames for usurping the attention of the audience . From words they got to blows , amid hisses from the persons in the

      boxes , mingled with clapping of hands and lou * cries from the gods , such as " Go it , lad ' . " " Hit him again !" " Bravo , flute . " It was soon evident the flute had the best of tho battle : he , too , like the curtain , bad grown grey in the service , and he dealt such hard blows upon the head of the poor second fiddler , that he soon became desirous of making his exit , which he did at the first op . portuuity , amid the execrations of the " upper classes" or gods , who appeared to have taken the flute into their es . pecial favour , for they loudly cheered him after his opponent had disappeared from the orchestra . After a short time the feet again began to move behind the scenes , and we were soon lost in contemplating the forms of their owners . After sitting out the after piece , Susan ¦ HopJcy , we slowly wended home , ruminating , upon the incidents we had witnessed , and which we now chronicle for the edification of others under the title of " A Night in a Provincial Theatre . "

      Framework Knitters' Moy Emest.—Fellow Wo...

      Framework Knitters' Moy emest . —Fellow Workmen , — -Your apathy has caused me to delay calling a Three Counties Meeting of Delegates before this period , - but the necessity that such should take place , you , I have no doubt , will admit , and for the dispatch of important business connected with the present and future interest of all branches of our trade throughout the Kingdom , I beg , therefore , the attendance of persons from all branches or localities in the three counties to meet at Loughborough , on Monday , the 17 th day of the present month , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Parties on the spot will be pleased to provide a place for meeting in , and give due notice thereof , that persons appointed to attend may know where to proceed to . —I am , fellow workmen , yours truly , B . llroirimiEs , Gen . Sec-Nottingham , Nov . 5 , 1815 .

      Loughborough Shoemakers' Strike . — I have great pleasure in informing you that the Loughborough strike has been brought to a successful close on the part of the men ; the employers have , with one exception , met the views , and agreed to the demands of the men . The conduct of the society men , and particularly their committee , is deserving of tlia highest praise . The strike has been concluded in a very amicable manner , and a good feeling of mutual understanding bids fair to exist between the employers and the employed . The masters have agreed to employ none but society men , the society being responsible for any loss the employers may sustain by the men ; and _ both parties appear determined to carry out the objects of our association , with the execptioa of Mr . John Ward , who has seceded from the agreement the employers came to , consequently his shop is still on strike , buthe will soon be glad to follow the example of the other masters ,

      Lancashire Misers . —The next general delcgata meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held at the sign of the Horse Shoo , Bardsley ( half way between Ashton-under-Lync and Oldham ) , on Mondav , the 17 th of November ; chair to be taken at eleven © " ' clock in the forenoon . ' There will also be a public meeting which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts . Esq ,., Mr . w . Dixon , of Manchester , and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including- general contribution , is Is . 2 d . per member . Oldham . —On Sunday last , at St . James Church , the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Gartside , of Soho-road , trreenacre ' a Moor , was christene d Jane O'Connor Gartside .

      Iatan Accident Near Barkslev.—Last Satur...

      iATAn Accident near Barkslev . —Last Saturday , being Barnsley •« Statutes , " a young man named Hopper , by trade an iron stone getter , who lived with his mother at Birdwell , near Barnsley , and has been her only support for years , rose early on the above MOW * §*! ?> vork done , in order to go to the . t . | u . i 'P - - -of waiting for the regular time to be let down m the corf , he attempted to descend by the rope , when he lost his grasp , was precipitated to the bottom , and killed on the spot .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 8, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08111845/page/8/