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      COILDIIALL . _?* eT _«« ker . * a > brought before Sir W _Magnay , * _TVor final examination , _charf-ed with _stcalmga horse a « i- value -50 _> whic- ' he hired from a livery _slaW- ; - i " « _«/'« -d sold f ,. r £ 15 . subject to redemption _bsfore a cer tain day . Sir w - Magna }* save it as his opinion that the prisoner oricinally contemplated stealing tiie chaise , _» nd therefore lie felt it to be liis duty to let a jury have the opportunity of determining whether the hiring -wis bona fi de or not . The _yri-soai-r -was committed for i » l .

      BOW STREET . _Tcesdat . —Robbebt jit _IIl-csixguau Vau . ce . —A -young woman , named Caroline Evans , employed as a housemaid at Buckingham Palace , was placed at the bar for final examination , charged witli stealing a quantity oi -wearing apparel belonging io tlie cleric of the kitchen In the establishment . —It appeared at the last examination that a great coat being missed by Edmund lleale , clerk of tlie kitchen , from lus beil-rom , lie inquired of the pri' toner if site had observed any person in the apartment , and being answered in tile negative , he communicated the circumstance to Inspector Steed , who is constantly on duty at the Palace , aud who , being directed to make search ior tlie property , found in lhe prisoner ' s trunk 3 "bag containing forty-two duplicates relating to a quantity of wearing apparel , among which was one relating to the

      article in question , and other property belonging to the prosecutor . Tie prisoner was shortly after questioned at Windsor Castle about the matter , but she gave no other account than thatthe entire of the duplicates did not belong to her , and being taken into custody , the entire of the articles were found at _differentpawnDrohcrs in Pimlico and Westminster , where they were pledged in the name of Anne Brown a few days previous . —Mr . "Wontner said , that il was useless for hiin to attempt combating against the evidence , as he was certain the prisoner would be committed for trial on the charge , hut there were two other cases against the prisoner entirely unconnected with the palace , and as tliey were very doubtful he submitted that tbe court ought not to cutertain them . —Mr . Twyford said that lie was given to _understand by the clerk that the other cast's were ofa much

      more serious nature if possible , font could be proved that on a . late occasion , tlie prisoner paid a visit to lier sister , living in the service of a medical gentleman residing in 1 _' entonvillo , and during htr temporary absence from the apartment she contrived to steal two silver table-spoons , for which the unoffending party had been discharged from her situation witliout a character ; and not content with committing sueh a heartless robbery , she paid another visit to a second sister , living as servant in the family of a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of the _Jtegent =-park , where she also contrived to steal two other silver _table-spoils , and as the property , which could be traced to the prisoner , could be identified , he considered ihat the ought to be remanded for that purpose . —The prisoner , who said nothing in her defence , was ordered to be remanded fora week .

      Wedsesoat . —A Me-hbek of TnE " Society for me _Srw-ivESSioS of Vice" Kobced is a JJeothel !—Rebecca Coleman was charged wilh robbing Mr . A . Gasby ofa watch , with gold chain and seals , and about £ i 10 s . in money , at a house in Shire-lane . The prosecutor stated that he was a huildcr , residing in Regent-street , _JLauibfcth-walk . He met with the prisoner outside the bar of a public-house ( he did not know where ) , on Tuesday evening between nine and ten o ' clock , and entered into conversation with lier . Being himself a member of a " Society for thc Suppression of Vice , " to wliich he had subscribed for thirteen or _lourteen years , he asked the woman " if she would like to reclaim her character , " upon which she asked him to go home with her , and hc consented . On reaching her room she requested liim to treat her to some drink , and lie sent Out for a pint of _willC .

      They drank it together , and he then sent for more ; he shortly afterwards left the house to seek for a cab , bu ! found that both liis money and his watch had been stolen from him . He apprised a constable of tlie fact , and tlie prisoner was in the course ot a few hours taken into custody . The _valua of the property was about £ 25 . In tlie course of a long cross-examination the prosecutor admitted that he was not sober at the time , but indignantly denied that he was the sort of man to go into a brothel , if he knew it . He could not swum * that he did not drink -. villi tlie _jirisonur at the puWic-lieuse where tliey met . His only object in speaking to the woman was to induce her to abandon a life of prostitution for a better state . The members of the Society for the Suppression of Vice usually endeavoured , on meeting with unfortunate women like these , to _cow-ince them of the iniquity of their

      mode of _living : and whenever ihey were disposed to alter their course , the society gave thein a character , and tried to get situations for them . He remained with the prisoner about half an hour , lie did not give her any money , nor did he pay anything for the room . Constable _F -16 , and another _officerfdeposed to having gone to the prisoners _lodgings iu Shire-lane , after apprehending her ill the street , aud discovered the watch , chain , and seals concealed between tho two mattresses iu the bed-room , and the prosecutor had since identified the room as well as the stolen property . The keeper of the hrothel , a woman named White , stated that the prosecutor sent out for a bottle and two phits of wine on the night in question , aud that when he left with the prisoner they were both very tipsy . IU had represented himself as a " lord in disguise . " The _prisoner was remanded till Friday .

      _TnVSSVAT . —IiOEBEBT Bl A _rOLlCEJIAX . A pOllCCconstable of the F division , named John Guy , was charged witli having absconded from tlie force witli £ 23 , received by him in his official capacity . Thc prisoner was on duty in the Strand early on the morning of the _Juth inst . At about four o'clock he apprehended a woman on _suspicion of robbing a seaman , named David Evans , and took her to thu station-house in Bow-street , where he handed to Mr . Logan , tlie inspector on duty , five £ 5 Bank of . England notes , two sovereigns , and " . 'Is . in silver , which he found in her possession . This money was given back to the prisoner when lie brought tlie charge before the magistrate . He was ordered to give up one of tlie notes to tiie seaman ( who ivas daily expected to leave Ply-: mouth , on hoard the Caledonia ) , and it was his duty to I

      return the remainder to Inspector Logan , who was responsible for its safe custody . This was not done , and on the following evening lie was reported as " not on duty . " The suspicions of his superior officers were consequently aroused , and it was soon ascertained that he 3 _» ad abscouuedfrom his lodgings in private clothes , leaving his uniform behind him . On Thursday morning Inspector Black , who had heen apprised ofhis retreat , proceeded to a house in Xew-street , Webber-street , Lambeth , where hc fouud the prisoner iu bed with a prostitute . He searched fhe bed , and found £ 20 7 s . wrapped up in paper under tlie pillow . On tiring informed of the charge , and duly cautioned , he admitted his guilt , and stated that he had changed one of the notes for gold . The prisoner said nothing to tlie charge . Mr . T wyford committed him for trial at tlic Old Bailey .

      MARLBOROUGH TREET . _TcrsBiV . —Hionw . iT _Robbest . —William Menzies was brought before Mr . Hardwick , charged with highway robhcrv . Mr . AVilliam Miiichin , >' o . 7 , Denmark-street , an elderlv gentleman , stated , that he was about to enter his liouse _' _last night between twelve and one , when the prisoner came up to him and presented a letter . He went to thegas-lamp to look at it , when thc prisoner put his hand against his waistcoat , and gave him a sudden push , which throw Wm on the grouud , and _thenrauotV . Prosecutor - ¦ ot up iinmediatelv . and discovered that his watch and chain had been stolen . lie gave tlie alarm immediately , _uudCie _taisouer was shortl y afterwards taken into custody b y a constable . The prisoner , who denied that lie was the pa-son who had given the letter to the prosecutor , or who had pushed him down , was fully committed .

      _Tjicksdav . —A _BaoarTox _Blackcuabd " alias Gesixemas . _" Henry lluglics Onslow , gentleman , of Qucen _' srow , Brompton _. _' was brought before Mr . Hardwick , charged witli bavin ; , while in a state of intoxication , committed a series of outrageous assaults on the police aud others . Police-constable Godfrey , C 147 , who appeared to have suffered great injury , said about twelve o ' clock , the previous night he lieard a cry of " police , " and on going iuto Duke-street he saw the defendant , who , without speaking a word , rushed at him and knocked him down . _Wituess rose aud was again knocked down , and knelt upon by tbe defendant , who kept beating bim whUe on tin-ground . Couiplainant regained his legs at last , but was a lhird time knocked down , and the defendant then forced Ms _fingtrs into his mouth , seized his tongue , and made au attempt to tear it out of his mouth . The crowd called out during the attack for witness to use his truncheon , and witness did draw bis _t-rancheou and strike Ills enraged assailant a slight blow . The defendant then attacked every one right and left , and

      was not overpowered until he had made a very great resistance . The prisoner was also charged with having knocked down and otherwise brutally assaulted Mr . 11 . Smith , Mr . Kobert Cptoii , surveyor ; Stanford Villa , and ilr . ltich : _* railees , 32 , Kceadilly . Mr . Hardwick sentenced the " _"cntlcman" to be _imprisoned for one month in the Houseof Correction for the assault on the police-constable , aud to pay a fine of £ -3 for each ofthe assaults on the tliree other " witnesses , or in default of payment , two months - imprisonment for each fine . The defendant , who appeared astounded at the punishment , was removed from Uic bar .

      WORSHIP-STREET . _T-cESDat . _—UntMU _Offe-xce . — Edmund Adolphus Hughes , 10 or 17 , an apprentice from the Orphan Asylum , ivas iuMv _coina » tti _* - _nl iu stand bis -trial upon the capital charge of violating the person of a little girl named Emma Life , seven years of age , the daughter of a master bootmaker , in Manor-place , Haggerstone . " _ _pEJDAT . ASOTHES " GESTtEMAS * - _BllCKGnlBD . Mr . George Gurney , described as a wine merchant , in Mount-street , Walworth , was _chargedbifore Mr . Broughton , with having committed the following aggravated assault , in one vf tho carriages of the Eastern Counties Railway , upon Mrs . Annie Xiinbrel , a man led lady , _residing in Trinity-street , Cambridge . The complainant stated that she kft Cambridge in a second-class carriage , at four o ' clock on the preceding afternoon , and on reaching the station at Bishop ' s Stortford , the defendant and two otlnr gentlemen got into the same carriage . _Inimcdiat & _lv i , » i , n _. l entered . be defendant placed liimself bv

      hi _* r side , and after _pressing offensively agr . iusl her , laid his head _up-m lur shoulder and pretended tobe asleep . She instantly removed to the extreme _(* . *•! of the scat in order to avoid him , but was followed up _•> y tile < _Jefia _«! aa 4 , v . _lio placed bis arm round her neck , av . « i addressing her hy the appellation of " V . y dta- _- a « -j . ; , lU . ; f - _ j _;„^ . . dej , travel all the way to London . She remonstrated with lum-upou bis _insuttias behaviour to no purpose , and as -r _; s _« , _persevered in _hU offensive fa _^ Uariiivs . she called

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      loudly to the guard for assistance , but without receiving any attention . On the stoppage of tlie train at the next station , she got out upon the platform and informed the guard ofthe insulting behaviour she had experienced from tbe defendant , whoso name she demanded , but her complaint was treated with indifference . On reaching the terminus in Shoreditch she gave the defendant into custody . After the hearing of other evidence , Mr . Broughton sentenced the blackguard wine-merchant to pay a penalty of 10 s ., or undergo seven days' imprisonment (!) . " Tha fine was immediately paid , " and thc defendant liberated .

      QUEEN SQUARE . _WEDjiEsDAT . —CossrwAcr . —Tub Ritii . Belgbave Lying-is Insiitctioj _* . —Maria Locke , the wife of the manager , surgeon , accoucheur , ic , of the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution , 25 , James-street , Buckingham-gate , and Edwin and James Locke , her sons , were placed at the bar for final examination , charged with defrauding Mr . Gawthorp . of 70 , Tothill-strcet , of sereral pairs of boots . Mr . Bond said , that although the case had been adjourned , quite sufficient had been made out to call upon him to send the accused before another tribunal for that purpose . The witnesses were then bound over to indict tho prisoners atthe Central Criminal Court for conspiracy . After some discussion about bail , the prisoners were ultimately required to find two sureties in £ 40 each . The _accused were sent to prison .

      HAMMERSMITH . MOSDAV . Ml'BIlEBOUS OUTRAGE OS A WOMAN . A labouring man , named Jolm Lcydon , was brought up in the custody of the police before Mr . G . Clive , the sitting magistrate , _charged on the police sheet with having committed a most murderous and outrageous assault upon a woman named Anne Wheeler , who is now lying in St . George ' s Hospital , without any hopes ] of her surviving . Inspector Smith , T division , stated that the case was a most serious one , the unfortunate woman bein ;; covered with bruises from head to foot , and sereral of lier ribs were fractured . He had sent that morning to the hospital to know the state of the wounded female , and had learned that she was as bad as she well could bo . Tlie following certificate had also been sent : — " St . George ' s Hospital . October 13 , 1815 . " This is to certify tliat Anne Wheeler is au in-patient , and is at this time afflicted with severe contusions of the head _and face , and fractured ribs . "G . _CocKuuBS Hyde , for A . Johnson , " House Surgeon . "

      _Gsorgo Langston deposed that he lived nfllohnes Cottage , in the brick-fields , _Gloucester-roiid , Keusiugton . On Saturday _nisht , after paying his men their wages at the Coach and Horses public-house , _Jaiu _' es s-street , Kensington-square , he saw his d-tughtcr standing outside with Anne Wheeler , who had a child in her arms . Tliey both ultimately went home with hiiii _. and sat and had some beer . Tlic prisoner c . nine iu while tliey ivoru doing so , and quarrelled with Anne Wheeler and struck her several times _, after which he left . Anne Wheeler remained and laid with her clothes on outside the bed . About three o ' clock on Sunday morning he was awoke by hearing the front window smashed in , and saw the prisoner in the room , and saw him drag Anne Wheeler off the bed , and after knocking her down and healing her dreadfully , jump on her as hard as he could , first on the lower part of her person , and then on her face and head . Witness thinking she was killed , laid hold ofa lunre pistol he kept in the room , and

      thinking it was loaded , threatened to shoot him if he did Hot desist : hut the pistol was not loaded , and the prisoner after kicking thc woman out of doors , loft her quite insensible . Witness being unable to _assist Anne Wheeler Uy himself , did not at first know what to do , but eventuully went into the Fulham-road , aud at the Admiral Keppel public-house hired a cab , and with the assistance of two policemen , conveyed her to St . George ' s Hospital . Theprisoner was not apprehended until Sunday afternoon . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he had been living with Anne Wheeler as man and wife for the last seven years , andhnd had three cliildren by her . Por some days previous to Saturday she hud been away from liim , and he suspected that she was cohabiting with the witness I . angstun . He further explained that it was in a fit of jealousy and rage at her refusing to go home with him that he committed the assault . He was remanded for a week .

      _SOUTTtWAltK . Tuesdat . —A Treat for as _Actoh . —Jeremiah Clark , a young man , seventeen years of age , described as a sailor , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jeremy , charged with throwing an earthen ginger-beer bottle from the gallery of tlie Victoria Theatre at Mr . Fawcett Saville , while he was performing on thu Btage . Mr . Saville stated that on the preceding night , near the conclusion ofthe piece called Jack Shcppard , and while the performance was going forward , he at the time being the only person on the stage , was as near as possible being Struck on tlie head with a ginger-beer bottle . He was standing at the moment a sliort distance from the foot _, lights , and the bottle , which was thrown from the back part of the gallery , came so close to the side ofhis head that some ofthe liquid from thc bottle went over his face . He _sodded that the audience expressed their disapprobation of such a wanton act , and a genet al sllOUt being

      raised against the offender , in a short time afterwards the defendant was taken out of the gallery and given into custody . The bottle was here produced unbroken . David Blake , a youth , was then called , and he stated that on the preceding _night be was in tbe gallery of tbe Victoria Theatre to witness the plaj of Jdijfc Sheppard , that while the performance was going forward he heard the defendant , who was sitting within two seats of him , frequently hiss , especially when Mr . Saville ( the Jack Slieppard ) made his appearance on ihe stage . At length , when the piece had nearly concluded , and tho hero ofthe drama was about to meet the fate which awaited him , he ( witness ) distinctly heard the defendant hiss with all his might , and then saw him snatch up a ginger-beer bottle , which appeared to be at his feet , and standing up , threw it with all his force straight at Mr . Saville onthe stage . Atthe moment he flung the bottle the defendant made use of an indecent expression , and then resumed his seat amidst thc execrations of those who witnessed thc

      transaction , and who railed out for the police . The constable who attended tho theatre , stated that on being apprised of what had taken place , he went up into the gallery , and the defendant w . _ts pointed out to him as the man who had thrown the ginger-beer bottle on the stage . He desired the defendant to accompany him , but he refused with an oath , and when he ( the constable ) went to take him out by force , be saw bim drop two otlier gingerbeer bottles , similar to tlie one thrown on the stage , on the floor ofthe gallery . The constable added that the defendant made a very determined resistance , although perfectly sober , and continued throughout to assert his innocence of tbe alleged act—Mr . Jeremy ( to the defendant ) _: Tliis is a very serious charge . What have you to say ; the witnesses speak positively aa to the fact of your being the man !—Defendant said a man sitting next to him had thrown the bottle , and he was mistaken for

      that petson . —JMr . Jeremy asked tho defendant what he was , aud where he lived!—The answer was , that he had been an apprentice on board the Spring , bvlonging to North Shields , but that vessel having sailed without him , hc had been about London living with his friends at Camden Town , until she returned . He added , that he wanted to see Jack _Sheppurd , and that was tho reason he came to this side of the water , but he did not go there with the intention of doing any person an injury . —Mr . Jeremy said that an assault of the very worst kind had been proved against the defendant . He ( the magistrate ) did not think lie would be doing his duty in protecting the public from such acts , if he did not inflict the full penalty thc law allowed , namely , £ 5 , on the defendant , and that in default of paying it , he should sentence hiin to two months' imprisonment . The defendant , not having the means of paying the line , w-as accordingly sent to gaol .

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      Fatal Accident ox the River . —On Friday afternoon , between two and three o ' clock , a young man named ltichard Lambert , whilst practising in a boat preparatory to rowing a wager , lost his hold of one ol the sculls , winch , fell Into thc water near the Thames police-statiou , and in leaning over to reach it , thc boat overbalanced , and tbe unfortunate young man became immersed In the stream . Although the accident was observed by numbers on both sides of the shore , and boats instantly put off , tlie poor fellow could not be recovered . Lambert was in liis twentyiirst year , and had been married but a few weeks . The body has not yet been found .

      The _ILu . F-1 'AnT or the Bodv " of a . Max _touxd is tiie _Kiver . —On Friday an inquest was held at the Queen ' s Head , lligh-sirect , Poplar , on the partial remains ofthe body of a young man , apparently between sixteen and twenty years of age . The portion of the body was picked up yesterday morning floating from the river into the West India Docks . The body was immediately removed to the bonehouse . Mr . Bain , surgeon , of Brunswick-terrace , said he had examined the body . lie found tliat the whole upper portion of the body had been eaten away , including the head , shoulders , chest , and the lower extremities . Tliere were neither legs or tliies attached to the body , and the body had evidently , from its decomposed situation , been in the water for some months . Verdict Found Drowned .

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      THE CONTRAST TO THE ANDOVER CASE . Contemporaneously almost with the inquiry at Andover into the conduct of the master of the workhouse tbere , Mr . Parker was engaged in prosecuting charges against the master of the Hungerford Union . But the two cases appear to differ exceedingly , the one being accused of starehtg and ill-treating the paupers , and tue _otuer of OVER _FEEDIJTG them , and treating _themxcitli _toomxtch kindness . It appears that Mr . Ayres , who had been master from the formation of the union , upwards of ten years , during which time no complaints were ever made of his conduct in any respect by any person , to his utter astonishment on the 29 th of July last received thc following letter and enclosure : — _IHgbgate , Jul y 23 , _1 S 45 .

      Sir , —In transmitting to you a copy of certain charges against you , I desire to acquaint you that I have received instructions from the Poor Law Commissioners to make inquirv concerning the matters referred to , and to report to tliem the result . In obedience to such instructions , I have made arrangements to commence the inquiry at the workhouse at Lambourne at ten o ' clock in the forenoon of Thursday , the 7 th of August . I am . Sir , vour obedient servant , * H . W . I _' ABKEK , Assistant Poor L : iw Commissioner . Mr . Ayres . ( Enclosure . ) (• • _J . U _' GES , & C . 1 . The food consumed in the workhouse , and the account rendered . .. f _ihiit consumption , tu be satisfactorily explained . Th _> _contractors to be examined , and their bills and books produced . . The same as regards the _clothing of the paupers . ' . ' . . *

      - ' . Ihe manner m which tlie accounts are kept by all the servants of the llllion ,- ; tl « . _* ii * salaries and other payment * , particularly those , tottie master oftlie worUhouaS ior con *

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      veyance of prisoners , and the number of days occupied therein . 3 . As to the management of the distri butions of the daily rations to the inmates of the workhouse . How their own clothes are taken eare of , and what returned to them when they leave the house . Who attends at the hours of meals . 4 . The number of children belonging to the master aud matron of tbe liuuso that have been and are residents in the house , the state of such residence , and how supported . 5 . The general conduct of the master and other servants of the union to the inmates of the houso . When Mr . Parker was at Andover , ho Biadegro . it complaints about the vagueness of tho charges brought against his client , _M'Doiigul ; the above document is a fine specimen of legal perspicuity . He seems to haro been sensible ofthis , for he did not attempt to go further into the charges than to "ascertain" that the mas : erhad given away too much bread , and was generally too liberal iii his distribution of the rations , li will be recollected _... _,.

      that one of the witnesses examined at Andover bore testimony to the kind treatment she received when at Hungerford , as contrasted with that she experienced under M'Dougal . On tho 7 th and 14 th of August Mr . Parker attended and examined the chaplain , the medical officer , the nurses , and some of the inmates ; indeed all such wit . nesses as he thought proper ; and , as far as I have been able to learn , no act . of cruelty , neglect , or immorality Wis proved against the master , or attempted to bo proved bj any of the witnesses . Indeed , I am told , in answer to _ques-ionsputby Mr . Halcomb , tha chairman , aiid othor guardians , Mr . Parker stated that tlie fault with which the _charged Mr . Ayres was giving tho pnupers too much bread , thus giving away property which did uot belong to him . The board of guardians not hearing anything from Mr . Parker in the mean time , on the 3 rd of September last passed the following resolutions : —

      That , in future , on thc master leaving thc workhouse to transact any busiucss for the union , he be roquired to return as soon as he shall have _trinsacted such business . It appearing by Mr . Ayres ' s " Provision Check Receipt and Consumption Rook , " that 4 _S 7 gallons of bread had been consumed in the workhouse iu excess of the legally authorised consumption of bread during the quarter ending 21 st of December , 1844 . it was resolved that a special meeting of the guardians of this union be held on Monday , tho 15 th of September , at eleven o ' clock , at the boardroom , and that Mr . Ayres be required to attend on _tliut day to explain the excess . ill * . J . A . Williams , having made a statement to the board that Mr . Ayres had used threatening and abusive language towards Mr . Palmer , a ratepayer of Lambourn , and ilr . Ayres having admitted the fact , but urged some extenuating circumstances , ordered , that he be required to prove such circumstances at the special meeting on the 15 th inst ., and that Air . Palmer be requested to attend at the same time to substantiate his charge .

      Mr . Ayres had ingeniously admitted that ho had been liberal to tlte paupers with the bread , but denied that he was guilty of auy Improper conduct . Ho also stated that the excess of bread was overrated , there being upwards of 150 gallons to his credit not allowed for . The guardians , at their special meeting on the 15 th of September , passed the following resolutions : —¦ That this board is of opinion the governor of the workhouse be reprimanded for his carelessness in the consumption of bread , and that he be ordered to be more vigilant and careful in future . That ilr . Palmer not attending as requested , tho board having heard Mr . Ayres ' s statement and his witnesses , full / excuse the language ilr . Ayres admitted having used to Mr . Palmer , and altogether reject the charges Mr . Palmer made against Mr . Ayres . "

      It was now supposed that the matter was settled , nothing of a serious nature having been proved against tho master ; but on the 17 th of September Mr . Ayres received from Somerset-house a formal letter of dismissal , signed "George Sicholls" aud "Edmund W . Head , " giving no other reason than that they " deemed him unfit for the office ; " a communication which was as _astounding to the majority of the board a % it was to the master himself . At a subsequent board meotingMr . Parker was present , and was asked if any charge of dishonesty was proved against the master ? "Ho , " he replied , " but he has not conformed to the dietary regulations ; ho has _given away to the paupers the property ofthe union , which did hot belong to him . " - The chairman and most of the guardians ( all , except four persons , I believe , ) voted in favour of Mr . Ayres being retained , and expressed their surprise at his dismiss . il and the alleged grounds for it .

      Mr . Parker asked Mr . Ayres if he would give in his wife ' s resignation of the office of matron , which he refused to do . Un then said that he would give her notice to leave . Mr . Ayres inquired why ? "Was she unlit to be matron 1 Sir . _Plirkl'l' replied , — " No j but I shall not keep her here , JMr . Ayres then pointed out to Mr . Parker how many years he had held the office of master without a complaint being made against him ; that the provision-book had been examined and signed every week by tlic clerk ; that tlie committee of accounts had passed it every quarter ; that a quarterly sheet was sent to the commissioners ; thatthe auditor had passed the accounts , and that Mr . Parker himself ought to have checked him because he was doing wrong ; but the fact was hehad not visited the liouse or inspected the accounts and books . Mv . Parker was very angry at all this , and told Mr . Ayres that he ought not to try to get other people into trouble . He said , however , that he should have dismissed the auditor had he not resigned .

      Mr . Ayres has been invited by some of the ratepayers at Andover-to put up for the vacant office there . He mentioned this to Jfr . Furker , who told him the Poor Law Commissioners would uot sanction his appointment ; besides , it was of no use to try , as there was a great favourite in the field already . Up to the day on wliich Mr . Ayres received the first letter from Mr . Parker , dated the 28 th of July , lie was totally unaware that there was any charge against hhn ; but it appears that the Rev . J . Sloper , curate of W " cst Woodhay , whose name was familiar with the public a few years ago in connexion with some very peculiar circumstances , had been holding a private correspondence with the commissioners , upon the authority of which Mr . Parker was directed to act . In justice to Mr . Ayres , the board and himself applied for a copy of that secret correspondence by which he was assailed , but it WHS refused , as was ai 3 o any statement of the specific grounds of his dismissal .

      I understand that tlie inmates exceedingly regret it , and were nearly all iu tears on the day he left . On this most _riianieful exercise of authority , for being too good to tlie poor , the _Timea well observes . — We know not whether it may be considered as a compliment or otherwise , but it seems to be the fact , that the Poor Law Commisioners , when they have any unusually dirty work on hand , select Mr . Parker as . the assistant best qualifie d for doing it . This person seems to be engaged as a sort of Mephistophelcs in ordinary to the infernal powers at Somerset-house , and ho is apparently regarded us the confidential agent for carrying out the evil principle of the Poor Law in all its most atrocious severity . He seems to have had two black jobs on hand for his masters almost at the same time ; for he has scarcely concluded the affair in which hc has heen

      engaged at Andover , when we find him mixed up m another very disgraceful business at _Itangerford . The particulars of the former case hare already nauseated the public , and it is not necessary to refer to them just now , except for the purpose of showing that "Parker at Hungerford has beeu a creature perfectly consistent with the l ' arker who rendered himself notorious at Andover . In the latter place he was employed as the tool of the Commissioners to Stifle inquiry into the atrocities ofthe Poor Law , and to defend to the utmost tho miserable delinquent to whom the system hud afforded opportunities for peculation and depravity . The master of the Andover Union had earned his right to the patronage of Somersethonse by pushing the starvation principle to its utmost limits . A man who could succeed in getting something for himself out of the stinted dietary of the paupers was a

      treasure to the Poor Law Commissioners , who recognized in M'Dougal a parochial genius , who might almost have got blood out of a stone , and who certainly achieved the analogous task of extracting sympathy from the hearts ofthe Commissioners . It was only when they found tlieir own unpopularity , if possible , on the increase through tlieir identification with tlieir protege , that , with the selfishness which is the grand essence _ofthe principle they represent , they uncerimoniously threw him overboard . The Commissioners are like the brute who takes affectionate care of its young till in want of a meal , when it does not scruple to devour them . _M'Doug _!* . was defended as long as it served the P'irpOSe Of tilB Commissioners to befrieud him , but when it was no longer their interest to espouse his cause he was unhesitatingly sacrificed .

      The Hungerford case , in which Mr . Parker has lately been engaged , though in some degree affording a contrast to the Andoreraflair , presents the Assistant-Commissioner in the same light in which he has always been seennamely , as the active and entrgetic supporter of the Poor Law in all its most revolting features . At Andover he became the advocate of the master ofthe utiion , who had robbed the paupers of part of their scanty allowance Of food ; and at Hungerford he oppresses the master of the union , who had exceeded the quantity of provisions prescribed for thc inmates of the workhouse . In the latter case the officer has been summarily dismissed from his situation by the authorities at Somerset-house , after an inquiry by the guardians , who acquitted him Of every charge brought against him , except that of having acted with too much kindness to the paupers , in giving them occasionally more food than the Poor Law allowed them . Robbing the inmates of the Andover Union ' of their allowance was only doing the work of the Commissioners

      at a somewhat quicker rate than tltey would have done it themselves , and the offence was regarded at Somersethouse as an excess of zeal , which merited applause rather than punishment ; and Mr . Parker certainly did all he could to let M'Dougal fed that his conduct had been appreciated at head quarters . For Hie master ofthe Huugtrfoid Union , who gave the paupers niore food than the law strictly allowed , nothing short of summary dismissal _has'been considered adequate punishment . It has been found necessary to impress on his mind , ns well as on the minds of others who might be betrayed iuto acts of humanity hy his dangerous example that a Poor Law V * nioii is not the place in which persons in authority arc to give way to benevolent Impulses . A few ounces more bread thau t ) , * _rcguJaiion dit-tarv prescribes may , it is feared , pamper pauperism to an alai _* mi ., < - extent , and is certainl y calculated tu iutetfere with the principle assented to by two of the bishops , that if a labourer out of the workhouse is in a condition just above starvation , thc panptr in ths workhouse should be _rcduc-d o

      The Contrast To The Andover Case. Contem...

      starva tion point , in order to make the position of the loiter worso than that of thc former . It seems that bread is , after all , the only article ofwhich the master of tlie Hungerford Union has boen prodigal , and yet tho distribution of a few additional gallons of this first necessary of life has been made the ground for depriving him of his emp loyment . Little acts of oppression ag . _iinsi paupers have before now been made the ground ot mere _warninga and reprimands to the guilty parties ; but a piece of humanity is thought so utterly out of character in a master of a workhouse uuder tlio _presmt Poor Law , that he is dismissed , lest he infect tho whole class with his dangerous tendency to benevolence . Mr . Ayres , the late master , and filled his situation for upwards of ten years , and declares himself ready to bring forward " a host of influential gentlemen to speak to his character . " _..:.. _„ _.: „ . _. „ _.,,. « ,. „„¦; _,, „„ _. ? t

      M'Dougal , whose crime was alleged to be that of robbing the pour had at least thc opportunity of vindicating himself ( roin thecharge ; but the master ofthe _Uungnrford Union has no mercy shown him . Peculation may be excused , and minimizing the food of the poor may be patronized , _buj the oilt -nco of adding to the legal allowance is so rank in tho eyes of the Commissioners , that they will hear no defence from the official who is suspected of having committed it . Even a mere pvoneness to err on the side of humanity is at once regarded as a disqualification to the master of a Poor Law union , lie might filch from the provisions , pursue tho female paupers with licentious advances , give way to habits of intoxication , and yet be worthy of the confidence ofthe guardians ; but the mail who could distribute more than the legal quantity of bread is at once disqualified for holding office uuder the present Poor Law .

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      STILL MORE OP TIIL * ANDOVBU _UNION . DISMISSAL OF THU MEW 141 STEU . Andover , Oct . 11 . This being board-day , every body was an . _xiour _f to know what the guardians would do with respect to Price , the new master , recommended to them by Mr . Assistant-Commissioner Parker , after the disclosures which had come to their knowledge ofhis previous conduct and character in similar situations . Tho chair was taken _posj-ssion of by the Rev . G . W . Smythe , who appears to be most desirous of becoming the successor in tbat seat of his rev . colleague , ilr . Dodson .

      The clerk read a letter from the Poor Law Commissioners , in which they stated that they were not aware of tho previous conduct and character of Price , or they would not have sanctioned his recommendation . They admitted that one of their assistant-commissioners , Mr . Austin , was sent down to Oxford some time ago to inquire into tho conduct of the master there , and that he had forwarded to them an official report , which they had not examined until the present time , having understood , at the period of Mr , Austin ' s inquiry , that as soon as it commenced the master resigned , and that therefore the cliarges against him wero not investigated , and required no further notice . Mr . _A-. sistant-Commissioner Parker had written a similar explanation , saying he had lieard that Price had resigned because he wished to leave his situation lit Oxford , and not because ot any charges being brought against him connected with his conduct in his situation there ;

      I give the purport ofthe explanatory passages of tliese letters , as I have been able to collect it from good authority ; but I should hare preferred publishing the letters at length . A majority ofthe guardians , however , persist ia excluding reporters , and endeavour by all meaus they can use , and even by threats of hruto force , to prevent the disclosuse of the most trivial circumstances . 1 ' or this conduct their board has been aptly designated by one of _theratepayersj "The Andoverianinquisition . "' Jtr , Lamb , the clerk to the union , is prohibited from giving copies of documents , or allowing them to be taken ,, if not by a formal order , at luust by demonstrations of opinion , wliich are equally significant and effective . In this instance it would have been but an act of justice to publish the letters of the commissioners in exlenso ; aud they have to thank their Audoverian friends for being deprived of that act of justice ,

      But I cannot BUft ' ev the extraordinary explanations , of which I give you the substance , to pass without a . remark or two . Tho fact , which they admit , that they had deemed it necessary to send down Mr . Austin to inquire into certain cliarges against thisperson , although au cutire investigation ot" them might have been evaded by a resignation , ought at least to have induced them to consult tlie report sent up by their official investigator- before they recommended him , or sanctioned his recommendation as master of the Andover Union . _ISut do the commissioners never read the public newspapers T _KSQl'Ij illl the facts 1 b that case were brought out at first by the Oxford board of guardians , and publh _. hed iu tho local papers . Besides which , it was in consequence of the official report ofthe board of the evidence taken by them in the case buing seut to- tlie commissioners , that they

      sunt down Mr .. Austin to institute an inquiry _^ which inquiry he carried on for some days , examining , several witnesses , and stopping only inconsequence ofa coroner ' s jury having passed a severe censure upon Price for neglecting a pauper who was found dead in the house .. This serious censure induced M'r . Austin to pause for the purpose of making a special report to the Poor Law Commissioners , While the guardians were waiting to know what the commissioners would do , Price prudently , resigned . Is it possible to reconcile-these circumstances with their professed ignorance ofthe man ' s former career at Oxford ! Can they affirm that they , never heard of his doings at Farringdon , and how he was burnt in _eBlgy there ? . Did they never hear of the workhouse at Lambourne , and the reputation that individual earned there » "ffas-that

      individual right or wrong in . saying that ho had . been " jobbing about for the commissioners ? " Lastly , was he not at Southampton before he was transferred to Andover 1 And what was he doing there ! . Ilis own statement to the guardians this day , when endeavouring to show them that his coming to Andover was a great misfortune , was this : —lie said that he was engaged in organising a district union scliool for the boys belonging tothe various unions ; for this purpose a hulk was to be sent down nnd moored oil' somewhere between Portsmouth and Southampton , on board which all . ihe union boys were to be shipped , and there they , were to be kept and educated . Sinctf tlie inquiry a t Andorci ' i _hoirorur , Sir _Jiimos-Graliam , whose plan hc understood it was , had altered his mind , und " knocked it all on the head ; " so that now he had lost both masterships .

      Price ' s statement of the effect with regard to Andover is undoubtedly true , for in their letter received this muni _, ing the Poor Law Commissioners reeoniineuded . that he should be forthwith dismissed . Mr . II . Mundy . proposed a resolution in accordance with that recommendation , but it was opposed by a majority of . the guasdians , on thegi-oundth . it the election of a new master would take place next Saturday , and Price would be retained only a week ; and also because they " would not be dictated to by the commissioners . " _Ileally the behaviour of these guardians is most consistent in one respect . They are not to be beaten out ofa wrong course either b y the expression of public opinion or the mandates oftlie commissioners . The majority are as sensible , and therefore us obstinate , as the pigs they rear . Price , therefore * , . will remain until next Saturday , when a new master will bo elected . There are upwards of thirty candidates for the office .

      The affairs between tbe union and M'Dougal are not yet closed . Friday is the day appointed for winding up the accounts . 1 understand that another , letter from the commissioners was read yesterday , stating that they had consulted their solicitor , who wero ot opinion thai as far as the evidence has gone no charge of embezzlement could be legally proved before a jury . This is nothing new ; it was pointed out to Mr . "Westlake by his friends when the trap-was laid to make him pv . osecute an indictment . The usual technicalities and requirements of a trial before a judge and jury could not he complied with under the circumstances .

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      MORE OT TIIE BO _\ E-GKAAVIX & ABOMINATION . I havo talcen tlie following additional evidence with respect to the bono-crusliing : — Peter Alder , aged sixty three . —I am a labouring man . I came out of the workhouse about March last . I was three months there that time , and four months during the winter before . I was employed- in bone-crushing nearly thewliole time I was there . These were all sorts of bones mixed together . I have seen the men gnaw off the flesh and gristle . Ihave also _^ een them pick the marrow out and eat it . I have done thc same . The bones generally were stale and bad ; they stank very much ; we could ) hardly bear the smell sometimes . AVe smoked tobaccoto Keep off- ; _j .. itencli . The offal and marrow were so . bad that a pmon out of tlic house would not eat them . i didn't mean that ifhe had a bellyful , but if he had half a bellyful . Hunger was too sharp for the people ; they liad not food enough . We could not sleep at night for hunger . I did not get half enough to eat . I have seen the- men

      quarrel about the possession oftlie bones . I remember Samuel Green and John Wells fighting for a bone . I and others complained of not having victuals enough to some of the visiting guardians , but got no redress . Mr . Poor told us we had skilly in the mornings , whieh we did not get until he became a guardian . I consider honebreaking very hard work , as hard ns thrashing ; ay , harder than thrashing . I have seen human bones among the cattle bones , such as leg bones and others . I remember Cole dying in thc place which used to be called the dead-house , " next the _bone-crusliirig room . Mr . l'arker did not scud forme to examine mc about the hones , but I was one of the men who were called out about them by-Mr . Hugh Mundy and others who visited the liouse some time back . 1 was entitled to beer and tea b y my age , but never had any , —except half-a-pint when I was loading houe-dust away . This witness confirmed the statement about the withholding of the beef allowances on the day before _Christmas-d _.-iy last .

      Charles Archer . —I am a hawker . I have collected bones and sold thein to the late master of the union WOl'K ' _- _ho'jsis several _tiuiest . I go nbout collecting bones of all kinds , and then sell them , two or three hundred weight at a time ; sometimes half a hundred weight . I have had 5 s . fid ., 5 s ., 4 s . 9 d ., and 4 s . Cd . per cwt . I havo had human bones brought to me by children , but I did not buy them . I have sold horse bones to the workhouse . When I have _delivered bones I have seen the men conic and crave for marrowbuues , and take them away . The - j 0 _ttCg _woy „ generally in ; i bad state , and smelt so that I could _ln-vdly bear it _^ inywlf . As soon as I got home I washed my cart out . 1 did no . think some of tliem fit for a " Chris * ian " to break , much less to eat . _ITannali Mason has come to my house at diftevent tunes , aud lodged there six months . She sail often that she wa * all but starved to death in the house and sue wouldbe very sorry to see my children there , -Sho _su . d she would be g ! a if t or _„„„

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      would tako lier out of the houso . She would do anything sooner than too there . William Walter , aged _C 2 . —I left the workhouse on tha 7 th of November last , having _buen there just two years to a day . I went in through distress , having beeu out of work a long time . While I was in tho liouse I worked at bone-crushing n good deal , I liave seen the men gnaw the bones , and pick the marrow out of them . I have done so myself . Some were fresher than others , some stank very badly . I remember the horse bones whieh came from Mr . Northeast . They wore very nasty , and stank " miserable" after the stuff came to be heated . I picked tlie bones for want of enough victuals . Tliey _.. _^' . ui , a , ni , tnfih . hllim . She would do anvthin-r

      were uot fit for food , but we were glad to pick them . We had not half enough to eat ; the men were always complaining of it . _Uoiie-ci-usbing I consider vory hard work . I saw somo human bones among tho rest at one time . They powdered as soon as they were touched . We could almost squeeze * them to dust with our fingers . It was said they came from the churchyard . Somo ofthe men used to compluin that the victuals they had were not enough to support them . The master said he knew it , but could not go beyond his orders , Cole ami Ashton _diid in the dead-house , next to the bone-house . I was over 00 before 1 left tho house / but did not get my allowance of beer , which I ought to havo hud .

      The last named makes twenty-four persons whom I have examined _^ respecting the abominations of the bonecrushing business , and I havo a list of thirty-four others who can give similar tistimony . Tho practice is still carried on , and , as the winter is nppi oaching , and there will bo less demand for labourers , many who have been out ofthe woi _* kh * use for a few months will be compelled to return to this disgusting occupation : aud most probably must have recourse to the same disgusting means of mitigating the pangs of hunger .

      Cranes'' Flflobtments

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      Umted Trades Association.—A Meeting Of T...

      Umted Trades Association . —A meeting of the central committee of the abovc body was held at tlieir office , 30 , Hyilc-street , Llooinsbury , on Monday , October 13 th , _* Tlioni » s Slingsby Duncombe , M . P ., in tbe chair ; every member of the connnitteo was at Lis post . Letters were reaJ of a highly flattering description from thc trades of Norwich ; from tho _building trades of Birkenhead ; from the Coal Miners of Newcastle ; from the Hydraulic Pressors and the Makers-up of Manchester * . froni the _l'lastoi'Oi'S of Deptford ; . anil from the Paper Stainers and Bricklayers of London . The following trades also sent in their adhesion to the association by letter : —the Joiners of Birkenhead ; the llopemakers of Liverpool * . thc Shoemakers of . Derby ; the Framework Knitters of Leicestershire , and the Bricklayers of Liverpool . A delegate from the

      Shoemakers of Cliesham , Bucks , was present at the meeting , who stated-that the truck system prevailed to a considerable extent in that town ; . that thc Shoemakers had hold ' a public meeting , and that lie was deputed to gain information with a view to * their joining the great Trades movement . A communication was made from Manchester to the effect that a district of the United Trades Association wns formed in that town , and that others were in tho course of formation in its suburbs . A letter from the city of Bath was read , stating that the Cabinet Makers , Upholsterers , and Gilders , hail resolved upon calling a public meeting of thc trades of that city , and that the co-operation of the trades ot Bristol was expected by delegation . The committee resolved that Mr . John Skelton , the lecturer , should leave London for his tour in thc north , on Tuesday next , October the 22 nd .

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      _Mlaxcholvk Dbatii op Mr . _Ba-sevi , the . Ancnitect . —It gives us great pain to have to-record thc death of George Basevi ,. Esq ., thc eminent architect , which happened on Thursday morning , at Ely , under the following circumstances ;—It appears tliat the Dean of Ely ( Dr . Peacock ); and one of the Minor Canons oftlie Cathedral , were inspecting the restora tions now being made in the interior of the great western tower , attended by Mr . Bascvi , _wlion the last named and ill-fated gentleman , in stepping back the better to make an observation , fell through an opening of thc floor of the bell-chamber into tho story next below , a distance of about forty feet ,, and was killed on the spot . __ Thc body was removed' to the Deanery , where an inquest was held in the course of the day before Win . Marshall , Esq ,, _wllCJia * _YCi'dict of " Accidental Death" was returned .

      Death of Jacksos , ran Pugilist . — rhis- celebrated character died , in his 77 th year ,, on Tuesday , at his residence , 4 , Lower Grosvcnor-strcet * West . An attack of paralysis waa the immediate canse of his ( Icatll . Ml ' . Jacksoii Was born in London , and was tho son oftlie eminent builder by whom tho arch was thrown over the old Fleet diteh . __ Mr . Jaekson , soon after defeating _Memlozu , established a-school at 13 , Bond-street , not only forgiving lessons to his numerous pupils , but for the introduction of . such men as had either distinguished themselves- in combat or were desirous of seeking fame in the pugilistic arena . Ho received the encouragement of the Dukes of York and Clarence ( William IV . ) , tho - Duke of Q , ueensberry , Earls Albemarle and Sel ' ton , -Marquis of Worcester ( tho present Duke of _Beaufort ) , Marquis of Twocilale , Lords Byron , Craven , Somerviile , Barrymoro , Pomfrct , and Kite . Sir W . W \ Wynn ,

      Colonel Berkeley ( now Earl Fitzhiirdingo ) , Mr . Harvey Combe , & c . After the coronation ofi George IV ., at which Mr . Jackson and seventeen of the most distinguished prizefighters of thc day . were employed , dressed as pages , to guard the entrance of Westminster llall and Abbey , which they did most effectively , ho retired from public life , remaining still , however , the frequent companion of noblemen and gentlemen who felt desirous of maintaining the old national sport of boxing , and who , through him , distributed those rewards- which the conduct of thc _exhibitants deserved . As . a private associate and "boon companion" his company was courted by men ofdistinetion , Mr .. Jackson was a man of great benevolence , proved by his charitable acts . In manners' he was unassuming , and in language and demeanour a gentleman . lie-lived and died in easy circumstances , and his property will be inherited by his niece , his constant attendant . —Globe .

      Halifax . —Onn Fellows' _Di-iseu . —On Saturday _lasc , October llth , at thehouse of Mr . Joseph Ibbcrson , thc Golden Lion Inn , Cheapside , Halifax , Lodge No . _1 C 3 ( the Widows' Repose ) , of the Boltpn United Ancient _0- 'der of Odd Fellows , twenty-eight brothers sat down to dinner . After transacting the usual business , the evening was spent in social conviviality , and the _company broke up in good order . THE STEAM TIMES AND RAILWAY GLOBE ( size oftlie Double Times ) , price Oil . stamped , is published every Tuesday , Thursday , and Saturday morning , at six o'clock , iii time for the early Mails . Very valuable and exclusive channels of Railway information are open to this Journal , which contains the closing prices of the previous day ' s .. Slums Market in all the great Commercial Towns of England , with the latest Reports of Railway Meotihgs , & e . No . 1 , of Saturday next , October 18 th , will contain a Supplement .. Office for Advertisements ,. 2 S 2 , Strand , London ,,

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      ORIGINAL MUSICAL . EVENINGS , With the _Ueautiful Songs of THE CELEBRATED _BliUtfA COOK . Mil ; and the MISSES FUA 2 J 2 U , the Scottish Vocal-. ists , and original Illustrators of Scottish Sonc , will give Evenings with the beautiful . and instructive Lyrics of the above popular writer , on Friday ,, the 17 th ; Saturday , the 18 th ; and Tuesday , the 21 st-inst ., in the City of London . Lecture Theatre , Milton-street ( now beautifully fitted up for their use ); in tho City of Westminster Literarv Institute , on Wednesday , the 22 nd ; and in the National llall , High Holborn , on Thursday , the 23 rd ins t . Admission 2 s ., Is ., and Cd .

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      ROYAL _MARYXsEBQNE THEATRE . Lessee , Ms . Jioun _LoucLis . RE-ENGAGEMENT of Mr . and Mrs . It . Honner for threo nights move . Iii consequence of tho crowded state ef the Theatre , and the immense applause bestowed on the drama of _OMYBft TWIST , it will be repeated on Monday , Tuesday , and Thursday , at half price . Pagan Mr . It Honner Oliver Twist , Mrs . It . Honner ; their original characters . Mr . John Douglas will appear on _wT _™ i'J _^ ' and Satur () ay , in the drama of the _BEVT _11 SHIP , Mrs . Caudle ' s Last Curtain Lecture on Tuesday , and return of her thanks for the UW . il patronage bestowed upon Iter during her stay at the

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      THEATRE _ItOYAL . MARYT . mmwp .

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      of _thoZ _^ rr laSt ' faTOUrltc »» utical drama Ol UlD JJeath . & lup was re- _* lv « a , for thc _fii-sl- imii »„„„ .. this season of Mr . John Dou-L al . f a PP «» M na-er ami lo « r „ T _w ° u 0 _* _- > ss , the enterprising _ma-ItoxldeTL - V _"I * SrCCted on ais _«•«« bv a course ofthe piece he introduced _InV _^ _S-f ? , U , e ' -v . in . ic hornpipe , ami a better _-oiew nf „ , Ieb ted Pa _« to _" _never witnessed The pa 0 i _* man ° u _™ T _™ _° llave applause . Mr . Douglass is a , vo _, n thmim ° Cooke , and , since thc retire , Sent 0 J _? , T 0880 ' ' ° " P _' cliledly the best representative nf « . g ( mtlemai _*> _dc-Jackl ' ar on the English st . ! t , e ho _»«' and _gnllant ported by Mr . Ilayncr _, as Un _yliJJ _* J **™ ' a l su l' vllle , _as-e-wc _* . siy , a _Yiml-,. _1 * « _* Jrm * _<™ t ! Mr , Ne . _"> _A - ¦ _nte _, as Lxiey Laurel—all

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      played adniirablv .- The piece was well put ou the stage _, the dresses wWapptopriate , and tho scenery really good , At the concliiiioii , Sir , _froiigla _.-s announced tho piee ' e for rendition amidst _refloated . plaudits . played admirably . * The piece was well put ou the stage .

      _KIIINCESS'S THEATIIE . _Re-appeaiiakce or 3 lr _/ _if-JcliEADy . —There was a terrific crush on Monday n % _li-i to obtain entrance iuto the Princess ' s Theatre to welcome Mr . Macrcady . Long before the doors were opened ait eager crowd besieged them , and when the portals were thrown' feck people had literally to fight their way up the lo » _g ,- ftarroW , sind inconvenient lane which forms the common _jhisSage to both boxes and pit from the entrance in 0 . xford « 3 trect . When half-way up this defile , many took fright , and despairing of effecting an ingress , tumid back , and _strug-jll'd frantiely to retrace their steps , a procedure which cstfscd the most admired disorder . The whole theatre was craninicd by the first rush , and crowds went away disappointed . Certain it is that every nook and cranny oftlie house Was filled from which the most distant hope could be

      nourished of obtaining intermittent glimpses oi ' the stage . Thc play produced was Hamlet , tin * first scene of which was acted nearly in dumb Show . When , however , thc scene withdrew , and discovered Mr . Macrcady , the whole audience rose with one consent to welcome their favourite tragedian . The ladies waved tlieir bouquets and handkerchiefs , and the men , not content with the usual demonstration of clapping hands , raised repeated fires of those r % ht hearty and ringing cheers of welcome which the English so well know how to give , which are so inspiriting to hear and must be so gratifying to the recipient . For several minutes these sounds continued uninterruptedly , and then after a partial lull had induced the belief that silence and attention were about _to-assume their sway , renewetl'thunders told that tlieamliciiee had only paused togathei'strength fora fresh display .

      To enlarge upon a performance so well known to every playgoer as Mr . Maeready ' s impersonation «? tire melancholy and philosophic Prince of Denmark , would bo a tedious superfluity . Enough for us to state that he never played Hamlet with _mori * tire , with a display of nwre inexhaustible resources , with more art covered by tha sein . blance of perfect _spoiitaiwity . A very efficient company lias been formed to Support Ml ' . Mili'iundy . Afrs . _Tei-aa-i , late Miss Jarinun , _phlycil Gertrude , and ably acted up to Macreatly in the * line scene in the third act . Cooper was the Ghost ; Kyd & r was the King ; 0 . Fisher , a * young man of good figure and u very judicious speaker , was Horatio ; Compton _aitd _Oxk'l'i ' . v ( both excellent ) were the gr . ivediggcrs ; Grauby was _Tolonius ; and Miss Emma- Stanley was Ophelia . A beautiful scene has been painted * by Sir . JBevorley , representing the castle and tho moon-lit sea by Elsinore . Altogether , Jtr . Maddox has spared no pains to honour 111 ' . Mucreaily _' s velum to the metropolis in thc best lliatu ney possible .

      Wednesday evening was the second of Mr . Macrcad y ' s _posfesrmance , and another crowded audience was assembled to witness it . When he first appeared there was a repetition of that hearty cheering which greeted his return to the stage on Monday . The play was King hear , acted according to Shakspeare ' s version , as revived bv Mr . Macready , at Covent-garden , in the season of 1837-8 * . when Kahum Tate ' s modification was abolisJiid . Mi * . Macready _' s Lear is one of liis most impressive delineations . The means whereb y he prepares his effects , and unfolds the groundwork ofthe character , are not less-commendable than tliose more obvious displays of passion with wliich he draws down thunders ) of a " ll « plause . Ths aiv of imbecile fondness witlii whieh he

      totters down the stops of his throne to meet _' _liis most beloved daughter Cordelia , after he has more formall y given the two'Portions to his elder children , accounts ; as it were , for the indignation which her apparent coldness- creates . Tho < _jvieru \ ou & old « inii isiii a sensitive _alfeetioinite mood that will not bear checking j he receives a check ,, and is first shocked ,, then enraged . Ilis greeting of the fool ,, after the first suspicion of Goneril ' s neglect , is another preparation . Thu _iitiiiotiou with which he caresses him , the readiness with whicli he laughs at his pleasantries , Without seeming precisel y Jo understand them , appeared to proceed from an uneasy notion that he is clinging to thc only , being that remains faithful to him . When the ingratitude of .

      Gonerd is tully revealed hc is entntiiccd _. his mind can scarcely receive what his senses have admitted , and it is a _ib-la touch that he i : » w does not even hear the Fool , to WllOlll , « . fiw minutes before , hc listened with sueh forced eagerness . The curse upon Ooneril took the liouse by storm . It was a masterly picture of the struggle of a strong will to overcome the obstacles produced by physical infirmity : lie seemed afraid . lest li : s force should leave him before 111 ! Illlii Spoken _1 ' _Oe last words of wrath—to eke out hi _» - strengtli by a preternatural effort—that he might utter one eurse more . After the behaviour of Goncril , the jests of the Fool cease _to-pieasc him altogether , and lie passes them in mournful silence . The vacant countenance which in the _this-d act lie wears for some moments

      admirably prepares the transition from tlic torrent of rage and grief with whieh lib enters up _*> n the heath to thestato of insanity , and _this-is further elaborated by the clingingearnestness with which he attaches himself to the feigned maniac , Edgar , evincing a mysterious sympathy . Hut in the whole performance there was not a more subtle touch tlian the maimer in which the words " Do not abuse me" were given after the recognition of Cordelia . Waking for a moment from his insanity , he embraced her with a burst of affection . Then it seemed as though the brain had no longer power to retain the images presented , all the scene before liim seemed to fade aivay , anil the words just _ijuoteil marked the return to helpless imbecility . The agony _of-grief with which at the end hc brought on the dead Gordeliii i the anxiety with which _hcfiuitlassly watched for some sign of returning life , andthe despair with which he reclined on thc ground by her body , formed a worthy conclusion _to-this highly wrought and affecting representation . Tho applause of the audience at the conclusion was unbounded , and Mr . Macrcady was called before the curtain amid thc loudest acclamations .

      The play was respectably tilled . Mrs . Sterling played Cordelia with a great deal of feeling , and assumed " the appearance of death ( not a matter of course ) with excellent effect . EdgM' and Kant were acted with spirit by Messrs . AVallack and Cooper . Mr . C . Fisher looked well as Edmund ... The- fool , the faithful fool , was excellentl y weiijiia } _"ea _> by Miss Marshall . The talent she evinced was well appreciated , and has given us the hopes ofthis young lady one- day holding a very distinguished position in ihe _profession . Oil Friday evening , Mr . Mai-read y repeated his performance or Hamlet- to another crowded and equally enthusiastic audience .. On the alternate nights Wallack has been playing in Don Cwsar Ds _Bazan aud tho Brigand to crowded audiences .

      _KOTJATi PAraiON THEATRE On Thursus-y evening wo paid a visit to the Roval l _' aviliou Theatre . The house was crowded , . elicit Jl . An-. es ,. a " domestic drama , " appears to be a great card here , it " wo may judge by the vast number of persons who _nightl-v crowd to witness-its performance . The piece is from tho pen of Mr . i redenck A ' eale , and is put upon the stage remarkably well . The scenery , machinery , dresses , _A-e . arc ; excellent . It must be highly gratifying to thc author to know ot thu immense applause with which the piece was hailed throughout . The first-rate acting of Miss _Adelaide Cook , and tire rich droll humour of MiSS _I'Cttifur elicited warm applause . Messrs . Dale _. Burton , _.,, _„ ¦ HOWaril ' _* il'o admirably . sustained their respective characters . Mr . " Canheld , the _Anisriuan Sampson , shows some wonderful _fcata ot strength ; dut our space will not permit us to crifeise lus astonishing pertormanccs .

      M ? _Jfi \ _^ T _"" _^ _« _A" * , _" _' -0 » Friday evening , wo VUlted tins ¦ I _jMg ntfui place of entertainmen t , and ivcro happy to find a numerous and exceedingly _l-esne-t ' iMe audience present , who testified their approbation Jf ' the several entertainments by freuuent bursts of hearty applause . On entering , the establishment presents to the view ofthe visitor a remarkably li ght and ncilt auuea _* C ance ; _and-in addition to the fountains , scientific _-nodols paintings , steam engines , & c , there is the atmosulvvio railway , tne electric eels , the weighing machine , , procaenade concerts , & e . Mr . A . _Scdgnick abl y _prcsidwt over the musical , arrangements : his handling of ihe accor _^ _iau exhibited great professional skill , in fact , he all but ramie the instrument speak . A Miss l > alscr _' s _Wtom ? beyond a lpra . se ; and Sig . A . Guibelei _delightedTthe . company with the songs , " Hocked in the _cradleVf the : Y-e „ ¦ ¦

      aim _« ouiu i were a boy again . " Our _gallintrv will not _perilous to be silent as to Miss Pcarce , _alulv _wij c „ _rap-Ki _^ _fl _* « w iirs * -Ta * execution of the _^ Eeho song •' and also the « Hunter of Tyrol , " in each of which she wns _vociisrousl y encored The « x \ ew Zealand _Giijef _>> was _introiluced by a gentleman , who gave a _topo- ' ranhieal descnption of the islands , and -i n . ostTte"IS ht tpry of the country ; in the course of which So dwelt much on the fertility ofthe soil , its _produee-s Jh as « a , diiu iounu mere m abundance ; cavo a- _tirinFnni-nniif nt - Captain Cook ' s visit , as well as _oC-AttTw visited and traded there ; and _indWjK . i _, , 1 „ i « , " thatit was tlic very l _4 rspCCu ! _-, _« r ? , _S .. ' ( S h , 5 opiauu , ffif c g ; r" _^ rr _^ _sses ? l _^! ., _V ' -V ' ' 7 v ? u } sklll of any vast of tln > _irlnhn . The .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_18101845/page/8/