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HJtSSION HOUSE . . Fbidat . —Eight tut to "Put Swcjp ? Bows . 'Hannah Haines , wno was charged on Wednesday with taring Intended self-destruction , was brought up for reexamination . The defendant had mentioned upon her first examination somepardculars about her husband ' s lelatires , anfl the Lord Major directed that care should te taken ofler Dy the matron of the Compter . His lordship said he found the poor woman ' s statement was unexaggerated , and that she was really an object of compassion . -He handed her a sovereign , which , ^ he saidne had received for her , and desired her * **« * € * «««* with Mr . Goodman , and to call at the Mansion House on Monday next . The appearance of the defendant MS much altered for the better .
c < - „ .., ^ riciBs . — John Allen was J ^ S- ^ 5 S * S « - ^ attemptins to steLome cigars irom a casein * e shop of Mr . CatEn , tobacconist , ° f Hoggin-lane . As Mr . Thomas m Hiuns , shoemaker , was passing down HugginJane last nig ht , he saw four lads" stand whispering together . "He watched their movements , until at length lie saw the prisoner at the bar creep softly into Mr . Catlin g itiop , and put his hand into the cigar case . At thai' moment he seized him , and gave him into cuaody . The prisoner ' s defence -was , that he did not steal anything . He went into the shop to buy a pennyworth of tobacco . He was committed to Bridewell for three months .
A Tjitheb Robbed 3 T nis Son . —James lee , jun ., a dirty-looking boy , 14 years of age , -was brought in custody of pollceinaa SCO , charged with roubing Ms father of £ 3 in gold , and several articles of wearing apparel . The father , a very respectable-looking man , said he had given the prisoner as good an education as his circumstances would peimit Since he left school he had him to sleep in thesiwp . Hehadfrequently been robbed by him , but on promise of amendment he had as frequently forgiven liita . On one occasion he had taken £ 3 , and gone to Greenwich to spend it . This offence the father had looici over , and placed the son again in the shop . Some t * B days ago he'discovered the lock wrenched off -the doo r * a box broken open , and the wearing apparel it containjdi abstracted . The prisoner had absconded , and he had not seen him until he was brought home in Custody . The prisoner was remanded until AVednesday .
CLERKESWELl . Fbidat . — Case of Gbeat Bistbess . —Yesterday , Henry Gruffett , a man whose appearance bespoke great distress , applied for relief . —He stated that he was a native of Leeds , in Yorkshire , but had been in Toronto , in Canada , for the last eighteen' years . On the 20 th of October last he landed at Liverpool ^ and proceeded forthwith to Leeds for the purpose of seeing his father and mother , who lived there ; but on reaching-Leeds he found that they were both dead . Palling ill with some Old aSEOdateshe became intoxicated ; and was robbed of all he possessed . He was a storekeeper In Toronto , and had a wife and family there . He . wrote at once to his wife , stating his condition , and ] requested a remittance ; and , about ten davs ago , lie had received an answer from her ,
Stating that she would send him in a few days a sum sufficient to enable him to return , and would address the letter to the London Post-office . In Leeds , in order to Eupport TnmgpHj he was obliged to pawn the principal part of bis clothes ; and on arriving in London , three days ago , he was utterly destitute . —Mr . Combe : Why don't you apply to the parish ?—I did apply to Clcrkenwell workhouse , but they refused to give me any out-door relief ; thejvwould take me in . —Mr . Combe : And why did you not go in ?—I would die first . . I would rather endure anv suffering than go into such a filthy place as . their Etraw-yard . -Mr . Combe : How do you know whether it is filthy or not f—I was , unfortunately , obliged to take reiiigc in one on my way from , London to Leeds . —Mr . Combe ordered the poor fellow a trifle from the poorbox .
Assault . — John Walshe , an Irish mechanic , was charged with wounding James Tomluison , whereby Ids life was endangered . —The wounded man was conveyed from the hospital to the court yesterday ; his head was bandaged ; and he seemed pale ' and feeble . —The prisoner was fined' £ 5 or six weeksMinprisonment . —The prosecutor was conveyed back to the hospital . Satubdat . —Eftects of Dbixk . —An old seaman , named Church , was charged with being drunk and incapable . The poor fellow had received his pension , £ 3 4 s . ; yesterday , and having been Watched by some heartless , ari&l fellow , was induced to go and drink with Mm , and having , been drugged with liquor , was robbed of every penny he had . The old man was engaged in almost all the brilliant naval encounters from 1800 to 1816 , and received a ball iii the chest at the battle of Trafalgar : —Mr . Combe humanely discharged him . He lives with his daughter , 'a poor dressmaker , in Cleveland-street , Fitzroysqoare , and said lie feared that after the loss of the money she would nofreceive huh . ...
Tuesday . —The Jews in Tbouble . —On Monday Wiljnington-sqnareand itsneigiibourhpodwerefor somehours the scene of great excitement , in consequence of the ejection of a Jewish family , who , by their screams and shouts , attracted a mob of more flian 1 , 000 persons . So great was the uproar , and so serious did the matter at one time appear , thai a man on horseback was despatched to the Clerkenwejl police-station for a reinforcement of police Arising out of this affair , Mr . Solomon Lyons , a broker , residing in Gray * . sjnn-lane ; a ~ . Jew , was placed at the bar , charged with obstructing the * police in " theexecution of their duty , and irith'exciting , a mob against the police . Itappeare * dfemithe' > vidence , winch " was very , -voluminous , that a Jewish ; family ^ named ' Abrahams , have lived for a considerable time ' in Tysoe-street ,
Wilmington-Equare , and filling into large arrears of rent , they were served mitii " the usual notice to quit , which expired on Christraas ^ ye last ^ bjit the ' landlord , from motives of humanity , allowed the ' faroa / to occupy the louse until it "was let . Abrahams gave a writtenpromise that he would forthwith leave the * house when called upon . . The house having been let , " they were that morning called upon to evacuate , but " refused , " and " were ejected by force . The whole family , . ten in number , anil amongst them several smaU children , assembled in front of the door , set up a dismal wailing , and an immense mob was forthwith attracted , whose " sympathies were at once enlisted in favour of the helpless little ones . The landlord ' s men were the subjects of execration , and had it not been for the timely arrival of a body of policemen , serious results would have
ensned . The prisoner , who chanced to be passing , interfered on behalf of the ejectedfamily , and applied language of a very offensive nature towards the constables ; who , seeing that the encouragement of a respectable-looking mm was likely to inflame still more the passions of the already exasperated mob , took him into custody . The prisoner denied that he had used bad language towards the police , but admitted that he was much interested on ¦ behalf of his Jewish brethren , and that he knew nothing of the circumstances of the case , but accidentally mingled In the mob . —Mr . Combe said , if the police had been injured , he would undoubtedly have sent him to the House of Correction for a month without a fine ; he would , however , fine him ten shillings , or ten days' imprisonneat . The fine was naid at once .
BOW STREET . Satcbday . —FubiousDbivtng . —Tworespectably dressed persons , who gave their names as Phillips and Griffith , were brought up on a charge of being drunk and riotous while driving a chaise along Holborn the previous evening , about eleven o ' clock . They were driving in a reckless manner , to the danger of the passers by . Phillips , who offered no resistance to the interference of the constable , wasfinedas-forbeingdrunk . Griffith , whosaidhe was a surgeon , andhadgot drunk on account of having lost a . sum of money in a betting affair that day , was fined £ 5 , or one month's imprisonment , on account of his being the driver of the chaise ; and also having ' struck he police constable for attempting to stop the horse The fine sot being forthcoming , he vas lockedup .
Ficiso it Odt . —A young man , who had every appearance of being a regular adept in the art of pilfering , named Anderson , was charged by Mr . Spervier , clothes dealer in the Strand , with stealing a Tweed Chesterfield coat on the previous evening . The prosecutor saw him lake the coat , and shouted for flie police . -A constable was immediately in attendance , and running after the prisoner , ' seized him with the coat in his possession . Though thus caught in the act , the prisoner stoutly maintained that the constable had taken the wrong man ; and that he - - was : perfectly innocent of the charge . He was committed for trial .
Yoctbtdi , Depbavitt . —George Richards , a boy about twelve years of age , was charged with stealing a pair of socks from the shop of Mr . Hall , Holborn . — "William Pr « .-ball , > lio had . beeri at Mr . Hall's shop on business , deposed to seeing the prisoner and another boy at the shop door , from which he saw them take each a pair of Eoclis . - He told the shopman , who went out afte : *! iem , a , i . i ttv £ z ate prisoner info custody . The other escaped . — 'flic shopman ' s evidence corroborated this statement , and tlie prisoner was committed for trial . Tuesday . —Death fbom being Ren Over . —A carman , named Joseph Hughes ^ in the service of Mr . Jones , wiue-merchaut , of Mark-lane , was placed at the bar charged wiUi having caused the death of a lad , about seventeen rears of airc , bv driving over him in the
Strand . The deceased , who was unknown , but appeared to be on some errand , was running across the road , opposite Southampton-street , with his head turned towards Charing-cross , from which direction an omnibus was approaching him with great speed . In his anxiety to avoid fho horses , which were close upon Mm , he ran against the shafts of defendant ' s cart and fell upon bis face . The wheels of the-cart ( which was heavily laden with hampers of wine ) passed over the poorTdlow ' s back , ami crashed him in a frightful manner , In which state he was taken to a Mr . Davis , residing near the spot , and subsequently , by his advice , to the Charing
cross Hospital , where he died in about twenty minutes afterwards . It was stated bj a witness that the occurrenee-. was purely accidental , and that the utmost concern for the fate of the deceased was evinced by the driven of the cart , who , at the bar , appeared much affected by the calamity . Ms . Jardine said no blame whatever was attributable to the defendant , who had conducted himself with great propriety and right feeling in the ; matter . As he might , however , be wanted at another investigation elsewhere , he would be required to leave his address , and undertake to attend if called upon . I The magistrate also directed that the number of the omnibus should be obtained .
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' - " - . . ¦" . """ WORSHIP-STKEET . . ' ; - THUBSDAT . -SnsrECTED MuBDEB .-Mr . Bingham was engaged in an investigation relative to the fate of a gentieminame 4 Willi « m May , a commercial traTeUer , in the silk trade , recently residing at Ho . 8 , Sew Kins-street , Bethn « i-green , who had suddenly disappeared under dr . cumstances of mystery and suspicion . A few days since , two brothers . of the missing gentleman , stated th&t the latter left home on the evening of Monday , the 9 th ult ., to -risit a . fiiend in the neighbourhood of Spitalfields , from whom he parted in good health and spirits about eleven o ' clock the same night , since which time nothing whatever had been either seen or heard of him . The applicants expressed their conviction that their brother had been murdered , and their suspicions to that effect were strengthened by the fact that his hat and handkerchief had been found earl ; next morning on the bank of the Regent ' s Canal , near
the bridge at Twig Folly , tha former being much crushed and broken , evidently by heavy blows , while some of his papers were discovered lying on the opposite bank of the canal . Police-constable Monntford , K 108 , stated that the " occurrence had created a strong sensation in the neighbour hood . He had ascertained that at eleven o ' clock on the night in question the missing gentleman had left a public house in Spitalfields , called the Job ' s Castle , at twelve o'clock , proceeding in the direction of his own residence , which adjoined the canal . About half an hour afterwards , a woman named Smith , living at Twig Folly , observed a . person being led along by a young man , towards the canal bridge , in such a manner as to excite suspieione and noticing that the gentleman was a good deal inbriated , she questioned his conductor as to his intentions ; the vounjr man , however , made her no rep ly , and
she soon after lost sight of them . A woman named Gardiner , residing close to the canal , told him that , shortly before one o'clock , while in bed , sue was awoke by a stifled cry of distress , and at the same moment heard an exclamation in another man ' s Toice of " Run , you — -, run . " This was followed by the sound of hasty footsteps along : the bank , but as all shortly after became quiet again , she thought it unnecessary to take any further notice of the matter . About the same hour a third woman , named Bissell , living at Old Ford , was proceeding home along a secluded lane leading from the canal bridge , when she was alarmed at seeing a man , who was stripped to his shirt , rise slowly up from a ditch skirting the footpath , and who called out to her in a faint voice , "For God ' s sake stop and help me ; " be then made an ineffectual attempt to scramble out of the ditch , but fell back again , apparently in a state of exhaustion . She felt so greatly terrified that she hastened on , but had only proceeded a few yards when she encountered a tall man standing still , who
stared at her as she passed him , and continued watching her till she was " out of sight . Immediately on reaching home , she mentioned the circumstance to her husband ; but the place in question being a considerable distance from their house , her husband thought it would be then useless to take any steps in tlio matter . The officer added that he had seen the hat of the missing gentleman , which had been picked up by two working men ,. named Hill and Goldsmith , and he was satisfied from its appearance that it must have been struck violently by some heavy instrument , as the crown was completely beaten in , and one side of it split open down to the very brim . Mr . Bingham said he thought he had heard quite sufficient to justify him in entertaining a suspicion that some foul play had been practised , an'd he -should , therefore , immediately , commumicate with Mr . Ratford , the canal company ' s superintendent , who he was satisfied would as soon as possible cause the water to be drawn off from that part of the canal in which the body of the unfortunate gentleman is supposed to have been secreted .
Mokdat . —Suspected Musdeh at Twig-Folly . —Tilt and Fitzgerald , the warrant-officers , reported to Mr . Uroughton the result of the investigation they had been directed to institute relative to the fate of Mr . William May , a traveller in the silk trade , whose mysterious disappearance had induced serious apprehensions that he had been robbed and murdered . - The officers stated that the directors of the Regent ' s Canal Company had given directions for the withdrawal of the water from that portion of their canal into which the body of the missing gentleman was supposed to have ' been thrown , and a large number of workmen had been engaged during the preceding day in that operation . Th& water on either side of the bridge at Twig-Folly , ' to . a great distance , embracing three sets of locks , had been entirely drawn off , and a minute examination made along the bed of the canal , bat the result was that not the slightest trace had been discovered of the object of their search . A number of
labourers had also been engaged for several hours in working double drags in a large piece of water , called Sir George Ducketf s Canal , immediately ' adjoining the other , but their exertions had been equally unsuccessful . The entire day , from seven o ' clock in the morning until dark , had been" occupied in the search , during which an immense coneourse of persons , to . the number of at . least 5 , 000 , whom the excitement consequent on the occurrence had drawn to witness the proceedings , separated themselves into clusters , and closely examined the surrounding fields and grounds to ascertain if there were any appearances of the surface baying been recently disturbed , but nothing of the kind appeared to have taken place . The officer added that / from further inquiries , they had ascertained that Mr . May was in confortable circumstances , extremely temperate in his habits , and' greatly respected . —Mr . Brouglitori expressed his gratification that everything had been done that was at all practicable under such circumstances .
A PoLYGAsri 6 T . —Thomas Bartholomew Imbert , a middle-aged man , was brought up for final examination charged with baring , feloniously intermarried with one Abigail Isted during the lifetime of three other women to whom it was alleged he-had been previously married . Certified copies of the registries of two of the marriages were put in , one of them solemnized at Bow Church , Stratford , in July , 1838 , and the other at St . Mary ' s , Islington , in July , 18 i 3 . Both these women , who were stated to have suffered greatly from the neglect and illusage of the prisoner , were present in court . - It was also stated , in the course of the evidence , that two children whom he had had by . the first of the wives had literall y died from ! the privation and wretchedness " to which they had been exposed through the unnatural conduct of their father , notwithstanding the ill-usage she had received
from the prisoner , the second wife , Abigail Isted , an attenuated , melancholy-looking creature , exhibited in court the warmest affection for him , and evinced such a repugnance to give any evidence which , could criminatehun , that the magistrate found it necessary for the ends of justice to make her father answerable for her appearance at the Old Bailey . Rowland , the warrant-officer , said - he had made the most diligent inquiries with a view to discover the two other women to whom it was alleged the prisoner had been previously married , and . with great , difficulty had succeeded in tracing the father of one of them , a tradesman-named Andrews ,- residing near Newingtoncauseway , who informed him that his daughter" had been dead for several years , and that her death had been solely caused by the brutal conduct of the prisoner , who had kicked and beaten her in such a dangerous manner that she had been in consequence , an inmate for several months of one of the hospitals , whence she had at length been taken home to her father ' s house , and there , together
with her child , soon after died , the prisoner having for a long time previously totally deserted her . He ( Rowland ) had also been engaged in efforts to find out another woman , the daughter of a person named Grimsdale , to whom it was stated the prisoner had likewise been married , but he had not been able to discover her . Mr . Heritage , who appeared for the prosecution , said that the prisoner ' s conduct to one of the wives , the daughter of a Mr . Wilson , bad been as inhuman as that he had displayed towards the unfortunate women referred to by the officer , for that at the very time he married the last wife one of his children by a previous marriage was lying upon its death-bed , and had actually died two days after . Mr . Broughton severely animadverted upon the cruelty of the prisoner ' s conduct , and said that , as the evidence had established two of the marriages in the most satisfactory manner , he should send him for trial upon the charge of bigamy , and order the depositions to be at once taken against him . The prisoner , who had nothing to offer in his defence , was fully committed to Newgate for trial .
Tuesday . —A " Respectable" Thief . — Wm . Fraser , a middle-aged , respectable-looking man , was placed at the bar for final examination , charged with having obtained by false pretences a largo quantity of wine and spirits from licensed victuallers in different parts of tho metropolis . In a previous hearing three cases were established against the prisoner , and to-day a fourth was clearly made out . They all displayed great address in the art of robbing under false pretence , —The magistrate said that he had received an anonymous communication , intimating that the prisoner had some time ago been convicted on a charge of felony at the Central Criminal Court , where he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment . —The prisoner , who appeared deeply affected , in a scarcely audible tone ,
admitted that the accusation in question was well founded , but that the court , in consideration of the distressed state and previous character , had sentenced him only to a month ' s imprisonment . —A Solicitor , who was in attendance on other business , expressed himself greatly shocked at seeing the prisoner in such a disgraceful situation , having known him informer days under far different circumstances , and made a forcible appeal in his favour to the magistrates on the ground of bis past respectability . —Mr . Broughton said he could not allow the former character or condition of an accused perion to operate with him in bis mode of adjudicating upon the charge before him , and he felt it his duty to commit the prisoner for trial .
Ferocioes Assault ox the PoLiCE . — . JameB AV 11 lianas and . Thomas Sawson , charged , in . conjunction with two others , one of whom is now in the House of Correction , with an outrageous attack upon the police , two of whom were so aerionily injured as to be incapable of duty ever since , " were brought up for final examination . The wounded officers , MeriHo and JenMDSKii , were now in attendance , . and stated , that though considerably recovered , they were still , suffering seriously from the injuries inflicted upon ¦ them . Neville said , that for some reason he was unacquainted with , the prisoner Williams had a grudge against him , and bad several tunes threatened , to puuuh -him ; but , notwithstanding , both he and tlie . other constable . would prafer that the magistrate should deal summarily with the case , and save them the inconvenience of attending at the lessioni to prosecute . —Mr .: Broughton said ^ t wat o , most d&tardlj outrage , and ought to be sent to the sessions , as he regretted exceedingly the Legislature had not furnished him . with sufficient powers to enforce an adequate punishment . The ofiiceri had exhibited a very forgiving
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spirit , and lie ; should comply with their request , bat was satisfied he should notiie doing justice if he did not impose the full penalty and punishment it was in his power to inflict—namely , £ 5 each ; or in default of payment two months ' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction .- The fines were-not paid , and the prisoner * were consequently removed in the van .
WANDSWOBTH . Thubsdat . —The Alleged Inhuman Treatment of a Child . — -In the case reported yesterday , the warrant to apprehend Mrs . Elizabeth Ross on a charge of violently assaulting , abusing ; and starving . Caroline Johnson , a child not eight years of age , was placed in the hands of Barnes , the summoning-officer , and yesterday morning he reported to Mr . Payritcr , the sitting magistrate , that'he apprehended the accused at- nine o ' clock on Wednesday night , and conveyed her to t he Wandsworth police station . She expressed much surprise at being taken
into custody , and said she had always behaved kindly to the girl , and only corrected her when she deserved it ; At the station-house , whilst the charge was being taken , the accused suddenly fell to the ground , exclaiming , that she was bleeding to death . Mr . Finch , the divisional surgeon , was sent for , and ordered her immediate removal to the Wandsworth Union , where she received tho care her ca 6 e demanded . She is still in a precarious state , and her present removal it is considered would be attended with danger . Mr . Paynter , under these circumstances , remanded her case until a future day .
GUILDHALL . Mojjdat . Stealing Gold . —John Nixon , a working jeweller , was charged with robbing his employers , Messrs . Wheeler and Co ., of Bartlett ' s-buildings . —Mr . Lewis stated , that the prisoner absconded while under notice to quit , and upon breaking open his drawer , every journeyman having a separate . drawer which , onlj hii own key would open , a deficiency was found in the quantity of gold . There wag a deficiency in the manufactured goia , ' also in the quantity of gold filings or dust , called' ; iemmel , " and also sl deficiency in the lemmel by admixture of brass filings . The prisoner absconded ; about tbe ^ eth of June , and Sergeant Brannan had been lookinj for him ever since . —John Stockholm , " foremanto Messrs . Wheeler , stated that it was the custom to . not only take the weight
of gold delivered to each hand and that of the manufactured article , but every Saturday an account " was taken of unmanufactured gold , articles in the course of manufacture , and of the goW dust . It was weighed and returned to each man . After the prisoner absconded his drawer was broken open , and upon comparing the contents with the book there was a deficiency in the gold of two ounces , one pennyweight , value £ i Gs . ; in the lemmel , or filings , the deficiency was ' two ounces , nineteen pennyweights , six grains . He melted the lemmel into a bar , and it wai . found to have been deteriorated by the admixture of base metal , which the eve could not detect , but was discovered
upon assaying the bar . —Mr . Alderman Mus >; rove thought it would be prudent to leave out so much of the case as related to deteriorating the nine ounces of lemmel . —vThe prisoner said , that having met with a friend , he stopped and drank with him , and as his master refused on Saturday night to send him the rest of hie wages then due , he did not choose to go to work there again . If there was a deficiency , his drawer must have been forced open and robbed during his absence . — Mr . Alderman . Musgrove asked if thoro ware any indications of the drawer haying been forced ?—The foreman said , "None whatevei \" -The Alderman said he should send the prisoner to trial , but he would be remanded , that the depositions might be
prepared . ,... -- _; - . ' .- . . : ¦ i Tuesdat . . —Shamming Fits . —Ann Wood was charged with lying down in . the pathway on Blaekfriai's Bridge , with her eyes turned up ,: and feigning to be in a violent fit . It appeared that the prisoner was an old hand at it , and had been in custody five or six times for the same thing . " She Was in the habit of putting a quantity of soap about her lips to make it appear as though she was foaming at the mouth . Alderman Kelly said that as it appeared she was ari'old offender , he should commit her to the House of Correction for two months .
MARYLBBONE . Tuesdat . —A Father Robbed by . his Daughter . — Ellen Cummings , a girl 1 . 5 years of age , was placed at the bar , charged by John Cummings , her father ,- under the following circumstances : —The evidence of the prosecutor was , that the prisoner was of such depraved and dissolute habits that he nowfclt-himself bound to proceed against her , in the hope that she might , by beingpunished , be ultimately . brought to a sense of honesty . and pr 6 r priety of conduct . What he had now to allege against her was , that about a week ago she broke open one of his drawers , and stole therefrom two handkerchiefs ; having done which she absconded from his house , and ho sawnothingmoreofher until the previous night ( Monday ) , when he . found her in William-3 treet , Lisson-grove , and then gave her into custody . The prisoner was committed for trial .
MAELBOROUQH STREET . MoNDAY .-rSnE will not be said " nay . "—A welldressed woman , between thirty and forty years of age , was charged with causing a serious , annoyance to Mr . William Simmons , tailor , 200 , Oxford-street . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Simmons that the woman laboured under a delusion that he intended , or else that he ought to marry her . ; She constantly presented herself at his shop , conjuring him in the most pathetic way to accede to her matrimonial propositions . It was ia vain that he appealed to the police to put her away , for no
sooner was she free from tho constable than she came back and repeated her unwelcome solicitations . Mr , Maltb ' y asked the complainant if anything had occurred to sanction the defendant ' s delusion ?—Mr . Simmons declared that no promise on his part nor any familiarity could warrant the prisoner in displaying the monomania of which Bhowas evidently possessed . —Mr . Maltby asked her why she continued . this species of annoyance ?—The defendant , who appeared quite absorbed by her . attachment , said in a . low voice , that as the . complainant would not ¦ call upon her , she was obliged to call upon liirn . — . Mr . Maltby told her that she must discontinue hoi visits to the complainant . —The . defendant replied that the complainant had promised . to marry her , about a twelvemonth ago , and she was resolved that lie should
not dally with her any longer . —Mr .. Maltby : Unless you promise to keep away from the complainant ' s , shop 1 must order you to find bail . — -Defendant : I'll keep away , but not unless he promises to come and see me . —Complainant declared there was-no truth in the statement that he had promised the defendant marriage . — -Mr . Maltby . thought the father of the defendant ought to be required to restrain his daughter's behaviour , and lit should therefore advise . the constable to take her to her home , and leave her in charge of her friends . Policeconstable .. English . took the defendant to her : father ' s , a tailor , 40 , Windmill-street , but Very soon after returned with both father and daughter , she having , ^ as soon as released from custody , made her way onco more to the complainant's shop in Oxford-street . The father came forward , and said , he was . quite at a loss : to account for the
infatuation of his daughter . She was sane on all points , except as far as regarded her matrimonial passion for the complainant : - Th » origin of bis daughter ' s attachment was from the circumstance of her having worked us waistcoaVniaker . in the same shop where the complainant was formerly employed . Mr . Maltby again asked the de . fendaut to promise that she would not go near the complainant's shop again . The defendant would not give such a promise , unless on condition of receiving from the complainant the promise of a visit to her . After some further expostulation , the defendant gave a half promise that she would not go to the shop in Oxford-street again . The complainant quitted the court , and the defendant , on being released , was seen to break away from her Mends and pursue with speed the road taken by the complainant .
Tuesday . —A Vigilant Guaed . —Michael Grogan , an Irish ' hodman , was charged with having been in some ¦ way concerned in the felonious abstraction of a great coat from the cart of n person named Aldrich . Mr . Aldricli said-he drew up at a public-house in . Crown-street , St . Giles ' s , on Saturday evening , and seeing the prisoner standing about he asked him to mind his horse and cart while he went with his wife and friend into a public-house for a few minutes . When he came out of the house lie found the prisoner with the horse and cart , but he missed a great coat out of the cart , which was safe in it when he gave his property into the prisoner's care . —Mr . Maltby : Well , vrhathaveyouto » ay ? -Jfike : Sur . yerhanncr . Iieonly touldmetomind the horse and cart , —What became of the great coat!—I'H tell yer hanner everything . This jintleman calls out to me , " Paddy , do ye want a job ?"
" Thankeo ^ master , " sis I . " Then , " says he , " mind mo horse and cart ; but not . a . word about a great : coat . Out ho jumps and his friends , and sticks his whip bang upright in front . Maybee , says I to meself , nobody shan't stale that whip . So , yer hanner , I tuk a hoult of the wheel , and kept me . two eyes on tho whip , and never , tuk ' em off . till the gentleman came from the . public-house . That ' s all I know about the great coat . " The defendant told Ms story with an air of genuine . simplicity , it appeared probable that while his gaze was fixed on the whip some clever roguo , guessing the situation of matters , had slipped round to the other side of tho cart , and had helped himself unperceived to the garment . The prisoner received an excellent character from his master , who had only a few minutes previously paid him his week ' s wages . ' Mr . Maltby directed tho prisoner to be immediately liberated .
SOUTHWARK . . : . Thursday . —A " Fbee-born Englishman . "—Thomas Walsh , a man advanced in years , was charged with . stealing a pair of candlesticks from the house of a publican . It appeared the prisoner had just come out of gaol , after haying suffered six months' imprisonment , and that he went into the . complainant ' s house and took a pair of brass candlesticks , with which he was in the net of leaving , when he was taken into custody . The prisoner ' s defence was , that he came out of gaol pennyless ; that having lost his character no person would employ him ; the pangs of hunger impelled-him to take the articles with a view of procuring : some food . . He . had no wish . to conceal the facts , and ' would prefer being sent to gaol to remaining at large without the mean ' s of subsistence . —He was committed . ' ¦
; Satobday . —PocKET . PicKma . «—John Mcrryman , a powerful looking fellow , a costermongcr , was placed at the bar before ifr . Cotting ' ham , charged with attempting to pick pockets in High-street , SouthWark . Pouce-constablel 97 M , statcd . that about nine o ' clock last night ho saw the prisoner feeling the pockets of several . gcntlumen in the abore street : sugpeeti % -liia ' intentions he watched him , and saw him' go behind a' g « iitleman at a shop-window , and lift up the ' slcirts : of his great coat , and put his hands in the pocket
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Ha immediately ran up , to the , spot and . seized ^ im The gentleman refused to , make any charge , Haying lost nothing . —The prisoner , denied the charge . The gentleman had his handin his pocket ; he therefore could not pick it . —Mr . , Cottingbam said it appeared he knew all liibut it , and ' was ' no doubt an adept at his calling . In tlie JibsencG of farther CYiuence he should only commit him for fourteen days . . .. , .-.. ;
• THAMES POLICE . , Monday . —Attempted SoiciDE . f-Yesterday , ' Harriet BrOCK , » miserable-ldoking creature , ' about nineteen years of age , but apparently not more than sixteen , was charged with attempting to throw herself into' the dock at the N jw GraveUano-bridge . She was seized by a man who happened to be on the spot ^ just as she was about to fling herself over , and he gave her in charge to the constable 151 K . She had been brought up to tlie court a few days since ; charged with stealing a shawl from her own sister , ' but as the prosecutrir did not come ' forward , it did not appear under what circumstances ' . On the way to the station-house , the wretched creature ,. who was miserably clad , told the constable that she had been turned out of doors bv her brother-in-law , named Toller ,
who is abrickmnlier , residing . at the corner of ymegarlane / 'Back-road . Since then , she had got snelter and sbme'sustendnce from a young woman on Tower-hill , who , however ^ was almost as ' destitute as herself , aud could not continue her bounty any longer . Having no home , no friends , no prospects , she , became tired of life , and did not care how goon she got rid of it ' Whilst the constable was making the charge , the unhappy gh'l , who wept bitterly , buriediher face in her hands , and the tears trickled copiously through her fingers . Mr . Broderip having aoleiuhly and touchingly admonished her on the danger of rushing uncalled into the presence of her Maker , directed that she should be placed under the care of thepariih authorities until restored to a calmer and healthier state of mind .
Bobglaby , and Successful Caftube . —On Monday two activeJooking young fellows , who gave the , names Thomas Salt and James Francis , which . there is but little doubt ave fictitious , were brought up by Inspector Rutt , of the K division , charged with burglariously entering a house belonging to Messrs . Roberts and Brindel , proprietors of the Artichoke Tavern , Blackwall , and stealing therein several articles , the property of the last-named proprietor . The case , which depended almost entirely on circumstantial evidence , was so well got up , that Sir , Uroderip warmly commended the manner , in which Inspector Butt evolved the very voluminous evidence . - It appeared that the proprietors of the Artichoke , not having space on the premises sufficient for the accommodation of the persons in their employment , rent some other
houses in the immediate neighbourhood of the establishment , and amongst these thevo is one immediately opposite the tavern , . in which Mr . Brindel has his sleeping apartments , and which is usually occupied for the same purpose by two or more of the servants . On Saturday night , between seven and eight o ' clock , Sarah . Brown , second cook at the Artichoke , left this house all safe , the doors and windows being fastened , and came across to the tavern . On returning , at about five minutes to eight o ' clock , she found Caroline Simms , the charwoman of the Artichoke , trying to get in the proper key , but , though it turned in the lock , the doov could not be opened , as it soemed that tho lower Mt had Been shot-from the inside . ; Whilst they were at the door sounds were hoard as of some parties hastily escaping from ' . within ; upon
winch an / alarm was raised , andMr . Roberts hastening across , stationed a number of his people about the premises with directions to secure the . depredators at all hazards . ' William Ellis , ' porter . at the ¦ tavern , then . got in at a front ' window of the house by a pair , of steps , and undid the bolt of tho door . On access being obtained , it was found that all the drawers in ; Mr . Briridel ' s apartment had been ran sacked , arid a quantity' of property , consisting' of silk handkerchiefs , shirts , and wearing . apparel , ' was tied up in a bundle ready to be taken away when the thieves had concluded the rummage . Whilst . this discovery was being made , John Cannon , a fisherman and under-waterman , residing next door but one to tlie house where the burglary had been committed , heard a noise on tho back
part of the roof of his next door neighbour , Mi . Manning , an engineer ; On listening , lie found tlie noise , which seemed like that of parties endeavouring to effect an escape ^ approaching nearer to him . He ran towards the place , " and thoughit was too dark to distinguish persons , he couldperceive shadowy appearances of two men , ' to whom life immediately gave chase , pursuing them over'the fences of five adjoining premises . The sounds of those retreating then ceased , and he called loudly , "Stop thief , " pursuing the course which he supposed they had taken , when ho found the prisoners at the bar in custody at the house of a Mrs . Wilder , proprietress of the Britannia Coft ' eehouse , Russell-street , Blackwall .. Next day Cannon , discovered a black satin tie and a silk stock ,, recognized by Mr . Brindel as being stolen from his bed-room , near the
place where ; he heard the . noise on . the roof , and which had , no doubt , been dropped by the .. burglars in their hasty retreat . Mvs . Amy Wilder , hearing a great noise on Saturday , evening ( for the . whole neighbourhood was on the alert , and ; joined in the chase ) , looked out at the window , and seeing all the neighbours going about with lights , proceededdown stairs to ascertain what was the matter , as they all appeared to be making towards her house : * Ongoing doivn . three or four steps she met the two prisoners , who asked her to let them go ' into a room upstairs . . She refused , and . said they must go down . They insisted on going up , and after some scuffling she got them down to the iirst floor landing . She then screamed for assistance , when one of . the prisoners , but she could not say which , struck her . on the side of the head . They then
said " We'll bolt m here / ' and ran into a room on the firstfioor , occupied by a Mr . Rammage , who was out at the time . Her screams brought several people tp her assistance ; the room was searched , and the prisoners were found , one concealed between , an easy chair and a sofa , and the other under a table . Four silk handkerchiefs , the property of Mr . Brindel ,. . were found near the . back door of the IJritannia , , through which , not being bolted at the time , the thieves gained access to Mr . Wildcr ' s house . George Smith , one of tho waiters at the . Artichoke , having on the first alarm gone round to a point where he concluded the burglars would endeavour to effect their escape , heard Mr . Gannon ' s voice . calling "Stop thief ! " and subsequently , being . attracted by Mrs . WMer ' s cries for assistance , ' arrived time enough to assist in taking the
prisoners into custody . When he was removing them , the prisoner Salt said to ( the otl'er ,. who was behind , " Stick the •!)— , Jack ! " Police-constable Watkins , 810 Iv , beiug sent by Inspector Rutt to examine the premises , found the place broken open and the pvopevtyseattered about , as already described . : On further search , ; in company with Mr . Roberts , one of the proprietors , he found the marks of footprints on a shed of s . oft wood leading to a back window , where tlie' house appeared to . have been entered . These marks correspond exactly with the size of the , prisoner Salt ' s shoes , and exhibited the complete impress of the nails with which those shoes were studded . A box and a cupboard which had been brokon open in Mr . Brindel ' s room by some instrument like a
screwdriver , exhibited just such marks as . would be mads by a small chisel or . screwdriver , winch , together with a candie . that . appeared to have b « en burning about fifteen minutes were found in tlie place whero the thieves had / eft the'house . An old silver watch , of which no trace has been heard , was missed by Mr . Brindel . Fourpence in cojper was found on Salt , and a comb , a lucifer-box , and a short pipe with some tobacco , upon Francis . Salt said nothing in his defence , and Francis merely asked lor his comb to . comb his hair , a request which he preferred three or four times . The prisoners ; were committed ? to take their trial at tho next session of the Central Criminal Court . The case had only just concluded when three skeleton keys were produced , found in tlie track taken by the burglars .
HAMMERSMITH . Monday . —Alleged Suootino at "The ex-Duke . " —The soi-disant Duke of Normandy , attended by u considerablc number of persons connected with his establishment at Fulham , attended at 'this office , and made a statement relative to the attack alleged to have been made upon his person , as detailed last week . This " Duke ' s" narrative of the eventful history was to the same effect as the particulars which have '* already appeared ; and Mr . 'Tucke ' r , and others of his . "household , " ' went into details in confirmation . In addition , written declarations wure put in from tK'oI'VeneJnneii , named C' ompdlier and De Lotss , to the eft ' ect that they had overheard some foreigners sny that the duke would be done for betbre the 10 th of January ; but the language of ' Cbmpcllier
was so extraordinary as to raise doubts of his sanity . On being pressed by the magistrate ( Mr . Clive ) , tho "duke " said he had no doubt that the jiovsim whofiral at him was L'omiucted witli his political uiiciniug elsewhere ( meaning , of course , in France ) , and that his" intention was , both to kill him and blow up tho building imvhiuli hu was at work at the same time , inasmuch as the great light showed that the instrument which exploded ! whatever it might liavo been , was chiirgal with a quantity of combustible matter , dill ' erait from mere powder . —The upshot of lh « affair was , that tho magistrate said he must have Coiiipullu-r before him , aud the police were ordered to continue their investigation . At present the story partakes largely of tlie quality understood b y the term ' " cock and bull . "
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . TUEBDAV , JAS . UAIIY 7 . —A BAREFACED KoBnER . David Roes , aged 35 , labourer , was-indicted for stealing on the aist of November last , a firkin of butter , value 40 s ., the property of William Carr . It appeared from the evidence of the . shopman of the ' prosecutor , who ' carried on the business < jf a bacon and butturinan in the "Wiilworth-roau ,. th ! it ou tho evonm-j ii \ question , about six o'clock , the firkin of butter wna wire outside thi > shop on the edge of tho foot pavement , where it had beeri placed ready for the carrier ' s cart which was to call for it and for other goods . At about half-nast six the witness received , information fronvalsiu nnnioil Woodforcl mid in consequence ho crossed ovor " Uie way and found u cart tl
standing- . wc , and in tho cart !«• noticed tlio firkin of butjer . . The witness attempted to ' gct into the cart behind , when he was struck a violent ' blow . ' with ' either - \ suck or a heavy whip . The Wows ueio imiicua ,, ot bv the pnsom * , but by another nmn , . wjio ' was . in tho cart John Charles WQOdfWrd , an tataUfcout little boy , proved ' that wfade standing ut his mosti-rf ' shop-door watching some ? oods which had just arrived iVomttiu , ( iHy , h 0 aaw Ihe prisoner eon . 0 up to two bag ., of l :,, fiii ; o- , Ono of wl . U- ] . ho took up , but sceuighu was . obgiitvuil . by the ' witness h « put it dowi ^ agalu and went way . Tlu ) WS watched hta inycwdiugs , ' iuul ' nw liiiu spon ' k to a man in a curt , which was imn . cdiateiv driv « to ilio . oroodtMide of the way . Tlio prisoner , tlioii took up the ' tirl-in of butter
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and carried it in " ^ he direction of , the cart , but owing to ' tile very : foggy state of- the evening , the witness could hot see what b ecame : ^ it .. . TheTwitness immedmtely communicated . " what lie had-Been to the , last witness , and they both crossed ' oy ' er , and the witness , then saw the firkin in the cart . The last witness was struck by a man m the cart , . vlio whipped the horse " terribly , " and went off at full speed in tlio direction of CambenveU , wiu ness never saw the prisoner again until in custody a month afterwards . Mr . ' Wilkins addressed the jury for the defence , relying principally on thepossibility ^ omng to the fog of tho witness Woodford beiug mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner : "' Tho jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of . Guilty . In- answer to questions put by the Recorder , the police-constable proved that the prisoner had for the last twelve months boon the constant associate of notorious thieves , and had once been summarily convicted of attempting to pick pockets . ¦ ¦ -1 he sentence of tho Court was that the prisoner be transported for the term of seven years . The prisoner vehemently appealed to the Court for mercy . ;
Stealing MoNEY .-EHen Carroll , aged 28 , widow , was indicted for stealing one sovereign , four half-crowns , ten shilliugs , one sixpence , and divers copper monies , thepro r perty Of William Tburgood , her , master . The . prisoner in her defence , stated she was . so tipsy , that she did not know what had taken place . The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty ; and a previous conviction for felony having been ; proved , the Recorder sentenced the prisoner to seven years ' transportation .. " A Candid Thief . —John Buxton , aged 21 , sweeper , and George Brown , aged 25 , labourer , p leaded guilty to an indictment charging them with stealing , on the 26 th of December , a coat , value £ 3 : 4 s ., and a pair of trousers , The
value 20 s ., the property of James Stewart . prisoners ( who on being placed at , the bar exhibited the most daring effrontery ) had been observed , in company with three other men , loitering al 3 OUt tll Q SllOP Of tlie prOSeCUtOV , IH Chcapside , ana at , length the . two prisoners were seen to enter the shop and take the property . in . question . They ran off in different directions , but were pursued and eventually secured , Buxton with the coat , and Brown with the trousers in their possession . . On being called upon to state what they had to say . why . they 6 hould not . receive judgment according to law , the prisoner Buston remarked , — "AH I can say , my lord , is , that when I get a chancel will go there again for . another coat . " . The Recorder sentenced both the prisoners to . be transported for seven
years . . , ¦ MEW . CODHT . Concealed Bia ' rn . — Caroline Lawrence , aged 21 , was indicted for unlawfully concealing the birth of a female infant , of which she had been delivered . The ury returned a verdict of Acquittal . Embezzlement . —William Dixey , a young man , was indicted for embezzling the sum of £ 2 19 b ., and other monies , which he had received on account of Charles Meeking , his master . The prisoner was clerk to the prosecutoiy who carries on an extensive business as a draper on Holborn-hill . Iu the month of December lust the prisoner received the sum of £ 219 s . from lome customers , which sum he did not account for , as it was his duty to do ^ He then absented himself for some davs , when a
reward : of £ 10 was offered for his apprehension . lie returned to the prosecutor's . establishment on the 18 th of December , when he was at onco given into . custody . He said , that he had been to his uncle ' s , where he had obtained money to make up his deficiencies . Mr . Doane Urged , in defence , the fact that tho prisoner had been detained out until eleven at night , and upon going to the prosecutor ' s place he was , by . the rule of the house , refused admission . He then went into improper society and lost the money , which he at once endeavoured to replace by the assistance of his uncle . . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , jaecompanied by n recommendation to mercy . Mr . Meeking also joined in the recommendation . The Oommon-Sergeant ; sentenced the prisoner to be impriloned in the Compter for one year . .
Ste . ii . ing fbom a Sailor . — Catherine Driscoll vras charged with fcloniouslj . stenling from Henry Hubbock , a sailor , the sum of 6 s . fid . The sailor had got drunk , and the prisoner , to use his own phrase , "had towed his hulk into poi't , " and there robbed him of the sum in question . The case was clearly proved , -and the young lady , who bore not the most estimable of characters , was transported for ten years . ; . Unlawfully Disposing of the Dkad . —Elizabeth ¦\ Viffins was charged with unlawfully disposing of the body of her dead child . The prisoner had been an in-patient of , St . George ' s Hospital , and under - treatment for a deceased limb . On the 3 rd of December the body of a diseased child was found in a box by her bedside , and it was ' discovered that she was the mother . No evidence was adduced to show that the child had been born alive . —Tlie Learned Counsel for the defence contended . that
there was no evidence to prove that there was arty intention of permanently concealing the body of the infant . The bos was an open one ; it was close beside her bed , and . therefore the most natural course for the prisoner under tliese circumstances was , to place the body where it had afterwards been found , Thejurj- gave a verdict of—Not Guilty .
. . ; . " SURREY SESSIONS , Jan . 3 .-Alleged Robbery by a Man of Property , —George Hazel Frazer , a young man of highly respectable appearance arid connections , surrendered to take his trial , charging him with feloniously stealing from the person of Ann Thorpe , wife of Richard Thorpe , one half-crown and a latch-key , the property of her husband . From the statement of Ann Thorpe it appeared that she went into a public-house in tlie borough , on the evening of 4 th of December last , to call for a glass of gin , and while standing at th ' e bar she felt some person ' s hand in her pocket , and on turning round saw the prisoner take his hand away , when she immediately accused him of the robbery . Tho : prosecutrix at the same time said that if he would . return the money she would forgive the prisoner and let himigo . The" prisoner denied the robbery in the
most positive terms , and a policeman coming lip at the same time , the prisoner addressed him , saying , " This female accuses me of robbing , her . " The police agkca her of what she had been robbed ) when she stated that the prisoner had robbed Her of two half-crowns and a latch key . One of the half-crowns the prosecutor gave a description of , stating that it was a George the Fourth ' s one , and black at the edges . The hrisoner was taken to tho station-house , where ho pulled bis handkerchief out of his coat pocket . The policeman , pearing ' something rattle , asked the prisoner what he had got there , to which he replied nothing . The key was , however , found in the . handkerchief , at which tho prisoner seemed thunderstruck , and said he could not account for the possession . He was then searched ,
and two half-crowns were found in his pocket , one of which the prosecutrix indeutined as belonging to [ her , and swore it was the same as she lost . Mr . Charnock , on behalf of the prisoner , made a powerful speech .. The learned counsel said , it was one of the most unholy prosecutions ever brought into a court of justice . The prisoner was a man placed above want , for he had ample funds , at his command , having recently come into possession of a handsome independent property , of which he was at the present moment in the full enjoyment . The learned ; counsel culled several witnesses , * who proved the prosecutrix . to bo & pevson of tho lowest churaetov , and contradicted her testimony in essential points . The Chairman - summed up at great length , ; and the jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
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COVENT GARDEN . A new candidate ibv histrionic Uonuurs-i . c ' .. new to the metropolis , made his ttchut ' m the diameter of UamleU on Saturday evening . The gentleman is Mr . Henry Uettv son ot the celebrated "Young Koscins , " as his father was surnamed , at the time when the precocity of his talents for thei stage excited-so extraordinary an interest . Tha celebrity of the elder Betty ' s . name- still continues , and is no small stock m trade tor an aspirant . to public Sworn to commancs . mtli ; m addition to it , however , Mr . Henrv . U i rtV ?"; f , t ! OnSI ( 1 ! ' : l 1110 ^ . ^ uived reputation from his ettorts at the various provincial theatres . In all the physical qualities ot an actor , Mr . liettv is not deficient posscssmg a tall and commanding figure , considerable grace ( of manner , a voice which wo conceive to he good although- its powers appeared impaired bv hoarseness toce ' her with large and well formed features : Of his impersonation of the character of Jfamkl while we certainlU . nnnt
regaru nis ettorts as perfect , much may . bo safdin his praise , , lhare ivas a genera ! show of discretion in liis leading , which with one or two exceptions was completely h-eo from tiny straining after what are . called " points , " tho language being delivered with a straightforward simmcityi ; ami where earnestness and energy was requisite hewasall-suihcient . His appearance at the commence inent of the evening was greeted with cheering marks ' o encouragement : in the cours ' e of the play he was reputedly and warmly applauded ; and ( it the conclusion , riie limours of a recall before the curtain were awarded ro nm , accompanied by the usual demonstrations of uuqu ' iilined
approbation .- The characters ot Laertes , by Air . James , Vining , and Polonius , by Sir . 13 ass , were well sustained . The performance of tho latter gentleman , who is h'om Manchester , . deserves particular encomium , HS it evinced considerable iutelli genec and tact . "We should not unul mention of Mr . Ho er . s , wno piayt , d tu 0 First A { ho delivered his speeches with a ' neat and emphatic elocution , which occasioned a regret Unit his services had not been higher castin the traged y . Miss A . Mercer undertook lie character of Qpftdfa , it . lieu of Airs . Seymour whoww il 1 ; and the , ««*» Mother was sustained by Mn Watson who - looked both handsome . aud rciral ... On Wp . W ^
evening Mr . Hetty made his fourth appearance on th £ S boards , ami the second time ^ CttlSK ¦^^ i ^ assTO&j ^ JS and twjqucnt applause from all pats of the house The A . Mercer . .-Mr . Bass , as .. Colonel - JMwms , astonished the house by the brilliancy of his performance . n « ie ox tromely clever , and must become as popular I UK ANTiaOME . OK jSoi'llOCLES . —Tllk imi'h'ilK tW «» A 4 nunou . of . tlio Greek- tragedies , ^^ i ^ Tnt ^ Sv in the FnS'r '"^ T ' i V ™^™ of this tra-, 'uiy m the -hn ^ hsh language , and on the English stairo lrns boon anticipated with great curiosity o ^ " r since A [' Laurent , Hie manager of Covont Garden /^ stallficdThtS ii ' tonti ™ . to brlngit ouf ; nnd we . arehappy to « oy PUbHc cS " vwMl y luwnot been disappointed . It was negated tha ¦ Ihe tragedy must be a failure , orif anvthimr nJT = " r ? f
, ho Z im ~ el 8 S 01 ™> music . How widel y d fteren LT'l nM 1 IlC , music m'oved detrimental , whilst thb tnigcdy itsclt has been most triumphantly successful AU 2 ? " *™ t ^ droina * hw ; the greatest crediTto the uinagov tbe . aetow , and every one employed . Although tho theatre has . not been ;; convertKto m mated to . the Greek ; sufficientl y to produce aiFieffect both . picturesque . and . satisfactory . The scene represents a procenium . Ike entrances from the palace are from
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1-cT-tains hung in the centre , and there are doors correctl y placed leading to the iriterioiv and . the country abroad . The part of the stage in which the principal characters sWn d is elevated ahove the rest ,: wliicl . forms an orchestra , ffiifeeto'fbr"tta : " cl »^ iTcbiy decokted with fresco , paintings , is , admirabl y exe . cuted by Mr . John Macfarren : Of the 'actors , we must gve the palm- to . Miss Vandenhoff , who played Ant ^ Declaiming with dignity , in the early part ; of the i , lay wheKfets Gwhat defiance , completely resem ngtllj stern simplicity of the > character , she portrayed the con . cludinff despair of Avtigone when she utters wildl y ^ Sons in ' her grief , with a mounifulncss , and at the same tfme wiai ^ i feulptural elegance of gesture , that pro . du ^ ed an effect perfectly electrical , and totally unUke any . thWhatwe havoseGn ^ Waring her annsjn despondency to the chorus , flinging . theMiv from ; her forehead drop ; . Ping ner hands in tlie last dead calm , of grief , and fiBal £ leafing itlie stage with eyes now cast to the ground , now r 3 to heaven , = as if in hopeless supplication 1 ,-sue forriied a series of really beautiful pictures ,-or , shall we £ yStatues . The dignity of Creo . iwas well supported by Mr Vandenhoff . There . were some fine points m his per . fi « . mnni . B . We mavinstance . the dropping on the ground ,
when soul-stricken by the , news that Biirydice has Mied . herself The rest of the performers acted then- parts in a manner every way satisfactory . - ' The tragedy as we have said , succeeded most triumphantly in spite of the music , and thouch the choruses were hissed with great intensity of purpose , the impression . left on the whole of the audience it the fill of the curtain seemed to be that they , had wit . nessedagreat work , new to them from its extreme . r im . pHcity , and striking by its . deep solemnity . _ The audience it the descent of the curtain were most clamorous 1 . 1 their annlausc It was announced that Antigme would be re peatedoA . Saturday .. This announcement was received with acclamations .
THE PRINCESS'S .-Mr . Maddox produced another of his Angloj-italiaa operatic versions on Monday evening-Rossini s Lltaliana inAlaeri one of the earliest of that composer's works . The plot ' is highly comic , and its purport may be put into asmallcompSss : Mistapte , the Bey of Algiers , is tired of his wife Elvira ; and he commissions the eliief ot eunuchs to get him another . The emissary , m GOnSCQUGllCO kidnapsan Italian lady , Isabella , and hex ; guardian laddeo . The lady turns out to be ^ the lover of Lmdor , a captive m the hands of the Bey , and ; pretending to receive thoBeift addresses with pleasure , she ; in conjunction with Lwdor , takes advantage of his admiration and foolishness , and at len"th entraps him into an elaborate , and diverting hoax , during the progress of which every one , escapes , leaving the Bey alone in a state of rage and mortification . -, Miss Condell played Isabella , and sang several lively cavatmas with neatness and brilliancy , and appeared to be more at home than in the Castle ofAymon . Mr . Allen was the
loTer and his singing was by far the best ot the evening ; while Mr . LetHer laboured hard to bedroll as Taddeo . The ECU iras in flu- hands of Mr . P . Corri , who sang the airy phrases of Rossini ' s music with , a fine Irish brogue aud other eccentricities . In theja ' st scene , when m the course of the hoax he slips off his loose Algerme costume and gets nipped up in a pair of European pantaloons , he made the most of it , and was very entertaining .
- VICTOR IA , We drOPPediUtOtlUS Well-COnduCted theatre on Tuesday evening but too late to witness the commencement of the now tin ma which Mr . Osbaldiston has . this week produced for the entertainment of his . patrons ; we , however , saw sufficient to induce us to give our full approval to the new P ™ an approval wiiicli seemed to be universally entertained .- The drama is from the pen of flic author of bitian m » ie ,, the popularity of which this ugw piece bids fair to rival ^' it is entitled W « , <>« 9 ? f <* * $ *! det-iiis the adventures of a poor but virtuous girl , - !/« name , v ' oissSpos « l to be a mere child of charity , but who e ^ tudly proves to -be-tlie heiress . of immense wealth Thepart hi Marianne was'well performed by Miss Vincent . Mi- Osbaldiston admirably performed the part of Captain Reitnn . the father of Marianne , who had been supposed to
be dead , but who , returns , from slaveryiii . tune . to rescue his daughter from the plots of her enemies . Grubieip , a i-ascallvlaWycr , and -Sir Nicbdemus Softon ; a blackguardly sporting character , were : well acted by Mr . Esser Jones and Mr T Hi"g ie . Mr . W . Searle was very successful m the character of a desperado , named Nightshade . Mr . * John Herbert as Job Soroggs , a cat ' s-meat vendor , kept tho house in ' a roar of taughterthe-whole time he was on the s ' ta ^ e- ' and Miss E . Terry , as Miss Charlotte Todd , a gay lady of fashion , was excellent ... Tho curtain . descended amidst an unanimousroar of applause ; and the piece was announced to be performed every evening till further notice . The laughable drama , entitled Wilful Murder , followed , and kept the house in a continued fit of good humour until the commencement of the pantomime , the merits of which we have before noticed .
• OLYMPIC . The Outcast , a . drama written purposely for Mr . Rayner , SO deservedly popidar on tho Yorkshire boards , was performed at this theatre on . Wednesday evening week ; when that gentleman resumed his original part of Walter Graysdale , and MrsiW . West sustained the character of the heroine . The piece-consists of a strange medley of scenes and circumstances , -- among-which may be enumerated a harvest home , a gang of poachers , a shipwreck , an incendiary conflagration , a child rescued from tho flames , and other incidents " by flood and field . " The drama affords scope for the display of Mr . Rayner ' s peculiar forte and powerful talents , and most ably ho acquitted himself in both the whirlwind of passion , and the subdusd patllOS by which some of the scenes . were "distinguished . The audience were extremely liberal in their plaudits . Mrs . W . West laboured hard and successfully to make tlie most of an indifferent part . The house was well attended . ¦ . ¦ ' -
MAR . YLERONE . We visited this elegant theatre on Thursday evening . The performances vrexe-Barnaby . Riulge , succeeded by Mr . A . Morgan ' s splendid panorama of the ^ scenery of Afghanistan , made famous by-the late war . The panorama reflects the greatest credit on the artist . . The performances concluded with the plantoinime , which , continues in high favour with the visitors . . / ¦
ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . Tlie first of " ButtyVEquestrian Morning FGtes , and Fashionable Day Performances , ' commencing at ialf-past ¦ one , and terminating at half-past three , " was given on Monday . The-programme included a variety ofnovel aetsofliorsemansliip ; the songs , &e ., of " the S outhern Minstrels , Messrs . Woolcot , Robbins , Park er , and King . in their American nationalities and- Ethopian entertsiinment ; " and , lastly , a splendid equestrian pageant , executed by eiglit horses with their dames and cavaliers , entitled , the " Quadrilles of the Moyen Age . " , The acts' of horsemanship , by Mr . Newsome arid Mr . Selim Bridges , were admirably performed ; and the feats of the "Spotted Steed , Taglioni , " trained by Mr .-R , Smith , excited much applause . The Southern American Minstrels contributed greatly to the pleasure of the entertainment . The audience on this occasion was more select , than numerous ; for the announcement of these morning fetes has not yet become sufficiently public .
• SADLER'S WELLS . On Tuesday evening , the 31 st ult ., we visited this really popular theatre . "The " -play was Sir Edward Litton Biilwer's ; ' Lady of Lvohs ; or , Lone and Pride . Thei- .-liou . se was a " complete " overflow . Tlio characters were' sustained us they can only be sustained at this theatre . Mr . Phelps as Claude Mel-MottvMrs . Warner as Pauline Deschappdles , and Mr . G . Bennett as General Dumas , arc especially deserving of commendation : their acting elicited frequent marks of approbation .
ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PARIS . Paris , Dec . 31 . —Notwithstanding the fatiguing occupations of the Carnival , and particularly of the preparations 'for the Jour de-l'An—notwithstanding the lalt masques of the Operaihouse , of the Opera Comiqiie , and other theatres , and tlie cb ' uutless soirees dansantes of the season , the English theatrical company continue , and deservedly , to attract audiences crowded infinitely beyond their hopes . The performance of Hamlet has been followed by the Vtrginius of Mr . Sheridan Knowles , and h » S been not less . successful .. ; ; At the conclusion the curtain descended amid transports of applause , which were kept up until Mr . Macready again appeared to receive tn » renewed expression of the' gratification derived by the public ' from this remarkable ' performance . Miss Helen Faueit ' s Virginia vras replete with grace , gentleness , and classic simplicity . It would be impossible to act the character better . The remaining dramatis nersonw were creditably filled .
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Rov \ t , Polytechnic Is ? stitdtion . —At this festive season , when so many are iu search of enjoyment , it bocomes the duty of the public journalist to point out to his readers those places , where may be found rational amusement and pleasing , novelty . ' . Among the many such places with which ; this great city abounds , none can give more satisfaction . than tlie Roval Polytechnic Institution . All kinds of amjiiseinent are to be found there ; lectures on Chemistry , Natural Philosophy , and other branches of science . We must especially notice Mr . C . E . Home ' s Lectures on the National Music of different nations . Mr . Home ranks among the highest as a composer and musician . We are glad to find that this institution maintains its ground ' so well , and recommend our readers to pay it an early ' visit .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1297/page/8/
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