Star. — London, England, 1826-11-09 00:00:00

CATHOLIC MEETING. Yesterday, an Anniversary Meeting of the British Catholic Associat;on, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand. The Hon. Mr. Curroza in the Chair. Tl•e CHAIRMAN having . read the advertisement by which the.present Meeting was convened, stated, that the principal business of the day-was, the agreeing to a Peition m Part-fitment, praying for Catholic Emanci pation, which had already been submitted to, and ap proved by, the Catholic Committee. The Hon. Gen tleman then proceeded to advocate the interests of the cause which had summoned them together, as one, and a very extensive, branch fof the great question of civil and religions liberty. In the year 1805, this question was for the first time fairly brought before the Public, because it was then first submitted to the Parlia ment through the instrumentality of Lord Grenville. It was most extraordinary, that the wish of the Ca tholics of England to enjoy what all English sub jects ought to enjoy, a full and free participation in the immunities of the Constitution, should be con strued into a desire for Catholic ascendancy. Yet this miscon,truction was still affixed to it b,y many of their fellow subjects, although he believed this feeling was now much subsiding, through the influence of.the ap peals made to public -opinion through the medium of the Public Press. The Hon. Gentleman then went into a history of the progress of their cause down to the present moment, and pointed out the distinction be tween the terms " religious liberty," and its general signification, which seemed t . ) invest the phrase with the meaning of almost a licentiousness of opinion, and its true sense, . which signified the leaving to every man that exercise of free-mill which is abso lutely' necessary to entitle him to any merit in taking the right course, and which alone can make his good works acceptable. before GOD. He concluded by ex pressing a hope :hat the encomiums which Tullius Cicero bestowed on Caesar, might yet be applicable to England—" You have conquered nations innumerable, and terrible from their ferocity ; but you have now. gained a more honourable victory in triumphing over your own prejudices." Mr. Blount, die Secretary, having read apologie, for non-attend ance from the Duke of Norfolk, Lords Stafford, Clifford, &c. The Hon. Mr. Prrina addressed the Meeting pre vious to proposing the Petition which had already been submitted to the Committee. He began by congratu lating them OR .the failure of the " No Popery" cry at the last Election, and read a passage from the Declara tien of the Catholic Bishops, refuting the charge which was brought against them of seeking to acquire any right to Church . property. He concluded by recom mending to the 'Catholics the ibstaihing from all hostile invective against their opponents, and reading the Pe tition to the new Parliament, praying for emancipation. The Petition contained little more than had been already urged on•previous occasions, with the exception of the Prayer that the House would look _on the latelY pub lished Declaration of the catholic Bishops, as a full exposition of the religious principles of the body at large —and an allusion to the sense of the Protestant people, manifested in the failure of the " No Popery" cry at the late Election... On the motion that this Petition be presented, which was se. conded by Mr. Cna 'cos Burcza, of Lincoln's Inn, Mr. GRADY offered some objection to passages in the Petition, and moved, as an •amendment, that (elm referred to a Sub-Committee. Mr. Wkintist.s wished the Hon. Gentleman would,, (in the man ner of Mr, Coblpetr) number his objectirs, so as that they might be put. in order. !slr. Gaaar replied, that if it would be any convenience, he had no objection•to follow the exltnple of. Mr. Cobbett, or a man of less talent--(l.aughterand cheers).. . The motion was seconded by Mr. §utwar. The Rev. Mr. DONALD opposed the amendment.,— With respect to the objection of the Hon. Gentleman to a passagein.the Petition, which spoke of the claims laid by England to the character of being the leader of the nations in all liberal measures, he was certain th4t would not be found to be the fact. In all Catholic countries, where there were Protestants to tolerate, they were always admitted to the rights of subjects.—tit voice in the crowd cried " Spain I"J—He was certain that there was nothing in the Spanish Constitution to exclude Protestants from equal rights with Catholics. The Amendment being put from the Chair was negatived. Mr. CANNING, of Fuscourt, wished that the ground taken by the Petition had been that of general right ; and argued at much length in favour of the general cause. After some observations from the Itev.Mr.Cou.iNs,the motion that the Petition be adopted was put and carried, some verbal alterations being proposed and acceded to. Several other minor resolutions were then agreed to ; and thanks being voted to the lion. Chairman, 'which *ere mutually acknow ledged by him, the Meeting was dissolved. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7.—Late yesterday evening a re spectable looking man went to the coach-office at the Golden Lion, in Dale -street, with a box, addressed to a Captain of a Royal Marine Regiment; Edinburgh. The bookkeeper suspecting it was•the same direction as was left at the White Horse coach office a day or two ago, sent the boy over to enquire, when the person instantly ran out of the office, and attempted to get away, but was taken, and is now in custody. The box contained ' a human body. It has since been discovered, that a body from the workhouse was buried yesterday after noon, which is missing from the place of deposit. At the Salford Sessions, on the 4th ins►. Jahn Bridg ford; IVm. Thwers, Benjamin Horrobin, Thomas Towers, Samuel Mawley, John Reddish, and Thomas Hardman,' were indicted for - conspiring together, to issue out a fraudulent execution, in the County Court of Lancashire, and cart ying the same into effect on the goods of Han nah Sandford and Frances Bridgford. The prosecu •rices were the dau g hters of a man well known and highly respected by a very large proportion of the in habitants of slanchester. Alter his death, his daughters carried on his business of a seaman, for the purpose of supporting themselves and the rest of his family. The tirst of the defendants was the brother of the Ladies against whom he was charged with conspiring. He was by business a publican. The second defendant was an attoinev, and had an office in the tavern kept by Br idg -I.ld. The other defendants, Horrobin, Mawiey,,Red dish, and Hardman, were bailiffs, frequently employed in the execution of the processes issuing from the r. ffice of Mr. Towers. The evidence having been concluded, the defendants were found Guilty, and Bridgford, Hur robio, and Towers, were sentenced to be imprisoned for 12 caleudar months Mawley's sentence was respired , wan the nestSessions.(M awley is under sentence of trans• portation fire another off •nce); and Reddish and Hard man were sentenced to be sever ally imprisoned in the House of Corte, tion f. , r one calendar month. Severs persons were last week committed to the De vizes arid Marlbotough Bridewells, for offence; under the Game laws. NEW CHARGE AGAINST WILLIAM PAGE. Some days:prior to the examination of William Page, alias " Cobbler Will," who was suspected of having been implicateei the murders recently perpetrated at Fetchaus, mid the account of whose examination before the Rev. MT; BOLLAND and .others, appeared in the STAR of yesterday, information wds received at Union Hall police-office, that he had bein concerned in - the crime of horse•stealing to a considerable extent in Hampshire, besides being implicated in the commission of various felonies in the county of Sarrey. The Magis tratet of the above office, acting upon the alleged facts, with respect to the charges against Page, immediately directed one of the officers belonging to that estab lishment, to proceed forthwith ,to Fetcham, or whither he had gone subsequent to the investigation that had taken place on Sunday before Mr. Bolland, and take him into custody. . Grassmith, the officer, accordingly left town on Tuesday morning, and on his arrival at Fetcham, had an interview with the above-named Magistrate, to whom he made known the business upon which he had come.— Mr. Bolland accompanied the officer to the Bellisublic house, where Page and Mary Ayres had taken up their abode since their arrival in that part of the country. Grassmith, on seeing the man be wanted, and having been previously informed that those who apprehended him had not examined his clothes, in order to discover whether he had in his possession any article that was likely to implicate him in the murders, commenced that task, observing to Page that he must submit to have his pockets, as well as the whole of his luggage, thoroughly searched. Page, in an angry tone, said, " that' it was a hard case that he should be liable to be pulled about, and have his pockets turned inside out by a police offi cer, after having undergone an examination, on a charge of which be was proved to be innocent, and the result of which led to his final discharge only a day or two before." Grassmith, however, insisted upon the per formance of that very important part of his duty, and, at length, after some resistance on the part of Page, took from his small clothes pocket a . very ancient silver watch, with the maker's name " Sampson, London," engraved on the inside of the case. Mr. Bolland, on the discovery ofthis watch, asked Page whether he was inclined to give any account of the manner in which he had become possessed of the article ? Page, in a morose tone, at first refused to disclose where he had got it; but upon Grassmith pressing him, by observing, that it he had come honestly by it, assuredly he could have no scruples in answering the question. Page then with an oath said, "Poll gave it me, and that was the way I got it." (It may be necessary to state here, that Page is a most abandoned and profligate character, having been chiefly supported by Mary Ayres, since they have cohabited together, by the wages of her prostitution). The fellow having indulged for some time in language of the most obscene description before the Magistrate, Grassmith threatened to place the handcuffs upon him if he did net desist ; upon which Watson, the constable of Weybridge, who took him into custody oa Saturday, and who was in attendance on the present occasion, ob served--" This is the way in which he has behaved all along to me." Watson had no sooner uttered the words, than Page, who seems to be a most violent fellow, doubling up his fist and running towards him, notwith standing the presence of the Magistrate and several other persons, gave him a blow in the face that cap sizedand laid him at the ft:roof the table. Grassmith, seeing Page bent upon mischief, was under the neces sky of handcuffing him, to preserve any thing like decorum. On further search of his person, a silver tea-spoon was taken from his waistcoat pocket, the initials and marks on whrch appeared to have been very recently erased. Grassmith, who is a very intel ligent officer, finding that there was considerable mys tery attached to the prisoner's conduct, he also having refused to give a satisfactory account of the possession of the spoon, proceeded to examine one of his bundles, the remainder having been left behind either at Oakshot or Weybridge, and in it found a garment belonging to the woman, which had spots of blood on the upper part of it. On Page being questioned as to the cause of the marks, he accounted for them, by saying that they arose in consequence of its having been thrown over their donky, whose back was cut and bled a good deal. Some spots that had a good deal the appearance of blood were also visible on a waistcoat belonging to him, which he attributed to the same cause. Under all the circum stances, Mr. Bolland remanded the'prisoner for further examination, and he was accordingly given over into the custody of Grassmith, who conveyed him to town, and lodged him in Horsemonger-lane gaol. It appears that the constable who first apprehended the suspected persons, omitted that most essential part of his duty, namely, examining the whole of their per sons and luggage, in order to ascertain whether there was any property or article therein belonging to Ake hurst or his housekeeper. Even the tools with which Page worked at his trade were overlooked. In fact, so little knowledge of the business of " thief-taking" was displayed on the present occasion, that Grassmith left town again yesterday morning for the purpose of mi nutely examining avery article in the possession of Page and Mary Ayres. The Magistrates of Union-hall di rected the whole of his tools to be brought up to town in order to discover whether he bad such a weapon amongst them that was likely to have inflicted the wounds which were observable on the skulls of the murdered person,. The surgeon who examined the bodies- would be enabled to describe accurately the weapon with which the blows were inflicted. In the course of yesterday a letter was received from Maidstone, addressed to the Magistrates of Union•hall, stating that a map nick-named " Screw," who it will be recollected gave some important information to the offi cers on the subject of the murders, will be in town im mediately. The man will attend at the police office on the examination of Page, as the Magistrates there con ceive there is still considerable suspicion attached to him respecting the murders. MA NCR EsTea, Nov. 7.—To.day's has been the flattest market we have had for several months. Sellers, after having experienced two very dull market-days in suc cession, were disposed to sell at very low prices; but buyers were not to be tempted, and scarcely anything was done either in goods or twist. 'The forthcoming New S:ries of O'Hara Tales, con lists, we understand, of Two Stories: one called the Nowlans, the other, Peter of the Castle—both are less marked with politi cal features than the First Series. The Nowl a itts exhibits the strug gles and sufferings, before and after a Breach of his Ordination Vows, of a young Roman Catholic Priest, and the miseries of a sister, partly resulting front his fall, partly on account of her being abandoned after a marriage nut recognized by existing law. Peter of the Castle details a peculiar case of the moral influence, in Ire land. to a religious ordinance, and is also drawn fruni the writings of human passion, and illustrated by local scenes, Lairs, and real characters.—Miming Chronicle. COURT OF ALDERMEN. . . A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which the LORD MA TOIL reported the election Of CRARLXII Faarionenza, ffaq. as Alderman of the Ward of Lime-street, in the room of Gaoling Biunuci, Esq. lately resigned. Mr. VA RRIROTHER was then introduced by the Common Council. and several of the Inhabitants of the Ward of Lime -street. to the Court, upon which he was sworn into office, and took his seat. Several presentments of Non-Freemen, Ruinous Houses, and Nuisances, in the Wards of Ilishopsgate and Cripplegate Wi t hout, were made by the. Inquests of those Wards, upon which the Court passed the esual orders. 'l'he Sheriffs delivered in a state of the several Gaols under their charge. The Keepers of the Prisons made their Annual Returns, under the directions of the late Act of Parliament respecting Gaols. The LORD Mayas' and Aldermen then proceeded into the Great Hall, where the Loan MAYOR Elect was sworn into office with the accustomed ceremonies. LAW REPOUT. COURT OF CHANCERY, Norms= 8. The Court was occupied the whole day in hearing arguments on appeals.. The LOAD CHANCZLLOR said he should give judgment on Monday next in the case of " The Attorney General v. the Earl of Mansfield. , VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nor. 8. TAAVE V. ZILLLZW. This was a bill filed, by the representative of a legate against the widow and executrix of the testator. It ap- peared, that in the year 1806. the deceased, Mr. Bellew, then residing at Amboise, in France, wrote a letter to the late Mr. Taafe, stating that he would not make a formal will, because be did not wish his 'Wife to know the dispositions which he might choose to make of his property; but he bequeathed to Mr. Taafe, by the au thority of this letter, one half of whatever property he might die in possession of. In 1824 he made a regular will, in which he bequeathed all his property to his wife, and then d'ed. Mr. Taafe claimed the benefit of the testamentary letter, and the widow demurred to his bill, on the ground that the will effectually revoked the bequest in the letter. Mr. SUPDZX now supported the demurrer; but the letter and the will being read, His HONOUR was of opinion that the will did not effectually revoke the testamentary letter, because the will did not dispose of the whole of the property, and therefore the will must be considered as a codicil to the testamentary letter, which must prevail so far as its previsions were pot contravened by the subsequent be quests of the testator. The demurrer, therefore, could not be allowed, though his Honour thought it would be only proper that the cause should stay for the deci sion of the Spiritual Courts upon the validity of the two instruments. Mr. Swaim prayed time to put in the answers, which was granted COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WiSTIEUMU, Nov. 8. sawn aa v. sums. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a mer chant, living in North America, against the defendant, the surviving executor of Mr. Andrew Burner, to re cover the sum of 9,0001. and alleged to have been re ceived by Mr. Andrew Brymer, from his Majesty's Victualling Board. Mr. Andrew Brymer had been the partner of the plaintiff, but had, in consideration of the sum of 50,0004 conveyed by deed, his interests in the joint contracts of the partnership with the Victualling Board to the plaintiff. It was under this deed that the plaintiff claimed the sum which formed the subject of the action. The action was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at the London Adjourned Sittings after last Term, and it then appearing that the deed of convey. ance was not drawn upon a sufficient stamp, the plain tiff was nonsuited. The SOLICITOR GINIRAL now moved for a Rule to call upon the defendant to 'hew cause why a new trial should not be granted—first, on the ground that the deed was prepared by Mr. 13rytner's attorney, and the plaintiff had no knowledge that the stamp was insuffi cient ; and, secondly, on the ground that the deed had been properly stamped since the trial.—Rule granted. Mr. CAMPRILLL moved for a writ of habeas corpus, directing the keeper of the Petworth House of Correction to bring up the body of Mary Ann Martin, who had been illegally committed for refusing to submit to an examination, touching *he father of her illegitimate child. • To shew the illegality of the proceeding, it was only necessary to read the warrant under which the plaintiff was committed. It was issued by a single Ma. gistrate, and ran as follows: " Whereas information bas been given before me by Edward Gibbon, clerk to the guardians of the poor of the city of Chichestei, that Mary Ann Martin, of the parish of has been delivered of a child, which is likely to become chargeable to that parish, and refuses to appear before a Justice of the Peace to be examined, touching the father of the said child ; and whereas the said Mary' Ann Martin having appeared before me , and shewn no cau s e w hy she should not be examined, touching the father of the said child, I hereby direct and authorise the keeper of Petworth House of Cor rection to receive and keep the said Mary Ann Martin in custody until she shall submit to be examined as aforesaid." It newer had been determined (the Learned Counsel contended) that a woman was liable to be committed at all for refusing to affiliate a child ; because the act which she refused to do was one whereby she might criminate herself. It was not, however, necessary to raise that question . in the case before the Court; for there were several fatal objections on the face of the warrant. In the first place, it did not appear that any complaint had been made by the parish officers, though it was only upoh such complaint that Magistrates ac quired jurisdiction in such case's. Mr. Justice Baniv—The warrant, you say, is signed by only one Magistrate? Mr. Canraw. said the fact was so. There were two cases in which it was decided that such a warrant was invalid. The Brat case was, " Billings and Prynn e ," i n 2d Blackstone. The I.OIID CHIEF JUSTICE—Take the writ on that ground. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Wesssunseis, Nov. if. • SIR JOHN MIMI AND OTHERS P. HONE. This ease was tried before the Lomb Cunt Jusrica at Guildhall, on Saturday last, when the Arad was nonsuited. • Mr. Sergeant TADDY now moved to obtain a rule that the nonsuit should be set aside,. and a new trial granted, on the ground that the evidence which had been pro dnced was not sufficient to prove that the firm of Sir John Peering and Co. were paitners In the Imperial Distillery Company, the only evidence on that point was, that Sir John Peering and Mr. Barber, another member of the firm, had purchased a number of shares in the Company, but had almost immediately after dis posed of them again. This was not a transaction of the firm, but merely a private one of Sir John Petting and Mr. Barber.—Rule granted. PREROGATIVE COURT, Nov. 8. Upoti•tbe motion of the Kinct's ADVOCATE, administration of the effects of several persons deceased, intestate and without legal re presentatives, was granted to the Solicitor to the Trcasury, his Majesty's nominee. • OR‘HAM V. VOID. This was a suit to decide to whom should be granted tho•administration of the effects of Joseph Solomon Ford, late a victualler in Billingsgate, who died intestate in , November, 1825, leaving six daughters, one married to Mr. Graham, the other five unmarried, and, with the exception of the eldest, minors. The property amounted to 8,0001. Dr. Lussitscrox, on behalf of Miss Ford, the -eldest_• (mantled daughter_ and the minors, contended that Mr. Graham, the husband of the deceased's eldest daughter, and on whom the distribution of the property would devolve is case of administration being granted to his wife, had so misconducted himself, that he *As not entitled to confidence; that if he obtained possession of the property, it might b 2 necessary to have recourse to expensive suits in Chancery to recover it; and that the deceased, just before his death, had distinctly mani fested a want of confidence in Mr. Graham, and an in. tention of appointing a person as guardian of the inte rests of his unmarried daughters. Dr. JCNNIR (for Mr. Graham) argued that the Court, in a case of this kind, would look to the interest of the property, and would net deny the right of distribution to the eldest child, unless there was ample reason to ap prehend that the property would be mal•administered. Now, no imputation rested on Mrs. Graham, and her husband, whc held a respectable post under the Corpo ration of London (that of oyster meter), was able to give security for the-due execution of his trust. The Court decreed administration to Miss Ford, and condemned Mr. Graham in costs. SPORTING IN [ELLIGENCE. COURSING. The Forfarshire Coursing club met at Inverkeillet on Thursday; when the silvermounted slip, given by W. F. L. Carnegie, Esq. ue e run for as follows; Mr. Guilleaume's bL bitch Mary, heat Mr. Duncan's brd. bitch Juno. Mr. Butcher's brd. bitch Jenny Deans, beat Mr. Meason's w. bitch Bluecap. Mr. Lyall's bl. dog Cato, beat Mr. Farquhar% f. dog Roebuck. Mr. Brodie's F. Start, beat Mr. Buyter's f. dog Saracen. Flan Ties—Mr. Butcher's Jenny Deans, beat Mr. Guilleaume's Mary. Mr. Lyall's Cato, beat Mr. Brodie's Start. SKCOND Tuts—Mr. Butcher'. Jenny Deans, beat Mr. Lyall's Cato, and won the dips. The hares were remarkably scarce; in consequence of which, the couples are only to be decided to-day. _ TROTTING MATCH. Tuesday afternoon considerable bustle prevailed on the Rue; road to witness a match for 100 sovereigns between Mr. Wombwell, of Bermondsey, and Mr. BuMick. Mr. Wombwell engaged to trot his bay mare, rising six. years, against Mr. Bullock's hackney mare, each in a chaise, carrying one beside the driver, and to start from the first mile stone, Mile find, to the twenty-fifth mile stone, without baiting. Odds at starting, six to four on the bay mare, Mr. BuUock's mare took the lead at starting, and was passed by the bay mare at the thirteenth mile stone; she, however, became dis tressed, and was passed by the mare in the twenty-first mile, and was beat by half a mile, as Mr. Bullock never again was headed. The twenty-five miles were done in two hours and a few seconds. Much betting took place. GREAT FOOT RACE. The race of two miles was run yesterday morning, on the Staines road, between Captain Percy and Mr. Bickerton; it was for 100 soya. a side. The Captain received of his competitor 200 yards at the end, and Mr. Bickerton was backed at 6to 4 eagerly. The pedestrians ran over a mild piece of ground. The Captain did the two miles in 10 minutes, and his adversary in 10 min. and 35 sec. PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM. We understand that letters are in circulation among the magistracy and clergy of the county of Middlesex, intimating the intention of Lord Robert &planar, at the next Epiphany Sessions, to invite the consideration of the magistrates to the necessity for erecting a Pauper • Lunatic Asylum. It is to be collected from the state ment in the le4ef alluded to, that in the licensed houses and workhouses of Middlesex, of 663' patients, 81 only, or about one-eighth, bare been dis c harged and that in the County Lunatic Asylums, of 3857 patients, 1550, or a propurtion exceeding one half, have been discharged cured, and 171 relieved ; and that the expense to the county of Middlesex for this inefficient treatment, is 18,0001. _ 'An Inquest - _ was held yesterday on Mary Walsh, an old woman, at the Gree n Gate, City-road. From the evidence it appeared th a t about 11 o'clock on Saturday night a watchman saw the deceased fall down in Golden lane, and immediately ran to her assistance and con veyed her to the watch-house. She was a good deal intoxicated, and became so abusive that she was locked up in the strong-room : there she remained until half. past one o'clock, when Walker, the watchhouse-keeper, found her bundled up in 'a heap on the ground, and quite dead. The Coroner, adverting to the danger to which persons left alone in a state of intoxication were subject, desired that in future the watchhouse- keeper's visits to them should be made more frequent. A blad der, found concealed on the deceased's person, was produced. It contained some whisky and was of the kind frequently found upon females connected with smugglers and private distilleries. Verdict—" Apo plexy, occasioned by excessive drinkiNg." SWICARING IN OF THR NRW LORD M A YOlL—Yester• slab pursuant to annual custom, the Lord Mayor elect entered upon the duties of his office. At an early hour, the late Lord Mayor sat in the Justice.room for a short time, and closed his Magisterial duties as Chief Magi strate ; after which he, accompanied by the Lord Mayor elect, the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and the different City officers, proceeded in state to Guildhall, and there held a Court of Aldermen, at which Mr. Sheriff Farebrother was sworn in as Alderman for Lime-street ward, and the Inquests of several of the wards made their present ments. Their Lordships, accompanied by the various officers, then proceeded to the hustings,' where an im mense number of highly respectable persons were astern. bled, and the usual oaths were administered to the Lord Mayor elect; after which the late Lard Mayor vacated tht Chair, and Mr. Alderman Brown was in stalled in his s cad as Chief Magi-trate of the City, and took his seat accordingly, amidst the applause of those assembled. The venerable Chamberlain then proceeded formally to deliver up his staff of office, and various other articles, to the new Lord Mayor, which he was 'pleased to return. The Sword-bearer also tendered his sword, which was likewise returned. The new Lord Mayor having received the congratulations of the late Lord Mayor, and of his brother Aldermen, and the City officers, then retired from the Hall, and shortly proceeded back in state to the Mansion House, where the late Lord Mayer gave the annual farewell dialler on his retiring from office. DARING ROBBRRY.—Sunday ,evening, .at an early hour, as Henry Taylor, El. of Jewin Crescent, Al. .dersgate-street, was passing along Goswell-street, he was attacked by a young man, who rushed irons Little Bell-alley, and made a snatch at his Watch, which was presesved by a guard. One of the rings, htiwever, gave way, , and after a momentary struggle, the thief con trived to effect his escape with a valuable gold chain, three seals, and two keys. Yesterday Mr. Fawcarr us I a new piece at Covent.* garden Theatre, to be called the White Lady. Tuesday and yesterday a number of workmen sere employed In erecting a 'boetd in Pall-mall, opposite the King's Palace, previous to the taking down of the scritn in the front of the Palace, which will be removcal re she saw Palace mains tor his blamer to St. James's Park.