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THEATRES. DIURT•LANO. Miss EDMISTON repeated the pert of Lady Mac. bells last night to a very crowded and fashionable , house. Difficulties of every kind accumulate upon a new performer in a character in familiarised by the greatest ornaments of the stage. She copes with theta successfully, and in the passages of higher interest stamps a fame for herself which will long continue current. If there be any reasonable fault, it is that she acts too much, and commits a waste of emphasis in places which either do not deserve it— as in her reception of King Await ; or which do not fairly admit of it—as in the sleeping soliloquy— the interest of which last must arise mainly from the k•uarest of the mind's unruly agitation with the willies, of the featares an d limbs, and the th e -premier condition of the vocal organs. The scene .which comprises the murder was sustained both by her end Mr. Kinks with un.mprovable effect—such as 'fixed the house in real and silent consternation. Mr. KZAN displayed his judgment to the best ad vantage. as it was•beheld ere yet the excess of tri umph had led him to the aduption of those tricks in manner end voice which have sometimes of late sul lied its brightness. He pronounced the dialogue la the scene just referred to, and those at the con • vlerion, with au entire mastery, and held forth an exquisite lecture of the dark passions strug gling with the web and 'Dare of fatal guilt into which the heroism of Macbeth is plunged. ]t is not negative praise alone to say that he com mitted only one of his dissevering prams in the whole performance, which fell oat between the sen tence thus—" We will proceed—fpasise)—no fur ther in this business." The piece is eminently at tractive as at present cast. The Wags of Wintlior succeeded, and Mr. Firzwmtam performed for the first time Looney fitTtoolter. He has just the right proportion of brogue, and discovers a quick perception of the ingredient humour of the vulgar Irish. KNIGHT ceased a vast deal of laughter in Jobs Lump, especially by his suspicion that the young Lady had fallen in love with him. Mr. Fliatze acquitted himself with due effect as Caleb ()amens. Miss CUBITT performed l'hcebe with great success. Mr. GATTI' was a very proper and effective Deputy COYEII-0111LDEN. Ile Comedy of Errors o!as performed last night for the filet time this season. Mies STIRPH6PIII and Mies M. TREE acquitted themselves with their usual excellence. The performances of the night attracted a crowded and elegant audience. HAYMARKET. The splendid •iew of the solar 'poem, and the clear and comprehendve lecture of Mr.GOODACRE, afforded a moot useful and interesting treat at this theatre last night. The metropolis is now full of the juvenile classes, and parents and guardians should know tha long study could Dot impart so mach improvement to the mind of .children, as may be acquired in our night at out of those sub lime and splendid talsibitious. Min Wawa matfeiter first appearance in the character of Mundane, in the opens of Artaxerxes, at the Dublin theatre, on Saturday, and experienced a not favourable reception. • Oa Tuesday there was a Board at the Treasury, to take into consideration the reductions at the diffe rent public offices, and a Minute was signed by Lord Livearoos., &c. that Unite who now retire should receive an a llowance according to the scale mentioned in their Lordships' letter in the year ; consequently Mr. BANES' Act no longer exists. Serjearit PEAED and JOHN SARGENT, Esq. of the Audit Office, however, retire upuu the old Act. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the ender-mentioned Com manders took leave of the Court previous to depart ing for their respective destinations, viz.—Captain E. M. DANIELL. Duchess of Athol—for Bengal and China ; Captains T. Samna*, and J. WALKER, Marquees—for St. Helena, Bombay, and Chins. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India Houle, for the purpose of determining the follow- Jag question, viz.—•• That this Court confirm their resolution of the 48th September last, approving the resolution of the Court of Directors of the sth of that month, granting to Mr. Jon!. HINDE PCLLY, of the Bombay Civil Establishment, the sum of 2,0001., upon ►he grounds therein •tated."— At six o'clock the glasses were closes) and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the question to be carried io the affirmative. There is no truth in the current rumour of the •lapointtnents said to have taken place, according to • which Sir IV Ah?En Scurf is made • MIMI Of Ex_ chequer, sod ROBUT HAMILTON, Eaq. Sheriff Depute of Lanarkshire, to succeed him es oue of the Principal Clerks of Seatuu.—(adinhargi Peper.) Files of papers and some letter, have been re ceived from several of the Went Jodie Islands.— From St. Domingo they are of the tat ult. and one of them dated on that day from Port-au-Priuce, contains the following information :- 1' The authorities of this port have Sited out six @choosers to check and control the insolence of the ;Arista that infest these yeas. Yesterday t►ey set sail to the eastward. lifetime was received, by an American ship, that from eight la awake sail of these marauders were bovetiug os that pan of the coast of Ibis island ; and it is to be ►aped tbst the schooner will ancreed in capturtng some of the.. They are , well armed, and though some of the piratical vessels Sr. larger, yet they will be folly able to cope with them. Within the last week all aerehaat vessels have been indiscriminately plundered, and a vast quantity of property bas her,, taken oat of them. Several of them have been oLliged to put to Isar to refit, sir that it was high tope that something should be dour to suppress the coney." Another commaticution mentions, that nothing interfered with an advantageous trade but the desperate audacity of those ;•eats of the West In dies. They wormed its ouch numbers, that it wa s less than at, even chance that a shit► could run with safety through► them. The account, from other West India Islands are filled with representations of the same kind ; and the newspapera fro.n Jamaica coattails uo other pews than the particular, of the manner iu which ships had been plundered: some of them had been scuttled, and the crews turned *drift iu small bouts, without provisions.. REFUGE FOR TIER lIOUSELESS. The Centimes fonder be Committee belonging to the above laudable sod ebarliable Institution, have, since the COllllllelletlllfet of the present damp aid inclement weat►er, held several 'stelae., to take into t►eir consideration the propriety of again opening receptacles for the admission of wretched and homieless individuals, and to afford them a temporary shaker sod provide them with food daring the approoebiag winter. The Ltados Workhouse, in Bishops. gat►atreet, t►e late refuge, could not be obtained for the accommodation of she applicants t►is season, and premises on • very extensive scale have been engaged is Honduras.street, Old-street, St. Lake, sear Golden-lace; they were formerly oc cupied by a distiller, sod ate very spacious and commodious. The sitiamion of this receptacle is very central for tbs pee per, all it is bounded by the parishes of Clerkenwell, ',Hustles, Sboreditch, Bethnal-gram, &c. which contain ■smbeeless wretched imlividuals, w►o will readily obtain shelter. The Institetion will open as soon as the premise+ eau be fitted up for reception. It is grievous to witness the ■smerous objects, and soles of distress related every ilny at the various police offices, by distressed and houseless fermi lies, mu, of whom are sow perishing cod dyisg for want of MR. 1.0111:DAY. We yesterday stated that an English Gentle man, of the name of Loved's', had presented ti Pe tition to the French* Chamber of Deputies, coin ;dinning that his daughter, whom lie had pluced ut ■ boarchugsschool in that city, had been converted to the Roman Catholic, faith. The Petition is of cotonderale length. The ftllowileg are the prin. cipel facts which it details, stripped of a great redundancy of observations upon the prose lytizing system, complaint against an obstinate daugliter.and esporestous of indignation agasn't the mistress of the boarding school, who is charged es the principal agent lii the conversion of the young lady:— Mr. Douglas I.nveday. the petitioner, is an Eng lishman and a Protestant. In 1816 he came to Fruiter, fur the benefit of the education of his two daughters. Being obliged to return to England in the same year, he placed them and his niece, the daughter of Major.Genersl Lovedsy, the Governor of Benares, in • hoarding-school kept by Made. moiselle Ernestine Reboot. 09 his return to Paris in July 1811, lie wrote to his daughters, inform ing them, that on his return he meant to take them from school. He then received from Made moiselle Reboul a letter, stating the injury she might sustain if they were all taken away at once, and requesting that the Mee,. who was the youngest, might be allowed to remain fur • time, adding, that Petitioner should do her injustice if he enter tained any apprehension on the score of religion. In the month of September he returned to Parts, and on the 43d of October the two daughters de clared to him that they were Roman Catholics, and that their firmness and faith were not to he shaken. Not suspecting that Mademoiselle Reboill was an accomplice in their conversion, he let the niece re main, and removed his daughters on the 3d Novem ber; but in a few days the conversion of the niece was also effected. On tbe 11/1h November his eldest daughter eloped from his house, leaving a note, •p. pointing to meet him at Mademoiselle Reboul's. I He went accordingly. Mademoiselle Reboot , pleaded total ignorance of all that had happened, and in the course of the conversation she received a letter from his daughter, stating, that she would not come to her house, that she was in. a place of safety, and was happy. The Peti tioner then goes on to state, that he had intercepted some letters from his daughter, and had found that she maintained a correspondence with some person whose Herne lie had not been able to discover. In vain he demanded from Made moiselle who this person was; he could only learn that Insdaughter had made him a present, which the mis tress charged to her account. He was not able to learn of what this present consisted; his daughter in • a letter to Mademoiselle Helmut said that she hoped he hod been presented with HER HEART, referring to the person before alluded to. On making his complaint to the King's Attorney-General, that Magistrate answered that Mademoiselle had acted Islay; that his daughter. was 21 years of age; and it was a delicate and diffi cult affair. After several coin efforts to recover her, on the Bth December lie teamed from Mr. Vaughan,' the Secretary of the English Ambassador, that his daughter was found, she was in the 'lands of Mr. Jerutugham, a Roman Catholic Gentleman of high Montour, whose faintly was originally English, who delivered her up to Petitioster, but she made her escape. She was recovered, but shortly after made her escape again ; and on tile 17th of December he was informed that she had sought refuge in the Convent of the Congregation de Notre Dame, the Superior of which refused to give her up, and was supported in this refusal by the Commissary of Police. A private letter from Paris states the failure of one of the most eminent banking-houses in that city. Many English families residing there suffrr onsiderably by this failure, as the house in question was preferred fur deposits, ou account of its reputed solidity. Letters from Gibraltar mention the failure of a highly eminent house there, which is largely con nected with this country. Letters h tie arrived in town from Vienna to the' 28th ult. They in no respect confirm the miser tiuns of the French Papers, ins the authority of advice@ from Frankfurt, that Turkey had been com pelled at length to accept the terms imposed by the Russian soltinutrns. That such a report pre wailed in the Austrian capital, at least a fortnight ago, we are well aware; hut it failed in the effect it was intended to produce upon the stock market of Vienna, and there is little doubt that if such a rumour was again circulated, the purpose of it was the Mine. Extract from a letter frogs Deal, January 7:— " I understand the Comet brig, Capt. Bestirs, which left this yesterday for Smyrna, is loaded with ammunition for I heTurks, and that she Carrie. 30,000 shut, and a variety of articles of the first necessity. 1 cannot but hope that the Greek cruisers may fell in with this brig, mod that the Brinell flag will not be allowed to curer these war supplies to the Turks against our Christian brethren in Greece." Extract of a letter from Montreal, dated Decema ber 510 :—" Ice has already formed in our port in an unbroken sheet, between the little island said the adjacent shore. and we hre reason to believe that this winter will be, unusually severe." Lossox, LAW livrzLLtaENce. - COVET OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, IVRDstADAY, JASUAST 9. Were the Loan Cum /mica sad Special Juries. LANE, V. DREFIT •ND STILL. Mr. M•ILLYATT stated the case for the Plaiotiff, who is a dry-salter in the City of London. The Defendants are Custom-house officers. The Plain tiff was in possession of a quantity of English verdi grise ; the Defendants having called at the Plain tiff's warehouse, looked at it, and expressed their intention of seizing it as French verdigrise. The Plaintiff assured them that the article was of Eng lish manufacture, produced them the bill of' Mewls. Watson, the persons from whom he bought it, and offered to go with the officers to their house. He accordingly accoospanitd them to the counting- . house of Memos. Watson, who affirmed it to be English io the presence of the officers, and also told them from whom they brought it. The officers notwithstanding seised it, and carried it away to the Custoin-house. After some time the Commis sioners of the Cosmos, having investigated the m a tter, were satisfied of the truth of the Plaintiff's representations, and the verdigrise was restored, but so deteriorated in titian'', that, faint 7.. per 'sound, it was, when returned, not worth Store than 3s. per pound. Evidence was called to prove these facts. The 'situates slated, that the article was manufactured and packed so as to resemble French verdigrise, for which most persons would have mistaken it. The SOLICITOR-GSMERAL, fur the Defendant., said, the question here was, not whether the article was French or &relish, he admitted that it was the latter; but the question was, if there was not probable cruse fur making the seizure ? The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said there could . •be no doubt there was probable cause for the seizure, and he most certify accordingly, agreeably to the Act of Parliament. The effect of that certificate the law would settle. The Jury, under his Lordship's direction, found a verdict for the Plaintiff—damages 73/. 150.8 d. LIWIS V. WALTER. This was an action against the Proprietor of The Times newspaper fur a libel published in that paper. The Defendant had pleaded Not Guiliy. Mr. CHITTY opened the pleadings. • The SOLICITOR-GENIRAL stated the Plaintiff's case to the Jury. The Plaintiff was, he said, an attorney of that Conit, and also Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster : the Defendant was proprietor of The Times newspaper. The libel of which he had to complain was published in the report of a trial which took place at the Surrey Assists, and certain observations of the publisher thereon. Re ports of legal proceedings were very beneficial when made with impartiality and candour, bet all who were at all conversant wish the proceedings of Courts of Justice must know that es-paree statements must often be made by Counsel, but yet nothing could be more unjust sad cruel than to publish such. /-inateisserits to the world: -lt off!" happened that . roe.' of the most unblemished characters were in cluded in a criminal charge ; circurostauces were stated by Counsel. and part of the evidence gone through, when the Judo interposes before* single witness has been called fur the Defendent, or a word said by Ins Counsel in his behalf. This was most cruel, he might say most illegal ; but how much snore cruel for the publisher to add his observations on the case ? Such was the nature of the present case. It happened that the Plaintiff w a s employed by a person named Bingham, in Hampshire, against whom an execution had bent lowed, and the Sheriff was in possession of his pods. The properly was given up afterwards, and the limos, against whom it was held indicted the Plaintiff, Mr. Bingham. and soother person for • conspiracy, which came on for trial as Kingston. - It happened that the Plaintiff as. not properly prepared to prove his case, and the cause was there fore stopped. His Learned Fnend (Serjeant Onslow) stated a great number of facts to the Jury. which were not proved. His Learned Friend was• justified in stating them. for he spoke from his in grunions, yet when he failed in proving them, it was most unjustifiable to publish them. But this was not all ; at the conclusion of the report it was said, " The Jury, under the direction of the Lewis. ed Judge, were obli g ed to acquit the Defendants, to the great regret o f a crowded Court : the state ment of Counsel and . the evidence, so far as it went, had made a strong impression of the guilt of the Defendants." With respect to public libels (said the Solicitor-Geoerat), though frequently highly reprehensible, yet they were of a very different cha racter from those of a private nature. The spirit of party paralixed their effect, but against pre-. vale calumny DO character could bear tip, if it, might be assailed with impunity by libels of this kind. The Plaintiff bad brought this action to give the Defendant an opportunity of justifyiug, if he were able; bet he had placed no justifica tion on the record. If, therefore, lie proved the publication of the libel by the Drfesulant, the only .. question would be the amount o 1 dasneges to Ishii h the Plaintiff was entitled. It could not be said that by this action any restraint was sought to be put on the liberty of the pres-. Nu one could be more friendly than he wa, to that liberty ; but he was.. convinced that those were its best friends who kept a vigilant eye on its excesses, because Its liberty could uever be attacked with effect except it fist made itself odious by its licentiousneor. Joseph Mattison, from the Stamp Office, put in the Times piper of the 14th April, 1819. J. Monolog. the Plaintiff's Solicitor. produced an examined office copy of the record of acquittal on the indictment at Kisigston. He proved that the Plaiutiff was admitted an attorney of the Cuuit of King's Bench on the sth July, 1813. Croas-exannutd by Mr. Scrmarr.—He had mot searched if the Plaintiff had taken out his cet tifirate, and knew nothing of it except that the Plaintiff had told him that his certificate expired in the November visaing the astrath of July in which he was indicted. Mr. SCARLETT theta submitted, that the Plain tiff had not proved that he was MI attorney, al set out in the four fi:st counts of the declaration. By t h e 37 Geo. 111. see. 31, no attorney could act without hoeing tidiest out his certificate, That, in OLD BAILEY, WEDNESDAY, J•IIUARY 9. These Sessions commenced this day before Chief Baron RICHARDS, Mr. Justice BURROUGU, thR LORD MAYOR, the RRCORDItR. &C. &c. Several ca•es of larceny of the must trifling and uninteresting description were tried. In the course of the morning Chief Baron RICHARD! took occasion to observe upon the ne glect of the Magistrates in many cases to transmit the depositions taken before them to the Court. It was highly important for the ends of justice, that they should in all cases he transmitted, for the testimony of a witness in Court was frequently at variance with his statement before the Magistrate, and it was material that any such variation of tes timony should be detected. The Clerk of the Arraigns said that the Magis trates had been repeatedly written to upon the sub ject, but they still persisted in frequently withhold- Mg them. The CHIEF BARON then said such conduct was highly reprehensible, ■nd ought to he speedily pat a stop tu. Those who persevered iu thus neglect ing to transmit the depositions could not (or tt ought not," we are not quite certain which was the expression used) continue to be Magistrates much longer. Ibis Marks was convicted of stealing owe potted abutter, s piece of pork, two pillows, some flimirons, sad other trilling a►ticles. the property of George Ism, by whose wife she was employed as a char-woman. Lawffents Hicks, as infirm and decrepit old was, up. words at Arty prows of sae, was eoseirmel of steaks, w pewter pia' pot, the property of Thomas Heat. this case, would hare been the best evidence; bit • a D.n.hire-Irert wall stopped hey the Prieewee. wh . e. • Wiwi her au the Lice, avid at tire sinus inoweat she felt she that bort not been produced. :" '' 4 re pu t rs ims' ueledtbaykzifnions,tizoliacrawid. oat t e N Privon i er t i lse e. n e ra d a h a a w ; a s y, The not Justice thought the production of the certificate not necessary. .They might yet offer token Into monody about tweedy yawls Loam the ape' utters: proof of his having acted as an attorney. the ad- the robbery was marooned. Witness did sit we the well. mission slid acting being proved. is preens facie cake is the Prisoner's herd ;it bed not heels risme beard or. There were et tees' other persons rowed the ('vii doling evidence that he is an attorney. Mr. Scarlet% might the wabbley, and ate was positive be was the person who uft rewards prove the negative. Mop' Ise. Mr. SCARLETT re-urged that the Plaintiff was Peter Derrell, treadle or Dewonshire•squore, heard the not proved to be an attorney. wry of" Stop thief" sad uliereiresi 'mend persons roassiow, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL relied upon the ad- 'the Prisoner foremuat, sod witness secured him ; they all Sp. miwtion. peered to be afire same party. The- Prisoner at the time Mr. Scsacerr contended he ought to she.. some said, be ar de a r s en w er ot . t h h e e pawn,saidthat im se t had joined in ithetl the pusr lat h 's l n acting. The objeCtloil just mentioned applied to reticule, he poetised him, whew eiuira tail sm be darted u i p t a eonrt, a > i. I the four first counts ; but he hod a still snore de- the Prisoner in his speed pasted him, whew he was sauce tided objection against the two Litt counts; in those diately seized by the officer. Darrell was again called, and said that he saw uo buy, Cowing the alleged libellous matter was set out nut as the speech of Mr. Se i I • 0 I r . ,eau_• _lll/.o*. but as the wh .r r i !i e Is j roust N bay: sera bad one been rot u•ring. 0 S ILPILIMIT summed up she svidemot to tiro statements of the Defeedant himself. He referred Jury, who returned „,,dict of—No! Gault,. his Lordship to the case of Bell v. Byrum, in 13th East, tried Wore Lord Ellenborough, in which si- __ ol _ I , CAUTIO N . _TO JOK ENS. dieted ff Z i r S Calin a g 7. P :t el e: le I°°b" "n" 'l's",v"ln. mi)ar allegation. were made, sod upon srgument insod appendages, the pr o pert y of the Court of King's Bench it was decided that Mr. Jobs Cricksley. those counts could not be suttaitted. It appeared the Prisoner was celebrating Christmas night The So ttcrroa•Gem Etta L sod Mr. CIIITTY f with the Prosecutor is the douse ref hie master, "r*ltri"l4•l and there being a scarcity of beds they slept together, ends contended that the facts were truly set out. placing his watch iii a different situation. 11l the morning The CHIEF JUSTICE grid, the allegations were, the Pretreat°, missed his watch, and info rmed She Prisoner that the Plaiiitill was an attorney and practised ais of his los., when the latter observe,l, he bad so doubt it was such; the last bad not been proved ; and on the j a joke of Mr. &porkies, hot on the litter being spwastissessi suthnrity of the case cited (f‘itin which he could he knew +Whine.: the mutter. No fordier notice was taken Lill the partiesnseLat the dinner-table, when a more 'Maur not diatiogutsh the present), he thought the two en te red bs q u i: l r or lit a an nei into, and the watch was fumed IN as e last counts of the declaration could Dot be sustained. E hhourine trailesmaa, wrapped Up in brown Plaiutiff noutuited, paper, as a parcel, which the Prisoner had purchased for that purpose, Ou his return bow be was token ion, custody._ _ The Prisoner, in his defence, protested bin immerser of any criminal intention, and said, that he had kept the watch for a juke, and merely intended to retain it till be had excited the amino passion and concern in the mind of the Punta-num Several respretable wit gave him a roost excellent character for honesty. The ►.earned Judge, in summing up, ohrerved, the only consideration for the Jury was, whether the watch bad been taken with a criminal intention. The Jury without hesitation acquitled the Prisoner. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, CLtacsswELL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9. CRIN. CON. Henry Sainsbury woo indicted for IRII3 tilling James 331117. der. on the di h of November last. James thunders staled, that on the evening of the day hid in the indictment he went to his residence No. 17, Bell.yard, and he found the Defendant in the room with his wife, and he had some suspicion that he was nut there for nothing. He asked him what he was doing there, on which the De fendant struck him and put him out of the room. O n hie eross-examinstton by Mr WALTORD, he said he bad never been in ensiody for deserting his wife, but he was once at Geililliall Police-office int that account. The CHAIRMAN then ob.erved to the Prosecutor, that at. cording to his own evidence he haul only suspicion that amt. was something improper passing between the Defendant and his wife. He recommended him to go home and take tare of her, and not to be mispicions in future. The Proterntor—'. 1 cannot help my suspicion (petting his hand to his forehead). fur 1 do not know what parses be tween my wife sod the Defendant when 1 am from home." Mr. WALFORD, Coolie (teethe Defendant, said the Charge of Ida client having any Improper intimacy with the Prose. mimes wife ' was without foundation. The fact was, the Prosecutor had deserted his wife and six children for rune rms. The Defendant sod his father were printers, and they had employed them, and given them a room to live in, and the Defendant was mending a hole in it when the p ro , rotor came in, flourishing his fists, and ritauting to fight. and the Ihrendant was obliged to put him out of the room in his oven defence. Mrs. Sarah R a deposed, that she knew both the De fendant sod the Prosecutor; she was la the room of the wtfe of the latter when he came in, the Defendant was mending a hole in the floor of the room, he was ou his hers, at the time. The Prosecutor, on entering the room, pet hie fist in the De' resident's face, and was coming towards the witness, saciske was so much alarmed, the Prosecutor being quite drunk, that she begged of the Defendant to put him out of the room, which he did in a very gentle coalmen. The Prose eolor's children worked fur Ike Defendant and his father, and their wages went to pay the rent of the moo. The Prosecutor bad Hut paid any rest for the. fur four )eurs. ur In any way contributed td their support. The CMAIIIM•11 summed up the cal./ewe. The Jury brought In n weed et of—Not Owllly. The remaiuder of the day sae occupied is bearing petty .melt cases el so interest. POLICE. 1111141110111-110IISE. A boy about ten years of mge was twooglit before the Lord Mayor and Alderman MMus H n beadle of a prairie la the City, fur t►e purpose of beige bound to a shoemaker, oho was trilby/ to take him out of the wurkbosae, and leads Mot the trade. Alderman Aikilas asked whether the boy could real cr wiiie! • The beadle answered in the negative. Alderman Arkias•grd the Lori! Mayor expreireil theirso prole that a chili, of sorb tender pair. and • Oboist die 'suit duettist notion of the advantages of educating+, rhoolgi b. brought before them for the 'impose of being farteneJ il•nug • to a trade which would have the effect of rogiAnlng thn body, without the possibility of enlarging the mini. D u o s Alagtatratee agreed in the deft . ..initiation not to give their reaction to any measure of the kind, auJ told the t•erdir be mum look elsewhere fur authority to act upon andrr auc!i coeginistenree. Ti t le decision evidently disconcerted some of the °Gars et lee pariab wbu were present. QUZIII-NUARE. ROBBERY IN PARLIAMENT-STREET . names Smith arid Jamie drown, two young fi flows Lc. longing to • itespende gang of thieves, were brought by :Ur. Davenport, roeslabte of St. Margaret's, Weattuiriorr, t.e. fore liar 'Magistrate., charged with stealing in Ike .hnp of Str. J. Scott, draper, earner of Bridge.streer, Parliamei.7- sireet, en Tuesday night. Davenport stated that one, if not both of ate Prisoners were eu•eeerued in • robbery at Mr. Potter's, a musician, io James-street, Weatmi•sicr, and. stealing two SagrolOts, about a forialgit ago; one t.f their companions was taken, but the Prisooers then made their reap*. Mr. Scott stated that on Tuesday flight, abont eight o'clock, he heard a noose at his shop window, sod maw the Prison. rt, as be infused hie head, move limited* t►e corner of the steer:. He immediately left his shop, and having walked sums ilia. t , be turned back and concealed himself at a neigh. boar's hoarse, from which ►e bad a view of his shop. He 1411011 afterwards saw the Prisoners go rip to hii shop slaw* again, and after many efforts they broke in a piece of wood which had been placed in the frame of • rase of glass wh;r.i was broke. dons( the day, and with a hook stick, th•-v drew • valuable silk shawl through t►e aperture, and ran Lti. He raised an alarm by crying r Stop thief r and both rhe Prisoners e ere *reared in Bridge.street, and under the coat of Smith the shawl was foesid. The Magistrate (E. White, Esq.) ordered the Prisoners r•. be fully committed for trial, and the Prosecutor to eater Into reengoisanees to prosecute. Mr. Scott begged scrawlier, pratorentiag. He conceived that the robbery was *wing: its is great degree, to his aw n holt, (rem out baying the window waded. The Magistrate informed Mr./keit, Abet Le most iosiet nylon the Prseotters, who were tdd *rendre*, b-ing prosecut ed. It was whit he owed to the yabLe and to himrlr; HORSE STEALING. Sausage! Howe was indicted for stealing lfrii mares, sel•e SO/. the property of David Gettiog ; •ad Wilheas Smith Cutts with receiving the same, toes/lag thews to have ►eew stolen. The Prosecutor is a farmer at Geddes., in the errant, of Surrey, and in the night of the 13th December haat, the mares is question were mulen from a field into which they bad been turned to great by his direction', without ahues, and with their hoof, pared down, in the hope of thereby preventing their eeIMORAL to say distaste" , without The seat morning. the progress of the seawalls 'ravine been traced by the foot-marks in the direction of London, the Prosecutor came to town, and gluier the cir enmstance of the loss of the mares to Rice, the °Ater, of Union Hall, was accompanied by him to arrrecal horse. dealers at Islington and other places round !Amine. Al length they found two stables belonging to the Prisoner Cutts in a yard at Paddington, or looking into one of which the Prosecutor saw an animal'which he instantly recognised as one of hit Nat mares. Doom inquiring for the owner of the stables they were introduced to Cults, ooder the name of Smith; sod the Prosecutor expressing a desire to purchase a - boree,was 'hewn by him into a stable where aloud live hum., of Foch of which i.e disapproved, sod no offer beteg mode. of showing the other stable, he asked the Prisoner whether' it belonged to him, and was answered in the alfirmatiire. He then asked whether be bad molting there, and the- Prisooer said " only one lame egg belonging tg. a Gentleman, and two culls that have "wither of which will suit you." The Prosecutor then pressed for a sight of 'bens as be sometimes Ismegir cults, and after some hesitation the Prisoner opened the stable, where the Prosecutor seeing his two mom, said, " these will suit me well enough; they are both mine, and have beets stolen from me." The officer told the Piiestiter that he must take him into custody, sad the latter exclaim , eft, "God blew, me! why I'll take you to the man floor whom I had them. I hope you will give me an opportune,' of fit ting my money back egsiti." He then led them towards a public-house, from which, as they approached the dour, the Prisoner Hunt came nut, and Celts pointing to him, noose. diatcly said, " That is the man from whom 1 had thorn. " They were then bush taken into custody, and the sext'.dny' examined at Union-Hall. The story told by Cutts 'wait,' that the mares were bronght to his stable the night before by Hone and soother man, who had previously engaged Ibe t stable, and with them a truss of bay, and they were left in his keeping. The other Prisoner, Hone, who was sow idea. tined by the ostler of the Blue Archer at Godstone, es bay ing been at that home in company with another man on the evening of the 13th December, from six till eleven o'clock, when they went away, having stated that it was their inten. lion to go on to the next tow, to sleep, acknowledged before the Magistrate that he stole the marry in company with ,as. other man whom he described, and by whom he afterwatcla told the officer he had been persuaded to assist in steelier them, as he knew a man who would take two Inch horses of them. The man so referred to has absconded, and elided the *vilest* of the police. The case for the prosecution, of which the above is the sobstance,baring been closed— Mr. Justice BURROW:4H told the Jury, that although, they had beard of a eoofession by Hone of the fact of hie having stolen the mares, in Surrey, yet its the law required that s moo should sot be convicted except mono clear peouf of the charge upon which he was tried, and no evidence having been produced to shew that be ever bad the mares its his p.s. session in the county of Middlesex, se charged in the present iadictrnent, ►e was booed to direct dim to acquit both the Prisoners. ♦ verdict of Not Otsilly was accordingly entered; hut upon the application of Mr. ADOLIMUS, for the prueetutiim, Hone was ordered to be detained fur trial its the comely of Surrey. Cutts was discharged. litivre (he COlll/1011 SIR/ tiorr and a Lewd,* Jury. Abraham) Afezander was hulloed fur etraliog from Ohs penult of Mies !globe Ch.reh, a reticule and other prowl's therein cuutained, value 40s. and upwards. The Prosecutrix, an interesting )oettig lady, stated, thab eke .0 parsing through Buthopegate-ettert about etx o'clock us the evcolog of the 4th Instant, and when near corner - - • • . , .~~ ----• 1••.-_ .1--xad: ~