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I tr MEATRES. —Nab— blltUltlf• LANE. Lost night the opera of Guy Maimering was per fornied to a crowded audience. Mr. BIAHAN ep. peered in the character of Henry Bertram, and in. traduced the two favourite songs of the " Last words of Marnsion," and "Loge's yowl Dream," both of which he gave in a strain of enchanting melody. " Scots who ha'," can now hardly be ceinsidefed on introduction, it has been so loag also fisted with this opera, end so universally admired. Miss Poesy as Julia Mannerly, and Mrs. Mia mi as Lacy Bertram, gave general satisfaction. Dominic. Sampson was a difficult character for Mr. HASLET to attempt. It is a favourite with two *tasters, who have made impressions not to be easily removed. His countenance possesses neither the pedantic mecum of the one, nor the comic gravity of the other. RATNER', Dandle Dinmont, if we erfeetit i little overdoing at his tint view of Meg Inert!tier, is a most excellent performance. After the opera a new farce, entitled Old sad Young, was presented for the first time. Its chief merit, tusked its sole object, consists in affording an opportrenity - fur displayieg the versatility of that aserptieleggirl, " little CLAIte FSEIREft." Her plot, if an It may he called, is this :—Mr. Wilton, a godly, infirm, precise old bachelor, and admirably tiersorsated by Mr. TEM, having been early in life crowd iseloee, enjoys a life of single blessed ness In the delightful regions of Richmond. His next of kin is a beautiful niece, who ha., contrary to his consent, =tarried' en bike" of the name of memlway, who meats at Lisbon. According to she established and long.cherished custom of each wayward old gentlemen, he considers dis obedience to hie will • crime of too great enor mity ever to be forgiven, and for snotty years he holds so communication with her •r her husbend. However, as he descends the vale of years, and his infirmitira press upon hint, he makes some inquiries after his niece; and by mine strange mishap he is informed that she is the mother of ten beautiful children, sod in great distress. The old gentle man's heart relents, sod be resolves to have the whole family home to live with hieiond accordingly writes for them; but it &urines' that instead of ten, his niece brings home ouly sae child, a daughter. In order to deceive the uncle, whose heart is fixed upon the ten children, and to humour his whim, little Matilda (Miss Ftlllialt) personates the charac ters of several tittle boys, her supposed brothers, and plays such tricks sod mates such disorder in the house, that when the old gentleman is ultimately oudeceived, and finds in reality that Matted of nine noisy boys, there is only one quiet and interesting child, nothing can exceed his satisfaction. In order to effect this consummation, so desirable, Mite ristigit appears in a variety of characters and dresses, after the manner of Mr. MATIIISWI, and Ames off with eclat in all. It affords a wider tinge for her juvenile talents than Little Pickle, bet the character does not contain so mail effec tive poiats, nor are the tricks so ingeniously con trived. However, her successful performance ions entirely new character, at least proves Ibis, that the extraordinary impressions she creates are not (he *waft of forced instruction, but of high Wesel endowments. It was announced for repetition bl Sir. TERRY amidst gene's( applause, cox aill-O•11)111. The new opera of Maid Marian was repeated last night, and the petformers having become wore perfectly familiarised with their respective parts, it went of somewhat more lightsoniely than on its gesproduelion. The trilling alterations that have boss made have not gone far towards its improve most. Of the dialogue—that portion of it, at Wit, which was extracted from the novel of the MIN name—there was little or no cause to com plain ; retrenchment therefore in that quarter was little to be desired. But, for the music, it is, as we more than hinted before, in some parts by ao means of an agreeable quality, and yet nut a s i ng l e note—not one solitary crotchet, or quaver, will Mr. litenop, in his goodness, withhold. And accordingly, the audience being considerably less numerous, and of a more genuine play-going cha racter, was not so lavish of applause ma on the first night, but made a just and proper discrimination, by bestowing it only on those performers whose effort. realty deserved it, and on those passages of the drama and those pieces of the musical composi tion which were most entertaining and worthy of notice. The mug. " Let us seek the yellow shore," and the trauma, " To arms! 'tis Freedom calls *pots IA? Brace," by Miss M. TRU, and her duet with Mester LONCIIIURST, were of that description, and obtained the honour of an encore. On the coticlusiun of the opera, and after the au eouncement of Kamm and Juliet for this evening, Mr. Assort apologised for the inability of Mrs. CHATTIRLET, through sudden indisposition, to up. pear ie the afterpiece, The Two Pages of Fre derick the Great, sod craved the indulgence of the audience fur Miss BeriubsoliT, who had, from the shortness of the notice, but little time for the study of the part. The incident which gave ocean woo foe the change was, no doubt, exceedingly to be reretted; but, el far as Alias BBAIIIioNT was concerned, the ease, vivacity, gracefuluesa, and pro priety with which she sustaiired the character thus unexpectedly thrown into her hands, rendered all apology supes (Nona. Ctatous DIALOOUB.-44 Where the do you come from ?" raid WtLim to a beggor iu the Lie of Wight. " From the lower regions."' ' What is going on there ?" " Maris the same its hen." " What'. that?" 6 ' The rich taken in, and the poor kept out." A Paper of yesterday informs its readers, that Gene ra Uitost. is so completely hemmed in the his escape may be convidered as hopeless. That the Ge neral should not he in a condition to effect a com modious retreat is the leu surprising, as we find him described in the Gazetteers as measuring seve ral Spanish miles in circumference. This reminds us of a remark made by a maiden lady of strong Auti-Galliean prejudices, who was passionately load of history, but, like the politician in the Morning Paper, somewhat lax in her geography. Arriviug ot the passage si the French evacuated Spires and Worms," she read it, the French eva cuated .Eiders and rooms, and immediately ex claimed, '• Oh! the usst) beasts, it's jut like 'cm!" 'I- 'WelEye, . id Pt*: gmagog I Betel, cleft 01 h. .4ay for 111 ivarra sr Psrk, we left ,r iart. as.d... *kitty. k.S.o if. P. Yolk !, York- &v. Mr Wont his y :—Mr. . Shirley, :—Lady lied Mr. and Mr. rat. 31. seed at istsined adidate L.dy is les. at eclat mg with town of Poland, I of her Airsiws Dublin rtheotn : to be its since ers were MIA itT. lel raw held by F. H. : is now in anti- rr tepre xcellest Feast*, I which of ST. the bar e was just at say rtioo of Ilion to it of • die !" hunting nisgui— jewels. he pars— ! aupply g Paper quite in with the that the mi. per the said err thus that eta. BTOTLT, ♦L •ud °LIMY, IS. bin; Istimd; I ot herr, laniards, anteing, mei has E. L. Park, trophies er. It mein• bich is he end of the II other e tail of lenticul I.) was esented I being This MI pro present 787, in ILTOM ebrsted present are CC at they bets it ~► THE TURF. I —um— TATTERSALL'S, TutatsmaY, Durant* 5. --- MUM. 15 to 2 apt Emily c. 16 to 1 apt e. out of Guild -11 10 1 apt Talisman ford Pisa 12 to 1 apt Webb 20 to 1 apt Mister to Slim. 14 to 1 apt e. oat of Folly Oats. 7 to 1 apt Zaida 1 10 to 1 apt Sista to Sailor. CLARET. 3to 1 apt Moon 17 to 1 apt Wanton 4 to 1 opt Swap 6 to 4 two apt the Sehl. 0 to 1 apt Posthaste THE CHASE. Mr. Merlell's fox intends meet en illenday nett at Hoar Cress; on Theraday at Hulland; and ea Saterday at Stone's Gerso.awaeblllOrlfillif at half-past ten. Lord Aowa's fox tweeds meet to-weerow at o.haston ; end es Monday at Coombe Abbey--each moraiug at halt pest ten. Lord Mellen's', tweeds meet this day at Tennis*, a hall-past tea. Mr. Chseerth's fez hounds meet this day at West Had don, at half-past Sea. Lard Scarborough's fox hounds suet to-morrow at Hela- ------- ►y Hall, at \W-no tea. Mr. Hay's &a bosses meet tomorrow at Ailbastoo, at lea o'cleeir. Tim Warwickshire fox ballads meet to-morrow al Brlrk _ . Kilo Geese. at half paw ten. The Cheshire hotrods meet to-morrow at Mashed], at hdßpost tea. The Brighton Subscription pick of harriers bad a capita ram, about the neighbourhood of the Devil's Dyke ors Fri day—it was a atick-or-uothing chase of an hour and twenty minutes, every horse at the very top of his speed, and yet was incapable of keeping up with the dow; many, in the end, were swirly dropping with fatigue. The cause of their stirs. risy of action, at length paid the forfeit of being overtaken wish hie life—to the surprise of the sportmee, It turned oat to be a scared dog, which had fled to avoid the park, • spe cies of mixed breed between a spaniel sad a terrier, and which was literally tors to pieces ere the boathouse or airy individual of the feW could get up. • /IN , THE A EMT. The 5H NB& 71st light inhale, ' and Ist battalion rifle brigade, ars under orders for Omaha. The 13th regiment are under orders for the East Indies, and have received a notification that they are to be made light idaistry. All re gimental bands are to be Ma-leased from one oedema, and ten men to one serjeant and shares. Four regishwits from Ireland, arid tee from England, are to relieve the Ish, stb, 9th, 21.1, 60th, sod 91d, in the West India., which corps have suffered much from mortality. Tberegimestasopposed to be demised for this service, are the 13d, nth, 35th, sod Seth, from Ireland ; and the 7th and 77th, from Eagles& NOYRL AUCTION AT oAiuurrars COFFEE HOU&E. A MAW WARIANTBD SOUND, A 0000 PRIMER AND WALKER—A TRIAL •LLOWZD. On Monday last a respectable sactioneer pat up for male. at Garraway'a Coffee-bouse, according to the description in his particular of sale. a life interest of a gentleman, aged 32 years, arising from 4001. in the Four per Cents. Bank of England. when a most ludicrous and novel scene took place. The auctioneer stated. by way of inducement to the persons ausembled to bid for the property, that the person whose life interest he was about to offer for sale g , was or sowed as a roach," and a good walker. have," said he, "had him examined by a regular surgeon ; and I have also got a letter from • person who has known him since he was twelve years old, to prove he has never had any serious Illness, or a particular complaint ; and also a sur geon's certificute that he is sound." He then produced a letter directed to him, to the following effect : of I have knows Mr. W. this forty years, and 1 hare never know. him to have any serious Meese, or a particular cum. " After this letter had been handed round the room, a surgeon's certificate was produced, of which the following is • copy, viz.— "This is to certify, that 1 have minutely examined into the state of Mr. E. W.'s Width, and find that he has nut ■ay (organic) disease.—December 2, 1822. " R—, " Member of the R. C. of Surgeons, London." After this it was remarked to the auctioneer that the certificates did not prove the gentleman a good goer, and that proof ought to be produced that he was, to which the auctioneer agreed, and sent for the gentleman, his employer, who won arrived, when he was requested by the auctioneer to walk up and down the room, by way of trial, and proof that he was a good walker, which was directly complied with, and a walking scene took place once up and down the public sale-room, before all the persons assembled. After this the auctioneer was asked if he would warrant him sound, which he agreed to do, or return the deposit ; the bidtlings then commenced, and soon got op to 401. whet► the auctioneer, in order to obtain • higher price, stated there was nothing the matter with his employer but a little lame, of ►►o consequence ; that he was a very heirty eater; he had dined with him once, and be had never seen any one eat more; and again re quested his employer, who was sitting down in the auction-room, to walk up and down once more, which he willingly did, which caused the lot to be knocked down for 65/. to the no small amusement of the company assembled, and who had witnessed this novel auction. A Court Martial was lately held at Woolwich, on Lieutenant POLLOCK, of the marines, for disre spect and contempt towards Lieutenant-Colonel Nictiot.s, of the mariner. The sentence of the Court was—that the charges were not proved, and that the Lieutenant was most fully acquitted. GAME.—The preservation of game is always an object of much solicitude with true sportsmen, though attention is more frequently paid to the re pressing of poacher►, an evil comparatively trifling, than to the destruction of their natural and more numerous enemies. A gamekeeper on an estate in this neighbourhood has in the courts, of the season killed as follows :—A badger, 6 polecats, 20 wea sel., 52 cats, 6 hawks. 6tt carrion crows, and 5 owls. if gamekeepers were in general lees game killers, and equally diligent in the destruction of such mischievous vermin, genie would won be much more abundant than ►t mat preseut.(Cepar Herald., migmaisiMil OLD BAILEY. TattUDAT, Dictum' 5. "' STIALING IN A DWELLING.HOUSE. Thostas Speuke stood indicted for stealing a piece of leaden pipe and a copper, the property of the Coent San Antonio. The pipe and copper happened to be in en untie copied house belonging to the Count, in Duke. street, St. James's, which was in the care of Mr. Abbot, an auctioneer, in Castle -court, Strand. The Prisoner was met in Jeraryti.rtreet, with the copper and a crow bar, on the rooming of the 40th October. He was taken up on suspicion, and when in custody, he contrived to slip his arms out of his coat, and by this means he effected his escape. However, he was stopped by a watchmen. who was coming front his beat, and was finally secured. The pipe, ■ hat, and other articles were forma in Duke. street, which were supposed to have belonged to some accomplice who had escaped. Those circum stances having been satisfactorily proved, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, without hesitation. Otte of the witnesses stated, that he had known the Prisoner for several years, acid described hint as a dishonest character. In consequence of which, The Recoritna ordered him to be brought up for judgment, and seateoced him to seven years' t ninepin tattoo.. John Powell stood indicted for stealing two pieces of oak timber, the property of John Vincy ; sod Charles Egret was indicted for receiving the same, knowing then to be stolen. The Prosecutoi was a carpenter, residing at Crouch End ; in the early part of November he missed the two pieces of timber from his yard. Some days after one of his workmen saw them at the house of a 'wheelwright in Hornsey.road, who proved that tliey had been left in his care by the Prisoner. Powell. aud he had wine suspicions they bad been stolen. He immediately sent for Vincey, who stated the timber was his property. Eyres happened to be in the shoo when the Prosecutor entered, end immediately effected his escape. This wits all that was charged against Eyre,. and the Judge did not call upon him for his defence. Powell alleged in his defence that be had found the timber, aud brought them to the house of Grinder, the wheelwright, to have them cut auto shafts for a cart. One witness gave Powell a good character down to this time. The Jury, after a few minutes deliberation. re turned a verdict of Guilty against Powell; but on account of hie good character, was recommended to mercy. Eyres was discharged. Elisabeth Pillar and Margaret Smith, two un fortunate females, stood indicted for stealing 4/. Its. 6d. from the person of Nathan Fowler, a dealer in rabbit-skins. The Prosecutor resides in Buckinghamshire, and came to town in the month of November to see his brother. and happened to meet Pillar in Ratcliffe highway, sod accompanied her to her lodgiugs where he met Margaret Smith. the other prisoner. They had some porter, and then be and Pillar went out to walk ; in the mean time they went into a pnblic-Ireose, and afterwards returned to her lodg ings, where they had some supper. After which Pillar staid she should go out to look for a bed, and when she had found it Smith would bring the Prosecutor to her. Soon after Pillar wee gone. Smith naked him to accompany her, aud when she had got him into the street she shut the door against him. Thus was the poor countryman deserted by one of his lovers, and shut out by the other. He then found he had been robbed, and called the watchman, who went into the room of the Prisoner with him, and he found upon the floor a bag, is which his money had been contained. Pillar threw something out of the window, which after wards proved to be a country bank note belonging to the Prisoner. watchman corroborated the latter part of the Prosecutor's statement, ■nd said, that when they went into the .eon►, the Prosecutor took up the bag and paid, this is the bag which contained my "swag," but there is no " swag" in my bag now. He knew Pillar, one of the Prisoners; she had been in the habit of crying about oysters in Ratcliffe Highway. The Prisoner. Pillar, hawing been called on for her defence, said, that the Prisoser, Margaret Smith, could prove that the Prosecutor had given her the money. Mr. Baron GA low told the Jury that it ap peared to him, there was no evidence to implicate Smith, sad if they were of that opinion, she might be called as a witness. Margaret Smith was then released from the dock and sworn. She stated that the supper was certainly cooked at her lodgings, but that the Prosecutor had positively given Pillar the note, in order to release some of her clothes from the pawnbroker. Mr. Baron GARROW then charged the Jury, who returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. Thomas Benton was indicted for robbing Sarah Spencer on the highway, of a bundle, containing live shirts, the property of Thomas Barnett. The Prosecutrut was carrying home her father-in law's linen, and while passing up Gravel-lone, Hat. Odle Highway, was stopped by three men. The Prisoner held her while the two others robbed her of her bundle. He was afterwards secuied by a Bow street patrol. Verdict—Guilty. Mr. Baron GAIROW told the Prisoner that at the end of the Sessions he might expect sentence of transportation for hfe, us the growing frequency of street robberies rendered it ■n imperative duty to break up those desperate gangs with which the streets of the metropolis were infested. Ma•oel da Silva, a Portuguese seaman, was con victed of stealing • pair of trousers, a silver watch, and other property, value above 51. the property of Frederick Capper, Surgeon of St. Thomas's Hos pital. _____ NON-ATTENDANCE OF COUNSEL Samuel Carney %vs, indicted for feloniously pat ting away a certain bill of exchange for the payment of 371. 16s. well knowing the same to be forged and counterfeited, with an intent to defraud Henry Walker. This case, which had been called on at ten o'clock in the morning, and put off at the request of Mr. Law, till one o'clock, in order to enable two Conon!, wbo had been retained by the Prisoner, and were absent, to attend, was again called on at two o'clock, and the Prisoner in consequence placed at the bar. Mr. Law informed Mr. Justice Bayley that the Conn.el iii question had not yet arrived in Court. but that hr was willing, with his Lordship's permis sion, to watch the Cause. Mr. Justice Bin Lev, after remarking on the gross impropriety of Counsel taking briefs, and then not ;mending in Court to watch over the interests of their clients, ordered the case to stand over for half an hour longer. The Prisoner, he said, had given briefs to two Counsel, who were not then in Court ; it would be very hard for him. therefor*, to take his trial without their assistance; it was likewise very hard upon others, who were en gaged in the trial, that the business in question should be delayed, in consequence of their non attendance. ♦t three o'clock the case was again called on for trial. The Counsel in the case were not rho) in Court, and the Attorney for the Prisoner asked for further delay. Mr..L.stice BATLEY—" If you employ Counsel who• will not attend, I cannot help it. The case most come on." Afttr some further conversation, in a tone so low as to be inaudible beyond the table, the case was again put off. At a quarter oast four, however, the Learned Gentlemen made their appearance in the persons of Messrs. Adolphus and Platt, and the trial pro. ceerled. Henry Walker was the first witness called. He stated that he was • farmer, residing at Enfield, where the Prisoner had some flour mills. Some mouths ago he sold the Prisoner some wheat, amount ing, with another debt, to 281. 3.. 2d. The Pri soner, on the 17th of June. sent him a letter, en closing a bill of exchange for 371. 16.. purporting to be accepted by a Mr. William Mc-ad. The bill was not at that time endorsed, bnt about a week afterwatds he saw the Prisoner at Waltham Abbey, and he then wrote this endorsement upon it—" Mr. William Mead, Pope's Head.alley." The Prisoner had in the interim applied to witness for the balance due upon the bill, but he refused to pay him until he had made inquiry who the acceptor was. The Prisoner renewed his application for the balance at Waltham Abbey, but witness again refused, he having learned that there was no such person as M►. Mead in Pope's Head-alley. Upon that occa sion he asked the Prisoner who the acceptor web and the latter said he was a flour-factor in Mark lane, and a very good man. When the time at which the bill became due had nearly arrived, wit. nese gave it to his son-in-law to present it for pay ment. The letter enclosing the bill was in the hand-writing of the Prisoner. The Prisoner was not arrested for two mouths after the bill became due, because the witness did not think the accept once was ■ forgery until the Prisoner had deceived him several times, in not keeping his appointments to go in search of the acceptor. Cross-examined.—The bill had been one night out of his possession, and he only knew the one produced to be the same by the name on the back of it. The Prisoner always told him the bill would be paid ; could not say whether the house in Pope's Head.alley was occupied by one person or not. It seemed to be occupied by a notary. By the Cott IT.—Believed there was a side stair case to the house. Mr. Palmer, son-in-law to the Prosecutor, said, he presented the bill at No. 2, Pope's Head-alley. The answer he received was, that Mr. Mead was not known there at all. The witness did not go np the stair-case, on the side of which some names were written, but not one like Mead. John Adam Elliott, clerk to Mr. Guillanaus, of No. 2, Pope's Head-alley, knew the different per. sons who resided in the upper part of the house.— There was no such person resident there as Mr. Mead in June last. In consequence of the inquiry made by Mr. Palmer, the housekeeper was asked in the presence of witness, if any person by the name of Mead lived there, and she answered in the negative. (;rocs-examined.—Had never inquired if two persons occupied one set of chambers. Witness was in the habit of receiving the rents ; but had never received ony from • person mimed Mead. The Prisoner said nothing in his defence, but celled • number of witnesses, who gave him a very excellent character. Mr. A DIILTUUS here b►gged to call a Mr. Moore, of Bishopsgate-street. The bill was handed to wit ness, who ►tated that the body of it was written by himself. He had drawn several bills for the Pri soner, but could not tell whether any other person was present when he drew the one in question. He had drawn bills for the Prisoner which other persona had accepted. He did not kuow in whose hand westing this acceptance was. Mt. Justice BAYLEY, in his address to the Jury, said there were two charges against the Prisoner ; the one for forging, the other for uttering the bill, knowing it to be forged. The Jury were assembled to try offences committed in the county of Middle sex, and • question might arise as to whether, if it were • forgery, that forgery had not been com mitted in the City of London, and consequently if the charge had ended there great difficulty would have arisen ; but here, if the charge of uttering was in their opinion bronglit home, it was clear they were competent to decide on it, the residence of the Prosecutor bring at Enfield, in Middlesex. After some further observations the Learned Judge called the attention of the Jury to the facts that the Prisoner had not absconded, although he had been told that Mead was not to be found ; and that he had never shewn any anxiety to get the bill out of the Prosecutor's possession. The Jury retired fur three-quarters of an hour, and returned with a verdict of Aol Guilty. We feel gratilledln announcing, that the serious accusation for a fraud on the revenue, preferred against the proprietor of a Newapaper, established in the South of Ireland half a century, having been fully and rigidly investigated in the proper quarter, and the inquiry continued during a period of nearly three weeks—the charge has been pronounced most unfounded, and totally without support. The ho nour, loyalty, and high character of the parties who have thus stood the fiery ordeal, sod Raaard it with an accession of the good will and respect of their acquaintance, are long known and estirOated. The accusers are to be proceeded against by taw, as we hear....(Samoders.) CL ERI EN WELL SESSIONS, Truasb" DECCIIIIIR 5. —....-- Rooks and pigeons, pluckers and plucked, were assembled in full force at this Seesions.house yes terday, to hear the appeal against the convictii of Jackson and his comorevs, who were taken at the celebrated No. 33, in Pall-mall. Cards, rakes. and all the honuurable implements of Rouge et Noir. appeared as trophies of the victory of the traps over the legs and the faces of the latter, •-during the time the trial was in progress, could not have appeared longer had they been caught with heavy stakes in a double trente et ace (sprit. Mr. ANDREWS opened the case in support of the conviction, by referring to various Acts of Parlia ment against gaming, and endeavoured to &hew their wisdom by powerful execrations against ill fatal effects. Mr. ALLEY and Mr. Cotwoon, in arguing against the convictiou, struck very ingeniously the popular chord of the subject's liberty, and endea voured to convince the Bench and Jury of the dan gerous tendency of this proceeding on the part of the Prosecutors. They stated that there were no Acts of Parliament against gaming till the reign of Henry VIII., and special care had been taken in all of theta as slightly as possible to infringe on public liberty, which this conviction, if sustained, would materially affect. The legs appeared to " breathe again," and to hear with rapture " the sweet melodious aconite" issuing from Messrs. Alley and Corwood. After much legal quibbling between Counsel on each ride On which, by the way, much.quickness was displayed), the Chairman (MG Coma) gave it as hie opinion that the conviction could not be sus tained ; in which opinion he was supported by Mr. Bevil end the other Magistrates on the Bench, to the ineffable delight of all the imps of all the 11-11 a in the purlieus of St. James's. -•--- - - - - POLICE. -.. BOW•IITREETs IMPORTANT TO PAWNBROKERS. Yesterday Mr. flulme, a pawnbroker, residing at the cor set. of Museum street, Bloomsbury, appeared to answer mu isformatioa preferred against him by a widow lady, of re duced circistoetaaces, named Quiuton, residing 1. the same neighboarbood, for demanding and oaths (rem her more thou the legal interest upon a certaie pledge, or pawn, cus tom, to the statute. Mr. Williams, residing In Clifford's Inn, who acts as as attorney fur the pawnbrokers, appeared on the part of Mr. Halm*. The information was read. It stated that certain articles were pledged at the Defendant's shop by Mrs. Quinton, io the name of Mascot, for the min of Ss. oa the 21st of No vember, 1921, and were redeemed by her in the Dame of Nugent, on the Slat of November, 1522; avid that the De (rudest did deemed and take for the loan of the mid sum of S.. for twelve months, Ibe sum of 9i:tees-pence, being three. pence more than he was legally entitled to, at and after the rate of four 'billings for the loan of a pound for twrlve months. The Defendant pleaded Not Godly to the Information. Mr. John Edward Niggles being sworn, stated, that he MY a friend of the Complaisant in this ease, who had been du adlimet cireunietances, bat by as unfortunate enienoty. was reduced, and abort twelve isooths ago was so distress id, that to amble ber to carry on her business to support be family, she was compelled by temporary savessity 10 rPgevarious articles at the Defeodears shop; aad abs bad grossly defrauded by the Defeadaat. The case is quer- Sem WO GO glaring an act of fraud, that be implied to that 1110111• Alt redress, on behalf of Mrs. Quinton; sad spas mat hs( the ease to Mr. Halls, the Magistrate. he recommended hie Is brim Mr. Halm* to answer for his *ream, as it was sill a solitary inelanee of Mr. H•hwe's want of accuracy. Mr. Williams coatended that the witness wan i•troducing matter quite irrelevant to the charge ',Moat hi. cheat. Sir Richard Biroie requested the witness to cools. him self to the cam before hint. The tritons continued—He redeemed the articles (Iwo shawls) vacationed in the information, at the Defendant's shop, on the 21st of November lost, and t►e Defeadant took lizteeu.pemee for the ioterest upon the fts. At t►e tinier he redeemed the property, the Defeudaut said, " Let me DIM, it is one penny for /coding four shillings for a month, and twopence fur eight shillings, so that makes it sixteen pence." He told the Defeuda•t that be believed he ►ad taken too much Interest, sod he replied t►at be had mat. Mr. Williams said that it was necessary that proof of the pawning should be adduced. The witness stated, that ►e pawned the property is the name of Nugent fur the Plahstiff ; he did not like to give lets own name. Sir R. Biroie—u You have given evidence of the pawning gratoitutisly; but Ido not think it necessary to support • contiction, as in ory opinion, the act of redeeming the pro perty is proof of its being previously pledged." Mr. Williams took an objection, which appeared on the face of the information. It stated that the property wan re deemed by Mrs. Qrialon in the same of Pities'. This was in contradiction to the evidence of the witness Naugle, •bo swore that be redeemed the property. The witness admitted that he redeemed the property fur Mrs. Quinton in the same of Nugent; he bad not expected that such • disgraceful and fiirolous objection would have been takes. The only honourable answer to die case would have been, that he bad not defrauded the widow of the money. Sir Richard Biroie said, that be was fearful the objectiou was fatal to the information. Mr. William' took another objection to the ioformatioo, viz.—that the amount imeived by the Defeudant for the te demptior of the property was in Illgares instead of words! Mr. Halls, the Magistrate, catered the office at this mo meet, and after a consultation with Sir Richard Rboie, it was decided that the objections, if persisted is, were fatal to the present informatius ; but t►e Magistrates remarked that they were mere technical and formal objectiona, and dot mos at all negative the charge of which the Defend's' rag accused. Mr. HlWants said, " Thee, Sir Richard, I suppose niy client is sequined?" Sir Richard Bleak answered that he was not acquitted. Mr. Nangle—" Theo if it costs bOl. another inform:it:co shall be preferred!" Mr. Williams—" I conked that my client is eatitkil to an acquittal, as you have decided that the ieforasatiou was informal after the Defendant has entered ,his pica, and evi dence bat been received." Sir Richard Birale--m Year client is not entitled to an acquittal ; your objections ate eel of that Satire to entitle him to an acquittal, sad I dismiss the information." The parties withdrew, and the Complainant *rut into the clerk's office to lay another information free from technical objections. THR ORPHAN BOY, BECKET. This little hey, sod his tooter father, Bell, yesterday tip. peared before Sir Richard Birsie. • The public are sell ic miainteil with the sad calamity of the orphan lad, from the Row-street police roper', sad the trial which took place ell Wednesday at the Old Bailey; on which latter oecrneion a youth usmed Tucker was arraigned for nialiciouly shooting Becket, sad was acquitted. The unfortunate boy is salty di/Joked in the face, aid has entirely lest the sight of ems eye. His mileacholy coudotioa, Ming eat irely depredant upon as hoaest poorness who has a large Godly, fur support, has excited easy humane mid charitable versus' to scud do nation, to Sir Richard Straw to be applied far hie benefit ; cad yesterday that Ildeelltrate mid that bi bad the p • of ammonsiag, that he bed meeloed rabsteriptients to tie amount of upwards of , and hr hoped to be able to raise a still greater sum, of witch be should be the trastee. He thought A «~ A i 4 I 4)VI = = 4 ~i ;40 1 (~ K .