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• The motto to his book entitled ' Foliage.'

The following is Captain fctlteitt's version of Lord
llyron's attack on a Lady who had " loved not wisely but
too war' :
.• About this time I became what the French tall un ltomme a
(wanes finliares,was engaged in a /farms, and I might add a serious
one.
•• The lady had scritcely any personal attractions to recommend
her. II er figure, though genteel, was too thin to he good, and
wanted that roundness which elegance and grace would vainly stp.
ply. She was however young, and of the first connections; ma
reale, she assessed an infinite vivacity. and an imagination heated
by novel-reading. which made her fancy herself a heroine of Co.
mance, and led her labial! sorts of eccentricities. She was married,
but it was a match of eamverwiner ; and no couple could be more fa-
shionably indifferent to or independent of one &nuttier. It was at
this time that we wee:, thrown much together. She hsd never been
in love, lit least where the al;ectiors are concerned, and WAS perhaps
made without a heart, as many of the sex ate, but her head more
than supplied the deficiency. I was soon congratulated by my
friends on the conquest I had made, and did my utmost to show
that I was not insensible to the partiality l,could nut help perceiving.
1 made every effort to be in love. expressed as much ardour as 1
could muster, and kept fettling the flame with a constant supply of
billet-doux anti amatory verses. In short, I was in time duly and
regularly installed into what the Italians call service, and soon be-
came in every sense of the word a ratite. It required Ito (Edipus
to see where all this would end. lam easily governed by women,
and she gained an acentlancy over me that I could not easily shake
off.
" I submitted to this thraldom long, for I hate scenes, and ssft
of an indolent disposition; but I was forced to snap the knot rather
rudely at last. Like all lovers, we had several quarrels before we
tame to a final rupture. (Inc was made up in a very odd way, and
without any. verbal explanation. She will remember it. Even
during our intimacy I was not at all constant to this fair one, and
she suspected as much. In order to detect m• intrigues she watched
me, and earthed a lady into my lodgings, and came herself, terrier.
like, in the disguise of a carman 3;y valet, who did nut see
through the masquerade. let her in, when, to the despair of Fletcher,
she putt ell the man and assumed the woman- Imagine thy scene;
it was worthy of Vanillas. Ilet conduct was unaccountable mad-
tiess—a combination of spite and jealousy. It was perfectly agreed
anti understood that we were to Meet as strangers. %Ve were at a
ball. She came up and *died if she might waltz. I thought it
perfectly indifferent whethet site waltzed or not, or with whom, arid
I told her so. in atilt...rem terms, but with much coolness. After she
had finished, a cone-tnigie scone occurred, which was in the mouth
of every one. Soon after this site promised young if he ,
would call me out. Yet can any one believe that she should be
so infatuated after all this as to call a: stn apartments--certalnly
with no view of shooting herself. I was from home, but finding
• Vathek* on the table, she wrote in the first page, Ifementher
rue r —Yes. 1 had cause to remember her, and in the irritibility of
the moment wrote, under the two words, thou two stanzas" [quoted
iu the Britie.4 P, ess of Monday last.]

Notts.—Getting up a play wben at Cambridge.
• Nn the day of representation. one of the performers took it
into his head to make an excuse. and his part was obliged to he read.
llohhottse came forward to apologise to the audience. and toll them
that a Hr.—... had declined to perform his part, &c. The gentleman
Ilan ►ighly indignant at the • a,' and had a great iaclination to pick
a quarrel with Semope Dort ics. who replied, that he supposed Mr.
wanted to be called Oa Mr. SO and so. lie ever after went by
the name of the • ik7/l,ile
When Manager at Drury-1:•oo.
• •it is pleasant enough sonsetinics to take a peep behind, as
well as to look before the scenes.
•. • I rest:dub:it one leg of an elephant saying to another, • D—o
your eyes. none a little quicker;' and overheariog at the Opera
two People in love, who were so disteoifs that they made the re-
ponscs between the intervals of the recitative. instead of during the
recitation itself. One said to the other. •Do you love me ?'
dam came the sourish of music, and the reply, sweeter than the
music, • Can you doubt it?'

We hear that Colonel Frederick Fitzclarenu, the young
wahlior whose gallantry was so conspicuous on the night of
the C.tto-street treason, is to offer himself on the in-
dependent intern; at Dover, on the dissolution of Paths-
ment.—Stac.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS,

iATUIiDA:OCT.

Before F. COX T, Esq. and a Bench of Magistrates.

Rotert ITomentan, a man of respectable appearance, Wu in-
dicted for fraudulently .obtaining front Mrs. De Burgh, on the 6th
of August, the sovereigns, under pretence that ha was sent by a
Mr. 1% ilkins.
hlr, De Burgh stated, that she was the proprietor of s coffee-
house in the Haymarket. and was :lulu:tinted with a Mr. Wilkins,
an apothecary. On the 6th of August the prisoner came to her
house, and said that he was sent by Mr. Wilkins, with a letter ad-
dressed to Mrs. De Burgh, requesting the advance of five sove-
reigns, on a cheque. 'B itness opened the letter and found that it
curtained a cheque drawn thus:—
, " London, 28th June, 1831.
" On demand, par Mr. Robt. llouseman, or bearer, five pounds
value received, per ittl. Curtis and Co.
"J. B. Diamar.sa."

The following is a copy of the letter:—
" Monday Afternoon.
" Dear 3latlatn,—Mr. Houseman has called on me to cash him
a cheque on Sir Win. Curtis and Co., which I would willingly
have done, but I have it not by me. As he particularly wishes to
have the moncr to-night, perhaps you will be kind enough to let
him have the Cash fur it. YOUN truly,
RALTH WILZINS.

" Met. De Burgh, Haymarket."
Witness advanced the live sovereigns to the prisoner, and on
presenting the cheque for payment received for answer, " no ac-
count."
Mr. Ralph Wilkins stated, that the prisoner was formerly a
man in affluent circumstances, end had been on visiting terms
with witness. He never authorised the prisoner to take a letter
to Mrs. Be Burgh, to request an advance of five pounds. He had
seen the letter and cheque produced ; the former was a forgery, and
he knew nothing of the latter till 11111. Dv Burgh exhibited it to
him.
On cross-examination, witness said he knew that the prisoner
had fomted an acquaintance with a man named Irving.
The prisoner addressed the Jury, and declared that he was In-
nocent of the offence imputed to him, and said that a treacherous
friend named Irving had given the letter and ct:eque to hint to carry
to Mrs. Dc Burgh, and he had been the dupe of that man. He
was proceeding to comment upon the nature of the cheque, when
the Chairman dissuaded him from it, as he stood iu a very dan-
gerous situation with regard to that document.
The Jury found hint Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN told the prisoner it might be mercy to him to
send hint to Botany Bay for life.
Prisoner—What I have stated to the Jury is the truth, and I
hope for the merciful consideration of the Court.
The CounT, after some consultation, sentenced him to six
months' imprisonment, and the Chairman very impressively urged
hint to leave oft such dangerous practices.
-- • - - • •

•—•
Inn. Chambers, aged sixteen years, was indicted for obtaining
from Mr. Perrings, a woollen-draper in St. 31artin's-lane, twelve
yards of cloth, value IM, by false pretences.
The prisoner had been employed as errand-boy to Mr. Wilson,
a tailor, in Duke-street, St. James's, and was discharged about
four months ago. During his employment be was repeatedly sent
to different drapers to get cloth for his master. Oil Ale nth of
September last he called at the shop of Mr. Perrllt%:,t, and said
he came from Mr. Wilson for twelve yards of cloth. Mr. Peering,
asked if Mr. was et home, and the prisoner said he was
out of town, and he came by order of the foreman. Mr. Wilson,
'teeing no suspicion that a fraud was being practised upon him,
gave the cloth to the prisoner.
3lr. Ogden. foreman to Mr. Wilson, proved that the p:isoncr
had no authority to go for the cloth.
Abrahams, a salesman, said that he gave 4!. 10s. to a youth
nanwd Roberts for the cloth, which was produced, and 31r. Per-
rings identified it.
Henry Roberts said the prisoner brought the cloth to him, and
asked him if he would sell it for him, and he would give him half
the produce.
31r. CooxE cross-examiped the witness, who admitted that he
had been repeatedly in custody toe robbery, and the Learned
Counsel attempted to shew that the prisoner had committed this
fraud at the instigation of the witness.
The prisoner received a good character from Mr. Wilson and
others.

The Jury found him Guilty.
The prisoner wax again indicted for obtlining four goon of metal
buttons from Mr. IS Miami, of St. 31artin's.lche, under similar
false pretences.
Tae Jury again returned a verdict of (:silly.

SURREY QUARTER SEeSIONS,

.SAT-110.)AY, OCT. 23.

Mary Jones Wag indicted fir stealinf a sum of CU. in silver, from
the person of Alary, wife of John Laves, on the Pith of August
last. . . . .

tar— Illar apao a travelling booths/Wooer, and, at the time
op a booth on Monkey Hurst, where the
Rom were then held, and the pnsoner had been en-
gag by hie wife for one day, to assist in watching dirty linen. On
the following day she paid the prisoner 2s. fir the days work, and
said she had no more °evasion for the prlsoner's services. The lat.
ter, however, remained in the booth, till the evening of the last day
olthe races, when Mrs. Eaves went to lie down for a short time on
the bed, as she had bad very little rest for some days before. The
prosecutor nweltc her for the purpose of getting change for a crown.
piece, when she told him that he would find the change in her
apron, but when he searched there he mild find none.
The principal witnesses against the primner were a man who was
employed by. Eaves during the races, and a NOIII3II who kept the
adjoining booth.
The man stated, that having occasion to pass through that part of
the booth where 111 rs. Ear's was sleeping, he saw the prisoner on
her knees, taking something out of :des. Eaves's pocket, and that
when she found she was oietervol, she threw the corner of the
blanket over Mrs. Eaves, as it with the intention of keeping her
warm.
The woman also swore, that in the course of the morning of the
16th, the prisoner came to ask her for credit for some victuals, say.
log, she had not a farthing in her pocket ; and in the afternoon of
that day the prisoner paid for what she had had, and putting lOs.
in silver into the w itness's hands, desired her to keep them
ull the
following day. However, shortly afterwards the prisoner returned,
and holding some money in her hand, ate said she must hare that
which she had entrusted to the witness, as she was going to town
directly, and wanted to change it into sovereigns. The witness ac-
cordingly gave her the money, and never saw her afterwards, till
she was apprehended.
The Co AIMMAN then put the usual questions to the prisoner, and
on asking her whether she had any one to give her a charac-
ter ? she answered, she feared she had nut, as nobody knew her in
this town.
The CHAIRMAN observing her look round as she said this,
added, " If there should be any person present who can speak in
your favour, the Court will be very glad to hear him."
No sooner were these words uttered, than a formal-looking gen-
finnan, with a weather-beaten countenance, dressed in a light blue
coat, between which and his waistcoat something glittering like a
japanned leather sword-bait was to be seen, rose to address the
Court. The gentleman had been taking notes of the evidence dur-
ing the trial, and had carefully put down in his note-book, which
was of ass's skin, covered with gait morocco leather, all the points
which, in his opinion. seemed at all material. Opening the book,
with a most solemn air, he began thus;—" Mr. Chairman, it ap-
pears front the evidence"—
The Citainatax—What is your name, Sir ? I must write it
down.
Gentleman—lt shall be written down directly, Sir. (As he said
this, he wrote his name on a piece of paper, which was then handed
to the Chairman.)
One of the (Micas of the Court, and some of the .Magistrates,
who believed he wa.s about to give evidence as to the girl's charac-
tea, ordered the crier to swear him. 'the book was accordingly
handed to him, and the complacent gentleman was about to take the
oath, when the other Alahistratea said, they had better hear what he
had to state in the girl's behalf before he was sworn. Permission
was therefore given to the gentleman to speak, and after conning
Over the first page of his neve-book, he again commenced :—" Me.
Chairman, it appears tram the evidence of the woman who has last
been sworn, that the girl asked her forthe money, which she accord-
ingly gave, and the girl then went away. Here, therefore, was
a request and a gift, and no robbery can be charged against the girl
for that"—
The Coat Recce—Sit, are you going to give evidence as to the
girl's character ?
Gentleinati.sir, your words were (and here again he had re-
course to his note-book), " If there should he any person present
who can speak in your favour, the Court sal he very glad to hear
hint." Now, Sir, as 1 can speak in her favour, I oust the Court
will hear me, for I think it clear. that, by the evidence of the wo.
man to whom I have alluded, she cannot be charged with a felony.
And who, said lie (continuing his address with such rapidity as to
render interruption impossible), is the other witness--1 mean the
man who says he saw her kneeling near the bca ? Who, Sir, but a
man employed by the prosecutor, and one who, perhaps, has a
spite against her, and, for aught we know, might have attempted to
ravish her !
Here he paused to take breath, and looked with an air of ki-
umpliant satisfaction upon his astonished auditory.
The CHAIRMAN, taking advanuo: of the opportunity. asked
him who he was, and if Inc had any acquaintance with the girt?
" No, Sir," said he, " I sever saw her before ; I spoke only
front the result of my experience. I have a general acquaiutance
with human nature."
The Client MAN.—Sir, the Court cannot hear any general ob-
servations of this kind. If you know the girl, and can speak to her
former character, or if you can disprove the facts that have been
stared, the Lauri will hear you oil pleasure; if not, you must sit
down.
The Gentleman again attempted to address the Court, and spoke,
as before, with great rapidity and indistinctness ; but he was pre-
vented from proceeding far in his address, by the Crier of the Coup
obliging him to be silent:
The girl, in her defence, denied most positively, that she had
ever been at 3loulsey llurat in her life ; she said she had a mother
in Norwich.
The Coati:SIAN then charged the Jury, and told them, that if
they believed the witnesses, they must find the girl guilty ; but if
they thought there was any doubt in the case, they would give her
die benefit of it.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
Not Gui:ti.

POLICE.

GUILIMALIt

Saturday, Andres. Smapiet, Andrew Do7cano, and Jacob 1101 as.
all foreigners, and, according to the officer s statement, all regal,:
duffers, were put to the bar.
Mrs. Lydia Stuckey stated that she beeps the Barley Maw pub.
Ile-house, in Thames-street, and on Friday afternoon the tso
tint mentioned prisoners, accompanied by a person net proem
came to her house, and went into a parlour, where they had some.
thing to drink. In a little time one of the party (the person net
present) came out of the room to her, and told her be had some goads
just limited to him, which acre then at a wharf where they No
been landed, and there was some expense to pay before they mad
be removed, and Waite would oblige him with the loan of td. tot a
few hours to pay those expenses, he would leave in her hands a geld
watch worth thirty guineas, anti a shawl worth 61. ; he at the same
time showed her the watch and shawl which were those she now
roduced. She at first refused to lend him tiny money, but it
length let him have with which he and his companions is..
mediately went off. NVitness's son, a young man, came in rent
soon after, and she told him what she had done, and showed Mil
the watch and shawL
Mr. Si'. Stuckey stated, that Ike moment his mother showed
hips the watch and shawl he judged they were of very little value;
and that the party by whom they had been left were duffers
he instantly followed them in the direction I.e was told the, bed
taken, and found them in Friday-street, and brought them b ice.
On being accused of the fraud, the man who bad received the
money returned it, and wanted the watch and shawl, which wit.
nets refused w give him, and sent for an officer to take the party
into custody. fir the time the officer came, the man who had
left the watch and shawl, and the prisoner Di mono niade off and
Swappe was then given in custody. About tire o'clock in ,he
evening Doncano came again, bringing with him the prisoner
Robes, who said the shawl was his property,. Witness initantly
sent for an officer to have them apprehended, and placed himself
between them und the door to prevent their escape ; seeing his ie.
tendon, they bath made a violent attack on him for the purpose of
getting out, hut he resisted till the officer came, when they were
taken to the Comptes. The watch had since been valued at 'fifteen
shillings, and the shawl at four shillings.
The prisoners being called on for ditty defence—Swappe ;et,' h.
was a licensed hawker, but having the misfortune o. Lis
license on Friday morning, he was afraid to sell any thing, and
merely went to the public-house with Doncano and another penal
whom he had known abroad, and WAS glad to see In lingland ; but
what conversation his friend had with the landlady, he knew
nothing of. and thought it very hard that he should be taken up
for what he knew nothing about.
Doncano also pleaded total ignorar.ea of any conversation be.
tween hii absent friend and Mrs. Steckey ; he brought Robes to
the house in the evening, because he believed the shawl that was
leftrhere belonged to him.
Itobas said he had given a shawl on Friday morning to a pence
to sell for him, and Doncano having hold him in the evening that
the pesion he gave it to had left it at a public.hcuse, he went there
to get it ; but the shawl produced was not his.
Alderman CROMTHrit asked the prisoners to which of them time
watch and shawl produced belonged ?
The prisoners were all silent.
The same question was put to them separately, when they sere.
rally disclaimed any property in the precious articles.
The Alderman then said, as it could not be proved that any of
the prisoners were a party to the fraud practised by the tuisrc.
sentation of the value of the articles, they could not be deainel on
that charge. Swappe must therefore be discharged, but Dorian°
and Robes should be held to hail to answer for the assault.
The watch and shawl, bring disclaimed by all the prisoners, re.
mined in the care of the officers.