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TIIRATRE•ROYA DMWMP:LANR.
THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, August 31,
his Missies Nervaoss will performs
THE CORONATION.
The Procession commences trine Westmsimster
The Se I Scene, the Interior of the Abbey.—The l'hird,
nod Introductory Scene, in which Mr. Enlibt will introdusee
a new Comic Sorg, eni itled,* The King and the Cormatiom,
OIJ England sod the People."--The Fuerth Scene, the Hull,
an the course of which the Greed Entre of the Champion.
Previouv to which will he performed the Comedy of
A CHEQUE ON MY BANKER.
Sir Wilful Will/re, Mr. W. H. Sir Gabriel
Peeper, Mr. Conic; Arthur Witdfire, Mr. Cooper; Frank
Cleverly, Mr. Russell; Jolter, Mr. Knight. Mire Catherine
Amigos, Miss Smithson; Min Armors, Mrs. Marlowe.

THE NEXT of KIN (if any) of STIERS
WALKER, late of (be East Wl* MorellosNthip
Thomas Coot., &erased, by •pplvia[ to Mr. Owen, Nu. 3,
bell yard, Doetors• Coomons, may bear of something to
their advanta;r.
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ROYAL M ENAG ERII

PI
EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND.
THE grandest National Depot of Animated
Nature is the World, open for norpretioo ever, day
(Saaday excepted) from wise is the morning till nine in the
evening, counties the greatest assemblage of Curiosities
ever collected together ahem she days of that primeval col-
lector or Natural Cariosities, Old Noah.

In the First Apartment, adnsitssases One Shilling, is se
immense full grown
MALE LION AND LIONEQS,
&settling Fear Beaatifsl Cobs'

To cooclude with the Farce of
HOW TO DIE FOR LOVE!
throat Altai; Mr. Foote; Commis Shinionfeld, Mr. Dam
•nrd ; Captain Thalwirk, Mr. Russell; Trick, Mr. W. H.
Williams; Trap, Mr. Knight. Charlotte, Mina Senithown.
The Doom So be *weed M Ma **Clock mad she Pim-
fornmaces to bogie at Amer.
Boum 7. • Second Price, 3a. A.l.—lit, 3a. 114.; *coral
Price, 2a.—Gallery, 2a.; ccood Prim, la.—Vpper
le.; Second Price, dd.
Tomorrow, A Cheque ow my Saoktiewith The Corona-
thwa—aad No Song No Stepper.

Whelped in this Menagerie on Sunday, July 19, 1821.
The sight of which instantly impresees every beholder
wish that magnificent idea es truly conceived of tie ILiai
of the Brute Ergotism. Thole large shaggy
rat pepasore, sod their tremendous roaring, 171:1111117,71"..
Whits a pitetere of 'meatier so words can describe.
Whom like, Earth bears not on her spacious face—
Alone in Nature stands this wondrous race.

A remarkably Fine
ROYAL BENGAL TIGER.
The OCELOT or TIGER CAT, from Medico.
The ferocious yet exquisitely beautiful
PANTHER, or AMERICAN TIGER, from Buenos Ayres.
And • Young Our, bred in this Menagerie, being the
first ever known to be produced in this Kingdom, a circus-
'brute which Naturalists had hitherto deemed impossible.
The ORIENTAL PORCUPINES,
Fabulously reported to have the power of shooting t►eir hard
spiny quilt., which stand erect like a cheerios de (rise (to
the terror of all other quadrupeds).
Elegant Leopards, from Algiers and Ceylon.
Laughing Hymn's, from Ilse Cape of Good Hope. '
Striped or 'Untameable Hyenas, from Abyssinia.
The Quick-aiglited lynxes, from the interior of Africa, said
to be the fiercest 'pintails he the creative.
Jackalls, Wanderow, Mandrill, Coats, with an infinite num-
ber and variety of the Siarai tribe.
Second Apartment, admittance One Shilling, is
A GRAND MAI.E ELEPHANT,
Rehm Tee Fret high, and Five Tons weight, having large
Ivo►y Tusks. Unquestionably the largest animal ever seen
in Europe, whose daily 00000 amnion of food is sufficient for
Eight large horses, and is the same that was exhibited up the
stage at Cuvent-garden Theat►e, in the year ISM, having
growa more t►ee double the Lae he was at that period.
Third Apartment, admittance Doe Shilling, or any two
rassia, Is. 6d. or the three apartments, 2,. each person.
THE QUAGGA,
From the Cape of Good Hope, bearing a strong similitude

to tie Zebra.
A pair of lame &news or liansraes
SOUTH ERN OSTRICH LS,
Fran VIM Dietaau's Load.
A VERY GRAND CASSOWARY.
FRAM Java, without excel:Mos the inert that has bees is..
in England for many years.

A pair of ilium interesting animals,
THE INDUSTRIOUS BEAVERS.
From Redson's 13.1,, whose ingeonity in building their
iiirelliogic bed fesimieg their little coloisiee wits melt mere.
sion and exactness, occupies so large a space in *Moral
history.

The Zebu. worthipped by the Brahmine in India.
The Awelab, or Adjutant of Bengal, justly railed the
Gigantic Crave, being capable of swallowing a whole fowl
at once.

And tbelWarahoo, front Senegal, the birds which produce
those beautiful leathers so much superior to the Ostrich,
called Coenhercauly. Cbettigong or Paddy.

Black ileaas fro® New Souti Wales.

A beautiful undescribed EAGLE, from the Coast of
Quota, and •
New species of Vulture, from Egypt.
The &kiwi', or Royal Crow. Crimes.
Kasgaroos from Botany Bay.
The small Blue Egret, from Trinidad.
And a variety of rare Birds, of the most splendid Plumage.
They are regularly fed at nine is the evening, at which
time it is impossible to conceive say thing so gratifying.
Admittance at that hour Is. 6d.

The utmost value given fur aU kind• of Foreign Birds
and Beasts, by E. Cross. Tame bred Pheasants, domestic
and ornamental Poultry, &e. may be had at his Repository,
Nen-road, near Fitzroy-square.
Rooks descriptive of the Menagerie, may be had at the
Bar.

Paws 7d

should.r, and did not sera to ititerfere.• The inn .1
in whose halide the, coat had. been.torn, thew seized
him by the ',resist of the coat with one baud, ant
by the thigh of• the !mown with the other, met
dragged bits on the void. Witness outlawed iu-
adaatly to rise, but .before lie could get erect. L
received a teem oh the left rade of the used, ales: I
orought him to the ground; this was followed b.y
two other blows, one above the right eye awl the
other on the top of the head, wheat he thinks were
given by a stick, from the smartness of itime. ..011
ieceieing the last blow, he said, " U.
you. want my money. take it ; there is lint MO
it, but don't murder me." He was at that onoe
on his side, and turned on his barest, wish r view
of endeavouring to rise again. One of them the.i
exclaiined„ ,4 by you don't be qniet,
murder yea 40181114," end accompenied that with.
at blow hear tbe.left err, which deprised.bint of a
recollection. He thinks the loot blow war from a
foot. IVlieu .he came again to his severs. he was
alone on the rood, much bruised about the bead.,
' red his horse about 30 yards from where be was
lying: he could nut mount hien without the amine-
once of a trough. and some roue; ground on th:-
road side. The. next , morning (which was mecum..
able as Carlbt Sinefey) lie sent his father's sere
rant to the spot, who found his seals, key, sod
tibband, together with the silver swivel of the
watch, • whip, • small stick which he had, and Is
rick which he had not seen before; it was rather
remarkable, and he sent it to Forsyth. Thee pocket
mid pocket-book were brought back the same day
by a young man, who called himself Soviets* Stir!,
dart. There was notbiug in it but some louse
papers and • two feet rule.
Samuel Maddison, an accomplice, admitted
King's evidence, knows both Prisoners. Tbey west
in Company to Banton Bank to commit robberies.
Wilkinson and Hetherington had white dire*. in a
bundle, which Wilkinson carried. After placing
themselves under the wail on the east side of. the
Benton Bank, there came up two men, one rutting
and the other walking, whom they agreed to let
pass, die Prisoners moving slowly uo towards Bro-
ton. They soon returned to the same place. They
had on their dresses then, sod tletheongton had*
stick. which he known perfectly. %/abusers then
said, ,“ Here's one coming, we'll have him." Sera
H tees etherington said, s• let me go to him first,"
and he went accordingly and seized him by the
coat tail, which gave tray in Isis hand. 11'isocra
then detailed the manner of the attack, roach ip
the wry of the last witness, till Wilkioson
,got
the pocket-book, when lie said. " let's be off, I've
got it." They then turned into a wood on the left
hand, when they put their white drones off, and
anode them into • bundle again. .Hetlseringten
maid he had forgot his stick. mad Wilkinson said he
would leave the book, that the Gentleman tokelit
get his hills again, and he did so. They then cane
to the Grey Horse to get some beer, and see what
they I.nd got. Two 51. notes mid two 11. notes was
all that was showed sip. They went on to the
Sandhi!l then, to get the 51. notes changed, witness
going to Armstrong's, at the Bridge-end. Wil-
kismet) Nought a new het its dialoging one note, and
• bottle of ram at the Old Claytom-houre in changes
Bridge-f 1 the other. When Wilkioson came to the
Bridge-end, he missed his buisdle ; they repaired
to the Grey Horse, thinking they hod left it there,
but the beer-drawer, Margaret, assured them thus
it was not there. Wilkinson then went to the.
hatter's shop, where he found it. From Am.
strong's they went to Turnbull'a, in Gat.
head, whale, having got some liquor, they divided
the tuottry, witress's shore coming to 31. and a
watch. Ou going (some, .Stirtees Hetherington
fell drools on the rood,,and lay down, wittiest. hay-
ing got a little a-head, eine., to them to come on.
when Wilkinsou came up and said he had left He-
therington reeking for two pounds lie lad tort, bus
which in reality Wilkinson had.. They went en
together to Wilkinson's house, •where he took out
the bottle of runt, and Joseph Watt came in. He
saw Sarub Robson between the turusolte-gate and
the Cannon, on the Saturday afternoon. Out the
Sunday, a party of themes, istcluditig the Prisoners,
came to Armstrong's, at the Bridge-end. 11'hett
there, the beer-drawer of the Grey Horse tasked
who had got Hetherington's money, but they de.
hied the knowledge of it.
In answer to some questions, 'by the JUDOS, be
said he was taken up for this robbery himself, that
he was then in prison for it ; that he had been ad-
mitted kities evidence ; end that he had nut been
• great deal with the Ptitoners before.—l'imothy
Hackwerth was the person who went on horseback
up Benton Bank, as mentioned tiy the last witness.
tviittoti Stoddart is a keelman, and deposed t,t
finding the pocket-book as above mentioned.
Geo. Watson, servant to Nesbit's father. proved
that lie found the seals; &r. together with the
strange stick, which he carried to Fors) tit's. (b-
-raid thert• were a great many footstep/ where they
had been tuulbling about.
The sick was produced, and Joseph Watt was.
called : lie knows the Prisoners; was with Hether-
ington, and lent him two shillings. H. was in 11.i-
kitosoit's house on the Sunday meriting, anal saw
the bottle of rum and the new hat, as mentioned he
Maddison.—[This was the man from whom Ile-
therington gut the stick. but on bring shown tho.
stick, he would not say that he believed that to bo
the stick, but it was like the stick, mid one stick
might be like another, &c.l
John Watt, brother to last witness, examined the
stick, acid said he believed it to be the stick tin
brother gave to Hetherington.
Sarah Robson saw Maddison and Wilkinson
coming towards Newcastle, the latter carrying a
bundle.
Margaret Gibb, the beer.drawer at the Grey
Horse, recollects seethe Hetherington and others tic
the Grey Horse, on Carlin Sword.), night also.
Recollects one of them coming back for a hue Ile.
She wan at Armstrong's on _lhr Sunday, avid sem
liethetiogtoo and Wilkivaun, end Ileilieriagten