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OLD BAILEY, Fanwr, JULY 2.

THEATRES.

coitir r -at apttr.

The comedy of The School for Scandal was
performed last night, and attracted a very elegant
sudtrnr•e. At so lute a period of the season, when
tlitntrical curiosity is altuoat sated, and an even-
tog walk it. _he Parks is generally prefer►ed to dra-
matic entertainments, the sterling excellence of
the performance could alone produce this effect.
At any time it would be difficult to fill the extend-
ed rage of character which this comedy embraces,
with a greater portion of powerful talent than ap-
pears in it at this house—at present it would he
impos►ible. There is not, in the getting up of the
play, an inefficient performer ; all are entitled to
praise. Miss O'NEILL, whose spirits are utisub-
(hied by the toil of an unusually protracted season,
performed the part of Lady 'ease in a very ail-
inirable style. She is the especial favourite of
either Muse, as fancy prompts her t;► invoke their
assistance; the tears and the smile. of the audi-
ence ore alike sulsject to her control ; she moulds
the passions to her with the sane ease,
depresses or exalts the spirits—tills the mind with
a soft, and not tnipleasing melancholy, or dispels
from thence every idea that is at variance with
cheerfuluess. tier Lady 7'eozle is an uuadniter-
st• II specimen of i :tont comedy. It Is tree from
vulgarity, and yet bears ahout it sufficient bold-
it..s, to prevent our entirely losing ►ight of the
relocation which the is rural coquette" is said so
have received. Miss 0' Net t.L's vivacity is as un-
forced and unaffected, us her pathos in tragedy.
They both emanate from a mind richly stored with
the hest treasures of histrionic genius. tier gaiety
is of the true sort ; it is unaided by rapidity of
utterance, and derives no assistance from tossinga of
the head, or contortions of the frame; it 'hews
itself in a thousand little playful tricks, which are
more indicative of a sprightly ,_temper than the
mere display of manual Spirits. The ►cene in which
Lodi 'resole and Sir Pete► declare that they will
never quarrel again, but break the compact almost
immediately, was inimitably acted. In the 'creel:.
scrim., Lag Teazle's exposure of the villainy of
✓oseph, slid her regret for having listened to his
iustdeou.addresses,wereexp►essed by Miss O'NEILL
aviih force and pathos. Mr. W. F A RIM N apiwareil
as the querulous Sir Pater—and gave a truly comic
delineation of this well-conceived and highly-
wrought character. Mr. C. KEust.E's Charles
Su•face exhibited all the thoughtless levity of
the polished rake. His opposite, ADS, wis
represented with proper sentimental gravity, en-
livened, where the occa►ion called for it. with *
few comic tonehea, by Mr. YOUNG. '.)r.
Si► (fire► Surface, the Sir Beujuasi►t Backbite, of
Mr. LISTON, and the Crabtree of Mr. lit.s NCI! A RP.
dent;:iirl the highest cominendation. These Gentle.,
'nen constituted a triumvi►ate, whose comic attacks

could not be reeisted. W. sestet hot overlook Mr.
SIMMONS. who supported the character of Moses
cxce.tlii.gly well. Ludy Sneerwrll way performed
with spirit and propriety by Mrs. FAUCIT. The
vatirical humour of Mrs. Candour received ad.
eititoi.d point from the essinisted performance of
DIM Inns. Miss FOOTc represented
part for which her personal charms. and the gentle-
ness of her summer, peculiarly qualify her.

IIAVMARKET.

Tire interesling 01,-•ra of /ate turd Yetrieo ca.
perhirmr.d here lost night. His Royal Dig'mess
the Doke of Suestu entered his box in the second
seem.. His larbt tier was grrettil with the loyal mid
linrislar air of God sore the King—it was rue.
6iittd•in superior style by the vocil and nn+trutnem•
tal Come or the company. The characters of
Woicski and )Brice were &MI6/ably sustained by
Mrs. 011014 and Miss 9. BOOTH. In a musical
medley, which succeeded to the opera, Rule Bei-
touniu rim introduced.—it was very rtivetive in its
impression on the audience. His Royal Diglinrss
Anil party appeured Highly delighted with the en-
tri tuiimieuts of the nights

E►Gl.j3tt OPERA.

List night the very amusing opera of l'he Jociul
-Crew ; or, The Merry Beggarh won perforineal.
'l'be est-dims of Miss KELLY and Miss I. STE.
trimisoii. Mr. DowroN. 4r. Mr.
t N sON, and the other performers, were highly
successful. The various excellent songs were per-
tut met! atlinirubly, particularly one by Mr. DOW.
TON . which was encored. The Crouch Dance, in
the second act, was irresistibly laughable, sad
thront4liout the whole piece the audience was s per-
fect minor of the mirth and good-litiiiiour of the
occur nits of the stage. Alms liti.Lv's various and
versat;le powers appeared to the best advantage in
Nophy. Lacy ; wcd Lacy. lophy—iu which she wry
be said to be at once rivalled and ourivalled.

SURREY TIJEAIME.

Within a fortnight after the publication of the
lift be's series of Tales of illy Landlord, the
two mimes of Montrose, and The Bride of Lops-
Intinfour, were dramatised, composed, paitite.d,
and produced with most lauguslitied success at
this prolific seat of the Muses. 'I he Siege of
Troy increases nightly in attraction, and is to
be p;stronised on Monday by his Royal .Righ.
ness Prince LEOPOI.D. the Duke of WELLINGTON,
onti many other ilu►trious personages. Among the
visitor% of hist west were—

Nit Itayr.l Highness the Doke of Sussex, her Grate the
putties. of Brayed, the Prussian Ambassador, Earl of
Lady Campbell, Sir Rose and Lady Price, Lady
.Coetarral, Lady Turret's, Lady Scowl, Lady E. Fatty, 1...5t1y
M .Stattley. Earl amid Countras Alouutuorris, Lady Stewart,
lady Orr, Mull. Aliso Wellesley, Sir Lumley Skeffington,
illeutrals Casomou, Orr, and Mr. P. Sumner, Sir W. gay,-
lin*, Al-jor Cadogau, Captain Wadley, Mrs. Alouto Ise.

COURT GE SINGI hENCH. Wrainusna,
FRIDAY, JULY U.
siiiings after Ililary Term, before Chief 'boleti
ABBOTT, and Special Juries.

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COMUINATION.
TfIR RING V. CONNELL MA D

This was tits indictment re frrred against the
defeutlant Connell, and 10 wiser persons, all of
them colour...tea with the cull eh-availing trade, its
the various lines of trimmers, sinttlio, 4:c. charging
;Item with illegally conspiring together for the pur-
pose of raising their wages. (if the 19 individuals
against whom a true 101 l was found, only 17 apw
Isgartd. One had died since the commencement of
the prosecution, and another, a man of the name
of 11'il hog. had not aurresidered hiripseif.
Mr. GuasEY, In elating the ease, dwelt at grist
length MI the mischievous tendency of combina-
tion, amlowv.st the working classes of society, which
hail the a &et of seriously injuring those againsit
wham they were more particularly directed, and-,
its their result, tended to injure the public at large.
Were individuals suffered to cottibii.e together, Our
the purpose of deittandiog whatever rate of wages
they thought proper. the manufacture's of this
country would soon be banished from the foreign
market. The Learned Gentleman, after detailing
the circatustatiers,e the ctse, proceeded to Call
evidence in support of his statenteitt.
The chief witness was Mr. Hopkinson, au emi-
nent coach-maker, who andel, in unbalance, that
some time since a society had been formed, deno-
minated The lieitecoient Society, which was corn-
limiest entirely of jouriteymen working at the dif-
ferent branches of the coach-making business.
who was me active mennher of this 'mei-
eiy, and who hail been in his employ, proposed to
witness that he should agree to air article, which
the journeymen coach-makers were anxious the
masers should recede to, and which would bind
theist only to employ a particular description of
persons—to increase the priers then paid--and to
decrease the hours of employment. Witness re-
fused to agree to these terms—the consequence
will, that, in the 'stool' of March last, his men
struck—and he was not only ineouvessienced but so-
iorvil. The same conduct was parented towards
minty other mister coach-makers.
This evidence was corroborated by that of seve-
ral gentlemen in the trade.
The Articles of lhe Bewerolent Society were then
proved, !lot in, and read. They c prised several
articles, inflicting severe penalties on any member
of the society, who acted against the mules which
the geueral body had agreed to for their govern,
mini.

.......
Mr. ScAatETT, who appeared for four of the
Defendant*. said, the evidence which had been
gives' aaaiiist the Windsor, was so weighty Illnd
so conclusive, that he did not think it was tit his
power to shake it. He would not, therefore, tres-
pass on the time of the Court and public, by an tr-
fort, winch, he was convinced, would NI to produce
au acquittal—and which woal4 produce a protract-
ed and laborious investigation. Ilia clients were
truly contrite for their offence. and were willing to
make every reparation in their power. They did
not wish to give the Court, the Jury, or the prose.
cutorr, any further trouble, but would suffer a ve•r-
dtct of guilty to be entered 3gaiust them', hoping,
at the argue time, that the prosecutors would meet
the proposition with a spirit of conciliatioo and
forbearance. Ile had cosisulted with the Learned
Counsel who appeared for the other Defeutlauts,
and, lie believed, they would readily agree to such
an arrangement as he adverted to.
Mr. GURNEY said, that, with respect to rill the
Defendautr, save one, the prosecutors would act
with the utmost leirity. They would cease all fur-
ther proceedings, on their entering into their own
recognizance% to come up for judgment, when
called on. Of course it would depend upon their
future conduct whether they were or were not
brought before the Court. With respect to one of
the parties, namely, Connell, they could not act
with rush forbearance. He WIN the mover of the
whole machine, and the pro.ecutors, in justice to
them .elver and the public, could not overlook Ins
com!no.

Mr. MARRYATT, who appeared fur thirteen of
the Defendants, expressed the willingness of his
(lien's to agree to those terms.
The Cuter JusTips soul, he would offer no
observations on the ease—but, in his view of it,
the course pursued by the Counsel for the pc-
fetedants was extremely prudent.
Mr. DENMAN, who appeared fur Connell, .said,
that notwithstanding what had fallen from Isis Learn•
ed Friend (Mr. Gurney), he deemed it the locket
line of proceeding, especially Ili his Lordship •p.
proved of it in the other cases, to throw himself and
his client on the mercy of the prosecutors. He
could not defend the past conduct of leis cheat—
but he hoped that his demeanour au future would
be of so correct awl peaceable • description, as to
induce the prosecutors not to 'being Mao up for
judgment.'
The CHIC, JUSTICE said, the Counsel for the
Defendants, hid acted most wisely. He wished to
bike this opportunity of stating, that, if the master
coach-makers had acceded to the &aloud of
Connell, they would themselves hive been guilty of
the most enortuous conspiracy against the public,
by %%loch they would have been unjustly subjected
jo a rest additional expense iu the purchase of c•r-
risges.
A verdict of 6111119 was returned against the De-
fendants, who will, of course, be brought tip next
Tenn, to enter into their win recognixauces.

BANK FORGERIES
• . This morning the four followim; persona, via.
bums Barium, lasses Beladt. ttsilter Baran, :mai
Mary [hal, wept pot to the bar, mid chit g-d With
having in their primeval's', and entering divers
forged notest porpoi log to he of the Pircertior
and Company of ehe 13imk of IE-414eid, well know..
ing the rime to be forged. They all pleaded
Guilty to the minor r fence.
MANSLAUGHTER.
Francis Ro.rbargh, a biker. and a man of very
decent appearittice, was indicted on the Como. r's
Inquest, for killing and slaying Mules Coe, on the
2d June last."
Julin Paul. the first witness called, seas in Hate
horn, near Ilrownlow-street. between five and six
o'clock in the afternoon of the day ithove stated;
saw an elderly gentleman (Whet he afterwards
learned was Mi. Coe. the deceased) crossing the
*tree, and stopping on a sudden, us if seized with
some alarm ; witness turned round, and saw a mini
(the Prisoner) riding at a very brisk tint towards
the deceased. who tintantly after at once rode
against him. land passed over him. The tom eon-
'timed to ride on westward; witness and ittliets
called out " Stop I" The man was pursued a bhUit
distance, the bridle of his horse was seized, and he
was brought back. Witness exclaimed to hint,
t' You brutal rascal, how came yoy to ride over the
gentleman r To which he replied, "It wee
own fault ; why didn't he get out of the way?" A
snob snots gathered, and much iudignotton ass e -
cited against the Prismir, but *Mirth. did not al-
low any tiulence to be committed against hire, he
bring so respectable a looknig iierson. Mines*
asked Ilion for his name anti address, or rand ; hi"
itiailVer, ill au angry lane, *my. ADO " he Emil nu
card." lie endeavoured to anon, all ezjd.n.stattji
ill the must indifferent way, hat after a food iteitl Of
remonstrance, said he was known to M. Francis,
the linen-draper, bard by, rod **deices csiised his
address to be girth to that gentleman. The street
was pettedly clear when he 5511, the old geritlemata
fall from being run against by the Pi ihourr's boric.
Crais•exaaiined.—Saw nothing ui the deceased
before he fell ; dad not know the ;,;et tletuttnt w..s
subject to. or at the time labouring under a lit of
apoplexy ; did not see lam foam at the twnstle,
be-
fore the horse reached Mut ; be had .topped quite
wituess appeared before the Grand Jury.;
likry threw out the bills against the prisoner. both
for 'noisier sud otaiislanghters
Joseph Hood is an assietant in the house of
Messrs. Corttyn and Co. Holbert'. On the 21
4uur, about a quarter before Ave cr7tiock in the
estrum*, an elderly gentleuts,, ass brought pito 'be
shop by five or six persons; he was neatly iissetisps
hie ; the circulation was laugleid, the breathing dif-
ficult, and there was tin pulsation in the wrist.
The Prisoner was brought to the shop Away
after, and the circumstance of his having rude over
the old gentleman having beets related in his pre:.
settee, lie observed, if he had, hp was very sorry for
it. lit about ten minutes, the deceased recovered •
little, so as to be capable of answering the clues.
lions put 111 him. He complained of pain to Inca
head and hack, but could slot agconnt far what had
happened to him ; some
.camphor of julep and sal.
volatile was adminiatered to him. %Vetoes' ob-

serwed a sort of broite on the left vide of Ins head;
could not sly whether it was the effect of seri-
dent, or aq original tumour; there was no wound,
but a small scratch; there ww r small mirk of di4
on the front of one of his stockings ; sent fur &v
ceased's wife, and deceased's wife went away with
him and saint others in a coach; read his name
(thinks James Cue) ou the back of a letter, which
he found in his locket; he was iu a kind of otitjWir
when he went ninny.
Joseph Morgan, erssoinecl—.-js a surgeon,
at No. 43, Bedford-row ; on Wednesday enuirig
June 4, about seven o'clock, was sent for to Wir.
Co.,t Robert-street, Little Blames-street, near
Bedford-row ; found hi, on his birc4c in bed, cow;
tinnally sick, and with very little ability to say
what had happened to him, or how he got his hurt ;
must suppose he was in the expectation of ti• atli ;
he said so distinctly ; does not recollect his word*,
but the meaning of what he said was, that lie had
cow got his death-blow ; lie corroborated the state-
ment of his wife, relative to the iiijuly he hart
ceived, though he vs* unable to carry on a con-
nected conversation; his wife said he bad got the
telow by being knocked down in the street; such a
coocussion as lie apptmeed to have received on itie
head, could alone account for the sickness in his
stomach; there was a slight tumour on the le;;;
side of his head, which must have been the seat of
the injury, occasioned he supposes, lit, a blow ;
believer fie lived till ten the neat morning ; at one
o'clock in the mo • ghe was sent for on aceouti,
of new symptoms in deceased; he was in convul-
sions when he got there; in hie judgment the b)ow
on his head was the enure of his death.
Cross-examined.—Did not o;ieri his head to ea.
amine the interior ; had he neen called on after the
death, without having been told of the pr, irmint
injury, would not have concluded it procitd.4 flout
a blow in the head, Mi. Coe had been slicr..e
suffocated from drioltiou gin three or four months
before, on which occosiou witness had attended hint..
These were all the witnesses for the prlstentirio,
but Mr. ALLEY nutintanekg there ars a mis-
nomer is Vie indictment, the die. wed haviiie heed
there drscribLd by the name of Charles, while the
evidence went to spew that his Chimin one nail
James,
Mr. John Singleton Tisylor, sollicattr ti. t oytr
proved vt.pfue.,