The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-14 00:00:00

THAMES OFFICE.

Yesterday two youths, named George Cane, lately in the
employ of a fishmonger, and Michael Nugent, the son of
a coke-dealer, both natives of Ireland,'were brought before
Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. GREENWOOD for final examina-
tion, on a charge of extorting 83. from Mr. Francis Harri-
son, a respectable watchmaker and jeweller, in Broad-street,
Ratcliffe, by threatening to accuse him with the commission
of an infamous offence. After hearing evidence,
Mr. BALLANTINE committed them to Newgate for trial.
Mr. GREENWOOD—It is the most serious charge any
person can commit, You are both liable to be transported
for life ; the offence was lately punishable with death.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.-After a very suc-
cessful repetition of Macbeth last night, a farce intitled
Original was produced at this theatre. The incidents of
this trifle were few, very rapid, and very absurd ; rivaling
harlequinade, and pleasing as much. Charles Mowbray
and Emily Lukewarm are despairing lovers. Sir Jacob
Lukewarm, the father of the latter, forbids the union, be-
cause Colonel Detonator, the uncle of the former, swears
he will shoot him if he should promote it. Detonator ex-
plodes on the matter, and Lukewarm almost extinguishes
it, when one Jack Nonpareil, " Original," a gentleman who
is always making a fool of himself in the newest possible
way, comes to their aid, flying from Wombwell's caravan,
in which ho has worked his way to town, and bedizened in
the spangled petticoat of the chief giantess in that noted
establishment. Knowing the state of the case between the
lovers, he quickly disguises himself, as becomes one of his
genus and genius, and imposes upon the two old fellows,
who are not acquainted with each other, and wins the writ-
ten consent of each to the wished-for marriage before they
discover the fraud. The broadest spirit of farce, and its
best vivacity, pervade this mockery of a plot, and make
people laugh, invita Minerva, or, in other words, in spite
of their discretion. Of course it is successful. Bartley
jumps and raves to admiration in Detonator, and Vining as
mercurial as is his wont in Original.
SURREY THEATRE.—A new nautical melo-drama,
in three acts, was produced at this theatre last night, under
the title of Wapping Old Stairs, and was entirely satisfactory
to the audience. Mr. E. F. Saville performed the character
of Ton: with much force and spirit, and he was most ably
supported by Mrs. R. Honner as Molly. Mr. Dale filled
the part of Old Adams very effectively. Mr. Davidge was
a capital old ex-man-of•war's man, and told his interminable
yarns with great humour. The other comic character in
the piece was filled by Mr. W. Smith to the great delight
of the audience. After the melo-drama the spectators were
presented with a selection from the very elegant groupings
ofancient and modern sculpture, which were first introduced
to the public by the same artistes at Vauxhall Gardens in
the past season. They are well worth seeing.
Saturday an inquest was held in the turnkey's room
of New Tothill-fields' Prison, before Mr. Higg and a re-
spectable Jury, on view of the body of Thomas Williams,
aged 42, whose death occurred under circumstances of a
very deplorable nature. On the Jury being sworn they
viewed the body of the deceased, which presented an ema-
ciated appearance. Mr. Thomas Kilsby, clerk to the
prison, deposed that the deceased was committed by Mr.
Twyford, one of the Magistrates of Bow-street, for the term
of one month, having been found in the street in a state of
the utmost destitution. Mr. Levies, the surgeon of the
prison, stated that he attended the deceased after his re-
moval to the infirmary. The poor man was in a very ex-
hausted state. Witness administered medicines to him,
and subsequently wine, arrowroot, broth, and every nou-
rishing article was afforded him ; but, notwithstanding, the
powers of life gradually declined, and he died on Thursday.
Verdict—" Natural death, accelerated by want and neglect."
We hear that, as a natural consequence of the reck-
less profusion of the Conservatives of Clifton, in the late
contests for that ward, the begging-box is now being sent
round the parish, and that the subscription list is headed
by the Conservative Councillors for the ward, each in a
pretty considerable sum. Those gentlemen have thus al-
ready been taught the value of the whistle for which they
have paid, and the practical working of the principle—
" Money no object."