The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-13 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

Drury-Lane.

MRS. POwELL appeared, for the first time, last
night, in thexharatter of Lady Randolph, cha.
raper which has been so admirably supported by
Mrs. Sr oDoNs, that in addition to its own diffi-
culties,- Mrs. PowaLL
.had of course to struggle
against the invidious rest of comparison., There is.
a.querulous monotony of grief in this part that is
very well suited to the manner of Mrs. Pow
whose chief -deleCl in general is a want of varietys ,
This want was, therefore, less observable lash night,
and she. represented the flow of .maternal tendernes,
with more success -then usually attends her aaing.
CHARLES KEMBI.E gave Young Norval with an
inLetesiii% expression of heroic amour. It may
'be said that his demeanour was rather too flourish-
ing and lofty for a youth-brought up as the son of
.a
peasant ; but as his sentiments are towring and no-
ble, they may naturally be. expeded to produce an
elevation in his carriage,
WxotTGIITON'S Old Norval was simple, and afrea,
ing. We cannot say. much in favour of the rest ic
the Dramatis Persona-, at least of their represen-
tatives.

The house put on a more, cheering aspe6l than it
has exhibited lOr some time past ; but as this may
be considered, as a national
.Play, perhaps a good
part of the, audience may ,be! supposed to have been
attrafted by the natural influence of Caledonian par-
tiality.'

Tin RECENT MANION 4:—This.beacitiful jewel
.Which was to be worn by the CFI lEF .CONSUL in
the handle of his sword on the 9th inst. was. found
in the Mines of Golconda. • In the Memcirei de St.
Simon,. a very particular account of it is given. It
was stolen by a man employed in the Mines, who,
notwithstanding-the pr'4,autions employed, found
means. to bring it to Europe, where he offered it to
several Sovereigns, and finding none inclined to
purchase it, brought it to England, where hemade
a model of it in Chrystal and sent it to F ranee.-
The price set on it was such as to alarm the Regent ;
but the famous LAW, the AncestOr of General
LA-Lulls-rots-, to whom France is indebted for it,
assisted by ST. SIMON, at length prevailed upon
the Duke of OR LEANS, then Regent, to make the
purchase,. having first made the. Merchant.abate his
demands to two Millions of Livrcs, about 85,0001.
The weight of it is one ounce and a penny-Weight,

,
to.'B,

L All/ REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, THURSDAY, Nov. 52.

THE KING 'V. AYILE.

Tuts was a case upon a Writ of Error to the
judgMent of a Court of Quarter Sessions, before
which the Defendant, Christopher Ayre, had been
tried, under the 3oth of Geo. 11. c. 24, for obtain.
ing money under false pretences ; namely, the sum
of sixteen shillings for carrying certain goods,. the
property of James 'Barrow, to a person of the name
of John Leech, at a. certain distance, and for 'pre-
tending that he, as a common Carrier, had convey-
ed them as he was dire&ed, and also pretending
that he had delivered them to Mr. Leech, and had
taken his. receipt for them,' but he had either lost
or mislaid such receipt, upon which he • obtained
the sixteen shillings, as and for, his labour in car-
rying' and/delivering such goods ;
_whereas the In-
dialient stated, that he had not carried such goods
as di reaed, that he bad norlost or mislaid any such
receipt; &c. and traversed every allegation which
the Delelidant made, and :upon which he had ob-
tained this money ; upon which he was conviaed
nd ordered to be transported for seven years.
After Mr. KrtowLys. had argued in support of
the Writ of Error, and Mr. HOLROYD was going
tia support the judgment, of the Quarter Sessions,

Lord KEN-vos: said it was unnecessary, and ob-
serve 3, that it was not .his' intention to find fault
with the general propositions laid down by Mr.
KNOW L YS, namely, " that there ought to be cer-
tainty in Indietmcnts," " for the law would not
infer guilt until proved.P He did not quarrel with
the technical words which had been adjudged as
necessary to define a murder, or burglary, or rape.
All the Crown Lawyers had laid it down in books,
that certain technical words should be used in order
to define these crimes, and the Court must abide by
the rules laid down in these cases, but he knew of
no rule that was laid down by which technical
words were to be used in all criminal eases,: He
had formerly, and not very long ago, had. occasion
to read a, passage from Lord HALE, who, if ever
there was a.consummate and humane Crown Law,
yer, he Was one, and who, in the time of Charles II:
fomented extremely that captious obje4tions had
been allowed to prevail, to the disgrace of the
criminal justice of the country, since soine of the
most wicked men had thereby esmped from the
punishment they deserved, and which it was, the
interest of the community_ to inflict, What wad
the case here ? A Merchant gave goods to a Car-
rier, who .undertook 'to carry them to a given place,
and to deliver them to a-certain person. The Car-
rier afterwards comes to the Merchant, and- de-
mands the money for the carriage, telling him that
he had delivered the goods and had taken a receipt
for them, but that he had either lost or mislaid the
receipt, upon which false pretence he obtains the sum
of sixteen shillings, for which he is indiEted, and the
Lldielment aver' that.rione of these allegations, upon
which he receives the money, are true:: stating of
vl every iLI, 40,f them, " Whereas, in truth, and in
fata, he &not carry the goods, did not receive
such.receiiv' &c. " Good God !"' said his Lord:
sliiii, " is `there- , a form of. words more clear, and
precise ? I).eagntly I expert that we shall be told
that an InZliainent is bad, because* the letter on
which it is Writtenis ,not cut in the shape it should
be ; that it is not according to the Saxon form.
There would be.• almost as much sense in that as
there is in some ohjeCtions which have been made,
fn Indiaments. There is nothing in the case now
before its."
. ,

The other Learned Judges, concurred with the
Chief Justice.—judgment affirmed.

THE KING AND THE INHABITANTS OF COPPAL.
This arose upon a reserved case from the Man.
Chester SessibnsL upon a point of evidence, whether
the fad of payment-of rates could be proved by oral
,testimony without the produCtion of the rate books ?
Mr. TOPPING argued in support of that proof,
and cited the case of the King and St. Issy, But.
Cas. 867, where it was held that the payment
of the Land Tax might be proved without the Rate.
kooks:

Lord KENYON said, that was a bad case, but it
had long - ago been said, that one bad case was
worth twenty good ones.

THE KING ,AND Tiiß INHABITANTS OF CHADER

TON.

Tfiis was also a Case from the Manchester Ses-
sions, and the Question was, Whether relief to a
pauper, and hear Say evidence of a settlement, could
be held as sufficient proof of a settlement ? .

The Court held clearly that it could not, and
s,crt-the .Casc. in order that the Court below
might state :thy further eyidence, if they had it. .

'the Lord Major
did busititss'ir; the Justice RaoM, as Chief Magi_
strate,ifor the- tirSttiMe. A .number of Prisoners
we're brourrh't before him, one of whom was a gen..
• treljoAcing map, &urged with' offering for pay-
-merit a Banker's Chetk. for tool. forged- on the
• house of 1,1(1e;,,.t.5. Lombard.street.
Clerk: from that ht4se attetuiedaUd. stated,
to his Lords-hip, that on check being presented
for payment, he suspeaing it to -be 'a forgery, asked
the Prioner some questions how he came by it, of
which-he told different stories, and ppot%-his making
farther ihquiry he found this check was forgetr. In Ins'
defence, the Prisoner said, he found it in NeWrgate-
itreet, and produced some persons ~vbo said they, ti:p.);
him pick, up a paper on Monday last, in Newgatd..
street. The Lord:Mayor told him, had he got the
Cash for this note, he would have been in a very
dangerous predicament, ,and might think himself
fiery lucky he could produce persons • who saw him
pick it up ; but hoped he would be more cautious how
he demanded the payment before he knew whether
•t 7- ther-were forged or not, as he Might not get Off so
another time.--4le was'then discharged.
4