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London, England, 1847-06-02 00:00:00

but, after proceeding about four steps, she turneu
round, and, looking me in the face, said, "I suppose itS
with-
tin
good telling you a lie?' I said, " No; I don't go out
out 1 see the old lady ;" and she then responded, "
down:l've been,
living with the old lady in the front kitchen; come
They proceeded to the front area, but, on looking throng?
the window and seeing the room entirely divested of furtu-
ture, I observed, " You've told me another lihe said,
e S
" Well, than, I'll tell you the truth." I did not wait to hes!
any more from her, but, taking her into the passage, and
knocking at a side door leading into the shop, a female voice
said, in answer to my question whether she marten old
soner, describing her, " Yes, she's been lodging With °
woman in the back kitchen." I then, with the prisollerd:
went there, but found the door locked and no key in it,L
on asking her for it, she said she had not got it. I said,
looks suspicious ;" and prisoner replied, " I've not seen a't
since last night, and it's no use your knocking, for she's.
cahs
deaf as a post." I then said," Come into the back area, whided
she did, but immediately on entering she boun
by
on to a coping stone, and caught hold of the water-st,t
which she was in the act of raising herself on to the pampa
of the garden wall, with a view, no doubt, of endeavastl
to effect her escape, when I secured her. She walked al'',
me to the street•door, and on opening it I smashedo,
29, into whose custody I gave her while I p howl
stairs. On opening the window and getting into the rasger
saw the body of deceased stretched on the floor, with
head under the fire-place. She was dressed, with the
e22c:
ception of her gown. There was a wound on one side of%
face, and the crown of her head was crushed in, apparently
done by a poker, which lay by her side, covered with hlv;e
(The poker, a formidable looking weapon, "sport
produced, and excited a thrill of horror.) _0
was a cord also twisted tightly round deceantesirs
neck, firmly fastened behind. I then went UP B the
and told my brother constable to take the prisoner to. ,
station-house, telling him what I had seen, to the details of
which prisoner made no observation. Prisoner had aluoi..
arm a reticule, containing 2s. 6d , a penny Piece, apd a
cate for a glass. On examining the bundle I found 66
S. de•
contained female wearing apparel, chiefly marked IL
ceased's initials. win SOY
Mr. RA WLIN SON to prisoner—Do you wish to ask
question" P—Prison er made no reply, but shook her beau. rf,
Police-constable Jackson, D 29, was then exaatiled"`"
corroborated the foregoing evidence as to his aldhr,besitil
retainedre quired
b;
earndo boldn
but
tr
reserved
etdo pressann
manner,
e prisoner, w"-
amination, although there was no dovinasbt stithi let underN ald e b
eventually remanded.

HAYMARKET THEA.TR', I
Who do they take me for? Such is the title of afo
and
osonoethacLdsryolletrbye p4roderou,ced at this theatre last etrennlgairtiet
to the " llustrated Illuminated like Hamlet's father,', in " such questionable sost'irjog,"
)lir. O'Reilly,
to(riMalr.manu_adee,
,e(),
tishrt
the question may well be asked. They call hint nob “ of
but " Baronet," not " Royal Dane" but " entlem'Briel/
fortune ;" not " Hamlet," but Sir Terence ° with
O'Dogherty O'Donnolly," &c. &c., &c., the gentle end
the long name and the onger Pub' ~,,aer P°°:.
answers " them " in the most amusing 113—..,nr0s
sible. And who are they to whom be rerstetvo"
answer ? They are Pickings (Mr. Tilbury), a tally
toy`"
of a certain Mr. Hardcastle, whose estate be etv
for a song, and who, mistaking O'Reilly fer the baronet
hiss,
the long name, gives him 3,000/. not to bid gainteWard'
Prudence Pickings (Mrs. Humbv), the niece of tbe .teli in
who, having met O'Reilly at a ball, has fallen desPel;orfor
lov with him, which lve O'Reill returns rs' won%
ton,e a rich widow, whoo is affianced by her. aunt
tie Jess),
ladies are affianced on the stage and nowilewitholl
to the baronet of multitudinous naln„,°°'l4,,we),l4!;
ever haying seen him, and Colonel Templeton (oo••""b0 BOP
lover of the widow, who is ready to shoot any one Tialfhotif
dare to gainsay his pretensions. After an amusing d
of ludicrous contretemps O'Reilly has the 3,0001 an lue as
Prudence, Templeton buys the estate at its full vs
too&
marries the widow, and Mr. Pickings, the unie.t. sold t°
remains the steward minus 3,000/, which be ""-champ
O'Reilly. Hudson was effervescent as a bottle 0 is bet
pagne. Mrs. Humby was quaint and amusing a,s..t little
wont, and Tilbury, Mrs. Seymour, and Howe did 1'4'14 so
they had to do excellently well. Mr. Clark, that Me bad
in little parts, had the little part of an innkeeper. .nl, and
not threescore words to say, but he made every worn no*
the farce was announced for repetition amidst 10ud,140 do
•
Question—(by Mr. Hudson at the conclusion)-- "One
-- „ose
they take me for ?" Answer—(by the audience)— on the
the most amusing eccentrics that ever apPeso
stage."

PRINCESS S THEATRE' antler
edr:he
tlet
A highly interesting and amusing petite om
the title of Romance and Reality, was producecir d
f(:
time at this theatre last night. The story s, is 50 W
piece hangs is exceedingly simple, but the
I;ib !
tedt cyst
developed, and the dialogue so excellent and VT the
the interest of the piece is maintained through ,t' eud
first scene three married ladies—Florence, En" only in 1'• 6
bella—who were once schoolfellows, and are no:',
other upoS
meridian of their beauty, are congratulating
Theea COcereation
meeting after an absence of several years. since they
turns upon the incidents they have encountered attended
separation, and they narrate the circumstances wp_.!.• u..u. the onset
their respective marriages. Isabella, whose story -
;age, but int
romantic, was left a widow shortly after her nrwitE a con
travelling through Spain afterwards, she
who she took to hs
Serano, who secured her affections, ando handsome in
the height of perfection, for, besides
ipnegrsi
yo person,
chivalrous. he had t h eUnfortunately,additional
however, qualification b ei
being
excited by seeing the Count pay his attentions tothe lady,
bal masque, and in a rage she tore off the mask
who she discovered was no less a person than the s°distiesrsobfetiukbe
Count. A quarrel ensued between the Count an mbar
and the latter returns to England. Florence, whoseris'taip
was a rich merchant, was compelled to' marry a ',.1; the
e rb je"
ana frto
_net; eat Wye
Montague, who she had never seen before, but on the Ty. di'
ceremony took place her husband was ordered a
patches to Spain, and she had not heard from him for.somelf;•
~
Emily, who professed to have a more sensible idea of ITT.,
mony than her two friends, had married a Chancery barn!"
of some eminence and ability, and with whom she live?,
great happiness. Such was the state of the three Isla
Florence, who bad a great idea cf the romantic, was deligb ,
with habella's graphic description of the chivalrous Cow
and was almost disposed to fall in love with him and fOrli;
her husband. The conversation of these three her
was over heard by Vincent Dunbar, the hush—oh
of Emily, who determines to assume the disguise 01.:0
Count Serano, in order to see how tar Florence's 0111'14
would lead her. He accordingly announces his arrival,l,,
had an interview with Florence, and succeeded in sect:ul
her affections. In the meantime, her husband arrives Tie
Spain, where he had been detained as a prisoner' surs,e4
astonished at the coldness with which he is reernuer•t
by his wife, who, almost admits, by her inTho
ot
that her affections are retained by some :.ier
person. The mischievous Count, otherwise barrnidi,
disguise, however, in his next interview with the bol
purposely makes himself so disagreeable, and advlectioso
suit so rudely, that she is glad to withdraw her
~.so#
and return them to her husband. The barrister ha
vntroul
seeded in curing the lady of the romance, at length_d eS'
oft his disguise, to the -astonishment of all parties, an tot
plains that the Count has not arrived from Spain, t'.atethe
he was soon expects.,d, and would no doubt consul: 10.00
happiness of Isabella by making her his wife. Th,itt,, and
characters-were sustained with great spirit and ab"
the piece was loudly cheered at its conclusion.

the
HER MAJESTY'S THEATER ValeStY
—Her ocm—
Queen Dowager, attended by the Earl and Cou.ntereiroart
the Earl and Countess Brownlow, the Hon. Me I,ss__° "nos
and the Hon. William Ashley, honoured the p 171.:7resenct
her Majesty's Theatre, yesterday evening, withof,T,.o,bridgf
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess...!
_t_',"of 017
attended by the Baroness Hammerstein, the L.ari„,filoasY.
the Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund St. John.n bp tba
were also present. Her Majesty's box was occuPleu,cleDo
Duchess of Norfolk, Lady Mary Howard, LAY
tre 110
Howard, the Hon. Robert Clive, Mr. Grant, and owl
Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple. Amongst the general cake an
were:--The Duke and Duchess of Leeds, thejlafatig,dig
Duchess of Cleveland. the Duke de Pahnella, t", 4,6 ;050_1'
and Marchioness of Druro, the Marquis and geirim-hionel"
Clanricarde, the Marquis of Huntley. the Bl‘r
the
(Dowager) of Downshire, the Marquis of Donegal' the
quis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marchioness of r-P.Earl
Marchioness of Blandford, the Earl of Falmouth,„thedigath
of Scarborough, the Earl Fitzwilliatn the Earl of tisrt.,
the Earl and Countess of Clarendon the Earl of J'e-
ttvd
alliniednytaisecro, ulknit.escs.Dduenittonudnorina,ffhakisy, Excellencyvise,)uet
ethaentHilua
the Baroness Brunnow, Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner'
peno:to:i.drd
WilliamdypCohwaireltest, INL'oerldlesalnedy,LLadoyrdpSoainliduygst,onLc:rd Br Yr°1:::::
Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, Lord andLtaddynerArs
Bruce, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, I,l'
Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Colborne, Lady Stratford Lan
ping, Lady Sarah Lindsey, Lady Wombwell, Lady 13Yr,b'
Sir J.Yar,le Buller, M.P., and Lady Buller, Sir George Virn`",„",i,
well, Sir A. Barnard, Sir G. Talbot, Hon. General tit"
Hun. F. Willoughby D'Ersby, Colonel Bowers, Mr. Culled
Smith, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mr. Painther, Mr. Josiah
Bailey, M.P., Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brereton Trelawny,
Dirt,
Whitbread, Mr. and Mrs. Byng, Mr. Esington, Mr. StratfoT,
Canning, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Burv, Capt. Smith, BMus'
Buckl, y, Mrs. Crawshay, Baron Goldsmid, &c., &c.
n SOW
VAUXHALL GARDENS.—The Grand Duke woe bo.
tine of Russia, attended by a select suite, last evening'
floured the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, with his pret9an Of
MARYLEBONE ELECTION.—MY. Dyke, CID"' ei,ed
C
Mr. John Bagshawe's Committee, has this morning
to frinielio;
a letter from that candidate, withdrawing from
ho
bP
The interest of the majority of his friends,
influential body in the borough (the Reform Ass°.ctis nor
transferred to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart. 13. utfithat noble'
temptation to ascertain the relative position 0
man and Mr. D. Salomons by a ballot of the electors'
_s,.u.enbcselig
was had previous to the last election to determine tilcelieltori
of Sir C. Napier and Mr. Young. At a meeting °ls, hi
and non-electors, held last night at the Assembly-roomof 019
Circus-street, a resolution was passed condemnatory
_too
latter plan, and a committee was appointed to C."
meetings.

BIRTHS.
I 10n the 26th ult., the lady of Captain C. Grate" 11114"
R gimtheeent, of a son. tsoll
Ou 28th ult., in Albemarle-street, Mrs. Kober
of a son. h
,11,100/
On the 28th ult., Mrs. Robert William Peaks, '3' '—
House, New Finchley- road, of a daugter. Chatie°
On the 29th ult., in Duke-street, Southwark, Mrs.
James Hewlett, of a son. Of 5.
On the 28th ult., at Regent's-park-terrace, the To -le
S. Bell, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. Callifid'
On the 28th ult., at Paris, the wife of John Forbes -
Esq.,of a daughter.
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MARRIED. neorge
On the 29th ult., at Much Hadham Church. est
Gayton, Esq., of Much Hadham, Hers, to Sarah Anne' efldthe
,urviving daughter of Thomas Samuel Mott, OA"
same place.

DIED. %fe d
l
In Armagh, of bronchitis and dysentery, on Sunday,,-.-n
30, Mr. Joseph Soden, editor of the „ Armagh sport"'
Chronicle."
On the 20th ult., in Coleman-street, London, Anna —Mari*
only surviving daughter of the late Mr. William Ford.„e%sza
On the 28tti ult., Mary Anne, the wife of tie Rev. IN lu
Cooke, Vicar of Bromyard, Herefordshire, aged 59.
On the 29th ult., at the Warren, Norwood, bliddi_e^7,o
Mary, the only surviving daughter of the late George
Trumper, Esq.
On the 29 t h ult., at Bath, Harriet, relict of the late Ge°ll.
Hillyard, Esq., of Frome,_ Somerset. gavil.
On the 29th ult., at Yttrk-place Portman-square,
land, the infant son of the at
J..de Sausmarez, Estl "`" .5,
On the 29th ult., Jane, the eldest daughter 0
Hickman, of the Old Kent-road, aged 25. • Oil
On the 30th ult., at Penoingtou Parsonage, Lewis,
son of the late Rev. Lewis Hird, aged 4.

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*eine
Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office. N 0.112, stralid; in the -logo St
of the Savoy. in tho Count; of Middles& Wedeel447' •
1847.