The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-18 00:00:00

master .an account, because he was frightened. Had not
said a word about Mudie, till he was taken up. Last
Thursday fortnight, had made the statement about Mudie.
Mudie at that time had given information on the subject
in the public papers ; witness had read it. Did not go
into the prisoner's shop ; some part of the information
took place in the street. Was in the employ of Mr.
Jones, a bookbinder, in January last ; ran away when be
was given in charge, because he was frightened, without
his coat and hat.
By the RECORDER—Lived with Mr._JOncs about two
years and a half or three years. Had Bs. a week from biro
and his board. Never received any books from Jones, ex-
cept those he had to give to. Mr. Ridgway. Did not tell
the prisoner he was a bookbinder, although,he had been so
two years and a half. Had 18s. a week from Mr. Ridg-_
way. The books witness stole were some of these kept at
the shop and some at the warehouse. Sometimes went into.
the prisoner's shop to get money from him. IsT'ever told
the prisoner what he was, or where .he got the books from.
Cannot bind books—can only put them in boards. I\ 'Jiver
told the prisoner he was a porter of Mr. Ridgway's.
By a Juror—Had never been told his offence would be..
looked over if he came forward and gave evidence.

This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that from the price
he gave for the books, he did not think they had been
stolen. He had sold them at a profit of 25 per cent. only.
Several booksellers stated that there was a great depre-
ciation in the price of certain books, and that, in their
opinion, the prisoner had given a fair price for the books be -
had purchased. " Hortus Botannica," which was publishe
at 1/. 16s. by Mr. Ridgway; bad been sold for 12s. The:,,
believed the prisoner to be a respectable tradesman.
Mr. Mason, a bookseller, on his cross-examination, stated
that he should not yurcha.se from a stranger, unless he had
been to his residence.
By the RECORDER—Never attempted to get a book at
a cheap rate from the . publisher. If a book was offered
at a cheap rate, that would be no reason to induce the
party to whom it was offered to suppose it came from
the publisher.
By Mr. PHlLLlPS—Gentlemen never put works for sale
in sheets ; sometimes authors did.
By Mr. ADO•LPHIIS-It often happened that persons.
who had bought largely sold at very reduced prices.
The RECORDER said that the great point in the case was,
the statement which the prisoner had made to Mr. Ridg-
way, that Holland told him he had received the books for
wages. The suspicion of the prisoner ought then to have
been aroused.
Several respectable witnesses gave the prisoner a most
excellent character.
The RECORDER summed up. The question for _ the
Jury was, whether they believed the evidence of Holland.
There certainly was an appearance in his behalf of endea-
vouring to press against the prisoner ; although Holland had
behaved in so rascally a manner towards his employers, the
Messrs. Ridgways, yet be appeared to have had no incli-
nation; till he was apprehended, to give them any informa-
tion on the subject. The fact with respect to the brandy and
water, which was not asked for
.by the Learned Coun-
sel for the prosecution, showed an eagerness to press against
the prisoner. The fact which pressed against the pri-
soner most strongly was the great quantity of property
which he bad purchased from Holland in so short a
period, Holland having told him at the time that he had
received them for wages.
The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy.
The RECORDER said that the recommendation of the
jury should be attended to.

T HEATRES.

ENGLISH OPERA-HO USE.
This Theatre, the management of which, for the re-
mainder .1
of the present season, has, we understand, devolved
upon Mr. Rayner, was open last night, commencing with
the extraordinary performances of the Swiss Brothers, whose
feats of equilibrism .are indeed astonishing ; to these suc-
ceeded a• petite operatic piece, called A Day at an Inn,
compressed into one act, from Hook's amusing farce of •
Killing no Murder.' In this Mr. Wild personated the cha-
racter of Buskin (which poor Mathews rendered so cele'- -
brated) with a good deal of bustle, and his song of " The .
Country Fair," he gave much after the manner of that la-
mented comedian, though his general style of acting more
closely resembles that of John Reeve. To this succeeded
another set of posturers, from Franconi's Circus, Paris,
called the Japanese Brothers, whose elasticity and strength'
of limb were equally surprising, with a variety of other en,
tertainments of a like character, including the rifle shooting
of Signor Givaldi, and the graceful rope-dancing.of the in-
fant prodigy La petite Pauline La Fayette ; these, with the
drama of Love's Frailties, in which Mr. Rayner enacts the
principal part, and the farce of The Rendezvous, wherein
Mr. Oxberry luxuriates in Simon, concluded the evening's:
performance.

OLYMPIC.

Madame. Vcstris made her appearance here last night,
having recovered from a severe and tedious illness.. Her •
reception was cordial and gratifying, but not more so than
was deserved by an actress who contributes so efficiently to
the amusement of the public. She played llirs. 11lit/grave
in the drama of Love in a cottage. Her acting of this
part is entitled to unqualified praise, displaying, as it does,
remarkable finish and neatness of execution, with a versa-
tiiity of talent which no other living actress possesses *La
anything like a comparable degree. She introduces in this
part of the performance a song called " Rory O'More,"
written by Mr. Lover, which has the merit of being essen-
tially dramatic, and of giving the history of an Irish court-
ship with great truth and ingenuity. In the composition
of these songs Mr. Lover is without a rival, and scarcely any
of those which have been made public deserve higher com-
mendation than this. The house was well filled, and the
applause bestowed upon Madame Vestris universal and
fully merited.

ADELPHL
Last night, after The Dream at Sea (which continues to
run with undiminished applause), a new burletta, called
The Widow's Victim, was brought out. It is a pleasant
trifle, rendered exceedingly amusing by the admirable man-
ner in which it was acted. Its subject is the punishment
inflicted by Mrs. Rattleton, a gay young widow (Mrs.
Honey), on Mr. Byron Tremayne Pelham Podge, a foolish
coxcomb (Mr. Buckstone), who, though a perfect stranger,
has paid his addresses to her. With the assistance of her
maid, Janc Chatterlcy (Miss Murray), and her sweetheart,
Jeremiah Clip,:;.l' journeyman barber and amateur of private
theatricals (Mr. Wrench), the widow determines to mystify
and annoy her suitor to his heart's content. When he pays
his first visit (having previously announced himself by a clra-
racteristic epistle), he is shown into the drawing-room ; after
some time, the barber-actor, disguised as a strapping footman,
enters, and after scrutinizing Mr. Podge's person, proceeds
by stealth, us it were, to slip the loose articles of value out
of the room. The visitor begins to find that he is taken
for a thief, and wants to escape, but is- intercepted by the
aforesaid footman, and an army of housemaids, armed with
broomsticks and other similar weapons. In the middle
of the confusion the lady herself appears, and snakes
him give an account of himself. Hearing that he is her
unknown admirer, she pretends to listen to his addresses,
examines him, sans phrase, as to his circumstances and qua-
lifications, and makes him exhibit some of his accomplish-
ments. Expressing herself satisfied with his pretensions,
'she tells him she accepts him as a husband on one condi-
tion only—that he shall dispose of two other lovers of hers,
who must be put out of the way, and offers him for that
purpose a pair of excellent Mantons, which she says she
always keeps by her for such purposes. His apprehen-
sions are raised to the highest pitch by the appearance
of a ferocious-looking mustachio'd foreigner (Wrench, of
course), who insists on fighting him, and puts him in im-
minent fear of instant death. After being frightened out
of his wits, he receives a lecture on his conduct from the
fair widow, and is allowed to go about 11;s business.
These scenes are excellently carried off by Mrs. Honey's
playful liveliness, Buckstone's grotesque assumption of
folly, and Wrench's versatility. Mrs. Honey introduced
Horn's pretty ballad, " Through the wood," which s?u?
sang very sweetly ; and her imitation (not caricature) ei
Taglioni was beautiful. The piece produced much laugl
ter, and was greatly applauded at the conclusion.

MURDER.—Mr. Hasty, Coroner for the county of
Galway, held an inquest on the body of a young man named
John Beatty, on the 3d inst., at Kilbegnet. The verdict
returned was—" That John Beatty came by his death from
the effects of a beating which he received, two deadly
wounds being inflicted upon him, and a fracture in the skid/ •
being the consequence ; and that Martin Curly, aided and
assisted by others, caused the said John Beatty's death.'
A LIBERAL DAY'S SHOOTING. —lt is well
known that a fancy for protecting game, entertained by
some of the Conservatives of Perthshire, was made a sub-
ject of clamour during the recent elections, and had in rea-
lity some share in losing Sir George Murray his seat for
the county. A liberal nobleman in the county, who takes as-
good care of his pheasants as anv man in it, lately gave his
tenants a day's shooting. But his Lordship had resolved
that it should be a day's shooting, a whole day's shooting.
and nothing but a day's shooting. A cart and a couple of
attendants dogged the heels of the sportsmen, as they be- •
licved, to assist them home with their game. No such
thing—as soon as the last shot was fired, away drives the
cart to the poulterers of the nearest market town, and there
exposed for sale, for the behoof of his Lordship, the slaugh-
tered subjects of the day !—Perth Paper.
A gigantic crab has been presented to the Yorkshire
Philosophical Society, which weighed 131b5., and its body
in size more resembles that of a turtle than its own species•
The claws also are in the same extraordinary proportion
We understand it was taken off Dover.—York Courant.