The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-16 00:00:00

QUEEN- S QUARE.

Yesterday Fontaine Jena Benait, a young Frenchman,
of highly showy exterior, who is strongly suspected of being
one of a party of Parisian chevaliers d'industrie, who leave
that capital during the Opera season in order to exercise
their profession in this country, was placed at the bar for
re-examination before Messrs. GREGORY and BURRELL,
charged with attempting to pick pockets at the Italian
Opera House.
Mr. Smith, a gentleman residing at the west end of the
town, was in the habit of attending the Opera House with
his family. Upon one occasion last season he was present
in the boxes, and observed the pickpockets very busy at
work in the pit. He told his family that he would point
out to them the tricks of the parties. He then pointed
out the prisoner and his companion, who, the moment the
act drop had descended, put their hats and gloves under
the bench, and commenced operations by continually fol-
lowing gentlemen about the pit, and trying their pockets.
A friend of his lost his purse about that time, and pointed
out the companion of the prisoner upon a subsequent night
as the person whom he firmly believed robbed him. On
Saturday last he observed the prisoner and his companion
in the pit of the theatre at their usual avocation, and he
pointed them out to Handley, one of the officers.
Handley saw the prisoner pushing from one side of the
pit to 1,1-e other with his companion. They at last accosted
a stout gentleman, and witness went up to him, but he had
not lost anything. Nacn he came back the prisoner was
in the custody of Mr. Last, the Secretary of M. Laporte.
He at first agreed to go with the office:: to his lodgings.
On the road there he offered 201. to cornprorniss: tl_!e affair,
and he was taken to the station-house.
A quantity of English flash notes, a valuable gold watch
and chain, and various other articles, found in his lodgings,
were here produced.
As no distinct charge of felony could be proved against

the prisoner, Mr. BURRELL expressed his determination to
deal summarily with the case, and sentenced him to two
months' imprisonment and hard labour at the House of
Correction.

The prisoner strongly protested his innocence and re-
fused to leave the bar, from which he was compelled to be
removed by two of the officers in attendance.

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday James M'Carthy, a tate importation of " one
of the finest pisantry," was brought before J. HARDWICK,
Esq., on a peace warrant, which charged him with threaten-
ing to take away the life of Terrence M‘Gill3cuddy, a
lineal descendant of the ancient family of the M‘Grilli-
cuddies of the Reeks, on the borders of the Lake of Kil-
larney, Ireland.
Terrence, on being sworn, hitched his unmentionables,
and commenced a preface to a lengthened speech.
Mr. HARDWICK perceiving his object desired him to state
the facts of his grievances as briefly as possible ?—Ter-
rence, who appeared somewhat disappointed at being de-
prived of having his say, exclaimed with a most melifluous
Kerry brogue, " Indeed, then, your Worship, it fill a vo-
lume to give an outline without goin into the internal at
all." He then went into a rambling story, from which it
appeared that the head and front of offending was his
1 having received from his landlord, a benevolent gintleman,
named Fry, a Protestant Bible, and his wife keeping a
small school, at which children of all creeds were received,
and allowed to read sectarian tracts, while she, the school-
mistress, was a Roman Catholic. With respect to receiv-
ing the. Bible he had the sanction of his ".Director," Fa-
ther Arabin (a Catholic Priest), of Virginia-street Chapel,
to accept it ; and with respect to his wife's school, much of
the jealousy of his neighbours arose through her receiving
a weekly sum from Mr. Fry for her instruction of the poor,
besides what she could get from the parents of the children.
However, so it was, that he nor his family could not put
their heads out of the door that they were not assailed
with the yells of " Kerry turncoat," " D—d Sassenagh,"
" Swadler," &c., and their lives threatened. On Sunday
morning last he was assailed when returning from chapel
by a large'mob, who hooted him, and indulged in the above-
named terms, and it was with difficulty that he avoided
their maltreatment. On the same evening the defendant
same to his house, and knocked violently at his door and
window shutter, and with the most horrid imprecations de-
clared that if he had him out he would do for him.

Mr. HARDWICK ordered the defendant-to find bail, and
give twenty-four hours' notice of solvency'of such bail
to keep the peace and be of good behaviour to the com-
plainant and his family for six months.