The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-03 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Mrs. Taylor, an elderly lady, residing in Cannon-
street-road, St. George's-in-the-East, on Saturday,
appeared before the Magistrates, accompanied by a
young and handsome female, very fashionably at-
tired, under the following circumstances :
On Friday morning a genteel-looking man hired
furnished apartments at her house for himself and
wife, and a few hours after the young female then
present arrived in a hackney-coach. Since that the
gentleman had not been heard of. The young fe-
male stated that she was the daughter of a farmer
named Crawe, on the Wrexham road, near Chester.
Some time ago she was at the Chester theatre,
where she saw an actor named Clare, with whom
she afterwards got acquainted at a friend's house.
He secretly paid his addresses to her, and, in conse-
quence of a letter she received from him, she clan-
destinely left her parents' house, taking with her
some money and clothes. She went to Liverpool,
where she met Clare by appointment, and they were
married by licence, in the presence of strangers.
They travelled to Liverpool, Sheffield, Lincoln, and
•hence to London, where they arrived on Thursday
aight, which was exectly five weeks after their mar-
riage. She remained at the Flower-pot, in 13i-
,hopsgate-street, till next morning, when her hus-
band put her into a coach, and told the coachman
to drive to Mrs. Taylor's. He said he had to meet
the manager of the Pavilion Theatre respecting an
engagement, but he would be with her in half an
flour. Since that she had not seen him. He had
previously taken thirty guineas out of her box, and
put them into his pocket. He was lately engaged
it the Dublin Theatre, where he received two
zuineas a week. In reply to the Magistrate, Mrs.
Clare said her husband had always been very kind
to her.

The MAGISTRATES directed the unfortunate girl
to write to her friends at Chester, and Lea, the of-
ticer, to make every exertion to trace the fugitive
husbancl,..who is a native of Ireland.
LAMBE T H-S TREE T.

THE OLD MAN AND HIS Ass.--Every body has
read the story of the " Old Man and his Ass ;"
but that was a fable, the following is a reality
William church was charged with stealing a
donkey, alias an ass, the property of an aged Nea-
politan, who gave his name John Cotton, in prefer-
ence to his Italian name, which was not, perhaps,
of so soft a texture.

The prosecutor said, " I losht mine donki lasht
Venisdeday vas to foreteenth; then I lifd at du
Barking chide in Essex, and I vent to Blacleoeath
on the Chaturday, vich vas a place for de donkis to
be shold, and I shave my donki in gravel-pit, vere he
couldn't get out." He then proceeded to state,
that after some exertion, he got the donkey cut, and
spoke to him, but " he vould'nt know him, nor go
rid him." But he, having the fear of Mr. Gompertz
before his eyes, did not beat him; and acting under
he humane sentiment so elegantly expressed in the
effusion of one of our modern bards,
" If I had a donkey vot vould'nt go,
D'ye think I'd vollop him ?
Oh no, no!!"
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Ile very kindly took the neckcloth from his own
Throat, and wrapped it about Neddy's, and proceeded
to lead him off. He had not traversed the heath
before be was met by a little boy, in a red jacket,
who strutted up to him, saying, " I say, old 'un,
vot are you arter vid my donkey ?" " Your donki !"
replied Cotton, " dat is not your donki rot I
pought myshelf." An ecktircissenzent ensued, and
subsequently the boy, who gave his name William
Heath, identified the prisoner as the man who sold
him the donkey for Bs.
The policeman who apprehended the prisoner
said he had discovered that he had sold severaldon-
keys at the same place.
The prisoner said,—" Ther never vos nor bigger
a nass than the policeman, to say he sold donkeys,
yen, barring that ere von, he never sold none ever."
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understanding that numerous other charges of a
similar kind were forthcoming, ordered him to be
remanded.

THAMES POLICE.
Captain James MKellar, master of the Glas-
gow, a Dundee steamer, was on Saturday brought
up on an assault warrant, charged with swamping
a boat containing four persons, and nearly drowning
them.

The defendant was ordered to find bail, himself
2001., and two sureties of 1001. each, to answer
le charge at the Sessions.

Mr. Straight, on the part of the Watermen'a
Company, immediately undertook to prosecute the
defecdant, and also the pilot who had charge of the
steamer at the time.—Bail was put in.

PILCHARD FISHERY.—About 1,000 hogs-
heads of pilchards have been taken by two leans off the
Lizard, last week; large shoals of fish are 'ear in air ost
very direction, along the coast from the Lizard to the
Land's end ; a prosperous season iti expected,l—Piymcs(Vi
Journal.