The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-01 00:00:00

BRIGHTON.

(From the Brighton Herald of Saturday.)
The London contractor, Mr. Reynolds, of Bayswater,
who out-bid all the Brighton builders for the completion
of Mr. George Robins's recent purchase, the mansion
at Kemp Town, is proceeding at a railroad pace in his
task. He is bound under a heavy fine to finish it for oc-
cupation in four months.
The mansion of the Hon. Hanbury Tracy was the
scene of a brilliant entertainment on Thursday evening,
a great portion of the rank, fashion, and elegance of the
town being their assembled. Madame Oury contributed
to the gratification of the evening by the display of her
unrivalled talents ; and the extraordinary performances
of Mr. Love were called into requisition, and afforded
the greatest pleasure, the entre acts being enlivened by
the sparkling music of Kirchner. Among the company
present were her Grace the Duchess of Somerset, Lady
Shaw Stewart, Lady Grenville, Lady Charlemont, Lord
and Lady George Seymour, Lady Lowley, Lord and
Lady Petre, Sir Matthew Tierney, and the Hon. Gen.
Sir A. Upton.
Mr. Charles Kean plays nex Friday evening at eur
theatre, previously to his appearance at Drury-lane.
Mrs. George Robins's sable muff, left by mistake- at
the Old Ship after Madame Michau's academy was over
on the 18th inst., has not come to light. It has unluckily
got into bad hands. A reward of a guinea, it would
seem, is not enough to tempt the dishonest possessor to
exercise the redeeming virtue of repentance. We can
only say let them adopt the old maxim of " better late
than never." By this course their character will be only
slightly damaged.
A Sheriff's Court was held at the Town Hall yester-
day morning, before W. Furner, Esq., Deputy-Sheriff,
for the trial of two actions. The first was Bernard v.
W. Lucas, for the sum of 71. 17s. 3d., which plaintiff, a
blacksmith and shoesmith, alleged to be due to him by
defendant, a greengrocer, for repairs done to a cart, and
for shoeing his horses, in 1842. Several witnesses were
called in proof of the debt, and the jury returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff for the full amount.—There was a
second case of Dobie v. Richard, which was a claim For
51. for a quarter's rent of a house in Market-street. The
defendant pleaded payment, and put in a stamp acl
receipt, which Mr. Dobie admitted to be his handwritb.sg.
In reply to this, Mr. Dobie's boy was called, who swore,
on being sent to the defendant with a receipt, the defen-
dant put it into his pocket, and promised to call and pay,
but he did not do so, and on being subsequently c ailed
upon, he refused to give up either the money eir the
receipt. In support of the boy's statement, a
dresser, named Richard Allen, was called, and he de-
posed that the defendant, in a conversation w;dth 'him
about three months ago, told him he had obtalT.led a re-
ceipt for his rent without paying the money. 'This was
the plaintiff's case ; and Mr. Bennett, in reply, pointed
out -that the receipt which the boy swore Um defendant
took from him about the 29th Septembers 'was dated on
the 12th October. The jury returned a, -verdict for the
plaintiff.
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A meeting of the Brighton Anti-torn-law Association
took place, on Thursday evening last, at the SPussex
Coffee House, Prince Albert-street, when the association
was re-instituted for the year 1844. Colonel Ti ickey
was appointed treasurer ; the Rev. Jas. Edwards„ hon.
sec. ; and F. Carter, clerk. A Committee of Manage-
ment was also appointed. The Association meets again
on Thursday next, and on the first Thursday ii.n..every
month throughout the year.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.--Madame Vestris and
Mr. C. Mathews re-appeared hero on Saturday evening,
after a short absence, arising from circumstances which
have been already stated to the public. The perform antes
were the lively burletta of Patter v. Clatter, and the -tittle
Devil. The reception of Mr. and Mrs. Mathews was
warm and cordial, and must have been most gratif3zing
to both. The Gambols of Puck with the Elf King Obe-
ron, by Professor Risley and his clever son, Le Betite
Mercure, were as successful and delightful as ever ; and
the varied performances of the evening concluded with
the delightful musical fairy extravaganza of the Fair One
with the Golden Locks.

We are authorised to state that the report of the
intended resignation by Sir John Rae Reid of his seat
in Parliament, for this borough, is without foundation.—
POver Telegraph,