The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-27 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

A respectable-looking boy named Henry Caldwell; who
was dressed in a blouse, was charged before Mr. Hall
with wilfully breaking a small branch from one of the trees
in the gardens of Lincoln's Inn-fields.
The officer who has charge of the gardens said, he saw the
defendant yesterday afternoon climb over the railings and
break the branch in question, and upon the witness coming
up to the spot the defendant threw the branch from him and
ran away. He was, however, pursued, and taken into custody.
The defendant said he merely plucked a little may, in
doing which he thought there was no harm.
Mr. Hl.►ra. said, that although the damage in this parti-
cular instance was but small, yet the practice of breaking
the trees in the square was very general, and in the course of
the year great damage was sustained. This sort of thing
never happened in France, for the people there would pass an
ornamental tree in a public thoroughfare a hundred times
and not think of touching it. In England, however, it was
different, for the people seemed to think that they had a right
to destroy anything they pleased. He knew that the inhabi-
tants of the different squares in London were put annually to
great expense, in consequence of the depredations committed
upon the trees. Persons had no more right to take a branch
from one of these trees than they had to go into one of the
houses and steal a piece of plate.
The prisoner was fined ss.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Elizabeth Whitburn, a young woman recently in the service
of Mr. Studely; of Alfre&place, North Brixton, was charged
before Mr. Trail, with robbing her master of a gold watch,
a diamond brooch, and other articles of jewellery, to the
amount of upwards of 1001.
Mr. Studely stated that the prisoner had only been in his
service about three weeks, and that on Friday last, after he
left home, she broke open the wardrobe in his bed-room, from
which she took the articles above mentioned, together with
several more, amounting in value to 1001. Soon after her
departure from the house the robbery was discovered, and a
hammer with which she broke open the wardrobe was found
in the room. _ . .

—A
policeman stated, that having received information of
the robbery he had been in search of the prisoner, and at
length traced her to a public-house in the Tower, called the
Stone Kitchen. On searching her he found the diamond
brooch and a ring, with 13s. in silver. Amongst the property
stolen were two 5/. notes, and an old guinea of the reign of
Charles 11., none of which wer found in her possession.
The prisoner, who merely said that no person was con-
cerned with her in the robbery, was remanded till Friday.
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CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
William Duke was charged with the following brutal con-
duct, in company with two others not in custody :
On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, a poor man,
named George Rogers, and his wife, were returning home
along Claremont-place; both were under the influence of
liquor. The prisoner and two others came up and knocked
the woman down. The husband remonstrated, upon which
the prisoner knocked him down, and his forehead coming in
collision with the kerb7stone, received a severe wound, from
which he bled a great deal. The prisoner ran away, but was
stopped by police-constable 60 G, in Thanet-street, Burton-
crescent. When brought to the station-house the prisoner
confessed his guilt, and hoped the complainant would be
lenient to him. -

The prisoner called two witnesses, but they contradicted
one another most grossly in their testimony, and very little
truth came from either.

The MAGISTRATE sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of
11., or a commensurate term of imprisonment.

MADEMOISELLE ROSSINI, THE

LADY VIOLINIST.

Since the year 1756, when Mademoisselle Schamling (after-
wards the celebrated Madame Mara), delighted the dilettanti
of Vienna, Paris. and London, by her performances on the
violin, the world has seen no celebrated lady-violinist, This,
perhaps, may be attributed to an idea which many ladies
may perhaps entertain that the violin is an awkward instru-
ment for a lady. Mademoiselle Rossini, however, proves that
this is not the case. In her hands the violin is the most
graceful of instruments. We had the pleasure of being
present at her private rehearsal concert on Saturday,
at the Adelphi Theatre, and were highly delighted and
equally astonished at her performances. There is about her
playing a firmness and precision of tonch,_ and a freedom
of bowing which we should not have expected in a lady.
Her purity and correctness of tone is truly -wonderful. In
the grand Scotch Fantasia, she introduced the lieautiful air of
" Auld Robin Gray," and gave it with an expressive pathos
—a thrilling tenderness of tone that reminded us strongly of
the pathetic and tender expression of Miss Stephens's voice
in the same ballad. She was admirably supported by the
members of the Collini family, one of whom Miss
Emma Collini gave us Bishop's Echo Song in the
most exquisite manner. This young lady possesses one
of the most delightful voices we have ever heard, and will
at no distant day secure to herself a high position in her
profession, if she bestow the necessary study and application
to its cultivation. Her sister, Miss Victoria Collini, performed
one of Corelli's sonatas on the violincello, and bids fair to be-
come as perfect a violincellist as Mademoiselle Rossini is a
violinist. If we mistake not, the performance of Mademoi-
selle Rossini will make the violin a popular instrument among
ladies. Madame Mara attributed her success as a vocalist to
her practice as a violinist. "If I -had a daughter,"
said Madame Mara, " whom I wished 0 become a singer, I
would have her taught the violin. Neither the human
voice nor any fixed instrument can teach a pupil the minute
divisions of a note so accurately as the vibrations of the
string of the violin." The Great Wizard of the North has
exhibited more than his usual tact in engaging those very ta-
lented young ladies ; and if this great musical treat, in addi-
tion to his own :" ambidextrous prestidigitations," does not
secure him overflowing houses every night, there is no taste
extant.

OPENING OF THE WEST LONDON RAILWAY.—This
morning at nine o'clock, the portion of the West London
Railway from Kensington Station to its junction with the
Great Western Railway near the Harrow road, was opened
for passenger trains which will continue to run every half
hour during this day and to-morrow.
THE OSTEND ROWING MATCH. The Ostend
Gazette says that the second match between the English
rower and those of Ostend, will take place on Monday (this
afternoon). Tie English rower may use the same boat as
before. He may, however, choose another, which the Ostend
men have a right to refuse. We therefore believe that the
Englishman will keep his first boat, which is so light. The
Ostend boatmen will use a new boat, made for six oars, but
only four are to be used ; this seems to- us to be a disad-
vantage for our men. It is true this boat is much lighter
than the one they had before ; yet, with all its advantages,
we do not think it equal to the English boat.
EARL GREY.—We grieve to state that the vener-
able Earl is again suffering under severe 'illness, and several
members of the family have, in consequence, arrived -at
Howick.--21Tewcastle Chronicle.