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1, Os. Er knocking and ringing at several doors in Regent
t street, and Little Argyle-street, Oxford-street, at tr, o &clear
yesterday morning. The fine was instantly paid.
Yesterday James Hefford, a smart young man, about 2t
years of age, but who is known as a convicted thief, arid Wm.
Kendall, a stalwart, powerful young man, who was also iden-
tified by the police as the consant associate of some of the worst.
of characters, were placed at the bar charged with committing
the following outrageous assault upon Win. Byrne, of dirnini-
tire stature, a General l'ost letter-carrier.
Mr. Peacock, jun., fromthe General Post-otlice, attended on
I the part of the prosecution.
The complainnt stated that about half-past two o'clock on
, the preceding afternoon, as he was proceeding on his duty, die-
' livering letters in Old Compton-street, Soho, he was assailed
by the pri.oners and another young man, who were " larking,"
as it is termed. Complainant received an intimation that he
had become the object of their sport, by a missile of some sort
being thrown at his hat, which was knocked off with great vie-
knee. It was thrown, as he believes, by the prisoner flefford.
He was at the time in the act of delivering some Post-office
letters. On asking the prisoners why he was assaulted and
interrupted in the pertermance of his duty, he was knocked
down, by Hefford striking him a tremendous blow on the side
of the head, and on his regaining his feet and Versuing him
through several streets, Hefford turned on him again and with a
stunning blow felled him. Complainant again got up, and in
endeaVeuring to defend himself, a scuffle ensued, during which
his hat was again knocked off, his letters scattered about the
rust t, and he was also kicked about the legs and body in a moit
ehaa.cful and violent manner by the prisoners and some con-
who had joined them ; he, however, succeeded with
considerable exertion in regaining possession of all the letters,
but in doing so was collared and shook with great force by the
yriscner Kendall, and tripped up - several times by the man not
in custody, and at length from the brutal manner in which he
was treated, his left knee-pan was broken completely through
and across, and he was otherwise so severely injured that he
expected it would be seine weeks before he should be able t 3
perterin his duty.
the plisuneis eontented themselves with mei ely denying the
charge.
'The MAGISTItATE after cousuliing with Mr. Peacock,
it was most fortunate for the prisoner that the Post-office
autherities did not intend prosecuting tinder their own Act of
Parliament, for if they did, there would not be the shadow of a
doubt but that the prisoners would be transported. He (the
worthy Magistrate) shnuhl therefore deal summarily with the
ease, and tine each of the defendants 5/., and in default of l ay-
ment, commit them for six weeks each to hard labour.
The prisoners cot being able to raise the money, went to
gaol accordingly. _

• CLERK EN I VELL.
After the night charges had been disposed of, Mr. GREEN.
wool> -said he had to complain of the undue rigour of the
police in taking persons into custody in cases where they were
cot authorised. In one case a man was taken up because he
happened to be seen two successive evenings in the same lane,
and still worse, the inspector of the N division task the charge
against him. In another, a man was taken up for an tillegei
assault, the constable neither having witnessed it nor seen any
marks vidence. The liberty of the subject could not be tam-
pered with in this way ; it must be put a stop to at once.

I, AI BE S TREE7'.
DEsrYft ATx ATTEMPT AT MURDSH...-.NiChatZ. Foster, a
Journeyman painter, was brought to this Court by Inspector
Norman, from Denmark-street station-house, in a cab, fol-
lowed by an immense concourse of persons, whose yells aed
execrations were heard at a considerable distance, and some-
time :afterwards the prisoner was placed within the felons' bar,
b. fro Mr. Henry, on a charge of cutting his wife's throat.
Police-constable I'ierse Driscol, II '24, stated that about two
o'clock on that morning, while going his rounds, he heard
violent cries of " murder" proceed from the house; No. 1,
Pack's-buildings, Rosemary-lane, and he in consequence went
as fast as he could to the house, and knocked as loud as he .
could for admittance, hut the landlord and landlady were sa
touch rare, ted at the appearance of the Fri:oiler's wife, that.
was some time before they could open the door. On his oft=
taining admittance he saw the prisoner's wife covered with
blood from head to foot, and on her observing him alie ex-
claimed " he has cut my throat with a razor," and the pri-
soner, who was standing at the top of the lauding, replied,
"Oh ! Nelly, don't shame me. You know -1 -didn't." The
prisoner also detrie t having used the razor to him (Disco!),
and said the oily razor he had hr wankt show to him, and he
Afterwards painted out. the razor. which he then produced,
,wh'ith,lie found on the nitartc!-pieee, and which was vAtheut
any marks of blood. prisoner's wife having fainted from
lys fool blood; and the'assistanee of a nu:die-4nm in the neigh-
hourhoad having shortly afterwards 'arrited, secured a deep
wound-- under the chin with, adhesive plaisters, and recom-
mended her immediate rernOial to tie London Hospital. This
'was darns without delay;itid the surgeon!: there, on examining
the wound, sewciP it up in Tr§ presence, and on that morning
-he received the following certificate:—
London Hospital, June 14, 115411.
" This is to certify, that Ellen Foster was received intothis
hospital last night with a cut en her chin of about three inches
in length, and that she is not at present in a dangerous state.
FIIEDK. MILNE, House turgeou."
The prisoner, though cautioned by the Magistrate, entered
into a long and rambling history of the affair, and (tithe general
conduct of his wife. Ile said that on Monday evening, on re-
turning from his work, he found his wife in the act of dressing,
and he iook her out for a walk and to purchase her a new dress.
While out. they dean: some beer, gin, &n., and on their return
home had more haMan&half with their landlord and landlady.
They :ben went up stairs to their room, taking with them a pot
of half-and-halr, and he boiled some eggs in the kettle for
supper, and white enjoying the latter they had some words.
Wben about to eat his fifth egg he had a knife in his hand, and
was going to cut the top off, when his wife rushed upon hips,
and he stretching his arm out to defend himself, the Amite pressed
against her, and inflicted the wcuud before mentioned. On his
doing so his wile accused hint of having cut her throat with a
razor, and screeched out murder ; but he assured her it was
110 such th ug, mud requested she would not make a show of
hiniT7The prisoner here proceeded to state that his wife was a
per:on of di urken and vicious habits ; that she was in the habit
of get:ing up atter he went to bed, goiag into the streets and
get titre,' stunk, and going -svith strange %nen ta improper houses.
he landlady of the house where the prisoner lodged, on the
contrary, gave the wilt' an excellent character, and said he had
been in the habit of trtating her with great brutality. Shg
also said that his wife had frequently declared on that morn.
ing that, he had cut her throat w a razor.
Driseol, the constdare, a!so said that he had known the
prisoner for sonic time, and that he always treated his wife,
whom hr (Driscel) believed to be very different to that which
he bad described her, in a hrute-like manner.
Mr. 11E en v remanded the prisoner until his wife was able
to attend and give evidence against him.

AWFUL ACCIDENT AT THE
SCHLEITZ TUEATRE.

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I'heJunrnalde Fraukfm t the 101 h instant, captains the
following from Sch!eitz, in the principalit3. of Reuss-Satleitz,
dated the 6th •

" A dreadful calmity occin.red here yesterday. The ceiling
of the theatre - give way 'during the peitormance, and some
hundreds of 1 erFons wcre ound7ed, and several killed. Others
were suffocated in the rush to escape from the theatr'. The
number of deaths up to the present_ moment is twenty-nine.r
The following details of the above lamentable accident, are
given in a letter from Jena, in the Fran/felt ter fottritali.
The porfermance was tor the beneti; of the persons res.
duced to distress by the late fire at Hamburgh- Permission
had been given to use natures' ins,ead of artificial-decora-
tions; and real shrubs, flowers, trees, and grass-plats, were
substituted for painted scenery, as a occasionally done at;
the Vienna theatre. This innovation so far succeeded. that
the house was filled to overflowing. The reigning Grand
Duke of Reuss Schleitz and his family honoured the represen-
t) ion with their presence. The piece li",lS the Czar nod Zeta-
mertnann (the Czar and the Carpenter), from an episinie in
the life of Peter the Great. In the second act, after a dis-
charge of musketry, a noise of cracking of timber was heard.,
and the (idling fell down upon the pit with a terrible crash. The
majority of the audience in this part of the house made their
escape, but many were buried under the ruins. When these
were removed, nhich was done with all possible promptitude,
with the assistance of the soldiery, '29 persons were found dead,
and 87 more or less seriously injured. The Grand Ducal Fa-
mily, and all the persons who were in the boxes and galleries,
escaped unhurt. The theatre was the Grand Duke's riding-
house, and had been fitted up for the occasion. M. Khristen.
the architect, has been arrested, and will be subjected tot legal
prosecution."

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To he followed b the New Musical Fairy Romance, entitled THE
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