The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-07 00:00:00

UNION-HALL

A novel sort of application was yesterday made
at this office by a genteel-looking young man, rela•
five to a sum of money that he alleged had been
stolen from him while asleep at a tavern in South-
wark.

The applicant said, that he spent the preceding
night at a tavern along with some acquaintances,
and having drank rather freely he fell asleep, and on
awakening from his slumber discovered that several
sovereigns had been abstracted from his pocket. He
at first thought it was a " lark," and that his money
would be restored to him, but having waited with
the utmost patience for its restoration, and finding
no inclination on the part of those who had taken it
to deliver it up, he declared his intention of pro-
ceeding to extremities if the joke were carried too
far. At length the person who had actually taken
the money was pointed out to him, and on applying
for its restoration he refused to give it back. The
applicant added, that the person who treated him
thus had also taken a pair of scissors while he was
asleep, and completely divested one side of his head
of all the hair it contained. The applicant here ex-
hibited the part that had been shorn, and the con-
trast it presented to the other side, upon which was
a profusion of hair, was ludicrous in the extreme.
The Magistrate (Mr. SWABEY) asked him what
he could do for him ? Applicant—l want to know
whether I can't have a warrant against the person
who has my money ?

Mr. SWABEY—Do you charge him with felony—
with having robbed you ? Applicant—l conceive
it is a felony ; but what would be the consequence if
he was convicted of such an offence ?
_ _

Mr. SWABEY-Why, the consequence would be,
in all probability, that he would be either hanged or
transported : but, added the Magistrate, surely you
don't intend to charge your companion with having
robbed you ? You admit having been intoxicated at
the time; and the circumstance of the lopping off
your hair indicates that it was what is usually termed
a " lark" altogether.

The applicant was silent for about a minute, appa-.
rently in deep meditation how he should act in the
business,—whether he should proceed to extremities
with the person against whom he applied, or let the
matter drop. Upon reflection, he adopted the latter
step, and walked out of the office, having excited no
little amusement at the novelty of his application, as
well as the figure he cut with the loss of his hair.

JONATHAN MARTIN.. —This incendiary has
conducted himself so turbulently in his place of confine-
ment in the metropolis, that it was found necessary, a few
days ago, to put a straight waistcoat on, and order him
into solitary confinement for a month.—Hull Packet.

MARRIAGE.—The following picture is from
a newspaper published 70 years ago : of course in the
present age of moral and intellectual improvement the'
picture is merely an historical curiosity--" nous avons
changj tout vela :"--If you see a man and a woman,
with little or no occasion often finding fault!, and correct-
ing one another in company, you may be sure they are
man and wife. If you see a gentleman and lady in the
same coach, in profound silence, the one looking at one
side, the other at the other side, never imagine they mean
any harm to each other—they are already honestly mar-
ried. If you see a lady accidentally let fall her glove or
handkerchief, and a gentleman that is next her kindly
telling her of it, that she may take it up—man and wife.
If you see a lady presenting a gentleman with something
sidewise, at arm's length, with her head turned another
way, speaking to him with a look and accent different
from that she uses to others—it is her husband. If you
see a man and a woman walking in the fields in a direct
line, twenty yards distant from one another, the man
strides over a stile, and goes on sans ceremonie, you may
swear they, are man and wife without fear of perjury. If
you see a lady whose beauty and carriage attract the eyes
and engage the respect of all the company except a certain
gentleman who speaks of her in rough accent, it is her
husband, who married her for love, but now slights her.
If you see a gentleman that is courteous, obliging, and
good-natured to every body except a certain female who
lives under the same roof with him, to whom be is un-
reasonably cross and ill-natured—it is his wife. If you
see a male and female continually jarring, checking, and
thwarting each other, yet under the kindest appellations
imaginable, as my dear, 8:c.—man and wife.—From the
London British% Chronicle of May 1; 1761.