Star.
London, England, 1822-11-01 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE.

George Charpentier came up to be beard on his
petition to be discharged, and was opposed by Mr.
HEATH on behalf of Mr. Thomas Marshall.
The insolvent is a Frenchman, who had been
charged before the Lord Mayor in the month of flay
last, with having taken up and kept one hundred so-
vereigns that had been dropped by Mr. Marshall on
London Bridge. The evidence produced before the
Lord Mayor being thought insufficient to support the
charge of felony, Mr. Marshall was advised to arrest
the insolvent for the money as a debt, which he ac-
cordingly did; and he now opposed his discharge on
the ground that the debt had been fraudulently con-
tracted. The insolvent was examined through an
interpreter, and stated that he lived in Paris, and
came to this country first in the month of _Armory,
with butter for sale, next in the month of March,
with onions, and last in the month of May with
butter, when he was arrested. Ile positively denied
having found the money for which he was arrested,
or that he had any knowledge of it.
Mr. Lyon, a clerk in the Bank, proved his having
cashed a hundred pounds note for Mr. llarhall on
the 12th of March. _ _ _

Mr. Marshall proved his having put the hundred
sovereigns he received in a, bag, and into his pocket ;
and that he walked with his wife to Tooley-street,
where be missed the bag and sovereigns ; he knew
he had them a little time before he reached London-
Bridge. He advertised them the same day, and in
about a fortnight after heard from Mr. Bryant, a
shopkeeper, in the Borough, who is since dead, that
a Frenchman named Chavalier, could give bins some
account of the money.
Thomas Chavalier deposed, that he is a French-
man, living in London, and acts as interpreter and
assistant to French merchants, who bring butter,
eggs, kc. to this country. In the beginning of March
the insolvent came to this country, with onicns, and
engaged the witness to assist him, at Ss. 6d. per day.
On the 12th of March they were passing along Lon-
don Bridge together. Mr. Marshall and his wife
were about a yard before them ; a small bag fell
from Mr. Marshall, and a number of sovereigns flew
out of it. Witness called to Mr. Marshall, who did
not hear; and the insolvent desired him not to call
again, and said he would satisfy witness. They both
gathered up the sovereigns, and the insolvent took
them all, still telling the witness he would satisfy him.
A number of passengers saw them gathering up the
money ; and some said, that Gentleman (the insol-
vent) has plenty of sovereigns. The insolvent soon
after brought him (the witness) a gold ring and some
clothes, and gave him fifteen shillings in money; and
in five or six days after he left London for France.
In a day or two after the insolvent left London, the
witness told the story of the sovereigns to Mr. Bryant,
and a French egg-merchant who lodged in Mr. B.'s
house. Mr. Bryant brought Mr. Marshall to the
witness, and he told him the same story ; he always
told it the same way.
Mr. Marshall and the French egg-merchant cor-
roborated the witness's statement, as to the time of
his giving the account, and his always relating the
facts in the same manner.

The shopkeeper from whom the gold ring was
bought, 'moved the fact of the insolvent having pur-
chased the ring for Chavalier on the day he stated.
The Commissioners having conferred together for
some time,

The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said it was always with
regret he differed from either of his Brothers ;
ever he did, if yielding his opinion would be in fa-
vour of the liberty of the insolvent, he alWaYs yielded
it ; but when doing to would have the contrary effect,
he thought it his duty to act on thekest judgment
he could form. In the present case, his (Learned
Brother on the Bench (Slr. Commissionev ,Bowen)
was satisfied with the evidence, but he acted on the
same principle in favour of the insolvent. Ile (Chief
Commissioner) felt suck doubts on the evidence, that'
if he were a Juror trying the insolvent for feli,?ity, he

-weuld be bound..t* acquit him; . and .he ennsi iere I
himself equally bound. to allow tare iusolvent to b Ave
the benefit of those, doubts in that Court, espcci4lly
ac the fraud of which the insolvent was accused would
subject him to the severest judgment the Court had
the power to pronounce.
The insolvent was then declared entitled to the
benefit of the Act, and ordered to be discharged.

111.110a0:33R-ST at —Artatti gaillri Of /MOMS% 011OITAalt
Of IT4es CANT TINFATRICA L aaOEll.—A few days since a case I a
la IL: to I di tress warrant came unie: the toga; tree of this
Magistrates, and, on investigatiug it, a discovery was made,
that a number of disorderly persons of both sexes eshibited a&
a place called the Camden rheatre, in the Regent's Pink. ts&
Wednetcl ,y night the whole of the Police establishment of this
OMee, assisted by others of the posse consitalus. went thither to
set their parts, and, by art arrangement, to enter dill's-rent par's
of the House at the Lime time, they not only secured the heroirm
sitel heroes of the Muse, but also the audience, amounting to 2.
p:rsotts. The Play was the Tionemeen, and the Beautiful Not
and the &Mites Return were to follow; but the officers airier*
juat iu tin:e to join the Ilinteystoon danea, and such a tcene cs
confusion cannot be in reality described. The and knee }nit
flew on the stage, the Ade afranta lost his hat, jufeetut's p... e
of feathers was picked up in the orchestra, Lionprie rot ap t' e
chimney. and /Wanda mounted to the summit of the Gies. Tait
principal male performers, ten in number, were firm examined.
The first who stood prominent was Odell, who, it turned out,
took a joint benefit upon tins occasion.
Several other persons wer_ examined, who declared that thee
were not aware that their conduct was illegal, and some of theta
denied having acted at all. All the performers were fined one
shilling each, and discharged, as were about 90 of the audience,
the whole of whom were of the lowest description. The N 13.-
gistrate severely reprimanded them for their improper conduct,
and stated that a repetition of their offence would subject them
to serious Punislml?".
Bow-sweet.—Semsenn v. Ereleit.-.-This was a proceeding
against Mr. Beasts, a nicely-powdered, spruce old personage, of
some three-score years or thereabouts, for an assault upon a
pretty young woman named Mary Stringer, which ateatdt origia
rated in a love effiair. Eight years ago Mary Stringer was in Set-
vice as lady's-maid with a family in Devonshire-place. She was
then as happy as the days were long, and so she Might have cone
tinued, she said, had she rot met, in evil hour, wltt a eentleman
who called himself " Mi-ter Smith, of Charing-crms." She
met with him one fine summer'; evening, as she was rerrrning
from taking tea with an acquenitance, and he sono contrived to
wheedle himself into her affections. Other interviews cocceeded;
" Mister Smith, of Charing-cross," prevailed on her to leave her
place ; and, in process of time, she found herself in a way to gisa
birth to a little Master Smith; but "Mr. Smith, of Charing-cross,"
told her not to alarm herself, for he never would forsake her—
no, never. As the time of her accauchentent approached, how-
ever, he became colder and colder ; his visits because less endless
frequent, and at last he absented himself altogether, leaving her
'to all the misery and expense of her peculiar situation. In this
dilemma she sought for her faithless lover by the address he hid
given her—" Mister Smith, of Charing-cross"—but in vain. She
became a mothir, surrounded by the most distressing povertyord
after suffering privations of every kind during her confinemeet,
she placed her child at nurse with a good woman, in the Edge-
ware-road, who undertook the charge for a consideration of Es. a
week. In order to meet this expense she undertook to tittered a
family going out to the West Indies, and in that unlita'thy c!i-
mate her constitution suffered severely. She returned some time
ago, and found that her infant died when it was teem months
old e and, as she was walking thrnuedi Temple-bar the other day,
she, to her great surprise, accidentally saw " Mister Smith, of
Charing-cross," for the first time after a laps: of mere than sir
years. He was bustling along towards the City—sprecte red
powdered, and erect as truth itself. She did not accost him, and
he passed without noticing her; but she f illowed him at a dis-
tance, and saw him enter a shop in the neighbourhood of Saint
Paul's, where he remained some time. When he had left, she
: went in, and asked the shopkeeper to oblige her with " that gin-
, Bunsen's address," aed by his answer she found, that her faith-
less " Mister Smith, of Charing-cross," was no ether than Mr.
James Evans, of Northumberland-street, tailor ! She ionne...l-
- applied to bins for some pecuniary compensation for the
extraordinary expenses he bad occasioned her; but instead of
doing anythirg of this kia..t for her, he peremptorily ordered.
her to depart ; and, were her remonsuating with him upon
such unprincipled conduct towards her whom he hid vowed
never to.desert, he took her by the shoulders, and, giving le r
i two severe blows on the hack, he thrust her out of doors. It
was for this assault she now sought redress.
The Magistrate observed that if her story was true she had
other claims, besides satisfaction for the assault, and he asked the
sedate Mr. Evans what he bad to say to it ?
Mr. Evans said, lie bad " some reason to believe" that the
young woman's story was not true—
" What ! do you mean to deny all acqUaintance with her F'
asked his Worship.
Mr. Evans replied, that he did not mean to deny it altogether;
but he thought it possible he was not the father of the child—
Here the young woman snatched up the Bible, and ki,sina it
fervently, she solemnly declared that she never in her life bast
intimacy with any other man.
- " Pray Mr. Evans," said the Magistrate, " let me ask you
one question. Did you represent yourself to her as Muter Soria,
if Charing-Cross?"
" Why really, your Worship," replied Mr. Evans, "„I do not
,sack!} recollect that I did."
" Will you swear, Sir, that you did not?" demanded the Ma-
gistrate.
1.1 r.. Evans, after a few moments profound consideration, re-
plied, that he had no recollection of having celled himself" Miser
Smith, of Charing-Cross ;" adding—`e I must speck nothing but
the truth, your Worship."
" No—but an upright man should speak the whole truth,"
observed his Worship ; and after a few further interrogato-
ries, Mr. Evans adr :tted that he certainly could nut have given
his wen name and address in such an affair.
The Magistrate told him he was bound in honour to make the
object of his seduction some recompence far the expense he had
put her tn—and if he did this, he would recommend the young
woman to forego the complaint of assault.
Mr. Evans observed, that he had no sort of objection to satisfy
the young woman in this way, if she would only acknowledae
that he did not strike her. He could not bear, he said, to rest
under such an obloquy, and he requested that that question
might be again put to her.
The question was put as he desired ; and not only did the
yeung woman declare that he gave her two violent blows, but a
respectable person, who happened to be passing at the time, folly
confirmed her statement; whereupon Mr. Evans raised bs eyes
to the ceiling with a " dear me !" sort of look, and withdrew,
under the surveillance of the officer who had him in charge, to
settle the money matters with his deserted May.