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witnesses for the prisoner, he proceeded to charge thel
Jury, in the course of which he observed upon what •
had Wien *so humanely said Wood upon the
IgenttecOndoet of
The Jory then retired,' snd in a few minutes re-
! turned with a verdict of Guilty—the Foreman at the
same time addressing his Lordship, said, he was in-
structed by his brother Jurors to recommend the pri-
soner to mercy.
Mr. Justice Buturusr." yes, Gentlemen, I shall
certainly transmit your recommendation to the pro-
per quarter."
The prisoner was then placed at the bar, and Mr.
Justice BuitroN having passed sentence of death on
him, he was removed from the bar.

POLICE LVTELLIGENCE.

Bow-STREET.—Mr.Robertson, the Treasurer of
Covent-Garden Theatre, accompanied by a Solicitor,
presented himself before Sir RICHARD Bt RN I g yester-
day morning, to request the assistance of the police
in the expulsion of Mr. James Brandon from certain
premises attached to that Theatre, of which premises
he had obtained forcible and illegal possession, as
they alleged.
All the town knows that Mr. James Manion has
been box-book and house-keeper of Covent-Garden
Theatre for more than half a eentury. It appears,
however, by the statement of the Gentlemen above-
mentioned, that the present Directors ot the Theatre
wished him to retire ; in fact, that they gave him
notice to quit their service, and in consideration of
his past services, they offered him a liberal retiring
annuity. This offer Mr. Brandon thought proper
'to reject, and he continued to hold the house
and box-office in Hart-street in defiance of their
injunctions to the contrary. Things were in this state
up to Tuesday last, when Mr. Robertson, the Trea-
surer, instructed by the Managers, Messrs. Forbes,
Willet, and Kemble, who, it seems, are all out of
town, obtained possession of the premises by the ex-
ercise of a little generalship. Taking advantage of a
moment when Mr. Brandon was out, and when the
door of the house was accidentally open, he sent in
five carpenters belonging to the Theatre, he himself
waiting at the door until Mr. Brandon returned, and
he then told him what had'been done in his absence,
at the same time assuring him that Messrs. Forbes,
Willet, and Kemble, had no desire to inconvenience
him ; and, if he would promise to quit the premises,
ample time and every accommodation would be given
him far removal of his furniture. But. Mr. Brandon
refused to listen to anything, and went away in anger.
—The five carpenters, therefore, remained in quiet
possession up to ten o'clock on Wednesday night,
when somebody knocked at the door, and on their
opening it Mr. Brandon walked in, telling.them they
were trespassers on his property, and ordering them
to quit instantly. The carpenters refused to quit,
unless they were expelled by force; and this force
was soon at hand, for, it seems, that at the same
moment in which Mr. Brandon entered the door, a
large party of his relatives and friends, assisted by
Bill Perry, the fireman, and other discharged ser-
vants of the Theatre, entered the house by a trap-
door on the roof, and they now came trooping dawn
the stairs en masse. The astonished carpenters were
now gently expelled, and Mr. Brandon and his party
remained in possession.
This was the substance of Mr. Robertson's state-
meat, and both he and the solicitor seemed to think
that Sir Richard would assist them in recovering the
possession they had lost.
Sir RICHARD, however, observed that he did not
feel himself-authorised to perinit any of the police
officers to interfere in a disputed possession; but, as
a friend to the Theatre, he would write a note to Mr.
Biandon, requesting his attendance ; and, 'provided
Mr. B. thought proper to attend, he should be happy
to lend his assistance in bringing about an amicable
arrangement.
The applicants thanked his Worship.. The note
was dispatched, and the messenger returned, saying
Mr. Brandon would send an answer in a few minutes,
when he had consulted with his friend, Mr. G. Robins.
By and by Mr. George Robins (the auctioneer in
Covent-garden Piazza) entered the Office, and avowed
himself the friend of Mr. Brandon, and the adviser of
all that he had done. He considered Mr. Brandon to
have been very ill used, and he was ready to defaid
hilt to the uttermost.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE recommended the parties to
retire to a private room, as there was much public
business waiting ; and he said, if he could be of any
service in theconferencehe would willingly join them.
The parties accordingly withdrew--Messrs. Robins,
Robertson, and the Solicitor for the Theatre; but in
less than a quarter of an hour they separated as much
at odds as ever—Mr. Robertson and the Solicitor in-
sisting that Mr. Brandon should unconditionally give
up possession of the premises before they could listen
to any other proposition ; and Mr. Robins declaring
that he should treat only beneath the root.
Mr. Robertson they presented, pitnlelf once more
before Sir RICHARD Btntsta in detrublic Office, and
after thanking him for his friendly interference, and
apologizing for the trouble he hid given him, stated
his intention of applying for further instructions to
the Proprietors.
With respect to the annuity stated ,by Mr. Ro-
bertson to have been offered to Mr. Brandon as an
equivalent for his past services, the following expla •
nation was given on his part :—Messrs. Forbes, \Va-
let, and Kemble, proposed to allow Mr. Brandon an
annuity of 200/. provided he would give up the pre-
mises, and raise altogether from his office ; and pro-
vided, also, Mr. Harris, who holds seven-twelfths of
the property in the Theatre, would pay 1201. per an-
num towards the said 2001. per annum.
This proposition Mr. Harris declined, on two
grounds. In the first place, he himself bad given up
the entire management of the Theatre for eight years,
to Messrs. Forbes,Willet, and Kemble, for a considera-
tion of 1,5001. per annum, and they had tkeiefoi eno
right to call upon him for any incidental expense;
and, in the second place, that be was so well satis-
fied that Mr. Brandon's retiring would be an injury
to the Theatre, that he would rather give him the
1201. a-year to remain in its service, than to quit. it.
..• thrsow-Hew.--gasepli &adman and Morzorcl, hie wife, were
tharged with a fraud. The female, dressed in a very dashing
little, wed to enter pawnbrokers shops, with a child in her
suns, and pulling a coral off its waist, offer it as a gold one, to
pledge at frogs Iss. to 30s. The ttst of arta fords it always
withstood, being made of divert well coated w.th gold; and she
üb.airted such sums in a great many instances. Au assay, hcw •