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THEATRES.

KING'S THEATIM—MOZART'S delightful Opera,
Il Flauto Magico, was performed, for the first time
this season, on Tuesday, and repeated on Saturday
evening, neady in the same manner as k was origi-
nally represented last year. Madame BELLOCHI was
in excellent voice, and Signora Coßal sang with
more than usual energy. The Duke and Duchess of
GLoucerrzu were present, for the first time since the
demise of the Ring.
COVINT-GA ROM—A new Musical Romance,
called Henri Quatre; or, Paris in the Olden Time,
was produced at this Theatre on Saturday night, for
the first time. It is founded, as may be inferred from
its tide, on French history ; and we have scarcely
ever witnessed any dramatic entertainment which,
on the first representation, gave such unqualified
satisfaction, in almost- every paqicular, to an un-
usually large audience.—The following is a List of
the principal of the Dramatis Persona:
Henri Mr. MACETADT.
Sully Mr. EGERTON.
Crillon Mr. HUNT.
General D'Aumont. Mr. FRWCZTE.
Eugene de 8ir0n..... • Mr. C. Kans.:.
Frederic St. Leon...—. Assort.
....... ...... .... . . Mr. J. Jonsurrows.
Moustache..., Mr. Awl'.
Jocriase Mr. lAsecne.
Gervais. Mr. Dvatisre.
Finceau Mr. Bastgcussa.
Germain Mr. Cowls.
Florence St. Leon Miss STEPRENS.
Clotilde de 8ir0n..... ............. Miss BRUNTON.
Louisou Miss M. Tam

The curtain rises upon a view of the St. Denis road to Paris,
with Paris in the distance. The villagers, headed by Jocrisse,
conic-in singing, in celebration of an Anniversary Fete, in which
Cervais is to represent the King. Jocrisse is newly married,
and his clownish gaiety is full of the dance which he has com-
posed in honour of the day. The next scene is in General
d'Aumont's house, and Florence, in love with Eugene, gives
way to her feelings in graceful poetry:

AlR—Florence.
Tell me, my heart, why morning's prime
Looks like the fading eve—
Why the gay lark's celestiA chime
But tells the soul to grieve?
The heaving bosom seems to say,
Oh, hopless maid, your love's away!
Tell me, my heart, why summer's glow
A wintry day beguiles—
Why Flora's beauties seem to blow,
And fading Nature smiles?
Some :zephyr whisper, in my ear,
Ah, happy maid, your love is near!

The scene returns to Joerisse and his peasants. Henri, at-
tended by Selly, and both disguised as troopers, come in to as-
certein the popular feeling. Gervais, who WAS to have per-
formed King at the Fete, has been captured by the Leaguers,
and the vacant throne is offered to the trooper, who is acknow-
ledged to have some likeness to the sign of Henri's head, over
Jocrisse's door. Henri delights in the frolic, assumes the chair,
elects Jocri;se's pretty wife as his Gabrielle, and between ex-
citing her h ush and's jealousy, Sully's hood-natured remonstrances,
Luison's smiles, and the universal admiration of the peasantry,
paws an extremely busy time. The period is the siege of Paris,
aml Henri is disturbed on his throre by its orii inal master,
Gcrvais, who has escaped from the Leaguers, and returns with
the news that they have retreated in confusion. Henri sends
Bully for intellivrice, excites the suspicions of the peasants by
his agitation at the news, and is collared by Jocrisse, as an enemy
is the good cause. These occurrences afford a fine opportunity, of
which she writer has well availed himself, for developing the ge-
nerous and amiable attributes of Henri's character--his magna-
te's:lhp, courage, gallantry, good humour, and clemency. The
man interest, however, does not lie in the character and ad-
ventures of the King, but in those of two French Officers, Eu-
ree and Frederic, and containing the illustration of a perfect
and most heroic friendship. This friendship is cemented the
more strongly by a duel, in which Eugene is the aggressor, and
in wounded. Just previous to the rencontte, an order had at-
vied from the King, appointing Eugene to a most important
service, which Frederic, knowing his wound had disabled him
fro n acting, undertakes, in his name, and achieves with honour.
Th affair is kept a secret from the King, who is about to con-
fer marks of distinction upon Eugene; but his natare is too noble
to receive them, and he confesses not only the act of Frederic,
but the duel preceding it, which the French law then punished
with death. He is thrown into prison, and condemned to die
the following morning. Eugene there recollects that the mar-
riage of his friend was intended to take place that evening with
Lis sister, Clotilde, and that, without his signature to the con-
tract, his happiness would be delayed. The jailor, an old sot=
dier, a friend, and the instructor of his prisoner in the military
art, confides in his honour, and suffers him to leave the prison
on his parole. He repairs to the cliateeu of his uncle, unites his
friend to his sister in marriage, without revealing his situation,
returns to the prison to meet his sentence, and arrives jut in
time to save his aged keeper from ruin. n his road, in pass-
ing through a wood, he is enabled to save the life of the King,
who had been attacked by a banditti, and that act, when deve-
l-eed, leads to his pardon and union with Florence, Frederic's
Sis:er, to whom he had been tenderly attached.
The progress of these events, which are very
clearly unfolded, keeps up a lively interest for the
fate of the principal personages, *and a strong curio-
sity for the result of the situations in which not only
they, but the minor characters are placed. The dia-
logue is Net. natural, and comic, seasoned by a large
infusion of smai t jests, and pungent repartees.—Macy
READY played Henri admirably. C. KEMBLE*S En.
gene de Biron was equally excellent. The honest-
hardy veteran Moustache was. personated by FAY'.
CETT to the life. J. JGSINSTONE, who is engaged'at
this Theatre, played O'Donnel, an Irish Officer in
the French service, perfectly true to nature. Ltsrou
represents an important fool and a jealous husband
(Jocrisse), in his own rare and happy manner.—
Ilis pretty and coquettish wife was very prettily sus-
tained by Miss M. TREE. That Lady was encored
in a little song to the air of froules vous danser Ma-
demoiselle. Master LONGHURST, a child between
eleven and twelve years of age, sung a duet with
• Miss STEPHENS, in a very pleasing style, and was en-
cored. The scenery was singularly beautiful. The
curtain was dropped and the Piece given out for re-
petition amid universal and rapturous approbation.
The Piece is said to be written by Mr. MORTON.

THE PARK.—The fineness of the weather yesterday
drew together an immense concourse of persons, com-
posed of the grave as well as the gay. Fashion now
begins to display itself in colonts ; but the sombre
hue, in the carriage costume, continues to prevail.
The broad-striped black silk boots, fringed and laced
at the sides, were universal among the belles of
fashion. What few shoes were w.rn, are not so high
in the instep—it is an improvement, adding grace to
fashion. The line of carriages extended to Oxford-
street, from half-past three to nearly six o'clock.—A
vast number of foreign coronets were displayed ; and
not a few cabriolets. The Duke of WELLINGTON ap-
peared in the throng; but his Grace was not re-
cognized.
Yesterday, the Duke of WELLINGTON gave a grand
dinner to the Foreign Officers of distinction, now re-
sident in London.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF XING'S BENCH, APRIL 51.
THE KING V. HUNT.
The LORD CHIRP JUSTICE—I suppose, Mr. Hunt,
you have come to move for a new trial ?
Mr. Humr—l have, my Lords • I have come to
move fotia new trial in the case of King v. Hunt.
The LORD Cam JUSTIC* said, it was now too
late to take the matter into consideration to-day. -
Mr. Hunt might move on a future day ; it would be
without any prejudice to him.
Mr. Hour requested that •their Lordships would
have the goodness to name a day.
The LORD CHIRP JUSTICE said, it was probable
that the Gentlemen at the Bar had many motions to
wake ; and on one of them mentioning that there
were above twenty on the list, his Lordship named
Wednesday as the day ou which the motion would
be heard.
THE KING V. HARRISON AND WOLSELEY, BART..

Mr. PEA itsoN moved for a Rule to shew cause why
the verdict obtained in this case should not be set
aside, and a new trial granted.
LORD CHIEF Justice—Are both the defendants
in Court.

Mr. PaansoW—Sir Charles Wolseley is in Court,
my Lord ; but Mr. Harrison is not ; he is in custody.
Mr. PEARSON proceeded—The ground of the pre-
sent motion originated in the summing up of the
Learned Judge who had tried the cause; and he was
fully aware, the Learned Counsel said, of the deli-
cate situation in which he stood when treating upon
such a subject. Under these circumstances he should
avoid all general remarks, and should confine him-
self entirely to two particular points in the Learned
Judge's charge, which had appeared to him, and to
his Learned Friend (Mr. Park), especially to call for
the attention of the Court. No doubt there had
been, upon the trial, a misconception in.the mind of
the Learned Judge, but that misconception had pro-
duced a most ruinous statement of facts, and com-
ments no less ruinous to the cause of the defendants.
It had beef, swore upon the trial, the Learned Coun
sel continued, by a person of the name of Johnson,
that Sir Charles Wolseley had uttered these words—
he (Johnson) standing at the time among many other
persons, at a short distance from the hustings—
" Be firm and unite your strength, for in three weeks
the great struggle will be made and ended,"—words
of alarming import, and calculated to make a deep
impression upon the minds of the Jury. It had ap-
peared, however, during the examination of the wit-
ness Johnson, who was a very young man, that he
had concealed these expressions from all the world
until a fortnight before the time of the trial, at
which period he had related them to a person named
Bullock, who, at the time of the trial, was in cus-
tody upon a charge of felony. Upon Johnson's
cross-examination, the Learned Counsel continued, he
had been unable to remember the order, in which the
different speakers had addressed the Meeting ; he
conk' remember no other expression used either by
Sir Charles Wolseley or by any other, person ; but
still he remembered, very accurately, the words in
question. The same witness had also stared, that he
had been present from the beginning of the assem-
bly-..that he had witnessed all the proceedings—
and that he was confident that Sir Charles Wolseley
was the first person, upon that occasion, who had
addressed the multitude. Now, in this latter asser-
tion, Mr. Johnson had been contradicted by every
one of the witnesses called for the prosecution. All
the witnesses who bad been present at the Meeting,
had concurred in stating, that before Sir Charles
Wolseley even appeared, Mr. Harrison had spoken
for a considerable time. In contradiction to Mr.
Johnson's other assertion, with respect to the. words,
two witnesses had been called for the defence, who,
from their situation as Newspaper Reporters (and one
of them had attended for a Ministerial paper),
anxious to catch at everything important, would be
likely to know what attually did take place. One
of these Gent:emen had stood, upon the day of the
Meeting, within three yards of Sir Charles Wolseley,
and the other close to him ; and both of them nega-
tived- the use of the words imputed ; both of them
asserted that no such words had been employed ;
and that, if such words had been employed, they
(the witnesses) could not but have heard them.—
( In addition to these facts, the Court should be told,
that no other witness called for the prosecution had
corroborated the statement of Johnson. When he
used the word " corroborated," he (Mr. Pearson) did
not mean to confine himself to the literal expression;
what he meant was, that no witness had asserted, or
even insinuated, that thbse expressions, or that ex-
pressions of similar import, had been employed- by
Sir Charles Wolseley. It was fit, Mr. Pearson con-
tinued, that he should state to their Lordships, that
during the summing alp of the Learned Judge (War;.
ren), he (Mr. Pearson) had not hien present. He had,
however, no less than tea affidavits, as to'tbat sum-
ming up ; or perhaps it would be mere regular if he
read the Learned Judge's observations from the notes
of his friend (Mr. Park), who had been with him in
the cause. The Learned Judge, in commenting upon
the evidence, had said, " The evidence in contradict
tion is nothing, because the witnesses only say that
they did not hear." There was a wide distinctidin
Mr. Pearson thought, between the saying, " These
witnesses did not hear the words," and saying, as the
witnesses had said, that no such words were used,
and that if they had been used, they must have heard
them. Such was the only evidence, as it appeared to
the Learned Counsel, by which any man, however
innocent, could disprove or negative words imputed
to him. The Learned Judge, indeed, towards the
close of the evidence, had stated that it was not ma-
terial whether the words in question had or had not
been used, because they formed but a small part of
the case; that, however, he (Mr. Pearson) thought'
would have been a question for the Jury ; and surely
such words must form at least a material part of
every case in which anything was to depend upon
the intention of the speaker. There was another cir-
cumstance of no less importance, to which he would
request the attention of the Court. All the witnesses
who had been called for the prosecution, all at least
who spoke upon the subject, had stated, that about
three quarters of an hour before Sir Charles Wolseley
had joined the Meeting, a most improper assault had
been made upon a Constable, or Peace-officer. In
his address to the people, Sir Charles Wolseley had
said something about Spies and Informers. That
expression had not been used tilirstarll4 bout after

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the assault in qttestion had been committed: and yet
the Learned Judge, in his summing up, had said, Sir
Charles Wolseley bid them beware of Spies and In-
formers;, and you will see how well his words were
attended to, " for a constable ie almost killed ;" thus
impressing upon the mind's of the Jury that thoas-
sault upon the constable had been the effect of words
which had not been uttered until an hour after that
assault had taken place. It was his duty, Mr. Pear-
son continued, to state, that the circumstance last
mentioned did not appear upon the notes of his
Learned Friend, Mr. Park ; but it was-stated in all
the affidavits. Without entering into rzrgument, which
would then be out of its place, it was clear, Mr. Pear-
son added, that a Jury, after a long trial, occupying
the greater part of two days, must be unable to re-
member all the circumstances of the case, and that
they must rely upon the summing up of the Judge
to refresh their memories;' and it was impossible, in
the present case,. but that the statements and obser-
vations to which he (Mr. Pearson) had alluded, and
which had no doubt arisen from misconception on
the part of the Learned Judge who had tried the
cause, must have produced upon the minds of the
Jury an impression unfavourable to the defendants.
With that statement he would leave the case to the
consideration of their Lordships.
The LORD CHIEF Jus•rlCE.—Perhaps, although it
does not appear upon his notes, Mr. Park may re-
member the observation as to the Spies and Informers?
Mr. PARK said, that the impression upon his mind
while the Learned Judge was summing up had been,
that he had mistaken the order in which the circum-
stances had taken place. What his Lordship had
said, however, had not been sufficiently clear and dis-
tinct to establish beyond doubt that a mistake had
been committed, or to justify him (Mr. Park) in in-
terfering. The opinion, he thought, of any person
present, must have been that there was a mistake of
that description.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE (after a conference with
the Judges) said, that this was a case in which, whe-
ther the present application were granted or refused,
the report of the Learned Judge who had tried the
cause would come before that Court. There was
great novelty in the application. It was the first in-
stance, within his Lordship's memory, in which an
application for a new trial had been founded upon a
particular passage in the summing up of the Judge.
The Court had no objection to grant a Rule to drew
cause; but that Rule must not be the means of delay.
He (the Lord Chief Justice) did not mean to insinuate
that any delay was meditated ; but it was the duty
of the Court Co see that none occurred. Would the
Learned Counsel who had made the motion be ready
as soon as the report came in ?
Mr. PEARSON said that he had no doubt he could,
if one day's notice were given to him.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—NO doubt that may
be done.

Mr. PEARSON wished to know whether the affida•
vits ought to be filed ?
The LORD CHIEF Jos-rim—The affidavits should
be laid before us for our own information; but you
cannot expect them to be answered, because we can-
not try what the Learned Judge has said. -The se-
cond point does not appear upon the notes of Mr.
Park, or there would have been no reason for filing
the affidavits.

Mr. CHITTY appeared for Mr. Harrison, and con-
curred in Mr. Pearson's motion.

It was arranged that no affidavits were to be filed
except those in support of that point which did not
appear upon the notes of Mr. PARK.

CHESTER, APRIL 21.—Mary Jones, the woman
mentioned in M4lnnis letter, which we gave last
week, is not his sweetheart but his aunt. M.lnnis se-
veral times confessed that he was a great enemy to the
Constitution of the Country, andhad a perfect hatred
to all its Great Officers of State. The reason he as-
signed for not communicating to the Reformers his
design of shooting Birch was, that he despised them,
and thought them too contemptible to entrust with
the secret. There is little doubt but that the sentence
on Bruce will have a favourable commutation. It is
but fair to state, that his conduct in jail has been ex-
emplary ; and there is no doubt of his innocence' as
concetd with the crime of M'lnnis.
Ntwoact.—Considerable alarm was excited in the neighbour-
hood of Newgate on Friday night, in consequence of shouts and
screams which proceeded from within the prison, and which,
at first, led to a belief that an attempt was making by some
means to rescue the State Prisoners from confinement. Crowds
collected in front of the Jail, and for some time the utmost
anxiety prevailed. At length, however, the tumult subsided,
and it turned out that it proceeded, not from the State Priso-
ners, but front the female convicts, who, from no assignable
reason, commenced breaking the windows and uttering the most
dreadful exclamations. Mr. Brown, with the utmost prompti-
tude, took measures to allay the riot, which he was only able to
effect by handcuffing some of the meat refractory, and removing
others to a different part of the Jail. Saturday morning, forty
of these women, who were under sentence of transportation,
wete sent off to the hulks.
Fessous Daivaise.—About halt-past seven o'clock on Satur.
day se'nnight, an interesting young woman far affranced in
pregnancy, was crossing High-street, in the Borough, opposite
the front gates of St. Thomas's Hospital, with a bundle in her
hand, when an extra-coach, from Chatham, drove furiously for
the . City, with twelve sailors on the top, and the off-leader
knocked down the ill-fated female, after which the fore-wheel
at once passed over her, the hinder wheel resting on her body.
The coachman now lashed the horses,- aud, dreadful to relate,
the woman was killed en the spot ! Hereupon the body was
conveyed to the Hospital, when the Surgeons opened it, to pre-
serve the unborn offspring, and actually found the infant to be
alive! The babe was given in charge of a nurse, but it lived no
longer than till Tuesday morning last.—On the same day, an
Inquest was held; but, owing to the want of sufficient evidence,
the Coroner adjourned the Court till the Thursday following,
when it was accordingly held in the said Hospital. One of the
witnesses now stated, that she was crossing the street at the
same time with the deceased, and saw her knocked down; the
coach was driving at a furious rate, whereby the life of the wit-
ness was exposed to imminent peril. Another witness gave in
evidence, that, on the evening of the accident, he was waiting
at the corner of York-street, in the Borough, when the coach-
man was driving at a forious rate, which induced him to express
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his fears to a person with him, that some mischief would be
done; witness had hardly uttered the words, when he saw the
coach suddenly stop; he instantly ran to the spot, and saw the
poor woman extricated from under the wheel; after the de-
ceased was carried away, witness ran up to the coachman, and
remonstrated with him, when he used abusive language, and
endeavoured to flog en his horses; the coachman had never left
his seat, but evinced the greatest indifference. On this witness
being questioned how be ascertained that the coach was driving
at a furious rate? be answered, he had been a coachman seven
years, and was convinced that the coach was running at the
rate of twelve miles an hour at the time of the accident. Other
witnesseridentified the coach and coachman which caused the
fatal accident, and confirmed the evidence as to the wanton
conduct of the offending parties. The Coroner summed up the
whole to the Jury, who returned a verdict of Wi/ful Murder
spina the coachman, and fixed a deodand of M. on the coach:

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