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his promise.. boring his courtship, be deposited with
me, on one occasion, between two and three thousand
pounds, which I returned to him.
Mt. WILLIAM/ cross-examined the witness, and
proved that her sister, who was married, was delivered
of a ehild,within six months after her marriage.
Mr. WILLIAMS addressed the Jury in mitigation,
dwelling forcibly on this circumstance, which, he con.
tended, called upon the plaintiff to use greater vigilance
with respect to this daughter, and took away from her
all claim of damages. The Jury gave a verdict for 300 i.

CROYDON, Avow 7.

Mr. Judie:l34w.= sat in the Criminal Court at
nine this morning.
John Bodkin and Jan Xlrt wets tried for stealing
in the dwelling-house of Mr. Robert Gibson, of Streat-
ham, a quantity of plate of considerable value,
The facts of the case, which were fully substantiated
by several witnesses, were simply these: on the 12th of
June last, the prisoners drove op in a cart to Mr. Gib-
son's house, about eleven in the morning; King was
seen entering it with a basket, which he brought out
full, and attempted to get into the cast: but it was too
heavy, and fell to the ground, and a maidservant fol-
lowing them, they made off in the curt, when an active
pursuit took place, and both prisoners were shortly after
taken into custody.
Both prisoners were found Guilts. Sentence of demh
was recorded.

These are two of the gang of London burglars, whose
operations at Croydon and its vicinity, some time back,
excited so much alarm. 0

Jewel Brown was tried for a similar offence, in the
dwelliag•house of Mr. George Wuolf& at Clapham.
The prisoner was very respectably dressed in black. He
was, it appeared. in the service of the Sew. Mr. White-
bead, Mr. Woolffs soa•in-law, and its July last he ab-
sconded, taking with him a quantity of the plate which
had been left in his charge.
Stowell, the blarylebone officer, apprehended the
prisoner at his lodgings, and on taking him to the
watch house, he found a wup•ladle hanging to his
drawers, and the remainder of the plate was found
concealed in other parts of his dress.
The pi isener, when called on for his defence, acknow-
ledged that he bad taken the plate, as he was on the
morning of the occurrence mach intoxicated, sad knew
not what he was doing. •
The Jury iremediately found him Gadlty.—Judgment
of death recorded.

Thomas 13491i55, for a si nilar offence, committed in
the dvrelling-house of Mr. EJwud Kemble, of Camber-
well, was fund Guilty.

THE GIRAFFE-(CAMELEOPARD.)

A Giraffe, alive, says a letter from Florence, is a
thing very rare in Europe; but it must not be said that
there has not been one seen since thf Rnman conquests.
In 1459, Pope Pius If. having assembled at. Florence
several Princes and Lords of Italy,amongst whom was
John Galeas Visconti, Count of Pavia, to treat concern-
ing a league against the Tarks, a description of spec.
tacle was presented before them which only took place
upon grand occasions. They closed all the avenues of
the square, then called the Nignoria, now that of the
Grand Duke, and turned loose their wild animals,
amongst which was a Giraffe. A contemporary poet
has left ss the description of the scene. The 11th of
Novembt:r, 1487, a Giraffe was presented to Lorenzo
de Medici, by the Sultan of Cairo. his mentioned,
in two ancient manuscripts preseree4 in the fklaglia-
heeehian Library; the translation of one of theft if.IN
With it tame an Ambassador, who held
the office of Master of the Ceremonies lit the Sultan's
Court ; and with &is Giraffe .was a Lion sad :WM!
Goats and Skeep,of a sise ins& greater than ours, The
Giraffe was 13 feet and a half bigh, its lout vas like
that of an ow, and it was a eery handsome animal. A
Turk governed it with a rein. It was carried through
various parts of Tuscany, and eahibited in serretal cost
vents. Lorenzo de Medici had it placed in the stables
of the Pope, in the street Delia Scala. In the winter
they heaped dung about it, to protect it from the cold,
and they often lighted fires near it. It ate everything,
and poked its head, whenever it tonic!. into the baskets
of the peasants. It would take an apple from the
hands of a child, it was to mild and gentle, and all the
children gave something to it. The Ambassador and
his people remained some months in Florence, where
one of them died. The city made presents to this
Ambassador. Afterwards the Giraffe died, on Saturday,l
the of January, 1488. It was flayed in order to
preserve the skin. Its loss grieved every body, because
it was a fine atfmat." It was not until the year 1750
that the Florentines began the year on the ht of Jan.
instead of the 25th of March. Thus the Giraffe sent-

to Lorenzo de Medici only lived thirteen months and
twenty-two days after its arrival at Florence. Will they
be able to preserve one so long at Paris, the climate of
which must be much more unsuitable to it?—Paris
Paper.

A giant of -the name of LAhtsixa. who ha. been
exhibiting bitmelf fur some time in Paisley, bad, along with his.
wife en Wednesday morning, made rather free with guile Soot.
deb drink." SOON difference baying mime between the partite,
they proceeded to blows. The wife, to enable her to cope with
the giant, seised e bottle, with which she strut him on the
forehead ; in return for this mark of loving kindnen, he abused
her so unnwrcifully, that the interference of the neighbours
were necessary to protect her life. A party of police were ac-
cordingly sent for, but when they saw the unwieldy form, and
determined manner of the giant (who declared he would kiU
the first man that offered to lay a hand on him), a reinforce-
ment of police was sent for, who, with the assistants of some
neighbours, soon captured their blustering opponent. After they bad
succeeded in dragging this giant a few paces from his den, be fairly
took the dumps, and would proceed no further. A porter's barrow
was accordingly procured, and the hitherto sacred' person of this
" wonderful" being was tied down neck and heels, and in that state
burled to the police ice. After being examined by the Magistrates,
he was neat day examined by the Sheriff, and committed to Gaol.
His wife was taken into the House of Recovery, and is now so
mach betel as to be considered out of dander.—Glasow

Paseaotoai.—F•r a number of years the greater
part of the inhabitants of Edinburgh most have been
familiar with the sight of an idiot on the streets, well
known to the boys by the name of Bobby Auld. He
died in the Infirmary on Monday last, in consequence
of a kick in the groin which he received from a jackass.
He evinced great voracity during his illness; and on
the morning of the last day of his life he made repeated
attempts to tear a boy who lay in the next bed to him.
A medical consultation was held on the body, which
excited considerable interest. The head was very small,
and of a peculiar configuration. The cranium was un-
usually thick, and the brain, of course, limited in its
dimensions. Some striking peculiarities were also ob-
served in the intestines. A cast has been taken of the
head, which wi.l be a valuable acquisition to the disci-
pies of phrenology..—Edinborgh Paper.