Star.
London, England, 1826-01-03 00:00:00

130 iiV-STREET.

The driver of the hacknty-coach, Nu. 1,134, appeared to a sum-
. mous obtained againat him, by Mr. W. Farren, the comedian, for
demanding more than Lis fare. The coach was taken from the
' stand near Hyde Park corner, to James-street, Long-acre, a fare
which Air. Farren stated he was constantly in the habit of riding,
pi4tl fur which be had never paid more than eighteen-pence, the le-
gal demand. The defendant had insisted on receiving two shillings.
Reference being bad to Mr. 4.l9aife's publication, the distance was
found to he within the mile and a halt; a fact which Mr. Farren '
confirmed, by assuring the Bench that Mr. Harris, of Covent Gar-
den Theatre, had, en a former occasion, had this vrry distance
measured fur Lis own satisfaction.

Cuacbee, now pleading guilty, was fined in the penalty of 10s.
and 4s. costs, which Mr. Barren, laying he had only been actuated
by a sense of duty to the pubEc in coming forward, requested Sir
It. Ihituis to place in the fund which the worthy Magistrate holds
for humane purposes.

William Nig/Words, a lively bird enough, was brought up yes.
terday, by Furd, who is one of the watchmen appointed by the
Board of Works, and stationed at Whitehall, charged will' " in-
ns/dog" him on his beat. It appeared from the complainant's state-
ment, that baying gone his rounds on Sunday morning, and in.
formed all whom it migbt concern, that the ilorseguar,fs had
chimed half past two, be had seated himself comfortably on Lord
Carrington's steps to recover from the exertion and get second
wind. A position so favourable bad nearly produced the slumber
it was so well calculated to invite. It is well known—
" When wearied watchmen sink to rest,
How heavenly soft their slumbers lie,"
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and Mr. Ford was just sinking into that delicious state of dreami-
ness, far more luxurious than a proflunder repose, when Mor-
pheus, all at once flung down the poppies he had just began to
tickle his nose with, and scampered off at a tangent, scared by the
hearse sound of 44 Chunky !" which was bellowed In the ear of
his protest with all the vigour and effect the utmost expansion of
Mr. Nightingale's lungs could give it. Up started Mr. Ford,
and, between bleeping and waking, re-bellowed, " Half.past
two!" His scattered s.nses, however, soon came back to their
repository, and the first use be made f them was to inquire what
the matter was that induced the new comer thus to " fright him
from his propriety ?'"fhe only answer he received was a repetition
of the odious apostrophe, joined with an appeal more practical and
less mannerly, his " saucy companion" spitting in his face. " And
what's the mauing of this?" said the " most quiet" watchman. " A
lark ! a latk !" sung the nightingale, in the tones of a trombone.--
Human nature could bear no more, and poor .Philoniel was con.
veyed to the cage, where, for want of responsible security, the un-
fortunate bird bad to warble it a far more plaintive strain through',
the whole of Sunday and Sunday night. Nothing could be elicited
yesterday morning in defence inure than that " no harm was meant"
by the freak, and Sir Rwmaao, taking probably into consideration
the natural aversion of this species of songster to confinement, and
the melancholy moping in which the last thirty hours had been pas-
sed,
dispensed on this occasion with the usual bail,and restored
the captive to liberty, not without a sharp reprimand on the folly
which bad caLsed the incarceration.