%In. CHARLES KEMBLE AND MR. WESTHAEOT T.--A serious ren- eontre

took place between these two gentlemen on Saturday night, in the box lobby of the second circle of Covent Garden Theaire. Wq were in the theatre at the time ; but as neither there nor at Bow Street did any thing transpire in respect of the grounds of the quarrel and assault, We were induced to wait until some light should be thrown on the one or the other. The determination of Mr. Westmacott not to enter into a police-office discussion, and the consequent non-examination of any evi- dence by him or by Mr. Kemble, leaves us nearly as uninforMed now as we Were on Saturday night, of the real bearings of this extraordinary affair. We shall give Mr. .Westmacott's account without comment ; for, though an ex parte and therefore a suspicious statement, it is the oply one of which we or the public are'yet in possession. We quote it from the Standard of Monday. " On Saturday, October the lath, I had been sitting in the third box.from the corner, in the second circle, on the right hand, facing the _stage, during the performance of the first act of the Duenne On its conclusion, I left the box intending to proceed to Drury Lane. I had just closed the door, and turned towards the stairs, when I heard some one rushing behind me from the dark corner at the right hand end of the lobby. I turned round quickly, and at the same instant that I recognized Mr. Charles Kemble, I was struck on the left temple by him, with a very thick stick. The force of the blow stunned me, and I fell down. As I lay on the ground, he struck me again on the head and sums, exclaiming, ' You villain, I'll murder you ; I'll teach you to call my daughter a whore ; ' and this he repeated two or three tins* I think I exclaimed, iFor God's sake. don't kill me; I have never so called yonr daughter,' or words to that effect. The persons who first came round me were principally the, servants of the theatre, with Mr. Thomas, the Superintendent of Police, who had sat in a box behind me during the performance. Not any of these people interfered either to prevent Kerable's violenceor to assist me to rise ; although I repeatedly requested them to do se. At lengths, Mr. Barrymore came -and lifted me up, when I found myself so giddy and weak from the' blOws, that I could scarcely stand. In this situation, I requested Thomas to supPort,me, and protect me from the insults of a Mr. Robertson, Mr. Notter, and other persons connected withthe theatre, who were pressing round me, and insulting me in every possible way. He avoided giving me the sup- port I required, nor did he attempt to keep off thesq persons frotupress- ing upon me. As soon as ,I recovered myself by leaning on the hand- rail of the hannisters, I charged Thotims to secure Mr. Kemble and take him before a Magistrate. His reply was ' I cannot take him :into custody.' At length a tall policeman came up the stairs, and with more humanity than his Superintendent, assisted me to the bottom ; where Mr. Barrymore, who I believe had been looking for a surge,on to bleed me, met me and -assisted me to Catherine Street. Here I immediately sent for my own surgeon, Mr. Dunn, and was by him removed home, bled, and put to bed. That Mr. Kemble intended more than a mere assault, was, I think, evident ; not only from the ferocity of his attack, but from his lurking in a dark corner, to spring upon me unawares, the size of his bludgeon, and his repeated expression of You villain, murder you.' In conclusion, I can make oath, that I have never either written or sanctioned the publication of one line respecting Miss Fanny Kemble; which I cannot honourably defend, and would not cheerfully avow. The assertion of my applying any opprobrious epithet to her is a gross falsehoOd. Mr. C. Kemble and myself have been for many years pre- viously acquainted, and have always been on friendly terms. I have often used my pen and influence to serve him and his family, and have repeatedly received his thanks for so doing. That my support has been disinterested is proved by the fact of my never having solicited, or re, ceived any favours frein him in return. Acting under legal advice, I have determined upon applying to a higher and more impartial tribunal than a Bow Street Magistracy ; and of this course, I have, through my

solicitor, apprised Mr. Kemble. C. M. WEsrszacovr." Such is Mr. Westmacott's statement of what passed in the theatre; which will be received with some grains of allowance as coming from an aggrieved party. Although Mr. Thomas did not take Mr. Kemble into custody, that gentleman nevertheless attended at Bow Street on Saturday night. The following account of his appearance there is from the journals of Monday :-

On Saturday night, about eight o'clock, Mr. Thomas, the Police Super- intendent, entered the office in a hurried slimmer, followed by Mr. Charles Kemble, Mr. Meadows (the comedian), Mr. Pierce Egan, and others. Mr. Thomas immediately advanced to the bench. and whispered some- thing to the Magistrate ; who requested that Mr. Kemble should be imme. diately shown, to the bench, where he took his scat accordingly. The ap- pearance of Mr. Kemble as he entered the office, indicated the excited feelings under which he laboured ; and that circumstance, together with a formidable bamboo stick which he carried with him, afforded pretty strong evidence of the use to which it had been just applied. When the business before the bench was disposed of, Mr. Hails, addressing Mr. Thomas, said he understood him to say. that seine person hat la charge of assault to prefer against Mr. Kemble.

Mr. Thomas—" Mr. Westmacott, of the Age, is the complaining party." Mr. Halls—" Is he here ?"

Mr. Thomas—" No, Sir, he is not • but, as he accused me of partiality in not taking Mr. Kemble into custody for assaulting him in the theatre, I requested Mr. Kemble to accompany me here to meet Mr. Westma- cott's charge."

Mr. Kemble here stepped forward, observing that be was ready to an- swer any charge that might be sireferred against him. '

Mr. Halls—" Is there any person present readY.to prefer a charge Against Mr. Keinble ' Mr. Thomas—" No."

Mr.Halls—." Then I shall certainly not detain Mr.Kensble a moment longer." Mr. Kemble bowed, and was about to retire, when Mr. Thomas ob- served, that he had sent an officer to apprise Mr. Westmacott of Mr. Kemble's attendance, and perhaps it would be as well for Mr. Kemble

to wait the return of the messenger. • Kemple to Halls--" Mr. Kemble is quite at liberty to go when he pleases ; hat as the messenger will probably soon return with an answer from Westmacott, Mr. Kemble will, I dare say, have no objection to wait a little longer."

Mr. Kemble—" Certainly not, Sir ; all I expect, as a gentleman,lir, that I may not be detained in the absence of any charge against me." Mr. Thomas—" Here is the messenger." A police constable, accompanied by a young man employed at the Age Office, here came forward, and the latter said that Mr. Westmacott was unable to attend in consequence of the injuries he had received front Mr: Kemble."

Kemble—" Is he ill do you say ?" •

The young mast said tint he was extremely ill, and lying on his bed. Mr. Kemble—" Pray; then, how was he enabled to walk home after the threshing ?" The young man could not say ; but he knew he was now very ill, and unable to attend.

Mr. Kemble—" Do you mean to say that he is disabled or unable to attend ?"

Young Man—" I said unable, Sir ; but I do not know what right you have to cross-question me in this way ; you are not the Magistrate," Halls—" Were you present at the assault,-young man ?"

The young man said that lie did not witness the transaction. but he was ready to depose to the situation in which he left Mr: Westmacott.' Mr. Halls—" Is any person present who saw the assault committed ?"

Mr. Thomas—" I was witness to the latter part of it-; but as rdid not see the commencement of the affair, perhaps it would baaswell to procure some other evidence. Mr. Westmacott received certainly severe punishment, but it-did not disable him from walking from the theatre:" Mr. Westmacott's messenger here said that he was instructed. to re- quest the Magistrate to defer the hearing of the case to Monday morning.

Mr. Halls—" Certainty; and I dare say Mr. Kemble will have no objection to attend then." Mr. Kemble—" I shall be quite ready to attend your sitmnions, Sir, whenever my presence is required." Mr. Kemble then bowed tothe Magistrate, 'and left the office." On Monday, Mr. Kemble appeared at Bow Street ; but in conse- quence of Mr. Westmacott's determination to remove the ease to a higher tribunal, no examination took place.

' The foregoing may b*ermed the tragicomedy ; but an entertainment in which there was a Police Magistrate could not • be expected, to end without a 'farce. Mr. Westmacott, in his letter, spisaks of a higher and more impartial tribunal than a Bow Street Magistracy,—either mean- ing to imply, that the King's Benchiis a More impartial court than Bow Street, or insinuating, that on the occasion in question Mr. Halls showed

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dinary. .00Wever, let us hear Mr. Halls thereupon. so dear.

the reporters to the statement of Mr. Westmacott, and observed that infant's clothing for ?" .

of the young lady." behaviour. On Monday night, the audience rose to cheer Mr. Kemble. We diet, about Gel. and then absconded. dragged the man he looked for tram under the bed. The gang hail been The , Honourable Adolphus Frederick Montmorency O'Brien Prende- most successful in disposing of the notes: none was found on any of the ville was it seems, a very universal man in more ways than one—he party., except on one man, who had sixteen in his pocket. They were could speak, Mr. Cowley said, all the European and all the Asiatic generally disposed of by taking change for small articles of purchase, languages "—all the African also, we dare say, if required ; he had seldoth above a shilling in value. contributed to Blackwood's Magazine, under the signature of "Do- TIM RECENT MURDER AND ROttlizalES AT LIVERPOOT..—A clue, noghue ; " he had written a poem called the "Shipwreck ;" he was it is supposed, has been discovered, to the murderers of Mr. Burn, and ' the author of two novels, one called the "Broken Heart," and the the perpetrators of severadrobberieS near Liverpool. On Thursday last other " First Love; " and he was, when introduced to Mr. Cowley, week, a man attempted to pawn a pencil-case at Mr. Macpherson's in. that engaged on a work called the "History of Persia," which was to be town, which bore the name of Arrowsmith. Mrs. Macpherson marked written in the Persian language.' Mr. Cowley added, that it was no the name, and immediately conjectured that it must have belonged to wonder he was deceived, for the honourable gentleman had deceived Mr. Arrowsmith of Soho Square, who was robbed on the night of Mr_ cleverer men—he had imposed upon the keeper of the British Burn's murder. The fellow was by her directions dogged ; and a po. Museum, and got a free admission there for six months. This, we may lice-officer having been procured, after some resistance he was arrested. whisper to Mr. Cowley, was no mighty boon ; he might have obtained His name was found to be Thomas Mulvey ; and his arrest led to that it even without a lie. of his two brothers, Michael and John Mulvey. A purse found on country—it must be in Spain, not England. . July, by the same gang. A watch stolen from Redman had been pledged As these complaints and discussions touching the Lord Glenlyon by Michael. A hat in Michael's possession was claimed by Mr. Wren- " by courtesy so called," did not come home to Lawton his man, he was shall, who lost it in a struggle with three men on Tuesday sennight. discharged on this, as well as on the charge of stealing, previously pre- A number of other articles, found on the prisoners or pawned by them, feared against him. were claimed by different parties. Nothing has yet transpired to bring Susrresous CIRCUMSTANCES—The person employed by the Gas home the murder to any of the prisoners, except the robbery of Mr. Company to extinguish the lamps in Regent Street, was laid hold of, Arrowsmith on the same evening ; but further discoveries are confi- some time ago, between three and four in the morning, by a policeman; dently anticipated.

who insisted on examining his hat, and on his refusal to allow him, ac- SuoriasEb Mtrantn.—In digging the foundations of some store- . companied by an explanation of his business, the policeman drew his houses at Greenwich Arsenal, last week, the excavators discovered a staff from bis pocket and knocked him down. The man complained to human skeleton, about three feet and a half below the surface. There the Commissioners ; who admitted that the blow was not lawful, but in- was a perforation in the skull, and part of the pelvis was destroyed. It sisted on the right of search. The lamp-extinguisher was dissatisfied, is supposed to have belonged to a female, and to have been interred abont and brought an action against the policeman; which was tried at West- thirty years ; but upon what evidence, we do not know. We belieVe minster Sessions on Thursday, when the fellow was found guilty and fined there is nothing in the human skeleton by which the sex is discov-erahre; 101. It would he well if "suspicious circumstances" were better defined. and the decomposition of a body, or of the bones of one, depends so Muds A case came under our notice a few days ago, of a most respectable

young man who was stopped at six o'clock in the morning, and . himself on the nature of the soil in which it is deposited, that no rule can • lie drawn from their appearance fo

and his tools carried to the watch-house; and notwithstanding his earnest for determining the time they have been in- request to have bail sent for, he was detained till twelve o'clock, when inhumed. . The discovery, as Might be expected, has caused some in- he. was liberated at Marlborough Street Office, having thus lost more terest, and led. to someinquiries but hitherto to no purpose. than half his working-day, and been the occasion of five others doing the SWEET-HEARTING.—A girl named Knott, who had imposed herself same, whom he was proceeding to set to work when he was. arrested. on the Family of Mr. Lightfoot,- Camberwell, was detected, a few days He had the additional comfort, while at the Station House to be con- ago, robbing- her mistress of a sovereign; and on her . box being ea-. lined below stairs, in a hole covered with filth, and crowded with pros- amined, a diessingcase And' other articles, of the value of 301., were litotes and thieves.. focind • in it. Among the property belonging to the girl herself; AVA a

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THE MUTINY or THE CYPRUS.—The wholeof the mutineers were letter from .a sweetheart, containing very zealous assertions of 'eteitial on Wednesday fully committed for trial. There was no new evidence fidelity, and'ending with a broad hint for a supply of cash; with which, adduced, except that the possession of some of Lieutenant and Mrs. it appears, he was not so well stored as with love and duty. If we Carew's apparel was traced to Swallow and Watts, by several of the crew could hope that these nymphs of low degree would attend to our admo- of the Charles Grant. Wardell, the boatswain's yeoman, said he had nitions, we would impress on them as a rule without one exception, that bought some fine waistcoats and other things of Captain Weldon (Swal. a sweetheart who asks for money, or for pudding, is certain to fly off the a little partiality towards Mr. Kemble's case—perhaps both. Certainly, low) for grog. Captain AValdoa had also Sold ladies' wearing ' , ,acrel to the very pOndeseendinglanguage addressed to Mr. Kemble by Mr. Halls, the cook. Charley Williams ( Watts) bad several sovereigns ii. is pos.; and the seating of a defendant charged with a violent assault on the session, some ladies' silk-figured stockings,- long things (infant's long bench by the side of the judge, while the prosecutor, had he appeared, clothes), and other articles. Witness was going to purchase some of the. must have been relegated to the bar or the box, did look a little extraor- property of him, but could not spare his grog, as the prisoner sold them

On-T4pday, that gentleman took occasion to call the attention of 111r. Ballantine—" What did you want ladies' wearing apparel and.

he felt confident they would bear witness to the injustice of the charge it Witness—" Because I intendcdto be married when I came to England.", contained. The individuals thus appealed to, declared that there was NEw MODE of WOOING —Little Popjoy, of Cyprus mutiny note- not the slightest foundation for the insinuation conveyed in Mr. West- riety, was charged at Union Hall, on Monday, with a serious assault on . macott's statement I The charge made by i.ne gentleman of the press an elderly man named Stapes, residing at Brixton Hill. The old man being thus refuted by half a dozen of the fraternity, may be considered said, that Popjoy was intimate with his daughter ; that he had called On the subject of the late attack on ?,Ii,s Kemble's character, house, the little lover dragged him into the road, and beat him un-: the Times of Monday says—" With referee; r 1 a the very gross ex- mercifully. Popjoy—" Your Worship, I am courting his daughter.. pression said to have been applied by Mr.1Vestmacott to Miss Fanny She is fond of me, I am fond of her ; but Mr. Stapes don't think proper Kemble, our reporter was unable-to learn when or how it had been used. to let us alone. 'She has had a child already ; but I don't mind that, and In the Age of Sunday the 10th instant, will be found a coarse and unjust I am only anxious to make her a virtuous woman." The Magistrate ad- criticism on the acting and personal appearance of Miss Fanny Kemble, vised an amicable settlement, but the old man was inexoralile ; and the but we could diScover no allusion in that article reflecting on the chastity hero of the Cyprus was locked up, for want Of securities for his gaud