Mixons AND ItIaJous.—A second series of informations, precisely similar in
character to the first, were brought forward at Bow Street on Thursday, against the Tottenham Street Theatre. The first witness was a gentleman from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, who was put in the box to prove that Mr. Chapman had no licence. He proved, how- ever, too much for his friends ; as it appeared, from his evidence, that there was a regular registry of licences ; and the Magistrates being of opinion that they could not take parole evidence in such a case, the in- formations were, in consequence, dismissed. The rest were withdrawn. Mr. Adolphus, poor man, was in a sad taking. It is probable that the registry had been refused ; otherwise prosecutions so earnestly entered upon would not have been so lightly given up. The consideration of Mr. Alley's application for the defendants' costs was postponed. So much for an attempt to crush the Tottsnham people.-
Diuvv LITTLE LARCENY.—°A man named Clarke was convicted at the Westminster Sessions, on Thursday, of stealing a newspaper—the La/f of the Times—in the Cambrian Coffeehouse, Bridges Street, Covent Carden. The newspaper was valued at twopence. The magistrate re- fused to postpone judgment in order to enable the prisoner to bring for- ward witnesses as to character. Character could not, the judge said, avail any man convicted of " such a dirty little larceny ; " so his worship sentenced into to six months' imprisonment, wills hard labour. If it had been a litdt-ed pounds, or even fifty, evidence in mitigation of punish- ment might have been listened to—but a theft of half a newspaper !— the fellow ought to have been hanged out of the way at once, as desti- tute of the honourable ambition of a respectable thief. Two women Mr stealing a geranium, valued at half-adtrown, were, the same day, sen- tenced to a fortnight's imprisonment. Nothing like going decently to work, if people look for justice. P EFr OF A POLICEMAN.—One of the Police constables was re- ported te have been killed by a kick from a prisoner named Duggan, nn
Monday t. The evidence at the impiest has, however, satbeactorily proved that the poor constable died of apoplexy, ilidneed by severe exer- tion. 'The alleged kicks had inflicted no serious injury. Feocatac..—Of two men iloggeel on board the Hyperion, Captain Mingay, a few days ago, out: died, and was lturiLd atrightan. The body has been since disinterred, and inspacted by some ettrinetit rued in men; and the error er's inquest, wldelt heard tlieir evidezwe, have re- turned a verdict of Died from the effects of dogging." We liad under- stood that the punishment of flogging, at least without courts-martial, was, in a great measure, discontinued.
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