CHRONICLE, 
DECEMBER. 
ist. This morning, about eight, 
a bear, belonging to Mr. Bradbury, 
clown at the Circus, got loose in the 
yard adjoining the theatre, and im- 
" mediately seized a fine boy, son ofa 
Mr. Wilson who keeps the billiard 
rooms close by. ‘lhe boy was 
much hurt; but is recovered. The 
animal, which had been considered 
as altogether harmless, had become 
ferocious from hunger, which im- 
pelled him to tear up the stake to 
which he was fastencd. ‘The bear’s 
throat was cut. 
5th. John Andrew Nardi, and 
Sebastian Grandi, were indicted at 
‘the Old Bailey, for the wilful mur- 
der of William Broad, on the 5th 
of November last. ‘The two pri- 
soners were Italians, one a feather 
maker, and the other a preparer of 
colours. ‘They had gone out fan- 
tastically dressed, in -the evening of 
the 5th, during the Westminser 
election, and at length gota mob 
around them in Long Acre. Nardi 
being provoked, and hard-pressed, 
drew a knife, and cut the deceased, 
who had assaulted him, in the arm ; 
the repeated bleeding of which oc- 
casioned his death, in St. Bartholo- 
mew’s hospital. Upon the whole 
of the evidence it appeared that the 
prisoners had been more sinned 
against than sinning. The jury found 
them both not guilty, but that Nardi 
was insane. The court ordered him 
to be kept in prison until his ma- 
jesty’s pleasure should be known, 
under the provisions of a late act of 
parliament. 
_ At the Queen-square office, eight 
boys, the oldest not 15 years of age, 
part of a gang of 50, were examined 
for stealing a great number of arti- 
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cles of brass, iron, lead, &c. A 
constable stated, that a woman of 
the name of Davison, in Swan-yard, 
Drury-lane, kept a lodging-house 
for the reception of such boys, 
without any other accommodation 
than straw to lie upon. Such- of 
them as brought home no stolen 
property, were turned out of doors. 
A woman of the name of Horn, in 
Short’s Gardens, Drury-lane, used 
to buy the stolen goods from Davi- 
son, which she re-sold to a man of 
the name of Fisher, in St. Gies’s. 
These three persons are in custody. 
While the constable, with two other 
officers, were in the shop of Fisher, 
a bricklayer’s labourer entered, 
‘offered three pieces of lead for sale 
to one of the officers, conceiving 
him to be the master of the shop, 
and told where he had filched them ; 
when he was likewise taken into 
custody. ‘Ihe boys are to be sent 
to the Marine Society. 
In the court of king’s bench, a 
man of the name of Rich was in- 
dicted, at the instance of the Society 
for the Suppression of Vice, for cir- 
culating and vending indecent prints. 
He was found guilty on the clearest 
evidence. Ail good men will join 
in supporting them, whilst they keep 
to their proper line of duty and 
activity. 
13th. Last night the neighbourhood 
of Plymouth experienced a severe 
tempest. It was with great difficulty 
the mailand other coaches proceeded, 
as the horses refused to face the storm 
on Haldown Heath, and -often re- 
trograded for some distance, ere 
they could be controlled. A small 
vessel, laden with tobacco and wine, 
drove from her anchors in harbour, 
and was lost, with every one on 
board. 
14th.A few day’s since a respect- 
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