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C04 Incidents in and near London. [Jan. 1, 
Mr. George King, an Essex and Chinese 
barrow pig, bred and fed by him on wash and 
grain?, and barley meal and pease 5 age 83 
weeks. 
Class XV .—Prize of 10 guineas to Mr. W. 
Hayward, for his SulFoik and Chinese pig, 
bred and fed by him, on barley meal and 
washing of spent malt, or brewer’s grains j 
age 50 weeks. 
Mr. William Axtell,an Essex and Dishley 
pig, from an Essex boar, belonging to Mr. 
I'odd j bred and fed by Mr. Axtell on pollard 
and barley meal ; age 33 weeks. 
Mr. William Hayward, a Suffolk and Chi¬ 
nese pig, bred and fed by him on barley meal 
and brewer’s liquor 5 age 50 weeks. 
Mr. Samuel Wicks, a Suffolk pig, bred 
and fed by him on potatoes and barley meal j 
age 52 weeks. 
Extra Stock. —^Mr, John Webster, two very 
fine 6 -year old HerefoVd oxen, disqualified on 
account of Mr. W. having obtained the prize 
in this class at the last show. 
Mr. Thomas Sears, three South Down we¬ 
thers, 33 months old 3 fed on grass, turnips, 
and oil cakes. 
Some other cattle were exhibited, which 
did great credit to the breeders. 
The Sessions' Houses in the Old Bailey, was 
lately broken open, and the office of Mr. Shel¬ 
ton, clerk of the arraigns, plundered of 
notes aiul other things, to the amount of 
1201 .; 301. of which were the jrroperty of 
Mr. S.’s clerk.— & much for example of pu¬ 
nishment ! 
The grand entrance of the house of the, 
new Theatre Drury Lane, will be in Brydges- 
slreet, and is to be surmounted by a fine co- 
lonade, supported by eight pillars. 'J he en¬ 
trance leads to a capacious hall, on one side 
of which, and fronting the entrance, is a 
large door leading to a rotunda, in which 
the passages to the different parts of the thea¬ 
tre are concentrated. It is surmounted by a 
hemispherical lantern, round the inside of 
which is a passage leading to the saloon. 
This saloon is a spacious room over the hall, 
and of the same dimensions as the hall be¬ 
neath. A great advantage in point of deco¬ 
rum will be obtained by this arrangement, 
as the company in the saloon will be com¬ 
pletely separated from the boxes, the whole 
diameter of the rotunda being interposed be¬ 
tween them. According to the plan, the stairs 
are broad, capacious, and lead in the most 
convenient manner to the different tiers of 
boxes 3 the pit will be smaller than that of 
Covent-garden Theatre, From the stage to 
the back of the dress boxes, the space is six¬ 
teen feet less than in that theatre, and, be- 
tween'box and box across, the distance is also 
less by seven feer. As in old Drury, there 
will be private boxes round the pit, and under 
the dress circle. These in the model are 
eight on each side. But with only four com¬ 
partments in front, in the form of Saxon 
arches. There are three circles for boxes, 
each of which will contain twenty-six boxes 
in thirteen compartments, except the front 
of the upper tier, in which the two shilling 
gallery will advance. It is intended that 
the upper boxes shall project overlhe lower, 
the whole being supported by twelve gilt 
fluted columns, wdeh Egyptian pedestals. 
There is to be no basket behind the dress 
boxes, and the wings above the third circle 
are for slips. The area of the boxes, follow¬ 
ing the form of the whole building, will 
have the shape of a liorse-shoe 5 but the ex¬ 
tremities will not be made to approximate in 
order to meet the narrow front of the stage, 
but, by taking a sweep in the contrary direc¬ 
tion, will afford to the company nearest to 
the performances an excellent view. In the 
model, statues are placed on each side of the 
stage, under the stage boxes, vvliich are sur¬ 
mounted towards the roof by other figures. 
There is also a column in oriental marble on 
each side of the stage, forming elegant and 
classical wdngs to the proscenium.—The old 
debts and demands, of every description, 
amount to 4.36,9711. 6 s. 3d. v/hich may be 
compromised for the sum of 143,9351. 3s. 6 d.; 
towards the discharge of this latter sum, 
there are assets to the amount of 56,7001. 
leaving a balance of only 87,2351. say 90,0001. 
The theatre, with a wardrobe, and every ne¬ 
cessary apparatus for opening the same, is 
estipiated at 150,0001. to which add 90,0001. 
making a total sum of 240,0001. wanted for 
this concern. 
On Monday the 18th of November, be¬ 
tween ten and eleven o’clock in the morning, 
a little boy', named Thomas Dellow, was 
stolen from St. Martin’s-lane, UpperThames- 
street. He ir about three years old, has 
light hair, which stands up on the right side 
of his forehead, dark eyes, a round full face, 
three scars under the right jaw-bone, W'here 
leeches and a lancet have been applied, a re¬ 
markable dent or hollow at the lower part of 
the back, and a pit on each arm from the 
cow-pox. He had on a white frock, black 
stuff petticoat, blue print pin-a-fore, and 
black leather half-boots, laced in front. 
The woman who decoyed him away is de¬ 
scribed as being dressed in a blue cloth cloak, 
trimmed with spotted fur, a straw bonnet, 
with a blue flower in front, a dark colored 
gown, and an apron. She was seen with the 
little boy and his sister, about five years old, 
(whom she soon dbired to return home), at 
a pastry-cook’s on Fiih-street Hill, she there 
bought tw^o plum-cakes, which she gave to 
the children, also tv/o seed-cakes, which she 
put into her pocket; she attcrwaids was en¬ 
quiring, higher up the Hill, tor a coach j 
slie went into a shop (on Fi4i-street Hill) 
with the little boy only, and purchased for 
him a black turn-up beaver hat and a feather, 
the feather was put loose into the hat, as she 
was not willing to stop to have it fastened 
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