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      16 The Star Of Freedom. August 14,1852.

      16 THE STAR OF FREEDOM . August 14 , 1852 .

      Public Amusements.

      PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

      Haymarket. A New Piece Has Been Produced...

      HAYMARKET . A new piece has been produced at the Hay market this * week , with the Adelphi company for its actors . It is entitled " The Writing on the Wall , " and has met a very good reception . The scene opens in a village in the neighbourhood of Elton Hall , in Cornwall , with the arrival of young Sir Philip Elton ( Mr . Worrell ) a ruined gambler . He appeals to his sister ( Miss Chaplin ) to preserve the ancestral domains , the peace of his mother , and his own personal liberty , by becoming the wife of a foolish cockney , who has

      named Augustus Trotter , Esq . Mr . ( Wright ) , come to Cornwall to establish a " model farm . " She indignantly refuses ; and Richard Olivar ( Mr . Emery ) , young Elton ' s principal creditor , takes possession of Elton Hall . This Olivar had in conjunction with Bob Smithers ( Mr . Paul Bedford ) , anitineran , musician , many years before , robbed the hall , and murdered its master , young Sir Philip ' s father , whose brother , who had suddenly fled , had been falsely looked upon as the criminal . In the second act , Olivar surprises Margarette Elton and her lover , a village doctor , and denounces him to Sir Philip as the illegitimate son of his father ' s murderer . That he may escape , Margarette consents to marry Richard Olivar . In the last act , Augustus

      Trotter marries Lotty Smithers ( Miss Woolgav ) , an ex-heroine ol the Hippodrome , and the blind beggar , Tobias ( Mv . Smith ) proving to be the innocent brother of the murdered man , declares the lover of Margarette to be his son . Olivar ' s guilt is discovered , and he is arrested , while Margarette is united to her ] over with the consent of her family . The parts were very creditably supported . The acting of Miss Woolgar , as Lotty Smithers , was not to be excelled . The piece wi . uld be greatly improved if much of the buffoonery introduced , with the view , we presume , of getting up an Adelphi effect , " into the scene of the " model farm / ' was withdrawn . " Mephistopheles" and "Slasher and . Crasher" follow " The Writing on the Wall , " to make up the night ' s

      entertainment

      OLYMPIC . Iu our last iinpressson we gave our readers an outline of the new comedy , " Sink or Swim , " produced at this neat and attractive " little . house . Ever catering for the amusement of the puhlieV ^^ H ^ gement have introduced a new piece somewhat in accbnfi & j & ftvith what Mr . Disraeli would call the " genius of the epoch . " " The Field of Terror , or the Devil ' s Diggings , " is the name of this production . The piece opens with a view of

      the happy gold diggings of the Gnomes—Gnomes discovered asleep . When they are awakened we have a glorious emulative work of gold digging . Beyond this field we have the Field of Terror , a dismal wilderness , inhabited by Rubezhal the imp of the " Devil ' s Diggins . " Into this place , by the aid of a charmed lamp , the imp leads his victims , who follow him as a will-of-the-wisp is said to lead benighted travellers .

      The fairies decide that his career shall last so long as he retains possession of his lamp , and , when lost , the new possessor shall hold him as a slave at will . After a desperate encounter , assisted by the fairies , Leopold , a young forester , succeeds in destroying the power of the demon of the diggings , by obtaining his lamp . Leopold , who with his wife , has been discarded by a haughty family for their poverty , compels the demon to dig gold for him , and most efficiently does this gentleman perform the prescribed

      employment . The piece concludes by the fairy queen condemning the imp to eternal confinement in the centre of the dark earth . Ami thus the piece concludes with the triumph of virtuous mortals over infernal spirits by the aid of the good genii—the fairies . Upon the whole , the piece went off very well . As a spectacle merely ( as it professes to be ) it may find favour , for it was successful as such , but if intended for any thing else we cannot recommend it .

      No moral is inculcated , and the piece seems to be more adapted to exhibit the dancing of Mr . Flex more aud Madame Auriol than to serve as a medium of instruction . The scenery was excellent , and some very pretty dances were performed by the ballet dancers . We never saw Mr . Flexmore to greater advantage than on Wednesday evening . His agility is truly astonishing , and he sustains the character of Rubezhal ( the imp ) with considerable ability .

      ASTLEY'S . This favourite place of amusement , in spite of the hotness of the weather , continues to receive its full share of patronage . Peter the Great , written by J . Fitzball , Esq ., expressly for this theatre ( the plot of which we gave in the "Star of Freedom " last week ) , was again performed on Monday , and , judging from present appearances , is likely to have as " long a run" as Mazeppa . We are certain that those who visit Astley ' s once during its performance will desire to witness it a second time . All the characters were well sustained , and the mounting of the piece reflected great credit upon the theatre . The acting of Miss Lydia Pearce and Mr . Thomas Barry was remarkable for

      its vigour and fan . They acted with great spirit , and ensured the success of the piece . The performance of Messrs . Siegris ® n La Perc / t , wus truly astonishing , and drew forth loud applause . As the bills state , " They form a most unprecedented combination of splendour and science in the art of amphitheatrical amusements . " We must likewise draw the public attention to Signer Hennim , the tight-rope dancer , who went through some extraordinary feats , and appeared to be boneless . The evening ' s entertainments concluded with some clever scenes in the circle , and a laughable antique farce called the Mayor of Ganaft , the principal characters in which were Miss Pearce * and 3 d ~ r . ' Barry . On the whole , the performances went off exceedingly well .

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. This Plea...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . This pleasing and instructive place of amusement lias been well attended during the past week . On Mondav , Wednesday aud Friday , lectures were given by Mr . Pepper on the allabsorbing topic of the day— " The Australian Gold Divine's " He recommended all emigrants to take their own houses , or tents out with them . By so doing a great saving would be effected ' He stated that a friend , in communicating to him , said that a single room cannot he procured at the "diggings" for less than £ 85 weekand small

      per , very , too , for that sum . You can purchase m England what is termed a tent for the low charge of £ 4 10 « hammock included . One of these tents is to be seen at the Polytechnic . The emigrant will not only have a house for the ninety shillings , but also a place to rest upon . Mr . Pepper concluded his very able lecture by pointing out to the audience how by a very simple chemical process , to discriminate gold from other metals and minerals . Mv . Buckland also gave on the above-mentioned days , a lecture on « Music , " illustrated bv patriotic and antique songs , aided by Miss Young . On Tuesday

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. This Plea...

      and Thursday Dr . Baehhoffiier lectured on the "Mode of Preserving Provisions , " illustrated by specimens from Messrs . Ritchie and M'Call , and samples of Fradeuilltre ' s and Moore ' s solidified preserved milk , which gave great satisfaction . The evening ' s amusements concluded with the dissolving views and chromatrope , which surpasses any thing we ever before saw a ! , this institution , particularly the chromatrope . We would recommend our friends who have not done so to yo and see the Polytechnic Institution , and judf > e for themselves , the charge for admission being so low that the rich as well as the poor are enabled to enjoy a few hours ' amusement , combined with which is instruction .

      SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS . These gardens have been very thinly attended during the week , on account of the unfavourableness of the weather . But , on the whole , they have received their full share of visitors . VAUXHALL GARDENS . It is a mystery to us how the proprietor of this noted plaoe of amusement manages to m ; iko these gardens pay . In fact , the receipts cannot , at the present time , pay the expenses ; for , when we were present on one or two occasions this week , we should think there were not more than from one to two hundred persons present at any one time during each evening .

      CREMORNE GARDENS . On Monday we were present at these gardens , when that ridiculous scene took place of a man being suspended by his feet to the car of a balloon , with his head downwards , anil ascending into the air in that position . We think it is time a stop was put to such capricious franks ; for they are neither instructive nor amusing , nor do we think they add to the renown of these gardens . Cremorne , we should imagine , has paid as well if not better than the majority of places of amusement in the metropolis during the soason .

      Panorama Of The Australian Gold Fields. ...

      PANORAMA OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS . Reader ! you have often read of the golden ages , " and have , doubtless , associated with it in your own mind ideas of simple young maidens dressed very sparingly in white and flowingrobes , illustrative of the innocence and freedom of themselves and of all around them , sporting amid beauteous flowers and ripening fruits , in a world where no evil thought or bad passion had existence . Such is the " golden age" of the poets , but now-a-days everybody knows the poets to be little better than a parcel of " muffs ; " and they and their u golden age" are

      laughed at alike . The golden age of the utilitarian men of our day is the age when they may have a chance of getting a pretty considerable haul of the precious stuff . " It was , without doubt , a knowledge of this feeling that induced Mr . Prout and his colleagues to bring before the public their moving panorama of the Australian Gold Fields , and the route thereto . The views painted by Messrs . Prout , Robins , and Wingate , are beautifully executed . We have given us a delineation of the principal gold fields . At the present time such a panorama could not

      fail to be attractive , for , besides the artistic talent displayed , a vast amount of valuable information may be obtained from the explanatory lectures which accompany the exhibition . Those of our readers who have not yet had the good fortune to see the " Panorama of the Australian Gold Fields" would do well to visit it at once . Those among them especially who thing of emigrating cannot fail to be both gratified and enlightened . The representation is given in the Panorama Rooms , Regentstreet , adjoining the Polytechnic Institution .

      tW The following appeared in our town edition of last Satin day ' s " Star of Freedom : "—

      FRANCE . Paris , Friday , Aug . 6 . A telegraphic despatch from the Hague , dated the 4 th inst ., announces the rejection by the States-General of the treaty with France . The " Moniteur" publishes a circular of the Minister of Police for the more effectual repression of clandestine publications .

      Switzerland. The " New Zurich Gazette" O...

      SWITZERLAND . The " New Zurich Gazette" of the 2 nd inst . quotes the following from the canton of Ticino : — " The journal' La Democrazia' informs us that our illustrious sculptor Vela Avas brought back to our frontier on the 26 th ult . by a detachment of the police of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom , for having refused to sit in the Academy of Fine Arts by the side of General Strassoldo and other Austrian generals . Having been . ordered to quit Lombardy in tAVO hours , he applied for a delay of four months to wind up his affairs , but Avas written to from Venice to depart immediately , and on Sunday , Marshal Radetzki , being in Milan , enforced that rigorous measure against M . Vela . "

      The Accident On The North Western

      THE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH WESTERN

      RAILWAY ' . The circumstances attending the accident may be thus briefly told : —The 9 . 30 a . m . up express from Liverpool left that place at its usual hour on Thursday morning . The train consisted of about twelve carriages and two break vans , and there was an unusual full compliment of passengers . The Crewe Junction was reached at 10 . 45 a . m „ and at this station an additional engine was attached to assist the train up the Madeley Bank , a rather steep incline , about six miles south of Crewe and three miles north of Whitmore . It is usual when an extra locomotive

      is attached to ordinary trains for the purpose of assisting them up this bank , for the driver to detach his engine as soon as the line becomes level , run on to Whitmore , and there cross on to the down line . When assistance is given to an express train the extra engine generally runs through to Stafford , but on Thursday it appears the driver had instructions to cross the line at Whitmore . As soon as the driver of the extra engine had detached himself lie put on extra steam , and in a very few minutes shot some distance ahead of the train . As soon as the

      latter approached the Whitmore station the driver and guards observed that a red flag—the signal of danger—was hoisted from the pilot engine , which still remained on the top rails . The steam was instantly shut off , and the express was brought almost to a stand still before reaching Whitmore . In the meantime the driver of the pilot engine dropped the red flag ' , and sounding the " all right" signal , ran on towards Stafford , still upon the the up line of rails . As soon as the pilot had obtained a start , the driver of the express train laid on Ms steam ,

      The Accident On The North Western

      and proceeded at the usual speed . He had run only three miles beyond Whitmore , when on coming round a sharp curve on the line about a mile north of Sranden-bridge station , the pilot engine was observed in the act of crossing on to the down line at Standon coal yard . When first seen the two engines were scarcely 200 yards apart , and as the pilot was partly on the up rails ( it is alleged to have been extraordinary at the time ) , the avoidance of a collision was of course quite impossible . The driver of the express sounded his whistle and shut off the steam , but before he could do more the poor fellow was a corpse .

      The collision turned the engine of the express tram completely round , and both that and the pilot engine were almost totally destroyed . The guard ' s van following the engine was also turned completely " round and thrown into a hedge , Parker , a very old servant of the company , escaping by a miracle with a few severe bruises . The stoker was dreadfully injured—his arm , leg , and thigh were broken , and his shoulder dislocated . Eight of the carriages in the train were thrown off the rails , and the passengers were many of them severely shaken and hurt ; but it is a remarkable and satisfactory fact that , with a

      fewexceptions , the persons in the train do not appear to have suffered so severely as might have been anticipated . It has been stated that the driver of the express was killed on the spot . His body was found under one of the carriages shortly after the accident . What became of the driver and stoker of the pilot engine is not accurately known ; but neither of them were hurt . The 7 . 30 a . m . third class train from Liverpool , Avas passed by the express at the Madeley station , and as it follows very closely fears were entertained of its running into the express after the accident occurred . Preston , the Manchester guard , who was in the break at the rear of the train , and who suffered only a severe shock from the collision , immediately

      ran back some distance and stopped the progress of this train , which he took back to Whitmore , and brought from thence assistance in the shape of carriages and labourers . A telegraph message was also sent from Whitmore to Stafford requestingassistance from that station , which arrived within a . very short period . The line , was so much disturbed by the collision that several hours elapsed before it could be got clear . Medical assistance was on the spot very soon after the accident , aud aid was rendered in all cases where necessary . Some of them preferred returning to Liverpool , but the greater portion came on to London . It was nearly five o ' clock when the train left Stafford , and it did not arrive at Euston-square until after nine o ' clock .

      DREADFUL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT . On Sunday last an accident of a fearful character occurred on the road to Otley and Ilkley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire , by which the lives of ten or twelve persons were endangered , the limbs of several were actually fractured , and the bodies of nearly fifty persons lacerated in the most shocking manner . This misadventure arose out of the upsetting of an overloaded omnibus in consequence of the rash and reckless conduct of the driver .

      On Sunday morning the number of excursionists arriving at the Artlrington station of the Leeds Northern Railway , by the train from Leeds , whose destination was Ilkley , was unusually large , and it became necessary to bring all the vehicles of the station into requisition to carry them forward . When this was done the number of people still requiring seats was large ; and it was only by packing the different omnibuses with about twice as many as they are " constructed to carry " that all were got off . The passengers cheerfully submitted to this

      inconvenience , and they pursued their journey in safety for some miles . Journeying along the road between Burley and Ilkley , near the road leading to Mount Stead , the driver of one of the omnibuses , Samuel Morrell , stopped , and dismounted to adjust some part of the harness which had been disarranged or broken . It was only the work of a few minutes . While he was adjusting the harness , another omnibus , which had hitherto been behind , and which was driven by James Walker , passed before him . Morrell shortly resumed his place on the box , and drove forward . He soon came up to his competitor , and endeavoured to pass him . But before he had entirely e ; ot clear of the first horse of

      Walker ' s omnibus , the near hind wheel of his own cam § off , and the vehicle was overturned ; the whole of the passengers , forty-seven in number , being precipitated with great violence among the horses of Walker ' s omnibus . The shrieks and cries which arose at the moment were dreadful , and the scene of confusion which followed was heartrending and sickening beyond description . Some of the unfortunate passengers were trampled upon by the frightened and unmanageable horses , some were lying bleeding and crushed beneath the fallen vehicle , and some were being lacerated beneath the wheels of the other omnibus . For some time the scene resembled a battle field in miniature

      m the number of Avounded and apparently dying persons that strewed the ground . The road was entirely blocked up . Broken coaches , mangled and bleeding passengers , terrorstricken horses , and the screams and cries of the wounded and the distressed , constituted a scene Avhich filled all who saAV it Avith horror . Those Avho escaped Avith the perfect use of their limbs , alter the momentary consternation had passed , immediately set to

      work to extricate those who were still in the greatest peril , and to give succour to those avIio AA ere disabled . One person rode oft to Burley and Otley in search of medical aid ; and in the meantime those most seriously wounded were removed to an adjoining meadow . In half an hour after , Mr . W . Spence , of Otley , Mr . Steel , of Burley , and Mr . Buckwortli , of Addington , came to his assistance . Dr . M'Leod Avas also acting among the sufferers ; aud Mr . Nmmeley , surgeon , arrived from Leeds in the evening to vIcav the various patients .

      The Betting-Houses. --It Is Said That Th...

      The Betting-Houses . --It is said that the Goodwood Stakes and Cup have shut up at least 20 betting-houses in the metropolis , and that the amount of deficiencies is enormous . Trawling is the Bay op Gai / way . —The Rev . Mr . Sing ' s trawler went out on last Monday , and in three days took oQ 0 pair of black sole , besides a large quantity of turbot . New York Crystal Palace . —It is said that 184 , 200 dollars have been subscribed towards the fund of 200 , 000 dollars required for the erection of the Crystal Palace in Reservoirsquare , New York .

      Printed By John Bezee, At The Printing-Office, 16, Great Windmillstreet Tlie F Aim

      Printed by JOHN BEZEE , at the Printing-office , 16 , Great Windmillstreet tlie f aim

      , Waymarker, M Citv Of Westminster, Orme...

      , waymarKer , m Citv of Westminster , orme rropneior , polished by the said John Bezbr , at . the office , 188 , Fleet-street , in the City of London .-Saturday , August 14 , 1852 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14081852/page/16/