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Jpml 36, 1851. THE NORTHERN STAR 7
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apprehension and committal oj the remain...
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Loss of the Xesior. —The barque Jfestor,...
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THE ROBBERY AT THE WAT/TIT am mmv f J5^°...
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MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING. Extraordin...
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QjjACKEBf.—The love of quackery by tbe B...
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A MAS SHOT BY A CLERGYMAN Cakhsis.—The s...
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Ukited States.—a company has been lormed...
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BOSTON ELECTION. Mr. Wire retired from t...
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Parliamentary and Financial Reform.—A pu...
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3i ?ut)lu &mii#fimius.
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DMJilY LANE. The new piece selected by M...
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Jpml 36, 1851. The Northern Star 7
Jpml 36 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR 7
Apprehension And Committal Oj The Remain...
apprehension and committal oj the remainder of the frimle 1 gasg .
On Saturday last the remainder of this gang was br oug ht op at the Town Hall , Horsham , charged oith having committed another daring burglary . At twelve o ' otoik the pr isoners were placed at the bar , viz ., John Isaacs . "the captain of the gang , " Samuel Harwood , ( brother of Levi Harwood , who was executed at Horsemonger-lane Gaol , for tbe murder ofthe Rev . Mr . Holiest ) , and James Hamilton , the approver in the case of the Uckfield burglary , ( six of whom . ** * 8 t tne ' Sussex Assizes transported for life ) . On Isaacs being placed in dock with Hatwocd it was evident that they had been acquainted with each other . Harwood , who was cognisant of his brother having been executed , appeared exceedingly downcast The prisoners having been charged with breaking into the dwelling of Harriet Stoner , at Kirdford Common , and stealing moneys and other property , the following evidence was gone into : —
Mrs . Harriet Stoner was the first witness called , and she proceeded to state , at some length , the facts attendin g a burglary which was committed at her residence on Jurdford Common , near Petworth , on the morning of the 4 th of last June . She keeps a small grocer s shop ; and between three and four o ' clock she was aroused by the crashing in of a door on the staircase . On hearing the noise she got out of bed , and went into the back passage to caliber servant , when she was seized by two men , each of whom bad apistolin his ri ght band and wore a black mask . They threw her down in the passage , and 'demanded her money . Each man held a pistol by the side of «« head , and the other man stood in front with a chisel in his hand , which he flourished over her head and throafc One who held a pistol said . " Tell ub
, « **** your money is . " One of the others said , Blow her brains out if she does not tell . " She was mochaUrmed . The mask of the man who held the chisel fell off his face , and be drew it back to put it on again . Tie man said , " Don ' t hurt her—don't kill her . " Two men came from her bed room with her leys , and desired her to find them ber money . She begged of them to spare her life . The man who held the chisel kept behind her , and the other two men still kept tbe pistol pointed to ber head . She got to her bed room and gave them her pocket , containing about £ 10 in money ; they took other articles . In all there were five men ; they went out by tbe back door , one paued her a few moments afterwards and pointed a pistol to ber head saying , " Silence !• " Afterwards
1 examined the house , and found the drawers and parts ransacked ; discovered that the back shop window had been cutopen , found a chisel in tbe passage and a man ' s cap io tbe bed room . Outside saw some pieces of candle wrapped in paper , at the window which had been taken ont—Chairman : Can you state whether you can identify the prisoners as being tbe same men you saw in yoac boaee ? " Witness : " I have heard the voice of Samuel Harwood , and I believe him to be one of the men who had hold of me , and held a pistol at my head . "—Chairman : " Can you see the person in court who resembles the man who stood before you with tbe chisel ? "—Witness : "I have no doubt the prisoner , John Isaacs , is the man . "
Isaacs and Harwood here denied all knowledge of the robbery . HbsbtEktsford identified Isaacs as being the man who stood before the prosecutrix with the chisel , and Harwood as one of tbe men who held the pistol to bis mistress ' s head . Mr . Hesbt Hoabe , timber merchant , said , that on tbe evening of the robbery , while walking oa tbe high road to Guildford , he saw several men , and identified Harwood as one of them . _ . Jane Hethrington also deposed that on the evening previous to tbe robbery , Hamilton came to her cottage to light a pipe . There were six men ia tbe road , and Harwood was one of them . The CxEBE to the Be vch then read over a
statement which the prisoner Hamilton had made . It was to the following effect : — "The voluntary confession of James Hamilton , who saith , that last spring was the first time I met with Isaac * at Farnham Common . He bas no regular residence , but lives in a travelling waggon . He came to me there . I was making beehives . He had two donkeys . I bought one ; he told me it was a stolen one . I sold it . He planned it out to make a robbery at Kirdford , searPetwortb . He went to Guildford for two men to help , and brought back three men , two of them were Levi Harwood and Samuel- Harwood , and the other James Jones . John Jones , alias Smith , went with Isaacs to Guildford . Isaacs told me to meet them ata place called Hiding ' s-ball , in Godatming , and bring their old dotbes and 3 dark lanternj the
lantern I carried . All five came and met me there , making six of ns . We agreed to go two at a time , and meet in a wood between Kirdford and Ball ' s Cross . We all six met there . When night came two of us went forward to watch the place we in , tended to rob . The other four , of whom I was oneremained until the other two came back to US , at the lone bam by the side of the road . " We all stripped and disguised ourselves , and put on masks . We all went to the honse on Kirdford-common . The name of the woman is Harriet Stoner . Tbe Guildford men broke through the shutters and took ont the whole pane of glass ; one went in and let the others in . We alt looked about the shop to find the
money , bat we did not find any . They went into the kitchen and the stairs-foot door was fastened . The woman heard them and said , " Who is here ?" Several of them burst open the door , and we all ran up stairs . The woman screamed and ran into another adjoining room . Isaacs took hold of her to stop her noise . The mask of Isaacs slipped off . Tbe woman gave one of the men her pocket . It was reported we took £ 10 , but I did not see any of it . We only shared Ss . 6 d . each . No one was taken up for this robbery . We parted , and I did not see the Guildford men any more . This was the first time I was led into it . I think this was the last week in say . "
Tbe Chairman then asked him if he would have any objection to sign it Hamilton replied that he had none , and accordingl y made his " mark , " not knowingbnir to write . The prisoners were then committed for trial at the next assizes—Harwood to Petworth gaol , and Hamilton and Isaacs to Lewes gaol .
Loss Of The Xesior. —The Barque Jfestor,...
Loss of the Xesior . —The barque Jfestor , Capt . Harper , registering 330 tons , and belonging to Messrs . Pope , Coming , and Co ., of Plymouth , left Liverpool on the loth ulL , with shingle and gravel ballast , bound to Manzanilla , in tbe island of Cuba , for mahogany and cedar . She had a crew in all of Sixteen hands , hut after the departure of the pilot they were unexpectedly increased by the appearance from the main hold of two seamen , who bad stowed themselves away , in the expectation of getting a free passase to America . While in tbe Irish Channel the Nestor had strong gales from W . and W . S . W ., which strained her ; and off the Bristol Channel , on the 23 rd of March , she was compelled to heave to in a-gale from the W . S . W ., which rather increased her leakage .. On Saturday , the
2 ! hb , they were in lat . 41 . 59 2 f ., long . 11 . 35 W ., ¦ M miles from tbe coast of Portugal , wind light from W . X . W ., ship ' s head S . W ., nnder easy canvas . _ t six o ' clock in the afternoon the cook , James Millar , ongoing into tbe forebold for coal , discovered a large leak in that direction . The ship was immediatel y tacked , all the fore and aft sails taken in to ease her ; the mate manned the pomps , and the master , with the carpenter , went into the wrehold to endeavour to reach the leak , supposed to be in the larboard bow ; tbe ballast was hove hack , and the combings cut , but these efforts were Toarailing , as the water increased on them , and "fas soon over tbe breast-hooks . In this deplorable condi tion the pumps were kept going all night ; the w « e ballast , however , began to foul the water , and « e ship was eraduallv sinking Oa Sundav
mornfflg , the 30 th , flags of distress were hoisted on each jB ** , and at nine o ' clock , the male , from the masted , happily espied a sail to leeward , but at a great distance . The Xestor ' s course was shaped in «« direction , and the stranger , which stood : * . ards them , was reached between two and three * tne afternoon . Meantime , order seems to have prevailed ; the master took charge of the jolly boat , « e mate had the long boat , and the second mate « ie pinnace ; into these were stowed a cask of wead , two of water , the spare beef from thenaram fr * ' and the men ' s chests 3 t was e'g « t o clock before they cleared the unfortunate ship ; « . * £ !! aot SBIT «* boor , the water was over «« beam ? , indeed it covered tbe deck on the lee-: « «? , to which toe ballast was fast shifting . Their
PW'rerer proved to be the schooner Dart . Captain » ootyman . of Plymouth , with oranges from Lisbon dM n ^ She had a crew of five Dano * » wno £ T tte / could for their distressed visitors , ba ^ idatfo reglstere d only fifty-two tons , her accommojto i ° Was * ery insufficient for such a large increase mu ? l * einent , bow amounting to twenty-three ^" t * , ? consequence of the rise of the gale the bAi - S 03 ts Were stove alongside , and were cast l * £ ' H 5 crew were ° W » ed to stow themselves bo _ , theIr ehe 3 ts aEd hammocks , in the Hart ' s jn „ ' * ou her quarter-deck , warps , & e . Exceptbrer-. ;^ j ays ' severe e ^ te * ! ^ ' nds and cold rains jL-7 ™ constantl y , and their only covering was a E . A , aad aB old studdm S «*! . The Dart , i"S the passage , sprang her topmast and jibinT ' j s P 9 he no ship , and , the water failing , tam * r * p , aced 0 n short allowance . In this _ , „ 0 ° the tester ' s crew , not being able to Buan ge their # . Wl , oo ft ™ . t . « , h > <*«* .. > ~ rA „;„* , *„
, « cuea rin _ om _ on Sunday morning , and , being fari *' , c ^ Se b ¥ the agent of the Shipwrecked winers Society , were fed , lodged , and forwarded } their several homes . . y * tbe 16 th inst .. there arrived at Berne 150 ? m f and I ^ mbards , deserters from the ; « J of Jladetzk v . These fugitives were directing * course through France to England . J £ * So « h Waifs lO « l ™ y will be opened beam Uepstow and Gto ucester in June .
The Robbery At The Wat/Tit Am Mmv F J5^°...
THE ROBBERY AT THE WAT / TIT am mmv f J 5 ^ ° nrm ? Chap £ with 0 «« B concerned in the daring robbery effected on tbe night of the 8 th inst ., at tne storekeeper ' s office of the Royal Powder Works , near this town , were brought up fot'reexamination at Walftam on Tuesdav . iiie prisoners answered to their names as George o- «\ m . Corflish Charles Eve , and Jesse Urimths . The first named is the keeper of a public house , called the Three Compasses , in this town ; tornisb and Eve have hitherto been employed on the government powder works , and Griffiths is described as an itinerant fishmonger .
j lP " IlC , P al wi tness was William Lane , who made the following extraordinary statement : I am a gun-smith employed at Enfield-lock , and reside at Wahham Abbey . 1 know the four prisoners . Iremember being at Howe ' s public house on the evening alter the robbery , about eight o clock . Griffiths was there when I went in . He called me out ot the tap-room , and we went together outside of the door into the yard . He said , " Bill , I suppose yon have beard of what was done last night ?" "Whatl" I said . "He replied , " The robberv at the Powder Mills . " I said , "Yes . " He said , "Cornish and Eve are tbe two that done it . " I said , " How do yon know ? " He replied , " I fetched the tools from Frank Harvey ' s field , and
£ ave them to Cornish . " Frank Harvey ' s field is just below the Compasses . Griffiths added , " I had to be in it , but 1 was shaved out of it . " We returned into the house . Eowe was there . He said to me , " What has Jess been saying to you ? " I said , "Nothing . " He then said , "What have you been saying to Jess . " I replied , ' "Nothing . " Eowe then , making use of an oath , said , " I will make you as right as myself if I get hold ofthe notes . " I said , " Hold your tongue—you can tell me another time . " Nothing else took place that night . Charles Colverd , Edward Speller , Charles Eve , and his brother , Joseph Eve , - were present at the time . I can't say tbat these persons heard what Rows said to me . Griffiths , I think , did . On the Thursday evening I went again to Bowe ' s house about seven or eight , o ' clock . When I went in ,: Cornish and Howe were in the tap-room by themselves . I was there about an hour ; nothing took
place during that time , but as I left the house Howe followed me out and said , "Cornish wants me to go to London and see what I can get for the notes . " He said , " I shall go up in the morning with King the horse dealer . " He told me there were eighteen £ 20 notes . On the following day , I was at the Compasses from half-past four to . five . I saw Howe then . He said , " I have been to London , and I can get £ 15 for each ofthe £ 20 notes , which will make £ 270 . " He added , " I have not got the notes yet , but I expect Cornish will come down with them tonight—he promised me he would . " I stopped there till about eight o ' clock . I then went out and said to Bowe , " Has he been ? " He said , « ' Yes , bnt he does not like to let me bavt the notes , for fear I should stick to the lot . " He added that Cornish had said , " It would be a pretty thing if he stuck to the lot , and did us all out of them . " Howe said that he had told Cornish that if he was afraid to let
him have the whole of the notes , to let bim have half , and he would get tbe money for them first , About ten o ' clock on the same night Bowe came to my house , and asked me to lend him my stick . I asked him , " Have you got the notes ? " He said , " Yes . " He added , «* I have a great mind to go off to-night . I shall get there before they get to bed . " On the Saturday , about six o ' clock in the evening , Bowe came to my house , and beckoned me out . He says , " Here ' s a pretty thing , I can only get rid of two of those notes ont of the eighteen . " I asked , " Why . " He said , " Because they had not got the banker ' s signature on them . " I did not understand what he meant . He said he had got £ 30 for the two notes he had changed , and that he should stick it to . Tie told me he should return the other notes to Cornish . I have seen Bowe since the Saturday .
On the Tuesday following I wasattaeked by Joseph Eve in the market place for accusing him of being in tbe robbery . I asked him " Who said so ? " He told me John Cornish . I said I had not ; I never knew anything about it , and , of course , I could not say nothing . On Tuesday night I saw Bowe , and told him of th « se circumstances .. He said , " Hever mind what he says ; take no notice of it . H anybody asks you anything about the robbery , you know nothing abont . it . " Ou the Sunday after the robbery I went into Howe ' s tap-room , Rowe was there , and some other gentlemen . ( Laughter . ) I said to Bowe , " Where is my shillelagh V He called me on one side , and said , "Why don't , you mind what you say—that is a detective police . " I first gave information of the robbery on Wednesday last ; tbat was after the reward had been offered . The prisoners were remanded until Tuesday , next .
Mysterious Case Of Poisoning. Extraordin...
MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING . Extraordinary interest has been excited in the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , and throughout tbe whole of that populous district , by a case which appears to resemble , in some of its features at least , the tragedy iu which Tawel ] , the Quaker , was the principal actor . The whole of the facts were brought out before % coroner ' s inquest , held a few days ago , and on Saturday , before tbe borough magistrates ; but as the evidence is of great length , and much of it very irrelevant , it seems desirable to present , in a more compendious form , the leading facts iu this serious and somewhat mysterious case . —The deceased's name is Elizabeth Anderson , a Widow , about tMrty « four years of age , who resided with a Mrs . Wilde , in -West Blandford-street , Newcastle .
She generally passed as Mrs . Jenkins , the wife of Henry Jenkins , a wholesale and retail confectioner , in Dean-street , a man of substance , who bad cohabited with her since her husband's death . On Wednesday morning be was at ber lodgings , bnt what then transpired between them is not Known . He left ahont twelve o ' clock , and abont two is the afternoon Mr . C . Wilde called on a neighbour , who , on going np stairs , found that Elizabeth Anderson was lying ou the bed quite dead , with her clothes upon her . There was nothing in the bed-room out of which the deceased could have drank bnt a glass of water , and in the sitting-room adjoining , there was also a glass which appeared to have contained porter . Mr . Boyd , a surgeon , living in
Marlboroughcrescent , adjoining , and Mr . Jenkins , were immediately sent for , and both shortly afterwards arrived . On Mr . Boyd making inquiries of Mrs . Wilde , she stated that the deceased had only taken something to eat and a little porter , and bad then , according to her usualcustom , gone to lie down , from which time nothing more was seen of ber till she was found dead . Mr . Boyd tasted the water and the porter , but detected no poison in either . After he had got home Mr . Jenkins went to him and asked what steps should be taken to get the . deceased buried , when he told him that a certificate as to the cause of death was necessary ; butthat , under the circumstances , he declined to give it , at the same time recommending bim to go to the registrar , explain the
circumstances , and say tbat he ( Mr . Boyd ) thought she had died of disease of the heart , Mrs . Wylde subsequently waited on bim , and afterwards Jenkins again , and at last be gave him a certificate that she had died of disease of the heart , having attended her about twelve months previous for symptoms of tbat disease . In the evening Mrs . Wilde called at the Westgate police station with the certificate , and requested Inspector Little to give her a line as to her character , that she might present it to tbe registrar ; but tbat officer , on hearing the particulare , informed her that he should report the matter to tbe coroner , and take bis opinion upon it . Accordingly , on Friday , an inquest was held , and in tbe afternoon a post mortem examination of the body was
made by Mr . Carr and Mr . Boyd .-both of whom declared that the deceased had been poisoned by having taken , or having had administered to her , a large quantity of essential oil of almonds ; and they considered that , from the quantify taken , death must have ensued almost immediately , and that it would have been barely possible for her to have walked from the sitting-room to the bed-room after taking it . They also stated that it was quite impossible that she conld have destroyed or secreted a vessel which contained the poison after she had taken it ; the essential oil of almonds was not used or eold medicinally , but was principally used by confectioners and cordial makers to give a flavour to tbe goods they sell . Every effort has since been made by the police to throw light on tbe suspicions affair , and the stoner
of a glass bottle has been found in the ash-pit adjoining Wilde ' s bouse , which , on being examined , proved to be strongly impregnated with the essential Oil of almonds , Other facts and circumstances having come to the _ knowledge of the police , they apprehended Jenkins , whilst enjoying his evening glass , at the Shakespeare Inn , on Friday night , and Mrs . Wilde , on Saturday afternoon , and they were brought before the magistrates , at their usual sitting oa Saturday . * Ir . Inspector Little asked for a remand till after the inquest , which was granted . The prisoner Jenkins was represented by Mr . George Foster , a solicitor , and appeared much affected by tbe painful circumstances in which he is placed . They both protested their innocence , and were committed to the gaol , the bench refusing an application to allow Mr . Foster to haye an interview with his client .
Qjjackebf.—The Love Of Quackery By Tbe B...
QjjACKEBf . —The love of quackery by tbe British government is strongly proved by the fact , tbat a box of life pills has to pay less duty than the maidof-all-work ' s advertisement for a place . —Punch . Ak Eftectom . Cere o ? a Severe Cocgh with Asthma bt Houowat ' s Puis . —Mr . John Paries , ef lion-stieet , Jlilford , was afflicted for more fluurseiren years wiih a most feveterate astmnatical cough , which several eminent surgeons , under whose care lie had been at various times , could art relieve ; hethea resolved ^ upon trying Holloways Pills , and / ortanatelyhe did , for this superior medicine bas effected a perfect cure . The cough has erased , the asthma is removed , and his respiratian is as free as that of the healthiest persoa . Old conjjhs , colds , wheeangs on the chest , and shortness of breathi may soon be cured by Hbnaway ' sKUs .
A Mas Shot By A Clergyman Cakhsis.—The S...
A MAS SHOT BY A CLERGYMAN Cakhsis . —The scene of this shocking catastrophe is Walton , avillage about three miles north of Bramton—the victim , one of the most respectable and respected yeomen of the district , and the unfortunate cause of the death the clergyman of the parish . The deceased was Jlr . William Armstrong , of Sorbie Trees , in Bewcastle , a large farmer and considerable landholder , about thirtyeight years of age , married , and having two children . He was a man hi ghly respected in his neighbourhood , open-hearted , generous , and hospitable . On the 10 th inst . he visited Brampton for the purpose of making arrangements for the completion of the purchase of some property which he had recently
bargained tor . It was market day ; and meeting with a number of friends from different parts of the country , he had . drunk somewhat freely , and when he left Brampton about eight o clock in the evening was apparently the worse for liquor . He was on horseback , and proceeded homewards by way of Cambeck Bridge and Walton . At the Inn at Cambeck Bridge he had stopped and had more to drink , about eleven o ' clock at night—stopping about a quarter of an hour , in company with two friends-Mr . Thomas Richardson , of Solmain , and Mr . Elliott . All three left the public-house together : and Mr . Armstrong soon cantered forward , leaving his friends behind , and was not again seen alive . We now remove the scene to the parsonage house at
Walton , about a mile from the police-house at Cambeck Bridge . At Walton , a little beyond the parish cburcb , tho road diverges in three different directions—leading on the extreme left of Walton Mill , in the centre of Bewcastle ( the homeward road of the deceased ) , and on the right to tbe parsonage house occupied by the Rev . Joseph Smith , the incumbent , . and his family . The distance between the Bewcastle-road and the parsonage road is about forty yards . It was now about half-past eleven o clock , and a fine moonlight night . From the main road to a gate leading to the shrubbery at the entrance ofthe parsonage grounds is a distance of eighty-six yarda , and from , this gate to the front door of the parsonage is forty-five yards . Within
a yard or so of the front-door entrance to the house is the study , window—on the right-band side . On tbe left ofthe door is a wall with an entrance gate to the back-yard . Mr . Smith had not gone to bed —but all the rest of the family had retired . About half-past eleven o ' clock he heard a knocking at the study window 1 This was soon after repeated . Mr . Smith proceeded to the study ; did something to the window shutter for the purpose of making a noise ; then armed himself with a six-barreled revolving pistol , which he kept loaded in a drawer in the study , and proceeded to the front door , making a great noise in opening it ; stepped outside , fired the pistol three or four times ; and then went hack into the house—closing the door after him .
Nothing was . seen or heard till about seven o ' clock in the morning , when the body of Mr . Armstrong was discovered , just inside the gate , quite dead ! On the outside of tbe gate there were marks to show that a horse had been fastened up there ; and that it had stood a considerable time . Shortly afterwards Mr . Armstrong ' s pony—a white one it may be necessary to remark—was found at Walton Bigg , about a mile from Walton , on its way home . An inquest was held at the village inn on the 17 th . AnnGlendinning stated-tbat she was the servant of Mr . Smith—that she went to bed a little before eleven o ' clock , - leaving Mr . and Mrs . Smith sitting up in the dining room on the south sideof the house—the front-being on the north
, She had known the deceased , twenty years , having lived as servant with his father and afterwards with himself , about nine years ago . She saw the deceased in Walton a fortnight ago , when he walked up the village with her , to the end of the lane leading to Mr . Smith ' s house . [ The ganeral belief is tbat Mr . Armstrong had called at tho parsonage to see this witness . ] There were in the house last night Mr . and Mrs . Smith , the nurse ( Sarah Blacklock ) , four children , and herself . She ( witness ) slept in an upstairs room , and was woke out of her sleep by a noise like two sharp knocks , and heard a door shut immediately after , with a noise . She did not remember if the -door W 0 & bolted . She heard nothing more fill after seven o ' clock in the
morning , when she was told a man had been found lying at the gate . She went and saw the deceased lying across the road . The Rev . . Joseph Smith was sworn and examined . He said he was the perpetual curate of Walton , and lived in the village . His youngest child had become restless in the evening , between nine and ten o ' clock , and deranged the usual time of family prayers , and also had thus prevented him and his wife from retiring at their usual hour . Near twelve o ' clock Mrs . Smith had gone to bed with the child , and . he was left alone , sitting up , in tbe south-east room —( the opposite corner to that where the noise was afterwards heard , ) He was in theaet of removing some clothes from before the fire when he heard a knocking . At first he thought it was Mrs . Smith
knocking on the floor above with a chair . A repetition of the noise satisfied bim tbat that was not the case . He then went into the passage , and the knocking was repeated still more loudly and rapidly . It appeared to come from the study window , and he went into the study , and was then satisfied that the knocking was at tbat window . This put him into a state of great agitation—his nerves being weak at all times . He saw the bar of the window was not fastened , and felt afraid that the window might be driven in . In a spirit of self-defence he went forward to put the bar down—making a great noise , in the hope of intimidating any parties who might be outside—thinking it might be some vagrants—such as sailors , who had often snoken to
him through the 2 inc blind of the window , in the way of dictation . He then unlocked a drawer in which he kept' a revolving pistol ; took out the pistol ; and , taking a small lantern , went forward to the front door—" agitatedand devoid of all selfpossession or judgment , ' . ' ( we now quote the witness s own words . ) " I went forward , alone as 1 was—drew a bolt loudly of tbefront door—shot back the lock loudly—drew back a sliding guard-chain , and opened the door . I may mention this as a proof of how utterly void I was of self-possession and prudence—as I thus exposed the house and myself b y thus opening the door—which may be illustrated by the moth rushing into the candle , I was speechless and could not say anythine . From
the noise I had made at tbe window and door the person had withdrawn from the vicinity of the window . My sight is so defective that I often bid ' good day' to a stranger thinking it to be a parishioner . At this time the moon was in the south—casting a dark shadow on the north-west angle . These circumstances , with the shade of . the shrubbery , and the glare ofthe lantern combined ( as we understood the reverend gentleman to have said ) to prevent his seeing any ' one . J . at once discharged the pistol two or three times without aiming at any objectmore is the hope , of alarming than anything ' else . I-am not accustomed to fire-arms , and always had a dislike to fishing and shooting . The reason I provided myself with this ( the pistol ) was the painful
anxiety of mind occasioned by the Frimley murder and other cases of that kind which have been reported ; and not being possessed with bodil y strength , and being in the house with females and children—the house being accessible on all sides without passing through the village , ! felt it my duty to nave some fire-arms to use in case of danger , I bad one before , ( a pistol ) similar to the one J used . ( We understand , tbe reverend gentleman here explained , that not being able after several trials to hit anything With that pistol , he bad exchanged it for the one now in his possession . ) I fired recklessly out at the door , and then went in
and shut the door loudly . There were only three or four barrels loaded . After remaining in tbe house a short time I recovered consciousness so as to see the . rash exposure I bad made of myself and of my family , and also of wounding any person' out of doors . It was at this moment it struck me I should go out again at all hazards , to see if there was any one there , or any trace of any one having sustained any injury . I held the lantern in my hand , and looked all around to see if I could see any one having sustained any injury , but saw nothing . " The inquest was then adjourned . The body was laid out in an adjoining room . There were two bullet wounds : —tbe first and fatal one had entered
the right breast , about four inches below the nipple —had passed through the liver—entered the posterior wallof thestomach—passingthence by the lower cavity of the chest on the left side , without wounding the lung , and finally lodging close to the skin between the tenth and eleventh ribs . Here considerable swelling was exhibited on the outside , and a bruised and blackened appearance was presented ! —The second ball had entered at the back part of tbe right shoulder—coursed along beneath the shoulder-joint—and made its exit in front ofthe shoulder—and was found , on the body being
stripped , lying under the right arm-pit . —The bullets , which were about tbe size of a small bean , bad passed through a top-coat , a dress-coat , a thick waistcoat , a linen shirt , and two flannel shirts , A t what distance the shots must have been fired , to perform such fatal work , it must be for others , better acquainted than ourselves with the force of gunpowder when exploded through revolving barrels of four inches in length , to decide . —The coroner gave directions for tbe interment of tbe body , and it was removed to the home of his now bereaved widow and fatherless children—a home which be had left but a few hours before in health and high spirits . —Carlisle Journal .
Ukited States.—A Company Has Been Lormed...
Ukited States . —a company has been lormed to connect the St . Lawrence with Plattsbnrg . 'by constructing a railroad from House ' s Point , thus forming another link with the Ogdensburgh road and that to Montreal . Among the gentlemen concerned in this enterprise we observe the names of the following capitalists ; Josiah Quincy , of Boston ; Ex-Governor Payne , of Yernwut } and Benjamin Brewster , Esq ., of Montreal .
Boston Election. Mr. Wire Retired From T...
BOSTON ELECTION . Mr . Wire retired from the contest on Saturday , but nis friends resolved , notwithstanding , to put him in nomination . if . ° w li . ? mornin ? the nomination took place . bL » m } Proposed as a candidate by Mr . C . Buclier , and seconded by Captain Richardson . I' *' , " proposed , and Mr . Henry Adams seconded , the nomination of Mr . Freshtield , who addressed the electors at considerable length in explanation of his political views . The show of hands was greatly m favour of Alderman Wire , and a poll having been demanded on behalf of Mr . Freshfield , thetormer gentleman ' s supporters declared their determination to persevere with the contest . The necessary securities for the payment of half the expenses ot the polling booths were accordingly entered into by them .
The election for this borough terminated on Tuesday m the return of Mr . Frcshfield , the Protectionist candidate . The polling commenced ai eight o clock . The number of registered electors is rather more than 1 , 000 - About five o clock the friends of the opposing candidates assembled in the balcony of the Assembly-rooms to hear the official declaration of the poll by the Mayor . The market-place at this time exhibited a large assemblage of Blue " roughs , " by whom Mr . Freshfield and his friends were hustled and ill-used in crossing the market-place from the Protectionist head-quaiters , the Peacock Inn . The Mayor ( Mr . J . Rawson ) having examined the poll-books , proclaimed the number at tbe final close ofthe poll to be—For Mr . Freshfield ... ... ... 308 For Mr . Wire ... ... ... ... 251
Majority ... ... lit His worship accordingly declared Mr . J . H . Freshfield to be duly elected . , Mr . Fbesheield presented himself to the electors ; and was proceeding to thank them for the honour conferred upon him , when a Volley of stones , potatoes , and rotten eggs was discharged at the hon . member and his friends by the mob below , who had come prepared to indicate by these tokens their dissatisfaction with the result of the election . One of these . missiles , said to be a piece of a broken ginger-beer bottle , which was aimed at an obnoxious Protectionist , struck Mr . Wire ' s proposer ( Mr . Clarke ) a severe blow near tho eye ; the wound bled most profusel y for a considerable time . The
garments of several gentlemen were bespattered by the eggs , and their hats also sustained some damage from the force with which the stones and potatoes were thrown . Fortunately the windows of the Assembly-rooms had been boarded over , or they would have been all broken . Mr , Freshfield endeavoured for some time to ward off with his hat the missiles aimed nt him , but , the fire becoming too hot , the hon . member , accompanied by the Mayor , was compelled to leave the balcony , and take refuge in the Council-chamber . The disposition of the mob was so evident !; mischievous as to threaten personal injury to Mr . Freshfield , who was persuaded by his worship to remain in the Assembly-rooms until they should disperse . Two or three diversions were now attempted by the besieged , but with little success . "The "Blue" band of music was sent for , who marched away with great pomp and
circumstance , bearing Mr , Wire s banners before them . But the "Blue" gentry , who seemed to be a cross between caiial boatmen and railway " navvies , " refused to follow . Then a rumour arrived that a barrel of beer had heen opened at the other end ofthe town . , Even this ruse failed . Mr . Clarke , with bandaged eye , presented himself in the balcony , and addressed tho assemblage . Subsequently , Mr . G . Hows , a local reporter and lecturer of somcinfluence among the lower classes , entreated the " roughs" to disperse quietly now the election was oyer . The only answer he received was an ominous cry of Freshfield ! Freshfield !" which so clearly evinced what the mob were waiting for that the Mayor collected the local police , and , proceeding to the police-office in the marketplace , read the Kiot Act . Up to seven o ' clock no breach ofthe peace had occurred save that above chronicled . But the new Protectionist member was
still closely invested in the Assembly-room , from the windows of whieh the hungry electioneerers could see the preparations made , and the table set out , at the Peacock Inn , over the way , for a sumptuous banquet to celebrate the return of the successful candidate . ; Now and then some famished partisan , who complained of having had nothing to eat since an early . breakfast at seven o ' clock a . m ., suffered his hunger to prevail over his prudence so far as to counsel his friends to fight their way . across the market-place , but a glance at the angry expression which , glared in the eyes of the " Blue " roughs" below quickly repressed the rash design , Occasionally , too , messages arrived , which only too
clearly , conveyed the despair of the cook at the Peacock and the excellence of the repast which awaited the convives . It is to be hoped , however , that nothing worse happened after the express train'left than the spoiling of a good dinner , and that the apprehensions which were entertained of a riot and disturbance were not realised ) By later accounts it appears that the proceedings wore so serious an aspect that a detachment of military was sent for from Nottingham . Ko injury , however , was inflicted on either person or property , and the crowd dispersed previously to the arrival of the soldiers . Some of the rioters were taken into custody , examined before the magistrates , and remanded .
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Parliamentary and Financial Reform . —A public meeting of the friends of parliamentary and financial reform was held at the Lecture Hall , Tottenham , on Monday evening , and notwithstanding the very unpropitious state of- the weather , was most numerously and respectably attended . Sir Francis C . Knowles , Bart ., occupied the chair . The chairman after congratulating the cause of reform on the large assemblage before him , 'said ho should deviate a little from the ordinary course , and say a few words on the . objects of the association ; perhaps this was the more necessary as be 'believed a branch was in the course of formation in tbe district . He said it had been found impossible , with a House of Commons as at present constituted ; to
attempt financial reform with any prospect of saccess ; and they had been compelled to originate the association to obtain parliamentary reform . He believed that it was ofthe highest importance that ' political power should be taken from tbe hands which up to this time had usurped it , and lodged it in the hands of the great body of the people , who were too numerous and strong to permit its abuse : Wo had a kind of human desert in the midst'of a cultivated country ; a large mass of the people were wholly excluded from expressing their political -wants and wishes , were generally uncared-for , and , where cared for , they had no belief that this'care was sincere and properly directed . This was a most dangerous state of things . Many-tod were wholly ,
uninsttuctedy and if not assisted in forming correct opinions they must form erroneous ones , and from these' would spring mischievous actions . If the judgment were unsound , the conclusions would be unsound , and the rules of conduct unsound ; acting therefore on them , tho people would naturally fall into vicious political -habits . But if these men occupy their true position by means of their representatives , they would see that they had public duties to perform , and regard' their interest as associated with the interests of their felloff-men , and not look upon them as isolated interests in which theyhadno concern—they would be elevated by being treated as men oughtto be treated . They were all brethren—all fellow-Christians—were all formed by the same Almighty hand , with the- same
noble faculties of mind and thought , whieh , it was our duty to cultivate and evoke ; and the higher a man s position , the greatorliis duty to -see the people were not neglected as ' they bad been . ' From this , he believed , would result the happiest effects . lie was not afraid of their touching the Throne or the House of Lords , or invading property , because our countrymen were sober and reflecting in their mental habits . His answer to such fears was , that if we wished to see what they were , we had only to cast our eyes on the other side of the Atlantic , and see all the institutions of liberty in ; fulland freeplay , and property as secure as in England . —Mr . Yincent then addressed the meeting , ; awL was listened to with many expressions of gratitude . At the close of his speech , a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings . S' ¦¦ ' ;
Singular Coiscinsscss . — MK James , Q . C , ; moved , in the Court of Exchequer , -to set' aside a ' verdict found for the plaintiff , and to enter a nonsuit in the case of an action for injuries sustained ' from a " malicious bull" belonging to the defendant . Mr . James contended that there was no evidence that the defendant was aware that the animal was vicious , or , indeed ; that he was SO . It appeared at the trial that ' theplaintiff , atthe time of the accident , was carrying a ; parcel wrapped up in a red handkerchief . ' The defendant ; when , he heard of it , said the plaintiff ought to have known that a bull always runs at anything ' red ; This was not an acknowledgment of the animaFs particular propensities ; b ' ut-a statement of a
zoological fact . A postman , called as a- witness ,. stated that the bull seeing . his red collar tossed bis bead and wagged his tail . Some other witnesses stated that the beast looked at people when they passed , particularly young ladies with pink ribands in their bonnets . ( Laughter . ) On the other hand , a person named "Wiseman , " who had the care of it , was prepared to prove ^ hat the bull was ft most harmless thing , ' and incapable of injuring any of her Majesty ' s - subjects . ( Laughter . j- ^ -Baron Martin : If this action could be- maintained , it would prevent people keeping' bulls at all . —Lord Chief Baron : On tho other hand , it . wili ' amount to a prohibition of scarlet clothes . The rule was granted . Lord Lan « oauj , late Master of the Rolls , died on Good Friday at Tunbrid ge Wells .
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DMJilY LANE . The new piece selected by Mr . Anderson for tho Easter attraction was Schiller ' s celebrated play of The Robbers . It has never before been produced complete in this country , thoug h in some of the minor houses , at various periods , mutilated and garbled versions havebeen occasionally presented . The Robbers was one of Schiller ' s earliest works , written m 1780 , when ho was only twenty-one years of aqe ; and it will always possess peculiar interest and importance , as a powerful and impulsive portraiture of the new feelings and opinions which were then fermenting in European society , and which , a few years later , burst through the barriers erected by powerful and venerable monarchies , and began a revolution not yet ended . After considerable
difficulty the p lay was produced at tho Mannheim Theatre , and an immense sensation was tho result . All Germany talked of The Robbers , Its literary merits , and especially its philosophy , were widely canvassed . Some critics pronounced the play to be detestably immoral , others declared it supremely moral . The dispute ran high , but whatever difference of opinion may have existed with respect to its style , or purity of principle , it was universally admitted to be an extraordinary production , replete with powerful and vivid representations of life and character , searching glances into the innermost recesses of the soul , imagination ' s riches , and glowing heartful language—the whole being animated by the true poetic fire . Inspired with the notion Of a hei'O who abjured all conventional systems , and conceiving a
numoer oi strong incidents which would effectivel y show forth the central Colossus , Schiller subjected himself to no form beyond that which his matter dictated , and flung upon the paper a huge work , much longer than Shakespeare ' s longest play , astounding for the force and variety of tho characters and for a diction which , though often bombastic , never ceased to be vigorous . NOW the play looked like a melodrama , presently it assumed tho form of an essay ; the most startling visible events passed before the eyes , the largest questions which affect . human nature were discussed ; but , however the aspect was changed , there was always the appearance of strength of the highest order . " The Robbers" served to establish the reputation , and decide the future career of its gifted author .
The " Ayes" fairly had it , and the master spirit of northern poetry , already recognised by Goethe , Friderich Schlegel , Tieck , and other eminent Germans , as the great representative of those Teutonic ideas , and methods of expression , with which thoy could most naturally sympathise , gave—aided by this new tribute to his supremacy—a new direction and permanent famo to the genius of our German brethren . With regard to the mora % of the play , we are of opinion that none but the most bigoted and short-sighted could find it objectionable . Carl Moor is a wild , enthusiastic young man , full of generous impulses , and possessing an innate nobility of soul which no moral debasement can entirel y destroy . Ho has an ungovernable spirit , indomitable courage , and is , in short , powerful for
good or evil . Ho is as incapable of being a " petty larceny " rascal as a mere common-place respecter of appearances ; all his acts must be on a grand scale ; he is born to occupy a large and important space in the , eye of tho world . An unfortunate combination of circumstances , and a vile plot of which he is the victim , giro his fiery impulses a wrong direction , he believes himself despised where his proud heart sued humbly for the forgiveness of youthful indiscretions ; a father ' s unmerited curse is on his head , he is an outcast amongst men , and driven thus to despair , . and temptation being at hand , he becomes the chief of a band of robbers , and plunges headlong into an abyss of crime and horror . But even hero great ideas fill his mind ; he will be the oppressor ' s foe , he will take only
from the rich , will avenge tho wrongs of the helpless , his name shall be a terror to the land , but it shall be associated only with deeds of retributive justice . May he not be a sacred instrument in the hands of Providence ? These are the dreams which haunt his soul ; but tho first few deeds of his new career serve to dispel for ever tho magnificent illusion . The evil . passions of ignorant and unprincipled men once aroused , it is beyond his power to cheek their progress . His followers understand not the high though mistaken motives which actuate him ; iney seek but their own gratification , and massacre their fellow men merely for the sake of what may enaWo them to gratify their sensual appetites . Moor daily sees the innocent snffer with the guilty , and soon discovers that he is
too weak a creature to remove the perilous load which weighs upon desolate society j that crime is not to be exterminated by crime ; that love , and not feate , must be the world ' s reformer . Heartstricken , disappointed , and remorseful , he would gladly retrace * his erring steps—but 'tis too late ; bound body and soul to the destinies of his vile companions , being unable to raise them to his moral level , he has no choice but to sink to theirs . He does so , so far as his superior , nature will admit , but dire is the mental struggle , terrible his moments of self-reproach , and at length , having fulfilled to the letter his compact with tho infernal crew , he concludes his wild career by delivering himself up to a poor man with eleven children , in order that the heavy price set upon his head may
benefit the deserving , and that he may . expiate his crimes against society upon a public scaffold . If there be anything immoral in this , we must confess ' ourselves u » ablo to discover it . The version which Mr . Anderson uses for his own theatre is , according to the bills , framed by himself .. The " acting " German edition , that is to say the third , in which tbe brothers Karl and Francis meet , is the one adopted , and that the curtain may fall with effect Karl is shot on . the stage at the end of the . piece , instead of being allowed to give himself up , to justice . ' . , The long , metaphysical discussions , in which Francis especially delights are abbreviated almost to ' . hullity , and a . series of very , vigorous cuttings considerably reduce the dimensions of the piece , thoush , as it still occupies nearly three
hour ' s and a half , it is questionable whether tho pi'Urimg-kiiife could not be . further . usefully . employed . Tievje ' d ' as a melodrama , however , affording great Sjcope ; for the display of Mr . Anderson ' s remarkable histrionic powers , 'it was entirely successful . His picture of the . robber , was deeply and vividly coloured ; there was great truth in tho conception , and skill in the execution . In tho tremendous " curse , " he reached a very high , degree . of histrionic excellence , ' eliciting rapturous applause ; nor was his delivery of some , of the tender passages in the scenes " with old Moor less worthy of commendation ., ; He was exceedingly happy in the - last scene , - which , he went through with a mournful calmness and .: solemnity . that was very impressive . — Mr . Cathoart made a most efficient representative
of . the villain brother ; it was a carefully elaborated and" highly finished piece of acting . Mr . Artaud ' a Spigelberg was too " funny " for our conception of the character , though it helped to relieve the general sombre air of the play . Missi II . Gilbert made a very successful debut as Amelia , and the other parts were well sustained . The out-door scenery was very beautiful , : and some of the dioraniic . effects , well worthy , ofthe enthusiastic applause they recei veil . " Mr .. Anderson deserves tho utmost credit for the care with which hohas placed the ; play , upon . the ' . stage , though we doubt whether it will retain any lengtiiencned' possession of it .- .. lle . was-honoured with ii unanimous recall at the fall of the curtain . —The entertainments concluded . with the gorgeous' spectacle , of , Azael .
\ ¦ : ,. : , \ >/; , princess's . ' , , .. The performances at this theatre were Mr . Boiircicault s sparkling . comedy ofloveinaMaze , and a neW . burlesque extravaganza , called The . Alhamlra ; or , the Three . Beautiful Princesses , , said ; to bo partly founded on . oiie . of Washington Irying ' s tales .. The extravaganza opens with a bivouac , of fairies , encamped in Brompt 6 ri-8 quave ,. who have been sent over as commissipne rs by . their . sis . ter fairies ; to secure quarters ' , during the . , great . Exposition . The encampment is invaded by . Mrs . Keeley herself , who is in quest of a subject for a new burlesque , and . in her need summons the . fairj ? band to her , ; and by their potent agency various subjects are suggested for her ' approval in illuminated tableaux . These , however , she rejects , and when driven to despair , a
brilliant thought strikes ber . to try Spain , 'and she accordingly .. despatches ; the sprite , Asmodeus in a balloon in qucstof a story . This . .. voyage : is ; made the means of gratifying the popular taste for moving panoramas , and as , with Asmodeus welijfc through thq air , we pass over the Crystal , Palace in Hyde Park ; by . moonlight—a scene which ^ as ^ reeted with great applause by the audience ., We are then wafted over Dover , the Channel , Oalaify , Paris , and the . Champs Elysees ; and " pass , at a jump , to the Pyrenees , and thence to . Granada . ¦ , The whole of thi ^ panorama moved vertically ,, instead of horizon ; tally , and produced a novel and pleasing . effect . " .. At Granada the . plot ofthe niece begins , consisting ; iq I
[ the dangers . arid , bairbreadth . escapes of three I Christian kni ghts ,, who , .. taken prisoners by . the Moors , fall in love with tho three beautiful daughters of Mobamed , the Moorish King , of ' . Granada . These knights , are personated by Mr ., aud- Mrs . - Keeley , and Mr ., Wigan , and to .-. their hands-and those of Mr .. Winn , the Moorish King , . and . Mr , . Barley , who fills the character of Hussein , a major domo , the' fun of ' the p ' ieco is entrusted- ^ that is to . say , as far as the dialogue is concerned ; fprlhe drollest part of the extravaganza was tbe antics of Mr . Flexmore , who personated a pet monkey . ; The piece met with unqualified and hearty applause , and we are disposed to augur for it a long and profitable run . .. " ,..
LYCEUMV ,,, ;! . V , ' . ' '"'[ . "' -The Easter entertainment * at thisr . theatre : partakes of precisely the same-charaofcer ' as that Which has hitherto gnen it its celebrit y under the Yestris management . Although tbe story of tbe Queen of the Frogs , as the tale in question is here designated ,
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is but little known , Mr . PlanchO manages to make the incidents pretty clear , more so than in any of his recent productions of the same class ; and this is an advantage for which audiences will feel grateful . No one , however , who witnessed the Queen of the Fr ogs could conceal from himself tho fact that tho main success of the piece depended upon tho scenery and decorations . Mr . W . Beverley ' s help in the former department was of priceless value . The Hall of Diana , the Quicksilver Lnke , the gardens of Pnncc Nonpareil , and the Nuptial Bower of tho Queen ofthe Frogs , breathe the very spirit of the unrealand afford
" , a fascinating insight into the realms of poetry and romance . The scenery , generally sneaking , ia not upon bo vast and showy a scale as that in King Charming , excepting the finale , which , constructed upon similar principles 88 the celebrated close to that piceo , is equally rich and lustrous in effect , A ring of dainty maidens support a capital of gold , which rises amid a suffusion of coloured fires , and developes other figures , bathed in light , forming altogether a tableau of , matchless and dazzling brilliancy . The applause which awaited this superb disp lay was universal , and the curtain descended upon it in triumph .
HAYMARKET . The Easter fare at this theatre consisted of the popular Lady of Lyons , and the Bohemian Girl , transformed by the magic pens of the Brothers Brough , from a high sentimental opera , into a fashionable and funny burlesque . Miss AddisoU never acted hotter ; and , indeed , wo may award to Mr . William Wallack , and tho whole of the company , the merit of performing with spirit and energy . The afterpiece , which is named Arline : or , the Fortunes and Vicissitudes of a Bohemian Girl , parodies the grand opera of that name ; but , in so doing , takes care not to lose the effects of scenery and situation .
MARl'LEBONE . This theatre opened for the season last night , under the management of Mr . Stammers , who has enlisted under his banners a generally well-selected company . Tho entertainments of last night con « sistcd of The Stringer ; or , Hurrah for the Road , a drama in the worst style of the Jack Sheppard school , founded on the history of Jack Bann , otherwise Sixteen Stringed Jack—tbe lively farce of tho Rival Pages , which was very well represented—and the mythological burletta of the Boyhood of Bacchus , in which the most prominent characters received full justice at the hands of Messrs . Oxberry and Wild , Miss Williams , and Miss Travers . There was also some excellent dancing in this piece by Mdle . Itosina , and to use the words of the programme , "someof tho pets o the ballet . "
SURREY . Mr . Parry has produced for the Easier amusement of his friends a grand historical Russian drama ; written by Messrs . Morris Barnett and Angus B . Iteaoh ; entitled The Czarina ; or , Ivan , the Armourer , in three acts ; and his efforts to pleasa were crowned with a bumper house . Cornaro Pitti ( Mr . Shepherd ) , an Italian adventurer , having gained the affections of Elizabeth ( Mrs . W . Rignold ) , tho Czarina of all the Russias , is promoted by her to dignities so great and enriched with wealth to such an extent that , the nobles of Russia become inflamed with jealousy , and a conspiracy , of which Prince Zavadosky ( Mr . Bruce Norton ) is the secret head , is entered into for the purpose of getting rid of him . An opportunity for the accomplishment of their malignant designs occurs . Cornaro , whilst paying his devotions to tho Czarina , and receiving
in return her smiles and honours , secretly plots the dishonour of Meta ( Miss Fielding ) , the betrothed of Ivan the Armourer ( Mr . Creswick ) . His base * ness reaches the ears of the Czarina , who vowb vengeance against him , and eventually he is sentenced to death . Elizabeth relents , but not so the nobles , who aro determined to make the best of their opportunity , for revenging themselves upon the Italian adventurer . She resolves that he shall be pardoned , but the nobles insist that ho shall be executed forthwith , else , they say , tbe people will revolt , and , to the sorrow of his imperial patroness , the adventurer is ultimately made tho victim of the nobles' wrath . This piece was followed ( foe the sixty-ninth time ) with " the new grand gorgeous comic Christmas Pantomime , " preceded by a Shakespearian opening , sprinkled with hits at tha day , week , month , ;> nd year under the title of Harlequin and Sir John Falstaff ,
ASTLEY'S . The history of Eleanor and Fair Rosamond affords ample materials for the development of all tho pe « culiar rssources of such an establishment as the one now under notice , and it is not surprising that Mr . Bodwell should have selected it as tho subject of a new historical spectacle . Commencing with the arrival of Henry Plantagenet at the Court of France , in order to pay homage for his Dukedom of Normandy , the author describes Queen Eleanor as at once struck by his noble bearing , and from that moment he becomes her constant chevalier and attendant . Fired b y the powerful preaching of St . Bernard , not the King alone , but tbe whole Court of France , with the Queen and her ladies , nroceed
to Palestine to do battle for the cross . Henry follows , disguised as a Turk named Saladin , and the devotion which in that capacity he bestows upon her is not inconsistent with an intrigue of which tho haughty Amazon is said to havo been guilty . Fair Rosamond accompanies the Prince in the disguise of a minstrel . The blood relationship of Eleanor with Louis is laid hold of by the church —a divorce is procured , and the marriage of Eleanor and Henry follows . The well-known incidents of Rosamond ' s chequered life are adhered to pretty strictl y , and , eschewing the notion that she perished by poison , the moro agreeable alternative is adopted that she died in tho nunnery of Godstow . Whether she ever became a nun or no
, it is pretty clear that she bore two sons to Henry . We havo briefly sketched tho outline , to show how closely the piece adheres to the generally received history of the period . As a spectacle of the ' first class , we must say the piece is highly successful . Theseonery and appointments are gorgeous , and the concluding tableau is one of great brilliancy . Among the actors we recognised nearly all the old hands , including Mr . Crowther , Mr . Barry , Miss Fenton , and Mr . Stirling , and there , are several re- ; cent acquisitions ; Miss Garthwaite especially , from the Cheltenham theatre , will , no doubt , be found a yory valuable addition . At the close ofthe
spectacle , M . Villespy performed a series of novel and daring performances upon the Globe Celestial . The scenes of the arena succeeded , and the whole concluded with the laughable afterpiece ofthe Two Greaories , in which Miss Garthwaite again played iwitn decided success . We cannot conclude : without bearing testimony to the beautiful decorations , tha perfect cleanliness , and admirable ventilation of this theatre . Everything about it seems to ho spick and span new , and for this at least Mr . Batty deserves our good wishes . It is'astonishing how so complete a revivifying of the bouse COllld have been effected in the short period of the Easter
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! ; OLYMPIC . A new drama , with the somewhat : noveI arrangement of a sub-division into four acts , was produced at this theatre on Monday evening , under the title of Sir Roger de Coverley ; or , the Widow and her Wooers . The interest of tho piece chiefly centres in the character assigned to Mrs . Stirling—that of a coquotish widow ,. who " shifts the moving toyshop of her heart" froma squire to . beaux , and from wita to politicians , and who , after bringing to her feet every aged suitor who comes within the range of her influence , is at labt doomed to the terrible retribution of discovering that the onl y man whom , she really loved—a dashing young officer of tha guards—had all along- intended 'for her' daughter those delicate assiduities which her inordinate vanity had induced her . to annronrinfo > n ho ^ if
Mrs . Stirling threw . all . heivanimal spirits into tha PM't « f the ^ idow ,. and carried it through gaily . Mr . Farren was , quite , at home as . Sir'Roger de Covciley , and . presented ,. us with one of those iiignJy : finished portraitures bl aristocratic old age , for which he is still , as ho ha ' s'ever beeb , ' , entirely unrivalled . Mr ; Compton played' the part of Will . Wimble , the sportsman ; with'infinite drollery ; and Mr . L ; Murray ,- , deserved some credit for the zeal ' withwhich he esaayed . a character which isbut illsuited to his . peculiar style . - , Miss Louisa Howard , looked pretty , and piquante : as-, Sylvia , ; and ' delivered the dialogue of ah amusing character , with playfulness ' and' significance ; and her touching utterance of the words "Mamma ! Mamma ! " went direct to every heart ; ¦ ' < ' "
. ! - 1 ,:, -.,. SADLER'S ! WELLS ,: / " /• .- . i „ ' .: . The Merchant of Ytnite was produced at this'tV . pa tro on Monday evening . ; . and the ; roost notable fekV sure . was thecal of a-young ladr , riamnJ \ ciIxa -5 Sh gave '' evidence of T ^ l » Part fordible ^ ndartiS S ^ £ » , «> ™» Miss Goddatd , i .-tto ; . ro ™ iM _ ?;„ ? $$ ? $ * . h ad , already referrk sustS ' rffil ^* ? JT ^ ha 7 ^ genhi ; naa gff « W « f . JteW with . ., j yytea oer « o » b . The theatre was crowded . ¦ ¦
' •";; : . ; - ' - the ' standard / ' ¦ JKS ? * W ^ # ft" M share . of the playgoing public ; Anew Norwegian romance entitled Ihe Snow Wttch , d'Legend of , the-Enchanted Hand , was the holiday attraction , and ' proved by itssoenie effects , ( hat no climate j 8100 cold to be illumined by the power of love—no desert '; toodesolate to be rendered gorgeous , by the sun-like power of human skill . The sudden change from the snow-clad hills afld rocky icebergs of Druda , the Snow Witch
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