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3 HSS 10 S _UOVSB . _Tnzswx . -Two " Uai _. u « . _" -The following canons JL _^ Ud before the Lord - Mayor * -0 u _Tuesday a _Td named William Young _, was brought np . charged _£ th _having stolen a i « ur of shoes . The prosecutor , a _Shoemaker , ; ed that the prisoner walked _mtohis shop , loo ked at a pair of shows , aud suddenly disappeared . The shoes disappeared a t the same time . Tiic prisoner said his character was without blemish , and nothing conld exceed tlie soundness of his integrity , as his employer could testify . The Lord Mayor : Very well ; we shall send for your employer , and make further inquiries about you . A policeman , who _subsequently made inquiries about ths prisoner , said the young man was in the habit of associating wilh thieves , and had been in custody on previous occasions
for _robbing . —The Lord Jlayor : _Lat Lis employer step forward . —Here a very odd-looking person , who said his name was John Brightwell , appeared in the witness-box . —The Lord Alayor : Pray what sort of character is the prisoner?—Brightwell : Character ! _wliyheis in my service , and ho is a good character _enough . —The LorJ Mayor : Bo _youmsan to say that you never knew him to be imprisoned for _robbery?—Hrjghtwcll : I believe he might have been charged . —The Lord Mayor : Don ' t you know that he was?— -Drightwcll _. Why , yes , he was in trouble , I belUve . That is , I think he w as _lockt-d np for a while . —Thc Lord Jlayor : And how can you say that lie is a proper character ?—Bright--well : I am willing to take him back , if your lordship wiU discharge _liiin . —The Lord Mayor : There is quite enough agaiust liim to justify nie in committing him
as a rogue and vagabond ; aud I shall do so . What do 700 . think ofa little correction _?—lSrightwell : 1 helieve a little confinement wiil do him good , my lord . It will bia lesson to him how he mcdd cs with other people ' s property in future . —The Prisoner : Oh , do you say so , old fcllow i Well I ' m blest if tbat an't a good un . "Sow won't I open upoa vou . Please you , my lord , I confess I stole the shoes , aad _iiiis old thief knowed it , and took them lo the shop of a woman of the name of Sharpc , and tried to sell theai to her . Wliat do jou think now , old fellow ?—The Lord Mayor : "What do you say to that witness ?—Urightwell looked quite blank upon hearing the accusation ; bat dedar _.-d that he had himself nercr done anything di __ hoi : est > however it might appear .
—Subsequently Mrs . Sharpe appeared , and stated that the mar lad certainly offered a pair of shoes for sale , but , as slit did not want them , she refused to make tha purchase . She , however , lent him ls . Sd . upon them , and lie afterwards released thein . —The prosecutor said there was a singular circumstance connected with the robbery . The _vety shoes which were stolen liad been made by the man , and been actually brought iiome by ths boy who had just acknowledged that he had stolen them . —The Prisoner : Yes ; hekuow'dhis own work . —The Lord Mayor : Why , you must just step from the witness-box to the bar . —The JJoy : Ay , tliis is just the place for him ( laughter ) . —The prisoners were then remanded , and thc Lord Major directed the police to sake _fur-lier inquiry .
_~ _VfzvxzsDAT . _—Tbat-d o * m TnE Bevesce . — A man named John Jones was brought hefore the Lord Mayor and Sir John Fine upon an information , charging liim with having been in possession of cameos , gold chains , gold studs , ie ., to a considerable extent , tbe same goods bang liable to the duties of customs , and having been illegally unshipped before the duties had been paid or secured . * The amount sued for by the election of the Board of Commissioners was £ 272 12 s . 6 d . —George Walker Judge , an officer of the Customs , stated _th-it on Saturday , at about four o ' clock iu the afternoon , he saw the defendant in a boat coming from the direction of a foreign steamer , off the Custom-house . The defendant landed ,
and appeaved to have something very bulky about his person . Witness stopped him , and asked him whether he had _anvthing ahout him li-jble to duty . The _defendant said he ' had not , and witness felt some lmrd packages at the waistband of his trousers . In answer to the inquiry of witness , the defendant said that lie came from the Preach boat . Witness then took him to the Thames police-station , searched him , andfoundconcciled about him four boxes _cfintaiuing cameos , gold chains , studs , bracelets , pins , car-drops , & c , all of foreign manufacture , and liable to a duly of 20 per ceut . The defendant was fined in the _penaltj- _' of £ _5 S _^ s ., _and not proancing the money , was committed to prison .
Fmdat . —The Two "Bad _uss" Acais . —Upon being brought up again for examination tlie boy and his master were _jdac _^ at the bar together , aud the inquiry ivas regularly gone iuto . There was , however , liuthiug further stated in confirmation ofthe _charge as to the connivance , "but it was distinctly proved that the boy was what the police called a "badua . " The Lord Mayor then committed the boy for three months as a rogue aud vagabond , and discharged tlie man , regretting that sueh testhnony as would have legally proved his guilt , the moral evidence of which , nobody could doubt , could not be brought forward .
WORSHIP-STREET . Mosdat . —Revolting Fbofligjci a >* d Attempted 'Mubdeb . _—Joseph Samuels , a Jew , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Brouguton , charged under the following flagitious circumstances , with having attempted to murder Lis brother , Jfr . Henry Samuels , a master furrier and trimming manufacturer , in White Lion-street , Nortontolgate . The prosecutor stated that he returned to his residence between twelve and one o'clock on the night of Saturday lost , aud _having-adnutted himself with a latch key , he proceeded to tha workshop , which was occupied as a sleeping apartment by his brother , to procure a light , but on entering tbe room , he was astounded at discovering his own wife and the prisoner in bed together , and they had evidently been just _aTroused from sleep by the abruptness of his entrance . On recovering from this
startling shock , he ordered them bufh instantly to get up and quit ihe house , hut his wife , having objected to leave home at sneh an unseasonable hour with an infant at her breast , licTeluetantly yielded to her importunities that she might remain in the kitchen until morning . He insisted , however , upon the instant departure of the prisoner , and on repeating his order to that effect , the latter sudderilyspraugtowardsthc work-table , and seizing a large carving-knife , after a dreadful imprecation , made a desperate stab at him in the direction of the chest , hut the witness , by a violent effort , succeeded in warding off the blow wilh a candlestick , and knocked tho knife out of his hand . On upbraiding him with the turpitude of his conduct , the prisoner tauntingly told him that his wife liad voluntarily sought the intercourse , and tbat it had taken place between them en numerous former
occasions . The witness had , in the meantime , thrown up tlie window , aud called for assistance , and , on tbe entrance ofa policeman , he gave thepsisoner into custody . In answer to questions from the magistrate , tlic prosecutor stated that he had beeu married to his wife for a period of seven years , aud had four children by her , thc youngest of -which was only a fjw mouths old , and he had -never witnessed anything in her conduct which excited his suspicions until the present unhappy occasion . The enormity of the prisoner ' s guilt was heightened by the fact that ahout a twelvemonth since he had come up from the country in a slate of otter destitution , and without the means of procuring either food or lodging , With which the witness had not only supplied him ever since , but had also allowed liim a liberal weekly salary for assisting him in his business . Police constable II 73 , proved having oeen called to the house , at the door of whicli he found the prosecutor in a state of terrible excitement , who told Mm that lie had just delected the prisoner in the aet of
adaltery with bis wife , and that lie had afterwards attempted to stab liim . Oa proceeding upstairs to the workshop , ke found the prisoner there partly dressed , and the prosecutor handed him the carving-knife now produced , as the instrument with which the attempt had been made npon his life . The prisoner did not deny the charge , but repeated to witness his former statement , that * tfce prosecutor ' s wife bad herself solicited tlie improper intercourse , whieh had been carried on W a considerable rime . Mr . Urougfcton said that a more atrocious case had never come within liis knowledge , and as he p laced the most implicit credence hi the prosecutor ' s testimony , which was amply confirmed in every material particular , he had no hesitation in committing the prisoner for trial for attempting to stab his brother , and should order him to be brought up thc following day for tlie formal completion of the depositions . The prisoner , -who _observed an absolute silence throughout the proceedings , was then removed to the C . lls .
Webxesdav . —The _Attempted _ _Fjsatbicwe . —Joseph Samuels , a Jew , was re-examined before Mr . Uroughton , upon : i charge of attempting to stab his elder brother , Henry Samuels , a master furrier , who had uiicverci his own wife and _ihefurrier , his brother , ill bed together . Tiie prisoner , wiio denied the uUt'mpl to stab , was now _fullv comuiittfcd to Newgate for trial . _TnnasDAT . —Base _Ixobatitcds . —A mail named John Hopkins was placed at lhe bar , for final examination , _charged with having stolen a quantity of household furniture and wearing apparel , the property of James Freeaia : i , a cab-driver , under the following very aggravating and peculiar circumstances . It appeared from the statement of thc prosecutor , that about four months ago he accidcntallj _liaame acquainted with the prisoner , who represented himself to be
in a state of utter destitution , and worked upon liis feelings with such a piteous tale of distress , that he not only afforded liim immediate rcl ' _-. f , but agreed to receive him as an inmate ia his own house , until he was able to retrieve his _circumstances . The prisoner had only lived a _iUoittimc u . _j . icr his roof , however , when he observed sD . _ Seit-. it to convince him that lie had grossly abused his hospitality , and availed himself of tiie opportunities it presented to cultivate an improper intimacy with his wife , « _nd ku accordingly gave him notice to seek another _aoode . On tlie iuoniin £ after ibis intimation had been given , he was _astonulicu to Curt , on returning home from his night ' s labour , that his wife and the prisoner had
eloped together , taking _willi them everything lie possessed , including even liis clothes aad _be-J , and had left nothing bat the bare wails . He gave _immediate information of the robbery to the police , anil the fugitives were traced to a house in _Mara-an-slrect , Commercial-road , where the greater part ofthe stolen property was discovered , aad thc prisoner , who had on him a waistcoat belonging to the prosecutor , was immediately g _iveuinto custody . Jlr . Uroughton _severely animadverted upon the gross ingratitude the prisoner had displayed towards the man who had befriended him in his utmost need and ordered him to be fully committed on tlie charge of felony .
_SOUTIIWAUK . Mosdat . —The Charge or Sesbisc _Ascsisors Lstt _«_ 3 , _vriTn Istest to Poison . —Henry _Kilkrby , the lad remanded on _Thursday last ou the charge if sending anoliviaouslettcrs , e » cl «> _ r . i _ poison , to several of the _inhabi-J * Kts > . x 5 ou ! _h- . v ; Xrk . w . is _brought Up for _w .-o . _sam _' nation . had t _^ _TH _™? - _^ _-Mnstaiices connected nith the case ' _tte iwtorf _sf _ V , us , n ? a _»™ _- _* _"M «• ' _*» - Mr . Horton , _toiS _& i _? _r . _" >' es ' to , - es ,, er w _* * t _!" _-e clmrchwar ! ns * T- _? cral of _f » e parc . kioi . eri-. attended the ennui .
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nation . When tbe prisoner was placed at the bar Mr . Cottingham inquired if he had any legal adviser?—The _prisoner ' s fattier stepped forward , and replied in tlie negative , observing that he was so conscious of the innocence uf his son , that lie did uot consider it was requisite to employ any professional gentleman . — Mr . Cottingham evinced his surprise at this , after what had taken place on the funner examination . The magistrate then inquired what further evidence there was against the accused 1—Mary Ann Holmes was then called , anil She Stilted that she was in the service of a Miss Ward , and that several anonymous letters of a threatening description had been sent to her mistress , one of which had been placed in her ( tlie witness ' s ) hands by a young man whom she should know again if she saw " him . —The witness , on looking at tbe prisouer , said she was convinced he was not the per . son who gave her the letter . —A female in the service of
Mr . Humble , Bailmin-h . il , stated , tbat un the 2 S ! h of July an anonymous litter was received , addressed to Mrs . Humble , enclosing a quantity of poison . . Mr . Humble was at Brighton at the time , and the writer of thc letter described himself as clerk to Mr . Humble , at his est .-ib _ . sli . nsnt in town , and that he was directed to enclose the powder , by his employer , to Mrs . Humble , and that it was of a very salutary nature . — Iu reply to Mr . Cottingham , the witness said that the discovery that the powder consisted of oxalic acid was made on the return of Mr . Humble to town , his wife fortunately not having adopted the advice of the writer of thc infamous epistle . Sergeant Kendall said the prisoner ' s father was a straw bonnet cleaner , in White-street , and tbat he used oxalic acid in his trade . He , tho sergeant , mentioned the fact , to show that thc prisoner was acquainted with the properties of that poison . There was
another circumstance which it was proper to mention , namely , it was found that several of the anonymous letters had paste upon them of rather a peculiar description , and tliat not only did the prisoner ' s father use such paste in liis business , but it was also used in the stationery warehouse in the City where the prisoner was employed . A witness was then called , who proved that tbe prisoner was at tbe office in London-street , Fcnehurch-street _, between eleven and twelve o ' clock en Monday last , in the vicinity of a branch post-office , where one of the anonymous letters was posted at the very time . Sergeant Kendall stated that when he took the prisoner into custody , he found two clasp-knives iii his possession , one of which liad a long aud sharp pointed blado , and was carefully wrapped up in paper . Thc sergeant added that he mentioned that fact , as it would be remembered that the writer of some of the anonymous letters threatened to cut the throats of
some of those whom lie addressed . The inspector from the Post-office attended , and a number of the anonymous letters being handed to him he examined the writing , and was of opinion that they were all written by the same person , and that some of them were in a feigned handwriting . Another anonymous letter was produced , which was addressed to the magistrate , the writer declaring that the accused was wholly innocent of the things upon which he was brought up to that court ; that he ( the writer ) was the real offender , and added , that he should cease to persecute people any more if the prisoner was liberated . The magistrate here referred to the letter addressed to Mr . Stead , the parish clerk of St . George ' s Church , in wbich the writer threatened to set fire to St . George ' s Church , if he did not repeat some vile insinuations against a Mrs . Spriggs , on the Sunday during divine service . The magistrate inquired if the prisoner had any facilities for carrying such a threat into execution , if he was the writer of the letters ! Two witnesses , bell ringers of St . George ' s Church , were then called , and
irom their evidence it appeared that the prisoner was in the hiibitof assisting in ringing tha hells of that church , and that he frequently _attended during tlie service in the church . The witnesses had also seen Miss Elizabeth Spriggs attending divine worship . Mr . Cottingham , addressing the prisoner , said that although the writing contained iu all the letters was not identified as his , still that the evidence adduced agaiust him that day _strengthened the suspicions as to his being the person by whom they were sent to tbe individuals to whom they were addressed . The case , however , was far from being so complete as to justify him at present in sending it before a jury . After giving the usual caution , the magistrate inquired if the prisoner wished to say anything ? The prisoner replied ill the _negative . Mr . Cottingham having consulted with some of the parochial officers , said that the further investigation of the case should bc postponed for the purpose of procuring further evidence , and that he should accept of bail to the amount of £ 150 for the prisoner ' s appearance . The prisoner ' s father and another person entered into tlie required sureties , and he was set at large _.
_Tuespav . —Attempt to Poison . —Bridget Smith was brought up on remand from Saturday , charged with sending a packet containing oxalic acid to Henry Smith , a charcoal dealer , iu the Cornwall-road , Lambeth , with intent to poison him . After hearing several witnesses , tbe magistrate ag . iin remanded the prisoner .
BOW STREET . _Tbesbay . _—Sxugclin'g . —A tobacconist named Bush , of nigh Holborn , was charged by the Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Customs with harbouring and concealing in his liouse smuggled goods , iVc . For the prosecution , Mr . Potbury examined several Excise officers , by whom the defendant ' s house was searched , under the authority of a warrant granted by tlie Lambeth police magistrates . In one of the bed-rooms they found Mrs . Bush , the defendant ' s wife , in the act of taking some American Cavendish tobacco from a chest of drawers : and subsequently a box of cheroots was found concealed iu another part of the room . The defendant behaved in a spirit of defiance to the oflieers , in consequence of which the commissioners were disposed to press for the severer penalty . The defendant pleaded inexperience in his business as tlie causo of h's offending agaiust the Excise laws , and Mr . Twyford ordered liim to pay a fourth of the penalty of £ 100 , to which he was liable , and tho costs . The amount , £ 25 2 s ., was immediately paid .
R . OBBEBV at Buckingham Palace . —A young woman named Caroline Evans , a servant maid in the service of her Majesty , was brought up from Windsor Castle on suspicion of stealing a coat from a fellow servant named Hale , at Buckingham Palace . She was remanded for a week . QUEEN SQUAKE . Weoxesdat . —Swindling . —A long investigation took place before Mr . Bond , in reference to a charge made against Maria Locke , the wife of the surgeon- accoucheur , manager of "The Royal Uelgrave Lyinp-in Institution , " and Edwin Locke _. her son , forfraudulently obtaining goods from Mr . Cawthorpe , bootmaker , Tothill-street . The office was crowded with tradesmen . It appeared that some boots were on two occasions ordered by Mrs . Locke and one of her sons to be sent to 25 , James-street , Buckingham-gale ( the new offices of this Institution ) , tobe tried on ; several pairs were retained , though some were in an
unfinished state , and could not be worn , but the shopman was told by the sou to leave them for an hour , and then was sent away without the goods or money , and had since called for payment in vain . One pair was proved to have been pawned . On getting admission to the house in James-street , the prosecutor found the drawing-room windows provided with a pair of muslin eurtains _, wbich looked very handsome from the street , but were so arranged as to screen the room from external observation , and there was no other furniture in the room , nor anything of value in the house ; the beds were made on the floor , there was but one bedstead , and there were a fenold chairs . The interior bespoke the direst poverty . Mr , Bond ultimately held the prisoners to bail , in two sureties of £ 10 each , to appear again ou "Wednesday ; the same bail to be also given for James Locke , another son , whu secured a pair of the boots , and put them on , and then with a laugh told the shopman " his pa was out . " The three were sent to p rison in default ot" bail ,
MARYLEBONE . _WEBSESDAT . —CUABCH OF _FELONT . —TlVO _JOUllgUlOn , well known to the police , and who gave their names Alfred Duckett and John Brittou , were placed at the bar before Mr , Bawlinson , _charged with having stolen a plate basket and its content ? , consisting of a silver teapot , a fish-slice , spoons , forks , & c , value in the whole £ 00 , from the house of Mr . Edward Ellis , _JN ' o . 10 , Me'bury-terrace , _Harewood-square . JIaryanuo Uriscoe , the housemaid , deposed , that on Saturday morning last , at nine o clock , she saw the plate safe in the basket on the dresser , iu the front kitchen ; and at twelve o ' clock ( three hours afterwards ) , on her going to take out some forks , she found that the whole of the property was
gone . . Daniel _Callajjhan , a labourer , said , that on the morning in question , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , while employed at Xo . 23 , Blandford-squaro , within a short distance of Mr . Ellis's dwclliug , he saw theprisoner JDuckett come up the area steps of _ _N o . 21 , anil join the other prisoner Britton , who came out of _>" o . 27 , the two _lattsr empty houses ; they ( thc prisoners ) then walked away _iogetber , and on witness subsequently hearing of the robbery of plate , it occurred to him that thc parties alluded to were the thieves . "Witness added that lie saw a b : \ skctljir . g in the area of No . 2-1 , and that tho police had taken possession of it . The prisoners , who said they luieiv nothing whatever about the robbery , were remanded for further examination .
_WANDSWOHTH . Fmdat . —Bose Crushing at the Kingston Union . —William Bell , a miserable-looking man , _aboutSByears of age , was charged before Mr . Payntcr with wilfully destroying fifteen squares of glass in the Kingston union . Kobcrt Hogg , the porter , said the prisoner was admitted on the previous night as a casual pauper . On that morning he was allotted 131 b , weight of bones to crush , but instead of completing-his task , be went to another part of the building , and broke fifteen panes of glass . When asked why lie committed such an act , he said it would be a job for the glaziers . Mr . Payntcr then asked the prisoner what answer lie bad to make to the charge . Prisoner -. It is more easy to break glass than bones . —
Mr . rayntsr asked how the bones were crushed . Was a mill used % —The porter said that they were crushed hy a pestle and mortar . —Mr . Paynter : Do you have any complaints made by thc paupers . Bo tlicy object to crushing these bones T—The porter said there was no objection raised if the bones were dry and free from smell , and they had been so this year . Mr . Paynter observed , that tiie prisoner did not appear to have made any complaint at the time of the nature of the work he was set to do , and , however he felt himself aggrieved , he had not gone the right way to remedy the evil . He saw nothing in the case to induce him to do otherwise than severely punish thc _prisoner , aud he , therefore , should send him to prison for a month , with hard labour .
HAMMERSMITH . "WEDXESnAY . — Serious _Ciiauce . — After the night charges were disposed of a person of respectable _appearance , addressing Mr . Give , said lie wished to apply for a warrant against a master butcher , of the name of _Humblestone , residing in the Fulham-roud , for an assauit upon Ms wife , by whom lie was accompanied . The applicant stated his name was Bell , and that he resided at Bronipton ; on the previous day his wife left home about ten o ' clock in the morning for the purpose of calling upon a person living within two doors of Mr . Huniblcstoue , and ou hv * r return home she appeared much excited , and
complained that she had been most improperly and indecently assaulted by Mr . _llumblestoiu _* . Mrs . Dell was _tbes called forward and stated , that while passing Mr . Humblestone ' s house lie calhd her in . Knowing that her husband , who was a tailor , worked for him , she went iuto the shop , and followed Mr . Huiublestone into the parlour , to bear what he wanted to say to her , upon which he instantiy locked the door , and although ska called out for assistance , he succeeded in his wishes , Mr . dive inquired of Mr , Dell why lie had not given Humblestoue in charge to the police ! Mr . Dell said , he imiuadiately went to Mr . Humblcstone , who did not deny the charge , but said he was so excited at thc time , tbat he could not resist the
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temptation , and told him ( Jlr . Dell ) to run a knife into him at ouce , saying he was a villain , and Mrs . Dell was a virtuous woman . Mr . Humblustoiio had also called on him ( Dell ) on the previous night to endeavour to ' make tbe matter up , but he told him he would in no nay compromise thc charge . He was of that opinion still . He felt he could no longer live with his wife . Mr . Clive said , there was no occasion for a warrant in such a case , and directed inspector Morgan of the T division to take the proper steps for taking Mr . Ilumblestone into custody . TuuitsDAV . —The Extkaoiidinarv CiiiitGB or Violation . —Mr . Clement Humblestoue , a master butcher , living in Strong ' s-place , V ulliam-road , was placed at tile bar by Inspector Morgan , before Mr . ii , Clive , the sitting magistrate , charged on the police sheet with having violated the parson of Mrs . Maria Dell , a
married woman , living at Bronipton . Mr . J . Bird , solicitor of Hammersmith , attended to . defend thc prisoner . Mrs . Maria Doll , a respectably dressed female , apparently about forty-five years of ago , deposed that she was the wife of William Dell , residing at No . 1 , Prospect-place , Old Brompton . On the forenoon of Tuesday last , while passing the shop of the prisoner in-Strong ' s-place , Pulham-road , she saw him standing at his door , and he called her to come in . She told him she should be back in a minute or two , as she was only going two doois further . Sho did return in about three or four minutes afterwards , when the prisoner was still standing at the door , and he told he- lie had something particular to say to her , if she would come in . She accordingly went in , and followed the prisoner into the parlour behind the shop , Tho prisoner then
went \\\> stairs , and returned immediately with a bottle of gin , and pressed her to have some . She took a small quantity . The remainder of complainant's evidence charged the prisoner with forcible violation . Mr . Clive closely questioned the compiainant , _wlio WHS tllSO severely cross-examined by Mr . Bird . She admitted that she had known the prisoner during thc last eight years . He used to call on her at her liouse before she wus last married . She had no connection with him since her marriage until last Tuesday . Had been married twice . Her first husband ' s name was Wayte . Would not answer as to whether anything took place between her and the prisoner before her marriage . "Was last married on Whit-Monday of the present year . Mr . Bird , for tbe prisoner , called Mr . Hugh Harding , a
retired goldsmith , residing at No . 3 , _Mat-lborougb-road . Had called upon the prisoner on the ' day mentioned by complainant . This witness proved that the door of the parlour was open , and that any person could see into the room from the shop . Upon his entrance Mrs . Dell was there , but did not appear excited and alarmed , nor was her apparel disordered . Mr . Bird was proceeding to call other witnesses ; but Mr . Clive said the once WAS 0110 in which the prisoner was charged with a capital offence , and not an indecent assault . There were several contradictions in the evidence of Mrs . Dell , and he did not think any jury would place much reliance on her statement . Tho magistrate discharged the prisoner , and said the complainant might indict him if she pleased . The accused was then liberated .
THAMES . Tpesdat . —A Juvenile Rebellion and Strike fob * _4 _Tages . —Four boys , all under 15 years of age , named fnchard Grey , Thomas Townly , James Murray , and Henry Long , were brought before Mr . Ballantine , charged with creating a riot and distuibanco near tbe premises oi Messrs . Ditciiburn and Mare , the ship-builders , at Blackwall , and doing wilful damage to some property . This case originated out ofa strike for extra wages by the hoys , 150 in number , in the employ of Ditciiburn and Mare . Mr . Buckland , clerk to Messrs . Ditciiburn aud Mare , stated -that tho boys struck for extra wages on Monday , and the firm refused to submit'to thcii terms ; in consequence of which the lads assembled near the gates of the establishment that morning as early . as seven o ' clock , and made a great distiubanco . They were driven away
several times , and re-assembled at nine o ' clock and gave three cheers . Soon afterwards they Lois fed a number of dirty handkerchiefs on poles and sticks , and also displayed a threepenny union jack upon a broomstick , which was carried in front of them , while tlicy paraded , three and four abreast , in _niiii'tiiil order . They shouted , and cheered , and called out "the union for ever , 110 surrender" [ laughter ] . This continued for some time , and at last the boys became more outrageous , and entered the premises ' of witness , and c _. ll'ricd away a quantity of small trees nnd roots , and each boy provided himself with a bough or plant , nnd then they bioko down a fence in making their way out . A procession was again formed , and tbe boys marched along . Witness procured the assistance ofa policeman , and went after them . They no sooner observed liim approaching with the officer than they threw down their banners ,
handkerchiefs , and "leafy screens , " and scampered ofl as fast as they were able . All escaped except the four prisoners , who were captured and taken to the stationhouse . The prisoners , who were all humility , and appeared in great dread ofa prison and a flogging , said they were very sorry indeed , and hoped the magistrate would forgive them . They admitted taking up boughs and young trees , because they saw others do it . Mr . Ballantine said , as tha boys had expressed contrition , ond had promised not to offend again , he would allow their parents to take them home . The boys had acted very foolishly indeed . They had a right to strike for wages if they pleased , but tbey must not parade the streets in a riotous manner , or do injury to property , and if any of them were brought before him again , under similar circirumstances , he would commit them to prison . The youthful insurgents then left the court .
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ADDRESS TO TIIE WORKING CLASSES , Bg the Directors of the United Trades _Association ; established for tlte Employment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures . The directors arc desirous of calling the attention of the working classes to the establishment of this association , which , if properly supported , cannot fail to produce thc most beneficial results ; ami of laying before them some of the measures by which thoy propose to accomilish thc great object the association has in view . Tho necessity of an organisation by whicli the surplus labour might he absorbed , and the rights of industry secured , cannot bo denied , when wc reflect upon the depressed condition of the working classes . It is but too palpable that , in proportion
as our means of production and national wealth have increased , our national poverty has increased also ; it is therefore evident , that the sufferings of the working classes have not been caused by any Jack of thc _necessaries of life , ov want oi" industrial habits , but by some absorbing power , over which they havo had no control . It is very desirable that working men should be put in possession of the truo bearings of this question , which alone can enable them to form a correct idea of their own importance , and to measure their own standard in society—to battle with oppression , and to lay the foundation of their own happiness . It must be admitted that labour is the source of wealth , and that they who labour are justly entitled to a fair share of the fruits of their
industry . It must also be admitted that they do not get that fair share , to which they are so justly entitled ; and hence the increase of national wealth , and the existence of national poverty . The directors have not entered upon their duties without full and careful investigation ; and the result of tlieir inquiries has been to assure them that tlic _sufferings of the working classes arc alone caused by not being allowed a legitimate share of that wealth which their genius and industry is daily calling into existence .
With some knowledge of human nature , —of exist _, ing usages , and the constitution of the country , —the directors l ' e ? l assured , tha . aUhuugh the emancipation of labour he , above all others , the roost desirable object , yet , that it will never take place until working men place themselves in a position to command it . By so doing they will achieve an infinitely higher degree ofindependcuce than they have hitherto enjoyed * and obtain i ' or them a standing in society that would enable them to exercise their due influence upon the affairs of the nation ..
The condition of the working classes , whether viewed socially , politically , or physically , amply demonstrate that industry ' does not receive , either from the government or the capitalist , that protection to which it is entitled , and which a healthy commerce could well afford . It is , therefore , at once the interest and the duty of every man to endeavour to provide that protection i ' or himself : his happiness , with that ofhis family who are dependent upon him demand , when his single efforts fail , that he unite them with those of his fellow man , in order that each may receive tlie full value- of labour , which is the birthright of every man throughout the British empire .
lhe poverty of the workim ; classes has become national ; therefore , before any _ni-i-mancnt advantage can be realized by them , their " efforts must become national also . They must have a combination of power and magnitude , superior to the evils they have to contend with , —a power which shall disarm oppression by its moral influence , and silence its enemies by the moderation and legality of its claims . The directors feel assured that nothing less than thc present national organization—based as it is upon _tte _liwst philanthropic principle , embracing and giving every advantage that may be desired , —ean save the sons of toil from ultimate destruction .
The United Trades Association has but one object , —the general happiness of society . The accomplishment of this object will hinge upon three grand points , namely : lirst , to give employment to labour in agriculture and manufactures , —thereby enabling those to obtain a livelihood who , without such provision , would either be in a state of destitution , or become the recipients ofa cold and formal charity . __ The accomplishment of sueh a change in the condition of our fellow-creatures , is a work in which the philanthropist must find great delight ; and must be considered by every man , who values tlie happ iness and well-being of society , of the greatest importance . The necessity of this is seen in the thousands of ablebodied mechani cs that ave literally sturving-and the thousands more that are compelled to seek an asylum in the union _basliles , though , by their phvsical powers being properly employed , they would p roduce con-
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siderably more than would supply their every want , and which wants , by being properly . supplied , would create a demand for an equal amount of other men ' s labour ; thus promoting mutual interest and mutual happiness . Secondly;—by giving employment to the surplus labour that obtains in every branch of industry , to place the labouring man in such a position as will enhance the value of labour in general , but more particularly that of those who have hitherto been the most oppressed ; thus giving to labour a' greater equality than has heretofore obtained , and at the same time providing for the interest of every man connected with the association . ., _ _ .. _„ ..- ¦_ .. _ . _ ...:.. i . i ... „„_ . _ .: _ ___ .. t
The practical carrying out of this measure will depend as much upon the use made of the land , as upon manufacturing establishments . Surplus labour must be absorbed ; and to do this effectually , a certain amount of the same must be removed and located in such manner _. fand upon such conditions , as shall enable each individual to provide a competence . Thus the surplus labour will be self-supporting ; the supply and demand for labour more equally balanced ; whilst the benefit arising from such arrangement would extend equally to all parties . Third;—by the fundamental arrangement of tho association , to give to Trade Societies , as well as lo individual shareholders , an opportunity of employing to the greatest advantage whatever amount of capital may be at their disposal . Thus to enable them to secure not only tho lull proceeds of industry , but all that accrues therefrom .
This point , though last named , is by no means the least . For if labour be of so much value to the capitalist—if it has enriched the nation , which none can deny—it may by the discretion of working men bc made of equal value to themselves . If they can produce so much more than they want to consume , it is evident they have the power , either to amass wealth , or to obtain a competence with far less labour than they at present have to perform . It ia well known that the increase of our commerce has been greater in proportion than that of our population , yet , notwithstanding this , there has been a gradual increase of surplus labour , which lias been caused by our improved means of production . Had the supply not exceeded the demand for labour , this
country would still , as in times past , have maintained healthy internal commerce ; as such does not prevail , the question before tho working classes iswhether it be most expedient to create that demand for and hy their own enjoyment , or to starve until it shall be created by foreign commerce ? which , even thon , would confer but small advantages upon them , and tliat even without any assurance of stability . The directors _teol assured tliat those portions of society which at present consume but little , do not so willingly , but by reason of compulsion , and would , under " favourable circumstances , consume much more . But under existing arrangements they have not tho power of increasing tho consumption j and as an increase of consumption can alone increase the demand for labour , where is their hope ? It follows as matter of necessity , that the desired improvement in tlieir physical condition depends either
on the increase of foreign commerce , or , upon what would be more rational , their determination to unite —to watch over each other ' s interests , and supply their mutual wants , rather than , as in times past , endure a life of _hunger and hardships—surrrounded by the contempt and scorn of those who sympathise not with their sufterings . Thc directors feel assured , did thc working classes but reftect _jipon their own capabilities and their posi . tion in society , they would at once determine their labour should be applied to their own advantage , thereby ridding themselves of the enormous burden of non-producers—the support of whom presses so heavily upon industry—they would free themselves from the trammels arising out of the present system of employing private capital , together with those of competition , and annihilate the evil wliich threatens finally to overwhelm with poverty and starvation .
The question may be asked , is this practicablecan wc better our condition by the proposed means ? Our answer is comprehensive . Judge for yourselves —let all the wealth which thc working classes have produced during the last fifty years be taken into calculation on the one hand—on the other , the numbers of those , with their families , that have produced it , say—tliat all their physical necessities should have been " abundantly supplied out ofthe wealth they were producing—tl"en strike the balance , and say whether want would have had an existence .
The directors feel assured that the cordial support of tho working classes is alone necessary to enable them to accomplish effectually the proposed object ; and they have the gratification of acknowledging the proofs they daily receive of the interest taken by working men in ' the solution of this great problem , and the readiness and zeal with which their co-operation is tendered . Some trades , however , bold back , and upon these the directors would impress the unfairness of seeking to exempt themselves from their proportion of trouble in establishing an undertaking , of which the benefit extends to all . If every trade were to pursue such a course , nothing could be done . The directors are confident it is only necessary to point out the obligations under whicli the trades thus holding baek lay themselves to their fellows , in order to induce them to adopt a more magnanimous course , and one to whicli the imputation cannot attach of a want of spirit or a want of sagacity .
The directors have great pleasure 111 announcing the Trades Weekly Register will be published every Saturday , and that its columns will be open to all parties who seek for the emancipation of labour . It is desirable that any one who is doubtful of any of the measures of the Association will communicate fully and freely his objection , so that they may he published and answered in the work just namedbeing sensible that there is no otlier ground for a judicious confidence ; and they call upon the working classes to rally round this great national enterprise , which needs only their assistance to carry it to a triumphant issue . The elevation of the children of
labour in the scale of society—the contraction of the hours of labour , so as to give every man , with his family , time for recreation—for mental and moral improvement—to enable him to find work to do , and to procure a competence thereby j—these are til © great objects the association purposes to accomplish , and for which it calls upon working men to league together—not in petty knots , which severally accomplish but little , and which oftimes dissipate their strength in unserviceable contentions—but in one mighty phalanx , that shall awe oppression by its majesty , and disarm malevolence by its aspect of
peace . ( Signed ) J . STOREY , Secretary , Directors of tlic United Trades' Association for the Employment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures : — T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., President , London . W . Hobson , Vice-rresident , London . — Arch , silk-hatter , London . It . Thompson , printer , London . J . Storov , ladies' shoemaker , London . J . T . Gimblett , carpenter , London . G . White , woolcomber , Bradford . — Evans , potter , Staffordshire Potteries . — lloberts , hydraulic packer , Manchester .
The United _Tiiapes' Association-. —Mr . Skelton having been appointed agent to the United Trades ' Association for the purpose of disseminating a knowledge of the principles upon which it is based , and being about to leave London on a mission for that purpose , is desirous of meeting the working men and members of Trades' Unions previous to his departure _, lie will , therefore , deliver his first lecture on thc principles ofthe association , on Sunday , October 19 th , at the _Partheniuni-vooms , St . _Mavtm's-lanc . The lecture will commence at half-past seven precisely . —N . B . It is expected Mi * . Skelton will leave Lonilon for Manchester on Monday , October 20 th .
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ODD FELLOWSPIIP . THU "OI _ D ODD FELLOW" [ AGAIN . TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR . Dear Sm , —The " straw is now moving" with a vengeance ! Your excellent remarks have completely annihilated all the trumpery arguments of Itatcliffe _' s friend and champion , Candelet ; Ashdown has settled down to his making of frothy speeches at select anniversaries ; Glass , the philosophical Jerry-lord , has resumed his avocation of selling ale ; and Ratcliffe , like a coward convict , has run out of the field . In their Stead , a whole tribe of ignorant boobies have sprung up like mushrooms , and , by the aid of that slop-pail of corruption , tbe ricketty Joumat , have fallen open-mouthed upon thc _« 'Old Odd Fellow . " The old adage of the galled jade wincing is fully verified ; and it really makes one laugh to see what a pucker the whole pack of mangy curs ave in about the very sacred "liououi _* " and " honesty " of thc gentleman and Christian !
Truly , as champion Candelet observes , it needeth " sublimity ot * language" to keep them all quiet . But that tusk wo leave to ablcv scribes , and shall content ourse lves by g iving straightforward facte , such as we have given , and such as have caused all tbe venom and vituperation spit forth by tho guilty party . We shall make no inuendos , but speak ' right out ; for truth i _« better understood when divested of ( he mantle of <• sublimity . " After all their shuffling , , sllaH stm con . tinue to expose them - , aud , brazen-faced as they aro in tlieir pretended unbelief , we shall not whine and _nxret knaves will continue the
that prostitutes of CorruDtlon But for those hardworking , n 6 n in _« dll , „ na mim * , have been for years _paymg their money into the coffers ot the crew they _^ shall be enli ghtened about the nefarious doings ofthe interested * , and if they still choose to repose confidence , n them , and trust their funds i „ the hands of notorious blacklegs and gJUllbltTS , it Shall not bo our fault As we predicted , Katcliffe was at Doncastet races , in company With his staff , including that stra . ght-lia . red gentleman , Mr , Morality Mansfield , who was betting upon wlm _* the Wadd _^ .. _j _^ _my
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Now , is it not monstrous , that although the Order pays a secretary £ ' 800 per year for his services , he does not attend above three or four hours a day at his office in _Aytoun-strcct . His usual time of coming is between ten and eleven in the morning ; and he maybe soon going away very generally abont two in the afternoon . The tradesmen to the board are completely in his power ; and tho piece of plato he got from tlicm was a downright hypocrisy . He has had the power for years of making these tradesmen G . M . ' s ami 1 ) . G . M . _' s of the Order ; and with the influence nnd patronage lie possesses , it is almost impossible to reform the abuses . If a member of the A . M . " C . is " why" lie is " bulled oft" by being made an auditor , or director ; and then he gets his " _portrait" in the magazine . As we have mentioned auditors , let us examine that "job" a little . Several years since , a few v .... _.-. ! .. «» m ;„_ i , , « Hint _ iH » nin > h flm _Ordnr nars
men in Manchester made un attempt to abolish the present humbug system of auditing the booUs of the Order ; and proposed that those boolts sliould he audited by a public accountant . Now , mark what followed : ( tlass and Ashdown gabbled about " what the Manchester members should havo done years since : " mark tin * fate of this honest move . Tlie members wo have spoken of persevered ; and the whole pack of interested tradesmen , . i' 7 io mere officers , fell upon them . Charges were got up against them ; the tyrannic laws were put in force ; and they were expelled ! So much for Manchester attempting to cleanse the Augean stable . Kow , let us see what a nice " job" this auditing is , and how well teorth returning
by tho sticklers for corruption . _Vaughan , of Merthyr Tydvil , was one of the auditors last yonr : and hk expenses as auditor were above £ 33—viz ., £ 1 _* J odd for auditing . and £ U odd for going to Glasgow to tell what he had been doing . The nice little bone lias this year been given to M'Dougal , of Greenock ; and for his tondying , to the powers that be , he well dpswvrs the picking of it . Now , we assert that a public accountant would audit the books more efficiently and satisfactorily than twenty . Vaughan ' s , with a dozen excisemen to help him . Only think , fiard working Odd Fellows , that above 12 s . a-weckgoes out of your money for some jobber to come scores of miles off to audit those books , whicli a
public accountant , whose business it is , would do for less than one-tenth ofthe money . Noivfor a word about Glass ' s tale respecting the number of representatives that have been sunt to thc A . M . C . from Manchester for years past . It is true that shoals of men have gone to those meetings from Manchester , and called themselves deputies but Glass forgot to tell who they were ; what their principal business was ; who sent them ; and how they were paid for going . Glass forgot these knotty points : but ho shall now bo told . In the first place , _ihsv _wesb ihx * __>« _sm * £ i . to the Order , in one shape oraiiother , sueh as Pieser , Whaite , Mansfield , Richmond , Gray ( who will perhaps deny being a _tradesman ) , although he has for years had the monopoly of all the meetings at his _drutikery , and consequently sold his ale ) ; their principal business wa 3 to make interest with the
officers of different districts there assembled , that they might sell their sashing and rosette's , their picture and emblem frames , their flags and banners , Tlity sent themselves ; and we will show how . They had taken care to frame the law to suit their purpose ; and _teent with begg' d certificates . The members in Manchester know well the schemes resorted to by these shoy-hoy representatives to get a begg'd cetlificatc . They were both numerous and ingenious ; such , for instance , as tliat played off by Whaite , when lie drew his clearance to join a new lodge composed of twelve members , which twelve members he pretended to repreent , when he acted as postman to the Bradford A . M . C , and got elected tobe _D . G . M . ofthe Order . Thoy paid their own expenses , as well they could afford ; for to tliem _* the A . M . C . 's were nothing more nor less than fairs , whereat they had good sale for their various useless commodities .
Aye , but says Glass , why not the Manchester district try to alter these things ? They did try , and have been trying for years and years . Lodges and district committees have passed resolution after resolution to alter tbe laws upon these points ; but , like all other attempts to reform the order , those resolutions have been burked ; and if any one dared to raise his voice against the in . justice , expulsion was threatened for " bringing into eon . tempt" the doings of tlie A . Jf , C . Candelet and Glass , and the whole of that class of writers , seem to think that the Manchester secession was the work ofa moment , brought about by a sudden ebullition of feeling taken advantage of by a few disaffected members , Miserably mistaken idea ! Thc revolution lias been silently at work for years , provoked by tlie unendurable tyranny of Katcliffe and liis numerous spies and parasites , whose odious designs and deep-laid schemes to centralise the power , and obtain control over thc funds of lodges and districts , having been rather prematurely exposed , have caused thc crisis sooner than thc plotters anticipated .
Reform has come , thank God 1 No one can stem its current . Let the advocates of thc old system write on . We want enquiry . It will elicit truth . January approaches ! " The ides of March" arc coming . In Manchester and Salford their number of members is reduced to a miserable 300 ; and those are the crotclietty old files and hangers-on of tlic gang , including the fagend of old Gray ' s defunct Sick Club . Internally , tlicy are tearing one another to pieces , Itntclilfe ' s own lodge is in a sea of turmoil . They have thrice refused to receive the clearance of Elliot , the D . G . M . ; and he lias had to hawk it about like a beggar , soliciting some of the fractional lodges to take him in ; while the real Independent Order of Odd Fellows is flourishing and gaining ground every day .
Working men!—you who compose the tremendous majority of the institution , examine for yourselves . Attend your lodges , and read tlie new financial laws . Keep a sharp look out . Do not let tlicm have anything to do with , _jowv _lodgtt _fwwds . _lCfcti- y _« _- > _-c *& siob _^ _t _. in iocb own custody . However liberal the officers may bc in votes of confidence one in another , he it your _dulii to take good cat e that they do not vote the money out of your pockets . "i * ours , iu the good old cause , Ak Old Odd _Feliow .
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SADLER'S WELLS . The stage , as a great national amusement , has been always considered a standard of th . * progressive advanceincut of _eivilVi-. uiOvi ; and , impressed with this belief , all influenced by a refined aud correct taste , must have witnessed with regret the decline of the legitimate drama . For years past a vitiated and vulgar feeling has had the ascendancy ; our two great national theatres have been appropriated to purposes foreign to those fov which they were originally established , —one fitted up for the display of political adventurers , tho other _eom-crted to everything unconnected with the effusions of genius ; in
short , from the boards of Old Druvy Shnkspeare bus been entirely banished ; and such has been the base and sordid feeling of those who have _nou- its management , that someiinio bflek it- wns _ai'tunlly nmte m arena for wild beasts , where spuctaclts were exhibited , patronised by royalty itself , unfitted even for the pastime of holiday fools ' ; awakening to our remembrance tlie worst _, days of _Anciont Home , when the people , cngulphud in licentious barbarism , preferred the brutal combats of gladiators to the more graceful efforts of man _wlose noble task
was" To wake the soul by tender strokes of art , To raise the genius Mid to mend the Ueavt , To make mankind in conscious virtue bold , Live o er each scene , and he what thoy behold . " In thc contemplation of such matters wc are naturally led to applaud the generous designs by which some have been guided , to rescue the taste of the age , and save the legitimate drama from total annihilation ; and none merit our praise more than Mr . Phelps and Mrs . _Wawvev , _ivlio conjointly , in their _management of Sadler ' s Wells , have given a proof of their public virtue . The dramas brought out at this theatre have embraced tho productions of Shakspeare , Ford , and Massinger , with some of those of our best modern writers , nuioug whom we May mention Sheridan _Knowles and Lytton Huhrer . The
attempt , we are glad to say , has deservedly succeeded . "By-such representations the moval influence of the drama has been revived , and the intellectual character of our country promoted . It is pleasing to see lo what an extent this suburban theatre lias been supported , and which warrants the belief , that wero the bulk of the _pwyVj . to m . _' . _tote less tlie fashions of those who are called the higher classes , we should find . at no distant date all our theatres nightly crowded ; not , however , to witness the importations of foreign unmeaning trash , but to bc delighted with the delineation of those _scenes which teem with so much power and bcautv , in the works of our best writers . It is , perhaps , to the vitiated taste ofthe aristocracy that the drama , wilh us , has boen so long on the decline . Disdaining to mingle with the people they have sought , as in all other affairs connected with
society , an excluswenoss not congenial with the advanced intelligence of the times , and in their amusements they have adopted means whereby the " vulgar herd" are excluded from participating in them . The ballet , first in troductid at the high-priced Italian Opera-house , has been produced at various of ow theatres , and servile and venal managers , truckling to this debasement of fisthave thus sought pecuniary profit at the sacrifice of national character . Let us , however , hopo that thc ex ample to wbich wc have just alluded will be the means ultimately of restoring a ' tosta among the people , that has tor a time only beeu dormant , for itis incompatible with the growing intelli gence of the ago that the _highly moral and imposing scenes developed b y the genius of * i Shakspeavc and a Massingcrshould much longer continue to bc obscured by the fantastic and meretricious movements of a _Taglioni and a Cerito . On Tuesday evening we visited Sadler's Vf ells , to witness the performance of that drama , which of all others , is considered as the
medium through which the immortal Shakspeare sought to give to the world the p ' _utosopl _. y o / Ws own mind " - Hamlet . Uesidcs possessing in its detail a deep and thrilling interest tbat renders its scenic exhibition unequalled in the annals of dramatic poetry it is redolent with sentiments which awaken all the tender emotions ofthe human heart . . _Similce the hero ofthe piece , full of reflective meditation ' exposed to a conflict of passion too powerful for the amiable qualities of his disposition ; contending through _, out with the base t reachery of the King , his uncle ! , " 1 whom wc recognise the incestuous murderer - _. _-compiAled by a necessitous policy to hold converse with the per . iuhous parasites of a licen tious court , whose nice sc _.-uples nL _^ fr _* ratlc ! 77 Ma not detcr tl , en * fnm being im . plicated in a plot for his destruction ; surrounded by events sufficient to " make mad the guilty and appal the free , his feelings struggling against a command which a voice from the tomb had charged bim to fulfil , and yet maintaining amidst such a _tempest , the calm spirit of profound thought—his § eutim { 5 indicating theliir . gu . nse
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of the scholar , his manners denoting the deportmen the gentleman , with that high and liberal caste that 1 secured to . 'dm the character of the philosopher—witli his love for the fair Ophelia , will ever render the pcrsor tion of the you'ig Prince of Denmark the most ditlic in the whole n . mge of dramatic exhibition . From t days of the renOTi'iied Betterton down fo our eelehrat Mneready , it hris _L-een the ambition of _ovwy aclor w has aimed at high _histrionic fume , to rest his popular ! upon thcperforinanceof the Danish Prince . With such co sidcrations , we confess ii was not without some _iiitorc that we visited this theatre , to witness the _repi _sentatiou of this sublime and beautiful tragedy . Anions of the scholar , his manners denoting the deportmen
the few incidents that are known of the personal _histoi of Shakspeare , it is related that the Ghost in Hamlet w . tbe character in wliich he usually appeared , and althoug there is no wide field for tlic display of an actor , yut requires much on the part of he who performs it , , t impress upon the audience that dread awe which tl scene is calculated to impose . Mr . H . Mellon , as tli Ghost , delivered the tale which melts us with _compassiot and inspires us with horror , with a feeling that docs hit great credit . The play altogether was well cast ; evo ; Bernardo and Francisco , the two centincls , performci their parts with the greatest propriety ; each cliaractc excited attention—indeed a chastcness prevailed through out _tliiit exceeds anything we have ever witnessed in any other theatre , proving that tjie excellent lesson of _advict given by Hamlet to the players , not to " o \_ vslep Un modesty of nature , " _nas with a steadiness of _pnrptue kepi fully in view . The A 7 ti _^ r was mos t ably performed by Jfr
G . Uennett , who evinced , by the line intonation of hia voice , the elegance ofhis action , and the correctness wit which the poetry of Shakspeare was given , that lie is ea . pable of performing a hi gher department in the dram * _, than what hitherto has been assigned to him . Miss Lebatt , as Ophelia , looked the character well ; wbrlst in the scene where our sympathies arc so much called forth —where her madness is pourtrayed hy the poet with tlic truest touches of tenderness and pathos , she awakened the deepest emotions ; and the _wildiiess and beauty wiMi which she sung the snatches of old ballads that convey to us in language that cannot be mistaken the true meaning Of the fair Ophelia ' s misfortunes , brought the tear of pity into many an eye . The Queen , by Sirs . Warner , was beautifully delineated . Tho closet scene was a piece of chaste and beautiful acting ; Jlrs . W . ' s looks , with her subdued tone , when the glonin _jf eloquence of Hamla depicted the murderous _churactci * of the _A"iw 7 , and when amidst the terrors of tlie scene , she exclaimed : —
" 0 , Hamlet ! thou bust cleft my heart in twain __ "J exhibited powers that reminded us ofthe tragic excellence of the far-famed Jlrs . _Siddons . In the acting of Mrs . Warner we beheld Gertrude , the guilty mother , covered With 8 _liame hor Mings overcome with all the pangs of bitter repent _.-ince . The arduous part of _thcPWnce was sustained by Mr . "Phelps , who strongly gave indication that he had no . undertaken the task without a deep appreciation of t |! u character . In several scenes he evinced great jud gment aiid made several successful points that excited general admiration . Hamlet ' s interview with Horatio , previous : ly to the mock play , was full of interest and correct discrimination : —tha anguish of mind , under the consideration that he was destined by * ' a voice from the tomb " to fulfil a deed of revenge , was well conveyed , and tire soliloquy , terminating in these words , "The play ' s the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king !" denoted Mr . Phelps' intimate knowledge of Hamlet ' s character . Great energy was also displayed in tlic remarkable ebullition of feeling that ' takes ' plnco after the discovery of the King ' s guilt ; in short , so _\* idmiiable was this conceived , tbat Mr . Phelps in his acting gave to us the true meaning of the poet , it being in this part of the drama where a waywardness of thought has led many to the suspicion that thc mind of _ffiitR . e . was _uiiliiugcd-l in fact , that he is described by Shakspeare , here and throughout , as labouring under something more Hum 11 feigncd insanity . Many excellent qualities belong to
Mr . Phelps as a tragedian , but , notwithstanding , candour impels us to remark that he sometimes exhibits a deficiency we regret to see . In the grave-yard scene , tlio melancholy of Hamlet partakes of a high _contemplativo cast , and reflections of the most profound nature , poured forth from the heart of the philosophic Prince—Jfani . « f' _ . sombre recollections iu beholding the skull of " poor Yorick _, " breathe an eloquence more impressive than all the lectures which divines have preached ; but in tliis scene Mr . Phelps was often tamo and cold . In place of his addressing Horatio , he kept liis eyes fixed upon tiie skull , as if he were saying to the inanimate matter _.
_** Xow get you to my lady ' s chamber , and tell lier , let her paint an inch thick , to this favour she must come . " Many _pn & sages of the play are necessarily curtailed from their great length ; we wish , however , Mrs . Warner , as the Queen , bad given us in full the beautiful , but pathetic lines on the death of " poor Ophelia , " as wcfeel persuaded she would havo done them great justice . We much regretted au omission b y Mr . I'hclps in tlie scene with the GravedU _/ gers . Was it in good taste to suppress the following ?—" How absolute the knave is ! we must speak by the card , or equivocation will undo us . By tlie Lord , IkfMio , these three years _lhave taken note of it ,- the aye it grown 30 picked , that the toe of the peasant comes so near the hed of the courtier , he galls _liia kibe , " Shakspeare , no doubt , in his experience of life , had _feld "theoppressor ' s wrongs , the proud man ' s contumely , "and more than two hundred . years ago he uttered sentiments tbat we _now-a-dnys seem likely to see realised .
The play is altogether well got up , tho scenery is superb , and finely adapted . The house was crowded , and never did we witness an audience where intensity of feeling so universally prevailed , The management of Sad . lei ' s Wells is eminently deserving of public support , and that support the public , to their honour , seem determined to give . Long may the mutual obligation continue . We understand that this noble tragedy will be performed twice or thrice every week for some time to come . Wo advise our readers to embrace this _opportunity of witnessing its performance _.
_ritlJJCESS'S _THEATUE . Wc visited this beautiful theatre during the week , and was highly amused with Mr . Compton , ns Mr . Oblivion * 2 'op ; or , 'Che -Willi without a Head . It really appeared a miracle that lie did not forget his part , or even forget him . self , and not appear at all , Jlr . _Walliick " lias _liilllSelPilS Don Cwfi ' . r deliii-an ; at the conclusion of which he was called before the curtain . Mr . Viniiig _, asJ'Va . ifc Trevor , nnd Mrs . Stirling , as Mrs . Trccor , in Advice to Husbands , both acquitted themselves well . A Court Hall was only a veiy tame affair ; perhaps Court Hulls are so—it they are , it must have heen " true to life . " The bill of fare fur neM . week promises much , and is studded with names Weil known among tiie play-loving public , including the great tragedian , Mr . _Maci-cady , who is announced to appear in Hamlet on . Monday next . We see tbat Madame Ycstris and Mr . Charles Mathews are also engaged to perforin : > t this theatre .
_iioyal Adelaide Gallkry .-Iii consequence of the in . creased number of schemes for vailwnvs to which tl c Atmospheric principle is to be applied , we have again paid a visit to tins gallery for the purpose of examining mure minutely ths model of l'ilbrow _' _s Patent , whicli is here shown on a very large _seuUs , and tlie system very _chm-lv developed ; there are , how-oner , one or two trifling ma ; ter ' . - wlncliwill require a little modification to make it complete , when , we doubt , not it can bc vervcfficicntlv applied . Among the nobility and other visitors * who honoured ti : e _t-allery this week we noticed the Marchioness of Wclksliv
and tho Countess of Wcstmcath _, both of Whom were ill " _ftllCCd tO talvl ! a _l'ide ill the carriage , and api _- . earcd _imii-li pleased with so novel a mode of propulsion . Tlie Xcw / _. ealand _Clnct contributes to tbe gratification of the < isi tors with his descriptions of the New _Zealandsi's , tlieir maimers and customs / and is at all times most . villi '' . , to answer any particulars not clearly explained in liis _lectures . Mr . J , Itussell ' s Mrs . Caudle is a great s , Miwci . f attraction , as it appeal's to us to be the mdv wnv in _trlnVIi tlie amwbk qualities of that lady can he _ghWiviTectly . ihe concerts ave admirably conducted , and tho music well selected .
Koyal Polytechnic Institution- . —Xearlv every >«* ii wc observe _smiiethinj _; new at this most _excellent i . ' _- _"" "' _- ' uon , and among those most recent is a new _apiiiiiiiiu _* * tor making ice in a very fa \\ minutes , and in ulinosi rmyqu . _-uitiity . Consistentl y , therefore , with the spirit lw _«'« " the directors have always been so eminent , liaiW ' '' " ' _^ earned out their professions in _bringing Were _Wwl'i" _''"' all tll . lt IS IIGU ' and useful in science , " j ) r . Ryan _"'* _"'>* lecturing upon heat and cold , and the various methods 01 producing the latter state in great _intensity _I'lii « _' _«" yeat occasioned by tlic Doctor ' s simple vet _hi-.-il . _•• • l _'''* ! ' _!' _ttons ot the phenomena of heat and colti is vcrv _?««' . '" » lecture being crowded dail y , notwithst . _imihis " e y , deserted condition of town . At the termination ot w _*> lecture , Mr . Masterman _' s apparatus for free-sing in _W' \ , three minutes a large block of ice , is amusingly oxhibi tcn to the audience . Wc ought not to forget that , a '' * . " ' * other means of producing cold , Dr . _Kvan _pei-funn-V ! ' "' . _*' with great success- , Mons . Bouiignv ' s _em-rimi'ii ! oi tr «* in 11
g water in red-hot vessels . The beautiful optical _m-- _''* ments invented by Mr . Longbottom , viz ., the phy _. i us _^ and opaque microscope , have lost none of their _iiitoi-e- _^ i . but continue to elicit constant applause : and , _mdewi , we feel bound to admit that it is not _liu-re than they _»< .-serve , from the intellectual pleasure wliich all _pcrso' _-J must derive from witnessing what is not to be seen at a »> other exhibition in the _nictropolis-vi / _-, « »" _* _' ' ' '" - ' . twelve feet in diameter . We onlv wish that there « a » space to magnif y tlie whole 111 : 111 : ' but as it would _voquiA a room ninety feet high to accomp lish it , we n . u = t he m . ) _- tcnt , with the face alone . The opaque miciwoiH ! liit _;\* "f 5 n enriched with a new scries of livim ? and inanimate Oj ' _,. ' - ' _- ' among which the colossal gold fish and the love-bu-J »'' » most conspicuously . A new set of dissolving vievs '• "jbeen introduced this week , which are extremely _Voauuiu . giving accurate views of the most interesting pl : iC < _- '» " Sited by _hei * Majesty during her sojourn in _Gei'Uiiu'y' l F „ music fills been harmonised as an _accompniiiuit- _'* ' ' - _^ them , and the chromatrupe and these alunc _m-i ' ,, ' visit well worth public attention . '
Colosseum . — -This exhibition was visited on _StiturtK evening by I . e Gompte tie Rambuteaa , pair de _Viwand _pi-efet de la Seine . His admiration of the ni '_ . | _| 1 ' " '' ture be found difficulty to express , and suggested its' * - moval to Paris , which he was convinced would _JC- _* _" - _* '' large fortune .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11101845/page/8/
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