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      MA 5 SI 0 N HOUSE . SATCBD * r . -CH « GE OF ASSAOLT . -John Wright , a JrlwerfuUookwB jwmg man , « brought b e fore fflVSavor on the following charge r-Oeorge Yantan a butclier . and landlord of the Lamb Tap , Leadenhall-TOaAet Seposea that he was sitting at breakfast this mornui " , ' * e n the prisoner and two ° thers cam ! into the house - " the prisoner put down a shilling on the bar , with hich ' to treat his companions with something to drink . The shii&ag happened to fall from the bar on to the floor ; the barmaid was looting for it , when the prisoner made an attempt to go behind the bar . lie ( Yanton ) told him lie must not go there , when "Wright and his companions immediately struck him . He was obliged to get the assistance of Mr . llussell , who was present , and also the police , and by their help he succeeded in giving the prisoner and one of his companions in charge ; tlie third had escaped . Ilis Lordship asked why the second prisoner was not put to the bar ! Gooch , the

      gaoler , said he had been bronght on the stretchtr , and that noir he either was , or feigned to be , senseless drunk , neither moving nor speaking . Edwin Ttussell , a "butcher In the market , confirmed the landlord ' s evidence , and said , in assisting to quell the riot he had received several sev <* e blows . Wright , in his defence , said the first vritnes ?; was wrong in stating that he put the shilling Jown on tlie bar—it was his companion ; and when the barmaid could not find the dropped shilling , he merely -nished to go to look for it , and in attempting so to do he was Ktoppsd by the first witness , who struck him . The Lord Mayor said , in consequence of the drunkenness , or feigned drunkenness of Hie other prisoner , he would r « n : mtl the ease until Monday . Wright said his wife Avas confined the night before last , anil should she learn lie was locked up , it might cause her serious injury ; he lioped his lordship woull take bail for his appearance , or lie would deposit £ 5 in court as secvurity . The Mayor accepted the latter offer . The defendant then placed Jive sovereigns in tlie clerk ' s hand , and left the court .

      ^ Wedsesdat . —inAtn > cs the Hevesue . — A man named John Jones was brought before the Lord Mayor and Sir John Pirie upon an information , charging him vrith having been in possession of cameos , gold chains , gold studs , Ac ., to a considerable extent , the same goods being 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 Uuard of Commissioners was £ 272 * 12 s . Cd . —George Walker 3 u 3 ge , an officer of tlie Customs , stated tint on Saturday , at about foul o'clock ill tlie afternoon , he saw the defendant in a boat coming from tlie direction of a foreign steamer , off tlie Custom-house . The defendant landed ,

      and appeared to have something very bulky about his person . Witness stopped him , and asked him * whether he had a JlTtbiiljT about him liable to duty . The defendant said lie " lad not , and witness felt some hard packages at the waistband of liis trousers . In answer to tlie inyuirv of -witness , the defendant said that he came from the Trench boat- Witness then took him to the Thames police-station , searched him , and found concealed about him four bases containing cameos , gold chains , btuds , bracelet ? , pins , ear-drops , &c , all of foreign manufacture , and lial . lt to a duty of 2 o per cent . The defendant was fined jnilie penalty of £ 6 $ 2 s ., and not producing the money , was committed tonrison .

      TYOKSIUP-STREET . Tiicrsdat . —Thrkatexixg Lettehs . —Mr . Vaiin , a solicitor , attended before Mr . JJroughton , accompanied !> y Mr . Thomas Auvache , a master weaver , linns in Manchester-street , Bctlinal-groen , In whose behalf lie requested tlie magistrate to advise and assist him under the following circumstances : —Mr . "Vann stated that Ills client , Mr . Auvache , had given some important evidence at the trial of James Tapping , the man "who was cxeeuled at the Old Bailey , in the early part of the present year , for the murder ol Euiaia Whiter , a young woman to whom he had paid his addresses ; and after adverting to the fact which had been elicited during the preliminary investigation of that melancholy case , that the mind of the wretched criminal had been in the ^ fittst instance ju&UKed and exasperated against his unfortunate victim bv rcccivinsr a . number of anon vinous letters

      Impugning lier character , the learned gentleman proceeded to state that tlie subject of his present application referred to a series of similar csnimmii catwns winch hail been sent to liis client rcspecU ing a young person named Brooks , to whom he had for a considerable period paid honourable attention , and was shortly to be married . The anonymous correspondence of which he complained dated its eoannencejncnt from the "very week in whicli Tapping -was executed , and the letter having been for some time conSned merely to vague outmost virulent Imputations upon the young woman ' s reputation , -which his client was perfectly satisfied were wholly false , he paid no attention to them ; but their concealed author having lately given expression to most alarming invectives against the

      object of his alfectious , and in direct and unambiguous terms incited him to murder her , Ids client felt that it was high time to take some decisive steps for the discovery of the offender , and obtained legal assistance for that purpose . Tlie ; mojuinous assailant , however , appeared by sonic means to have become apprised of the course he had adopted , for on the day after his client had placed the matter in liis { Mr . Vann ' s ) hands , he received another ietter of a verr alarming tendency , in ¦ which the writer , after vowing the most deadly vengeance against his intended wife , expressed liis determination , should Mr . Auvache proceed any farther iu the matter , or attempt to raise liis hand or voice for the young woman ' s protection , to lie ill wait for liini , and dash out his brains ; and concluded by declaring that he wesfully prepared to expiate the crime upon the scaffold : and advised him to take this as a serious and

      iiaal -warning of the nnthor's intentions . The system of malignant and unrelenting persecution to which his client and Miss Jirookshad been subjected , had occasioned the greatest apprehension and alarm "bsih to themselves and their respective families , and he considered liis own and the 3-oung woman's life in Aaigcr . —3 Ir . Vajm then handed to the magistrate a packet cf kUers relating to the subject of tlie application , after perusing some of which ' , Mr . Bronghimi said that the feelings of apprehension under which the applicant was labouring were certainly fully justified Iff Use menacing tendency of the letter which Jmd been produced ; the last of ' which iu yav-1 i « ilar contained a direct threat against his life ; sad he should , therefore , order Fitzgerald , the warrant officer , to use the most vigilant ' efforts to discover their author , If possible ; and in that event he -srould ijisfcmtly issue a wan-ant for his apprehension . Tie applicant thanked the magistrate for his attention , and left the court with bis " solicitor .

      jto . i v . —Hrvoi / nxc l'aoFucAcv jsd Attempted SIckdee . —Joseph Samuels , a Jew , was placed at the bar , htTore . Mr . llrvnghton , charged under tlie following itoSitiom cimnnsLincpc , with having attempted to murder Iris lirother , Jlr . Henry Samuels , a master furrier and trimming manufacturer , in White Lion-street , Xortonibl pte . The prosecutor stated that he returned to his residcrcc-etawceii lwelreand one o ' clock on tlie niglit of Falrardny ] fl « , ana having admitted himself with a latch ley , he proceeded to ths workshop , winch was occupied a ? a sleeping apartment by his brother , to procure a light , hut on entering the room , he was astounded at discovering his own wife and the prisoner in bed together , and iliOT had evidently Ticcn just orronsea from sleep t > j the SiOruptneFS of Ins entrance . On recovering from this rtsrtliia shock , lie ordered them both instantly to get

      up and quit the lionse , hut his wife , having objected to leave borne at such an unseasonable hour with an infant at Jier breast , lie reluctantly yielded to lier importunities that she inisht remain in the kitchen until morning . He insisted , however , upon tlie instant departure of the Xirisoner , and on repeating his order to that effect , the latter suddenly sprang towards the work-table , and seizing n large carving-knife , after a dreadful imprecation , made a desperate stab at 3 iim in the direction of the chest ; Irat the witncEF , by a violent effort , succeeded in warding off the Wow wi ! h a candlestick , and knocked the knife out of his hand . On upbraiding him with the turpitude of his conduct , the prisoner tauntingly told him that his wife had voluntarily sought the intercourse , and that it liad taken place between them on numerous former OWSSioBP . The witness iiad , in the meantime , thrown

      up the window , and called for assistance , and , on the entrance ofn policeman , he gave theprisoner into custody . In answer to questions from the magistrate , tlie prosecutor stated that lie bad been married fc > Iris wife for a period of ssve-n years , and bad four children by her , the youngest of which was only a few months old , aiid he had never witnessed anything in her conduct whicli excited his suspicions until the present unhappy occasion . The enormity of tlie prisoner's guilt Ivas heightened by the fact that about a twelvemonth since he had come up from the country in a state of utter destitution , and without the snsans of procuriiur either food or lod ging- , with which the -witness had not only supplied him ever since , hut had

      also allowed him a liberal weekly salary for assisting him in his business . Police constable If 73 , proved having been called to Ibe l : ouse . at the door of which he found the prosecutor in a state of terrible excitement , who told him that he baa just detected the prisoner in the act of adultery with his wife , and that he had afterwards attempted to slab him . On proceeding up stairs to the workshop , he fouiid the prisoner there partly dressed , and tlie prosecutor handed him the carving-knife now produced , as the instrument with which the attempt had been made upon his life . The prisoner did not deny the rhaT ^ e . but repeated to witness his former statement , that xi , e prosecutor ' s wife had herself solicited the

      improper intercourse , which had been carried on for a considerable time . Mr . Broughton said ilsat a more atrocious case had never come wilhinhis knowledge , and as heplaced the most implicit credence in 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 bronght up the following day for the formal completion of the depositions . The prisoner , "who observed an absolute silence throughout the proceedings , was then removed to the cells . < . ^" edsesdat . —The Attempted Fbatbicide . —Joseph •_ auiuefe , a . Teir , wa 3 re-examined before Mr . Broughton . S ™ 1 \ cllaTSe Ol attempting to stab liis elder bother own ^ i * ™! . « ' , master furrier , who had discovered his Si ; Wl , j' ^ 7 ?;' » sl '' - <> a'er , inbed together . The SSed t oXe " vgtte ^ r « t ?' Ptt 0 ^' n < W ^

      < - BOW STREET * uni -d disord ^' BhTsaidTe 011 ^ ^ bCins J one said her name was Smith ,

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      and she resided in Crown-street , Soho . —Mr . Twyford asked her what she was . She replied that she was an independent lady . The officer who had her in charge substantiated the statement , by adding that she had plenty of money in her pocket . —Mr . Twyford : Well , as she has plenty of money , she must pay a fine of five shillings . —TllG Sue was immediately paid , aud she was discharged . Tuesday . —Smdcguno . —A tobacconist named Bush , of lligh Ilolborn , was charged by the Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Customs with harbouring and concealing in his house smuggled goods , &c . For the prosecution , Mr . Potburv examined several Excise officers , bvwhom

      the defendant ' s house was searched , under the authority of a warrant granted by the Lambeth police magistrates . In one of the bed-rooms they found Airs . Bush , the defendant ' s wife , in the act of taking some American Cavendish tobacco from a chest of drawers ; and subsequently a bos of cheroots was found concealed in another part of the room . The defendant behaved in a spirit of defiance to tlie officers , in consequence of which the commissioners were disposed to press for tlie severer penalty . The defendant pleaded inexperience in his business as the cause of his offendinjr against the Excise laws , and Mr . Twyford ordered him topav a fourth of the penalty of £ 100 , to which he was liable , and the costs . The amount , £ 25 2 s ., was immediately paid .

      Robbeut at Buckingham Palace . —A young woman named Caroline Evans , a servant maid in the service of her Maiesty , 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 .

      SOUTHWAItK . Fbidat . —Attempt at Poisoning . —Bridget Smith , described as a married woman , and about thirty years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Cottingham , charged with sending a quantity of poison to Henry Smith , with a view of destroying him . Thomas Hyatt , a boy about nine years of age , stated that on Friday afternoon last , about two o ' clock , as he was at play in the Cornwall-road , Lambeth , the prisoner , whom he had not seen before , came up to him , and asked him to take a parcel for her to Mr . Smith ' s , at No . 3 , Peer ' s-cooperagc , near Waterloo Church . She then gave witness the parcel ( produced ) , desired him to leave it at Mr . Smith's , and to say that -the jierson who gave him the parcel was to desire Jlrs . Smith to make tea , and that she would call and have some with her , adding that when he ( witness ) returned , she ( the prisoner ) would give him a penny for his

      trouble . Witness accordingly took the parcel , and gave it to an old lady who came to the door , to whom he delivered tho message , but wlieu he returned to the place where he left the woman to get the penny , he found she was gone away . The witness added that he had no doubt the prisioner was the person who sent him with the parcel . —Mary Smith , the mother of Henry Smith , confirmed the boy ' s evidence as to the receiving the parcel from him . The witness , on untying the parcel , found it contained a quantity of moist sugar and some lump intermixed . She tied up the parcel again until her son returncdhome , and having infurmedhim of what had taken place in his absence , he expressed his surprise that such a parcel should have been sent to him , and , as he suspected something wrong , he took it to a chemist ' s shop , and brought back word that there was a quantity of poison mixed with the sugar , and that if they had taken any poi-tion , it must have caused their death . — Henry Smith , a man about thirty years of age , was then

      examined . He stated that lie was a cliarcoal-dealer , in the Cornwall-road , and that wlieu the message about the parcel was delivered to him by his mother , on the evening of Friday , he took it to Mr . Handy , the surgeon , of the Waterloo-road . That gentleman proceeded to the examination of the contents of the parcel , and pronounced that a large quantity of oxalic acid was mixed up with , the sugar . Mr . Cottingham aslied the witness if he had previously been acquainted with the pr isoner , and as to what her motive could have been in sending him poisou whether they had quarrelled , or that she had ever made any threats against him ?—Smith , iu reply , said that some time ago she threatened to poison him . It further appeared that the complainant and the prisoner had cohabited together , and she had borne him a child . The prisoner asserted that she was lawfully married to the complainant , but this he denied . The prisoner asserted her innocence , and insisted that the boy Hyatt , must be mistaken . She was remanded .

      Satcedat . —Attempt to Mcbxeb . —Josiah Clarke , an extraordinary-looking young man , was placed at the bar before Mr . Cottingham , charged with damaging a quantity of iron railings , and attempting to murder Mr . William Chapman , a tradesman residing in Geovge-street , Bfrmondsey . Complainant said that about twelve o ' clock on the preceding night he heard some person striking tlie iron railings in front of the house . Having dressed himself , he went out aud saw the prisoner in tlie act of breaking off the tojis of the railings with too large choppers . He requested him to desist , and leave tho spot , hnt the prisoner still went on in his destructive course . He then took holdofhim , and attempted to remove him , when he said he would chophisb—y head off , with the formidable weapons

      he nad in his hands . Witness endeavoured to detain him until the arrival of a constable , but the prisoner struck at him several times with the choppers , declaring that he would murder liira . Had he not defended himself with his arms , he must inevitably have been murdered . Complainant exhibited his arms , which were dreadfully lacerated with the blows inflic : ed with the choppers . His cries brought to his assistance a police-constable , who , after a desperate struggle , secured him , and conveyed him to the station-house . This evidence was corroborated by that of the policeman . Mr . Cottingham ordered the prisoner to find good bail for his future good conduct for twelve months , or remain in prison during that period . He was committed .

      Monday . — The Ciiaiige or Sending Anonymous Letters , with Istkst to 1 'oison . —Henry Killcrby , the lad remanded on Thursday last on the charge of sending anonymous letters , enclosing poison , to several of the inhabitants of Southwark , was brought up for re-examination . The extraordinary circumstances connected with the case had the cfiect of causing a crowded court . Mr . Horton , the rector of St . George ' s , together with the churchwardens and several of the parishioners , attended the examination . When the prisoner was placed at the bar Mr . Cottingham inquired if lie had any legal adviser?—The prisoner ' s father stepped forward , and replied in the negative , observing that he was so conscious of the innocence of his son , that he did not consider it was requisite to employ any professional gentleman . —Sir . Cottingham evinced his surprise at this , after what had taken place on the former examination . Tlie magistrate then inquired

      -whatfurther evidence there was against the accused ?—ilary Ann Holmes was then called , and she stated that she was in the service of a Miss Ward , and that several anonymous letters of a threatening description had heen sent to her mistress , one of which had been placed in her ( the witness ' s ) bauds by a young man whom she should know again if she saw him . —Tlie witness , on looking at the prisoner , said she was convinced he was not the person wh » gave her the letter . —A female in the service ol Mr . Humble , Kalhain-hill , stated , that on the 28 th of July an anonymous letter was received , addressed to Mrs . Humble , ' enclosing a quantity of poison . Mr . Humble was at Brighton at the time , ami the writer of the letter described himself as clerk to Mr . Humule , at his establishment iu 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 . — said that the

      In rejilv to Mr . Gottingham , the witness discovery that the powder consisted of oxalic acid was wade on the return of Mr . Humble to town , his wife fortunately not having adopted the advice of the writer oi the infamous epistle . Sergeant Kendall said the prisoner ' s father was a straw bonnet cleaner , in White-street , mid that he used oxalic acid in his trade . He , the sergeant , mentioned tlie fact , to show that the 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 that not only did the prisoner ' s father use such paste in his 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 the prisoner was at the office in London-street Fcnchuvch-street , between eleven

      nnd twelve o'clock en Monday last , m 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 in his possession , one of which had a long ami sharp pointed blade , and was carefully wrapped up in paper . The 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 he addressed . The inspector from the i ' ost-oflice attended , and a number of the anonymous lettei' 5 heillj huiuled to him he examined the willing , and was of opinion that they were nil 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 lie 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 , iu which the writer threatened to set five 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 lind any facilitic- » for carrying suvii a threat into execution , if he was the writer of the letters % Two witnesses hell ringers of St . George's Church , were then called , and from their evidence it appeared that the prisoner was in the habit of assisting in ringing the bells of that church and that lie frequcntl } - attended during the 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 in all the letters was not identified as his . still that the evidence adduced against him that day strengthened tlie suspicions as to his being the person by whom they were sent to the 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 in the negative . Jlr . Cottingham having consulted with some of the parodiial officers , said that the further investigation Of the case should be 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 the required sureties , and he was set at large .

      - Tuesbat . —Attempt to Poison . —Bridget Smith was brought up on remand from Saturday , charged with send , ing a packet containing oxalic acid to Henry Smith , a charcoal dealer , in the Cornwall-road , . Lambeth , with intent to poison him . After hearing several witnesses , the magistrate again remanded the prisoner .

      CLERKENWBLL . . Thursday . —Assault . —Charles Soames and his wife were charged with an assault on an old man . The prosecutor ' s head was frightfully lacerated , and the side of his face was swollen and bruised very sadly . lie stated that in the evening he went to the defendant's house and . asked for payment of a sum of raoney that was due to him . The woman answered him at the door , and first abused him in the coarsest

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      manner , aud then fetched a poker and beat him with it about the head . A police-constable was brought to the spot , but the prisoners had escaped , and it was sometime before theirretreat was ascertained . Before being captured they made a desperate resistance , and the woman kicked the officer so sererely as to incapacitate him from duty for some days to come . The man's defence was that the prosecutor had induced his wife to get drunk in his house , and spend between £ 8 and £ 0 , and this caused her to become exasperated when she saw him in her sober moments . He denied having done more tlian endeavour to save his wife from being locked up . The prisoners were committed tt the House ot Correction for fourteen days .

      QUEEN SQUARE , Wednesday . —Swindling . —A long investigation took place before Mr . Bond , in refcrenco to a charge made againat Maria Locke , the wife of the surgeon-accoucheur , manager of " The Royal Belgravo Lyinir-in Institution , " and Edwin Locke . her son , for fraudulently obtaining goods irom Mr . Cawthorpe , bootmaker , Tothill-street . The office was crowded with tradesmen . It appeared that some boots were on two occasions ordered by Mrs . Loclto and one of her sons to be sent to 25 , James-street , Buclciugham-eate ( the new offices of this institution ) , to be tried on ;' several pairs were retained , though some were in an unfinished state , and could not be worn , hut the shopman was told by the son 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 curtains , which 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 few old chairs . The interior bespoke the direst poverty , Mr . Bond ultimately held the prisoners to bail , in two sureties of £ 10 each , to appear ah r ain on Wednesday ; the same bail to be also given for James Locke , another son , who secured a pair of the boots , and put them on , and th « n with a laugh told the shopman "his pa was out . " The three were sent to prison in default of bail .

      MARYLEB 0 NE . Wednesday . — Cuauge of Felony . —Two young men , well known to the police , and who gave their names Alfred Duckett and John Britton , were- placed . it the bar before Mr . Rawlinson , charged with having stolen a plate basket and its contents , consisting of a silver teapot , a fish-slice , spoons , forks , &c , value in the whole £ 60 , from the house of Mr . Edward Ellis , No . 10 , Melbury-terraee , llarewood-square . JIarvanno Briscoc , the housemaid , deposed , that on Saturday morning last , at nine o ' clock , she saw the plate safe in the basket on the dresser , in tho front kitchen ; and at twelve o ' clock ( three hours afterwards ) , on her going to take out some forks , she found that the whole of tho property was

      gone . Daniel Callaglmn , a labourer , said , that on tho morning in question , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , while employed at No . 23 , Blandford-square , within a short distance of Mr . Ellis ' s dwelling , he saw the prisoner Duckett come up the area steps of No . 24 , anil join the other prisoner Britton , who came out of No . 27 , the two latt ? r empty houses ; they ( the prisoners ) tlicn walked away together , and on witness subsequently hearing of the robbery of plate , it occurred to him that the parties alluded to were the thieves . Witness added that he saw a basket lying in tho area of No . ' 24 , and that the police had taken possession of it . The prisoners , who said they knew nothing whatever about the jobbery , were remanded for further examination .

      HAMMERSMITH . Wednesday . — Semous Ciiaiige . — After the night charges were disposed of a person of respectable appearance , addressing Mr . Ciive , said he wished to apply for a warrant against a master butcher , of flic name of Humblcstone , residing in the Fulham-road , for an assault upon his wife , by whom he was accompanied . The applicant stated his name was Dell , and that he resided at Brompton ; 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 . Huniblestone , and on her return home she appeared much excited , and complained that she had been most improperly and indecently assaulted by Mr . Humblestonc . Mrs . Dell was then called forward and stated , that while passing Mr , Ilumblestone ' s house he calKd lier in . Knowing that her husband , who was a tailor , worked for him , she went into the shop , and

      followed Mr . IIumblcstonQ into the parlour , to hear what he wanted to say to her , upon which he instantly locked the door , and although she called out for assistance , he succeeded in his wishes . Mr . C'live inquired of Mr , Dell why he had not given lluinblostonc in charge t& the police ? Mr . Dell s : ud , he iimnadiately went to Mr . Ilumblestone , who did not deny the charge , mil ; a : d be was so excited at tlie time , that he could not resist the temptation , and told him ( Mr . Dell ) to run a kniie into him at once , saying he was a villain , and Sirs . Dell was a virtuous woman . Mr . llumblastoiio had also called on him ( Dell ) on the previous nijjht to endeavour to make the matter up , but he told him he would in no way compromise the 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 tlie T division to take the proper steps for taking Mr . Ilumblestone into custody .

      THAMES . Tuesday . —A Juvenile Rebellion and Strike fok Wages . —Pour boys , all under 15 years of age , luuncd Richard Grey , Thomas Townly , 5 times Murray , and Henry Long , were brought before Mr . Lallantinc , charged with creating a riot and disturbance near tho premises of Messrs . Ditchburn and Marc , the ship-builders , at Bluckwall , and doing wilful damage to some property . This case originated out of a strike for extra wages by the boys , 150 in number , in the employ of Ditchburn and Mare . Mr . Buckhuid , clerk to Messrs . Ditchburn aud Mare , stated that the boys struck for extra wages on Monday , and the firm refused to submit to theii terms ; in consequence of which the lads assembled near tlie gates of tlie establishment that morning as early as seven o ' clock , and made a great disturbance . They were driven away

      several times , and re-assembled at nine o ' clock and gavethree cheers . Soon afterwards they hoisted 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 they paraded , three and four abreast , in martial order . They shouted , and cheered , aud called out "the union for ever , no surrender" [ laughter ] . This continued for some time , and at last the boys became more outrageous , and entered the premises of witness , and carried away a quantity of . small tvecs ;\ nd roots , tuul uacli boy provided himself with a bough or plant , and then they broke down a fencu in making their way out . A procession was again formed , and the boys marched along , Witness procured the assistance of a policeman , ami went after them . They no sooner observed him approaching with the officer than they threw down their banners ,

      handkerchiefs , and " leafy screens , " and scampered oil as fast as they were able . All escaped except the four prisoners , who were captured and taken to tho stationhouse . The prisoners , who were all humility , mid appeared in great dread of a prison and a Hogging , said they were very sorry indeed , and hoped the magistrate would forgive them . They admitted talcing up boughs and young trees , because they sawothers do it . Mr . Ballnntine said , as tho boys had expressed contrition , and bad promised not to offend again , he would allow their parents to take them home . The boys had acted very foolishly indeed . Thny had a ri ght to strike for wages it they pleased , but they must n , ot parade the streets in a riotous manner , or do inyuvj- to property , and if any oi them were brought before him again , under" similar circirumstances , he would commit them to prison . Tho youthful insurgents then left the court .

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      ADDRESS TO THE WORKING CLASSES ? it ' j the Directors of the United Trades Association established for the Employment of Labour /„ Anrl culture and Manufactures . The directors arc desirous of calling the attention ot the working classes to the establishment of this association , which , if properly supported , cannot fail to produce the most beneficial results ; and of kvjV before them some of the measures by which thev Propose to accomplish the great object the association has in view . The necessity of an organisationTv trhkh the surplus labour m&t be " bibTai d the wl S ° \ indM ^ r ' ' ? annofc bc deni « I , ihen * o reflect upon the depressed condition of tllO work-Si ™ ,,, nV " ° P ^ PaWe that , inprip r on as our means oi production and national wealth have increased , our national poverty has increa cd also i t is therefore evident , that the sufferings rfS , e wo ' rking classes have not been caused bv nnv i fl T « f tho

      hv sS Ot ' - > 0 P Wailt ° f indl »« haWfa but by some absorbing power , over which they have had ZZ \ i - 1 S Vcry ? C 8 iraUo tlmt working men should be put m possession of the true bearings oi tins question , which alone can enable them to form ; nZm < i 1 - ea of tll 0 ir mvn importance , - and t 0 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 bo 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 their inquiries has been to assure them that the 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 existing usages , and the constitution of the country , —the directors feel assured , tha although the emancipation of labour be , above all others , the most 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 of independence than they have hitherto enjoyed ; and obtain for 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 iuduatvy doea not receive , either from the government or the capitalist , that protection to which it is entitled , and which a healthy commerce could well aftbl < L It is , therejbse , at once tU ©

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      interest and the duty of erery man to endeayour to proride that protection for himself : }* . « W ™» > with that of his family who are dependent upon him deiS when "is single efforts fail , that he unite fhemwiththose of his ° felloW man , in order that each may receive the full value of labour which m the birthright of every man throughout the British The poverty of the working classes has become national ; therefore , before any permanent advantage can be realized by them , their efforts must become national also . They must have a combination of nowcrand magnitude , superior to the evils they have to contend with , —a power which shall disarm oppression by its moral influence , and silence its enemies bv the moderation and legality of its claims . I he directors feel assured that nothing les 3 - than the

      present national organization—based aa 10 is upon the nwst philanthropic principle , embracing and eiving everv advantage that may be desired , —can save the sons of toil from ultimate destruction . _ The United Trades Association has but one object , —the general happiness of society . Tne accomplishment of this object will hinge upon three grand points , namely : first , to give employment to labour in agn culture and manufactures , —thereby enabling those to obtain a livelihood who , without such provision , would either be in a state of destitution , or become tho recipients of a cold and formal charity . The accomplishment of such a change in the condiin which the

      tion of our fellow-creatures , is a work philanthropist must find great delight ; and must be considered by every man , who values the happiness and well-being of society , of the greatest importance . The necessity of this is seen in the thousands ot ablebodied mechanics that are literally starving—and the thousands more that are compelled to seek an asylum in the union bastiles , though , by their physical powers bein ^ properly employed , they would produce considerably 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 morcpavticularl y 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 . 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 located in

      amount of the same must be removed and such manner . Jand upon such conditions , as shall enable each individual to provide a competence . 1 luis 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 ot the association , to give to Trade Societies , as well as ^ to individual shareholders , an opportunity oi employing to the greatest advantage whatever amount of capital may be at their disposal . Thus to enable them to secure not only the full proceeds of industry , but ail

      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 be 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 is 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 , whicli has 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 docs not prevail , the question before the working classes iswhether it be most expedient to create that demand for and by their own enjoyment , or to starve until it shall be created by foreign commerce ? which , even then , would confer but small advantages upon them , and that fivon without any assurance of stability . The directors teel assured that 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 the power of increasing the consumption ; and as an increase of consumption can alone increase tho demand for labour , where is their hope ? It follows as matter of necessity , that the desired improvement in their 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—surrounded by the contempt and scorn of those who sympathise not with their sufferings .

      The directors feel assured , did the working classes but vcilect upon their own capabilities and their position 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 frco themselves irom the trammels arising out of the present system of employing private capital , together with those of competition , and annihilate the evil which threatens ihially to overwhelm with poverty and starvation . The question maybe-asked , is this practicablecan we b-.-tter our condition by the proposed means ?

      Our answer is comprehensive . Judge fov yourselves —let all the wealth which the 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—that all their physical necessities should have been abundantly supplied out ot'tlic wealth they were producing—t' -c ' n strike the balance , and say whether limit would have had an existence . The directors feel Pssured that the cordial support of the working classes is alone necessary to enable them to accomplish effectually the proposed object ; and they have the gratification of acknowledging the proofs they dailv receive of the interest taken by

      working men in the solution of this great problem , and tho readiness and zeal with whicli their co-operation is tendered . Some trades , however , hold back , and upon these the directors would impress the unfairness of seeking to exempt themselves from theii 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 back lay themselves to their fellows , in order to induce them to adopt a more magnanimous course , rtmI one to whicli the imputation cannot attach ot a want of spirit or a want of sagacity . The directors have great pleasure in announcing

      the Trades Weekly Register will be published every Saturday , and tliat its columns will be open to an parties who seek for the emancipation of labour , nis desirable that any one who is doubtful ol any oi tho measures of the Association will communi cate fully and freely his objection , so that they « uo published and answered in the work just ; " « - being sensible that there is no other p ound tm a judicious confidence ; and they call "P ° " ^^ ' ^ e classes to rally round this great n ational entei ^ use which needs only their assistance to cany it to ^ a triumphant issue The elevation of the ch die . ol labour in the scale of society-tho contractionl of tlie hours of labour , so as to P ™ ° ™ W ^ Si family , time for recrcatum- for _ mental ami mo improvement-to enable him to find noik to do am . 4 n nwinm-A -i romnctciice thereby;—tnest- . uo w" , sS 5 fr 4 £ 35 s 3 £ SSHS ^ sh *??^ Sferi ' . s ^ ' ^ 'S

      ( Signed ^ gT 0 REy georetMyi Directers of tlie UniteT'lVades ' Association for the Emp loyment of Labour in Agriculture and Tf DuSSte , Esq ., rrosident , London , W ilobson , Vice-President , London . — ' Arch , silk-hatter , London . R Thompson , printor , London . T Storey , ladies' shoemaker , London , j " T Gi ' mblett , carpenter , London . d . White , woolcomber Bradford . — Evans , potter , Staffordshire Potteries . Roberts livdraulic packer , Manchester .

      LvNC ^ sHinE Haxd-Loom Weavers . —At a delegate meeting of tho Hand-loom Weavers' Association , held on tho 5 th inst ., at the Pack Horse , Smithybrook it was resolved , and unanimousl y agreed to , ' " That a regular statement of lengths and prices shall be drawn up and printed , and each manufacturer and workman served with a copy of the same so that an orderly and systematic form may oxisl between the employer and the employed . " After the discussion of a few more subjects , the meeting was addressed by Mr . John Linnagin , on the subject of "Unity , as beins necessary for the protection of labour . " rhe address was received with applause , after which the meeting separated ra '

      Kidderminster Weavers .-On Saturday last , the weavers of Kidderminster were deliMitPd wifh a Sn oV SSf *^^ * " ' SSg . n" ' ? , m , raford- lhe subject was " Trades ' Unions . " The lecturer dwelt at great length on tho insufficiency of sectional TtJ ^^ SSfS ^ Z Sn P A ° ° hQUr ^ dtwenty niStes by calling on all the wearers . < jf Kidderminster to join

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      the National Movement There were about fire hundred persons present , and at the conclusion of the meeting every hand was held up for joining the National Tradea * Union . Mr . Flinn is staying here a few weeks , and is likely to do a great amount of good for the cause . There is a most abominable system in practice here ; when a weaver leaves his employment he cannot get any work anywhere else unless he takes a note with him from his last employer ; and if he has rendered himself obnoxious in the eyes of his " master" he ( the " master" ) has the power to starve him into the Union Bastile , or ( which has been the case in many instances ) drive him away from his native land . On Monday evening Mr . 1 . Clark leetured at the Freemasons' Arms Inn , on the LaDd and Trades' Unions . " The meeting was well attended . The speaker spoke nearly two hours , and gave great satisfaction ; at the conclusion a unanimous vote of thanks was given to Mr . Clark , for his able and talented lecture .

      The United Trapes' 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 . He will , therefore , deliver his first lecture on the principles of the association , on Sunday , October 19 th , at the Parthenium-rooms , St . Martin ' s-lane . The lecture will commence at half-past seven precisely . —N . B . It is expected Mr . Skelton will leave London for Manchester on Monday , October 20 th . Staffordshire Minkrs . —The next delegate meeting of the South Staffordshire Miners will be held on Monday , October 20 th , at Joseph Linney's , White Horse , High-street , Mlston . The chair to be taken at ten o ' clock a . m . Each colliery is requested to send a delegate .

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      ODD FELLOWSHIP . TUE "OLD ODD FELLOW" AGAIN . TO TUE EDITOU OP THE STAB . Dear Sir , — The " strawis now moving" with a vengeance ! Your excellent remarks have completely annihilated all the trumpery arguments of Riitcliite ' s friend and champion , Candelet ; Ashdown has settled down to his making of frothy speeches at select anniversaries ' Glass , the philosophical Jerry-lord , lias resumed liis avocation of selling ale ; and Ratcliife , 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 tUo aid o £ that sloy . pail of corruption , the vickctty Journal , have fallen o )> en-mouthed uj > on the " Old Odd Fellow . " Tlie 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 are in about the very sacred "honour" and " honesty " of the gentleman and Christian !

      Truly , ag ehmnpiou Candelet observes , it needeth " sublimity of language" to keep them all quiet . But that task we leave to ablsr scribes , and shall content ourselves by giving straightforward factB , such as we have given , and such as have caused all the venom and vituperation sjrit forth hy the guilty party , We shall makii no inuendos , but speak right out ; for truth is better understood when divested of the mantle of " sublimity . " Aftei' all their shuffling , we shall still continue to expose them ; and , brazen-faced as they are in their protended unbelief , we shall not whine and regret

      that knaves will continue the pvostitutes of corruption . But for those hardworking men in mills and mines , who have been for years paying their money into the coffers of the crew , they shall be enlightened about the nefarious doings of the interested ; aud if they still choose to repose confidence in them , and trust their funds in the hands of notorious blacklegs and gamblers , it shall not be oui" fault . As we predicted , Ilatelirt ' e was at Doncaster races , in . , Company with liis staft ^ including that sttaigUt-uairciVgeutlcman , Mi * . Morality Mansfiuld , who was betting upon what the blacklegs call "llatcliftVs tips . "

      Now , is it not monstrous * , that although the Order pays a secretary £ 300 per year for liis services , lie does not attend above three or four hours a day at his oftice in Aytoun-strect . His usual time of coming is between ten and eleven in the-morning ; and lie may be seen going away vury generally about two in the afternoon . The tradesmen to the board are completely in his power ; and the piece of plate he got from them was a downright hypocrisy . He has had the nower for years of making those tradesmen G . JI . ' s and 1 ) . G . M . ' s of the Order ; and WitlvUie iniluencu and patronage he possesses , it is almost impossible to reform the abuses . If a member of the A . M . C , is " noisy" he is " hailed off" 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 men in Manchester made an attempt to abolish the present humbug system of auditing the boolts of the Order ; and proposed that those books should be audited by a public accountant . Now , mark what followed : Glass and Ashdown gabbled about " what the Manchester members should have done years since : " mark the late of this honest move . The members we have spoken of persevered ; and the whole pack of interested tradesmen , who were ojiws , fell upon them . Charges were got up against them ; the tyrannic laws wore put in force ; and they were expelled ! So much fov Manchester attempting to cleanse the Augoan stable . ISow , let us see what a nice "job" this auditing is , and how well worth retaining

      l > y the sticklers for corruption . Yaughan , of Merthyr Ty dvil , was one of the auditors last year ; ami his expenses as auditor were above £ 33—viz ., £ 19 odd for auditing . and £ U odd for go ' mg to Glasgoio to tell what lie had liccn doing . The nice little bonu iias this ycai bGQii given to M'Douga ! , of Grccnock ; . i '" l < oi " his toadying to the powers that be , he well deserves tlie picking of it . Now , we assert that a pub lic accountant would audit the books more efficiently and satisfactorily than twenty Vaiiglinn ' s , with a dozen excisemen to help him . Only think , hard working Od . l Fellow . ' , ( Hat above 12 s . a-wcekgoes out of your money for some jobber to come scores of miles off to audit tliosu books , winch a public accountant , whose business it is , would do for less

      than one-tenth ot the money . Now for a word about Glass ' s ( ale respecting the number of representatives that have been sent to tlie A . ai . G . from Manchester for years past . II is true that shoals ot men have gone to those martins * *<» " Mancliestw , and called themselves deputies ; but Glass forgot to tell who they were ; what their princJpnl ta » U » ra » ™ ; who « mt ind ; and how they wercpu-l forg * l « b ' . , <*«» forgot these knotty points : but he shall now be told In . tho first place , thev . webb ckauesmkn to tho Order , in ono shape or another , such us 1 'icsar . Who tc . Mansucld . R cjmond . Grav f , vl . o "ill perhaps deny being a ^ desman altl . ouBhhoI . as f "" years Had » ' « monopoly of 11 ^ sold his ale )

      meetings at his clnmfcerv , and consequently ; their P rincipal business w . u to make mteyest with the officers of ( lillbront districts there assembled , that they mi-lit = oll their sashing and rosettes , their picture and omblcm frames , tlieir Hags ami banners , They sent themselves ; and we will slioiv hoiv . They had taken caro to fr-tme the law to suit tlieiv purpose - , and went tuiOi heg ' j'd certificate * - TllB members in Manchester know well the schemes resorted to by these shoy-hoy representatives to get a begg'd certificate . They were both numerous and ingenious ; such , for instance , as that played off by W'haitc , when he drew his clearance to join a new lodge composed of twelve members , which twelve memlers he pretended to represent , when he acted as postman to the

      Bradford A . ir . C , m \ A got elected to be B . C . M . of the Order . They paid tlieir own expenses , as well they could afford ; for to thenVthe 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 anil years . Lodges and district committees have passed resolution after resolution to alter the laws upon these points ; but , like all other attempts to reform the order , those resolutions havo been burked ; and if any one dared to raise his voice against the in . justice , expulsion was threatened for . " bringing into con > tempt" tlio doings of the A . M . C .

      Candelet and Glass , and the whole of that class of writers , seem to think that the Manchester secession was the work of a moment , brought about by a sudden ebullition of feeling taken advantage of by a few disaffected members . Aiisuramy misiuhci . -. ci .... i Tiie revolution has been silently at work for years , provoked by u ' ik unendurable tyranny of Hatcliffe and liis numerous spies and parasites , whoso odious designs and deep-laid schemes to centralise the power , and obtain control over the funds of lodges and districts , having been rather prematurely exposed , have caused the crisis sooner than the plotters anticipated . Reform has come , thank God ! No owe can stem its current . Let the advocates of the old system write on . We want enquiry . 11 will clieit truth . January approaches " The ides of March" are coming .

      in Manchester and Salford their number of members is reduced to a miserable 300 ; and those are the crotchetty old aies and hangers-on of the gang , including the fagend of old Gray ' s defunc t Sick Club . Internall y , they are tearing one another to pieces . Ratcliffu ' s own lodge is in a sea of turmoil . They have thrice refused to receive the clearance of Elliot , the D , G . M . ; and ho has had to hawk it about like a beggar , soliciting some of the fractional lodges to taUe 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 the new financial laws . Keep a sharp look out . Do not let them havo anything to do with your lodge funds . Keep tour honey in yodh own custody . However liberal the officers may bo in votes of confidence one in another , he it your duty to take good , eat o ( hat they ( ie-ttoluote the money out of your pockets . Yours , in the good old cause , An Old Odd Fellow .

      SADLER'S WELLS . The stage ,. as a great national amusement , has been always considered a standard of the progressive advancement of civilization ; and , impressed with this belief , all Influenced by a refined ' and 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 for which they were originally established—one fitted up for tho display

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      ~ - . ¦ ,. .. - * " of political adverftiWs , the other converted to « v thing unconnected wf ' « i tho effusion 3 of genius- " ^' short , from the boards of Old Drury Shakspeare has b '" entirely banished ; and such has been tho base a ^ sordid feeling of thoso who havo now its management that sometime back it was actual . ) - made an arem f wild beasts , where spectacles were exhibited , patronised by royalty itself , unfitted even for the pastime of lion day fools ; awakening to our remembransa the wor " days of Ancient Rome , when tho people , engul phedin licentious barbarism , preferred the brutal combats of gladiators to tho more graceful efforts of mm »! , „ uoble task was ~ e " To wake the soul by tffnder strokes of art , To raise the geuius and to mtmd the heart , To make mankind in conscious virtue bold , Live o ' er each sceno , and be what they behold " - ' ' ^

      In the contemplation of such matters we are natural ! led to applaud Hie generous designs by which some llaTe been guided , to rescue the taste of the age , and save th legitimate drama from total annihilation ; and hOq merit our praise more than Mr . Phelps and Mrs . Warner who conjointly , in their management of Sadler ' s Wells ' have given a proof of their public virtue . The dramas ' brought out at this theatre have embracsd the produc . tions of Shakspeare , Ford , and Massinger , with soino of those of our best modern writers , among whom we may mention Sheridan Knowles and L ytton Bulirer . Tim attempt , wo arc glad to say , has deservedly succcedc ) By such representations the moral influence of tlie drama has been revived , and the intellectual character of our country promoted . It is pleasing to seetovW

      , an extent this suburban theatre has been supported > ,, d which warrants tlie belief , that wer « the bulk of " people to imitate less the 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 be delighted with the delineation of those scenes ' which teem with so much power and beauty , u , tlio works of our best writers . Jt is , perhaps , to the vitiated taste cfthe aristocracy that the drama , with us , lias been so long on tho decline . Disdaining to mingle with the people they have sought , as in all other affairs connected with society , an exclusiveness not eong-enml ivitli tlio advanced intelligence of the times , and in their amusements they have adopted means wherrty tlia " vulgar herd" are e /

      eluded from participating in them . The ballet , first in . traduced at the high-priced Italian Opera-house has been produced at various of our theatres , and servile and venal managers , truckling to this debasement of taste , have thus sought pecuniary profit at tho sacrifice of nationnl character . Let us , however , hope that tho ex . ample to which we hare just alluded will bo the means ultimately of restoring a taste among tlio people that has for a time only b « en dormant , for it is incompatible with the growing intelligence of the age that the highly moral and imposing scenes developed b y tho genius of a Shakspearo and a Massingershould much longer continue to be obscured by the fantastic and meretricious move , ments of a Taglioni and a Cerito . On Tuesday cvenhi" - we visited Sadler ' s Wells , to witness the performance of

      that drama , which of all others , is considered as the medium through whicli the immortal Shakspeare sought to give to the world the ' philosophy of Ms oic * mind "Hamlet . Besides possessing in its detail a deep nnd thrilling interest that renders its scenic ex . hibition unequalled in the annals of dramatic poetry it is redolent with sentiments which awaken all the tender emotions of the human heart . Ihmkt the hero of the piece , full of reflective meditation ' exposed to a conflict of passion too powerful for tlw amiable qualities of his disposition ; contending tlirowli . out with tho base treachery of the King , his uncle , " in whom we recognise the incestuous murderer;—com piled by a necessitous policy to hold converse with tlie jior . fidious parasites of a licentious court , whose nice scruples

      of aristocratic honour did not deter them from beiiis implicated in a plot for his destruction : siirroniuleil by events sufficient to " make mad tho guilt y ami nppai tlie free , " his feelings struggling against a command ii-Jiidi a voice from the tomb had charged him to fulfil , and yet maintaining amidst such a tempest , tho culm spirit ' of profound thought—his sentiments indicating the language of the scholar , his manners denoting the ( U'portlllQnt of the gentleman , with that high and liberal caste that has secured to him the character of the philosopher—with al , his love for the fair Ophelia , will erer render the personation of tho young Prince of Denmark as the most difficult in the whole range of dramatic exhibition . From tlie Jays of the renowned Betterfcon clown to our eilubrjited Slaureadv . it lias been the ambition of everv actor isho

      bag aimed at high histrionic talent , to rest his fame upon the performance of the Danish Prince . With such considerations , we confess it was not without somo interest that we visited this tlieatve , and witnessed the representation of tills = u !» limo nnd beautiful tragedy , All ) OI ) j . 'Jt the few incidents that are known of the personal histnry of Shakspeare , it is related that the Ghost in Ihmkt was the character in which lie usually appeared , and although there is no wide field for the display of an actor , yet it requires much on the part of he who performs it , to impress upon the audience that dread awe which tho scene is calculated to impose . Mr . II . Mellon , as the Ghost , delivered the tale which melts us with compassion , aud inspires us with horror , with a feeling that does him great credit . The play altogether was well cast ; even

      IJermnlo ami Francisco , the two centmels , performed their parts with the greatest propriety ; each character excited attention—indeed a chastcnessprevailed ihrougl : < out that exceeds . ¦ inytliin ^ we have ever n-j ' tiicsserl in any other theatre , proving that the excellent lesson uf adi-icc given by JIamlcl to the players , not to " o ' crstcp the modesty of nature , " ivjis with a steadiness of purpose kept ; fully in ' vicw . The King was most ably performed by Mr . G . iiennelt , who evinced , by the fine intonation of his voice , the elegance of iiis action , and the correctness with ivliich Hie poetry of Shakspearo was given , that he is capable of performing a higher department in the drama : li . in what hitherto has been assigned to him . . Miss

      Lcbntt , as Ophelia , looked the character well ; whilst m the scene where our sympathies are so much called forth —where her madness is pourtrayed by tho poet with the truest touches of tenderness and pathos , she awakened the deepest emotions ; and tho wildncss and beauty with 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 Mrs . Warner , was beautifully delineated . The closet scene was a piece of chaste and beautiful acting ; Mrs . Vs . looks , with her subdued tone , when the glowing eloquence of J / nmtet depicted the murderous character of the King , and where amidst the terrors of the scene , she exclaimed : —

      " 0 , Hamlet ! thou hast cleft my heart in twain ["' exhibited powers that reminded us of the tragic excellence of the far-famed Mrs . Siddons . In the acting of Mrs . Warner u-e beheld Gertrude , the guilty mother , covered with shame ; her feelings overcome with all the pangs oi bitter repentance . The arduous part of the Prince wns sustained by Jfi , Phulps , who strongly gave indication that he had not undertaken ' the task without a deep appreciation of the character . In several scenes he evinced great judgment , and made several successful points that excited general admiration , Hamlet ' s interview with Iloralio , previously to the mock play , was full of interest and covroct discrimination : —the 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 "' solilociuy , terminating in these words , ¦ "The play ' s the thin } , '

      Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the l ; inx- ' ' denoted Mr . Phelps' intimate- knowledge uf / Imnlet ' i character . Great energy was also displayeil in the remarkable ebullition of feeling that taks place after the discovery of the King ' s guilt ; in short , sojidmiraWe was this conceived , that Mr . Phelps in his acting S-M t 0 , us the true meaning of the poet , it being in this partot the drama where a waywardness of thought has l » il wany to tho suspicion that the mind of ITamlct was unliingt'lin fact , that he is described by Slialcspenre , here anu throughout , as labouring under something more ll ' . un ft feigned insanity . Many excellent qualities bclous t 0

      Mr . Phelps as a tragedian , but , notwithstanding , candour impels us to remark that lie sometimes cxUi «>' ; l deficiency we regret to see . In the grnve-ynril seem * , " melancholy of Hamlet partakes of a hig h comemi'l" 11 ™ cast , and reflections of the most profound nature . i ' ulire ' forth from thp heart of the philosophic Prince—7 A' « * sombre recollections in beholding the skull of '' I' 001 Yorick , " breathe an eloquence more impressive than a the lectures which divines have preached ; but ' » " % SoeilG Mr . Phelps was often tame and cold . In l llacc i his adure « i .. Jfi » . nlio he UcDt i , is eyes fixed ui' «« tlic skull , as if he were saying to m& i .. — .:. « ite matter , ' ¦ __

      "Now get you to my lady ' s eliambev , and ten ¦ ' «• • > >• • her paint an inch thick , to this favour she must I' 0 " 11 ' Many passages of the play are necessarily i-m-tiiuei from their great length : we wish , however , -Mrs . \ v inner , as the Queen , had given ' us in full the bcautilul , but pathetic lines on the death of " poor Ophelia" ' ^ ^ persuaded she would havo done them great justice . ¦• much regretted an omission by Mr . Vhclps in the sc ^ _ With the GraMedujg&rs . Was it In good taste to supprc ** the following 1— . " How absolute the knave is ! we must speak D > . card , or equivocation will undo us . By tin Isnl , '' - ' ^ ^ these three years I have taken note of it ; "'« « 3 C ' * '" 'f ' ¦ '' ' picked , ( hat the toe of the 2 > easant eomes to near the )>«« - ° - eourlier , he galls his kibe . " , , « | t Shakspeare , no doubt , in his experience of life , n- * ^ " the oppressor ' s wrongs , the proud man ' s « ontwn l : ; ' jj , and more than two hundred years ago he uttered » i ments that we now-a-days likely to see realised .

      seem The play is altogether well got up , the scenery « ^ perb , and finely adapted . The house was e ™" ; ^ ^ cl _ ¦ never did we witness an audience whose intensity o ^^ ing so universally prevailed . The management ° " ^ lcr ' s Wells is eminently deserving of public suppoi ' ,. that support the public , to their honour , seem deter ^ to give . Long may the mutual obligation continue , understand that this noble tragedy will be P *" * - ^ twice or thrice every week for some time to coine . ^ ^ advise our readers to embrace this opportunity ° nessing its performance . ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1336/page/8/