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© foer two , named Swsnston and Cox , were also Such hurt on the head , and bleeding ; but tbe other , named Dandas , although in the midst "f the scuflie , fortunately escaped with very slight injury . They "wero enabled to identify three of the originators of the disturbance , and quickly apprehended and secured them . This was effected amidst hooting and Stone throwing ; and from the Old Jleal Markotstairs , the landing-places of which overlook the street , and which were perfectly crowded , a number frfAp . r two . named Swanston and Cox , were also
of Terv heavy stones were fluni at the policemen as tliev passed by . butfortunately without the intended effect , and several malicious vagabonds ran up to Geor ge the Fourth Bridire , and-Sung several stones fronUhcnce , and were off before they could be seenred . The crowd , however , began to find that they were no match for the force brought against them , and ^ dually dispersed . Besides those taken into custody for causing the aSray , a considerable number of others were apprehended in trying to incite the mob .
Loss of Life ix tiie Firth . —The following arc further particulars of the melancholy loss of the crew of a fishing boat in the Firth on Thursday last : The boat , which was quite new , was manned bv four brothers , sons of an old and respectable inhabitant of Xewhaven , named George Floekhart , and leftXewliaven on Wednesday . They proceeded down the Firth as far as Gullaneness , or Feathery Island , at no great distance from the Island of May , in the expectation of finding employment as pilots toanv foreign vessels bound for Loith . They beat about during the night with that object , and * about five o ' clock on Thursday morning they hailed a foreum vessel , and having found that the services of a pilot were required , tnc eldest brother , George
Floekhart , proceeded on boara the ship to act in that capacity , and left his brothers in charge of the boat . The vessel arrived at Leith in safety , under his pilotage , early on Thursday , and ho returned to Xewhaven after the discharge of his duties . The fislung-boat remained in that part of the Firth after the departure of the foreign vessel ; the object of the crew being to obtain , if possible , another vessel to pilot , though a heavy gale was blowing from the north-east , and the sea * very high . Some lime afterwards a large fishing-boat , also belonging to Xewhaven , borcTdown upon them , and advised the crew to proceed home , or to seek a more sheltered situation , as the gale began to increase in fury . Thev ¦ unhappily declined to adopt this advice , and pointed to a ship which was seen looming in the distance , to indicate their intention to wait till she came up ,
when they would offer their services to pilot her to Leith . The unfortunate crew were not again seen in life : but the relatives of the unfortunate men liad hopes that tuey might have reached some piase of shelter along the coast ; but their fate was made certain on Friday morning , and the body of the eldest of the brothers who have perished , whose name is James Floekhart , was found in the Firth on Saturday morning by a Xewhaven fishing-hoat between that village and Jvinghorn . The sufferers ¦ were of a highly respeetable and industrious character , and were held in general estimation in Xewhaven , where their aged parents still reside . The sympathy of all the inhabitants of 2 vewhaven has been freely shown to the distressed relatives , and we trust that their claims to the benevolent regard of the public will meet a liberal response . The bodies of the other two brothers have not yet been found . —Caledonian Jiercurw .
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Irtiann . Dcblix , April 7 . —Dr . Crolly , the primate of the Irish Roman Catholic Church , died sududenly of cholera , at Droghedn , on Friday , at noon . STATE OP Tlffi CotXiar . —The following extract from a report , made under dare of 3 Iarcn IGili , is by JEchaei J . 31 'Carthy , agricultural instructor : — " ' Early next day I toot to the road , but the afternoon turned out to be wet . I therefore called to 3 tir . O'ifa ' cy , P . F . of Carna , with whom I remained till next day . He also promised me eveiy assistance in his power—in the meantime regretting the very little that could be done for the people of that degenerate quarter . The state of the country here , as in many other places , is utterly hopeless , and exhibits the most horrifying picture of povertv and destitution . The neglected state of the land , the
deathlike appearance ot the people crawling frcm their roofless cabins , the piercing waitings of the children forsaken by their parents , and tfie parents in their turn forsaken l > y their children—the p itiful petitions of the desponding poor craving that charity which the ' rate' of 23 s . lu . to the pound puts out of the power of humanity to bestow , some may conceive , but few can describe . It is not very likely , indeed , that any good can accrue to such people from my visits , nor is it possible that a change for the better will take place for some time in Carna . We will not sow , for we cannot work without food , ' is the general answer made to me by those patient sufferers . Even the few who have " a will ' and ' a way' are also desponding , for they apprehend that tbc crop will not be their " own when perfected after all their trouble . "
In the Cork workhouse there arc 1 , 000 children under seven years of age ! Moke Clearances . —The subjoined statement appears in tbe Tipperaru Vindicator : — " Seven hundred and thirty-one individuals , nearly the entire ¦ village of Toomevara , will be rendered houseless on the ltth of the present month , on which day , in pursuance ef the ejectment notices long since served on them # their tenements , it is said , will be levelled to the ground— "Mr . Massy Dawson , landlord . In the name of God , where are those wretched people to go to ?" fin . D vff v ' s- Case . —Ten of the jurors who tried 3 Ir : Dully at the last commission had signed the memorial of the Lord-Lieutenant , praying for the abandonment of the prosecution .
Opsxvso of the Commission . —The' commission was opened this day before Mr . Justice Jackson and Mr . Justice Moore ! The former learned Judge , in the course of his charge to the grand jury , very briefly referred to the ' case of Mr . Duffy , merely stating that as the bills had been already found , they had nothing whatever to do in the matter . Me . Duiiy ' s LcaltL has been materially benefittcd by his transference from the gaol of Kilmainham to the Richmond Bridewell . " -Mr . Corry Connellan , private secretary of Lord Clarendon , has been served "witli a subpoena to attend the tiiaL Partt Pbocessioxs . —A memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant , suggesting legislation towards the abatement of pafty processions , has been forwarded to his excellency iroia the Assistant-Barrister and the other magistrates assembled at the Uewry quarter sessions .
Monday , April 9 . —state of tiie Poob . —The Litafriek and dare Ettnumcr contains the following amongst other details of the increasing destitution in those counties : — " In the parish of Ballybrood , in the district of Cahirconlish , eight persons have f : Jleu unJer the raTajrcs of fholern . They trcrc destitute creatures . Their bodies lay unburied , for no coffins were provided . The father of one family was once truly able-bodied . The officer of relief is an able dialectician , and because the destitute fnther once deserved the technical designation , he would not afford bun the requisite succour when his energies were failing . He had been a strong manbut—rtat Mutinis umbra—of strength he retained but the anatomical semblance . "Want prepared him for
the grave—if his corpse in a grave is suffered to moulder . Had he been fed , he might have lived free from cholera to this moment . In the same parish and the same district , a young girl left the workhouse iu the hope of obtaining : i passage to Australia . The relieving officer refused her food or aid out of doors . She contracted the malady , was expelled from her refuge , died , and lay dead by the side of the road , was conveyed to the grave yard in a cart , by her mother , dragging like a horse between the shafts of the vehicle . "Whore was the relieving officer ? "Why did he not supply the requisite sustenance to the impoverished creature while she could use it , or afford her remains the covering of a coffin and Christian interment ?"
Tuesdat ArniL 10 . —The Cholera . —Gradually the epidemic is making way in the destitute districts in Clare and in some places it is most destructive . At the village of Carrigaholt there were sixty-five cases and twentv-five deaths within the last week . The cholera has " at length broken out in Cork . Six cases occurred resierdav , four of them in the work-Louse . Increase of Deshtctiox . —Mr . James Ililles , hi a letter to Mr . V . Scrope , M . P ., dated "Maryland , Newport , county Mayo , April 2 , " mentions several
Cases of death from destitution witbii : the past seven or eight days , and gives a deplorable picture of the state of the survivors in that district of country . In the union of Corassollagb , he says , " it is the wellfounded opinion , vouched by the person officially connected with the poor law , that ' one thousand jxrsons must die of starvation in the coming month !'" The Rev . P . Conway , in a letter to the Freeman ' s Journal , dated Ballinrobe , April 3 rd , gives a long list of deaths from disease , brought on by famine , in that district .
A correspondent of the C « r £ . Examiner states that there were 875 deaths from starvation in Fermoy , within the past three months . >" o more paupers are to be admitted into the Cork worihouse . The overcrowding of the workhouses produces infection , and sweeps away numbers , and hundreds crawl about society spreading diseases of various kinds , rather than face the horrors of the "workhouse . , , ,. Tbial of Mh . Dcftt . —Yesterday Mr . Justice Moore fixed this morning for the trial of Jir Duffy . For a miracle , the Crown has at last waved a privilege , by acceding to the request of the prisoner ' s counsel to be furnished with a copy of the panel , bv which act a considerable saving of tune ¦ will be effected . The constitution of the jury panel , so far as report goes , for the list is not published , is said to be as favourable as the Crown could expect . Sin B . Peel ' s Plas . —The Peel party here is m iigh spirits , and calculates on Sir Robert being
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Prime Minister before long , despite of all that is said about his resolution not to take office again ! On Monday a meeting was held in the vestry roon of St . Mary ' s pansh , when Sir Robert Feel ' s pp ™ wot for the regeneration of Ireland was considered The proceedings were wound up by an unanimous vote of thanks to the right hon . baronet , with sunul ' v aspirations lor his speedy accession to office , and the ejection of the present occupants of the sn „ " berths in Downing-street . c Tuf . L . vte Arcumsuop Cholly . —The funenl on Sunday last ) of this respected prelate was attended by the Rev . Lord John Bererfowl , nephew of the Primate , the Rev . Dr . Ellington , llUus Professor , and several other eminent Protestant divines and gentry of Armagh and thcsumnindinncountry . c Prime Minister ltrfmv- lnnn . t ¦¦ :. r ¦¦ , 1 =
«? & «* « A ™ - —The northerns feel almost confident that the rate in aid will be abandoned by government , as only fourteen members from IrJland supported the project . n f \ Z t 1 'T-u ' 0 ero ? d 9 emi S ^ ting at the port of Waterford still continue . It is stated in the Southern RqyoTUr that for the next three months it is expected that the number of emigrants through naterford will average 500 a week Wednesday , April 11 . —Trial of Mn . DuFFY .-ihctmlof Mr . Duff y commenced yesterday . Sir Lolnian O'Loghlen was absentand Mr . ButtQ . C .,
, , appeared in court , having travelled all night from Cork , in order to be present . The prisoner has the advantage of the distinguished talents of Mr . Jfcipier , Q . C . There was but a small number of jurors in attendance , which in itself is significant of the kind feeling that prevails towards Mr . Duffy , for few would now keep away , as the club system is utterly extinct . After the prisoner's counsel had challenged fourteen jurors , and the crown had set aside fifteen , the Attorney-General was indiscreet enough to taunt the prisoner with endeavouring to select a jury to trv him 1 Mr . Butt then offered the crown to
give up all challenges at his side if the Attorney-General would do the same , but Mr . Monahan declined . A jury was at last sworn , and it is thought to be what is called here " a very doubtful one , " i . e ., one ou whom the crown does not rely for a verdict . The list it will he seen comprises the names of four llonian Catholics , two of whom at least are warm partisans of the Repeal cause . The following- are the names of the jury ; those marked with an asterisk are Roman Catholics : — Thomas Saundcrs , 0 , Mountrath-street : Daniel Ilutton , 6 , Dominick-street ; * Chavlcs Effan , 14
High-street ; * James Fallon , 3 G , Arran-quay ; Fergus Farrell , 120 , Capel-street ;• James Haijj , 3 , Ar-( lee-street ; Hull Ingrain , 58 , York-street ; * Richard Kelly , 56 , Lower Sackville-stveet ; "William Myers , 30 , South Richmond-street ; Edward Rounds , 20 , Mary-street ; Thomas James AVri ght , 8 , Lower Saville-street : Alexander Morrison , 37 , Castlestreet . Sir . Monahan , ia his statement of the case , traversed the same ground as he went over before , but he exerted liimself beyond his former effort to produce effect upon the jury . At six o ' clock the court was adjourned .
The Rate is Aid . —The corporation of Dublin has determined to petition in favour of the rate in aid , after a long debate yesterday . The Cholera . —In Cork , the cholera is increasing . There were eleven new cases and four deaths in the workhouse yesterday , and the Cork Rej > orier says the paupers are leaving the house in crowds . In the Xenagh ( Tippevary ) union , " the cholera , is committing great havoc among the poor . " At Xew Ross , Dr . Mullins , described as an eminent physician , lias died of cholera . The following report shows the fatal progress of the epidemic in the county of Limerick : — ^ Newcastle , Arnix , 0 . —The cholera , proceeds to an alarming extent ; sixty deaths last week . Dr . Locke , of Knthkeale , has died of cholera , and his wife , servant , and child not expected to recover . "
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Chester , ArniL 6 . Ciiabxve or Arsox . —David Rose was indieteu for having , on Friday , the 26 th of August last , set fire to a stack of hay at Dislcy , the property of Thomas and John Barnes . Mr . Trafford and Mr . Bevau conducted the case for the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . M'Intyie . —Joseph Stafford , examined by Mr . Bevan : I live at Disley , and work at Slater ' s Factory . I know the prisoner . On Friday , at the latter end of August , I saw him at a fire of a chimney belonging to Mr . Fay , adjoining to Slater's factory . Fay was in the employ of MiC Slater . The stack of hay which was burnt stood in . i field opposite to F-ay' , s house . "Whilst the euimucy was on fire James Read , an uncle of the prisoner , came up : he was on bad terins with Fay .
Read said , "this would he . a good tune to fire Barnes ' s hay-stack ; they will think it took fire from Fay ' s cliimney , and serve him out accordingly . " Read then offered me some matches for that purpose ; and I refused them . Read then gave them to his nephew ( the prisoner ) , who went up to the haystack and set it on fire . The house was distant only a few yards from the stack of hay . Afterwards theprisoner came to me and said , " I have done the trick ; " and I then saw the stack burning . I did not mention the circumstance to any one till the 7 th of December last , when I told a person named Listor . Soon afterwards I met the prisoner , who said to me , in the presence of James Ruin , "You have told at Jast . This will transport Jem and me . " Cross-examined by Mr . M'lntyre : I once took a
plank , assisted by Read , from the canal . He and I divided it . Ifc got the largest share . Read was charged with taking brass piping from Mi * . Slater . I gave information * bf this . —Win , Lister , examined by Mr . Trafford : I remember the nie . The stack of hay was most injured on the side furthest from Fay ' s house . Stafford told me that the prisoner set fire to the stack , lie told me this ou 7 th of December . —James Bum : I was in Slater ' s factory on the 7 th of December . The prisoner came in and said to me , " lTcll , it is told to Lister ; tell liiin to let it drop , or they will transport us . " I did not then knew the prisoner was alluding to the five . The prisoner remained at the factory till the following
Mondaj-, when lie left . —John Cook , constable ; I apprehended the prisoner , and charged him with committing a robbery in Derbyshire . lie said lie had never been suspected of that , but his uncle was . On the road to prison ho said it would not bo for a robbery , but for firing a haystack he was blamed . All would be cleared up at a future time . — James Ilammon , constable : "When the prisoner was given into my custody by the last witness , lie said he knew nothing about the fire . —Mr . M'lntyre addressed the jury in defence ; and the learned judge having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of guilty , with a recommendation to mercy , in which the prosecutor joined . The prisoner was sentenced to fifteen vears' transportation .
Libel o . v Loed Leigh . —Five days have been occupied in { he trial of Clmrlcs Oriflji ) , nn attorney of Leamington , for the printing and selling of a libellous book or pamphlet entitled " Stoneieigh Abbey Thirty Years Ago , " with the object of aggrieving and vilifying the 2 > resent Lord Leigh , and causing it to be generally suspected that he had been guilty of divers murderous crimes . The defendant pleaded that the publication was founded on suspicions generally prevalent , and for the public good and the ends of justice ; and he called a , vast number of witnesses , who spoke to their own knowledge or . to common reports of the facts narrated . Lord Leigh and a number of witnesses were called for the defence . . Some of the latter were the very men , in proper person , whom the libel alleged to have been the victims of the crimes committed at Stoneieigh
Abbey ; and others wove friends of persons alleged to have been murdered , but whom they had seen constantly for years after the alleged periods of their death . D . * Daigley amused the court by the emphasis with which " he denied ever having been hanged in a apple-tree ; and "William "Wood took his oath that lie had never been killed at all . —Jane Gootle , a woman upwards of a hundred years old , and a resident at Stonclcigh for eighty years past , described how a murdered man was her lodger for years after his death by poison . Mr . Whitehurst ; " Did you ever give him any poison in his food ?" The witness ( with surprise ) "On no ! mercy on vou , never , Sir ! " ( Laughter . ) The jury found a verdict of " Guilty . " The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years , and then to find bail in £ 1 , 000 to be of good behaviour f or five
years . Gloucester April 5 . Attempt to Poisox . —Henry Evans was indicted for unlawfully administering a quantity of poison , called ammonia chloride of mercury , to his wife , Hannah Evans , with intent to kill and murder her . There was some evidence offered of an illicit connexion between t he prisoner and a woman , but was too slight to weigh anything , and it did not appeal that the prisoner and his wife had lived unhappily . For the defence , it was suggested that the prisoner , previous to his marriage , liad contracted a disease which re-appeared afterwards , and fearing that he had communicated it , lie sought to cure his wife by Dr ivatelv administerinjr this precipitate powder
and the wife declined to answer whether she was conscious of suffering from any such disorder . It was also contended that he had purchased the arsenic for the purpose he had stated , and that the sugar of lead was used as a drier of paint in his father ' s business . The surgeon also stated that when the prisoner came to him he was most anxious his wife should immediately receive medical assistance ; and it was urged that , if he knew he had administered poison to his wife , he would not have left the proof of his guilt in the cupboard of a house occupied , with liimself , by an experienced policeman . —Mr . Baron Platt very carefullv summed up the evidence , after which the jury retired for an hour , when they returned into court with a verdict of acquittal .
Highway Robbekt . —Charles Freest and Thomas Brown were indicted for highway robbery . Sir . Powell prosecuted , and Mr . Skinner defended the prisoners . The prosecutor , a pedlar , named O'Hare ,
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p ., ii 0 i + P th ,- Fobruav . ' WCIlti » to a public-house , called the Ruing Sun , at Brecm , in this countv , to «« : ¦ * are *» and t ! iere saw the" prisoners , " and soon afterwards he went to au adjoining pubHclouse , to which the prisoners soon after ^ u ds folowed him . He icft about half-past ten o ' clock , the moon bem very bright , and as he wuss going over a gate from the road to take a shorter path throujjh a meadow , Preest came up to him , and at tTio same time he saw Brown goiiiff along the road winch led to the opposite side " of the meadow , i reest and the prosecutor walked together across the meadow , and had just got to the opposite side when Freest knocked him down and demanded his
money . I iie _ y struggled together on the ground , and while doing so another man jumped over the stile and struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the head with a bludgeon . They then rifled his pockets of all the money he liad , and while they were doing so O'Hare saw that his second assailant was Brown . He then managed to get up ami run away , leaving his pack and umbrella on the ground , and they ran a little way after him , but he outran them and got to the Cross Keys . lie entered the house very much alarmed , and bleeding from a severe wound in his head and from a cut on the hand ,
and told the inmates that two of the men who had " been drinking with him , and whose dress he described , as he did not know their names , had robbed him . Some men then went to the spot , and there found his pack and umbrella , and the samo night both the prisoners were apprehended . Brown was found at the house of n person named Wintle , whose wife deposed that he came there about twelve o ' clock and washed his hands , and that while doing so she observed some blood upon liis wristband . That she went up stairs to fetch him a clean shirt , and when she came down that she saw some wristbands burning on the fire . Freest was apprehended
at his sister ' s house . At first the policeman was refused admittance , and his sister said Preest had not been there for two days : but at length he came down stairs , and the policeman saw spots of blood on his face , and stains of fresh blood ou his clothes , liis trousers were also torn , at the knees as by a scuffle , and were soiled with mould . " When Brown was brought to the prosecutor , who was in bed in much pain , he did not immediately identify jlilll , iMt desired that he might be kept till the morning , but he identified Priest immediately . lie now swore positively to both tho prisoners . The jury found them both _ guilty , and they were sentenced to transportation for fifteen years .
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THE STAXFIELP-HALL MURDERS . Norwich , April 6 . —Eliza Cuestxey / borne on a litter , carried by eight men , and guarded by a large body of the Norwich police and county constabulary , was removed from her lodgings in Norwich to Stanfield Hall on Good Friday . The journey occupied nearly seven hours , the greatest caution being taken lest she should be shaken , and thus receive adQUJona injury . On arriving at the ball she wept bitterly ? and inquired most affectionately for the health of her mistress , Mrs . Jenny , with whom , however , she could not bo permitted to have any intercourse . It is a matter on which the leading gentlemen of Xorfolk are entitled to the highest praise that thcy _ have with the least possible delay opened a subscription on behalf of this brave and devoted girl . Thomoney raised will be invested in the names of tho Earl of
Leicester , Lord Wouehouse , and Thomas Beauchamp Proctor , Esq , who have consented to act as trustees . The following subscriptions have already been received : —Tho Earl of Leicester , £ 10 ; Hon . Edward Coke , £ 5 ; "William Baggc , Esq ., M . P . £ 5 ; Lord Jluntingfield , £ 2 ; Bishop of Norwich , £ 10 ; Dean of Norwich , £ 3 ; Lord Hastings , £ 5 ; Sergeant Byles , £ 5 ; Berncy Fctre , Esq ., £ 5 . Sir W . Ueauchamp Proctor , Bart ., £ 2 ; "W . Norris , Esq ., £ 2 ; P . Astley . Esq ., £ 2 ; Hon . J . Astlcy , £ 2 ; Earl of Orford , £ 5 ; Earl of Cadogan , £ 5 ; TV . 15 urronghes , Esq ., II P ., £ 2 Sir B . Durrant , £ 5 ; " Col . 11 . Fitzroy , £ 2 ; Sir J . Boile . au , Hart ., £ 5 ; SirJ . Preston , £ 3 ; Mayor of Xorwich , £ 5 ; Rev . Canon Wodchouse , S 2 . Her Majesty has intimated her intention of lending her assistance to the unfortunate erirl , and has directed a communication to be
forwarded to the county magistrates requesting to be informed how her Majesty ' s most gracious pleasure may be most effectualiy carried into operation . The news of this determination on the part of her Majesty was received in the course of the morning . Sukdat . —Conduct of Itusu is . Fnisox . —Sinco the conviction of the murderer there has boon apparently little change in his outward acts , and lie does not seem to be at all alive to the solemn and serious position in which he is placed . On leaving the dock after the sentence was declared , he said to the officials who had him in charge , "I am thirsty , give me some porter . " lie was informed that the prison regulations would not allow him to be so accommodated , but that lie coult 1 have some ten , an alternative which he somewhat reluetaulv accented .
Shortly afterwards he said with composure , " This is a , troublesome world . " On the Rev , Edward Postle , one of the county magistrates who committed Rush in the first instance , passing , the murderer recognised the rev . gentleman throiigh the bars of the cell . He exclaimed , " Is that you , Postle ? I hare a clearer conscience than you have now . " He was asked whether he would avail himself of the spiritual services of the Rev . Mr . Brown , the chaplain of the castle , lie replied , '" Oh , no—not at all . I can do without him while Inmhoro . " IIg remains in the cell in which he wns placed immediately after his committal , and he will remain there until the day appointed for his execution . He is very reserved , a portion always of his character , and will enter into no communication with the
officers of the castle , except so far as is necessary to convey to them his wants . The only person whb has visited him since his conviction is his solicitor ; no member of his family has made an application . A rumour was circulated to-day that Bush ' s eldest daughter was dying in consequence of the shock . Inquiry was niado amongst those farmers and others who bad come from "Wymondhain to the market , and they fully confirmed the statement . His daughter is represented to bo a fine young woman about twenty years of age . There appears to be no reason to doubt the truth of the statement . The murderer employs himself by walking up and down a small yard attached to his cell , and when he does condescend to speak , he makes some jocular remark about his wish to set out of the world , and
that he would not be tho only one who had to complain of the troubles of this world . At times he whistles , and iit others remarks upon the discordant noises proceeding from the fair outside . It is said to be an undeniable fact that he has squandered away the whole of his children ' s property which was left to them hy their mother , lie was loft one of the trustees in the mother ' s will , but finding that he had not sufficient command of the money , forged a codicil , in which unlimited powers were given nirn to employ the money as he pleased , and containing this singular provision , that no questions as to the reasons of this codicil being executed should be asked . All the money was spent , and the future condition of the family must be truly lamentable ,
an ejectment from the farms having been served . On Sunday he attended the chapel , and conducted himself decently during the performance of divine service . Indeed ho always observed the outward characteristics of a . religious man . . When Lamer and Joi-my attended his house at Fclmingham all joined in family devotion , oven at the time he was making his arrangements for the perpetration of a series of the most revolting crimes , and for fixing them upon the men who were kneeling with him in united devotion . In his house was a uox designed for the collection of money for a society in London , called "Tho Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews , " and to this he invariably calleu upon his friends to contribute .
The Execution ' . —An application has been made for the prisoner's execution to take place on any day but Saturday , which is market day . It is said it will entirely destroy the business of the market . This application has been refused , and tho execution will take place on tho Castle Bridge on this day week . The Castle Bridge fronts the principal entrance , and extends over the old moat and gardens by which this venerable edifice is surrounded . The bridge can be seen from a vast distance , the country round forming a kind of amphitheatre . Emily Saxdfokd still remains under the treatment of Mrs . Bryant , tho matron of Wymondhain Bridewell . Rumours of a grave nature have been circulated with regard to her , but a searching investigation has been made by the magistrates , and they
have stated that up to the time of her connexion with Rush , she bore an honourable character . The authorities of the Bridewell state that her attachment for Rush was intense . When Rush was taken to the Bridewell on charge of tho murder she exclaimed , " For God ' s sake , Rush , are you innocent ?" He made no answer , but walked away ; and for many hours she did not regain her composure . Emily Snndford , it appears , was not originally called as a witness , but Rush liimself said , when he was captured , " Call Emily Sandford , my housekeeper , and Savory , for they will prove my innocence . " The witnesses were called , with what result has already been determined . Immediately after the examination of the witnesses , a sum of money was collected for her by the magistrates , but with the remarkIt
she declined to receive it , , "s of no use to me , I don't want it . I have a mother , who , though respectably brought up , is in deep distress ; send it to her , and I shall be obliged . ' Her child , which has been christened " Emily Martha , " remains with the mother at the Wymondham Bridewell , and is doing well . . The Witness IIoave . —William Frederick Howe , the witness who was called from London to prove that Rush some tune ago said he " would serve Mr . Jermv with an ejectment for the other world , " sot into a scrape before he left Norwich . During his Stay In that city he nut up-at the Bell Inn ( Legsatt's ) and enjoyed himself so well , that m the Hourse of the three or four days he ran up a score of between £ 5 and £ 3 . On Thursday last all the witneBses engaged for the prosecution received
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their money . It was found , however , on the Thursday afternoon , that Howe ' s carpet bag ff « s not m his bedroon ; nnd Mr . le « rgatt , by way of precaution , sent down a policeman to the railway station . Amongst those who were leaving was Mr . Lowe , who was dosircd by the officer to walk back with him to Mr . Lwgatfa . This he declined ; an d another policeman having been sent for , he was carried back . Mr . Lcggatt succeeded in getting £ 3 trom him ; and expected the remainder by post ? Tub Condemned Murbeuer Rush .-A correspondent , writing under date "Norwich , Monday afternoon , says -.- « A change seems to have taken plaeo in the prisoner Bush , which , though inconsiderable , holds out a promise that ere Ion " the obstinacy in which he has so lone iiululiW ™« v
give way to the impressions more suitable to the terrible position in which lie stands . For some days past his great object scorns to have been to persuade those by whom he is more immediately survouwleu of his innocence of tho atrocious charge of which he lias been convicted , but on no occasion has he reverted to that ridiculous invention , which he was weak enough to imagine tbc juthre and hii-v would entertain , that ' Dick and Joe' were the guilty parties . Durinff tho whole of yosterdav , and also during the part of this day which has elapsed before the dispatch of my parcel , he has been more reserved , nnd lias asked several questions of a different character from those he has heen in the habit of j . uttmg . Hitherto liis queries havo heen iri'ovoront ; ind absurd , but llOW he has adontcd : > mnvn snvmns
tone , lhe murderer attended divine service vescerday-morning m the Castle chapel , and seemed devout . Up to two o ' clock this afternoon no application has been made for admission into the t-astlcby any of the convict ' s relations , and the somewhat curious and inconclusive reason assigned for this neglect « , that believing him innocent , they do not wish unnecessarily to wound his feelings . Wliilo , however , his immediate friends display no anxiety to see him , the case is different with hundreds ofporsons who have come from different parts of the county to gratify their curiosity bv catching but the slightest glimpse of the offender , lhe proprietors of a local paper have made , or are about to make , a direct proposal to the murderer Rush to settle a large amount of money upon his if he will write ont
Iamily for publication ( in a volume ) a sketch of his past career , and will append to it a confession of the Stanfield Hull murders . It is said that tho Bishop of Norwich has had an interview with Rush this morning . I have been unable to ascertain whether this is true , so particular are all the officials as to what they divulge . His lordship takes great interest in the case , and dwelt largely upon it in a sermon which he preached at the Cathedral yesterday morning . gad accounts are received from Stanfield Hall with regard to Mrs . Jenny , she appears to make no advancement towards improvement . Eliza Chestney , who was conveyed back on her litter , carried by policemen , to Staniield Hall on Good Friday , suffered sliffhtly from the motion , hut slm
has now recovered her usual health . Tho following particulars may be of interest : — The prisoner attempted to say a few words after sentence was passsed , hut was stopped by Mr . Pinsop , when he took up his portfolio of briefs and depositions , which ho had carefully collected and packed Up in tho absence of tho jury , and escorted by Mr . Pinson and several turnkeys , wag conducted to his cell . By this time he had regained his former firmness . Drawing his chair to the fire , he sat down , and l'llbbing his hands on his knees , remarked to his attendants , "This is a troublesome world , and I suppose I must die ; but should tho man who really committed the murders come forward and avow liimself , do you think that I shall bo released ? " Again he remarked , "Well , upon such
evidence , had I been the jury , I should certainly have returned the same verdict ! " Remaining silent for a few minutes , he added , " 13 ut am I really to bo buried within the prison ? Will they not allow my friends to have my body buried in the churchyard V Having heard the replies given to these questions , ho concluded by saying , " Well , now ; lot me have my tea and my slippers ! " Having partaken of the meal allowed by the rules of tho gaol , the jTisoner retired to bed and slept soundly , or , as it is snid , " pretended to do so , " during tho whole of the night . In the morning he resumed his remarks upon the trial , arguing in favour of his innocence , and , as the reporters were informed , " seemed fully prepared to bravo it out . " At the conclusion ofthe trial , tho doors of the court n-ere besieged by thousands , and the verdict seemed to be received with great satisfaction , the prisoner appearing ' , to use his own words , " not to have a friend left in the world . " On Thursday morning
Emily Sandford was released from custody , and proceeded to tho Bell Inn . Here we are informed she had a conference with some of the gentlemen connected with the prosecution , to whom she expressed her conviction that from what she had heard , when the prisoner entered her bcdroooin trembling , at three o ' clock on the morning after the murders , it was his intention to have assassinated her with the dagger found under his mattress by the police , and disposed of her body in the secret place under the floor of the parlour ; intending afterwards , upon inquiries being made for her , to represent that she , under tho name of Mrs . James , had , as previously represented to her friends by Rush , gone to Trance . Had the jury returned a verdict of . not guilty , Rush would havo boon remanded until the next summer assizes , to be tried for tho murder of Mr . Jermy , the youngei , when , in the event of her recovery , Mrs . Jermy would be called to give evidence as to the identity ot the murderer .
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CURIOUS DOCUMENT . ( From the American correspondent of ( he Morning Chronicle , published in that paper of Wednesday last . ) I copy tho following from the New York Herald , ofthe St ' n instant , but cannot avoid remarking that the whole matter appears to me to be too much like nn absurd bravado to be worthy of serious attention . Besides , I am sure that neither the govenment nor the people of the United States would permit the organisation of systematic asscissication in this country , if publicly known , under any circumstances . Besides 1 , who is to pay the money offered for the violent deaths ofthe " Emperor of Austria , the King of Prussia , any other Prince or Duke , and Windiscligrntz ? " But I send you all that is known ou the subject . " An Edict agaixsi me European Sovereigns . —The following singular document was published yesterday in one of the German wapers of this citv .
' PROCLAMATION OF THE GERMAN-AMERICANS TO THfclR GERMAN BRETHREN IN OLD PATUERLAND . "' Since every effort , prayers , and representations , which the German people have made , to induce their unjust oppressors , emperors , kings , and princes of all kinds , to abandon their unnatural positions , have all been in vain—and since , furthermore ) these possessors of power , instead of graining tiie people their desires , have only answered them with shotsof cannons ; and since their ears are deaf to the voice of humanity and justice , and only open to hypocrites , deceivers , and lick-spittles ; since , also , these emperors , kings , and princes , in their fight against tlie people , have committed the most horrid murders and shameful cruelties by their common hangmen Windisuligratz and Jclkcbich , thst they might root out honest men from among the people , trample the rights of man underfoot , and throw thousands of
worthy families into suffering and misery ; and since , finally , all mankind now become enlightened , acknowledge the above , and wish the present forms of government to cease in which hereditary princes arrogate to themselves to be the head ; men who at all times have proved themselves to be enemies of the people and who continue to oppress the people and rob them of the right to be free—a right given to the people from God —therefore we see no other means of rooting out theso de « idly enemies of mankind , other than that we German-Americans and our friends who are of the same mind , should offer rewards to the person or persons who , by any means whatever , shall make the barbarians of the nineteenth cf ntury to be and to abide harmless and incapable of hurting . Therefore , we offer the following sums of money : — Guilders .
For destroying the Emperor of Austria .. 30 , 000 For destro ; . ing the King of Prussia .. 25 , 000 For destroying any othor king , prince or duke .. .. 15 , 000 For the head of the common hangman Windischgratz 10 , 000 "' We believe we can justify these measures before the world , because they are open , and against men destructive to the common race of men , whose hearts are hardened against every feeling of justice , and whose actions are not better than those pf common thieves and murderers . " We further believe , and it is our firm conviction , that it is the most holy duty of every free nun to help to banish them from the earth , and to root out their majesties from among the people ; and they who help to do this work ought to be highly honoured and esteemed , each one of them fts a William Tell .
"' For the punctual payment of these rewards , as soon as the doer or doers of the deed are properly identiGed , to be paid to them or their heirs , we p ' edge our fortunes and our honours .
"' In the name of the Union , " 'L . A . Wollbhwebeb , Corresponding Secretary , '" No . 277 , NorthThird-street , Philadelphia . '" To whom all applications and letters ( post paid ) must be addressed . "'
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Bmckadkb . —Tuesday night ' s Gazette contains official notifications of the blockade of the coast ol Sicily by the Neapolitan navy , of Venice by an Austrian squadron , and of the German ports and rivers by Denmark .
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tlvevrco » ti « ge » it 3 ( aixl from an early hour in the tfternoon every i . wiw of Greenwich and die PjcJc , as far as Blai'khfciti ) , was crowded with visitors . The stalls anil tiorjiiis were filled , each showman iin-. l his group ot iiilmi . iii - spectators . From the rp < . ¦ ' . loors and wniilir . vsi . r" thtf bee .: shops a dense cknult-iVmokc escaped , dimlj- rcvi-alin . ' faces and figures of happy r eyclleracai-oiis . ' - ! -. " « itMn , Then there wen : drls with then-s . vret .-liaus whirled round at a fri ^ riful yeJou'yni mecii-cuhr swings , t . i- pb . yiug at " kiss lii tiie rin- in the i . jirk . Some invested the 5 u >
ardmgs of a we- k m . ne large purchase of cittire .-wead nuts ; others , more prudent , reserved a portion of they earnings ivr th ¦ indispensable " scraper" with which to .-tariJe the nerves and distract tlie < _ -srs of the opposiu sox . Th- ; se who were " flush" of money bought prodigious noses , with which they } v .-raaed the streets , or perhaps a trumpet or shrill •• ¦ . h " , t ] e satisfied their ambition tube peculiar . On the frees of nil resided a « exprts ^ on of good humour and :: aiety . In one street the principal attraction was a number of disabled - * auien , who , seated on die damp earth , exhibited their simrutated limbs with astonishing cheerfulness , bein '' consoled no doubt in tin : ni ' ulst
of their misfortunes by the coppers which the sympathiser * sluiwered on them as they passed . Among the visitors in lhe Park were a party of Egyptians , whose flowing while trowsers , air ) red fez cajj ? , produced a .-tr-ng i / tipetsion . Some of th-ni had so f '« r sunnomircii Uirir reluctance at seeing tvoiricu tmvcited , as to arm themselves with tremendous scrapers , and these tiiey used with surprising constancy and dexterity . ' Out as far as Blackiicsu u the lung stream of mmiscmtntextended ; At the ; .- ' . rcre to be seen youths [•/• actisingarchr-rywithconsiiLTably les e . V |) crtnes than Will / am Tell , girls riJiiu desperately on donkeys that wouldn't go , and ci \« v old
Kosniantes g . iiloping away from their lawful owners , bestridden by g .-nf . lemea as precarious in thaiv seats as the poor beast * were upon their leys . As inning closed in the Park u-as desested , and the : boull ' t * and dancing-rooms l > ecai : iC the centres of attraction . Kichardsou ' s still retains its ure-cinineucu among the dramatic exhibitions of Greenwich fair , and is well worth a visit . The whole performance docs not occupy more tlv . m half an hour , and embrace * ¦? . 7 : ielodramn , a comic song , auda pantomime . The melodrama is wry amusing ; the deepest parts of it being generally eniiveued by a flourish of \> enny trumpets , whistles . < fee ., from some noisy gentlemen amou ^ the audience .
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GORE AND GLORY I !' . " Our brave soldiers won imperishable laurels . "Vide , " Respectable" Prrss-Gang . "There let them rot , Ambition ' s , LonourVi f .- *! s , Yes , " Ilono . ir" decks the turf that claui their clay ! Vain sophistry ! In them behold the toMs—The broken took , that tyrants cast away ! " ' By KON \ Some extracts from the journal of a subaltern ia the Second Europeans have just been published , graphically descriptive of passages in the li ^ ht of Chillianwall&h ., and the after scenes . We select a few specimens : —
" The word came fjr the infantry to a ' . vanee , ' Fix bayonets-load—deploy into line—quick march !' Xm \ jvistlVien came a ro \\ of musketry tbafc dr .-ive us almost mad . ' Qirck march ! ' And into the jungle we plunged in line with a deafening cheei—ihi : roll of inuski-try increasing every moment . On we went at a rapid double , dashing through the bushes , and bounding ovr-v every impediment : faster rolled the musketry , crafh upon crash the cannon poured forth its deadly contents ! and down upnn them cornea our brigade ; and , saining an open tpace in tha jungle , tlie whole of the enemy ' s line bivst on our view . ' Charge ! ' rang the word through our ranks ; and the men bounded forward like angry luili-dogs , pouring in a murderous fire . The enemy ' s ullets wl'izz-. 'd ahoiruour heads—tlie verv air seemed
teeming with them . Man after man was struck down , and rolled in tlie dust ; but a passing glance v , -as all we could give them . And otwmd we went bearing ou th ' . ir iine with a steadiness which uoihiu ^ could resist . Tlmy fired a last volley , wavered , and then turned and tied , leaving the ground covtrci with dead and wounded . Pursuit in a jungle like that was useless , where we cuuld not see twenty yards before i ; s ; so we halted , and bc ^ an to collect our wounded ; when all of a sudden a fivowas opened upon us in our rear . A large boily of the e ; ie >>! y had turned our flank in the jungle , and got bctivoeu us and the rest of ( he troops ; another party v .-as on ouv left , and we louMourseltes with our light field
battery complete ?) ' surruunded and alone mtht iield . The word was given , 'Right about face ! ' and we advauced steailiJy , loading and firing as we wenA , and the artillery pouring in grape as steadily as if o . ^ parade . It' it had not been for that batter j ws should have been cut up to a man . The hYe < ras fearful ; the atmosphere s-emed alive wilk b ; i !! s ; 1 can c-nly compare it to a storm ofhail ; they rang above my head and ears so thick that I felt that if I put out my hand it would be taken off . . Our firing was beautiful , every man was as steady as a rock , and fired low and well ; while the Sepoys on our right were blazing away into the air , and takinic no aim whatever .
"All this time the enemy were dogging about the bushes , bangiug away at us , and then dissppcariug . At last General Gilbert rode up , and said to Steel , ' Well , Major ; h >\ v arc you ? Do you think you are near enough to charge ? ' ' By all means , ' said Steel . 'Well , then , let ' s see how you can do it . ' ' Men of ! hu Second Europeans , prepare to charge—Charge . '' And on we weut with a stunning cheer . Poor Nightingale was shot in the head , and fell at my feet . I had just time to order two men to pick him up . The Sikhs fought likedevi's . TIipv charged down on us sinalv , sword in hand , and strove
tobreak through our li « e ; but it wps no go ; and after a short struggle we swept them before us , and remained masters ofthe field . " The enumy lay in heaps around—some dead , some dying , but fierce and untamed even in their dying struggle ; numbers of Ihein were bayoneted by our men iu the uco of rearing themselves nu and talc ing aim at the officers . The battle lasted for three hours , and so maddening was the excitement that it seeinetl scarcely half an hour . The chief rode down our lines afterwards ; we ^ avc him three cheers , and proud we were of tbe praise he gave usi
"At sunset we collected as many of cur wounded as we could find , blew up ill the ammunition that we had taken , and moved out of the . iiingle into the open ground , whtve we piled arms and bivouacked on th-i groun-i ; and a more wretched night I nevur passed ; it came on a thick drizzling rain , and we v . - tre wet to the skin ; to sleep was impossible , and wa were almost perishing with thirst , but not a drop of water wus to be got . In my wanderings abouo in search of it , \ came upon the ' iield hospital ; and the sight I saw there I shall remember fa my dying day
—poor wounded wretches lying on the ground withou : a thing to cover them . ' Water—water—water !' was their ceaseless cry , and not a drop was there to be had to slake their thirst , All the hospital apparatus was behind , and there was not a single comfort for the poor fellows : even med cal _ assistance was very scarce ; many were lying bleeding on the cold earth for hours without having a siml near them . The ghastly sL-bt of suffering , the fearful wounds and hideous gashes that met my eyes , would poison an angel ' s dr < ams
January 17 . —A beautiful day , thank God ; the bright sunshine has come out again , and no one who has not experienced the misery of wading tlirou . h a wet camp with mud up to tlie ancles can appreciate the blessing dry weather is to a campaigner . Rode out to see tlic battle-field—a sickening dula it wag . The enemy had come down in the night utter we left tiie ground , and murdered every wounded man . Many of them had evidently onl y been hit in the legs , and thev were gashed about in a fearful mannw ; every " mau lud his throat cut , and many their heads clean cut oil One poor man of ours was obliged to be left behind in the charge , and a lot of the enemy came down and literally hewed him in
pieces- Ai . other , who is now lying , doing well , in . die hospital , was awfully cut about too . ^ He says thoy took him and tossed him up in the air to see if he was alive ; but , a-- he himself quaintly expressed it , he had presence of mind to be dead . The most fearful sight of all was in front of lhe battery where the Twenty-fourth had been repulsed : 100 of them lay dead mi the ground ; they were literally inheaps ^ The hideous way they had been mangled by these inhuman uends no tongue can describe ; and no mercy will be shown by our infuriated soldiers to any who fall in their way . There were immense heaps of Sikhs lying there too , but they had taken away the greater number . "
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" Greenwich Time . "—A gentleman who had jusfc arrived at Liverpool by sea was anxious to proceed to London by the mail train , which would start in a few minutes . He promised an Irish cab-drivor five shillings more than his fare if ho arrived at the station in time . This he failed to do , but Pat claimed the reward notwithstanding ; for , said he , " Sure , it ' s not the fault of me nor me baste , but ofthe Greenidge time that they keep !" A "Wife ' s Prerogative , —An Irish soldier one c waited on his commanding officer , with what he termed a very serious complaint . " Another man , " he said , "had upbraided him that he was not
married to his own wife , whom he accused of being no better than she should be , and called her many bad names besides , which he should be ashamed to mention to his honour . " Colonel : "Well , my good fellow , have you any proof that you are legally married ? " Soldier : " Faith , your honour , I have the best proof in the world . " Here he took off his hat or rather a cap , and exhibited a cut scull , saying , " Does your honour think I'd be after taking that same abuso from anybody but a wife I " The Dxxian \ 7 ar . —Cowes roads are crowded with German vessels which hay © taken refuge there owing to a renewal of hostilities between Denmark and Germany .
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GREENWICH FAIR . Easter Monday is always a great day at Greenwich and notwithstauding the unpromising state of the weather the fair possessed its usual attractions ! The steam-boats in quick succession discharged cargo after cargo of human beings , collected from the different piers and wharfs between Westminster and London bridge . The railway ami omnibusses also brought
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COLOSSEUM AND CYCLORAMA . The Colosseum continnes ta present its varied attractions for the amusement and instruction ofthe holiday folks . The most attractive feature iu the exhibition is , of course , the Panorama of Paris by night ; but the Museum of Sculpture , Conservatories , Swiss Cottage , Classic Ruii ? s , Stalactite Caverns , all amply repay a visit . The addition of the Cyclorama , with its extensive panorama of Lisbon , which includes the magnificent scenery of theTagus , and a view of the Earthquake of 1 / 75 , renders this one of the most interesting exhibitions in the metropolis ,
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STANDARD . The enterprising lessee of this theatre has not been backward in catering for ths amusement of his patrons . Besides adding to the strength of the corps dramatiquc , he has not only engaged Mr . Uurdett and his son , who perform tbc-ir drawing entertainment , consisting of summersaults , graeefxdposes , &C ., but lhe renowned Admiral "Von Tromp , twentythree inches high , and weighing only fourtesn pounds , nightly makes his bow to the audience . The entertainments during the holidays commence with a domestic drama entitled The Poachers , and , as its title would indicate , the plot is founded on the
iniquitcus game laws , ihc cha ? te acting of Mrs . R . Honnor , and Mr . Rayner , and of the laughter-creating Miss Terry and Mr . Lewis , received well merited approbation ! An aquatic drama called The Mountain Cataract followed , in which Mr . Hicks ably sustained the part of tbe idiot . In the last scene — the bursting of the torrent—is presented a magnificent cataract of real water . The entertainments conclude with the laughable farce of A Trip to California . We are g ' ad to hear that the house is nightly crowded , which is not at all surprising , when we consider the prices cf admission , a sight of the Admiral alone being worth the entire cost .
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VICTORIA . On Monday night this popular place of amusement was crowded to overflowing in every part by a holiday audience . The entertainments for the occasion were—Clarence Clcvcdon ( a new and powerful three act drama ); Tlie Maid of Velitn ; or , the last Deal of Garhoni ( an original musical romantic drama ); and a grand comic Pantomime , entitled Harlequin Gas and the Zaurf of Lhtht . All ihupieces gavo great satisfaction to the auditory .
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SURREY . The present lessee of this theatre ( Mr . Shepherd ) has announced his intention of trying a siiniliir experiment to that which has been so successfully carried out by the lessees of Sadler ' s Wells . He is about to test the qualities of the Surrey audiences , by the production , if not of the solely legitimate drama , at least of pieces of a far higher clas * than it has been hitherto tlie custom to present to the South Londoners . Mrs . Warner , Mrs . Nisbett , Miss J . Mordaunt , and Mr . Anderson are already engaged , and a promise of a strong opera ! ic company is held out . On Monday evening an entirely new and original romantic drama , in three acts , written expressly for tho theatre by E . Fitzball , Esq , entitled Alhamar . the Moor , was produced to a house
crammed from floor to cei ing , by which it was received with the most rapturous and unanimous applause . The plot has no pretensions to novelty of conception ( the very title , indeed , is suggestive of Zanffa and the Revenge ) but it is skilfully worked out ' The dtama was followed by Cousin Cherry , in which Mrs . Stilling exhibited a volubility only to be equalled by that of Chavle * Mathews in Patter versus Clatter . Pell ' s Ethiopian Serenaders and Boz ' s Jula called down thunders of applause in . the interlude ] and a long evening ' s entertainments were wound up by the reproduction , in all its pristine glory , of the " celebrated comic pantomine" of Mother Goose , in which Tom Matthews sported the identical dress in which Crrimaldi last appeared , and sang " Hot Codlings , " and " Mi * . Grig and Miss Snap ; or Figs'Pettitoes . "
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SADLER'S WELLS . The " regular drama" ! ed the way here in tlie ro ? c of Easter performances . Richard III ., from the text of Shnkspere , was the play , the chief character being assumed by Mr . Phelps . This gentleman ' s conception of the hump-backed Duke , and his manner of representing the tyrant , a . re fo well-known , that we need say no more than that he ably sustained his reputation . He was loudly applauded throughout , and afc tlie , close he Avas called before the curtain . Mr . G . Bennett waa very efficient as the Duke of Buckingham , whilst Miss HudJart , Miss Cooper , and Mrs . Brougham , who respectively took the parts
of Lady Anne , Queen Elizabeth , and Queen Margaret , deserved especial praise for the grace and delicacy of their acting . All the other characters were extremely well supported . Tlie accessories of scenery , dresses , and decorations are excellent ; and , altogether , no audience in the metropolis could have been better gratified . Afcev the tragedy , the band , which comprised some superior instrumentalists , played Julian's Drum PolUa in a mannevtb . at elicited an encore , The performances closed with a humorous drama , the scene of which was laid in Italy , called The Minister of Finance ; the story of which may be easily guessed . It was extremely well received .
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LYCEUM . Mr . Planehe has not . on the present occasion , observed his usual rule of a classic subject for the Easter burlesque . He has tbia year drawn his materials from tlie romantic and chivalric , and placed , with brilliant success , the Seven Champions of Christendom on the boards of the Lyceum . Tho subject is not by any means new to the stage . It has , if we remember right ) been dished up in forms more or less dramatic at several London
theatresand once , certainly , as an equestrian spec acle at Drnry Lane . But Mr . Planche ' s exquisite taste , and mingled state of i » iqu \ ncy and elegance , gave to the old materials a degree of novel lustre , which more than made up for their comparative antiquity upon the boards . The theatre was crammed to excess ; and the Seven Champions made a most decided and triumphant hit . Almost ali the characters appeared before the curtain after it dropped , and the author bowed his thanks to the audience from his box .
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PRINCESS ' S , The Easter piece at the Princess ' s Theatre is founded on the familiar Arabian Nights st » ry of Noureddiu and the Fair Persian , and is from the p 2 n of Mr . II . S . Edwauds . On Monday evening all went on well , until , in the words of the playbill , tlie audience are introduced to the " exterior of Noureddin ' s h ^ use , in which there is an entire break up . " The King of Ealsora and his vizier have pursued Noureddiu to his abode , to which they ( or rather the peiple behind the scenes ) set fire . The effect , in lhe Surrey ' s palmiest days , might have been regarded as one purely of blue and red ( ire . But the mimic scene was too graphically pourtrayed . A cvy of ' [ Fire " was raised in the " theatre , and the recollections of a . recent catastrophe were too vivid in the minds of the audience to he dispelled , A portion of the audience
believed that the stage was actually in flames—they became panic stricken—and a general rush to the door was the consequence . The delusion was heightened upon the scene-shifters entering the stage to pull to pieces theiv own handiwork , and for a few minutes the scene which followed in the theatre was painful in the extreme . In vain tlie King- of Ba'eora doffed tho comic for the tragic vein , and assured the audieuce by his gestures that there was no occasion for Mr . Braidwood ; and it was not until the whole of tbc scenery was reduced to its original e ' em- nts of planlss and pasteboard , that the audience could make up their miuds to settle down quietly again . The paih ' c over , the performances continued as if nothing had happened to disturb the general feeling of security and contentmont . The success ofthe extravaganza , with the exception ofthe untoward incident alluded to , was complete in every respect .
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ASTLEY'S . The performances commenced on Monday evening with lhe new Jineter spectacle , entitled The White Maiden of California ; or , the Horse of the Ocean . The adventures of tlie White Maiden ( Miss Rosa Henry ) amon « : the Indians—her love for a certain Lieutenant Waller , the deadly hate which thereupon animates the son of a : i Indian chief , named Omai ( Mr . T . Mills ) , and the final attack and defeat of the Indians by the ' gold-seekers , furnish the materials for several sceuesof an exciting and highly dramatic character . Two of these—first , the assemblage of the white warriors o the forest and their plnntom t-teeds in the golden cavern ; and , seeondlv , the victory of
the gold-seekers over the savages—are splendidly mana-zed , and brought down thunders of applause at the fall of the curtain . Tiie scenes in the circle are , however , the favourite and distinguishing entertainment at Astley's , and these weveall successful . We luay isve . iaHy notice a spirited and daring act oi equitr . tion by Mademoiselle Luuise Tournatre on a bare-backed horse , and the flying horsemanship of IIciT Kanric . But the crowning performance of the evening was that of the young Hernandez , whose daring frats we have before aoticed . The evening ' s amusements concluded with the melodrama of the Dumb Mver , We strongly recommend the Easier novelties at Astley ' s t <« the attention of nil our holiday friends . The house was well attended .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1518/page/7/
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