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tf PREHENSION AND COMMITTAL OF I THE REMAINDER OF THE FRIMLEY GANG . On Saturday last the remainder of this gang was bronght « P at the Town Hall , Horsham , charged srith bavins committed another daring burglary . At t welve o cl !* k the prisoners were placed at the bar riz ., John Isaacs , '' the captain of Ae gang , " Sam te \ Hatwwa . ( brother of Uvi Harwood , who waB exe cuted at Horsemonger-lane Gaol , for the murder of the Re ? - Mr . Holiest ) , and James Hamilton the approver in the case of the Uckfield burglary , ( six of vhonyrere at th . 3 late . Susses Assizes transported for Efe ) . Oa Isaacs being placed in dock with Harwood it was evident that they had been acquainted with each other . Ilarwood , who was cognisant of Mr brother having been executed , appeared exceeding downcast s 3 ¦* zz ============= ^^ ^ y ^ mM . ffl ,,. , ^ " ^ - ™
The > prisoners hwing been : charged with breaking into the dwelling of Harriet Stoner , at Kirdfor Common , and stealingmoBejs . and other property fte following evidence was gone into : — Mrs . Harriet Stoner was the first witnp « Mn * A udshe proved tostate , afsonifleShtlfi ^ n SB a K ? S I ?** comn « " her re-™™ L SS 9 T > near Petwor * . «• the S 3 F £ r ** £ w ** Jlint She keeps asmall grocer s shop ; and between three and four o'clock EhewasarousedbythecrasWnginof adoor oa Ae X ™ tmtotll . eb «* passage to call her servant , When she was seized by two men , each of whom had a putolm has right hand and wore a black mask .
; xney torew her down in the passage , and demanded acr money . Each man held a pistol by the side of 2 ? i- , and ^ e other man stood in front with a cnuel ia his hand , which he flourished over her head and throat . One who held a pistol said , " Tell us where your money is . " One of the others said , Blow her brains ont if she does not tell . " She was mnch alarmed . The mask of the man who held the chisel fell off his face , and he drew it back to pat it on « ain . The man said , " Don ' t hurt her-don't kill her . Two men came from her bed room with her keys , and desired Her to find them her money . She begged of them to spare her life . The man who held the chisel kept behind her , and the other two men still kept the pistol pointed to her head . ' She got to her bed room and gave them her pocket , containing about £ 10 in money ; they took other articles . In all
there were five men ; they went Out fay the back door , One pused her a few moments afterwards and pointed a pistol to her head saying , " Silence ! " Afterwards I examined the house , and found the . drawers and parts ransacked ; discovered that the back shop window had been cut open , found a chisel in the passage ' and a man ' s cap in the bed room . Outside saw some pieces of candle wrapped in paper , at the window which had been taken- out . —Chairman : Can you Etate whether yon can identify the prisoners as , being the suns men yon saw in your house ? " Witness : ? ' I have heard the Toice of Samuel Harwood , and I believe him to be one of the men who had hold of me , and held a pistol at my head . "—Chairman J " Can yon see the person in court who resembles the man who stood before you with the chisel ? "—Witness : "I have no doubt the prisoner , John Isaacs , is the man . "
Isucs and Harwood here denied all knowledge of the robbery . ¦ Hen-rtEktnford identified Isaacs as being the man who stood before the prosecutrix with the chisel , and Harwood as one of the men who held the pistol to his mistress ' s head . Mr . HksbyHoabe , timber merchant , raid , that on the evening of the robbery , while walking on the Kgh road to Guildford , hesaw s « eralmen , andidentified Harwood as one of them . _ Jane Hethrixgton also deposed that on the evening preTious to the robbery , Hamilton came to her cottage to light a pipe . There were six men ia the road , and Harwood was one of them .
The CtEHK to the Bench then read over a statement which the prisoner Hamilton had made . It was to the following effect : —" The-voluntary confession of James Hamilton ^ who saith , that last spring was the first time I met with Isaacs at Farniam Common . He has no regular residence , but lives m a travelling waggon . He came to me there . IW 33 making . beehives .. He had two donkeys . I bought one ; he told me it was a stolen One . Isold it lie planned it ont to make a robbery at Kirdford , nearPetworth . He wenttoGaildfordfortwo men to help , andbronght back three men . two of them were Lew Harwood and Samuel Harwood . and the other James Jones . John Jones , alias Smith , went with Isaacs to Guildford . Isaacs told me to meet them ata place called Hiding ' s-ball , in Godalming , and bring their old clothes and a dark lantern ; the lantern I carried . AH five came and met me there , six of
. making ns . We agreed to go two at a time , and meet in a wood between Kii-dford and Ball ' s Cross . We all six met there . " When night came two of us went forward to watch the place * we in , tended to rob . The other four ; of whom I was oneremained until the . other , two came back to ns , at the lone barn by the side , of the road . "We all stripped and disguised ourselves , and put on masks , neall wenttothehouseonKirdford-common , The name of the woman h Harriet Stoner . The ' Guild-[« a men broke through the shutters and took out the whole pane of glass ; one went in and let the others in . We all looked about the shop to find the money , but wo did not find any . They went into the Kitchen and the stairs-foot door was fastened . The woman heard them and Eaid , " Who is here ?" Several of them burst open the door , and we all ran Op stare .- The woman screamed and ran into another adjoining room . Isaacs took TinM « f fc = *
, „ stop hernobe . The mask of Isaacs slippedoff . The womarf ^ aTe one of the men her pocket . It was reported we took £ 10 , hut 1 did notaee any of it W « only shared 33 . Gd . each . No one was taken up for this robbery . We parted , and I did not see the buildford men any more . This was the first time I was led into it . I think this was the last week in The Chairman then asked him if he would have any objection to sign it . Hamilton replied that he tod none , and accordingly made hia " mark . " not tnowinghow to write . " '
| The prisoners were . then committed for trial at the next assiz « -Harwood to Petworth gaol , and Hamilton and Isaacs to Lewes gaol .
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loss op the Xesiob . —The barque Sestor , Cant Harper , registering 386 tons , and belonging to Messrs . Pope , Coming , and Co ., of Plymouth , left Liverpool on the 15 th nit ., with shingle and gravel DaUast , bound to Manzanilla . in the island of A 3 uba , for mahogany and cedar . She had a crew in att of I Sixteen hands , »«>* after the departure of the pilot they were unexpectedly increased by the appearance from the main hold of two seamen ; who had- stowed themselves awav , in the expectation of eettintr a
iree passage to America . While in the Irish Channel the Nestor had strong - gales from W . and W . S . W ., which strained heir ; and off the Bristol Channel , on the 23 rd of March , she was compelled to heave to in a gate-ftom the W . S . W ., which rather increased her leakage . On Saturday , the 23 tb , they were in lat . 41 . 59 31 ., long . 11 . 35 W . ^ if ? ^ £ ? the coast of Portugal , wind light horn W . S . W ., ship ' s head S . W ., under easy cantos . At six o ' clock in the afternoon the cook , Oames ADllar , on coins ? into the fnrahnM fnv * nal
discovered a large leak in that direction .. The ship was immediately tacked , all the fore and aft sails taKen in to ease her ; the mate manned the pumps , fcr ; i !« n ? ast € r ' withtliecar P enter » WM * ^ to the iorefiold to endeavour to reach the leak , supposed to be lathe larboard how ; the ballast was hove saefc , and the combings cnt ; but these efforts were unavailing , as the water increased on them , and 2 SS ? " T the bteast-h °° k 8 . In this deplorable eondihonthepuropswerekeptgomsallnight ; the oose ballast , however , began to foul the water , and £ fl ! SSi ? / r ? illIdlls' OnSunday * orn-» & the 30 th , flags of distress were hoisted on each m ** , ana at nine o ' clogfe , the male , from the mast-? T ? K ?^ P ' a * & leeward , but at a great distance . The Nestor ' s coursa was * L ™ Un
I K * ^ reaened between t > and three in tte afternoon . Meantime ,-order seems to have Sjr ™ ' « w master took charge of the jolly hoat , we mate had the long boat , and the second mate w , F ? nace : int 0 * bese were stowed * cask of ° * f "» ^ of water / the spare beef from the haro ^ ortw' * " ? , men ' ^ est 8 ' tt was ei g ^ « w ij ° ' 6 ije ? oleared t * e « unfortunate ship : ; sne could not survive an hotuvthe water was over I *? , ^ indced ifc covered the deck on * ne lee-I T *' hich tnc ballast was fcst shifting . Their I 5 . eiUerer proved to he thPBi » Jinnnoi . Ti ! it + n- >» f , ; n
I ftrv ^ aa 'J ? fP 1 - rmoutn . * ituonuijBBsfibmlishon I St ?* Shehadacrewoffive hands , who I * l ^ / w ^ d for their distressed visitors , but , I Itin ^ ^ etcd . only fifty-two tons , her accommo-I toi W 2 ? " T msnffi «™ t for such a largo increase I « 3 f c 2 mPlement » now amounUng to twenty-three I S . > ? consequence cf the rise of the . gale the I adrift S n ° ^ 8 tove al ongside , and ; wire cast I awavnn ^ rcre L w werertl Wed to stow themselves I S ° ^» - c 5 ies te and hammocks , in the Darfa I K ; S lier ^ arter -dccfe ' Pa 'fe « . Except-1 iftfriJ * S 6 Tere easteriy w 5 nas an ° cold rams I SSSt ? " ^ nd tteip only covering was a I SSwth ' andan ° Wstud t e « a . ThVBart , 1 boom * pa ? ' "P " * - her ^ ^ and jib-I Sr * - ^ and - thB wat er failing , I dSnS ?! . ^ Sest 0 ^ c « . aot being able to I 2 l , clothM fop t « nty days and nights SSA ^ MSB hy the agent of the SMnwW * 3 10 45
I iSfisasBr ^ * * - *^ - I Huta ^ nl * ££ ^ } at ^ rne 150 SSSfS ^ tabards , deserters from the I 322 *^ - These fngitires were diresttog I TlTe !! t thron Sarrance « o England . S i twe ^ foh ^ I Wale 8 - Mlwy will be opened be-^^^ PetowaadGlaoeeatoinJune . -
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THE SSrIW /™ 51 *™™ UUVJSRNilENT POWDER WORKS . thldtrSS ^ d ~ w " ith heing concerned in the darmg robbery effected on the night of the 8 th pKa . « i storekee P «' 9 office Sf the Roval t-owder Works , near this town , were brought up for re-exammation at Walrtam on Tuesday . ihe prisoners answered to their rames as George p-Zv Joh JSL Coraish ' Gharlcs Eve » and ^ sse iirimtlis . The first named is the keeper of a public house , called the Three Compasses , in this town ; Cornish and Eve have hitherto teen employed on the government powder works , and Griffiths is described as an itinerant fishmonger . ™ ™ Tnr tv
The principal witness was William Lane , who made the following extraordinary statement : I am a gun-smith employed at Enfield-lock , and reside at Waltham Abbey . I know the four prisoners . I remember being at Howe ' s public' house on the evening alter the robbery , about eight o ' clock . Griffiths was there when I went in .- He called me " out of the tap-room , and we went together outside of the door into the yard . He said , Bill , I suppose you have beard of what was done last nieht' " " What ? " I said . He replied , " The roUberv ' at the Powder Mills . " I said , "Yes . " He s ' aid , "Cornish and Eve are the two that done it . " i said , "How do you know ? " He replied , " "I feteued the toels from Frank Harvey ' 8 field and gave them lo Cornish . " FraDk Harvey ' s field is
just below the Compasses . Griffiths added , " I had to be in it , but I was shoved out of it . " We returned into the house . Rowe was there . ' Ho said to me , " What has Jess been saying to you ? " I said , « Nothing . " He then said , " What have you been saying to Jess . " I replied , "Nothing . " Rowe then , making use of an oath , said , "I will make you as right as myself if I get hold of the notes . " I said , " Hold your tongue—you can tell me another time . " Nothing else took place that night . Charles Colverd , Edward Speller-- Charles Eve , and his brother , Joseph Eve , were present at the time . I can't say that these persons heard what Rowe said to me . Griffiths , I think , did . On the Thursday evening I went again to Rowe ' s house about seven or eight o ' clock . When I went in ,
Cornish and Rowe were in the tap-room by themselves . I was there about an hour ; nothing took place during that time , but as I left the house Rowe followed me o " ut and said , " Cornish wants me to go to London and see what I can get for the notes . " He said , " I shall go up in the morning with King the horse dealer . " He told me there were eighteen 430 notes . On the following day , I was at the CompasseB from half-past four to five . I saw Rowe then . He said , " I have been to London and I can get £ 15 for each of the £ 20 note » , which Will make £ 270 . Be added , " I hare not got the notes -yet , but I expect Cornish will come down with them tonight—he promised me be wouW . " I stopped there till about eight o ' clock . I then went out and said to Rowe , " Has he been ? " He said , "Yes , but he
does not like to let me hav « the notes , for fear I Should stick to the lot . " He added that Cornish had said , ' " It would be a pretty thing if he stuck to the lot , and did us all out of them . " Rowe said that he had told Cornish that if he was afraid to let him have the whole of the notes , to let him have half , and he would get the money for them first . About ten o ' clock on the same night Rowe came to my house , and asked me to lend him my stick . I asked him , " Have you got the notes ? " He said . " Yes . " He added , "I have a great mind . to go off to-night ., I shall get there before they get to bed . " On the Saturday , about six o ' clock in tbe evening , Rowe came to my house , and beckoned me out . He says , " Here ' s a pretty thing , I can only get rid of two of those notes ont of the eighteen . " I asked , " Why . " . He said , " Because they had not got the banker ' s signature on them . " I did not understand what he meant . He . said he had got £ 30 for the two notes he had changed , and that he should stick
it to . lie told me he should return theother notes to Cornish . I have seen Rowe since the Saturday On tbe Tuesday following I was atta « ked by Joseph Eve in the market place for accusing him of being in the robbery . I asked him " Who said so ? " He told me John Cornish . I said I . had riot ; I never knew anything about it ,, and , of course , Icould not say nothing . On Tuesday night I sawlfowe , and tola him of thesei circamstances . He said , " Never mind what he says ; take' no notice of it . " If anybody asks you : anything about the robbery , you know nothing about it . " On "the Sunday after the robbery I went into Rowe ' s tap-room , Rowe was there , and seme other gentlemen . ( Laughter \ I said to Rowe , " Where is my shillelagh ? " He called me on one side , and said , *• Why don't you mind what you say—that is a detective police . " , I first gave information of the robbery on Wednesday last * that was after the reward had been offered ^ - " The prisoners were remanded until Tuesday , next . ¦ . . "
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" * ¦ — MYSTERIOUS CASE . OF POISONING . Extraordinary , interest has been excited in the town of Neweastle-npon-Tyne , and throughout . the whole of that populous district , by a case , which appears to resemble , in some of its features at least , the tragedy in which Taweil ,, the Quaker , was the principal actor . ; The whole of the facts were brought out before a coroner ' s inquest , held a few days ago , and on Saturday , before the borough magistrates ; but as the evidence is of great length , and much of it very , irrelevant , it seems desirable to present , in a more compendious form , the leading : facts in this serious and . somewhat mysterious case . —The deceased ' s name is Elizabeth Anderson , a widow .
about thirty-four years of age , who resided with ft Mia . Wilde , in West Blandford-street , Newcastle . She generally . pasBed as Mrs . Jenkins , the wife of Henry Jenkins , a wholesale and retail confectioner , in Dean-street ; a man of substance , who . had cohabited with her since her husband ' s death . On Wednesday morning , he was at her lodgings , but what then . transpired between them is not known . He left about twelve o ' clock , aud about two is the afternoon Mr . C . Wilde called on a neighbour , who , on going up stairs , fonnd that Elizabeth Anderson was lying onthe bed quite dead , with her clothes upon her . There , was nothing in the bed-room out of which the deceased could have drunk but a glass of water , and in the sitting-room adjoining , there was
also a glass which-appeared to have contained porter . Mr . _ Boyd , a Burgeon , living in Marlboronghcrescent , adjoining ,, and Mr .. Jenkins ,. wereimmediately sent for , and both shortly afterwards arrived . On Mr . Boyd making inquiries of Mrs . Wilde , she stated that the deceased had only-: taken something to eat and a little porter , and had . then , according to her usual custom , gone to lie down , from . which time nothing more was ssen of her till she was found dead . . . Mr . Boyd tasted the water aiid the porter , but detected no poison in either .. After he had got home Mr . Jenkins went to , him . and-asked what steps should be taken to get the deceased buried , when he told him that a certificate as to the cause ot death was necessary ; bnt thatunder the
circum-, stances , he declined to give it , at the same time re ^ commending him to go to the registrar , explain the circumstances . and say that he { Mr . Boyd ) thought she had died of disease of the heart . " Mrs . Wylde subsequently waited on him , and afterwards Jenkins again , ^ and at last he gave him a certificate that she had died of disease of the heart , having attended her about twelve months previous for symptoms of that disease . In the evening Mrs . Wilde called at the Westgate police station with the certificate , and requested Inspector Little to give her a line » to her character , that she might present it to the registrar ; but that officer , on hearing the particulars , informed her that he should report the matter to the coroner , and take bis opinion upon it .
Accordingly , on Friday , an inquest was held , and in the afternoon apost mortem examination of the body was made by Mr . Carr and Mr . Bojd , both of whom declared that the deceased . had been poisoned by having taken , or having had administered to her , a large quantity of essential oil of almonds ; and they considered that , from the quantity taken , death must have ensued almost immediately , and that it would have been barely possible for her . to have talked from the sitting-room to the bed-room after taking it . They also stated that it was quite impossible . that she could have destroyed or secreted a vessel which contained the poison after she had taken it ; . the essential oil of almonds wa 9 not used or ; sold medicinally , but was principally used by confectioners and cordial makers to give a flavour to the goods they sell . Every effort has since been made by the police
to throw light on the suspicions affair , and thestoper of a glass bottle has been found in the ash-pit adjoining'Wilde ' s house , which , on being examined , proved to be strongly impregnated with tbe essential oil of almonds , Other facts and circumstances having come to the knowledge of- the police , they apprehended Jenkins , whilst enjoying his evening glass , at the Shakespeare Inn , on Friday night , and Mrs Wilde , on Saturday afternoon , and they were brought before the magistrates , at their usual Bitting on Saturday . / . Mr . Inspector Little asked for a remand tUlafter the inquest , which was granted . The prisoner Jenkins was represented by Mr . George Foster , a solicitor , and appeared much affected by the painful circamstances in which he is placed . They both protested their innocence , and were committed to the gaol , the bench refusing ah application to allow Mr . Foster to have an interview with his client .
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Quackert . —The love of quackery by the British government is strongly proved by the fact , that a feox of life pilla has to pay less duty than th © maiaof-all-work ' s advertisement for a place . —Punch . . An Effectual Ccbe of a Sevebe Cqcgh -with Asthma by Hollowai's Pols . — Mr . John Davies , ef Lion-street , MUford , was afflicted : for more than sewn yean with a most inveterate asthmatical cough , which several eminent surgeons , under , whose care hehad been at various times , could net relieve ; he then resolvedupoa trjing Hallowaj ' s Pills , and fortunately ' he did , for this superior , medicine has effected a perfect cure . Tile cough Las C »» ted , the asthma u removed , and his respiration is as free aa that of the Healthiest person . Old coughs , colds , wheezingg on Oie chest , and shortness of breath , may soon he cured by " HoBowaj ' sKllB .
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A MAN SHOT BY A CLERGYMAN Oavubus .-. The Bcene ~ of this shocking catastrophe is Walton , a villa ge ahout thvee miles north otBraraton—the victim , one of tbe most respectable and respected yeomen of the district , and the unfortunate cause of the death the clergyman of the parish . The deceased was Mr . William Armstrong , of Sortie Trees , in Bewcastle , a large farmer and considerable landholder , about thirtyeight years of age , married , and having two children . He was a man highly respected in bis neighbourhood , openrhearted , generous , and hospitable . On the 16 th inst . he visited Brampton for the purpose of making arrangements for the completion of the purchase of some property ' which he had recently
bargained tor . It was market day ; and meeting with a number of friends from different parts of the country , he had drunk somewhat freely , and when he left Brampton about eight o'clock in the evening was apparently the worse for liquor . He was on horseback , and proceeded homeward )} by way of Cimbeck Bridge and Walton . At the Inn at Cambeck Bridge he had stopped and had more to drink , about eleven o ' clock at night—stopping about a quarter of an hour , in company with two friends-Mr . Thomas Richardson , of Solmain , and Mr . Elliott . All ' three left the public-house together : and air . Armstrong soon cantered forward , leaving his friends behind , and was not again seen alive . We now remove the scene to the parsonage house at
Walton , about a mile from the police-house at Cam ' beck Bridge . ' At Walton , a little beyond the parish church , the road diverges in three different directions—leading on the extreme left of Walton Mill , in the centre of Bewcastle ( the homeward road of the deceased ) , and on the right to the parsonage house occupied by the Rev . Joseph Smith , the incumbent , and his family . The distance between the Bewcastle road and the parsonage road 18 about forty yards . It . was now" about , half-past eleven o clook , and a fine moonlight night . From tne main road to agate leading ' to the Bbrubbery at the entrance of the parsonage grounds is a distance of eighty-six yards , and from this gate to the front door of the parsonage is forty-five yards . Within
a yarn or so ot the front-door entrance to the house is the ? tudy wiudow-onthe right-hand side . On tne left , of the door is a wall with an entrance gate to the tack-yard . Mr . . , Smith , had not gone to bed —but aH the rest of the family had retired . About half-past eleven o ' clock he heard a knocking at the study window ! This waB soon after repeated ; Mr . Smith proceeded to the study ; did something to the window shutter for the purpose of making anoise ; then armed himself with a six-barreled revolving pistol , which he kept loaded in a drawer in the S ' n ^ - 0 ceede - lt 0 i th 6 front door ' making » & ; Ti ^ open ) n 8 lt 5 stepped . outside ; fifed inES V ee ° 1 f 0 - Ur tt r '• » d then went hack into the house—closing ? the door nfw l . im w « .
tumg was seen or heard till about seven o'clock in . £ 28 . * thebbdy of Mr . Armstrong was discovered , just inside the gate , quite deaaf On theout « fe qfthegate there wcre ^ marka to * £ SfhtS . ? J had bee ? faStened U P there 5 and thVt «^ hi ¦¦ * a cons « terable time . Shortly afterwards Mr . Armstrong ' s pony-a . white one it may heneoessarytoremark-wasfoundafWaHonRW , about a mile from Walton , on its way home . I 7 rh ^ ni *? h ld * the ^» age inn on . the 17 th . Ann Glendinmng stated that she was the f ^ rt ^ ^ T- " Sini * h—that she went to bed a SSrhS ? " eleve ? ^ ? lock ' leavin S '^•• * ^ 8 . W « ittiiigiip _ inthe dining room on the south sideof the ; house-the front being on the north . Shhad knownthe
e ' . deceased twenty years , having lived as servant with his father and afterwards with himself / about , nine years ago . She saw the deceased m Walton a fortnight ago , . when ho walked up the village . with her , to the end of the lane lead-¥ L t * r * \ - ^ ^ nse . ¦ [ The . ganeral belief ia that Mr . Armstrong had called at the parsonage to see this witnesg . ]; . There were , in the house last nightMr . and Mrs . Smith , the nurse ( Sarah Blacklook ) , ; four children , and herself . She ( witness ) s ept in an upstairs room , and . was woke out of her steep by a noise .. like two sharp knocks , and heard a door' shut immediately after , with a noise . She did not remember , if t h . e dOOt . waa bolted . She neai'd nothing more ell after seven 6 ' cloeli in th (»
morning , when . she was told a man . had been found lying at the gate . .- She wont and saw the deceased lying across the road . _ Tne T- Josbiih SMiTHwassworn and examined . He said he was theperpetual ' curate of Walton , and lived m the village . His youngest child had become restless in the evening , between nine and ten o clock , and . deranged the usual time of family prayers , and also bad thus prevented him and' Ilia wife from retiring afc their . usual hour . Near twelve o ' clock' Mrs . Smith had gone to bed with the cbiW , and he was left alone , . sitting up , in . the south-east room—( the opposite corner to that where the . rioise was afterwardsh- eardOHeiwas in the act of removing some clothes from hefore the fire whenhe . hearda knocking . At ( first ' he thought it was Mrs . Smith
knocking on the floor above with a cnair , " A repetition of the noise satisfied him that that , was not the case :. He then went into the passage , : « ind the knocking yras repeated still more . loudly and rapwly . It appeared to come from the study window , and he-went into the ! stucly , and yvas then satisfied that the knocking was , at that window . This put him into a . state of great , agitation—his neryes being weak at all times . Hesaw . the bar of the window was not fastened , and felt afraid that the window might be driven in ^ In a , spirit of . self-defence , he went forward to put the bar , down—making a great noise , ' in the hope' of intimidating . aiiy parties who might be outside—thinking it might , be some Yagrants—such as sailors , who had . often snoken to
him through the zinc blind of the window , ; in the way of dictation . , He then unlocked a drawer in which he kept a revolving pistol ; took out the pistol ; and , taking a small lantern ,, went forward to the front aoor— " agitated and devoid of all selfpossession or judgment , ' , ' ( we now . quote the witness s own words . ) ;«« I went forward , alone a 8 I waB- ^ drew a boltldudly of thefront door—shpt back the lock loudl yrrdrew . back a sliding guard-chain , and opened , the door . I may mention this as a proof of how utterly void I was of Belf-possession ' and prudence ^ -as I thiis exposed the . house and myself hy thus opening the door—which may be illustrated by the , moth rushing into the candle . I was speephless and could not aay anything . From noise
me mad made at the vrmdow and door the person'had . withdrawn from tlie vicinity ' of the . ' window . My right is so defective that I often hid ' goqti d ? JlJ ° * i ger tbinking it to . bea parishlon ' ev . At thu time the moon was in the south-rcaiting a dark Bhadowon the north-west-angle . ... These , circumstances , with [ the [ shade of . the shrubbery , and the glare ofihe ; lanterh ; combined ( as we understood the reverend gentleman to have said ) to prevent hta seeing anyone .. j at once- discharged the . pistol two prthree . timeswithout aiming at any objectmbreiB-the hope 6 f alarming than ' anything else . lam not accustomed to fire-arms , and always had a dislike to fishing arid shooting . The reason " I . provided myself with this ( the pistol ) was the painful
anxiety . of mmd occasioned by the Frimley ; murder and other cases ' .. of that kind which have been reported ; and not . beiug . posgesBed with bodily strength , nndbeing in the . houso with females , and children—thei house being accessible on all . sides without passing through the . village , I felt it : my duty tonave some fire-arm ' s to use . in case o £ daager . I had one before ( a . pistol ) similar , to the one I used . ' ( We understand the reverend gentleman here . explained , that not . being able after several trials to hit anything with that pistol ,., He had : cxchanged it for the one now in his ppssession . ) , I fired recklessly out at the dbor . and then went in and shut the dqor loudly . There , were only . three or four barrels loaded . After-, remaining in the house short time
a I recovered consciousness so aa to see { the rash exposure I had made . of myself and of my family , and also of wounding any person out of doors ., ; It was at this moment it strucknie ' I should go out again at all hazards , ; to see if there was any one there , or any trace of any one having sustained any . injury . I held the lantern in my hand , and looked all around to see if I could see any ' one having sustained any injury , but saw nothing . " ¦ The inquest was then adjourned . Tho body was laid out in an adjoining ' room . There were two bullet wounds : —the first arid fatal one had ; entered the right breasf , about four inches below thonipplo —had paesed through tho liter—entered the poste ' rior wallof thestomaoh—passingthence by the lower cavity of thb chest on the left aide , without wounding the lung , and finally lodging close to the skin between the tenth and eleventh ribs .. ' Here consir
derable swelling ^ was exhibited on the qiitside ; and a bruised and blackened appearance was ; presented . : —The ' second ball had entered at the back ; . part of the right 8 honlder—coursed along beneath the shoulder-joint—and made its exit in front of the shoulder—and was found , on the body being stripped , lying under the right arm-pit . —the . bullets , which were about the size of a small bean , had passed through a top-coat , a dressreoat , a . thick waistcoat , s linen shirt , and two flannel shirts . At what distance the shots must have been fired , to perform such fatal work , it .. must be , for , others , better acquainted than ourselves . with the forc e of gunpowder when exploded through revolving barrels of four inches in length , to decide . —The coroner gave directions for the interment of the body , and it was removed to the home of his now bereaved widow and fatherless children—a home which be had left but a few hours before in health and high 6 pirit 8 . -ftirtMfc Journal .
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JJsriEn Siaies . —A company has been formed to connect the St . Lawrence , with . Pla . ttsburg , by constructmg . a railroad from Rouse ' s Point , thus tornnng . another link . with ( the .- OgdenBburgh . road and that to Montreal . Among the gentlemen con" ™ ed w this enterprise we observe the names of the following capitalists ; . Josiah Quincy , of Boston ; Bx-uovernor Payne , of Vermont ; and Beojamin Brewster , Esq ., of Montreal . J
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BOSTON ELECTION . bu ? hS reiiredfroi ^* e contest on Saturday , ^ i ^^^ ^ ^^^ to Pit Mr T \ £ "l mornin S tlie nomination took place . Zohll a Pr ° P 6 s ^ as a candidate by Mr . C . Buchor , and acconded by Captain Richardson , secontiprf ?? P ° POsed , and Mr . ' Heury Adams hMwu a } nomination of Mr . Freshlield , who ZSnu * ? rs at considerable length in ex-EriSffi" ? faV 0 ? of Alderman . Wire , and a poll thefSnf dem an < led on ^ half of Mr . Freshfield , SfewUeBM " supporters declared their necSv ^ Wa l ? . Persevere with the contest . The censes of t h Untl ^ for the P ^ yment of half the expenses ot the no line honf . ha ' » onnAM ' in » i »
entered into by them w--ev tSL'S" H ^ ugh . terminated . on teotionUf „ * ™ Mr . Frcsl . field , the Pro-SnVL fdl ^ te > The Poking commenced ai iSh ° oSe £ S ° - egiSt ^ U ele ° tOrS P-, nfe fivo ° ' clock the . friends of tho opposing C S ^ C 9 assembled in the balcony of the AasemWy-rpoms to hear the official declaration of the P ° .. . y •*« ^ yor , The market-place » t this time extabUed a large assemblage of Blue " roughs , " by wh Mr Frushfield and his friends werl hustled and ill-used m crossing the market-place from the Protectiouist head-quartei-sl thoiPeaoock Inn . i
lne Mayor ( Mr . J . llawson ) having examined the poll-books . proclaimed tho number at the final close oithepou to he— . , > PorMr Preshfield ... .. ; .... 388 For Mr . "Wire ... ... 261 ¦ -Majority ... „ . , „ ... 117 | li 8 worship accovdingly declare * Mr . Ji'H . Freshfield to be duly elected , ¦; . . - ¦ ¦ ¦ '< Mr . Pukshjikld presented himself to the elcctorBi and was proceeding to thank them for the - -honour conferred upon him , when a volley of stones , potatoes , and rotten eggs was discharged at the hon . member and his friends by the mob below . who'had come . prepared to indicate by these tokens their
dissatisfaction with the result of the election . One of theBe missiles , said to be a piece of a broke ginger-beer bottle , " which was aimed at an obnoxious Protectionist , struck Mr . Wire ' s proposer ( Mr . Clarke ) a severe blow near the eye ; the wound bled most profusely , for a considerable time . The garments « f several gentlemen were bespattered by the eggs , and their , hats also sustained-some damage from the force with which the stones and potatoes were thrown . Fortunately the windows of the Assembly-rooms had b' ? en boarded over , or they would have been all broken , j Mr . Freshfield endeavoured for sometime to ward off with his hat the missiles aimed afc him , but , the-fire becoming too hot ; the hon . member , accompanied bv the Mavor . was
compelled to leave the balcony , and : take refuge in the CounoiUehamlier . The disposition of the mob was so evidentl y mischievous as to threaten personal injury to Mr ; Freshfield , whowas persuaded'by his worship to remain in the Assembly-rooms until they should disperse . Two or three-diversions were now attempted by the besieged , but with little success . " The' < BlueV band of music was sent for , who marched away with great pomp and circumstance , bearing Mr . Wireh banners before them . ' But the' « Blue" gentry , who seemed to be a cross between canal boatmen and railways navvies , " refused to follow . Then a rumour arrived that a barrel of beer had heen opened at the other end of the town . -Even this ruse failed . i '
Mr . Ciakkb , with bandaged eye , presented hin > sell in the biilcony , and addressed the assemblage . Subsequentl y , Mr , G ; Howg . a locil reporter and lecturer of some influence among the lower classes ,. entreated the " rough 8 "' to disperse quietl y / how tile election was over . The only answer he received ¦ was ; an ominous cry of -Froshfield !¦• Froshfield ¦' . " which so clearly evinced what the mob were wait- ' ing for that the Mayor collected the local police , ' and , proceeding to the police-office in the marketplace , read theltiot Acfc .. Up to seven o ' clook no breaohof tue pence had occurred save that above chronicled . -But the new Protectionist member was etill closely invested in' the Assembly-room ; from the = windows of which the . hungry electioneerers
could see the preparations made , and the table set out , at the Peacock Inn ,, over the way , for a Buinptuous banquet to celebrate the return of the successful oandidato . ' Now and then some famished partisan , who complained of having had nothing to eat since an early breakfast at seven o ' clock a . m .,. suffered his hunger to prevail over his prudence 80 far as to counsel his friends to fight their way across the market-place , but a glance at the angry expression which glared in tlie eyes of the "Blue " roughs" below quickly repressed the rash design ; Occasionally , too , nVcssaees arrived , which only ' too
clearly conveyed the despair of the cook at' the Peacock and the excellence of the repast which awaited the convives , it is to be hoped ; however , that nothing woi * s 6 happened after the express train left than the spoiling of a good dinner , and that the apprehensions which were entertained of cvriofc and disturbance were not realised . ' ¦'•¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; . By later accounts it appears that the proceedings wore so serious an aspect that a detacKraent of military was sent for from Nottingham . ! No injury , however , was inflicted on either persoA or property , aiid the crowd dispersed previously to the arriTal of the soldiers . ' Some of the rioterA were-taken 'into-custody , t examined before the magistrates , and reman < ied . ' ' " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .: ¦ .-.. ¦ i ;
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PARMAMBSTiOT AND FlNAKCIAL UbFOKM . —A pubi-Up meeting of the friends of parliamentary , and fiinanciarreform > asheld at ^ thoiLectureH all ; Tqtr tenhani , on' Monday , evening , . and . notwithstanding the very iun . pfbpitioub fst ' atq of , ' the feather , jWas most numerously and respectably ' attended . ' ; S $ Francis 0 . Knowles , Bart .,. occupied the . o ^ airi Tho-chairman , after cbngratulatiug ' . ' t | ic ' eau ^ of reform on . thejarge assembjiage ^ efo ^ e him , ' isailhQ should deviate a littlei'from the ordinary . eou }; s ' o , iarid say , a few words , . on ' the objects . pt ^ lie aasociati q ^; perhaps this , was tnejmore necessary , , as . he . " fiefievea a . branch , was iii . the ,, coiirse , of format ipnih , ' tVej , dis ] trust .. ' . ' IIe said it had been found'ini ' ppssibl . e , jwith ' a House of . Commons as at present constituted . "'^ liUAmdi R « . m . LI .. l ' f . t .. ~ - ' « ln . L L "_'_ '— ' '' ¦ - ¦ ¦ I- " , " -. }»''/''• 1 aiiiiGuib uauuiivi xuiurui wiiii
^ u any prospect pi ( 8 , HCi cess ; and they had . been ! c 6 tnpelled : to , prigiina , Io " tha asspciatipn'to obtain parliamentary ' reform . r-Hq , lieved thai it wag pf the highest irapp . r'iance that pi « litieal power : should be taken from . t ^ e handp . wjiiok upi'to this ^^ timeha ^' w ^ P ^ d ' -tt . ^ i'toidgeii ^ jthei han ' ds of the . great body pf the pVp ' ple ^ whp . ^ wer ^ too numerous and strong to ., pernut ^ abuse .- ' . W ^ fi ^' d a kind of . human . desert in the , micl ^ t . of aTculjtiyatecl conhtry ; i large mass ' of the ' people . ye ^ ej . wjhpliy . excluded from expressing v t . heii ' pplijiuiial wants and wishes , ' , we re , generally ^ , uncared ^ r ^^ nU /^ whejbi cared for , they had ho . belief thiiit , th ' is carqiwa ^ ' sin-i cere and properly directed .. ' jf This w / jsj ^ nios . i dan-j gerous state oC tbing 3 . . ' , . . M » By ] tOO ' wyp ^ h ' ol } y . unjliruuieuai uaoioreu
us- , m « uvv , tH , lHrjming , C 0 lT 6 Ct opinions ; . they must ;; iprm 7 , ei ; ronepu 0 o ^ " ^ from ; these would ^ spring " rnisclijeyousV % ctibnp , If the judgment were ' unsbund i Uie "' conclusions would . be uiisouhd , and ,. the' rules of . conducFiin - sound '; acting thcrerqrj ) oh , them ,, thp peo plo . woiild naturally falt . into viqio ^ s politfpar . 'jiabiisl ' . ' . Bu . t if these men occupy ' . tlieir . '' tcue ' pp ' sitioh- b ' y ; meaB 8 ' ' of their representatives ^ theyj ^ b . uia . see 'fha ^ they . tiad public"duties to perforrfi / andirogarji ' their / interest as . assQCiated with thp interests pf ^ ' oir foJllpi-meh , and ; not look upon . , tKem , as" ; isolated' interests !^ in vjWc \ i they had no . " cpn £ ern ~ they ' . ^ biild 1 () e ' elevated by being treated as pen ouglittopeltreated . ' iTb ' ey wiBre all ' b ' rethren ~ all -. fell p w-. CbriBtisns- ^ iwem- all formed Bv'tlie same'Almierht . v lintuiVnitft t . Un' ^
noble faculties of , mmdand ) tho , ught , ; wh , lchi «; ik'V a 3 pur . duty , to cultiyKtp an ' d . evok ^ j and . ttio . hft'Jict . a raan 3 ppsitioni . tlio / ' gi-fea ^ r his iduty ; to ' ' see ; the " people . were . n 6 t . npglccied : a , s ; they had , becn .. ' ; : rrom this ,, he ^ liqved , > puld result ^ he ' liappiesVkeois ' . He was not afraid of , lieSr-toucuiri ^ tuo ^ hroue or the House of Lords , ; or invading ^ b perty , , be ' c ' ause our , cpuntrymen . w . e . r . e . ' spheivand rc ' Seciihg . -. in , . tfieir mental habits ,, His / answer , to sucfClTears . ^ as ' that if we wished to . scp , what they . ; jrcre , -we had . only , to cast ouueyes on the ' other side of . the Atlant ' ic ' . and see all the . institutions ^ . of . liberty ; ¦ . inl-fuU ' wil free ti * y » an M P op | rtj as . 8 . obrirp , . as Jn . ^ ngl aia :-. Mr : tenea tO with m . anv nTnpitcainno At rtti ^ fiMX' ^ 'Vi ' ¦ ¦ —• vwMfVMrt vi iti
,..- - ^ ¥ ti'"C ^ J ^ U 1 VHUV * JXV i ^ m ^^ n- J ^ K ti w ^^ U ^ jjai ' chairman tenmnatelt ^ epv ^ oeeaings !;' . ' , ;'";" ,. ' . " J ;; SmcufAR Cowcip MbEg ^ i ^ rVJjaines ^ iQlO ^ moved , in the Co . urt pf Exchequer , to eat ¦ aside I verdict . found for . tho ^ laintiff . u ^ d to ! enter a . ' iion ,:: suit , m tne case of .. anaction , for iniuri ^ 8 . 8 U 8 tained ' lrom a ^ f malicious baU ? belonging , to , the- defend dant . Mr James , contended Htha , t there was no evidence that the ; ., defendant was aware that the aninwl was vicious , or , indeed , ; that ihe was , so . / at appeared at . the trial ^ that , the plaintiff ; at the . time of the accident , was . cayrybg a parcel wrapped . up in a , red handkerohief . ihe defendant , when , iUe heard of it , saidithe plaintiffpughttphayerkniVn that a bull always runs at , anything ' , ; red ., Tfhi , vfas not an acknowled gmsnfcpf . tho a , niinats particular propensities , but a statement of a
zboloci-;? fit A P ™ / . called , . aaia / witness ,, stated that : the . bull , seeing his ,, red pollar ^ sqd his he fid and wagged his taiL j . S . omeothsr . witnesBes stated thatthebeast lppked at people ; . wheVtaeyP 9 V 8 ed , parfcicukrlyjoungjadies , w ^ pinkribandB in their bonnets , ( Laughter . , On the other , hand ,, a person named ; , " Wiseman , ' . ' fbp had ,. the care of it , was prepared . to , pr . ove . that the buli was , a " most , harmless thing ,--and | ncapable ; of iinjorin ' g ; anypf ? - ¥ fl $ * f ^ JM ^ - . 'i ( Laughter . -Baronia ? - tin : If tbis . actnou could ; bQ , maintainedV it would prevent people Keeping ; bnllB atall .-Lord Ohipf v £ v * * other hand , it will amount to ^ . a prohiMion of scarlet' ' clothes . ' Thb rule ' waB granted , ; ¦ ' . ; ; ; ; ' . *;*" '¦ ¦ ¦ < ;< >¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ . < ,:- • _ •¦ ¦ . ' ¦; . Lohd LimiiBVi ate ^ aster of the Bolls ; died od Good Friday ai Tunbridge Wells ; ' " •¦
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DRURY LANE . Tho new piece selected by Mr . Anderson for tho Easter attraction was Schiller ' s celebrated play of The Rollers . It has never before been produced complete in this country , though in some of tho minor houses , at various periods , mutilated and garbled versionshavebecn occasionally presented . Ihellobbers was one of Schiller ' s oarliost works , written ia 1780 , when lie was only twenty-one years of a ^ e ; and it will always possess peculiar interest and importance , as a powerful and impulsive portraiture of tho new feelings and opinions which were thon fermenting in European society , and which , a few years later , burst through tbe barriers erected by powerful and venerable monarchies , and began a revolution not yet ended . After considerable
difficulty tho play was produced at tho Mannheim Theatre , and an immense sensation was the mult . All Germany talked of The Robbers . Its literary merits , and especially its philosophy , were widely canvassed , some critics pronounced the play to be detestabl y immoral , othors declared it supremely moral . Tho dispute ran high , but whatever difference of opinion may have existed with respect to its style , 01 * purity Of principle , it was universally admitted to bo an extraordinary production , ropleto with powerful and vivid , representations of life and character pearcbing . glances into tho innermost rooesscB of he soul , imagination ' s riches , and glowing heartful languago-the . whole being animated by the true PO ? tic fire . Inspira ! with the notion of a hero who abjured all conventional systems , and conceiving a
number of strong incidents which would effectively show forth the central Colossus , Schiller subjected himself to no-form beyond that which his matter diotated , and flung UpOU : the paper a huge work , much longer than . Shakespeare ' s longest play , astounding for the force and variety of the characters and . for a . diction which , though often bombastic , never ceased to be vigorous . Now the play looked like a melodrama , presently it assumed the form of an essay ; the most startling visible events passed before the eyes , the largest questions which affect human nature were discussed ; but , however tho aspect was changed , there was always tho appearance , of strength of the hi ghest order . ' ¦ ' The Robbers" served to establish the reputation , and decide the future career of its gifted author .
The " Ayes" fairly Had it , and the master spirit of northern poetry , already recognised hy Goethe , Priderich Schlegel , Tieck , and other eminent Germans , as the great representative of those Teutonio ideas , and methods of expression , with which they could . most naturally sympathise , gave—aided by this new tribute to his supremacy—a new direction and permanent famo to the genius of our German brethYen . "With rcgaid to the morality of the play , wearo of opinion that none but the most bigoted and short-sighted could find it objectionable . Carl Moor is a wild , enthusiastic young man , full of generous . impulses , and pbsBOssihg an innate nobility of soul which no moral debasement can entirely destroy . He has an ungovernable spirit , indomitable courage , and is , in short , powerful for
good or evil , i He is as incapable of being a " petty larceny " rascal as a mere common-placo respecter of appearances ; all his acts rauBt be on a grand scale ; he is horn to ocoupy a large and important space in the : eye of the world . An unfortunate combination ; of oiroumstanceB , and a vile plot of : w . hioh he is the victim , givo hia fiery impulses a wrong direction , he believes himself despised where his , proud heart sued humbly for the forgiveness of youthful indiscretions ; a father ' s unmevited curae is on his head , 'he is an outcast amongst men , and driven thus : to despair , and temptation being at hand , he becomes the chief of a band of robbers , and plungeB headlong into an abyss of crimo and horror . . But even here great ideas fill his mind ; he will be the , oppressor ' s foe , he will take only ; > r
from thorioh , will avenge the wrongs ef the helpless , his name shall be a terror to the land , but it shall be associated only with deedB of retributive justice . May . he not be a sacred instrument in the hands of Providence ? These are tho dreams whichhaunt his soul ; but tbe first few deeds of . his new career serve to dispel for ever the magnificent ; illusion . The evil passions of ignorant and unprincipled men once aroused , it is beyond his power to check itheir progress . His followers understand not the high though mistaken motives which actuate him j they seek but their own gratification , and massacre their fellow men merely for tho sake of what may enable them to gratify their sensual , appetites . ' Moor daily-sees the innocent suffer-with the guilty , and soon discovers that he ia " I " ¦ - » - " » = 5 l
too -weak a creature to .. remove the- perilous load which weighs upon desolate society ; that crime is not to he-exterminated by crime ; that love , 'and not hate , must be tivo world ' s reformer . Heartstricken , , disappointed , and remorseful , he would gladly , retrace hiB erring steps—hut 'tis too late ; bound body and soul to the destinies of his vile companions , being unable to raise thom to hia moral We ) , he has no choice but to sink to theirs . He does so , so far as hia superior nature will admit , but dire is the mental struggle , terrible his moments of self-reproach , and at length , having fulfilled to the letter his compact with the infernal crew , he concludes ibis * wild career by delivering himself up to a poor man with eleven children , in order that the heavy price set upon his head may
oeneut . the deserving , ' and that he may ex . piate his crimes against sooiety upon a public scaffold . ! . If there be anything immoral in- this , we must confess ourselves unable to discover it . The version which Mr , Anderson uses for his own theatre is , according , to the bills , framed hy himself . The " . acting " German edition , that is tos » y the third , in whloh the brothers Karl and Francis meot , is tho one adopted , and that the curtain may fall with effect Karl-is ^ hot on tho stage at the end of the' piece ' , ' instead of ( being allowed i to give himself up to . justice , i .: The long metaphysical discussionsran which Francis especially -delights aro'abr hBeviated almost to irallfty , and a series of very vigorous ; eutting 8 iconsiderably reduce the dimensions oMhe piece ; though ; as it ' still . occupies ne arlv three
hours anda half , at is questionable -whether the ' pru-. riingjkiiife could ' . no ' fc be further usefully ' employed . ' . yaetedd : ^ s . ahye ! o'drama , cliowever , " affording great ' ; scope for tho ; display of'Mr . Anderson ' s remarkable . histrionio . 'powers ; it was entirely anocessful . His picture of the 'robber ; 'Was deeply-arid vividly co-J loured ; there was great truthin the conception ; and sKill . inthe execution . " In tho tremendous '' curse / 'i no reached a very high idegree of-bistrionio excellence ; , eliciting . rapturous applause i nor was his . d&wery of . some- of i the terider ^ a ' ssages in the ' scenes with old Moor less ' worthy of commendation . He was exceedingl y happy inthe 1 ' last scene ' . whioh , hewenfcthro . ughi . with amourhful oalniness and ; . 'solemnity ¦ 'that' 'Was ? very ' ' impre ' ssivel ^ -i -Mr ; Gathoart mauiB al most-efficient fefareseritative
( o ttbe villain brother ; -it was a carefully elaborated and highly finished piece of acting . fch \ Artaud ' s ! . Spigeiberg ; was too- ' fu ' nny ^ for our coriceptioh of the ; ohftvacteri : though" -it helped to relievo the ge- ! ner « il : Bombre air-of -the play : Miss II . Gilbert made ' , a -very successful' ^ ctaj ' as 'Amelia , and the othert , part 8 . were well sustained . The o ' ut-dooiscenery : was ; very ' beautiful , ^ and aome of the didrartio ¦ effects : ffell . worthy' ' . 6 f > the enthusiastic applause they , received . ^;> Mp . Andersohdosei'vos the utmost credit for . theoare with which' he haa placed tW ' . play ' upon tho slai e ;; though we « oubt' -ffhe-• e ^ . -n - 111 re * " - '? ngthenene ( l . posseasion of itj . vBe , iWas ' 'h 6 noured with a ^ nanimous recall ,-it thefall of the curtain ;— The entertainments ' cbnclu * aea . withthevgorgeou 8 8 peotacleof "A zael . ¦ : ¦!¦¦¦?¦ '
' . ' ¦«¦ = - . - ; - »¦ / . •> . ¦ . . ' 5 . princess's / ¦ ' ¦ . ¦'¦ : ' . ¦ ' < ¦ * { -The performances ' at this theatre were Mr . Bburcicaulfc-s sparkling comedy of love in a Maze ; and k new burlesque extrnVagan 2 ay called-The ' Alh ' amora ) or , the-Three BetiutifiiKMncmea ; -said to bo partly founded on one of Washington Irying ' S'tales ; " The extravagankopensiwith ^ bivoiinc of-fau'tes , erioamped'iri ' iBfomptouisquave , who' havfi . been sent qver . ascomnvissioneks by . their si 8 ter fairiest 6 meuro quarters during tlse ' : great Exposition : ¦ Tlie encampmeht'isf invaded ^ byiMvslKeeley . hersejf . whq is in quest of a Buhjecfc for a new burlesque ; iind iti hepjrieed ' BUmmon 8 the '' fairy- band to her ; and-by their potent a ' genoy-varioussubjects ate Bug ¥ ested forbeiv approval ili'illiimiriated tableaux . - -- -These , h { t |
( wever , . ' 8 ho : rejects ; und : whehdi ivont . odesi ) ai ' r , 'a bnlliantthoughtstrikosber to try- Spain , a ' na ' she accordingliy « despatohos the" sprite ' Asmbdous in a balloon inquest of ' a-stbryi' -This' voyage is made tho means of gratifying thfel popular taste formovin ff panoramasj and as-with' AsmodeuB wti flit through the aiivwepasa over ' the ! Crystal 'Palace in Hyde farkvDyj moonlight-: a soene-whioh' waB greeted I with great-applauscb y the au'd iencei ' We arbtheii H n ovcr ^ o'er , the ^ Channel ; Calais , Paris ¦ ' ana jthe Champs Elysdes ; and pass , at a jump , to the : Jt * yrenee 8 ; : and- thencei to > Granadai The-whole ' of jthis panoramaniovedvenioally , instead of horizon ^ ; tally ,: and produced a novel . and ' pleasing effect . ' At : 6 ranadathe plot of the piece begins ; consisting in . tnendangere andi haipbreadthi ens ^ pesl-oi three 'Christian ^ kni ghts , ¦¦ ¦ who ; taker , " prisoners -. by the jMoorSjfall-inloveimththo ; three beautiful'daughof
ters ; of- Mobamed , the Moorish . Kin ^ Granada . ' These . , knights are . personated / by Mr . aud . Mrs ;' jKeelcy ,-and > Mr . vWigan , ond-jto theiri hands and those -of'Mr .. WinnJ the . Moorish Ming ,- and ; Mrj p arley , who fills ithe . oharacter ofs HusBCinj a , inajor Homo , the fun of the ptecQisentruBted ~ that . isito say , as fat- as . the ^ dialogue is . concerned ^ ' . for .-the drollest , part of the extravaganza ) vas . tbo ianttca of Mr . Flexmore , who personated . a . pet monkey ,: The piece { met with : nnqualified > and " : hearty . lappiaug e , and . 'we are . disposed toraiigur for it a W and profitable run , ,. , : ¦; , ^ , ,,,.. ^ , ; ,. , - V ; ° ; ' c ,,
j Tba . Easter , enteriaipment' at ' this ' i theatre nav . S ^ iSf' ^^^ y ^ . ^^ oharaoter as ^ tha ' twhioh ' na ^ hith erto , gwen nt UslcelebrityiUhder'tUayeaWn mBagemenUiAHhongh thestbVy rrhe ^^^^^^^ the * . W , Mm tale kquestion iihere ^ SeoV
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is hut little known , Mr . Plancho manages to make the incidents protty clear , more so than in any of ma recent productions of the same class ; and this is an advantage for which audiences will feel grateful . No one , however , who witnessed the Queen of the Frogs could conceal from himself tho fact that the main success of the picco depended tipon the scenery and decorations . Mr . W . Boverley's help m , t , f ? ? 5 T . department was of priceless value , ilie llalloFDmna , the ( Quicksilver L ;\ ko , the gardens of Pnnco Nonpareil , aml the Nuptial Bower . of tho Queen of iho Fros » , breathe the very spirit . of ho unreal " and afford a fascinating insight- into the realms of poetry and romance . The scenery , generally speaking , is not upon so vast and showy a scale as that m King Charming , excepting the finale , which , constructed upon similar principles as the celebrated close to that piece , is equally rich and lustrous in effect . A ring of dainty maidens support a oapital of gold , which rises amid a suffusion of coloured fires , and developes other figures , bathed in light , forming altogether a tableau of matolilcss and dazzling brilliancy . The applause which awaited this superb display was imiveraal , and the curtain descended upon it in triumph .
MARYLEBONE . This theatre opened for the season last night , " under the management of Mr . Stammers , who ha g enlisted under his banners a genorally well-selected company . The entertainriients of last night consisted of The Stringer ; or , Ikrrah for the Road , a drama in the worst style of the Jack Sheppard school , founded on the history of Jack Rann , otherwise Sixteen Strfogtd Jack—the lively farce of tha Rival Pages , whicli was very well represented—and the mythological burletta of the Boyhood of Bacchus , in ffhicn tho most prominent characters received full justice at the hands of Messrs ' . Oxberry and Wild , Misfi Williams , and Miss Travers . There was aUa some excellent danohig in this piece , by Mdle . RoBina , and to use the words of the programme , " some of the pets of . the ballet . "
IIAYMAHKET . Tho Easter fare at this theatre consisted of tha popular Lady of Lyons , and the Bohemian Qirl , ¦ ansformod by the magic pens of the Brothers Brough , from a high sentimental opera , into a fashionable and funny burlesque . Miss . Addison never acted better ; and , indeed , we may award to Mr . ' William 'Wallack , and the whole of the company , the merit of performing with spirit and energy . The afterpiece , whiehis named Arline : or , the Fortunes and Yicissitncles of a Bohemian Wrf , parodies the grand opera of that name ; but , in so doing , takes care not to lose the effects of scenery and situation . J
SURREY . Mr . Parry has produced for tho Ea 9 ter amuSfl « meut of his friends a grand historical Russian drama ; written by Messrs . Morris Barnett and Angus B . Reach ; entitled The Czarina ; or , Ivan , tne Armourer , in three acts ; and his efforts to please were crowned with a bumper house . Cornaro Pitti ( Mr . Shepherd ) , an Italian adventurer , having gained the affections of Elizabeth ( Mrs . W . Rignold ) , the Czarina of all the Russias , ia ntomotMbs her to dignities so great and enriched with wealth to such an extent that the nobles of Russia become inflamed with jealousy , and a conspiracy , of which Prince Zayado 8 k y ( Mr . Bruce Norton ) is the seoret head , is entered into for the purpose of getting rid of him . An opportunity for the accomplishment of their malignant designs occurs . Cornavo ' , whilst paying his devotions " to the . Czarina , and receiving m return her . smiles and honourB , secretly plots tha dishonour of Meta . ( Miss Fielding ) , the betrothed of Ivan the Armomor ( Mr . Creswick ) . His liaise * ness reaches the ears of the Czarina , who vowa vengeance against him , and eventually . he is sentenced to death , Elizabeth relents , but not so tho nobles , who are determined to make the best ; of their opportunity for revenging themselves upon . the Italian adventurer . She resolves that he shall be pardoned , but tho notles insiat that he shall be executed forthwith , . else , they say , the people will revolt , - and , to tho Borrow of his imperial patroness , the adventurer is ultimately made . the victim , of ¦ the nobles' wrath . This piece was followed ( foe the sixty-ninth time ) with " tho new grand gorgeous comic Christmas Pantomime , " preceded by a Snakespearian opening , sprinkled with hits at the day , week , month , and year , under the title of liarlequin and Sir JoknFahtaff .
ASTLEY'S . : The history of Eleanor and Fair Rosamond affords ample materials for the development-of all the pe-Guliar rssources of such an . establishment as tha one now under notice , and it is not . surprising that Mr . Rodwell should have selected it as the suhiect ot a new historical speotacle . Commencing with . . the arrival of Henry Plantagenet at the . Court Of Franco , in ordoi'topay homage for hia Dukedom of Iionnandy , the author describes Queen Eleanoc as at once struck by hia noble bearing , and from that moment ho becomes her constant chevalier and attendant . Fired by the . powerful preaching of St . Be ™ avd , not the King alone , but tho whole Court of France , with the Queen and her Iadie 3 , proceed to Palestine to , do battle for the cross . Henry Mows , disguised as a Turk , named Saladin . aud the devotion which in that capacity he bestows SK ? i . S ! l no * '" insistent with an intrigue of which the haughty Amazon is aaid to have been g £ ' P » " ' -Bosamond . aeeompanies the Prince ia of ElSSe ° f , T min . st rel ; . blood relationship of Eleanor with Louis is laid hold of by the church -a divorce is procured , and the marriage of Eleanor and Henry follows . The . well-known incidents of Rosamond ' s chequered life arc adhered ' SMMPS ^' -P ' dewing the notion that she perished by poison , the more agreeablo alternative is adopted that she died in- tho nunnery o £ : Godstow , Whether she eve * became a nun or no ^ i ^ rctty . plearthat she bore two sonVWenvJ We have briefly sketched the outline , to show K closely the piece adheres to the generally received history of the period . . As a spectacle ; of , the . first class , wo . must say the piece is , highly successful . Iheseouery and . appointments are gorgeous , and the concluding tableau is one ' of great briUiaii'dy . Among the actors we recognised' nearly all the old hands , incliulinsrMiv Cronther , Mr . Barry ; Miss rieaton , and Mr . Stirling , and tbere are several re-. qent ^ cQuisitions ; Mis . 3 Garthwaito espeoially , from . ^ . jp ^ 'tenham thoatvo ,- will , no doiibt , be founda yery valuable addition ., At tbo . close of the spectade , M . Villespy performed a , sevie 3 of novel and darmg performances upon the , Globe Celestial . The scenes of the arena succeeded , arid" the Whole concluded with theJaughable afterpiece of ' the JWo ¦ Greaonei m which Mis s Gaftliwaite again playea with decided success . We cannotcoOTlude without bearing testimony to , the beautiful decorations , the . Rgweot ; cleanliness , and : admirable ventilation Of th , s theatre ; Everythingaboutit seema-to be spick S ^^* ' . , It s ; astonishing how . so K ? ? A t $ n ? jW * the ; house could haw been eftected in the short period" of the Eastw
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 26, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1623/page/7/
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