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HAYMARKET . A new piece has been produced at the Haymarket this week , with the Adelphi company for its actors . It is entitled " The Writing on the Wall , " and has met a very good reception . The scene opens in a village in the neighbourhood of Elton Hall , in Cornwall , with the arrival of young Sir Philip Elton ( Mr . Worrell ) , a ruined gambler . He appeals to his sister ( Miss Chaplin ) to preserve the ancestral domains , the peace of his mother , and his own personal liberty , by becoming the wife of a foolish cockney
named Augustus Trotter , Esq . ( Mr . Wright ) , who has come to Cornwall to establish a " model farm . " She indignantl y refuses ; and Richard Olivar ( Mr . Emery ) , young Elton ' s principal creditor , takes possession of Elton Hall . This Olivar had in conjunction with Bob Smithers ( Mr . Paul Bedford ) , an itineran , mu 9 ician , jnany years before , robbed the ball , and murdered its master , young Sir Philip's father , whose brother , who had suddenly fled , had been falsely looked upon as the criminal . In the second act , Olivar surprises Margarette Elton and her lover , a village doctor , and denounces him to Sir Philip as the illegitimate son of his father ' s murderer . That he may escape , Margarette consents to marry Richard Olivar . In the last act , Augustus
Trotter marries Lotty Sraithers ( Miss Woolgar ) , an ex-heroine of the Hippodrome , and the blind beggar , Tobias ( Mr . Smith ) proving to he the innocent brother of the murdered man , declares the lover of Margarette to be his son . Olivar ' s guilt is discovered , and he is arrested , while Marsrarette is united to her lover with the consent of her family . The parts were very creditably supported . The acting of Miss Woolgar , as Lotty Smithers , was not to be excelled . The piece would be greatly improved if much of the" buffoonery introduced , with the view , we presume , of getting up an Adelphi effect , " into the scene of the " model farm , " was withdrawn .. ' . 'Mephistopheles " and"Slasher . and Crasher" follow " The Writing on the Wall , " to make up the night ' s
entertainment . . ! OLYMPIC . In our last impressson we gave our readers an outline of the new comedy , " Sink or Swim , !*; produced at this neat and attractive little house . Ever catering for the amusement of the public , the management have . introduced a new piece somewhat in accordance with what Mr . Disraeli would call the " sjenius of the epoch . " " The Field of Terror , or the , Devil ' s Diggings "
is the name of this production . The piece opens with a view of the happy gold diggings of the Gnomes—Gnomes discovered asleep . When they are awakened we have a glorious emulative work of gold digging ; ' Beyond this field we have the Field of Terror , a dismal wilderness , inhabited by Rubezhal the imp of the " Devil's Dig-fins . " Into this place , by the aid of a charmed lamp , the imp leads his victims , who follow him as a will-of-the-wisp is said to lead benighted travellers .
The fairies decide that his career shall last so long as he retains possession of his lamp , and , when lost , the new possessor shall hold him as a slave at will . After a desperate encounter , assisted by the fairies , Leopold , a young forester , succeeds in destroying the power of the demon of the diggings , by obtaining his lamp , Leopold , who with his wife , has been discarded by a haughty family for their poverty , compels the demon to dig gold for him , and most efficiently does this gentleman perform the prescribed
employment . The piece concludes by the fairy queen condemning the imp to eternal confinement in the centre of the dark earth . And thus the piece concludes with the triumph of virtuous mortals over infernal spirits by the aid of the good genii the fairies . Upon the w ^ joje , the piece went off very well . As a spectacle merely ( as ittipvofesse * to be ) it may find favour , for it was ' successful as such , but if intended for any thin " else we cannot recommend it . . '
No moral is inculcated , and the piece seems to be more adapted to exhibit the dancing of Mr . Flexmore and Madame Auriol than to serve as a medium of instruction . The scenery was excellent , aud some very pretty dances were performed by the ballet-dancers . We never saw Mr . Flexmore to greater advantage than on Wednesday evening . His agility is truly astonishing , and he sustains the character of Rubezhal ( the imp ) with considerable ability .
ASTLEY'S . This favourite place of amusement , in spite of the hotness of the weather , continues to receive its full share of patronage Peter the Great , written by J . Fitzball , Esq ., expressly for this theatre ( the plot of which we gave in the " Star of Freedom " last week ) , was again performed on Monday , and , judgm * from present appearances , is likely to have as " long a run" as Mazeppa . We are certain that those who visit Astley ' s once during its performance will desire to witness it a second time All the characters were well sustained , and the mounting of the piece reflected great credit upon the theatre . The acting of Miss Lydia Pearce and Mr . Thomas Barry was remarkable ° for its vigour and fun . ^ They acted with great spirit , and ensured the success of the piece . The performance of Messrs . Siegris « n La Perch was truly astonishing , and drew forth loutl applause As the bills state , « They form a most unprecedented combination of splendour and science in the art of arap hitlieatrical amusements . " We must likewise draw the public attention to fcignor Hennim , the tight-rope dancer , who went through some extraordinary feats , and appeared to be boneless . The evening ' s entertainments concluded with some clever scenes in the circle , andalaughable antique farce called the Mayor of Garett the principal characters in which were Miss Pearce and Mr ' Barry . On the whole , the performances went off exceedingly , [ > > j , i
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . JuJLST ? ^ if trUCtive place of amusement has been IJ Frt 1 i ? tbe PaSt Week * On Monday > Wednesday , and Friday , lectures were given by Mr . Pepped on the all absorbing topic of the day- " The AustralifnTo dDi « U » He recommended all emigrants to take their own house * o ? tenK out with them . By so doing a great saving would be effected He stated that a friend , in communicating to him , said that a sS room cannot he procured at the "diggings" f ? ™ LT per week , and very small , too , for thafsum ' You can p " cfa&e m England what is termed a tent for the low charge of £ 4 10 , hammock included . One of these tents is to be seen at the Poly echmc . The emigrant will not only have a house for 1 e ninety shillings , but also a place to rest upon . Mr . Pepper concluded his very able lecture by pointing out to the audience how by a very simple chemical process , to discriminate gold from other metals and minerals . Mr . Buckland also gave , onTe above-mentioned days , a lecture on « Music , " illustrated by patriotic and antique songs , aided by Miss Young . On Tuesday i , '' . , e 5 e ,, e ¦ , a e y
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received orders to address a requisition to the Federal Co uncil calling upon it to re-establish the ancient political relations with Prussia in the canton of Neufchatel . In case of refusal , the amicable relations will be looked upon as broken , and the necessary coercive measures will be adopted . " THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BELGIUM . ( uy submarine tetegraph . ) Bistjssels , Friday , Auust 13 . Her Majesty the Queen received the corps diplomatique at the Palace to-day , and will leave to-morrow for Antwerp , at 3 o ' clock p . m . ~*~
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( Jbrom yesterday ' s Gazette ) . GEORGE BALL , Fenchurch-street , City , wine merchant , to surrender Aue 20 and Sep . 24 , at 1 , at Basinghall-street . Sols ., Messrs . LinklaSr of assig ., Wlntmore , Basingliall-street . wwuatei , ott . GEORGE WILLIAM BRIGHT , Swansea , Glamorganshire < licensed vie p ^ $ 5 »« SS- £ && £ ^^ . szx&ss&sr& ^ fr&z street ; off . assig ., Pennell , Guildhall-chambers t 0 > J Fllda }' ^^^^ Jt ^^ ^^ SSS : It « Ss 3 Kfefc 3 aMs * "SSS ^ S ?^^^ HP a ^ aaaswis . ' ax'isas JOHNHorm r fC 0 TCH SEQUESTRATIONS . ™ » ° &JJSr ™ " = »* . ** 16 aud Sept . 6 , at the King '* A SS , St M sririt-n ^ chant , Aflg . 20 and Sept . 1 ft » t "S&figft . ' '«' £ * $££# »* ° »> . . ** 20 and Sept . 1 ft
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . INDIA . THE OVERLAND MAIL . ( by electric telegraph . ) Bombay , July 5 . The Burmese made a second attempt to re-take Martaban on the 26 th of May , but were driven back . On the 3 rd of June , Pegda was taken , and its fortifications destroyed , by a detachment of the force under General Godwin . Our loss was very insignificant . Calcutta , July 2 . By the steamer which arrived from Rangoon on the 21 st of June , with dates of the 20 th , all was quiet , and the troops enjoying good health . Alexandria , Aug . 7 . No news whatever of the Bombay missing steamer . ITALY . The Opinions of the 9 th inst . contains the following , dated Acqui , 8 th inst : — " Our town lias enjoyed for the last 20 days the presence of the illustrious and generous defender of Venice , General William Pepe . One cannot approach without a lively emotion that passionate lover of Italy , who , from the age of sixteen , devoted to her his head , Ms arm , and his life . The amiability of his manners and the sweetness of his melancholy smile easily convince all those who have the good fortune of conversing with him that he unites the purest virtue with the rarest modesty , A few days ago Professors Mancini and Barti , and several other friends , came from Turin to dine with the General . We refrain from disclosing what passed in that family . fete , but cannot help expressing the pleasure we felt at hearing the inspired and charming poetess , Madame Mancini , recite a few Italian verses in honour of our noble guest . " The Austrians had stationed a flotilla in the lagunes of Venice . The court-martial of Mantua was proceeding against 83 persons arrested for conspiracy . Among them were a bishop and 13 clergymen . F SWITZERLAND . A letter dated Berlin , August 8 , says : "In consequence of the alleged continual provocation of the authorities of Neufchatel , who unreservedly attack all the institutions which have any relation with the union between the Canton and Prussian minister at the Helvetic Confederation has
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and Thursday Dr . Bachhoffrier lectured on the " Mode of Preserving Provisions , " illustrated by specimens from Messrs . Ritchie and M'Call , and samples of Fradeuilltre ' s and Moore ' s solidified preserved milk , which gave great satisfaction . The evening ' s amusements concluded with the dissolving views and chromatrope , which surpasses any thing we ever before saw ar . this institution , particularly the chromatrope . We would recommend our friends who have not done so to go and see the Polytechnic Institution , and judge for themselves , the charge for admission being so low that the poor as well as the rich are enabled to enjoy a few hours' amusement , combined with which is instruction .
SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS . These gardens have been very thinly attended during the week , on account of the unfavourableness of the weather . But , on the whole , they have received their full , share of visitors . VAUXHALL GARDENS . It is a mystery to us how the proprietor of this noted plane of amusement manages to make these gardens pay . In fact , the receipts cannot , at . the present time , pay the expenses ; for , when we were present on one or two occasions this week , we should think there were not more than from one to two hundred persons present at any one tina § during each evening . CREMORNE GARDENS . On Monday we were present at these gardens , when that ridiculous scene took place' ^ a man being suspended by his feet to the car of a balloon , with fiis head downwards , and ascending into the air in that position . We think it is time a stop was put to such capricious franks ; for they are neither instructive nor amusing , nor do we think they add to the renown of these gardens . Cremorne , we should imagine , has paid as well if not better than the majority of places of amusement in the metropolis during the j soason .
PANORAMA OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS . Reader ! you have often read of the " golden ages , " and have , doubtless , associated with it in your own mind ideas of simple young maidens dressed very sparingly in white and flowing robes , illustrative of the innocence and freedom of themselves and of all around them , sporting amid beauteous flowers and ripening fruits , in a world where no evil thought or had passion had existence . Such is the " golden age" of the poets , hut now-a-days everybody knows the poets to be little better than a parcel of " muffs ; " and they and their " golden age" are laughed at alike . The golden age of the utilitarian men of our day is the age when they may have a chance of getting a pretty considerable haul of the " precious stuff . " It was , without doubt , a knowledge of this feeling that induced Mr . Prout and his colleagues to bring before the public their moving panorama of the Australian Gold Fields , and the route thereto . The views painted by Messrs . Prout , Robins , and Wingate , are beautifully executed . We have given us a delineation of the principal gold fields . At the present time such a panorama could not fail to be attractive , for , besides the artistic talent displayed , a vast amount of valuable information may be obtained from the explanatory lectures which accompany the exhibition . Those of our readers who have not yet had the good fortune to see the " Panorama of the Australian Gold Fields" would do well to visit it at once . Those among them especially who think of emigrating cannot fail to be both gratified and enlightened . The representations given in the Panorama Rooms , Regentstreet , adjoining-itie ' Tolyteclmic Institution .
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< w ALLEGED SCANDALOUS PROCEEDINGS OF LORD FRANKFORT . At Bow Street , yesterday , Vicoimt Frankfort de Montmomwf , commonly called " Lord Frank fo rt , of 14 , Buckingham-street , Strand , appeared before Mr . Henry , upon a summons charging him with haying " unlawfully composed , printed , and published a foul , malicious , and defamatory libel of and concerning Lord Henry Lennox . The libel was contained in the following disgusting circular : — " Mr . Macbeath presents his duty to the peeresses and the daughters of the nobility and gentry , and informs them that he continues to arrange assignations with the most perfect impunity and safety . Having been trained by Mr . Harris , he now acts directly under President and Director-General of assignations , Phipps . " Mr . M . begs to call the attention of the ladies to his longestablished mode of transacting business . He himself waits upon them at dusk , sending up his card in a tissue envelopealways seeing the parties himself , and arranging personally j with them for the reception of the Lothario of the evening at 1 o ' clock at night ; when he is enabled by his peculiar system to keep the husband insensibly asleep , while the parties are amorously engaged in the drawing-room . " P . S . —He guarantees to married women half their husband ' s fortune , or more , if they are found out ; and will put him in the | Ecclessiastical Courts , which are an appendage to his establishment . To spinsters he promises husbands , whom he puts in madhouses , and gets all the fortune for the wives . His predecessor broke one baronet ' s neck , for his wife ' s sake ; and | "aviiig got rid of another , is now endeavouring to destroy his will . Those ladies who will turn up with the parties sent may be satisfien they will be ' looked at ; ' but those who refuse to do so will not be looked at at all . " Evidence was callee to show that the female servant of Lord Frankfort was detected in putting into the post-office as mamas 59 letters of a precisely similar character , and nearly all addressed to clergymen in different parts of the country On being cautioned in the usual way , the defendant said he should reserve his statement for the present . Mr . Henry then ordered his Lordship to enter into his own | recognisances in £ 500 to appear again on Tuesday next , — . » ¦¦ . « >»
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CORN . — -Mark Lake , August 13 . —After about forty-eight hours steady rain , the weather has turned fine . All the accounts received from various parts of the country this morning report serious mischief to the Wheat crops , and the advance quoted at the various agricultural markets held-within the last day or two , varies from 2 s . to 5 s . per qr . upon the quotations of the previous week . In Mark-lane this morning a fair amount of business was done at an advance of fully 2 s . per qr . upon the rates of Monday last for both English and foreign Wheat . Notwithstanding rather large arrivals of American Flour the article was held with increased firmness , and an improvement of fully Is . per brl . was realised . Barley was in moderate supply and fair request , with the turn in price in favour of the - seller . Archangel Oats , in consequence of some further arrivals scarcely sold so well as on Wednesday , while other descriptions were the turn dearer . Beans and Peas fully supported their previous rates . CATTLE .-Smithfield , Aug . 13 .-The non-arrival of our usual foreign supplies caused a short number of Beasts ; trade was consequently brisker , at a small advance in the price of second rate descriptions . The supply of Sheep was not so large as of late Sheep , on the average , were about 2 d . per 8 lbs . dearer , but trade for Lambs was no better .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1691/page/16/
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