The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-03-06 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY OIT !WAGE BY
COMEDIANS IN A THEATRE.

Frank Etc= awl Albert Harrieon, otherwise gant
two comedians, were charged on Nimolay, before Bailie
Cowan, at the Galashiels Police Court" Sestland, with
attacking thiorge Norton, lewe awl manager of the
Theatre Royal, Galashiels. during a repreeentation of
"Jack Sheppard" on Saturday night, and with
striking him and Imocking him down on the flair
of the stage; awl Frank Fig .11 was further charged
with assaulting awl knocking down awl kicking Mrs,
Norton. They b.tli imiiidsd guilty, but urged pro-
vocation—a pies which was not taken. Mr. Norton
! appeared with his Ilea I tied lip in a napkin, and with
his face bearing the marks of sever' imeishment. He
said the two men were the worse for drink, awl were
speaking high, and that, on hie cautioning them, he
wan assaulted :mil knocked down. A ',art of the scenery
fell above him, and, when Mrs. Norton reline to hie
assistance, she was kn .eked down be Frank Egan. and
kicked whilst on the floor. Frank gigati was like a wild
beak and threatened to murder both the witnesses awl
I his wife. Albert Hard.. ei also struck him, awl turned
off the lights, which might have caused a panic
atn.eurst the audience. me .1 Mrs. Nort.n's tooth
was broken, and her mouth was bleeding. Mr. Stevcn,
stage manager, told how the scenery fell NI, .ve him,
awl that when 110 was trying to disengage himself, he
saw Frank Egan knock down Mrs. Norton, osia her
Mug dat k hair on the board.. awl Frank striking and
kicking her when down.—Tiie =mist. ate, in passing
001a111.10, Mal the 4340 %MIA represento.l MI a 1/11.00 for
teaching morals, but such conduct (1,1 this was a pnblie
scandal. Mr. Norton had done what he could to
preserve order. He sentenced Frank Egan to pay a
fine of £5, or go to gaol for 30 ditiat, suet Albert
Harrison or Egan to be fined £2. or suffer 14 day.
itnprisonment. The court-room was crowded during
the hearing .4 the ease.

MADAME P. sa WI AND HER HUSBAND.
The following is from the World :—I Maud some
weeks since at a " coining event" which lies now
become matter of notoriety. The smelt pepular and
charming ;,1 operatic singers, the richent and meet
anceetalful of the profession, Madame Adelina Patti,
Marquise de Cams, is annememel to appear More the
Tribunal de In Seine for the purie,ne of becoming
legally iseparated frotn her hushatel. She is, in fact,
already meparated, h wine recently left St. Petersburg
in company with the well-known tenor Nineliui, who
is known in private life as M. Nieolae. Those who
were behind the scenes at the Opera last year will
probably be not surprinol at this lies of news; the
philosophic etmlents of human nature will make
allowanee for the naive artiste ; and ae for the
British peblic, let 11. 110 v., it will not give way t. I me
of those peri;slical lite..f morality which, Recording to
Lord Macaulay, recur every mix or seven years. The
facts of the cane are simple. Signor Nieolini has
recently been separated from his awn wife, at her
request, on the ground of her husband's tioinoe with.
Patti. The marquis was, on his cite, not without
suepicion ;mu an he adminietered the talents of
his wife far his own advantage as well as here, hh
made it one of the stipulations of the engagement at
St. Petersburg that Patti ;should net play in company
with Nicolissi. ROW,' however, was not to be
daunted, awl went so far as to tempt the manager
by offering his services gratis ; and so Romeo and
Juliette playe.l together un let the very w• se of the
irate husband. The affair endeh in lb furl- Pus and
noisy scene. and Juliette fled with her lover. Juliette,
It may he setiol, is new in her nth year. What an
odd affair it in altogether 1 Just before going to press
I learn that Madame Patti arrived in Berlin on Satur-
day lent, at 6.30 a.m., and "dencender at the Hotel
Rome. At tomin the diva took a drive, avoiding the
fashionable Thiergarten and cleensing the lower
quarter of the town, where she premenadol. On her
retuns to her hotel she refused to see any vinitors, even
her oldest friend, the Barone.; Benkendorf, who
called twice. Madame Patti left at night for Paris.
She was aPParelltlY much twitneved at the observation
she attracted at the ;station. Signor Nicolini went
direct to Vienna. The Marquis de Caws pawed
through Berlin on Friday, in route for Paris. He
stopped at the Kaiiserhoof Hotel, and ordered a
beautiful bouquet to be placed in Madame de Catuc's
room on her arrival!

Thousands are unable to take Cocoa because the
varieties co ttttt ionly sold are mixed with Starch, under
he plea of rendering them soluble; while really making,
them thick, h,acy, and indigeittibt,. This may be easily
detected, for if Cocoa thicken', In the imp it proves the
addition of 'Ranh. CADBURYS 0000111 Is nnine;
it is therefore three times the eliength et beelCocoso,
and a refreshing Beverage like Tea or DORM
By &telegram from Calcutta we have news of the death
of Sir Sang_ Bahadoor, the Prime Minister of Nepsul.
During the Mutiny he mut troops to act with the British
forces, and for this service he received the Grand cross
of the Order of the Bath. He we, afterwards appointed a
Knight Grand Cross of the Star of India. The Prince of
Wales, on visiting Nepatil, was entertained by Sir Jung
Bahadoor, who said, when thanked by his Royal Highness
for the services he had rendered to the Indian Goverment
during the Mutiny, that should the necessity again arise he
should again feel it his duty to render England the utmost
amistanee in his power.
Whvena' Qv ISINE Wiwi for Sixteen Year.. hen been
universally admitted to be the best tonic known, and
a useful and agreeable accompaniment to eml Liver
Oil. "We can bear personal testineme to its value
es a tonic." Sin wlard. —Agent,' for Weymouth, D.
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Wine and Spirit Merchant; Sherborne, f'siMe Bros.,
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BURGE, Family Grocer, Broad-street; Wholesale,
Wanass and Boa, 34, Eastcheap, London ; sad Limas
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