The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean appeared last night as
Benedict and Beatrice, in "Much Ado about Nothing."
The, audience was very numerous and fashionable, and
the performance went off with that success which might
have been expected from such a galaxy of talent. The
incident upon which both the tragic and the comic
interest of the play hinges, must he familiar to our
readers. This comedy has well been described as one
such as no other man than Shakespeare himself could
have written,—a comedy not of manners or of sentiment,
but of life viewed under its profoundest aspects, whether
of the grave or the ludicrous. The sparkling raillery
of Benedict and Beatrice was given by Mr. and
Mrs. Kean with a brilliancy and point which the
audience did not—could not, fail to appreciate. The
patient gentleness of, Hero was sweetly illustrated by
Miss Chapman. The truthful absurdity of Doqberry
was graphically portrayed by Mr. Cooper. The charac-
ters of Dora Pedro and Claudio were well and fittingly
sustained by Mr. G. Everett and Mr. J. F. Cathcart;
and the minor characters were performed in a manner
quite worthy of the talent engaged in the leading parts.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)

A Wren DISAPPOINIED.—John Demont, described as a
"crimp," living in Frederick-street, and who was stated to
have been forMerly the captain of a ship, was charged by Mr.
Henry Murphy, of the Local Marine Board, under the-follow-
ing. circumstances Murphy said on Thursday the
prisoner came into the temporary sailors' home, where I was
engaged in business ; he was drunk, and commenced a great
disturbance in the place, so as to disturb and prevent the
business going on. I requested him to go away, when he said,
" I wish you had been in thC centre of the Home when it Was
burnt, and that the roof had fallen on you, and burnt you into
a cinder." As he would not leave, officer 43 was called in,
and the prisoner was given into custody. Officer 43 said the
prisoner was drunk, and acted in the most outrageous manner,
'and threatened Mr. Murphy, saying he would do for him what
the fue refuSed to do. The prisoner, in a most excited man.'
nor, said it was all false; he was not drunk in the first place.
Mr. Raffles : Who received this man at the bridewell, and
what state was he in ? The Bridewell-keeper, who took the
charg.,, said the prisoner was drunk and very violent in his
conduct, and threatened to "do for Mr. Murphy." The

prisoner reiterated that it was a conspiracy against bins. Mr.
Raffles : ',NM are evid'antly a very violent. person. Mr. Mur-
phy : He is the greatest annoyance we have about the house.
lie was six months in gaol for crimping. The prisoner said,
if you adjourn the case until to-morrow (this day) I will bring
several persons to swear the charge is no: true. Mr. Raffles :
I will adjourn it till to-morrow, but I think the case is fully
proved at present. The case stands to this day.
STEALING A CASH .Box.—John Bateson was brought up on
remand, charged wit.h having stolen a cash box b; longing to
Mr. Moore, bookseller, &c., 74, Islington, in whose employ-
ment he was. Mr. Copeman prosecuted, and Mr. Cubb

defended the prisoner. The details of this case h,Je already
been published, and in addition, it appeared that there was
about £27 10s. in the box, and on Saturday last the box was
stolen. The prisoner subsequently told Mr. Moore, if he did
not press the charge, he would tell where the cash was, and
he then told him. In reply to Mr. Cobb, the prosecutor
denied that he agreed to forego the charge if the prisoner t old
him where the cohtents of the box were. The witness
admitted that on the former day he swore there was a post-
office order in the box, but he found it out since to be nntruel
and he was sorry ho had sworn so, as it was cash instead of
the Post-office order. In the course of the cross-ex oninntion,
the evidence varied so much from what Was given on the
former day, that the doubt raised was given the prisoner, and
he was discharged.

FRENCH SIVINDIAR4.—FeIIice and Leonora Paseall, man and
wife, natives of France, were brought up, at th.l Instance of
the. Mayor and the French Consul, on, eharges of haling
obtained goods to the amsunt of abarui, VIA) from persons iu
France. Mr. Black defended the prisoners. Tile PriaCners
had several alinses attached to ~heir name., and gave several
addresses through town, reorntienting that they kept Cathalle
repositories, and that 4:ney were under the pittleBge of the
Cardinal of Westm....: -ster and the ArChtlisitap of Dublin ; that
they had large, Orders for gdo6 from Jesuits and other reli-
gious bodies, and by sash Means they obtained large packages
of good':, From France. Several packages of articles were pro-
duU'a in court, found in'different lodgings where the prisoners
had elm apartments under different nem( s. The prisoners
W•el-v in custody of Detective-officer_ Carlisle, who had got the
goods. The following evidence was given :---Mary Mundy, of
9, Queen Anne-street, Soho; stated that the prisoners took
apartments in her house on the 28th 'Atareh, and said they
wanted to put parcels in them. The niale prisoner said he
lived at Law-hill, and that was too far to have his parcels sent.
Letters same for hfm, and the female it,ed to take them dWay.
English and foreign lettere cline, On Wednesday three bites
of goods came to.the house of Witn 'es ; but she ditat take
them in, by order of Carlisle, the detectiVe Officer. ail eithe
about a month agoN'find was taken by the feibile *DHslner, who
paid the rent regularly every WedneSday.--Mr. Bluck : They
were good tenants thin? It Cs, very good and punctual. P
never had any-snsPiCtan of them doing anything wrong: Mary
Rody, of Petrtitreet, said the prisoners called and took apart-
ments D'''!an her, and they brought a ba7e of goods in a cab.
It as then shown by some witnesses that places represented
in town as Catholic Repositories, and alleged to be owned by
the prisoners, and under the patronage of the Cardinal of
Westminster and the Archbishop of Dublin, w ?re only private
houses, and that the prisoners only took rooms in such houses
and had letters and parcels &rated to such places. The
Secretary of the Trench Cotistkl was examined, arid ttata that
he had a conversation with th.f. female, dnci toiel her that her
husband was charged for obtaining gtioits krona Franco by false
pretencts, and he told her It Was better for her t 4 tell the truth.
Mr. Black contended that there was no case made out against
the prisoners ; that was no false pretences proved--a naked
lie was dot A false pretence in law. The man was reManded
and the woman discharged, she being the