The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-30 00:00:00

VeGITIVE SLAVE, ANDERSON.

On the 10th instant, says the Toronto Globe, the fugi-
tive slave Anderson was given into the custody of Sheriff
Smith, for the purpose of being conveyed to Brantford
Gaol to await the action of the courts. Sheriff Jarvis
has hid the to hand Anderson over to the Brantford
authorities in-his poss'essioli for gouge three Weeks bast,
but delayed potting it in foiCe iii Vikl AElrtttsoit Might
reqn?ed tO,getend t+cibre the courts in Toronto. A
eb\-reslibniMit ot the Times writes :—" t have read a
'letter addressed to You by Mr. Joseph Nelson, stathig
that it would be impoSsible to bring the negro John
Anderson through the British provinces until the open-
ing of the navigation in the St. Lawrence, except on
snow shoes through a wilderness of 400 miles in extent
This statement is entirely crrontoliS.. 'th'ere is ftii
excellent post. rod all the ray rr-aii Al. Sohn,
New Brunswick, touelicc, and there would not be
the least dfillekilty in bringing John Anderson from the
latter to the former place in four or five days, even at
this season of the year; and when at St. John, which
harbour is never frozen, he could he put on board,a ship
for Liverpool, there being constant communication be-
tween those ports. Your correspondent is 'also quite
wrong as to the dense wilderness) as there nit several
flourishing towns growing IT arih beautiful settlements
. nearly the whole i&tance,, besides telegraphic 'wires,
and e. letter pest is established bet Ween the aboYe men-
, tioned places twice n week. In 'corroboration 'of this
statement I beg to say that the lith, 4d, and several
other regiments of infantry tOtit 'float wattled to Quebec
by that retire in 18E, and even should it be desirable to
save time, Sohn Anderson could be forwarded from St.
.tohn to Halifax (part of the way by railway), and from
Halifax by steamer to Liverpool.

MR. AND MRS.. CHARLES KEAN AT
DRURY-LANE THEATRE:

( Rom. tYle TiWies

There is no expression of atithlisiatill with respect to
matters theatAeal that tan equal the thunders emanating
froth an Wince filling one of those old "large houses"
that were once associated with all. the triumphs of
legitimate_ acting. Last night, when Mr. Charlei
Lan commenced his engagement at Drury-lane, the
theatre 'bore an aspect that really reminded one .of
old times. It is long since we have seen that apparently
boundless pit, those swifts boxes, those ti-6 galleries
all burst forth into enthusiastic life at the patfotmance
of a Shalsperean :tragedy. Itr, iharles Lan, whose
nine years' managrernttit of the Princess's Theatre must
have acenstoMed him to see approbation confined within
a comparatively small space, must himself have been
astonished at the vast mass of humanity he moved into
boisterous applause. Pit, boxes, galleries alla those
Modern innovations called "stalls" Were tramrne:l) and
all joined, in such a welcome of Mr, end Mrs. keen
when, after their long absence, they made their first
entrance on the stage, that a novice in the piofe.ssion,
would have been utterly swept away by the too favour-
able, gale of approbation. Indeed, with Mr. Charles
'Kean himself it seemed a question whether the play
would be allowed to proceed or not. There he stood,
"in the trappings and the suit of woe," ready to manner
forth his discontent at being "too much i'tha situ," but
the audience held him fast till ha haLreceived his full
measure of greeting. hamlet would do very well in
ten minutes or so ; the public insisted. on welcoming
•
Charles Kean himself.

which held him down, Mr. Kean set about his repre-
sentation fairly released from the burden of applause,
-of Hanzlet with a degree of freshness and
vigour whieh must have astonished even those who
were most familiar with his pouttrayal of that great and
peculiar character. That Mr. Charles Kean is the
Hamlet of his time, that having identified himself with
the part at the commencement of his career, in 1838, he
has gone on imprOving it till he has brought it to an
elaborate ideal not to be found on the modern stage, is
Well known to the many persons who, during his manage-
ment of the Princess's Theatre, contrived, if possible, to
see his frontlet once i'year as a matter of duty. But
the surprising
matter last night was the thorough youth-
fulness----we may almost say alacrity—of his manner.
Mr. Kean's influence on his audience was of a kind
that is not, often witnessed now. Hence it is not at all
improbable that many
adults in the gallery witnessed
"Hamlet"- for 'the ' first time, and this opinion is eon-
firmed by the circumstance that many exclamations of
pleasant surprise followed speeches and incidents which"
have long ceased to arrest the attention of the more
sophisticated portion of the public.
By taking the part of Gertrude, usually avoided by
actresses of the highest class, Mrs. Charles Kean gives
great' weight to the cast, and her fine delineation of
terror and contrition in the closet scene is alone suffi-
cient to constitute an attraction. Miss Chapman is a
graceful'and ladylike Ophelia.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kcan arc engaged to play
every evening without respite.

LEEDS MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—There is a little un-
pleasantness arising from the question whether Bradford
choral singers should be engaged by the Leeds committee
for the festival to be held in that town in the autumn.
It is asked, if the Leeds choral body are sufficient in
number, why seek elsewhere r Perhaps that is a very
fair and rational question ; but if additional voices arg,
required, where are they so likely to' be found as
Bradford ?

7.7 '

IRELANITi.

TitE balijitE MURDER AT .110*A611414:

The adjourned inquest in reference to the
murder of the brothers Shaw 'has been resumed.
NO further evidence was forthcoming against the
parties arrested on suspicion, and they hake been,
daciirdinglyi discharged front Custody, A.,reward
is now offered for the diseokery of the iiitirdeteit.

,
ILLICIT DISTILLATION IN DONEGAL •
'the Aroi•therri Whig says i—
"iristaneles are dailj, dectirririO dt the increase of
illicit distillation, owing to the high price of spirits
but, thanks to the vigilance and activiTof the police, the
attempts of the smugglers. to defraud the revenue arc
generally unsuccessful. On the. 23rd of each month
there is a fair held in Milford, at which the police of
the surrounding stations always, attend, and thus the
smugglers are secure for at least 24 hours; but on last
fair day constable MlDonagh, in charge of Iterrykeel
station, only went halt way to Milford; and thus,
the cotiritrY People; be, with Sub-OonStables
Marloir and fionatici iiroieeded by a eircUitOns route
to Knockalla Mountain, where they succeeded iii dis-
covering an extensive illegal distillery artfully concealed,
and at full work, in a cliff overhanging Lough Swilly;
and before many minutes these dreaded officers of justice
had committed at least £lO worth to the flames."

ATTEMPTED:IIIIS4MR. ANij ARSON BY

iiitickAiAktii,

Another most diabolical attempt was made on the
part of turn-out brickmakers, to take away the life of a
-master brickmaker, and set fire to his house, because of
a refusal to comply with the demands ;of the turn-out
brickmakers in the Ashton district. Sergeant Bamford,
of.the Ashton-under-Lyne borough police, reports that
about fifteen minutes vast two o'clock on Saturday
Morning, he reteiVed infortriation front Mr: John kirk,
bric:it.maket, 4e§slcy Road; that, lie was. awoke about
half-past. One the tiatiie Morning, by hearing a reliert as
if some fire-arms had been discharged into his bUtise.
He immediately arose and ran into his front bedroom.
The room was full of smoke, and on searching he found
the fragments of two glass bottles which had contained
naphtha, the floor being considerably stained by naphtha.
He also found,a pint stone bottle full of coarse gun-
powder, and a fusee •on the top, fastened with a cork.
These Implements of Intended destruction had been
throtth thtbligli, th,t front phattlbet *,iticlo*: About
fifteth stiiiares of glass are broken in the front
and bedroom, but most fortunately no other damage was
done. The watchman had not seen- anyone lurkiiig •
about, and the policeman on that beat had only left
just previously to this most diabolical attempt. These
continued outrages are causing great consternation in
the locality.