The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

DRAMA.

MOTLEY'S.
Mr. Cooke, availing himself of the sensation Canard
17 the fall of Sebratopol, has made that plosions event the
&abject of • grand " military austacle," which is nightly
exhibited is crowded sad applauding houses. It is got up
ha Unusual style of such things. There is • variety of &me-
dals in the trenehes—hand-to-band skirmishes of small
rtinof combatants, in which a certain Teddy Murphy, of
Cotasught Rangers, sad Murdoch Campbell, of
the Highlanders, perform prod-gies of valour, knock-
lag down right and left, every luckless Ruske who
&Mess in their way, and all the while keeping the me*
tutors is roars of laughter by their fan and but
Iseury ; there are the gaieties of the camp, with
genets of edifiers and trim short•petticnated vivandieres;
there am the different generals—the English and Fritsch
(mot named) splendid, fine•spaken fellows,while the Russian
commander (denunsiosted fikontikoff ) is a pitiful ere
sadly henpecked by • termagant wife ; there are sallies of
esseasee and sentimeet, involving the fortunes of an English
septain and his faithful helpmate; there is • general muter
of the all ed forms, prepariog f-r the grand attack on the
Masklike( and Redan ; and, lestly, the attack itself, tenni-
fat is the destrarrioa of the "doomed city," repu-
tes by a deafening succession of banging explosiess sad
a dueling display of red lire. By way of affording room
he them esonindieg effects, the ring is joined to the stage,
"tortoise one spacious battle field ;" end, in addition to the
regular performers there are as many supernumeraries, is
the shape of infantry, cavalry, artillery, Z , &a.,
as would lona • respectable little army. The mimic attack
Is better managed sad more successful ea our pert that the
Mimi seems to have been—for the enemy's works are
tarried In • twinkling, and (wonderful to relate) without
the loss of a man. Bone of the scenery is good: • moon-
light view of Sebastopol, the distant see, and the shippiag,as
seen during the bombardment, is beautiful. On the whole,
the plus is as good as each exhibitions generally are; sad
mill serve to fill the hum while the present ezciterseut
ettatinam.

MANSLAVOSTICR NUR YAIMOUTII.--On Taadday,
Me. Pitgnm, coroser, held as I, quest at Colmar, near Yar•
midatb, on the body of Robert Ocean, of the former plea.
*be bad bees killed by • Wow struck by J. Underwood, •
lerittklayer. It appeared from the evidence that deceased
bad bora drinking with other men oil daturday eight, at the
&lag's Arena, Custer. All of theft left the Poem about 12
o'clock, sod waft standing outride, when U <lnwood omen
N with two Gillis brothers, one of whose asked fora Inetifer•
MIMI*, as wad& • little "jangling" ensued, and ultimately
tratierweed meek deceased • violent blow on the head,
kaaddir NMldswa. Green was taken up iftensible, and
le be venelseil soil Sunday avowing, when he died.
Vaillerweed, admaliag to um statemeat of • witness, seemed
a peel heel shier the iallitesee of liquor at the time of the
Ilithilmdmft•ftleftftwee. Th• MOSS, having explaleed the
Is la learawie to murder end menslatighter, the jury
OM Maned • verdict of maanslinagbtor spiders
roprililligfraderweed, bet the prima*, bad been previously
astioassembial by the magistrates on the Ghana of wilful

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wr TO A DIRECTOR'S TIAIN.—Th• Ober
ay MO st the railway gates es the Great Northers lbw was
sosibed by a entll earn the Simeon ben to travel ea
Ilks YaS wi,h Four patient's were is the earflap at
OS din of tbs snidest, bias fortunately soot of the. see.
%kid lajury. _ _

A CENTENAHIAN.—A muter mason, named ogar,
limbs* dial u Bpiaal (Vosges) is his hundredth year. Up
M the moment of his death be was is possession of all his
!Mattis,. both waist.' aai bodily. He perfectly recollected
the reign of Louis XV. ; ad, though is easy cirmosstamaa,
he tame, slain a year before his death, to go daily to a
wiliaa ood at a
a kilometre's distaste from his dwell's, to make
Wlf faggot.
The IKON MADE AND THE WAIL—The butt tradel
la do neighbourhood of Darliagton ad Middlesborough,
whisk is botiomiag more important every day, Is is a low
ibblag state. Ors Arm alma, Messrs. Belgium sad
Vaughan, who ham works st Betas, Middlesborough, mid
Wilma-park, an mokiag 2.000 toss of boa par week, sad
a grast_partios converted into shell or shot for the mat of
war. TM goverment are prepared to remise all they as
asks for them, and other large works sear Newer*, are
almost eatirely occupied with gourmand orders.—ausschr
kid Herald.