The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

LIBERTY IN RUSSIA.

TO TEN ISITOR 0? TEI ZIPBIIB.

have before me a letter from St. Peters-
burg, ecirdaising the dlignioef al details of the condemnation
of the celebrated writer, N. Tcheroisehevek‘ the director
of the Contensporain, and one of the moot distinguished
literary men of the day in Ramie. N. Tchernischevald was
arrested nearly two years ago, end has been imprisoned
ever since. After • secret inquiry he was tried by the
senate, without any defence whatever. The government
has published nothing respecting the came of the trial, and
for a very good reason. There was nothing to bring
forward except the opinions expressed in censured erticlee,
the inflames of Tcherniseheveki over the young men, and hie
pretended participation in a clandmtine publication. They
wanted to get rid of a clever and ardent antagonist, and he
wee scoordingly sentenced to seven years' hard la our ie
Siberia, and to Ira issporfation for life. This is not all. On
the 31st say, Teliernischevaki was led forth in the middle of
the day into • public mama in St. Petersburg. His sen-
tence was read to him, he was forced to kneel, his sword was
broken above him head, and he was then pat in the pillory.
A young girl threw some Bowers to him, she was arrested.
A well known literary man cried "Adieu, my friend;" be
is in prison. Like a worthy son, the Emperor Alexander is
reviving the memory of his father. Why dose not Ger-
many, which tries with so much avidity to miss upon every.
thing that belong to Holstein, demand the extradition of
this ill-omened family, the raidartune of Ramie?
Begging you to insert these lines in your excellent paper,
—I am, &a., AL. HEHZEN.
/Infield House, Teddington, Jane 13, 1864.

[TWOPENCE

DRAMA.

Our summer theatrical season appears to be draw-
led to an early close. Mr. Pechter unmoor Saturday, the
25th inst., as the last night of Hamlet at the Lyceum ; the
Strand will close at the mime time for 'tractors! alterations,
which are much needed ; the Royalty mansion announce
the lest twelve nights of Mr. Burnand's two burlesque* :
Austley's will close with Mr. E. T. Smith's benefit on the
20th inst. ; and Mr. Backetarie's benefit and last night of
the Haymarket season will take place on the 6th of July.
The Olympic will probably keep open until the new joint.
stock company, under the direction of Meson. Tout Taylor,
Horace Wigan, Ponsonby, and Bentinck, take possession of
it in the autumn, sod the protect management announce
revival of the late Robert Brough's burlesque of Masa-
niello. A new drama, called The Monastery of St. Just
(adapted by Mr. John Cranford from Casimir Delavigne's
Doe Joan of drains), will be produced at the Princess's
next Saturday. In this play Mies Stella Colas will perform
two characters ; and, if it should prove successful, it will
doubtless; keep the house open for some time. Mr. Watts
Phillips's gloomy but effective play, The Dead Heart, has
bee, temporarily revived at the Adeiphi, with Mr. Ben-
jamin Webster in the chief character; Mies Bateman
Moving taken bet departure for six months with Leak to go
rotted the country. Her next appearance at this house, on
the 2nd of Jsonary, as at present arranged, will be in a new
drama by Herr Maratha!, insulated by Mr. John Oxen-
ford. The plot will deal with as early period of Italian him-
tory.

HAYMARKET.
When Box and Cos had had an unexampled
career of succor, and bad farmed a vehicle for the humour
of almost every Loodoe low comedian, it occurred to an ex-
perisoced dramatist, Kr. Starling Coyne, to take the well-
known characters of the faros, and to exhibit them under
the isiluence of matrimony. Box and Cos, Married and
Settled, in the hands of Messrs. Backstairs arid Keeley. be-
came a Haymarket nooses, as almost any piece would have
become, sustained by such actors and humorists.

last eight an attempt was made by Mr. &Ahern to work
oat a similar ides through the medium of his popular cari-
cature, Lord Dundrtary, in a short farce written by Mr. H.
J. Byron, and celled Lord Dundreary Married
and Done For. This faros bee been tried by Mr.
Bothers at Liverpool and other plant. and es it
protases@ to be a "piece of extraninance" only, it largely
disarms criticism. The author has fairly enough assumed
that all theshadows;end substances of Our American Cousin
must be as familiar to his audieece as their fathers or
mothers, and he ham, therefore, merely introduced them in
a 'lightly altered form, revolving round Lord Deirdre:l7,
without much plot or story. Lord Dundreary is drown in
• somewhat henpecked condition, married to Georgian, and
pestered by his mother-in-law and other members of the
family, until Asa Trent:hard makes him become master in
his own horns. The new Dandrearyianis, which, like Sam
Wellernme or Sam Slickiams, may be easily applied to any
subject when the trick is own learnt, bad a few touches of
whimsicality, and the fares aided with 000 of the most sub.
lime smashes of crockery which we have ever seen on the
dace. Suck a smash may make half our farce-writer
envious, but it ought to speak volumes for the liberality of
the management. Mr. Sothern was good-humouredly sup-
ported by Mr. Buckstooe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Walter
Gordon, Miss Hill, Mims Snowden, and other prominent
members of the company.

Tas Oan Tux RAOOED Scaocas.—The seventh
annual meeting of these schools, which with the smociated
Duck.lane Club take • very distinguished place among in-
Minima for improving the meatton of the poor, is to be
held to-morrow mooing. Lord Shaftesbury is to take the
chair, and among the speakers will be the Marquis of West-
mimic, Sir R. Carden, and Edwin Hayti/sea blind mem-
ber of the Duck-lane Club. From particulars 'applied by
Miss Adobe* Cooper, the indefatigable honorary secretary
of the club, we learn that there are 255 children (90 b0y.,115 ed., mid 50 infante) atteodieg the day, evening, and
Sunday school& nimethen of the Moths's' Minim (the
parents of the children attending the s:hools), who are sup-
plied with &mil, print, calico, am, st4d. in the shilling coder
eat price ; the armed, tape, needles, de., being supplied
gratuitously. A clothing club is attached to the Sunday
school ; amount of deposits, 221. 13e. 9i1., on which three-
halfpence in the shilling was given. The Band of Rope
numbers nearly 500 boys tied girls. A penny bank is
attached to it ; amount of children's deposit.. 44/. Its, 9c1.,
to which twopence in the shilling trim added. Ten girls and
8 boys had gone to service; 14 gists and boys to cartoon
employments ; 7 boys to the 81'04610a societies (red and per-
pi); and one boy had been placed in • refuge; all going on well.
Ten boys and two girls receive the school prize of 5.. sad
7.. 6d. for mie or two years' good character te the semi
situation., combined with maim attendanceat the Sun-
day school, where practicable : and three lads, now 17 years
of age. realm a handsome book (the Bible Cyclopedia), for
five years in the first thirties in which they were pieced.
They may be mouldered as fairly started in life, as they re-
ceive good wages. There bee bees much sickness and mor-
tality among the poor children and parents, tram went of
sufficieut nourishing food, through the great distress caused
by the removal of their stalls in Stratton Ground, Broad-
way, ke., by order of Sir R. Marne, and also hog over-
°rowdies is their htW room, through so many houses
being pulled down, and the consequent rim in the
real, two small zoom in Duakilan• (one the bedroom), with-
out a pate) being charged 6s. tid. • week ; eleven little
ones bare died from the Infants' Gallery and two boys.
The Working Men's Club In Duck-lam continues through
the divine bitring, to prosper. There are above 400 isms-
and It is managed entirely by the mem themselves. It
was enlarged &mooed time is November, at a met of 570!.,
all of which ice been paid through tbe kindling of
friends, the Ma quit s( liVseissisdeehavies eostraxised=
CO-OrriLATIVI SOCIZSIML—Last night a number
of vereoas connected with various co-operative societies in
11. sent pate of the metropolis, and several gentlemis
favourable to the movement, assembled at the cream d the
Calmed Lowe for the Welfare of the Industrious Classes,
to bear • lecture by the Rev. W. Molieworth, of
oe the subject of esoperation. The Marquis el 7=
cumnpied the chair, being supported by Mr. Beim, Mr.
Nicholay, the Rev. J. W. Rithardem, Mr. H. W. Heiman,
Kr. J. R. Taylor, Messrs. Facet' , Omar, Dies,
Risley, Grimm, A. H. Side, J. Mudd, Larder,
Moody, Babb', lux The rev. lecturer gave an telecast-
ing aooount of the program of co-operative societies in
Roadie!' di, sad their effect is insproviog the people merally, so-
oily, sod iatisUeetuidly. He stated that the pioneer
moiety, which was started in Rochdale, in 1844, hod been
so successful that it now numbered 4,500 members, with •
espial of 49,361 L, ad was doing • bedtime M the extent
of 118.6321. aaaaall7, at a profit of 17,6711. He admitted
that similar societies had failed in biascherter and some
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