The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

HAYMARKET.

A new play in five ads called Wife or no Wife, by
Mr. Ruud, was predued at this those,, last eveaing.
Ise the pieybilh the picas is said to be " illustrative of the
marriage law fa the reign of Qum Lane, as dessribed in the
letter of °Mavis le the Speedster ;" sad the 'ablest tarsi
spat the diatom eseasional to a female. by the lose of the
certificate, laic& fa those days formed the only evidseee of
hey marriage; bat this =Meet is sufficiently trite, and has
bars made use of In novels sad plays 'numer-
able. la Mr. Bernd's play a young nobleman,
Lord Oremend, le suretly curried to a girl of
obscure birth named Olympia, having courealed the
marriage beaus his father, Bail Novella, has matrimonial
views for him of • more ambition Wad. Meaawhila he
eases hie wife in the beam of Giles Lovegrove, • forester
ea the estate of Mr. Pierripoint, a country gentlesan,whora
he believes to be his friend. Bat this Pierrepoint is •
villain, who levee Olympia, and seeks to gala her by
breaking her anion with her husband. Lord Ormead is
obliged to leave his wife la °bedlam to his father's cut.
meads, his false Mead begins by steeling from her the
eertifisate of her marriage which her husband had
eemmitted to her keeping ; he then endeavours to sow
ostreagemeat between them, by intercepting their letters
and rendering, by various devices, each supicious of the
other's faith. At last, when he thinks matters are ripe for
it, he reveals to bar his dishonourable design, trying to

persuade her that she hes been betrayed by Lord Ormoad,
who has deceived her by a pretended marriage. In an
agony of grief and indignation she spurns him from her and
braves the house. Meanwhile Lord Ormond is at hie
father's, compelled to acquiesce is the unmeant
made by his father sad another old nobleman for
his marriage with Lady Clarissa, the daughter of the latter.
But Clarissa, On, loves another, and is IS dealroua a himself
to get rid of the match. At length Lord Ormond, alarmed
at Mario, ranking of his wUe, and suspicious of treachery
soesewhers, determines to return to her; but, on his arrival,
he finds that she has disappeared, and is persuaded by the
artifices of Pienepoint that she has eloped with a attain Sir
Frank Clive, a young friend of his own. Olympia be. found
her way to Earl Noreliffe's, and seeks an interview with him
for the purpose of appeals; to his justice; but he gives no
credit to her story, though, in pity to her distrem, be suffers
her to remota in his house. Lord Ormond ratans bozos in •
state of frenzy, and suddenly seeing Olympia, falls to the
ground senseless. By this time the treachery of Plane
point has boon discovered, and he has been compelled by
Clive to make a full confession, and surrender the Weiss
proof of Olympia's marriage. The dersoriessast is, that Lag
Ormond is gradually restored to reason end happiness.
There is a eon of episode; Clive is the lover preferred by
Lady Clarissa; and than are some love pampa between
them of anode kind—a lever's quarrel especially, which is
closely copied from Kano.

The pleas is written In blank verse, and la htagasge by
far too poetical and high flows. The dialogue is not suffi-
ciently In the style of *Decimation ; there is too mach
verbose declamation, and too many fine sentiments covered
with dowers. This gave an artificial air to some really fine
seems and situations, and, to us, greatly impaired their in-
terest and effect. In the charm:ton there I. no novelty
whatever; all of them aro mere conventionalities of the
slap.

The pert of dee heroine was very beautifully acted by
Miss Edith Maraud, the author's daughter. This young
lady has fine qualities ; a most prepossessing appearaase, •
face fall of Intelligence sad feeling, a sweet voice, with
something tender and pathetic in its very sound. Kr:Barry
Sullivan, as Lord Ormond, was forcible and energetic, with
a spice of ezaggerstion. Mir Beranborough looked nese&
ingly handsome as Lady Clarissa ; and Miss Ellen Chapila,
in • little part belonging entirely to the ',wash stop, was
lively and amusing.

There we mesh appleuee at the end of the pine. Min
lieraud wee called for, and appeued quite overcome by
emotion. The author, too, was called for, sad bowed to the
sadism, from a private boa.

Saba Intelligente.

EQUITY COURTS.--71/LY 23.
IIZIOSM VICIMMUICELLOA MI NIX. PASS WOOD.
1/1101IT S. LOAD MAIDSTONE.
This Ira a bill died by the plaintiff for the purpose of
re/aeries from the deleadat the meat of a bill of ex-
ams* for 1,0001„ drawn by the Hem lasi Villiers upon
sad adapted by the defendant, aid disessased by the
plelatiff. The bill alleged that Was bed bees several re-
newals of the original bill of whew i thee is °Kobe;
1844, the bill then rasing was rewired Ise that sheaths ;
that when that bill beam due the dearer bees& to the
(advisee a bill la rased of it, purpiedy to be eased by
the defsadaat ; that theme the oM hill was gives up to
the drawer, sad was eaawlM4 or destroyed. that the re•
aural bill turned est to be a briny. The bill had
attached to it as elliavit, as to the ease of
askisa sue apes a lest iastrueseat, sad offend
to maify the dehadeat who say lass which might
mar in the east of the bill alleged alga been destroyed
beteg at say Wee peseael tee pepagat. To this bill
there was a gamed Isamer he weft amply.
Mr. Bolt sad Mr. Lewis appeared la mean of the u-
senet, the miffs plod relied yes being that it was not
• ow kr the Witham* of a emit of equity, bat that
the IMAM bee lie meted, at law if the hots were as mated
I. the bin, sea chi* must be take& to be tree for the ar-
eas. of the Mearsisse. The am*ee, of equity harmed is
the ease of a hist WI hawse there might be &laity is
seidiell the MoffieLleilsesaity led wart of law, bat if it was
paved that the aim wee dam the plaiatiff might pre-
ssed at law and as rehash/ wee antsmuy.
Kr. Speed appealed is eappiet of the bill, sad osatesded
that there was a esessasat judehellas to the warts of
equity with he mete et law.
The Vies Ohessdise maid the an was impartial es h-
ala
t l:he jearlistss of the can. Asd es die age mar
ash set teed mem Jansen to litesaare der the
des sutee, ll
T Wag hew hat the bill lied bees =
The eagle of the Courts of Cheasey bah,
la the sees of a lest bdl was because the everts of law hod
refused tithe; ad though those marts had of
gals, withdraws hest that dam, sad allowed ea actin te be
Weigh yea a lest still **Cart of Chuteery, having
partly snidest did sot lose it mph bourse
a mete of Ltd their padtios. Bat la the ease of
a destroyed bill, ISM was say diflanda to going at
law, mid therehre the hart of Chancery had aver later-
fend. The Marra seal therefore be allowed, bat he
would give have lo amend.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-31%17011D, Ica.: 23.

WIWI 07 Walla, MV/Wilt •0•1111 IT ♦ NOY MILTS

TZARS OLD.

.kM Rowley, a boy oily 12 7N old wee Wined ter
the wilthl minds,. of Uszy Wall* • little batmen
two sad three yean old, at Wolverhanpton, on the SO* et
April lath
Kr. Wiltaboa and Mr. Hill appeared for the prose-
catioa. The prisoner had not the amittenas of coastal,
end no was related to his appeared to take any interest in
Ida behalf.

,• —Mr. 11-Mabee, kiwis, briefly opened the low, called
• Mrs. MM_ ale the another of the deemed, sad other
t Idleness, heel whose evideme it appeared that the
deseased, during her mother's abs..., had bees left
I etbe man of a seighbaur, but had somehow get
• away from the Mum and was found aryls, I. the
sheen by a woman, who gam the deceased mad mother
bey a posy. take Mr home. The two boys did
est mese& iss Sadie( the shad's parents, Yd innately
trwholdt is sharp of the deemed, his oseepanios
ains 10 dhow. dome tine after the prisoner was
seen at a pod abort 11110 yards from the spot when the other
. lad bad parted how him, with. sdok is his head Moat Me
hot keg, operand, a beige stake, poke seeeelldng is
dm ear. • men who wee le aa adij deli mei to
I see whet be had hem poking at, and saw • body of the
r demised is the water. Is was warm when takes eat, sad
time wee eat ow the eyebrow whisk began to bleed
dismay be leek it mt. The water was deep within a foot
et he Me, and the bank was steep. The mimes: was
Memel sitting en the with two ether boys, leo than
If hem Me psM, mad having bees gives into he
el • pelismem be Made various statemmta about
tie whisk wen tumelleined to be fake. TM pond
:rusesellpensed, meek reesstsdi to by boys as a Pam of
Thu based Tadp seumel up with great minuteness,
seggesitog all the dreenasienees wkieb were Imeurabh to
theprfemeriaad betels toe dishry to *eyehole...homilies,
me gush as to anew Om to eappose OM the planer had
lAbs t 10 play with the ebild, Ohm die eiddentelly
M hi, and whether be was tried the Milk to draw
her me, and hinge to de as was allmi• of Wag
timed, sad mat sod lay cm the pees to see
what mold Moms of IS, sad afterwards was led
to led the hisehoeds N irbial the promeutim
idled te pests tbs mistime MOM deism et male seem
fry to hti.a lie to email mush a Wine, tibia the law
presumed .boy of that age WIN mot Gamble el
Tie jury; shot dellimatleg fee salted time, acquitted the
Wiener.
Mr; Milliken elated that the peimmer bad not bees
allowed to eater kis fesher's house for some pen, sad it
appeared that when le west hew hie hem kicked him oat
et deers. •
Ilk lordship mined the planter fee the plan to amid
hisheed, widdi hid Shed kings fW oniOn boas*

per% end ait.M.d kles to be kept in ..study for the
=fict, se* seine arrangement meld be mode respecting