The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-10 00:00:00

DRAMA.

On Saturday night Mr. Falconer's drama—" Peep
O'Day "--completed Its uninterrupted run of one year,
at the Lyceum Theatre. This, we believe, is the
longest continued ran of one drama on record, with the
single exception of "Tom and Jerry" at the old Adelphi.
The popularity of " Peep O'Day " seems very little
diminished, notwithstanding the absence of the Ex.
hibition audiences, and the presumed weariness of
London playgoers, and no change will be made in
the bill till Christmas, when Mr. Pechter will take
possessioo of the theatre. Mr. Falconer will then be in-
viting the public to Drury Lane to witness the great Scotch
drama which he is preparing under the title of " Bonnie
Dundee." Mr. Boucicault retired from Drury Lane on
Friday night, giving the theatre on Saturday to a few
members of his company who played " Othello," with Mr.
Swinbonrue as the Moor, and Mr. Ryder as Ingo. Mr.
Boucicault is already busy at Astley's Theatre, making
those alterations which he thinks necessary to improve the
house, before he opens it for the winter season. His pro-
ject for a new theatre is still alive, and the re
quired capital has been found, but • site, we
believe, has not yet been determined upon. Mr. Rogers,
one of the quaintest and most original of our
London low comedians, has retired from the Strand/Imam
and hie place is to be supplied be Mr. Rice—a gentleman very
popular at the outlying theatres. The Royalty—better known
at present, as Miss Kelly's little theatre, or the Soho—
bas been opened with Mr. Emery and Mr. and Mrs. Leigh
Murray. The negotiations between M. Charles Hugo and
Mr. Webster for the production of a drama founded upon
M. Victor Hugo's novel, "Les Misi:rables," we hear, are
broken elf, and it is unsaid= when or where this work will
appear on the English stage. A short play founded on the
novel was brought out at Sadler's Wells on Friday, but it
was weak and unskilfully put together. English opera,
with Mr. Haigh and a small but good working company, is
now given at this house three nights • week.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PRINCE OF Wilms.—A
large number of gentlemen intend dining together at the Dol-
phin Hotel, Southampton, to-day, and there will be a grand
ball in the evening. At Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, all
the school children and elderly women will be feasted. At
Newport a grand dinner will take place at the Bugle hotel,
►t which the mayor will pre side. Beer, beef, and coal will
be distributed to the poor, and all school children are to
have a treat. The town-hall is to be illuminated ;
Messrs. Mew will give ten barrels of home-brewed ale ; and
Mr. Dyer will provide coffee for a thousand women.
The Earl of Roam is to be the Chancellor of the
University of Dublin, in the room of the late Lord Primate.
The Lord Justice of Appeal has gracefully retired, that
one of the greatest living ornaments of science may be
elected without opposition.

Mr. Charles Sturge has been unanimously elected
Mayor of Birmingham.

"Argus," in the Post, referring to his exclusion
from the heath at Newmarket, magnanimously says :—"My
defender' in this course of policy I thank, and my persecu-
tors I forgive. And on entering on my career of martyr-
dom, I can snare your readers I do so with the spirit of •
Cramer, a Latimer, or a Ridley."
Tait Mrarisrax. —Lord Palmerston remains at
his seat., Broadlands, Hants, but will arrive at his town re-
eidence in Piccadilly, Monday (this day), the noble viscount
having accepted the invitation to the Lord Mayor's dinner,
at Guildhall. Sir George Grey will not be present at this
civic banquet, the right hon. baronet not being expected to
arrive until this (Monday) evening. Mr. Gladstone will also
be absent, but is expected in town this evening from Rawer-
den Castle. Earl Russell has been staying at Woburn Abbey,
Bedfordshire. The Duke of Aroll is expected to arrive at
Stafford-house this day, from Swtland. The Lord Chan-
cellor, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Granville, and other
members of the Cabinet are staying in the metropolis. Mr.
Milner Gibson is expected in London this day. The whole
of the Cabinet Ministers are expected to be present at the
council appointed to meet on Tuesday (to-morrow), at Lord
Pahnerston's office in Downing-street.—Observer.
Da. Votiet. —lnformation has just reached Malta
from the coast of Barbary which gives some faint reason to
hope that lir. Vogel, the African traveller, who bad been
given no as lost, is still alive, though a captive of the Sul-
tan of Wadal Lieutenant Von Beuraman, of the Prussian
Artillery, who went in search of the traveller's
arrived at Murzuk on June 20, and was to leave foriCdii
on the 22nd. Since that period the rumours which have
reached Bengali regarding him have been such as to lead to
the fear that he was plundered on the road, if not murdered.
The ?Alice of Prussia while at Valetta evinced a lively
interest in the fate of these travellers, and an earnest
desire to obtain every information respecting them.
CINNAMON GARDF.Nm op CEYLON. —The cinnamon
gardens of Ceylon have long been celebrated for their
beauty. They lie scattered over the face of the country at
intervals, and sometimes extend over several thftmn& of
acres. They appear like masses of laurel, or, rather, plants
having leaves shaped like the laurel, with stems about the
thickness of hazel. Occesicemily • plant may be seen which,
having been allowed to grow for seed, has attained a height
of forty or even fifty feet, from the summit of which a view
may be obtained of the whole surface of the cinnamon
gardens, dotted with myriads of pure white blossoms,
which contrast brightly with the flame-coloured ex-
tremitiee of the upper and the dark green of the
inferior foliage. A good anecdote ia told by Mr.
Pridham, in refutation of the idea which seems
to have ;sing existed among the vulgar errors of thisconntry
—"Strangers cruising along the western coasts of Ceylon
have conjured op the notion of cinnamon breams, which
they have professed to inhale many leagues at sea. This is a
mere fancy, for if all the cinnamon trees in the island were
barked simultaneously the odour would not be perceived a
mile from the shore, being far from diffusive; whereas,
that operation now takes place in particular spots, as the
cinnamon becomes fit for the purpose, over an extensive
surface, at uncertain periods and in small quantities. The
fragrance in question, unless altogether ideal, must therefore
arise from the immense variety of odoriferous blossoms and
Sowers of the white orange, lime, 'haddock, white and
yellow jasmine, and not least, Pandonm oderatiesime."—
Lawton and China Telegraph.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Oomminiaser Clonburn.;

121 1111 SIMPSON. -.11:1DOKEIT.

Tho bankrupt, a wood-dealer at Farley, in Surrey, rose*
applied for his order of discharge. He was opposed, cm the
groomd that he had made away with his property, in con-
templation of a verdict being given against him for broach
of promise of marriage, and had omitted to keep proper
books of accounts.

His Honour now gave judgment. He said the bankrupt
had been sued by a Mir Bird for breach of promise of
marriage. Upon this he bad determined to get rid of his
y by dissolving his partnership with his brother,
and 9g• getting Ling an elderly woman, an aunt, to set up a claim
against him. After the verdict he had become
bankrupt, and applied for his release from custody
but without obtaining it, his being one of the cases excepted
in the act. He had now been in prison 13 months. The
opposing creditor did not object to his having his discharge,
but asked that a condition should be appended affecting
his future property. Though; his offence was much to
be reprobated, it was not one of those specified
in the act, and for which only could conditions
be attached to an order of discharge. It was urged that he
had omitted to keep proper books of account, and by so
doing bad concealed the state of bus affairs from his credi-
tors. It appeared that he had only kept a wretched little
memorandum took, and on this ground the case was
within the act. Still, it was optional with the
court to attach a condition to the discharge ;
it might, as au alternative, sentence the bank-
rapt to any period of imprisonment not exceeding
twelve mouths. This was the limit to which tho legisla-
ture thought imprisonment for debt ought to go ; and this
man bad shandy been in prison thirteen months. For
another cause, the justice of the case was satisfied, and the
bankrupt might take his discharge without conditioc.