The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-22 00:00:00

THII ALHAMBRA CIRCUS.

The entertainments afforded by M'Colltun's "grand
classical circus," at the Alhambra, in Lokrestermquare, wen
increased lest evening, by the introduction of a new per-
former, belonging to a genre of the animal creation which
has hitherto been seldom or never before educated for public
exhibition, unless where, ea in Bpaia, be is trained to fight
and be killed, which perhaps raey rather come by nature.
Th• accomplohed bull "Dos Jaen," a mall black ensnare
of naoommon gentleness and good temper, who has just mide
his bow before • London audience, presents a frees: instance
of the power of control and direction which man's art can
azardseover the most unpromising brute pupil., even those in
whose natures the faculties of intelligence and sensibility
might have been supposed to be the least developed. It is
ao wonder to see the amiable noodst " Two" obey mg with
sash willing eagerness every behest of his muter, or to see
the beautiful pair et ponies following swiftly and submis-
sively every hint and rotors of the conductor, as they gallop
round the :Mg ; but when we sin that our humorous friend
Dan Castello actually prevails upon • stolid bull to play his
appointed pert in the active business of the arena with very
creditable zeal and precision we are struck with admiration
not at the style In which he does ft, but at the feat of hit:
doing it at all. " Don Juan" enters politely, arrayed la gay
trappings and harness resounding with belle—ho runs
about where he is bidden, leaps over bore and hurdles, then
mashie his way through • silver paper hoop, lies down and
lets Ms patron repose upon him, but repudiates and bowie off
• stranger who ventures to try his off:talky—ln short, Dora
Juan will do most of the things that the ordinary equine
performers in the circus are seesusomed to do, not indeed
with much agility or gnat, but wito entire docility and an
evident diepotio ion sturdily to do his test. In conclurion be
is " chaired,' ascending a moveable platform, which • strong
party of men lift upon their shoulders, and so cony him cat
in triumph. The other spectacles of the evening were as
usual eatieactory. The astonishing leaps sad somersaults of
several flying pedestrians, and the feats of upstanding equita-
tion disp.syed by Mr. James Robinvon and Madame Ella,
with the perfect mawegs of a home ridden in the :adds by
M. Quaglierti, who danow with the four feet of his steed
keeping time to the muelo, excited the due amount of
applause.

ROBBERIES AT THE SHEFFIELD POST-OFFCE.—
A atm:epee at the Sheffield Post-office, named John Holmes,
who hes been employed in connection with that establishment
for the pest seem or eight years, wee brought up, sad re-
manded till a future day, by the Sheffield magistrates, on
Saturday, on a charge of committing a robbery at the Gene-
ral Poet-office, Sheffield, on the previous night. Fore con-
siderable time pest the authorities have received numerous
complaints reepectitg the dishonesty of their onployi A, and it
was therefore determined to keep a watch upon them. This
precaution had the desired effect, and on Friday evening
Holmes was seen to put a letter in his pocket. lie was im-
mediately given into custody, with the latter still upon
which, when oponed, was found to contain two half-sovereigns.
He had alto in hie possession a 61. note and a gold watcb,
both of which, it has been moerteined, are stolen property,
the watt having been miesedsiuce Sept., 1868.
THE INCENDRItY I'M AT CASTLE HOWARD na-
POILMATORT.—On Saturday, at billitol3, Jams. Garton, a lad,
sixteen years of egg, an lewd° of the Reformatory, to which
he fled bOoll sent from Hull for four year., thee, piers and •
month of which had expired, was charger with having eat
fire to two wheat stacks, the property of the Society for the
Reformation of Juvenile Offenders fur the North Riding.
James Hilton, a labourer at the inetitution, deposed to ening
the steaks safe at eve o'clock, having left no boys neer them,
end not more than two or three minutes afterwards finding
thew on tire, of .hich the prisoner himself ease the alarm.—
Mr. James Fortune, the moistest master, deposed to having
observed smoke among the Macke. Saw the prisoner and
another boy, also six. ren years old, named Perkin, about
forty yards from the scathe. He naked what wee the
meanies of the smoke, and the lads answered, " The etacks
are on fire." Witness said all the lads, including Garton
and Parkin. assembled to get the tire out. Parkin was
suspected of having fired the stacks, and was pieced in
solitary confinement, when he made the following extra.
ordinary confessioe. repeated on Saturday as evidence
against his accomplice ,—" Garton and I set the stacks on
fire; we had once talked of doing so about a month before.
We each fired • stack, with Writer match., which Garton
had in his pormmion. When we first spoke about it, we
were out together ; I was reading shout tip great fire in Lon-
don, and Garton said, •• We'll are the stacks and I replied,
• Agreed on.' Nothing more we, said about it until the
night it was dos, and we bed never mode any arrangement
as to how the lire was to be managed. We are allowed to be
out till 'drill,' about five in the afternoon. Just before we
set the stacks on fire, we patent the matter to etch other, and
we want and did it thee end there."—emperintendeat Smith
said that Garton, after beteg taken into custody, accused
Parkin of having " split." He also said tact be had in-
tended to have tionfeseet himself, but turned coward, and
said that after it we. done, he felt on sorry thst he worked
with all his might to quench the fire. The prisoner ex-
pressed the greatest contrition, but thought Parkin ought to
surfer as well as he.—Guth was committed fur trial at the
next York ageism._

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ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A FACTORY: Lute on Fri-
day night, or early on Saturday morning, a most diebolioal
attempt was wide by some person or peewit to up the
blast fen" and premises ot E. Maybe and Co., chain omen-
McMinn*, Siourbridge. Two driving bangs were cot to
pieces, and another either burned under the boiler or stolen.
Entrance was effected through a garden adjoining, by getting
over the factory wall. The miseinmate, it would appear,
nut out the bands and afterwards placed in the "fee" a tin
can containiog 11th. of blasting powder. The top of the
ran was very securely tied down with strong cord, and a fusee
was inserted through a h ile io the lid. The villain in his
harry must have placed in the fan the can with the fume
lighted, and which, moat providentially, mutt have rolled
over, thus extinguishing the lighted part. Heil it exploded
it Is Impossible to say what the results would bees been, as
the factory is entirely surrounded by dwelling houses. It
is dialcult to sii.ign a motive for the attempt, as E. ;Baylis
and Co. are held In high respect by the mode generally, and
ae spokes of in very high terms as employers. Means.
Baylis have offered a reward of 601. to any person, and a free
pardon to any hooomphoo who shell give each infor-
mation se shell lead to the ooeviotioa of the offender ce
offenders. _ _ .

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