The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-25 00:00:00

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE•

GLOUCESTER, THunstO, xri
An action was tried in the Sheriffs' Court here Y. r#
day, " Nichols v. Wilkins," to recover damages f°° feci
breach of promise of marriage. The defendant had a",°o
judgment to go by default, and the case canie ",
for assessment of damages by a jury. The Under-Siu( tbe
of Gloucestershire was the presiding judge, anufivh
witnesses examined were the plaintiff her 1,3°,1"'/
from whose evidence the following facts were gleaTl7,;)ll,
The plaintiff is a young woman residing at Shortl:o 0
in this county, with her parents, who keep an inn a' 0, 4r4
place. The defendant is a butcher, residing at Takfa.,
in the same neighbourhood. In the spring of last el;
an intimacy sprung up between the parties, to
ripened into courtship, and the defendant's visl.sheoa
the plaintiff were received by her parents as
of an honourable lover, and he was looked 111:'1„.„0
the future husband of the young lady. The plate
went to London in the summer last year c'rrbe
visit to her brother, and to see the Exhibition• ent
defendant followed her to London, and was 11
in his solicitations for her to return home with him, Iv, -lieot
however, she did not do, but followed in the course of a 08
days. The intimacy between the parties then bee: too
closer, and unfortunately for the plaintiff she Was 1,10
confiding in the honour of the defendant, who, undert
promise of marriage, seduced her from the path of vir,itisl
and she became pregnant. He then promised no
to marry her and avoid exposure, but still delayeaoo
fulfilment of the promise. The plaintiff, at length' ,"
obliged to confess her shame to her parents, who strt? frs
called upon the defendant to make the plaintiff ,
" honest woman." He pledged himself to do this, 0
undertook specifically to marry the plaintiff withlot
month after her confinement. He continued to visit,
up to the day before her accouchement, since which
to
he has entirely deserted her. The child was born orl
6th llast.
AJt the close of a short summing up by the TT 41er
Sheriff,
PsOa'
The jury returned returned a verdictf or the plainti-
ges, 160/.

Pantomime, after an absence of several years, returns
6o the Adelphi, under the most promising auspices.
Flexmore, who is to be clown, has left nothing undone
to render his department entirely perfect ; indeed
his name is a guarantee of success. We understand
that he will introduce several novelties in the dif-
ferent branches of his peculiar art. That father of
pantomime, Mr. Nelson Lee, has been judiciously
chosen to write the piece which he has happily desig-
nated Nell Gwynne; or,
_Harlequin and the Merrie Mo-
narch, and the Orange Girl. Such a subject affords
unlimited range for the skill of the pantomimist, and it
is needless to say that Mr: Lee has availed himself in a
very graphic manner of all the important incidents .in
the chequered life of the frail but generous Nell. Among
the personages of history who figure in the pantomime
are King Charles 11., Lord Rochester, Mr. and Mrs.
Pepys, and Captain Copp, who are respectively under-
taken by the vhiefs of this dramatic establishment. Mdlle.
Auriol, is the principal danseuse, and Mr. Bologna, har-
lequin, and Mr. Barnes, pantaloon.
At the Olympic, Mr. Nelson Lee again furnishes food
for the delectation of Christmas theatre-goers, under the
somewhat incongruous denomination of Romeo and
Juliet ; or, Harlequin and Queen Mab and the World
of Dreams. It is rife of all kinds of whimsicalities, and
abounds in sprites, demons of the most astonishing fero-
city and daring. The scenery is extremely good, and
the cast of the pantomime most promising. Mr. Edwards,
who, last year, made a decided hit here, is the clown,
and it is said he will exhibit his highly-trained dogs, and
make them go through some very extraordinary perform-
ances. On the whole the card of the veteran manager
of the Olympic for boxing night will bear comparison
with that of any other theatre in London.
The title of the Pantomime at Sadler's Wells is old,
but Mr. Greenwood's treatment of the subject is particu-
larlyclog' of
novel. Whittington and his Cat; or, Dame Fortune LORD FRANKFORT IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION,
_
and Harlequin Lord Mayor of London, are words which Since the committal of Lord Frankfort to the JuTteve,e,
indicate plainly enough the familiar sources from which Correction, Coldbath-fields, in pursuance of the, sideisfP',
the plot has been drawn. Dick Whitting being found Courtjnl oftc?.yeenrn'slos Bench,c.ehe has connfcinrreappet:oo golsoc
on the threshold of the door exhausted, is taken into the
reconciledvevl willingly
rhis punishment. Hei wears the prls'n tli°
establishment as errand boy, which leads to the Kitchen of the
and in every respect is placed on the same footing `(10,0
scene. The following are the principal parts :—Harle- other prisoners. His diet consists of meat three
at
quin, Mr. Charles Fenton ; the Columbine, Miss Caro- week, and soup the other days, with cocoa for hr,. at line Parkes ; the Clown, Nicolo Deulin ; and Sprite, and gruel for supper. He goes to bed every night/010P
Herr Deani. The comic business is more than usually o'clock, and is unlocked at half-past six in the in,aboer;
comic, and although the success of this theatre in the By the payment of ss. per week he is excused from
pantomimic line has been great, yet there are rumours and he spends his time principally in readin.g%ra
from the Green-room that this year's offering bids fair persons have made application for admission
refused I%'„,
but these applications have been invariably reiusied
to eclipse all that has been done before. The scenery,
supposed that a petition will be shortly prose° seo'"
by F. Fenton, is in his usual style of characteristic mag-
Home Secretaryof forona mitigation of his sentence, s°
nificence, and no pains have been spared in rendering
persons are thathesof unsound mind' eof
the Pantomime worthy of the reputation of the present ARTFUL DODGE A PICKPOCKET. At the closir, the
management.
evening ex-
temperance lecture delivered on Monday
.„r of P
The Pantomime at the Surrey is Harlequin and the Corn Exchange, Hanging-ditch, a large numft`hese World of Flowers; or, the Fairy of the Rose and the sons waited to sign the " pledge." Amongst t, ft°co
Sprite of the Silver Star. The gorgeous scenery of the a Mrs. Elizabeth Doyle, of 27, Wheatley-streets d,
opening, which has for some months past engrossed the dale-road, who, whilst standing among the coo he he Vl/43,,t
attention of the artist, is by Mr. W. J. Callcott ; the accosted by a young man, who asked her whe_tr tb".
grand pictorial last scene by Mr. Dalby ; the comic to sign. She pointed out the table, and just
scenes painted by Messrs. Dalby, Herbert, ere. ; the I.:ument felt some one withdraw their ban
no woe
choregrapideal armngemcnts by 1%1. Milano : the over- p(•eket. In an instant she s‘‘ized y°l-131cr 1.,d. as
tare and music composed and arranged by Mr. Isaacson ; hat accosted her, and found her purse in his hand cc,,f
the opening written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., author was at once given into custody, and on Tile'_,oo of The• King of the Golden Waters, and founded on I brought up at the Borough Court, under the
ter'. oar
an hitherto untranslated German legend f Rerr Brack- John Riley, and committed for trial.—Manchester'
jar gawhawhousen. The cast of characters is 1111117$111 a'
Kflb.