The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-05 00:00:00

LUDICROUS INTRUSION.

Mr. Lee, a native of Bingham, in this county, is being
about publishing " Aletnoire of a Manager," from which an
anecdote has lately appeared in some of the provincial
Papers in our neighbourhood, of Mr. Whiteley, proprie-
tor of the Nottingham theatre ; the following is another
amusing extract, in reference to the same individual

" The Wigs he wore were large curly ones, well powdered;
and when on the stage, in a court, or full dress, the tail of
the wig was generally put into a small silk bag; the wig
was therefore generally called a lug-wig. One of this sort
was always ready fur him at the theatre, in his dressing•
room. Ile bad put on his wig to perform the character
of &folio, in Rowe's tragedy of " The Fair Penitent,"
In the fifth act, while chiding his daughter, and exhorting
her to repentance, he says—
.. Ilast thou not heard what brave Virgimus did ?
'With his own hand he slew his only daughter."
At this moment, he thought some person touched the tail.
of his wig. He looked to one of the actors, who was.
standing at the side scene with a stage foil iu his hand, and.
exclaimed, "lie quiet, Sir !" Ile then went on with his
part,—felt another touch at the wig tail ; be gave the
actor another frown, and exclaimed sideways, " If you do
that again, Sir, 11l forfeit you five Millings !" Ile then
went on speaking as Sciolto—another move of the tad—
" Five shillings more, Sir 1" The frightened actor could
not tell what was meant, or what he had (hoe to offend
the manager. Before three words were spoken, the silk
bag and wig tail moved again. " Why, you impudent
rogue," said Whiteley, " forfeit you ten shillings, and
then discharge you from my company." The black silk
hag moved once more, and got even on his shoulders.
&iolto himself laid hold of it,--felt something stir, and
threw both wig and bag on the stage. A mouse ! a poor
mouse ! (for the mouse of a play-house is generally as poor
ri a church moutie) was the sole aggressor. This unfor-
tunate, rather this fortunate mouse, bad found sufficient
flour in the silk bag to (hake a hearty me kl, which had so its bulk, it mild e,nly get half out of the hole
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Whiteley, fearing his wig would; so that it c‘rried the wig with it
be lust, tried Lo c,itch it, but could not. He called on the
candle-snuffing boy to help him ; the boy fell down, and
the manager over him ; and all crawled off as fast as they
could—the boy, the mouse, and the old manager !"---
Newark Times.

THE LATE VRENCIit
the memorable scones enacted in the French Metropolis
during a contest which is without parallel, no connected
and authentic narrative has yet appeared, alike detailing
the operations of the v.:inflicting parties, the events which
lotl to them, and their probable effects upon the destinies of
kingdoms. An English gentlaman, Mr. TURNISULL, lies
however been actively preparing a work which will, we
underataatd, elucidate all these important point's, ao well as
particular4e tlause examples of individual heroism and pa-
triotium which formed so striking a feature in this san-
guinary struggle. As his statements arc tlerived from
personal observation and careful inquiry, for which a re-
sidence on the spot afforded him every facility, his • book
will doubtless prove to the last degree valuable Anti inte-
roting. ip our countrymen it must prove particularly
acceptable, for it will conplun a complete list of the English
who took part in the contest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW.STREET.

A young man, named Tredway, and another young
man, who declined to give his name, were charged verith
assaulting police Serjeant Wheatley, of letter F division,
and interfering with him in the execution of his duty,
The Serjeant, it appeared, was drilling his men in front
of the station-house in Covent-garden, when the prisoner
Tredway and the other young man came up close to the
rank, and were civilly requested to remove a little further
off. Tredway, however, refused to stir, saying, that he
was desired to call at the station-house, being witness in
a case of assault. Inspector Rogers then came up, and
begged that both prisoners would retire. They, however,
again refused, and Serjeant Wheatley pushed Tredway ;
upon which he was 'wiled by that person by the stock,
and thrown down. A scuffle then ensued, and it was
declared by witnesses that both prisoners had acted with
great violence, and frequently called upon the mob to
assist them in crushing the - police.
The prisoner Tredway bad been called upon by a parish
constable, to assist in the King's name, in conveying a
prisoner to the station, and having done so, he was de-
sired to attend in the evening as a witness. He was in
attendance accordingly, when he was rudely pushed by
Serjeant Wheatley, and, feeling exasperated, he certainly
struck him in self.defence.

The other prisoner earnestly denied having used any
insulting expressions towards the police, neither did be
raise his hand against any one.
Mr. HALLS observed that it was a foolish piece of
business on the part of the prisoners to interfere with the
duties of the police, who had an extremely difficult task
to perform, and asked if there was any desire on the part
of the police to press the charge? Mr. Thomas replied—
Certainly not ; all we want is to be protected from vio-
lence and insult.

Mr. HALLS slid that the police should always find
protection from him, and, he was sure he might add, his
brother Magistrates also. He then advised the young
men to apologise to Serjeant Wheatley, and dismissed them
with a caution for their future conduct.