The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-17 00:00:00

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COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.)
BOTJCICAULT V. WEBSTER.
Mr. Dickinson moved for an injunction to restrain the
defendant from interfering with the plaintiff in the manage-
ment of the art'stic portion of the Adelphi Theatre, he, de-
fendant, being prevented from so doing by an agreement
he had entered into with the plaintiff, directing that Mr.
Webster's duties should be confined to the financial depart-
ment, and the control of the front of the house. The agree-
ment was drawn up and signed in July, 1861, and was to
remain in force for the term of three years. The drama

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of the " Colleen Bawn" proved a great success, and was I
succeeded by another of the plaintiff's pieces, called " The '
Octoroon," but the latter was by no means so successful as
the former. Early in the present year Kane correspondence
took place between the parties relative to the entertainments
for the month of June, July, and August, and the plaintiff
proposed that " The Colleen Bawn" should be performed
on alternate nights with " The Octoroon," This arrange-
ment Mr. Webster objected to, as he thought that some-
thing of a novel description should be produced at that
particular period of the year. lie (Mr. Webster) then di-
rected that an announcement to the effwct that a new play
by Mr. Boueicault, a new drama by Mr. Watts Phillips,
and other attractions would be produced, in the bills of the
theatre. On the 2d of June Mr. Boucicault, on his arrival

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at the theatre, asked by whose authority the announcemem
was made in the play-bills, and on being informed that it
was Mr. Webster's, he accordingly applied at this court to
call upon the defendant to carry out his portion of the
agreement, and to cease from interfering in the artistic
portion of the management.
Mr. Willcocks, on the part of Mr. Webster, opposed the
application. He read at length the affidavit of his client,
who denied many of the allegations contained in the bill
presented to the Court by the plaintiff, It also objected to
"The Octoroon" being played as proposed by the plaintiff,
because it had been by no means a great success,
as on the nights of representation there had been a
great falling off in the receipts compared to those
produced by the representation of the " Colleen Bawn."
It subsequently became known that the plaintiff
was in treaty for Drury-lane Theatre, at which he
proposed to produce the "Colleen Bawn." Such a proceed-
ing he considered a direct contravention of the agreement,
because the object of Mr. Webster entering into the agree-
ment with the plaintiff was to provide for the exclusive ser-
vices of the plaintiff, his wife, and his pieces at the Adelphi
Theatre only. The defendant, in consequence of the dis-
agreement, was compelled to enter into arrangements for a
lease of the Princess's Theatre, and when it was proposed to
M. Boucicault to commence the joint management of that
theatre he objected altogether. The reason for
such refusal, no doubt, appeared to arise from the
fact that Mr. Boucicault had become the lessee of
Drury-lane, at which theatre he (Boucicault) proposed to
perform the " Colleen Bawn." The performance of that
drama at that theatre, he contended, would be a great in-
jury to Mr. Webster, and he therefore gave tho plaintiff
notice that he should take steps to prevent it.
A number of affidavits were read with respect to the pre-
parations that were made for the reproduction of the' Col-
leen Bawn" at the Ad ciphi, and also that there was no inten-
tion on the part of the plaintiff to entrap the defendant into
any agreement he in the slightest manner objected to,
or that his proposed opening of Drury-!ane would in any
manner interfere with his arrangements for the direc-
tion of the affairs of the Adelphi. I'he learned gentleman
also read a number of letters that had passed between Mr.
Webster, Mr. Boucicauh, and Harris relative to the occu-
pancy of the Princess's Theatre.
Mr. 117 ill cocks then proceeded to open the cross cause of
Webster v. Boucicault, the object of which was to restrain
Mr. Boucicault from performing the Colleen Bawn at
Drury-lane Theatre.
After some evidence had been given,
His lordship dissolved the partnership, but neither party
is to perform the "Colleen Bawn" or "Octoroon" until
the case had been tried at common law.
Each party to pay his own costs.

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lIESUI4I,` 'LONDON, TUESDAY r Ey4; NI NG, JUNE 117, 1862.

E.RG'S SECOND MATINEE.

This celebrated musician has returned to this
country only to renew with fresh renown his extra-
ordinary repute as a pianoforte Player.
Yesterday he gave his second matinee, at the
Queenls Concert Rooms, leaving two more morning
performances—the only other occasions on which he
can appear before a London audience this season.
It is not surprising, therefore, that the room was
crowded with a most elegant and critical audience,
the elite of the aristocracy of the fa3hionable world.
The entire performance was by Mr. Thalberg,
whose extraordinary power of performance was thus
shown in quantity as well as quality. He corn-.
menced with a selection from his " Soirees de Pan-
silippe," in which he gave an andante and an
allegretto movement, the letter rising into the
Tarantella.
In expression and delicacy, whether applied to
loud or low utterances, Mr. Thalberg is unsurpassed;
and his notes roll in harmonious thunder, crackle
with the vehemence of lightning, or dissolve into
lucid drops falling from a fountain. He carries a
feeling to its very utmost expression, but never
pushes it beyond itself intto affectation or mere fan-
tastic folly. This pecular capacity of dealing with
a theme was particularly exemplified in a quartetto
by Rossini, and in his fantasia on the Last Rose of
Summer.
Altogether, this matinee may be pronounced one
of the most important and delightful of the season,
and doubtless the two next performances, on the
28th instant and the 7th proximo, will be eagerly
looked for by all professors and admirers of piano-
forte music.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING CO.

MEETING THIS DAY.

A meeting has been held to-day of the South
Australian Banking Company. The profit and loss
account gave the following results :—Balance as per
last statement, 144,513 2s lid ; annual profits from
all offices, £46,382 lls ld ; together, £89,895 14s.
Dividend, July, 1861, £20,003 15s ; ditto, January,
1862, £20,003 15s; income tax, £l,lBl ; total,
£41,188 12s; leaving a balance of £48,707 2s, sub-
ject to a deduction of £4,870 for the reserved fund;
the net profit for the year being then £43,837 2s;
from which the directors recommended a dividend
of 10 per cent per annum, free of income tax, The
chairman, previously to submitting the motion for
the adoption of the report elicited several ques-
tions from the proprietors, and in reply he stated
with regard to the failure of Messrs. Fisher, who
were sheep farmers in the colony, that the direc-
tors did not anticipate any loss, although they
could not arrive at any very accurate information
at the present time. The Colonial-office had stated
their willingness to comply with the request of the
bank to increase their capital. The new shares thus
raised would be distributed pro rata among the
shareholders, each of whom holding four shares
would be entitled to one new share. The reserve
fund, which already amounted to more than
£90,000, would, it was thought, reach £lOO,OOO
in the course of the year, and with that increase
it was proposed to augment,paripassu, the capital
by an additional £lOO,OOO. This additional capi-
tal was required for the several
,branches esta-
lished, and practically on account of the great
extension of the commerce of the colony. A motion
for the payment of the dividend was then carried,
and the retiring directors re-elected.

POISONED CHEESE.

In a former impression we gave an account of the poison
ing of between forty and fifty men belonging to the Burley
(West Riding) Volunteer Corps, who partook of some
cheese at one of the inns at Skipton, on Tuesday last. We
regret to learn that several men belonging to the 25th West
Riding Volunteers, who were at Skipton on the same day,
have since been seized with illness—although in no case is
a fatal result apprehended. This a matter of considerable
public importance; and, although the cheese partaken of at
Skipton was an American one, it may be useful to place
before our readers the following- report of Professor
Voelcker, of the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester,
who was requested a short time ago to analyse a portion of
a cheese from the dairy of a Cheshire farmer, named
i Rutter :
"This cheese presented nothing in at pearance which
may be regarded as an indication of a spoiled condition
and unwholesome quality. The taste, it is true, is sharp
and peculiar, and quite different from the rich and pungent
taste of well-ripened old cheese, but the taste alone is not
sufficiently marked to serve as a guide for recognising its
unquestionably poisonous properties. Having analysed at
different times cheese which produced bad effects when
taken in any quantity, I cautioned my assistants not to take
too much of it, inviting them to taste the cheese sent by Mr.
White, with a view of ascertaining whether or not they
could recognise certain chemicals which are sometimes put
into cheese for the purpose of preventing it to heave, and
which can, to a certain extent, he recognised by the peculiar
taste which they impart to the cheese. I myself tasted the
cheese, and although 1 took a little piece of the size of a hazel
nut, I felt the effects of the cheese for hours after having
tasted it. Both my assistants, who had taken not more than
at the most a quarter of an ounce each, five hours afterwards
were violent seized with vomiting and pain in the bowels.
One of them was ill all night, and scarcely able to fol-
low as usual his work next day. Both complained
of a peculiar nasty mercurial state, which seemed to
remain with them for many hours after they had
been taken ill, and both turned deadly pale five hours after
partaking of the cheese. On a former occasion I found in
a cheese which caused sickness sulphate of zinc or white
vitriol ; and in another instance I detected in cheese sul•
phate of copper. My attention therefore naturally was
directed to the search for metallic poisons but though care-
fully operating on as large quantities of the cheese as a
quarter of a pound I failed to detect in it even traces of
zinc, copper, mercury, antimony, arsenic or any of the me-
tallic poisons which might have possibly imparted inju-
rious properties to the cheese. Having failed to detect any
mineral poison, I next directed my attention to the exami-
nation of the organic constituents of this cheese. The
quantitative general analysis gave the following result :
Water .. .. .. .. 37.88
Organic constituents .. 58.04
Mineral constituents .. 4.08

100,00 0
Containing common salt .. 1.33
" The proportion of water in this cheese is rather large,
considering it must have been cut for some time, and hav-
ing lost water by evaporation. On further examining it, I
found it remarkably sour, and had no difficulty in detect-
ing in it an nnusally large quantity of fatty acids, which
acids, if not poisonous themselves are the vehicle which
conveys the peculiar organic poison which it appears is
generated sometimes in cheese in undergoing a peculiar
kind of fermentation. Probably the poison generated in
this modified decay of cheese is identical with the so-
called sausage poison which is sometimes found in German
sausages, especially those made chiefly from coagulated
blood. A. similar poison appears to be generated
times in pickled salmon, smoked sprats, pork, tainted
veal, bacon, and hams. Bacon and hams, when not per-
fectly cured, and fat meat kept in a damp badly ventilated
cellar, are very apt to become more or less injurious to
health; and even butter, after it has turned rancid, and
similar organic acids are liberated in it, which exist in the
cheese which I examined for you in a free state, acts as
a poison in most cases. Singular enough, some people—subtlebut
it is quite the exception—are not affected by these
organic poison