The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Moderate, but far from extensive, supplies of town and
country-killed are on sale at these markets. The trade
generally is firm at the annexed quotations
Per 81b by the caroaae.
adad
Inferior beef 3 0 3 6
Middling do.. 3 8 4 2
Prime large do 4 4 4 6
Prime small clo 4 6 4 8
Large pork. 3 4 4 2

stied
Inferior mutton 3 4 3 8
Middling mutton-3 10 4 4
Prime do 4 6 4 8
Veal 4 o 5 0
Small pork. 4 4 4 8

BOROUGH HOP.

The trade for good and fine hops continues firm at fully
late rates; and there is a fair amount of activity in the de-
mand, both
quality.asr are regards English as well as foreign produce,
of superior Inferior hops a dull inquiry at
about previous rates.
Mid and East Kent ..... llos to 200 s per cwt.
Weald of Kent
Sussex .
Yearlings lOOB to 140 a
Bavarian
American lOOB to 14 s

la the occasion referred to, I was asked whether " Sir
Roger De Coverley" was a stage play, and I said it would
be, if done in a theatre. I consider the Lancers, as done
in " The Corsican Brothers," a stage play. .
Mr. John Maclean—l have been some time in the thea-
trical profession. I saw the heads of the performers as
described by Mr. Wigan. I was curious to discover how
the illusion was produced, and I got as near the end of the
balcony as possible. I there saw the lower glass was in
front of the performers—that is, between them and the
audience.

Mr. Norton—Was there any scenery in the upper
stage ?

Witness—Yes, there was a set scene on the upper stage.
Examination continued—l went behind the scenes by
Mr. Morton's invitation, and, after the performance was
concluded, I was shown the whole of the means taken to
produce the illusion.

Cross-examined—I should not consider Pepper's Ghost
a stage play.
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Mr. Norton—lf it was represented on the stage ?
Witness—No. That would not be a stage play, it would
be a representation of Pepper's Ghost on the stage ; but if
you make it do anything, that would be quite another
matter.
Cross-examined—lt would be quite possible to produce
all that I have seen at the Canterbury other than on a
stage.
Mr. Besley then tendered a specification of Professor
Pepper's patent as evidence, but
Mr. Prentice objected to its reception.
Mr. W. Donne—l am the examine' of plays in the office
of the Lord Chamberlain. I have been to the Canterbury
Hall and seen and heard the entertainment "Hodge Podge. '
I.considered what I saw to be a proper burlesque—the

opening of a pantomime. All such pieces that have been
performed at the theatres have been sent to the office. .If

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the Canterbury Hall had been licensed by the Lord
Chamberlain, the entertainment must have been submitted
to me. The entertainment at the Canterbury was a repre-
sentation at first produced somewhere out of view, and
then a representation on the stage which was visible.
Cross-examined by Mr. Prentice—When I first saw the
entertainment I was quite surprised that such extraordi-
nary results could be produced. I did not at first know
that it was produced by shadow.
Mr. Prentice-1 hope you were pleased with what you
saw.

Mr. Donne—Yes ; it was very cleverly done.
Mr. Besley—That is my case, sir.
Mr Prentice said he appeared there on the part of the
directors of the Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company,
who, to produce the entertainment which had led to those
proceedings, had expended a sum of money between £l,OOO
and £2,000. If anything more than another could show
the success of the entertainment, it was the fact that it had
excited the jealousy :of Messrs. Mappleson, Wigan, and
other theatrical managers, and that it been sufficient for them
to institute these proceedings with a view to prevent such
representation for the future. The proceedings had not
emanated from the Lord Chamberlain's office, but had been
set on foot by the jealous and envious feelings of ma-
nagers, who grudged the success Mr. Morton's entertainment
had elicited. They had not been actuated in the business by
any public motive, but merely by their own private interests.
He might, however, mention that in the event of the de-
cision of the magistrates being against them, they intended
to submit a case to the judges in the superior courts. The
real question the magistrate had to decide was whether
Mr. Morton had infringed the said section of 6th and 7th
Vic., cap. 68. He contended the entertainment was not a
stage play, and nothing was done on the stage; but, on the
contrary, what created such applause was merely an optical
illusion, and nothing more.
Mr. Norton—You don't mean, Mr. Prentice, to deny that
there was a stage ?
Mr. Prentice—Well, in one sense all the world's a stage.
Mr. Norton—Or scenery. If you take any stage and
scenery the effect would not be so good, and not so many
persons would go.
Mr. Prentice--It's all in the looking-glass.
Mr. Norton—One of the witnesses distinctly said there
were side wings and borders.
Mr. Prentice—The question to be decided to-day is not,
I respectively submit, sir, one of scenery, but whether
certain hew and ingenious inventions can be construed
a stage play. I hope when you have heard what Mr. Mor-
ton has to say you will be of opinion that it is not a thea-
trical representation within the meaning of the Act.
Mr. Charles Morton then came forward and explained
at length the difference between Professor Pepper's patent
and the patent he with others had taken out for the illusion
produced at the Canterbury.
In answer to the Mr. Prentice, Mr. Morton said there
was not a single living person on the stage during
the whole of the performance. It is quite possible if
people go where theaudience are not expected to go—
the top of the house, for instance, they could not
see into the trench in which the performers were.
At rfirst the people did not know from whence the
shadows came, but they now knew pretty well. The stage
was not originally set up for the ghost representation. It
has existed in the hall for a long time anterior to the
ghost discovery. Nothing is represented on the stage.
Everything is reflected from the mirror.
zr Mr. Norton—l have to consider the nature of a new and
important invention especially with respect to Mr. Morton,
as well as the view taken of it by the other side, and be-
fore I give my decision. I am anxious to give the matter
my best and most attentive consideration.
Mr. Prentice—Well, sir, perhaps you will go and inspect
it. Mr. Morton will feel the greatest pleasure in showing
you everything by which the music is produced.
Mr. Norton—Well, a magistrate cannot see too much.
I shail accept the invitation to see the entertainment.
t Mr. Prentice—l am only too happy that such is your in-
tention.

Mr. Besley—l hope, sir, you will look at it from the
audience point view. (Laughter.)
Mr. Norton-4 shall look at it from every point of view.
Mr. Besley—Might I ask, sir, that notice be given to
both parties a day previous to your giving your decision?
Mr. Norton—Well, I will give my decision, say this day
fortnight.

Further proceedings were then postponed until the 24th
instant.