The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-14 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET---(THIS DAY.)

CONVICTION OF A Dos STEALER.—James Co —dor
fancier was placed at the bar, before Mr.
charged with stealing a bull-terrier, the properti
John Ludy, carpenter, No. 7, Little York-buildings• 43,6
Mr. Bishop, of Bond-street, attended tto watch
case on behalf of the Society for the Prosecution of I)L5'
Stealers and their Confederates, of which society he '—
the orignator.
sri
The prosecutor stated that on the 31st of Sall-the
last he went into the I)arlour at Ben Count's, fel:Ath
purpose of partaking of some refreshment, having `,;Z:it.
him at the time a brindled and white bull-terrier. "togi
ness took a seat at a table, and the prisoner, wile 00,
also a dog with him, sat opposite to him. Witn" ea
soon after finishing his liquor, which he benst
to have been drugged by some one, fell asleep, and and when he awoke he missed his doe
Prosecutor then went upstairs and informed lue
p
Caunt of his loss, and in spite of every effort VA
nese could not succeed in finding the prisoner till at
night, when he found him at his lodgings in Drury-e°ol6
and gave him in charge. Prosecutor added, that., the
dog, which had not been found, was worth 51., and
collar it had on worth is. 6d. orf
Mrs. Caunt said on the night of the 31st of Tan' bet
she was in the bar when she saw prisoner pass tile for
house, complainant's dog under his coat. Prisoner left tor
house, and directly he was gone she was told prosevol
had lost his dog—she then told him that Cox had W.
it away with him. elcl
Mr. Bingham said it was so seldom that a man nei
be brought to justice for appropriating other Ps'," kir
valuable dogs to themselves, but he thought in the %la
sent case the (Iffence had been fully proved, and he shame
now inflict the fullest punishment the law alloy/al,' ,
prisoner was then committed, under the second seoute
" Bishop's Act," to the House of Correction for the o
of six calendar months.

which We
S. JOHN'S-WOOD.—Among the institutions
n
find rising up on the skirts of London, we mils. st'
the St. John's-wood Literary and Scientific Socie',Y,,;tioa
John's-wood seems the very place for such an inetl'ce
to take root in. It has long been a favourite resi, its
of men of letters—art has many of her votaries it°
pleasant nooks, and the district can boast its Prost-
college, and its observatory. Nor is it altogether 3 not
ing in historical and legendary contrasts—for had ow
in ancient days its monks and its priory ? StarteditioeS
der favourable auspices, and on liberal con Leioer
as to terms and management, the new society Pr? „as
well. Without expensive meetings and proceerpro'
that evil which is fatal to so many well-conceive 400
jects— it has already obtained such an amount of 8%00
as justifies reasonable hopes of success. A readinfd beeo •
has been opened—a library, small, but growing,
formed—and a course of lectures is commenced. or of
the thing is fairly inaugurated—and it is in the P°loo
the inhabitants of the district, by a prompt and ti aka
co-operation, to render it in time one of the inersolort•
and agreeable meeting places in the suburbs of -14"
• ill
—Athenceutn,
tard PIO
SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER.—Late on Sa-- hi‘is
the body of' a remarkably fine newly-born male_°,.,l
found on the step of the house of the Rev. Conietio3o(6
berly, 30, Mornington-crescent, Regent's-Perk' as
thx.
tion having been given to the policeman on
as iforlo
body was immediately conveyedto the St. raacr, seet*,
house, where Mr. Waldegrave, the house surge° er'
a minute examination of the body, from which ti'velori
doubt that the child was born alive, It was ?ad, 1,1
in a piece of white calico much stained with vita
o
over which was closely folded a piece of blac4:',..uvialt
calico. The police have received instructionsvio
the most rigid search for the inhuman parent. viarde'
meantime, notice of the occurrence has been f°l.
to Mr. Wakley, the coroner
...-- .
THE MURDER at CLAYII.IDON, DEVONSOIZ:OO CAO
considered that Hitchcock, the man who 11°, war- ics, rir
mitted for trial in connection with George 01?`,0
actual murderer had more to do in the atr°cle:rk°
than was at first supposed. It appears that
_Pe Tobry
penregvarlingdto be married to a daughter of Ifitel;erobb
between thimpression is that they concocted r_eesecl
the French nut tree, so as to make him belie;ey tb es
he be attacked it was by other parties.
re Jal,t
dogged him to the Lower Farm Gate, wheoree, nee
Blackrnore tracked Hitchcock; Sparks 'that'll° tolul-eii-
over the hedge and passed his victim, but, ; tilo
of the people, he had not heart to strike t'e
rang field
cock, it is thought wa behind urging
attack, and finallithe spoor wretch wehitnlnyt: twhe,efe:;
beyond and out a second time, and then gad flite°ooo*
.blow. When Braddick came to apprehen, it vras
004
in the morning, he told him that he thougut
settle the
iSnptahrkes, who had promised to bring him °vaid be
bad ooci s' ns
morning. Now, as Sparks t Beds's'
money he borrowed of a Mr. Iloniball a het co
could have had no money. to lend except 'e
te the c°'
taken from Blackmore. This led the jurilY.
sion that Hitchcock was an abettor of the

-Lae comedy of Not so bad as we Seem, •r many Sides
a Character, by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Bart., may be
said not to have been fairly launched before the public
until Saturday night last. It will be recollected that it
was first produced before her Majesty at Devonshire
Rouse, by a company of amateurs, the majority of whom
were celebrities in the literary and artistic world. On
that, and on the subsequent occasions when these gen-
tlemen gave their performances, the opinion expressed
of the piece was generally favourable, but there were
reasons for doubting whether the decision pronounced by
these
limited audiences was any test whereby to judge
Whether its fame on the English stage would be epheme-
ul or enduring. The comedy was originally written to
augment the funds of a charitable project—the Guild of
Literature and Art—and it was impossible not to feel'
aeseine delicacy in criticising a work which owed its ex-
tence to such praiseworthy intentions, while it
was against one's grain to find fault, even had
one been so disposed, with the laudable histrionic
efforts of such universal favourites as Charles Dickens,
beuglas Jetrold, Forster, and Mark Lemon. On Satur-
day night at the Haymarket, however, the audience were
under no such restraint ; the comedy was placed before
them, as any similar production would be, without any
extraneous help to bring it up, to soften its defects, or
neighten its excellencies ; and, moreover, the various
haraeters were undertaken by experienced professionals,
WT; of course must expect, if they do not altogether like
"44 free exercise of judgment which English theatre-
goers so delight to revel in. It is with pleasure, there-
fore,tgo that we have to announce that the comedy passed
baron-,
the trying ordeal of the Haymarket tribunal
With a degree of success which sterling, undeniable merit
could alone secure, and which redounded with honour
alike to the author and the actors. Throughout the per-
formance not a breath of disapprobation was raised,
Iv.hile the applause was frequent and hearty, and the ver-
;;l!ct returned at the conclusion was undeniably favours,-
le. The comedy is skilfully constructed, the various cha-
racters an masterly drawn, and language at one time
douses with its wit and pungency, and at others draws
wn rounds of cheers by its beauty, its elegance, and
I sublimity of sentiment. The cast contained all the
?
strength of the H rket company—the parts being
allotted adfolloWs : Haymarket
The Duke of Middlesex Mr. Stuart
The Earl of Loftus .. .
....Lord Wilmot ....... . . ... 3lr Leigh Murray.
31-r. Shadowly Softite. . ..... Mr. Keeley.
Mr. Hardman .Mr. Barry Sullivan.
Geoffrey Th0rn5ide.......... ..... .Mr. B. Webster.
Goodenough Easy . Mr. Buckstone.
41r- Jacob Tonson. Mr. Rogers.
Smart •
..Mr. Clark.
_Rodge Mr. Coe.
raddy... Mr. Hastings.
Mr. David Fallen.... ... Mr. Howe.
..... ..
Lucy Miss Rosa Bennett.
tarbara.... Miss A. Vining.
The Silent Lady of Deadman's-lane Mrs. Leigh Murray.
448 Sir Geoffrey Thonaside, Mr. B. Webster was to the
t: the suspicious, ill-natured misanthrope whose exis-
-es is soured by the ill-founded belief of his wife's
raithfulness. Mr. Leigh Murray displayed that versa-
for ilitY of talent, and gentlemanly bearing which has earned
him a high position as an actor, in the character of
o°r'l Wilmot, and he was particularly happyin his relation
4.
Minister,
trick by which he succeeded in bribing the Prime
Walpole, with a Murillo. As Hardman, Mr.
01.17, Sullivan was no bad representation of the ardent,
ru-viOrking, clever statesman, except that he exhibited
to,bis_ movements a laboured strutt, which could only be
tree.ated in one of our transpontine or provincial thea-
Mr. Howe, as David Fallen, the poor author, of
Grub-street, leas manly and straightforward, and the
Btle,tchy character of the proud Honourable John, Duke
fliddlesex, was sustained with much imposing pomp,
,
a sly sense of humour, by Mr. Stuart. All the
ladle are mere nonentities, a peculiarity to be ascribed
the fact that the work was written for an amateur
bisPany, for in such companies the ladies are generally.
4-I,Yed by engaged "professionals," who occupy a sub-
ih-`-quate position. Buckstone and Keeley kept the house
a continual roar whenever they appeared on the
age. Their drunken encounters with the watch
inimitably droll, especially when Buckstone was
Lelevated on the shoulders of the old Charlies, and, fancy-
ing he was on the hustings, began to address his friend
as the electors of London, for having returned him as
representative of so great a city.
The comedy has been got up with care and effect. The
representative of Will's Coffee-house, with the newsmen
rushing in with the Flying Post or the Messenger, and
shouting " News, news ! Great news ?" was well ma-
baged, and both characteristic and suggestive.
After the fall of the curtain, first the actors and then
the author were called for. Mr. Webster upon this
stood forward, and announced that Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton was too ill to be in the theatre, adding that if
anything could give a sick man pleasure it would be the
reception which the comedy had met with. The fact
We believe to be that the hon. baronet has met with a
rather severe accident to his arm. The house was a
crowded one.

MR. MITCHELL'S FRENCH PLAYS.-ST.

JAMES'S THEATRE.

On Saturday night, Une Pievre Brulante was played
at this theatre, for the first time since 1848. It had
then a long run, a aesult to be attributed, as was, we
think, its success on Saturday, mainly to the clever acting
of Ravel, rather than to any internal excellence either of
Plot or dialogue. Richard Tremblay, the principal char-
acter, is a young man passionately fond of the ladies,
Yet withal afflicted with an unusual timidity, which, in
their presence, not only deprives him of all speech, but
erns his admiration into temporary hatred to the sex.
-".e is, moreover—if we may coin the word—a miso-
Diallist, and the very sound of a piano excites him to
81101 a pitch, that he gives vent to howls
.just like those
of a mad dog. In the same house with him lodge an old
Russian diplomate, his wife, and his sister-in-law, with
the latter of whom Richard is desperately in love,
:Ithough, by some mistake, he has been led to believe
'oat she is the Russian's wife. This, however, in France,
ems to be a matter of no consequence, and Richard is
-(4 discouraged on that account. His frequent watchingsree
at the window have attracted the attention of three
tea, also fellow-lodgers, who conclude thence that
a,.°of themselves is the object of his
him in
discover who is the happy one, they visit m his
,yattrnents disguised as students, and three handsomeichard
r"lag fellows they make. At their invitation R
es to a ball, where he finds them in their proper
.attire,
ut takes them for imudent bos maserading in the
Pt:_tti.eoats of the other sex. His. beloved. is present too,
hie with her brother and sister-in-law. Owing to
,18„111,, istaken idea of the identity of the two ladies, all his
41,VerY of billets-doux has been directed to the Coul:iteee,
It` °the vain old lady shows herself by no means indis-
Issel to listen to his addresses, and
.to leave her old
Russ' for a young Frenchman. This,. together
.with.
ditB,,4listake about the fleuristes, and his invincible tinii-
gh',,„Nrlich will not allow him to look a lady in the face
Mina will
addresses her, leads to a series of amusing situa-
;ol4ll% Which end by ,M. Richard getting very drunk,
Karin .ewing himself out of a three-pair window.
howeVer, only alighted on a bed of mushrooms,
Coewd him in the next act at a concert at the Opera
his —slno, still in love, and hatching a plot ‘to carry off
or eustress. More mistakes and more fun;—in the disguise
waiter, in which he is irresistibly comic, he imparts
off !Sign to the ladies; and in the dark is near carrying
i11e,;(5 Countess ; but her weight prevents him, and being
deefavered on his knees before her by the husband, he
thatTe her a medel of "immovable virtue," and protests
was merely suing for the hand of the sister-in-
for theilLis the Count grants immediately, and Richard
real first time discovers that the sister-in-law is the
ti • u3r, and that for two acts he has, through his
thrgielditY, been making love to the wrong one. To all
,411(1 ZtraVaganCe M. Ravel's acting gave a consistency
'4epl tY which otherwise would have been most
• wanting. His amusing mental transitions
deta., laost cleverly conveyed, even in the. minutest
dret,n4a ; arid his acting in the drunken scene displayed a
/17., tie Power which we have not seen often surpassed.
the ;as loudly applauded throughout, and called before
unaio at the close of the piece.

A 13ETR0Try wEA,,,,,,,.___A friend of ours,
11'44.5,i°118 compellihim to travel much in the aaitaiwawhsteooasnpeiesanhved°o-f
, few nighte ago, by exhibiting n,„ ek and defence. Taking
.....are.i
ti, . ,i to be a stout constables. bli
and brilliant that
staff, his
ah
ec asPtP°rcuic ekt it wshma at ratPl y-
gaanst the ground, and in an instant a blaze of light
rst froin the end of it, so powerful
roe °m
and everybody within a ten rendered visible, and continued t?fb
- roinutes Rad it been used as a b e:l3 . •
quarter of a mile
strtiet. . utes,
the light would ehaaarnvl
dye
bee ..-
.agamst the head of a man,
the in-
,trn• kindled in just the same manner ; reserfovrern,
hitlikent May be used first to floor an
'Electric Safety
erwara identifyhim. " Baker 8
.t
in, %LB to so that
t,and
ent—
ifi°"4l Light"—or this is the name of thems
r,eertainly a desideratum—Bath
Chronicle.
mmittee *f
114.,7°L1)NER'S PRESERVED MATS.--.The. co
Eite,4l oltcers appointed for the examination of the cani-
Ali. of o.oldners preserved meats, consisting of Messrs.
tit ell and Pyrn, an ense surgeon of the. Fisgard,
.. con-
found Dept their " discov" daily at the Victualling yard!,
tooptford.
After an examination of each packNe, !..I
j01.44d totally unfit for human food, it is buried In ad_
,itillig grounds, and that portion which is considered
k Ole is given to the men employed in the yard.e
ti,leh of it has been found in a good state, and the gen --
t4i °Pinio is that most of the bad portion has been ob
leti from foreign parts by Mr. Goldner, who has been
1,, ed upon and paid the sum of 3,000/. for non-fulfil-
Mrs of contract.—Zentish Mercury.
To"! NEW NovEL, " Tim DEA.N'S DAUGHTER ; OR,
4 ~1,3 Virz LIVE Ix." By Mrs. Gore. 3 vols.—
arl, 1.88 Gore's stories display remarkable ingenuity in the
lie,...allgenlent of incidents observation of man-
te,.., and considerable skill innatethe delineation of Charac-
a , and it is not the least of her many merits that with
tomlfficient endownaent of the ironical spirit of the age
folPable her to extract matter for laughter from the
kidiaetileoeaseitc'ifoullawroha nature, she combines a kindliness of
preserves her satire from the taint of
tve re• ' The Dean's Daughter' is as good a novel as
W elnember to have seen from her en_ novel
chara,cters
Rpi,,:nogorously conceived—the dialogue Is fluent and
an "tateut—d and. in every,department of the. story there is
tio ant IrlfUsl orimagination passion, and inven-
eeinved.
,Teleeveatoyrye is
in Band
a good one—well- con
---Afarning
.poig. 48 med, and exceedingly interesting"