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London, England, 1849-12-06 00:00:00

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that on his return not a vestige of property besides ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.
the powder I have referred to remained on I On Tuesday evening we visited this theatre, the
hand undi-posed of, a circumstance which I performances being for the benefit of Mr. Batty, the
believe the most anxious and successful crptain spirited proprietor, and we were happy to see that the
in the trade has never befcre met with. The amount bill of fare he had provided for his friends attracted a
I have alluded to as having been improperly withheld host around him. The theatre was crowded in every
by Mr. Newman, Messrs. Hutton and Son, require part, and the stage, as in days gone by, had on this
to be paid to them in cash forthwith, and they also occasion to be brought into requisition to accommo-
desire that the piece-book may be immediatoly fur- date those who occupied the ring durins the perform-
fished, fully entered up, and the further details I i ance of the Battle of Waterloo. The whole of the
have enumerated given in the books which have equestrian entertainments went off with the greatest
already been handed to them by Mr. Newman. possible at. eciat The clever and agile feats of Mr.
" Messrs. Hutton would be sorry to be driven to Wheal, the clown, and the burlesque dancing of Mr.
adopt harsh measures against Mr. Newman, but the Jackson, with the well known mock electioneering
accounts generally arc so incorrect, unsatisfactory, speech of Mr. T. Barry, the old-established favourite,
and incomplete, that they will feel themselves excited the risible faculties of the audience; but the
obliged to do so, unless the request they now make' gems of the evening were Hernandez, the youthful
through me, be immediately complied with. American equestrian, and Mr. Pablo Fanque and, as
" I remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, the bills term ner, his " matchless" mare, Beda. The truly
(Signed) " THOMAS JUNES. astonishing performance of this beautiful mare are of
" Mr. William Walton." the most wonderful description; the various different
It happened (continue:l Mr. Martin) that about steps which she executes with her clever rider can
the 171 h, Jones had received certain informa'iun only have been attained by the most arduous and
which induced him to obtain, thraigh a friend of persevering energy. Of Hernandez we can only
his, a bank director, an order which had been granted say he was as graceful and active as ever, and fully
in the hank parlor, to inspect one of the stock sustained in his daring feats his reputation as the first
books, and on making that inspection on the 19th. it rider in the world; he was called into the circle three
was discovered that on the 18th October, shortly after times after his performance, and greeted with a
Newman hil,cl received the 1501. from the defendants, shower of bouquets and a perfect tumult of applause.
that gentleman had invested 1,2001. in his own and
his wife's name, and that on the following day he
had bought in 2001. more; also that on the 14th of
November a further sum of 7001. had bsen invested.
The defendants were at a loss to conceive by what
means Newman could have been in the possession of so
large a sum, inasmuch as by the terms of his en-
gagement with their house he was not permitted to
trade on his own account. They therefore in-
stituted an inquiry in the early part of January,
which satisfied them that he had not properly and
honestly come into possession of the money which he
had invested in the funds. The Learned Counsel
entered at length into a great number of details con-
nected with the transaction, and concluded by de-
nouncing the case of the plaintiff on the ground that
it was sought to be supported by perjury. He then
proceeded to call witnesses.

THEATRE ROYAL DUBLIN.
MR. AND NIRS KEAN.
(From the Dublin Evening Packet of Dec. 4 )
In consequence of Professor Risley, with whom
Mr. Calcraft had effected an engagement for the
equestrian wonder, Hernandez, having disappointed
our lessee, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, with their wonted
kindness, made a voluntary proffer of their services
for two nights more. They consequently appeared
last night in the Gamester and the Honeymoon, and
will perform this evening—positively for the last time
—in Strathmore and King Rene's Daughter.
'We cannot permit Mr. and Mrs. Kea❑ to leave our
metropolis without once more recording our admira-
tion of their genius, and of the gratification its dis-
play has afforded us. To those who look upon the
drama not as a gorgeous medley of unmeaning sights
and idle sounds, but as a vivid delineation of human
nature as it is, when stripped of the mask and lacquer
of conventionality, or as a clear illustration of moral
truths, the performance of Mr. and Mrs. Kean must
have given unmixed pleasure. These accomplished
artists have one excellence in common—that of form-
ing a clear idea of the character which they personate,
and that of acting in perfect keeping with it. The
images of the poet's conceptions which they express
are lifelike, definite, and coherent. But we think that
their perception of character and style of acting are
remarkably dissimilar.
Mr. Kean is the more imaginative, he idealises the
personage he has to represent into a form of majesty
and grandeur which, perhaps, the vulgar cannot ap-
preciate, but which is beautifully consistent in its
amplification. He expresses the heroic rather than
the human. His Hamlet and his Strathmore are
beings of noble thought and statelier mould than
ordinarily belong to " children of clay." There is
an unmistakable appearance of greatness in all that
they do and say. Mr. Keen, too, is rather intellec-
tual than passionate. We know that this is not the
common opinion. But in all his tragic bursts, whe-
ther struggling between duty and affection when he
sent mces Sir Rupert Lorn to death, or breaking forth
into sorrow over Ophelia's grave, he appears to us
ever anxious to show the superiority of mind over in-
firmity. We think indeed his characteristic is a
simple but poetic dignity, which invests his creations
with the ornate hues of magnificence rather than
with the common lineaments of humanity. And still
he does not fail in delineating the more subtile features
of Shakspeare's Hamlet—the wondrous play of irony
and misanthropy, of passion and self-control, of craft
and indignation, of insanity and deep thought, which
distinguish this matchless creation. His Hamlet, in
truth, is a fine representation of a mind overwrought
with horror, and struggling, even to its own disor-
ganisation, with conflicting emotion. Mr. Kean, in
short, seems to us even to prefer the calm and stately
ideal to the changeful lineaments of ordinary huma-
nity. We would like extremely to see him in one of
the characters of the old Greek drama—in the (Edipus
or the Oresets, for example.
Mrs. Kean is quite the reverse of her gifted
husband—ea delicate and most just appreciation of
nature as it is, and correct impersonation of its
phenomena, are her characteristics. She moves and
speaks exactly as the character she sustains should
move and speak. Her delineation of passion, and
especially of the passion of love, is remarkably
perfect. She is full of the music of humanity. We
feel that her representation of her part is stamped
with truth. her Katherine Lorn, her Juliet, and
her Ophelia, we confess to be beings whom we hare
met before, and who would act on the theatre of life
as they act on the mimic stage. Mrs. Kean is less a
tragedy queen than a graceful and tender woman,
whose genius has bestowed itself upon art.
It is, in truth, impossible to eulogise too highly the
tenderness, pathos, delicacy, and beauty, marking
all Mrs. Kean's exquisitely-fetninine portraitures,
whether embodying the high- souled Katherine Lorn
or the gentle lolanthe.
We are convinced when we state that these gifted
performers have it in contemplation to retire from
that stage of which they are the brightest ornaments,
we snake an announcement that will excite regret
through the length and breadth of the land.
Macready, too, is about to doff the sock and buskin,
and, nathless, that confirmed mannerism which has
marred nearly all his representations, his loss to the
drama must be severely felt. 'When, then, Charles
and Mrs. Kean and Alacready have left the stage,
where, we ask, are successors worthy of them to be
found ? There is no education now for young actors
—no school for them to practice in—no crowning
reward, such as an engagement at " Old Drury" or
Covent garden, the anticipation of which lightened
the early drudgery of the Kerns, the Youngs, the
Cookes, and the Kembles. Free• trade in theatres
has ruined those provincial schools in which the young
actors copied those models critics pronounced the
most perfect. Every haberdasher's apprentice with
a soul "above buttons," thinks that he can "fret
and strut his hour" as ably as those who have
spent a life maturing the genius born with them.
It will indeed be a dies carbone notardus for the
drama when Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean retire from
the scene of their triumphs.
They are young—fortune is at their feet—Fame's
wreath has crowned them, and we know we only
echo the universal voice when we declare they
must not leave us yet.

The case was still proceeding when our report left,

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(More Mr. Uuder-Sherff BURCIIELL )
WESTON V. 3IAYNE.
DOING AN ACCOMMODATION BILL FOIL A FRIEND.—
This was an action brought to recover the sum of
451. 14g. Bd., under the following eircum-tances :
The plaintiff had accepted a bill of exchange for the
!Lecommodation of the defendant, who was to provide for
It when it became due, but, not baying done so, an action
"'” brought against plaintiff for the amount of the bill,
With 121 Bs. costs, which he had paid.
Defendant did not plead to the action, and a Verdict
was given for the amount.

STANSFELD AN ANOTHER V. MOTLEY.
T 413 Was an action brought by the plaintiffs, as assig-
neea of a person named Thomas, to recover the sum of
41. 2s. for clothes sold to defendant. Tce ease was very
"Pie, but the defendant had complained of being put
to such heavy expenses by bringing the action in this
Son
Plaintiffs' attorney said defendant resided in
Courts
South Wales, and out of the jurisdiction of the County

STANSFELD AND OTHERS v. MORRIS.
This was an action brought by the same plaintiffs, as
assignees of
.Thomas, to recover the sum of 61. Is. fer
goods sold.
Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
tThe plsintiffs' solicitor said that defendant denied the
hee of the assignees under the bankruptcy to sue, as all
bankrupt's debts had been assigned to trustees pre-
viously to the issuing of the fiat.
The UNDER•SHERIFF said that would be a question
for the superior court.
The bankrupt was then called to prove an admission
'y defendant that the debt was due; an objection,
however, was taken that he was not a competent
ivi•ness.
Plaintiff's attorney said that there was a special
clause, making a bankrupt a competent IN itnet,s.
Defendant's attorney said, bankrupt was interested
in the debt under the assignment.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said he would reserve the
Point.
Bankrupt was then examined, and the jury gave a
Verdict for the amount claimed.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq., and a Bench of
Magistrates.)
Thomas Jones, for stealing at Bermondsey a counter-
Pane and a pair of sheets, the property of Robert House
Savage, was sentenced to six months' hard labour at
Brixton. lie had been frequently summarily convicted.
JoveFh Bedford was indicted for stealing six music
plates, the property of Benjamin Williams.
The wife of the prosecutor deposed that the prisoner
Was a carman, employed by a bay and corn dealer who
supplied her husband with the provender of his horse.
wist in the habit of coming to the house occasionally,
4114 after his leaving a number of music plates had bt en
missed, which led witness to suspect him. On the 23d
ultimo he came with some corn, and passed through the
:at.arehouse to deposit it, %then she watched him, and saw
him take up the music plates, put them under his jacket,
111140 leave the premses. Witress informed Hart, 201
f the circumstances, and on being stopped the pro-
p was found on
1n defence the prisoner said he found them lying in
the att.( et.
Verdict, Guilty. Sentence, twenty-one days' solitary
Confine

BOW-STREET.--('1 HIS DAY )
haAtell woman, n 1 Thompson, was charged with
"z+Vln aniet
Strad g obstructed the bed of St. Cylement Danes,
, while in the execution of his dut.
The beadle stated that last night he went to a house
4Newcastle-court to serve some summonses, when the
Prisoner came up and struck him.
Mr. IIALL asked what the summonses were for.
r T'e beadle replied that a young woman had died
40
, the effects of a scald, and as the parents, who were
-f:elpetable people, believed their daughter had met with
thtletbPl4,Y, they were' anxious to have an inquest held on
co, The facts of the case had been laid before the
saitTaer, Who considered it to be a proper one for inquiry,
sultol
he was attending at the house to serve the Coroner's
to th ° 'scs on the parties wbo uld give information as
e cause and manner of the d coeath.
4f ."'r• lima, asked what motive the prisoner could have
r,obstructing him ? The beadle said, the deceased
erk' had left a good deal of wearing apparel and pawn-
ets behind her, which had got into the possession of
Itthe .
c4brhan and no doubt the prisoner was exasperated
thee another lodger in the same house relate
All circumstances to him.
4nti r. Rau. said the woman had acted very improperly,
ghoul % it was of the utmost imports. e that beadles
rp-h
ahs be protected in the discharge of their duties, he
k'd fine her 30s. or fourteen days' imprisonment.
'e fine was paid.
44111LBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
A 611 E ALLEGED CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON
Fes-n°Lb RIFINER.—John Hammond; an elderly man of
oareectehle appearance, who was brought to this court
'nesday,- o-n
the alleged cbarge of att,emptinhg to
serea
coaud Mr. Jacobson, gold refiner, &mg rotten am-
litow..road, by offering for sale a quantity of gold
to ings, and who has been out on bail, again appeared
tis any further charge that might be preferred
t him
I
appeared that on Monday last the defendant went
% ingot the prosecutor's shop, and offered for sale what
in 13Peared to be a quantity of fine gold, known
d
4 tra e as " skewingsThe skewings are what
Ito the
off by gliders, after applying the gold-leaf
to le articles under process of gilding.
.The prosecu-
trrtiewi ho had his doubts as to the genuineness of the
th asked the defendant how he became possessed of
b e proprtyfendant repld at e 7fs a The
Prosecutor asked him repeatedly if he was sure that they
ere k 3 and defendant replied in the affirmative.
;:csplssilnwanint-egx'amined the article, and discovered that it
totHillfaCtlffed so as to resemble skewings, but was
siiirseelitY nothing more than paint or mineral covered
gold leaf. Having been previously taken in by a
kattililitc deception, and knowing that others in the trade
fl.11i„,(11?een imposed upon, he called a constable and gave
1 11 charge.
th!Irr*,_I3INGHAN asked complainant if be was positive
pticn tun skewings produced were worthless? Cora-
he—utits-Yes, your worship, I am; if they were genuine
for);,"111(1 fetch 425., but I would not give 40 farthings
mew.
anT:hc defendant, on the previous examination, in
Wein, to the charge' protested that the skewings
Wa-„m's Property, and that they were pure gold. He
adi-o" gilder by trade, and could bring forward persons
ti could speak as to his respectability.
biteist* gent then suggested that a portion of the
uini'crge should be submitted to an assayer, and re.
Th:d the defendant until this morning.
gistrat Fonstable now stated that, according to the ma-
-ISet e directions, he took the skewings to Mr.
ths 'sour, assayer, St. Ma rtia's-lane, who put them in
th:terecible and melted them down, and the result of
T:est was a lump of pure gold, which he produced.
tos,x,se complainant stated that the skewings when
Atred contained only one-fourth part gold.
stawd On Tuesday last you distinctly
krtielotnat the skewings did not contain a single
Produ- f gold, whereas a lump of the purest gold was
ose.h rt in court, being the result of the assay of only-
charge the def end tho skswings I shall, therefore, dis-
ant.- •
~Rr
road, "HTON.-IV. 11. Mason, printseller, King's-
Sule"rtghtou, was charged, on Thursday, at the East
E'rl of oriji?u.rripd sessions, held at. Lewes, before the
'nary E,:,enester, with having indecently assaulted
Year, "z beth Carr Thacker, a girl of the age of ten
her the parish of Poynings, on the Bth of Septem-
resdio. Alter a prolonged inquiry the jury returned a
of Not Guilty.
Pep Guilty.
re 'poet. Profoundly stupid are entitled to our sincere
one Oho .4 moderately stupid person is insufferable, but
ebjeet y'Sepn in
.a colossal degree, becomes instantly an
Abet eration.—Eliza Kook's Journal.
tiaroio AIDE.-- Th 3 Royal Sovereign and Childe
etant hist from Plymouth (Febru-ary 17th), the Incon-
, also last fr PI
1"1 Fore,G om ymouth (February 15th), Landboro.last from Port Philip (May 29th), the
kayo tch sailed from Plymouth on the 4th March,
wm art
lye,. this week.--Addaide Observer 9f Juue 9.

MENSAL-GREEN CEMETERY.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
In these days of desecrated churchyards it requires
a visit to Mensal-green, or some other of the suburban
cemeteries, to sweeten our imagination with regard to
the resting places of the dead; how contrasted is their
solemn quiet, their placid tombs, the fresh green turf,
the shrubby alleys, the perfume, and the flowers, with
the crowded, reeking, never-resting graves of city
burial-places. At this season of the year there is
something in the aspect of sepulchral places, that
harmonizes well with the shade of depression
which the falling leaves, the grey sky, and heavy
atmosphere of waning autumn insensibly inspire. On
a bright summer's morning, when the very sense
of motion is delicious, and nature teams with
images of life ; when the warm buoyant air affects our
spirits as if the atmosphere were laughing gas, and we
remain as recklessly defiant of death's- heads and cross
bones (if any such offensive trophies are to be met
with in these flowery regions), as if we had no per-
sonal interest in the only hatchment which, indepen-
dent of the herald's office, each son of Adam is
entitled to set up. In winter, too, one feels no voca-
tion for churchyard visitings ; there is nothing com-
fortable in the hivernal appearance of these narrow
houses, with all their imagery wrapped in snow; the
stone and green turf seem as melancholy then as in
Ophelia's song, and we would none of them ; 'tis only
misery, with brain on fire, can realise relief in " cold
obstruction." But at this period, when the sign of
change stamps itself upon the fading face of
nature, when the chestnut and lime trees
grow yellow, and the leaves of the sycamore
are spotted brown ; when the hand of the econo-
mical mother turns to account their falling yes-
tures, and wraps the seared leaves round the forest
roots ;
itself
when vegetation, vague and objectless, dissi-
pates in degenerate blossoms, sickly, and out
of season; and a rank over-growth, like children's,
for the grave ; there is something to remind us that
we are included in those metamorphoses, and that,
whatever path we tread, it is, after all, a branch
road to the tomb. The re-action of lassitude upon
over-vitality, tells as plainly upon our system as on
the general signature of surrounding objects, and we
feel a complacency towards the flowery bowers
wherein mortality takes its deep rest, that seldom
occurs to us (except under peculiar circumstances) at
other seasons of the year.
It was with a mind imbued with some such sentiments
that we found ourselv s sauntering along one of the
si le paths in Kensal-green Cemetery a few weeks brick;
musing, as the light thistle-down (which the winds
of autumn had detached from its flowers' disc) floated
by us, why man alone should feel such fear and mistrust
for the future, which charges itself with the safety of
an insignificant seed, and while consigning it to the
seemingly accidental guidance of the wandering
breeze, provides for its subsequent existence! It was
one of those calm, grey, pensive looking days in which
the subdued feelings we have spoken of are certain I
to predominate. The twirling leaves fell like great
tears upon the graves they sheltered, and every image
round us whispered the refrain of Felicia Ileums'
song, Passing Away." The mignonette, the roses,
the heliotrope, and clematis, with many others of their
lovely sisterhood, bloomed in all their summer bright-
ness, and covered up the loathsomeness of death, under