The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

TUE SDAY

NOVEMBER 27 1849.

and that it would have been the duty of an honest man,
if the stcry about tindir,g the antic es was true, to have
given them up to the lahulorn or tho party who had lost
them.

The jury, after a brief &liberation, found the pri-
soner Not Guilty.
Margaret Mitchell, a • young woman, was indicted
with stealing from the person of a young German,
named Kaugh, a half-crown, seven shillings, and two-
pence-halfpenny.
The prosecutor, who could not speak English, and
whose evidence was given to the Court through an inter-
preter, said he was a baker, living in Tabernacle-rquare,
and that as he was passing down Holborn-bill on Satur-
day, 28th October, the prisoner accosted him, took hold
of him by one hand, and put the other into his waistcoat
pocket. She said something to him which he could not
understand. Finding that three half-crowns, seven
shillings, and twopence-halfpenny, which a few minutes
before he had in his pocket, was gone, he called out
" Police," and gave ht r into custody.
The female searcher said, at the station she denied
having any money about her except the twopence-half-
penny which she said had been given to her by the pro -
secutor, but afterwards she produced a half-crown from
her bosom and another from her stocking. The other
moneys wi re not found upon her, but she was very
violent on her way to the station-house, so that the as-
sistance of another constable bad to be obtained, and she
had opportunities of getting rid of the remainder of -the
money by dropping it down gratings in the streets.
The prisoner in defence said the prosecutor gave her
the twopence-halfpenny and asked her to take a walk
with him, but denied that the two half-crowns belonged
to him.

The jury found her Guilty.
The prisoner had been previously convicted and suf-
fered one year's imprisonment in the House of Correction.
The RECORDER sentenced her to ten years' transpor-
tation. On hearing the sentence she set up a loud
hysterical cry, and could only with difficulty be removed
from the bar.

NE TV COURT.
(Before the COMMON7SERGEANT.)
The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in
trying Mint cases, none of which'preseutcd any feature
of public interest. •

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A cab driver named Richard Johnson was charged
with having picked a gentleman's pocket of a silk hand-
kerchief.

The gentleman stated that last night he was about to
enter a cab in the Strand when the prisoner came up
and said, " Allow me, sir," and opening the cab door
with his right hand, extracted the handkerchief from a
dress coat pocket with his left. The gentleman, how-
ever, felt what he was about, and, seizing him by the
collar, he held him till a policeman came up and took
him into ctistody.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was
fully committed for trial.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—James Miller, a re-
spectable looking man, was brought before Mr. Bing-
ham for final examination charged with having em-
bezzled the sum of 241. received for, and on account of,
Mr. Wm. Panesoa, pianoforte manufacturer, Cleveland-
street, Fitzroy-square.
The prosecutor deposed that in the month of July
last the prisoner was introduced to him by a friend, as
a person likely to sell instruments for him upon com-
mission. About a month afterwards the prisoner called
upon him again, and said he wanted a pianoforte for a
person at Brighton, and witness agreed to give the pri-
soner ten per cent. commission upon the sale, and all
other sales he might effect, and the prisoner was to
remit all sums of money by Post office order as soon as
received. The piano selected by the prisoner came to
241. Previous to the prisoner's leaving ho said he thought
he could sell at least two instruments a week. Witness
subsequently sent the piano to Brighton, and about a
fortnight after he received the letter produced from the
prisoner, stating that he (prisoner) had sold the instru-
ment, and that witness was to draw a bill upon him for
the amount. Witness declined to do anything of the
sort, and told the prisoner that ho must remit the money
at once to him, as per agreement. About a month after
he saw the prisoner in London, and told him he would
not take a bill from him, but that he would take a bill
from tho person to whom he had sold it. A fortnight
after that he offered to let witness have 10/. on account,
which he refused to accept. Witness then suspected
that all was not right, and from inquiries he made found
that the prisoner had received the money for the instru-
ment and converted it to his own use. He then gave
him in charge.
Mr. George Harper, an innkeeper, residing at Brigh-
ton, stated that on the 27th of August last he pur-
chased a cottage piano of the prisoner, and paid him
201. 10s., the price agreed upon, the same day. The
prisoner gave him a receipt signed " J. Miller " at the
same time.
Hughes, 114 E, proved taking the prisoner into cus-
tody on the 24th of October at his lodgings, in Howland-
street, Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner, on being
informed of the nature of the charge against him, said
he had sent up 15/. to his wife, and she in mistake had
paid the money to a Mr. ['yam.
The prisoner, who said he should reserve his defence,
was fully committed for trial.

LANCASTER MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.—Great prepa-
rations are making here for our annual literary soirée,
which is to be held to-morrow (this) evening. The
Rev. James Aspinall, Rector of Althorpe, the Rev.
J. P. Whittaker, Vicar of Blackburn, and several
other eloquent and distinguished gentlemen, favour-
able to the cause of education, have signified their
intention to attend and assist st_the maatioa, James
'Heywood, Esq., M.P., is to preside.— Correspondent.
At a meeting of the Southampton Dock Company
held yesterday, it was resolved, on the recommenda-
tion of the directors, to capitalize the entire debenture
debt by a further issue of preference shares. The com-
pany have power under their Act to raise a capital of
700,0001. and to borrow 300,0001. Of the former the
stock already created is 423,0001, while the amount
held on loan is 168,0001. The capitalization is to take
plale as the debentures shall fall due, on such terms as
may from time to time be decided upon, and in the first
instance 50,0001. will be raised for the purpose by creat-
ing a preference stock of 5 per cent. in perpetuity, with
participation in profits beyond that amount. In seven
years the operation will be completed, and the capital
of the company will then consist exclusively of
600,000/. stock, with full power to create another
100,000/. stock if requisite, to provide accommodation
for increasing trade.
THE LATE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A. STOCK-
BROKER IN HOLYWELL STREET.—LaSt evening Mr.
Bedford concluded at the Plough, Carey- street, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, an adjourned inquest on John Thomas Wild-
man, a stock-broker of independent fortune. The in-
quest-room was crowded with merchants and others,
who took a deep interest in the inquiry. Police-ser-
geant Thompson, F 11, of the detective force, stated,
that although he and his men had made every exertion,
no intelligence of the young man who slept with de-
ceased when ho met with his death could be obtained.
In his (the sergeant's) opinion deceased threw himself
out of the window. After some further evidence, the
Coroner summed up at great length, observing, that
although the case was of a dark, mysterious character,
au adjournment would throw no light upon it. The
jury, after half an-how's deliberation with closed
doors, returned the following verdict:—" The deceased
died of injuries sustained by a fall from the window
of Colliver's Coffee-house, but how he fell there was
no evidence to prove." The jury could. not separate
without noting the unsatisfactory evidence adduced re-
specting deceased's death.
The private advices from Rio do Janeiro, dated the
12th ult., quote the rate of exchange upon London 26i
to 27 ; Paris, 358 to 360 ; and Ilamburgh, 660 to 665.
The local stock was called 88 to 89 ; freights averaged
from 40s. to 455. ; and the coffee market was not well
supported, only moderate purchases being effected.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The Council
have received notice of two legacies—one of 5001. for
the hospital, by Mr. Lewis Morris Cuthbert, of Lyon-
terrace, Maids-hill ; the other for the college, 1001.
free of duty, by Mr. Wilkins, of Maokworth, Derbyshire.
MURDER AT BOULOGNE:OI2 Monday a murder
was discovered in the Tintelleries, which is not the most
reputable part of the city. A woman, about 40 years
old, named Ambroisino Barret, had, about 11 or 12
o'clock on the night previous, her throat cut by some
person or persons unknown. Several suspicious indi-
viduals were arrested on Tuesday ; among them an
Englishman, named Gregory, upon whom suspicion
seems to rest most strongly, but as yet nothing has
transpired tending directly to criminate any of the
persons in custody.
FOREIGN MIN UPACTUREB.—An importation having
taken place from the Continent of a quantity of figures
and other articles of a most indecent and improper cha-
racter, formed of vulcanized material, orders have been
given for them to be seized under the Act of Parliament
in force having reference to foreign importations of an
immoral tendency, and to be immediately and entirely
destroyed. This was an instance which it is to be re-
gretted is sometimes shown of a most inventive talent
with a facile power of execution being turned to the most
degrading and disgusting uses.
t SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—About 600
bales of cotton were disposed of yesterday at the
Havre market, at prices about half a franc lower than
last quotations. Arrived yesterday, at the port of
Havre, the Heliopolis from PernambucJ; also the Rio
from Buenos Ayres.
DEATH OF MR. SANTos.—Our readers will regret
with us to learn the death of Mr. Emanuel Dias Santos,
who has so long contributed to our instruction and gra-
tification, under the signature "D. S. E." Tho health
of Mr. Dias Santos had been indifferent for some years,
and for several months he had been unable to leave the
house, but such w as his desire to communicate the varied
and interesting stores of information with which an
acute mind, great observation, and much travel, had
supplied him, that he ceased not even on his death-bed
to indite what he considered might be useful and prac-
tieal upon the subject of poultry. Mr. Dias Santos, at
au early period of bis life took an active pat tin the
struggle for Catholic emancipation, giving that question
considerable literary, political, and pecuniary assistance.
In all his relations of life ho was a man of great probity,
generosity, and disinterestedness. By good acts he made
many friends, and by a bad act he never lost one.—
Agricultural Gazette.
A DIFFICULT TASK.--" You have only yourself to
please." said a married friend to an old bachelor.
" True," replied be, " but you cannot tell what a diffi-
cult task I find it."
FINE FISH.—TWO very fine jack were caught at
Marlow on Saturday, by Mr_ J. S. Wilkinson, one weigh-
ing 20tb. and the other 8Ib: They' 'were remarkably tine
fleshed.--13erkItire Chronicle.

ADELPIII THEATRE.
A regular-built, thoroughly Ade]phi domestic
melodrama was produced here last evening, and em-
bracing as it does the whole strength of the company.,
having been put upon the stage with the tact and kno;v-
, ledge of effect which is so peculiar a characteristic of
this theatre, being moreover an interesting drama,
and being accompanied by some clever and appro-
priate music, the composition of Mr. Alfred Mellon,
l it is not matter of surprise that its success was a
thorough Adelphi triumph. The authors of the drama,
which is entitled The Willow Copse, are understood
to be Messrs. Bourcicault and Charles Kenny, who
have introduced an innovation in the con-
' struction of their melodrama, by making it
coniist of five acts instead of three. The
plot, as is usual in such cases, consists of a some-
what complicated story of crime and retribution.
Sir Richard Vaughan (Mr. Boyce) has been disin-
herited by his father, and the broad acres have been
bequeathed to Luke Fielding (Mr. Hughes), a
neighbouring farmer. The will, however, has not
been produced ; Sir Richard has lived quietly, though
with mental uneasiness, on the family estate, and
has moreover seduced Rose (Madame Celeste) the far-
mer I daughter. Some rigid maxims uttered by
Luke on the subject of female virtue have such
an effect on Rose that she resolves to drown
herself in a certain " Willow Copse," and
betakes herself to the spot, having just written a
letter to her father. The good old gentleman,
being more profound in ethics than in literature,
cannot read the epistle, but begs the assistanceof Lucy
Vanguard (Miss Ellen Chaplin), a young lady, who
with her father (Mr. Cullenford), and her intended
(Mr. Worrell), is stopping at Sir Richard's manor-
house. She misleads Luke as to the sense of the
letter, and, going to the Willow Copse, prevents the
perpetration of suicide by Rose. She is escorted
back to the manor-house by Sir Richard, who has
likewise been to the copse to have an interview with
Hulks (Mr. 0. Smith), a mysterious villain, who
knows the eiistence of the will, and they find the
mansion broken into by the same villain, and two
accomplices (Messrs. Bedford and Wright). Sir
Richard hides Lucy in a pavilion, but dares not
detain Hulks, whom he recognises, and who therefore
escapes with the will in his possession. The discovery
of Lucy in the pavilion, coupled with the fact
that she has taken the midnight walk with Sir
Richard, fur a while compromises her reputation.
An explanation, which takes place at a harvest-home
festival, soon sets her right with her friends and her
father, but Farmer Luke, who perceives that Rose's
letter is used as the chief explanatory means, grows
very uneasy. As no one will give a satisfactory
account of its contents, he makes his daughter read it
herself; and the tableau in which she, on her knees,
reads the confession of her guilt, while Luke
stands listening with suppressed agony, and the
rest of the characters watch them with horror,
is one of the most effective in the piece. The disgrace
of Rose being fully revealed to Luke, he resigns
to her his farm, intending to settle elsewhere, but
insists on knowing the name of her seducer, the only
fact which yet remains untold. She resists his
demands and menaces, but the sound of a man's
voice outside the door seems to promise that the
secret must now be revealed. Luke snatches up a
billhook, Rose falls senseless, as also does Luke him-
self when he perceives that the intruder is Sir
Richard Vaughan, whose father was his friend. Sir
Richard, to shelter Rose from the paternal wrath,
takes her in his arms, while yet senseless,
and conveys her in his carriage to Loudon. The
old man, when he rises, has lost his intellect, and
a powerful scene is produced, in which Meg (Miss
Woolgar), the rustic servant of the farm, who has
innocently caused much of the mischief by her bab-
bling, is almost distracted at perceiving such fatal
results. Before the denouement takes place four years
are supposed to elapse. Sir Richard has married
Rose, and has been vainly endeavouring to find her
father, who has strayed from his home, and is sup
ported by Meg, now a London milkmaid. At last
accident brings him to his daughter's door, a recog-
nition takes place, and Sir Richard, while obtaining
his forgiveness, has the satisfaction of placing in his
hands the will, which has been recovered with much
difficulty from Hulks, who is exhibited as a
frequenter of the vilest dens in the metropolis.
It will be seen from the above description of the plot
that the Willow Copse, as might indeed have been
expected from its authorship, is a dramatic composition
of a much higher order than the general run of melo-
dramas—it is a well-built play ; there are neither
incidents nor personages introduced who do not sub-
serve in some degree to the progress of the plot,
neither is their a single scene in which it does not
progress; the dialogue, too, is of a higher order than
is generally to be found in compositions of this nature,
and the incidents are many of them of a perfectly
novel, none of them of a hackneyed, character. The
admirable manner in which the comic characters are
made to contribute to the effective working out
of the plot is deserving of especial commendation;
we recommend the attentive study of the construction
of this portion of the Willow Copse to all concocters
of melodramas. The piece was admirably acted ;
each performer was fitted to a nicety, and each ex-
erted themselves to the utmost. The Rose of Madame
celesta was one of the most touching pieces of pathetic
acting ever presented on any stage; in the suicide
scene she was exquisitely pathetic, an her acting in
the scene in which she reads the letter to her father
was perfectly agonising. Of Miss Woolgar's Meg it
is impossible to speak too highly—it is one of the chefs
ceuvre of this most talented young lady—as perfect,
though in a different line, as her Lemuel. The
Luke Fielding of Mr. H. Hughes was full of heart
and energy, and his mad scenes were given with a
truthfulness to nature which was terrific. 0. Smith,
as Hulks, was perfectly fitted, and his assumption in
the London scenes of the play of the character of a
missionary preacher, was a rich piece of sanctimo-
niousness. In the same portion of the piece Paul
Bedford appears as a pious beggar, wandering through
the streets, accompanied by four children, whom
he has hired, " warranted to cry like waterspouts,"
and addresses the public in general as his Christian
friends, with most amusingly impudent unction,
while Wright is full of drollery as a peripatetic
vender of razors and dog-collars. Mr. Worrell
and Miss Ellen Chaplin had but little to do,
but that little they did excellently well. The
piece was loudly applauded at the conclusion,
and all the principal artistes were called before
the curtain. We predict a long career of success for
the Willow Copse.