The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-10 00:00:00

HA KJ/ A RICE?' THEA7RE.

The revival of " Our American Cousin " has
proved an event of more than ordinary success.
On its first production, some years ago, Mr. Sot h ern's
admirable delineation of Lord .Dundreary created
quite a sensation, and the result was that the piece
ran we don't know how many hundred nights,
after which it was acted throughout the country
with the same success, and then again it was repro-
duced in London, where it met with another great
reception. The pourtrayal of the great character,
Lord Dundreary, by Mr. Sothern has been admit-
ted on all sides to be one of the most perfect re-
presentations that has ever taken place on the
metropolitan stage ; and the same high praise has
been given to Mr. Buckstone's embodiment
of the large-hearted, good-natured, and laugh-
ter-moving Yankee, Asa Trenchard. It is
not often that two such splendid parts are to be
found in one piece, audit is not to be wondered at
that such a circumstance should lead to the revival
of the piece again and again. Prior to the produc-
tion of a new piece for Mr. Sothern, Mr. Buckstone
and Mrs. Frank Mathews, entitled " Barwise's
Book," a few performances of " Our American
Cousin" are now being given, the " cast" being
nearly the same as that with which it was originally
produced. The piece; however, has been nearly
re-written, and although the plot rem•tins precisely
the same, the dialogue is more than ever replete
with fun and humour. In the first scene we have
his lordship delighting the ladies with his comic
song in the drawing room, and great as has been
my Lord Bundreary's efforts his vocalisation
is certainly one of his rarest. Then, again, the
state of hopeless obfuscation his lordship falls
into after having partaken too liberally of brandy
and water, and his retiring to bed, is one of the
most excruciatingly humorous performances we have
ever seen. His lordship, however, is not allowed to
enjoy " the balmy" long before our jolly friend,
Asa, who has been located in some room, enters,
and, unaware that the room is occupied other than
by himself, he commences smoking and singing to
the intense disgust of the aroused aristocraic
sleeper. Asa, not feeling right in a strange bed,
determines to sit up for the remainder of the night,
and to pass away the time 'he practises with his six
shooter at a mask close to my lord's bed. The fun
that this bit of entertainment produces is enormous,
and the trepidation of his lordship under the cir-
cumstances can be better imagined than described.
Then we have the celebrated dairy scene, with ad-
ditions, the reading of Sam's letter, and the piece
concluded with a now " tag," that fairly convulses
the house with laughter. Altogether " Our Ameri-
can Cousin' is one of the most remarkable pieces,
and from the large and brilliant audiences that
nightly fill the Haymarket lheatre its power of
attraction is still as great as ever.

LA IV lATELLIGENCE.—This Day.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE LCCAL BOARD OF HEALTH

OF WIMBLED9N AND EARL SPENCER.

This case came before Vice-Chancellor James to-
day. It was an interlocutory motion pending a
suit against Earl Spencer in the Rolls Court, for an
injunction to r.l'strain the defendants from bringing
the sewage of the town of Wimbledon on the Com-
LllOil, or enclosing any part of the same, or in any
way infringing free access, pasturage, or other
rights enjoyed by the copyholders of the common.
The Vice-Chancellor thought the carrying of
sewage over the land would be of advantage, but
the question with which he had to deal was that of
the enclosure, and he felt bound to grant an injunc-
tion restraining the defendants from in any way in-
fringing the rights of the commoners. An order
to that effect was accordingly made.

POLICE IN7ELLIG ENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS AT THE HAY-
MARKET THEATRE.—George Black, describing him-
self :as a baker, of Woolwich, wols charged before
Mr. Knox with attempting to pick the pockets of
two ladies at the II tymarket Thezttr e.
Mr. Alfre I Saittneer, of the Free List-offic
Haymarket Theatre, said shortly after 11 o'c!ock
the previous night he stw the prisoner come into
the theatre, and front the manner in which he
pushed about he was indaced to watch him, and
saw him work hip way into the dress circle. He
followed the prisoner, and saw him push amongst
several ladies, but was not close enough to him to
see what he was doing. The prisoner then went into
the lobby, and he distinctly SAW him put his hand
into a lady's pocket. The lady looked the prisoner
in the face, and the prisoner then left her and fol-
lowed another lady, and put his hand into her
pocket. He followed the prisoner out of the
theatre, and on telling him that he should charge
him with attempting to pick two ladies' pockets, he
said that he had made a mistake that time. He
then gave the prisoner into custody.
Alfred Austin, 206 C, said that the prisoner
gave his address Bone-street, Woolwich, but on
asking him that morning- if it was of any use going
there to make inquiries respecting him, he said it
was not.

Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, who made no
answer to the charge.

WESTMINSTER.

OUTRAGEOUS ROBBERY.—Thomas O'Keefe, a
labourer, about 25 years old, was charged with
stealing a purse containing three half-crowns and
45., the monies of Jewima Hayes, from the per-
son of Ellen Hayes.

The prosecutrix, who keeps a barrow and sells
fruit in the street, was, on the 4th of February, in
the Prince of Wales public-house, Pimlico, and the
prisoner, who knew her, was present ; she incau-
tiously opened her purse, and the prisoner, seeing
the contents, rushed at her, took the purse by force,
and was aided in his escape by one Edward Welsh,
who held the door open and kept back the prose-
cutrix and her daughter. It was all the prosecu-
trix possessed in the world, and she was unable to
go any stock to sell.

Prisoner pleaded guilty, and elected to be tried
by the magistrate.

Mr. Arnold said it was a bad case, and almost
amounted to robbery with violence. He sentenced
the prisoner to six months' hard labour.

THAMES.

OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES
BY AN EX-POLICEMAN.—George Brown, aged 25
years, and described as a labourer, was brought be-
fore Mr.Lushington, charged with obtaining money
by false and fraudulent pretences of several
persons.

The prisoner was formerly in the Metropolitan
Police for a few months. He was unsuited for the
service, and resigned. Since then he had been
waiting occasionally on charitably-disposed per-
sons, with a petit*, setting forth that the wife
and family of a police-constable, who had met with
a severe accident, were in a state of destitution, and
in want of food and clothing, and soliciting sub-
scriptions for their relief.

William Pigott, a police-constable, No. 59 K R,
discovered the prisoner with his begging petition,
and opposite the names of many respectable well-
disposed persons ls. and 6d. was inserted. Two
cases were made out against him. In one he had
received 61 from Mr. William Driscoll, in Cris' -
street, Poplar, and in the other a sum from
Mr. Robert Evans, beershop-keeper, Catherine-
street, Bromley. Ile was " trying it on " with
another person when he was captured by Pigott.
The prisoner, in defence, said the petition related
to himself, and that he was in. distress. The wit-
nesses had made a mistake, and a very great one.
Mr. Luihington said there was no mistake
about the matter, *except the one the prisoner had
committed, which was a criminal mistake, for which
the prisoner must be punished. lie, sentenced the
prisoner to three months' imprisonment and hard
labour, and assured him that if he was brought
before him again for a similar offence, he should
commit him for trial for obtaining money under
false pretences.

POSI7ION OF ME SOU7IL

(From the Anglo-American Timrs.)
It is an undeniable fact that no rebellion eve`
suppressed was followed by less shooting, hanging'
and other military punishment and coercion than
the Civil War in America; but those who suppes the
South escaped severe chastisement, because South'
ern gentlemen were not executed in batches, d°
not appreciate the position. Two gallant armies
contended against each other with varying fortUne°
for upwards of four years ; the stronger
gradual!):
prevailing, and eventually crushing the weaker, auct
then the survivors met each other as honourable
men, who, howe, er misguided, had behaved as
brave and faithful citizens of their States. I3etween
them there was but little animus, and soldiers w°
had fought for the South often sat with their cot:
querors at the same dinner table, discussing With
the utmost good humour the great events in Which
they were actor.; on opposite sides. But, folloWiflg
the Northern armies, were a set of political adven-
turers, who have done most to instil all the yen' I 3 ,0
possible into the wounds of the defeated Sou le '''
is not that these people hated the Southerners, ab:
barred slavery, and loved their African bzethren,hl'
that they desired to appropriate the largest possible
quantity of loaves and fishes, and to do ED it was
necessary to keep the South in a disturbed state'
to incite the poor whites into lawless acts, and the
blacks into self-assertion, amounting to insolence'
Their stock-in-trade was "soundness on the wail'
question," loyalty to the Republican party, and,
as
the extreme wing could only work in the SO/
through them, the support they received frcill
Washington, and the control they exercised over
the blacks, gave them considerable political intiu-
ence, which they naturally used to secure the mate-
rial object for which they alone worked. The cos'c
sequence has been some curious legislation,
a queer state of things, financially, down Setl/13'
Where such men get a strong footing they displace_
gentlemen as surely as a vitiated currency drives
out a pure currency, because they act without
scruple, and contact with them is so distasteful that
t
the honourable and the refined shrink from it. P'.
a certain good results on exactly the principle,/a.'d_
down by General GRANT. " Rigidly execute,
said, " a bad law, and it will cure itself ;" that's'
it will become unbearable and then the people beg°
to feel the pinch. Now this is just what is hap Pee:
ing in the Southern States. The carpet-baggers have_
had their fling, and they have been allowed sufficient
latitude to show them up in their true colours'
As long as they were denounced in Billingsgate by
Southern editors and orators, the North paid /3°
heed, but felt rather inclined to support men se 11/1'
scrupulously abused while working, as they or
posed, in Northern interests. Now, however, the
citizens of the Republic have to judge of fact
which condemn the rule of the adventurers by tee
best test which can be applied to it. The .111ilittirl
Committee of the House of Representatives 0:
amined a witness on the 14th February, who iden/114
fled a letter as written by the member from Seet3
j
Carolina, Mr. WhirreeeeeE, dieting to sell a eade,`'
.ship for $5OO, and we know by the cable despatch`
that the charge against Mr. WittrrEmortE Was
established, and that he was expelled fre7,
the House. Here, then, is a m i`en professing i;
represent South Carolina, the ".Palmetto" State!,
which Las always prided itself on its chivairl'
gentlemen, sending a Representative to the high:
est Legislature of the Union, who immediateu
turns to account the position to which be has been
e'ected to underbid all in the sale of cadetships. ily
deed one paper alleges that he used this cadetehiP °
the snail-coach driVer used a barrel of bad beer atbia
wayside residence ; that is, he always there pulls
up, and his passengers seeing good ale announce°
called for glasses, of which a sip was sufficient. Tb
uccmptied tumblers were returned to the barrel and
became to the coachman a fountain of wealth, evbich
never ran dry. Mr. WnirrEmonE, some one remarke-A
1
was able to sell cheap as he dealt with candidate",
he felt convinced would fail in the examination, \idle,:
the cadetship would again revert to him. When
antecedents of thisrepresentativeof the "Palmetto
State are looked into, it transpires that but 3 short
time I't
time ago he was a citizen of New York, where J'
had his wits sharpened more effectually than as
likely to be the case in the South. Judging 14'0
the Cable news, Mr. WHITTEN° RE is but
of many of whom Congress desires to be 11
and if in -n who exprers in extreme the prevail,
ing views in Congress are unpalatable to Congrces'
then
in can guess the hatred entertained for 'o
11
in the South, aid how hitter must be the 1/11,0
the Southerner has to swallow. In Louisiana
Governor accuses the State auditor of stealing 110
a million of dollars out of the Treasury, and tos
Legislature is so corrupt that a mass meeting
for
A in New Orleans to protest against its rascal
A judge is to be tried for incompetency, and le
giving illegal decisions, and the Governor opevt'o
states that among the persons who attempted
bribe him was the Mayor of NeW Orleans. In N°r`do
Carolina and in Tennessee, as we lately announce
the gravest charges have been brought against the_
State officials, who managed to secure the paes
through the Legislature of bills enabling th,e.-
to borrow money, and then appropriated t7O
money to their own use. Florida is, to say
least of it, as bad, and all manner of charges a° f
brought against the Governor of selling offices/
helping himself out of the Treasury, while et°et
efforts to impeach him now follow on the late 0..;
peachment trial. The same charges appear to be
advanced against the Lieutenant-Governor al/
many other State officials. From Georgia Gener01
TERRY reports that a few Republicans have joiO4
with the Democrats, and assert that the Governor
Stagis dishonest, and has stolen the funds of the Sts"bet
charges which he, however, adds he believes to
unfounded, and got up to cover other motives. 'lc
some of the heaviest losses may fall on New V/;1
where the Southern State Bonds have been ~4
posed of, and are likely to be repudiated, Norther"
eyes maybe opened to the prevailing state of things'
but the difficulty of the policy of the Republietia,
party towards the South ought not to be overlooks
Not to support these Northern adventurers is to
allow power to lapse into the hands of the 01-
p 0
who maintained the war against the Union. To safe_
port them is to support a combination of men 'Will
use the ignorant negroes in pursuit of a persontla
gain, It is easy to recommend moderation 900
publish a general amnesty, but experience 11
shown that the South will not be moderate, but re_,
.
lapse with a fatal rapidity into the old bola'
lid
ings. A new generation is, however, cominglirg
the scene—young men who were children clurThs
the war, and it is of interest to learn their viesva•
they can accept the position, power must reTe'tb
to Southern hands through them, and the pli://.0
would rejoice to see Southerners of moderate Yiebe
assume control in their native States ; . but if to
North be compelled to choose between ranWatbe
secessionists and carpet-baggers the reign of ter
latter will be lengthened. In reality the Plat A
rests in the hands of the Southern whites, apP
utor
though we are deeply impressed with the diflic
the Southerner has in tearing from his mind t
extreme views in which he has been educated, nuoot
he does there can be no really honest Governine
for the South, and no genuine reconstruction of tee
States lately in rebellion.

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JounNALlS3l.—Edward Seymour, Esq., forierl,lo
the literary editor of the Times, has become a partner
the publishing firm of Charles Scribner and• do
American satirical paper, to be called Punchinello, 0.11',,01
is iued in the course of a few weeks. 'lt is to be Mallet! a
by gentlemen of skill and experience, and will be I)3eki,,S
by a large capital.—Captain Mayne Reid's inai;B7.irie -ttor
exploded; "Onward" has gone upward.—Since Sel33.i
11 veld became distinguished he is said to be very
bo
bothered by. the vast number of alleged "relatives,'" n-c f
are appearing
on every side, anxious to use him in 8:" °
their office-seeking aspirations. tlf
OBITUARY.—Dr. Charles P. Bricken, author
,1 ja
"Cabin and Parlour," which used to be perforteeil,
Southern theatres as au offset to " Uncle Toni 's 04`"..c'...
'“'
was killed at Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 11, by the.
d.•ntal discharge of a pistol.—Wintun Willis. histortea of
0.
Portland, MaiLe, died in that city, Feb. 171-11°Illth°
Swe.,izer, a well-known journalist, formerly one 031,/
Proprietors of the Round Table, died suddenlY in ,3
York, Feb. 17, aged !..,3 years.—Otis Johnson, of 1,3„1,)%.,
leading horticulturist of Massachusetts, died on 111,..r5„50
Feb. 17, aged 69 years.— Charles D. Kirk, a wen", front
editor, fell dead in St. Louis, on Monday, Feb. 111
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