The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-31 00:00:00

WESTMINSI ER.

John Cutler, a man of most repulsive appearauee, was
charged with the following outrageous conduct :
William Cuombes, porter at Chelsea Workhouse, said
that defendant. was admitted into the tramp ward on Sa-
turday night and maintained until this morning. At half-
past 7 witness found him in bed, and told him he must g •t
up. Defendant refused, and sail ha was ill. Witness
to:d him that he must get up and go to the next ward,
where he would s,:e the dodo-, and in eider to
induce him to get up pulled the rug off the be 1. Del n-
il-int immediately said ho woul I go befo:o a m igistrate,
and jumping oat of bed rushel through a passage where
he seized a shovel, and hiving raced round and knocked
complainant down with it, he then 'struck hi a iu the
face, discoloured his eye, and made his month and nose
bleed.

Mr. Selfe committed defendant for two m3nths' to the
House of Correction.

TLIAME3.

TILE VICISSITUDES OF A WIFE.—Mr. Turner, solicitor, of
Leadenhall-street, came before before Mr. Paget with a
married woman, named Susannah Clarke, who wanted a
protection order to preserve her goods, chattels, and money
from her husband, who had abandoned her. She was the
daughter of Mr. John James Harris, watchmaker and rate
collector, of Upper East Smithfield. He was a somewhat
eccentric individual, or as Mrs. Turner described him, the
extraordinary Mr. Harris. On a former day Mrs. Clarke
gave a somewhat confused and rambling account of the
property left by her father, and that she had b,ciiu3
seamstress, afterwardsliving in a goed with c nnforts
about her, was dreadfully ill-use.l by her hus'J:ind when
he could not get possession of her property, uhtudoned by
;aim and driven with her children into the Mile-end Work-
house. The guardians. compelled him to take her out of
the workhouse, and the estate was about to be wound up.
Mr. Paget said it appeared the woman got her living and
maintained her family by her own exertions, and as she
was likely to conic into possession of property after the
29th of September next he would grant her an crder of
protection to commence at once.

Q UEE.J.V6 THEATRE.

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Oa Saturday a drama from the pen of Mr. Bur-
nand, in four acts and eight tableaux, founded on
Mrs. Edwards's novel, "'The Morals of Mayfair,"
entitled " The Turn of the Tide," was produced at
this theatre, and, we should have been pleased to
have added, with great Success ; but the extreme
length of the play, and the dulluess of the writing,
induced the audience to received the piece with
but very questionable approval. It must not be
inferred there was not an abundance of applause ;
quite the contrary, the friends of the parties inte-
rested in the success of the piece kept their
hands in almost continual motion, and shouted
loudly enough at the end of the acts for
the - " author," but notwithstanding tlnse exer-
tions of the clacquers the piece cannot be said to
be a success. We regret the circumstance, because
the management had spared neither expense nor
trouble in mounting the play, and, if we must
speak the plain truth, the scenery was about the
best thing in the;piece. The ladies' dresses were par-
titularly dashing and numerous, but, making every
allowance for the absurdity of fashion, they
were rather in advance of May Fair, and
it is rather questionable whether they will serve
the purpose of the advertising West-end milliner
who produced them. The plot of the play turns
upon the unfortunate marriage of Phillip Earns-
cliffe, the adopted son of an Indian millionaire, with
the daughter of a ruined nobleman. 'I he marriage
is in the first instance brought about by the mother
of the girl, who does not mind sacrificing the
happiness of her child, provided she, the mother,
does not suffer the inconvenience of running short •
of cash. After the ceremony Phillip Earnscliffe
and his wife reside with Lord and Lady Temple-
more, and thus the aristocratic lady gets com-
mand of the " ways and means." Of course the
union results in wretchedness to both, a separation
takes place, Phillip goes to Brittany, where he
meets with Margaret Ashton, and they become
lovers. Phillip tells Margaret, when it is too late,
the exact position of his affairs ; a parting takes
place, and after a lapse of time Margaret accepts
the offer of an elderly gentleman who has been
her guardian after the death of her father. The
acceptance of the offer brings on au illness, and
Margaret's marriage is thus delayed. Phillip has
gone to Switzerland, and whilst there he witnesses
an accident to an English traveller. The carriage
falls over a precipice, and the unfortunate inmate
who is killed is Phillip's wife. This circumstance
sets Phillip free, the guardian of Margaret forgoes his
claim on her hand, and after unheard-of difficulties
and suffering Phillip and Margaret are married. The
artistes engaged in the performance of the play did
all that was possible for their respective parts, but
none had a character to represent th tt made the
slightest call on their talents. Mr. Vezin was Phil-
lip and Miss 11. unison Margaret. Two bet-
ter actors there does not exist on the stage,
but the words put into their mouths were
twaddle from beginning to end. Mr. Clayton,
another good actor, had a slight part, a friend of
Phillips', and Mr. llycerplla?ieldnkthAelagtigerdwisananolf
Margaret. \lr. and t
Mrs.
Miss Larkin helped to strengthen the caste, but the
rese.lt arrived at was a very questionable
success.
The scenery was exceedingly beautiful. We sin-
cerely hope that the tide of non success will soon
turn at the Queen's, and that we shall in a short
time have plays worthy the acknowledged talents of
the excellent company which the management has
now banded together.