The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-08 00:00:00

THE ALHAMBRA PALACE,

The application of Edward Tyrrell Smith for a license for
the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square, was next proceeded
with.

Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh appeared in support of the
application. _ _

Mr. Metcalfe opposed for the Subloniere and Provence
Hotels, and Mr. Le Breton for the parish of St. Martin's,
Mr. Bodkin said the applicant in the case was Mr. E. T.
Smith, and the building for which the license was sought
was formerly known as the Panopticon, and which turned
out a failure. When Mr. Smith took the place the magis- '
trates were so gratified that they granted him a wine and
spirit license, and he now sought power to give first-rate
concerts and balls. Mr. Smith was an enterprising gentle-
man, and was well known for the admirable manner in
which he had conducted Drury Lane Theatre, of which he
was the lessee. There was a petition in favour of the license
signed by 182 resident rate payers, one of whom held the
office of churchwarden of the parish in which the Alhambra
Palace was situated. The outlay to keep open such a
splendid place of amusement was very great, and it was
only by giving entertainments of a first-class character that
a remunerative income could be derived.

Mr. Le Breton denied that the Alhambra Palace was a
fit place for concerts. It was a room of great magnitude,
so that all the delicate parts of music:would be entirely lost.
In answer to a question from Mr. Metcalfe,
Mr. Smith said it was not his intention to open the
Alhambra as a Casino, but as a place for stated balls for
particular purposes.

Mr. Pownell was about to take the votes of the magis-‘
trates, when

Mr. Salomons said if it was not tho intention of turning
the place into a Casino, he thought they would grant the
license unanimously.

Mr. Smith—l pledge my honour it is not.
The license was then unanimously granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A JUVENILE IMPOSTOR.—WiIIiam Edney, aged 13, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged under the
following circumstances :
Horsford, the chief constable of the Mendicity Society,
said, while in the New-road, he saw the boy follow a gen-
tleman down Portland-street, where he saw the gentleman
give him something. He afterwards saw him beg of a lady,
saying " His mother had broken her ribs, was confined to
her bed, and that if he did not get the sum of ss. she would
be turned out of her lodgings into the street." Having
left her he went and begged of another gentleman. The
mother had not broken her ribs, neither was she ill in bed.
On searching him ls. 6d. was found, and in answer to ques-
tions put to him, he said he was going to the Queen's
Theatre with another boy. In Nov., 1856, the boy was
brought to the Mendicity Society's office by a gentleman,
and he had been charged three times with similar conduct.
It further appeired that the boy was, some months since,
brought to the court charged with similar conduct, on which
occasion the gentleman he had begged of observing his
decent appearance felt some interest in him, believing at
the time from his manner of telling his tale that it was true,
and, pending inquiries, left a sovereign for his use.
_ _

Mr. Bingham said, 1
on the last occasion he gave him up
to his mother in the hope that she might get him on board
a ship.

The sister, a respectable looking young woman, said
nothing could be done with him. Her mother tried to get
hint on board a ship but did not succeed.
Mr. Bingham said he was thoroughly depraved. If they
could get him to Australia they might change his nature.
He would give them a little time to see if they could get a
ship for him.
Remanded.

A gentleman said he would try to assist them at a house
in the city.

A PALTRY FINE.— Thomas Hamilton, a lad in the
employ of Mr. Aldis, pawnbroker, Berners-street, was
charged with the following assault :
Richard Chilman said he was going along Berners-street
on the previous evening, being a little the worse for liquor,
and when near Mr. Aldis's shop he stopped for a minute
to look at some tickets before going in, upon which the
prisoner, who was standing outside the shop door, said to
another lad, "There goes a beer-engine." He lifted up his
hand as if with the intention of striking the lad, when he
said, " strike me dead, if you touch me I'll knock your
head off," and then struck him a violent blow on the head,
causing the wound (rather a severe one) as it then appeared,
and which at the time bled a great deal.
In answer to a question, the complainant said it was
done with a rule, and that he was going into the shop to
redeem something.
The prisoner denied he had done it, it was caused by a
fall. He merely said "There goes a fire-engine," which was
going by at the time. He certainly struck the complainant,
but he did not cause the wound. _

A very respectable witness named Crandle, residing at
52, Poland-street, here stepped forward and positively
swore he heard the lad say to another, " There goes a beer-
engine," and so far from the allusion being made to the
fire-engine by the lad, the fire-engine did not pass for
full four minutes after the occurrence. The complainant's
head bled a good deal.
Mr. Bingham said the prisoner must pay a fine of 10s.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a,
moderate business was transacted, 8,000 bales having
been disposed of, at full rates. The Railway Share
•
Market closed quietly, although prices m some in-
stances slightly improved.
A SENSIBLE CONGREGATION.—The Rev. J.
Richardson, incumbent of St. Mary's, in this town,
preached last Wednesday, at the Circus, a placed secured
for divine worship by the Rev. J. G. Knapp, incumbent of
St. John's, Portsea, capable of holding 2,000 persons or
upwards, which was crammed on the occasion. In the
midst of the sermon the gas suddenly went out. Unlike
some recent occasions, not the slightest disturbance en-
sued ; the congregtAtion waited in perfect stillness till the
meter was filled up, and the gas re-lighted, when the rev.
gentleman proceeded with his sermon.—Dury -Post.