The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-01 00:00:00

THE FREAKS OF .4 THEATRICAL MONKEY.

In the Westminster
lessee of the Theatre°.R6. 4'
and for board'
maker, living at N
his (defendant's) Smith), to recover
brought by th
a CoTinty Court, an action was
plaintiff, Miss Priscilla Ross, dress-
solicitor, was for th
answeringr Drury-lane, against the
oyal Drury-lane (Mr. E. T.
that on the morning P
done by, as compensation for damages
ndant's) property. Mr. Gay,
alleged to be and lodging of a monkey,
rap at the door of e°
afintiff's statement it appeared
defendant. From plaintiff
and Mr. Roberts fur
monkey—(laughter) ertullocna7,th inst., hearing a loud
and no one the second floor front,
up and opened it, w ;t:-) her "come in," she got
took up a new bonnet, 41 jumped a full grown
and making a most
obwhi°b'
but, with an air of autehfc" itY
after turning round
sequious bow—(laughter)—
pieces. She then got irliCh it
.at once broke into
with its right paw, it rote c'rifY,,. pushing her aside
From there it took a stoneedeet tbto turn it back ;
the mantelpiece.
placed in its mouth, but egg ornament which it
not to crack—(laughter) finding it warranted
eyed the same in
demolishing all the glass7s
view. Its next feat was to seize2lnd crockery in
which, after various attitud a tambourine,
assuming to play on it, it dettiolet6b and grimaces,
by eating the parchment. (Laughter.)4 ed, concluding
pro-
ceeding to do further mischief v,h It was
from the first had been so petrifieden witness, who
command of speech, now rushed f as to lose all
scream-
ing loudly, upon which the auunalor ward,
very ungallantly-intly—(laughter)—....to ,kembracing her
comb, which it crushed to atoms, out her hair
screaming and assistance arriving, th Continuing
secured, and taken to an out-housee monkey was
maintained it five days. At the ' where she
hearing it belonged to Drury-lanend a that time,
side of which the house she dweit. Theatre, on a
had it conveyed thither, when it was accepted,
abutted, she
she was told that for any damage . as_ accepted, and
she should be compensated, sulhad committed
being done, she brought her clai' however, not
Smith, as proprietor of the theatnt against Mr.
Roberts—When she saw the monk re. By Mr.
did not call the police, thinking they intrude she
take cognisance of such a novel offencr. would not
ter.) Mr. Smith, in reply, positively er. (Laugh-
property in the monkey, or its being denied all
a member of
his " dramatic corps"—(laughter)....4ut he believed
it was brought by a pantomimist to the theatre,
from whence it escaped. judgment for defendant,
who presented plaintiff with 10s. toward
her loss.

According to the last census, the total population of
the Russian empire amounts to upwards of 69 millions
of souls-55 millions in Russia properly so called ; five
in Finland, three in the Caucasus, four in Siberia, ani
800,000 in Russian America.
APOTHECARIES HALL.— The following gentlemen
passed their examination in the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs-
day, Jan. 28 ;—Richard Duchesne, London ; George
Mackenzie
Carmarthen,S.W. ; Edward Benjamin Gray,
Oxford ; Henry Walker, Lynn, Norfolk ; and Alexander
Bruce Chaves, Aberdeen. As an assistant, Richard H.
Milson, St. Mary's Hospital.
Bacon, Lewes,
rc e Sussex ; Arthur Garnon Law