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

THE FREAKS OF A THEATRICAL MONKEY.

In the Westminsteri
lessee of the Theatr°.
recover Theatre
was for th
brought by the
alleged to be his ----'"—CounyCourt, an action was
maker, living af No. Miss Priscilla Ross, dress-
mornit 64, Drury-lace, against the
Smith), to
later) Royal Drury-lane (Mr. E. T.
done by, and for board as compensation for damages
it, 11l
and lodging of a monkey,
(defendant's) property. Mr. Gay,
and no one answerinecrr
defendant.
solicitor,
rap at the door the plaintiff and Mr. Roberts for
Frora
that on the Plaintiffs statement it appeared
of W.of the 7th inst., hearing a loud
room, the second floor front,
but
to her "come in," she got
up and openedmonkey—Oang "iu jumped a full grown
and making a most 7,whiell, after turning round
took up a new
but, with an air of authority, it,
bonnet, bow—(laughter)—
was tofisnedeiizneg
piece,. She then
gat
beforevrhich it at once broke into
with its right paw, it
From there it took pushing her aside
to tura it back ;
placed in its mouth,aPBrt"eeded to the mantelpiece.
stone egg ornament which it.
not to crack—(laughter)
gias—t used the same in
a i tt a
m warrantedbouri
tambourine,
e,
demolishing all the
assuming to play on it, it d(Leurzlislied,
view. Its next feat and crockery in
eetflified as to lose all
which, after various Attitudes and grimaces,
ter.) It was
whon witness, who
concluding
ruastdaafior ward, by eating the parchment.
pro-
ceeding to do further misohpi
from the first had been so
, embracing her
command of speech, now
scream-
ing loudly, upon which the
out her hair
very ung-illantly—(laughter)—_to
.71) the monkey was
nkd of that time,
comb, which it crushed to atoms,
screaming and assistance arrivinc: Continuing
secured, and taken to an out
maintained it five days. At the outhouse
where she
hearing it belonged to -Druey4a
side of which the house she dw i:e Theatre, on a
had it conveyed thitherothen,i:ve in
accepted,abutted she
she was told that for any dame • as and
she should be compensated.. ,4sur ,had committed
being done, she brought her 'cla'' however, not
Smith, as proprietor of the theatre. against Mot
Smith,
she saw the monkey atre. By Mr.
did not call the police, thinkino.th intrude she
take cognisance of such a novel offender. would not
ter.) Mr. Smith, in reply, positivelyer. (Laugh-
property in the monkey, or its being denied all
his " dramatic corps —(laughter)—_t a member of
it was brought by a pantomimist to ut he believed
the theatre,
from whence it escaped. forJudgrnent
who presented plaintiff with 10 defendant,
.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, an 3
800,000 in Russian America.
APOTHEOARIES' HALL.— The following gentlemen
passed their examination in the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs.
Arthur Gdonar;no L n Georgeaw
en
Mackenzie ha r eds
aird Benjamin Gray,
Oxford Carmarthen, ;
Henry Walker, Lynn, Norfolk ; and Alexander
Bruce Cheves, Aberdeen. As an assistant Richard 8.
rce Bacon, Lewes, Sussex
Milson, St. Mary's Hospital.
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Jan.
28: Richard
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