The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

OLYMPIC.

The Olympic opened for the season last night under
the management of Miss Davenport, a young lady who,
as a juvenile phenomenon, was some few years ago
" all the rage." Our old friend Rayner spoke an ef-
fective opening address, after which the tragedy of
Romeo and Juliet, with Mr. Hudson Kirby as Romeo,
and the fair manageress as Juliet. Mr. Hudson Kirby
is an energetic and powerful actor, but somewhat
coarse withal. There is stuff about him out of which
to make a great actor, if he will but study hard and
eschew bad models. He has much to learn, and more
to unlearn ; but if he will devote himself to assiduous
study and refine his taste, he will ultimately become a
great—a very great actor. His Romeo was a very
unequal performance—at certain times exceedingly
beautiful—at other it was coarse, almost approaching
to vulgarity ; but still there was promise about it,
which is more than can be said of the majority of
Romeos at present on the stage. Miss Davenport's
Juliet was a performance of great promise; her
features are expressive, her person is good, her voice
is beautifully silvery, and in the more level
parts of her character she left nothing to be de-
sired. Her declamation is perfect. She was
evidently suffering from extreme nervousness, and in
the more impassioned parts scarcely did justice to her
powers ; but when she gets used to her audience this
nervousness will disappear, and in young tragedy she
will prove a great acquisition to the London stage. Mr.
Robert Roxby, as Mercutio, although somewhat too
farcical, was very good; many of his points told most
effecti'ely. The tragedy was followed by the farce
of A Chip of the Old Block, in which our old friend
Rayner, as "the chip," was himself. We hail this
admirable actor with delight, but cannot help asking
him—" Why did you ever leave us ?" The perform-
ances concluded with Don Ccesar de Bazan, the
übiquitous Don being admirably personated by Mr.
Robert Roxby. The house was crowded.

Mr. Sergeant Howley, in addressing the Grand
Jury for the North Riding of Tipperary, gave the fol-
lowing account of the state of crime in that county :
He said, that from the calendar that was then before
him, and the list of persons out on bail, he found that
there were 55 cases to be sent before them, in which 128
persons were charged with various offences. He could
not call that a light calendar, and when he looked at the
character of some of those cases, he must say that it was
a heavy one. There were two riots, in which 17 per-
sons were charged ; 15 cases of petty larceny, in which
also 17 persons were charged ; 8 cases of rescue of dis-
tress for rents, in which 30 persons were charged ; 9
cases of forcible possession, in which 55 persons were
charged ; 6 cases of rescue, where seizures under decrees
of the Civil Bill Court had been made, in which 18 per-
sons were charged ; 6 grievous assaults, in which 8 per-
sons were charged ; aad it would appear from the infor-
mations that all those cases were of a very serious na-
ture—that serious injury was done to the parties as-
saulted—that stones, those dangerous and effective wea-
pons in the hands of the peasantry, were used—and in
one case, that there was a deliberate waylaying of the
party assaulted. He only spoke of them, then, as they
appeared on the face of the informations. When they
came to be considered, and the evidence examined, they
would be better able to judge of their character. There
were four cases of commun assault, in which five persons
were charged ; one of highway robbery ; one case of
rescue of a seizure for county cess, in which three per-
sons were charged ; a case against a soldier, for obtain-
ing money under fase pretences; and one case of rescue
of a seizure under a coroner's warrant—making in all 55
cases, and the number of persons he had mentioned.
EXPORT of HousEs.—The well-known horse
Sheet Anchor, purchased for the Duke of Brunswick,
left this port on Wednesday, in charge of an employee of
Tattersall's, by the steam-ship Hamburgh, Capt. Brown,
for Hamburgh. Ten useful horses, purchased by Mr.
Riby Nicholson, are intended to be shipped this evening
(Friday) by the Victoria, and twenty from a valuable
lot at the Paragon Inn stables, selected by Mr. Schol-
field for the MM. Strauss, of Vienna, are to be shipped
to-morrow, per the Queen of Scotland, for Hamburgh.
A further lot of ten or a dozen is expected to be em-
barked by the Princess Victoria, for Antwerp.—Hull
Packet.
IVooccocas.—We never remember a season when
this bird was so plentiful as at present. In price, too,
they are moderate, selling from 3s. Gd. to 4s. 6d. per
brace. Their increased number is supposed to arise from
the great number of young plantations that have recently
sprung up in the country, but it is certain also that in-
stances of their breeding in this country are now com-
mon, compared with what they used to be.—Carlisle
Patriot,