The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-10 00:00:00

LYCEUM AND ENGLISH OPERA

HOUSE:

This theatre opened last night with an excellent com-
pany, two new pieces out V fhur, and the preliminary
salvo of the national hymn. Charles Dance's burletta of
the Beulah Spa commenced the entertainments. The
piece itself is neatly cast, and the component characters
last night conferred on it alfinished air. Auxiliary gems,.
also, were not wanting in the introduction of two new
songs by Caroline Grantley (Mrs. H. P. Grattan),
both of which were sung with a deal of witchery,
and the exquisite naive infused into " I'm o'-er
young to marry yet," was enhanced no less by its
light tunefulness than its fascinating style ; this lady
made a dashing beauty, a sweet guitarist, and a merry
gipsey. The waspish Mr. Batchelor (F, Matthews)
was irritative as a nettle, and reminded one of Farrel
in his best bits ; Oxberry was excellent in the LaMidlill
boy. L'Amour L'ilinquer, the second piece, laid the scene
in Melia, and showed off to much advantage some light-
limbed dancings. Miss Bailin was the Venus—but one
of a somewhat sylphid cast, and younger than would be
imagined of the Aphrodisian Queen, unless, as supposable
at that moment, when she sprang from the sea-firma and
might, by stretch of license, be fancied to be more juve-
nescent in her beauty ; she exhibited, nevertheless, much
rotundity of limb in her postures, and several
graceful swayings of the body. Hymen and
Cupid (Miss and Master Marshall) tripped airily ; the
rapidity of Mr. Gilbert's foot-flittings was surprising__
though in some of his positions he was not Bien balance.
The new burletta of Enthusiasm is without aim Or plot,
and hangs together by the slenderest thread imaginable,
but has one or two clever portraitures. Messinger Smith,
of the Thespians (Mr. Walter Lacy), makes love in the
most ineffable manner to Mary (Miss J. Mordaunt) :
her old guardian, Mr. Vane Waverly (F. Mathews)
is smitten with her likewise ; but young wit, as usual.
is more alert than sexagenarian, and love and marriage
are ratified in a breath by the younger parties, and the
help of Bore (Mr. Granby). The crazy trait in Mr.
Waverly's composition, whereby, as a phrenologist, he
discovers the bump of destructiveness on his onn head,
which drives him, while acted upon by this fancy, or
frenzy, to demolish every breakable commodity within.
swing, was felicitously hit. So also was: Messinger Smith's
temporary assumption of the music-master. Mr. Fitzball's
new melodrama of the Trooper's Horn, or the Goblin of the
Chest, rounded the evening's entertainments. The plot
is based upon the nefarious action of die Wizard Earl of
Soulis (Mr. Diddear) who inhabits an enchanted castle,
and wears a charmed life. Like the Styx-dipt Achilles,
he is vulnerable but upon one score ; and his deadly
enemy, Lord Robert of Brankrome (Mr. Barker), it is
foretold him by the red fire-goblin (Master Marshall).
shall alone achieve his death, when he beheld the face of
this sprite, w hom an averted head has hitherto kept hidden
from his sight. The Wizard hereby fancies himself safe,
Since Redcap the goblin, is encased in a triple-locked
chest, which spells alone can undo. His enemy in
Lord Robert he has created by standing as his
and conspiring with him in love for Lady May, a grace
ful and lovely personage (Miss Mordaunt). 'The red
sprite is unloosed by the silliness of one of the Wizard's
retainers, Anuan (Mr. Oxberry) ; they behold each
other face to face, and the Earl is about to expiate hie
evils on earth, by an immortality of pain below, when
he again holds parley with the powers of darkness,
and demands what ransom they will accept for a
renewal of his life. The life of one alone will
satisfy them—her whom he loves—the Lady May.
Solely regarding his own existence, with his myrmidons
he compasses his object—on the verge of the fatal hour
he drags her to the cauldron of immolation—the storm-
ing of the Castle at this moment takes place by her bor-
ther—Lady May sounds the horn that shakes the magic
of the Castle, and falls into the arms of her brother,.
while the Wizard Earl is snatched to the fires of perdition_
The scene is claimed by Scotland, but it is rather Ger-
manesque, we should say, than Scottish. The two cha-
racters of Como and Osric, moreover, must by the wri-
ter's fancy have become transferred to the Highlands by
mistake ; they are decidedly African, and suited only to
Fez or Morocco. As regards sustained excitement, there
is no lack of this in the piece. The house was full, and
expressed itself well pleased.

THE MURDER AT HIGHBURY.

(From our Evening Edition of Yesterday.)
CLERKENWELL.

Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. GREENWOOD tnok MI seat
on the Bench.

The murderer Cooper was then placed in the dock. lie
seemed in a good deal better health than on the previous days.
Stephen Turnbull, Thomas Grover, -- Young, and other
witnesses were examined, but the circumstances detailed by
them respectiloct the murder and arrest of the prisoner have
already appeared.
Mr. Drewry, the surgeon, was next examined. lie was
called on to attend the wounded man by r person named
Sumner.

The coat of the deceased was produced. The breast of the
left side was quite singed. There was the mark of the bullet,
hole in the middle of the singed piece, and another mark of a
bullet bole on the right side above the hip.
The medical gentleman detailed the nature and description
of the wound. There was no question that it caused Daley's
death, and that almost instantaneously. Daley was a stout.
built man, and ire perfect health when he met with his death.
Police-constable North, N 17, deposed to the capture of the
prisoner, and his appearance in the station-hou.,e. Found on.
searching him two bullets. Had known the deceased police.
man Daley about six years. He was a particularly quiet, in-
offensive man, and had left a wife but no children. This w
ness supplied the only link in the chain of evidence against
the prisoner which was wanted—namely, that he saw hint
from the time he got over the Rev. Mr. Wilsoes.fonces until
he reached the spot where the murder was committed.
Inspector Thatcher then bald the case against the prisoner
was closed.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Haie you anything to ay why you
should not be committed?

The prisoner replied—Nothing.
Mr. Corry ten applied that the prisoner alight be confined
in the New Prison until his trial.
The prisoner• said he preferred going to Newgate) whither
he was sent in the evening.

INQUEST ON THE BODY.
Yesterday, a.t half past ten o'clock, the Jury sworn on
Friday last to investigate the cireunastances of the death of
Timothy Daley, aged 42, met in the spacious dising.room. of
Highbury Barn Tavern.
The names of the Jury having been called ova,
The CORONEU, addressing them, said it would be rentem.
bered that they adjourned on Friday last, in order that the
examination of the accused party might be completed else-
where, and that they might have him before that Court
He regretted to state, that they were, however, in a sii..
milar situation, for they had neither prisoner or witnesses.
On Friday night last he (Mr. Wakley) communicated
with the Secretary of State fur the Home Department
on the subject. but by some mistake the order for the
production of the prisoner had been given to the Governor
of the New Prison, Clerkenwell, instead of the Governor of the
House of Core ection, in whose custody he was. It certainly
did appear that every impediment was thrown in the way, and
done to bring the Coroner's Court into contempt, for there was
nothing to have prevented the prisoner being before the Jury
on Friday, if the Magistrate had done his duty according to the
Act 2d and 3d Victoria, chap. 71, which compelled him to take
his seat on the bench at ten o'clock, whereas the Magistrate
in this case did not do so until eleven. Such proceedings were
calculated to bring the administration of justice in this country
into disrepute, and he was determined to see the matter settled,
After other comments on the conduct of the Magistrates, Mr.
Wakley adjourned the inquest till Wednesday.

On Sunday from an early hour in the morning and through-
out the entire day the neighbourhoods of Highbury and
Hornsey presented the appearance of a fair, in consequence of
the immense number of persons who attended there for the pur-
pose of viewing the scene of the late murder of the policeman
Daly, and in order togratify the morbid appetite of the public,
some of the persons who were present and who viewed the
dreadful catastrophe, had broken a piece out of the paling whore
Cooper, the mnrderer, stood, and had chalked the immediate
spot where the poor man Daly fell, and where Mott, the baker
was shot. It is estimated that there were not less than 15,000
who visited llighbury during the day, and the proprietors of
Highbury Barn and other places in the immediate locality
reaped a plentiful harvest.
Up to Sunday afternoon doubts existed amongst-the medi-
cal gentlemen as to whether Cooper had really taken poison ;
but the bottle which he admitted having thrown away whilst
being pursued, has been found in a field near Highbury, and
Mr. Drewry, the surgeon, was occupied upwards of three
hours analyzing the small portion remaining in it, the result of
whitish was that he had proved it to have contained metallic
poison. It is singular, however to relate, that when the bottle
was found the cork was in it, so that the prisoner must, if it
were really the one used, have taken the trouble to put it there
after drinking the contents of the phial.
In the course of yesterday the following disclosures were re-
ceived by the police of the robberies which the murderer has
perpctrated in the immediate neighbourhood of Hornsey. Late
on Saturday, a gentleman named Sware, residing in Single-
ton-street, Hoxton, gave information to Inspector Thatcher,
that on the Saturday week previous, in the afternoon, he was met
by Cooper, whom he has since identified, in a path leading oat
of Hornsey-wood. He demanded his money and watch, anti
on his ,refusing he struck him so violent a blow on his forehead
with the but-end of a pistol, that it split his head open, and tne
blood poured freely from the wound ; he than gave him tliss
watch, and he made off in the direction of Muswell-hill.

Mr. Southall, a gentleman of independent fortune, residing
at Downham's Villa, Hornsey, has identified Cooper as the
man who stopped him and presented a pistol to his breast
about half-past eight o'clock in the evening of Mon-lay last,
whilst returning to his residence from the city. He state -d to
Inspector Thatcher, that when Cooper came rip to him
and presented the pistol, he said, M Come, your money, there
is no time to lose." Mr. Southall states that he had i n his
trowsers left pocket upwards of 101. in gold and notes, ar.d„ in
his right, about 10s. or 12s. in loose silver. He gave Cooper
the latter, and showed his empty pocket, on which he r ix,
claimed, showing him the pistol, " Don't make a noise," and
made off.
Mrs. Roach, of Brookly Hall, Homerton, has identified h sin
as the man who stopped her a few days since near Lea-bridge,
and took a gold chain from her neck whilst holding a pis col
to her bead ; and also the boy who keeps the toll-bar near t
ate
Manor-house has 'Toyed, that six weeks since he was hitt isg
all alone in the toll-house, at which time there was about as.
worth of halfpence on the shelf, when Cooper came in, !and
attempted to reach it. The boy called for help, and he. skid
" I'll give you this," showing a long knife. The boy rani oat,
and Cooper made ff.

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TILE K I nK.—We are sorry that the (lovernmi?nt
have intimated an intention of bringing in a Church Bill, ; tnd
especially a Bill reFenibling that of Lord Aberdeen. But we
may save ourselves the trouble of deprecating any,aathoritat ire
attempt to settle the question. Sir James Graham will t tot
proceed far till he find that, like Lord Aberdeen, he has undies.-
taken a task beyond his patience, or that of any mortal State: 1-
mm, The Non-Intrusionists must be left to the law as it
They are beginning to tire already, and, but for the factitiot ti
aid they will derive from this_ step on the part of the Govern c-
urrent, they would soon sink into merited insigni*cance u d
contempt. We had thought that the expressed judgment o f
the present Government in regard to the Scottish Chunk%
question was, that no new law should be propounded until im-
plicit obedience were yielded to the old. Is Sir Robert Peek
going to turn his back on himself again?—Aberdeen Herald:
—['lsere is no cause for alarm. Sir Robert peel is too dee p
for the Non-Intrusionists. If he bring in such a Bill, end in -
duce them to accept it. he will prove to the would that tit
Non -In trusionist clergy are the most arrant knaves in existence
The appeal of the inhabitants of Chauria, in thtt
Puy de Dame, against the lodgment of the Court of Assizes ,
which condemned them to various punishments, for having!
taken part in the jots in opposition to -the census, had beta,
heard by the Court of Cassatton, andrejectid,