The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-27

witness in the world-renowned case of Chevalier
! Wlkoh, before Judge Kent, in the Circuit Court,
created a prodigous excitement on Saturday after
noon. Long before two o'clock, great numbers of
literary, philosophical, and Electrically inclined CT
tizens, and loafers, We're observed proceeding to
the City Hall, and when the anxiously expected
hour arrived, the Court room and adjacent Hobbies
were thronged with a mixed and highly interesting
crowd, all on the tptoe of expectation. The Che
Waller was early on the spot, accompanied by a
little, bustlinS young gentleman, with the map OF
Connaught on his countenance, and atlred accord
ing TO the last prevailing mode patronlzed by the
London swell mob, and who was, We heard II in
slnuated no less than of the immortal walters
of Longs hotel,' but we beg it may be understood
that, for the accuracy OF this statement, we cannot
positively vouch The chevalIer himseli--we may
mention for the benefit Of the highly respectable
| confrres of the "walters at Longs hoel,' in this
city--wore n claret- colored irock coat, and light
drab pantaoons made IN Jennings IL Co.'S. incom
parable style, and the collar Of his shirt not
turned down.
"Has Macready Gomez" SIS he here?' "Was
that his carriage in the Park!" SIS it not time?"
These and hundred other similar questions were
asked. But Mr. Macready did not make his appear
ance. A dull case was gong on, and duller law
Yer was talking TO twelve sleepy jurymen-but bn2,
buzz the whispering and the anxious inquiries, some
soto poce, and others loud enough to be heard all
through the room, continued. Still Mr.. Macready
did not appear AT last, tall handsome, middle
aged gentleman, of our most respectable ctl-
zens, David c. Golden, Esq, stepped up to Judge
Kent, and asked in loud whisper, "Does the
examination proceed to-day" In a moment all
was hushed in the room. NO. said his Honor,
with his placid and characteristic smile, 'it has
been postponed in consequence OF the present case
not being yet terminated" In few minutes the
room was deserted by all, save the Judge, the
sleepy jurors, the crier the everlasting lawyer on
his legs, and the parties in the suit. Mutenng
curses, not loud but deep the philosophers, loafers
and reporters moved off, all evidently much
chagrined by the disappointment they had expe-
ricnced. However, on next Thursday afternoon,
at the place, the great tragedan will appear,
as also the chevalier, without fail, and "no post
ponement on account of the weather"
We see that Chevalier Wikoff, the man-milliner,
has made some remarks on this matter, and &C
cuses us of annoying Mr.. Macready, by requiring
him to appear and testify. This is very amusing
piece of impertinence, indeed. Pray, who intro
duced Mr.. Macready into the newspapers in
nection with this chap Wikof? We never did it
The original announcement was made by Wikof
himself, when he stated that MIR. Macready mar
rowly escaped being levied upon for black mail by
in London; and, that failing in that, we almost
succeeded in putting him 10 the expense of
dinner. Thus this impudent creature thrust Mr..
Macready before the public; and now, forsooth,
when Mr.. Macready is here, and has been SUBJ
pDnaed to tell the facts of the case, the creature
calls out that we annoying Mr.. Macready
Far be it from us, indeed, to annoy Mr.. Macready.
But it has become our duty to bring him into
Court, in order that he may state the whole facts
connected with his interview with us, which was
only for a few minutes at Longs Hotel. In test-
mony of this we might, indeed, adduce the
waiters at Longs Hotel,' but it is not necessary;
and besides, it is very possible that the considera
ton of the chevalier's associations with them,
would not add TO their responsibility as witnesses
in the minds of an intelligent jury. However,
Mr.. Macready is here, and all honorable men will
JUSTLY US completely in calling upon him to detail
the plain and simple facts of that interview, out
of which this impudent fellow, Wikof, manufac-
lures a charge against us of attempting to levy
black mail, and to squeeze dinner out Of Mr. Ma
cready. We shall thus be enabled to show, by Mr.
Macready's evidence, how the chevalier got ac-
quaned with him--what took place during the
brief interview with us-that he merely asked and
received from us information respecting the state
Of theatrical affairs the United. Staes-and thus
we shall fully establish the fact, that more con-
tempible, mean, INSCRIPTIONS creature than this
Wikoff never crawled the earth. As we have al
ready stated, Mr.. Macreadys interview with us
was very brief, and after that we never again met
in private. Not even did return Mr. Macready's
cnr mot ofc Af RI hat
distinguished gentleman, but because we happened
to be so hurried when in London, that we abso.
lutely forgot or omitted to return his visit, which
in other circumstances we ought to have done.
So far from having the slightest disposition to
annoy Mr.. Macready, we had great pleasure in af
fording him all the information in our power re-
spectng the state of the drama in this country and
everything relating to his intended tour in the Uni
ted States. And afterwards, when this creature
Wikof, being chagrined at not receiving an invita-
ton to a soiree which he had found out was to be
given by Mr.. Macready, attempted to use us and
use our journal, for the purpose of venting his
spleen, we thwared him completely. When he
told us that Mr. Macready was the bosom friend
Of Dickens, and the editor of the Examiner, and
Mr.. Foster-we think it was-who formed, he
said, with few others, the little co,ere who were
assang the institutions and press OF the United
States in the Foreign Quarterly Reuiew, we saw
through him, and fearing that he might write some
thing to the Herald calculated to excite prejudice
against MIR. Macready, we took the precaution,
the very day before we left London for Paris, to
write, giving directions that nothing should be said
of MIR. Macready till our return, which would be
about the time Of Mr. Macready's arrival in the
United States.
These are the simple facts of the case And so
far as it is necessary we shall insist on Mr.. Ma
cready's evidence in support of them. We shall
show that all the charges presented in impudent
connection with Mr.. Macreadys name were vile
fabrcations of the creature Observation-Disclosures
in perfect keeping with the numerous other false
hoods Of which he stands convicted before the