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The Newroyal Italian Opera House. Openin...
thought of the hurry when it has once got into the theatre , but remorselessly insists on the execution of the evening ' s entertainment as if no effort had been required to open the theatre at all . Impatience and ingratitude—these are the characteristics of that delicate monster , the British public . Accordingly , there was a " row" in the amphitheatre , and when the curtain finally rose for " God save the Queen , " the anthem was gone through amidst a deafening uproar , which Mr . Costa tried ineffectually to drown . Regret was sincerely felt , however , if iiot expressed , by the more reasonable part of the audience at tlie painful absence of Mr . Gye on an occasion
redoiinding to his honour as the creator and organizer of all these wonders and delights . We may add , that the appurtenances of the theatre , the lobbies , the crush-room and refresknaent-roorns , were much admired for their large and liberal proportions , lmt that the grand staircase was generally considered inferior to the former one . There was a little irregularity in the admission and refreshment departments in the hurry of the imperfect preparations ; but , taken all in all , the arrangements were as creditable as they were surprising . One remark , however , we cannot forbear from making : the prices of admission are on a scale which renders the commercial success of the
theatre absolutely dependent on the exclusive patronage of a very limited class of society . Is this prudent ? It is , at all events , questionable ; but time will decide . Les Huguenots has been played during the "week , and the theatre is now in complete working order .
490 :_ T He Leade R. [No/ 426, 1£At 23,1...
490 : _ T HE LEADE R . [ No / 426 , 1 £ at 23 , 1858 ,
Criminaii Record. The Coventry Murdek.—F...
CRIMINAIi RECORD . The Coventry Murdek . —Five men have been in custody , under suspicion of being connected with this murder . ' Three of them , however , are discharged , and tie other two are under remand . Eobbeky Extkaokdinaky . —A robbery lias been committed at Dawlish of a nature quite unparalleled for audacity . A man presented himself at the house of Miss Constance Brown ( the lady recently personated by the ¦ woman who lias been convicted of robbing Messrs . Hunt and Roskell ) , stated that he was Mr . Inspector Field , of the detective police , and said he had come from London to search for a quantity of missing plate . which , he said , Iiad been stolen by Miss Brown . lie added , that he
desired to perform'his duty leniently , but that , if there was any resistance , he should call in the services of some other officers fro 2 n Lbmdon whom he had brought with liiin . After resorting to other threats of the same nature , he was permitted to make a search , lie broke open a dressing-case of Miss Brown ' s , refusing to allow one of the inmates of the house to go and fetch a locksmith , as he said he could uot suffer him to quit his sight . Out of this case the sham policeman took a ring which he said he hadbsen searching for for the last seven years . The trunks of the lady ' s maid wore next examined , corded , and sent of to the Tailway station , at the direction of the visitor . Finally , the plate-chest was overhauled ; and , tlie examination being then completed , some Madeira was ordered , and the pretended policeman remained till a late hour , enjoying himself . The female
members of the family appear to nave been rather fascinated by his manner * , and to have felt grateful to him for the agreeable way in which he performed a painful duty . On leaving Dawlish , the fellow had tiic marvellous audacity to call at the police station , < md request the constables to keep a look on the house which ho liad just robbed . Handbills have been issued by Mr . Field , offering a reward for the apprehension of the thief . lie is believed to be the same person who recently personated Mr . Field at tlio house of a nobleman in Portland-place , and obtained from him a cheque for 50 ? ., on the plea that his son was in groat difficulties When presented at the banker ' s , it was necessary that thia cheque should bo endorsed ; and , by -writing Mr . Field ' s name on it , tlio impostor lias made himself liable to a charge of forgery .
Mukdkk at Wakeb-ikld . —An inquest was held' at the Sun Inn , Flocton , near Wakofield , on Monday evening , on tlio body of Thomas Kilner , butcher , a . yonn <* man who was killed with a conl rake , by a man named William Henry Norbury , in a public-house quarrel . The jury returned a -verdict of Wilful Murder . Mukdiiu int Dbihiysiuhk . —Two men at Unstono near Chesterfield , quarrelled over their supper late last Saturday night , when one of them drew a kniro , nnd stabbed tho other in the breast nnd stomach . The wounded man rushed out into tho street , nnd fell down dead ; and tho other was at once taken into custody .
IJoitouAUY in thk City . — -Tho wharf of Messrs . V and W . Tl'hito , corn-tnerchnnts hi Upper Thames-street , lias been broken into and plundered by a gang of burglars from tho river . Tho thieves rowed them . ••• elves at high water alongside the river front of tho premises in a Custom-house skiff , and then entered tho various counting-houses from tho water-side , breaking thorn open with crowbars and wedg < vs . As , notwithstanding tho great extent of the wharf nnd the large amount of property it contains , it is always loft unprotected at night , tho burglars met with ju > opposition , and therefore succeeded in rifling tho counting-houses of a con-Bidomlrie portion of thoir contents , and in possefwiu , " -
themselves of nearly all the money which they found in the clerks' desks . What , however , seems to have chiefly attracted their cupidity , was a large iron safe containing 2 cwt . of copper money . Being unable to force this open , they carried it out of the counting-house to the external wall of the wharf , where they endeavoured to lower it into the skiff ; but -the great weight of the safe evidently overcame them , for it missed its mark and fell on to the edge of the boat , which it capsized , when both
safe and skiff sunk together . At daybreak the following morning , the body of a man recently drowned was picked up at Blackfriars ; and it is supposed that he is one of the thieves who committed tlie robbery at the corn wharf the previous uight , and who probably was in the skiff -when it was upset . The iron safe was found embedded in the mud of the river at low water , along ^ side the wharf , by the workmen on their arrival at six o ' clock the next morning . None of its conteuts had been stolen .
Ml'rder ox Board an American vessel .- — Three American seamen , named James Thoin , George " Williamson , and John Shields , have been apprehended at liverpool on the charge of murdering Henry Banvell , a fellow seaman , on board an American ship , during- her xoyageto England from New Orleans- Oh the evening of the day that the ship commenced her journey , Shields went into the forecastle , and , having forcibly dragged Baxwell from his bunk , struck him several heavy blows with , a sling shot he had in his hand , which finally knocked him down . Shields was afterwards joined by
Williamson ' and . Thorn , when the three men attacked Barwell together , and beat him with , a belaying pin until he was killed by the blows . His body being soon afterwards missed from the deck of the vessel , it was ascertained on inquiry that it hail been thrown overboard . On the arrival of the ship in the Mersey , the United States Consul was . informed of what had happened , and Shields , Thorn , and Williamson were shortly afterwards taken into custody in a lodging-hqu .-c at Liverpool . They were remanded until the American minister could be communicated with as to -SYkat steps should be taken in the matter .
Gatherings From. The Law Ahd ".-;I J Oli...
GATHERINGS FROM . THE LAW AHD " .- ; i OLicii-cpuiirs . ¦ -.. ¦¦ ¦ ; . ¦ The Lord Mayor communicated'to . ' , tlie reporters at the Mansion-House , . last ' Saturday , ' the following letter from a Mr . M . Young , throwing some li ^ ut upon . an international question of great importance : — - " I saw in the Times that Luhji Sp ' adoni , " a . Roman , had Iieen condemned as a confirmed and adept : pickpocket to three months' imprisonment and hard labour . Having accidentally had communication with this Italian , and knowing that you willingly listen to all true statements ) , I venture to inform you of what I knew of him . I have to . state that I met him at an Italian ragged school in this neighbourhood ( Albany-street ) , kept by a
benevolent English lady . As 1 have been a good deal in Italy , I questioned him as to bis occupation and his motives for coming to England . lie told jnc he was a stonemason , had left Home to find -work , got as far as France , found no means of employment , was sent by France to England ( they must ha ' ve paid his passage ) , and he was now starving , and would gladly work or return to Homo if he had tho means , lie showed mo his passport of 185 G to confirm his story . This was in the month of November . Wo assisted him " with-a very trifling gratuity to work his way down to Dover , and furnished him with letters to friends thcro , who were to pay his passage across , 7 s . He went , but no one would take him on boar < l unless lie was furnished with sufficient money to go the whole way to Italy . These , I suppose , arc French regulations ; " though tlicy send tliese poor wretches to us they will not allow tlicir own
shores to bo burdened with them . The friends to whom he was recommended mipported him at Dover , and paid his journey to London in December last . Ho did not revisit the school , and in his destitute state it is to be feared that , under the tuition of tho b : ul characters who congregate in Field-liine , he bus taken up the discreditable practice of stealing pocket-handkerchiefs ' , lie is too stupid to become an adept , and most lilcdy did it to get into prison rather than starve , as lie told me ho had begged tho police to put him in prison or anything if he could but have food If the country is liable to tlio expense of keeping thc . so foreigners in prison , surely it would be bettor either to prevent their landing or oblige them to work at some honest calling . The kingdom of Sardinia obliges every stranger to prove Ills means of living or working by tho testimony of some householder before thov allow him to reside . "
An IriHlunan was charged at the Worship-street police-olliee last Saturday with lirxving assaulted and threatened ( lie life of one Henhouliel , an Algcrine gentleman residing at IVJory House , Wuudswoi'tli . The lntter presented himsolf in court , in bin native costume , and naid tlmt ho bad bcicn in the service of the French , both in Algeria and the Crimea . Me had * hm ; come to England , " as tho cherished home of freedom , " and had purchased some- building * in . 'Mulberry-court , Whitechnpel , which ho had ordered |<> be cleansed nnd rcpiiircd ; but thu wild Irish dwelling thoro resisted nil efforts at improvement , mid refused to \ v , \ y their ronl . He accordingly went there himself , accompanied by his dgant , mid wan instantly sumutiuicd by a host tif . savage
ruffians , who subjected him to groaa outrage and r > ~~~ sonal violence before he escaped , In consequent * e this , he caused the ringleader to be apprehended t answer to the usual interrogatory by the" magistrate a * to whether he waB in bodily fear from the violence of the man , the Algerine indignantly replied , " Pear Mm i Bismalah ! no ; but I fear ' nay . own passion , if he p ^ upon me the same indignity again , and I d . o no t . wish to slay him . " The Irishman was ordered to pay a fme of ten shillings , and to enter into recognizances to keen the peace . . ' l A poor Irishwoman has applied at the "Worshi p-stteijt office for assistance under circumstances which led ' to-an important investigation . A few days previously young -woman named Caroline Hurray had been cbar « e / l
by the porter of the Shoreditch workhouse with stealing a flannel petticoat ; but , as no evidence was offered , slieww discharged , and , oil leaving tlie court , was seized with tlio pains of labour in the midst of a pouring rain in the street , and was there delivered of a child . The Irishwoman rendered great assistance , and she was now reward ^ with ten shillings . She then charged a Mr . . ColIyer , a medical gentleman in the neighbourhood , with h ' avhig refused to render professional assistance to the poor -wo . man Murray . A lady who had also been present sai d that Murray herself frequently begged Mr . Collyer to ' attend her , even ottering him . money to do so-, but lie ' refused , and ordered her to be taken to the hospital hi a cab . v Mr . Hani mill , the magistrate , ordered an
investigation to be made ; and in consequence , 6 eveml of Hid workhouse authorities and Mr . Collyer attended . 'J ' ue latter said that he was hurrying at the time to fitful several professional engagements , and had-not . time to attend to the woman . With respect to the workhouse porter , Mr . liaiiimill said that , if the authorities were satisfied with his conduct , that was . ' sufficient '; but it was his . opinion . ' that' the man was grossly culpable , inasmuch as knowing that the woman was in such a , state , and not offering evidence from that cause , as avowed by him , he ought at least to have ' -procured a cab . Manifestly , greater attention was due in . all such matters than had been shown in this . He tm . stixl that
a woman in such a precarious condition would never be taken before any magistrate for the future , and he was confident , tlie guardians deeply regretted tluit tlio neighbourhood had been shocked by such a lamentable and disgraceful scene . ' Mr . Kelt , ( i- ( J ., appeared on Tuesday , in the -Court of Probate , on behalf of Prince Bahadoor of Oude , a ' n-1 moved for letters of administration of the prov > erty iu this country belonging to the deceased uncle of tlie Prince . Sir Crcsswell Oesswell said he could not hear the case because it was not " contentious business ; ' ' and , after a short discussion , it was arranged that a petition should be filed by the Prince of Oude , . mil : r . answer be put in on the other side , iit order to brinif the case within the rules of the court .
The false " Signer Boriomeo , " edicts Dr . Tucker , wao on Thursday tried and convicted at the . Middlesex Sessions on the charge of obtaining money by false pretences from the Morniny Star . It will bu recollected that he furnished imaginary reports of an imaginary Italian Conference ; and that , though pretending to be an Italian , he is really an Irishman . One of the witnesses for tlie prosecuiion was Henrietta Ann Shcllev , a girl whom he had entrapped into a false marriage , ami who was much distressed in giving her evidence . The scoundrel was sentenced to a year ' s hard labour , and was removed protesting bis innocence . A triple charge of bigamy is still hanging over him , and on this he w ill probably be arraigned in n few days .
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OIUTUA 11 T . Tins Duciikss ov Ohlkaks died on Tuesday morning at her residence ut liiehinoiul . Site was the youngest daughter of Frederick Louis , Hereditary ( iriuid-Dukc of Alvcklcnburg-Suhwerii ) , by his second mm Tinge with the Princess Caroline , daughter of Charles , 0 nnid- Uulce of Saxe-Weiinar . Her ICoyal Highness was born on the 2-1 tli of . January , 1814 , and consequently w . is f . n-ty-four years of age . The Princess was brought up in the Protest tint faith , but of course embraced Roman CiitholicisM
on marrying the Duke of Orleans . She appears to have been a lady of a most amiable disposition , and to have filled her high position , whether in times of prosperity or those of reverse , in nu exemplary . mnniier . Tho Prince Consort , shortly after tho sud news roiu-hed tho Queen at Buckingham Palace , left town for Ulchnioiul on a visit of eondolenco to the relatives of the-duchess . The Duchess of Cambridge , and the other members of the Royal family , likewise paid visits to tins i'ni ' . cJ Iloynl family soon after the intelligence was received .
Mu . Licwis Lovr > , tho founder of the London l > iinl <'" S firm of Jones , Loyd and Co ., and father of Lord < h , <' '" stone , died at tho close of last wc-ek , in hi * iiinWy- lir : il ' year . 1 > KATII O 1- ' ANOTHKIt llAVKr . OCIC . LiflltelUUlt < '¦ ^ ' Ilave . loelc , of the ( ilio (» rlcu ltoyirjionr , nophew <> l' t ' - lnto Major-CJoneral IJnvolook , linn been . shot dead IVom a hut , in an obscure village , on tlio road to Azimu ^ nr , while routing out some rebels who were obstructing tlu > progress of our soldiers . The Lieutenant nolnngi'd to Sir Kilwanl Lugnrd ' s column , and bad . served < lH " volunteer with bin uncle . His remains woni liroiig " into Jnunpore , and biu'iiul there . Ho is ( jTOiit ' y 1 C " greUed l > y his comrades ,
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Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22051858/page/10/
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