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THE FIELD. 
tlie pleasure of gazing on tlio gallant Turks in all their pomp 
and glory. 
Bower Saloon. — The audiences of our transpontine 
theatres have long been held capable of appreciating nothing 
better than dramas of the Radcliffe school, bristling with 
accumulated horrors, and broad farces, in which genuine wit 
is replaced by extravagant buffoonery ; but most persons can 
recollect the clay when the inhabitants of Islington wore 
supposed to be as little capable of appreciating a higher 
school of dramatic art, and the success which has attended 
the efforts of Mi 1 . Phelps for the elovation of the popular 
taste, appears to have incited the new management of the 
Bower Saloon to attempt a similar experiment, which it is 
hoped may be crowned with as triumphant results. 
Brighton Theatre. — There has been little that calls for 
notice here this week. The pieces have principally boon 
repeats, and with one exception “ Open Sesame ” has been 
played nightly. On Monday, however, it was withdrawn 
to make way for “ Yictorine." The attendance has not been 
so good as it was during the opening, which happened also 
to be the race week. — Brighton Guardian. 
Woodin’s Carpet Bao. — This entertainment was opened 
at the Pavilion on Monday evening, and judging from the 
satisfaction it gave to the respectable audience it brought 
together, and from its own intrinsic merits, we augur for it 
along and prosperous career. — Brighton Guardian. 
Liverpool. — The theatres are in full force, especially the 
Theatre-royal, where Mr. B. Webster and Madame Celeste, 
supported by Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, glorious Paul 
Bedford, Parselle, and J. Rogers, of the Adelphi, Loudon, 
are creating an extraordinary sensation. The “Tartuffe,” 
Molidre's “ Tartuffe,” in all its integrity, has been received 
with great and well-mei-ited favour. The Liverpool Mercury 
thus eulogises the entertainment : — “ On Friday last, Mr. 
Webster appeared for the first time in his celebrated character 
of Tartuffe. Since the time of Dowton, whose inimitable 
representation of the ‘ hypocrite’ stamped him as a first-rate 
actor, there has not been so faithful a delineation of the 
sneaking, smooth-faced villain, who, under the mask of piety, 
attempts to ruin the peace of a family, debauch the wife of 
the mau who has received him, and plunge into poverty his 
benefactor. The piece will bo repeated this evening (Tues- 
day), nnd we advise all the lovers of good acting to attoud. 
Our old favourite, Mr. Baker, as the dupe of the designing 
profligate, acted well ; and Madame Celeste and Miss 
Woolgar were very effective in their several parts. The 
scene from ‘Number Nip' gives the opportunity for the 
introduction of some excellent dancing by Signor Lauri, Miss 
Rosina Wright, and Madame Celeste, whose pantomimic 
pieture of a Madrid bull-fight drew forth thunders of ap- 
plause. ‘The Pretty Girls of Stilsberg’ is a piece which 
always takes. Mr. Webster’s imitation of Napoleon Bouaparte, 
nnd the evolutions of the pretty girls, dressed as Prussian 
soldiers, under the command of Madame Celeste, ensure its 
success." The second night of “Tartuffe" (Tuesday) was 
honoured with the most fashionable house of the season, and 
on Wednesday the theatre was crammed in eveiy part to 
witness the wonderful effects of "The Thirst of Gold" and 
*' The Sea of Ice." 
Osborne. — The celebrated pianist, Charles Halid, had the 
honour of being commanded to attend at Osborne on Tuesday, 
for the purpose of performing before the Queen and Prince 
Albert some of the most remarkable productions from the 
music of Beethoven, of which M. Halid is so well known to 
ibe a faithful and brilliant interpreter. Her Majesty and his 
iRpyal Highness condescended to receive M. Halid privately 
(during an interview of nearly three hours, and were pleased 
to express to the artist their approval of the excellence of his 
playing, and to treat him with the most flattering distinction . 
The Magnetic Page-Turner. — Pianoforte players will at 
once appreciate the convenience of the apparatus entitled 
“ The Magnetic Page-turner," a patent for which has been 
taken out by the Messrs. Druce, the eminent upholsterers 
of Baker-street. Contrivances have been before suggested 
for relieving the pianist of the trouble of turning over his 
own leaves, but they have always been uncertain and imper- 
fect in their action. The invention of the Messrs. Druce 
consists of a mahogany frame, which is annexed at will to 
the music-stand of the pianoforte. The base of the frame 
contains a spring, the tension of which is effected by the 
( foot, which presses a lever in communication with a shaft 
screwed on the side of the instrument. The pages of the 
music are each furnished at the right-hand corner with a 
small disc of metal, attached either by an adhesive process, 
or by a sliding spring to admit of removal. The frame is 
provided on the left with a branch, which is in immediate 
connexion with the concealed spring, and which, when ope- 
rated upon by the lever uuder the foot, describes a rapid 
semicircular movement over the music, when a small horse- 
shoe magnet with which the end of the branch is armed 
comes in cout^pt with the metal disc. The result is obvious. 
The restoration of the branch to its original position is 
accompanied by the simultaneous flight of the leaf to which 
the disc is attached. 
Death of Mr. A Cooke, of Astley's Amphitheatre, 
prom Cholera. — The family of Mr. W. Cooke, proprietor of 
Astley's Amphitheatre, in the Westminster-road, Lambeth, 
has been plunged into great affliction, in consequence of the 
following awful visitation, which will deprive the patrons of 
that favourite place of amusement of one of the principal 
| performers. From all that can be gleaned, it appears that 
Mr. A. Cooke, was the brother of the successor of Mr. Batty, 
who was formerly lessee of the theatre. On Monday he went 
to Margate to see his wife, who was confined with a child 
there. After bidding his wife an affectionate adieu, and pro- 
I mising to see her again in a few days, he took his place iu 
one of the carriages on the South-Eastern Railway, in order to 
reach London the same night. The t rain had got about mid- 
way of Margate and London, when Mr. A. Cooke was seized 
with all the premonitory symptoms of cholera; he, however, 
kept his seat, fancying he was recovering from the attack. 
Upon reaching the terminus at London-bridge he appeared 
considerably worse, A conveyance was procured, and the 
unfortunate gentleman was placed therein, and he was driven 
to his residence in Mount-gardens, near his brother's theatre, 
where Dr. Beck and several other eminent surgeons were 
promptly in attendance. Everything that humanity or 
medical skill could devise was done for the sufferer, but he 
expu-ed between the hours of eleven and twelve next morn- 
ing, from Asiatic cholera. Owing to the critical state of the 
Widow the deceased ha3 left behind, it has been deemed pru- 
dent not to inform her of the sad event at present. The 
~ was quite a young man, being only thirty-five years 
» M a rlikk Actors. — Charles the First passed from an apart- 
ment in \\ lutehaLl to the scaffold, but the poor player, though 
rumed in his avocation, was true to his sovereign, and this 
loyalty furnishes a bright page in the actor’s history. On the 
14tli September, 1655. the performers at the Red Bull, and 
at Southwark-tuir, enlisted themselves into the army in the 
cause ol royalty. Most of the players (except Lowin, Taylor, 
and Pollard, who were superannuated) likewise took part with 
their sovereign. Mohuu became a captain, and whilst serving 
in Flanders, received the pay of a major; Hart was a lieu- 
tenant in Prince Rupert's regiment; Burt was a cornet in the 
same troop, and Shattorel a quartermaster. Allen, of the 
Cockpit, became a major and quartermaster-general at Ox- 
ford ; whilst Swanstou (of the Black friars) was the only 
player of note who sided with the opposing party. — Bentley's 
Miscellany. 
PROVINCIAL. 
Fatal Fall of a Cliff. — Last week a largo stone, weigh- 
ing about a ton, was suddenly displaced from the breast of 
one of the cliffs at Whitehaven, and falling with great violence 
to the beach, struck two children, aged eight and four years, 
who were picking up coals. Both of them wore killed on the 
spot, and the stone then rolled over on to a third child, who, 
though seriously injured, is still alive. — Carlisle Journal. 
Garotte Robberies. — Robberies of this description have 
of late been of frequent occurrence iu the neighbourhood of 
Eckiugton, and the thieves have, iu every instance, escaped 
detection. About a week 6iuce a person named Hall, em- 
ployed at Rainshaw Works, was attacked and plundered of a 
sum of money while walking between Eckiugton and the 
railway station. Ou the previous Saturday night another 
man had a quantity of provisions stolen from his basket in 
the same locality ; the thieves, in this instance also, prevent- 
ing resistance by strangulation. Other cases have occurred 
with the like result. — Sheffield Examiner. 
Lambton Castle. — It is reported that the stately and 
beautiful mansion of Lombton-costla is in a critical state, 
owing to some of the main walls having sunk to a serious 
extent, and affording reasons for caution, if not for alarm. It 
is believed that the workings of a neighbouring colliery have 
been carried under the entire house. — Sunderland Herald. 
Murder by a Brother-In-Law. — Near the Kirby sta- 
tion, and within a few miles of the spot where the railway 
accident occurred ten days ago, the following brutal murder 
has been perpetrated : — A man named Heury Shocklady 
lived with his brother-in-law, Henry Mercer, a farmer, of 
Kirby hill. They were always on the best terms, unless 
Mercer drank, when he became violent and quarrelled with 
Shocklady. On the day iu question, and just after his wife's 
confinement, Mercer drank excessively, and under the in- 
fluence of drunkenness hurried out of the house, armed with 
a heavy fork, towards the gate upon which Shocklady was 
sitting, the latter’s sister following Mercer, and begging him 
to retnru. Martha Webster, the sister, seeing that Mercer 
was making for her brother, called out to him to make oft', 
nud asked. Mercer if he was going to kill her brother. With- 
out giving an answer he pursued her brother, who ran off, 
and, coming up with him, dealt him such a blow on the head 
with the dung-fork that he felled him to the earth, when he 
twice again struck him. The poor fellow never spoke, and 
after a few heavy sighs expired. Mr. Woods, surgeon, opened 
the body, and found a clean cut two and a half inches long 
at the left side of the head, and another wound, an inch long, 
below the left ear, besides a severe wound ou the shoulder. The 
skull was fractured to the length of two and a half inches, 
which produced congestion and infusion into the brain that 
caused death. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of 
“Wilful murder" against Henry Mercer, who was accordingly 
committed to gaol for trial. 
Sudden Death of the Mayor of Gi.ouoester. — On 
Monday night, Mi’. Washbourne, Mayor of Gloucester, was 
travelling in a first-class carriage, aud was in his usual health 
on leaving Paddington at seven o'clock in the evening. Ou 
the train arriving near Stroud there is a long and rather 
acute inoline towards Gloucester, nud the train being a 
heavy one, it proceeded at an unusually rapid pace down the 
incline, so as to excite some fears among the passengers. 
Mr. Washbourne remarked to one of the passengera that t he 
train was running very rapidly, and appeared a little uneasy 
on the subject. Shortly before this he had been looking 
out of the window, but suddenly his fellow-passengers were 
alarmed by observing him fall backwards, and he appeared to 
he iu a fit. He was raised up, and, as soon as the traiu stopped, 
Dr. Cook, of Cheltenham, who happened to ho among the 
passengers, was called in. Little could then be done ; hut 
the traiu soon after arrived at Gloucester, and the unfor- 
tunate gentleman was at once removed to his residence. 
On his arrival, Mrs. Washbourne came to the door to meet 
him, and, as may be supposed, a sad scene ensued. Her 
husbaud was then insensible, and he died almost imme- 
diately afterwards. An inquest has been held, and a verdict 
to the effect, that the deceased died in a fit of apoplexy 
returned. He has left a widow and eleven children. 
Lamentable Occuiibence at Blackpool.— On Wednesday 
morning a young woman, while bathing at Blackpool, got out 
of her depth, and the conductor of the machine, an elderly 
man, who went to rescue her, found himself unable to do so, 
and the two rernainod struggling iu the sea, carried eveiy 
moment further from safety by the receding tide. The 
spectators remained helplessly screaming and shouting, but 
at length the old man's daughter, though unable to swim, 
rushed into the sea to rescue him. Her own life was thus 
iu great jeopardy, but she was saved by some of the male 
bystanders, and at last a young man succeeded, after great 
exertions, iu rescuing the others. Unhappily, all efforts to 
restore the old man to consciousness were unavailing. Ever 
since, the heroic daughter, to whom first it occurred to risk 
her own life for her father’s, has been — aud it is feared will 
continue — raving mad ; and the young woman who so nearly 
perished remains at the present time in a stupor which is 
only occasionally broken. More singular still, a lady who 
witnessed the sad affair from the window of the house in 
which she lodges, was soon afterwards smitten with delirium, 
aud in that state, we hear, she still continues. — Manchester 
Examiner. 
Strike of Crown Glass-makers. — The crown glass-makers 
of the Tyne and Wear are ou strike, the glass manufacturers 
having given notice to the men of their intontion to reduce 
their wages 6d. per 100 tables. 
A Man killed by a Vicious Horse. — On Monday after- 
noon, as William Parry, aged forty-five, a carter in the employ 
of Mr. Ralph Leyland, was putting a bit iu the mouth of a 
house, in the New Quay-yard, Nova Scotia, the animal, 
notorious for its ferocity, reared suddenly, and with its fore 
feet struck the unfortunate man on the chest and stretched 
him on the ground. It then deliberately kneeled on his 
body, pressing its legs on his chest nnd stomaoh, and at the 
same time bit him savagely in the shoulder. Parry's son, 
who was standing by, screamed out, “ Oh, father, father ” ou 
which M>mo workmen came to his assistance, aud attempted 
to drag tlio uufortunnte luau from his dangerous position. On 
this the horse rose, nud pursued them with great vioiousnesa 
rouml the yard, buiug ultimately secured with great difficulty. 
Parry was lifted up, and convoyed to his house iu Twenty-four 
Court, Pnul-stroot, whore lie died at noon on Tuesday, in 
K rca k agony i vomiting blood uml a quantity of green mat- 
ter. The cause of his fearful death is now placed in a Htublo 
in Leeds-stivot, but no carter can be got to go near it. It 
has been for six years in the possession of Mr. Leylaud, who 
resides n.t Puraaough, near Onnskirk, and is said to Iiavo 
worried several persona before its attack on its last driver. — 
Liverpool Chrunicle. 
El ; H VMl Pacha, tlio son of tho late Pasha of Egypt, Lad 
a private interview with tho Queen, at Osborne House, 
previous to Ins departure from this country. 
SCOTLAND. 
The Trial of Ploughs at the Berwick Meeting.— 
( From the North British Agriculturist /—Tile three best 
ploughs having now completed their trial task, and their 
throe ridges lying quite cont iguous, they became an interest- 
ing object nf examination. To a practised eyu, conversant in 
what constitutes fine ploughing, a very alight scrutiny only 
was necessary to fix upon tho best. The competitors taken 
in the order of the catalogue wore, — Howard, Ponton, ami 
Sellar. It is well known that one mark of good idough- 
manship lies in the more or less disappearance of ari^ beard 
in either stubble or lea ploughing, iu the seams of tho furrows. 
Howard’s plough is armed with an appendage — a little plough, 
whose duty is to scarify tho edge of tho slice that is being 
turned over — which effectually prevents any vestige of beard 
appearing. Iu Scotch ploughs this is effected by attention 
to tho position of the coulter and tho form of tlio 
furrow slice, and hence tho greater difficulty in attain- 
ing perfection ou this point. It was easy to sou, there- 
fore, that Howard's plough should have tho advantage* 
ou this point, but that plough lias also such a length 
of mould-board, and that mould-board beautifully polished 
steel, that it turns over aud lays tho slice in such an 
uubrokon ami glossy state, that to tho udmiror* of ffiiu 
ploughing its work appears perfection itself. No wondur 
then th:it Mr. Howard carried the prize; the work was u* 
regular as maohiuory could make it, and uot a bludu of grass 
to bo seen. Mr. Sellar's plough was soceml bust, but 
come very close ou tho first, while Mr. Poutou’s fell third, 
ami it was even whispered that an assistant followed tho 
latter plough, plucking up such largo tufts of grass 
as occasionally appeared too obtrusive. Notwithstanding 
this carefully conducted trial, by which an English 
wheel plough has beaten all tho Scotch swiug ploughs 
present, there will yet remain much room tor ques- 
tioning tho propriety of such a decision. We know tliero 
is now a pretty strong fooling amongst agriculturists 
against the system of lino ploughing, nnd that in many dis- 
tricts it is ignored altogether. It is also kuuwu that tho 
English plough-makers have of late years turned their atten- 
tion chiefly to that system which with us is falling out of re 
putc ; but betwixt the two there is still a marked diftoronoo. 
In the Scotch system, it is produced by u deceptive prouesu. 
of outting tho furrow slice. By tlio English method them in* 
honesty iu the cutting of tho furrow slice ; it is fairly and 
fully lifted. Tho laying tip and giving it the high polish 
seems duo altogether to a combination in tho mould, board, its 
great length, its curvature, uml its polish. The first and 
principal element, therefore, in the working of this plough is 
such as ought to bo encouraged, while the remainiug cau b*> 
modified to suit the views of those who may use it. 
IRELAND. 
Harvest Prospects in Ireland.— Tho weutkur since our- 
last has been of the most favourable kind for the growing 
crops, which are now approaching to maturity with every 
prospect of affording an abundant yield. The cereal crops 
are looking remarkably well, and no complaint is heard of 
smut or lodgment, notwithstanding all the vain that has fallen 
during the season. As to potato crop, while it is undeniable 
that blight has shown itself pretty generally in tho neighbour- t 
hood of Cork, still its effects are uot of the serious diameter 
which marked them in former years. Wo have been also 
apprised that it is more goueral iu this neighbourhood than 
in any other part of the province. Our city markets are 
abundantly supplied with potatoes of excellent quality, with 
prices varying from 8d. to lOd. per 21 lb. 
Mayo. — The cereal crops are fast approaching to maturity 
under tho present fine weather with which we are blessed, 
aud iu some instances, it is said, that uuder the same genial 
influouco tho blight in tho potato has been materially 
checked. 
Derry. — The weather, for the last ten days, has boon 
highly favourable for the crops, although we have hud yes- 
terday, and for a day or two previously, occasional heavy 
showers. The late flax is, in some places, considerably im- 
proved : but, on tho wliolo, this crop in the northern coun- 
ties will bo below an average. Wheat has suffered a good 
deal from rain. Oats on favourable soils will be weighty. 
Damp lands, however, have not recovered from the effects 
of tho superabundant rains which retarded the cultivation 
of turnips, and, consequently, this crop is in n more back- 
ward state than at this season in former years. The potuto 
crop is, in general, not weighty, although the breadth uuder 
cultivation will compensate for this deficiency. The disease, 
though uppercut, upon examination, in almost every field,, 
is not, as yet, making a rapid progress. 
Limerick. — Tlio weather since our last has been every 
thing that tho farmer could desire. The cereal crops aro 
all rapidly approaching maturity, and the sickle will soon 
bo iu full operation. Our market is abundantly suppliod 
with excellent potatoes, aud wo hear little tulk of disease in 
that valuable esculent. 
Submarine Operations at Kir. more. — On Friday, atone 
o'clock p.rn., Mr. Campbell, the celebrated diver, commenced 
blasting the Ling rocks, near Kilmore new pier. Some of 
these boulders are seventy tons at least. Suj> on attempt 
was never made here before. — Wexford Independent. 
Some nil NO suspicious again. Under this heading tho 
Lima irJJ Jlcpoiter gives the following : — “Captain Earl, ot 
the Elizabeth Taylor, arrived iu this port on Wednesday from 
the West Indies, reports having seen a very suspicious look- 
ing steam * T off the Blankets oil Tuesday, long rakish hull, 
' »nake-like," painted block, with loug black funnel; gave no- 
