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professor of elocution to the Royal Academy of Music, 
(whose advertisements appears in our columns), delivered an 
interesting lecture to a numerous and respectable audience 
at the Town-hall, Oxford, on the “ Oratory of the Senate. 
The talented lecturer, who visited the ancient seat of learn- 
ing at the instance ,of the committee for conducting the 
city public lectures, was well received. . 
Turkish Museum.— We have a report in type touching 
this unrivalled exhibition, but the pressure of war news is 
so great that the Turks of Hyde Park Corner must this 
week code the pas to the Turks of the Crimea. 
Ami: Rican Theatricals. — Wallack's Theatre. — Two great 
events came off, to use a racing phrase, during the past week 
at Wallack's, the manager winning cleverly on both. The 
first was a reproduction of a two act comedy, called “ Sous 
and Systems.” This piece was played at Madame Vestris’ 
Olympic Theatre in Loudon some fifteen years ago, and under 
the same title, Mr. Herald critic to the contrary notwith- 
standing. Mr. Farreii and Mrs. Orger, then played the parts 
now played by Mr. Blake and his talented wife, and Mr. 
Brougham shone in tho Irish-Scotcliinan, which he now 
again so ably illustrates. The comedy was excellently acted 
at Wallack's ; Blake never appeared to greater advantage 
than as tho irascible quick-tempered Lemon Sowcrby, and 
Mrs. Blako admirably filled up the character of Mrs. Sweet- 
man. Tho contrast between them was perfect, and so 
acknowledged most liberally by the audience. Brougham 
kept the house in a roar during the first act, by his quaint 
impersonation of Donald O' Macswccny, well seconded by Mr. 
Vincent as Root:, the gardener. The young gentlemen George 
and Edward were entrusted to Messrs. Bland and Stewart, 
who did their duty satisfactorily ; the ladies Blanche and 
Laura were played by Miss Steele and Mi's. Stephens. The 
latter makes a dapper and smart little cavalier, and was suffi- 
ciently piquant in the illustration. The piece was a hit, 
although the second act rather flagged in comparison with 
the first, which is redolent of broad fun. The principal 
notability of the week, however, was the .advent of Miss Rosa 
Bennett, who debited in the well-worn character of Lady 
Gay SpanLei' in Bourcicault and Co.’s animated patch-work 
of “ London Assurance.” This was presented on Thursday 
evening, before one of the largest and most enthusiastic 
audiences of the season, and with, as the bill most truthfully 
informed us, “ an unparalleled cast.” Upon first glancing 
over the names attached to the different characters, the only 
conclusion we could arrive at, was that they must have been 
all written on slips of paper, tossed into a hat and picked 
out by the actors at random. Such a subversion, topsy- 
turvyising and elbowing out of place ! Blake, our well- 
beloved and recognised Sir Uwrcourt, figuring ns Mark 
Meddle; Wallack descending upon Dazzle, and Brougham 
ascending into Sir IJar court . if the luck of the drawing had 
only caused Lester and Vincent to change parts, the seeming 
inconsistency would have been complete. We have not the 
slightest doubt in our mind, but that our feelings upon the 
subject were shared by nine-tenths of the audience, and that 
they gathered there in numbers curiously anxious aud not 
unapprehensive of the effect of so unusual a distribution. 
With the same candour we must confess to a most brilliant 
disappointment. We say it, and “ we say it boldly," that 
never in our experience have we seen the comedy played 
with more unity of purpose, or with a more nicely-balanced 
generality of excellence. But first of the fair debutante. 
To be brief, she took possession of the house at the end of 
her very first speech, and held it to the close of the perfor- 
mance. Spirited without being unlady-like, joyous without 
extravagance, it was one of the best renditions of the charac- 
ter we ever witnessed. The celebrated speech, — the chcvalde 
bataille of all the Lady Gays, — the description of the steeple- 
chase, was delivered with a clear, ringing tone, aud with a 
nicety of discrimination, to which the audience responded 
with cheer upon cheer, calling her before the curtain at the 
close of the act to receive the pleasant verdict of cordial 
approval. Blake’s Meddle was "’rich" to a degree ; Wallack 
never looked or acted better than he did as Dazzle ; Lester 
was fully up to Charles Courtly, wliich he invested with 
unusual prominence ; Vincent fitted Dolly Spanker exactly — 
although a little less exuberance of manner would tone him 
down to the standard of those by whom he is surrounded ; 
amongst them all, however, wo must confess to the greatest 
amount of surprise at Brougham's Sir Ilarcourt. That was 
a most artistic, and in some respects quite original concep- 
tion of the roue baronet, well aud carefully studied, wigged 
and whiskered unimpeachably, and costumed to perfection. 
Mrs. Hoey was the Grace Harkaway, and her lady-like repose 
of style contributed greatly to the rich fund of general ex- 
cellence. We begin to hunger most amazingly to see the 
same amouut of ability in something novel. When are we 
to have the long-promised five-act comedy by an American 
gentleman ? The “ Brigand” is announced : that will be a 
red-letter day to the habitues of Wallack's. Tho manager 
will appear in his original character q{ Alessandro Massaroni. 
— Burton s Theatre. — There has been a well deserved succes- 
sion of fine houses at this pleasant theatre, and all have 
nightly been delighted by the appearance of the two great 
comedians, Burton aud Placide, in “ Parents and Guardians" 
aud other excellent pieces. 
Canada. — A new theatre, to be called Her Majesty’s 
Theatre, is now in actual course of construction at Bytown, 
in Canada West, the probable future seat of government in 
the adjoining provinces. Bytown has already been a paying 
]i)lace for the different theatrical companies that have visited 
it, and now that it is arriving at the dignity of a city of con- 
sequence, there is reason to suppose that an enterprising 
manager would find it to his interest to keep the place open 
during the greater part of the year. The future lessee ami 
part proprietor ri Mr. Joseph S. Lee, a gentleman well known 
here in theatrical circles, and one whose claims are fully re- 
cognised in literary society throughout the British provinces. 
The plan adopted has been that of Burton's theatre, before 
the present pit was made, and it will cover the same space of 
ground. It is expected that it will be ready for occupation 
on the 1st of June next. Now that the railroad is finished 
from Prescott (opposite to Ogdensburg), Bytown is on the 
direct route from New York to Montreal and Quebec. 
FASHIONABLE, DRAMATIC, AND MUSICAL SAYINGS 
AND DOINGS. 
That eccentric operatic luminary. Mademoiselle Cruvelli, 
re-entered France by Strasbourg, to resume her duties at 
the ThdiUre Imperial de l'Opera. Consequently the new 
work in five acts by Scribe, aud composed by Verdi, was 
read on Thursday the 9th inst., and will be put into rehearsal 
immediately, supported by Mdlle. Sophie Cruvelli, Marie 
Dussy, MM. Greymnrd, Bonnehd, Obin, and Depassio. It is 
Btatod that the persons charged with iu forming the manage- 
ment, in due time, of the unavoidable absence of Mdlle. 
THE FIELD. 
Cruvelli failed in their mission. Mdlle. Cruvelli, alarmed at 
the consequences, fled in dismay ; but learning how much the 
prolongation of her absence aggravated her involuntary fuult, 
she solicited and obtained permission to resume her duties 
— most interesting fact to the English, who patronise art of 
every country but their own. 
The celebrated French comedian, Bouff<5, is now perform- 
ing at the Porte St. Martin, Paris, with great eclat. His 
health not permitting his taking a regular engagement at 
either of tho theatres where his pieces are the speciality, he 
has obtained an exceptional permission from the Minister — 
founded on his numerous services rendered to the stage, aud 
the morality of his repertoire. — to act at any of the theatres of 
Paris where and when he pleases, the Minister reserving to 
himself the right to fix the number of the representations — 
an honour English actors dare not dream of. 
News for the French Restaurateur of the Prin- 
cess's. — A new diablerie, called “The Five Hundred Devils,” 
is in active preparation at the Parisian Theatre, the Gait4. 
Rosati and Cebito. — Two ballets are in preparation at 
the Grand Opera, for Rosati and Cerito. 
A Royal Baby Wanted. — A report is current in the 
salons of Paris, that, in accordance with Spanish custom, the 
Empress of the French intends to make a pilgrimage iu 
order to a fruitful issue. We should suppose that such a 
shrine must belong to the Saxe Coburg Gotha family. 
Adelfui. — A new domestic drama is in rehearsal at the 
Adelphi. 
Jerrold and Kean. — On its being announced that Mr. 
Charles Kean had returned to London, Jerrold remarked, 
“ Has he ever been away?" 
Fact. — A worthy citizen of London wrote the other day 
to a celebrated maitre d hotel iu Paris, as follows : — “Sir, I 
beg you will send me my pearl-handled penknife that I left 
on my dressing-table in No. 23. — Yours obediently, R. M — ” 
At the moment of sealing his letter he found his knife. Re- 
opening it, he added — “ P.S. You need not trouble yourself 
to look for the kuife, as I have found it." 
A Mayor's Nest. — A newly-elected Lord Mayor, speaking 
of certain articles in our vivacious friend Punch , observed : 
“I despise those underhand attacks. Wheu I write an 
anonymous letter, I always sign my name to it." 
The Word of Command. — A very young officer of militia 
gave the word of command lately to an awkward squad — 
“ As you were last Monday.” 
Xam Sutcll igiro, 
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, FRIDAY. 
(Sittings in Banco before the full Court.) 
The Queen v. Alleyns and Others. — Mr. Edwin James was heard 
at great length in this cose, in support of the rule to set aside the writ 
of error and judgment signed by the defendants, for want of joinder in 
assignment of errors, thereby virtually quashing the conviction upon 
an indictment against the defendants, tried before Lord Campbell in 
December 1861, for defrauding a gentleman named Kennedy out of a 
sum of upwoi-'is of £7,000, upon a betting transaction, the defendant, 
Alexander M “Deadly Alleyne, being sentenced to two years' imprison- 
ment, and the defendant, J. Allevne, to six months' imprisonment. 
The grounds urged in support of the rule being, that a corrupt 
compromise to defeat the ends of justice had been entered 
into between M'Geacby Alleyne and the prosecutor, Kennedy , 
to put an end to the prosecution by payment of a sum of £6,300, a writ 
of error to issue so as to defeat the conviction. — Mr. Serjeant Shee 
spoke on the part of the defendants. — Lord Campbell gave judgment, 
and in terms of the greatest severity animadverted upon the course 
that had been taken by the defendants to defeat the ends ol justice by 
covert frauds upon the Court. The majesty and integrity of the law 
had, his lordship observed, been shamefully tampered with; and, 
upon the facts before the Court, they felt bound to make the rule abso- 
lute Rule absolute accordingly. The effect of the decision will be, 
not only to quash the writ of error and other proceedings, but place the 
verdict and sentence intact ; and the defendents, convicted in December, 
1831, and sentenced to undergo the punishment above mentioned, liable 
to be apprehended upon the warrants issued for that purpose. [At the 
present time an indictment preferred by the defendants stands for trial, 
having been removed by certiorari at the sittings after the present 
term.] 
A GAMEKEEPER CONVICTED OF POACHING. 
At the recent Petty Sessions, holden at Middleton Cheney, before 
W. Willes, and C. T. Willes, Esq., and Rev. F. Litchfield, John Jackson , 
of Greatworth, near Brackley, gamekeeper to Rev. Mr. Humphrey, was 
summoned for trespassing in a field at Ualse, in the parish of Brackley 
St. Peter, belonging to Mr. Edward Butterfield, iu search of game. — 
Mr. Fr&ncillou, of Banbury, appeared for the defence, — John Stevens, 
of Brackley, gamekeeper to J. L. Stratton, Esq,, deposed that, about 
four o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, October 5th, he saw Jackson 
and another man named James Barton on land belonging to Mr. But- 
terfield in Greatworth parish ; Barton had a double-barrelled gun with 
him. There was a ditch in the field, along which Jackson walked, 
while Barton went alongside, about four or five yards off, When about 
half way across the field, one of the pointers turned off up the field, as if 
it was footing or drawing after something, and Barton followed tho 
pointer with the gun in liis hand a distance of 120 yards. Barton 
turned aud saw him coming, when he went back to Jackson. He, the 
witness, went to them and told them he should summon for trespassing 
in search of game. Jackson had a hare over his shoulder. Barton 
asked him to say nothing about it — There was no other evidence for 
the complainant and, for the defence, evidence was called to prove that 
the defendant was returning from Mr. Bartlett’s farm, where he had 
shot the hare he hud with him, and that he was merely crossing tho 
field to make a short cut home. — George Turney deposed that he occu- 
pied 160 acres of land at Greatworth, and had a field immediately ad- 
joining the one in which defendant was stated to have been trespassing. 
Mr. Jackson was a gamekeeper, and he gave liim permission to shoot 
over his land. James Barton (who was with Jackson at the time, and 
was also summoned) next deposed that he and Jackson merely crossed 
the field to make a short cut, and he swore positively that neither of 
them made any deviation to the ditch, such as the gamekeeper spoko of; 
nor were they beating for game in any way. — James Barton was then 
charged with the same offence, on the same day, in company with 
Jackson. They were fined £2 each, and expenses, 17s. — Another 
charge was then preferred against Jackson for being in scorch of gamo 
on the 0th of October, on land In the occupation of Mr. Roberts at 
Greatworth. — Mr. R- Roberts, farmer, Farthinghoe, deposed that about 
nine o'clock in the morning of Thursday, October 5th, he heard tho 
report of a gun in a field over which the Rev. F. Litchfield has the right 
of shooting. He went to the spot and saw the defendant, in company 
with Edward Barton, an elder brother of the defendant in the former 
case. He told them they had no right to shoot there, as it belonged to 
Mr. Litchfield, and they went away. Both of them had a gun and two 
pointers. Fined £1, and 16& (id. costs. — The money in each cose was 
paid. 
|>nliw 3ntelligim 
BOW-STREET. 
BrmNo-norsE Case. — O n Tuesday, towards the close of the after- 
noon, the vicinity of the court became thronged with a mob of several 
hundred porsons, who were attracted to the spot by the apprehension 
of 1 1 4 "sporting characters," and others, In the house of Mr. C. Morbey, 
of the Sun publichouse, in Long acre. In order to accommodate tho 
defendants, the court had to be cleared of the public altogether.— 
Superintendent Pearce. F Division, stated that he held in his hand a 
warrant, signed by the Commissioners of Police, authorising him to 
apprehend a number of persons assembled in a public house known as 
the Rising Sun, 66, Long-acre, for betting purposes. Between one and 
two o'clock he proceeded with his men to the house, outside of which 
there was a crowd of persons, including a man named Robert Ryan, 
who was the check-taker of tho establishment, and whom witness 
apprehended for obstructing tho way. Witness then proceeded to the 
first-floor front room, in which ho heard a voice say, "6 to 1 " 0 „ 
some horse. On entering the room ho found ten or twelve persons 
seated round a table, on which there were several betting-books and a 
quantity of papers. Witness called out, “ I am an officer, and you 
must consider yourselves in custody." There were seventy persons l n 
the room. Some of the papers were caught up and thrown into tho fir,, 
before he could get them. Witness sent the defendants to the police, 
station, where they were searched — a number of papers, betting-books 
&c., being found in their possession, together with very large sums of 
money, chiefly in bank-notes, which were not taken from them.— Mr 
Jardine : Did you distinguish those on whom large sums of money were 
found ? — Witness could point them out — Mr. Jardine : Did you detect 
any leaders in the proceeding ? — Witness : The parties wore admitted on 
payment of Cd. each, which was collected by Ryan at tho door. Tho 
landlord is not present ; he was not there ; but one of the waiters i, 
present Some of the papers which had been torn up were afterwards 
collected, but he had not since had time to examine them. — Inspector 
Mitchell deposed to having gone at the same time into the back parlour 
of the house, where he found twenty-one persons similarly occupied 
He told them to consider themselves in custody. While witness was 
there, the waiter (Lancaster) wanted to enter the room, but witness 
refused to admit him. Witness found a book of handicaps and several 
sporting papers on the table, besides a portfolio containing other sport- 
ing documents, lists, & c. — By Mr. Jardine: Heard no observation 
about betting, and saw no one toko a leading part — James Marchant 
F 111, was about to state that ho had watched the house in plain 
clothes ever since the 10th ofOctober, when Mr. Duncombe, solicitor (who 
attended for several of the defendants), objected to the evidence. Mr. 
Jardine said, it might be necessary to show the character of the house. 
— Tho witness proceeded to state that he had seen most of the defen- 
dants present lotting, paying and receiving money at Mr. Morbey'* 
house almost doily, and he once heard Mr. Morbey, the landlord, say, 
" I have sold upwards of 200 tickets, and should have sold a good many 
more if it had not been for the superintendent." The waiters 
were soliciting orders while this was going on. After some further 
evidence of a similar character Mr. Jardine adjourned the inquiry, 
on the application of Mr. Duncombe, to enable the defendants to meet 
the charge. — The defendants were then set at liberty, after being 
bound over In their own recognizances of £50 each to appear on 
Tuesday next 
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 
The “Oatlands Plate." — James Tookc was summoned before Mr. 
Bingham by the police, under tho Betting-houses Suppression Act, 
charged with keeping a betting-office at 6, Great Windmill-street A 
second summons against Hannah Ijoebtr , as tbe occupier of the house 
and proprietor of the betting establishment, was also taken out. — Mr. 
Humphreys appeared for the defendants. — George Geddes, agent, 22, 
Queen-street, sai.1, on the Uth ult. he went to 6, Great Windmill-street, 
to the betting-shop of Hannah Loeber, and made a bet of fis. with the 
defendant James Tooke. Tho bet was five to one that a horse named 
Tc-sty would win a particular race, the Oatlands Plate. If the horse 
w on he was to receive 80s. for his stake. Having been informed after- 
wards that the horse was withdrawn from tho race, he went the next 
day to Windmill-street, and asked to have his money back again. The 
defendant said, if he could give him proof that the horse had been with- 
drawn ho would return the money. He referred the defendant to the 
sporting papers, in which the circumstance was mentioned. The de- 
fendant would not return the money. — Cross-examined : Had never 
seen Testy. Only knew there was to be a race from reading the parti- 
culars in the newspapers. Had not been at Newmarket to ascertain if 
such a race as the Oatlands Handicap had occurred. Had the defen- 
dant paid back the 5s. he should have said nothing more about tho 
matter. When tho defendant took the 5s. he entered the transaction 
in a large book. — Police-sergeant Thompson, C 2, said, he went with 
the witness to Windm. 11-street, and saw the defendant and Mrs. 
Loeber in the shop. The witness Geddes asked to have his 5s. back. 
Defendant Tooke asked witness to give him the difference of half a 
sovereign. He asked Tooke what he was going to give tho witness 5s. 
for. The defendant replied he did not wish to have any more bother 
about the affair. He naked defendant if he did not want to give the 5s. 
on account of the horse Testy. The defendant replied that was nis 
business, and he should answer no frirther questions. — Mr. Humphry 
for the defence, contended that no proof was given of such a race as 
the Oatlands haring either occurred or been projected. The state- 
ments in the papers were not legal proof, and, on that ground, he 
claimed a nonsuit — Mr. Bingham said lie would take time to consider 
the point, and adjourned the case until Tuesday, when he said he had 
considered the point raised by Mr. Humphreys, and his opinion was 
that he was bound to overrule it. He thought such a point could be 
urged with the least advantage by the defendant, who had taken a bet 
of 6s. on the race, and who, throughout, treated tbe race as a fact. He 
was very glad that Mr. Humphreys was present when he dismissed tho 
informations against certain gaming-houses on Tuesday, as he 
would have heard his remark, that when the object of the act of Parlia- 
ment was obtained — namely, the suppression of the cause of complaint 
— he was willing to deal with offenders leniently. In the present case, 
though the penalty was £100, he would be content to inflict almost a 
nominal tine, upon receiving an assurance that the betting-office should 
be closed, and having good surety tendered that such would be the case. 
— Mr. Humphreys agreed to the conditions, and the case was disposed 
of in the way suggested. 
LAMBETH. 
Another Bettino-hocseCase. — Mr. Henry Napthali Simmonds. a cigar- 
shop-keeper, at No. 2, High-street, Newington ; Mr. Richunt Jenkins, a 
picture-dealer, at No. 17, Princes-street, Soho; Mr. Edward White, of 
No. 6, Hallord-terrace, Newington, who described himself as a clerk; 
and Mr. Lee Simmonds, of No. 2, High-street, Newington, merchant, 
were brought up on a warrant granted by Sir Richard Mayne, and 
charged before Mr. Elliott, the former with keeping a betting-house, 
and the three latter with being found at his betting-house. — Mr. Solo- 
mons attended for the defendants. — Mr. John Lund, the superintendent 
of the P division of police, produced a report in writing made by him to 
the Commissioners of Police, and a warrant granted and signed by Sir 
Richard Mayne, authorising him to enter the house No. 2, High-street, 
Newington-butts, kept and used as a betting-house. On the preceding 
evening, at about a quarter to eight o'clock, ho went to the house in 
question, accompanied by three of his sergeants, and, on entering the 
shop, which was kept as a tobacco and cigar shop, he saw the defendant 
Henry Simmonds beliind the counter, and the other three defendants 
outside tho counter, but some distance up the shop, speaking to him. 
Addressing the former, he said lie wished to speak to him, and on hi* 
getting to tbe end of the counter he told him (Henry Simmonds) he 
held a warrant, signed by Sir Richard Mayne, to take him as well as 
those he found in the house into custody, on a charge of keeping a bet- 
ting-house. He (Mr. Lund) then read to the party the warrant which 
he held, and next proceeded to search the pluce. In a small box fitted 
up at the upper end of the counter and surrounded with scarlet silk 
curtains, in which there was a desk and a sort of pigeon-hole, for the 
purpose of receiving money from outside the counter, he found three 
books, all relating to liorseraotng, and four receipts for newspaper ad- 
vertisements, one of which Henry Simmonds said would appear in a 
morning paper on the following day, and which he (Mr. Lund) would 
see. On further search he found in and about the desk a slate-book, » 
letter, and several papers and documents relating to post and futuro 
races, with the odds on tho various horses hi the various races. 
next proceeded up stairs, and in a drawer in the bedroom lie found 
thirty-nine dice. — Mr. Elliott : 1 suppose these dice had nothing to do 
with horse betting ? They are such, I suppose, as are used in gambling 
— Mr. Lund: They are, Sir, and had nothing to do with horseracing. 
He (Mr. Lund) also found in this and other rooms letters and paper* 
relating to horsoracing.— In his cross-examination by Mr. Solomons, 
