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      —0—TEtE THEATRES . BAYMARKET . On Monday night tbjs house , the Adelphian performances at which terminated on SaturdaVi re-opened in its own proper shape with the comedy of " Money , " played bj the same performers who acted in it last season . Mr . Webster was received with the heartiest applause . The present season will terminate his

      management of the Hay market , which has now lasted many years , and which has been most creditably distinguished by the hearty encouragement he has afforded to living dramatic authors . At present he has around him a strong working company , which in all likelihood will bring his reign to a prosperous ; close . The favourite actors of the company were all loudly applauded on their entrance by a numerous audience .

      DRURYLANE . On Saturday last , this theatre opened tor a " short season , " and SirE . B . LyttonY •* Richelieu" was performed by a company totally unknown to the London public , and totally without qualification to dispel the obscurity . The representative of the politic Cardinal made of the part a singular combination of senility , inaudibility , and rant , and could only disarm the wrath of the audience by stepping forward and informing them that he had under

      taken the part at two days notice , while the actress who played Julie , or , assome of the dramatis personal called her , " Shooly , " added to the absurdity of the exhibition by leading her words from a book . The-play was followed by mingled applause disapprobation , and derision , and evidently left an impression that a time-honoured establishment had been deeply degraded . Some clever tumbling-feats restored the good humour , but could not elicit the respect of the audience .

      ADELPHL The opening of this favourite house on Monday night was signalised by the re-appearance of Madame Celeste , who had been absent for about twelvemonth , on ah American tour . An enthusiastic round of applause and three bouquets greeted her first entrance , and probably no artist was fever Bidre deserving of a ftearty welcome . The drama selected for the re-appearance of Madame Celeste was " Green Bushes , " which may be terinea the evergreen of the Adelpht . Although ithas been so often

      playedfor the number of its representations are counted by hundreds , not units—it was exactly " the piece suited for the occasion . Ev ery actor has some particular character with which he is identifiedi and in which his likeness is generally taken by . the portrait painter . With Madame Celeste this character is Miami ,. the "huntress of the Mississippi , " and when sheappeared with her Indian costume , and the light rifle in her hand , it was her own proper self that she brought before the audience . Any other dress would have been a disguise . ri

      Moreover , " GreenBushes' has intrifisic qualities , ^ hich , however often it is played , prevent it fri ^^ ppearii ^ nackn ^ d , Every playgoer is familiar with every incident and every joke in the piece , but still everybody is disposed to gaze with / admiration on the generous but vindictive Miami , to laugh at th $ eccentricities of Jack Gong and his " giv ' ner , " and to sympathise with the wild

      natural joy and grief which Miss Wookar displays as Nelly , that most faithful of foster sisters . The secession of Mr . Wn « ht from the theatre causes an important change in the cast j but Mr . Honey , who frequently played ' " Master Grinnidge " during Mi . Wright ' s illness , is well versed in all the business of the parti mM is no inefficient substitute lor his predecessor . The jtMitujes of the house must have remarked for the last two rears the ^ radiial xne nouse must nave remarKed lor the last two years the gradual

      rise of Mr . Honey since he firsltopKa decided ' striSe in a raelo . drama called "Jessy Grey . " tiis industry and zeal is unbounded and his chief endeavour should now be to put a check on an ultra * grotesque tendency , and to tone down a certain hardness which pervades his grimaces and his gesticulations . With a little care he may be one of the first broad "low comedians'' of the present day . The entertainment closed with "Jack Sheppard , " which has been re-transferred froa the Haymarket , and in Which Mrs . Keeley is as admirable as ever , the house was crowded '"'

      SURREY . On Monday night this theatre , after having undergone a thorough renovation and re-decoration , was opened for the season with no fewer than three new pieces . The firkt entitled "the Seasons /' was said to have been suggested by Thomson ' s poem ; but it seemed to have nothing in common with it beyond the name . In the first act , ' * Spring , " there is an evil landlord night Leeward-. This Leeward has a pretty ward upon whom he has himself designs , but she sacrifices her fortune and weds Mr .

      Bnghthari , a gentleman whose father also disinherits hirft for having married a penniless girl . In the second act ; ( ten years later ) Brightheart is represented in the full enjoyment of the happiness to which his devoted love has entitled him—the father of two children , and the possessor of a fine estate , which tte fruiti of his industry have enabled him to purchase . This is * ' Summer ? But " Autumn" is approaching . This epoch is fixed five years later ; and in it BrightkarCs son has been led into extravagant habits by the plotting of Martin Iron , the steward of Leeward m his days of prosperity , but who , having been ruined by his . spendthrift conduct , is now used as his tool . Leeward had been

      originally a needy adventurer , and had entertained a passion for Avumda , but he now transfers it to her daughter , and meeting witn a repu . se , he wreaks his vengeance upon her brother , whom ne causes to be arrested . BrigHheart t after a severe mental struggle , forgives his heir , and pays his debts ; but the youn * man , desirous to retrieve his reputation , leaves the country , fifteen years after the events set forth in this act , Mrightheart comes once more before the audience consumed with anxieties for mslostson ; but the prodigal at last returns . The . joy of the reunionhoweveri

      , , s interrupted by a sad catastrophe . Iron has aad an encounter with Leeward , who has been reduced to be ^ ary and whom he shoots . In the struggle he sustains sonief hurts of which he takes advantage to charge young Brightheart with robbery and attempted murder . He calls upon the faiher to commit his son ; the aged parent enacts the " antique Roman , " and upon / rws sworn deposition signs a warrant . "Now is the winter of general " discontent ; " but the falsity of Iron ' s charee is suddenl y made manifest ; and he is himself committed for uerjury , with a comfortable prospect of being also tried for murder He ^ is then led off to prisoft amidst universal shouts of ttiuinpb Somali , whether on or off &e stage . Tifc f > iiri * is i very Mr

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      production of the school , and achieved an unequivocal success . The principal character ' s Were exceedingly well sustained by Messrs . Creswick , Shepherd , Davis , and Mead . Some very amtisihg comic business was introduced for the special benefit of M ^ H ' . Widdicornb , who , however , would not be less funny if he interpolated the text a little less freely with oaths arid other profanities . Mr . A . Younge , likewise , enacted a benevolent misanthrope with considerable effect . The second piece was called " Going tb Cremorrie / ' in which Mr . Widdicoml ) sustained the nt * nnnnfiAn f \ $ f \\ r \ nAnnl ** w + A A / ilitniTn / i « v \ n HAr < nitrnnn ) cun / tac ? ^

      chief burden . Mr . and IBs . Twuzle ( Mr . Younge and Miss Dbria ) have both been to Cremorne by stealth : and nave both seeri a certain waiter , one Peter Pathetic , ( Mr . Widdicomb ) , who happens to be engaged by Mrs . Twizzle ' s aunt as a footman for her niece . Hence the guilty couple are thrown into agonies of fear lest things should be found out ; and to add to the embarrassineht of Mr . Twizde , Peter takes it into his head that he is his long lost father . The extravagancies that result would take too long to tell ; but the miseries of the hapless couple oug ; ht to be quite enough to prevent clandestine visits to any forbidden amusements whatever . The entertainments concluded . With a drama , n two acts , " of intense domestic interest , " and called "The Divorce /'

      PRINCESS'S Mr . Bouricault ' s pretty little comedy "The Prima Donna " ( which cpntihUesJtb bei performed nightly , with undirairiisbed success , ) was , followed oh Wednesdayevening by a melodrama called << Mount St , Michel ; or , ihe Fairy of the ' Sands ; " a piece entirel y of the Adelphi school , and produced , apparently , for the purpose of bringing out Mr . John Wright , who is now a member

      of Mr . Kean ' s company . In point of dramatic quality , " Mount St . Michel" is even below the ordinary standard of pieces of this class ; indeed it is utterly destitute of merit ; being a jumble of stale rnelodramatic incidents , and unmeaning buffoonery . There is an old French count , who is pursued by a powerful enemy , and seeks shelter arid concealment on the rock of Mount St . Michel , on the 1 ; cb ^ st of j > formandy , accompanied by nis daughter , an ultra-heroiiie , who does wonderifui things , and encounters un-^ $ ^ ^ W ? ( except in melodramas ) to save him . Then the young lad of course has a lover—a very chivalrous gentleman , who fights with arid conquersiije villain of the piece ; and there is the usual assortment of villagers , who dance and sing choruses , monks who walk in procession and Vmg hymns—fierce-looking soldiers * a rididujous magistrate , a pert country girl , and a clown . Such a string iofcbmmbnplaces cannot excite the slightest interest , and the comic portion hasi not a spa ' rk of wit or humour . Mr . Wright ' s part has nothing wtiatever to do with the business of the

      piece ; if ; indeed , the piece can be said to have any business . He fyxL " Ms exhs . arid his entrances" for ho other purpose than to wtylgein 0 laz _ si arid grimaces with which' he has so long been in tfte habilipf ehtertaimn | the Adelphi audiences ; and he carried ^ $ } ° ' su $ h a length tiiat he more than once provoked loui expressions of disapprprjation . The piece , libweyer , had one 1 great merit—the only thing , indeed whic ^ carried it through . It was one of the most beautiful spectacles we have ever seen , Some of the scenie effects were

      exquisite ; there m in ; particular , a night-view of " the sea-shore , with the sun risih | and gradually Uluminatine an expanse of sands , bounded try the waj , er gleaming in the distance , which did the lnghest honour to ^ the talent of the arjist . . The living tableaux on the . stage : \ vere managed with admirable skill and taste : and there was a . village fete , with dances , which would have been applauded at rjer Majesty ' s Theatre . The piece , in « hort , Was got up with singular care and completeness ; but all the pains and cost be-1 ° ^ , ?^ W ^ W ^ ^ ftpugit ; "Lejeu ne yaut pas la c n ?? lle ere w » s considerable applause on . the fall of the curtain ; but it was far from being general ^ arid the prevalent feeling must have . been surpriset ( iat such ^ a ^ piece should have been produced by Mr . Kean at the Princess ' s Theatre .

      OLYMPIC . Mr . Stirling Coyne , who maybe regarded as the dramatic chronicler of passing topics ; has how seized upon Australia , and has produced a farce bearing the long and extraordinary title of ^ Wanted , 1 , 000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings . " The joke of a liwyer ' s clerk , who assembles a crowd of modistes in his master s office by the advertisement embodied in the title of the piece , is not without its prototype on the stage ; but tta appearance of a multitude of young ladies , who are amiable on occasion , and furious when they discover they have been imposed upon , is always amusing tb a theatrical audience , and the acting of Mr . Hoskins as ; the lawyers clerk , and of Mr . Compton , as his fnendi both of whom assume the disguise of elderly spinsters for the reception of the milliners , sustains an incessant roar ..

      SADLERS WELL ? . ' The Stranger ' Vwas prbauced at this theatre on Saturday T » e K ? ce contains nQaterials for a good play , arid if the five acts were reduced to three , thus getting rid of the Ipng aiid wearisome speeches which are by no means necessary , the piay would become very popular . Mr . Mabton was very successful as the Stram / er which was very suitabl y to ] him . The ^ Stranger" was followed by an excellent farce ; entitled "John DobbV in which Mr . Robin son was more at home than in those more ambitious parts to which he often aspires . A fcirce called ladies at HbraeY * coneluded thei evening s entertairiments .

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      The King ' s Onoss Railway Terminus . —This fine station i « now completed , and ^ ill be opened for * , e in a Z days . It is a J ^ ^ raordinary ^ work , and reflects honour on its designer Mr Lewis Cubit . . Each " shed" s 800 feet long , 105 feeUvidf and n feethigh , to the crqwn of the aemi-circuiair roof Smtt S I bfick ^^ mea bypte ** £ admim ^ ti on of the affairs of the railway ( mcludms a bno ^ inl SSfr » ' -- » £ : S I ^ -I Jl lhere are sevea li ^ s of way under each shed , with the necessary turntables and appliances ? 5 rooft ( aerni-cirqu ^) m onned of laminated rib plauedlo feet apa ? t manrpukted to to forrn on curbs , or moulds , first fornM o ? S vanouslengths , the . boaro ^ strongly screwed ^ S ^ fe quent intervals or spaces ; no t ^ oimi , t « itftiw v ^ i : 1 ¦ ¦ ^ feitetbea ^ ote . TrSh ^^ ° lSed : ttiP rxiPM hf ivfh * vs i 5 ? ° l tl 0 DS ot-the roofs , wbieh are SlS 5 S **^^^ s eUcvbB OITiUau lengm , ale J ^ ed . in siy ^ ft e > fo ** - c :.. ^ -i *« £ * +. i ' vvl » Ahv i * Ak Kfl ** ** 1 * ft + * a i i m-Bwes , i leet 6 Hieh 6 * wide , < h-TWM ey iran bw « > r « bfttea to receive therd ; -7 % « Builder .

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      REGISTRATION BECISIONsT ^ " ^ A good deal of stir has been created among-. » Societies throughout the country , by a deci ^ nn J T ., L < ei Md ~ the revising barrister for Middlesex , vho hw Thu l ' I S ! ' % f H law : _» I will not admit the land to be wori 4 A ( W " ^ unless it cost £ 50 , and all "these allotments ( mJv ller % ' J seventy ) were purchased for a less amount earli \ , 1 ' ! & to ahn . I not worth the required sum ! " The Bh-mingh ^ l ^ W ! I the consequence of this decision :- " The BirmiWham 1 ? ° ^ ^ 1 Societies liave property to the amount of £ 70 000 ' N ^ scarcela single lot of which cost £ 5 u and ' ° r £ 8 W ^ I ^ % . w » . * h . w - — — --.-- — — wwuu «» - , — w n . ^* —* . » ........ _ """""'"" -- - ' -C ?—¦ * ...

      y , mu . i them not half that amount ; yet the allo tments are won i ^ . } .-. w . w % - - •*« - ' \/ j till VI Ijl'lllV I V ) UlJ ] them not half that amount ; yet the allo tments are won \ T i —sdnie more than £ 5 ; nevertheless , according to the ] ^ at Shadwell , the whole ot the members are , to all intents a 0 |'' ^ t disfranchised ! and this decision would similarly aft ' ecni p " ^ ' land Societies throughout the kingdom . " Our conte re ( 1 ^' proves that Mr . Shadwell has decided contrary to law . ^ I ury | But what is the law on this subject ? Mr . Sliadweli ii barrister for Middlesex , surely ought to be intimately rev' ^ with it . We would refer him to " Elliott , on the Qualifa ? ^ Registration of Parliamentary Electors : " at b , . "N will find it laid down that the question as to the proo C ^ ' ^ n fist r \« 41 *«**¦* £%% rm 4 Vi si * fAMin * - * 4 ft **^ /^!^ r ^ lrl ^ i mi J 1 a ~ . ^ . 1 _ 1 1 - H ^ l IIlflflA lUG vaiuu ui ixucuuiuo

      aovuj laiuiug cum icaSCilOKl ^ UlWh r f ) * Act , 2 and 3 William IV . c . 88 , has been very fully discn ^ i ^ " 01111 the iwelve judges , and decided in the year 1837 by a large T e ten against two—that the true criterion in estimating the i ° > v " freehold or leasehold interest , for the purpose of qaalifij - " ^ not the cost of their property ^ but—the sum which a ' solv ** responsible tenant could afford to pay fur it fairl y and withn" ! ^ * sion over and above all charges . The same princi ple win h ^' applicable to copyholds . Several cases were discussed , KaAth ^ cision of the judges was considered as having settled the law subject . Numerous cases decided in the courts of law , show' ° " ?' r&nt has been adopted as the true criterion for judging of ii I ' m of land in the case of valuing property , might be cited . w ^ irT however , that we have shown what is the law on the subie 7 . that the learned revising barrister for Middlesex has decided ' ^ trary thereto , ibr the act referred to has neither been ainenty * repealed . Consequently the cost of property i 3 toudl y beside 7 question—the only point is the bond fide annual value

      In Southampton a similar decision has been come to but Sheffield , and in other parts of the country , the votes have b * generally allowed . A very large number of freehold-land vuies h been allowed for South Lancashire . At Southampton , Mr . Aldrij ' the revising barrister , declined tb give a case lor appeal ! ' Important Decision on this Question of Rate-payinc-Mi J . T . Macqueen , the revising barrister , delivered a very importani decision affecting electors , on Wednesday week , in the court of the

      Lords-Justices , at Westminster . Ihe point arose upon the con . siruction of Sir j . De Lacy Evans ' s act , the 11 th & 12 th Victoria c . 90 , which enacts that after the 1 st of January , 1849 , " JJopeiffl shall tie required , in order to entitle him to have his name inserted in the list of voters for any city , town , or borough in England , lo have paid any poor-rate or assessed taxes , except such assU have become payable from him previously to the 5 th of Jaiman in the same year ; and that no person shall be entitled to be on an " ? list of voters unless the poor-rate and assessed taxes payable froiii him previously to the 5 th day of January shall be paid on or before

      the 20 th day of July next following . " in the case of Mr . W . S , Ford , a claimant for St . Clement ' s parish , the question arose whether the assessment payable on the 5 th of January must be paid on or before the 20 th of July ; or whether it was sufficient that that due up to the previous Michaelmas should have been discharged on or before that day . In this case the claimant deposed that the taxei due at Michaelmas had been paid within the time prescribed , anil also that those falling due at Lady-day had been paid , but nut until

      the 3 . 0 th day of July . The decision , which was very elabome , embraced the following passage , which settled the point ;— " The assessed taxes are imposed by statutes which declare them to be payable quarterly , ou the 20 th of June , the 20 th of September , the 20 th of December , and the 20 th of March . Those statutes , however , do not contemplate a quaiterly collection . To save expense and in promote convenience , ihe collection is to be by half-yearly moieties , at Michaelmas and Lady-day . This is the rule ; but , under special

      circumstances , requiring slrictuess , the collection may be quarterly . Keeping in view that the claimant is , on or before the 20 tfi of July , to pay all taxes which shall have become payable from him previously to the 5 th of January , it seems clear that the quarterly payment falling due on the 20 th of December is included in this requirement , " Mr . Huggett , the barrister , who appeared in support of the claim , observed that 2 , 094 persons had been omitted from the list oi vote ); on this ground , and gave notice for an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas against the decision .

      Iri Halifax there is a Liberal gain of 65 votes ; in Bristol , of 30 ; m Huddersfield , of 63 ; in Wakefield , of 14 ; in South Northumberland , of 42 . In Hertfordshire , ' also , the Liberals appear to have gained somewhat . For Middlesex , after thirteen days of political strife , the result is in favour of the Tories , being a gain of 297 votes , jw number of their objections was enormous . About l , 3 Ul ) new claw were admitted , but it is impossible to make even an approximate guess at the politics of the new voters .

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      Destructive WhirlWind-Oii Sunday last , befcweefl tjir and four o ' clock in the afternoon the fown of Ly me M ® 1 ' Dorsetshire , was visited by a terrific whirlwind , by * \* of hay in the Home bush fields , weighing upwards of five tons . " carried up into the air and scattered about the country mew . directio n . A field of flax also , at a short distance off , was toru » f by the roots and scatterdabout the neighbourhood . The m , done to the farm and land upon which the storm fell with wSo e estfury is very considerable . In addition to this aji ""SU c&k iuvy is very eunsiaeiaoie . in aauinuu w w > ••¦• - , v ^ Cobb

      body of water from the sea , just off the end of the " ^ was drawn up into the air on high , like a waterspout , tot ' . ° J j | y astonishment * and alarm of the good people of Lyme . w w the waterspout did not discharge the main body ot us i- ^ upon the town itself or the adjoining lands , as in that c » of damage done mu 3 t have been incalculable . During the y the day the sky had assumed a very strange and lurid apP ^ ' ^ as if a violent tlmnderstorm had been coming on , but ^ actually Ui until after the whirlwind , when-it co " in " or about half an hour to pour in heavy torrents ( to usa we ^ « . n OVO WifrnoccA n * it' tionvnn anA Ciav + ll Wfil'fl COBllfln * ° i X \\

      The storm , however , was veiy partial in its visitations . ^ not extend far either way along the line ot coast . Ije r > ^ ever , has been partly washedWiy near the inunettiau * disaster . o bserv *" As Unlike as Chalk and CiiEESE . -It is a conimw ^ tioii to hear , "Oh ! they are as different as chalk is iron . ^ Now , the difference between these two articles ^ T ^ that ch 8 ' * so great as persons may foolishly imagine . We all Jcno ^ ^\ enters largely into the composition , of milk , and we ai& ^ a know that cheese is made from milk . Accordingly * g ft i * reason that , instead of their being any violent d ere cge , TW the contrary , asttongresemblance betweeu chalk ana < w ^ ar « both members of the celebrated Casein family . —^' '

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1699/page/14/