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mateway for another conspicuous-attrac-| tion I had almost erroneously written, but not-at the Standard Theatre. an attraction was just what BandMANN was
The BANDMANN combination went to Boston, but without Mrs. BANDMANN, who, having had a slight difference of opinion another lady, Miss MARIE PRESCOTT, was with Mr. B., betook herself to Niagara; engaged to play her parts. Miss PRESCOTT stayed two weeks, and found that quite sufficient. At a matinée performance at Boston the curtain had to be rung down before the play was over.
and the wardrobe would have been seized | with "malaria, and BANDMANN, being de as soon as it crossed the line and reached sirous to get rid of her husband, regarded the American side;. for during the past few her inability to act as a breach of their weeks-BANDMANN and PERDICARIS had been joint engagement. More law, more lawyers, at loggerheads, and the latter had obtained same result. BANDMANN nan-suited, and-- an attachment to recover his property, the lady and her husband remained. Belle Oddly enough, the theatre was burnt down ville and Louisville. Usual squabbles. robe burnt with it, A benefit was given about the dressing rooms. Mrs. BANDMANN that very night, and the contested ward- Columbus, Ohio, Here there was trouble to the luckless company on the following declined at first toact. On the second night Monday and Tuesday at the other theatre of the stay BANDMANN fell over a large stone in the city, BANDMANN, with characteristic in the street and hurt his leg. generosity, took the proceeds, and after paying the company two nights' salary for their two nights' work appropriated the balance for his own share of the entertain- ment, notwithstanding that the benefit was for the unlucky crowd.
gether satisfied with HEAR BANDMANN's performance of Hamlet, and ventured an opinion that it was not nearly so good as the Hamlet of Mr. IKYING. This seems to have been sufficient to arouse the ire of the offended actor, who avenged himself by kicking a supposed reporter of the paper, expressing at the same time an anxiety to serve the editor in a similar fashion, No thing daunted, the vallant editor replied to this threat in the following words, "We know Mr. DANIEL E. BANDMANN, and have
The next show after the Boston week known and despised him for many years.
was at the Dudley-street Opera House, We speak plainly, because this man has Boston Highlands, for one night only. arrogantly boasted of what he would do in The piece was The Lady, of Lyons." the shape of personal violence to our sacred During the third and fourth acts, BANDMANN On the Thursday following an opening person, and as we desire to give him all had a violent quarrel with the manager of the was made in Philadelphia, where two possible provocation to carry out his pomance.
theatre, and declined to finish the perform separate leading ladies joined; one stayed At the end of the fourth act, there a week and a-half, and the other played pous threats. The office of the Hongkong fore, the manager stepped in front of the a few nights, only. Here, too, a violent Telegraph is at No. 6 Peddar's Hill. The curtain and announced "that owing to the quarrel took place between BOXANN and editor is always to be found there between sudden indisposition of Mr. BANDMANN, he his then leading gentleman over some the hours of nine and five. We await with much regretted to announce that the gen-trivial matter, and almost brought the two
tleman was unable to finish the perform to blows. impatience the visit of this tragic thunder-
ance."
The words were scarcely out of bolt." But the plucký scribe was doomed his mouth when BashaaNs from behind
Brooklyn was notable for a big row be. tween the actor-star and his acting man- to disappointment, for the bellicose Banshouted out, Ring up," the curtain. as- ager, before all the people, on the Mon- A retallated by serving the editor with ended, and to the amazement of the be. day morning, at rehearsal. At Brooklyn a summons to appear at a Police Court to finished the performance without the other lady Miss Noxon, seceded, after a wildered few in front, the eminent tragedian Mrs. B. had recommenced acting, and an answer a charge of having published in slightest symptom of his alleged sudden his paper a defamatory libet. As Sir sickness.
stay of six weeks, Luctus O'Trigger" says, The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands."
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After a few
TELEGRAM S.
THE CHARGES AGAINST ARABI.
London, zand October, him with hoisting a flag of truce in order to with- The bill of indictment against Arabi charges
fire and pillage of the city; the prosecution of draw troops from Alexandria, thereby causing the
the war, notwithstanding the country was at peace, and waging undisciplined civil war and massacre. LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tite steamship Hailong went round to Abcaleen dock last night.
To Chillicothe. BANDMANN did not play the second night. On the departure of the company on Friday from the town came another of the catastrophes of the ill-fated trip. When the train had proceeded about a mile from the station the passengers THE visitors to the City Hall Museum for the were alarmed to hear a terrible crash. week ended 22nd October, were-European 189, The carriages began to rock, violently: Chinesc 2,279; total 2,468. being evidently off the line. seconds of painful suspense the train stop-A LODGE of Emergency of St. John, No. 618,. ped with a violent bang. Flames shot up. S.C., will be held at Freemasons' Hall, Zetland in front, and the startled passengers made Street, on Friday next, the 27th instant, at 5 for the best of their way out of the wrecked 5.30 pm, precisely. cars. When their alarm had somewhat subsided, they found that a tressel bridge THE semi-official North German Gaselle of had given way, and that the fore part of the Sept. 14th, rectifying some erroneous reports train had been precipitated into a turbu-published in regard to Prince Bismarck's health, lent little stream. The engine and tender says: "We must state, to our regret, that the were literally ground to pieces. On top Imperial Chancellor's condition has not in- of these lay the baggage cars, which were proved. The Prince continues to suffer from on fire. Half hanging over the stream was violent neuralgic pains, which prevent him from the smoking-car, in which almost all the transacting official business." gentlemen of the company had been riding, The next town was Fall River for two
From Brooklyn to Albany-two per- Another yard or two further, and this car nights, and here one of the ladies travellingformances on Christinas Day-rows at with the company-a very pretty and at both. On the Saturday night, for the sake the general wreck. The ladies were much must have toppled over and have shared tractive little lady-had the misfortune to
of a saving in the railway fares, the mem-frightened, and the gentlemen a bit bruised fall down a flight of stairs in the hotel and bers of the company were told privately and shaken-nothing worse. The hapless break her collar-bone, and had in conse- The bill for the evening was "Richard fortunate, and their dead bodies could just that they were to catch the ten p.m. train, engine-driver and stoker had not been so quence to be left behind.
III and Raising the wind," and the ad- be distinguished amidst the rs of the Now came the best on record in working over the remains of the unfortunate men. vertised time for commencement eight p.m. engine, and the swift stream dashed along against time! I will give the actual times And the BANDAANN combination was fur to affirm that they have never been beaten, was a sad little knot of actors and actresses the hold of the junk You. Hing; lying in the occupied by the various acts, and I venture the third time face to face with death. It unless by the famous Richardson's Show that gazed upon the fearful sight. And junk anchorage, a general cargo being on board. The version of Richard III. was Colley there were heavy hearts among them, as, The water police steam launch proceeded prompt. Cibber's, but the first act and the woes of turning their backs upon the scene of the ly to the spot, and assisted the crew in extinguish- I played Richmond, and Richmond in his ded their way along the line, returning to of the deck, through which water was poured in- Heary VI. were eliminated entirely, Hey catastrophe, they slowly and silently, ploding the fire, holes having been cut in the after part street attire, was thus ready for Jeremy Did the town they had so recently quitted. to the hold. The origin of the fire is unknown, dler, as soon as the curtain fell on the fra Later on in the day they again left Chilli; as also the amount of damage done. gedy. BANDAANN commenced with a rush, cathe by another route for
Then came thiree" one night stands," as the general public as they are to those they are called in America, that is, the members of his own profession who have company played in a different town each had odension to meet him in the way of night. These three towns were Worcester, business. It is not so very long ago that in each place BANDMANN succeeded in rais
New Haven, and Springfields, Mass., and dispute and alleged assault upon the late ing the dust with some one or more people Mrs. Rocspy created a very great deal of before quitting. interest and discussion in this country, and-
The next town was Paradise. A few the general opinion, at the time was that little unpleasantnesses happened here. BAN MANN should consider himself excced-First of all, the leading lady, and three of the gentlemen of the company returned to ingly fortunate to get off so well as he did. New York, much against Mr. BANDHAN'S After the Rousey scandal BANDYANN made will. Then the new leading lady, Miss 'one of his usual tours through the country, KATE FLETCHER, after having acted one but found business so bad that he was com- night, declined positively to appear again; "pelied to seek fresh fields and pastures new. of PERDICARIS, was telegraphed for, and she and Miss NARD ALMAYNE, the stepdaughter, America was finally selected as the scene journeyed from New York to fill the part. of action, and DANIEL E, BANDMANN entered Then the heavy gentleman and his wife into a contract with a wealthy gentleman, had a few words with DANDMANN-not very of Greck extraction, but a native of Tren-pleasant words-and cross summonses at ton, New Jersey, U.S.A., to take out to the there was trouble with the leading man; the local court were the result. Then States an entirely English company. This then trouble with the management. gentleman's name was los H. PERDICARIS, and he had resided for some years in Al- geria and Paris, being, in the latter city, an die of the Ecole des beaux Arts, and a
Then the company went to Montreal. More rows; and on their return visit they played at the Theatre Royal instead of at the Opera House.
at
Now is the winter of our discontent.",
Acti. Cut out.
Act ii. Began at 7.53 and
17 minutes. Ended, 8.10. Act iii, Began, 8.13
and Ended Act iv. Began. 8.33 and Ended
Act. v. Began
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8.28
8.57
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15 minutes,
16 minutes.
toninutes.
Total.
........58 minutes. Richard III., fight and all, including waits between acts, in one hour and four-
With
Hongkong Telegraph graduate from the After Gigri. A good places on the programmes, and on the S4- ten minutes, is preuty good going.
Dayton, but arrived there too late to act. The next day, Saturday, two, shows were given, both without BANDMANN, who kept his room, nursed his leg and his wrongs. and amused himself by commencing an action against the Corporation of Colum- bus for permitting the stone to be in the street over which he had stumbled, and another against a manager.
From Columbus to Indianapolis (unac companied by BANDMANN), where the com- pany played for a week under the guidance of Mrs. B.
Next town Detroit, where BayDMANN re- appeared on the Friday, after the theatre had been closed three nights, and delivered a lecture on Church, and Stage," in re- ply to some strictures of the Rev. George Pentecost.
Tute American papers state that a young negro the Massachusetts Bar, not on account of his law student has just been refused admission to color nor for failure to pass the examination, but because he had written a binckmailing letter.
Those members of our legal profession who draw out "bills of costs" would, on this ruling, have a poor chance of being admitted to the Massa-
chusetts Bar.
AT about 12.30 this morning, a fire broke out in
We have received a programine of the Buffs Aquatic Sports, to come off at the Victoria Re- creation Club on Thursday next, commencing at a p.m. There are eleven events on the card, and good sport may be anticipated. We observe that one of the events will be "walking the greasy pole," and that one end of the bath will be reserved for members of the Club. The prizes range from one to five dollars.
average company was engaged for the trip, all preliminary arrangements werd HONGKONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1882.- made, and everyone thought the show would have an excellent chance of success. As it is just possible, although hardly I think the detals of this campaign will in- likely, that there are still a few people interest the realers of Society, who will, Hongkong, besides His Honor the Chief imagine, after perusal, agree with me that Justice and the gentlemen of the jury," the tour was a "Tour of Trials, of Troubles the playgoing public of New York is a five minutes more the farce was over; two unpleasantness took place-sometimes account, he was taking, by his master's orders,
and of Tribulations."
BANDHANN and his wife sailed in the Guion Line mail steamier drama, and the
whó repose some faith in the good name and fair fame of the saintly BasUMANN, WE think it just as well to republish from the well-known London magazine, Society, of keynote of the disasters of the undertaking ing by the author, the, principal merit of gentlemen, baggage, BANDAANN and all, and amid the smashing of glass, the startled duce the so Mexicans, the hawker went to do
dian."
was struck during the voyage, for one of
TAVCE,
We understand says the Amoy Caniffe of the 29th fast, that the thieves made another altempt
disturbed by the Manila watchman as well as yesterday morning aboit three o'clock, but were
As English north country paper frowns upon the known ambition of the Mayor of its town to be made a Knight for his distinguished services? in receiving royalty, and narrates for the benefit Ottawa, for six nights, was the next
of the aspirant this anecdote: When Adam Black, tlie Edinburgh publisher, was sounded on turday night the leading gentleman seced-out giving the audience time to recover
the subject of receiving knighthood, he said: ed from the company.
their breath, which had been fairly taken
"Nae, nae; it wadna dec. You see," he added, During this fortnight in Canada, PARDI- away by the tremendous pace, the curtain
Then to Canada, playing with more or "if a boy cam into ma shop and said A ha'peth at the Fifth Avenue Theatre two original bolted jeremy, merely disguised by a turning Port Hope, Belleville, Kingston, Brock- CARIS had produced with another company flew up again at ten minutes past nines on less success at London, Hamilton, Toronto, o' slate-pencil, Sir Adam,' it wadna sound weel." pieces and one original farce, the latter
up of the collar of his coat and quite inno-ville, Ottawa, St. Thomas, Napanee, Mon- THE hawker who was found in possession of the nieeting with the very unenviable distinc- cent of paint; dash, rush, hurry-skurry, treal, Prescott, Cornwall, and Quebec. At diseased carcase of a dead pig (as reported in tion of being almost the only piece hissed helter-skelter, a confused gabble of words, this last named city the ill-starred tour yesterday's issue), which, according to his own in New York for over twenty years; for a glass of water, a scream, and in twenty ended, and in each and every town some very forbearing and indulgent one. Of minutes sufficed to get into the coup at the small, sometimes great, generally the lat-
to a shop to have roasted, was this morning fined the two pieces produced and was written door (hall that time having been sufficient to ter. Leaving Hamilton at 2 a.m. after 850 or six weeks' hard labor. by Mr. Wodehouse, by PERDICARIS, and entitled "The Picture," empty the scanty and speechless audience), acting the previous night, the train parted he having failed to point out the person who, he on account of its introducing an oil paint and by five minutes to ten, ladies and in two about thirty miles from the station, alleged, gave him the carcase. Failing to pro- August, 26th and September 2nd, a true
which was its gold frame and the fact that were aboard the train, and five minutes folk awoke to find they had been left be- penance in Tonnochy's elysium for the period chapter in the life of the "great trage the stewards was brutally murdered by a it measured twenty-three feet by sixteen later en route for,
hind, alone on the line. Fortunately, be-named... Society says a great deal more passenger when the vessel was only a feet, entirely filling the stage and forming about the lonely pozezer of dragic few days out. This was an ill omen to
Cincinnati, which place was reached on fore going many miles, the driver dis- a capital, though rather gaudy, back-cloth, Monday morning about eight o'clock, after covered his loss, and, returning, he picked GILBERT and Sullivan's forthcoming opera has bower" than is contained in the articles begin with. PERDICARIS, his wife, and two for, the last scene. The title of this pic thirty-four hours' continuous travelling up the hind part of his train before it was been named The Princess Pearl. The hero la for which we suffered two months impri- step-daughters, with the entire English but the play was withdrawn in a week, be- minating in a regular row on the Satur- had it remained on the line. From Mon- father who is only fairy from the waist down, ture was "The Triumph of Immortality; "The usual squabbles took place here, cul- run into, as it must inevitably have beon "Strephon," the son of a fairymother and of a sonment; and libels him-if such a man company, sailed from Liverpool in the can be libelled-with a naiver which is Wisconsin, August 23, and the engines broke prepared in less than six days. Alas that the employds of the Theatre. This caused Europe. At Cornwall the heavy man comically. Strephon" has a sweetheart jealous cause its successor could not possibly be day, when the time came for settling with real some of the company returned to The characters and plot mix fairies and mortals quite charming. It is not too much to suy-down-when-just-out-of-sight of land; and immortality should be so short-lived no surprise, as it had come to be regarded quarrelled with BANDMANN, and punched of his mother, who looks only seventeen. The that the statements we made under gross caused considerable anxiety. Whhout BANDMANN tour bafel the company at ness in each town. In fact, the company piled with a summons, and the pugiliste Queen of the fairies is very fat and gross, while
One of the greatest troubles of the as the regular wind-up of the week's bust him vigorously. BANDMANN. valiantly re- provocation, strictly in defence of our re- serious trouble, however, the voyage was BANDMANN Here they opened at the Grand would have had a spnse as of something heavy man was bound over to keep the The men of the chorus are pears in coronels and a Lord Chancellor figurce as quite ethereal putation, honor, and honesty, in good faith, resumed, and the company-landed-in-New Opera House of the zal of Novembor, missing, had the established pracntent peace, He afterwards, however, brought personally having the most reliable autho-York, September 5. BANDHAN was on the for six nights as they imagined, hut an
been departed from, and the valedictory an action against his late managor, and rities for their truth in every particular, landing stage to meet his partner and peo- untoward event occurred on the Friday Saturday-night squabble omitted,
gained the day. concerning Mr. BANDSLAN's violence and ple, and contrived to have a warm dispute culations of the members of the company, BANDMANN contrived to get foдl of the Press #neventful one, and one that deserves to be to break into the Rev.. Mr. Macgowan's house, night which had not entered into the cas- From Cincinnati to Chicago; and here
Altogether, I think the tour was rather trumpet-blowing, pale before the plain,
and which limited their performance to in somewhat the same fashion as he ap- able part of the whole business is that, in unvarnished tale told as a mere matter of
five nights. Actors have a deeply-rooted pears to have done in Hongkong-but seven months, there were, at different placed on record. Not the least remark public interest by our London contem-
dislike to the play of Macbeth and a with this difference, that his propensity for times. playing in support of BANDMANN, no porary. Say hairy laid itself opp
superstitious horror of Locke's celebrated kicking offending critics would seem to be less than and given the tragic bully another oppor-
unlucky; and there are numberless people it is, he did not try in Chicago, this sum musle, which they generally regard as very of more recent development; for, certain tunity of distinguishing (?) himself as pro-
who entertain a positive fear, of Fridays, mary method of avenging his imaginary secutor, or plaintiff, in a libel action, if he
and of any enterprise begun or ended on wrongs. The critic of the Chicago Tribun that day of the week. I don't propose to had ventured in that paper an opinion of argue here other for against those anti BANDMANN'S Hamlet, totally opposed to that pathies, or discuss these superstitions, or held by the tragedian himself, who at metropolis to attempt another forlorn hope
sources; but it is a coincidence that on siis obtain the dismissal of the offender from of winning a case by gulling an English and returned to England. A force by particular Friday evening "Macbeth" the staff, he issued an address, hpadod,
Six Pompadours ("Narcisse)-Miss BEL hours yesterday, went-forward to see what was judge and jury with his mock heroics, BANDMANN, produced on the opening should have been played, and that by four To the Public of Chicage. But this ad: LA MURDOCH, MISS LEONA MOSS, MISS up, and found Harry Wilson, 34, of England, a sanctimonious hypocrisy, unscrupulous night, was so universally condemned by o'clock in the morning, all that remained dress did not have the desired effect. The AELIA HERBERT, MISS MARGUERITE BEN inkler Being requested to desiat, he refused NARDALMAYNE, MISS ELINOR ATCKEN, Miss fireman on board, amusing himself by striking the lying, and sham sentimentalism. And so,
the press that it was withdrawn within ruins. The most terrible part of the busi-BANDMANN's Hamlet, nor about his dispute, NISON
of the theatre was a heap of smouldering, public of Chicago didn't care a pin about. although Society's article on "BANDMANN'S
a week. The second play put into ness is yet to be told. Four people resided and tacitly declined to decide the ques Jessica, while seven ladies impersonated the time. He was therefore given in charge, and Lo do so, and made use of filthy and abusive, Bad Temper" will be reproduced and rehearsal: was "Hamlet" but on the in the theatre, and of these three were
No less than nine different ladies played language to the Chief Offery, being drunk at the commented on by the press in every part. Sunday evening prior to its proposed burnt to death, and the fourth narrowly with one accord to stay away in great Player Queen in Hamlet
as invited. On the contrary, they elected of the known world, the valiant here of production the company was called to the escaped by leaping from an upper window numbers, leaving in M'Vicker's Theatre plain hard facts, and as statistics speak upon being brought up before Captain Thomiett the Telegraph libel case, the low class theatre to give on the following night a victims of the conflagration were the benches, aye, and of circle seats, boxes,
of the burning building. The three little more than a beggarly array of empty volumes,
this morning, said he was drunk and did not swindler and blackguard on whose ac-scratch performance of the Lady of stage-carpenter, Wright, his wife "and and stalls as well. On the first Saturday written by the representative of the Hong-days hard labour, was imposed
I have not seen a copy of the criticism know what he was about. A fine of 82, or four count we were made the victim of an in- Lyons," without BANDMANN; that gentle child. Of course all the company suf- night in Chicago, during the last act of kang Telegraph, but I imagine that he must famous law, rather than of adulterated jus- man having shouted himself hoarse in fered more or less pecuniary loss in the "Richard III. BANDWANN and his stage have very strongly disapproved of BANDA MADRID telegram to the London papers dated tice, will find it convenient to quietly ig-"Narcisse" a few nights previously. Why? destruction of their wardrobes; one gen- manager had a violent. quarrel, and Im-MANN's work, to have driven that gentle the 14th alto, states that the intelligence nore the damning exposé of one more chap- Heaven only knows, unless it was because of £200.
tleman being a victim to the extent mediately on the curtain touching the stage, man to the length of attempting a personal British victory in Egypt caused a great seosal ter of his infamous career. Says our
BANDHANN lost some por the doughty stage manager, who was chastisement, I have In my possession in Spain. The Madrid persnow on that particular evening Edwin Booth tion of his wardrobe, while the handsome playing Stanley showed fight, and had three critical notices of BANDMANN's acting, admiration for the management of the contemporary:-
happened to be in front, and he wished to sets of dresses provided for the various Stanley not been prevented, Richard III. written respectively on his Narcisse, Hamlet, under General Wolseley, but before this intel- favour him with a lesson in declamation pieces were entirely destroyed. This would have been called upon to defend and Shylock, by NYM CHINELE (A Cligence arrived all the principal papers DANIEL E. BANDMANN, the German tra- Anyway, he lost his voice, and did not en- of PERDICARIS, and was worth about £1,000. time, however, with fists instead of broad- they are throughout such thorough and In their unfriendly remar
valuable stock wardrobe was the property himself twice in one evening, the second WHEELER) for the New York Star, and did not conceal their sympathy for gedian, has once more been distinguishing tirely recover the effect of the evening It was insured against fire in America, but swords. Of course, more law and more entire critical condemnations of BAND himself. His bad temper is proverbial, and throughout the tour. When "Hamlet" the word "Canada" had unluckily been lawyers. BARDMANN dismissed his stage, NN's work, that I am most curious to they repeatedly expressed the hope his latest indulgence in this direction has was at length produced, his performance omitted from the policy. Another unlucky manager, who, however, declined to be know what on earth the Hongkong gentle-" taken place in China, where he seems to of the Dane called forth some of the most the theatre, not been burnt down that very BANDMANX paid the costs,
the eminent tragedian, to cast all discretion o circumstance for PERDICARIS was that, had dismissed, brandished his contract, and man can have possibly written to goad defeat to have contrived to get into a very pretty vigorous and elaborate slatings I ever re-night, on the next night, after the perform. The two weeks in Chicago ended, this and prudence to the winds; and, rashly Pres little squabble. It appears that the critic member, and it speedily made way for the ance, the company and its wardrobe would happy family proceeded to St. Louis, lifting his foot, proceed to infilct personal feelin of the Hongkong Telegraph was not alto-Merchant of Venice," which as quickly have loft Toronto an Paule for Philadelphia, Here the lady playing the seconds fell ill chasisement on is mar
with one of the latter almost before his foot had touched American soil. I will passover the disputes and quarrels which formed part and parcel of each day's rehearsal, and merely say that "Narcisse," the opening attraction, was produced at the Standard Theatre, New York, and 1 feels that way inclined. But Society is per ran to bad business for about three fectly safe from any such annoyance, weeks, at the end of which time the leading BANDXANN is too well known in the English lady, after a series of painful scenes with endeavour to trace or discover their once appealed to the editor, and, failing to MARIE Parsçorт, Miss Marqurrite. Bew• The Chief Officer of the steamship Zaling, hear.
BANDMANN'S DAD TEMPER.
the star-actor, seceded from the company
Mrs. BANDHANN. Miss LEONA MOSS, MIss Five Paulines ("Lady of Lyons")—re, MARIE PRESCOTT, MISS KATE FLETCHER,
by the Chinese watchman employed by the Rev.
fell, when the thief turning round threw a brick- Mr. Macgowan The watchmen gave chase, but unfortunately the Manilaman stumbled and bat which struck the Chinese watchman in the MISS MARGUERITE BENNISON A
face, cutting his cheek open. In the confusion Mrs. BANDMANN, Miss Low Moss, Mres
Five Portias ("Merchant of Venice) the thief escaped.
NISON, MISS AXELIA HERBERT
The goal ing the bell of the steamer being struck out of
These are,
Mar
The British