The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1849, Page 2

The Forrest and Macready Affair—New De- welopements—Chevaller Wikoft's Testi- mony Refuted. The following 1s the famous letter of Chevalicr Wikoff—Fanny Elssler’s man—which is the only and priucipal testimony given by Forres; against Macready. New York, February 9, 1819. To Epwiy Forrest, Esq.— ; . Dear Sir:—In reply to your inquiries, [ beg to state that during the winter of 1836—'37, whilst you were performing at Drury Lane theatre, in London, Thad frequently the pleasure of meeting, at his own house and elsewhere, Mr. Albany Fenblanque, the accomplished editor and proprietor ef the Examiner newspaper, as well as various members of his fa mily. Knowing my intimacy with you, both he and they were often in the habit of explaining and api logizing for the coarse abuse, the bitter invectiv and spiteful seurrility against your acting and per- son, that weekly appeared under the theatrical head of the Examiner. rom frequent conversation with these parties, I gathered the following facts : that the theatrical department of said journal had been confided to the exclusive direction of a person by the name of Forster, who chad in the main ac- quitted himself, previously, with ability, discretion and tus but that, on your appearance at Drury Lane, his course and ‘temper had completely changed, and that, instead of treating your pertorm- ances with the impartiality which had always be- fore characterized the xaminer, he had, to’ their sincere regret, abandoned himself to a wholesale system of unsparing detraction and undeserved censure, exceeding the utmost limits of dramatic criticism. Both Mr. Fonblanque, and_his family testified, over and over in, their undivided ap- proval of your acting, which they evinced by their almost constant presence at the theatre during the whole period of your performance , In seeking a Solution of this strange contradic- tion between the opinions and the taste of the dis- tinguished editor of the Examiner and one of his onployées, whom he found it inconvenient to dis- jlace, I discovered that the said Forster was on ierms of the closest intimacy with Mr. Macready, he English actor, From this I was allowed to n= jer two things : First, That it was to win the favor cf his friend and patron, Mr. Macready, that Forster cid his best not only to write down his American ival, but to stir up such opposition as would muli- rate inst his (your) success in England. Secondly, That it was any time in the power of Macready, by a look or word, to arrest the foul stream of unmanly abuse that was weekly poured out upon you; for though it was not stated that Mr. Macready would not commit himself, by is- suing instructions in so many words, to his friends, to assail you, yetit is clear to me, from all that was said, as it willbe to any one, from the circum- stances cited, that, if it had pleased Mr. Macready to relieve you from the pertinacious and brutal at- tacks of the most servile of his friends, that it was entirely within the scope of his known influence to: do so. { merely desire to add, that I do not take it spon myself to repeat the words of Mr. Flon- blanque and his family at this distant time; but the ragcously assailed, and not Forrest alone, but his country, which is proud to own him as one of her Wo trces: and Macready next met in Edinburgh, and from this city were gent forth the grossest c: lumnies against Forrest. Mucready was playing at the Theatre Royal in “ Hamlev’—Forrest was present. During the beginning of the piece, Mr. Forrest applauded several times, and, as we are informed by an eye-witness, he started the, ap- plause when some brilliant effect had been giyen to a passage, so that the whole house followed him. But now comes Forrest’s great. sin—that giant sin which Macready will never forgive—the sin of hi: ing Macready for dancing and throwing up his handkerchief across the stuge in the ™ Pas de Mouchoir, Mr. F. not only hissed, but the whole house hiss- ed, and yet Maeread: dared to write to London that Forrest had singly and alone attempted to hiss him from the stage ! ee hom To show that Mr. Forrest was not alone in this matter, we are able to state, that two weeks after- wards ‘Hamlet? was repeated, when the whole house again hissed Macready’s dance across the stage! jut of this simple incident Macready contrived to create a great deal of sympeih for himself. He is, or was, part proprietor of the don Examiner; or, if not sole owner, he posagsses the body and soul of its theatrical critic, Forster, who does all kinds of dirty work for his master. Macready gave the ue to Forster, aud Forrest was denounced by the ‘amincr, and other papers, in which Forster or Macready had any influence. A false coloring was put on this affair, and Macready appeared to the world as a persecuted man, whereas Forrest was the one who met with persecution at every corner —in Paris, in London, in Edinburgh, and in Lon- don a second time. But Macready’s persecution did not stop here. Forrest wished to appear in London, in Bulwer’s “ Lady of Lyons,”{and ‘* Richelieu.” ‘To do this, permission must be obtained of the author. For- rest addressed a note to Bulwer, asking his terms for the plays. After a long delay, Bulwer replied that he should charge Forrest £2 per night for the use of them, and he must play forty nights! Such terms, for plays, that had their interest, compelled Forrest to reject them, It was ascertained that Macready and Bulwer had been much together; and that the former had pre- vailed on the ies not to allow Forrest the use of his compositions. f Forrest could not entertain any jealous feelings towards Macready, for he drew crowded houses during his engagement at the Princess’s theatre, whereas Macready had very slim audiences; an onone occasion we know that our own charming actress, Mrs. Barrett, on one of the off-nights, at the time Macready was playing, actually drew more money to the treasury than Macready, We have now given a plain statement of facts, and such as cannot be controverted. It proves that actors like Macready, Anderson, and others, find it very hard Poaching in their own country, and much better pickings here. | It is to be hoped, however, that we Americans will analy become si impression left on my mind by repeated conversa- tions with them on this subject, are still fresh and indelible, and for the authenticity of which, as re- lated, I pledge my word and honor. Very truly yours, HENRY WIKOFF. The above letter was published, afew weeks ago, by Mr. Forrest himself. The following are now published by Mr. Macready, and prove Wikoff, in the language of Forrest, ‘‘tobe a liar.” &e. IN THIS The Replies from Englan TO CERTAIN STATEMENTS CIRCU COUNTRY, RESPEPTING MR. MACREADY. The following article appeared in the Boston Mail on the merning of Mr. peda appearance at the Howard Atheneum, Boston, Monday, Oct. 30th, 1 [From the Boston Mail, Ost. 30, 1848,] More about Macready—His Abuse of Forrest in indeavors to put him down in Paris, ure London) and Edinburgh His Intrigua with Bub TED wer, to prevent Forrest Playing in Bulwer’s Pieces—His Abuse of Americans. Mr. Macready has at length arnved, and next to the grand water celebration, will create such ex- citement as will emphatically mark the present epoch in time’s calendar. He plays this evening at the Howard Atheneum, and refuses to show himself for less than one dollar a ticket. This was his price in New York, and with the exception of the first night, resulted in a “‘beggarly account. of empty boxes.” We repeat what we. said in a for- mer article, that Pelby, the enterprising manager of the National Theatre, deser ‘al honors for not acceding to the dictatorial terms of this ac- tor autocrat. Although Macready saw fit on his opening night in New York, on being called out by some friends, to slur a “certain penny paper,” that had “dared” to express an opinion tegarding his talents and conduct, we shall not by uny means give him the retort churlish; we only pity his ig- norance of the institutions of this country, and hope for his own credit’s sake that he will not, when he gets home, write a black book about American manners, &c., a la Trollope and others, but if he does, that he will spare. us in the produc tion of his brain. The reader will no doubt ask, what fault we find with Mr. Macready? Has he not the same right as other men have, to do ashe pleases? We answer yes. He has a right to come to this country in the exercise of his profession; he has a right to demand a dollar from every per- son who witnesses his acting; and if managers of theatres are willing to accede to his arbitrary pro- posals, he has certainly a right to make them: We complain not of any of these. Our charges against Macready are based upon mere important grounds. {t is his conduct in his own country in relation to Mr. Forrest, that we are about investigating; his inhospitality, his crushing influence, his vindictive opposition, and his steadfast determination to ruin the prospects of that gentleman in England, that we bring to his door. Let him deny them if he can. Every true Ameaican takes a pride in that vhich represents his conntry’s interests, industry, and enterprise, and from the smallest commodity gathered frem his soil, to the loftiest labors of ge- aus, his ambition goes with it, and the strong arm of bis power. will protect in every clime. Mr. Ed- wm Forrest is titled the Americ is justly entitled to that honor—I by his own labors; from a, poor bo} h@'s arisen to be t 1 which he has lastingly gained by enterprise and talent, and secured both by economy and tempe- o American-born man is willing that Mr. t should wear this title, and when he visit- england, they » anxiously interested in his success. Macready had previously. been in this country, and played engagements in every cit and made a fortune. He was extolled by the pr and treated as a gentleman by the citizens of every place he visited. But, instead of returning this indness, he acted openly towards Mr. Forrest, as his determined foe. We speak by card, and write upon the very best. information, v the highes- authority.* Jn Paris, Mr. Macready and Mr. Fort rest met. The latter was anxious to appear on the French boards; but Macready threw obstacles in the way, and this was the first time that the two parties were enemies r. Mitchell, the enter- prising lessee of James’ Theatre, in London, took an English company of actors to. the French capital, with Mr. Macready at the head of the list. Macready was to be the hero—the great attraction 2 St of Paris. He failed, however, to draw money to the treasury, and Mr. Mitchell lost a large sum by, the speculation; or rather would have | it, if Louis Phillippe had not made him. most liberal presents, Mr Forrest had letters of introduction to Mr Mitchell, from his friends in London, but Mcready was jealous, lest Forrest should prove to be the great star, and he cautioned Mitchell not to allow Forrest to appear. The resultfw that Mr. Mitchell refused to see My. Forrest! ‘The parties returned to London. ‘The hypocrisy | of Macready is appure his note of invitation to | Mr. Forrest to dine with him. The latter, knowing | the intrigue that had be n carried on in Paris be- | 1 tween Macready and refused, as_every | high-minded man should, to dine with him. This ‘A a very different v that reeenily given by | some of Macready ends he have— if f that Forrest was ofl I bec ‘ 4 was not in vited to dine; as if such @ iman as Mr. Forrest could take offence at sucha trifle, when at the same time he was invited to dine with ay of t leading nobility of England, but especially of Scot. land, where he passed several months The next mean act towards Forrest, brought about through the influence of Macready, 8 when Mr. F. appeared ut the Princess's Theatre in London. Macready been endeavoring for a long time to effect in engagement with some Lon- don manager, but was unsuccessful. ‘The success of Forrest stung him, and he resolved to put him down, It was said at the tine that he or his friends actually hired men to visit the theatre and hiss Forrest off the stage, ond Forrest was conse- quently received with a shower of hisses before he was heard! ‘This mean conduct was followed up by the press, by which Forrest was most out- Extract of a letter from sland eu, Bos- {eto bit ae! etter fi Mr. Bland, Lyceum, Bos Bow Lrexts, Port mark ton, Doe, 6th ew York, Jan. 24th ith Mr. the Mail, as to the insertion of un Macready, and his reply was. that Ime ha stating, that Mr. Forrest would end article in question stated Extract of @ letter from Nr Brougham, Burton's ‘Theatre, New York. to Mr Ryder “ne “87 Chambers Street, New York. Nov 29th “ Mr, Bradley informed me that Vir Thorne wes his authority for saying that Mr Forrest w (Thorne's) hearing. that the allegations if necessary, he (Forrest) would rubs der Lis owns ignature,”? roe, and ntiate them un awakened to the mercenary motives of such ar- tistes, and when we have any surplus dollars to spend, that we willbe generous and just to our own home genius. , : rt On Wednesday, November 22, in Philadelphia, was published this ~ caRD. Mr. Macready, in his speech, last night, to the audience assembled at the Arch street theatre, made allusion, I understand, to “an American actor” who had the temerity, on one occasion, “openly to hiss him.” This is true, and by the BG the only truth which I have been enabled to gather from the whole scope of his address. But why say an ‘‘American actor?” Why not openly charge me with the act ? forI did it, and publicly avowed it in the Z'imes newspaper of London, and at the same time asserted my eight todoso. _ On the occasion alluded to, Mr. Macready in- troduced a fancy dance into his performance of Hamlet, which y designated as a pas de mruchoir, and which I hissed, tor Ithoughtit a desecration of the scene, and the audience thought so too, for in a few nights afterwards, when Mr. Macready repeated the part of Hamlet with the same ‘ tom- foolery,”’ the intelligent audience of Edinburg greeted it with a universal hiss. : ii Mr. Macready is stated to have said last night that up to the time of this act on my part, he ha “never entertained towards me a feeling of un- kindness.” 1 unhesitatingly pronounce this to be a wilful and unblushing falsehood. I most so- lemnly aver and do believe, that Mr. Macready, instigated by his narrow, envious mind, and his selfish fears, did secretly—not openly—suborn se- veral writers for the English press, to write me down. Among them was one Forster, a “ toady” of the “eminent” tragedian—one who is ever read to do his dirty work ; and this Forster, at the bi ding of his patron, attacked me in print, even be- fore I had appeared upon the Tandon boards, and continued his abuse of me at every opportunity af- terwards. 4 1 assert, also, and solemnly believe, that Mr. Macready connived when his friends went to the theatre in Lendon to hiss me, and did hiss me, with the purpose of driving me from the stage— and all this happened many months before the af- fair at Edinburgh, to which Mr. Macready refers, and in relation to which he jesuitically remarks, that * until that act, he never entertained towards me a feeling of unkindness.” Pah! Mr. Ma- cready has no feeling of kindness for any actor who is likely, by his talent, to stand in his way. His whole course as manager and as_ actor proves this—there is nothing in him but self—self—self— and his own countrymen, the English actors, know this well. Mr. Macready has a very lively imagi- nation, and often draws upon it for his facts. He said, in aspeech at New York, that there, also, there was an“ organi opposition” to him, which is likewise false. There was no opposition manifested towards him there—for I was in the city at the time, and was careful to watch every movement with regard to such a matter. Many of my friends called upon me when Mr. Macready wis announced to perform, and proposed to drive him from the stage for his conduct towards me in London. My advice was, do nothing—let the superannuated driveller alone—to oppose him yould be but to make him of some importance. My friends egreed with me it was, at least, the most dignified course to pursue, and it was imme- diately adopted. With regard to “ an organized opposition to him,” in Boston, thisis, I believe, equally false; but perhaps, in charity to the poor old man, I should impute these “chimeras dire,” rather to the disturbed state of his guilty con- science, than to any desire on his part wilfully to misrepresent Epwin Forrest. Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 1348. ; In consequence of representations of the excite- ment oceasioned by. this publication, and under the apprehension of ‘further tumult and acts of vio- lence, Mr. Macready, (the manager being absent from his post) to take away every plea for a re- newal of the outrages of the previous Monday, erdered the following notice to be put into the hands of all who entered the theatre:— TO THE PUBLIC OF PHILADELPHIA. In a card published in the Public Ledger and other morning papers of this day, Mr. Forrest hav- ing avowed himself the author of the statements, which Mr. Macready has mye his honor to be without the least foundation, Mr. Ma- cready cannot be wanting in self-respect so far as to _bandy words upon the subject; but as the circu- lation off such_ statements is manifestly calcul to prejudice Mr. Macready in the opinio: the Ameri public, and affect both his prof sional interests and his estimation in society, Mr. Macready respectfully requests the public to suspend their judgment upon the question, until the decision of a legal tribunal, before which he will immediately take measures to bring it, and before which he prove his veracity, hitherto unques- | tioned, shall plice the truth beyond doubt. | Reluctant as he 1s to notice furtlysr Mr. Forrest's card, Mr. Macready has to observe, that when Mr. Forrest appeared at the Princess's theatre in Lon- don, he himself was absent some hundred miles | from that city, and was ignorant of his engage- ment until after it had begun; that not one notice on Mr. Forrest’s acting appeared in the Br aminer during that engagement (as its files will prove,) Mr, Forster, the distingui editor, whom Mr. Macready’ has the honor to call his friend, having been confined to his bed with a rheumatic fever dering the whole period, and some weeks before and after. For the other aspersions upon Mr. Macready, iblished in the Boston Mai/, and now, as it is un- | derstood, avowed by Mr. Forrest, Mr. Macready will without delay appeal for legal redress. Jonus’s Hoven, Nov. 22d, 1848, Immediately after publishing the above, Mr. acready committed to his counsel, Messrs. Reed & Meredith, of Philadelphia, authority to com- mence such ‘legal pre they might deem advisable; and, preparatory thereto, he obtained fiom England the documentary evidence now sub- joined. As regards the charge of suborning the inglish press, it will be sutlic rr to the Times, Globe, Observer, Spectator, Morning Chroni cle, Morning Post, Weekly Dispatch, Britannia, We., &e.; of dates Dec. 13, 14, 15, 16, &e., which have ind ignantly and emphatically denied the charge of which denials have already beea republithed inthe American newspapers. The following letters are replies to Mr. Macrea- *s applications + etter from Albany Fonblanque, Eng. Secor 'y of of Trade, and Proprietor of the Examiner news. paper.} 48 Connaveut Square Dec. 1, 184 dy i My Drar Macrrapy:— Ihave seen, with disgust inexpressible, the foul attacks upon you, which J know to be void of any particle of truth, I cannot, indeed, hever attempted to inf fo 80 far as to aay, that you uence the Examiner as to in a great measure lost | Mr. Forrest; for I am aware you did attempt to in- fluence it to forbearance towards him, and that you repeatedly entreated Mr. Forster to be lenient or silent, but Mr. Forster very properly maint ed his independent judgment, and would not be induced to swerve from the course he theught just, by any private solicitation, however generous the sentiment in which it originated. Upon Mr. Forrest’s second visit, I am quite con- fident there wes no notice of him whatever in the £xaminer,* his pretensions as an actor having been sufficiently disposed of before. Tearnestly hope that you will not allow yourself to be ruffled by the vile calumnies, of which you have sent mesamples. Falsehood is your enemies’ only weapon. It may set a mob upon your person; it may cause you to be hooted or assailed; but it cannot touch your well established character, and it wall bind your many friends to you more strongly than ever, both here and in America. Ever, my dear Macready, Faithfully yours, A. Fonsrangve. (Letter from John Mitchell, Esq, lessee of St. James’ Theatre. and Manager of the English company at December 14, 1813. Paris, 1844-5, ’ Dear Mr. Macrmapy :— 1 hasten to reply to your letter, dated Philadel- phia, November 25, which reached me this morn- ing; and 1n order that my answers to your inqm- ries may not be misunderstood, I deem it advisable to Tene your questions, and to answer them cate- gorically : To your Ist Question, * Did 1 throw obstacles of any kind in the way Mr. Forrest’s uppearance under your management in the theatre at Paris?” My answer is—Decidedly not. 2d Question, | “Did I caution you not to allow Mr. Forrest to appear 7” 4 ie T answer—Decidedly not. 3d Question, ‘ “Was it in consequence of any word of mine that you refused to see Mr. Forrest ?” My answer again is—Decidedly not. __ Nor did you in any manner, direct or indirect, with me personally, or to my knowledge with any other person, attempt to interfere with, or prevent, apy arrangement that Mr. Forrest might have de- sired to make with me for his appearance at Paris IT heartily sympathize with you, my dear sir, in the anxieties to which you have been subjected, and sincerely hope, that the ample evidence open to you may fully explain, as it must assuredly re- fate, the calumnies directed ne you. With the most sincere and kind wishes, my dear sir, , Yours, most faithfully, oun M1 THtELL. Loxpvox, 88 OLp Bonp sire! Believe m W. C. Macreapy, Esq. {From the High Sheriff, &c.] BURGH, 16th December, 1843. Forster :— { . dy played Hamlet in Edinburgh— A on Monday, 2d March, 1846. B “ Mh “ Cc . 16th Proof of this—conference with Mr. Murray, The- atre Royal: inspection of the bound up play-bills of the theatte, and of the Edinburgh newspapers. A. In reference to this performance I enclose a copy of the Scotsman newspaper, 4th March, 1846, containing an account of what took place. (extract from Thentrical Notice of Scotsman, March 4, “ “<All parts of the house, except the boxes, which were respectably filled, were crowded by an au- dience loud and enthusiastic in their admiration. “We feel compelled, however, to notice one flagrant exception to the general, or indeed unani- mous, approbation. A gentleman, occupying a prominent position in the house, made himself un- enviably conspicuous by loud and repeated solitary hissing, with the view of expressing his disa) proval of the manner in which Mr. Macready gave effect to a particular passage. We should not have thought it worth while to mention such a circumstance, had it not been reported (though we scarcely think it credible) that the offender was a brother acter, and one, too, who probably con- siders himself a rival. We must distinctly state, however, that the stigma does not apply to any member of our regular theatrical company.” Further—I know the writer of that statement and have seen him. lis testimony is above all suspicion. He was close to, Forrest, when he hissed exactly as it is described. The audience was perfectly tranquil, and breathlessly silent, at the moment Forrest alone hissed. You know how silent an Edinburgh audience can be. When that hiss was heard, there was an outbreak by the au- dience for a moment, to put down the person, who- ever he was, whose AibihoA so marred the uni- versal feeling of the house. Not one human being hissed Macready on that night except Forrest. Again—I have seen a gentleman, now the Su- perintendent of the City Police, whose evidence 1s likewise beyond the reach of suspicion. He was cloge to Forrest. ‘In the house,” he says, “you might have heard a pin fall.” Forrest alone hissed. ‘There was an instant outb dience against him (Forrest). i that night at Macready except Forrest, who hissed ‘a decided solitary hissing, as if he did not care a rush for the rest of the audience.” Once more—I have seen one of the confidential officers of the Theatre Royal. He was close to Forrest, when he hissed alone, the audience being atthe time in profound quiet. Nobody on that night hissed Macready except Forrest. His evi- dence I have no reason to believe to be in any way less unimpeachable than the testimony already re- ferred to, It was not at first known on the stage who the hisser was. There is a notion, that Mra. Leigh (now I think acting in London as Mrs, Leigh Murray) first recognised it to be Forrest. At all events it was stated immediately afterwards in the Green Room, that Forrest was the hisser. “On this Macready,” says, Mr, Murray, ‘‘ex- claimed, ‘No, no, I don’t believe it—Forrest is too much of a gentleman to do that.” It is a matter of general notoriety here, that Forrest always avowed that he had liissed on this occasion, and maintained his right to do so—be- cause he had paid money on that evening to get into the theatre, and was, therefore, entitled, as one ot the audience, to give what expression he liked to his feelings, Its a fuct, that, after the Scotsman now sent to you nppeared, Forrest, in the theatre, questioned one of the gentlemen connected with that paper, in a very violent way, about the article describing his conduct. As a matter of course he was not re- warded with any information on the subject. The facts described ‘remained undenied even by For- rest. Certain, therefore, it is, that to say that anybody but Forrest hissed Macready, on March 2, 1346, is falsehood. B.& C. There is not the most distant shadow of a recollection in the minds of those connected with the theatre, that on either oecasion any, hiss- ing of any sort occurred. The Scotsman of lth March, 1846, simply announces, that on Monday the 9th, Macready “played Lamlet a second time.” It is not credible, considering what that paper had stated the week before, that it should fave been silent, had anything, however slight, taken place, either in continuation or illustration of the scene of the previous week. Unquestionably it is a faleehood, that “the whole house hissed Macready” either on the 9h or the 16th of March, 1846, My une! W., saw Hamlet either on the 9th or 16th. re Was not a single hiss during the whole performance. I have not in my own mind the least doubt, that no hissing was heard either on the 9th or 16th. Lhave seen a good deal of the Edinburgh theatre for more years than | shall name, aud sure I am, thatif ‘the whole house” had hissed Macready on the 9th, I, and a very tremendous “whole howse” would hyve been there on the 16th to sce for ourselyes what it was which had elicited.in our theatre such an expres- sion of universal condemnation as never, in my memory, had grected any actor—far less'a Mac- read ¥: Believe me, there was but one hiss—and one hisser. forrest was the hisser—Forrest’s was the hiss. Nec vorba volenti Sufficiunt ; quotiesque aliquos parat edere questus, Sibilat ; hanc illi vocem Natura relinquit, See Ovid, Metam, IV J am, dear Forster, thine as ever, J. Gorpon. (Letter from Wm, Murray. Esq., Proprietor and Mana+ ger of the Th Ti e », Upineuren, December 28, 1843, t Sin—I never heard of the slightest mark of disap- probation being expressed by the Edinburgh au- dience towards Mr. ‘Macready during the whole engagement alluded to. On the evening when Mr. Forrest hissed Mr. Macready, it was stated to the latter gentleman in the green-room of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, that Mr. Forrest had done. so ; to which Mr. Macteady replied, “I cannot believe it, Mr. Forrest is too much the gentleman to adopt such conduct ” This was said in my hearing, and 1 it but justice to Mr. Macready to state it. 1am, sir, yours very respectfully, W. H. Mornay. J. IL Returrvorn, Eeq., 48 Queen street. [Affidavit of Mr. Ryder, Comedian.) “rare or Groraia, Chatham county. | sefore me, Edward G. Wilson, a’ Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, onally appeared John Ryder, who, being duly deposeth and saith, that Mr. Edwin Forrest dwin Forrest only) did hiss Mr. Wil- liam Charles Macready in the Theatre Royal, Ed- inburgh, in the character of Hamlet, on the night of Monday, March 2d, 1846, and that there was not * From this passage, it will be seen that Mr, Fon- blanque himself was under the same impression with Mr. Macready, that no mention had been made in the Examiner of the porformances at the Princess's Pheatro. In the short paragraphs (not “ notices,” as that oe ured and understood by literary people in England) which, it secms. did appear, tho writer states that ho did not ceo the first performance. and it was well known that he was equally unable to attend the second. one single hisa from any other person through that evening, nor during any night of Mr. Macready’s engugement, nor upon any occasion, that I have ever witnessed, while engaged in Mr. Macready’s performances, except on the night of Monday, No- vember 20th, 1848, in the Arch street, Philadelphia. if Ryper. om to, before me, this 22d January, 1349. Epwanp G. Wison, J. P. [Letter of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. Briguton, Noy. 26th, 1848. My Dear Macrrap’ I haye been truly delighted to hear of the warm reception poe. genius has so deservedly met with from the American public. Here, alas! how we miss you! you have carried off with you our very drama, In reply to a strange jeenen Just put to me re- lative to Mr. Forrest, 1 can truly say, that you never directly or indirectly expressed even the re- motest wish that Mr. Forrest should not act. in any play of mine—nor was ever such a subject touched upon by either of us. Ill indeed could your generous artist-nature be known to such mninds as could for a moment harbor the thought that you would interpose any obstacle in the way actor whomsoever. And if there could be degrees—where the admittance of one mean thought was an impossibility—I should say, least of all would you have exercised a single hostile influence against a native of that brother-land, ef which yeu have always spoken with such affec- tionate and respectful appreciation. ‘ Adieu, my dear Macready, and believe in the warm and faithful regard, which follows you across the Atlantic—which has grieved with you in the loss you have lately sustained—and sympa- thized with you in every triumph of that exquisite and unrivalled intellect, which has thrown new light over the subtlest beauties of Shakspeare, and given to ordinary plays a beauty that no one could detect, till one perceived that the truly great actor 1s like the poet—a creator. i Ever your affect. friend, E. Bunwer Lyrron. (Leiter of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baronet, in an- swer to Mr. Macready’s interrogatories.) Lrominsrer, Dec. 16, 1348, My Dear Macreap i I have already written to you on the points named in yours, received to-day. I hasten to re- peat the purport of my replies. Ast. You never, directly or indirectly, through yourself or others, expressed any wish whatso- ever that Mr. Forrest should not perform in any play of mine; and it would have been so unlike you to have sought to influence me on such a point, that I should have disbeljeved any one, who ventured to report to me, that you had the least Ce ey to Mr. Forrest’s taking a part in my plays. . 2d. You never had any communication, direct or indirect, with me, or any agent of mine, respecting any application from play. ‘ 3d. I not only do not believe you capable of any. interference to the prejudice of the interests of another actor upon such a point—but, from a long and intimate acquaintance with you, I should have considered it an insult to you, to have ever asked you if you would object to any actor performin, your parts in my plays. It isa proof indeed o| that, that Ihave always unhesitatingly given per- mission to Mr. Kean to play Claude Melnotte, even at atime when it might be thought that he pitted that performance against your own. Furthermore; according to the printed statement from the Boston Mail, October 30, it seems, that I did accord to Mr. Forrest the permission to act the parts of Richelieu and Claude Melnotte, for a less sum, than I was, and still am, in the habit of re- ceiving for them ata London theatre; and a less sum than! should have asked from any manager with whom you yourself were engaged, viz., 80 guineas for 40 Biss that is, for a full season. My usual terms would be 100 guineas; and you know well, that my reason for claiming pecuniary terms for the performance of my plays—no matter who the actor—is, to set the example of enforcing my own act of Parliament. for the benefit of poor r dramatic authors than myself. I amin the usual habit of leaving it to some friend of literary sta- tion, and not to a mere agent, to fix the terms; and Thave little doubt, but that, as appears by the Bos- ton Mail, the plays were offered to Mr. Forrest upon more favorable terms than to an lish ac- tor, inorder that, as_an American, he might have fulf chance of any benefit they could bring him. ‘The sum may seem high in America; but for per- formances fewer in number than 40 nights, I shall receive this year a much larger sum from Mr. Phelps, as the manager of a minor metropolitan theatre. 4 ¥ To the best of my recollection, at the time to which this matter refers, we were not in any perso- nal intercourse with each oxher. ‘ I have that confidence in the American public, that I jfeel perfectly persuaded it will rally round you, with regret and even shame at so unworthy a calumny from a part of its population, unhappily misled. I can conceive, that your high sense of honor may be wounded at the mere suspicion of glaring: a6 if we had heard a report that the Duke for picking pockets. a scrawl from your sincere friend and brother No. 5 Camerine: t, Boston, Mass. JeaR Sin :—Reading in the Boston papers this your ‘ Card,” and feel impelled by a sense of duty in the affair, it shall be freely at your service. I that period had a correspondence with you respect- metropolie. “Upon the termination of my connec- Theatre, at tae als English dramatic perform- from any alleged interference on your part, as of the Parisian speculation, I was in the fre- ese occasions often heard him speak of the practices so foreign to your nature. In England, the injustice of such attacks seems as ludicrously of Wellington had been broken for cowardice, or the Archbishop of Canterbury sent to the treadmill Your letter finds me in the bustle of a parlia- mentary canvass, and you will excuse so hasty artist, E. B. L. wetter of Mr. Charles Bass, Comedian } ovember 25th, 1848, i W. C. Macrrany, Esq.: 1 morning, the controversy respecting yourself and Mr. Forrest, Iam much gratified by the tenor of to address you, to say, that, in any pending legal proceedin; 8, if my. evidence can have any weight was in London, when Mr. F. acted his engage- ment at_at the Princess’s Theatre, and, having at ing an engagement at Covent Garden Theatre, can certify ag to your absence at that period from the tion with C. G, T., I had negotiations with Mr. Forrest, who then proposed to open the Odeon ances, which was broken off in consequence of the insolvency of the proprietor of the Odeon, and not falsely stated in the Bosten Mail. “Having been offered by Mr. Forrest the stage management quent habit of calling on him during his en- ec at the Princess's Theatre, and on t “shameful treatment” he experienced there, al- Inding to hisses, disapprobation, &c., which, som times attended his performaene. This he invari- ably ascribed to the underhand influence of Miss ——, who, he said, had brought many letters to literary persons in London, and by them he was crushed as the means to exalt her, At that time he never said, nor, I believe, imagined, you were atall instrumental in opposing his interests ; on the contrary, I have heard him express in London a high sense of your gentlemanly demeanor, of your calling on ‘him at his lodgings in Regent Street, and inviting him toa birth-day party at your residence in Clarence Place, when you came from Sheffield to spend that anniversary with your fa- mily, &c. 4 n very reluctant to appear before the public in any way but in the duties of my protession, yet, if any evidence of mine can aid your truthful cause —as I said before—pray use it freely ; if you deem it worthless, you will be kind enough to conceal my name in ‘the affair. And with sentiments ot entire admiration at the course you have deemed it proper to pursue, I remain, dear sir, yours, respectfully, Cuares Bass, -at-Law, {Letter of Win. B. Reed, My Dr, Ri T have forwarded to you the papers that were sent to me from some point on your southern route : you should have had them sooner, but that in your vast western wandering from New Orleans to New York, it was not easy for me to ascertain your whereabouts. Ihave read them with great care, and had I before doubted the gross injustice of the attack made upon you, these testimonials would have entirely relieved my mind. They are to me eonclusive. There is one point on which, in your ab- senc have had a little solicitude. It has, it seems, been made a matter of reproach to you, that yon have not sought redi for al- leged calumny in the courts of justice. If abstaining from such a course be an. error, the responsibility of it rests on your profesional ad- Visers. Some time, I think last December, though of the date I am not positive, you consulted Mr. Meredith and myself on, this subject, sub- mitting to. us varions publications, by which you were aggrieved, and the question what your course should be. Our opinion was, that the publications were “libellous,” and that an action would lie. But we could not reconcile it to our sense of duty to ye ee stranger and one who could not remain here to watch the inevitable delay of litigation, to advice you thus to assert your rights, In my own mind, I was entirely satisfied thut no one of the attacks made on you could in the end do you the least harm; and there was therefore on my part no hesi- tation in advising you not to bring a suit. All, that has since occurred, satisfies me that I was right. Your discreet and dignified silence, under provocation of no ordinary kind, has won and kept you many friends. At any rate, I repeat, whatever censure belongs to your abstinence from the law, thould be borne by your professional advisers. What use, if any, you ought to make of the tes- 1. Forrest to act in my ; timonials which were sent you from England, | yuestion which may be well answered by your New York friends, with whom you now have means of rsonal conference. “They ought to be shown who take a friendly interest in you, Command me in any way, and believe me, my dear Sir, faithfully yours, Wiss B. Rex. free to Mr. Macnravy. ? 5 The following, published in a few American newspapers, with the remark, ‘*Comment is unne- cessary,” is extracted from a letter dated London, addressed to the late Mr. Leggett, and by him printed in the Plaindealer, New York, in 1 is not an inappropriate aecompaniment to the pre- ceding testimonies :— .“ T suppose you saw in the newspapers that a dinner was given to me by the Garrick Club. Charles Kemble and Mr. Macready were there. The latter gentleman has behaved. in the hand- somest manner tome. Before I arrived in Eng- land he had spoken of me in the most flattering terms, and on my arrival ke embraced the earliest opportunity to call upon me, since which time he has extended to me many delicate courtesies and attentions, all showing the native kindness of his heart, and great refinement and good breeding.” ‘The imputations on Mr. Macready of ‘jealousy,” “fear,” “ envy,” fe. my stand for what they are worth; and it perhaps need scarcely be observed, that had he been chargeable with the conduct at- tempted to be fastened on him, he would have sure- ly subjected himself either to a legal prosecution, or have rendered himself personally -responsible for actions so utterly indefensible; but though the Ppa of nearly a year and a half permitted the choice of these courses, Mr. Macready heard no word on the subject, and, utterly ignorant of any suspicion of the kind, on his arrival at Boston, September, 1848, was astonished to learn, from newspapers then delivered to him, and from the statements of the New York managers, that there would be opposition to his appearance in the thea- tres of this country. During his professional course here, Mr. Macready has refrained from obtruding himself unnecessarily upon public, notice, reposing in his own consciousness, and in the faith hig friends have uniformly and steadfastly held in him. He has perseveringly refused to admit the arplication of the word “ quarrel” to the assaults that have been made upon his character; and, with the ap- proval of his friends, he now, in preparing to leave the United States, places in their hands the evidence of the parties mentioned in the accusations ad- vanced against him, to justify their confidence in his undeviating reverence for truth. Annexation of Cuba to the United States. [Correspondence of the St. Louis Union. Havana, March 18, 1849. It needs no argument, perhaps, to demonstrate, that if Cuba were a portion of the American Union, our resources, wealth, and maritime advantages would be greatly enhanced; that then our con- Tederacy would produoe, within its own limits, an abundant supply of all the necessaries, and even iuxuries, of the temperate and tropical climes. Large as are the present exports of this island, un- der American auspices they could be readily qua- drupled. Many of the best sugar and tobaoco dis- tricts are yet uncultivated, and they can be worked cheaper or more profitably than similar lands in the United States. ‘The insular position of Cuba makes it healthy, and gives it a large number of harbors, many of caNian are unsurpassed. Commerce can be carried on with great facility, and the railroads alread: finished or in progress, with the addition of suc! as American enterprise would suggest, would give easy access to eyery district, and render military, as well as trading, operations extremely easy. | know some persons doubt whether the possession of Cuba would strengthen the United States, in a military sense. They think that the additional length of coast to be guarded would more than out- weigh all advantages to be derived from its com- mand of the Gulf outlet. pirat those better skilled in such matters must decide that question, yet it seems as if an island only one hundred miles distant from Florida, with which there would be daily, and probably hourly, steam communication —that island, too, inhabited, as it would soon be, by three millions of persons, and intersected with railronds—could be very easily defended against any European fleet. Of course, it it were in our possession, that part nearest Jamaica would re- quire most watching, because, in the event ofa war with England, it would BrObeBly, be first assailed from that quarter. We would be able, however, to exclude from the Gulf all ef our foes, and hold complete sway over it. The insurrection in St. Domingo drove many persons for safety and shelter to this island, and they not only gave a vivid account of the horrors then perpetrated, but infused into the minds of Cubans an intense dread of British machinations, or so-called philanthropy, about the negro race. It is now a part of history that the St. Domingo in- surrection was planned in London, and a remem- brance of that event, with constant information of the subsequent anarchy on that island, has made the Cubans fear that on the first opportunity a sim lar plot may be hatched for them—the more espe- cially as England maintains in Jamaica and at Nassau many black regiments, destined, unques- tionably, to operate where slaves are to be reach- ed—that_is, in our Southern States, and in the Spanish West Indies. The British possessions in this part of the world are now valueless, and until’ negro. slavery can be destroyed — in Cuba, Porto Rico, our Southern States, and Brazil, England must continue to fret under the fact that her Emancipation Act destroyed her West India colonies, and conterred only injury upon the blacks. The price she paid her planters for their slaves was by no means a re- muneration of their losses. The value of their estates was so far depreciated, that’those appraised before the emancipation act at two hundred thou- sand dollars, can now be bought for fifty or sixty thousand. Many of the owners of those estates resided in England, and had mortgaged them for a small part of their value, in order to raise funds for erecting on them the proper machinery and build- ings for sugar-making and distilling. Soon they found their property sacrificed for the mortgage money, and themselves reduced from affluence to penury. They have not failed to keep up that agitation for redress which will yet be even more annoying to their ministers. If, however, like the fox in the fable, she can get other nations to be- come minus an important appendage, too, she hopes to recover from her previous impolicy. Her plant- ers and some of her naval officers on this station say she is fast becoming weary of her pseudo phi- lanthrophy, and that she will soon withdraw evea from if African coast all of her cruisers, savo those which she is required by the treaty with the United States to keep there. “Here West India ex- periment has been worse than a failure; but I doubt whether public sentiment in Great Britain ‘Aloe mit her to relax her operatons against the slave trade—nor should she do so, The Cubans look upon her movements with great suspicions. By the way, in one of my letters, [alluded to re- Peration made by the authorities of St. Jago de Suba for flogging a British sailor. As detailed by me, there were some inaccuracies in the matter, which it may be well to correct. ‘The man flogged was nota sailor, but a British subject, and the pir- ty mulcted was the planter who flogged him. Not long ago, an American mulatto, from Philadelphia was tuken to a plantation on this island and treated as a e. Through the agency of our activ: Consul at this place, to whom the matter became known, his restoration was obtained, with ample compensation. The planter could produce no title to the mulatto ; and they can show none to their imported Africans. If it, had been necessary for our Consul to have gone into the courts here with that case, the grave question would have arisen whether a planter can hold a negro without a title, when the latter sues for his freedom—a point which is said to have been decided once collaterally, and which, if it were pushed, might give to England the objoct she has long sought. The slaves im- ported since 1821, have been brought here in viola- tion of the Spanish law, with the connivance of the authorit and to cover up those transactions, the purchasers do not receive biils of sale. As three- fifths of the slaves now on the island would be libe- rated, if the law of 1821 were enforced with all its consequences, the Cuban courts dodge it whenever they can; but an appeal to a Spanish tribunal might cause great trouble The contemplated revolution by the Cubans, about which the New York papers had much to sey a year or more ago, Was suppressed without a movement, in consequence of information procured fiom Washington by the Captain General. Some leaky veseel there let out the secret, so that it came to the ears of the Spanish Minister. The names of most of the parties implicated were forwarded to Roneali, who summoned them before him, one by one, informed them that their contemplated treason was known, and threatened them with a halter, on the first movement. | As the whole plan was thus revealed to the authorities, nothing etfec- tive could be done—and the day of revolution was postponed for an indefinite period. Many of the Ainest and most influential men, were then en- goged in the matter, prepared for the result, with purse and sword. ‘The ramifications of that scheme, extending over the island, sustained with ample contributions, and supported by some por- tions of the regular army, would probibly have in- sured succees, if the whole had not been discover+ ed. Thet fict shows thet the tenure by which Spain holds Cuba is very wenk—and_ nll the Span- ish officers know that inbobitants cordially de- test them and their government. During my visit here, Ihave conversed much on this subject, and learned thatthe ereoles still hope for annex ition and | or independence—that they will not long rest quiet under the preeent rule, ‘They really hate England more than Spain.und fear the machinations of the etal aA here is no donger that they will ever eul bmit voluntarily to British sway, wod English residents here are bitterly opposed to thei country’s West India policy. : Havana,, March 20, 1849, . In rambling over this lovelyisland, to profit by its pure and mild air, J haye dashed off, cwrrend calamo, occasional descriptions of such scenes a: made clear and pleasing impressions upon me, anc mingled my own reflections with the thoughts tha sprung froin the suggestions of others. In sodoing 1 know not that I have conveyed to you any vivic image of Cuba, or struck out ideas of its destiny worthy of sober reflection. But all of us view objects through our own peculiar media—whethe: of prejudices or fancy—and color them with tint: | in which they may ypear. to no other eyes. By contrast, the Soft and luxurious scenes in the trop! cal world come associated with the sterner anc more thniling, which, at other times and in othe places, left their impress on the memory. | Nature or Providence has been more equal in its i ifts thar man often admits. Whilst the Cuban loves hi: groves of palm, mangoe, and orange, and wouk | not barter, them for the less beautiful forests o | oak and pine ; whilst he enjoys the gentle and fra i | grant beeeze which ever plays about his picturesque abode, and shudders at the thought of those rud« blasts which blow around more northern homes whilst, too, he blesses his lot that provides for hi: physical wants without severe toil, exempting hin from the struggles which colder climes and les: fertile plains impose, he sighs for that enjoymen which free government, a hardier enterprise and active energies, bestow, on the land tc which he looks for the coming redemption o his own favored isle. Nature has done all o good for him—man all of evil.. The indolence which a luxuriant soil, a tropical clime, anc abundant fruits engender, has not produced tha mental torpidity which stifles thought and pure: aspirations. Cursed by despotic laws, with uncer | tainty hanging over his hopes every hour, his ge nerous ambition repressed, strangers devouring fi substance, and a gnawing desire for freedom, anc objects to make life worth living, for ever working upon him, he sighs for that spirit of change whict has breathied so potently over other lands, within ¢ few short years, and crowned the patriot’s toil wit! abundant’ reward. This longing for Americar sympathy and for union with us in a common des uny, is visible at every turn—is heard in every whispered aspiration. It 1s based, not only on love of American institutions, but on hatred of Spanish wrongs, and fears of further ills to be suffered ~The tate of the thousands who have fled hither ar various times, to escape the murders and rapine caused by premature and ill-judged philantropy on ister islands, haunts the Cuban’s imagination, anc forces him to turn for security against similar hor. rors to that netion alone in whom his hopes seen: now to be wholly centred. He is sensitive tc every fluctuation—to the whispers of change— which come to,him from his unnatural father-land, uncertain when the prevalence of British counsel: or the intrigues of corrupt courtiers may make Cuba a second St. Domingo, or Jamaica. That his hopes and fears outstrip his knowledge—that his longing for annexation precedes accurate study of our institutions, and their practical operation—is natural and inevitable. The sentiments springin; from fear and hope will outrun cold calculation an atient reflection. He knows that the American Jnion is stable and happy; he knows that it is free, and that justice is impartially administered there; he knows that it is potent to protect and to punish; and he seeks its shelter and blessings. , The longing for annexation is universal on this island, among the native whites, and many of. them have strengthened their desire by sober re- flection on_their present position and probable destiny. They feel an insecurity in existing af- fairs, which places them at the mercy of any one of a thousand court follies or accidents. ‘They know the natural wealth. and capabilities of the island—the advantages of American industry and enterprise. They have not been wholly inatten- tive to the rapid progress of ournation in wealth, learning and prosperity—to its triumphs in arts and arms. They have reasoned on our strange victories over superior numbers in Mexico— strange to them, because previously our military rowess was not properly appreciated—and the feel that, under such protection, they might defy all foes. Our ships enter their harbors, and they have learned our commercial strength and enter- prise. They understand that their insular position would, under a different government, give them yast maritime advantages, and that it demands for its defence the alliance of a at naval power. gee have observed for years the jealousy of England, and have become well informed of the fruits of British abolition. hey find their trade with their best and nearest neighbors fettered with onerous restrictions, merely to enrich a profligate Court and family three thousand miles away, or to secure to corrupt favorites or indolent provinces wealth and pleasure, at the expense of this distan- island. They see Spain tardy and sluggish, lint gering behind other nations in the great work o: improvement, and clinging with the greater tena- city to obsolete views, because all the world be- sides is rapidly advancing. They know, and what is better, they feel, that the Spanish connec- tion or supremacy is to them nothing but injury— and feeling thus, they are ready, whenever a reasonable prospect of success appears, to embark in the necessary struggle for their rights, either on the basis of independence or of annexation. Thave referred in my previous letters to th ban question, as one ob vast moment to the U States, connected as it is with our foreign and do- mestic policy, and destined, if neglected, to play a sad part in coming history. I have hinted at the mode of unravelling the web in which it is entan- gled, and at the advantages—positive and negative —which would flow therefrom. A wise people will anticipate events so far as may be necessary to ward off threatened evils or secure certain benetits. I do not say, that now is the best time for acquir- ing this island, but I think the public mind_ should be directed to the subject at once, so that when the fayorable moment comes, our government can act without “let or hindrance” from ourselves. Hence it is proper that our relations with Spain should be known; that our diplomatic correspondence with her court should be published ; that the nature of our commercial treaties should be understood; also, what is the true position we hold with regard to this island, commercially and politically, and what we ought to occupy. In 1823, President Monroe de- fined our true policy, and his declaration has been often renewed since. The Guif has been called by some of our ablest statesmen mare nostrum— ‘our sea ’—and it is essential to the valley of the Mississippi that its outlet should be in out posses- sion, or at least free from hostile control. Notonly is the great West interested in that matter, but all portions of the confederacy. In the event of an- xation, the East and North would probably de- € more immediate and greater benefits from the trade of Cuba, than either the South or West. But it is not in a sectional light that such measures should be viewed, for what is beneficial to a part of our Union is profitable to the whole. A new administration has come into power, and on it is devolved the consideration of this subject. Its ee- lection of Minister for the Spanish court should be made with due regard to the importance of tha post, and no incompetent favorite sent there, as if toa sinecure. If he shall inform himself properly of the good to bedone in: his mission, He gilt iad vast interests and profound subjects committed to isionsand forecast. is the last letter which I shall probably write on this island, before embarking for home, | feel the more profoundly that as nature has placed Cuba near us as an appendage to the continent, so, have time and circumstances woven a bond of mutual interests and sympathies between the peo- ple of each, which should draw them into still closer union. God grant that such a connection may soon be formed, and peaceably! Cu- ed ASE OF THE Spranisn Smack Pequena " —Some few days since, we copied an article censuring, with an appearance of justice, according to the given statement of facts, the cons duct of the United States authorities at Key West, in confiscating and selling the little craft Peqnena Amelia. ‘Since. then we have received the follow- ing communication from a resident of Key West, giving details which our correspondent says are well known to the citizens of thattown, and which present the case in an altogether different view:— Sir.—You have, in your paper of the 27th of April, aw artrele relating to the celebrated Spanish amaek Pequens. Amelia. reflecting very severely on our gentlemanly Collector at Key West, as well ax on our government. An I know the whole history of the case, | hope you will give itfplace, in justice, not only to the Collector, Mr. Mallory, but to our whole couniry. Being in Koy West at the time, on hearing of her arrival, | was anxious to see the brave little sailer; and went down and there met one of our revenue officers, who in- formed me. that the captain had asked permission to tell enough fruit to lay in some provisions for proso- cuting his voyage. Mr. Mallory gave him such pri- vilege. but told him not to remain in harbor over night Al night he was still at anchor, Mr Mallory sunt word to the smack. that unless he made sail, he should be seized. No answer was returned. He wag watched and taken in the third boat, that was loaded with oon- traband goods amounting to $700. This ia the other ride of the story ‘The North American article would bo a sweet mouthful for an abolitionist who would derire to place the negroes above our Southern offi- cera, M. P.8, The Spanish Consul. Mr. Brown, went on board of tho emack, suspecting his intention of smuggling, him to leave, but ho refused.— Charleston Swockina Case or Ixranticipg.—A few days go, in the county of Muhlenburg, an infant chad was found buried about three feet under ground noar the houre of aman by the name of Sanford. Collece tiene of clotted blood’ were discovered on the left side ef the head, and the frontal hone on the right side of the head was depressed, inducing tho belief that vio- lene had caured ite death, The supposed mother of the cbild was necused, tried, and condemned to farther trial, ax the perpetrator of the deed. She bore the rame of Sanford. but saya that sho is a niece of the old We hope she is not guilty. — Hopkins Delta,