ogers: Have you got "The Spectre of the Grave" here?
Inspector Jenkins: No, your Worship, he vanished. The other male
performers were dressed in sandals and armour, with their helmets up.
Hall and the other officers corroborated the above evidence. Several
inhabitants of Mortimer Market proved that they were, every night,
alarmed by firing off guns, cries of "Fire," clashing of swords, the
most boisterous ranting and shrieks from the voices of the ladies of
the _corps dramatique_, and the place was a perfect nuisance to the
neighbourhood.
The owner of the place stated that, on the 24th of January, he let
the place to a person named Summers, for chair making, when it was
turned into a theatre.
Ewyn said he had engaged with Summers to divide the profits of the
theatrical speculation. Summers agreed to take the place, and he
(Ewyn) to provide the scenery and wardrobe; "and proud I am to say,
that I have conducted the consarn respectably, which some of the
neighbours can testify. This is the head and front of my
offending--no more."
Inspector Jenkins said that, about a month ago, he called on Ewyn and
cautioned him, but he said that the magistrates had nothing to do
with the matter.
Mr. Rogers, addressing the prisoners, said they had received a
warning which they did not heed. He should not order them to find
bail, but would discharge them; and, if they dared to repeat their
performances after this admonition, he would grant a warrant for
their apprehension, and every one of them should find bail, or be
committed. They held out temptation to the children of poor persons,
some of whom, it appears, were without shoes and nearly naked, who
robbed their parents, or others, for the purpose of procuring the
penny for admission. He would order their paraphernalia to be
restored to them, but, on condition that they would remove their
fittings, and desist from any future performances.
Ewyn: You must give me time to take down the seats and decorations.
Mr. Rogers: You must take them down this day.
Ewyn (with a start): What! this day? Impossible.
Mr. Rogers directed Inspector Jones to see the mandate obeyed.
The month of April is famous for the inauguration of steam traffic
between England and America. A vessel named the _Savannah_ had in 1819
crossed from America t
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