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Mr. Teuton, Chairman of the Southwark Referm Association, has replied rather sharply to•Mr. Harvey's letter in defence of his speech and refusal to vote on the Irish Church Bill. lie repeats the charge against Mr. Harvey, of abandoning the Liberals when they most needed assistance, and throwing the weight of his talents into the scale of Opposition ; mind gives him to understand in very plain terms, that the electors of Southwark expect their Representative to support the Ministry.
The Radicals of St. Pancras had a public dinner on Monday, at White Conduit House. The dinner was attended by Sir S. Whalley, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Ilarvey, and Mr. Feargus O'Connor. Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Harvey both addressed the company at some length. The former urged the necessity of Peerage Reform ; while Mr. Harvey dwelt at length on the pusillanimity and political disho- nesty of the Whigs. In the Court of Exchequer, on Monday, Mr. Vandenhoff, the actor, obtained a verdict, with 160/ damages, against Mr. Bunn, the lessee of Drury Lane Theatre. It appeared from the evidenee, that Mr. Van- denhoff was engaged in July 1833, at a salary of 18/. a week, to 1,1:ry at Drury Lane Theatre for two seasons. ale accordingly performed till the 17th of May 1836; when Bunn closed the theatre, and de- clared the season to be at in end, although he opened it a few nights after, and 'kept it open till the 18th of July. Mr. Vandenhoff was not allowed to play dining this supplerneutary season; and it wits for nine weeks' salary that the Jury save the verdict of 1601. [We suppose that the other performers, dismissed at the same time with Mr. Vandenhoff, will come upon limit for their nine weeks' salaries.' In the Under Sheriff's Court, on Wednesday, a Jury was suoumencd to assess the damages to he paid by Mr. Macready for the assault on Mr. Bunn—the defendant having allowed judgment to go by default. The evidence proved, that Mr. Bunn had been most severely tbrashi•d. and that his surgeon's first bill amounted to 41!. It was also stated that the production of the Maid Veletas was delayed for some weeks owing to Mr. Bunn's inability to attend to his business—thereby area- sioning a loss to him of 400/ or 500/ The Jury, however, assessed damages at only 130/ Mr. Sergeant Talfourd delivered a very eloquent speech for his friend Macready. The funeral of Mr. James Mill took place at Kensington on Wed- nesday. It sins attended by his suit and only a new friends.
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