| Show SIMS ri reeves BEEVES ri bines fines nr IX A NEW CHARACTER A A late english says on friday night at the leedham leeds am phi theatre mr sims reeves beeves appeared as captain macbeath Ma cheath in the beggars opera there was waa a crowded house and ind 1 the play was proceeding very satisfactorily facto rily until about the middle of the second act where a song has to be sung by one of the subordinate characters this was attempted by one of the stock company who however made a bit of a hash orm orn 0 o it mr reeves beeves became aa an noyed aud and as ti wel meL members bers of the chorus who were specially engaged were making their exit from the stage he struck out at one of them named scholes hitting him on the shoulder and sending him spinning against a table mr air reeves beeves also gave another man edward a lift with his hig foot as ho hd was going off all this thie the audience saw and were astonished two or three hisses were raised whereupon the great tenor came forward and addressing the assembly said of all the unseemly ruffians I 1 ever met with these aie are the worst some borne of the audience appeared to agree with him for there were plaudits pl audits after this speech among the chorus singers however there was great indignation and mr aft A J atkinson the chief of them sent the following epistle to mr sims reeves beeves during the evening sir oh behalf of the chorus singers at the am phi theatre I 1 request you yon will make an ample apology for the unseemly assault you made on two of the members this evening or we shall take other proceedings yours etc J atkinson no reply was given to this and a summons was accordingly taken out against mr beeves reeves the matter however asis was arranged out of court and when the case was called on monday no appear ance was made on either side mr bruce said the ordinary rule of the court was to require an appearance with regard to any summons which may have been granted unless there is some special circumstance known knowli to the court but as in this case the assault had apparently been of a trivial character he should not enforce 0 an a n appearance a ap pp ea arance A member me aber of the royal academy of brussels has proposed a plan for th the consideration of that body chereb whereby y h ha proposes to utilize the return current ohi 0 the ocean cables now laid 11 holding to D the idea that such cables are virtually elongated leyden jars ho he claims that t every direct current transmitted through the wires is attended by a counter return current which b by y a suitable arrangement can be recorded thus inexpensively furnishing evidence at the primary station whether or not any message has been correctly sent |
