Performing at the Queen's Theatre

John Allan, of theatrical celebrity, pleaded
not guilty to an assault upon John Davis, of
the Sydney Hotel.
It appeared in evidence, that on the day of
the grand meetingl at the theatre, while Mr.
Worthy Worthington George Nichols was en-
lightening an audience of the British public
with the sublime and beautiful, a farce of an
equally amusing, though not quite so harmless
a description, was taking place in the back-
ground. Allan, the defendant, the man what
perform the savage'ruffian, and ferocious mur-
derer at the Queen's Theatre was giving a
lesson in private theatricals to the complaitant,
the said John Davis, who was standing in
the rear oï the platform. Allan commenced
by first informing him, that his rank not being
that of a gentleman, he was not entitled to be
on the stage. Davis not thoroughly under-
standing the argument, seeing so many of the
unwashed around him, replied he should not
move off. Allan, who, by the bye, has studied
the pugilistic art in the polite circles ot Europe,
then got hold of Davis round the neck, pin-
ning him with his left, and administering
divers blows with the right, on the cranium,
or frontis, and various other osées of the
defendant's person. This was the assault and
grievance complained of, and for which com-
plainant sought redress of the court.
The Magistrates then ordered the defendant
to be bound over in his own recognisance to
keep the peace for six months, and defray thè
costs of the present action.-Communicated.