The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-06 00:00:00

ENGLISI4• OPtRA• HOUSE. Hems. ARNOLD and Co. appear resolved to hold fast the unquestionable claim they already possessed, to ',tin the produ cers o f E ng li s h O pera, par excellence, Z . n! the th ree mont h s w hi ch the i r too brief season consists ,we have h a d t h e C os i Fan Tuttc of the in i mitable tOzet te ; an e l egant an d sc i ent i f i c product i on of a clever Z pirant f or mus i cal fame, MAIALER ; and, finally, the ad 'red opera lailfa of Gli Amori Marinari, oddly enough ee Vered to our English comprehension The Pirate of t n °a• Albeit, we shall not quarrel about an appelle °l; a rose would smell as sweet, were it called by any til er name. A b r i e f s k etc h of t h e composer of the opera I . 4 rtueation may not b e a lt oge th er inapposite, for his works 're co mparatively unknown in this country. JOs erH WEIrIL is the god-son of the good and great , t U3 i eett HAYD N , wh ose i n i m it a bl e manne r and original - ,, r ,)'et it is quite evident, have been the loadstars of \Vela tas F t 'etione, in all that appertains unto the delightful art, 414 1 which eveiy civilised coinmunity can derive the aarest, the matt unalloyed gratification. WEIGL was born elyear 1765, and is the offspring of a German musi professor. The not to be mistaken indications of Teeni' musi us i n d uced the father to g i ve h i m the advantage AL4 aPeereeettettea'e invaluable tuition ; from whose t 4,, enical labours the young WEIGL was transferred to the NabrattAl SALIERI, for the more immediate purpose of liPpi,layrinne,ig the rules acquir e d und e r the g u id a nc e of th e contr3 seantest " to the construction of Operas. The c ombination of genius, science, and taste, have pre tlted tho se resu l ts o f w hi c h t h e O pera, now pro d uce d to an hlg l ish public for the first time, may be said to be a ,rdlient specimen, and have for the last thirty y e ars ~'?"(1 the source of almost unqualified admiration and i;•l n YMent to two of the moat musical nations upon earth. e luia havi ng pro d uce d u p war d s o f t wen t y O peras , G er - Alll n and Itali an , a ce l e b ra t e d O ra t or i o , L a P ass i one, an d '`dour ten Grand Ballets, may be considered a voluminous T it er- His operas of the Uniform, and the Die Schweitzer Familie, are esteemed as equal to any of the Productions of the best masters ; the latter composed for .1 " rienaise, in the year lteo9, still preserves the mi diPu • • nished celebrity which marked its earliest representa tia„, es It is strictly of a pastoral character, the peculiar for te, indeed, of this truly elegant and scientific composer, "is easily discernible throughout the numerous works ' f. the ad m i re d o f b o th G e rm a ny a nd It a ly ! A rare sor t c unity in the award of praise to even modest merit. T he character is said to be fitted in a peculiar manner to the e 'ruposer of this very charming Opera Buff a. , The pl o t, if plot it may be c a ll e d, a p peare d as ful 'les :—Captain Tornado, the Pirate, (Pim - Ames) is an sent from Genoa, on one of his piratical excursions, and during his absence, his son Dorimante (Wroon) becomes enamoured of Claretta, an opera singer (FertoN) who iith Merlin° (BLAND), an adventurer, and sort of ca tttlier scrvente Claretta, passing as her broth e r, are on l 'e Point o f entrapp i ng Dorimante into a marriage with tne former. The news, however of the Captain's arrival Puts them all to the rout, when, by (lint of a promise of t : °nee for complying, andahe fear of broken bones if he does Pasquale (J. Russree), a card-playing eilkative ser i!" of Dorimante, ie prevailed upon to persuade theC•aptain, c ll . Old master, that Claretta and Merlino are a Count and nuntees, brother and sister, and persons of consequence, who 0 4v e been introduced to Dorimante by his friend Count rrval (TnottNE). The Captain is surprised to find such e 4 rea ; but being a sailor who loves a pretty girl, nl d bein g p l eased w i th Cluretta, he applauds his son ' s e e ki ng so reputable an acquaintance, an d slows them hospitality of his roof; but as the course of true love n!!!.!ver did run smooth, there is a certain Lueilla (Miss see 61 ), who lands with th e Capt a in, di sg ui se d as a sa il or fse y; but whether she has been made prisoner by the pirate, or how she came there, we must confess we were at a loss to learn, unless it were to propitiate the Pirat e • favour of her union with his son, who had previously paid his addresses to her ; the adventurers t ee near attaining their object, when Pasquale says some thing that alarms the Captain's suspicions, and he sets a ' S qleggio, (G. PENsoN) an old deaf innsic-master, whom he has captured, to find out whether Claretta be an opera 'linger or not; he, of course, makes the discovery. The Pirate threatens his son with banishment, and the adven turers are about to be kicked out, when Lucille throws off the boy's clothes, the adventurers bicome amiable, Dori ',tante repents of his connection with the opera singer, and returns the passion of Lucille. The pirate consents to •their union, and the scene closes with Solfeggio's teaching the whole corps d' opera to sing his grand finale. The practical execution of the opera was terribly marred by the almost total incapacity of one of the principal cha racters—the nervous agitation generally attendant upon a teat representation will ever meet with the most merciful consideration; but nothing can possibly palliate or excuse wanton outrage upon patience, so painfully exhibited n Y the gentleman who had the responsible character of t he pirate's son allotted to him. Re was imperfect in the dialogue, and we are quite certain that he did nut exe cute twelve consecutive bars of the opera correctly. The f 'eptett e i n t h e finale to the f i rst act, was suddenly trans • .`" ti ned into a aestette, to the no small astonishment of the h J u icialis, and attended by the indignation of Wzree's L'unirers, who mustered somewhat numerously on this in 'T,eeting occasion. Madame FERON was in excellent 'l l ' . l ) 'ne, and, notwithstanding the disadvantages thrown in her s ' and others' way, by the circumstance it has been our 413evilling yet painful duty to record, acquitted herself to Vtrairetion in the Italian coquette and opera singer. Her her character du et was loudly e ncored, and her Seers, descriptive of character and profetesional pursuits, vehemently applaud • Mr. H. Priteetrs, in the gruff son of the sea, seemed laite in hie natural elerneut, and so completely at his ease ; 11 4 e might have readily enough imagines! he had followed e vocation for twice the space of his yet short existence ; assuredly, the composer could never have had a more able re- Ilresenbative of his Capt. Tornado. Theduet, " though dark i l "ds obsc ur i ng ," w ith Lucille, was rapt urous l y encore d. ausarsee was clever in a very difficult character, and proved u lniB elf a most funny pupil of the Signor Sou -ace:ie. in a e re," that eliited shoats of mirth and approba „,444 Mr. G. PeNsow, c in the deaf old fanatic of a music — Wee, took us an d hi s au dience completely by surprise, ' l nd most have convinced every one of his very extraordinary Pretensions to a versatility of talent in conception, as well it execution, rarely to be found combined in the person of l n Y one individual. In the finale to the opera, Signor eetreceio being requested to rehearse one of his own Z:MpOsitions, sets about it with all the pompous enthusiasm a mad musician, and alternately appl au d s an d con d e mns n e quizzical efforts of his choir, in a rich vein of humour, eilited to a scientific knowledge of the art, which unequi- N professor' s c l a i m to b e consi edly confirms this young a e eed the first, as lie is indeed the only English Buffo that d e r national stage possesses. This splendid effort drew e !en the unanimous aeclaination of his delighted audit ory . ,Ta Caw s]: furnished us with another agr eea bl e sure a r a _ t* e ; her acting of Lucille was quite equ a l t o h er a s'cal efforts, which may be considered of a higher li d o than is usual with this very industrious young voca ,•:* Tiroitees was exceedingly amusing in the stammer .ft sprig of nobility, and contrived to render an infirmity - ,n o very pleasing description exceedingly striking, nay er ne laughable. The orchestra had a task of no ordinary di es to perform. The music of itself was felt, and rtatelered, by the clever band of this theatre, with adini- T 4 le precision, and a laudable attention to the lights and I.4ulows of musical effect; but, when a singer chooses to ;: iv e opt, "0' the sudden," sundry portions of the corn k:hel a's ideas, fee, what can a leader, a conductor, or their I ! n oadjutors do ? Marry, 'tis a problem of difficult 80- t 4 I )4 * Mr. W AGsTAFI E had more than ordinary merit vi c Z s e_way in whichlieunravelled the mysterious and de te . a tt yof th e principal tenor throughout the perform % a of this admirable opera. It was given out for the representation by Mr. G. Petesoer, amid the tumul tla plaudits of a highly gratified auditory. SURREY THEATRE. fit t i„ h t 7Propri e t or o f t hi s concern having previously " noti law ' lB " exclusive right and possession" and to ( . as ., t o be_ w t Y:rs say) the first production of the celebrated Vox d ay , t4 l called Sylvana, it vvao duly produced on Tues e,,'' ' a ft, to a numerous auditory, attracted by the above E--41)ciatien. Whether or not the musical taste of the t :,,V, 11 be amended and improved by the increased im ' T 4 l of these foreign productions (certainly not for the th 1,1141• P a r erm a i to the multitud) is a mattr for con rati".t g Of the n piece in question the drama consists of "tel assembla e of a tyrannical father (a German A u ,r , . 4 ildelh ar t: `-` 9 11 , 1r. YAILDLNY), two male l overs a,em 4 °ePt and Rudolph, Mr. PHILLIPS and Miss GRADDOti), ale allotted to each (Matilda and Sylvana, Miss --( r, LM and Mn.e FITZWILLIA3f), a cowardly serving man VaLv), an o ld h erm it (M r . BROMLEY), wi th :?ason a bl e proportion of Lords, Ladies, Knights, Squires, .? attendants, whose com bi ne d opera ti ons f u rnish ma an a l' for a more effective drama than the present perform -01;. One qua li fication (and we would say a necessary 0 5 ) in the transplanting of foreign operas to the English antir4; neglected, or at least, unattempted by the managers te ral, viz.th e adaptation of th e E ng li s h wor d s, b y a f ree stiturelegant translation, and consequently the sub of English phraseo log insteady, clear and intel- o' Re to the ea r and sense, of the un -064 nttadh and un i nte lli g ib le j argon of (it may be said) Y all the foreign operas presented to tie of late years in English garb. The English managers (who, by the bye, are almost to a rnan incapable of judging or of feeling mu sical effects) think that a literal translation, with a eyl lable (no matter whether with or without sense or ac cent) to each note, sufficient—with the name of Mozart's, WnsaL, or VON WEREA-to ensure success and attraction to such productions. The reverse has been the ease, with very few exceptions ; for though the gullibility of John Bull is proverbial, he is net satisfied with performances professed to be in kis native tongue, but which he finds rendered in a Babelonish dialect—leaving him in complete ignorance of what is said or Rung : and the duration of each productions is merely until every one has been to hear what he is told he must go to hear—and having done so, he goes no more, because unintelligibility destroys the in terest, and a dramatic representation must have interest to be permanently attractive. However, to effect good English versions of foreign operas, demands the employ ment of more and of a higher order of talent than our managers are inclined to incur the expense of,—for literary talent of high class fa- this purpose is not likely to be pro cured gratuitously. This is a subject well worthy the consideration of all who are not indifferent as to the total exclusion of literature and of sense connected with the mu sical drama, and which not a little degrades our taste i n the eyes of our neighbours of the Continent, sonic of whose best performances we exhibit, robbed of their spi rit and effects, from the tasteless, vapid, and unmeaning translations we tack to them. Another abuse that calls for animadversion and abolition, is the attempted persona tion of male characters by females, which is destructive of dramatic interest and effect, as offensive to delicacy and common sense. he some few instances, when the music of the principal male characters has been composed for an Italian male soprano, such a substitution may be both ex pedient and necessary—otherwise the subversion of the composer's intentions is added to the offence of so unnatural an association. Under most of these disadvantages Syl mina presents us some splendid specimens of German mo dulations, with by no means an absence of pure and elegant melody, and of which this opera certainly possesses more than Der Frcischutz, though there is lets of originality and ex traordinary effect. The hearer is occasionally reminded of WINTER, MOZART, and HAYDN, and sometimes even of the modern Italian school—two airs by Ilueoerss, the accompaniment of one obligato for the oboe, and the other for the violoncello, are most exquisite, though the effect of the latter is injured by the substitution of the soprano for the tenor voice, which renders the intended effect of imitation of the Irish echo of Paddy Blake—the soles of Matilda and Albert in the Hell of Chivalry, are full of nature and energy. It is to be regretted, that a more distinct delivery is not obtained by our female singers. The defect with them is almost universal—BßAHAM, Mimeses, and 11. Puisues, deliver their words with the decision and em phasis of oratory, nor is this essential qualification confined to them—why then should it not be cultivated by all ? it is so with French, Italians, Germans, in every species of vocal music, except the English Opera, and John Bull,who is always roaring against sound without sense, which he sagaci ously supposes the Italian music must he, because he does not understand their language, sits to hear his own rendered as unintelligible to him, as if it were foreign ! Of the Opera performance, dramatic and musical, at the Surrey, there is something to praise, and much to condemn. Miss GRADDON is effective in such parts of the music as do not require a tenor voice to make their effects. With regard to her male attire it is condemnable in toto, as being un masculine even for a female. Her intended armour would have been appropriate for Joan of Arc, or a Queen of the Amazons. This young lady is possessed of high vocal talents which, under proper direction, would be of credit and service to any operatic establishment. Mrs. Feri as-swam, in the part of Sylrana, though out of her usual line of acting, haviug nothing either to speak or to sing, performed with much good sense and feeling ; and Mrs. VALE executed her portion of the performance with neatness and precision. Miss IlEtoate has an effective and excellent voice. She ought to study enunciation in her singing. Mr. PiflLLlrs, as Albert, was by no means as accurate as we have been accustomed to see him ; he was evidently imperfect in parts of his music, and his delivery was frequently forced and constrained. It is justice however to say, this observation applies to the first night of the Opera --on a subsequent performance, his efforts were greatly im proved. Mr. Puittars is known to be a musician and a scholar, therefore such errors are most apparent ; his solos in the tournament, and the battle song in the third act, are among his best efforts. Mr. VALE executed some very difficult music allotted to him with powers we did not suppose him possessed of. Mr. YARDLEY has a bass voice of admirable quality and compass, but be wants much of study and cultivation to make a good bass singer ; a slight attention to orthocpy would correct mispronunciation. The chorusses, though not sufficiently numerous, were well sustained, and the orchestra was ably led by Mr. MOUN TAIN; it wants, however, increased force in violins and basses for the proper effect of such music. The proces sions were well got up, and the piece was received, on the whole with well deserved unanimous applause. To con clude, the music of Sylvana is unquestionably of a very high order, and we are willing to give Mr. ELLISTON cre dit for his selection and production of suck a work at his theatre ; but we are fully of opinion that the amusement of the public would be more effectually contributed to, its taste amended, and the profits of managers be rendered more certain and permanent, by the selection of works presentiug more facility of adaptation to our language, of nut so high an order as to musical science as to be out of reach of the comprehensimi of the multitude; and farther, by producing such pieces when selected with English words, properly adapted and accentuated, and by an insistance on the performers to render those words distinct and intel ligible to their auditors. VAUXHALL GARDENS. This attractive place of summer resort closed last night, after a season—which judging from the wea ther that has usuallc•'prevailed during the nights of performance —any thing but successful. The chief novelty of the evening was the splendid appearance of a cluster of lamps, on which were inscribed the words, "we respectfully say farewell." The fol lowing was the address spoken by Mr. Williams, at the close of the performances. "LADLES AND GENTLEMEN,-The time IS at length arrived when I am compelled to say that cold and unplea sant word Farewell ; but, before it passes finally from my lips, permit me to state, that the Proprietors of these Gar dens beg most respectfully to return you their sincere and heartfelt thanks for the kind patronage and support you have so bountifully bestowed upon them this season—the watery Saint Swithin, yeti are perfectly aware, tried his utmost to throw a damp upon the energetic exertions of the Proprietors, but the sunshine of your favours having enabled them to dispel the mist, they are proud to say the reign of Saint Swithin is now no more.—(Applause,)— The blossoms of the ensuing Spring will give a preparatory notice of the fair flowers that will so smilingly display themselves as harbingers of the re-opening of this Fairy Land of fashion and beauty—at the same time the Proprie tors beg me to say, that the cold winds of winter shall not freeze their exertions—but their warm endeavours shall thaw every obstacle that may present itself, to produce fresh novelty and deserve your support. For myself and the Ladies and Gentlemen of this Establishment, allow me, most thankfully, to acknowledge the many flattering favors received at your hands ; and, before we depart, most re spectfully wish you and your's every enjoyment, health, wealth, and prosperity ; and may you live as long as you find life a pleasure, and can appreciate its value, and admire its beauty. In the name of the Proprietors and every in dividual engaged on this Establishment for the last time this season, I roost respectfully say Farewell !" BOULOGNE, SEPT —Boulogne2 has been in a turmoil about an affair o f honour between an Irish Ba ronet, Sir GEORGE whose NUGE ST, D.C.1., and G.C.8., and a gentleman, the o f Gallanthnamehonour u I F rench presume, unlike I B e a o r u o l n d e n t, o not s learn,otiit unknown n who, to fame. This affair fact,r bad its rise in a gambling ofvery which shows that honour abletransaction—an important sil i excitedi dishonourable much interestdirgs things may spring out But be this as it may, the affair I r ii a , sad is looked great national here amongst the French and the English, (that a a s t upon, very properly no doubt, stnt to be otht, ihould the Frenchman con is, every English body) is of opinion that it will res o a d o n y u d a ( much to our credit as the Battle of Waterloo, that England will be again covered with glory. There are some doubts, however, whether the Frenchman will come to the scratch. My informant, an English Military Officer, tells me that the Frenchman consented to fight with pistols, at which the Baronet is said to be a dab hand, but that when he came to the ground—that is, the sands, he refused to use fire-arms, and wished to decide the affair by the sword. The Baronet remonstrated with biro, and offered, in the most handsome manner (providing he would stand two shots, and they should be ineffectual) to fight him with his however, t o the accept,l own weapon s . Thi s mo st kind and gentlemanly proposal, renacolidmtahne,etoonsteh:odenisegeraicse , the Baronet has of his country, refused posted him. It is thought, notwithstanding, that the affair cannot rest here, and that the Frenchman must consent to be shot, if not for his own glory, at any rate for the glory of his country. A second meeting, it is said, will take place to-morrow morning.—Aforning Paper. LITERATURE. BAYLY'S POEMS. SONGS FOR SUMMER EVEIqINGs.-DITTo Fop, ttUTER NIGHTS, kc. LONDON, MS. Mr. Bayly is a gentleman who from some cause or other, which it is scarcely worth our while to inquire into, has acquired no slight popularity as a poet. He is an apt descendant of the Della Crusca School of versifiers, is full of false sentiment, tinsel fancy, and smoothly flowin g puerilities. One of his most admired songs, we believe, " I'd be a butterfly," has worked itself into considerable favour with the public, partly by dint of well-applied persevering puffery, partly by its utter absence of any thing in the shape of thought or intellect. Indeed, so great a fa vourite has it become, that a Rev. Arch deacon has not thought it beneath his dignity to translate it into rhymed Latin, which possesses the singular merit (in one unequalled line) of bringing together as inelegant an assortment of adjectives as we ever remember to have seen. The translation is worthy of the original- 1 --" e t vitula to dignus et hie." Conceive a man wish ing to be a butterfly ! A man—the partaker, in his degree, of the intellect of a Milton— of the same species as a Shakspeare or a Byron, wishing (and we have no doubt sincerely) to be a creature sprung from a grub ; a creature with which even the wildest license of the imagination can associate nothing poetic, elevating, magnifi cent, or adventurous. Had it been an eagle, a condor of the Andes, or a falcon, the wish would have been more natural, certainly more intelligible ; at present it is beneath contempt. Indeed, had we presumed to send up such a " trifle" to the master of Reading school, we should have been flogged : had we sent up the Archdeacon's translation, we should have been expelled. Mr. Bayly may perhaps plead in extenuation that his poems are mere trifles, and should be criticised as such. Good. But even the trifle of a poet should bear about with it its credentials. It should show the im press of talent, though in dishabille. Who does not remember the " Rape of the Lock," Pope's greatest trifle ? Who forgets the sparkling sallies of Herrick, whose Attic salt has preserved them for two centuries ? the " Frivolities" (so he mo destly styled them) of Ben Johnson, or the " Beppo" of Lord Byron ? These, it is true, are trifles, but they are the redeeming trifles of greatness ; hints of genius are visible through out them,—vivid flashes of fancy, by whose lustre we discern their worth, as we appreciate Hercules by his foot. But Mr. Bayly, who bears about the same proportion to a poet that a man who carves heads on a cherry-stone bears to a sculptor, trifles like a child, and makes love like a haberdasher. He pleads guilty to such trash as " Round my own pretty rose I have hover'd all day," and thinks that he is a Moore. He tickles the ear, and fancies he is cutting deep to the heart. His love-making is narrow— exclusive, like an Ultra Tory's liberality; it does not, like Rousseau's or Byron's, take in all classes of the community : it appeals solely to young girls or children, fond of sentiment and sugar-plums. This is a decided blemish. Love, a passion every where understood, should be every where intelligible. It should be described for no privileged sect, no favoured class of the community (for there is ne aristocracy in senti ment, it reduces peer and peasant to the same level), but should appeal with due power to all. Here, we repeat, Mr. Bayly is deficient : out of the drawing-room, and away from the piano, his sentiment is sickly and effeminate, and to a well-ordered mind, bewildering. PUBLIC CHARACTERS.—LoNnox, 182 g. This little volume, which appeared—if we mistake not—in monthly parts, is now in some degree completed, and does credit both to Editor and Publisher. It has no assumption of fine writing, rio ambitious biography, no dull reca pitulation of stale anecdote, but is replete with sound sense and unornamented facts, put together in a judicious business-like manner. To a public office it is really invaluable, inasmuch as its Memoirs are penned in a spirit of candour unin fluenced by Whig or Tory, liberal or illiberal predilections. The Editor " Nullius addietus jurare in verbs rnagietri," giros fair play to all his characters; his volume, therefore, may be advantageously consulted by all parties. We must not omit to mention the engravings which precede each memoir ; they arc excellent, both as regards resemblance and execution. FIRE AT THE MORNING ADVERTISER OFFICE.—If any apology should be necessary for the defi ciencies which may be perceived in this day's Paper, we trust it will be found in the following account of an alarm ing fire which burst forth is our preinisce, and, as might naturally be expected, caused no inconsiderable confusion. The fire broke out about three o'clock in the afternoon, and had it not been providentially discovered, must have caused an immense 109 f of property, and perhaps of lives also. The following is a correct account of the accident : Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, a gentleman, be longing to the establishment of the Mo: . ning Advertiser, having occasion to confer with the Editor on particular business, was alarmed, on approaching his room, to per ceive it filled with a dense ' , woke. A strong smell of burning timber was at the same time emitted, and on opening the door, the wainscotting near the ceiling was perceived to be on fire, and to give forth a dickering flame, which was increased by the admission of the air. The gentleman to whom we have alluded instantly called for assistance, and a Reporter belonging to the Morning Adrertiscr, and the gentlemen who hare the management of the commercial department of the paper, came immediately to his aid, and the flames, though not the fire, were extinguished in consequence. The alarm becoming general, all who were connected with the establishment immediately repaired to the spot, and used their utmost exertions to save the property. The parish engine was sent for, and soon arrived, as also several firemen from the different offices, who proceeded to remove the wainscot and to break through the ceiling in order to discover where the fire had originated. This necessary preliminary to its extinction occupied a considerable time ; and it was at length found that it had arisen from a col lection of soot which had become ignited in an adjoining house. Part of the flooring and chimney were accord ingly demolished as the best means of extinguishing the tire, which was soon afterwards fortunately accomplished. The damage which has been done, is inconsiderable; and we have much pleasure in reporting that there is now no ground for apprehending that it will break out afresh. There can be no doubt that the fire had been in existence for several days ; for the wall of au adjoining house was so hot, that the heat could not have been borne for any length of time. spoRTINGI—(RECEIvED THIS DAY). WEYMOUTH RACES. T„ug„Ay, SErr. 4.—The Tradesmen's Plate of 50 soya. Heats, two miles. Mr. Hiard's b. m. Profile, 5 yrs...(C. Day) 1 1 Mr. Taunton's ch. m. Prosody, age d 8 2 Mr. Radcliffe named 13ielskoi, 3 yrs Mr. Radcliffe's b. c. Windermere, 4 yrs dr A Free Handicap Stakes of 5 bOVI. each, with 40 added by the Ladies. Heats, a mile and a distance. Bielskoi, 3 yrs, ist. 71b....(Lewin) 1 2 1 Windermere, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b. ...... 3 14 Kean, 5 yrs, Sst -1. 1 3 Gros de Naples, 4 yrs, Sot. 51b. 2 3 4 Prosody, aged, 9st. Glb. Profile, 5 yrs, Sat. 101 b. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added from tke Race Fund, for horses not thorough -bred. Heats, One mile and distance. Mr. Gould's b. g. Briton (Owner) 1 I Mr. lily's b. g. Sly Sam 3 2 Mr. Davis's b. in. Jewess Match for 30 sot's. h. ft. Two Miles.—Capt. Bevill's b. g. Geranium beat Mr. Martin's b. g. Solomon. PONTEFRACT RACES. THUASDAY, SErr. 4.—The Two Year Old Stakes. Lord Sligo's ch. c. Cant Lord Scarborough's br. f. by Catton ...... 2 Several others started. The Filly Stakes of 20 sous. each. Mr. Hopkinson's Eliza 1 Mr. Bower's Lady Vane Lord Scarborough's Prima Donna 3 BASINGSTOKE RACES. THURSDAY, SNP r• 4.—The Vine Stakes of a sovs. each, and 35 added, for all age. , . Heats, twice round. Lord Bolton names ch. m. Aura, 6 yrs 4 1 1 Mr. Crouch's b. h. Albatross, 4 yrs Mr. Mawkina's b. in. Fancy, 5 yrs 3 3 dr Mr. Chute names br. m. Rigmarole, 6 yrs Mr. Wetherell's Palfrey, 5 yrs pd CURRAGII SEPTEMBER MEETING. MONDAY, SETT. 1.-Sweepstakes of 25 SOV6., 15 ft., for two-yr-old colts, Sst. 51b. fillies, Bst. T. Y. C. Mr. Daxon's b. c. by Waxy . Mr. Watts's b. c. by Dandy 2 Lord Sligo's ch. f. by Langar _ _ The colt, winner of this, is own brother to Sligo, who was sold to England for 600g5.; he is a colt of high promise, and won in a canter, ridden by Conolly. Sweepstakes of 15 sows. each, for two-yr-old colts, Bst. 41b. fillies, Bst. Ilb. T.Y.C. Mr. Daxon's br. to Sligo Lord Sligo's ch. f. by Langar, Mr. Blake's sister to Byron, anti Mr. Batterby's b. f. by Waxy, paid. The O'Donnell Stakes of '2O sous. 1;. ft. for all ages. New T. Y. C. Mr. Battersby's b. c. Sloven, 3 yrs Mr. Caldwell's b. b. Queensberry, 5 3rs Mr. M`Donnell's ch. f. Bustle, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Croker's ch. f. Paragon, 3 yrs pd Sloven won this race by 50 yards, and is backed 2 to 1 to win the Three-yr-014 Plates on Thursday. We are sorry to say that this day's running did not af ford much amusement to the attendants, who were very numerous and highly respectable. The days that will pro duce the best sport are—this day, Thursday and Saturday. STROKESTOWN RACES. THURSDAY, AUG. 28.—Sweepstakes of 5/. each, with a Cup value 20 sovs. Heats, three miles. Captain Taaffe's b. g. Honest Ned Mr. Ffrench'a b. g. Cliff, aged Match for 50 sovs. p. p.—ln consequence of the death of Mr. Killokelly's horse Paul Pry, Mr. Hat kan's Botherani walked over the course. FRIDAY.-Sweepstakes of 10 sots. h. ft. with 40 added. Mr. Ferguson's b. h. Richmond, 4 yrs I I Mr. Hunter's b. h. Snout, 4 yi's 3 2 Mr. Caldwell's ch. c. Navarin, 3 yts Mr. Harkan's b. h. I3otheram, 5 yrs Mr. Dillon's ch. m. 4 yrs 4 dr Sweepstakes of five sous. with 30 added, for hunters,— Heats, three miles. Mr. Alabon's b. g. Jerry, :1 yrs Mr. Dillon's ch. in. 4 yrs --clt. in. Paddy Whack, 3 yrs 3 dr lEETING OF TOE FAIR-PLAY CLUB AT SPRING'S, LAST NIGHT. Pursuant to notice a considerable number of the pa trons of pugilism assembled last night. The room was well filled, as the purpose of the Meeting was to elect a Committee from the subscribers present, in order to form and carry iato effect certain regulations for the better con ducting of the Prize Ring. The Editor of the Weekly Dispatch was voted to the Chair, and the business com menced by several other subscriptions being paid in. A pretty good sum bad been collected at, and since, the last Meeting, and it was now swelled to a total of 7tl. Among the subscribers were Peter Crawley, 11. annually; Tom Cannon, 1/. dn. ; Tom Oliver, 1/. do. ; Jem Ward, 11. do. ; our Reporter, 21. do. ; and mmy others, whom we cannot recollect, came forward in a manner flattering to themselves and the interest Of the ring, and promised still further support if the club was well organized and effective. The subscriptions having been read over by the Chair man, it was unanimously agreed that seven Members should form a Committee, and that three of them should be competent to act, the others being duly summoned. The first two Members put in nomination were the Editors of Bell's Weekly Dispatch and Bell's Life in Lsndon. They were of course put separately to the vote, and the former was unanimously elected. The latter would cer tainly hare been elected in the same manner, but he ex cused himself from acting with the Member already elected in consequence of a feeling of animosity engendered between them, from taking too great liberties with each other in print. The Editor of the Weekly Dispatch replied. The speeches on this subject would have occupied at least four columns of our Paper ; and as we could nut do justice to either party by giving less than the whole of what they said, we merely state that such was the fact, and that the cause of dispute was entirely foreign to the business of the meeting. After both parties had been fully heard, each agreed to name a friend to settle the ratio of advancement that each party ought to make towards a reconciliation, and business was again proceeded with. A committee of seven was ultimately formed, with liberty to ~id to their number, and Tuesday night next, at seven ; was the time appointed for them to meet again. It ,vas understood that one of their first acts will be to get up a benefit, and increase the funds. Mr. Hunt, the proprietor of the Royal Tennis Court, Windmill-street, has liberally promised the use of the Court gratis for that purpose. Jack Fogo gave his honour that he would provide the bills, placards, lee., and was lottdiy applauded ; and all the pugilistic corps in town hare promised all the amusement they are masters of to provide the fancy a treat, and the patrons of pugilism fair play. In the course of the evening, " Success to the Fair-play Club" was drunk with loud applause. The healths of many of the veteran supporters of the Ring were also drunk. A letter, signed Ned Stockman, and addressed to the Chairman, was read to the meeting. Stockman disclaimed any connection with the offending party at the late fight, capressed his sorrow that any of his name were in the affray, and promised to do all in his power to promote the wishes of the Club. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and many of the Fancy departed in high spirits. THE FANCY. Tom Sralso's COUNTATMEN.-Tom Spring has at his disposal a countryman, who can be backed against any twelve stone man in the ring for 2001. Ile has another also who can be backed against any 11 stone man in the ring for a first-rate stake. FRANK REDMOND'S NAMELESS AND DUDLEY DOWNS. —On Thursday evening, at Harry Holt's, a meeting took place to make good the second deposit in this match. Five pounds a-side had been previously placed in the hands of Tom Spring. A good deal of interest was manifested on the occasion in speculating on who the nameless man should turn out. Some di.puting arose about the money matters, and forfeit was declared in favour of Dudley Downs. He then declared himself ready to fight any man i❑ England of his own weight. Jack Tisdale was present. BIG BROWN OE BRIDGENORTH.—The big hero has ar rived in town to sojourn for a few days at the Castle Ta vern. He is desirous to fight again any of the big weights for 2001. as soon as his arm recovers—he says he would prefer, however, to commence with another shy at Phil Sampson. Last week Phil said lie expected the offer, and was ready for it. NED S AVAGE AND PETER SITEENEY.—On Wednesday evening, at the Hole in-the-Wall, Gate-street, the seeond deposit in this match was made good, milting altogether 151. a side. PEDESTRIANISM. Bob the Briton is matched against Ned Savage, for five pounds aside, to run one mile. The match is to come off next Thursday, starting from the four-mile stone on the Edgeware-road. SPIRIT of the PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (FROM THE BERKSHIRE CHRONICLE OF TIII3 DAY.) PARLIAMENT.—If Ireland continu e tranquil during the autumnal months, it is not at all likely that the Legisla ture will meet before February next. A letter from a cor respondent of our's in Dublin, received yesterday, sage,--' " Strange as it may appear to you in England, the Sedi tionists and Agitators of the Catholic Association, publicly boast that the Marquis of Anglesey is devoted to their build up u a p rid is illustrative eletermi edtocrush Oran commentaries ontigeis the fact, they afnromti,, recent circumstance, combined with ethers, of the Lord Lieutenant having discharged a policeman, because he wore an orange and green sprig in his cap. Rely upon it, there is more mischief brewing than people are aware of." We shall offer no observations on our intelligent friend's remarks : we hope they may prove to have been unneces sary, but we fear the contrary. Of one fact we ate quite satisfied, and we state it on authority which has never de ceived us :—An endeavour will be made next Session of Parliament to calm the Catholics of Ireland—it will be a Cabinet measure—and a plan to accomplish the task is actually under the consideration of Ministers. We may as well add, that we hare not the slightest expectation that it will be successful, so long as O'Connell, and the Shiells and Ogremen, are permitted to spout treason at the Dublin Corn Exchange. (FROM THE CARLOW MORNING POST OF THWRSDAY.) COMMERCIAL FAILURES.—We understand, from sure authority, that several mercantile failures—in which some of the oldest commercial houses and others of later standing in Dublin are concerned—have simultaneously occurred in that city. We have a full belief in the statement, but to what cause to attribute it is not yet within oar knowledge. FROM THE TITTERARY FARE PRESS OP WEDNESDAY.) MeNsme.—One of the Resolutions lately adopted at the late Provincial Meeting, and which was received with the acclamations of those who sanctioned it with their approval, was one highly complimentary to the Tipperary Free Press. It would, we think, be a species of most unworthy and discreditable feeling upon our part, if we lie,itated in expressing how highly grateful such a com pliment is to us. These are the rewards which the pro prietors and conductors of this paper look for, and which they would not exchange for all the jobs a Jury could manage for them, or all the pensions that a corrupt Go vernment could confer on them. Such a compliment can but excite them to persevere in the course which has already earned for them the approbation of the most talented and patriotic of their countrymen. (FROM. THE DUELIN SCORNING REGISTER OF THURSDAY.) Our readers recollect the statement in the Mail relative to the " exorcism" performed on Mr. G. R. Dawson's market, by Father L'Estrange, that Rev. Gentleman being at the time on the Continent. This statement appeared lately even in the Morning Chronicle, as a grave and au thentic narrative of facts, and it is, of course, now taking the round of all the provincial papers in England. But is it true that until lately Mr. Dawson's stalls in Ormond market were unlet and unoccupied ? 'We are assured that it is not, and farther, that it could not, he true ! " Could not be true," the reader will exclaim, " after the stories about exorcism !" Yes, we repeat, " could not be true," and for this very sufficient reason, that he had no stall, or any tenement whatever in the aforesaid market, or any other in Dublin I So much for the libels of the vile Press that related to the stalls in Ormond market. (FROM THE FREIMAN'S JOURNAL OF THURSDAY.) Had Mr Saurin ken what he was, Attorney-General, and the Catholic leaders, what their demeanour proves them not to be, the preachers of extermination and blood, would the ex-law officer of the Crown hare hailed the seditious and sanguinary doctrines, inculcated by them, with a cheer instead of an ex-officio ? This is a question which Mr. Saurin should digest, before he undertakes, in conjunction with his colleagues of the Brunswick Club, to model the regulations which are to govern that institution —if government can be supposed, where all, save the ran dom authority of Orangeisns, is contemned. A King's Coun sel is not to be told that insurrectionary language is dangerous to the Throne, whether it be applauded at thefeasts of Orange men, or in those assemblies, where the oppressed drink their cup of bitterness. The volunteer, who would forestall the justice of Parliarneat and point to his hatallioned squa drons, when a majority of one estate of that Parliament have recorded their anxiety for the consummation, whose prospect provokes his gorge, and when there is even an as surance, that the question is amicably entertained by the two other estates, is the most dangerous of rebels, no matter whether he associate with a Crown Lawyer or the locum ttnens of a Judge. Nothing could be snore inappropriate than Mr. Shiers classification of the advocates of freedom of conscience into one department, the Orangemen into a second, and the Government into a separate and neutral third, if the Administrators of justice, and some of the Law Officers of Government appear pro minent in the ranks of the Orangemen. Lord An glesey is not enlisted with either party, neither is the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, nor others of the Judges whom we could name, and so far Mr. Sheil was right; but what will it profit the character of the Government that those are not pressed into the Orange service, while Mr. Ser geant Lefroy, whose judicial circuits identify him with the Government in the eyes of the people, is now more palpa bly notorious, as a Sub-committee scrivener to the Bruns wick Club. Will the plea of neutrality hold good, while those Janissiries, the yeomanry of Ireland, are at the beck of this Club, and in the pay of the Government? This is a dangerous, we would add, a desperate condition of 90.. ciety. The snore we analyse it, the more are our minds appalled. It has been stated in some of th© daily papers, that the new Alehouse Licensing, Act which will come into operation on the 10th of October, repeals the penalties against drunkenness, contained in the statute of JAMES 1., without substituting goy other provisions for the repression of this vice. The writer, however, has misunderstood the new law, which repeals only that part of the Act of JAMES which disables every alehouse-keeper convicted of pit unkenness from keeping any alehouse for three years next ensuing. The third clause of the statute, which empowers the Magistrate to fine for the first of f ence, and hind to good behaviour for the second, will remain in full force, we wish we could add to the dread of all habitual drunkards. ELOPEMENT.--Ott Monday morning, before the day dawned, and while all " nature was sleeping," the daughter of a respectable manufacturer in this tewn stale from her father's house, and placed herself under the care of her lover, who was waiting at a short distance with a post chaise to receive her, and in which they both imme diately set off to Ashopton Inn, where we understand fonr horses were ready to convey them forward. Their desti nation, we believe, was Manchester, where the fortunate lover carries on the business of a foreign wine importer. The lady, we hear, is very young, a few months turned fifteen. —Meiji' eld Courant. Yesterday the Grand Jury of the Westminster Sessions found hills of indictment, at the instance of the Dowager Lady GRESLEY, against SMITH, her ladyship's l ite coachman, and JOHNSON and BEANIs'AN, her ladyship's late butler and under-butler, for a desperate riot at her ladyship's house in Conduit-street a few days ago. True bills were also found against JonNsoN and BRANNAN for assaulting, with pokers, on the same occasion, two gentlemen, named SELny and WILLIAMS, friends of her ladyship, who were in the house at the time. All these indictments, on being found by the Grand Jury, were instantly removed on certiorari, lay Mr. SHERIFF, her ladyship's solicitor, for trial into the Court of King's Bench. Lady GRESLET herself, as well as all the other necessary witnesses, attended yesterday at the sessions on the preferring of the A few evenings ago an amorous blade, from Billinghay, whilst under the strong influence of ' beer and baccy,' visited one of those notorious seraglios which abound in Boston, where luckless beauty stands for sale. Unfortunately for this model,' Lothario, a robust man of the ' gentle craft,' to whom the false Juliet was }awfully d betrothed and espoused, surprised them, and so belaboured the blade that he was forced to exercise all his oglli t Y htis escape through the chamber window, which eras oPr' d t oor making a new proverb, ' when duty comes in, the trllefal'e,' love must sometimes fly out of the window .' Lord, denied denied fair one, on being interrogated by her the purse knowing the name of her inanwra . to : depart forgot Altamont, the gay Lothario, in his baste n the dressing table, furnished ruhni:istse4hbeededTid thee Afternieneju°ftea.datrrtgea:ivd:crifiiwa P erusing t i l i , t s 1.1 e. contents,sen sent a . to pocket his purse, which he had laid opo half and which contained a sovereign, a sovereign b ' u li t e t g o e fortunately for with dumb but un- ' s a ppal( bill . _ _ cumeat Pencen''i , t t l ( l )g t e l t le h! .n ri ame o T f hi t s h d e o violator and rive shillings and six t t ig he ht lehsitmmitnmdalliancedetermined vithhis meditat ing briefly upon the circumstance , bill, the purse of Ipuu)tettintgo the owner, promising hint a very warm v‘, l r i ai e trhm c a a s r l pie2poealit2telidtion of the flagellation . he . had that night re ceived,to treat his friends; . a party . accordingly assembled, and t t h i e m p e r l i t z e e ca , drank potations of wine to him thus blessed with a faithful w if e . Of course, allusion to horns was forbidden. In deed we may say ' Frailty,—thy name i 5 woman.'.:ot tingham Review. spouse. the l.7iietxht sPiRIT OP Tilt LONDON JOURNALS. The public must have been familiar, for a fortnight past, with certain proceedings before the Magistrates of Bow-street, in which a female, bearing the name of Cooke or Sutton,—whether real or fictitious, it matters very little,—appears as the principal figurante. The case in ques tion is alleged to be one of highly aggravated swindling. Some of the accusations, according to a worshipful individual, go even to the length of felony ; a nd, if we recollect right, there has been a comm i tment 0 1 the above woman, or of one or more mem b ers o f z; nu merous gang, against wh om , as being conspirat•S' rs with her, the witnesse s exam i ne d in t h e justice is;Pni gave given evidence,—a commitment, we say, to Pri son, in contemplatio n of her or their trial before a jury, on the charg e . Setting aside the consi deration whether these people haN • e been guilty of the offence or not, it will not interfere with the course of justice to assum e that Captain Pettinghall has been swindled out of his house ' rout, and that the several tradesmen who h ave conic forward have actually been cheated out of their goods, by 30771 C gang of thieves or another. We may go still further, and, dismissing the par ticulars of the present case from our memory, as k the reader to tell us whether he cannot bring to mind any former instances of strangers offering themselves as tenants for houses,—of parties being, referred to by them for characters, who, with plau sible appendages of house and apparent business, were nothing but their colleagues in fraud, — of well-dressed women, or neat-spoken gentle men, lounging into the shops of dress-makers, jewellers, and sundry other tradesfoliss, giving sleek promises in exchange for solid waress and ending abruptly in a silent expedition to the con tinent, or, more tediously, in a formal migra tion to New Holland. The question may be put more strongly still, viz., whether there is a single reader of the English newspapers, who turns his attention to the police reports, that call point to one week during any of the last twenty years, in which cases of gross fraud have not, been recorded—fraud characterised by the parti cular feature of obtaining property and making away with it, under a false claim to credit? There is no country on the face of the globe where this curse prevails to the same extent as in England. We do not mean that there exists a more inveterate spirit of roguery here than else where, but that the temptation is stronger, be cause the facility is so much more yalpable. The practice of selling goods on credit in this country differs, generally speaking, from the mode of giving credit abroad, inasmuch as credit is the rule with English dealers, while on the Conti nent it is the exception. None but men of kno , ,vn good character are trusted anywhere but in En , - land, and they but for a short period : few in England are compelled to pay money, except those against whom some ground of suspicion exists, and credit for the unsuspected has scarcely any limits. Is it a wonder, then, that so many plots are laid for getting hold of goods, the opportunity of selling which at a price little short of that at which they are fraudulently pur-. chased, or rather kidnapped, is equal to time fa cility with which a skilful knave, recommended by an accomplice, may in the first instance pro cure them ? In other countries it would be as difficult for a stranger to get into possession of a house on credit as to obtain a gold watch on credit. It is a custom in Paris, of old standing, to pay beforehand for a furnished house. People, in speaking upon this subject, attempt to identify the universality of deal ing on credit,—that is, upon promises, or by granting loans without security, which is a pretty fair description of the sale on goods on trust, with the mercantile prosperity of Great Britain ; and they assert that such a system is inseparable from that of an eminent commercial state. We are of no such opinion. It is pro bable that foreign commerce cannot be greatly extended without credit, because even the barter of one cargo of produce for another, from a distant part of the world—supposing such a thing were practicable without the intervention of bills of ex change—would still suppose that species and degree of confidence between merchants which is simply the meaning of credit. But need this powerful instrument of commerce be perverted be its indiscriminate application to the affairs o . t• private families, and to articles of domestic use? See what an encouragement it affords to impro vidence in the sanguine, and to dishonesty in the cunning ! See to what risk it exposes the tradesman who might he, of himself, inclined - Jo deal for money, but who must do like other ' tradesmen, or be left altogether without cus tomers ! Again, is it not obvious that the dan ger of incurring bad debts must compel the tradesman to - balance his frequent losses, by en hancing his general prices, so as to make the upright and prudent customer pay for the ro guish or extravagant defaulter? hence the enormous cost of numerous articles made and sold in England, above all calculation ' able profit, if bad debts were net to be insatia • • -• bl y taken in as an important item in the estimate. There is no doubt that this devouring mischief, ill our usages between man and man, has increased and prolonged beyond all measure by the stand ing, though perhaps compulsory, policy of the Government, to encourage by every m eans, and in all its associations, the system throughout England. A Government spending money be yond its means, and borrowing in some shape • or other to swell them, will naturally make a borrowing-and-promise-living notion. The cre di t required by such myriads of p urchasers must in , volve the venders in the same necessity °lashing credit from those wholesale dealers who furnish their stock of goods: thus we trace the misery importers of the upwards to the raw material, Ives o who prop themse. _n bills, discounted by bankers; and downwards again to the housekeeper, who takes a gown or a bracelet ff . ; his w if e , a cask of wine for his cellar, or a side board for his dining-room, on credit. 'Tie whole mass is diseased to community exists 11 1 upon lope, not possession. A. month by some, b • y others a twelvemonth, is mortgaged t o supply the . want, real or imaginary, of the passin g hour : hence it is that England has becom e the sole emporium in Europe of pe cuniary disappointments, vicissitudes, panics, and ti • in. consequent revolutions (unconnected with Politics), in classes amon g the active members of society. I'll c dupery of a few hundred simpletons iii the year, and the successful villainy of as many cheats, may be looked upon but as an incident in the body of the work. The principle of the system is what we exclaim against—the monstrous mul tiplication of book-debtors and creditors throu'rh out England.—Times. The internal tranquillity wju e l i England has enjoyed, with little interruption, since the Re volution, has wonderfully promoted the provement of the country ; and the invention s of a ll kinds which have e • been made during th.&t period sufficiently prove the keenness and activity Y: t, at welt Arlie: d. , ti to! fog o i 5. bel a t tb; SAY ;WS , 76 0 1 Is Oi l 55 al 6 t 6 46