The Sun. — London, England, 1825-09-20 00:00:00

THE THEATRE. RAy lo o k lIIII KET.—The b ene fit o f M r . L ISTON had- P l ace lag night, and, as might be expected, i t IV4" over of vi s it ors . Th e Pit in particu the , 43 S O fully crammed as hardly to admit of Iv least movement. The first piece was The thi rd, Da.y; the sec on d, Duff as a Post; the h au/1)1...g. After th e audience were nearlylaughter,at, lusted with laughter, a new piece of one . 6) entitl e d The Sorrows of Werter, or Love, Nor, and Lunacy, described as Chronicofaceti 4" h Path • op was brought f orwar d, but at so lat e r .rth at We must c on t en t o urs e lves with re -5 .111 t' ring the mirth it excited, without ventur ilg liito critici se i ts dramatic merits. It was, we a u " h st ° o ( l , a h as t y tr ib ute f rom M r. L UNN, t h e d r - a ° ' of Ro ses and Thorns and other successful and , judging from its diverting effect, luPpese that it will be repeated. bau ß on Saturday i) tx , , Y-LANE THEATRE opens ta, ptll Faustus, lt ables us a ballet -and a farc. Of . th n e alterations to 4e, u jlng the recess a slight perional inspectio rich , ; " 1 few following particulars:—Over the proscenium a i,tn'on draz.iery, of beautiful design, emblazoned b the whi ch 'rnis in gold, has been substituted for the former y one vi as painted in relief to correspond with the_corn x i e e s e._ a T v o: 4),„gout o f in front of the -upper . tiers of bp . h ) . 'IV Lid ded two mouldings, which greatly improve their effect liaveet&sen cushions in front of the boxes, and the o draperies, rrniterir., emoved, and are replaced by others the same I ' 6 ll d o L ot a rich green. On the front of t d he . dre‘s boxes, it relief, scenes front toe be remembered, were palate 11, 1 It Pia Ys of Shakspeare ; these . have i _7b f een removed, by toutl t r i i , en tead, historical groupes in ' rehe —heightened m ° en ,, tre Or Whichl' gold, and a rich scroll : work of gold, the • 41a c wre is'filledkvith bronze medallion heads of our drag. nately • nets, Shakspeare to Dryden and Congreve, b alter -1144 to gl n :Fe . thi . , circle.. Highly finished paintings, a s y ,c S en ta a n s: •• ' Wer e to haistlbg entirely of designi from Shakspea : s ; f pe t ri ll i at n_ a - r ; e st r eP , laced the former ones, had not th e ill_ o h t ea t i b tl e i I , rrevented their completion -in time f I nele ga t ,he preßent ones, however, aro plea, and no executio-t; Stlbstitutes, which do great credit to . the taste and 4 b e f o °I . Messrs. .I‘l arinari and Roberts. . The e i o s rc o l f ies v t a r r a y , ' t allati ou re Stated, has been made circular, d the vit. IrSensiens, trenching upon dined, a a n s first rows of r s' also addi tetionc _ ti t s lest room, 110 tr kic e n .. r and antigness h , o li w y " tci r e: l i i m e s e p g rovements made in the jk4,llaveo v . enient standing pi, S in the event of full 1 r , P l D rtunit y e e t e o el bj n en , contrived for for . those who have not the provem ent" at an earlier ~ po r Ni t *1 than half-price. The : ge organ, which this theatre already 4 p e „ essetl l ; ~ha.s been considerablyaugmented in power, and its Anit—tii7„igl ..been -l:e heard withadditional effect in chorusses, kei ( i., nste ot Der Freischutz and other operatic pieces. ' •• t0....4 1 •• all this ornament, comfort has not been una . t i t l en s d r e e d . flewed! ornament, in the pit have had their backs andcoverlg • 4d ded to4n" the former, if time will permit, arc. likely - to be tnation the seats in the upper circles of boxes, ". acO nsurn t° th dPioutly to be. wished, by the whole-price visitors, h ail At hitherto less accommodated region. In the entrance cit':`,(Vne alterations have been made. ''l l lie free privilege ; t er, _ Cllassine-hatifs) has been removed to the left-hand N. L'itYnu enter, in a line with the present pay-places, to aff t D it Ltd"'peater faeility of supplying the freeboth admissions converting the ti m r, c's. Some intention too is entertained of but ° ‘• a en'ses er •(.lunder' Raymond's management, tee tin _ . . ~ ,greeted 0 ,,,, ‘.l, into 2 shops for the sale of music, plays &c. Of littitZanY—Miss Stephens still adds the strength of her bril not i et ents to the operatic department; and Braham, t . hou t gl e i Ina ba , engaged, 'is likely to be so as he is in' tr . eaty with_ h I° K e t'' 7 lt, as is also Liston. ' Mr. Williams is now play : b otn , n orthing, will make an early appearance as for ( the lierit,Z4 Provincial report speaks highly of his talent. the se_ tesaiiie,:"(l comic old men—a line of characters, since he to b e fief Alunden-and Dowton, that has been much wanted_ n .4 khi ti d ), tt ,,l) in this establishment. Little Bennet, the lila - . 1 --.4 .4 aglisii Opera, is also engaged here. • l'A v ____.........--- Pattie ( ' ' l.l ‘, the • excellent comedian, accom vial e, ' ) Y Ills wife, has been enjoying a . provin g re ccrsi on, duriiiv the recess, for the purpose I ntlit• 4!cilti on and pleasure, previous to the corn-, 1., e ment o f , c i ,i l eatr e ; when 4 1 oo l , . w ill .r : Its the Pheci this iliti_eP spa:ilk:it:l; 73. at Covent acCst oo p rv e eo r n f r o t r t t hG n e e a r rOti and Pl:ll I,,PutY manager in that establishment. • v4l' l3EllB > hY his Continental trip, has added some 13..!abk auxiliaries, both in the Operatic and Si (:t departments of the King's Theatre for the i i , ,Ing season, which he proposes to open early b'elif ecernber, xi, heti the Town is very likely to Pre full " I'"ially if a General Election should viously take Place. kvo t , ti. ti . •IsANI has been added to the list of • dis t:4 'shed vocalists engaged by Mr. PRICE, the for the eletable Proprietor of the American Theatres, c°vatr Performance of Italian Operas in that t ogc,tl,,, Y. GARC:IA and his accomplished daughter, !taken -r .:%ith ANGRISANI, and a long list of. ' 4 4 sin g e rs, Will take their , departure 'from N._17)01 about the Ist of October. wta.7-withstancling the extreme heat of the o oi c a •iier, a il i A the summer theatres in the Ale tro ' tetid e `: i t n' the ne ighbourhood' have been better at ' 14 4 4 , this season than for many. years. A a.- . i llq f 'o ' al the L yceurn,lias hitherto had overflow-. i Pne r „ h ses ) and Moattis, at .the Haymarket, has • ~1-fold- Y opened his theatre to a bumper, although tirott is said to be empty. : l ad a ..„ l %, ll teE is reported to be in - treaty with 'ant t " rAsTA, and has offered her very exorbi k.ss, terms to join his Italian Operatic Corps in tl t fl,k during th e next season. The BuoNA.- "Al)r i , s 4 rnily, no w resident. in America, have a bed '4 , 4 it se d a wish t h at Madame PASTA should • be f , NI% pq qtr ow - ,99Tir, the Tragedian, -says The Baltimore • ''ll ' c ' e. h as left this for Newcastle, where he li go 01 . takes k lioard the Argonquin, for Liverpool. main • tutu his family with him and wil l re ii, in E,,-,,_ e ti Yisiti ll -I,`-',P for some months. 1 . Ills intention F lu s h ,g Lagland is to fill that place on the - -- (ATe -,ards heretofore occupied by Mr. KEAN. Z '' rk Paper.) lir . '''''''.....___,z,......._z_.....az__ _,____••xmzx.....,.,,„.,~..,„.„,_r_ Nkt, "1.0..... Q 4. 7 -ge of . ,•,0 great an effect has the most trifling t„l4 soil or herb , m'et t 1 4 4 ,ioi n i ng __ , ire on the growth of wool, that on two i "cn other, on the South Downs ,of Sussex, ':4 vi s tils 01 11 1 . 114 ‘ 1 3' a difference in the value of their respective , i t / ee - q 4llo th I. l c l l l o l 3 s• to 4s. Per tod, even though the ewes d w a h s ic t h o ' • ttzt.flitle(l staPieulliiilnavchaenl " d ig4la" rer w u i a t l l l i y fin g e o - o textured )411.1t, istZetsed with wild thYy tr a e n s ve the• ;Zell wild clover, and e,r€llBknoi,n which produces ' finest wool: It is indeed . a eye '' 1 '4 4 e d 4 1 - 'IC!, that wool always becomes coarse, though in l''.. - e it i..r ei ght, from sheep - being feel on strong land. 41= ; T o te : e ti;j l : g a t i 411)Sot uithdown ew produces a . fleece full a third . b r th at prece .icti. coarser, the year she is fattened, than Pr,, • .) 0N 'tea it.— (Hanzpskire Telegraph.) t' 4( '-h h . E) the celebrated Dean of St. Paul's, clayt Lis doltiastiiv f,ntteral sermon a few days be .14'ned, there Vl' hen he had done this, hi. .. ex to d• remained nothing for him to do, le b ) , • 1114 sate. , e t : -, “ip it , 1 41 , - Y not he. useless to describe the s t4,..froti ) - (1 (. ,'" B° Tne parts of North America to 1 4! .'ho lls (InlI) houses built iti low and marshy t,4ltoraniu'i:toilw.hich is as simple as it is said to 1141.°P tiro f . ' V hen the walls are raised about a ti,, Yeo ver ''et a bove.the ground, they are en is tt atikt rStr ed AVitit upon which lt),ti'erebynructure is erected. The ascent of damp le'roull'cleented, and its operation is confined atio N 1 , .. - . •- 0 tne building: . TIII: KING. 'Wiwnsoa, SEPT. 19.—This afternoon his MAJESTY, ac companied by the Lord Steward, took an airing in his pony phaeton in the Great Park. Yesterday afternoon his Majesty paid visits to his Royal Sisters, the Princess Augusta and Duchess of Gloucester, at Bagshot Park.—The Bands of the Life Guards and Coldstream Guards commenced playing on the north side of the Terrace at five o'clock last evening, but the weather being unfavourable, they were prevented staying their usual time, to the disappointment of a fashionable company. 4 / yr_ :f) 'i) ‘. f ,,,•lii.r..gt or , : 4 , 1 0 - Yr - •;‘ ,l z , -P ,I :, , ,, i 4; ~f',` -- '.... , c _p - V hilt - l er • . ....e. *lio , ' -.., 1 - -- ~ .±.1.74 'A i r , -, ) r i; l • 4s .'g t. :k ' t 7 1 ": t ''' .°7 ''? \° 'I % - 4e rb_.47P' " . N.;, ( ;•' . i: -- .1,.ki, 4 - , , , :•-:. . e . . , .‘ s `N ,7 i i i* , 4 1# 0; lls- `.- s' t , 0 ~ '1 1.,, 15 , ....,.. NJ,- olt0 It a 4:‘ - 4 DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. The Countess of Effingham, for Shricenham Hall, near Far ringdon, Berkshire ; Lord Crewe, from his seat in Cheshire, for Buxton ; Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, for the Marquis of Stafford's) seat, Trentham Hall ; Lord Althorpe, from Nor thamptonshire, for the Doncaster races; Sir Roger and Lady Gresley, from their seat, Drakelow, Derbyshire, on . a tour through Ireland ; his Excellency Count Lieven, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Scarborough, at their seat, Sandbeck, Yorkshire; Lady Caroline Barham and Mr. Barham, on a tour; Mr. Wilbraham Egerton, from Chester, for 'Patton Park; Mr. Wm. Hanbury, from Kehnarsh Northampton shire, for Shobden Court, Herefordshire ; the Hon. Colonel Howard, from Ashstead Park, Epsom, for Elfrod, near Litch field.—From Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street—James Powell, Esq. for Paris.—From the Clarendon Hotel, Bond_ street—James Maxse, Esq. and Robert Coflin, Esq. for Over court, near - Bristol.—From Warren's Hotel, Regent-street— The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, for Suffolk ; Count and Countess Norenskie, for the Doncaster races; Mr. and Mrs. Hawing, for their seat, Bignor Park, Sussex; Lady Bolieg broke and Miss St. John, on a tour; the Earl of Bucking hamshire, on a tour; William Gregory, Esq. for Ireland. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Duke of St. Albans and Lady Charlotte Beauclerk, from Worthing ; the Countess Spencer, from the Earl of Essex seat, Cashiobury Park; Mrs. Coutts, from Worthing.—At Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street—Lord and Lady Maynard, from their seat, Easter Ilall, Essert.—At Thomas's Hotel, Berke ley-square—The Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, and fa. mily, from their seat at Itoehampton.—At the London Hotel, Albemarle-street—Sir William Cumming Gordon, Bart. Lady Cumming Gordon, and Mr. Listal, from Scotland.—At the Clarendon Hotel—The Countess Beauchamp, from Worthing. BEroixTosr, SEPT. 18.—The Speaker of the House of Commons, after a lengthened stay at one of the principal hotels, has recently left. Lord Muncaster, Sir John Reay Read, Col. Witham, and Major Murray, are also among the departures.— Lord Alvanley, who, while the Duke of York was here, occu pied apartments at the Pavilion, has been resifting, since his Royal Highness's departure, at a hotel ; his Lordship is fre quently seen driving about the town in arig. The Hon. Misses. Austin (his Lordship's sisters) arrived a few days ago.—Among the arrivals are also the Hon. Mrs. Espinasse, the Marquis of Titchfield, Major-General Sir C. Pratt, and General Bowles.— The Earl of Abingdon left a few days since on a visit to Cowdry Park, near Chichester, the seat of Mr. Poyntz, M. P. for that city. CowEs, SEPT. 19.—The Members of the Royal Yacht Club, on Tuesday, held their last meeting (for this season at least).in the new Club House, the taking of which for a term of years was then finally settled, and a more comfortable and commodious receptacle, both with reference to building and situation (it being on the Parade and immediately contiguous to the roadsted and mooring berths of the yachts themselves), could not have been selected in the island. To the taste, liberality, and persevering spirit of their Commodore, Lord Yarborough, and the aftermentioned noblemen .and gentlemen, the members are principally indebted for this delightful acqui sition to their valuable institution. The Noblemen and Gen tlemen present at this meeting, amongst others, were Lords Grantham (in the chair), Belfast, and Gower ; Sir Wm. Curtis, Sir George Thomas, Capt. Brown, R.N. and Messrs. Fullerton, Ilalliday, &c. Lords Yarborough and Deerhurst, Sir George Leeds, Sir Arthur Paget, and others, equally spirited members, regretted their inability to attend the meeting.—Departures, Lord F. L. Gower and Lady Gower, for town ; John Thomas Justice, Esq. and Mrs. Justice.—drrieas, Lady H. Paget, Lady Dartmouth, Sir Edmund Craddock Hartopp, Lady Byron and daughter, Rev. C. Dallas and Mrs. Dallas, Mrs. Taylor and family, Mrs. and Miss Reade, Mrs. and Miss N. Nodding and family, &c. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 19.—At the private nomination of Mayor for the year ensuing, Samuel Le Fevre, Esq. was chosen Mayor, and R. D. Pritchard, Esq. Sheriff, and Martin M addi son, Esq. Senior Bailiff by rotation, and Stephen Judd, Esq. was chosen Junior Bailiff: Stephen Lintott, Esq. Mayor for the past year, gave the usual dinner to the Members of the Cor poration, at the Audit House, in excellent style. FASIITONABLX RuMOUR.—It has been sometime reported that the amiable widow of a Nobleman, distinguished for lite rary genius, is on the eve of giving her hand to a Clergyman, who is also possessed of literary talents, and who is besides celebrated as a preacher. This report has been current some time, but has recently increased in strength and confidence. The Earl of Liverpool is expected in town, this evening, from 'Walmer Castle. Mr. Secretary Canning slept at Eton last night, and this afternoon the Right Hon. Gentleman is expected to arrive in Downing 7 street. The Earl and Countess of Pembroke have arrived at their seat, Wilton House, Wilts, froth Brighton. Lord and Lady Cianley have arrived at their seat, Clandon Hall, Surrey. from Brighton. The following persons of distinction have arrived at Brussels lately :—The Duke of Cumberland and suite, from Coblentz the Prince of Hesse Homburgh, Governor of Luxemburg; Admiral Percy Fraser, from London ; the Duke de Flnfan tado,- from Amsterdam ; Chevalier Brunet, Russian Consul General in the Netherlands; and General. Nixit►ch, in the service of Russia. To-morrow, being St. Matthew's Day, according to annual custom, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Slieritfs, and Governors of the Several Royal Hospitals, will attend Divine Service at Christ-church. After a sermon by the Rev. William Trollope, A.M., they will repair to the great hall in Christ's Hospital, where two orations will be delivered—in Latin, by D. H. Leigh ton ; in English, by T. Browne, the two senior scholam of the Grammai School. • v On Tuesday night, a young lady of Loughborough, respect ably connected, eloped from home, and was married to a young man of Burton-on-the-Wolds. who had formerly been her father's footman.—(Leicester Chronicle.) MR. CHRISTMAS. TO THE EDITOR. SILL--As I am well satisfied the columns of your paper are equally. open to the unfortunate and oppressed as to the rich and powerful, I venture to request that you will do m e the favour to insert a few observations, which I am induced to offer, in consequence of an article which appeared in The News of yesterday, in allusion to my having stated in my defence, that my misfortunes were attributable, to certain gambling trans actions on the Stock Exchange, principally in time bargains, into which I was induced to enter by the artifices of two design ing brokers. The paper in question observes—" If it turn to be, what we suspect, the desperate invention of the prisoner, we shall not fail to give the utmost publicity in our power to the refutation." _ _ As I have not sought to shelter myself from the consequences of my own actions, by falsely or unjustly attributing them to others, and as my character for veracity has hitherto stood un impeached, I wish, although lam about to leave my native shores (perhaps; for ever), that justice may be rendered to me; and that I may not depart under the burden of more obloquy than justly attaches to my conduct. I beg leave to state, that if the Editor of The News, or any other Gentleman, will conde scend to call upon me, 1 have here for inspection, documents, aflbrding undeniable proof of the truth of the declaration made in my defence. The broker examined at the trial was not, as stated in The News, the bondsman to Messrs. Hoare ; but his partner in these transactions was my security.—l am, Sir, your most obedient and very humble servant, Newgate, Sept. 19. W. M. CHRISTMAS. A horse, apparently' practising its gambols, on Monday last, in Dallam Tower-park. the seat of George Wil son, .Esq. suddenly rushed upon a sheep grazing near, caught the defenceless animal up with its teeth, and gallopped about with it for several minutes. On quitting his savage grasp, the poor creature was found to be so much injured, that it was immediately killed, and being fat, the carease was given to the foor,—(Kenaal I.;axeitc.) POETRY. THE GUARDIAN ANGELS: • Ye Spirits! that upon the purple clouds - Sit watching in your beauty our dim world, When Winter allits face in sorrow shrouds ; And wheh the Summer tempest-bolt is hurled And when sweet Spring with tresses all uncurled Sits gazing on the sunbeam thro'.the shower— And when rich Autumn, all her plumes unfuri. l, Sits like an Empress in her fruitage bower— What are you! and whence comes your high, mysterious Power ? Are ye such shapes as pass before our dreams, Lovely, yet human-formed, bright memories ? Or do we see you in the morning beams, Winged splendours, floating thro' the rosy skies? • Or at the stars art lit your flashing eyes ? Or are ye like the distant Seraphim, " • Imperial shapes, with godlike wisdom wise, Fire-crowned, and tempest-winged, of dazzling limb? The Tomb shall tell us all—all here is sad and dim ! ANECDOTES, &c. REPUBLICAN SARCASAG—Two persons who were appointed Ambassadors from the Senate of Venice to the Court of the Emperor Frederick, perceiving that they were slighted because they were too young to possess the austere dignity of beards, with bold republican spirit told his Ma jesty, that if their Government could have sup posed that he would pay more respect to beards than to wisdom, they would have deputed to him a couple of Goals. ROT A L CLEMENCYe—The mistress of a Spanish Nobleman killed her gallant in the fury of re venge, because he had been false to her. She \vas brought before the King, and, in the agony of re pentance confessing her crime, the King par cloned her, observing, " that she had too much love to be mistress of reason." Poers.--It is not generally supposed that Poets are fit men of business for the practical affairs of the world ; probably the quiet offices which have been assigned to many of those of our own day has led to the opinion. The poets of the olden time however, were much intrusted with bustling. employments. Edward 111. ma - de Chaucer Comptroller of the Customs for wool, wool-fells, and hides ; and in the giant was a proviso " that. he should personally execute the office, and keep the accounts with his own hand." Ile is represented -to have discharged the duty with great vigilance, diligence, and integrity. The King was so well satisfied with the poet's habits as a man of business, that he gave him a grant of a pitcher of wine daily in the port-of London, to be delivered by the butler of Eng land. It is said by the biographer of TussEa, a poet who lived in ihe reign of Queen Mary, that " the stone of Sisiphus could gather no moss, lie. was successively a musician, schoolmaster:, ' serving man, husbandman, grazier, poet, more skilful in all than thriving in any vocation. Ire traded at large in oxen, sheep, dairies, grains of all kinds, to no profit. Whether he bought or sold, he lost and when a renter, impoverished himself, and never enriched his landlord. He spread his bread with all sorts of butter, yet none would' stick' thereon. I match him with Thomas Churchyard —they being marked alike in their poetical parts, living in the same time, and 'stature€l_ alike in. their estates." DEATH IN VIE' POT.—The good people of Paris are suffering as much alarm as we ure on the subject of unwholesome food. Several of the scholars at L'Ecole Poly t .chnique were poisoned lately by some pork which had been salted in a copper vessel ; and this occurrence has given rise to various communications to the editors of the Parisian Journals, from professional men, all strongly recommending caution. ANECDOTE of .VOLTAInE.—When• the King (FernclucK the QiiIIAT Of Pn.II.F.SIA.) made short. excursions,- he was in - the habit of: carrying Vol.' taire with him. In one of these, Voltaire was : alone in a post-chaise which followed the King's carriage. • A young page, wli,otn Voltaire had some days previous caused to be severely scolded, resolved to have revenge; accordingly, when he went- before, to cause the horses to be prepared, Ire told all the postmasters and postillions 'that the King had an old monkey, of whom he was so very fond that he delighted in dressing it.up like a person belonging to the court, and that he al ways made this animal accompany him in his little- excursions; that the monkey .cared for no one but the King, and was extremely-mis chievous; and that, therefore, if h attempted to get out of the chaise, they • were to . prevent him. After receiving this notice, all the ser vants of the different post-houses, whenever Vol taire_ attempted to get out of the carriage, op posed his exit ;• and when he thrust out his hand to open the .carriage door, he always received two or three blows with a stick upon his hands, accompanied with shouts of laughter. Voltaire, who did not understand a .word of German, could not demand an explanation of these singular proceedings : his fury became ext reme , b u t it only served to redouble the,. gaity 4f the .post masters; and a-large crowd constantly assembled in consequence of the page's report, to see the King's monkey, and to hoot him. ,Throughout the journey things passed off in this fashion ; but what completed the anger •and vexation of Vol taire was, that the Kin.' thought the tick so ludicrous that h e re f u s e d' to punish the. inventor, and the . 'Vengeance of the young page was thus rendered complete. THE WITTY DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM was used to reward. his .Worst servants first ; and being asked the, reason, .he said, " thereby he was sooner rid of them, and the 'others would abide -in hope." , . A few minutes previous to Mr. GREEN'S de scent with his balloon, at the foot or Murton 1 iKe, on the 30th ult. an aged man and his feeble rib were at work in a 'clover field, the husband cutting down grass, and the wife raking it to gether ; but not pleasing him, he bestowed upon her many of those epithets which form the discords of matrimonial life. Amongst other delicate expressions, he " wished the devil would fetch her .;" at this identical moment the balloOn burst upon, the astonished old woman's sight, close upon them, and she ejacula'ed " he's comen hooiver ;" down went the rake, as • suddenly followed •the scythe, off they both scampered, for they verily • believed it the devil indeed, and secreted themselves in the inmost. recess of their cottage, taking care to bar out "avid clooty." The old man considers it a lucky escape, promises to keep a better tongue, and the old woman, we hope, will have a better life. Such is the force of "conscience, which makes cowards of us all." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. DONCASTER, 12 O'CLOCK, SUNDAY NIGHT. We never recollect witnessing Doncaster so crowded on the day previous to the racing ; this we attribute to the recent Fes tival at York, and the extraordinary interest excited by this year's St. Leger. Nearly all the lodgings in the town are either already occupied or taken for the week, and the cry-out for beds assails you in every quarter. Beds are being made up in parlours, kitchens, and tap-rOonis, mostly in every place of public accommodation ; and what will be done by the many hundreds now on theyoad, and to come, we know not. Many speculators on the turf have been here for several days watching the movements of the different horses' in their ex ercises. This morning there was a grand exhibition of the horses in general on the course, taking their gallops and walking exer cises; the Leger ones were, of course, most noticed; .amongst whicb we observed Memnon, with his rider, Scot, on his back; Redgauntlet carried Jem Robinson ; Cleveland. who created the greatest attention, was exercised by Tommy Lye; and Homer by Jackson. All of them appeared in the highest racing; condition and .looked extremely well. Here the re marks of the different judges in horse-flesh became very inter esting : each backed his opinion, and planned bis future mode of attack. Many of (he other St. Leger horses were also to be seen amongst the group ; viz., Brother to Addy, Trinculo, Pastime, Zirza, &c., and they looked well and cheerful. After leaving the exercise-ground this morning about nine o'clock,'.the various rendezvous were thronged by speculators, and till the new room opened in, the evening, a great deal of business was done, which at 12 o'clock left the odds thus :- 5 to 2 agst Memnon ; 5 to 1 agst Redgauntlet ; 7 to 1 agst Alderman. Il to 1 agst Cleveland .I_l2 to 1 agst Homer ; 18 to 1 agst Dauntless ; 20 to 1 agst Crowcatcher ; 20 to 1 agst Trinculo. About one o'clock it began to rain, and continued to do so until night, which precluded the possibility of seeing the horses again out, much to the disappointment of those who had arrived during the day. • However, it. did not stop the progrear of speculation,. for they -all departed for the new betting-rooms, an accommodation procured for the sporting world, by Mr. Lee, who on this very important oc casion has opened subscription-rooms in French-gate on' a very superb scale. These rooms he has taken on a long lease for the above purpose, and the experiment is likely to be very successful ; there being already nearly 500 subscribers. At eleven o'clock the betting men completely filled the room, and betting ran to a pitch we never have heard equalled. There were present the following noblemen and gentlemen, only a small proportidn of the vast numbers already arrived : His Grace the Duke of Leeds, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Queensberry, Lord Kennedy, Lord Kilburne, Lord George Bentinck, Colonel Russell, Mr. Baird, Sir Jacob Astley, Sir M. W. Maxwell, Mr. Lambton, Earl of Mansfield, Sir John Byng, Lord Milton, Colonel Aubrey, Earl of Errol, Captain Fitzclarence, Sir W. Fraser, Sir_ Hussey Vivian, Duncombe, Esq., M. P., Dundas, Esq., Hon. Captain Pawlett, Hon. W. Petre, his Grace the Duke of Rut land, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Worcester,' Marquis of Titchfield, Earl of Sefton, Mr. Greville, Mr. Wattsi 111. A. Taylor, Esq., 111. P., M. Houldsworth, Esq. and a great many others whom we have no time to enumerate. The betting has fluctuated since the morning strangely, and is altering every hour: at twelve o'clock to-night if 1641 otl' as follows at the New Betting-rooms:- 2A to 1 agst Memnon (taken); 6 to 1 agst Alderman (taken); Bto agst Redgauntlet; to 1 agst Homer (taken) ;11to 1 apt Cleveland • 21 to 1 agst Trinculo ; 25 to 1 agst Addy ; 100 to 3 agst iastime ; 1,000 to 18 agst Brownlock ; 1,000 to 11 Reit Zirza. 2,100 to 100, 2,200 to 100, and 2;300 to 100 agst Trinculo was taken by a noted and very spirited betting gentleman from Manchester • he has also taken 200 to 1 that he placed Redgauntlet. By the above it will be seen that Redganntlet, since the morn ing, has given place to Alderman, and that Homer (having had a good trial, some say with Figaro) has jumped up nearly four points. It is thought that 28 or 30 will start. Cleveland is still the leading horse for speculation, and should he win, it will be the heaviest session ever known. The sport for to-morrow is thus Fitzwilliam .Stakes for all ages. The following are entered :,--Figaro, Negociator, Forester, Canteen, Lottery, St. Helena, Helenus, Abron, 11 7 biskerandos, Zealot, and Altisidora. The Four-yr-olds Produce of 205 sovereigns each. Florisniart, Double Entendre, Boss, a br. f. by Cervantes and another. The Champagne Stakes, for two-yr-olds. 21 horses entered. Alatch, 200—Bluebeardagst Mustachio. ; 2 M. C. Match, 600—Bogtrotter agst Leporello. Match, 100—Viscount Malden agst. His Majesty's Plate. Cadiz, Caccia, Pratti, and Confederate. A Handicap of 25 sovereigns each. Cedric, Bst. 61b. • Buzzard, Sat. ; Wbiskerandos, Bst. ; Bru tandorf, Sat. ; Miller of Mansfield, 7st. olb. ; Bugle, 7st. 01b. ; BorySthenes,. 7st. 61b. ; Rochester, 7st. 61b. ; Young Catton, 7st. 41b.; Hannah, 7st. 41b. 1110NDAY.—(Br EXPRESS.) The Fitzwilliam Stakes. Mr. Whittaker's Lottery Mr. Farqaharson's Figaro. • - The Handicap of 250 each. Mr. Lanibton's Buzzdrd Florismart Se*rerill others started. The Four-year old Produce Stakes. walked over. BETTING AT DONCASTEII.—MoNDAY 31oxxxxo. DoNc.tsTER ST. LEGER. 17:to 1 aget Dauntless 26 to I agst Addy 33 to 1 agst Trinculo 50 to 1 apt Falcon. 5 to 2 agst Alemnon f; to 1 agst Alderman 9 to 1 agst Redgauntlet 9 to 1 agst Homer 10 to 1 aist Cleveland LICIIFIE[.D RACE.S.—(CoIimunED.) THURSDAY KEPT. 16. The Gentlemen's Subscription Plate of 501. Two mile heats. Sir T. Stanley's Grenadier, 4 yrs - - 2- 2 1 Mr. Painter's Sarsaparilla, 4 yrs - 1 3 2 2 hlr. liguldsworth's Miss Maltby, 4 yrs (fell lame) 3 1 3dr The City Plate of 501. Two mile heats. Lord Anson's Sligo, 4 yrs - Ur. Gisborne's b. f. Elizabeth,. 3 yrs Mr. Tench's b., g. by Ambo, 4 yrs 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 LEOIIIINSTER RACES, lirrintEsnAY, SEPT. 14. A Maiden Stakes of 30 soy. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each. Heats. Mr. Thxlehham's b. f. 3 yrs,old . - Mr. Davis's Fiddle-de-dee, 4 yrs old Mr. Watts's b. m. by Bustard, 5 yrs old Mr. Benbow,'s eh. g. 4 yrs old Mr. Sthith's br. na..JesSy, 5 yts old 1 1 5 2 4 3 2 dr 3 dr Thy Sweepstakes of 3 sov. each, with 25 added, was won at three heats, by Mt. Gough's b. h. Pavilion, aged, beating five others. TIitTRSI)AY. The Members' Piate:of 501. fotall'ages, the gift of I Hotham. Mr. Bodenham's b. f. by Phantom,,3 yrs old - 2 1 Mr. 13. Davis'n Mima, 5 yrs old - - 1 3 1 Mr. Wood's llosaria, 4 yrs old - - - - 3 2 2 ___ Mr. Bartley's CongaOn, 3 yrs old STAG HUNT. - 4 4 3 On Friday last, the 16th inst., Ole Stag Hounds of the Hon G. Berkeley were out in the neighbourhood of Cranford, for the first dine thiivseason, when they 'killed a stag. TROTTING MATCH. . A trotting match against • time _took place on the London Bridge road; near Reading, on Saturday. Mr. B. Welling undertook to ride his Chertsey galloway, Trim, three miles in eleven minutes, for a bet of 100 sovereign. Re trotted the first mile in three minutes 25 seconds; the second in three minutes and 35 Seconds ; and the 3d in three minutes and 42 seconds ; winning the match cleverly with 18 secondi to spare., SAILING MATCH. WEYstoIITFI, SEPT. 18.—The match between-Air. Quick's Antelope, 0f.14 tons, and Capt. Edmund Lyons's Queen Mab, -of 12 tons, or. the result of which very large sums depended, took place in our Roads on Tuesday morning in a strong easter ly wind; soon after starting the Queen 111 ab shot a he a d, tack ed, and weathered the Antelope—an advantage which she maintained so long as the race continued . ; but unfortunately, at a moment when both boats were carrying a heavy press of sail through a heavy squall, the Antelope lost her bowsprit, and was obliged to give up the contest.. Capt. Lyons pursued his course and won the bets depending on his boat. The An telope was most . ably managed by Capt. - Robert White, who persevered until the loss of the .bowsprit precluded all hope of the Antelope regaining the distance she had previously lost. OLD BAILEY.—(This DAT.) A SERIOUS LARK. John Benjamin, aged 30, a genteel-looking young man, was put to the bar, charged with stealing a gold watch and appendages, v,alue 101. •, and upwards. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that he is son of Mrs. Raymond, who keeps a billiard-table room in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. On the 20th Nugust last the prisoner came into the roomott which time his watch was lying on the table ; it was, however, shortly after missed, and, on inquiry, no person knew any thing about it, and the prisoner himself was, then absent. The prosecutor repaired down stairs, and seeing the prisoner, he challenged' him with the robb er y, w hi c h h e denied over and over again ; but on an officer being sent for, he, after some hesitation, ad witted he had taken up the property, not kJ:towing who it he longed to, in a lark, and intended to return it again wheit asked for. The prisoner, in his defence, said he gave up the -watch as soon as it was owned, and that he only took it in joke. He had been a frequenter at the billiard-room for three years, and was well known to the prosecutor. • This, however, was denied by the prosecutor himself,. who stated that he had no iecollec don whatever of the prisoner. , The Learned Serjeant summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after a few minutes consultation, pronounced a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Serjeant AnAum—Your fate has been long anticipatc‘i ; you are well known here.—Take him away. THE P,4 IDDLESEX GRAND JURY.-- I .YeSit.rdB y afternoon, prior to the Urand Jury breaking up at HiclOs Hall, among the number of true bills thund Was one against Eliza Watts, better known as "Mother Turpin" (the keeper of A. receptacle or fence for stolen property), for receiving kr Dutch clock, she well knowing the same to have been stolen ; and John Sullivan, a lad about 14 years of age, as the principal in stealing the article, theVroperty of his father, who islbe pro secutor on the occasion. The female prisoner is the mother of the notorious John Turpiu, alias Tuck, who .was• recently transported for life at the Old Bailey Sessions, for burglary. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 3d, 14th, 30th, 40th, 44t1f, 43th-, and 32d Regiments of Infantry marched yesterday, - front West minster, for Chatham. Detachments of the 4th and 11th Regiments of Light Dragoons marched, yesterday, from Westminster for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. A Detachment of the 2d Regiment of Foot marched, yester day, from Westminster, for Canterbury. Detachments belonging to the 96th and 70th RegiMents of Foot marched, yesterday, from Westminster, fiir Winchester.. Detachments of the 53d and 90th Regiments of Infantry marched, yesterday, from Westminster, for Portsmouth. A Detachment of the 35th Regiment of Foot marched, yes. terday, from Westminster, for the Isle of Wight. A Detachment of the 68th Regiment of Infantry marched, yesterday, from Westminster, for Chichester. Detachments belonging to the 16th and 83d Regiments 'of Infantry marched, yesterday, from Westminster, for Harwich. Detachments belonging to the 30th, 59th, 45th, 82d, 14th, 41st, and 3d Regiments of Foot, arrived, on the 17th inst., in Westminster, from Bristol, and marched yesterday, on route to Chatham. A Detachment belongiDg to the 7th Fusileers marched, yes. terday, from Westminster, for Dover. ' IkIiSRCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, SEPT. 19.--Wind S.W.--Arrived the Isabella, Mann, from Honduras, sailed the 4th of August ; on the 12th spoke A Spanish frigate off the Matanzas; on the Ist, spoke the Speke transport, for Halifax, in lat 41. long. 60. all well ; Moffatt, from. China, last from Quebec ; Ruth, Hone, from St. Kitts; and Faith, , from Demerara. Arrived from the River and remain, the Mangles, Cogill, for New South Wales ; Robert Edwards, • for New York. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. S.W.—,Arrived the Nassau, Tremayne, from Sierra Leone, and is under quarantine. COWES, SEPT. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrivtd the Noble, Maxfield, from Matanzas, in 38 days. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrived the Mary, Henzell, from Prince Edward's island, sailed the 21st of August; and the Danish brig Die Daub, Watters, from Gibraltar in 18 days. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 18.—Arrived the Ewin, Gilpin, from Miramichi ; Pandora, 'Corry, from Barbadoes, sailed the 9th of Augusta Unity, Thomas, Para ; Claud Scott, Gill, Pernatn. buco, sailed the h'th — of 'August 4' and the AlgongUin, Dixey, from Fhiladelphia. Arrived off Dover the Sisters, ~ from Demerara. • The Fortitude, , from Barba-oes, arrived yesterday in the River with the Bishop of Barbadoes on board. The Juliana, Fotheringham, arrived in the Downs, from Quebec, in 22 days, from Bic, experienced extremely bad weather, and in the Gulf encountered a strong gale from the southward, when she bore up for the Straits of Belle Isles before the gale was over; she gor through —saw a great quantity of Ice Islands.—The large timber ship Baron Renfrew, sailed from. Bic with the Juliana. PUBLIC EDIFICES. KEw GARDENS.—The renovation of the pa goda—for some time past closed on account of dangerous state—is proceeding rather rapidly;, it is surrounded with scaffolding; and such circumstance, together with the'recent attentions paid to Kew Gardens by his Majesty, and the addi tions made to the botanic gartiens-,-not forgetting the thriving branch from Buonaparte's roil/ores, make this ipot, particu larly on Sundays, the scene of considerable attractibn and a good deal of company. Kew had to contend, like Irenailes, with all the disadvantages of a flat surface, and a swampy and ungrate ful soil. It remained for the wealth of a nation to drain and fer tilize both. In Kew Gardens now, however, there is mach' diver sity of scenery. The pleasure grounds, as most visitors know, are ornamented with several temples, &c.; one is in the Gothic. ano. ther is in the Arabesque or Turkish style, and there is - a Vene tian temple. But the principal of these is that - which is now undergoing repair, and which attracts much attention from the curious cradle-work, scaffolding by which it is . surrounded ; it is a magnificently-designed pagoda, in imitation of d"Chine . se building. It is 49 feet in diameter at the base. and 163 feet in height, and, as may be imagined, is a cepspicuotts. t object in the purrounang fiat country, the view of it 11ot being intercev tea by adjacent hills or the adjoining shrubbery. The . esotic gar den was established in 1760, by the Princess Dowager. The pleasure grounds are about T2O acres, in extent ; they were begun by a late Prince'of Wales, and finished under the eye the Princess Dowager, who took'great delight in the spot. BUCKINGHAM HOUSE.—'the workmen are employed in raising a new back, by which the depth of the structure will be increased. 'rhe projections in front of the Palace will form a colonade of Corinthian pillars. No persons, with the exeep. tion of the workmen and trailmnen employed on the building, are permitted to enter any of the doors to the high fenc e whi c h surround the works. Nothing but the external walls of the . old Palace are standing. The grand front erecting at WHITEHALL begins to slaw the plan of the architect. That part of Parliament-street, near the Banquetting-house, will soon form a stately avenue to the British Senate. The building now raising, promises not only to become ,a :public ornament, but to benefit the nation, by forming a sufficient number of . Government Offices, in which the more important duties of' the State will be conve. niently discharged. The Secretaries ot. State have been for years packed up, as it were, in Downing.street, with offices not larger than the room of a Police Magistrate. The great machinery of public business will work with more facility when the new arrangements are terminated.. It is intended to pull down the buildings in Downing -street, and to remove the offices of the Secretaries of State to Whitehall. Some now in Somerset House will also be removed to the same hifilding: Among the handsome new churches built and building, none seems more admired than the CHURCH of ST. GEORGE, Pim, lico; new erecting at the end of Grosvenot-street, near the King's, road. This structure is remarkable for taste and neatness, upon a very able design. The architecture is in the Grecian style. The ROYAL NEWS at Pimlico, also form a work which adds much to the appearance of that neighbourhood.-- CONi'IRMATIOI4.—We understand the Bishop of •this dio. cese will hold a confirmation in, this town, the ensuing week, in the following qrder :—on Wednesday, at 1 o'clock, a Saint Anne's Church, for girls ' • and at 3 o'clock on the same day, in the Collegiate Church, for boys. On the following Sunday, at 8 o'clock, at St. Anne's Church, his Lordship will, confirm the girls who could not conveniently attend on the former ser vice; and at 1 o'clock on the same day, at the Collegiate Church, his Lordship will confirto the boys Similarly circum stanced.—(Mauchester CourirN STIRLING, SEPT. lb.—This - dak the Rev. John Mart hall, from Swallow-street Chapel, London, was inducted, in the East Church, to the third charge of this parish. The Rev.. Archibald Bennie, - Minister of the West Church, presided.