The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-27 00:00:00

C OVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL F U. The anniversary di nner of ND this, the oldest institution of the kind, took place last evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Duke of Cambridge, supported by the Duke of Beaufort, was in the chair. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, on his health being drank, expressed his satisfaction at the support uniformly given to the institution by members of the Royal Family. It Zits true that Covent-garden had now become an opera °use ; but that circumstance in no respect affected the rights of the present claimants on the fund. They had an equal claim on its bounty us their occasion required its assistance. Prosperity to the Fund" was then drank. t 4. 7 , 1 r• ME ADOWS returne d th an k s . The present insti u"on maintained among charitable institutions its high osition. Every claim made on the fund had hitherto been to thely sati,ficd, and a deaf from persons unconnected ear had never been turned voice of distress, even w ith its original objects. Three more annuitants had een lately admitted, and two more were expected in a short tisie. Every performer reluctantly quitted the dick and bu s ki n , as t h e sum t h e y rece ived at retirement n °t equal the smallest salary. The committee had their to perform of maintaining future allowances at present amount without diminution—these allow haneyeuessedrvere sufficient for necessaries, but nothing further be might sa • that no just claim had ever been and no unjust claim ever allow . ed. The fund ad relieved seventeen theatrical families unconnected r th it —a circumstance which they had hitherto re rained from mentioning, and now only alluded to in eleifede fence. The fund had been reproachfully called zth r el usive—he a d m i tte d th a t it w a s exclusive. Were it fwise, it would have become a mere temporary relief 0 11 „ tl i d, of . no permanent benefit whetever, and productive i t "'Y of disappointment to those who looked forward to support. The names of those connected with the fund ,„ en ere bef ore t h e pu b l i c, whose lib era li ty h e truste d wou ld 'lever be abused and never be repented of. The Covent- Fund wished success to that of Drury-lane, and i ‘ e at most useful and necessary institution, the Gene tat,' Theatrical Fund, but there was no ground for ne eleting the sent fund because the General Fund came pre Ater It. The Drury-lane Fund came after it in like oal ler, yet no one on that account thought the prior s titution unnecessary. Their annual appeal was tw eets arY—when it ceased to be necessary they would ~ftse their a pp ea l ; b u t th e pr e sent po s ition of Covent ;:r.deo did not alter the position of the present sub k_rtbers to the fund, who had earned their claims on its t .i h e tir ds, and 23 of whom were now performing at other ossi.tres. The committee, notwithstanding the present etc of Covent-garden, were bound to see that these set tra, were not disappointed. Many of the present sub iittlurs to the fund were in a position which seemed .. e likely to place them within the necessity of its assist ounece, but many of those whom it now assisted were th e ° i o a position equally good. The profession of f t , actor was peculiarly precarious; decline of public vrh 9 , e t t r ' or change of management, produced reverses most no one could foresee. He would add, that as mo d unexpected circumstances had made Covent enritipi an Italian opera-house, so the course of events ?•", In a ma nner equally unexpected, restore it to the sh d ram T he th".band of the Coldstream regiment attended during sitarm:ler, which was not fully attended. The mu ealist's4ePartrnent was supported by the Hungarian vo w the Distin family, Miss Bassano, Miss Williams, it,helss Isaacs. cludi n su bscriptions announced amounted to 5031., in g 5 0/. from her Majesty and 201. from the Chair left t n the h funsndome legacy of 1001. had likewise been fund by Mr. Marklew. ADELPHI THEATRE. orThlaPerformances here last evening were for the benefit th e rune Cele s t e , an d, as might have been anticipated, mica use was crowded to suffocation within a few Po alter the doors were open. After Buckstone's 71 " -.41 ° f the Flowers of the Forest, in which wasthe r'werful acting of Madame Celeste, as Cynt hi a, Perreet lY thrilling, .a new petite comedy in two acts, entitled rOd uc , Fl y ing . Colours, or Grossing the Frontier, was ki l t at ' w i th the most complete success. The scene is .' ihtr Verdun, in the time of Louis XV., and we are ' S educed to the old governor of the place, the .Duc the 1 : 33 bre n ,,,, (Mr. Lambert) and to his young wife, Sansell,esB (Mis a Woolgar). There is a certain Captain . ra,C'enei (Mr. Webster), of whom the old Duke is eremites iealo ee ptzti _ us, but whom . . he has never seen. The Pa r i_ u who has been committing . som . e escapade in he is 3) has fled from that city, and as it is supposed that iii ee, ellde aeouring to escape into Lorraine, orders are Pt3,e,caed t e o tli t ; l t i l.f nor of Verdun to be on the look for th e l ee T t a un t tle e governor o er arrest him, and send him back to a guard. Orders are likewise received to (ilea °llt tor and arrest a certain 116'6ne de Montereau a Convert -"le Celeste), a young lady who has escaped from 4 a, o ,t in Lorraine, with a young officer to whom she to reach abou t to be married, and who is most anxious . is th e - arts' The Count do Belville (Mr. Boyce) dare. Young officer who has eloped with !le " induces her to assume male attire Plain ; her tn g ii "''Y at Verdun, the better to avoid suspicion. Amee n -4 ,°„s Solid, on his' arrival, elicits from Colonel a fe e li a t il c k alr. Selby), the Commandant of the Garrison, have bean r c TP, the whole account of the orders that 7,',. z 0Z e iiZ e . (l ior the several arrests, and soon ree ,--).% I Mad 4,,,e4e,111 her male attire (the gauch eri e . — e , and Celest e `eeieste in this scene was iniinit , de o ett r roars of laughter) proposes escorted 8 6, : cr0 rt that i d: aa h r . Pe t r: :: (l : llle l e a ci ssume female attire, and as Helene anti the across the frontier to Lorraine, while she, elvtlillde! ' de 13 Captain Sans Souci, shall be sent to r th e escort of her own lover, Count a a rdy to . Th° Captain, however, feels it neces- MI give her certain instructions in the art b owie mystery of driiii,, rutting,. gSt . manhood, and drills in her T ii h lt i o s tilting, and swear g e el ' l 4 scene, whlchsnWflai'dstadmirably acted by - ifadame k „ eB te and Webster, to auaz!ngly ; her every now \ LT' then forgetting her disguise and curtseying, instead of -"" sin g, pr oduced a most ludicrous effcct. The disguises are 4 h l ened; ad the arrests take place at the Captain could ga ve wished. The false Helene is confided to the care of the Duchess, and the false Captain to that of the o -° '"el• he Duke is lost in admiration of . t. , c 11 ,133 4 „ 8 of the false Helene, whom he aptly charateri . ses dour a most extensive" woman, and writes her a billet h y 7 , while the false Captain makes the Colonel drunk in,,. ,FPing him up to filling glass, and throw % I s T 5 own wine under the table. giss fo A r . tlength, of course, , trice "erY takes place, and the Duke . is outrageous at the to ' P l ayed upon him, but is kept in order by a threat 4 et red tlee before the Duchess his " tender letters" to 10 4 11:le i Bild Belville, who is inclined, at first, o be jea et •,,Ivnen he hears Helene has passed the when night g he lekrtt'"e Colonel's, is highly amused At the , 11 ho w the night bas been passed, Ware --henelusion Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster repetition ` t il tall( d for ; and the piece was announced audience The Bee e amidst the loud plaudits of the _ ant 111-4 ' on n e e rY ie w as exlnt. The set of the second g .., e - ""e Mostbeautiful interiors ever exhibited. ..4 1 , E14 te rtbi . clItN G ARDENS.—This popular place of en dis:lnput vvas opened on Whit-Monday. The Gar eelep:,ering the recess, have been considerably 4 to ;' '' To say that improvements have been made, tio ns. "„,veY but a faint idea of the nature of the alterhs tect4ro -uhe river entrance is a bright example of !ire i e:node, the o " ; the Jardin Mabile, at Paris, is the ,%. °li ght'f th m l e who have had the happiness to visit that a - ":".siti ul tn r,le,e of entertainment will appreciate Mr.Ellis's irproei tn „ -- ,7‘ing the gardens of Cremorne as close an great kr "‘ 4ll l to the continental original as vast outlay, the m. ti at i e beets 1 ,An immense a nd circular platform for dancing has e.e"icli co ntai n , Compassing the grand Pagoda orchestra, IV O C° 1 44 fift performers, under the direction r ri .itZie n i e i J'allreat.Y The trees were illuminated with .. ,‘-'lline '- ' 8 °f gas. The Lavender Bowers and new '441 .811 walk likewise exhibited the same brilliant and rand a% a 'P e ct• In addition to M. Laurent's quadrille thr ee f ,", , r a's band commenced playing on the lawn at In ro i s ; e '"eh, and to the enlivening strains of the instru !ttieuntilsts, old English dances, including the Maypole 11 14 ""rris, and other ancient sports and pastimes off were with Itr4, (lll _eed- The variou s amusements w I,` f eat, and th e garden s were crowded. $ tiz DESCENT OF Ma. GR EEN'S NEW VICTORIA sALLo ow —Tilts balloon made its . firstascent last Mon -111 Pr om• Cremorne—the party (four in number) con ,''og of Herr Koenig, Arthur Pratt Barlow, E l , the s ~ i te ran Green, and a riend of his. Mr. Hoole. t was „" go" soon after seven Hackney, taking a r n i o p r i i n h g . , easterly il a., n itncLltt:e.'e passed over London, in te 4 _ • and finally came safe to terra . beyonda field Ch ei "e Parish of Little . Waltham, six fil m m i a les in fo rtv t nifurd, exactly at eight o'clock,. thus doing above CIO ° ' l lee, as the crow flies, in less than the of the silk r°3l Y enough Mr. Soper, the manufacturer of re gret t ing - baboon ' , a week before wrote to Mr. Green, W eto t g that, ns he would be at his . country-house, he Vi e ,' oe unable to witness the maiden asc.e_nt. he came a t na h n e LiB_,,,,,oerizae,enbtuiet,clin joke, invited him to supper if h vi % ip,rliii, t.ah a te ) . : th O e d d to say, the balloon passed over his farm, within' a mile and a half of his house, ofhis ,'" l 4 . i. ion, enr w r t e y ve repaired, reminded the owner Gertatned by him, en mail tr a i n start to meet the at hospitably welcomed and e.ne until it was time to _in at eh e l T ut NT elmsford. dire ct ''''tw STEAMER STAR.—On Monday last the wi th n a rs of the General Steam Navigation C ompany, Lri g i - select circle of friends, made an experimental th e Is r z l this beautiful new vessel, from bridge London• to gine g3 s re 's an d up the Mersey to Rochester-bridg ande. he The r St owti ?r the Star are of 140-horse power, elvve ti ge i s 32 0- She started from London-Bridge * several titne k t i t •X, and returned at eight P.M., having about ttliont, tiring the Voya e run a mile with the ti e in v fo e u n r . ten m i l e eight s econds, g giving an average speed of even- Commence miles (:) ' l3 taer, all hour. It is intended that the Star shall V enal) --ce run ning to Boulogne on the sth of next No hoar e b r ' w hen it is expected that starting a quarter of an from L e fore high water she will accomplish the distauc h tXpeeitrdon-ridge to Boulogne in eight . hours, whic char„,o,°n, combined with the low fares intended to be thate'l' viz., 12s. for the chief cabin, or rather less foremonths cabin, cannot fail to ensure, th e I Per mile, and little more than id. per mile for te e r ' n 'a, a fair share of public patronage. The cabins during the summer th e jrY tastefully decorated, and throughout the ve I r ek 'Wort of the passengers hes been studied in every Peet. ineifkALciviees from St. Pete rs b urgh, received yester d ay, turte h enceforth a supply of' grain to the south of . vessel 'which will be regulated only by the number of ch ase .% In the St. Petersburgh market alone the pur no 1,11;7 than up to the present time amount to `` the riddle 2,000,000 chetwerts, " but," it is observed, Itztiodti tihseneoie is how is it to be shipped ?" The naviga- Row, eatablished, the Favourite, from London, been amo ng ° , from Hull (both steamers) having moues extr thel firbt arrivals. The grain market con tint altered:let Y R. licti s'e) and hemp and tallow are with *l494 44:ts 4 Ica :age %as A shade flatter, the quo- TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ETIENINO, MAY 27, 1847. THE LONDON WEATHER. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Times : Sir,—The weather recently has been of so extraordi nary a character, particularly the changes in the tem perature, that I am induced to send you a copy of my register for the past few days. Sunday last exhibited excessive electrical influences early in the day, which increased as the sun progressed to the meridian. The lowest point of the atmospheric temperature of the pre vious night was 63 deg. of Fahrenheit, and at one o'clock P at. the shade thermometer indicated 82, and the sun aspect 106 ; the latter advancing to 115 at half-past two o'clock, and the former to 87 at three o'clock. At ten o'clock the heat was 73, and was not below 65 during the night. On Monday the air was in a more negative state, and the temperature 20 deg. lower, as %Till be seen by the annexed table. Last night the lowest point was 50, which presents the extraordinary difference of 37 deg. between that and the shade of Sunday, and of 65 deg. between that and the sun register. There is no doubt that severe thunder-storms occurred on Sunday.—l re main, Sir, your subscriber, H. P. Bermondsey-square, May 26. Lowest Highest Highest previous in the in the Barometer. night. shade. sun's aspect. inches. May 22 ... 56 ... 76 ... 91 ... 30.04 23 63 ... 87 ... 115 29.94 —24 ... 65 ... 68 ... 81 ... 29.84 25 ... 51 ... 67 ... 80 ... 30.05 —26 ... 50 ... 741- . . 98 ... 30.16 P.S. It will be seen that to-day the temperature has been very high ; wind S.E., as it was on Sunday. Last year the shade thermometer did not exceed 90 on the 22d of June, and the sun temperature was not above 116 Aug. 1. ASCOT HEATH RACES. The following is an outline of the present engagements. The nominations made on Tuesday last : TUESDAY, JUNE 1. The Trial Stakes of 5 soys. each, with 50 added ; for two yrs old, 4st 41b ; three, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b. The new mile. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles and a half. ACCEPTANCE& yrs st lb ! Annandale 5...8 7 Pineapple a...8 51 Footstool yrs at lb Br c by Velocipede, dam by Emelius 4...6 11 Morocco Wood Pigeon 5...7 13!The Nob 4...6 9 Humdrum Crown Prince 4...7 12XaidofMotherwell 3...6 7 Glory Secundus 6...7 8 Correct Card The Mangler Giantess 5...7 6Clermont 3...6 3 Plaudit Plantagenet Priscilla Tomboy a... 7 5 Vanity 3...5 7 The Attorney 6-7 3Bf by Elis or Ve- Flahowlagh The Polka Scarlet Runner 5...6 13 Vampyre.. Hydranger The rest paid 5 SOTS. each. The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, for three yrs old, 7st 31b ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 71b ; six, and aged. 9st 91b ; mares and geldings allowed 3 lbs, &c. Two miles. yrs yrs Lord Londsdale's Jericho 5 Mr. J. Day's The Hero 4 Lord Exeter's Cosachia 3 Mr. Gully's Mendicant 4 Col. Anson's Bingham... 3 Lord Caledon's Wanota 3 I Duke of Bedford's Bridle 3 Mr. Clake's Miles' Boy 3 Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 3 yrs. The Welcome Stakes of 20 sons. each, with a bonus, &c. for 3 yrs old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. Swinley Course. Bingham, Pell Melt, Montpensier, So Nice, Themis, Voronets, the Liberator, Sultana, b f by Provost, out of Miss Whip, Joyful, Allertonian, Miami, Red Hart, De loraine, Lionel, Mr. Martin, the Swallow, b c by Veni son out of sister to Cobweb. Clementina, Halo, Quick sand, Margaret of Anjou. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for the poduce of mares covered in 1843 ; colts, Bst 91b, and fillies, Bst 61b; those by stallions, or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31bs, if both, Sibs. Old mile. Crozier (51bs), c (dead) by Lanercost. out of Came rine's dam, Prestwich (31bs), c by the Nob, out of Pre mature (51bs), c (dead) by Talleyrand, out of Sequidella (3lbs), Bed Hart (31bs), Cheapside (51bs), Field Mouse (31bs). Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b, got by untried stallions, or out of untried mares; if both untried, allowed 31b. New mile. The second to save his stake. Verres, c by the Nob, out of Premature, Tom Tit (31bs), f by Lanercost, out of the Mountain Sylph's dam, Doctor Goodall, ch o by Eclat's, dam by Bay Middleton. _ _ The Ascot Derby of 50 sovs. each, Etc. Swinley Course. Black Satin, Papa, c by Sir Hercules out of Harmony, c by Ht-tinan Platoff out of Marmora, c (dead) by Het man Platoff out of Valance, Mathematician, Mirmillo, Timour, Will-o'-the-Wisp, c by Muley Moloch out of Ann, f by Redshank out of Oxygen, b c by the Saddler out of Miss Tree, b c by Venison out of Sister to Cob web, Cossack, Conyngham, Marpessus. Two-yrs-old Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. John Day's the Alderman's Walk, Lord Exeter's Veneer, Mr. Ford's Brother to Crassus, Mr. Ford's Duplicity, General Grosvenor's Sir Oliver, Mr. Greville's Rosslyn, Sir G. Heathcote's Own Brother to Khorassan, Lord Lonsdale's c by Muley Moloch out of Young K, an's dam, Mr. Payne's Glendower, Mr. Robertson's Conflict, Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, Mr. Wroford's Wild Deer. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. The Royal Hunt Cup_ of 200 sous., with 100 added. New mile. Age at lb Mendicant The Traverser Antler 6...8 7 Lady Wildair 5...8 4 Laundrymaid Patriot 6...8 4 Prussic Acid Spithead Wood Pigeon 5...7 13 War Eagle Collingood African Ago st lb Tragical ,Cosachia I , :limea Kismet .... ..... IDr. Goodall IKimbblesworth ( Christopher Coin 3...6 10 IChristopher 3...6 10 1 Widred 'Daughter . of the _ _ _ Star 3...6 9 Marie Louisa 3...6 7 Dromedary 3...6 ivo • n roer 'Alsatia Bedouin Correct Card Wee Bit 3...6 7 Deriades 3...6 5 Gabbier Jolly Dick St. Leon Fistiana lonia Wintonia 3...5 13 Queen Mary I Don Cesar 3...5 9 F by Don John out of Prize-flower's Loto Pam 5...7 10 Sir Simon Bravissimo Lynceus King of the Forest 3...7 7 Doctrine Mr. Martin 3...7 4 Dean Swift Halo 3...7 2 The Mangler Colleen Bawn 5...7 2 1 The Polka ...... 4...7 2, The Swallow Limestone Nottingham Buckskin 3.. .7 0 Bridle The Fern Hill Stakes of added; for two-yrs-old, 7 &c., allowed 31bs. About yrs. yrs. Mr. Death's Camelford 3 Sir R. Pigot's b c by Mr. Irwin's Horn of Elis out of Manto... 2 Chase 3 I Mr. Bristow's Fernhill 2 Mr. Worley's Grist 2 Colonel Peel's Isis 3 - Caversham 2 Mr. Drinkald's Goodboy 2 - Golightly Mr. S. Conway's Chris- Conceit 3 topher 3 Count Batthyany'sPole. Duke of Richmond's mews ...• 2 Hornpipe Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1844; colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. darn 15 sous. each, 5 ft, and 50 it; and three-yrs, 9st; fillies, t two miles. T.Y.C. Mr. W. Edwards's f by Plenipotentiary, out of Jou jou, Lord Exeter's Sword Player, Duke of Richmond's Reflection. The Coronation Stakes, of 100 sots. each, for 3 yra old fillies, Bst 71b each. The winner of the Oaks 71bs ; of 1,000 Guineas, 31bs ; of both, 9lbs extra. The New mile. Lady Lurewell, Maid of Saragossa, f by Hetman Platoff, out of Macremma, Cosachia, Millwood, Rest less, Apricot, b f by Muley Molock, out of Janus, bl f by Coronation, out of Factory Girl, Miami, Mango steen, Sister to Sorella, Clementina, Meeanee. The Windsor Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added, for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Sst 21b. The winner of the Derby, 101bs extra, and of 3 the Oaks, albs extra. The second for the Derby, Iba extra. The second to receive 501. One mile and three quarters. Ingoldaby Ferina Madge Grey Mirmillo Seducer Lady Lift Lunedale Apple Blossom Epirote Mathematician Jennala Allertonian F by Don John, out of Pampeluna Arachne Bellerophon Lady Lurewell Oregon Papa Vampyre Bedlam Pell Mell Dromedary George Stephenson Positive Young Man Go Lightly Shylock Will-o'-the-Wisp Conceit Old Brompton Marble Maid Horn of Chase Miss Birch Miss Martin Eunice The Hosier Marlow F by Redshank—Oxygen Cheapaide The Admiral King of Naples Cascade 131 c by Bentley, out of W atc hd og Blameless Mr. Martin George Hudson Alsatia Old Port Wiseacre The Lady of the Lune Maid of Athena Cornme it faut C a melford Mangosteen So Nice Zibka Platoff BFrebaysi I L in a o n t ercost, out of by Hetman Camp-followerlcon(diaead) out of Valance Foreclosure Tanais - Cossack Voronets Wulvertm C by Haman Platoff out of Lionel Al armors, Administrator Oxonian Sagamore Ranthos Margaret of Anjou The Windsor Town Plate of 50L, for two yrs old, s z t 6 1b i three, 75t 101 b ; four, Slit 81b ; five, &c., 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; the winner to be sold for 100/, &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each and 50 added ; for three yrs old, ?at ; four, Bst ; five, Eht 4lb ; six and aged, Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 3001., &c. THURSDAY, JUNE 3. A Piece of Plate, value 5004, given by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each ; for three yrs, 6st 101 b; four, Bst 51b; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares, &c., allowed 311 s. About two miles and a half. Dolo, 4 yrs Jericho, 5 yrs Eryx, 4 yrs Alarm, 5 yrs Pyrrhus the First, 4 yrs Mathematician, 3 yrs The Hero, 4 yrs Mendicant, 4 yrs Maid of Motherwell, 3 yrs Poynton, 4 yrs Horn of Chase, 3 yrs Grimston, 4 yrs Sir Tatton Sykes, 4 yrs The Liberator, 4 yrs Christopher, 3 yrs Sting, 4 yrs Wolfdog, 5 yrs Mr. Martin, 8 yrs Watchdog, 3 yrs ,lago, 4 yrs The Visitors' Plate of 1001. (handicap) by subs. of 5 soya. each. Once roun, I, and adistance. The New Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 100 added, for two yrs old. T.Y.C. Mr. Bateman's Baccanalian Lord Lonsdale's c, by Red- Count Batthyany's Ptole- sbank,outofßridegroom's inseus dam Count Batthyany's Egre- Mr. May's Senga mont Mr. Mostyn's Mastiff Duke of Bedford's Duplicity Mr. Mostyn's Daughter of Mr. Bristow's Fernhill Toscar Lord Caledon's bl c, by Si- Mr. R. H. Nevill's Dover moom, out of The Queen Mr. Osbaldeston's f, by Car- Lord Caledon's Sister to dinal Puff, out of Croton Wanota Oil's dam Lord Chesterfield's The Pub- Mr. Payne's Glendower lican Mr. Payne's Woodcraft Mr. E. R. Clarke's Munches- Sir R. Pigot's colt, by Elis, ter out of Manto Mr. Cooper's Slug Major Pitt's Holloa Mr. Copeland's Goldsmith Mr. Pitt nd oby Tory Boy, Mr. Death's Glitter out of Rachel Mr. Drinkald's Good Boy Duke of Richmond's Neetar Lord Exeter's Tisiphone Mr. Rolt's Sea-room Sir H. Fleetwood's Colum- Baron Rothschild's c, by bine Touchstone, out of Lan- Mr. Francis's Little Red guish Riding Hood Baron Rothschild's f, by Mr. Godwin's Own Sister to Touchstone, out of Sar- Dextrous CLISM Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher Lord E. Russell's Cracow Mr. B. Green's Assault Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff Mr. Greig's c, by Earl of Lord J. Scott's Rundisford Richmond, out of Single- Lord Strathmore's Sincerity ton's dam Lord Strathmore's Sweet Mr. Greville's Dunrobin Sauce Mr. E. Griffith's Dinedor Mr. Thornhill's Iron Crown Mr. E. Griffith's Hagley Mr. Trelawny's f, by Hark- Mr. Gully's Edie Ochiltree away, out of Frederica Mr. A. W. Hill's Volley Lord Waterford's Wilmot Mr. C. Lily's Brilliant Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, and only h ft if declared, for three yrs old ; co l ts , B s t 71b ; and fillies, Est 41b. Swinley Course. Madge Grey Timour Diphthong Sweepstakes of .50 soya, each, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b; if both, 61b. Swinley Course. Seducer, 61b F by Assassin, out of Esme ralda, 41b Crozier, 61b (Moonlight, 41b The Rover's Bride (dead) 41b Tom Fool (dead), 41b Epirote, 41b The Positive Young Man, Stuhe, 41b 41b C by the Snob, out of the F by the Saddler, out of Premature, 61b Fanchon F by Little Red Rover, out Outpost, 41b of Purity, 41b Cutaway, 41b C by H. Platoff, out of Va- Bella Donna lance. 61b Lady of the Lune, 41b Mirmillo, 41b Cheapside, 61b Nestor Tallyho Buckskin The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Old mile. Jesuit (dead) 'George Barnwell . _ Montpensier NlirMillo C by Sir Hercules, out of Shawn Buidhe Harmony Beby Venison, out of Six. Voronetz The Precocious Youth ter to Cobweb ,Abdiel The Stand Plate of 701. Swinley Course. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Once round. FRIDAY. 300 sou. given by the Great Western Railway Com pany, added to a Handicap of 10 soya, each, for three year olds, &c. Swink)) , Course. Yrs. at. lb. Yrs. st. lb. Dulcet Poynton Antler Patriot The Laundrymaid 4 8 5 Allertonian Lady Wildair ... 5 8 3 Buckskin Wood Pigeon ... 5 8 1 Stultz. Bokhara Reminiscence ... 3 7 10 Projectile Nydia, the Blind Daughter of the Girl Bravissimo Lynceus 4 7 8 Bedlam Jinglepot The Polka Colleen Bawn ... 5 7 3 Vanity Forest Flower ... 5 7 0 Bedouin 3 6 2 Alkali Gilt Kismet Camera Obsura 4 7 G Venison, out of Bridle Whirligig Tragical Cosachia Correct Card...... 3 6 10'Don Ciesar The Wokingham Stakes, of 5 soy. each, for three years old (handicap). Last three-quarters of the new mile. The Borough Members' Plate, of 501., added to a sweep stakes of 5 sons. each. Winner to be sold for 1501. The old mile, &c. Sweepstakes, of 50 soya. each, h ft ; for three year olds, &c. Cottisford Ferina f by Lanercoat, out of Camp Flower, 41b Coningsby Dr. Goodall, 41b Pampeluna • The improvements mentioned some time back as having been in progress ou the race-course are now completed, and will form a grateful addition to the com forts of the visitors to the Grand Stand. The lawn has been considerably extended, and will now afford suffi cient space for a promenade, which from the increased number of races each day, has long since ceased to be practicable on the race course. At the back of the stand a high wall has been erected, to shut out any nui sance or annoyance that might otherwise arise from the booths and stables in that quarter. Trees have been planted within the enclosure, which in a few years will afford a delightful retreat from the heat of the sun, and, with the addition of seats, will, in this respect, place Ascot on a footing with Goodwood. In many other re spects the convenience and comfort of the visitors have been consulted, and as it is beyond a doubt that her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, with her illustrious visitors, will be present on the first and third days, we look confidently for a brilliant meeting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) MANCHESTER RACES. —NV EDNESDAY. The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added; three yrs old, Est 41b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31hs; win ners once in 1847, 31bs; twice, 51bs extra. One mile and a half. (6 Subs.) Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux, 3 yrs (G. Oates) 0 Mr. Ewbank's Louisa Newell, 3 yrs (Abdale) 0 Mr. Meiklara's Lightning, 6 yrs Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, 5 yrs Mr. G. Arnold's Alice, 6 yrs After a dead heat between Louisa Newell and Meaux, they divided the stakes, and Meaux walked over. The Pendleton Stakes of JO sous. each, and 40 added, for two yrs old color, Bst 51b; and fillie. , Bet 21b; the second to save his stake. About three quarters of a mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. J. Lillie's The Great Western (Marlow) 1 Mr. Green's Miss Margaret Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn The Manchester Trades Cup of 20 soya., added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared. Two miles and a distance. (38 Subs.) Mr. R. Stephenson's Sheraton, 4 yrs, 7st 21b(Simpson) 1 Mr. H. Phillip nd br m by Talleyrand. 5 yrs, 6st (Abdale) 2 Mr. Harland's Cossack Maid, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (Ryder) 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Stewart's Cranebrook, 4 yrs, Bst (Marlow)—Mr. Pedlcy's Miss Burns, aged, 7st 101 b (A. Day)—Mr. T. Worthindton's Sharaton, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Whitehouse)—Mr. Meiklam's Alliance, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Duncan)—Mr. Hesseltine's The Slayer's Daughter, 4 yrs, 6st 10lb (Longstaff)—Mr. L. Fox's Shelforth, 4 yrs, Est 9lb (Oates)—Mr. Saxon nd Dart, 5 yrs, 6st 71bs (Edwards)—Mr. Peck nd Factory Girl, 5 yrs, sst 21b (Johnson). 5 to 2 agst Miss Burns, 5 to 1 agst The Slayer's Daughter, 6 to 1 agst Dart, 7 to 1 agst Sheraton, 8 to 1 agat Cranebrook, and 10 to 1 agai ns t Alli ance. W on b y head. Plate of 701., the second to receive 10L Three-yrs-old 7st; four yrs, Bst 41b; five yrs, Bst 91b; six yrs and aged, Bst 121 b. Mares, &c., allowed :31b. Heats, two miles. Lord Chesterfield's b f by Don John out of Gamelass, 3 yrs (Oates) 2 1 0 1 Mr. Lancaster's M ,, nsieur Perrot, 4 yrs ... 0 2 1 2 Mr. Peck's Cock Robin, 3 yrs Mr. Arrowsmith's b f by Inheritor out of Tiffany, 3 yrs 0 0 dr Mr. Carr's Butterton, 3 yrs NEWTON (LANCASHIRE) RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Drawing Room Stakes of 20 soya each, and 15 added; for two•yrs-old fillies, Bst 51b. Golborne Course. (3 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard's Lucy A5ht0n........... (E. Edwards) 1 Mr. Legh's Maid of Mona 2 5 to 2 on Lucy Ashton. Won in a canter in 54 secs. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added. Mile and a quarter. (5 Subs.) Sir J. a ß n a t t a c s i a iff , 0 5 , y 6 rs y , r 8 s. st 9,2 1 t 21 2 b ib (E. Edwards) Mr. J. 2 min. and 27 sec. Betting-4 to 1 on Yantasa, who won in a cautor, in The Gold Cup, given by the Lord of the Manor, added G C e la ra r r k d e 's n i : to a handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, sad 5 only if de clared, the second to receive 25 son., and the third to sovs. Two miles and a distance. (54 Subs., of whom declared.) Eeega l l i Burgu,ndy, 4 yrs, 7st .......(Abdele) 1 Lord Eglinton's Eryx, 3 yrs, 6st 21b Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity, 5 yrs, sst 91b Mr. Cranstoun's Comme it faut, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b The following also ran :—Mr. Clarko's the Maid of Lyme, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (13randwood)—Nlr. Worthington's Hooton, aged, 7st 41b (Hutchinson)--Mr. Heap's Brown Fly, 4 3 rs, sst 121 b (Simpsc,n)—Lord Stanley's Meanee, 3 yrs, sst (Charlton)—and Mr. Copeland's Marlow, 3 yrs, sst (G. Sharp). Betting-6 to 4on Burgundy, sto 2 agst Eryx, and 7to 2 agst Maid of Lyme. Burgundy made all the running, and won by two length. Bun in 3 min. and 53 secs. er of trb Mbritton EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of the East Lincolnshire Railway was held this afternoon, at No. 36, Groat George• street, Westminster; Mr. George Hussey Packe in the chair. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the meeting was a formal one, under Lord Wharncliffe's Act, to agree to the several Bills the company had pending in the present session of Parliament. Drafts of the following Bills were then submitted to the meeting and approved of : "A Bill to amend the East Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1846, and to authorise a deviation in the line of such railway, at and near Boston ; and the construction of a branch railway to join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, near Grimsby." " A Bill to authorise the East Lincolnshire Railway Company to purchase an existing lease of the Louth Navigation." And also " A Bill to enable the Great Northern Rail way Company to take a lease, or to purchase, amongst other things, the Eist Lincolnshire Railway." Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. LYONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY (THIS DAY.) A meeting of the English shareholders in this rail way took place this day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering th e necess ity of an immediate dissolution of the company. D. Paul Esq., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, Mr. WILKINSON addressed the meeting at some length. He said that there was some analogy between the case of the present company and that of the Bor deaux and Cette R a il wa y Company, yet that in many respects they were very different. In the latter case there was no course open to them but to dissolve, but there were far brighter and better prospects for their com pany. The object of the present meeting was to express strongly and unanimously to the French Government the conviction of the English shareholders, that unless some important modification was made in the terms of the contract it was impossible to carry it into execution, and that if these were not made it was necessary to abandon it at the risk of losing the caution money, namely 400,0001., but that if the French Government acceded to reasonable terms the English shareholders were prepared to carry out their engagements to the letter.—(Hear.) The Journal de Chemins de Fer showed that there were 200,000 French shareholders who were wholly favourable to the part which they were desirous of taking. A long discussion ensued, which was very uninteresting ; resolutions were, how ever, agreed to, embodying Mr. Wilkinson's views, and a committee was appointed to carry them out—the ex pense to be borne by a levy on the shares of sixpence per share. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE In Banco.) COLLINS V. NEWSTEAD. Mr. Sergeant SURE moved for a rule for a new trial, or that the verdict should be set aside in a case tried at the Surrey assizes, at Guildford, on the sale of a mare which ultimately turned out to be unsound. It was con • tended on the part of the plaintiff that the verdict of the jury had been given on insufficient evidence, or from a peculiar bias which had been obt a i ne d over t h e i r m i n d s by the peculiar testimony of Mr. Harding, one of the wit nesses, who was well known to them. It wascontended by Mr. Bovil, on the other hand, that the jury had had a view of the mare, for she was trotted out in the streets of Guildford in order to show what the nature of the ailment was to which the mare was subject, but they had seen no reason whatever to doubt her soundness. Mr. Greenlake, who had bred the mare, had seen her before she went to Malton to be sold, and then had observed no fault about her. She had been brouzbt to London partly by rail and partly by hand, and had then been kept in a hot stable without any work whatever, after having been used to carry a farmer of sixteen stone weight, and the consequence was, that if the horse had become unsound at all, the disease had occurred since she came into the possession of the plaintiff. Mr. JAMES said that the mare had been purchased by the plaintiff for Mr. Benedict, a horse dealer at Paris, and he it was who first perceived that the mare was labouring under lameness in her feet. The mare had been brought from Yorkshire and placed in the stables at Lambeth, where she had the advantage of exercise in the ride attached. to the establish ment, and while under supervision there she exhibited that peculiar dotty step which indicates disease of the venicular bone—that is a bone of a shuttlelike form, intended by its moving backwards and forwards to give expansibility to the hoof. ;Mr. Sergeant Shee, in his address to the jury, had improperly influenced them by representing himself as the farmer's counsel, and calling upon them to give a verdict for a farmer in opposition to the evidence of the veterinary surgeons of London. In order to influence them still further he had called a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Guildford, of the name of Harding, engaged in the same business, who was well known to the jury, and through whose inducement they had given their verdict. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said that they were bound to take the general rule of looking at the evidence on both sides, and, considering the observations of the judge, as well as the evidence, he thought that the verdict ought not to be disturbed. Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL ex pressing their coincidence with this opinion, the rule was refused. DROWN V. RICHAR DSONe—RESTRAINT OF A CA. SA. Mr. WELLS applied for an order of the Court to re strain the execution of a ca. sa. pending the return of a bill of exchang e i n return of a promissory note which had been given to prevent the arrest of the applicant. It appeared that a suit had been instituted by a person of the name of Brown against Richardson, which ulti mately went to judgment. To avoid this Richardson and a friend went to Brown, and offered the promissory notes of two other persons as security for the debt, pro vided the judgment was stayed. Brown assented to this if he was furnished with the promissory note of some third person, but took one of the notes then presented, engaging both to restrain the judgment and to return the note which he held on receiving the one which he required. He had done n e ith er, for, although applied to, he had neither returned the note nor withdrawn the ca. sa., and the application was to restrain the judg ment pending the return of the promissory note. Mr. Justice COLTMA N di rected the ru l e to beissued. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) SIMMONDS V. MENTZ AND ♦NOTHER. Mr. MARTIN appeared to show cause against the rule obtained in this cause, which was obtained last Hilary term by Mr. Humphrey, to set aside the verdict for the defendant, and to enter the same for the plaintiff for 501. or 100/. on the indebitates count. The plaintiff in the case was a traffic-taker, and had engaged to take the traffic upon a certain projected railway, of which the defendants were members of the provisional committee. The line was stated to be about 60 miles in length, and the terms of the contract were, that 151. per mile should be paid to the plaintiff for his services by three instalments, the first of which was to be paid upon the commencement of the work, the second upon Os de livery of the traffic tables, and the third was made con tingent capon the passing of the Bill. When the traffic tables were completed it appeared that the line was slaty-ilve miles in length, and a claim was made by the plaintiff for this extra amount of mileage, and also further sums alleged to be due for services performed by the order of the solicitor of the company, in the remodelling of the tables of the traffic, in consequence of an alteration in the course of the proposed railway. The defendant had paid plaintiff the amou n t o f th e first instalment, 3001.; previous to the action having been brought, the second also, amounting to 3001., was pa id into court. The third instalment of 3001., the Lord Chief Baron, who said the cause decided could not be reviewed, the condition upon the payment was made contingent, not having been complied with . The ques tion raised by the rule was, whether th e plaintiff could r y a was h eard support of th e ru l e. s th er e v i i i c i e d s io a fm n . d en e t x . tra mileage upon the indebclaimitateshmicps x o ( l e a n t s t of The COURT decided that the rule ought to be dis charged. Rule discharged accordingly. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO A CLE RGYMAN. The Rev. William Gillmor , M.A. , perpetual 'c urate of Illingworth, Yorkshire, has been presented by . the ladi es of his congregatio n with a handsome set of robes, as a tokeno dischargeftheir resp of his respect and e clerical mfol dutiesrhis y ery zealous and faithful ni .. 0n g his parishioners. days RONESTY REWARDED. —A few woman, named Guerin, livi n g in a miserable g arret i n the rue de Sevres, found in the rue St. Maur a sea l e d letter. Not being able t o read, she to ok it to a person who found upon it the n ame of Mad ame viard, with out any address. To g ain further infor mation, he ope ne d the letter, and found in it a bank -note for 1,000 francs. Li sten ing only to the dictates of honesty, sh e immedi ately took the envelope and its contents to the prefec ture of police. It was soon discovered that Madame Viard keeps a boarding-school, and that the bank note had been sent to her by the father of one of her pupils, through one of her teachers, who had dropped it. Madame Viard, on recovering the note, liberally gave the poor honest woman who found it .50 francs.,. and promised to be a friend t o her for the r est of her life. DISEASE AMONGST VIE GROUSE.—The same disease which prevailed many years pact has made its appear ance this season. Large quantities of these birds are to be found dead on the " margin of the rivers and by the side of the rills" on our heath-clad hills, which does not augur welt for the future prospects of the sportsmen on 12th of August next. —Montrose Standard. BAD NEWS FOR SFORTSMEN...--Me regret to learn that the young birds on the moors are dying in great number's. We hope the fine weather which has now cOultati4d Will frop the cliOasep.'Socich Paper. LITERATURE. THE WORLD'S COMPLAINT; and Other Poems. • By Charlotte Young. Among the many absurd notions now prevalent not one is more absurd than that which is so frequently expressed, that the age of poetry has departed. It is presumed that we are become so thoroughly an utilitarian generation that we are wholly incapacitated from participation in the divine and spiritual regions of the Poet. Our hearts are somehow considered to be case-hardened against all the gentler and holier emotions. Men are depicted now-a-days as though they were digesting automata, thriving upon a heart less system of materialism, and yearning only for the acquisition of wealth and the extension of a dry and debasing knowledge. Monstrous as have been the popular delusions by which the energies of the com munity have been from time to time weakened and misdirected, we maintain this to be the grossest delusion by which society has ever been afflicted. We maintain it to be a grosser delusion than that excited by Sternholt and Hopkins, than the credulity in alchemy, than the belief in El Dorado, than the superstition of the Chinese cobbler who refused to kill the ducks waddling about his garden for fear that peradventure one among them might have originally been his grandmother. We maintain that Poetry would now find as many appreciators as in the days of Cowley or Byron—if not more! Notwithstanding that our sylvan scenes are being marred by the en croachments of railways, that the picturesqueness of the "pebbly dips" is destroyed by a gradient, or the loveliness of the dingles interrupted by enormous cuttings, we are satisfied that the worshippers of Nature are more numerous than in the days of the most bucolic minstrels from Virgil to Shenstone. To express our meaning in the language of mythological allegory, if the strings of the Orphean lyre could again vibrate—even though it were in the vicinity of some branch of the Great Western Railway—the trees, and the rocks, and the brambles, and the brutes of the field would have as much inclination to dance to the sound of its melody as they had in the days of ancient Greece, and that is saying a great deal ! Talk as we may of our having become a more money getting race than formerly, we are convinced that the ears of the million are not impervious to the voice of the Poet, that they are not one jot less ready to wel come that voice than their predecessors ; that on the contrary, the Poet may be certain of a more numerous and discriminating, and even a more enthusiastic audience than at any anterior period whatever. Mr. Payne Collier may tell us of the Roxburghe ballads, and Bishop Percy may become garrulous upon those relating to Robin and his merry men of the thicket, but we would ask them if ever ballads penetrated the ears and the hearts of a whole nation so instantaneously and earnestly as did the ballads of Thomas Hood ? That is one instance out of a multitude in proof of our argument. Let the name of your poet be as un poetical and uncaptivating as you please—let it be James Hogg, or Thom the weaver, or Ebenezer Elliot, or Motherwell, or what not—let his theme be as lowly and uninspiring as it may be, upon a broomstick, or a debate fin Parliament, or a milliner, or even a suicide of a class that shall be nameless—in spite of all this in spite of the jeers and derisions of . the unsympa thising few, in spite of that utilitarianism of which we are so perpetually reminded, the voice of a true poet is always listened to with attention, and his words chronicled in the memories of the people. In this manner, unassisted, unpuffed, and unparaded, Alfred Tennyson has gradually grown up into a classic. A goodly number of poetical writers now living, have, in this manner, surrounded themselves with thousands of admiring enthusiasts. Even the poetaster can collect an audience now by his small pipings. We are satis fied therefore that the old outcry, that poetry is a drug in the literary market, is all nonsense ; and we are rejoiced whenever any one is adventurous enough to put in his denial against the clamour by the publication of verse—especially when it happens to be particularly excellent. The World's Complaint, therefore, and other poems, by Charlotte Young, are welcome to us. They are certain, moreover, of a cordial greeting and an unbiased perusal from the public; like all similar attempts to enshrine household thoughts and loving principles in the amber of song. Schiller, indeed, has shown in a magnificent allegory, that at no period can the magic of poetry be wielded in vain over the multitude. In his exquisite poem of " The Partition of the Earth," he describes how the Deity on the formation of the globe distributed the different por tions of the creation to different classes—the forest to the hunter, the plain to the husbandman, the flood to the fisherman, the main to the merchant. When the partition is completed, "a figure comes listlessly on." Lord Francis Leveson Gower has translated the Ger- man original into English, with so much elegance, that we quote a fragment of his version : " The mien of disorder, the wreath which he wore, And the phrenzy that flashed from his eye, And the lyre of ivory and gold which he bore, Proclaimed that the Poet was nigh ; And he rushed all in tears at the fatal decree, To the foot of the Thunderer's throne, And complained that no spot of the earth or the sea, Had been given the Bard as his own. The earth, said the Godhead, is portion'd away ; And I cannot reverse the decree ; But the Heavens are mine, and Me regions of day, And their portal is open to thee." There is a poet's guarantee that his art can never become old ! The little volume before us then comes not in an unfitting season. It has been written as the writer professes in her miniature preface, in the hope that its readers " may find scattered here and there some stray thought that may beccme a happy one." As such it must be received then. The pieces are fugitive, upon odd and capricious fancies associated with life, and death, and home, and nature. That _ the author has a natural capacity for the art is shewn, we think, in a single line in the " Song of the Turret Clock," when tne spirit of the clock—not the Chimes a-la-Boz—has been commenting upon the fact of the hands having been crumbled into clay by which it had been constructed, and of it, a mere creature of metal, still throbbing on after its creator is dead. But, " Alas!" it cries, . " tis in vain to sigh, I've heard 'tis a glorious thing to die!" Occasionally we perceive a sympathy between the imagination of Charlotte Young and that of some of her contemporaries. For instance, her lines upon " Frost" at once recall to our recollection some charm ing verses upon the same subject written by the wife of the author of " Paracelsus," late Elizabeth Barrett Barrett. Again we can detect a similarity between the ideas and language of the former that sometimes almost amounts to plagiarism. Take as an example the piece beginning— " How strange it seams, while looking round Upon the leafless trees, To think this piercing winter blast Will yield to gentlest breeze ; That brooks in icy fetters bound Once more will flow along, And once again the echo mock The amorous blackbird's sung." The notion of this—very prettily and newly ex pressed, it is true—is however identical with those quaint but delicious stanzas of Keats, beginning— " In a drear-nighted-December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity : The north cannot undo them, With a sleety whistle through them ; Nor frozen thawings glue them From budding at the prime." As a specimen of the writer's poetical strains we give these dainty verses:— Sing on, gay birds ! Tbo' leaves are falling fast, And one by one Your summer joys go past, Yet still sing on ! Bloom on, fair flowers I Tho' blows the autumn wind, And pelting rains Fall dismal and unkind, Yet still bloom on Smile on, bright eyes ! Tho' you have seen depart Your youths' best hopes, The childhood of your heart, Yet still smile on ! Hope on, young hearts ! Tho' you have learn'd to call All hope a cheat, That cheers but to enthrall, Yet still hope on ! Of happy thoughts like these the book has many ; the expectations of the authoress will therefore be realised. KNIGHT'S ONE-VOLUME BDITIOIV OF SHAKSPERE. Parts I. and 11. The present work is about the cheapest and most valuable that has perhaps ever been printed—com prising the whole of the immortal writings of William Shakspere in twelve shilling parts, with concise but piquant introductory remarks, a lavish abundance of explanatory marginal notes, and the frontispiece to each of the dramas from the pencil of 'William Harvey —the notes, the text, and the embellishments being identical with those contained in Mr. Knight's more voluminous and more costly edition. To the people this publication must prove an inestimable boon, for it country w l i Porte lacewitthheiomtohset w re o se nd h erf o u f l w t ri he ter m o o f st an m y o a d g e e ra incomes, and form at the same time a really elegant book when completed. GILBERT S DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUA.GE. Parts XVI.—XX. As this periodi cal dictionary penetrates completion further o into the alphabet i ts utilit y and com p rehensiv eness b ecome more apparent. I t is the v ery condensation an d qu intessence of an e n 3 : yclopeedia , and we should trbejeuiccoemtopiisaeetiotnheofa p plan e o x p t u er ar ded an o d n accesable biogra. its phipal and georaphicg di ct i ow , o lay , mentioning the name of every remarkableilffividual in ancient or modern times, of positive existence or of a merely supposititious existence, as in mythology, naming merely the principal events in their careers, the periods of their birth and death, and other simple details. In the geographical department might be comprised all the advantages of a gazetteer with divers improvements, such as the result of the last census of each town, the legislative influence possessed by its inhabitants in sending a representative to the House of Commons, or the Peninsular Cortes, or the French Chamber of Deputies, or the Prussian Diet, or the Roman Conclave, &c. In all essential respects as an etymological and pronouncing dictionary the present one is complete. MOZART'S IL DON GIOVANNI." Mr. Holmes, in his " Life of Mozart," gives the following interesting history of the opera of Don Juan:— " His emotion at the reception of Figaro in Prague was so great that he could not help saying to the manager, Bondini, As the Bohemians understood me so well, I must write an opera on purpose for them.' Bondini took him at his word, and entered with him on the spot into a contract 'to furnish his theatre with an opera for the ensuing winter. Thus was ( aid the foundation of II Don Giovanni. Hav ing now completed all his arrangements for Don Giovanni, he set off on a second expedition to Prague, accompanied by his wife. ,Not a note of the music of his opera was yet upon paper, but he had thoroughly digested the subject in his mind. The original libretto, entitled, 11 dissolute punito ossia Il Don Giovanni,' was adapted by Da Ponte from the Spanish tale, El combidado d e pi e d ra, ' of Tirso de Molina ; a n d of all the dramatic subjects treated by Mozart, this appears to have taken the 1 strongest hold on his imagination. From the beginning to the end he has sustained it without a symptom of fatigue. On reaching Prague, he first took up his quarters at the inn called the Three Lions, in the Coal-market ; but subsequently removed to his friend Dussek's, who resided at a vineyard at Koschitz, in the picturesque suburbs of the city. Here, on an elevated site, which commanded a view of the antique magnificence of Prague, its faded castles, ruined cloisters, and other ma j es ti c rema i ns of feudal times, under the mild rays of an autumnal sun and in the open air, Don Giovanni was written. Dussek's house was a scene of great resort and revelry while Mozart was his guest, and it is remembered that there was often considerable playing at bowls in his grounds. In the midst of all the talk and laughter with which the amusement was attended, the com poser pursued his work; but rose from time to time, when it came to his turn to take part in the game. The original score of this opera is written on various kinds of music paper, apparently the first that came to hand. Nothing more happily illus trates the decision of Mozart, who never made sketches, or retouched compositions ; though we now and then find him improving a thought in the act of writing. Ii Don Giovanni was finally completed, excepting the overture, on the 28th of October, 1787, about six weeks after Mozart's arrival at Prague. The parts were given out to the singers as they were finished, and the composer rehearsed them privately with each, while the rest of his work was in course of completion. A week only was left for stage re hearsals ; from which fact, much previous and a good general notion of the business of the drama are to be presupposed. In directing the first rehearsal of his opera, he was obliged to stop th e orc h estra at th e scene in the cemetery Di rider finirai," Ribald° audace,' &c., as one of the trombone players did not execute his part correctly. The scene was origin ally accompanied by three trombones only. As the passage, after repeated attempts had no better suc cess, Mozart went to the desk of the player, and explained to him that he would have it done. The man, who was a crusty fellow, answered with some rudeness It is impossible to play ; and if I can't play it, I am sure you can't teach me.' Heaven forbid; returned the composer, smiling, that I should attempt to teach you the trombone; here, give me your part, and I will soon alter it.' He did so on the spot, and added two oboes, two clarionets, and two bassoons. The coincidence of the modula tion in this celebrated scene, and of the oracle in the Alceste of Gluck, is remarkable. Mozart has, how ever, strikingly improved upon his model, and in creased the solemn and unearthly effect of the voice of the Commendatore, by terminating on the fifth of the key. The original Zerlina of the opera was Signora Bondini, daughter of the manager. In rehearsing this part of the finale of the first act, where she is seized by Don Giovanni, there was some difficulty in getting her to scream in the right manner and place ; it was tried repeatedly, and failed. At length Mozart, desiring the orchestra to repeat the piece, went quietly on the stage, and awaiting the time that she was to make the exclamation, grasped her so suddenly and so forcibly, that, really alarmed, she shrieked in good earnest. He was now content. That is the way,' said he, praising her, you must cry out just in that manner.' He gave at this time a fresh instance of his extraordinary memory. The drum and trumpet parts to the finale of the second act of Don Giovanni were written by him without the score, from mere recollection. He brought them himself into the or chestra, and giving them to the players, said. Pray, gentlemen, be particularly attentive at this place,' pointing to one, ' as I believe that there are four bars either too few or too many.' It proved to be as he had said. The brass instruments have fre quently no place in the original scores of Mozart. He wrote them continually on a separate paper, carrying the composition in his memory at the time. Everything went so smoothly and comfortably in the production of this opera, that the time was one of great enjoyment to the composer. At the conclu sion of the first rehearsal, he went out walking with the organist and orchestra director, Kucharz. Among other confidential talk, the discourse fell upon the new opera ; and Mozart asked, What is your opinion of of Don Giovanni. It is quite of a different character to Figaro. Do you think that it will please as much ?' On receiving an encouraging reply, he continued, Your assurance quiets me ; it comes from a con noisseur. But, indeed I have spared neither labour nor pains to produce something extraordinary for Prague. It is a very great error to suppose that my art has become so exceedingly easy to me, I assure you there is scarcely any one who has so worked at the study of composition as I have, You could hardly mention any famous composer whose writings I have not diligently and repeatedly studied throughout: The time passed in festivities of various kinds, and the composition of the overture to Don Giovanni was en tirely neglected until the night of the 3d November, 1787. This was the eve of his great triumph. A large party was assembled at Dussek's, and Mozart was en joying himself with them, apparently thoughtless of the overture. His friends, however, became uneasy, and one of them said to him, Mozart, the first perform ance of Don Giovanni is to-morrow, and you have not yet written the overture.' He appeared to consider awhile, and about midnight retired to his apartment, desiring his wife to make him some punch, and to stay with him to keep him awake. Scblectegroll thus records the circumstance, which has been con firmed by the widow herself. She accordingly be gan to tell him fairy tales, and odd stories, which made him laugh till the tears came. The punch, how ever, occasioned such a drowsiness, that he could she only go on 'while his wife was talking; as ceased, hedroppe a d w a a s k le e ep t . he The continuedeffort n w a h l iteelrl he soon alternation i a made to a de to keep himself of sleep and watching so fatigued him, that his wife persuaded him to take some rest, promising to awake him in an hour's time. He slept so profoundly that she suffered him to repose for two hour's. At five o'clock in the morning she awoke him. He had ap pointed the music copiers to come at seven, and by the time they arrived the overture was finished. The overture was ready by the morning, but the copyists were less diligent or less successful with their work. The opera should have commenced at seven in the evening, but there was no overture, and the crowded theatre was kept waiting until a quarter to eight, when the parts were hastily brought into the orchestra covered with sand, and with them entered Mozart, to take his place as conductor. His appear ance was greeted by the general applause of the theatre,: and the unrehearsed overture was then com menced. During its performance the audience gave many signs of renewed pleasure, which at length broke out into a loud exclamation. When the curtain rose and the first scene of the opera was going forward, Mozart said to some of the musicians near him, "The overture went off very well on the whole, although a good many notes certainly fell under the desks."_ kie was well acquainted with the talent ofthe orchestra of Prague, and it is not unlikely , that this most unusual exhibitionof an over ture it. The original cast of de signed compliment to i ture played without a rehearsal was l a the characters were as follows :—Don Giovanni, Signore Bassi ; Don Ottavio, Signor Baglioni ; L e p o s rello, Signor Felice Ponziani ; Don Pedro the com mandant and Masetto, Signor Lolli; Donna A nna, Signora Saporiti; Donna Elvira, Signora Mecelli ; Xerlina, Signora Bondini. "Thus with no other inducement than love for his art, and attachment and gratitude to his audience at Prague, Mozart produced another great work, com bining the labour of the greatest melodist, sympho nist and master of dramatic expression ever united in the same individual. Wh et h er we regard the mix ture of passion in it s concerted music, the profound expression of mel anc h o l y, the variety its adr of situations, r of its the beauty of it s accompaniment, orthe eu heightened and protracted scene of terrorgin the finale of the second act, Don Giovanni stands alone in dra matic eminence. Of all musical romances it is cer tainly the first. received about one hundred ducats for this opera —a slender consideration, which was a little augmented by the sale of scores to the theatres of Vienna and Warsaw ; but when he found how badl his opera was got up at Vienna , he N'rettroa that ids moesgties had Prevailed with him pto let it be played. 'Don Giovanni,' said he, 'was i rather written for Prague than Vienna, but chiefly for myself and my friends.' It is an extraordinary fact that the Tarrare of Saliezi, woich was brought forward at Vienna with Mozart's new opera, far out stripped it in popularity. At this distance of time it appears strange that an opera, known only for one tolerable round should have had the success described; after wards e t o o f the living n g tri e b ° but the f or t une of works, when backed by the in fl t r i n n p a o l s:ri p s, o a s ntderitywhe,nissuobftmeniltevedryafter dif ferent. Tarrare is now only named with a smile, or to provoke the inqui ry , ' What was it all about ?' The criticism which th e Vi ennese made upon his best operas tried his forbearance to the utmost. He had heard it said of Figaro, that it was ' too difficult,' and ' too much spun out fora comic opera,' and now he heard of Don (7iovanni, that fur a romantic opera it was ' too learned, tou much crowded with effects of scientific har mony.' Ciiticisin of this kind, 'taint praise qualified with blame, was bestowed on Don Giovanni b y an assembly of composers and dilettanti at the house of Prince Radziw ill, where that work was performed soon after its production. Haydn, who had long sat silent at this party, was at length appealed to. 'lt is difficult to decide,' said he, ' among your various opinions. All I know is,' he added with vivacity, ' that Mozart is the greatest composer now existing.' . 1 i distinguish the y ear 88. The fine compositions in the appendix to Doi! Giovanni In this he introduced some of the singers, who thought themselves neglected with regard to songs, into more prominent situations in that o p era . The fine song of 'Don Ottavin, Della sua pace,' was composed for M. Morella ; the duet between Z er li n a an d L epore ll o ' Per quella tue manine,, for Aladaine .Monhelli and Signor Benaci ; and the recitative and aria of ' Elvira, Mi tradi,' fur Madlle. Cavallieri. We are thus furnished with the names of the original representatives of these characters at Vienna, • and the pieces he now supplied for them are in no respect inferior to those written in the first heat of production." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, honoured the Fancy Bazaar, in the Regent's Park Barracks, with a visit yesterday. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning. Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Dawson, Marquis of Ormonde, Mr. G. E. Anson, Sir Frederick Stovin, Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, took an airing in an open car riage and four, yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Serene Highness the Prir.ce of Leiningen were on horseback. The Equerries in Waiting, Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, attended on horseback. The Queen and Prince Albert inspected yesterday the Emperor's Vase and the Royal Hunt Cup, which have just been completed for the Ascot Races, and which were submitted by:Messrs.Hunt and Roskel. Prince Alfred and the Princess Helena took airings yesterday in the gardens of the P a l ace . The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included ber Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, their Ito) al Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, his Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Duchess of Sutherland, their Excellencies Baron and Bareness de Brunnow, his Excellency Count. Schimmelpenninck, their Excellencies Baron and Baroness de Beust, Count Revel, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl Spencer. Viscount Pal. merston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Vice- Admiral de Lucke, Le C.inseiller d'Etat Hourowiz. Baron de Friedricks (Aide-de-Camp to his Imperial Highness), the Countess of Assenburg, Count de Beust, Baron Zigesar, and the Nlarquis The Band of the eoldstreatn Guards was in attend. ance during dinner, and perform, d the following pieces : Grand Fantasia, Homage to the Emperor Nicholas.-- Coote. Guadrille, The Phantom Dancers, from Alfred Melon's Melodies —Jullien. Allegretto, Scberzandl, from 9th Sinfonia Presto Movement, from Choral Sinfonia.—Beethoven. Valse et Galop—" Alma."—Costa. Gh e, " Blow gentle Gales." —Sir R. H. Bishop. Polka, Mazurka. Her 111aje,ty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the llereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar. took an airing in ei pony phaeton yesterday. Her Majesty and their Loyal Highnesses visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Cambridge House. The Her. ditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended by the Countess of Aasenburg, Earl Howe, Count de Beust, and Baron Zigesur, visited and inspected the Colosseum y esterclay. Their Royal Highnesses also honoured with a visit the exl - ,ibition of Nash's Drawings of the Interior and Exteri. - T of Wind sor Castle, at Mr. M‘Lean's gallery in the Haymarket. The Grand Duke Constantine inspected, yesterday, the Emperor of Russia's vase, of which his Imperial Highness was pleased to express his admiration. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, attended by the Russian Minister and Vice-Admiral ',tyke, and also by Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey (Equerry to the Queen), visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday, at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness Prince George visited hEr :%fa. jest) , the Queen Dowager and the Hereditary Grand Duke atazi Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar yesterday at Marlborough House. Their Roy al Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, vi sited the Fancy BAzaar in Reg ents P ark yesterday, Her Royal Highness th e D uc h ess of Queen ager yesterday. His Royal Highness the D u k e o f Cambridge, visited attendedthe by Baron Knesebeclt, presided yesterday at the Covent Garden Theatrical Fund dinn , r, in Freemasons Hall. A deputation, including Mr. Saunders, Secretary to the Eastern Union Railway Company ; Mr. Few, Soli citor to the Company ; Mr. Rusk, Secretary to the II ar wich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway Company ; and Messrs. Bourdillon and Turner, Solicitors to the Company, had an interview with the Right Hon, Edward Strutt, yesterday, at the Office of the Coultas. sioners of Railways, in Great George -street, AMERICA. Among the items of intelligence in the papers last re ceived from New York znay be mentioned the construo tion of two iron steamers, intended commercial uses in South America. These boats have been ordeted by a company quartered in New G'nnada, for purposes of general improvement, with a capital of 200,000 dollars, and will navigate the Mugdalina river, pl) Letween Santa Marta, on the Cartibean Sea, and Honda, the head of navigation on the ..)lagcittletia —a tlist,nce of about 600 miles. The river being very shallow at cer tain seasons (having at some points only about three feet water in the channel), the bouts are constructed with fiat bottoms, and so as to (haw. with their engines, the necessary fuel, and 60 tons of freight, only two feet nine inches. Tne% are 100 feet of deck, six teet hold, 25 feel beam, 40 feet ov. t t 11. Each vessel has two en glues (high plessurt ) of 50 hors pow, r, and their .i: mated peed is 12 wiles tin hour. The tonnage .o 23P tons, and they are fitted tor tie aceor 3 mocl.t,Te Co inssengers—a number with which, said, p Cr ion ebt a aarieu en tertained onng t r e e i e r . riefeAinahtlgireat rev , lutiori s t mp o e u r u at t r nt u y e y i e n vi s t fi d o olri that bsee several ep th a.r e lf s j e re. taljr.s boats oa tmi come.s n a y e in the tr t ad t e he o i t et N er e i w or G un ra d na e d o a liee b it y ng de t v h e e l m opi board. The Magdalena, although one of the finest rivers in the world, and accessible for more than 500 pb miles from papers sthoes:ri its mouth, a, m it nto o t u tthh i o h ee 1 , 6 1 t l p as ri riei, tu t si itb.adcet, of its of ene?ildegi comparatively ndeg c u rr i e it n ti t on tttai •po i o n ver th re Niagara river, near the tells, is now surveyed and about to be commenced. It will be 700 feet long, and 200 feet above the river, and it will afford acoutinuous route from Michigan by the Great Western Railroad in Canada West. At present the time occupied in reaching Buffalo from Detroit is about 40 hours, but it is calculated that by the proposed route it may be accomplished in 8 or 10. The bridge is to be completed by the autumn of_ 1848, at a cost of 225,000 dollars. Twelve and or a e h a al cents (about Gd. sterling) is the proposed toll f s s e ta ern te of Missouri of f a passenger , g p e e r r , c a e n n d t t o h n e t r h e e v enue outlay.is calculated haatlso also Through the same channel we l accounts u return tfoouthned Ginaglerneactoarblainny baen takinga dditi opnlatcoetihne all p mining arts discoveries o f the u or 7 1. /a c l h n n t o h w e dance, and other mine. Missouri le n ad ot i i s n s f a e i r d i or t o i n have quality b een beer furnished ten'edinhgavteurther to stimulate Indianm intelligence,il the expectations entertained of the growing wit ß h y un th po e r l t a a s n t t and prosperity of our new acquisition, importance the is la n d o f Labuan. On the & joining coast of coal mines were k nown to exist, Borneo extensive the country i s w i t hi n the ter and as that part o f rt under the sway ot Mr, Brooke tory of Sarawak, and as Raja, there was every reason to rely that they would aid in no slight degree the future commerce of the however, this advant archipelago. Fortunately, promises to be su perseded by anotherage now greater magnitude, since we are informed of the discovery of a large seam of coal on the island of Labuan, and consequently in our owa possession. An opportunity has just been taken by Lieutenant Heath, Commander of the Wolf, to ascertain as far as possible the general products of the island, and among other results ot his researches is the discovery in question. The seam commences at a distance of not more than 334 yards from the beach, and, what is of th e utmost importance, in the neighbourhood of a bay where there is good anchorage, and a sufficient depth of water to allow steamers of moderate draught to proceed close in shore. Much care was bestowed in ascertaining its direction, and it was observed at seven different places, 1 the thickness being mostly about ten feet. In trials made of the n.mbustion of this coal it watt estimated as about equal to Newcastle as regards heat and flame, but its consumption was more rapid. Situated near the 6 bay were a great numb-r of camphor t ri-es, which are described to be ot the finest kind. There were also found large quantities of iron in its native state. The bakers of Glasgow have this day raised the price of bread Id. The4ib. Bne leaf is now e,-hang from I Id. to Is.; b. miebold ditto, from 10:1. to li d. , scourdiug to qual ity.—Glaivio lieold Of Aigariwy, of it Pt yh 6 ur til .It, to