The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-25 00:00:00

THE EXPIiESS, MONDAY EVNNIIO3I, APRIL 25, 1864:

SHAKESPEARE TERCENTENARY.

Till STRATFORD FXSTIVAL.
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BnATIORD-ON-AVON, SWITIIDAT Mawr.

late to-day carriages come rolling in by every
approach to the town, and the conventional lions
sae extensively patted and patronised. Shake-
”mus's holies (the custodian of which is a lady
pis discharges her trust is the most unobtrusive,
albeit perfectly intelligent way), the adjacent
zaneenm, with its old sign of the Falcon, its tlocu-
meats having mention of the poet's name, its pipes
dug up from New Place, and through which, pen-
ally, the poet " drank" tobacco, and its other
intim ; the tavern wherein be quaffed and made
marry ; the school-hones whither he crept, " satchel
whack the church (the clerk of which is also a sin-
gularly agreeable cicerone), with its vault stone and
the world-known inscription, its statue (the garish
colouring pleasantly toning down), its font of the
period, and its other Shakespearian memorabilia,
were all numerously visited. The principal streets
of the town have garlands of laurel on their walls,
and flags wave from heavy brown gabled, small
paned lattice-windowed houses, as well as from
others of more modern mould, and if some of such
flags bear no distinct relation to Shakespeare, others
again have his scutcheon blazoned thereupon, and all
are unfurled with but one object, that of doing honour
to his memory. At the chief hotel, a monster
union jack, a tricolour, and a Shakespeare flag hung
side by side, until its landlord learnt this morning
that the Paris Tercentenary Festival bad been pro-
hibited, when with an ardour which will endear bite
to many readers he gave peremptory orders to have
the French flag taken down, as if to stoutly say
to a certain government "the discourtesy you teach
me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will
better the instruction." Shortly before two p.m.,
in the centre of the High-street, and in the
bright ens-light, with vehicles pasting to and
fro, with the pavement thronged with gaily
dressed wayfarers, with the shops open, and
with every sign and symbol of active busy life going
on around, our eyes are dazzled by a gorgeous
apparition. It looks neither to the right nor
left, but waves graciously a huge baton as
it sails in dignified silence and with a ponderous
grace in the direction of the vicar's house. What
seemed to be its coat was of a bright scarlet, its
breeches olive green velvet, its stockings silken, its
bat cocked and gold laced, and its shoes silver buckled
and bright—a looker-on assured us that he only
convinced himself that this "thing of beauty," and
consequent " joy for ever," was mortal, by narrowly
inspecting it from the front. On doing this he
failed to see, what Scrooge remarked on looking
through Marley's ghost in the "Christmas Carol,
"the two buttons on is coat behind." Our
apparition repudiated transparency with disdain.
In truth it was of a substantial mould, and when a
polite committee-man replied to a tremulous in-
quirer as to its meaning, by the single word
"Beadle !" he had for response a " Prodigious !"
worthy of Dominie Sampson himself. Soon after
the appearance of this great creature, his Excellency
the Earl of Carlisle arrived with Lord Leigh, Lord
Houghton, and the Archbishop of Dublin, in a car-
riage and four, and proceeded at once to the exhi-
bition of pictures and drawings in the Town-hall.
Here lie was met by the Mayor and the Vicar of
Stratford and the other members of the Tercentenary
Committee, as well as by a select number of the
guests. A cursory inspection of these pictures—a
detailed account of which must be deferred—and a
procession is formed, not, as many people seemed
to expect, up to Shakespeare's house, or to inspect
any site, but to the Pavilion. The volunteers with
their band led the way, the mayor in his robes of
office, the vicar, and the members of the committee
with their blue ribbons looking marvellously like
orders of the Garter, and other gentlemen, drew up
the rear, and the procession then marched along the
High-street and through the " Old Town," to the
dinner table. Nearly every one in the streets wore
a decoration of some kind, a sort of shamrock-
leaved rosette, with a portrait of Shakespeare in
each division, and of any colour chosen by the
wearer, being the most popular. Here and there
you saw a veteran whose faded ribbon contrasted
strangely with the brighter hues around, and learnt
that this was one of the few remaining badges
from the festival of 1827, and in one instance one
was shown which claimed to be of Garrick's time,
and to have been in the possessor's family since 1769.
The ermine of a visiting mayor contrasted well with
the scarlet robe of the Lord Mayor of York, though
the brilliance of the latter was somewhat dimmed
by the contiguity of the radiant beadle before
named, who waves his staff of office—a kind of
Brobdiguagnian walking-stick with a huge brass
knob at the top—to and fro, regardless of time, and
with a placid contempt for the efforts of the band,
which is in itself irrepressibly fascinating. At the
corner of the road leading to the pavilion an un-
wholesome looking young man held aloft a wooden
board, bearing a quasi religious inscription, at the
same time ostentatiously distributing tracts to the
passers by. It is superfluous to add that neither
the inscription nor the tracts bore the slightest
relevancy to the occasion which had brought them
forth. Once in the ball, the attention was
arrested by some handsome bronze statuettes,
lent for the occasion, as table ornaments,
by Messrs. Howell and James. The memorial bust
of Shakespeare, by Mr. Felix Miller, the statuette
of Ophelia distributing flowers, and the figures of
Romeo and Juliet, from the designs of M. Carrier
were especially admired. These and other works
of art form one of the exhibitions which are to be
opened during the week. Lord Carlisle took the
chair amid the cheers of the gentlemen, and the
white handkerchief-fluttering of the ladies, and
some of the more notable guests were seated with
him at the high table opposite the stage in the fol-
lowing order :
Os the right of the chairman were the Archbishop of
Dublin. the Bishop of St. Andrews, the Vicar of Stratford,
the Mayor or Stratford. Lord Houghton, Lord Wrottesley,
Bee. F. Ponsontsy. Sir L. Palk, Sir E. Wilmot, Mr. Cm.
wick, Mr. E. A. Cooke, ILA., Dr. Stephen Ward, Pro
lessor Lastest, and Dr. Brockhans ; on his left, Lord Leigh,
the Earl of Shreershery, Lord Lptalton, Hight How. C. B.
Adderley. t3irJ. B. East, Hoe. F. Brow. Lord Mayor of
York, Hoe. E. Chaodos Leigh, the Rev. and Hos. J.
Wit, Sir W. Fraser, Bart., M.P., C. M. Caldecott, Sir
A. H. Elton, Sir Michael S. Stewart, Gwent !Leslie, Mr.
J. C. Ewart, M.P., and Mr. F. Baldwin.

That there are some people in the world who
have a disinterested love for post-prandial oratory
may be iuferred from the fact that the five-shilling
seate (for mere looking on) were fairly filled by
occupants of both sexes, and though, with the excep-
tion of Mr. Creewick, we failed to see any very
distinguished member of the theatrical profession
present, though literature was not largely repre-
sented, and though representative men generally
were decidedly in the minority, still if numbers, if
eloquence, if sympathy with the subject, and appre-
ciation for its exponesta, if euthusiasio, if unani-
mity. if heartiness, or if all combined, constitute a
success, 'float assuredly the inauguration banquet of
the Stratford Tercentenary was successful. The
room itself looked charming, and though it would
be ridiculous toasted that it was crammed to reple-
tion it was fairly filled from the raised table at one
enteto the furthest portion of the stage at the
other, and as the tables on such stage bad since
the preceding evening been increased from
three to five, the inference is that the
demand for tickets had fully equalled the
expectations of the committee. Mr. Rain Friswell,
Mr. Alfred Mellon, Mr. Robert Chambers, and
Mr. Martin Tupper were amongst the guests. The
Earl of Carlisle, in the dress cost and light trousers
which his lordship especially affects, looked exactly
like the lithograph published in Yorkshire some
dozen years ago, save that in place of the elabo-
rately flowered long cravat therein portrayed he
yesterday wore the blue ribbou of a knight of the
garter over his white waistcoat. The quotations in
the speeches proposing the healths of her Majesty
and of the Prince and Princess of Wales were es-
pecially happy; while the words "for if we come to
that, who ,ZIPI b., deemed worthy to speak in behalf
of Shakespeare," were the signal for a loud and
prolonged burst of cheering. After the grace had
been sung by the local choir, aided or led by the
Rev. W. Morton, curate of Stratford, the Chairman
peepered " The Queen." The local choir then

sang "God save the Queen." "The Prince and
Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal
Family," was drunk with enthusiasm, and was
followed by the song, " God Bless the Prince of
Wales." The Chairman again rose and proposed
the toast of the evening.
Sir L Palk gave "the Health of the Archbishops,
the Bishops, and the Clergy;" the Archbishop of
Dublin returned thanks. The Hon. F. Byng then
proposed " The Army, Navy, Yeomanry, and Vo-
lunteers ;" General Ainslie returned thanks for the
army, and the Earl of Shaftesbury for the navy.
Sir W. Fraser proposed " The Drama," but from
the distance he stood from the members of the
press it I was impossible to catch more than
the substance of what he said. He stated
that his earliest recollections were those of the
theatre, and that however the sentimental might
dwell on the beautiful smell of the honeysuckle, to
him that was nothing compared to the smell of
orange peel in a theatre. His experience of Euri-
pidea and Terence only brought to his mind painful
recollections, and he never oould understand why
the chorus should be introduced to fill up the gape
in the Greek plays. Bat our English drama, and
especially the plays of Shakespeare, were • source
of joy to him at all times, and P.acine, Moliere, and
Corneille were nothing to him. Of Mr. Creewick's
elocution in delivering his speech, it is impossible
to speak too highly. Free from all exaggeration,
it was a manly and evidently sincere expression of
feeling throughout, and was vehemently ap-
plauded.
It was striking eight as Lord Leigh and Lord
Carlisle drove by the illuminated clock of the
market house, and the banquet commenced punc-
tually at three, thus lasting almost five hours. Soon
after nine a display of fireworks took place in the
Warwick-road, the indefatigable Volunteer band
playing meanwhile. The fireworks were well
enough, but the popular mind had some difficulty
in fitting in the various phases of pyrotechny with
the printed programme, and the precise difference
between " a grand circumfuse wheel," "a concentric
circle wheel, and a "bisecting vertical wheel," are
yet open questions to many of the most painstaking
students of last night. The grand concluding piece,
made expressly for the occasion " the vision of
Shakespeare, seemed to be a portrait of the poet,
encircled with the cut glass devices which Mr. Poole's
illuminations have made so popular, but a malig-
nant gust of wind blew the smoke between it and
the grand stand soon after ignition, and the result
was that the grand coup de feu fell co.nparatively
fiat. The proceedings terminated shortly before
eleven. We have had a bright sun and • cloudless
sky throughout the day.
SUNDAT Moairnea.

The morning was dull and cold up to noon, with
a wind which spoke ominously of rain, and the sun
shone for the first time at the moment of the Arch-
bishop of Dublin entering the pulpit of Holy
Trinity Church. Every seat was occupied, the
approaches and a great portion of the different
sialee were filled with people who patiently stood
throughout the service ; the porch, the quaint little
chamber behind the organ, with its loaves for the
• .or, its drums and triangle, its unused flues, its
• • rds and ropes speaking with solemn eloquence
of the sexton's last office, its damp-covered tablets,
and its gaudy in memoriam to a long departed
Georgina lief, all mingled in a strange medley, had
its quantum of occupants ' • the paths, the grassy
mounds, the gravestones of the churchyards, had all
their little groups of sitters, whilst stray
volunteers in a uniform closely resembling
that of the Civil Service regiment, but
with a Shakespeare medal on their breasts,
much handsomer and quite as martial-looking as
the Victoria Cross, and numbers of the county
police, were scattered here and there about the
ground. There was a full choral service, the whole
duty up to the sermon, with the exception of the
Epistle, read by the Bishop of St. Andrew's, was
read by the Vicar of Stratford, whose voice was
distinctly audible at the extreme end of the long
church, and by Mr. Morton. It was nearly one
o'clock when Dr. Trench commenced his excellent
sermon, of which we have no room for even an
abridgment.
If it be asked whether this festival has been inau-
gurated successfully, we unhesitatingly answer in
the affirmative. There are not the crowds of spec-
tators which some people expected, and no one
need be deterred from coming from fear of not
obtaining comfortable accommodation. Plenty of
beds are still to let, and more than ade-
quate provisions for any probable influx
during the coming week has been made at
nearly all the hotels ; but the weather is now, and
was yesterday, lovely, and Stratford is as enthu-
siastic and energetic, u it is sanguine and unself-
ish. The programme has been! arranged with in-
finite care, the arrangements for the comfort of
visitors are on no small or niggardly scale, and it
will be the fault of England if England does not
make an effort to be adequately represented during
the next six days. An elaborate history of the
Tercentenary Celebration is in course of prepa-
ratiou by Mr. Robert Hunter, who was for six
months secretary to the committee here.
P.S. The sermon this afternoon was preached
by Dr. Wordsworth, Bishop of St. Andrew's, who
took for his text, 10th verse 146th ' All
thy works praise thee, oh Lord, and thy saints give
thanks to thee." Full choral service was again
performed, and the church was as full as in t,e
morning. _ _

THE WORKING MEN'S DEMONSTRATION.

It was originally intended that the demonstra-
tion of the working classes in honour of Shakespeare
should take place in Hyde-park. But the applica-
tion made to Mr. Cowper, the Chief Commissioner
of Public Works, for the use of the park for this
purpose, having been unsuccessful, the Working
Men's Shakespeare Committee resolved to cele-
brate the day by the planting of an oak on Primrose-
hill. It was part of the programme for the day
that a grand procession should be formed in
Russell-square, and march thence to Primrose-hill.
The time for the formation of the procession was
fixed at one o'clock, but at that hour there was not
the smallest semblance of a procession, and only a
few persons had assembled in the square. It
was close upon two o'clock before the procession
wra ready to start, but it was altogether so beggarly
au affair that it would have been much better if it
had been entirely omitted. Some half-dozen
banners, probably 1511 " processionista" in out-
landish costume, and about thirty-six charity boys
and girls carrying little white flags with the name
of Shakespeare's plays inscribed on them, consti-
tuted the procession proper. The affair would have
been better managed in any small provincial town;
and instead of contributing in any way to the
apotheosis of Shakespeare, it served only as matter
for the jeers and jests of the spectators. The poet
was even made, in one of the flags carried in the
procession, the author of Crinberline. The whole
procession was in bad taste, and seemed to have
been got up without the least order or care.
The appearance on Primrose-bill was more
creditable. Here at least a large concourse of
people were assembled. From the crown of the hill
to its base on the southern side there was • living
' moving multitude which was in itself a spectacle
worth seeing. How many of them came there for
the purpose of celebrating the Tercentenary of
I Shakespeare it would be difficult to say. Certainly
not one in • hundred could participate in the
planting of the oak, hear the ode or the speeches ;
but as there were hundreds of amusement-vendors
on various spots of the bill, each surrounded by his
group of admirers and customers, the " mutable
many" did not appear to feel greatly the loss of the
intellectual entertainment connected with the
Shakespeare tree.
The oak which was planted on Saturday, and
named the Shakespeare Oak, was presented by Mr.
Cowper, on behalf of her Majesty. The Chief
Commissioner of Works himself selected the tree
from the plantation on the eastern side of Primrose-
hill, where it has been in a state of progressive and
satisfactory growth for the last 16 years. It was
about four years old wken placed in the plantation,
so that it is very nearly "of age" at present. It
was extracted, root and branch, in about four tons
of its original mould, and conveyed to the spot in-
tended for the ceremony with the greatest care, so
that if properly protected from icououlastio hands,
there is every prospect of its "`rowing sate a giant

tree." The site selected for the oak is on the south
eastern slope of the bill near the base, about 100 feet
on the west side of the broad path which crosses from
the outer circle of Regent's-park, at the end of
Ormond-teams. Two circles were drawn around
this site for the purpose of keeping order during
the ceremonial—the outer one being fenced with
iron, the inner with rope*, and a charge of one
shilling was made for entrance. A small platform
was raised on the south side of the tree from
which the speakers were to deliver their ad-
dressee.

Amongst those present in the inner circle were
Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Westland Marston, Mr.
Horace Wigan, Mr. Toole, Mr. Bayle Bernard,
Mr. G. L. Banks, who wrote a songentitled " Eng-
land's Minstrel King" for the occasion, and some of
the members of the Shakespaar Tercentenary and
Working Men's Shakespeare's Committees. Miss
Eliza Cook, who composed the Teroentenary Ode,
was prevented by indisposition from being present,
but in a letter, in which she expressed her
regret at not being able to attend, she
said she would be at the celebration in
spirit. The appearance of Mr. Phelps, who
was selected by the Working Men's Committee
as the most appropriate person for planting the oak,
was hailed with loud cheers. A delay of near an
hour was occasioned by the non-a.-rival of the pro-
cession at the time fixed, but the assemblage was
entertained by the music of the Hon. Artillery
Company's Band, who played selections from
Masaniello, Midsummer Night's Dream, Merry
Wives of Windsor, and when the ceremony of the
day was about to commence, " The Brave
Old Oak," and " England's Minstrel King,"
the music of which was composed by Macfarren.
The oak was planted by Mr. Phelps, and Mrs.
Banks. in the absence of Miss Eliza Cook, pee-
-1 formed the baptismal ceremony. Mr. Henry Mars-
ton then ascended the platform, and recited an ode
written for the occasion by Miss Eliza Cook.
The proceedings were brought to a close by the
band playing the "National Anthem."

apartment is placed s See composition in relievo, by Mr.
Lough, representing the apotheosis of Shakespeare, sod
with Deena from his playa. In the centre of the Court an.
a few objects of interest connected with Shakespeare, co-
pies of the First four Folios, some of the most interesting
the Quarks sod other volumes lent by Mr. Lilly ; else co-
pies of the recent reproductions of the First Folio—
that by Mr. Staunton and Menem Doty in
photo-lithography ; and that of Mr. Booth in type.
Bonniest' exhibiting the arms of the poet (supplied
by Mesas. French, of Bolton) are hung in the Centre
Transept, Besides the copy of the Stratford Bust, the full-
length statues of Shakespeare by Boubillso sod Mr. John
Bell, the Charades Bost, from the ooe found et the Globe
Theatre, and that of Roubillac, are exhibited in this Court,
at the entrance to which are plead the two noble calomel
Fem. bearing Palma, by Ranch. The idea which it has
been endeavoured to keep in mind at the Crystal Palace is
to represent first the humble origin of the Poet, illustrated
by the reproduction of the house ; thee his genius, as ex-
emplified by quotation. from wall-known perigee is his
plays ; lutly, the recognition of hie genius, illustrated by
the copy of the bust from Stratford Church, and the most
famous and recent edition of his works.

The priocipal attraction of the af tarnoon was noquestion-
ably the Shakespearian ocinoert got up in honour of
the ocosaion by Mr. A. Hanna and Mr. H. Leslie. This 000-
oert took place in front of Shakespeare's house, sod was
greeted with the applause of as audience consisting of
several thousand persona. Mr. H. Leslie's choir of 120
voices were engaged for the occasion, and sang with
great argot the well-known glee from the Mid-
summer Night's Dream, "Ye spotted snakes with double
tongue" (Spofforth), and also a part song by Hay, " It was •
lover sad his lam" Mr. Onminiap was deservedly ap-
plauded for the sweetness and taste with which he rendered
the musk of Dr. Arse's " Hods the greenwood tree," from
der You Like It, and Madame Parepa, who appeared in
excelleat health and spirits nag Bishop's difficult aria, "Bid
me discourse," in a manner which brought down thunders
of applause sad an enthusiastic encore. What may be termed
the first part:of the concert wound up with • madriplian
chorus by Mr. Leslie, the words of which we give :
Soul of the age !
The applause, delight, the wonder of cm/stage,
0 Shakespeare rise !
Thonart a monument without • tomb,
And art alive still, while thy book doth live,
And we have wits to read and praise to gias.
Triumph, 0 Britain ! thou heat one to show
To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe.
He was not of an age, but frail time.
Sweet Swan of Avon.

Just at the conclusion of the chorus, the audience were
really startled by Nosing what to all appearance was the
veritable ghost of Shakespeare emerge from his house and
bow to the audience. The apparition turned out to be Mr.
Arthur Young, whose features bear an extraordinary re-
semblance to the most extensively known portraits of
Shakespeare, and who was got up with the most marvellous
skill in the well-known tight fitting costume of black velvet.
As he stood before the audience, for some minutes it was
difficult to believe that the poet himself was not before you.
Mr. Young gave an excellent recit►tion of the in-
centatioo scene from Macbeth, and subsequently the
dialogue preceding the battle between Macduff sod Macbeth-
In the wood part of the oosoert Mr. Cummiep Nang
"Blow, blow, thou winter wind" (Dr. Arse) with great
feeling, and received an encore, and Madame Pampa sang
the fine stanza from The Merry Wires of Windsor, " Evan
as the son with purple-coloured face" (Horn). while the
choir for their part gave "Crabbed age and youth," a glee
by Stevens, for male voices., "The cloud-capp'd towers, the
gorgeous palaces," glee firm The Tempest, followed by
Shield's well-known and beautiful trio for female voices,
"0, happy fair." Mendelseohn's " Wedding March" by
the bend concluded one of the moat pleasing concerts
which we have been privileged to listen to. Before separating,
the chorus sang the National Anthem with admirable effect.
A grand concert of Shakespearian music by the baud on the
Handel orchestra, and a performance also of Shakespearian
music on the great organ concluded the festival.

SPORTING INTELLIGBNCE.

THE NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING
MEETING.
TO TEI BMUS OF TEI ELPISIS.
only one race per day for the public
to take any interest in, the programme of the Newmarket
First Spring Nesting as distinctly shows they are not
catered for, as does the recent crusade spinet the press
that they are not oared for ; and to three sot immediately
interested in the forty minor events (of which two dozen,
yet to aloes, are got up solely for gambling purposes), the
five days' proceedings will be slow indeed 4 takes as a
whole, the amount of ioduence they will have upon the
Derby being limited, as even should Copenhagen, Geasia
Peel, or Paris win the Two Thousand, there will be no
peed advanced that SoottishChiet, Birchbroom.Cambumni
Ely, Prince Arthur, First Flight, Coast Guard, Baragah,
Blair Athol, and Forager are any worse off. The results of
the meeting will, in tack leave the Derby quite an epee
race, not one of the above-mentioned being likely to show.
Oe Tuesday the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, for three-
yr-olds, will bring together some fifteen or eightesu runners,
the following compromg all that are expected to perform :
-Ridden by Hidden by
Me de l'Alr &Wards Calists colt Wells
Copenhapn Rows_ acolyte J Mann
General Peel T Aldcrott Hollytat T French
Paris G. Fordhern Claremont Ashman
Planet J Gloater I Barter Mohan' Jadd

......-.-.
Sir Roger IL Covey Ameba= Doyle
knight ot enoinimar. Adams Diner J Osborne
Delortmek Centeno. Durham
Inomedan .1 Snowdon Historian
Outlaw Cowley King John
- --

It is very doubtful whether the this. lest-mentioned wll
cut in. Heater Richard and Aecham will only rue to clear
the way for their companions, Copenhagen sad Gene-
ral Peel. Holly's; Claremont, Miner, and Lome-
don, are all amid to have been tried and found
waning ; and the performanoes of Outlaw, the Caliste
colt, and Acolyte at the late Craven Meeting were only
moderate. Thus, this lot may be almost considered out of
cant, although it is averred both Hollyfox and Claremont
were asked to do too much, and the issue is supposed to
rest entirely between the first sight is the above list. Of
those, Copenhagen and Balonock have sever been in
public yet ; and General Peel met each a moderate op-
ponent in his only encounter that his pretensions are also
dark : while Plead, Knight of Snowdon, and Sir Roger,
but moderate horses last year, claim attention on somas% of
having so vastly improved during the winWr. This we
have had an opportunity of judging of with regard to
Planet and Sir Roger, who acquitted themselves with all
credit at the late Craven Meeting, but met horses of too
moderato a stamp for any idea to be formed whether
they are mpable of contending with Hot-class performers
like Fills de l'Air and Paris. When handicapping the chief
two-, ear-old performers of last seams, the most I could do
for Planet was to give him Get 111 b, when Paris had Sat 71b.
and File de l'Air Set 41b ; and thug, if he his improved a
stone more than this pair, they IWO still bound to bold him
safe. Sir Roger is as difficult to measure as are Copen-
hagen, General Peel, sod Balarnock, but the market indi-
cations will allow of mygiving the preference of the " dark"
lot to Copenhagen and Peel, and they also show
that their respective friends deem them good enough to beat
such " public form" aa was displayed last year by Paris
and Fills de l'Air. And yet both these latter did such bril-
liant things that it would be impolitic to steed against them,
when report speaks so highly of their condition and health
so that, despite the money heaped upon Copenhagen, I
cannot but entertain the impression that if Fills de l'Air
(the Blink Bonny of last season, and perhaps the C. ucifix of
this) is to be beaten it can only be dams by Paris.
On Wednesday, the Two-Year Old Plato, Ave furlongs,
may bring together the largest field of the week, the pro-
mising Grappler, Pirate, and His Royal Highness, with the
penalised Brioche, and Amber, all being worthy of respect ;
and the dark lot, of which 11 Re Galantuomo, the Star
Verderer, and Silverlocks are all highly commended, will
have a difficulty in getting over Amber, if she is to represent
Baron Rothschild instead of Silverlooks, the selected of the
stable, coupled with the Star, being most likely to furnish
the winner.

-Inr(sl;e Thousand Guineas Stakes, for three.year old
fillies, wiU keep • great number of the mend visitors
over Thursday, for it promisee an snorting encounter
between most of the followum :
Ridden by Ridden by
Masquerade.... B. Cray I !resells J. Mann

.....
(AaUooer

Columbine

J. Closter

mou7 B. Grinuthaw I ilonieerc•:. Yurihani
Tomatoorbrews Walla Beatrts A. Edwards
gardints & Aisma I GIUZII Lads. .. Perry
goldyl?dis W.Boyc? 1 9pe.uf. J. Sootra Ashman

Gondola J. iii;;Wien I Ligbillager .... J. Adams
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Lord Glasgow is pre certain to run more than one of
his unnamed fillies; and of J. Scott's Awricula, Ton
Toot, and Finesse are expected at Newmarket. Bat only the
last-nanted, who is said to be not quite reedy, has
proven her title to respect, Auricula being
" dark," as are Lightfinger and Columbine also.
Of the publics runners last yeer's doing made oat
Linda (let 131 b). Molly Carew (let 10(b), Tomato (Tat 3(b),
Becky Sharpe (TM), Beatrix (fist 131 b), and Pty.:ilia
(list 10(b), to be the best, the weight, being those I put
them at after analysing their performances ; but the temper
of Goldylocke, who an well when in the humour, and the
form of Sardinia have so improved since, that they mast not
be despised, and Masquerade came out this season in form
good enough to place her almost at the top of the tree.
Molly Carew is not the splendid filly she wee prior to her
accident ; but Linda never looked better than !Rhoden sow,
and I cannot forbear coupling her with Masquerade when
giving my vote.
Before Friday the Newmarket Stakes, for 3-yrolda,
D.M., may be shorn of all it, preempt attraction—Peon,
Claremont, Balance*, Leonidas, Columbine, and Acolyte
having prior engagements, end the Count being the only
other candidate worthy of mention. The Two Thousand
ought to herald the winner, in fan with only the Count
to oppose the best that contest may being forth.
The minor event, a very few words will suffice for, my
idea of them being that Puritan will win the 20 son.,
Privateer the 50 eon. Sweepstakes, Revolver the 100 son.,
and Miss Armstrong the 50 son. Handicaps, on Mosiday ;
Durham the Coffee Room Stakes on Tuesday ; King of the
Vale the Prises of Wales's Stakes, Argonaut the T.Y.C,
race, Midnight Mass the A. F. Sweepstakes, and Prooella
and War Dance the two D. M. Sweepstakes on Wednesday ;
and Stredella the 100 son Sweepstakes, Touch-and-Go the
Free Handicap, and Young Rapid the Match on Friday.—l
am, In., METEOR.