The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-30 00:00:00

HEATON PARK RACES.-THURSDAr.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, h. ft. The winner to be
_ sold for 100 sous., if demanded, &c. A. F. 8 Subs.

'311.. Thompson's Lord Fiancis, 5 yrs, list Mr. Osbaldeston 1
Mr. Skilbech's Stafford, 4 yrs, list
Mr. Arrowsrnitlfk; Frill, 4 yrs, 1 Ist
Lord Warwick's ch. f. by The Colonel, 3 yrs, lOst. 41b
Won in a canter. Winner claimed.

A Piece of Gold Plate, presented by the Most Noble the Marquis
of Westminster, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs., 10 soya. ft. ;
two years old, 7st. 21b ; three, 9st ; the winner of the Doncas-
ter St. Leger, 121b5., and the second, 71bs. extra ; winners pre-
vious to the start, 31bs ; and a winner of the Champagne, or 20
Sovs. Two Year Old Stakes at Doncaster, in 1837, 7 lbs. extra;
maiden three years old allowed 51bs. No horse to carry more
than one extra NI eight. Winners of any of the York, Liverpool,
or Newton Two Year Old Stakes, in 1837, 51bs. extra. A.F.
16 Subs.

Mr. Phillips's The Maid of Monton, 3 yrs Templeman I
Lord Chesterfield's b. c. by The Colonel, 3 yrs
Lord Wilton's b. f. by Tramp, 2 yrs
Lord Charleville na. Harpurhey, 2 yrs
Won cleverly by a length.
A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added.
_ _ .

Mr. Wilkins's Modesty, 3 yrs, list
Lord Warwick's eh. 1. by The Colonel, 2 yrs, 9st. 71b
Mr. Osbaldeston's Don Dawson, lOst. 91b

Won easy.
A Purse of .50 sovs., given by the Town and neighbourhood of
Bury, added to a Flandicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, li. ft.,
for three years old and upwards. Once round and a distance.

_
10 Subs. _
Mr. Higgs's Nell Gwynne, aged, Bst. 31b Tampleman 1
Lord Eglinton'w The Black Diamond, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b
___ _ . ..

Won by half a neck.
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Mill-
town's Cushneiche, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b ; Mr. fleseltine's b. c. Cowboy,
3 yrs, 7st. 71b; and Mr. Phillips's The Maid of Monton, 3 yrs,
ist. 41b.

BEDFORD RACES—TirISDAI F.
The County Plate of 70 sovs. Heats, two miles and a half.
Mr. Coleman's Calmuck, 4 yrs, Bst W. Coleman 0 1 1
Mr. King's Hectic, 5 yrs, Bst. 131 b 1 3 2
Mr. Bircham's Polygarth, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b
Mr. Garrard's Slang, ei yrs, 6st
Mr. S. Smith's Lama Pressa, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b 2 dr
Mr. T. Carter's Miss Camarine, 5 yrs, Bst. 131 b 3 dr
Mr. Thomas's Unknown, 5 yrs, Bst. 131 b
Mr. Boast's Partner, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b
Mr. W. Soworby's Bodice, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b dis
A very interesting race. Winner claimed.
The Corporation and Town Plate of 50 sovs., free for all horses,
&c. Heats, two miles.

Mr. Atkins's Antelope, 3 yrs, 6st. I Ilb Boyce 1 1
Mr. G. Hennessy's Bravo, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b ............... .... .... 0 2
Mr. Stevens's Talebearer, 3 yrs, 7st 0 3
Mr. S. Smith's Eagle, aged, 9st. 91b
Mr. Thomas's Unknown, 5 yrs, 9st
Mr. Tucker's Shamrock, 4 yrs
Mr. Bolshaw's Battersea Lass, 4 yrs, 7st. 131 b ' 0 0
Two good heats.
A Handicap of 5 SON'S. each, 2 ft., with 20 added from the Fund.
Once round and a distance. 4 Subs.

Mr. Stevenson's True Blue, aged (h. b.), ist. 41b
Mr. King's Hectic, 5 yrs, 9st. 41b
Won by a head.

OSWESTRY RACES.—I,Y EDNumer.

The Oswestry Stakes of 5 sots. each, with 30 added from the
Fund. One mile and a half. 5 Subs.

Sir T. Stanley's Violet, 3 yrs, 6st. 131 b _M. Jones 1
Mr. Brunton's Acanthus, 4 yrs Bst. 41b 2
Mr. Rylance's Sir Bamfylde, 3 yrs, ist. 131 b 3
Mr. 0. Gore's ch. f. by Langar, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b
Mr. Nanney's Surprise, 3 yrs, 7st. I Ilb
Won cleverly.
A Gold Cup, value 100 sovs. (in specie), by a subscription of 10
sovs. each. Two miles and a quarter, starting at the Turnpike-
road. 12 Subs.
Mr. L. Mostyn's Birdlime, 6 yrs
The Town Subscription Plate of 50 sovs., free for any horse, &c.
Mile and a half heats.

Mr. Nanney's Ratcatcher, aged, 9st. Mb .........Darling 0 1 1
Mr. Giffard's Traveller, aged, 9st. 61b 1 2 2
Lord Derby's Parolles, 3 yrs, 7st. 101 b
Mr. Cooke's Red Rover, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b 0 2 dr
Three well contested heats.

A Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 added from the
Fund. Mile and a half heats. 4 Subs.

Mr. Allen's Vesper, 4 yrs, 7st J. Gray 3 1 0
Mr. Speed's Isaac, 6 yrs, sst. 81b
Mr. T. Stanley's Mordecai, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b 2 3 dr
. .

Won by half a length.

Taglioni made her first appearance in St. Peters-
burgh on the 15th inst. The admission to the boxes and
stalls was raised to four times the usual price.

Yesterday morning between ten and eleven o'clock,
a boy was sent to sweep the chimney in the house occupied
by Mr. Draper, in Portland-street, Oxford-street ; the
little fellow, on arriving at the top, was rattling his
brush in the chimney pot, when it suddenly gave way, and
the poor boy was precipitated into the yard beneath ; he
was immediately taken up, and conveyed to the hospital,
where it was ascertained that his scull was fractured, be-
sides sustaining other severe injuries, and he at present lies
without the slightest hope of recovery.
Yesterday morning, between nine and ten, a serious
accident occurred in the Edgware-road to Col. Trollope.
He had left Kilburn for town in a four-wheeled phaeton,
accompanied by his groom ; they had not proceeded far
before the horses became restive and almost unmanageable
Colonel Trollope, who was driving, gave the reins to the
groom, and leaped out of the phaeton, and unfortunately fell
on his right shoulder, which was dislocated. The groom
kept his seat, and succeeded in arresting the horses' speed
without further mischief.

THE NEW HOUSE'S OF PARLIAMENT.—Active
preparations have for some days past been making for the
immediate commencement of the new embankment wall
of the new houses of Parliament, which, as the buildings
are to be carried up flush with the water line, will require
to be a work of great strength and solidity. The garden
belonging to the dismantled residence of the Speaker of
the House of Commons, and that known as Cotton-
garden, the cleared space where the star-chamber stood,
and that till lately occupied by Government rookeries
from Westminster-hall to the bridge, are blow partly co-
vered with workshops and sawpits, and the open space is
crowded with timbers, which a number of sawyers, car-
penters, and other artisans, are busy at work upon, fitting
them for the purposes of forming a vast coffer dam within
which a solid broad foundation may be built for the in-
tended wall. The erection of the coffer dam was com-
menced yesterday, when much interest was attracted by
the number of workmen employed in driving a double
row of piles, the nearest row being at a parallel
distance in the river of about fifty yards from the existing
embankment wall. The rows of piles are distant about five
yards from each other, and will enclose a space extending
from the pier of the third Middlesex arch to the extremity
of the intended length of the embankment wall, and includ-
ing a space of about twenty yards on the northern side of the
bridge. Three of the arches ou the Middlesex end will
thus be blocked up, of which due notice has been given by
the Lord Mayor, whose permission, as Conservator of the
Thames, it was necessary to obtain. Five barges, each
with one of those lofty machines on board, popularly known
as " monkeys," for driving piles, were yesterday being con-
stantly worked by gangs of labourers. A ballast heaving
barge, worked by a steam-engine, is employed in clearing
the line where the piles are to be placed from the accumu-
lated mud

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•

ADELPHL The
Last night this theatre opened for the season.
house was full—indeed we might say, crowded ; but in the
early. part of the evening there was such a noise and bust ee
that it was difficult to hear with any distinctness. Th,
first piece performed was a dramatic version of Mr. Lovers
well-known Rory O'J/ore, which adheres closely to the
original, is full of stir, and bustle, and vivacity, and a-as
well rep: esented in all its parts. Power was of course the
hero, and never did we see this consummate delineator of
Irish character to greater advantage. The stir which he
alone makes throughout the piece would almost be of
ficient to carry the drama through without the interest at-
taching to the other characters. Mr. Yates performed. the
French smuggler, De Welskein, and dressed, look, spoke,
and gesticulated the character admirably, His performance_
of this part was, in its way, quite as great a treat as Oa'
u;' Power, and kept the house in a roar of laughter. Mrs;
Yates played the part of fair Kathleen (the betrothed of
Rory), and Miss Agnes Taylor (a very pleasing young
lady, who made last night " her first appearance on any
f
stage") sang in the character of Mary O'More, two o
Lover's ballads, " The Land of the West," and " The
Hour before Day." The former is a very superior COur
position, distinguished by pathos, simplicity, and singular
sweetness. Mr. Cathie was an excellent Colonel Thunder,'
and Mr. Wilkinson a most amusing representative of Col'
lector Scrubby. The scene of the rising of the waters
during the thunder-storm, in the ruins, was admirably 1334'
raged. The piece was announced for repetition every even
mg next week amidst unanimous plaudits, and Power was
enthusiastically called for. The afterpicce (The Poc.at
Book) was announced as " a domestic burletta of in-
tense interest." The three acts of which it consiste"
might readily have been condensed into two, as the
last appears wire-drawn, and the denouement is *Patet
throughout.. Nevertheless, the incidents (particularly in the
first act) were of a very effective character, and afforded free
scope for some excellent acting. That of Mr. Lyon, as a
repentant roue, who becomes an assassin in an agonY of
fear and shame, lest a heartless companion should fulfil his
threati and betray his participation in an act of fargery, was
marked by fine feeling and a just perception of the attributes
ofintense passions, unvitiated by the efforts at disPlaY,'
which, in actors of less discrimination, often produce Or
deplorable ranting results. The dry comic humour of Air' t
Wilkinson was really a high treat, and afforded in alto°1!
every scene a rich relief to the development of the tra.gie
plot, and the sombre shadows of guilt and ruin which Ml'
pond over the hero. The ether characters were excellently
cast, and the entire went off with eclat.

• OLYMPIC.
Madame Vestris' theatre opened last night for the sea'
son. The house overflowed—indeed, some scores of Per;
sans were admitted who had no chance of obtaining, le
a glimpse of the stage—" a custom more honoured in et
breach than the observance." The dramas represeye;
were four in number, namely, The County Squire; ~.
New Servant, Advice Gratis, and The Loan qf a 11171;;
Of these, the two middle ones alone are novelties.
first piece was probably selected for the purpose e.ls
of jetr
ducing Mr. Farren, who made his first appearance at thi
theatre. This admirable performer was greeted in a Toro
nor which proved that the public entertain a just estima
of his rare talent. The fair mana,Yer, who enacted a uh.a:
ratter in the same drama, was, of course, welcomed with
enthusiasm, and the other participators in " OlymPia
eels," particularly that excellent actress Mrs. Olga, an
Mr. C. Mathews, who gives promise of one day being,
worthy of his name, had no reason to doubt of the warrnt
of their reception. The new pieces were like most of the
dramas produced at this theatre, light and sketchy', btlh
very amusing. To attempt to describe the plot of sue
trifles would be as preposterous as breaking a butterfly
the wheel : besides, we set our faces against the detail
plots ; it is an irksome task to the critic, and quite as uvnie
just to the playgoer as it is to communicate to a °—
reader the principal incidents in the Work before he hag
begun to read it. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley appeared for the
first time in London since their return from America, i°
the New Servant. The acting of the former has lost Doe
of its quiet humour, nor that of the latter any of its im
pressive simplicity.

ST. JAMES'S.
Last night the veteran Braham, ttae oldest ,ce believe'
and unquestionably the best siuger on the stage, opened his
campaign with a corps dramatique well calculated to sour
a successful season. Besides our old favourites, the stars
of St. James's, Miss Rainforth and the Misses smith, with
the inimitable Harley, no less than three new candidates far
the public favour made their first appearance 8t this
elegant little theatre last night. There was Mrs. ts
whose excellence as an actress is surpassed only bY
beauty as a woman ; then we had Miss Mears, a Pe 71
lady who appears to possess capabilities both as a singer 9"„°
an actress of a very respectable order; and last ja r
enumeration, but first in our estimation, a gentleman namedlfil
,;
Wright, from the Theatre Royal Birmingham, made '-
first appearance here. He is an actor of great prat:air,:
and although the incessant and rapturous applause ssiit"
which he was greeted might have exceeded a little tue
occasion for it, we think he gave evidence of possessiat
much aptitude for low broad comedy. His debut was 3
successful as he himself could desire.
The entertainments of the evening opened with a WI
hurletta, The Assignation ; or, What will my wife sfyi;
The audience received the trifle very favourably, an"
gt
though we could not laugh as they laughed, nor apPl.a
od
conjecture
the echo, as they applauded, we are willing to
that the audience might probably have been quite right
.ib/
We were last night, perhaps, hypercritically disposed,
we fancied that the burletta was a bore—that it drew
slow length along drowsily and drearily—that its 191.°7/ 5,
ag
without interest, and the dialogue bald, dull, and point e••
The audience, however, were decidedly against us, and e,,IP
favour of 7'he Assignation, which was announced for rep is
tition amid the most enthusiastic applause, and without
single dissentient voice.
At the end of the burletta was sung, very delightfililsl;
" God save the Queen," by Braham, Miss Rainfortb,Atho
Smith, and Miss J. Smith, and the whole strength of
company.
The Young Widow followed. It was in this loug
bflaY
and popular piece that Mr. Wright, the provincial Idol
date for comic honours, made his first bow to l'e
audience. 311-
The concluding pieces were, Is Sie his Wife! and
thinks I see 114 Father
were
It is observable that the entertainments last night —d eeir
not musical. We were permitted only to see,
strained to forego the gratification of hearing, either d to
Rainforth, the Misses Smith, or Braham, who seemed
have met only to part. They gave us the national an the
the
only, and we neither saw nor heard more of them a .
evenin
oa
g. We missed too the presence of the ohorto• st
Injustice to the management of this theatre, we
and
acknowledge its pre-eminence over both the major.io the
minors in point of comfort and elegance,
as well as
.4 .eapd
respectful attention of the box-keepers' departmen
the excellence of all the subordinate general arrange' nto
of the house.

in Othlelemoafrkthete,
manors and royalties
approaching
properties
ex ten
dfoi
nugr thousanduver
ivacres, s with
.1' 11 _, i_
r N 0...,
and an unexceptionable tenantry. Of tLe litter Mr. 11:
übiontstsotabtoesf,ou“ntdhaint
theirthe discontentlvvoooradislular,,, or abatement 01.
This morning James Hunter," a shoemaker, an-
'flitted suicide, by nearly severing his head from his bpcio.
fid7tist.leiodfa
h intoxicationri am zot razor, at
dartiilliki shtlodgings,destroyed
x ceNd; 5i
a:nnsldle eliftd,
wmaaassnh'isn-e powl:aees eos; Se
et
hobo
in-
It.u:ppears his wife having absconded with another man,
come home in that state 'tiboyut five o'clock, and to
he was found dead. ' Tnol?Ils:
The collections already made for Goethe's
ment,Tho tol.bl e erected in Frankfort, amount to 24,000 florin
Itn.va csen has been charged to prepare the model.
_r.
"stile
burgh is calculated that from the port of Thurso to I: e
season the herring there are no fewer than 3,000 boats employed in f
herring
Lo
Jack
ad
ckT,
fishery alone. age °
about ten
As each boat carries an aver
~,,his
five men,
gtchohuraisst agbiienveenno SO,Uu
thieves, about 10,000 professed and
°'
gamesters,
beggars. greatlyit to
al
n 5 , oaoevOxe
trseae
nga
dr ne eeda. • 1,0000
issai
what possibly can induce those two old snuff-taking Jovial
gu
oe rt s
addto bi en
t1,1:or el
otaos-tn itguhtthaet
btrhi
lel i
abnaclyl i'uf
the
eams
scene.ure th eY,,it;
~ I a•
don me," replied the other, gravely, "for not agreeing °s,
young fellow to his comp a.
you, but, for my part, I really think that where there or
so many lights of beauty, there may be some occasion
a pair of sinurers." trews
A letter of the 23d instant from Toulon wives i the
said
ae finsgthtaoii
yns
from Athens up to the Ist. The constitutional Joann '. DO
Soler, had ceased to appear. The principal editor Wat7.oo
longer hostile to the government, which, for son??_tio,
past, had manifested a disposition towards conell'n_ro,
without, however making concessions to the national Pius ;‘,
The shareholders of the Suter, who were all ends
M. Coletti, wished the journal to preserve its indepen.olio,
colour. The expulsion of the Italian refugee, M. olio,
was still a prevailing topic of conversation in Greece.
until
Greek Gcvernment is still short of tromv. -11 e country
is poor, and is, nevertheless, obliged to pay fereign,;ho fa'
and to keep up a numerous and dissipated court- 1., rger
rnous loan, guaranteed by the great powers, and the ',.1, 0,,
share of which is paid by France, is insufficient to o"c:ea
the deficit. An instalment of a million is to be advafiney
by France on the third series of the loan, and the
flin
is to be immediately forwarded from Toulon.

LONDON :
SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 30, 1837.

It Ought to be generally known in the country tha,
the house of Commons took one important step to
Preserve open spaces for the recreation and exercise of
th
t people in all places where there have been open
th 'ls, and when henceforth it be proposed to enclose
ent• We doubt whether many of the enclosures of
ZPen lands that have taken place of late years have
"en profitable to the landed Proprietors, who brought
113 into Parliament for that purpose ; whilst we are
ennfident that the people of the vicinity, particularly
Zit. towns, have suffered great loss and inconvenience
I,te,reby. We therefore regret that some plan, like that
ch Mr. BUCKINGHAM. proposed to the House of
c"i nromons, in the last Session, had not been matured.
f ort)? years ago, before the mania for enclosures had
taken place ; as, in that case, there would have been
ii any thousand fields and open grounds reserved for
.th
ie
exercise and recreation of the working classes, which
L 4ve
been converted into fields, and shut up as private
ar°PertY• No people in the world work so hard, or
Ee ennfined by their several employments longer, than
nglishmen ; and no persons, therefore, more require
spare
air and exercise whenever they have a moment to
eare yet it is notorious that the more crowded a city
town is, the more assiduously have every field and
ground in the neighbourhood and skirts been enclosed,
And
the People shut out from their former places of
t-c'
-erels' p p
e and play. We state this with regret—much
feogrit, as it manifests a want of attention to the coin-
4-",'"av, to the health—of the working classes, which
13r!leh aristocracy, and the wealthy manufactory pro-
klieterg, ought to have attended to—as they have been,
ti
are, the source of their wealth. We see, with
painful feelings, the artisans and labourers in the vi-
liolitY t)f populous places, creeping, on Sundays and
their
aYs, out to the country to breathe fresh air, after
Ice week of toil and confinement, often obliged to
P the
La" dusty and inconvenient highways, instead of
ng the
Pia u green fields and fresh sod to walk and
Prey y_ P°n• We think, therefore, that it is time to
ant the further extension of that evil, arising from
}lave brought on the nation ; and we hail the corn-
wittebernent made in the last Session of Parliament,
little will do something in that way ; but it will be but
' Sinee the general plan, as was proposed by Mr.
ut(rtg
GRANes Bill, ought to be adopted by the
.iature
goo azure
on those high and national grounds—" the
Id °f Use people:,
girdert•le mean time, we annex the copy of a Standing
t of the House of Commons, unanimously agreed
° " the •
tvity motion of Mr. HUM E, that every commu-
-01
it)he Zltiat:vga:e of it, in order to avail themselves
.tesoi„ , it insures to them
oasdees•feour--lea“viTnghat in all Inclosure Bills, provision
an open space, sufficient for the
''Prt:PPulatioonf.exercise and recreation of the neighbouring
, provided that in any case, where the
they°mmittbe
required,
the Bill do not make such provision,
theirti reasoetls f
oired, specially, to report to the House_
or not complying with the Orders of the
Order:, That the said Resolution be made a Standing

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_ have
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