The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-27 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY.

The English Opera company closed thair performances
on Saturday night, with the Irish Girl and the Middle
Temple. At the end of the operetta, Mr. BARTLNY
(stage manager) delivered the billowing address :
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—Although our grate this
season have been, in one sense, confined, I trust that our
exertions will not be regarded in that light : we have added
one more grand opera—namely, Mozart's great work of
" Don Juan"—to the list of those which have before dis-
tinguished the character of the English Opera-house; and,
when the difficulties we have had to contend with are con-
sidered, I trust I may, without presuming too much, lay
claim to some merit for the manner in which it has been
brought forward. The principal difficulties we have had
to struggle • with have been the necessity of getting up
every piece, old arid new, with entirely new scenery,
dresses, and decoratiens—every species of property—every
hook and manuscript—and every sheet of music, having
been destroyed by tit!e awful calamity which reduced the
English Opera-house to ashes. The espence attendant on
these requisites (and notwitlistar aiitgo tila
very
that of
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the performers),heatre a company which, we trust,
has not disgraced the efforts of former years, have ren-
dered the season, I lament to say, any thing but a pros-
perous one : in fact, a heavy loss has been added to that
which the proprietor sustained in the total destruction of
his property in February last, Still, Ladies and Gentle-
men, munificently supported a. he has been by the pa-
tronage of some of the proudest names of the country, and
by the ready assistance of many distinguished and sympa-
thising friends, the proprietor looks forward with cheerful
confidence to the next season, when he trusts we shall
have to greet you in a new and commodious theatre, in
the construction of which your comfort and accommoda-
tion have been, from the moment of the fire, the constant
occupation of his thoughts. He premises you, Ladies and
Gentlemen, a better, though not a larger, theatre then the
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reception on the Ist of July in the ensuing year. And
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farewell."

The opening into St. James's park, from Pall-
mall, via Carlton-gardens, is now rapidly progressing.
Twenty men (being as many as can work at the wane tune
in the space allotted fat excavation) are busily employed in
throwing the soil into carts, which immediately remove it
to a large pit within the enclosed part of the park, out of
which gravel was dug last summer. By this means two
useful object* are at once accomplished ; a direct and com-
modious entrance from Pall-mall and Regent-street will
he afforded to the public, whilst the unpleasant aspect
(and to -children dangerous nuisance) of a deep chasm in
the park itself will be replaced by the green and level turf.
There is a report at the West end of the
town, that Mr. Gotalinnw quits office to make way for
Lord PALMEUSIOW. It is understood that Mr. Gout.
UURN will he proposed as Speaker in the new Parliament;
and as the Opposition will propose Mr. Wv:4l4 (who is,
by the by, infinitely better fitted for the office), it is not
improbable that this will be the first trial of strength be-
tween the two parties. Were we to judge of the probable
acts of politicians by the plain rules that govern other
men, we should pronounce a junction of the GRANTS and
Pasts as extremely unlikely ; but the combinations of
Parliamentary cliques proceed for the most part an prin-
ciplei that defy ordinary calculation.—.. Spectator.

In many parts of the North scarcely any pal
of the barvebt WI been yet got in.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES

FRIDAY Matti'.
The same unpleasant weather that marked the last day
the races in 1829 accompanied the termination of
is present meeting ; a steady continuous rain threw a

;loom over the sport that not even the second appearance
if Birmingham could dissipate. In concluding our notice
of these races, we should state that although many of the
'edgings were not let, and the company much thinner than
list year, the stand, the b ills, and the new betting..ionms,
received greater support ; upwards of 2,000 tickets (at a
guinea each) were sold for the stand. The first ball was
mended by upwards of 200 fashionshles, and the second
by double that number ; and the rooms had more than
700 subscribers. A melancholy accident occurred in the
Cup race yesterday, which entirely escaped our notice.
Just as the horses got to the distance post, a poor fellow,
who evidently must have thought that they had all gone
by, run from underneath the rails on the course ; it hap-
dened, unfortunately, that Dolly had not passed, and before
the rider could pull up, or turn aside, she ran against the
nan, knocked him down, and killed him on the spot.
Re mare was thrown on her knees, but recovered herseli
ind went on.

Idirmingham and Priam.—Mr. Chifney challenged the

proprietor of Birmingham to run for 1,000!. each across
the Flat at Newmarket in the next Craven meeting, and
Priam to give Sib. Mr. Beardsworth declined, on the
;rounds that his horse had some good engagements at
Chester and Liverpool about the same time, and that he
had never trained horses at Newmarket, hut he offered to
run for that sum the St. Leger course this day. Priam,

however, was already on his road to the south, so that
there is no probability of a match.
Retriever and Priatn.—The result of the cup having
induced Lord Kilburn to believe that his horse would have
heat Priam in the match it running hail been made at a
better pace, he has made the following match with Mr.
Chifney :—Doncaster Races, 1831.—Firat day—Fitawil-
liam Course, Bst. 71b. each, Retriever, 4 yrs, agst Priam,
3 yrs.