The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-25 00:00:00

Mr. Frederic Maccabe's Entertainment

Profesior Anderson introduced: to a „London audi-
ence yesterday, at a private entertainment in St.
James's Hall,' a very clever young artist, of unmis-
takable Hibernian proclivities and of the full aver-
age amount of Celtic drollery. Mr. Frederic Mac-
cabe, following in the footsteps Of Charles Mathews,
Albert Smith, John Parry, Valentine Vox, Mr.
German Reed, Mr. Arthur Skachley, and other
humorous delineators of class and character, has
earned for himself in the Sister Isle considerable
reputation, and there cannot be the shadow of doubt,
looking at his own intrinsic merits, and having re-
gard to the favourable impression which he created
in yesterday's • amusing performance, that he will
secure in:the English metropolis no scanty meed of
popularity. Favoured with an intelligent, personnel,
and a peculiarly pleasing appearance, Mr. Maccabe,
who is apparently little advanced beyond the years
of manhood, is gifted with marvellous powers of
mimicking, an easy and natural adaptation of cha-
racter, an incessant flow of the raciest humour,
power's of ventriloquism certainly such as 'We have
never heard approached, a well-cultivated and
nicely-balanced voice, and perfect command over
the pianoforte, the guitar, and the piccolo. With
such a combination of natural characteristics, aided
by gentlemanly address, keen appreciation of the
ridiculous, and close observation of passing events,
Mr. Maccabe sums up under the title "Begone, dull
care" about as agreeable a mono-dramatic enter-
tainment as one could desire to laugh over. His de-
lineation of !‘:The Wandering Minstrel," in two
pictures, " Romance and Reality," especially as the
" Troubadour of Modern Days," was remarkably
good, bringing to vivid remembrance Frank Robson
in the greatest of his palmy days. " The Railway
Porter" and 'his description of " the Lancashire
Lad" were also faultless. Mr. Maccabe introduced
several delightful morceaux of vocal illusions in con-
versation. with invisible beings, for the purpose of
illustrating the perfection to which the art of ven-
triloquism can be brought, and he made six or eight
of his leading sketches additionally interesting by
the pleasant rendering of some characteristic songs,
for the most part Irish in their origin, including
Lover's "Whistling Thief," and two Very beautiful
melodies, his own creation, " Early in the Morning,"
and " Yeo, Heave Ho." Professor Anderson has
engaged Mr. Maccabe for his season, which is to
commence on Monday next, and no doubt the ad-
dition of such 'au artist will impact additional bloom'
to the alrady.highly tinted " World of Magic."

PROFESSOR ANDERSON'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT.
On Monday nexi .Professor Anderson will' commence at
St. James's Hall-his farewell season in London prior to his
departure for Australia. In a new and original entertain-
ment bearihg the'!tttractive title of "'Begone, Dull Caro,"
the Wizard of the North will be assisted, not only by Miss
Louise Anderson and her sisters, but by Mr. Frederic Mac-
cabe, a gentleman who, though a stranger to the metro-
polis, has gained great reputation in the provinces.
A SKETCH 'OF MR J. S. MiLL.—.(Worthy of
Publicola when at his best!)—What is J. S. Mill ?
Without any means to stand a contested election, his can-
didature is: sustained by voluntary efforts and subscrip-
tions. His economical doctrines are avowedly subversive
of the whole existing framework •of society. They
especially wage open war with prerogative and here-
ditary privilege. They maintain that thdre should be
no collateral inheritance, no lineal heritage beyond one
generation, no succession at all, except to the extent
of a most. moderato subsistence; that all the residue
should be resumed by the community at• large—a com-
munism raisonne. In religion he considers Christianity to
include more than one mistake. lie holds that our
morals have scarcely any connection with our faith. He
supplements the ethics of Christ with those of Plato and
Mehemet. Ile holds that the completest of our moral
teachers are men who have perfectly well known, and
deliberately rejected, Christianity. Socially, he is simply
$ pensioned clerk in the East India Company. He is
nothing but an author of the most startling social, econo-
s
mical,
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thei b deliberately
or agf tr
the
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royal man
ipalace,
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Westminster—then otby spiritual
himself,p e paradoxes.
but
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his
That
constituents,
whole nobility and of the • •
gentry, elite of the moneyed
• ,
int, jest, the bankers, lawyers,
'judges, physicians—above
all, by tu. dignified clergy of the Establishment—to re--
present it anc: them in Parliament. The electors who
return him, indeet., disavow his PrinciPfes, say they
return him simply out of c:iriosity, only because they think
"he ought to be in Paxliamen.!.." They may find, when
too late, that this lazy laxity of ;mblic duty is playing
with fire.—Weekly Despatch.
Loss OF THE SHIP ESSE.X.—A•telegrT..ni was re-
ceived yesterday in Liverpool, announcing the oNa-
donment of the ship Essex, Captain Barnes, belonging to
Fernie Brothers and Co., of Liverpool. The Essex was
bound from Net, York to Liverpool, but shortly after
leaving the, formOi port she sprang a leak, and the ,water
continuing to increase Captain Barnes determined on
abandoning his ship, which was done on the 2d inst. in
long. 60 W. The crew were in their boats on the open sea
until the sth inst. when they.were picked up by the Bre-
men ship Constantine, and landed at Deal yesterday morn-
ing, all well. When the Essex was abandoned she was in
such a condition that it was not possible she could keep long
afloat. She had only 3,000 staves on board, and both ship
and cargo, We uuderstand, were fully insured.
THE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES.—Encourag-
ing reports reach us from all portions of the country. In
the west the wheat crop will be much more than au
average yield, and the prospects for ctrn are highly
favourable. Oats and rye promise well,, but barley may
be of small yield. There has been much more cotton and
sugar planted in the Mississippi Valley than we were led
to suppose from early accounts. The hay crop is enor-
mous,. Fruit is abundant and of excellent quality, and
altogether the promises of the coming harvest are most
satisfactory:—New York Herald.
THE MEETING OF THE FLEETS.--I, . L nenevea in
Paris that the British fleet will be at Cherbourg on the 14th
of August, and at Brest on the 18th. Austria, Sweden,
Portugal, and Spain have expressed a wish to be repre.
sented on this occasion.

Age. st lb
The Wirrior 4 9 12
Gownsman • ... 49 10
Reindeer
teoyiei nt
Columbia
taeombef
George
ta 1.
e.
S.
: a4:5
88899
11122277
VIP' Lordare b:11lb 114 a teu. sn a:8
; .1584 :888 101812
Blue Mantle •
Historian 4 8 10
Cadeau • " 58 7
Greenlaml • ' 4 8 7
Durham 4 8
Dawdle 4 8
Verbena A
8 4
Juliet ... ... a 8 3
Wild Agnes ... 3 8 0
Hawkshaw • • 4 8 0
Filbert ... • 3 8 0
Armadillo ... • 4 8 0
GodmerSham ... 3 7 13
Anti-Macassar ... 3 7 12
Discretion... ... 3 7 11
LeGra:tyziapvlLauailledln.ravi:c .341 1 0100
Troubadolir ' ... 3 7 7
The Pavilion Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs. Bristol mile.
• • • Age st. lb. Age st. lb.
Master Riehard• • ... 4 9 10 Troubadour ... 3 7 7
Gratitude • ... • 5 9 7 Agatha ... •. • 4 7 5
Lytham • • • ... 4. 9 0 Brahma ... ... 3 7 5
King George ... 4 8 13 Vixen • 3 7 4
Peon 4 8 13 Verdant ... 3 7 2
Troublesome ... 6 8 11 Saladin ... 3 7 0
Marigold • ... 5 8' 0 Madcap ... 4 7 0
Vabalathus 4 8 9 Gomera ... 3 7 0
Muezzin • ... 58 8 Imogene ... ... 3 7 0
Lord Douglas - 48 8 Purity ... 36 13
Beadle ▪.. 4 8 6 Belle of Kars ... 3 613
Guardsman 4 8 6 Endsleigh ... • ~. 3 613
Greenland ... 4 8 5 Peeress 3 6 12
Durham • ... 4 8 4 Arkansas ... 3 6 12
Plover • ... ... 58 4 Ascot ... 36 11
Verbena . ... 481 C by T•oxophilite...
Juliet • a 8 0 Senorita,.. • ... 4 610
Godmersham ... 3 8 0 Camellia ... 3 6 9
Filbert ... 3 8 0 Wedding Peal ... 3 6 8
Hawkshaw • ... 47 12 Musketeer,,, .. 36 7
Cadiz ... 5 712 Nimrod .... 3 6 2
Discretion.,. ... 3 710 May Queen . •„
3 6 2
Lady Valentine 3 710 Lady Florence 3 6 2
Swordsman ... 3 7 9 Basquino ... 3 6 2
Indigestion ... 3 7 8 Flying Horse ... 3 5 9
Cripple ... 6 7 7
Weights published

WOLVEIJIMPTON
ights for the Wolverhar

Age. st lb
Moulsey 4 8 12
Cathedral ... • ... 4 8 9
Bally Edmond • ... a 8 8
Armagnac ... 4 8 7
Scamander 5 8 2
Sandal ... ... 4 7 13
Dunkeld ~. 5 7 12
Prince Plausible ... a 7 9
Buckfoot 4 7 7
Raglan' • • 4 7 6
Moose 5 7 3
Sandford ...• • 57 2
Hopper •
4 7 2
The Monk...• • • a 7 0
Nerno
... 4 7 0
Nuneaton ... 4 7 0
Brown Bread ... 3 612
The above weights were pu

July 20, at 10 a.m.

MEETING:7-Auo. 8.
ipton Stakee; Two miles

• ' ' Age. st lb
Lady Bohun ... 4 6 12
Watchbox ... 3 6 6
Swordsman ... 3 6 6
Sprito ... 4 6 4
Scheldt ... 3 6 2
Harry Brailsford ... 3 6 2
Vest colt ... 3 6 2
Lady of Coverdale 3 6 9.
The Guide... 3 6 0
Little Goy (h.b.) 4 513
Arkansas ... 3 5 13
Springg•Gun ... 3 5 12'
East Lynn... ... 3 5 12
Lady Florence ... 3 512
Lord Waldegrave... 3 5 10
Curtain Lecture ... 3 5 7

tblished'July' 19, at six p.m.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day,

BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, July 24—Leopard, steamer, from Hamburg;
Queen of the Isles, steamer, from Caen; Rebecca and Rosa,
from Guernsey ; Pearl and Phoenix, steamer, from Dantsic ;
Triton, steamer, from Boulogne.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed (in tow)—Nimrod, from Melbourne ; Thought,
of Ipswich. from St. Lucia—both from London ; Olivo
Branch, from London, for Mauritius.
Bailed—Reliance, for the Cape of Good Hope.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton—. —July 10.
Ditto, via 31arseilles Aug. 12.
Brazil and Cape Yards. by British pao:et Aug. 4.
Ditto, by French packet July 22.
Cape of Good HOpe, Ascension, and St. Helena !uly 22.
China, Pen,ang. and Singapore, via Soulhampton July 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles July 27.
Faikland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
.....
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... July 12.
Ditto, via Marseilles • July 27.
India (Bombay), via Southampton. July 26.
Ditto, via Niarseillea
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseil el • . Aug. 4.
Newfoundland ' July to.
•• ..Aug. 4.
-Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet '
Ditto, by United States packet, via'Southamp-

*July 27

ton ' '

Ditto, *la Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Loridonderry..July 21.
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Aug. 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba,
and Mexico . •• • July 2g,
Bahamas, via New York. July 27.
Bermuda, ditto . . .............. Aug. 2.
Cuba and It.xico
...... July <9.

THE LATE MR. RICHARD THORNTON'S WILL.-
Mr. Smith, the record keeper of the Court of Probate, cor-
rects the statement made relative to the will of the late
Mr. Thornton. According to Mr. Smith, " the will is not
yet proved, and the account of the legacies contained in it,
and also the amount under which the personal estates is
sworn, is entirely inaccurate." Mr. Smith further states
that the will cannot be seen by the public •until the pro-
bate is under seal, which, he is informed, may not be for
some days:
_ _

MIL PANIZZL—The antecedelits of kr. Panizzi
are somewhat curious. A Modenese •by birth, he
became a political refugee many years ago, and found an
asylum in this country. During the earlier portion of his
English career he occupied the honourable but compara-
tively humble position of teacher of Italian at the University
College, Gower-street. Whoa the " delicate investi,gatiou"
with respect to the unfortunate Queen Caroline took place,
it is said that Mr. Panizzi evinced grOat aptitude in eluci-
dating mysterie,s,relating to that unhappy lady, and that
he thus obtained the notice of Henry Brougham. At any
rate his course subsectuently to that period was progressive
until his guiding star culminated, and ho became principal
librarian to the British Museum. We have only rumour,
widely extended however, for authority in saying that the
assistance of Mr. Panizzi has been often pressed into the
service of the Foreign-office of late years, and that his di-
plomatic labours have largely supplemented those con-
nected wittt his, office in Great Russell-street.—Building
News. . .

ITIIE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE MATTERHORN.—
The Dumfries Herald says :—" Thursday and yes-
terday had.been sot apart as an occasion of great rejoicing
at Glen Stuart and throughout the Marquis of Queens-
berry's estates, in celebration of the majority of the young
marquis, but the proceedings have been suddenly inter-
rupted by intelligence that will be received with the deepest
sorrow throughout the county and district. A telegram
arriving on Wednesday afternoon brought the lamentable
news that Lord Francis Douglas, a younger brother of the
marquis, aged 19, who had been engaged in an alpine ex-
cursion, had perished in company with two companions
and a guide while descending the Matterhorn. We need
y
not remind our readers that Lord Francis Douglas was a
noblemen of the highest talents and promise, and
tto be looked for from one
hiengancient name of Douglas
whoha t great
seemed t
likelyg things w
teoreatbioegrnintu
with qualities well worthy of that old and distinguished
house."
A WOULD-BE CALCRAFT.—One evening this
week several urchins were amusing themselves a
short distance from the metal bridge of the railway com-
pany, Montrose, when the case of the notorious poisoner,
Dr. Pritchard, fell to be discussed. After expatiating upon
the enormity of his crimes, his punishment was touched
upon, several of the urchins expressing themselves as
curious upon the mode of the infliction of that punish-
ment. One of them, more knowing than the others, pre-
mised to show thorn the manner experimentally, provided
some one would volunteer to be Dr. Pritchard,
.pro tem.
One of them having agreed to this, a small rope was pro
cured and fastened to the paling. The culprit having in-
serted his head into the noose, it was adjusted, and the
little felloW wits then suspended a distance of several
inches from the ground—the executioner remarking at the
same time, " This is the way they are going to hang Dr.
Pritchard." The urchin was then cut down, but not till
he had been severely injured about the neck by the trope.