The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-07 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Duke and Duchess of Portland, and the Ladies Ben tinck,
from Ramsgate.; Le Prince de Luxembourg, Le Viscomte de
Breze, and Abbe Kinglie, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Ca-
vendish-square; Rev. Charles Thorpe, at ditto; F. Meyncell,
Esq., at ditto; S. W. Cobb, Esq., at ditto; Christopher
Hampden Nicholson, Esq., at ditto ; Sir John and Lady Smith,
and the Misses Smith, at the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde-park-
place, from their seat in Dorsetshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Morland,
and Mrs. Henry Morland, at ditto, from Kent; Sir Alex.
Cockburn' at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from
a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley, at ditto, from their seat in
Worcestershire ; the Reverend Mr. Paisley and the Misses
Paisley, at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from Lin-
colnshire; Colonel Grant, at ditto, from Paris ; Charles
Wright, Esq. at ditto, from his scat in Nottinghamshire.
DEPARTURES.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Do-
negal, and Lord Arthur Chichester, from the Burlington
Hotel, on a tour; Lord and Lady Arden, and family, for
their seat, North House, Surrey ; Earl Stanhope, from
his seat in Kent, for the Continent; Lord and Lady Dyne-
vor, for Cheltenham ; the Earl of Dartmouth, for his seat,
Sandwell-hall, Staffordshire; Earl Talbot, from Thomas's
Hotel, Barkeley-squard, from his seat in Stafilardshire ; J. J.
Blackburn, Esq. and family, for their seat in Cheshire ; B.
Benyon, Esq. M. P. and family, from St. James's-place, for
their seat, Haughton-hall, Shropshire; Mr. and Mrs. Weather-
all Smith, from Charlton, Kent, on a visit to E. B. Lousada,
Esq. at his seat, near Sidmouth, Devon ; the Marquis of
Tweedale, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for his
seat his in Scotland ; Sir B. Rae, Bart. from Miller's Hotel,
Jermyn-street, on a tour; Sir T. and Lady Jones, from the St.
George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat, Stanley-hall,
Shropshire; ajor-General Sir James Campbell, K.C.B. Lady
Campbell, and Family, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, for
West Preston, Arundel ; Mrs. Macleane, from ditto ; Colonel
Monro and Mrs. Mooro, from ditto, for Scotland ; R.H. _Boun-
den, Esq. and Miss Bounden, from ditto, for Skipton, York-
shire; Mrs. General Scott, from ditto, for Thorp, Staines ;
Edward Howard, Esq. from ditto ; Charles Turner, Esq. from
ditto ; the Countess of Monden, from the Hyde Park Hotel,
for her seat, Harewood Lodge; Lord and Lady Rendlesham,
from ditto for their seat, Rendlesham Hall ; the Hon. Mrs.
Rushout, from ditto, fbr her seat, Wanstead Grove.

The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta visited
the King yesterday.
On Tuesday eveninc, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
and Prince Leopold, honoured the Italian Opera House with
their presence.
The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by her_ infant
daughter, the Princess Augusta, and attended by Mrs. Page,
visited the Dttchess of Gloucester yesterday.
Yesterday the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the infant
Princess Vittoria and Princess Feodore, attended by Barone'ss
Spaedth, paid a visit to the Duchess of Cambridge.
Mr. Lushington had a distinguished dinner party at his.
house in Downing-street on Tuesday, among whom Were • 31r.'
Canning, Mr. Peel, Lord Mountcharles, i%lr. Hual4son, Lord
Binning, &c.
Mr. Secretary Canning gave a grand dinner yesterday, at his
residende, Gloucester Lodge, Old Brompton, to a select party.
On Tuesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady
Sarah Robinson, had a select party to dinner, at their residence
in Downing-street.
The Countess of Dartmouth's assembly on Tuesday evening,
in Berkeley-square, was attended by nearly 200 fashionables.
Grand I,inners were yesterday given by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Duke of Beaufort, the Dowager Marchioness
of Exeter, the Earls of Aberdeen, Kinnoul, and Cowper.
The Marquis of Hertford is going to build a magnificent
villa in the north-west corner of the Regent's Park. The
ground is now being marked out for the purpose.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.-The new Opera
of Broken Promises, or the Colonel and the
Corporal, was repeated last night with most
confirmed success. It has been rendered more
compact by judicious curtailments, and it may
fairly be classed with some of the best English
Operas of modern times. The music, selected
and original, was received with increased ap-
plause. THORNE is more easy, and his voice ap-
pears to greater advantage. Miss GRAY now re-
lies more on her powers, and does credit to the
able tuition of Miss KELLY, who is herself one
of the main props of the piece. WRENCH is, as
usual, lively and whimsical in the Colonel, and
PowER, in the Corporal, proves himself to be
one of the best representatives of Irish charac-
ters now on the Stage. Miss STEPHENS. and Miss
NOEL are also powerful supporters of the piece.
The general excellence of the acting, therefore,
and the intrinsic merit of the Opera, promise a
very successful career.

ARGYLL ROOMS.—MISS E.PATON, the youngest
of the musical family, whose talents are so de-
servedly admired, had her first benefit last night
at these Rooms. She is very young, very pleas-
ing in person, and possesses great musical talents.
On this occasion Mrs. PATON cam? forward, and
by her own musical powers proved how capable
she is of directing the professional education of
her offspring. The Concert was led by Motu,
and CIANCHETTINI was conductor. We have
not room for particulars, but we may confidently
predict that Miss E. PATON will become one
of the chief ornaments of the musical circles.—
Her sister, Miss I. PATON, assisted in the
Concert, and Messrs. HORN, A. SAN°, thwEs,
Miss GRA ODON, and Miss STEPHENS, kindly
came forward on the occasion. Mom and
NicHoLsoN also displayed their instrumental
excellence. Madame VEs-ro.is was announced in
the Bills, but she did not appear. The music
was well selected. The Room was crowded,
and the young candidate for public faiNaur re-
ceived such warm applause as to justify the ex-
pectation that she will give increased celebrity to
the name of PATON.

Signor VELLUTI, whatever may be his talents,
they are not suitable to the taste and habits of
this country, and as the public have manifested
a strong repugnance to such performers, it is to
be hoped that he is the last we shall ever see of
that description,

POETRY.

THE TEMPLE OF VESTA.

A PRIZE Por.m, recited in the THEATRE, OXFORD, on the
15th qfJune, 1825, by RICHARD CLARKE SEWELL, qf
Magdalen College.
The dark pine waves on Tibur's classic steep,
From rock to :ock the headlong waters leap,
Tossing their foam on high, till leaf and flower
Glitter, like emeralds, in the sparkling shower :
Lovely—but lovelier from the charms that glow
Where Latium spreads her purple vales below ;
The olive, smiling on the sunny hill,
The golden orchard, mat the ductile rill,
The spring clear-bubbling in its rocky font,
The moss-grown cave, the Naiad's fabled haunt,
And, far as eye can strain, yon shadowy dome,
The glory of the earth, Eternal Rome.
This, this was Vesta's seat—sublime, alone,
The mountain crag uprear'd her Virgin throne,
In all the majesty of Goddess might,
Fann'd by pure gales, and bathed in cloudless light :
Hers was the dash of Anio's sacred tide,
The from Ileaven's ethereal fount supplied,
And the young forms that trod the marble shrine,
For earth too fair, for mortal too divine.
And lo ! where still ten circling columns rise
High o'er the arching spray's prismatic dyes,
Touch'd, but not marr'd_ae time bad paused to spare
The wreaths that bloom in lingering beauty there—
E'en where each mouldering wreck might seem to mourn
Her rifted shaft, her lov'd acanthus torn,
Nature's wild flowers in silent sorrow wave
Their votive sweets o'er art's neglected grave.
But ye, who sleep the calm and dreamless sleep,
Where joy forgets to smile, and woe to weep,
For you, blest maids, a long and last repose
Has still'd each pulse that throbs, each vein that glows ;
For oft, too oft, the white and spotless vest
Conceal'd a bleeding heart, an aching breast,
Hope, that with cold despair held feeble strife,
And love that parted but with parting life ;
Still would the cheek with human passion burn,
Still would the heart to fond remembrance turn,
Vow all itself to Heaven, but vow in vain,
Sigh for its thoughts, yet sigh to think again.
And thou, Immortal Bard, whose sweetest lays
Were hymn'd in rapture to thy Tibur's praise,
What, though no more the listening vales prolong
The playful echoes of thy Sabine song,
Weep not her olive groves' deserted shade,
Her princely halls, in silent ruin laid,
Her altars mouldering on a nameless hill—
There all is beauty, all is glory still ;
Flowers—yet more bright than Roman maiden wreath'd ;
Prayers—yet more pure than virgin priestess breath'd
A fane—more noble than the vestal trod—
The Christian's temple, to the Christian's God !

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAMPTON RACES.
FIRST I)AY.-WEDNESDAYS JULY 6.

This being the first day, the course was not so numerously
attended as is sometimes the case, but here as at all other meet-
ings, a first day is less attractive than the succeeding ones, and
is, in fact, considered as a kind of introduction to the second
and third days. We should be wrong, however, in saying that
the attendance was thin ; for notwithstanding the sky was over-
cast, both the road and the river presented a very lively appear-
ance, and long before the races commenced, the course boasted
of a brilliant display of the highest rank and fashion, and a
great number of dashing equipages, nor de we recollect a more
animated first day.
Mr. Ball Hughes and his amiable lady were present, and
during the week kept open house at Oatlands, where a large
party of fashionables assembled.
There were present, the illarquis of Hertford, Lords Ben-
thick, Berkeley, Hon. Mr. De Roos, Sir J. Shelley, the Ladies
Berkeley, J. Douglas, Esq., T. Duncombe, Esq., De
Bur,h, Esq., Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Captain Fitzclarence,
Captain Berkeley, Gilbert, Esq., V. Mayo, Esq., seve.
ral of the most celebrated dragsmen, whose teams made a very
dashing appearance.
The following are particulars of the sports :
The Clarence Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for all ages (the winner
to be sold for 150 soya., Sze4 : three yrs, 7st. 41b. ; four yrs,
Bst. 71b. ; five yrs, 9st. ; six and aged, 9st. 41b. Mares and
geldings allowed 31b. Once round.
i%lr. Scarth's Jack Bunce •- -

Mr. Hide's Augustine - . - - . 2
Mr. 111esser's Duckling - - .. .. - 3
Very little betting, but Augustine was the favourite. Au.
gustine took the lead at starting, and kept it about half a mile,
when Jack Bunce came out, got a-head, and, after making a
very severe slashing race, won cleverly by a length ; rode by
Tant. Three others started, but were not placed.
The Ladies' Plate for 3 yr. olds, 7st. 71b. ; 4 yrs. Bst. 71b.; 5
yrs. 9st.; 6 yrs anti aged, 9st. 41b.; mares and geldings al.
lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. A winner
once in 1825 to carry 31b., if two 51b., and three 71b. extra ;
twice round the Course.
Mr. Hide's Augustine . - - - 1
Mr. Coleman's Fortuneteller - . - - 2

lion. G. Berkeley's hr. g. Little Driver - 3
Within a few lengths of home Augustine let loose, and won
a very a very pretty race cleverly by a good length. Augustine
was the favourite.