The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-09 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Joseph S. Graves Sawbe, Esq., Mrs. Sawbe, and family, at Mar.
dial Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Mrs. NVeir, Miss
Weir, and J. Weir, Esq., at ditto; Miss Newsham, at ditto;
lajor Nolcken, at ditto; Wanley Sawbridge, Esq , at ditto ; NV.
Villiers Surtees, F-sq., a ditto; Major Butler, at ditto; Captain
;rambier, at ditto ; S. Conolly, Esq., at ditto; Francis Chaplin,
1,.5q., at ditto ; Count de Salis, in Carlton-gardens, from Eton ;
c.,ord Kilmorey and the Ladies Needham, at Thomas's Hotel,
terkeley_square, from their seat in 'Shropshire ; Mr. and Mrs. S.
7ary, at ditto, from their seat, Fullerton House, Devonshire;
I. L D. Shafton, E,q., in Portman-square, from his seat, Whit.
.orth near Bishop's Auckland; the Dowager Marchioness of
.ondonderry, at her seat Bolderwood Lodge, Hants, from Christ-
•hurch ; Sir W. and Lady Jane Houstoun, at Buxton, from their
;eat, Avisford, Sussex; Sir Charles Lamb, Bart., from a tour;
4ir John and the Hon. Elizabeth Lowther, in Grosvenor-square,
'rom Yorkshire; John Cheetham, Esq., and family, at Fenton's
Hotel, St. James's-street, from the North ; W. Hawkins, Esq,
Lt ditto, from Brighton • Sir Timothy, Lady, and the Misses
ihelley, at Ellis's Hotel, St.'James's-street, from their seat,
...ield-place, Sussex; Mr. and Mrs. H. Lloyd, in Regent-street,
rom Leamington ' • Major Hobart, at the London Hotel, from
; Mr. and Mrs. Drummond (Melfort), at Mivart's Hotel,
tower Brook and Davies-streets, from Germany • Mr. and Mrs.
tichardson, at ditto, from ditto; Mrs. Bold Hoghton and family,
•it ditto, from Paris; the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, at ditto,
from Surrey ,• Mr. and Mrs. Warburton, at ditto, from ditto; the
Rev. Hugh Smith, Mrs. Smith, and H. W. Smith, F.sq.' at the
Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from their seat, Stoke House,
Cobham, Surrey; H. Sweeting, Esq., Mrs. Sweeting, and family,
it ditto, from Huntingdon ; Mrs. Esq.,
and Miss Jackson,
At ditto, from Sunning Hill, Berks ; J. Paven, Esq., at ditto, from
Devonshire.
DEPARTURES.

The Marquis of Northampton and family, from Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeley-square, for their seat, Castle Ashby; Sir Thomas
Ind Lady Lethbridge and family, from ditto, for their simt in
Hants ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Kelly, from Brook-street, for Ireland;
Wm. Morgan, Esq. from the Pulteney Potel,. Albemarle-street,
from Leamington ; Captain Moore, from the British Hotel, Jer-
myn-street, for Brighton ; J. Nicholl, Esq. from ditto, for ditto ;
Misses Busby, from the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, for
Goring, Sussex ; Colonel Jarvis, Mrs. Jar Vis, Miss Jarvis, and
-C. M. Jarvis, Esq. from ditto, for their seat, Dover ; Mrs. Butt
and the Misses Edwards, from ditto, for their seat, Trentham,
Staffordshire; the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, and the
Ladies Talbot, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies
streets, for their seat near Shrewsbury; General and Mrs. Peachy,
from ditto, for Cumberland ; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walker and
Miss Walker, from ditto, for Surrey ; the Hon and Rev. Lord
Bayning, from ditto, for. Kent; S. M. Boulderson, Esq. from
ditto, for India; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Witham from ditto,
for Scotland ; --- Lockwood, Esq. from ditto, for Paris ; Lord
Charles Townshend, M.P. from Marshal Thompson's Hotel,
Cavendish-square; the Rev. Vincent Eyre and Mrs. Eyre, from
' ditto; Henry Gilliat, Esq. and Alfred Gilliat, Esq. from ditto;
Horace Shewell, Esq. from ditto; Sir Robert and Lady Wigram,
from Connaught-place, for St. Leonard's Hill, near Windsor,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAMPTON RACES.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE B.—Under the present manage•
ment these races are li ely to regain their popularity.
Until the last year or two they had been under the exclu-
sive controul of a party, whose influence was very limited,
and whose inexperience in racing matters was too palpable
to escape general notice. Money too was scarce ; not s,i
much from any want of liberality in those who tpaially
contribute on these occasions, as from a want of proper
exertion in those who took upon themselves the collection
of it. With the new management a new spirit has arisen ;
the subscriptions have fully answered the expectations that
were reasonably entertained from the character of the
collector, and the general arrangements, notwithstanding
a few unnecessary obstacles were interposed in a quarter
where they were least to he expected. The arrangements
on the Course have been completed in a very creditable
manner. Amongst the additions to the general accom-
modations, is a new Betting Stand, which appears fully to
answer the purpose intended—it was well attended by the
speculating portion of the company. In order to enhance
the attractions of the meeting, his Majesty has graciously
given a plate of 100 guineas; and has also promised to
continue that patronage, which, as Duke of Clarence, he
so liberally afforded them ; it is expected that their Majesties
will be present at the races this day. The gift of the Royal
Plate had the effect of bringing together a large field of
horses, many of them from Newmarket, and of first rate
character ; in its conditions, three-year olds are allowed to
run—an alteration that has long been looked for by racing
men. It will be found to have a beneficial effect on all
King's plate races, should it become general.
The assemblage on the race-ground yesterday was not
only large, but respectable ; the equipages were highly
numerous, and the fashionables equally so. We noticed
the Marquis Graham, Marquis Worcester, Earl and Coun-
tess Mountcharles, and Lord Slaine, Earl of Chesterfield,
Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Gardiner, Lord -Manners; Lord
Fitzharris, Lord John Fitzroy, Lord Wm. Lennox, Sir
D. Baird, Sir D. Hill, Sir M. Wood, Sir St. Vincent
Cotton, Hon. Colonel Rous, Colonel Peel, Colonel Cosby,
Colonel Udny, Colonel Standen, Captain Byng, Major
Bouverie, Hon Berkeley Craven, Mr. Massey Stanley, Mr.
Stonehewer, Mr. De Burgh, Captain Bulkeley, Mr. Payne,
Mr. Molony, Mr. F. Mills, Mr. Hungerford, Colonel
Smith, Colonel Russell, Captain Codrington, Mr. Osbal-
deston, Mr. Jones, Mr. Sloane, Mr. Stanley, &c.

Previous to the race for t e King's Plate Mr. Mills
sold Mouche to E. Peel, Esq.

His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. ; for three year olds an,
upwards. Heats, twice round and a distance.
Mr Bulkeley's Bustle, 4 yrs.
Mr. E. Peel's Mouche, 4 yrs 1 2 2
Lord Worcester's Carthago, aged
Mr. Cain's br. f. Marchioness, 3 yrs
Mr. W. Day's Rasselas, 6 yrs 0 0 3
Mr. Burgess's b. c. by Borodino, 3 yrs f) 0 0
Mr. Rowley's br. h. by Turtle, aged 0 0 0
_ _ •

First heat.—Mouche made play at a moderate pace,
followed by Marchioness and Turtle, the others waiting be-
hind at some distance, not intending to run for the heat ;
Mouche preserved the lead throughout, nor did the Mar.
chioness ever get near her till on coming to the turn the
last time, when she made an ineffectual attempt to get up ;
Mouche won by nearly a length, without the slightest dif-
ficulty. 6to 4 agst. Mouche ; 2to 1 agst. Carthago ;
5 to 1 agst. Rasselas ; 6 to 1 agst. Bustle.
Second hear.---5 to 4 agst. Mouche, and 2to 1 agst.
Carthago. Mouche again male running, and at a bett, r
pace than before, followed by Bustle, Carthago lying third.
There was no change of position till, coming into straight
running a second time, when these three got well toge-
ther ; a sharp race home was won by Carthago by about
a neck, Bustle having about the same advantage over
Manche. After the beat a complaint was made by the
rider of Bustle, that Carthago had run on the wrong side
of the post, the jockey of the latter alleging that it was in
consequence of Mouche having run against him. The
Steward deciding that Carthago must be considered as
distanced, and the heat given to Bustle.
Third heat.—Bustle made all the running, and won
cleverly by three-quarters of a length, rode by Wakefield;
Mouche, by G. Nelson ; Carthago, by Thomas Robinson ;
Rasselas, lay C. Day; and the others by lads.

The Kingston Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, for
3-yrs-olds and upwards: Heats once round and a distance.
Mr. Rush's f. by Partizan, Chintz 0 0 1 1
Mr. Simpson's Souter Johnny 0 .1 2 2
Mr. Wagstaff's Landrail
Mr. Dockeray's c. by Whalebone, Electress 2 0 0 dr

THE " RED TAPE" SCHOOL OF POLITI-
- class of politicians, whose abilities and qua-
lifications are 46 fully conveyed in the appellation they
have obtained, will wholly expire with the operation of
the Reform Bill. Indeed the last general election has got
rid of the greater part of the class—for instance, Mr.
PLANTA has for ever disappeared from the House of Com-
mons, and Mr. WILSON CROKRR must speedily follow ;
poor (in many senses) HORACE Twos has resumed his
empty bag in the Hall, and CHARLEY Ross, as his friends
familiarly call him, will soon be glad to have a bag to
carry. The types of this class still lingering about St.
Stephen's are, Mr. GEORGE Dawson and his colleague
Mr. HERRIES, Mr. CitOKER, and BILLY HOLIES; the
official duties of the last gentleman do not promise to ho
very troublesome in the approaching Session of Parlia-
ment, as the rot has very much thinned his old pack.
FAMINE IN THE. COUNTY OF MAYO.-.
There are not fewer than 150,000 men, women, and
children, at this moment in a state of actual starvati 'n in
the county of Mayo. This, we beg leave to say, is no
exaggerated statement. A census has been taken of the
parishes and townlands, by competent and trustworthy
persons, who can depose on oath, if necessary, to the ac-
curacy of the returns. We have seen the frightful I,i.st
the hands of a gentleman, himself a landed prcpietor, and
one of the most active and intelligent of the deputation
now in Dublin, Sir Fitancrs BLOSSE. There is, there-
fore, no exaggeration. Famine, in the horrible and strict
sense of the term, is devouring in a part of ono county
alone a population of 150,000 human creatures.— Dublin
_Evening Post,

An inquest was held on Tuesday, at St. Bar,
thol..rnew's Hospital, on the body of JOHN DURANT, who
lately faile•l, as an extensive baker, in Tabernacle-square,
Finsbury. He had been reduced to great penury, and fre.
quently was heard to say, with tears in his eyes, that he
wished Gon would shorten his wretched life. On Wed.
nesday last he called on a friend in Bishopsgate-street,
and during his temporary absence, caught up.a razor, and
inflicted two gashes in his throat, of which he died.—
Verdict "Insanity."

I','SULT TO THE KING.

CO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING

CHRONICLE.

Slll,—May I beg permission to place before your
readers an extract from a sermon preached ou be-
tuilf of " The British Reformation Society," 1;y the
ley. MiNeik, at St. Clement Danes, Strand,
,lay 31st, 1831—repotted in The Pit/pit, No. 446
—a copy of which I beg to enclose for your perusal:
" The licentionmess of a nation stupifies all that is
taloable, and all that is right, and all that is generous,
ma all that is kind and tender. The condition of this
tountry, in this respect, is very feat fnl ; and here, under
the righteous canopy of the explanation that I have
dreuly mule, I must not hull my tongue against one
tf the most awful—one of the most fearful affronts that
vas ever put, in the history of man, up ,n the morals of a
Christian nation. My dear brethren, may I not say—
;nust I not, can I answer for myself before God if I say it
not in -connection with such a portion of Scripture as
this ? I hold, that we, ass righteous nation, ought to
rise in indignation against it ; I bold that the Church in
this nation should protest against it ; I hold that the
Bishops in the Church, if they have a seat in the House
,f Peers, ought to bring hefote the public—to bring into
public notice, the putting into the Gazette—ll-e putting
into honourable dignity of station—what shall I say ?
children that are the fruit of I.rnication.—that are the
ruit of ungodliness in the laud !"
If, Sir, the language in this
,extract be coupled
with the conduct of the " Reverend Disturber
Armstrong,' it will be seen that the People and
the King are alike assailed by insolent Priests,
orompted thereto, no doubt, by the funds of this
British " Reformation Society," alias the High
Church Boroughmongering Association. Commend-
ing these gentry to your special attent;on.
I arn, Sir, your subscriber, •
And obliged, obedient servant, •
JOHN CLEAVE.
27, King-street, Snow-bill, June 8, 1831.

CARNARVON ELECTION.

TO THE, EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn,—During the proceedings of the Carnarvo;flOrough
election, I took the litTrty of sending you some short ac-
count of what was going on. The event of that contest having
placed Sir C. Paget as our representative, the chagrin and
disappointment of a pseudo-oligarchic faction knows no
bound, and manifests itself in various forms and in different
shapes. A piece of plate was to be presented to Mr.
Gore, the losing candidate, and a self-dubbed Committee
popped out on the public for the purpose of carrying that
object into effect. They are composed of thirteen indi-
viduals, exclusive of S. P. Boileau, E,q. who has been
named treasurer, every individual of whon,, with only two
exceptions, signed the requisition for calling a meeting to
petition for the Reform Bill, one of whom (the two) de-
claring that the proposed measure did not go far enough.
Their respectability and free agency on the occasion, in
addition to their high re,pectability, will no doubt en-
sure a high and substantial compliment to Mr. Gore.
Among the number are a tea-hawker, a retained under
agent, the landlord of the inn where Mr. Gore and his
agents stopped, a blushing factotum, late national school-
master, and a baok,eller's shopman. I understand that
upwards of 401. has been subscribed and promised. Ora-
ons tire delivered in public houses, and solicitations made

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and thankfully acknowledged. Circulars are forwarded to
clergymen and others, neither directly nor indirectly con-
nected with the borough. By way of annoying the sup-
porters Sir
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that interest not being himself assailable, has had his sins
and transgressions visited on his widowed mother, who
is an extensive ironmonger. Some of her customers have
been given to understand, that if they persist or continue
to deal with her, the business done with them, by some
of Mr. Gore's agents, would be discontinued. In Derby-
shire a gentleman of extensive lauded property, I suppose
acting on the principle that " every men may. do as he
pleases with his own," or by way of proving a connection
between a Welsh pedigree and, his Grace of ,Newcasue,
has (I have been credibly informed) given three of his
tenants peremptory notice to quit the farms they held
under him, although he neither solicited, nor, 1 believe,
did he know that they were burgesses of Carnatvon,
because they voted for Sir Charles. It is to be titled
however, that a little cool reflection will convince the
would-be aristocrat of Card Loch, in the county of Den-
bigh, that the days in which such tyranny and oppression
could be tolerated have passed away, and if he wishes ro
keep up the influence and respectability which his pro-
perty entitles him to, he will in time recollect that to do
so he must adopt a diametrically opposite course. There
has been a scandalous scene of tumult and confusion in the
borough town on this day week. One of the bailiffs, in
returning from a political excursion to Llanberrits, bad the
misfortune to fall from his horse and become defunct.
One of my Lord Newborougla's under agents, him who
cut such a creditable and respectable figure, and showed
such a wonderful tenacity of memory doting the election,
cut a most prominent figure, and no doubt but his con-
duct will be made the subject of a legal prosecution.
However the parties were completely foiled through their
own intemperate violence, for during the disgraceful scene
they were exhibiting the bailiff was duly elected, and sworn
in with the, requisite formalities.

I am, Sir, your bbedient bumble servant,
Carnarvon, May3l.

Blue Beard was originally produced at the
late Drury-lane Theatre in 1798, and its almost unpre-
cedented success is said to have saved that splendid esta-
blishment from impending ruin. MICHAEL KELLY, in
his amusing " Reminiscences," relates that the piece
originated with him, and that it was at his suggestion, but
m ire probably by his liberal offer of 2001., that G.
COLMAN undertook the task of adaptation, which he
accomplished in less than a week. KELLY'S music was
eminently successful, and, becoming exceedingly popular, it
raised him a host of enemies, who disputed his claim to
the composition ; and PARKE, in his " Musical Memoirs,"
states that not less than seven musicians, like the seven
cities of old for the works of HOMER, laid claim to " the
popular little March." When originally produced, the
processions were numerous and imposing, and, as a spec-
tacle, it was in every way magnificent. AbomeligNe and
his long train of followers were seen to descend the distant
mountains; and it is a fact worthy of record, as apper-
taining to an individual who has since made some noise
in the dramatic) world, to state that the now-cele-
brated KEAN, then a child, enacted the Blue Beard
who rude the elephant, in perspective, over the moun-
tains. As connected with the original " getting up"
of this piece, KELLY gives the following somewhat
ludicrous anecdote, of which CoLmast also, in his " Ran-
dom Records," gives a somewhat different version :
" One morning, Mr. Status:oast, JOHN KEIJI:MI, and my-
self, went to the property room of Drury-lane Theatre,
and there found JOHNSTON, the able and ingenious
machinist, at work upon the horses, and on the point of
beginning the elephant which was to carry Blue Beard.
Mr. SHERIDAN said to JOHNSTON, c am't you think,
JouNsToN, you had better go to Piucocx's, at Exeter
'Change, and hire an elephant for a number of nights?'—
Not I, Sir,' replied the enthusiastic machinist, 'if I eau-
not make a better elephant than that at Exeter 'Change
I deserve to be hanged," The original Bine Beard who
has, during our childhood, so often served to interest and
alarm our imaginations, though for better dramatic effect,
perhaps, Mr. COL3IAN has turned a Turk—for surely the
, murderer of seven wives could be little else—" was no
other thin GILLES, Marquis de Lavel, a Marshal of
France, a General of great intrepidity, who distinguished
himself, in the reigns of CHARLES the Sixth and Seventh,
by his courage, especially against the English, when they
invaded France. The services that he rendered his
country might have immortalized his name, had he
not for ever blotted his glory by the most territde
murders, impieties, and debaucheries. His revenues
were princely ; but his prodigalities might have
,wade an Emperor a bankrupt. Wherever he went, he
had in his suite a serge lie, a company of actors, a bind of
musicians, a society of sorcerers, a great number of cooks,
packs of dugs of various kinds, and above 200 led horses.
AlE:iraay says that hc.enoottraged and maintained scr-
eerers to discover hidden treasures, and corrupted young
persons of both sexes, that he might attach them to him ;
an I afterward* killed them for the sake of their blood,
which Was necessary to form his charms and incantations.
Such horrid excesses are credible when we recollect the
age of ignorance and barbarity in which they were prac-
tised. He was at length (for some State crime against
the Duke of BRITTANY) sentenced to. be burnt alvneeLnetni
field at Nantes, in 1440 ; but the Duke, wilwt it.
w..
the execution, so far mitigated the sentence, t
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.b.Nn
that all his ex
confessed, before his death,
'though descended Irons
ived from his wretched educatisn,
families in the kingdom."
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