The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-05 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

DRURT-LANE.—ThiS Theatre opened last
night with the Tragedy of Pizarro, the popula-
rity Of which, notwithstanding the ingenious va-
riety of its qualities, seems to have passed its
day, though there was no striking want of merit
in the performance of the chief characters, viz.
Rolla (WALLA CK), Alonza (AnclIER), Cora
(Mrs. WEST), Elvira (Mrs. BuicN). The play
was followed by a now drama, entitled Abon
Hassan, derived from that prolific storehouse of
romance 77te Arabian Nights' Entertainments.—
The story is simple : Abuzz Hassan (1101 N) had
offended the Ca/ph (BEnroftn), by marrying Zu-
linza (Miss GRA 0.00 N), and the latter having, also
offended the Sultana ( rs. they had both
been discarded from the Court, reduced to beggary,
and no relief was to be given to the husband by
the Caliph till the death of the wife, nor to the
latter by the Sultana till the death of the husband.
In this extremity they devise the expedient of
deceiving the Caliph and Sultana by each pretend-
ing the death of the other. In consequence they
are both respectively. restored to favour ; but a
dispute arises between the Caliph and the Sultana
as to which of the parties are really dead. They
therefore agree to visit the corpses, in order to
settle the point, and deeming them both deaf?,
they offer a reward to those who shall as-
certain which died first.—The reward tenftts
bah of the supposed defunct to start up and
claim it. The Caliph and Sultana are not of-
fended, but diverted by the ingenuity of the!
trick, and the married pair are not only forgiven!
but rewarded. A lively part, named Zabouc, is!
given to 114 nm, the great prop of pieces of this
description, and the whole was favourably re-!
ceived. The chief purpose of this piece was to!
introduce some new Music, from VON WEBER,
the popular composer of the day, and as the per-
formers in general gave sufficient support to their,
respective characters, and the scenery is various
and splendid, the Manager will probably be in-
demnified for the expence of its preparation.
COTENT..GAR DEN.—The Play of Pizarro also
invited the. holiday visitors to this Theatre, last
night. Mr. YOUNG, whose return to town after
an absence partly arising from illness, and partly
on an engagement at Edinburgh, was greeted
with very warm applause, was the Rolla. There
appeared to be some traces of his recent illness
in his performance of the part, but on the whole
it was marked by his usual judgment and energy.
Miss LA.cy, now one of the very best of London
Actresses, gave great spirit and effect to Elz,ira,
and COWPER, always judicious, gave feeling and
prominence to the part of Alonzo. There was no
novel treat to the holiday folks, as usual at the
present season.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
Newmarket, Sunday Night, 12 o'Clock.

The racing season for 1825 commences to-morrow, with this
great meeting; which, whether we consider the number and
amount of the stakes, the celebrity of the horses, and their
riders, the length of the meeting, and its influence on the bet-
ting for the Epsom and. Doncaster races, or the rank by which
it is attended, is the most interesting and important in the king-
dom, and, as usual, has attracted all the high sporting charac-
ters to this otherwise very insignificant town. The oldest inha-
bitant cannot call to memory a greater assemblage of Nobility
and Gentry, at so early a period prior to the meeting ; not a bed
is to be procured, and servants are pouring in every hour for the
purpose of engaging apartments for their masters, many of
whom, we expect, will meet with sorry accommodations.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York arrived at five o'clock,
and was greeted with the hearty cheers of the visitors, and a
merry peal from the bells. Amongst other arrivals there are—
Dukes of Rutland, Grafton, and Portland ; Marquis of Gra-
ham ; Earls, Sefton, Stadbroke, Lowther, Jersey, Oxford ;
Lords—Lvnedoch, Dunwieh, Anson, R. Manners, C. Man-
ners, G. H. Cavendish, J. Fitzroy; Sir J. Shelley and Sir J.
Byng ; Gen. Grosvenor, Hon. Mr. de Roos, Hon. Mr. Gre-
villa, Hon. Mr. lrhy ; Colonels Thornton, [richly, Lyster, and
Russell; J. Douglas, Esq., S. Wortley, Esq., M.P.,
Batson, Esq. ; Messrs. Hammond, Stonehewer, Haywood,
Walpole, &c. Before one o'clock the beauty of the weather
drew together a great number of betting men before the rooms,
from whence they shortly after moved to the heath agreeable to
custom, where a gratifying sight presented itself in the exercise
of the different horses entered for the various stakes of the
week, most of whom bore their appointed riders. Many of
the Nobility above-mentioned were present, and the whole
heath resounded with the praise of the action and symmetry
of Rufus, who is here as great a favourite as can be imagined.
In the evening the Jockey Club dinner was well attended, S.
Wortley, Esq. M.P. in the chair. There were present Lords
Lyndoch, Anton, Stradbrooke, and G. H. Cavendish ; Sir. J.
Byng, Hon. Mr. De Roos, Hon. Mr. Irby, Colonels Lyster and
Russell, Messrs. Batson, Walpole, D. Hammond, Crawford,
Haywood, and Stonehewer. At the dinner the weights of the
horses for the handicup were fixed, the stake itself baying been
made up before dinner to enable trainers to put their horses in
muzzle. There was a great deal of betting on the Riddles-
wOrtli ; Rufus for a considerable time standing at even against
the field, but at last left off as under :

RIDDLE!
55 to 50 the field agst Rufus
6 to 1 agst Elizabeth

7 to 1 aist Lord George

CRAVEN
4 to 1 agst Secomlsight
5 to I apt Streatham
6:to 1 agst Ganymede 1

9 to 2 agst Rufus
6 to 1 agst Muleteer
10 to 1 agst Webb colt
10 to 1 agst Defiance

4 to 1 agst Aline
6 to I agst Tontine
II to 1 agst Pastime

WORTH.
10 to 1 agst Acteon
10 to 1 agst Wryndham's

100 to 6 cost Blue Stockings.

STA K ES.
7 to 1 agst Furbisher
9 to 1 agst Elfrid
10 to 1 agst Spermaceti.
B Y.

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14 to 1 agst Parisot
16 to 1 agst Legacy
20 to 1 agst Spermaceti.

12 to 1 agst Sorcery
12 to 1 agst Waltz.

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
8 to 1 agst Memnon 17 to 1 agst Iledgauntlet
1() to 1 agst Cleveland 25 to 1 agst Homer
16 to 1 agst Androgeus 50 to 1 agst TOSS.
MONDAY, ♦PRIL 4.
_ _

The Craven Stakes, a subscription of 10 soy. each, for all ages :
two years old, sst. 101 b. three, Bst. four, Bst. 91b, five, 9st.
11b. six 9st. Mb. and aged, 9st. 71h. A. F.
Mr. F. Craven's b. c. Longwaist, 3 years - - 1
Mr. Hunter's h. c. Ganymede, 4 yrs - - - 2
17 started—Two paid—The Judge placed but two.
8 to 1 agst Longwaist.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 say. each, for horses of all ages.
T. Y. C.
Mr. Pettit's Bravura, 3 yrs, Bst. 6th. - - - 1
IA Orford's Orion, 3 yrs, Bst. 6Th. - - - 2
8 started—The Judge placed but 2-7 to 4 agst Bravura.

Sweepstakes cf 1501.,etiCh, li. ft. for colts, Bst. lit. and fillies,
-Bst. 411. R. M.

D. of Grafton's c. Cramer, by Election, out of Catgut 1'
D. of Portland's c. by Teasdale, out of Pledge - - 2
Ld Exeter's c. by Comus, out of Advance - - 3
14d Grosvenor's b. c. Achilles, by Sovereign, out of Larissa 4
Ld Stradbroke's ch. c. Strymon, by Quiz' out of Persepolis 5
Two paid—ti to 4 agst Cramer-5 to 4 agst Teasdale, c.
Sweepstakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 711. and fillies,
Bst. 31b. D. M.

1.41 G. H. Cvendish's c. by Bourbon, out of Cat 1
Mr. Greville's b. f. by Aladdin, out of Moses' darn - 2
Mr. Wyndham's b. c. brother to Twatty - 3
Two paid.
6 to 4 agst Bourbon c.-6 to 4
agst brother to Twatty.
The Eleventh Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft. colts,
Bst. 71b. fillies, Bst. 41b. Ab. Those got by tin'ried stal-
lions, or out of untried mares, allowed 3tb. if both, 51b.
D. of Grafton's c. Rufus, by Election, out of Prudence 1
Mr. Thornhill's f. by Scud, out of Manfreda - - 2
_ _ . _

Senn started—l 6 paid—Vv. Judge placed but 2.
6 to 4 on Rufus.

.11r. Greville's Don Carlos, 3 yrs old, Bst. 7lb rec. ft. from
Ld Orford's c. by Ditto, dam by Shuttle, 2 yrs old, Bst. 10Th.
A. F. 300 son. h. ft.

For the first Newmarket Meeting we never witnessed a fuller
attendance Sporting Characters of every degree thronged the
Course. We regret to add, that John Day, one of the jockies
in the Sweepstakes, from the falling of his horse, was thrown,
his collar bone fractured, and otherwise seriously hurt. The
horse when down rolled over him.

TILE EPPING HUNT.-At Epping, the glory of Easter
Monday was the famous stag hunt—more famous than John
Gilpin's race—for many Gilpins mounted their hobby horses
yesterday who never rode before. There was an unusual con-
course of people enjoying the jollity 'of the scene, which was as
motley as horse and foot could make it. The steel knights of
WThitechapel were predominant in the throng, and nearly first
in the chase, all eager to be in at the death, in order to have the
first cut. Before night the followers of hound and horn had
strange tales to tell,
Of hair-breadth 'scapes, and noble feats of nuns--
The stag's lung hunt, and wine's carousing charms.

G B.E ENWIc it FAlR.—This is almost the only one of the popu-
lar amusements that remains. Stepney, Hampstead, Westend,
and Peckham, Fairs have been crushed by the Police, that
" stern rugged nurse" of national morality ; and although
Freenwich Fair continues, it is anything but what it used
to be. Greenwich, however, will always have a charm,—
the fine Park remains—trees, glades, turf, and the view
from the Observatory, one of the noblest in the world—
before, you the towers of those palaces built for a monarch's
residence, now ennobled into a refuge from life's storms—an
asylum for those gallant defenders of their country, after
their long -and toilsome pilgrimage—post tot naufragia tuff;
then the noble river ; and in the distance, amidst the din
and smoke, appears the " mighty heart" of this mighty em-
pire ; these are views worth purchasingat the expence of being
obliged to visit Greenwich fair in this day of its decline.—
" Punch" and his " better half" seemed to be the presiding
deities in :the fair, so little of ineriment was there to be found.
In the I'ark, however, the scene was different ; it was nearly
filled with persons of all ages : the young came there for amuse-
ment, to see and b' seen—the old to pay their customary annual
visit. On the hills was the usual array of telescopes; there
were also many races, anti many sovereigns in the course
herd of of
others the com-
petitors,the
;.
of the day changed hands on the event of them ; but one
race in particular deserves remark, not that there was any
inglischaracter,lh them
appearance, or
speed
circumstances. in it that afforded amusement was the thing in
to the
dis-
honesty of the stakeholder, who, as the parties had just
reached the goal, scampered off with the stakes, amidst the
shouts of the by-standera, and the 111-concealed chagrin
of the two gentlemen who had foolishly committed . their
money to the hands of a stranger. The day, on the whole,
passed off well ;we only heard of one accident—a boy, in
racing down one of the hills,. slipped, and was thrown on his
head ; he was borne away lifeless.

Two men were the other day quarrelling in
the Where," at length vociferated
ee o
a great pat•ston, " where will ye
srtre them,et : :
find two greater rogues than thee and IbeY
ilwe'd
rogue
st
be
puzzled,l fancy—se Good bye,
brother !"—This was a clincher—his op.
ponent stood naute--and the orator marched off
triumphant.

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MR. O'CONNELL:I

Mr. O'Comnsu., on arriving in Dublin, ad-
dressed a long and rather dull letter to the Editor
of the Morning Register, from which we have
made some extracts :

" Merrion-square, March 31, 1825.
" MT DEAR SlR—After what occurred in the House of
Commons on Monday last, I have no difficulty in requesting
you to print my rough draft of the intended Emancipation
Bill. I am sincerely thankful to that excellent gentleman,
Sir Francis Burdett, for his conduct on that occasion; and
I am the more indebted to him for it, because it was done with-
out any kind of interposition of mine. I had made up my mind •
to submit to the imputation cast upon Me by Mr. Tierney—
however loathsome I felt that imputation to be,--but I was
ready to sacrifice my best feelings, rather than, by any explana-
tion, to risk the cbsturbing in any way, on my account, the
present pleasing prospect of effectuating a hearty reconciliation
between all the people of Ireland, by communicating to all
equal rights to, and an equal interest in, the constitution. 1
should have consoled myself, as I have often done before, by
the consciousness of not deserving the censure.
" There are, however, some other points on which I deem it
a duty to set myself right with the people of Ireland, not•on
my own account, but for their sake.
" It is quite untrue that I ev2r, directly or indirectly, made.
any compact with any person or persons whatsoever on the sub-
ject of the provision for the Catholic Clergy, or the alteration
of the elective franchise.

O With respect to Mr. Lawless's share in the Delegation.
He has published the- opinion given by Lord Killeen on the
subject. He has forgotten to state that Lord Killeen said that-
was merely his individual opinion; he has also forgotten to stale. ,
that, at the same meeting, Mr. O'Gorman, the then Secretary to
the Catholics of Ireland, was called on, in tliepertbnuance '
of his duty, to decide the question, and that he,in Mr. Law-
less's presence, decided that Mr. aseless was not a Member of .
the Delegation. I will not dwell longer on this matter; it
afflicts me to speak of it all, lest it should injure a person to
whom I.4vould be unaffectedly anxious to render a service, if is
my posTer. , . _. _. .„
" As to the ulterior advantages, which it Juts been more
than insinuated that I was 'looking to, my answer is, I thitik,
triumphant. It consists in the simple statement, that hetbre
the Committee of the House of Commons, 1 obtruded my
strong opinions in favour of Parliamentary Reform—and be-
fore the Lords, I stated, on my oath, 'my conviction that'
universal suffrage would cure all the evils of the forty-shil-
ling system—its cruel and unfair controul—its briberies, and ,
its perjuries, 1 must say; I experienced on that, subject great
kindness from Lord Harrowby. He gave me a ',easy opportu-
nity
of explaining away that sentiment, by sug*pg.. in the
i 6.
shape of a question, that my preference of U 7 *la:4page
was only comparative—that is, being better tha ' e Irish 40s.
system, but not as being in itself desirable. I could not, how.
ever, accept the compromise, although I was and am grateful
for its being offered. I answered distinctly, that my opinion
was fixed, that universal suffrage was, under proper regulations,
the cure of all the evils in the representative system, and, in. .
itself, a real good.

" Does any man imagine that these radical sentiments, thus
recorded for ever against me, are the sentiments of a place-
hunter ?

" Let it, however, be recollected, that although my vanity
may make me deem myself of importance, the sentence of strict
truth would deprive me of any qualities hich could render me-
of any value to any party.
" Let it also be recollected that it is improbable, nay, impos-
sible, that I should be selected for any promotion by an admi-
nistration, with Mr. Peel at the head of the Home Department,
whilst he (and I do not blame him far it) deemed it a strong
objection to the Emancipation Bill, that the rough draft of it
should be sketched by me.
" Let it also be recollected, that if Mr. Peel thus fairly and
openly (as became him) stated his objection, I was also thrown
overboard, civilly to be sure, but not the less distinctly, by
Mr. Tierney, the leader of the Opposition. After this, may I
venture to ask, with which of the political parties is it that I
have acted dishonestly ?
" I hope the length of this letter, and the uninteresting na-
ture of its contents, will deter the English Newspapers from
copying it; and, disgusted as I feel at being the subject of so
many of my own words, I still cannot dismiss the topic, with-
, out, for the last tine, asserting, that I have made a greater
pecuniary sacrifice to the Catholic Cause than any other indi-
vidual. Let the fact be known :—During the same space of
the last year, for which, in the present year, short as that space
was, I remained in London, I see, by my fee-book, that I re- .
ceived in my profession one thousand and forty-one guineas. I
care not for my expenses ; 1 care not for the losses, in next
Term, consequent upon bing left out of all the causes tried in
this interval. I thank God I have made THAT SACRIFICE;
and now I will add, that, having thus distinctly boasted of
it, I have repaid.maelf, and that the public are no longer my
debtors." .

E 1.0 NJi6N -JOURNA

DAILY

ExtractO-Oin the Morning PrTers, April, 5, 1825,

[NEW •TIMES]
4aeli curiosity is excited among our legal
fd4uds, about certain letters, which are said to
have been addressed to the Lord Chancellor, re-1
lative to the proceedings of the Scotch Jury
Court. Our readers are perhaps aware that this
Court is of recent introduction into Scotland, and
that,by the system adopted there,the preliminary
steps are taken in the Court of Session. On dil
(how awful is this safety-valve expression !) that
animadversions blue been made upon the manner
in which the Judges of the Court of Session
usually prepare cases for tie Jary Court. On
die'. that these animadversions proceeded from an
individual ranking high in the Jury Court. On
exit that two of the Judges-of the Court of Session
wrote to the Noble and Learned Peer above- men-
-firmed, for the parpose of repelling and refuting
the. charge—and of course our Scotch friends
are eager to get a sight of the whole correspond-
ence. It cannot be disputed, but that the Jury
Court has hitherto attained .very little popularity
among the litigants of Scotland, who are, one and
all, connoisseurs in such matters. We can easily
understand that the system of employing one
Court to prepare a cause, and another to try it,
may be somewhat unpleasant to the unfortunate
parties who have to pay them both ; and, in fact,
-.re have heard, that out of ten causes- remitted
for trial to the Jury Court, hardly one, on an
average, is actually tried ; arbitration being
generally prefered to the risks of an unknown and
napopulttr jurisdiction. A Bill is now in progress
through Parliament on the subject of the Scottish
judicatures, and, we learn, that it is opposed
by almost all the counties in Scotland, and by
the great majority of the Scotch Law, practi-
tioners. The objection is said not to be now, as
it, was at first, a prejudice against the use of Juries
as a mode of .deciding civil cases, but that the
engine is wielded under the management of an
establishment separate from the ancient Civil
Court of that country, and that the forms and the
very languagge of the new tribunal are unnecessa-
rily adopted from the English system. Every coun-
try, we know, has its own law-jargon : the Scotch
naturally enough prefer their jargon to ours; and
if that which they employed was sufficient for con-
ducting their business,we know no solid reason why-
they shonld notbe itidulged with its use. Certainly
it would be easier "for the very learned English
Lawyer, who presides in the Jury Court at Edin-
burgh, to make himself master of that barbarouS
tongue, than it would be to instruct two hundred
Advocates, five hundred Writers to the Signet,
one hundred and fifty Procurators, and a million
.)f parties (for all Scotchmen are litigants) in our
dear vernacular galimatias. So at least Say our
Sccekch friends ; and surely their prejudices, so
far as they are not inconsistent with the ends of
justice, deserve some indulgence.

[THE PUBLIC LtDGERI •
We are sorry to observe the strong disposition
which. still prevails to believe that there is unfa-
wit-arable intelligence in town from India, but
that it is kept back by the Court of Directors.
A report to this effect was revived yesterday with
so much confidence, and received with such
eagerness, that no time, we think, ought to be
lost in undeceiving the public mind, if it has
really received a wrong bias. The very great
preparations that are making at the India House
to rend out supplies of men and stores. serve to
corroborate the .general opinion, and this display
of energy, Which would have tranquilized the
public at any other time, now serves to confirm
their terrors. In the mean time' this panic
fe:eling-eneenders extraordinary things ; and it
would be very difficult to make many.. people be-
lieve that they are not real, but visionary. There '
I"; a very general belief,, for example, that the
unfortunate affair at Barrackpore has been at-
tended with far more. disastrous conseqUences
than is usually represented ; and that, instead
of having put down the mutinous spirit of
the troops, it has caused it to spread to a fright-
ful extent. In counexion. with this, there is a
report that alarm prevailed to such a ; degree
at Calcutta, that many of the inhabitants, the
most wealthy of course, had begun to take steps
for placing themselves and property in a place '
of greater security. • We mention these rumours,
on account 'of the industry with which they are
propagated, as well as the credulity: with-which.
they are received, end in. the hope that they may
be tontradieted, if false. It is the more neces-
sary to set the public mind right on this -matter,
.consequence of the strong prejudice which it
serves to keep up against the present Governor-
General, whose administration was unpopular
enough, in all conscience, before; and which is
uow loudly charged with being the sole cause of
all the difficulties that press upon our Indian
possOssions.

[THE TIMES.]
• The•case of Mr. Burnett, a colonist of some
cbusequeace at the Cape of -Good Hope, has
been frequently before the public, That gentle-
man has -now arrived in Englaud„under a sentence
of. five years' banislimentfrom that colony, end is,
endeavouring to obtain such redress from Minis.-
ters as the harsh treatment to which helms been
&objected may appear to call for. Undor these
circumstanfes, it -may be useful to the general
administration of our colonies; ts well as to the
individual prin ci pa lly.concerned, to restate:the of,
forme with which this gentleman is charged. ,Hav-
krgasuiteat issue in the Court of Systice, involv-1
ing property to the amount of. 60,000 dollars,
ig which Mr. Burnet was plaintiff, and-one Robert
gait. (manager of an estate. belonging .to the Go.
Yitril Of CR I k. (I „Some r se t farm), defer ant, ..somo
occurrences took place which led-him to impugn
1.144, grounds on which -certain .decisions of that
giallo were made. r. Burnett, the tefore. ad d fess-
elka mcny-lria I to the,Governor, in which he cbarg.
ft6:lllwAvof the members,ofthiA Court:obit a.viola•
tioCof just ice, in their, ca pack, of Comnaissioitera-
-440=41.1 aLt-Burßett. gave .publicity.
atm th fr*lnerialy•noi:AW-11,944ftptgate.044
trial with haviutdone so; but merely forwarded,

it to the Governor with the view of obtaining re-
dress in the' only quarter where he could with
propriety look for it. Ile was, however, found
guilty, and subjected to the severe sentence be-
fore-mentioned. If this case is truly stated, and
wt have every reason to believe so, it carries its
own comment with it, and may be safely left to
make its own impression on every unprejudiced
mind.