The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-09 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.

The fact that the different objects which occur in the
course of a day may easily be distorted into the dream of
the ensuing night, forms the basis of a little drama
produced last night under the title of the Romaxtic Idea.
A German student arriving at an inn finds there a
jealous landlord with a young wife, and a waiter
pining with a hopeless passion for his master's
daughter. A curious story of love and murder
which he has heard told (or rather very well sung
by Miss K. Fitzwilliam), with reference to a ruined
castle in the neighbourhood, induces him to pass the
night there. A grim postillion guides him to the spot,
and, falling asleep, he sees the legend acted before him
in a dream, with the parsonages of the inn transformed
into the principal characters. After a series of awful
adventures which he goes through, as a long-lost heir
to the property, and which ends in the violent death of
nearly 'everybody concerned in the tale, he wakes, and
the little piece is brought to a close. The chief hu-
mour of the situation consists in the circumstance,
that the student, with his modern prosaical language, is
brought into immediate contact with a number of people
who talk the high-flown dialogue of burlesque tragedy.
The pompous declamation of Mr. Hall, Miss Fitzwilliam,
Miss Howard, Mr. Selby, and Mr. Roxby, which last
gentleman impersonates a demon quite in the "0.
Smith " style, produces considerable laughter, and con-
trasts with the easy wonderment of Mr. C. Mathews,
who acts the student. The scenery representing the
reins may be classed among the happiest of Mr. Bever-
ley's productions, and the contrivances for changing from
actuality into the world of dreams are clever and effec-
tive. Much applause followed the tall of the curtain.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OS BORNE, THURSDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince
Ernest of Leinengen, walked early this morning in the
park at Osborne.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal rode, and
the younger branches of the Royal Family, walked as
usual,
No addition to the dinner party yesterday.

A deputation from the trustees of the Bermondsey,
Rotherhithe, and Deptford Roads, had an interview with
the Railway Commissioners, on Wednesday, at their
office in the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Grove-
lane crossing by the Thames Junction Railway. The
deputation consisted of Mr. Legg and Mr. Drew, for the
Road Trustees, and
.Mr. Parson for the Brighton Rail-
way Company.
Colonel W. L. Freestun, 11. P., had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
The Commissioners of Inquiry into the conditions to
be observed by engieeers in the application of iron in
railway structure, had a meeting yesterday at their Office
in the Board of Trade. Lord Wrottesley and other Com-
missioners attended.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
Little need be said of the business transacted yester-
day; it was confined to a few horses, and was in very
small sums, but was not altogether unimportant, inasmuch
as it gave The Tartar, Fernhill, Do-the-boys, Joc-o'-
Sot, Uriel, and Osterley, a further advance for the events
which are quoted underneath. Escalade was also in fa-
vour for the Derby; and anything above 3 to 1 would
have been taken about the Flying Dutchman.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Mr. J. D. Bay's The Tartar, 5 yrs, 7st 91b
—take 9 to 2
8 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou, 3 yrs, sst 21b
—taken and afterwards offered
8 to 1 agst SirJ. Hawley's Fernbill, 4 yrs, Est 81b
11 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Velox, 3 yrs, sst 31b
15 to 1 agst Mr. P.,Green's Westow, 3 yrs, sst 51b—t
War Eagle is declared not to start.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
100 to 15 agst Lord Eglinton's Lugar, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst 11b—
taken and afterwards offered
100 to 6 agst Mr. Gordon's Do-the-Boys, 3 yrs, sst—t
.TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Uriel—take 5 to 1
4 to 1 agst Lord Clilden's Honeycomb—take 5 to 1
CHESTER CUP.
16 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Joc o' Sot, I yrs, 6st 111 b
—taken
18 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b
40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lugar, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
2,000 to 30 agst Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs, Gst 121 b—t
DERBY, 1849.
3 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman
16 to 1 agst Lord Clitden's Honeycomb—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Osterley—take 20 to 1
18 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Uriel—take 20 to 1
33 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk
50 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Chatterer.
DERBY, 1850.
50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel—t
COVENTRY STEEPLE CHASE ACCEPTANCES.
The Craven Steeple Chase. Four miles.
Wolverhampton, llst 51b—Prince George, lOst 131 b
—The Victim, 10st 101b—Hope, lOst 101b—Dicky Mis-
fortune, lOst 101b—Thurgarton, lOst 71b—Flycatcher,
lOst 61b—Solace, 105 t 41b—Alice, lOst 21b—Verax, 10st
—The Slashing Painter, lOst—Vengeance, 9st lclb—
Ballybar, Oct 101b—Cognac, 9st 101b—The Young'un,
9st 91b.
Handicap Steeple Chase of 5 sovs. each. Four miles.
Jerry, I Ist 21b—Sobriety, list—Little Fanny, lOst
121b—Slashing Painter, lOst 91b—Camphine, lOst 81b—
Yard-arm, lost 71b—Queen of Hearts, 104 71b—Cog•
nac, 10st 71b—Justice to England, lOst 51b—Oily Gam-
mon, lOst—Merriman, lOst—Old Dan Tucker, lOst—
Lucy Neal, lOst—Cynthia, 9st 101 b.
MANCHESTER STEEPLE CHASE.
Match-100 sovs. One mile and a half.
Mr. Cowell's L. 11., 4 yrs (owner), beat Mr. Howard's
Miller's Maid, 4 yrs, in a canter.
Sweepstakes of 3 says. each, and 40 added. One mile
and a distance.
Mr. Hall's Ada Mary, 3 yrs, Est Bth ...(Osborne) 1
Mr. Jones's Hector, aged, Bst 111 b ... 2
Mr. Jones's Dids!ury, 3 yrs, Est 111 b ..• 3
The Countess of Lansleldt, 3 yrs—Old No. 12, 4 yrs
—llarkover, 6 yrs—Beverly, 3 yrs—Railway King, 5
yrs—and Last Remembrance, 6 yrs, also started.
'The Steeple Chase Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and
only 5 if el( clued, with 100 added, About three wiles
and a half. (22 Subs., sof whom declared.)
Mr. Robinson's Fanny ray, aged, 9st 91b (Stagg)
Lord Chesterfield's Victim, aged, lost 131 b ••• ••••
3
Mr. Buchanan's Alfred, 5 yrs, lOst 61b •
The following also started, but were
Prince George, llst 121b—Sir henry,•b tinged, 9st 131b—
The Rover, 6 yrs, 9st 131b—Bally
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Venom, 5 yrs,Poisate2edlb--
Tom Bow 1S
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cheater, aged, 9st 121 b—and
OctOst 131 b
d 4 to 1 agst Prince George,
—Election,
Betting-4 to 1 agst Alfre
Venom. Won j,n,
a canter by three lengths.
5 to 1 agst

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9 m
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Italian
11 Montrose,
an coast.
THURSDAY, MIDNIGHT.—The Pe-
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specie, silks, and
worlis of art, and eight passengers, and has expe-
rienced remarkably fine weather. Tho Admiral
was still at Gibraltar, with a portion of
his squadron. The Sidon steamer has left, sup-
posed for Melilla, it having bee❑ reported that the Go-
vernor of that place was desirous of assistance, the Moors
baying again shown a dispo,ition to annoy him. It was
currently reported that the Governor of Melilla had
made a sally, but experienced a defeat, with the loss of
300 men. The British brig William Tucker arrived
from Samsoun and Constantinople on the 28th ult., and
sailed the same day for Cork; but the crew having
mutinied, she put back. Exchanges same as our last
quotation.

the , of a Board of Admiralty
to Chatham, on Tuesday last, was to communicate to
Captain John 'Urquhart, of the Royal Marines, that the
Queen - had no further need of his services, this resolu-
tion having been adopted by her Majesty on the pr,po-
sition of the Board of Admiralty, and sanctioned by his
Grace the Commander-in-Chief the Duke of Wellington.
Few of the particulars have transpired as to the.real
offence committed by Captain. Urquhart; but we have
heard that the ostensible allegation was '• breach of
faith." We are quite as much in the dark as to the
manner in which the charge was proved or brought
home to the unfortunate officer; at all events, we have
heard of no court-martial having taken place. Neither
have we been informed of the precise terms in which her
Majesty's intimation was conve3 ed to Captain Urquhart;
but it has been reported that the officers of the division
were assembled at the mess-room, and that the lion.
Captai❑ Berkeley pronounced the severe sentence, and
that Colonel Owen, C. 8., the Adjutant-General, was
present in full uniform.—Herald.

-
GIBRALTAR, MAaCR 2.—The French steam-frigate
Cacique anchored here on the 25th ult.
A Spanish steamer of war came iu on the 26th with
dispatches for Rear-Admiral Napier.
The Sidon took Sir Charles Napier to Tangier on the
27th, and returned the same day.
The Vanguard came over and anchored here from
Ceuta, where she had been lying windbound.
The Sidon went to Ceuta and the eastward on the
28th; net yet returned.
The seamen and marines, with field-pieces from St.
Vincent's, landed at the neutral ground yesterday, and
exercised firing, &c., under Sir C. Napier, and performed
several evolutions remarkably well.
Lying here—The St. Vincent, Vanguard, Reynard,
Plumper, and Polyphemus; and the French steam-frigate
Cacique.
PORTSKOUTR, MAncn B.—The Rodney, 92, Captain
E. Collier, C. 8., has been paid off to-day alongside the
dockyard jetty, the first line-of-battle ship which has
ever been paid off in that position. The resolution of
the Admiral-Superintendent to do so has excited the ire
of certain parties who are in the habit of deriving a di-
rect benefit from the contrary course. There can be
very little doubt that it has prevented much plunder
being carried on, which would otherwise certainly have
occurred. On the whole, though it has been productive
of some inconvenience by parties blocking up the gates
of the dockyard, it has been beneficial to the sailors, to
their relatives, and even to their just creditors, as there
was no egress for them but by one outlet, near which
every one having an interest in the matter could station
himself. The ship's marines were landed this morning
at Clarence-yard, and marched to Forton Barracks.
The Janus steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Powell, is
ordered to sail to-morrow for Gibraltar. She is to be
paid advance before starting, and to call at Plymouth on
her way down channel.
Two serious accidents occurred yesterday morning in
the dockyard, one being a severe fracture of both bones
of the leg, by the fall of a heavy piece of timber on •
man belonging to the staff of Mr. Peter Rolt, the Go-
vernment contractor; the other happened to Henry Swee-
ney, an intelligent man, one of the engine factory fitters,
who, whilst employed about the engines of the Urgent
steam-vessel, had his hand caught in the machinery,
which tore away and lacerated the whole of the soft
parts, besides injuring some of the small bones, leaving a
doubt whether the limb will have to be amputated. Both
sufferers received the promptest attention and skill from
the surgical officers of the dockyard.
Wind N.W., fresh breezes, and squally.