The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-15 00:00:00

ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY.

Handicap for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C.
Coningsby, Bst 71b—Cocoanut, Bst 61b—Rob Roy, 84
51b—Gabbler, 7tt 131b—Headsman, 7st 91b—Marquis of
Conynghatr, ist 71b. Four declared.
Handicap for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C.
Bowstring, Bst 71b—Deriades, Bst—Redwing, 7st 91b
—Cardinal's Niece, ist 91b—Jollity, 7st 81b—Vicc-
Consul, ist 61b—Bohernienne, 7st 41b—Oregon, 7st 31b
—Timour, 7st 31b—Outpost, 6st 101b—Pet of the Fancy,
6st 31b—Reflection, Est 31b—Panic, 6st—Black Doe,
sst Mb. Two declared.

NEW MATCH FOR FRIDAY.
Wilderness, Bst 91b, agst Bridle, Bst 11b. T.Y.C.
200, h fr.
Forfeits have been declared in the following matches
for Friday :—Clerk of the Council and Wilmot; Cler-
mont and Chainbearer; Fistiana and Awkward; Glen
Saddle and Duplicity; Watchdog and Leopard ; Bow-
string and Miss Sarah ; and Miami and Nerissa.

DEATH OF MR. ROOKE, THE
COMPOSER.

Our musical readers will be sorry to hear that the
eminent composer Rooke died at his cottage at Ful-
ham on Thursday morning, after enduring six months
of intense suffering. Those who had the pleasure of
his acquaintance will regret his loss as a man, for a
pleasanter or more delightful companion could not be,
and those acquainted with his works must regret that
a man of such genius should have been cut off in the
meridian of his life. lie was chorus-master of Drury.
lane for many years, when he composed many songs,
choruses, &c., which always bore the stamp of
genius. His first great work, Amelie, was pro-
duced at Covent-garden in 1838, when under the
management of Macready, and met with the most
brilliant success. It was afterwards produced in
New York, by Mr. Wilson and Miss Shirreff, the
original tenor and soprano, when it again had the
greatest success, and was played every night for four
weeks. His next opera, Henrique, was produced in
Covent-garden in 1839, but its being near the end of
the season when it was brought out, it had scarcely,
justice done to it. The music of this opera, which
is excessively beautiful, was never published, the
composer having determined to keep it in his own
hands till the opera was again produced, and at such a
time when there was a probability of its running for
some time. A splendid comic opera, called Cagliostro,
was accepted by Madame Vestris, when that lady had
Covent• garden, in 1841, but circumstances connected
with the theatre prevented the opera from being pro-
duced, and poor Rooke was left to chew the cud of
bitter disappointment. The operas which he has left
behind him we hope some spirited individual may be
induced to bring out, that the emanations of so
bright a genius may not be lost to the world. He
has left al large family, but we fear they are but
scantily provided for, his long illness having prevented
him from exercising his vocation as a teacher.

llop-picking having generally been brought to a
close, a better estimate can be made of the yit Id, the
result of which is evident in the enhanced rate of duty,
it being now laid at from 130,000/. to 190,000/.—Ken/-
ish Observer.
To PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY.—Yesterday, the
rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, announced his inten-
tion of performing the marriage service without fee on
Advent Sunday next for all poor persons desirous of en-
tering the holy state of matrimony, and who by appli-
cation to the clerk at St. John's Church, any Wednes-
day during the present month, will have the banns pub-
lished forthwith, free of all expt-nse.
Professor Paarfecht mentions, as a striking evidence
of the s3mtnetty of Nature's operations, that " mush.
rooms always spring up in a shower, which is doubtless
the reason that they are shaped like umbrellas."
ROYAL NAVAL .13NEVOLENT SOCIETY.—Vice-Ad-
miral Sir George Mundy, K.C.8., has presented the
handsome donation of 101. towards the collection for de-
fraying the law expenses incurred by this noble charity
in the late trial at Croydon.