The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-21 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING—Homes.
The Craven Stakes of 10 eevs each ; for three years old 6st. ;
four, Bst. 41b. ; fire, Bst. 131 b. ; six and aged, 9st. 51b.
A. F. (9 subs.)
Mr. Boyce's Scroggins, aged (Conelly) 1
Duke of Grafton's Montreal, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 6 yrs...
The following were not placed
Mr. Osbaldestea's Auburn, 4 yrs : Lord Exeter's brother to
Romania, 3 yrs ; Duke of Portland's c. by Glencoe, out a
Ruth, 3 yrs ; Mr. Howes's ch. c. by Belshazzar, oat of Jenny
Sutton, 3 yrs ; and Mr. Goddard's br. c. Columella, 3 yrs.

BETTING.
7 to 4on Montreal, 3 to 1 agst Epirus, and 6 to 1 art
Scroggins. Won by a head.
Handicap Sweepstakes of twenty sous. each, 5 ft. if declared',
&c. ; for three and four yrs old. D.M. (11 subs, three 01
whom declared. )
Lord Orford's c. by Clearwell, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b
Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
Mr. Key's Marialva, 3 vrs, 7st 41b
Th© following also started :—Lord Miltown's Medea, 4 rs 9
Bst 31b; Lord George Bintinck's Capote, 3 yrs, 7‘t 101 b;
Worrall's Reindeer, 3 yrs, ist 10lb ; and Lord Albemarle 3
Exit, 3 yrs, Est 71b.

Betting.-7 to 2 agst Velvet colt, 3to 1 agst Exit (taken)'
4 to 1 agst Capote, sto 1 agst Medea, sto 1 agst Reindeer,
and sto 1 agst Marialva. Won by a head.
Lord Albemarle's f. Olive-branch, Bst. (Cotton), beat the
Duke of Grafton's chc Ottoman, Bst 71b, D.M., 100.-2 to 1
on Ottoman, who was defeated easily.
The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 soya. each, h. ft., for the pro-
duce of mares covered in 1836; colts, Bst 71b; and fililes,
Bst 41b ; untried stallions or mares allowed 31b, if both 51b,
Ab. M. Nine subs.
Lord Chesterfield's bf by Priam, out of Arachne... ..Scott 1
Mr. Thornhill's ch f Emetic, be Emilius, out of Mustard... 9
Lord Exeter's c Raym0nd......,,,. 3
........... . .................
4
Lord Jersey's c G1en0rchy............
Betting-6 to 5 agst Glenorchy, sto 2 ag3t Arachne f;
(taken), and 7to 2 agst Emetic. Just before starting 2 to
was offered agst Glenorchy.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each for three yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7113,
and fillies, Bst 41b ; the produce of mares which, at the time
of naming, have bred a winner of the 2,000 Guineas States.
Derby, Oaks, or St. Leger, 71b extra. D.M. (8 subs.)
Duke of Cleveland's Theon, by Emilius, out of Maria (Lye)
Lord Albemarle's b c Janus, by Jerry, out of Destiny...... „
General Grosvenor's ch f Diploma .............................
4
Lord G. Bentinck's ch f Half-caste 5
Mr. Prince's gr c Merle
................................ 5
Betting-5 to 2on Theon, sto agst Janus (taken), and
to 1 agst Diploma. Won by a length.

ACCIDENT TO PRINCE ALBERT.—Yesterdayd
an accident, which might have proved serious, happteonwe ardeis
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, while journeying
Ascot-heath, the spot selected for the turn-out of theoun stag for
a
the royal hunt. His Royal Highness, who was
'ted on
Clock,
and high-spirited horse, left the Castle about nine
o
and in coming down the Home-park, the animal took fright and
ran away. His Royal Highness, notwithstanding he is 3 good
rider, was precipitated trom his saddle to the ground, but for'
tunately was not much hurt, and having mounted another
horse, which was speedily brought to him, proceeded on to
the " meet." Her Majesty, who was driven in a phaeton
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t
the Prince Ernest, had not quitted the Castle gates when the
occurrence alluded to took place.
The Earl and Countess of Camperdown, accom-
panied by the Lady Elizabeth Duncan, arrived at Bath o°
Thursday last from town. Viscount and Viscountess Dune°
are expected home from Italy early in the ensuing month.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds are expected
at the Clarendon, the week after next, from Yorkshire.
Count and Countess Woronzoff are ex
arrive in this country early in the ensuing month from Russia,
apartments having been taken for their
reception at
Hotel. expected to

Sir William Cumming Gordon is expected at
the Clarendon from Scotland. 43
Count Charles de Mornay and suite are expected
to leave the Burlington Hotel, at the end of the week, for
Stockholm.
Lord Cloncurry left for Lyon's Castle, Ireland'
in the past week, but purposes being in town by the 4th of MAY'
The Hon. Newton Fellowes left his seat in De-
vonshire last week, for Dublin Castle, to join Lady Catherinet
Fellowes and Misses Fellowes, who have been visiting he
Lord Lieutenant, Viscount Ebrington.
We understand Lord Leveson, eldest sort of the
Earl and Countess of Granville, will shortly conduct to the
hymeneal altar Lady Acton, widow of the late Sir Dulb!rg
Acton, Bart. The preliminaries are already arranged, andea
.
mansion has been taken and furnished in a style of elegane;
The ceremony, it is expected, will be performed in Paris at the
English embassy.
The marriage of the Hon. Mr. Grey, son, 01
Earl Grey, and Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the Dar
of Carlisle, will not be solemnised until next month, although
a Morning Contemporary announced the marriage to take plat
on Tuesday or Wednesday, with the names of several members
of family who were to be present at the dejeune a -
fourc/sette.
The family of Lord Carrington is plunged into
the deepest grief by the alarming indisposition of the Non'
Miss Carrington. The illness of this young lady is said to
have proceeded from a cold caught at the Royal wedding'
which has brought on a rapid decline. On
Saturday the
answer to inquiries was less favourable, and although an imme-
diater dissolution was not expected, not the slightest ho her
sixteenth `her
e
given of her ultimate recovery. Miss Carrington sir "-r sixteenth year.
The Earl of Eglintoun, Sir Charles Lamb, and
Lady Montgomerie, are staying at Beaufort Castle, near
Leonard's-on-Sea.
PA NSANGER, HERTS.--The circle visiting the
Earl and Countess Cowper at this beautiful seat since Th"rs'
(lay last has included Viscount Melbourne, Viscount 11loyeth"'
Lord and Lady Ashley, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady ,
Cowper, Captain and Lady Mary Vyner, Hon. W. Cowper,
M -1-•
OPERATIVE CONSERVATIS AT A `--
couNT.--It is reported that certain of the newly-formed he-
terogeneous corps of Tory ragamuffins who have
assumed o
designation of " Operatives," in order the more convenient
to do the dirty work of the " A'Court" faction, have teir
hinting to Sir Robert the desirability of attending some of
meetings during his stay in Staffordshire, but that his Eah
premiership declines openly connecting himself with
gentry, on the ground that, there being no probability 0.41,
immediate election, he is not at present prepared to Illo'n_rry
gold dust among the fragrant tobacco smoked at their mosey
meetings. Sir Robert's hint to this effect has, it is said, Gauged
no little disappointment to many of those gentlemen wh°, jo ceived presents of Drayton game last 0f b and who iver-
C.O er,hopeshar.-
of getting something more substantial than tough f his
on the occasion of their master's return from the scene of
mighty victories over her Majesty and her Government.
FORGERY A few
ON THE BRECON BANK.--- f
,nan
days since a genteelly-dressed mita, who g e the ,11,3--e
Henry Jackson, called at the bank in Brecon- aSvouthlls:e„s'dain3
presented an order for 600/., the drawer of the order pre.ei .g
to have effects at Taylor and Lloyd's, that London firm being "1.
connection with the Brecon old bank. The clerk, after "avail'
ing the order, doubted its genuineness, and d cashing
t
it. Jackson then left the bank, but returned decline in a Vat
time, and made a second tender of the order, observing „Ire
Mr. Lucas, the Mayor of Brecon, had attached his signad to it. The signature was very like that of Mr. Lucas, an in
clerk made no further hesitation in paying the tenderer the old.
required, which sum was paid partly in notes and partlY in gold.
With this sum Jackson got clear off, for it was not dii,co
Lucas
until some hours afterwards that the signature of Mr.
had been forged.
vnglish and
PORTENDIC CL AIMS.—A mixed
commissionaln'rdendeehtailsof
and
Mr. H. L. Bulwer, Secretary to the embassy in
these
claims,
ibnes been
TahppeoEinntgetilistioi
cdiosmcurnssissthioeliseaprrrsiion:criet
cAeferd.
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labouThers
f commission
ortiith. Aiisr. to soitthienryPlaeraivse,
Paris on the 22d instant.
which
TANNING.—A discovery has been made ing
seems likely to revolutionize the trade. By means ef,., "nt,nbo-
machine or pair of horizontal rollers fixed over l'lir by
tween which is introduced a belt or band of hides attached.and by
ligatures to each other, to the Slumber of 50 to 100, .as are
which the rollers are constantly fed or supplied, the hide
5,
they I lifted out of the pit on one side of the machine; as uor is
between the rollers, the exhausted ooze or tanning 19. it,
pressed out of them, and they are deposited in folds in the p
santdestsonprfoer.
sounptphlye
uoftlfireersislidoeuzoef.theTmheacfilrisinteh,idwe'hheurvei
having
ehyeeaubsi
tween the rollers, the others follow in succession, and uPe -
ar-
riving at the end of the band the motion of the roller is re-iers.cur
and the belt is returned through the machine to recei‘:e another
squeeze. This alternating motion is constantly repeated,
_,
pit being replenished from time to time with f;esh solutions ".!
tt..l-tune,etdilbl
ythtehoispe;laattiir
sh`fr:
ceningecttshesaid to he pro-
time of tan
ning to one-fourth of that gener'xi) required. 2d. The r g
Pro-
duction of a c0n.1,4 1.1
inerease-Of-wel ht. 3d. The teattirby 7 tanned tis tAk.s :
'resists water longger than that tanned
tilV, Oecegs. 4th. The new method is cheaper to Mort °n
oursberatneu:thnee:r
than the old. sth. That it is applicable to the existing Lnn.
yards, at a comparatively trifling expense, with a capability of
working in rounds or series, and of expending tan and
(Al. That it is available for all sorts of leather.

EVEN LNG EDITION.

THEATRES.

COVENT GARDEN.

Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's tragedy of lon was per-
formed last night at this theatre. Miss Ellen Tree
undertook the part of lon, and played it with her
usual grace and feeling. This nobly-conceived
character—the most elevated and the most con-
sistently maintained throughout of any that the
modern drama can boast, abounds in touches of the
most delightful poetry ; and to all these Miss Tree
gave every effect that could be desired. Her last
scene, in particular, was played with a touching
solemnity that came home to every heart. Cooper
undertook the part of Adrastus, but he was too
cold and measured in his declamation, and did not
seem altogether to comprehend the spirit of some
of the more striking passages. Mrs. W. Lacy's
Clemanthe was clever, which is all we
can say for it ; and Mr. Vining made
a very noisy and ungraceful Phocion.
After the tragedy—which, by the bye, was heard
with the deepest attention, and warmly applauded
! throughout—a new Melodramatic, Operatic Fairy
Extravaganza (as the play-bili*l it), entitled
The Sleeping Beauty in Me Wood, was produced,
and proved highly successful. This non-dcscript
affair keeps tolerably close to the old nursery legend,
and opened with a splendid scene, representing the
boudoir of the fairy Baneful (Mrs. Tayleure),
'lto, happening to read in a newspaper that the
ts-ing of Noland (Mr. J. Bland) has invited a party
of fairies to dinner to celebrate the birth of his
daughter, is so indignant at having re-
ceived no invitation, that she resolves to
pay his Majesty a visit sans ceremonie,
and, while the rest of her tribe are bestowing gifts
on the young Princess, she neutralizes their effect
by predicting that the royal infant shall die before
she reaches maturity. Just as she has uttered this
baleful prediction, the fairy Antidota (Miss Lee)
interferes, and promises that the Princess shall not
die, but merely be condemned to sleep for a certain
term of years : so ends the first part. The second
' opens with a humorous song by Harley, who plays
the character of Lord Chamberlain to the King of
Noland ; immediately after which we are intro-
duced to the predestined Princess (Madame
Vestris) who sings an excellent parody on
i" Nix, my Doll, pals, fake away," which was
encored ; •and then calls for her Court ladies, to
"muse her by a dance ; when Mademoiselle Bet-
toni and Monsieur Saxoni dance a grand pas de
deux, in which both displayed uncommon elegance
and agility. Immediately the dance is concluded,
the Princess walks out to take the air, and is met by
the old fairy Baneful, who throws her into a deep
slumber, and subjects all the Court to the same visi-
tation, who instantly begin to yawn as profoundly
as if they had only just finished the perusal
of one of Colonel Sibthorp's speeches in Parlia-
ment. The third part shows us the resurrection of
the Princess and her Court, all of whom are now
well stricken in years, though the former still ma-
nages to preserve her beauty, and is, as a matter of
course, married to her saviour, Prince Perfect (Mr.
J. Vining). This extravaganza contains—as was
indeed to be expected—much nonsense, but it is
uncommonly splendid in point of costume and sce-
nery ; and contains two or three very smart satiri-
cal hits at the follies of the day. Harley, as the
Lord Chamberlain, displayed considerable comic
ability ; and Mr. J. Bland made a very grave, for-
mal noodle of a king—such as kings are some-
times apt to be. Among the scenes, we
may single out for praise, the State Bed Chamber,
the Illuminated Palace and Garden, and the Ban-
quet Hall, all of which were painted by the Grieves
in their most efficient manner. Several of the
songs were clever, especially that sung at the open-
ing of the piece by Mrs. Tayleure, in the character
of the fairy Baneful. The house was full, and the
performances of the evening received with much
applause.