The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-24 00:00:00

NEWTON RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

The Trial Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 20 added. One
mile and a quarter. No race—only Lightning and Pantasa
entered.
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 added. Two
over miles.
Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 5 yrs, 9st 31b ,
Gerard's N 200,
Year's h. ft.,
Day, y
Bst 71b2 rs each,(N at), Golbornebeat Mr.
L. Course—Sir
Brookes'l
New
c by Tory Boy, out of sister to Maria, 2 yrs.
The Lyme Park Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h, ft. One
mile and a quarter. (2 Subs.)
Mr. Gulley's Mendicant, Bst 31b walked over
The Gold Cup of 100 soya., with 100 sovs. added by the Lord
of the Manor to a Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft., and
5 only if declared. Two miles and a distance.
Mr. Clarke's f. by Tomboy, out of Lapwing, 3 yrs (Irvine) 1
Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 4 yrs
Aristotle, Coeur di Lion, Little flampton, Comical Boy,
and Master Stepney, also started, but were not placed.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 7 to 2 agst Cur de
Lion, 7 to 2 agst Lapwing filly, and 4 to 1 agst Aristotle.
The Lapwing filly took the lead soon after starting, and
won cleverly by two lengths ; Aristotle (broke down) third,
and Coeur de Lion fourth.
The Drawing Room Stakes of 20 soya. each, with 15 added ;
for two yrs old fillies, Bst 51b each_....
.. Course. (241
Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's Susannah
Mr. Waite's Infringe
Mr. Legh nd f by Sir John, out of Lapwlog
5 to 4 on Infringe, who was defeated after a close race by a 3
neck. There were two starts for this stakes, Infringe coming
in first by a length, but, it having been discovered by Mr.
Meiklam's jockey that the judge had not reached the chair
when the horses passed, he objected, and the steward declared
it " no race."
The Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, Goodwood Cup weights,
Gentlemen riders. Winner to be sold for 501. Golborne
Course. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Billington's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs...(Sir J. Gerard) 1
Mr. Phillips's f by Physician, out of Theano, 4 vrs 2
Mr. Parker's Talleyrand, 5 yrs
5 to 4 on Physician filly. Won by half a neck.
Plate of 701. for 3 yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs and
upwards, Bst 101 b. Mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Heats,
one mile and a half.
Lord Chesterfield's Spanish Jack, 3 yrs.. (Dufflo) 0 1 1
Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 3 yrs 1 3 0
Mr. Davies's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 0 0 2
Count Batbvany's Tragical, 3 yrs
Mr. Mostvti's f by Revolution, 3 yrs 0 2 0
Mr. Schoiefield's Tommy Moore, 4 yrs... 0 0 dr
Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs 0 dis
Mr. Owen's Lady Shrewsbury, 3 yrs
The first heat was won by a length, the second was well
contested, and the third won easily.
Match: 200, h ft. Bst 71b each, Golborne Course; Sir Jno.
Gerard's New Years' Day received forfeit from Mr. Brooke's
b c, by Tory Boy, out of a Nis to Maria (wrong nomination.)

•
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Can anything surpass the Pas de Quatre of last
season ? Had this question been put to us yesterday
pawning we should have unhesitatingly answered
Nothing. Were it put to us now, we should as unhesi-
tatingly answer—Yes lit has been surpassed, The Pas
des Deesges, produced for the firs) time last night. in the
new divertissement of the Judgment of Paris, as nine"
surpasses the Pas de Qua Ire, the marvel of last season,
as the Pas de Quatre surpassed every choPrograe
phic effect that had been attempted previous to its
production. And who are the Deesses ? who can.
they be but Lucile Grahn, and Cerito, and Taglioni r
We mention them in the order of their appearance.
It is needless to develope the plot of the divertissement,
The Judgment of Paris is known to all our readers. The
scene represents the assembly of gods upon Olympus'
overlooking the Trojan plains, where Paris, the Judge
of Beauty, has fixed his tent. We are introduced to
Mercury (Perrot), who, winged god as he is, Merlin,'
flies across the stage in his pas d'entree. Perrot (whose_
benefit it was last evening), in this pas is the Perrot of ,
former years—there was the same elegance, the same acti-
vity, the same marvellous tours de force, we should 80,
did not the grace with which they were executed car
pletely do away with all idea of force. Then came
Louise Taglioni, as chief of the Graces,
supported
by Demelesse and Cassan, in a most exquisite pas, which
would have made the fortune of any ordinary ballet, but
which in the present case was but a foretaste of that
•
which was to come. The Pas des Graces finished, then
came the Pas des Deesses. First came Lucile Grahn, the
must et,ssieal of modern artistes, in a pas which was
,s
triumph of high art. Dignified and graceful in We
highest degree, she seemed a goddess who stepped oat
from a picture of one of the old masters, and who had
been marvellously endowed with life. Intellectualiii,
was the characteristic of the pas d'entrte
Lucile Grahn. Then came bounoing on, rejoicing
in the happiness of mere existence—dancing
out of the very exhuberance of high spirits—dancimOs-
cause walking would be to her joyless and dull—dancing'
because to her dancing is a thing of nature, not a thing
of art—the little realist, Cerito ; and then carne
dignified, the graceful, the perfect, the unrivalled
Taglioni. Never has the contrast between the real and
the ideal in the choerographic art been more delightfully
displayed than it was last night. There was the young
and intellectual poetess, Lucile Grahn ; there was ias
poetess perchance of a higher order of intellectuality,
the accomplished artist who had carried art to its •
highest pitch of perfection, Taglioni ; and in contrast is
these was Nature's own dancer, who, had she been a -
singer, would have

" Warbled her native wood notes wild."
Cerito. It was the contest of the nightingale and the
musician revived nature and art con ending to-
gether ; and so equally was the interest sustained that
to neither can we yield the palm of victory; and, like the
Paris (St. Leon) of the ballet, we will not venture to
award the apple. Then came some of the most taste-
fully classical groupings that Statuary in his most ir
spired moments ever imagined; and then the marvellous
Pas de Quatre by the three goddesses and Paris. Thenj
again, we oad a pas seul for each of the goddesses, en
then a pas d'ensanble. During the progress of the ballet,
the stage t esembled a parterre of the choicest exotics'
from the bouquets innumerable which were throw°
from every part of the house • and the appleeee
was such as has never been heard before within the
walls of her Majesty's Theatre. It was enthusiastic''
rapturous—at times absolutely vociferous, drowning the
music, so that the action of the ballet more than once
thee
was suspended for some minutes until the applause had
subsided. At the conclusion, the goddesses and ti;
graces form a group around Paris, who holds the aPP"
suspended over them without awarding it, and the curtain
falls. But that which Faris refused to award was awardeu:
and very properly awarded by the goddesses themseles;
At the conclusion of the divertissement all the artists
were called for, and made their appearance.before the
curtain. Perrot had made his take-leave bow, and We;
raking his exit at the wing, when Lucile Greta
dragged him to the front of the stage, Taglioni forced
him on his knees, and Cerito, snatching the golden Pei°.
from the bands of St. Leon, forced it upon Per
amidst the laughter and applause of the audience. Aftees
having seen how infinitely the Pas des Decries surpasks
s.s
the Pas de Quatre, we will venture to assert 14
the Pus des DCesses i•self may not be surpassed ; Per
if ever surpassed, Perrot is the only artiste who can evair,
compose any divertissement to surpass it ; and
Lumley is the only manager who can Precut()
artistes (musical, choerographic, and pictorial) io
place such a divertissement on the stage-
may safely challenge the world to produce
thing to compare with Le Pas des Dees'h,
It has hitherto been unapproached, and is unapPrceebis
abte except by Mr. Lumley and the artistes undermanagement. The opera was I Puritani, with 1-1110;
Mario, Lablache, and Fornamtri ; and the divertissearr.
was followed by the ballet of La Gitana. The percof
mantles were for the benefit of Perrot, and every part
the house was crowded to excess.

DRURY LANE THEATRE•
Tishseeasßror
Aelsucboemespavulivasgianvge, osnpaWrkedlinneg df
opera, the first ti°).
S aor
.„...
mass
de la Couronne. Madame Laborde as the Catrina,r
this
interior to Madame Thiilon, was inferior only to :that *her cinating prima dolma. It was, h in the acting raw
however , voCV"
than the singing
that the difference was felt, for the
most
lizat ion of Madame Laborde was marvellous. 5..,,he ~:vhaso sang
efficiently supported by Mademoiselle. Guicbard• - sitenry
and acted with great spirit and taste, The hero Don ,
fdund a most efficient representative in M. Beulo, a. tenor, 0...
great taste and of faultless execution, and M. Barrielle, as
....01:
Captain of the gang of coiners, was excellent. The sonDr:sei
dinate characters were all admirably filled. The ch
..b.
were given with great spirit, and the orchestra renderee,;bo
dazzling music of Auber with great taste and spirit.o 04
ai'l tzlai o tile
operetta of Le Chalet followed, which Barrielle, lioul 04.
Mademoiselle Guichard convulsed the house with 1141101'

FRENCH PLANS.—ST, JAMES'S
THEATRE.
heclis
Mademoiselle Rachel repeated the character of 13--„
on Wednesday, on which occasion the theatre was honouryu
the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert. This Ptsbe
of Phedre, confessedly the most difficult to render In by
whole of the French repertoire, was magnificently gives„der
Rachel last evening. Beautifully pathetic in the Len „of
scenes—heart-rending where she had to depict the agon,t,i
despair—she never for one moment forgot that she
ere
Queen. There was something m.jestic even in her taw
to
ness ; but when, inspired by rage and hate, she gives NAY of
her thirst for vengeance, she was sublime. The presencevr
royalty seemed to inspire her with fresh energies, and
Pi &ire of Wednesday evening is undoubtedly the
triumph s':e has yet achieved. plop,
Her Majesty and Prince Albert was accompanied by 00,
Leiningen, and attended by the Countess Desart, the ", I
Miss Derwent, Lord Byron, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Cale-net
Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of i'-'3.-cp;
attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Baroness
Spaeth, Sir George Cowper, and the Hon. Captain Murr73.
Ant
also honoured the performance with her presence. W° :
served also the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke t
Duchess of Montrose, the Countess of Carlisle, Viscv-int's
Morpeth, Viscount and Lady Marian Alford, Lady Georg_di
eoilrington, the Marquis of Titchfield, Lady Grenville,
Ernest Bruce, Lady Dillon, Lady Glentwerth, Viscount D„ k.
cannon, Lady Goldsmid, Lady Campbell, the Earl of A2coo
land, Lady Lilford, Lady Jodrell, Mons. Carafari, Don le"t".
Murphy, the Hon. R. Gore, Lady Harriet Baring, Hell'gr.
Byng, the Bareness de Calshella Sir C. Vaughan, Hon.
S. Mackenzie, Sir G. Barker, Hon. R. Dundas, &c., &c.

TO THE OF THE SU
Stn,—The account in yeste EDITOR
rday's Sun of the fatal m
flogging at Hounslow is certainly one of the most horrible
cases of cruelty ever reported, and you. may indeed 6114 to
the language of bitter irony, whether will Colonel W.IIYI
or his victim be thought to have acted in the most VIP,'
manner?" I have but little doubt that " thouLinds of case'
more wantonly and unmercifully inflicted, might be found
the annals were searched," inasmuch as I myself have late./,1
read of two cases in which death has resulted from excessil
military flogging. The two cases to which I refer have Ot
been brought before the public in the way this has been,,bup:
the particulars of them are contained in a printed offlcia',.rio
port. I cannot suppose the present Commander-in-Chief of
be ignorant of the dreadful nature of he punishment
flogging, or of the consequences that are liable to ensue; '.„is
therefore I think he would do well to act in the hurrw-g,
spirit of his predecessor, the late Lord Hill, who, whePre-
sentence of 150 lashes was submitted for his apt r vt:„ce,
duced the number to 100. Had he done so in this it's hays
the life of the ill-fated soldier might in all probabilitY the
been saved. Many thanks are due to you, Sir, and to of
gentlemen connected with the press, for the publicati(2s.i._..o
this shocking affair ; and that you will not relax your any' ot
in this great cause of humanity until the total abolition
military flogging shall be obtained, is the earnest hope o 1
Sir, your most obedient servant,
J. W. BOY ES.
14, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, City,
July 22. 1846.

,anwehxecliellaeni
--TFIE LEICESTER FREE TRADE DINNER,----This v„..,e%
appropriate and festive gat: eying took place at the 0.;.,,
filitioetnetl i
ar company'fhurs dasya
tadftoewr afternoon,
excellent dinner.
of
et_iiie.,
company, thougli influential, was liy no means ot even 0
elusive character ; all parties and classes who have t":„rir
share in this important national movement were fairly r`,„.' ....
sented, and all were blended together most harmoniously
Leicestershire Mercury.
.„oel
Wool. FAIR.--LENvEs, T
u lILY 20.—Our annual
~:u0
fair was held this afternoon, at the White Hart; the v!,l-4
of Richmond in the chair. Among the company P,,ren;i3o:
were Lord Abinger, Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart., H. Bl3Cis-eAI
Esq., J. W. Shelley, Esq John Ellman, Esq., &c., sevib'
wool buyers, and most of the' principal farmers in the ne tbe
bourhood. The Earl of Chichester, who usually takeil,,xo
chair ar this meeting, was unavoidably absent. The '-‘l, the
of Richmond, on the removal of the cloth, proposed
lick
health of the Queen," and the usual loyal toasts; after Too
his Grace called upon Mr. Ellman to give the meeting
information upon the state of the wool markets. Mr. ra' tio•
said the times were out of joint, and he had no informtoce
In fact, lie did not know what to advise, but he would itiiiiivg
an offer to Mr. Legge (f his wool, in order to show sornoe,, per
like business. Mr. Ellman then offered his wool at-acw'bich
tod all round. It consisted of about 1,600 fleeces, of offer.
number 350 were hoggett. Mr. Legge declined the, state
He (Mr. Legge) did not know in the present deprees7jointi
of the market what to offer. Everything was out 0!, duthai,
as Mr. Ellman had truly stated, and nobody could te"leteli,
was before them. At present the market was coin_ and
paralysed, but he was ready to meet the grave_nrice
give them the best price, if they knew what the h'ivioe
really was. In the present state of things he was of as gull
that wool would be still lower. Of one thing he W 001.% lin3
sure, there had been a great reduction in foreign 'woo hale
vast purchases had been made. As many as Abe ionic
had found their way into the market, and where t
_lloilo
facturers were to find money to meet such sales lif'il:t 0 fe'
tell. One thing was quite certain. if they expentr. Set
reign, they would have little for home produce. , ~,. net J
said that Lord Torrington had sold his wool at
nil 4" badaricet f
in answer to which Mr. Legge said, that the „,,,e Dake of
fallen considerably since that sale took place. Jub tit.vir,4,
Richmond made an offer of his wool to Mr. Legge,. _obliae"
' d for benit,.;__ _.,-_,„..
not accepted. His Grace having apologised
Henry shttirr.
to leave early, took his departure. and Sir 11!s'yhat oef_.'e.:,,.
occupied the chair. The best sale announced wao -
f 820
Stenning Beard, who sold his wool, consisting
tod. Severala.
30 fat sheep, and 300 tog fleeces, at 33,i 6d. per
ce• Si the
• advan ,-,13
sales were effected after this at a trifling
after iv'''.
Shiner vacated the chair at seven o'clock,
meeting immediately broke up. isitrai,
- . . 'nu -to 0-Pll°J

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