The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-24 00:00:00

SPORTING OTES•
No. CLIX.
WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON MEETING,

CREWE STEEPLECHASE, 85c.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

favowable break in the weather which
took place yesterday will: enable the Steeplechase
meetings of the present week to be decided without any
further postponement. The Crewe Steeple Chase,
marked in the list, for to-morrow, unfortunately,
clashes with the Warwick meeting; but notwithstanding,
a moderate field will go to the post, consisting, in all
probability, of Isaac, Peter, Jesuit, Ploughboy, Barrister,
Heroine, The Cripple, and perhaps another. The race, I
take it, will lay with Isaac, Jesuit, Ploglaboy. and Bar-
rister; and, if old ISAAC is well up to his work, I cannot
conceive how he is to be beaten. Should he, however,
fail me, I must fail back upon my second and third—
Barrister and Jesuit—for the winner. The other event
is of so trifling a nature as to require no comment.
The Warwick and Leamington Meeting, though ex-
pected to be a failure, in consequence of its postpone-
ment from last week, will, it is supposed, be infinitely
better than was calculated on four and twenty hours ago.
This may be attributed to the weather and the highly
fashionable attendance at Leamington. Many of those
horses that were sent home having been recalled, the
fields in consequence will be pretty nearly as large as
they would have been had the races tonne off last week.

The first event on the card, a 5 sovs. mile spin, will be
contested by a largo field, consisting of Grief, Colcyn-
thus, Mignon, Cauriri, Joe Sutherland, Lady Bibina,
Diligence, Harum Scarum, Stafford, Mite filly, Emma,
Tightwaist, Amoroso, and perhaps another or two. I
should feel inclined to give the palm of superiority to
JOE SUTHERLAND, LADY BIBINA, and TIGHTWAIST,
the latter for choice if a certain starter.
The second event, the Leamington Welter
Cup, by subscription of 15 soya. each, loft, and only 5 if
declared, once round, will be contested by Fernhill,

Agis, Ormsby, John of Berwick, Jack in the Corner,
New Forest Deer, Maurice Daly, Captain Parry, and,
perhaps, Miss Ann, or Chief Justice, bat these last two
are very dubious. The spurt, I imagine, will be confined
at the finish to lEgici, Fernhill, Jack in the Corner, and
New Forest Deer. Were I certain of Fernhill's starting
for this event, I should award him the victory, but as it
is, I shall look to NEW FOREST DEER or AGM for the
Al. The third event is the grand go of the day, the
Great Warwick Handicap, of 20 sous. each, h ft, with
100 added, winners extra; two miles. The starters will
be confined in the following list, namely :—Miss Ann,
Fernhill, Doubt, Italian, Chief Justice, Acharanthes,
The Marquis, Little George,:Miss Julia, and Waterfall.
The Doubt party seem to make a certainty of the
race with one or other of their extensive lot ;
whether Doubt will be the horse or one of
the others, I ani completely unable to tell, the whole
affair being enveloped in so much mystery. I entertain
little doubt, however, that the race will fall to DOUBT
and company, without CHIEF JUSTICE should spoil their
handiwork. Fernbill as an outsider I most affect, and The
Marquis will be somewhere at the head of the ruck.
The Steeplechases I will touch upon to•canrrow.
The latest betting this morning is as follows:—Crewe
Steeplecase-3 to lon the field. Great Yarmouth Han-
dicap-2 to 1 agst Doubt (offered); 7to 2 agst Chief
Justice (taken freely); 4 to 1 agst Miss Aun; 6 to 1 agst
The Marquis; 10 to 1 agst any other. Leamington
Steeplechase-4 to 1 agst the British Yeoman; sto 1
agst Sir Peter Laurie; 6 to 1 egst Peter Simple; 8 to 1
agst Oscar; 8 to 1 agst Victress; nothing else in re-
quest. The Welter Cup-4 to lon the field.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
Nov. 24, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE.
A BERYST WITH RACES.
The Cardiganshire Stakes of 10 .sovs. each, 7 ft, and 5
only if declared, &c,, with 25 added.
Mr. T. Pares Clothworker, 5 yrs, lOst (Owner) 1
Captain Powell na Gamecock, Bst 101 b (J. Edwards) 2
The Derby Ormond Stakes of 25 sous., added to a
sweepstakes of 5 soya. each; two yrs old, 6st; three,
Bst 21b; four, 9st 21b; five, 9st 101 b; six and aged,
lOst; mares and geldings allowed 31h, &c.; winners
extra. Heats; one mile and a half.
Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b (Owner) 1 1
Mr. J. Thomas's Glaslyn, Bst 131 b (E. Thomas) 2 dr
The Gogerddan Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20
added; two yrs old, 7st; three, 9st; four, 10st; five,
lOst 81b; six and aged, 1 Ist; mares and geldings a!-
lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if
demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less.
Mr.Robertsons's Selina, 9st 91b, 80/. (Mr. G. Hall) 1 1
Mr. Williams's Merry Lass, 5 yrs,lBatll2lb, 301.1 2 dr
Mr. F. Davis's Brushaway, 4 yrs, B.it 41b, 30/.... 3 dr
The Nanteos Hunter's Stakes of 5 soya. each, 3 ft, with
20 added. Over four miles of country.
Mr. W. Jones's Lottery, lOst 121 b (Mr. F. Martin) 1
Mr. G. L. Phillips's Esmeralda, aged, lOst 121 b
Mr. J. Thomas's Marengo, 9st 121 b (Mr. E. Morgan) 3
The Ladies' Plate, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous.
each. Three miles over the Race-course, with six
leaps over hurdles.
Mr. Robertson's Selina, 5 yrs, lOst 1016 ... walked over
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Captain H. Lewis's harrs., Tues. Bulls Moor; Thurs.
Knayton; Sat. Pasture House-11.
Mr. Webbs' hds., Thurs. Swallowfield Place; Fri.
Burnt Hill, Yattenden-11.
High Peak harrs., Tues. Hunter's Meer; Sat. Moul-
dridge Grange-11.
Colonel Wyndham's lids., Mon. Westdean Park ;
Wed. Burton Park; Fri. Compton Down-114.
Mr. Deacon's harrs., Wed. Merivale Bridge; Sat.
Nosworthy Bridge-10.
Wye-side hds., Mon. Lower Village; Fri. Lyswen
—lO.

Mr. Okeover's harrs., Tues. Hall Fields ; Fri. On-
cote-10f.
New Forest lids., Tues. New Park; Sat. Ipssey Farm
—loi.
Craven harrs., Tues. Esleton Tarn; Fri. Bradley Lane
End-11.
Mr. Leach's lids., Tues. Holyland Gate; Fri., Cressily
—lof.
South Warnborough harrs., Tues. Kennel; Fri. Stapley
—lof.
Cheltenham Stag hds., Fri. Teddington Cross-11f.
H. H. hds., Mon. Upton Grey; Tues. Tichborne Park;
Thurs. Nutley Church; Sat. Medstead Green-104.
Albrighton lids., Tues. Hunnington; Thurs. Bel-
broughton ; Sat. \Vassal Top-10f.
Hambledon lids., Wed. Warneford Park; Fri., Win-
ter's Hill Common-104.

SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO-BRIDGE—(MM DAY.)
This morning, about nine o'clock, a man committed suicide
by precipitating himself from the second recess from the
Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge. He was observed by
several persons to climb over the balustrading, but, from
being in his shirt sleeves, with a leather apron on, they fan-
cied he was going to do something to the gas-pipes. No
sooner did he reach the ornamental ledge than, pausing
for an instant, he said, "I'm - if I don't," and imme-
diately jumped into the Thames. All this had been seen by
one of the officers of the Thames Police force, from the deck
of the floating station off Somerset House, and a boat manned
by some of the constables was immediately put off. The
tide was running down at the time, and the boat, having to
row against it, could not arrive in time to rescue him. The
river is being dragged; but there is no knowing how far the
tide may have carried the body.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Operations on the most
extensive scale are at length entered upon for the opening of
this, the last of our national establishments, as it ought to be
opened at Christmas. It has been determined by Mr. Bunn
to re-decorate the theatre in the most costly style through-
out, and in consequence of the limited time for doing this
the embellishments are in course of preparation in various
parts of the town, with as many hands as can be applied to
them. Within the theatre all the departments are fully oc-
cupied by operatives for the Christmas pantomime, the re-
port of which is eulogistic in the extreme. We do not en-
tertain a question that when Mr. Bunn's plans are fully de-
veloped, and an ample display of the very first artistes he
has secured made known, that he will have as brilliant a sea-
son as any on record.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The Royal Mail steam-
ship America, Shannon, commander, sailed for New York at
11 o'clock this morning, with the usual mails and a full com-
plement of passengers. The crew steam-ship Pioneer, El-
dridge commander, also sailed for New York at the same
hour. The United States Mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye com-
mander, will sail from the Mersey for New York on Wed-
nesday next, with the mails, &c.
Captain Fagan, formerly paymaster at Benares,
dismissed the service by general court-martial for his share
in some transactions connected with the Benares bank, has,
we are glad to hear, been restored to the service by the una-
nimous decision of the Court of Directors, heartily concurred
in by the Marquis of Dalhousie. Apart from the mere
merits of the question, we are rejoiced at this issue, because
Captain Fagan is the son of one of the most distinguished
and exemplary soldiers who ever held high staff employment
under the Indian Government.—United Service Gazette.
BIRMINGHAM CONTRIBUTIONS TO KOSSUTEL—Since
the departure of Kossuth from Birmingham a few gentlemen
have subscribed and remittedlto him the sum of 7501., to be
applied as shall seem to him most advantageous to the cause
of Hungary. It is confidently expected that that amount
will speedily be increased to 1,000/. at least,as thegreater;por-
tion of the 7501. was subscribed by a few persons. —Birming-
ham Journal.
THE DEMERARA._BRISTOL, SATURDAY, Nov. 22.
—An investigation has been going on, on Thursday and to-
day, before the Ancient Corporation of Merchant Venturers,
who have the appointment and management of the Bristol
Channel pilots, nominally subject to the approval of the
mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, at the Merchants' Hall,
into the conduct of Percival, the pilot, who had the Deme-
rara in charge upon the unfortunate occasion of her wreck in
the passage down the river Avon. After hearing a great
deal of evidence, including that of Lieutenant Hest, R.N.
her intended future Commander Mr. Patterson, and several
of the pilots, the board came to the conclusion that the
pilot Percival had been guilty of an error in judgment in
having so much way upon the vessel, but that taking into
account various other circumstances connected with the un-
fortunate event, and the excellent character given to Percival
for nautical skill, &c.,
they thought that the justice of the
case would be met by the board's recommending to the Town
Council that he be suspended from the exercise of his duties
as a pilot for a period of six months. The investigation did
not conclude until nearly five o'clock this afternoon. This
morning the Demerara was floated into Cumberland-basin,
when a most careful
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ROMISH CONFIRMATION.—Yesterday morning Car-
dinal Wiseman held a public confirmation for the district of
Clerkenwell at the Roman Catholic chapel, Rosamond-street.
At half-past ten o'clock the chapel was densely crowded.
Mass was performed at an early hour, and continued till
half-past twelve, when Cardinal Wiseman entered the chapel
in the usual form. He was attired in all the gorgeous para-
phernalia of his office, and took his seat at the altar, from
whence he delivered an address to those who were about to
receive the rites of confirmation. The Cardinal afterwards
proceeded to the duties of confirmation, which continued a
considerable time, as nearly four hundred persons of all ages
were confirmed.

LITERATURE.

IIISTORY of the CONSULATE and EMPIRE.
Vol. Xi. By M. A. Thiers. Colburn and Co.
Carrying out this, his magnificent project, Adolphe
Thiers is rendering himself, par excellence, the annalist
of the Revolution and its Consequences. Volume
after volume recounting the history of the Consul
Bonaparte confirmed us in this impression. Volume
after volume narrating the yet more extraordinary
fortunes of the Emperor Napoleon has since then ap-
peared, and each of them has tended solely to the en-
hancement of that conviction. M. Thiers has brought
to his task a style of very remarkable lucidity, an
eloquence singularly plastic, an un winking vigilance,
a resolute and, we believe in most instances, a scru-
pulously conscientious judgment ; and all these quali-
fications, moreover, have been kindled into unusual
vitality through the influence of an earnest and
enthusiastic appreciation. It was fashionable
at one time to sneer at the records of our
author in regard to Napoleon, as those
not merely of an avowed apologist, but as
those also of an infatuated idolator. Reflection
has dissipated this erroneous notion long since in the
minds of the candid and intelligent. It has been ac-
knowledged by the majority, and that too without re-
luctance, that what was mistaken at the outset, for the
blind homage of an unthinking worshipper was i❑
reality the sincere opinion of one who had weighed
cautiously, examined minutely, and analysed even
with the punctilious caution of a psychologist. Of
the accuracy of theee assertions in regard to the
truthfulness of M. Thiers as an historian, we take his
latter volumes as affording conspicuous, nay more
than sufficient, testimony. Whenever the Emperor
acted with culpability he has shown himself ready
not only to acknowledge the fault, but to speak of it
moreover in language of the severest reprobation.
That these occasions are not more frequent is
a circumstance attributable only to the clear-
ing away of those prejudices which had hitherto
clouded the glory of that wonderful man, whose
genius even now is not to the full comprehended, and
whose name was blackened for a while by calumny,
only to emergelas it is already emerging into the light
of a more serene and unfading effulgence. In the in-
stalment of this great history of the Consulate and the
Empire just published by the Messrs. Colburn and
Company, an instalment making the eleventh volume,
and consisting of the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh
books, we have, accounts furnished us first of Talavera
and Walcheren, and subsequently of the memorable
divorce between Napoleon and Josephine. Recount-
ing the narrative of the military operations of the
French in Spain during the year 1809, M. Thiers
attributes their failure very justly in the first instance
to the melancholy want of unity in the command.
The truth of this we conceive to be altogether un-
deniable, and the cause of it is no less apparent,
being the rivalry between the Marshals of Na-
poleon, the Emperor having his attentions diverted
from their proceedings by the cares of the

internal administration and external relations of his
gigantic and but recently established empire. If M.
Thiers reveals some reluctance in detailing the events
which led at last to the sanguinary conflict at Tala •
vera, he finds his wounded patriotism consoled
shortly afterwards by giving a sketch of that expedi-
tion to Waicheren which, for the English, terminated
so disastrously. The principal attraction, however,
of the volume now before us is incontestably the re-
cord it contains of all particulars relating to the me-
morable divorce of the Emperor and his ultimate
union with an Austrian Archduchess. The determi-
nation, after long and reiterated delays, arrived at by
Napoleon in reference to the matter of this divorce, is
spoken of by his present historian as a resolution " so
painful to his heart, so pleasing to his pride, and of so
little service to his power." Poor Napoleon !
Poor Josephine ! It was to each a cala-
mity—a calamity to the latter very manifest, to the
former unforseen. Every detail connected with this
mournful transaction is given by M. Thiers with
a melancholy exactitude. He relates bow the Em-
peror confided his resolve, in the first instance, to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Champagny, and to the
arch Chancellor, Cambaceres. He narrates the fact
not merely of Napoleon sending for the Viceroy
Eugene, to confer with that Prince upon the best
means for preparing Josephine for her fate, but how
his imperial and royal Majesty solicits the band of
the Archduchess Anne, the sister of the Emperor
Alexander. Then, in rapid succession, we see pass
before us the other scenes of this domestic tragedy :
the arrival of Prince Eugene at Paris ; the grief and
resignation of the Empress Josephine ; the forms
adopted for the divorce; and ultimately the consum-
mation of that act on the 15th of December. There-
upon Napoleon retires to Trianon, and Josephine to
Malmaison—to that beautiful Malmaison where they
bad, not many years before, lived together with so
much happiness. Alas 1 for Napoleon, not less
than for Josephine, it was in this act that
he completed the long catalogue of sacrifices to his
insatiable ambition—the sacrifice of himself, of his
own heart, of that heart's dearest and purest affection.
From M. Thiers we learn what is the precise effect
of the offer transmitted to St. Petersburgh, and bow
the Emperor Alexander, with a proviso to the effect
that there shall be a previous treaty against the even-
tual re-establishment of Poland, consents to give his
sister to Napoleon in marriage. Then come the in-
tentional delays of Russia to the completion of this
negotiation, the impatience of the Emperor Napoleon,
and the subsequent arrival of secret communications,
making known the desire of Austria to bestow an
Archduchess on the great conqueror. Annoyed at.the
procrastination of Russia, Napoleon at length breaks
with that power, and determines to unite himself to
a Princess of the house of Hapsburg. This final re-
solution, as the world well knows, was followed
by the celebration of the marriage with
Marie Louise, at Vienna, on the 11th of
March, and at Paris on the 2d of April. Having re-
counted the whole of these unfortunate proceedings,
the historian closes the eleventh volume with an ac-
count of the temporary change for the better in the
public opinion, and with a reference to the last illu-
sions of France as to the duration of the Imperial
Reign. Intoxicated with the glory of the wonderful
hero who had risen from a simple lieutenant of artil-
lery to be the most puissant Sovereign in Christen-
dom,
the people, says M. Thiers, " began again,"
after this marriage with the Austrian Archduchess,
" to believe in the infinite and everlasting greatness
of the empire, as though they bad never doubted it.
In fact," says he, " the victory of Wagram, though
not equalling those of Austerlitz, Jena, and Friedland
in the grandeur of its trophies—while it was yet on a
par with them as to the genius displayed—the victory
of Wagram, completed by the marriage with
Marie Louise, replaced. Napoleon at his
highest degree of power, and if pru-
dence gradually repaired the grand fault
of the war in Spain, the last illusions sprung from
that marriage might be realized. But, says M.
Thiers, in conclusion (and we take this remark of
itself to be adequate proof that he is something
better than an infatuated worshipper, that he is a judi-
cious and discriminating appreciator of the Em-
peror), " But that this
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THE RETURN OF ULYSSES. A German
Class-book. By Paul Hirsch. Taylor, Walton,

and Maberley.
Other masters of the German language, besides
Falck Lebabn, are endeavouring to smooth away
whatever difficulties present themselves in the
task of its acquisition by Englishmen. Among these
may now be ranked the compiler of the little volume
lying before us, in which a prose version of the
"Odyssey" is preceded by a grammar, concise, it is true,
but one also of admirable lucidity in its arrangement.
Appended to this, moreover, is a vocabulary—to most
learners by no means the least acceptable part of the
production. The history of Ulysses comprised in the
volume under notice—not unlike that written in Eng-
lish by Charles Lamb—was penned in German by
Dr. Ernst Knapp, late professor in the College of
Minden. It is remarkable as a narrative, it is but
just to observe, not less for the purity of its style and
the elegance of its diction than for a manner suffici-
ently idiomatic to impart at once both zest and profit
to the mind of a learner in its perusal. The reprint
of this charming story in its present form, under the
direction of Paul Hirsch, is not slightly enhanced in
value by a variety of illustrative woodcuts, displaying
considerable fancy as well as no inconsiderable skill
in the execution.

ENGLISH SONGS. By Barry Cornwall. A
New Edition. Chapman and Hall.
Who that has a love for melody entertains not a
sentiment of affection for Barry Cornwall? The
Anacreon of England—more than this, the Moore,
the Burns, the Beranger. His name has long since
become a " household word" amongst us, as the writer
of songs more chaste than those of Herrick, less arti-
ficial than those of Cowley, and as dainty as those of
Suckling. It has not remained for us at this moment
to commend the effusions of Barry Cornwall to the
public—effusions which have for many years been
familiar to thousands, most of whom, strange to say,
are unacquainted even now with the real name con-
cealed behind the illustrious pseudonym of Brian.
Wailer Procter. It only remains for us in the in-
stance under consideration to notify with no
little satisfaction the appearance of a new
edition of these "English Songs and other
Poems," with additions ! Those additions
reveal on the part of Barry Cornwall the maturity
and ripeness of all his intellectnal powers, of all those
powers which have aided in building up his by no
means perishable reputation. Several of the pieces
are equal to anything produced by him in his earlier