The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

TEE SUN,

HER IVIAJLSTY'S THEA A ILE
"c evellibg vviis the first f the perform4nce of
Re°Pr''fre"ctlayt 3pulaceyetiiri; p)ices, and the experiniew was
the house was crowded to over-
L.l"ing as soon as the doors were opened. The per-
formances, which consisted of the first act of Lucrezia
Borgia. with Marl Arne 13.1thi-ri Nini as Luu,eva, Duntjsquale, with Madame Sontag and LA.ache, the
'l'l'ola, with Cerito, besides various other amuse-
tnents in the ballet departmt-nt, went Off admirably.
The reception accorded to the artistes was most
Cordial.

THE SIRO-LEBeil‘ ON COMPANY.
_
semi-thewrical company of Syrian ladies and
rntlemen, who have left the Levant on a li tie pro-
heltd,onal trip, and propose to enlighten this western
public as to the habits and ceremonies, the domestic
rd Social usages and fashions of their own bright
are engaged by the proprietors of the excellent
Syrian and Holy Land Panorama now being
ex-
hibitedi in the Egyptian Hall, and whose intention it.
,a,,to people, as it were, certain of their scenes with
'9ese Eastern personages, represented as in the act of
I,27,rforming the national ceremonies of their social life.
.44 troupe consists of thirteen persons—men, women,
;Ind children—dressed, of course, in their rich and
itring national costumes, and fully provided with
t manner of domestic and ceremonial implementa—
l: were paltry " properties," but genuine and ela-
t, r`stely adorned and valuable articles. The party,
f the most part, consist of well-grown, well de-
vl
eloped, and good-humoured looking men and women,
lt'th strongly defined Sa thin features, but with
ti
any approach to the still purer oriental type of
the Arab. We should not be surprised if there was
,1113rinkling of Judaical blood in the group—the
inr°4l3l3P-marked aquiline development of the nose of
;rue of the men seeming to hint as much. The
"len, however, had none of it. An air of languor
(1)14 insouciance agreed well with one's notions of
that
charms, but we were given to understand
,4t A good deal of tWls listless look of dreaminess pro-
:veded from indisposition. The scenes of manners and
`ttl'toms represented were the most striking which oc-
&lir at a marriage festival. The performance took place
;;;' Oilman stage, and we had first the entertainment
rea by the bridegroom and his mother to the wedding
leelitc These last sat cross-legged, or crouched on
0111 of
really magnificently dressed, while nargillys and
10111 of coffee, lit' le silver eggshells, were handed round
e .the bridegroom's mother and attendants, while
' four musicians in a corner kept up a monotonous
t
t:c4l and instrumental concert (the air being similar
kt: 4f not the same, as that which proved fatal to the
!teat mother of the bard), armed with a species of
little
a sort of rude clavecin struck with sticks, two
e drums, played upon in the same fashion, and
gnat "a may describe as an earthenware tambourine.
fk6 of the party, with oue of the most good-humoured
.." We have seen for many a day, explained the pro-
ne •
dings in naive but very respectable English. Then
ire hod a night procession with wax tapers; and the
14,'e music, bringing the veiled bride home ; and
hh"L'Y, there was the meeting of the lady with her
h;:, 1;40d. The better to support her, we supposed, in
trying catastrophe, she appeared mounted upon a
°Pderful pair of patens, six inches high, not unlike
witlir of door-scrapers, in which she advances, veiled
gold embroidered gauze, towards her husband,
he"° With a naked sword removes the screen from
ki,t. featurel,, the nouvelle mariee bending her head and
04N the baud of her rightful bold and master. A
chlejlt number of small traits of manners and ceremonies
pa gone through must be seen to be appreciated. Ihe
the manse closed with a coffee house scene. Among
ft musicians was a little hump-backed man, with a
nee as sharp as a weasel's, and eyes like pins and
thee:les• He is a professional story-teller, and, as
f/ told us, had the "Arabian Nights" by heart :
4i'llftt he looked like a bit out of the " Arabian
144ut,a” himself, for we could never. get rid of the
44 from the first moment we saw him, that he was
eb!,thing more or less than another revivification and
lio:fr of the little hunchback who was choked by a
11,"' and place upright at Ali somebody's door. Well,
Ito rehearsed, in the approved style, a portion of the
ttY of " Prince Carnaralzaman," with enormous
ore and emphasis, but stopping between every,
,
birghillys,e of words to levy black mail upon his auditors
1;4
and breaking off at an interesting part—
most unoriental and most commercial fashion

3,Bend round, not the hat, but the turban.
4,4,4 great charm of these performances is their evi-
ti` genuineness and reality. You can see in the
opirian-hall exactly what you might see in Aleppo
eYrout. There is neither exaggeration nor at-
kPt at extraneous effect. Do you wish to behold a
eiden of Levantine manners and customs ? There
"e true genuine thing before you.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EGHAII RACES—WEDNESDAY.
tQqe engageMOutS yesterday showed improvements in
respects, and in the disappearance of those 0h-
k:1,,c413 clauses by which winners have hitherto been
04 in various sums—from two sovs, upwat ds—towards
of 'llPenses gave evidence ef a disposition on the part
the t
tv,4 committee to pursue a liberal policy towards the
Igt,!rs ot horses. v‘ ith this feeling, aed the increase
it." fund likely to accrue from the new betting-stand,
01.4,11 P no reason to doubt the tutute pro'perity of the
The racing yesterday was not remarkable
bpst,,t for severity or qaautity, and the company on the
sP+notwithstanding every facility was afforded in
4,llepe of cheap train's trom Waterluo.hriclge, was
INW the average. From the superior interest of the
1tit,..11 to be contested today a tull attendance may be
° Prince of Wales's Stakes, of 5 nova each, with 20
1/41
th'n• three years old, 7.t , , 6tb• fiur, Bst 71b; five,
121 b; six and aged. 9al 21b; the winner to be sold
t 4 100 sows. if demanded, and allowances if to be sold
tl,4ll'lts. Heats. One mile.
kp. Death'sh Guardsman, 64 Blh (501.) (G. Mann) 1 1
litiurewe's C.sachis, Bst 91b (60/.) (C. Knight) 2 2
44.5 t heat—Even betting. Won by a neck.
le-e°r11:1 heat-6 to sun Guardsman. Won easily by
111:itth.
Kin John Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 50
‘ll, for two years old; colts, Bar 71b, and fillies
!
0„." 31h, Winners extra; those by untried stallions or
‘, of untried mares allowed 310, if both 51h. The
k, Itiner to pay 1-0 -ova. toward expenses. T.Y.C.
It; Grtitwicke's Flirt, Sat 6lb (Kitchener) 1
11;.2,reville'd Greengage, 8.1 (0 tckeray) 2
O'arranee's Joe Miller, Sat 410. (A. Da)) 3
to 1 on Flirt, who made nearly all the run,
Tlls',,s'lnd won very easily by a length.
ft 4L0.33 merle Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs. each, 5
only 3 if declared, &c., with 50 lid Jed; the
i421:1d to save his stake; winners of a plate or sweep-
Lk, value 100 soy.. after the weighs are declared,
lit carry 41b extra. One mile.
f,Pleock's R•pletion, 5 yrs, 7st 121 h (G. Abiale) 1
tit ,Nornsby'dJi,c-o'-Sot, aged, 85,21 b (Hornsby jun.) 2
buotrien's Nautch Girl, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Collins) 3
Bu.,hrauger, 4 yr., 7st 71b...(0. Sharp) 0
,lettitr,"orafield'a Simplicity, 3 yrs, 76t (etabin) 0
440,,exeter's Cane, 3 yrs, ist (G. Mann) 0
t111..-11"arson'e Jagellou, 3 3rs, eat 121 b (Priest) 0
(e."l.‘4Vens's Britannia, 7st (in 41b extra) (Ba.sham) 0
dit7uuglas's Irene, 3 yrs, Est 81b ...(T. Sherwood) 0
Ki"tilltit-7 to 2 agst Bushranger, 4 to 1 agat Joc-OP-
-106 to 1 each egst Cane and Britannia, 7to 1 agat
Si, 8.10 1 .gst Repletion, and 10 to 1 agst any other.
%tit.-4,l,'Qn made nearly all the running, and won in a
tlp~
by five length. Irene lost starting, and Bush-
el.-. ;1 Was left at the post.
14
14 objection was made to the start by Mr. Etwall's
‘lt er. but overruled by the stewards, after examinieg
kilhtarter and the jockeys.
li:l4lway Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added by
South-Western Railway Company; the winner
,
" sold for 1001., &c. Three quarters of a mile.
ni Subs.)
,I,llrille's Chaffinch, 2 yrs (501.), sst2lb (Harding) 1
alt errien's Chaplet, 3 yrs (601.), 7st 111 b (Collins) 2
It, 1744'6 Preslaw, 4 yrs (501.) (Bartholomew) 3
24"wall'a Iracundus, 3 yr.; (1001) (G. Sharp) 0
71, Richmond's Hurry Scurre,(sol.) (laitchner) 0
I;tpl7,tshalre Tuscati, aged (501.) (W. Aedale) 0
Lat tilt Powell's bn Cotherifone ......(Rickards) 0
vprew's ,Cosechia, aged (501), Bst 41b...(Knight) 0
t,Re't.'„lLtlng's Gloom, 3 yrs (501.), 7st 31b...(Preece) 0
;'s11.:11g-5 to 4 agst Preslaw, 3 to 1 agst Chaffinch.
Ellll, by a length; halt a length between second
lit Si.grd• Gloom a bad fourth. The winner was sold
RUinees.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
1.11) 1 ST. LEGER.
Ito. agat Hernandez 12 to -1 agst Hothorpe (t)
15.1 gst The Ban 12 to 1 agst Prime Minister
'Bl3 J. Day 's lot(i) (taken)
1 16 to 1 agst Grecian
APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS DAY.

theWm: The Surrey and ,Middlesex Stakes.
--"
‘ln the Conquerar, 4 yrs, Bst-Pi Jack,
ts%Bst 7tb-lEgia, 6 yrs, Tat 21b—Atiiiiacb, 3 yr.,
lit-14,1,11,`—iiringtoc, 4 yrs, .6st 21b—Don Pedro, 3 yre,
Ntt,"' Only Little Jack and Don
-Pedro expected to

ARo The Magna Chute Stakes.
Rupert, 2 yrs—Diamond, 2 yrs—Dorothea, 2
gOoph' 111Purba, 2 yrs—Joy, 2 yrs—Benita, 2 yrs—
pF ;;1•13 2 rs—Prestige, 3 yrs—Poetess, 2 yrs—
Nek"'Pe. 3.Yyra—Chaplet 3 yra—o by Lanercost out
Lightening—Antigone, 3 yrs—Plumstead,
yrl -44,aria,
-Lady2:yrs— Blanch, 2 yrs—Vol-au-Vent,
--"agellen, 4
4titti Queen's Plate.
ack, 4 yrs—Bushranger, 4 yrs—Britannia, 3
ast:llaplicity, 3 yrs—Retail, 5 yrs—Duoility, 5 yrs—
la, aged.
bjia Amateur Stakes.
i"'" GM, 5 yhraneor, 4 yrs—Jack-in-the
° Yrs.: 6 )rs—Leinctster—Elis, 6 yrs—Mrs. Taft,

kito Egham S as. 3
rg_Faicon, 4
b5....648°b1e Doe, 4 yre—Har
'pa °,.84011a, aged— Hurry-fie M. ry, i
The p"arington, 4 yrs---4uscaO, aged.
triDt'
3 Yvra—Docility.
'aceB commence at vitia o'clock.
.„....01. 7 '
Tii.., Dignny R ACES ~ ..- :-D,4.yd '
f' 'hattor.•-ortii-S-tal;;;-(137-7, :-P.of'l.°4 5. °Tos'neeacmh'ilse
okturld 3 only if declared, ii . 50,111krA ,
kr. ft. Olive.r's
gr. 1, 4 half. (22 Subs., 7 of,, 'am. 4.13re'.1 11\ 1
Ischia, sst 41b in. 41b'extra .(4.1150 i _
!''l's, A. 1411tr's Clothworkerst-ilb.4sfieman) 2
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Mr. F. Swill&11 na l'ue Att.:4k, 4 31s, 7, 3 n (I^f ells) U
Won by a length anti a titilf
The. Chesterfield Stair, s of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added;
for two yrs old; the second to save his stake. About
half a mile. (14 Subs.)
Mr. Halford's Peppermint (Marlow) 1
Mr. Pedley's Conrad (S. Tempteman) 2
Mr. Drinkatd's Grey l',.inoiy
Lord Cheitertield's I by Lanercost (Ftatman) U
Hoe. H. Vernon na Big Wig (1 ierman) 0
Mr. Stewart's Banshee
Mr. E Buckie)'s Royal George (Whitehouse) 0
Mr. J. Scott's Mountain Flower ....(Elolnies) 0
Mr. T. Worthington's fby Lanercost (Osborne) 0
Won by a head.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 60?. Two miles.
Mr. T. Parr's Clottiworker, 5 yrs. 9st 101 b (Owner) 1
Mr. Sharrates Egret, 6 yrs, 9sl 91b... (Whitehouse) 2
Mr. Forster's Musician, 4 1 rs, 9st 41b (Simpsun) 3
Mr. Taft's fby Don John, 3 yrs. 7at 51b (Charlton) 4
Won by three-parts of a length.
The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 added; the
winner to be sold by auction for 2001. or under, &c.
Heats. One mile. (5 Subs.)
Mr. T. Parr's Snowdrift, (20/) (Charlton) 0 1 0
Mr. P. Wallis'a Buzz I, (301) (Freeborn) 1 0 0
Mr. Ward's Show-the-way, (30/) (Sharpe) 2 2 2
Mr. W. Taylor's Old Claret (30l) (Osborne) 0 0 0
Won by a length. The winner sold for 45/.
MANCHESTER, 1851.
Acceptances fur the Manchester Great Autumn
Handicap.
Yrs st lb Yra st lb
Maid of Masham 6 9 0; CI 03us
Woolwich
Alp
Herbert
Lady Hylrla a 7 3 Prince Caradoc c 3 5 10
Oxford Blue
Egret
Cocktail
Melody 5 6 10 Unity
Abbess ofJerveaux 4 6 8 Paquetta
Little George 4 6 8 Heart of OA 3 5 5
Lady Eden 4 6 &Cheap Joho 3 5 0
Haricot 4 6 61Follow-me-Llici ... 3 5 0
Vancouver ... - 3 5 0
l'aly 4 6 61itafford
Ringleader
The Ebor 4 6 2 Once-more
lluxbury 4 6 2 True Blue ...... ... 3 4 7

METROPOLITAN COM MISSIONof SEWERS.

On Tuesday morning the. first Gene►.al Court of
Commissioners, held under the recent Act of Par-
liament, took place at the chief office, Greek-street,
Soho. _ _ _

Mr. E. LAWES, the recently-appointed chairman of
the Conimission, said, that being the first Court of
Sewers held since he had the honour of being
appointed chairman, it was proper that he should
turmally announce that appointment to them. He
would take that opportunity of stating that be should
give his personal attendance at that office every day,
in order that persons desirous of seeing a member of
the board might communicate with him on the sub-
ject of their applications, whatever they might be.
He would also state that the Commissioners had
under their anxious consideration measures which it
might be expedient to adopt for the transaction of the
burinfss of the Commission with the utmost dispatch,
and they hoped to adopt such a course as would
strain that otject wi;h the utmost economy and
efficiency. He should also notice the facilities
afforded by the new Act of Parliament by the
reduction of the quorum necessary to form a court.
That reduction would enable the Commissioners to
bold courts in the various districts to which the busi-
ness referred, as the Commissioners were most
anxious to adopt every course in their power with a
view to the convenience of the public. It would be
impossible to say more than this on the present
occasion, the Act of Parliament having so recently
come into operation, but the Commissioners wished
to give the public every assurance that they could of
their desire to do all in their power for the dispatch
of business.

The business paper before the Court was unusually
heavy, tbp aggregate amount of works receminvnded
being 6,763/. 2s. 9d., including the contributions
ordered to be paid by various individuals and public
bodies. _ _

The following are the principal works ordered :-
300 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Holloway-road, at a
cost of 481. 15s. ; 1,280 ft. of brick sewer, 4ft. by
2fr. 6in., in Holloway-road, 6651.; 150 ft. of brick
sewer, 3. 9in. by 21%. 3in.. in Grove-lane, Holloway-
road, 561.55. ; 1,254 ft of 18-inch pipe in open ditch
in the Merton-road, 2611.; 1,356 ft. of 15 inch pipe
sewer in cuntinuation of the above, 225/ ; reservoir
and overflow drain at Merton, 241 10s. ; 1,650 ft. of

15-inch pipe sewer in Church-street, Lower Tooting ;
240 fr. of 12-inch pipe sewer, ditto ; 430 ft. of 12-
inch pipe sewer in the Mitcham road, 830 ft. of 12-
inch pipe sewer in the Merton-road, and 580 ft. of 9-
inch pipe sewer in Salva.dore-place, Lower Tooting,
at an aggregate cost of 5001. Works amounting in
cost to 1,3121, and consisting chiefly of pipes and
sewers at Greenwich and the district, were agreed to.
There were also ordered to be constructed 700 ft. of
9ft. circular sewer along Victoria-road, Pimlico, at
aii estimated cost of 2,6001., to be defrayed by the
Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests ;
500 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer between Wandsworth
and South Lambeth-road, 601.; 220 ft. of 12-inch
pipe sewer in the rear of Qleen's-row, and Grove-
place, Kennington-green, 30/. ; 320 ft. of 12-inch
pipe, with 40t. of 16-inch branches at back of Vaux-
hall-road, 451 ; 285 fr. of 18-inch pipe sewer in
IVandsworth-rold, 701.; 320tt. of 12-inch, and- 100 ft.
or 9 inch pipe sewer in Soapsuds-s quare, NorwoOd,
50/. ; 150 ft. of half-brick sewer, 3ft 9in. by 2ft. 3in ,
in Britannia-street, Gray's inn-lane, 751. ; works
near Bedford4ane, Clapham, 851. ; 142 ft. of
half- brick sewer, 2tt. 9in. by 2ft. 3in., in Patriot-
street, Sr. George's in the East, 591. ; 412 ft. of 12 inch
pipe in Mount Pleasant, Upper Clapton, 571.; 165 ft.
of 9-inch pipe sewer in Rhodeswell-road, Limehouse,
141. 103.; 208 fr, of camp-shedding to Earl sewer, on
emergency, 70/. ; 450 fr. ot sewer, 3q. 9M. by 2t't.
Sin. in Radnor-street, St. Luke's, 1961. 16s. ; 300 fr.
of 12-inch pipe sewer in Drury court ; 110 f. of 9-
inch pipe in Denham-court, and 1603. of pipe in
Petty ford-yard, 1541. ; 2ooft. of sewer, 3ft. 9in. by
2tt. 3m., and 120rr. 41f 12-inch pipe sewer in Good-
man's-yard, 1001.; 1103. of 9 inch pipe in Essex-
street, Bethnal-green, 151.; 2001 r. of 12-inch, and
160 fr. or 9-inch pipe sewer, in Devonshire-street
West, 3111.; 230 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the rear of
Camberwell Collegiate school, 241. District rates
were then ordered to be prepared at threepence in
the pound on the Holborn division and the Surrey
and Kent districts.
After hearing some objections to works ordered,
the Court adjourned.

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT..--On the evening of Fri-
day last a party of four left Dell-quay in an open boat, and
rowed down the harbour to Itchenor. The party consisted of
Mr. Henry Farndell, of Appledram, Mr. Apedaile, and Mr.
W. Stitch, jun., of Chichester, and a pilot named James
Farrow. On their return, after rowing about a mile, it was
suggested by Farrow (a breeze having sprung up) that they
should hoist sail ; and as he was adjusting the mast for that
purpose, standint on the thwart, his foot slipped as he still
held by the mast, and being a stout man, his weight cap-
sized the boat, precipitating the whole party into the water.
Mr. Stitch and Mr. Farndell soon swam to shallow water;
but their great difficulty was the mud, which they had to
wade through for about one hundred yards. By almost un-
paralleled exertion they at length succeeded in reaching the
Bosham shore. Mr. Apedaile clung to the boat for nearly
an hour. Messrs. Stitch and Farndell having, in the mean
time, bailed Silo ester, of Itchenor. who most providentially
was dropping down the harbour with the tide ; the assistance
came just in time to save him, as, to use his own words," he
could not have held en two minutes longer." Poor Farrow
bad sunk to rise no more, and we regret to add that he has
left a widow and three small children. Had it not been for
the extraordinary exertion of Mr. Stitch, the others must,
have all perished. An inquest was held on Farrow the fol-
lowing day, at Itchenor, and a verdict of" Accidental Death"
was returned. Farrow, at the risk of his life, has often been
the means of rescuing some of our own citizens from the
treacherous element when bathing at .that dangerous place,
Dell-quay, and we'trnst that the poor widow and helpless
orvhans will not now be forgotten by a generous' public.—
Brighton Guardian.

DEATH BY FALLING OVER A PRECIPICE.—A man
named James Nicholl, a cooper, betwixt 40 and 50 years of
ag lost his life in a very sudden and awful manner on
Thursday last in the parish of Cannonby. The unfortunate
man lived at Limycleuch, and was in the habit of working
occasionally in the garden attached to the Crosskeys Inn, in
the same parish. He had been there on Thursday, and Mr.
Glendinning, the landlord, spoke to him about five in the
afternoon, when it was supposed he went away home. Next
morning a brother of the deceased called a . the inn, and
stated that James had not returned on the preasaing even-
ing An alarm was then given, and almost immediately one
of the servants descried his body lying in the river Esk, at a
place called Priorspool, whence it was removed in a cart to
Limyclauch. It appears that the garden is situated near
the top of a precipitous bank, about 60 feet high, below
which the Esk flows, and that the unfortunate man had
after finishing his work gone beyond the garden to a dan-
gerous spot over-hanging the river in search of eggs, which
were occasionally found there. In making his search he had
slipped and fallen over, as was evident from the footmarks
and torn shrubs which he had vainly grasped in his descent.
The body was scarcely covered by the water, which was
only a foot deep at the spot where it fell. The head was
severely contused, and in o e hand a branch of broom was
convulsively grasped. Nicholl was an unmarried man.--
Dumfries Courier.
THE INTERNATIONAL JURORS AND AWARDS—.

_
BREACH or FAITH —The first incident that occurred to us
when we reached. Paris the other day caused us some an-
noyance. Every juror for the Great Exhibition, when he
accepted his office, signed a solemn declaration to the effect
that he would keep secret all the awards made by the juries
until these were officially announced by the Commissioners.
Our astonishment, then, may be guessed when we found men
on all the boulevards of Paris selling, for a sons, a list of
the French exhibitors to whom great medals had been
awaraed I According to this paper, fifty-five great medals
have been obtained for France • and in it the appropriation
of thirty-eight of these, with the names of thilly.,:or?e reci-
pients, is given. The publication of this informates, itwill
be seen, implies a breach of faith, not on the part.dr one juror
alone, but of many, and shows the little importance they
attached to their deliberate pledge. Their apologists will
lay, secresy is constitutionally impossible with FreUrgbinen.,
they must talk :—primed with intelligpriclthey must either
burst or " blow." For our own parts Wt lo ',1).p04 the matter
ua breao, ilcrOrro!w th aernsrotor rr,raiufiripp.,

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