The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-23 00:00:00

THE SUN,

SPORTING NOTES.
No XL.
ODDS AND ENDS FROM NEWMARKET.

c, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
°IRI—My calculations concerning the 2,000 Guineas
Stakes were slightly derenged by the force of circum-
r,""s, not by the merits of the winner; my selected
teY, the Mountain Sylph colt, now called Mountain
r,
having been thrown beck in his work in conse-
111ence of the accident to his foot, was, by no manner of
:tests UP to the mark; moreover, the ground was bold-
ing, and to a horse not quite the thing that would prove
insurmountable bar to victory. Hernandez, the pitch
?o);
a g
Peireineettiho.n so far as training goes, won very cleverly
Gltnhawk was beaten a couple of lengths
t
Mountain Deer for second place. The Confessor
icise up with Glenhaeek, an uupleeed fourth. Buck-
-,(11.,nd, Midas and eimus ran home in company. _Zulus
nu', Oleander were in difficulties early. Atter the race.
1° little was thought of the Mountain Deer's defeat, that
.2 to 1 was taken about him for the Derby, and the same
ad's laid against Hernandez; neither, to my thinking,
Will 'love the trump card on the Derby day. Kissaway
th
id
her powers of getting a distance in the race for
(, Queen's Plate by carrying the same weight as St. Ro-
s (9st 81b), and bearing her and Subterfuge in acommon
evainter by five lengths over the R.C., rather better than
r'e miles and a half. The Moor, 6 yrs, Bst 41b, in
rod farm, defeated Uriel, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b, Vasa, 5 yrs,
12lb°Strongbow, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b, Theorem, 3 yrs, sst
IV and two othert, very cleverly in a spin over the
for a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. The
soYs. stakes were won very easily by Lord Exeter's
Isr,
ateracker, beating Tomboy and Bercleaux; the last
learned the favourite. I have to make some slight al-
straLtinns in the starting list for the 1,000 Guineas
;4" to-morrow which will stand now as follows:
T°"tttna, Phlegra: (d), Anspach, Barcelona, Aprodite,
r'Otstress, Pandora, Turtle, and Iris.: Pussy, Gay
t
confidence, Christiea. Mexico, and several others
at ▪an account are scratched. My judgt still points
RODITE as the absolute winner men a
; fter her, to
or Anspach, as the accord in command. I mey
• Well observe, that there is among the outside divisien
three or lour respectable animals to choose from for
panng shot, viz.:—Fortuna, Barcelona, Turtle, and
sti-,7?ral the last named has never appeared in public;
Lowit, Well bred, being by Pantaloon out of
ran„:ja. by Camel. All doubts about Lady Evelyn's
s"ng at Chester were set at rest at 27 minutes past
44 Monday evening, by her being scratched for the
attP at that time. At a quarter-past 6 Teddington was
Otlek out of his Newmarket Stakes' engagement. The
ke4 betting this morning shows one or two new moves
an, the board; it is as follows:-1,000 Guineas-5 to 4
iisilkpberodite, 6 to 4 agst Iris, 6 to 1 agst Anspach, 10
iqt a
tagst Barcelona, 10 to 1- egst Trickstress. Newmar-
-6 to 4 on Balsam() and The Confessor, 5 to
rwittather. Chester Cup-7 to 1 agst Rhesus, 9to 1
The Black Doctor, 16 to 1 ngst Montague (backed
at Manchester
yesterday at 14 to 1, and peppered stiffly
11:4anchester at all sorts of odds, from 14 to 25 to 1),
thlleY in great force at 15 to 1, as was The Italian at
a
Anßarae odds, Woolwich and Backbiter were also in-
-Ired after. Derby-7 to 1 each The Prime Minister
,
Teddington. 11 to 1 agst Hernandez 13 to 1 agst
fo:itintaill Deer, 40 to 1 offered to " a sum" agst Light-
St. Leger-10 to 1 offered on the field.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF ILIE TURF.
April 23, 1851.

"ORTIN G INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
BETTING ON MONDAY NIGEIT.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4 to 2 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Confessor
S to 2 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer
(Mountain Sylph colt)
4 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez
8 to 1 agst Mr. E. Re r
Glenhawk
ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4,, /en on Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite
° to 4 agst Lord Stanley's Iris
CHESTER CUP.
to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st
15 to 1 agst Mr. T. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b
~.), to 1 agst Mr. Maugan's Rus,borough, 4 yrs, Bst 61b
to 1 agst Colonel Anson' Backbiter, 6 yrs, 7st 91b
100 —taken
0 to 5 agst Capt. Lowther's Tarn Wadlin, 5 yrs, 6st
Lad —taken
-7 Evelyn was scratched at 27 minutes past five.

DERBY.

4 to 1 ast Sir J. Hawley's lot
6 to 1 agat Sir J. Hawley's Teddington—taken
6 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister
13 to 1 agst Mr.J. Clark's The Marlborough Buck
14 to I agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation
18 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer
2.,5 to 1 agst Lord Es,linton's Bonnie Dundee—taken
'l° to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Confessor
30 to 1 agst Mr. Higgina's Theseus—taken
33 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban
50 to 1 agat Lord Enfield's Hernandez
40 to I agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. C. Wintringham's England's Glory
20 to 1 was laid agst Mountain Deer to 2001.
in NEWARKET STAKES. eddington was scMratched at fifteen minutes past six.
In tbe course of the evening a match was made for
-Xfaursday in the Second October Meeting, between Ted-
Lbgton and Mountain Deer (the Mountain Sylph colt),
71b each. A.F. 1,000, h tt.
The n TUESDAY'S RACES.
, Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares, four yrs
i,oal, Bst 9lb; five, 9st alb; six and aged, lOst. R. C.
-.
11r he
Kissaway (Rogers) 1
1171,01 Bedford's St. Rosalie, 5 yrs (F. Butler) 2
-uennett's Subterfuge, 4 yrs. (EI. Edwards) 3
* -
;:etting-2 to 1 on St. Rosalie, and 5 to 2 agst Kisse-
'• liissaway made all the running, and won in a
ae;eater by five lengths. Run in 7 min. 18 secs.
s/fe°Pstakes of 10 soya. each; for three yrs old, 7st 21b;
k"lr, Bst 71b; five and upwards, 9st. The winner to
be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded, &e. T.Y.C.
red Exeter's Preslaw, 4 yrs (Norman) 1
ka.Jor Put's King of Oude, 4 yrs (Sly) 2
' Bevtil's Thringartb, 5 yrs (Rogers) 3
Ine:ting-6 to 4 agst Preslaw' 5 to 4 agst Thringarth,
the to 2 agst King of Oude. Preslaw made nearly all
u'hqd onning' and won very easily by a length. Not
s.
--'car. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old
r. and upwards. D.M. (7 Subs.)
Death's The Moor, 6 yrs, Bst 41b...(W. Abdale) 1
)44 Stanley's Uriel, 5 yrs, Bst 10Ib (F. Butler) 2
to s 6• R')gers's Vasa, 5 yrs 7st 61b...(G. E. Sharp) 3
Strongbow, s'yrs, 7st 10Ib (Sly) 0
en„,arney's Sr. Fabian, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (W. Harlock) 0
le rrst 88thyany's Castanero, Est 121 b ...(G. Mann) 0
ge'tt•; G. Lennox's Theorem, 53t 121b...(T. Smith) 0
t° 1 oast
to 1 agst Vasa-3 to 1 agst Theorem-4
5t.1,1,8t Uriel-4 to 1 agat The Moor—and 6 to 1 agst
Castanero, who, before going to the post,
Tee' niS jockey, jumped off with the lead, and, with
Withi eel and Vasa in waiting, cut out the work until
144,4 pelf a mile of home. The Moor and Uriel then
ism" to the front, The Moor entering the cords with the
thirti.4otl winning cleverly by a length; Vasa a bad
The, Rim in 1 min. 45 secs.
ft 'lro Thousand Guineas Stakes of 100 soya, each, h
for three years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b;
terVecond to save his stake. R.M.
kr. -rinficld's Hernandez (Flatman) 1
r. „ousbaldeston's Mountain Deer (Templeman) 2
Lorc h
rA R. Clark's Glenhawk (Duckeray) 3
`-.„iden's Oleander (Robinson) 0
ter'ci,tglinton's Ormus (Marlow) 0
Lord Sir :14,,.ter's Midas (Norman) 0
'jawley's The Confessor.. ...... ...(J. Marson) 0
4irit,G. Lennox's 800
'AI6- Tot'e A Aus (Chapple) 0
g„„°,f Richmond's Buckhound (F. Butler) 0
rietsc;""ng--5 to 2 agat Mountain Deer-5 to 2 agst Con-
I agst Hernandez-10 to 1 each agst Glen-
‘lts and Buckhound—and 20 to 1 agst Midas. Aus
46id'uo first to make play, and with a slight lead of 800,
ha% the lead to the T.Y.C. post; from this point the
Nonswas left to Hernandez leading, Mountain Deer
Dese"". with Confessor and Glentia.wk laid up. The race
7idecl and finished in this order, Hernandez winning
l4o' teli by a length, Mountain Deer beating Glenhawk
aW' tengths, and Confessor close up. Run in 1 min.
eAstakes of 300 soya. each, 100 ft, for four yrs old
Lora e, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. B.C.
kt. ev-ixeter's Nutcracker (Marlow) 1
Nice °„112, be% Tomboy (Rogers) 2
utleur Bedford's Bordeaux (F. Butler) 3
'3,llte;°g---11 to agst Bordeaux, and 6to 4 agst
Qeatt;,,aek,„,(v. Won in a canter by ton lengths; Bordeaux
Pll" oft not timed.
cohe excursion and regular trains this morning brought
and so far helped
t4Bl;tierahle accession of company,
tilatj'ain the character of the " great" day of the week;
aed t'vfl the race itself, from the extent of the field,
/thietille` fluctuations in the betting, created an interest
day„at•one period, when Grecian had it all his own
clvet, 1." "2 one could have anticipated. The weather, how-
-1 "°8 very unfavourable during the greater part of
deptll.l, and the ground muddy and deep; nor can it be
"ithe" that the assemblage altogether, whether taken
het reference to number or grade, was considerably
Atoe average.
t0,,1"14at the tashionables were the Duke of Rutland.
-4a h7s--Glas ow, Stanley, Maidstone, Wilton, Ex..
4 ,w
gt Uxbridge, Exeter, Ribblesia!e, Os-
. por,
Manners, Strathmore, Bateman, Euston, Airlie,
Si tgh+ Clitden, &c.
Ne; Hawley, Sir R. and Lady Pigot, Sir D. Baird.
Bach
ys
111„.irtio.rables ey—Ca.pt. ROUS, Cecil Forester, Col. Anson,
taia Itt. Maor Needham, F. Villiers, H. Forrester,
Major Vaughan.Charrietie,
Q Col. Peel, Col. Newton, Major
son
•
et4l)BlBins—Bastard, Carleton, Higgins, Clives, Dyson,
_ &e.
'Newt-311—C. Greville, S. Stanley, J. Stanley, Payne,
S, °, brinkald, Ouselev Higgins, Gratwieke, Blake,
Nig re:}2'. n), Wad dlr. g ton, Inatsuo, Jaques, W. R. Read,
ushei,eston"l4, erernmolin, Neville, G. Store, Ramsbottom,
u
kifeger Fitzroy, H. Fitzroy, Push, Wigraw,
Y, and Crawford.
LATEST BETTING
lo
to INat Rhesus CLUSTER cur.
14 - agst Black Dtor 1155 to agst Nancytaittio(
to
1 'gat Montagueoc 30 to 1 agst Woolwich
lz
DERBY.
12 to agat Rernandex 30 to 1 agst Heartbreaker
ao,, p _
j eget Mountain Deer (taken)
isii
itoolT7NstiTNEheo,BcaLnOCK.
,agst Th
W eseus 3
MARKET, TUESDAYN3n

LATEST BETTING.
1^ t°,o agst Rhesus CHESTER CUP.
15 to 1 agst Italian
It to 1 agst Black Doctor, , 30 to 1 aget,Woolwieh
%4
I' VA Monta 441'1007gue 100 to 5 ages Tarn Wadlia

6 to 1 offQred on the field ---
30 to 1 ogst Heartbreaker
12 to 1 agst Mountain Duet 33 to 1 agst B
(') 40 to 1 agst Neasbarn (t)
12 to 1 agst Hernandez (t) 1000 to 10 agst Telescope
20 to 1 opt Bonnie Dundee (t)
30 to 1 agst Theseus (t)

ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Plate of 50/. Cesarewitch Course.
Strongbow, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Dromedary colt, 4 yrs, Bst
71b—Nutmeg, 4 yrs, ist 11b.
Fifty Pnunds Pllte. D.M.
Borneo, 5 yrs (1501.)—Vasa, 5 yrs (1001)—Fuoco, .5
yrs (40/.)—t by Beiram, out of Daiwa, 3 yrs (40/.)—
Forest Flower, 6 yrs (401.)—P.evival colt, 6 yrs (40 .)
Ventre-a-Terre, 3 yrs (401.)—Peter the Great, 3 yrs
(401.).
Artisan walks over for the 40 soca. Stakes to-morrow,
and Convulsion receive,: from Magnes.
NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LATEST BETTING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
Even on Aphronito
6 to 4 agst Iris
CHESTER CUP.
6 to 1 agst Rhesus
12 to 1 agst Black Doctor—taken
14 t) 1 agst Montague
15 to 1 agat Nancy
25 to 1 agst Sauter-la-Coupe
25 to 1 agst Woolwich
DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Prime Minister
13 to 2 agst Teddington
10 to 1 agst Hernandez
12 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck
12 to 1 agst Mountain Deer
15 to 1 agst Constellation
20 to 1 agst Bonnie Dundee
25 to 1 agst Theseus
30 to 1 egst Heartbreaker
35 to 1 agst Neasham
Santiago vra'ks over for the 50 sovs. Sweepstakes. D.M.
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
Acceptances for the Suffolk Stakes.
Yrs st lb' Yrs at lb
Vatican ... 5 8 9 Artizsn
St. Rosalia
Herbert
Sauter-la-Coupe 5 8 1 obyPrinceCaradoc
Swordplayer
Pio N ono 4 7 0 Bennett
Gtadiole

Anspach
Coruelius(late Kre-
men) ......
King Charming
The rest pay

()'Gaunt, d by
Tho Saddler 3 5 4
Barcelona
Abdorhamanu
5 sovs. each.

BOSTON ELECTION.

The election for this borough terminated yesierday in
the return of Mr. Freshfield, the Protectionist candidate.
The polling commenced at eight o'clock, and proceeded
languidly throughout the day, as will be seen from the
subjoined return of the numbers:—
NINE O'CLOCK.
Fresh field 96

Wire ...

TEN O'CLCCK.

Fresh qeld ...

Wire ...

Freshfield

Wire ...

Fresbfield
Wire ...

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

• •• • •. •
ONE O'CLOCK.

... 261
... 183

Fresh field ...

... 283
... 204

Wire ...

Freshfield
Wire ...

TWO O'CLOCK.

309
218

THREE O'CLOCK.

Freshfield ... 345
Wire ... ... 237
The number of registered electors is rather more than
,000.

About five o'clock the friends of the opposing candi-
dates assembled in the balcony of the Assembly Rooms
to hear the official declaration of the poll by the Mayor.
The market-place at this time exhibited a large assem-
blage of Blue " roughs," by whom Mr. Freshfield
and his friends were hustled and ill-used in crossing the
market-place from the Protectionist bead-quarters, the
Peacock Inn.
The MAYOR (Mr. J. Rawson) having examined the
poll.books, proclaimed the numbers at the final close of
the poll to be—
For Mr. Freshfield... ... 368
For Mr. Wire ... ... 251
Majority ... ...--117
His Worship accordingly declared Mr. J. H. Freshfield
to be duly elected.
Mr. FRESHFIELD presented himself to the electors,
and was proceeding to thank them for the honour con-
ferred upon him, when a volley of stones, potatoes, and
rotten eggs was discharged at the Hon. Member and
his friends by the mob below, who had come prepared
to indicate by these tokens their dissatisfaction with
the result of the election. One of these missiles, said
to be a piece of a broken ginger beer bottle, which
was aimed at an obnoxious Protectionist, struck Mr.
Wire's proposer (Mr. Clarke) a severe blow near the
eye; the wound bled most profusely for a considerable
time. The garments of several gentlemen were bespat-
tered by the eggs, and their hate also sustained some
damage from the force with which the stones and pota-
toes were thrown. Fortunately the windows of the As-
sembly-rooms had been boarded over, or they would
have been all broken. Mr. Freshfield endeavoured for
some time to ward off with his hat the misilea aimed at
him, hut, the fire becoming too hot, the Hon. Member,
accompanied by the Mayor, WWI compelled to leave the
balcony, and take refuge in the Council-chamber.
The disposition of the mob was so evidently mis-
chievous as to threaten personal injury to Mr. Fresh-
field, who was persuaded by his Worship to remain in
the Assembly-rooms until they should disperse. Two
or three diversions were now attempted by the be-
sieged, but with little success. The "Blue band of
music was sent for, who marched away with great pomp
and circumstance, hearing Mr. Wire's banners before
them. But the " Blue" gentry, who seemed to be a
cross between canal boatmen and railway " navviess" re-
fused to follow. Then a rumour arrived that a barrel of
beer had been opened at the other end of the town.
Even this ruse failed.
Mr. CLARKE, with bandaged eye, presented himself in
the balcony, and addressed the _assemblage. Subse-
quently, Mr. G. Hows, a local reporter and lecturer of
some influence among the lower classes, entreated the
" roughs" to disperse quietly now the Flee ion was over.
The only answer ho received was an ominous cry of
" Fresbfield! Freshfield!" which so clearly evinced what
the mob were waiting for that the Mayor collected the
local police, and, proceeding to the police-office in the
market-place, read the Riot Act. 'When our reporter
left Boston (by the express-train at 7 o'clock) no breach
of the peace had occurred save that above chronicled.
But the new Protectionist Member was still closely in-
vested in the Assembly-room, from the windows of which
the hungry electioneerers could see the preparations
made, and the table set out, at the Peacock Inn, over the
way, for a sumptuous banquet to celebrate the return
of the successful candidate. Now and then some
famished partisan, who complained of having had no-
thing to eat since an early breakfast at 7 o'clock A3l
suffered his hunger to prevail over his prudence so far
as to counsel bis friends to fight their way across the
market-place, but a glance at the angry expression which
glared in the eyes of the Blue " roughs' below quickly
repressed the rash design. Occasionally, too, messages
arrived which only too clearly conveyed the despair of
the cook at the Peacock, and the excellence of the repast
which awaited the connives. Whether this state of be-
leaguerment continued, as was probable, until the shades
of night enabled the besieged to gain the friendly
shelter of their hotel, we are unable to say, the Great
Northern Railway being at present destitute of the elec-
tric telegraph. It is to be hoped, however, that nothing
worse happened after the express train left than the
spoiling of a good dinner, and that the apprehensions
which were entertained of a riot and disturbance were
not realized.

THE MONSTER TABLE-CLOTH FOR SOYER'S SYM
POSIUM. —This extraordinary specimen of English manufac-
ture arrived from Barnsley on Monday night last. Its length
is 307 feet, breadth 8 feet, weight two ca t., and cost upwards
of tai. It is to be exhibited on Monday next, on the ban-
quetting table in the Encampment of All Nations.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NATIONAL
EXHIBITION.-011 Monday a workman was engaged, with
several others, on the roof, regulating the canvas that is to
cover the glass, when his foot slipping a little he lost his
equilibrium and fell backwards upon the glass roof, and the
weight of his body forcing in the framework, the unfortu-
tunate man fell upon the floor with such violence as to
break several of his limbs. He was immediately picked up,
but life was found to be quite extinct. The deceased was a
very sober and steady man. This is the third fatal accident
that has occurred at the Crystal Palace.
THE LATE CAPTAIN SYMES.—We noticed last week
the circumstance under which Captain Symes lost his life,
in consequence of being brutally assaulted at his own door at
Lyme, by a man named Garland. The wretched culprit was
immediately apprehended, and underwent an examination
before the. magistrates on Tuesday, which was adjourned to
\Yednes ay morning, when he was committed by Lieutenant-
Colonel Sir Henry Bayly and George Cartwright, Esq.,
county magistrates, to Dorchester Gaol for trial, for the wil-
tahnedma
magistrates.
on
nl murder of the lamented gentleman. An inquest was held
befotreeS. body at the Cups Hotel, on Wednesday afternoon,
Beestun, barrister-at-law, Esq.
stintelligentrates. jury, of whom Mr.
ster-at-law was foreman, who returned a ver-
dict of wilful murder upon' h
pre-
viously taken before' e same evidence as that
RAILWAY MOVEMENTS.
Ve learn that a meeting
of landowners has been held at Banbury for the purpose of
promoting the construction of a line from
Camden, on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
Railway. The line would of course be: an x t
Buckinghamshire Railway. The project hase extension
loeno
g been of the
pri-
vately spoken of as likely to be brought into a tangie
shape. It is stated that the London and North-Western
Company have been casting their " comprehensive glance"
towards the Newport and Abergavenny and Ross and Here-
ford district. The " speculators" appear to have received a
hint on the subject.—Herald.
VOLUNTEER HANGMEN.—ScveraI journals having
state') that Caicraft as too much engaged to be able to
execute Maria Clarke, at Ipswich, on the day named, sun-
dry individuals have sent written applicaticns to the autho-
rities at our county gaol, offering their services in the capa-
city of hangman ! One asks 20. for the job, and
believe no
less than ten offers have been made.— Ipswich Exprees.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—We regret to hear that Mr.
Todd. a banister, whilst cruising in a yacht on Sunday last,
near the Nore, was thrown overboard by the boom suddenly
jibing: 04 was wafortunately droned, - •

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Her Majesty's Tneatre re-opened for the past-
Paschal season last evening, with the delightful and
intensely Italian opera butfa, L'Elisir d' Amore, and
never has this chef d'oeuvre cf Donizetti been more
strongly cast or more charmingly represented. Madlle.
Duprez was the Adina, and had Donizetti composed
the part expressly for this young and fascinating
prima donna, she could not have been more exactly
fitted. She looked and acted the rustic village
heiress to the life—pretty, young, arch, naive, yet tant
soit peu espiegle, Madlle. Caroline Duprez
was the very Adina of the author, and she warbled
the light, brilliant sparkling music, which was exactly
suited to the timbre of her voice, in the most exquisite
and fascinating manner imaginable, with that facility
of execution, flexibility of voice, and perfection of
intonation which have already become her distinguish-
ing characteristics, and have won for her the fame
of being one of the most finished, most brilliant,
and faultless, as she is one of the youngest
of, prime donne. The audience were enthu-
siastic in their applause, and Madlle. Duprez
was called on three times. But the Adina of Madlle.
Duprez was not the only great feature of the evening.
Lablache made his first appearance for the season as
Dalcamara, and from the time the head of the white
horse became visible until the great basso had stood
at the footlights some five minutes, bowing his ac-
knowledgments, the applause was enthusiastic and
continuous. He is the same Lablache that he has
ever been, as fat, us humorous, as rollicking, his voice
as magnificent, his fun as unctions, his introduced
scraps of English and French as telling and
as mirth exciting as ever ; his Dulcamara
of last night was one of the richest pieces of Italian
comedy ever seen. Calzoleri was the Nemorino, and
sang the music exquisitely. The "Una furtiva la-
grime" has been seldom more deliciously rendered,
and, to make the cast perhaps the strongest ever pre-
sented of this opera, Coletti was the Sergeant Bel-
core. A selection from Les Metamorphoses followed,
in which Carlotta Grisi danced the pas of the rustic
coquette and that of the folic so exquisitely as to
excite quite a furore. She was called at the conclu-
sion, ad applauded to the echo. The theatre was
crowded.
The Queen's hex was occupied by the Earl and
Countess of Morley, the Ladies Parker, Mr. and Mrs.
Humphrey Mildm.y and party. Amongt the noble
and distinguished individuals also honouring the theatre
with their presence on this occasion were the following:
—His Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Mar-
chioness of Douro, the Prince Demidoff, his Excel-.
lency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Bru-
now and party, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury, Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of
Liverpool, the Earl of Ahoy ne, the Earl and
Countess &cave, Earl and Countess of Wilton and
Lady Elizabeth Egerton and party, Earl Mountcbarles,
Earl Gifford, Earl of Cardigan, Viscount Dupplin, Lord
Ward, Lord Ashburton, Lady Somerset and Miss
Somerset, Lady Williamson, Lady Vincent, Lady Ha-
milton, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarenee, Lady Ashworth, Lady Mackenzie and Miss
Mackenzie, the Right Hon. the Secretary at War and
Mrs. Fox Maule, lion. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward.
Hon. F. Bourke, Hon. R. C. Neville, Hon. A. D.
Willoughby, Honourable A. Cunningham, Ho-
nourable Major Needham, Colonel the Honourable
F. Com tenay, Hon. Charles Mandeville, Lieut. Gen. Sir
A. Woodford,Bart., Lady Woodford, and Miss Woodford;
Sir Thomas B. Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Len-
nard, Sir Charles Ibbotson, Bart., Sir William Frasei,
Bart., the Greek Consul General and Madam Ralli, the
Russian Consul General, Colonel Thomson, Colonel
Houghton, Colonel Seymour, Major Forest, Colonel
Bar kw, Captain Spicer, Captain Lord, Captain
Longmore, Captain Smith, Captain Vivian, Mr.
William Rose, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. Martin, Mr.
Rickards, Mr. Delafield, Mr. Ford, Mr. Wilson, Mr. and
Mrs. Bentinck, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. T. Baring,
M.P., Mr. Rogers, Mr. T. U. Lloyd, Mr. Cutler, Mr.
Spicer, Mr. Megan, Mr. McLean, Mr. F. Perkins, Mr.
G. P. Carter, Mr. G. Krehmer, Mr. Campbell, Mr. and
Mrs. Largdon, Mr. H. M. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. Sey-
mour Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs.
Corrie, Mr. and Mrs W. H. Palmer, Mrs. W. W.
Wynn, Miss Bellew, Mrs. Trelawny, Mr. Alfred Mont-
gomery, Mr. and Mrs. Poynder, Mr. and Mrs. Bolton,
Mr. C. Spicer, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Stewart, &e.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Les Huguenots was performed here last evening,
for the first time this ,season, and Mario made his
rentree in the character of Raoul de Nangis ; he,
although somewhat hoarse, sang and acted with great
spirit, displaying a warmth, and energy, and pas-
sion of which we had before scarcely thought him ca-
pable. The great duet between Raoul and Valantine
has been never more superbly given than it was last
evening by Mario and Grisi ; the latter of whom
was in excellent voice, and threw her whole soul
into the part. Angri was to have performed the
part of the page, Urban°, but was unable to ap-
pear iu consequence of an attack of influenza.
Madile. Bertrandi, from the. Italian Opera, Berlin,
undertook the part at a feW hours notice, and ac-
quitted herself most creditably. The stern old
Lutheran Mareelle was sublimely (that is the only
appropriate word) rendered by Formes ; and Polonini
gave a careful version of the part of St. Brie, hereto-
fore acted 'by Tamburini. The choruses were
splendidly given, and the Blessing of the Poignards
wns, of course, encored.
The Qucen's box was occupied by the Marchioness of
Waterford and Lady Stuart de Psothesay, Viscount
and Viscountess Canning and party. Among the
company honouring the theatre with their presence
we remarked the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the
Marchesa Brancalconi and Mdlle. Brancaleoni, the
Earl Granville, the Countess of Malmesbury, the
Earl Cowper. the Earl Bruce,' the Marchioness of West,
meath and Miss Dawson, Viscount and Lady Elizabeth
Lascelies,'Vi,count Mandeville, Viscountess Maidstone
and Lady Adelaide Paget and Lady Mary Cwt.. Lady
Wallseourt and the Hon. Misses Blake, Lady Suffield,
the Baroness de Clifford and the Hon. Miss Ru,sell, Lord
and Lady Ernest Brute and party, Lord Adolphus
Vane, Lord Robert Pelham Clinton, Lord Adolphus
Fitzelareece, Lord Arthur Hay, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel
and Miss Bulteel, Lady Longford and the Hon. Miss
Mitchell, Eon. Mrs. John Stanley, Hon. George Milks,
Mr. Seymour Darner, Sir George Army tage, sir Henry
Webb, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mr. William Rose,
Mrs. Milner Gibson, 'Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P.,
and party; Sir William and Lady de Bathe, Mr. Montagu
Gore, Mr. and Mrs. de Blaquiere, Madame de Horta
and party, Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Martineau, Mr.
Charles Marshall, Ceplain Jocelyn, Captain Cathcart,
Count Louis Corte and Count Grosello, Sir John Low-
ther, Mr. Vane, Mr. Gerard Sturt, M.P., Captain Elli-
son, Hon. Agar Ellis, Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr.
Henry Greville, Mr. A. Talbot, Hon. Hugh Rowley,
Baron de Sternberg, Captain de Bathe, Hon. W. Best,
Captain Steel, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Major
Mai:land, Lieut,Colonel Crombie, Colonel Blanc, Capt.
liotham, Captain De Horsey, Sze.

APOLLONICON, ADELAIDE-STREET,
STRAND. •
Mr. Gratin Cooke's benefit took place at the above
rooms on Monday evening, and it must have been•
gratifying to him to have seen the numbers of friends
who rallied round him on the occasion. The per-
formance was under the patronage of the officers of
the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, end their splendid
band, under the direction of Mr. Cooke, who on the
occasion donned their uniform, performed several
pieces of music, much to the delectation of the audi-
ence. We scarcely knew Mr. Cooke when he made
his appearance with his "blushing honours thick
upon him," and it is but justice to him to say that in
his military attire he looks the beau ideal of a man
of war, and as if he had been such "from his youth
up." The bill of fare was very attractive. Mr.
Richardson played a coupled
s
solos on the flute with
the greatest brilliancy, and his usual unapproach-
able exoellence;and if old Paganini were alive we can
fancy with what delight he would have listened to
the musician-like treatment which his " Carnival de
Vecite" received at the fair hands of Miss Collins.
Her faultless and marvellous execution quite took the
audience by storm, and she was honoured with an
enthusiastic encore. To that, however, we imagine
she has by this time become quite accustomed, for
she receives the like honour on every night of the
Apollonicon Concerts. The Distin family performed
on the sax-horns, and a young lady, Miss Marriot
O'Connor, made her debit with the greatest success.
A glee, in which she and the Distins took part,
" Down in a flowery vale," was quite a gem, and
was sung with most admirable taste and precision.
On the whole, the concert passed off in capital style,
and Mr. Cooke deserves the thanks of the public for
the satisfactory manner in which he catered for their
amusement.

ARBITRATION IN THE CASE OF MESSRS. MUNDAY,
THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS, FOR THE BUILDING.—Mr.
Robert Stephenson, the sole arbitrator in this case, held a
second meeting at the Palace of Westminster this day, when
Mr. Whishaw was examined at considerable length on the
part of the contractors.
THE EXPOSITION.—When the Exposition was first
proposed, a general notion prevailed that none but positively
new inventions were admissible. As the subject, however,
became better understood, it was ascertained that it was
really to be a representation of the best products of art and
manufactures. rivet; now there can be no doubt but that
many of our warehousemen and shopkeepers are disposing of
textile fabrics of the very class and character as will be at
the Exposition. We learn, for instance, that the Messrs.
Jay, of Regent-street, during their recent visit to Paris, were
fortunate enough to obtain for their mourning establishment
four mantles cf the exact model and make as those that will
be exposed on the Ist of May in the Crystal Palace; the
only difference bEing that the latter are in delicate, rich, and
attractive colours whereas those of Messrs. Jay are in black
and greys suited to their particular trade.
THE GREAT BELL AT NOTRE DAME.—The large
bell of the Cathedral of Notre Dame was rung on Good
Friday, after a silence of three years, caused by repairs in
the belfry. A large crowd assembled on the Parvis to hear
it. The bell is called Emmanuel, was cast in 1682, and
Louis XIV. named it in the christening ceremony. For-
merly sixteen men were required to ring it. but owing to an
improvement in the hanging, four now suffice. The relics of
the Cathedral were,
on Good Friday, carried round in solemn
procession after a sermon of the Abbe de Ravignaa. The
PresidQnt a the Republic was precut; and 'there-308- a Vast
oogregatim—Ga/ignani.

COURT. CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
The Quern walked this morning on the slopes.
The Royal Family took walking exercise.
- his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.
Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel
Alexander Gordon, went to London at nine o'clock this
morning, to preside at a meeting of the Royal Commis-
sion for the promotion of the Exhibition, in 1851, of the
workB of industry of all nations.
His Royal Highness and suite travelled by a special
train on the South-Western Railway, and returned to the
Castle at half-past three o'clock.
Her M.i.jesty's private band attended after dinner yes-
terday (51onds,y) evening, and performed the following
pieces:—
Overture, Pastorale ... Kalliwoda.
Carnival de Vonise, violin, M. Sainton Paganini.
Selection, Le Cheial de Bronze... Auber.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided at a meet-
ing of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the
Exhibition, in 1851, of the works of industry of all na-
tions yesterday morning.
His Royal Highness arrived at the Exhibition build-
ing in Hyde-park at ten o'clock. attended by Lieut.-Col.
Hon.: Charles B. Phipps and Lieutenant-Colonel Hon.
Alexander Gordon.
The Commissioners assembled at eleven o'clock. There
were present the Earl of Rosse, the Earl Granville, Lord
John Russell, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir
Charles L. Eastlake, Mr. Barry, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. R.
Stephemon, M.P., and Mr. Hopkins, President of the
Geological Society. Mr. Edgar Bowring, acting secre-
tary to the Commission, was in attendance.
Col. Iteid,shairman of the executive committee; Col.
Lloyd, special commissioner; and Dr. Lyon Ployfair,
special Commissioner, attended;
The meeting broke up at a quarter past two o'clock,
when Prince Albert took his departure and returned to
Windsor Castle.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office from the Governor of Canada and from the Go-
vernors of' the other North American Colonies. Dis-
patches were also received from the Governors of Ceylon,
Van Diemen's Land, the Mauritius, New Zealand, and
New South Wales.

Lady John Russell has issued invitations for an assem-
bly on Wednesday, the 30th inst., at the. official residence
of Lord John Russell, in Downing-street.

IRELAND.
''DUBLIN, TUESDAY.

LONGFORD ELECTlON.—Yesterda.y, the High-Sheiiff
declared the Right 1100. R. M. O'Ferrall the sitting
member, in the room of Major l3lackall.
CORK ELECTION.—The election for Cork city is fixed
for to-morrow. There will be no opposition to the return
of Mr. Sergeant Murphy. Since his arrival in Cork. on
Wednesday last, the learned gentleman has been suffer-
ing from an attack of bronchitis; and, so painful has
been the attack, that it is probable he may not be able to
address the electors on Wednesday—certainly not at
any length.
MR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, M.P., AND THE TENANT-
LEAGUE.—A correspondence has taken place between
Mr. S. Crawford-and the members of the Tenant-League
on the subject of a Landlord and Tenant Bill, in which
the Honourable Member for Rochdale, after expressing
his intention of retiring from Parliament on the next
dissolution, says that his wish to retire is, in some
measure, caused by a belief that, differing as he does on
eertain important points from the principles laid down
by the League, "his presence in Parliament would be
rather an injury than a benefit to the cause in the form
that the League would wish to uphold it."
ARRIVALS OF FOREIGN GRAlN.—Thirty-five vessels
laden with foreign grain have arrived in Cork harbour
—twenty-seven on Saturday and eight on Sunday.
DINNER TO MR. FAGAN, LATE M.P. FOR CORK CITY.
—The Cork Examiner says:—"Mr. Fagan has re•
ceived an invitation to a public dinner from his late col-
leagues in the House of Commons representing English
constituencies. The document conveying the invitation
is signed by the leading Reformers in England, including
Messrs. Hume, Cobden, Bright, Milner Gibson, Mowatt,
Sir William Molesworth, Sir Edward Buxton, Sir
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, William Brown, and
Alexander Henry, Members for South Lancashire;
Colonels Watkins and Salwey, Mr. Haywood, of Lanca-
shire; Mr. Shafto Adair, Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley,
Colonel Thompson, Mr. Lushington, Alderman Hum-
phery, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Macgregor; Messrs. Bass
and Scholefield, Ellis, Horsman, and a long list of M.P.s
with whom, during his career, in Parliament, Mr. Fagan
cordially co-operated in their efforts for political and
financial reform. The document, ho4ever, makes no
allusion to political subjects, and is confined to the ex-
pression of the Members' approbation of Mr. Fagan's
consistent and honourable conduct, and courteous de-
portment' during the time he sat in Parliament. We
understand Mr. Fagan has accepted the invitation, and
intends on the re-assembling of Parliament, to go over
to London to receive this honourable tribute of his late
colleagues' regard."

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, APRIL 22.

In a Convocation holden this day, an election took
place for an inferior Bedel of Law, in the room of the
late James Philip Sheppard, deceased, when the numbers
were— _ _

... 85
... 22

For John Haines
Thomas Blakeman Brown ...
William Bacon ...
Henry Spackman ..• _
Whereupon John Haines was declared by the Senior
Proctor to be duly elected; and having taken the oaths,
was then admitted by the Vice-Chancellor to bis office.

ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.--Yesterday
afternoon a wain, drawn, by four horses, was descending
Blackfriars-bridge, towards the Middlesex shore, when, in
consequence of the driver having neglected to slid the
wheel, the pressure of the vehicle on the horses' quarters
caused them to set oft at full gallop at the moment
the bridge was thronged with carriages. Numerous colli-
sions ensued, and one of the drivers was so dreadfully in-
jured that he now lies in the hospital without hopes of re-
covery. The career of the vehicle was stopped by its com-
ing into contact with the massive iron pillar supporting the
lamp opposite,r26 , New Bridge-street, which, by the force 01
the concussion, was snapped in two, the broken portion, in
its descent, striking a female on the head, who was taken
to the hospital insensible, her skull having been fractured by
the blow. Two of the horses were also killed.

"Now, BY ST. PAUL, THE WORK GOES BRAVELY
ON !"- St. Paul's has at length knuckled down, and, to bor-
row another forcible expression from " the boys," it has
" tucked in its twopenny." Our gallant charge upon the
authorities has ended in their ceasing to make a charge upon
the public ; and, looking upon the gratuitous admission of
visitors as a generous admission of error, we will bury the
past and the twopences in oblivion. Punch.

STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, APRIL 22.—
The business to-day in yarns has been at a further decline
on last Tuesday's prices; but the market was flat notwith-
standing all the symptoms of weakness. The amount 01
transactions generally, however, has been equal to an average
of the weekly market held on this day, the buyers appearing
to consider the prices now current as 'reasonable. In the
goods market there - was a tolerable inquiry in the earlier
part of the day; and 39-inch shirtings, required for India,
were sought after by the shipping houses; but when the
telegraph notice declared a luling flatness in the Liverpool
market the effect was immediately apparent. A remarkable
proof of the little confidence which is entertained in the ac-
counts from America is given in the fact, that though cotton
is reported higher at New York, no effect was observable
either here or in Liverpool -which could be traced as a direct
consequence of that fact. Cotton was up ii America IA d. per
lb., and 20,000 bales were sold at New York within three
days of the sailing of the Canada, a circumstance which
seems to be justly deemed suspicious.
AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT GLOUCESTER.—
Some of the good citizens of Gloucester, perambulating the
docks on Good Friday morning, Were marine „by
a terrible
noise cn board a Greek ship lying in the middle of the basin.
The captain and others appeared to have one of the crew
amongst them, around whose neck a rope was attached, and
before any interference could be offered the body was run up
to the yard-arm, and after a few apparent struggles, so far
as the victim was concerned, all was still. The noise had
hardly subsided, when a similar scene appeared to be going
forward on board another Greek vessel lying alongside the
first-mentioned, the body in this case being lowered over the
side into the water, and then, as if the murderous wretches
had changed their intentions, it was hauled on deck—
severely belaboured amidst shouts and execrations, and
speedily hauled up to the yard-arm. The excitement on
seeing two bodies dangling high in the air was most intense;
some of the crowd assembled were -calling out for the police,
and two or three, more courageous than the rest, got on
board one of the ships to demand au explanation, and with
the determination to take the culprit into custody. The ex-
planation was duly given, and a hearty and general laugh
was the result. The seamen were only performing a custom
of the Greek Church, usual on Good Friday, by stuffing an
effigy with straw, with a bag in its ht h
rig and, to r resent
Judas Iscariot, and hanging it, expressive of their abhor-
rence of the conduct of that worthy in betraying our Saviour.
The next morning the effigies were hauled down, and treated
with great indignity, amidst renewed shouts and the dis-
charge of muskets.
TEE SEX OF JOHN SMlTH—Domestic critics
were last week smitten with wonderment that the Govern-
ment should require them to state, in their census papers,
whether John Smith or Mary Jone was a male or a female.
But we have known freaky parents to give the Christian
names of men to their daughters, and vice versa ; and the
Sheffield Times told us, only last Saturday, of an Irishman
'who got his child-called Peter before he discovered it to be
a girl.— Gateshead Observer.
GLASGOW, Arxu.l9.--Cotton—ln cotton wool we
have had another very dull ;week, and prices have receded
from 1/sd. 'to !„id. per lb. Middling Orleans barely realises
741 d. per lb. Goods and yarns partake of the general de-
pression, and prices continue to decline. Dealers complain
generally of the dulness in the home trade, or at least of
the difficulty of dojng business with a profit. Several
establishments are lessening the amount of their produc-
tion, and in the Paisley district upwards of 1,200 weavers
have been thrown:out of employment during the last few
weeks. Pig iron—The market for pig-iron hss been less
animated this week, and prices are scarcely maintained.
Sales have been made at 40s. 6d., cash, and the current
value is from 495. 6d to 41s. per ton, free on board. The
shipment from the beginning of the year till the 12th
current have been 137,74 tops, against 86,632 tons for the
same period last year—showing an increase of shipments
of 50,742 tons. At the close of 1850 the stock in Glasgow
was estimated at 230,000 tons; it is now estimated at 203,868
tons.

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Virtue is not so versatile in its nature us to be ire-
practicalYe lu any possible condition of human life.—Eliza
Cook's Journal.

ESCAPE OF CONVICTS FR,ThI DARTMOOR PRISON

Two of the convicts, named John Cotton and Jahn Jones,
escaped from the prison on Tuesday. Information was re-
ceived on Thursdpy that they had committed a highway
robbery near the Rev. 11. Strangway's, on the road to Tiver-
ton, by plundering a labourer in the employ of Mr. Rowe, of
what he possessed, together with his smock-frock and jacket,
for which they gave him their convict jackets, on which are
the letters" 1). P." They found a knife on his person,which
they placed across the throat of the man, at the same time
threatening to deprive him of life if he failed in:giving up to
Acria all ho hid.- - -