The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-07 00:00:00

ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

TEI CUP I.T.A.NDIcAr.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

eeni new five-act comedy from the pen of Dion Bourci-
t was
the
here last evening; and, whether as
t4-6t/tedB the construction of the comedy itself, the elabo-
str2° of character, the brilliancy of dialogue, the
neth of cast, and the evenness of the acting, or the
et,
";Pi!te manner in which it was put upon the stage,
e In a Maze, for such is the name of the new comedy,
het hied to the highest commendations that can be
wh)wed upon it. Love in a Maze is a comedy
age'
ll live and keep possession of the
'loge ; it is by far the best thing that Mr.
heLireicault has yet done, and more than realizes the
)1113 which his admirers were induced to entertain by
47,, A-oadoe Assurance. The scene of the new comedy is
4d4 at Buckethorne Chase, in the county of Norfolk,
ter",,the time is the latter part of the seventeenth cell-
Buckethorne Chase is the seat of Sir Abel Bucke-
lia-rrte (Mr. Addison), " a fine old English gentleman,
bri° of the olden time," who has set his heart upon
Ittineteing about a match between his nephew, Colonel
antert Buckethorne (Mr. Charles Kean), a rough
el,arl honest soldier, and his ward Lucy (Mrs.
Kean). They had been brought up
children together, but whilst the Colonel
bee,,lngaged in the wars in Flanders the lady had
London, and there she had seen a certain Lord
gel!, (Mr. A. Wigan), a courtier, who had won her
ee;:blenti; and she and the Colonel wed, and then (Es-
' "r that neither loves the other. Lord Miniver picks
414 rrel with the Colonel, and so manages that he
toeta ft duel with him on his wedding-day. The lady4,Boff to Norfolk alone, and is followed by her hue-
d+ll,`,, bringing with him Lord Miniver, whom he
...to:4 Wounded slightly, and of whose love
Pr
Lucy be was ignorant. On discovering
hlr routual estrangement, it is determined to endeavour
pe4",i;rc'eure a divorce; but while the proceedings are
tset7l'g, Lucy discovers so much to despise in the cha-
%Li." of Lord Miniver, and so much to admire in
cf the chivalrous Rupert, who, on his part, has
Nen in love with her, that she refuses to sign the di-
ke% albeit Rupert had already dune so, under the idea
thet he was relieving her from a hated contract. In
tlpd meantime, my Lord Miniver has been exposed
Berta Pourpletely put down by the caustic wit of a
btvi Mr. Tony Nettletop (Mr. Keeley), who,
eter,7g, been jilted twelve years before, had sworn
uil2l,' enmity to the sex in general and to Lady Aurora
"'"c (Mrs.Winstanley), the lady who had jilted him,
thParticular. The Lady Aurora is at Buckethorne
111:8; now a widow, fat, fair, forty, and frisky, and
whidetermines to again bringing Tony at her feet, in
Lote,h she succeeds completely; but Tony is in danger,
Miniver, stung to the quick by his sarcasms, chal-
14„e I,B.hiEn, and they fight iu the garden—the way to
all -`4 la through a maze. The report of this duel brings
The Parties to the spot, and the denouement takes place.
Barre 'e an under-plot of the loves of Mopus (Mr.
LerkeY), the serving-man of Nettletop, and of Faith
hieV9r (Mrs. Keeley), the serving-m.aid of Lucy,
lse.h" is excessively amusing, and elicited shouts of
ke",tel• We know not when we have seen
in t nd Mrs. Charles Kean to greater advantage than
the characters of Colonel and Mrs. Buckethorne; in
thor:delineation of such haracters as Colonel Bucke-
heft in which the honest bluntness and chivalrous
414 lg of the soldier is toned down by the manners
it un itQlings of the gentleman, Mr. Charles Kean
tlie,,s4PProachable, andlhislperformance of Colonel Bucke-
kx,„""e last evening was very fine and true to nature.
ehnisitkly beautiful was the Mrs. Buckethorne of Mrs.
r'lea Kean, full of tenderness, feeling, and pathos.
1450'8 Lord Miniver was most amusingly cool, and
r. era Nettletop, the quaintest of rustic vv.its.
ktll. Keeley as Faith was the smartest of waiting maids,
kd Harley as Mopus, the perfection of country serving
Len, and Addison made a hearty old country squire. The
Amore Fullalove of Mrs. Winstanley was perfect, it
at once ladyl,ke and espiegle, and we will not say an
dPiPtcach, but quite equal to Mrs. Glover in her best
ail. We congratulate the public and the management
hating secured the services of a lady every way so ac-
"lashed
as Mrs. Winstauley. The costumes were
kJ rich, and the scenery beautiful. In the last rune a e
ar a maze regularly built up on the stage. Toe ape
114 the
Was enthusiastic, and at the conclusion there were
Itd calls for the author, who was led on by Mr. Charles
e4n. Every portion of the house was crowdee.

PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN THE EAST:
i ),•re greatly pained to state that letters have just reached
loses Montefiore and the Rev. the Chief Rabbi, from
tireastantinople, imploring the assistance of Sir Moses, under
:141:asiances similar to those which occurred at Damascus.
Vert a interior of the country, a child having died, the Jews
ige„,accused of having killed it for the blood's sake. About
lea ;;;,_`'Y Jews, among whom were several rabbles, have been
clieD,C43ned, and horribly treated, two of whom, we hear, have
ready from the torture.—Jewish Chronicle.
Ittj RAPID COMMUNICATION WITH
tietil;'l).--Ori Thursday afternoon, at half-past four, a gen-
. 1.01411 left Glasgow for Londonderry, by Ardrossan; from
read anderry he travelled 25 miles inland, transacted business
qur-turned by the same route to Glasgow, arriving here at
itli; atter before ten on Saturday morning, thus accomplish-
-141 the whole journey in about 41 hours. The Firefly left
r fast
or go quay at 35 minutes past one r. m., Saturday last
St 6',a2Kow, via Ardrossan, and the party arm e ,g
13014-31-,Past nine P.M., being five minutes less tnan eight
Nen ..-ter leaving Belfrst. These two voyages are unpre-
-I,atitet!d the Irish trade, and show that the Ardrossan
maintains its character as among the quickest and best
Q 1• °C communication between Glasgow and Ireland.—
amp .
"7° ,romid.
Ingt,2tSPIKE ROADS IN SOUTH WALEt.—From a
tllrt 'Tat of the receipts and expenditure on account of the
of
tar the ti `louse of Com mons , it appears that the total income
bc g:
Year was 3,758/, and the expenditure 3,0 i 3/., leaving
In aAc° available for 1851, of about 5641. The estimated
1-1 e for 1:51 is 2,695/. 14s. 10d.
tel:„chtstry may be considered as the purse, and fru-
tlikn? as its strings, which should rather be tied with a bow
sik,a double knot, that the contents may not be too difficult
1,-ess for reasonable purposes.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
forku: tobacco manufacturers of Glasgow have
detect; themselves themselves into a society, having for its object the
terie°4 and exposure of any fraudulent attempt to adul-
e tobacco or snuff.
gape rumour recently circulated by various news-
„teCtf,,: to the effect that the Rev. Mr. Bennett, has been
%and— to succeed Bishop Terry, of St. Andrew a, has no
whatever.—.7lforning Paper.
,tbi:ILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.—The annual meeting
.Londr,raetribers of this society was held yesterday at the
4E4 i'll,l Tavern; ?Ir. Gladstone in the chair. The secretary
t
year p;ajeport, from which it appeared that during thed pas
8.400 a-;g4u,t3*-two boys had enjoyed the advantages of e uca-
ffro..ll;;`a,e societ 's school, at Redhill, and that of these,
tairaCras were oryphans. On the 28th February, 1851, the
uoy,i-hs'r of boys was 102. During the past year sity-sidx
"ad left the school, of whom thirty-one had emigrate ,
13,e st the rest had either procured:situations in this country,
hs),(lischarg
it ed, or returned to their friends. The farm at
aunt of
had been purchased at a cost of 7,0001., of which the
14„°f 2,000/. had been borrowed. A legacy of 1,0001.
debt-"
g that day fallen in, the society remained 1,0001. in
Youth. Favourable accounts had been received from the
feu who 1:1"1.;ho had last year gone to America, as also from those
of
cU emigrated to Australia in former years. The state-
p accounts showed the receipts for the year to have
,°1 ltist°,437l. 16s. 7d., including a balance for the beginning
`arta"sY,ear, the money accumulated for the purchase of the
Petit:o'l-1e sale of stock, &c. The expenditure for the same
sco„' arnounted to 7,383/. 145., which included the building
7,006 int, the maintenance of the farm, &c. A balance of
°at.' was placed at interest, and 2,054/. 2s. 7d. at the
low4r-ra, the two latter sums having been collections made
g 3 liquidating the cost of the farm. The sum received
teri„„ ue sale of the farm produce, and applied to the wain -
bee of the school, was 767/. 14s. 9d. The report having
meat aProved, and the necessary business transacted, the
g dispersed.
MINISTRY IN PROSPECTIVE.—In the contem-
the 1;1'; another Ministerial crisis, which is regarded by
me, Vt'es as a contingency not very remote, the leading
Raged"!°ng the Peel party are, we are assured, already en-
told, • la the work of Cabinet construction. It is, we are
1444 intended to make advances to the more talented and
of anettial members of the Manchester School, with the view
krre `'llag into a combination with them. While there is a
°rmSehoeoti accordnce beiwee th Peelites and th Blancheter
°n
the question ofn freee trade, the for.mere , we ares in-
. are prepared to make great concessions to popular
ea fig " the subject of the franchise. Some persons feel so
thr.3, tact of the contemplated coinhination taking place, that
tialaven 'PPcify the offices in the new Cabinet which par-
iblei.Jyarties are to fill. Sir James Graham has the Pre-
the P assi!tmed to him ; the Duke of Newcastle is to be
%httl„,,r`'ll,al Secretary ; Mr. Cardwell, flancellor of the Ex-
'4hia ot, , and Mr. Cobden, President of the Board of Trade.
eab,_ uer leading seats in the anticipated Peelite-Cobden
inn 'net
ilde are
not yet filled up—not even in intention.—Morn-
Alxt4 •
110/.0 NCHOLY DEATH OF MR. MELLY THE ENTO-
-131:1e GIST.--The untimely death of this gentleman, who was
p„,itio our leading Liverpool merchants, and held a high
on 'Change, has elicited almost universal expressions
et' The deceased was head of the firm of Melly,
the 19th' anti Co., and died of fever at Gega, in Egypt, on
.tate juirsn of the
while returning from an expedition to
.41!?.._titli.e012L,ClochildrteihiearBeluneowanodnVi their hite Mrs. Blelly and
way to England. In
otie „, _to his mercantile reputat' h• gat eAt9nl9logiltA tlie"d'aye. w"
noted for
being

THE SUN,

SPORTING NOTES.
AFALYSIS OF TEE T %-rt'ENTY-EIGHTE CiIES-

" KING JOHN -- Thou idle dreamer, wherefore say'st thou so ?
PETER Foreknowing that the truth will fall out so."
King John, Act 4, Scene 2.

SIR, —Agond---daY;; sport came cif at. Coventry on
Tuesday, and, with the exception of Abd-el-Kader's
position in the steeplechase, much as I expected it would.
The Flat race, as 1 announced in Note No. 15, was a
certainty for Heart of Oak (3 yrs, sst 41b), or Hezy (3
yrs:, 4-4 121 b), and so it was; for, after the four-year-old
Bacton (7st 31b) had been indulged with the lead for a
mile, the promising son of Old England, and Lamp-
lighter's sturdy daughter, Pbccl)e, sailed to the front.
carried on the running to the end, and proved himself
in possession of a genuine heart of oak, by winning
et:ad), by two lengths. He will be heard of favour-
ably at Doncaster. Hazy was third; and the much-f
tied Mease and Modestina nowhere I After I had
dotted down my remarks on the Craven Steeplechase
on Monday last, in consequence of certain
" moves" in the City and at the West-end, I was
forced to alter my views of the result. I had mat ked out
Rattrap as the horse, but finding that he would not go,
I appended a postscript to my note, stating that " the
money" was on The Victim, and that he would prove
the winner; he won very cleverly by half a. length, car-
rying lOst 121 b, beating Abd-el-Kader, list (second);
Sir Peter Laurie, llst 51b (third); end five o:hers, in-
cluding that renowned source of " vanity and vexition of
spirit," Vain Hope, of whom it is asserted, that had not
subtle poison or something else placed the horse in
" queer-street," he could not have lost the Liverpool
Steeplechase; at least this is the sum and substance of
Mr. Buck's extraordinary pamphlet so freely circulated
at the " Corner" on Monday. Frisby landed The Gene-
-ral (lost 6th) cleverly by half a length from Mr. Oake's
Half-and-Half (lost 121 b); Seignor of Holderness (9st
81b) being third, and Venice a bad fourth and last.
Half-and Half was backed even against the field, and
considered a certainty; but the pot boiled over, like the
Seignor of Holdernes's at Liverpool.
Seven and twenty years have ealapsed since the Doge
of Venice 6 yrs, 9st 21b, won the first Tradesmen's
Plate, or, as it is more commonly called, the Chester
Cup, during which period the stake has risen from the
rank of an ordinary one to be the first handicap of the
day. The following table will show its position this
year, so far as regards the entries and acceptances, as
compared with the last five years:-
1846, nominations 142, accceptances 92
1847 176 ~ 107
1848 ~ 156 „ 106
1849 201 „ 107
1850 „ 189 104
1851 „ 192 ,f 83

Thus, although 1851 has, with one exception, the great-
est entry, it has a smaller acceptance, by nine, than
1846, and shows a falling off on the average of the last
four years of twenty-three, hut, notwithstanding, the
amount of business done on it is quite equal, if not su-
perior, to any preceding year.
Since the establishment of the Chester Cup in 1824, it
has been won four times by aged horses, thrice by six
years old, eight times by five gears old, eleven times by
four years old, and only once by a three-year old. Thus
it will be seen the chances are nearly five to two in
favour of the winner being a four or five-year old, six
to four against a four-year old, five to two a five-year
old, nearly six to one an aged horse, eight to one a six
year-old, and twenty-six to one a three-year old. I
will now proceed to a consideration of the respective
chances of the animals engaged in the Chester Cep of
1851; beginning with Day's lot, as he tops the handicap
with Peep-o'-day Boy, aged, Bst 101 b, who, if reserved
for this event (query), will command attention; he holds
Glauca and Russborough safe enough, giving the latter
only 4ibs. I am inclined to think that the Brother to
Dough, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, will be the representative of
the Danebury stable; his couple of performances last
year were nothing wonderful truly, he having only ac-
complished the feat of running a fair third to Captain
Grant for the First-class Madrid Stakes, and second
at 7st llb to Blucher, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b, for the Queen's
Plate at the Curragh; in the former he beat
The Marchioness D'Eu, Pio Nono, Caprice, and
Brother to Johnny, in the latter Chatterbox
and five others; he is in first-rate trim, and
considerably improved on last year's form, I shall
number him among my select few. The Prior of Laner-
cost, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, also in the same stable, has never
yet done anything particularly creditable, though it is
said he will do something remarkable in the course of
the spring—l am dubious on the point. Dockeray has a
couple in the list, viz., Glauca, 5 yrs, 8A 81b, and Cla-
rissa, 5 yrs, 7st 31b, but neither, I imagine, likely to be
found in the fray. Murphy also has a couple, Russ-
borough, 4 yrs, Bst 61b, and Conveyor, 4 yrs, 6st 61b;
both may be set down as hopeless. Fobert has Elthiron,
5 yrs, Bst 21b (not likely to start), and The Knight of
Avenel, 4 yrs, 7st 31b; the latter has been leniently
treated by the handicapper, and well supported in the
market a short time since, but rumours having got into
circulation highly detrimental to his chance, he was at
one time sent to the right about, fifties to one going
a-begging, but he has since to some extent re-
covered his former position, and may be quoted at 25 to 1;
the rumours were not altogether out, his pins
are not in the most unexceptionable condition, and
though at the weight (if well) must be a dangerous op-
ponent, I cannot reeammend him as a good investment.
E. Parr has five under his care, including two c elebri-
ties, Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst, and The Black Doctor, 3 yrs,
Set 41b; the former is sure to run well, and the letter, if
he gets a good start, may attempt the Red Deer game of
1844, whether he can accomplish it depends a great deal
on the jockey; however, this much I Al venture to as-
sert, that he will show his tail to the rest of the three-
years old division, not even excepting Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st
121 b. who is his superior at a short distance, but I should
much doubt her c .pability of beating him over a• 24
mile course. The Goodwood stable has accepted with
five—Bee Hunter, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (five or six pounds
too much), William the Conqueror, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (la-
bours under the same disadvantage as the Hunter), colt
by Gladiator out of Khoraesan'e dam, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b
(not intended for this stake), Hesse Homburg, 3 yrs,
4st 101 b (will not start, I fancy), and Hurry Scurry,
3 yrs, 4st 41b, who, if started, would probably bolt
into the Dec. A. Taylor has only Vatican, 5 yrs,
7st 101 b, intended, I believe, for the Metropolitan.
Treen's lot consists of but two—Windisehgratz, 4 yrs
7st 101 b, who has about 101 b too much allotted to him;
and Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st, whose merits Mr. Topham has, in
my opinion, fairly estimated; Rhesus was out twice last
year; carrying 7st 21b in a mile and three-quarters spurt
at Chester, he ran a wretched last to Cockermouth, 5
yrs, 7at 51b; Gulliver, 4 yrs, Est 61b; and Diana, 4 yrs,
6st; at Warwick in a mile and a half turn, carrying 7st,
he ran home a bad fourth to Turnus, 4 yrs, 7st 21b
(first); Little Jack, 3 yrs, sst bib (second); Uriel, 4
yrs, 7st 51b (third); and beat Docility, 4 yrs, 555 111 b;
and Escape, 5 yrs, Est 61b. These are the marvellous
public performances of the first favourite for the Chester
Cup; but you must not judge by them, his last private
spin was a much superior affair, he then came off with
flying colours. I should not fancy investing much on
him, but would nevertheless hold him harmless. The
great Melton stable is represented by Backbiter,
6 yrs, 7st 91b, who will be especially reserved
for this race; his weight is favourable, and his
public performances quite up to the weight, further
deponent sayeth not. Tom Taylor has but one in the
i
melee, but that one s a a rattler; the five-year-old
daughter of Don John and Industry, Lady Evelyn, was
my first as it is likely to be my last fancy for the
coop; her ladyehip's couple of appearances in public
last year showed a terrific falling-off from her three-
year-old achievements, but then she was not quite her-
self either time; in the first she was beaten half a
length by Oeterley (who came to the post a perfect pic-
ture) and afterwards,
carrying Bst
elb, fur
wa thsbeelo
a'ternt SofftalLes,
the Grand Stand Handicap atr
Epsom, won by Escape, 5 yrs, 7st 1113; Jelly Fish, 4
yrs, Est 131 b (second); Herbert, 4 yrs, 7st llb (third);
and the following ran home in company with her:—
Dough, 5 yrs, Bst 71b; Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs, 7st llb;
and Lady Frances, 5 yrs, Est 71b. In Note No. 1, of the
13th January last, I observed that she was " worth a
heavy investment at fifty, if for no other purpose than
hedging;" this has been made manifest by her
advance to 20 to 1 at the list houses, and
25 to 1 at " the Corner " and Manchester; she will
see half the price bsfore the race is run,
and With Nat's cool head to direct her movements on the
Roodee, she will be about the mark; and nothing would
give use greater pleasure than to see Lord Chesterfield's
red and purple colours once more in the ascendant. Percy's
only nag, the aged Vampyre, at 7st 71b, is in, compara-
tively, on better terms for the Metropolitan than this
stake, and as he goes for the former I should doubt his
running for the latter. TOM Dawson comes out with
Ruby, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (who is said to be THE horse), Lang-
ton, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (who is, no doubt, intended for
something some time or other, but when no one knows),
the Italian, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (who has made as much noise
in the ring as the wise-man who represents the Ponti-
fical interests of Italy in England has in the Senate; but
I think, in both instances, to sink eventually into obli-
vion), the Cocktail, 5 yrs, 7st (going for the Northamp-
ton bout), Joe Sutherland, 5 yrs, Est (wretched ani-
mal), and Tightwaist, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b, held safe
by Nancy and the Black Doctor. Mote about
this lot at some future period. Ford once
brought out a Chester Cup winner, to wit, St. Lawrence,
but that he can do so this year I hold to be somewhat
of the impossible; ho has Cyprus, 4 yrs, 7st 71b; Sauter-
le-Coupe, 5 yrs, 7st 51b; Dulcet, aged, 6st 101 b; and
Flare-up, 4 yrs, sst 101 b. Blarney is left among the
acceptances, and yet announced as a stallion. Zhe Mar-
quis of Waterford's Duc-an-Durras, 6 yrs, 7st 51b, may
realize something better than a stirrup-cup draught, not
at all unlikely to get a cup of another description with a
golden draught,:at least so I'Anson thinks. Lumley has
Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b, and Garforth, 4 yrs, Est 10lb:
the former is much inquired after, ought to run well at
the weight, but I think his master's in the field. I don't
know whether Harrison's Seaman (4 yrs, 7st) is going to
be a second Pee-o'-day Boy or not; it is reported that
mischief is meant with him; ho was bucked yesterday at
as little as 30 to 1; his performances last year were
running second to Blucher, receiving 2et 31b, for a
Queen's Plate at the Curragh, and a second time being
second, this ingo to Harkover, receiving two stone;
at present I do not see anything attractive
in his chance, I may change my opinion, but I think
not. Stebbir'e sports seen acceptances, hut at the pre-
, sent writing 1 cannot say anything in favour of any but
Strap, who at Est 41b, and aged, might be found stump-
; ing away in the front when least expected. W.
I'Aneon has Sir Philip, 4 yrs, Set 81b; and lia:icot, 4 yrs,
t 6et 12.1 b; the latter has been backed for an immense
stake, in fact some of her party go so far as to say it's
L all over, but I must differ from this very conclusive
opinion. I watched her running last year very closely,
and am of opinion that she will run forward, but not
pro'e the winuer. ,pfe um" x4o,34t9Lie, 6 no,

LONDON, FRIDAY _EVENING,