The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, NV EDNE sDAY EVENING, uCTOBER IA 1867.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

cHELT EN HAM RA CES-TUE3DAY

The journey down held out but poor prospect for those
who intended being preyent at the races to-day, for the
rain descended in torrents until Cheltenham was reached.
The weather then cleared, but only for a short time, for it
again descended heavily at Gloucester, and continued until
just I.x3fore the first race, when it cleared off, and the re-
mainder of the afternoon was passed more comfortably
than the morning promised. The attendance, as might
have been expected under the circumstances, was but
moderate. The opening event, the Handicap, Hurdle-
race, brought out only three of the fourteen coloured on
the card, and produced a fine race, the favourite being
beaten at the last by Tottie by a head. A Plate of 40
soya. was set next, but did not produce a race. Queen of
Trumps with Grinrshaw in the saddle, and the nice price
of 4 to 1 against her, managed to polish off her five anta-
gonists by a length. The Cleove Hill Plate produced but
four runners, and was won by Alberta. Lord Palmerston
having beaten Calton, Bunsen, and two others in the
Hamilton Plate, the sports were closed by Miss Dobson
winning the Cotswold Hunters' Stakes, for which 12
started. The following is a return of the sport:-
1
A Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft (to the fund),

with 30 sovs added. One mile and a half, over four

hurdles.
Mr. T. V. Morgan's Tottia, by ldlo Boy—Gloom, 4 yrs,
9st
Mr. E. Green's Colenso 3 yrs, gat (Wheeler) 2
Mr. Weyman's The Colonel, hb, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b
(J. Harding) 3

Betting —Even on Colons°, 2 to 1 agst Tottie, 4 to 1 agst
Colonel. Tottio made play, followed by The Colonel, the
favourite lying last. They ran in this order until half a
mile from home, when Colenso took second place, The
Colonel retiring beaten. A fine race home took place b,-
tween Tottie and Colenso, who could never quite get up,
Tottie winning by a nc,ikrilitte Colonel wits a bad third.
A Plate of 40 sovs ; two year olds 7st 71b, three flat 51b,
four and upwards lOst. T.Y.C.
No race.

Tho Gloucestershire Stakes (handicap) of 15 sovs each,
with 100 added. Ono mile and a quarter.

Mr T. Wadlow ns Queen of Trumps, by Icing of
Trumps—Catherine Pat:, agod, Bst 81b ...((Il:mshaw) 1
Mr J. Bosley ns Arabia, 5 yrs, 7st 41b
Mr P. Ilobson's Bandmaster, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Carta) 3
- - -

The following also ran :—Steamboat, Elegance, Madame
Wright.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Steamboat, 7to 2 agst Madame
Wright, 4 to 1 each agst BAndmaster and Queen of
Trumps, and sto 1 agst Arabia. Bandmaster took up the
running, folbwed by Steamboat, Arabia, and Queen of
Trumps, for half a mile, when Arabia dropped away.
Little alteration occurred until half a mile from the finish,
when Steamboat rosigael the lead to Queen of T: amps,
Arabia at the same thno coming again, but could not reach
the Queen, who came away from the distance and won by
a length ; Bandmaster was a bad third ; Madame Wright
was fourth, a head only from the third; Steamboat was
fifth ; and Elegance last.
The Cleeve 11111 Plate of 40 sovs (handicap). Half a mile.
Mr 0. Brewer's Alberta, by King Tom—Princess, 4 yrs,
Bst 121 b ............................................. (Grimshaw) 1
Mr W. Mytton's Lute, 3 yrs, ist 4lb (G. Sopp) 2
Mr E. Green's Sultana, 2 yrs, Gst 121 b (Peppier) 3
Mr T. Steven's Laura, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Holland) 4

BAting-11 to 8 on Alberta, 100 to 30 agst Lute, 5 to 1
agst Laura, and 7 to 1 agst Sultana. Alberta made the
running from end to end, and won easily by a length,
which distanc3 also separated second and third. Laura,
last throughout, was a bad fourth. Tho winner was
bought in for 130 guineas.
The Hamilton Stakes of 7 sovs each, 3 ft (to the fund),
with 59 sovs added, for two year olds ; colts, Sst 121 b,

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fillies Bst 91b; winners of 100 sovs 51b, 200 71b extra.

T.Y.C.
Captain Machell's Lord Palmerston, by Marionette—
Hubbub, Bst (Cannon) 1
Mr R. Walker's Catton, Bst 121 b „ (Grimsho.w) 2
Mr F. Marshall's Ransom, 7st 111 b (Butler) 3
Mr H. Goater's Northern Star, fist 31b (in. 51b extra)
(J. Goater) 4
Lord Coventry's Golden Gift, Bst Glb (J. Adams) 5
Betting-5 to 4on Lord Palmerston, 7to 4 agst Catton,
sto 1 agst any other. The favourite was first away, but
in a few strides gave way to Ransom, who made the run-
ning, attended by Lord Palmerston and Catton, Golden
Gift being in the roar to the dip, where Calton and the
favourite headed Ransom, Catton having a head lead to
the distance, where Lord Palmerston got the advance, and
won, after a fine race, by a head. Half a length divided
second and thfrd ; Northern Star was fourth, and Golden
Gift last.

The Coltswold. Hunt3r.' Stakes of 3 sovs each, 1 ft (to the
fund), with 40 sovs aided. Two milos.

Mr. G. Stovens's Miss Dodson, h b, aged, lOst 71b (inc.
51b extra) (Owner) 1
Mr. Brice's Fire-eater, 6 yrs, lOst 91b...(Mr. Hutchings) 2
Mr. Harborough's Empress, aged, list Cue. 51b extra)
(Wheeler) 3

The following also ran:—Countess, Lucinda, Rossing-
tou, Mustang, Ann Hathaway, The Dane, Milk Maid,
Umbra, and Susa.
Betting—G to 4 agst Miss Dodson, sto 2 agst The Dane,
100 to 15 agst Susa, 7 to 1 agst Rossington, and 10 to 1
agst Mustang. The latter made the limning, followed by
Rossington, Milk Maid, and Umbra, for three-quarters of
a mile, when Milk Maid took it up, loading until half a mile
from home. Hero sho gave way to Umbra and the three
placed, of whom Umbra held a clear load and was winning
easily, when ho came into collision with a policeman's
horse, left standing near the judge's box, and came down,
fortunately both horse and rider escaping uulnu t. Miss
Dodson passed the post a neck in advance of Fire-eater,
who defeated Empress half a length for second place. The
others were -widely scattered.

PROGRAMME OF HEREFORD RACES.
THURSDAY, OCT. 15.
The Wye Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added;
two year olds fist 121 b, three Bst 71b, four 9st 41b, five
and upwards 9st 71b. Three quarters of a mile.
The Herefordshire Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft,
with 100 added. One mile and a half.
Age st lb
Moulsoy 6 9 1
Edinburgh ... 5 8 0
Pearl Diver a 7 8
Moose ... a 7 0
Empress of India ... 6 7 0
Whalebone 4 6 10
Edgbaston... 4 6 8
Rejoinder 3 6 8
Lord Bateman's Plate (Handicap) of 50 sow. Five
furlongs.

Nidderdale
Dulcimer ...
Deceit ...
Allow Me ...
Orne ...
Changeable
Wild Moor

Age st lb
.. 5 6 6
.. 5 6 6
.. 3 6 2
.. a 5 12
.. 3 5 12
..3 5 10
.. 3 5 7

Age st lb
Volunteer ... a 9 8
Salliet 5 9 2
Queen of Trumps.., a 8 12
King of Spades 4 7 5
Rejoinder ... ... 3 7 3
F by Wild Dayrell
out of Emily ... 3 7 3
Wild M00r... ...3 7 2
... 3 7 0
Prima Donna ... 3 7 0
Veni ... 3 6 1q

Age st lb
Watehbox... ... 5 610
0 by Wild Dayrell
out of Calot ... 3 610
Gay Ned ... 4 6 8
Canard ... 3 6 8
Miss Alice... ... 3 6 7
Lute ...3 6 6
Peggy ... 3 6 6
Brother to Belgravo 3 6 6
Greenford ... 3 6 5
The Returned ... 2 510
Manton ...2 5 7
sovs (Handicap). Three
of a mile.

. 4 6 12
The Nursery Plate of 100
quarters
st lb
8 10
... 8 7
... 8 6
8 1

Tina

st lb
Picnic ... ... ... 7 8
Manton ... ... 7 8
Africa... ... ... 7 7
Triana ... ... ... 7 7
Betlow Lass ... ... 7 6
Frailty colt ... ... 7 5
Veto ... ... ... 7 5
Osprey... ... ...7 5
Torpedo ... ...7 3
Seaflowor ... ...7 2
Dunoon ... ... 6 12
Austerlitz filly ... 6 10

Shooting Star
Maesderwen
Liquidator ...
Russian Bear

Sirocco 8 1
Thorncroft 7 12
Vortigern •.. ... 7 11
Fugleman 7 10
Cattie 7 10
Slander 7 10
The Returned ••• 7 9
Ransom ... 7 8
Diadem ... 7 8
The hunters' Stakes (handle
added. T:

T) of 5 soya each, with 40
roe miles.

Ago st lb I Ago st lb
The Nun (h b) al2 0 Oldminster ... all 5
S rite all 11 Fright 5 11 0
No ...
11 7 C
p 5
Confidence ...
Zephyr 511 Ruperraarubroo ... 610 10
Tho Hurdle Race Handicap of 3 sovs each, 1 ft (to the
fund), with 40 added. Ouo mile and a half, over six
hurdles.

Age st lb Age st lb
Carus • alO 7 Oldminstor a 9 7
Dick Turpin
▪ alO 3 Bugler ... ... 4 9 6
Isabella ...
... 4 10 4 Tottie ... 4 9 4
Sprite
alO 0 Fright ... 5 9 3
Heurlys •alO 0 Eliza ... 49 3
Lord Waldogravc... 5 9 10 Mountain Maid ... 4 9 4
Watch box ... 5 9 10 Harrington (h b)... a 9 0
Needle Gun ... 59 8 Portcullis ... ... 49 0
Brigand ..
5 9 8 Colons() ... 3 8 8
The Trial. Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added; two
year olds Gst 21b, three Bst 21b, four 9st 21b, five and up-
wards 9st 51b ; ono mile.

Knight of the Garter, 3 yrs (not to be sold), East Lanca-
shire, aged (300 soya), Moulsey, 6 (not to be sold).
The Shobdon Cup (handicap), value 200 sous, by subscrip-
tion of 10 sovs each ; one mile and three quarters.
Age st lb Ago at lb
Moulsey 6 9 0 The Rescue
Beeswing
Rama 4 8 9 Arabia
Christmas Carol ... 5 7 13 Clarina
Pearl Diver
Cedric 5 7 10 Prodigal 3 6 0
East Lancashire ... a 7 10 Duet
Caithness
Steamboat 4 7 3 Stokeley
Honeymoon 4 6 12 Leap Year 3 5 10
Nidderdale
Tomahawk
The Colonel 4 6 9 Libertine
Douro 4 6 8 Whirligig .. 3 5 7
Barnabo 4 6 6 Maid of the Mill ... 3 5 7
Clatford 4 6 6 Mail Train 6 (pd)

rho Welter Handicap of 3 so
with 25 added ; on
Ago st lb Ago st lb
4 11 7 Allow Me a 10 1
Elegance
G:izza Lndra, 6 10 10 Jovf)' . ' 3 10 0
Needle Gun
Isabella
\\Tatchbox . 5 10 4

la; each, 1 ft (to the fund),
13 mile and a half.

S twoil boa t

PROGRAMME OF EALING AUTUMN MEETING.
THURSDAY, Oct. 17.
The Suburban Steeplechase landicap of 5 SDVS each, 2
ft, with 30 added; two miles; 23 subs.
Age st lb
Patience ... a 12 7
Eheu ... a 12 7
Spatchcock a 12 0
Serious Case ... a 11 12
St. Catherine (h b) a 11 101
Wade ... 5 11 51
Oscar ... a 11 5
Liston 11 4
Brandy Apple ... all 2
The Guide... ... 11. 2
Mario ... 6 11 0
Ztdoo 5 11 0
The Ealing Steeplechase P 1
Ago st lb
Sinite ... a 12 7
Triumpher 6 12 5,
Ace of Hearts ... all 12
Faustus (h b) 6 11 9
Milford ... 6 11 9
The Guido ... 5 11 7
Sir Ashby ... ... a 11 4
Mario ... 6 11 4
Wild Duck (h b) ... a 11 4
Charmian 6 11 4
Isabella ... 411 0
Kingfisher... ... all 0
Monitor (pd) .. 511 0
Wedding Peal 5 11 0
The Tradesmen's Cup, value 23gs, for horses the property
of persons residing within 39 miles of London ; once
round.
The Mirdle Race Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft., with 30
added; about one mile and a half, over six hurdles.
Ago st lb
Red Rose ... 5 9 7
Helice 5 9 5
stilly ... 3 9 2
Grafton ... ... 3 9 2
Ned of the Hills ... a 9 0
La Pique 5 9 0
Banshee ... ... 4 9 0
Lady Margaret ... 3 8 10
Busy Body 8 10
Lady Lincoln ... 3 8 7
Mariana. ... 3 8 7

Ago at lb
New Light a 10 10
Wedding Peal ... 510 10
Humphrey Davy... 4 10 10
Wild Chieftain a 10 10
Monitor (pd) 5 10 10
Vindicator... ... a 10 7
Signal ... 6 10 7
Red Rose ... 5 10 7
Blue Eyes .. a 10 7
Robin Adair ... a 10 7
Nabocklish 6 10 7

late of 30 sovs. Two miles.

Age st lb
Liston ... a 11 0
Isabella ... 4 10 12
Triumpher ... 6 10 10
Lytham 6 10 7
Humphrey Davy... 4 10 4
Ilopvine ... 410 4
Mario 6 10 2
Vindicator... ... alO 2
Nabocklish ... 6 9 10
Order ... 3 9 10
Applecross 4 9 10
The Selling Hurdle Race P
olds 10st, four list, five
over four hurdles.

RACING FIK ut
OCT(

Ago st lb
Fairy King all 0
New Light ... a 11 0
Signal ... 6 10 10
Red Rose 5 10 10
Monops a 10 9
Tho Robber a 10 7
Salamis a 10 7
Rod in Pickle a 10 7
Banshee 410 4
llelico 510 4
Ned of the Hills ... alO 0
Little Peevish ... 410 0
Legerdemain (pd) 10 0

'late of 30 sovs ; three year
and upwards list 7th; ono

RE3 FOR 1867.
BEM

Newmarket tiougliton . 21 Woroostor 29
Leak 2l OLtilinsford
Liverpool Haut Cup ... 26 Lincela Autwnu . 3l

_NIBER.
Shrowsbnry Autumn 11
ILeamingtonn 'Lint
OCTOBER.

NODE
Old Windsor
Liverpool Autn:en 5
Bromley

Oarragh

STEEPLECIIISES.
OCTOBER.

Ealing

NOVENIBER.
_
Lincoln 1 Shrewsbury l5
Old Windsor
Liverpool 5 Datchet 2B
Bromley

DECEMBER,
Hendon 5 Wiltshire County and
Kingsbury
Ealing

AQUATICS•

SCULLERS' MATCH FOR £2OO.

The last but ono ;.oat scullers' race of the present sea-
son came off on Tuesday-, between George Hammerton, of
Teddington, ono of her Majesty's weterrnen, and George
Drewitt, of Chelsea, a landsman, from Putney to Hammer-
smith, for £lOO a side. Although they aro comparatively
young men, being about 30 years of ago, their day may be
said to have gone by as scullers, for Drewitt has sadly de-
teriorated of late, and Hammerton two or three years ago
so injured one of his arms that he had to give up rowing at
sculls, and the essay of yesterday was his first as a smiler
for many years. A great amount of rivalry has for years
existed between certain of the rowing men in our groat
schools of sculling-, and that rivalry has been greater than
over since the much-lamented difference first arose between
Sadler and Kelley respecting the race for the championship
between the former and Chambers, and which has culmi-
nated in their being matched to row for £3OO aside, from
Putney to Mortlake, on Nov. 26 ; and to these great oppo-
sitions belong Drewitt and Hammerton, the former belong-
ing to tho Kelley and Barnes division, and the latter to the
up-country and Sadler division. The fact of their having
rowed five or six years ago, when Hammerton proved the
winner, invested the race with more than ordinary interest,
and, despite the counter-attractions of Ludgate-hill Station
and Bow-street Police-office, arising from the projected
fight, there was a good number of old river-siders at Put-
ney as the hour approached for the race.

The Lotus (Capt. Mansfield) accompanied the race with
a large party. The betting was 2 and 3 to lon Hammer-
ton, who won the choice of station, and chose the north
side. He weighed 10 stone, while Drewitt was scarcely
anything heavier. Mr. W. Wilberforce was referee ; Mr.
James Messenger, an old champion, umpire for Hammer-
ton ; and Mr. Willcox, of the White Hart, Barnes, for
Drewitt; Henry Kelley showed the latter up, while from
the bow of another eight Joe Sadler piloted the up country-
man. Some barges lay direct on the usual course, and the
men had to be brought out towards the centre of the river.
Hammerton was smartest in getting away, and, rowing a
more lively stroke than his opponent, drew one-third of his
length ahead at the Star and Garter, where they both
steered hard over towards the Middlesex side of the river,
Drewitt unmistakeably boring his man, so much so that
nearly opposite the Duke's Head their sculls overlapped,
and continued to do so till off Simmonds's, where Hammer-
ton slightly lead, and they fouled badly. Hammerton
was first clear, and rowed in front the rest of the way,
coming in four lengths ahead in 10rein. bsoc. The stakes
were awarded to Hammerton on the foul.

IHE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE PRIZE

RING.

ARREST OF MACE.

For the third time the purchasers of three-guinea
tickets to witness a promised " fight for the cham-
pion's belt and £400" have been " sold," and Mr.
Jem Mace, who has figured so prominently in
breakdown matches, is in custody. Whether this
is the result of a preconcerted movement on the part
of Mace's partisans after filling their pockets by the
sale of tickets, or whether O'Baldwin's backers
began to lose faith at the last moment, and informed
the detectives of Mace's whereabouts, is a matter
best known to themselves ; but certainly the whole
business, as often before, savour strongly of what
those gentry term a'4 barney," which means nothing
more nor less than a swindle. Still, it is difficult
to believe that Mace suffered himself to be arrested
for the sake of imparting a genuine aspect to the
proceedings, and that the desperate resistance he
and his two cousins offered was a ruse to do away
with suspicion; the assumption is that the result was
brought about by the machinations of O'Baldwin's
backers, and that for once at least Mace may be
considered an unfortunate man, so far as the arrest
is concerned.

If any credence can be given to the oft-repeated
asseverations of " Bos Tyler," the man who has
had the training of Mace, he and his friends had
backed their mau to the tune of £3OO, and
wereconsecpiently anxious for the fight and an issue
in favour of Mace. He, therefore, knowing that an
attempt would be made to arrest either or both of
the belligerents if they showed in London, resorted
to the device of sending them down the line the
night before the fight. Mace was lodged in a house
close to the Herne Hill Railway Station, where it
was the intention to pick him up by the special as it
passed on its way to the point of destination. Some-
how or other, however, the whereabouts of Mace
became known to the police authorities, and four
officers were despatched to arrest him. The " tip"
obtained, in the shape of the purchase of a three-
guinea ticket, was to the effect, "Be at the Lud-
gate-hill station at four o'clock." This was supposed
to be a piece of information confined wholly and
solely to the holders of those tickets, and from the
inability of the roughs to make the necessary pur-
chase they would be excluded from intermingling
with the more select portion of the company. The
avowed object, however, was most effectually frus-
trated, for upon no previous occasion has the rough
element prevailed lit such force ; and but for the

PRICE 4d.
ST 41IPED sd.

efficient arrangements of the police - they would
doubtlessly have made a good harvest. From four.
to half-past was the time named for the rendezvous,
but as early as three o'elocls. the roughs sauutsred in
small parties towards Bridge-street, iu the door-
way; and courts of which they sought shelter from
the drizzling rain then falling. Soon after that hour
a strong body of police were marched over from
Fleet-street to the station, and were told off and,
placed at the various approaches to the entrance.
A light next glimmered inside the station, which
served to attract the IVhitechapel gentry from their
lounges, and they forthwith made for the entrance,
but not being armed with the voucher of admission
the doors were closed against them, although they
were allowed to congregate, and remain within the
railings that run round the build'ngs. By four
o'clock their numbers had grown to between 300
and 400, and taking up their stronghold, as it were,
immediately before the centre entrance, the doors
of which were guarded by half-a-dozen policemen,
they extended out into two lines, reaching from that
portion to the iron gates at the northern entrance.
Between these lines an open space was kept by the
police, and some five or• six fellows, armed with
thicksticks, who almost continuously shouted, "This
way." " Keep back." " Let the geu'men pass along."
Previous to this, however, four or five East-end
bullies, the members of the committee of manage-
ment, so called, placed themselves at the doors, and
would only pass those persons who either had tickets
or wanted to purchase them. The moment one pre-
sented himself he was met by at least half a dozen
stentorian, discordant voices, shouting, "Tickets,
tickets." "Pay here, pay here, three pounds first,
and two pounds second class," and on the necessary
pass being obtained, the applicant was pushed for-
ward to make room for the next, and the next, who
came up in quick succession until half-past 4 o'clock.
Passing up the staircase to the right of the station
they were again challenged by three railway officials,
who checked their tickets, and directed the holders
to the platform, where a special train was in wait-
ing, The company attracted by the promised exhi-
bition of pugilism, and who had furnished themselves
with tickets, embraced all classes of society, and
must have numbered in all at least 300 individuals.
In the c trri ages they ensc.mced themselves, opened
their hampers, passed and repassed their loaded
flasks in friendly fellowship, and speculated aloud
upon the result of the supposed coming event, offers
of 6 to 4 and 7 to 4 on Mace being the prevailing
exclamations. At this time it was not known, save
to a few in the " know,". that Mace had been
arrested, and they sought by their boisterous and
almost incessant shouting to drown the rumour lest
it should stop the sale of their tickets. Their de-
vice, however, was not successful in every case, for
many of the less impetuous and more cautious of
those who proposed going down hesitated a little
before they made their investment, and those who
demurred until the fact became generally known
that Mace was really locked up saved their money,
while the large majority were left no alternative but
that of pocketing the swindle, and vowing that they
would never have anything more to do with the

nog.

1111 SS BAT.EMAN'S LEAH.

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John Oxenford's Tribute to her in the Leader of

Saturday :

THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.—It would almost
be superfluous to state that when Miss Bateman re-
appeared, on Monday la ;t, at the Theatre Royal,
in her chosen character, Leah, her reception was of
the molt enthusiastic kind, an audience that com-
pletely crowded the house giving spontaneous utter-
ance to the feelings which so perfect an impersona-
tion naturally inspired. Panegyrists of the
penny-
a-line school will probably declare that she received
an " ovation," a singular perversity among the
smaller fry of litteratcurs having induced them
almost universally to use the word which the Romans
applied to an inferior triumph, as an expression sig-
nifying something greater than a triumph on the
grandest scale. Let those who love modern abuses
say, by all means, that she was honoured with an
" ovation," if that conveys their notion of the
highest form of compliment. At any rate they will
be correct in spirit, if not in the letter. Looking to
our archzalogy, we prefer to state that she achieved
a genuine triumph in the highest and truest sense
of the word. How, indeed, could it be otherwise?
The first intelligence that the gifted actress was
about to return to the stage, and to commence a
tour in Liverpool, awakened a thrill of delight among
the playgoers not only of this great theatrical town,
but of the entire kingdom, for it was soon made
known that her route would comprise all the leading
cities of the British Islands. The retirement of Miss
Bateman from her profession was regarded as a na-
tional loss ; her return gives new life to a declining
drama. The only possible obstacle to complete rule
over the intellectual public of Liverpool lay in the
proximity of the Alexandra Theatre with the power-
ful Italian company, which appeared, for the first
time, on the very night of Miss Bateman's debut at
the Theatre Royal. But the voices of the operatic
charmers, wisely though they charmed, were
impotent to counteract the summons of Leah.
Leah, indeed, as impersonated by Aliss Bateman, is
one of those very few figures that stand apart from
all others in the modern repertory, and, in this re-
spect, may be compared to the Louis XL of Mr.
Charles Kean. Mosenthal's play is not one of the
grandest of dramatic works, neither is Delavigne's
historical tragedy, but Miss Bateman's Leah is one
of the most perfect of histrionic creations. The
actress has made the part her own, and in connec-
tion with her alone the piece keeps possession of the
stage. We may confidently predict that, in this
particular character, Miss Bateman will never have
a successor ; that when she retires the Jewish maiden
will vanish from the stage. The attributes with
which the figure is clothed belong not to the dra-
matist, but to the artist, and we should feel that a
sort of solecism had been committed, if, when the
trembling girl first rushed before the audience,
hunted by a mob of persecuted bigots, she proved to
have a face which was not that of Miss Bateman.
Leah, when she has frantically crossed the bridge, is
one of those images that remain fixed in the mind
of all who have seen them, as the masterpieces of
antique sculpture remain imprinted on the mind of
ages. Of course, when this wonderful creation is
recalled to the memory, the celebrated curse, uttered
by Leah in the fourth act of the play, occupies a
prominent place. The force of the imprecation
carries a whole multitude before it, and on Monday
last it seemed to produce more than its wonted effect.
But, in our opinion, the consummate art with which
the force is wielded, is even more marvellous than
the force itself. While she seems capable of dealing
destruction, like a Nemesis, by the mere power of
her will, Miss Bateman looks to the intensity rather
than to the vehemence of the imprecation ; and the
growth of that intensity is minutely exhibited from
the first beginning of wrath to the final " Amen,"
which rings as the solemn proclamation 9f undying
vengeance. And how wonderful is the change, when
Leah, heart-stricken and contrite, draws tears from
every eye by her death in the last scene. There is
the victory of the tender nature over the demoniac
feeling that was the result of great wrongs, not the
offspring of a vindictive heart. The curse of Leah,
and the death of Leah, as represented by Miss Bate-
man, both furnish subjects for pictures in the highest
department of art. And to these we would willingly
add a third, which has been comparatively eclipsed
by their grandeur. All remember the first rush
across the village-bridge, and the attitude into which
the persecuted maiden falls, but we doubt whether
the delicacy with which she shows her sense of the
priest's protecting influence has ever been sufficiently
appreciate]. In the midst of the infuriated throng
the minister of peace stands as her sole guardian
against outrage, and she instinctively clings to him
as the only being who can-afford her shelter against

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A‘human storm.. But the instrument which be
)1.(1s over her head, as a talisman to awe the mul-
titude, is the Cros;,which, in h r eyes, is the symbol
of hate and persecution. Under the Cross the
cowers with a sentiment of repugnant dread, and
still she cannot but recognise the benignant inter-
position of the priest. This singular position gives
rise to a complicity of conflicting emotions, which
only an artist of the highest order could exprcz.s.
So great has been the attraction of " Leah," that
the programme of the Theatre Royal has remained
unaltered, and will remain unaltered to the close of
the lady's engagement on Fri,lay next.

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