The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-25 00:00:00

WINDSOR CASTLE THEATRICALS.
The forthcoming performances at the Royal Palace
at Windsor were originally intended (as last season)
to consist of five, but, in conle.quence of the lamented
decease of the Queen Dowager, and the Court
mourning, have been necessarily', restricted to two,
which are to take place on Friday the Ist, and Friday
the Bth, of February.
Shakspere's magnificent drama of Julius Ccesar is
selected for the first—one of the noblest creations of
his genius, embodying and placing before us, in vivid
reality, and. with all the graphic iOntity of Plutarch,
the startling incidents of one-of to most important
periods of .the world's history, Vith the mighty
agents that produced them:' The 4election of such a
play evinces a true dramatic ciisqtrnment and a re •
fined taste.
Among other points of interee, the two most cele-
brated actors of the day, Mr. C. Kean and Mr. '
Macready will appear together for the first, and in
all probability for the-only time, as the latter gentle-
man has announced his approaching retirement from
the stage. In addition to these two " choice and
master spirits of the age," in the characters of Marc
Antony and Brutus, the cast will include a powerful
array of talent, selected with care and judgment—in-
cluding Mr,. Wallack as Cassius, Mr. Cooper as Casco,
and Mrs. Warner as Portia. The second representa-
tion was to have been the first part of Shakspere's
Henry IV.; but a domestic affliction will prevent Mr.
Bartley from appearing is Falstaff, which be was about
to undertake at the Royal request. This play would
have been most efficiently represented, and doubtless,
supported by such talent, have afforded infinite satisfac-
tion. Mr. C. Kean would have sustained the chtracter of

llotspur, Mr. Wal:ack that of the Prince, Mr.
Cooper the King, and Mrs. C. Kean the subordinate
part of Lady Percy—an example which may be pro-
fitably observed by other professional ladies, as afford-
ing in her eminent position a marked instance of the
absence of all personal ambition,• and a praiseworthy
desire to promote the general effect. Under the pain-

"ul circumstances that have occasioned the alteration

of this tragedy, Alm Kean has been called upon to
substitute her exquisite delineation of King Rents
Daughter, supported, as at the Haymarket, by her
husband in the trifling part of Sir Tristan, and Mr.

Wallack as King Ilene ;- to be followed by Charles
XII., including Mr. Webster, Mr. Wallack, Mr. liar-
ley, Mr. Leigh Murray, and Al r.Boyce; Miss K. Fitz-
william, and Miss Jane Mordaunt. The advantages
of this private patronage of the drams, in the highest
quarter, are sufficiently manifest. The state visits
of Royalty to the theatres, on specific occasions,
are certainly very beneficial to the treasuries of the
managers, and gratifying to the public; but, passing
away as te pageants of an hour, and looked upon
as matters of course, they produce no permanent
effect either on the dramatic art, or the social and
public condition of its professors ! On the other
hand, the private performances at Windsor Castle are
well calculated to enhance both.
The Queen and Prince Albert have selected for
their domestic recreation a sterling English enter-
tainment ; and it behoves all connected with the stage
to afford every facility in their power to promote the
present object, the motive of which is as kind as the
taste is pure. We congratulate Mr. Charles Kean
on being chosen to fill the post of arbiter elegantiarum
on these occasions. It is a compliment to the artist
and his profession; and there is no one so thoroughly
qualified from his high position and talent to dis-
charge the onerous duties entrusted to his care.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The alterations in the prices of the two favourites for
the Northamptonshire Stake=, of Cossack for the Ches-
ter Cup, and of Ghillie Callum for the Derby, are trace.
able to the business transacted at the sporting houses in
the course c f Tuesday and Wednesday; scarcely any-
thing was done yesterday, in fact, the only movement in
the course of a very dull sf.ernoon was in The Flea, on
whom a large sum was laid out at 1,000 to 30. Wo sub-
oin the closing quotations:—
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
6 agat Lord Waterford's Sir John—taken
1 apt Lord Llowth's Agitation—taken
1 agst Mr. Hardcastle's Rescue—taken
1 agst Mr. Castle na Grande Lumilre
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Harriott—take 9 to 1
10 to 1 agat Mr. H. Hill's Osterley
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bumby's Velox—taken and after-
wards offered
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
20 to 1 apt Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Hall's Ada Mary
30 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Retail
30 to 1 spit Lord Eglinton's Testator
33 to I agst Mr. Adams's Ellerslie—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful
50 to 1 apt Mr. Murphy's Dough
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca-1,000 to 45 taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fogleman—take
22 to 1
25 to 1 agat Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken
25 to 1 egat Mr. St. George's Whim colt
25 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o'.day Boy-2,800
to 100 taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann—take 30 to 1
33 to 1 agst Mr. Padwick's The Flea—taken freely
33 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Rowland-40 to 1 taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey
35 to 1 ogst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn—take
40 to 1
to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale
to 1 agat Mr. Elalford's Harriott—taken
to 1 apt Mr. Eddison na John Cosser—taken
to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont—taken and
afterwards offered
,000 to 20 agst Mr. F. Nichols's Woolwich—taken
,000 to 15 agat Mr. Lucas's Sunnysido
,000 to 15 agst Mr. Colgan's Horn of Chase—take
1,000 to 10
,000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer—take
1,000 to 10
~000 to 10 agst Mr. C. Peck's Melody—taken
L,OOO to 10 agst Lord Waterford's Modesty—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Gregory's I)amask
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough
DERBY, 1850.
8 to 1 agat Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum-
-9 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke
11 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel
17 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur-18 to 1 taken
to 1001.
18 to 1 agat Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger
30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken and
afterwards offered
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Davidson's Hind colt—taken
THE OAKS.
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Probity
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gannon's Regina—taken to 1001.
1,000 to 20 agst Beehunter winning the 2,000 Guineas
Stakes, Flying Dutchman the Emperor's Vase, and
Probity the Oaks.
LOUTH STEEPLECHASE.
Acceptances for the Steeplechase Handicap.
British Yeomar, lltt 101b—Proceed, llst 21b—Trust-
me-not, lOst 101b—Rachael, lOst 61b— Fugitive, 10st 61b
—Yard-arm, lOst 61b—Abl. el-Ksder, lOst 51b—Hope,
lOst 31b—Maria Day, lOst 31b—Vengeance, lOst 31b—
Boswell, lOst 21h—Sobriety, 9st 131b—Little Hough-
ton, 9st 121b—Maurice Daley, 9st 121b—Little Paul,
9st 101 b.

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