The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING,

"ARGUMENT" of "LA TEMPESTA."

We have received a copy of the scenario, or "ar-
gument" ot the dramatic portion of the opera, founded
on Shakspere's Tempest, about to be produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. The conjunction, in one work,
of two such men as Scribe and 1-lalevy, has excited a
more than ordinary interest in the musical public ;
and we therefore think that our readers will he glad
to have the following summary of the action of the
opera, by which they will be enabled to see how far
the distinguished French dramatist has adhered to the.
form and character of Shakspere's drama is his
libretto.
The opera is in three acts, preceded by a prologue,
and the characters introduced are, for the most part,
the same as in Shakspere's Tempest. On the en-
chanted island we have Prospero, Miranda, Caliban,
Ariel (altered from a talking and singing into a pan-
tomimic sprite), Sycorax (who plays a more active
part than in the original drama), and an additional
personage, entitled the Spirit of the Air ; and there
are also Alfonso, Antonio, Ferdinand, and Trinculo,
together with numberless courtiers, soldiers, ma-
tillers, elves, and sprites.
In converting the drama into the libretto of an
opera, it was of course to be expected that M. Scribe
would make some alterations. It is especially cre-
ditable to his skill that this portion of his work is so
cleverly carried out, that the character, and in many
instances, even the language of the drama is adhered
to, as far as regards the mortal persons, the new
treatment being chiefly confined to the supernaturals.
The prologue is confined to the shipwreck scene.
On the deck of the vessel are seen Antonio, Alonzo,
and the courtiers, sleeping. Words uttered by An-
tonio and Alonzo in their sleep betray their con-
science-stricken state, and prepare the audience for the
coming action. Presently Ariel appears with a
chorus of sprites. They warn the sleepers of the ap-
proaching tempest, which immediately commences,
and the curtain falls amidst all the horrors of a ship-
wreck. This ends the prologue.
The proper action of the opera commences at this
point, and it is surprising with what skill M. Scribe
has concentrated the materials afforded by the ori-
ginal, so as to make them serviceable for operatic
purposes. The first four scenes follow the drama
pretty closely. After the prologue the curtain rises
on thejgrotto of Ariel, who is seen flitting about while
his attendant spirits sing a chorus expressive of their
devotion to Prospero and Miranda. Then comes a
scene between Prospero and Miranda, very closely
following the similar scene in Sbakspere, in which the
father, prescient of the speedy arrival of Ferdinand,
sounds his daughter's mind. This gives opportunity
for a cantabile and cavatina, in which Miranda de-
scribes her feelings in poetical language, of which the
following is a prose translation :
"An undefined, secret feeling of restless has begun
to obsure my senses, and makes my heart beat quicker
than was.onee its wont. Everything wears a different as-

pect for me, and all appears to me altered except my love
for you. The balmy air seems to me rapturously sweet.
The rivulet murmurs more musically, the perfume of the

flowers intoxicates my senses. The warbling of the birds
throws me into a reverie, and I delight in imitating their-
sweet notes—oh! ah ! an undefined secret feeling of
restlessness obscures my senses, &c.

" I am happy—yet I sigh. I am near you—yet I
long; you, father, to whom nothing is impossible, cure
me, protect me. I have seen you dispel the clouds, and
lull the storm. Allay, 0 Father, that which rages in
my bosom. Dispel the langour that overcomes me, the
strange sadness which overpowers me, and which is
both a pain and a pleasure.' You see it. I am- happy
—yet ,I sigh. lam near you—yet I long. You, father,•
to whom nothing is impossible, protect and cure your
daughter."

We are next introduced to Caliban, who groans
and curses under the mastership of Prospero, almost
in the words of Shakspere. Caliban discloses, too,
his demoniacal passion for Miranda, and vows to gra-
tify it. In the next scene Ariel appears at the sum-
mons of Prospero, and in pantomimic expression de-
scribes the shipwreck, the landing of the Duke of
Milan and the others in different parts of the island,
and the separation of Ferdinand from his followers.
Tnen Prospero tells Ariel that the termination of his
exile depends on the union of Ferdinand and Miranda,
and commands the sprite to bring about a meeting.
This last commission is effected by Ariel in a very
charming scene, where he gradually entices the
PI ince to the spot where he first beholds Miranda,
and is rivetted to the spot by her beauty. The seventh
and last scene of the first act consists of the meeting
and mutual astonishment and admiration of Miranda
and Ferdinand, witnessed by Prospero from a dis-
tance. From this brief summary it will be per-
ceived how closely the framework of the original has
been preserved.
In the second act M. Scribe has taken more liber-

ties with his text, by introducing Sycorax as a more
active supernatural agent than ,in the original play.
The act opens in another part of the island, hard by
Prospero's grotto. Near at hand is a dark rock, on
the top of which are tufts of bright red flowers. Ca-
liban enters, bearing a log of wood, and curses Pros.
pero and Arid. He then appeals aloud to his dam
Sycorax to aid him, when, to his terror, she answers
him from the heart of the rock, in which Prospero has
confined her. Sycorax tells her son that his sole
hope of emancipation is by obtaining possession of
Miranda, and at her command he plucks from the
rock a tuft of the flowers. These have the magic
property of gratifying any three wishes expressed by
their possessor. She enjoins him that his first wish
shall be for her liberation, but the monster un-
gratefully determines first to gratify his passion for
Miranda. Sycorax is left in the rock. Caliban
uses his power first to imprison Ariel in a tree; and,
secondly, to bear away Miranda (reduced to insen-
sibility) to another part of the island. In flying off
with his prize he falls in with Trinculo, Stephan°,
and the crew of the King's vessel. They are drinking
and boisterously singing. When they discover
Miranda they endeavour to take her from him ; and
then comes a capital scene, in which Caliban is in-
toxicated by the sailors. Miranda becomes more in
danger and name terrified as the orgie proceeds ; but
having discovered the secret of Caliban's power over
her, she seizes the flowers, and by their magical in-
fluence transfixes all the drunken rioters in the atti-
tudes they held at the moment. After her departure
they gradually recover, and then comes a scene of
wild rage, capable of very exciting musical treatment.
The act concludes with a chorus of the sailors, who
are led off by Caliban to the destruction of Prospero.
From the foregoing outline it will be seen that the
greater portion of this act is new, but the interpola-
tions, although less poetical in character than the su-
Shakspere's Tempest, are
pernatural machinery of
more suited to the purposes of opera, by appealing
more directly to the eye, and working the action in a
more condensed form.

We now come to the third act, of which the open-
ing scene is laid in the same place as that at the com-
mencement of the second act. Antonio and Alonzo,
who have been wandering on the island since the
morning, are discovered. Each is taunted by Ariel
(invisible) and Sycorax (from the rock) with his
crimes. While they are thus abused, Prospero enters
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ind taxes them with their guilt. They are struck with
terror at his supernatural knowledge of their condi-
tion ; and Prospero is about to dictate to them the
conditions of their pardon, when' he discovers that
Ariel is imprisoned in the tree, and that, in the
absence of her guardian spirit, Miranda had been
carried off by Caliban. Ariel is released, and they
proceed on their search for Miranda. They have
scarcely left when she enters, having escaped from
Caliban. Thinking aloud, she ascribes the misfor-
tunes of the day, and the strange sensations she
experience, to some mysterious relation with
Ferdinand's- arrival. While thus Soliloquizing aloud,
she is addressed by Sycorax from 'the rock. The
witch pretends that Ferdinand is a traitor, who
has sworn to kill l'rospero, and that he has cast
upon Miranda herself a magic spell. She incites her
to kill Ferdinand. Miranda enters Prospero's cell,
where Ferdinand is ling asleep, murmuring the
name of Miranda. Here ensues a good operatic
scene, where the love of Miranda struggles with
her sense of duty. She is about to kill Ferdi-
nand with a dagger, when the sailors, led on by
Caliban, are heard without. This changes her pur-
pose. She awakens him, and bids him protect him-
self. Caliban enters, and, rushes to seize Miranda;
but the sailors no sooner see Ferdinand than they
fall on their knees before him, and salute him as
their king. Ferdinand presents Miranda to
them as their queen. This brings on the finale
of the opera, which, it is evident, will be very magni-,
ficent. Caliban, finding the magic flowers, which
Miranda has dropped, essays their power with a wish
for the destruction of all. But their magic influence
is exhausted. At-a wave of Ariel's wand the scene
opens, and discloses a splendid aerial palace, in which,
on a throne, are seen Prospero, .Alonzo, and Antonio..
They unite Ferdinand and Miranda. Again Caliban
appeals to his magic flowers; with the wish that all
Prospero's party may be chained to the isle; and that
they may never see their country. Instantly, Ariel
waves his wand once more, the back of the palace
opens, and the sea is discovered, with a ship splen-
didly arrayed. They all embark on board this vessel
for Milan, leaving Sycorax and Caliban to exchange
mutual curses, while Ariel and his elves, to use the
phrase of the "Argument," "by flying in the
rigging supply wind to the sails."
The foregoing is a tolerably close outline of the
action of this libretto, in which it will be seen M.
Scribe has arranged his materials with consummate
tact, so as to construct a drama in which the action
moves rapidly, the characters are sufficiently deve-
loped, opportunities are afforded for solos and concerted
pieces, without retarding the action, and brilliant
ompaeonhiniogit. Thessarea productionffordedfo of an original for ;the scene painter
weraonzk o
and the
f
ofsuch a
character
world-wide
phalanx of musical talent as that which is announced
in the programme, constitutes it an epoch in the
reputation,
pbuyt
a a
tioo, dramatist
and
sustained
ttine composer,
by s uecahe a
h
annals of the operatic stage in this country. We have
too long been accustomed to wait on the enterprise

and accept the ver lict of foreign capitals in regard to
great musical novelties.

PARLIA.SIEN T.\ R, Y DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and ProceedTrLys of (h e House of Comnotuc)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5.
EDUCATION BILL.

Order read for resuming adjourned Debate en Amend-
ment proposed to be made to Question (17th April), "That
,the. Bill be now read a second time," „nd which Amendment
was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the
Question to add the words " upon this day six months:"—
Question again proposed, " That the word ' now' stand part
of the Question:"—Debate resumed; Question put. The
House divided :

1 MINORITY—AYES, M.
Adair, Hugh E. Forster, Mathew Sadielr, John
Aglionby, H. A. Ferteseue. Chichester Scliolefleld, W.
Anderson, Arthur Fox, W. J. Smith, J. B.
Anstey, T. C. : Greene, John Strickland, Sir Q.
Armstrong, Sir:A. Hali, Sir Benjamin Stuart, Lord D.
Bass, M. T.
F.
Ilar/is, Richard Stuart, Lord James
Berkeley, Henry F. •lienv, Alexander Tenison, E. K.
Bouverie, It. I'. . Heywood, James Thicknesse, Ralph
Brotherton, J. . Lushiugton, Charles Thompson, Colonel
Brown, William Marshall, J. G. Thornely, Thomas
Bunbury, E H. Melgund, Viscount Villiers, Charles
Cayley, Edward S. Milnes, It. M. Wall, C. B.
Clay, James , Milton, Viscount Walmsley' Sir J.
Cobden, Richard Mitchell, T. A. Williams, John
Davie, Sir IL Mo/vitt,t, Francis Willyanis, H.
....
Dawson, T. V. 1111 ,G. F. Wilson, Matthew
D'Eyncourt, C. T. - O'Cog ' ell, John
Evans, Sir Be Lacy Fedi 11, Sir G. MIAMI.
E wart, William Pelham, A. B. Gibson, T. M.
Fergus, John Itomilly, Colonel Hume, Joseph
Ferguson, Col. Russell ,F. C. H.

' MAJORITY—NOES, 237.
• Acland, Sir T. Fellowes, Edward Neeld, John
Adair, H. Shafto , Ferguson, Sir It. Neeid, Joseph
Alcock, Thomas Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, C. N.
Alexander, N. Fioyer, John Noel, Gerald J. ,
Archdall, Captain Forbes, William Norreys, Lord
Arkwright, G. Forester, G. C. O'Brien Sir Lucius
Ashley, Lord Fox, S. L. Ogle, S. C.
Bagge, William Frewen, C. H. Oswald, Alexander
Begot William Fuller, A. E. I'acke, C. W.
Bailey, Joseph Galway, Viscount Paget, Lord G.
Baillie, 11. J. Gaskell, J. M. Pakington, Sir J. S.
Baines, M. T. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Robert
Bullock, E. H. Gooch, E. S. Palmer, Rouudell
Baldwin, C. B. Gordon, Admiral Parker, John
Bankes, George Gore, W. R. 0. Patten, John Wilson
Barrington, Viscount Gouiburn, Henry Peel, Sir R.
Bellew, R. 31. Graham, Sir James Peel, Frederick
Benbow, John Greenall, Gilbert Pendarves, E. W.
Bennet, P. Greene Thomas Pennant, Colonel
Bentinck, Lord 11. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Perfect, Robert.
Bcresford, William Grenfell, Charles W. Pigot, Sir R.
Best, John Grey, Sir G. Pilkington, James
Blakemore, R. Grogan, Edward Plowden, IT. H.
Blandford, Marquis Gwyn, Bowel Plunaptre, J. P.
Bolden), H. G. Ilale, Robert B. Portal, Melville
Booth, Sir R. G. Raiford, Sir H. Powlett, Lord W.
Bowles, Admiral Haliyburton, Lord J. Price, Sir Robert
Boyd„John Halsey, T. P. Prime, Richard
Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Geo. A. Pugh, David
Bremridge, Richard • Hamilton, Lord C. Pusey,lPhillp
Broadley, H. Harcourt,"G. Reid, Colonel
Brockman, E. D. Hardcastie, J. A. Repton, G. W. J.
Bromley, Robert Hastie, Archibald Ricardo, Osman
Brooke, Lord Hayter, W. G. Rice, E. R
Bruce, C. L. C. Headlam, T. E. Rich, Henry,
Buck, Lewis W. Heald, James Richards, Richard
Buller, Sir J. Y. Heathcote, G. J. Robartes, T. J.
Banbury, William Heneage, G. H. W. Romilly, Sir John
Burrell, Sir C. Henley, J. W. Rushout, Captain
Busfeild,William Herbert, IL A. Sandars, George
Buxton, Sir E. N. Herbert, Sidney Sandars, Joseph
Cabbell, B. B. Hildyard, R. C. Scully, Francis
Cardwell, E. Hildyard, T. B. T. Seynser, 11. K.
Carew, W. P. Hodges, T. L. Shell, It. L.
Castlereagh, Vis. Hood, Sir Alexand Simeon, John
-Cavendish, C. C. Hope, Henry T. Slaney, Robert A.
Cavendish, G.H. Hornby John Smyth, J. G.,
Chaplin, W. J. Hotham, Lord S wollett, A.
Chatterton, Colonel Howard, Lord E. Somerset, Captain
Chichester, Lord J. Howard, E. G. Sotheron, T.
Childers, J. W. Hudson, George Spearman, Henry
Cholmeley, Sir M. Hutchins, E. J. Stanford, J. F.
Clerk, Sir G. Jermyn, Earl Stanley, Edward
Clive, Henry B. Jocelyn, Viscount Stanley, E. H.
Cobbold, John C. Johnstone, Sir J. Staunton, Sir G.
Cocks, T. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, H.
Coke, Edward K. Jones, Captain Stuart, J. •
' CUle.,ll. A. . Ker,,Richard Sutton, HII
Ooles, 11. B. Lacy, Henry C. Talbot, J. H.
Conolly, Thomas Langston, J. H. Taylor, Thomas E.
Copeland, Ald. Lascelles, W. S. Thornhill, G.
Corry, 11. L. Law, Hon. E. C. Tollcmache, F. J.
Cowper, W. F. Legh, G. C. Tollemache, John
Crowder, R. B. Lemon' Sir C. Towneley, John
Cubitt, William Lewis, Sir T. Townley, R. G.
Currie, H. Lewis, G. C. Trevor, G. R.
Darner, Colonel Lewisham, Via. Trollope, Sir J.
Davies, D. A. S. Lindsay, Hon. Col. Turner, George
Deedes, W. Littleton, E. R. Tyreil, sir J.
Denison, Edmund Lockhart, A. E. Vane, Lord 11.
Denison, J. E. Lockhart, W. Venter, Sir W.
Devereux, J. T. Long, W. Vesey„Thomas
Disraeli, B. Lowther, Colonel Villiers, Viscount
Dodd, s,. Lygon, General Villiers, F. W.
Drarnmond, Henry Macnaghten, Sir E. Vivian, J. E.
Drummond, Home Mahon, Viscount Vyvyan, Sir R. R.
Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. Waddington, H. S.
Dodd, George Manners, Lord G. Walpole, S. U
Duff, James Masterman, J. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Duncan, Viscount N atheson, Alex. Walter, J.
Duncan, George Matheson, Colonel Watkins, Colonel
Duncombe, A. Mauls, Fox . Wegg-Prosser, F.
Duncombe, 0. Maxwell, J. P. Welby, G. E.
Duncan, John 31eux, Sir H. Wellesley, Lord C•
Dundas, Admiral Miles, P. W. West, F. R.
Dundas, G. Miles, William Whitmore, T. C.
Dundas, Sir David Milner, W. M. Wiroughby, Sir H.
Du Pre, C. George Monsen, William Wilson, James
East, Sir:J. Moody, C. A. Wodehouse, E.
Edwards, Henry Moore, G. H. Wcad, W. P.
Elliot, John Morgan' :H. K. G. Wynn, Sir W.
Emlyn Viscount Morris, David Yorke, E. T.
Enfield, Lord Mostyn, E. M. L. Young, Sir John
Sstcourt, J. B. B. Mailings, J. R.
Easton, Earl Mare, Colonel
Evans, William Naas, Lord
Farnham, E. Napier, Joseph

MUM.
Stafford, Augustus

Arundel, Earl of

GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE
___ INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.

We understand that considerable progress has been
made in the preparations for submitting to public
competition the design for the vast building that will
be required to carry out this undertaking on a scale
commensurate with the dignity of the nation.
We have reason to believe that the following infor-
mation on the subject will be found to be substantially

correct:--

The building will be about 2,300 feet long, rather
more than 400 feet across' and the roofed area will
probably extend to about 900,000 square feet, or up-
ward& of 20 acres.

In the centre of the south front, opposite Prince's
gate, will be placed the principal entrance and offices.
There will be three other great entrances in the
centre of the other side of the building. Gangways
48 feet wide, clear and uninterrupted, excepting by
seats, will connect the entrances, and at the intersec-
tions of these main lines it is proposed to form a grand
circular hall for sculpture, 200 feet in diameter. Con-
siderable spaces surrounding the old trees (which
must be carefully preserved) will be fitted up with
refreshment-rooms, surrounding ornamental gardens,
with fountains, &c.
The vast area destined to he filled with the pro-
ducts of all climes will be covered with a remarkably
simple iron roofing, of 48 feet span, running from end
to end of the building, supported by hollow iron
co-
lumns, resting on brick piers, and covered very pro-
bably with boarding and slate.
The extent of the roof covering the main avenue
will be 96 feet. The lowest line of the main roofing
will be 24 feet high, and the clear height of the cen-
tral gangway will be about 50 feet. The floor will,
for by far the greater portion of the area, be formed of
boarding laid on joists and sleeper- walls. The exter-
nal enclosures will in all cases be constructed of
brick. The light will be principally derived from
sky 1 ights.
The central hall, will be a polygon of 16 sides, four
of which will open into gardens reserved around it.
Its main walls will be of brick, and about 60 feet
high. The covering of this splendid apartment will
be of iron, and probably domical. As the conditions
with regard to time, &c., must necessarily be most
stringent, contractors will no doubt be required to
deposit' an actual sum of money as security for
the fulfilment of their respective contracts. The
whole building must be finished and delivered up by
January 1, 1851. Contractors will, we understand,
be required to tender on two systems, one involving a
resumption, after the, termination of the exhibition,
of property in the materials supplied by thew, and
the other proceeding on the supposition that her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners become bona fide purchasers,
and take the risk of a subsequent disposal of the
building upon themselves.
In the arrangement of the design it has been the
aim to specify such materials and combinations as will
be likely to be most valuable after the expiration of
their temporary employment in the building, so that
the cost for " use and waste," as it is technically
called, may be the least possible; contractors will,
however, be permitted, and indeed invited, to sug-
gest any tender for the use of other materials which
may probably in their opinion prove more economical.
From the varied and distinct nature of the work,
and the simplicity of the plan, a division of the con-
tracts into the two classes best suited to the different
plants and connexions of engineering and architectu-
ral contractors will be quite feasible, and upon this
basis it is more than probable that separate specifica-
tions for the sewage, the central hall, and a portion of
the iron roofing and walling, and for the central
offices and respective sets of refreshment rooms, &c.,
will be prepared.
From what we have ascertained of the actual state
of the drawings, &c., we have little doubt that another
week will not pass away without some decided step
being taken by the committee in inviting the atten-
tion of the vast body of intelligent and able contrac-
tors, whose spirit and enterprise have done so much
to elevate the scientific and structural character of
the; public works of Great Britain.

CHANCERY itaroam.—Tuesdasl evening a public
meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, with
the view of promoting the efforts at present being made to
obtain a reform in the Court of Chancery, as regarded the
time occupied and the expense entailed in the prosecution of
suits. Mr. G. Walter in the chair. Mr. Acland moved the
lira resolution, which was as follows :—" That the Court of
Chancery, which in theory is a court of equity, is practically
an engine of-unprincipled extortion and heartless oppression ;
that many millions of property are cruelly withheld from
the rightful owners_ by complicated and dilatory proceed-
ings, whilst injured suitors, reduced to paaperisna by un-
warrantable extortion in the shape of costs, linger out a
hopeless existence in our poorhouses and gaols, or seek re-
lief from their grievous wrongs by suicide. That this meet-
ing considers that the continuance of such a court is a libel
upon Christianity, an outrage upon society, and a disgrace
upon the Legislature and Government of the British empire."
Dr. Ogilvie seconded this resolution, which was supported by
Mr. Rock, of Walbrook, and carried nem. dis. Other reso-
lutions, pledging the meeting to support the association in
agitating for a reform in the Court of Chancery, were then
agreed to, and the meeting separated, after thanking the
chairman.

The Trident, which left on Sunday for St. Pe-
tersburgh, took 200,0001. ip specie for account of the Et 14311411
Government.

SPORTING INTE-LLIGENCE,
NEWTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Tl:e Hay dock Stakea or 10 sceis,- en's, h ft, end 25
added. Ones round and a distance. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Collingwoou's AdmiuistraiOr, 6 -) rs (501)
Mr. W. Green's Clara, 6,yrs (501.) (G. Whitehouse) 2
Won easy; the winner was claimed.
The Gelborne Stakes of 25 sour. each. 10 ft and 50
added, for two years old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies
Bst .21b. Straight half mile. (9 Subs.)
Lord Caledon's Sister to Wanota (Marlow) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's The Black Doctor (G. Abdale) 2
Mr. J. Fowler's The Reaper ....(Whitehouse) 3
Sir G. Houston's b e by Venison, out of Venus 4
Won by a length.
The Gold Cup of 100 soya., given by the Lord of the
Manor, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft,
and 5 only if declared; the second to receive 251, and
the third 10 sovs. Two miles and a distance. (34
Subs., 17 of whom declared.)
vvJsoihnnitsho,n3 'si,Daduyx,eiti)rlyd,a3,
6yrsyr,s, Sat 4lb (Wells) 1
Mr. Thompson's b e by Gladiator, out
r. J.
Colonel Anson's Champion, 4 yrr, 7st ... (Charlton) 2
I %MI rCr
0.3
4 yrs, 6st 131 b (G. Oates) 4
Mr. Disney's King Fisher, aged, 7st 121 b... (Fowler) 0
70sct 131bThe
Lily,
Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, 6st (Arnold) 0
Won cleverly by half-a-length; Lady Hylda a good third.
Plate of SU, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, the
second to receive 104 out of the stakes; for three yrs
old, ist; four years, Bst 41b; five yrs and upwards,
Bst 101bs; mares, &c., allowed 3ibs. Heats, ene mile
and a quarter. (9 Subs.)
Mr. Fowler's John Dory, 4 yrs (Whitehouse) 0 1 1
Mr. Robson's Sweep, 3 yrs (Wakefield) 1 0 2
Mr. Lawsou'a Shamrock, 3 yrs (M. Noble) 2- 0 3
Mr. Park's Rose Bradwerdine, 3 yrs 0 2 dr
Mr. S. Lord's Brocoli, 3 yrs , (Scott) 33 dr
Mi. Bond's Archeresi, 3 yrs (Oswald) 0 dr
Mr. Phillips's Zaidee, 3 yrs (Evans) 0 dr
Mr. Jamieson's Tower, 3 yrs (W. Sharp) odr
The first heat was won by half a length, the second by
a length, and the third easily.
ASCOT HEATH RACES. •
We subjoin an outline bf the present engagements for
the ensuing meeting. The Plate and other entries do
not close until Saturday.
TUESDAY, JUNE 11.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for
two yrs old 4st 41b, three 7st 41b, four Bst 71b, five
9st, six and aged 9st 311); the winner to be sold for
600 soya, if demanded, &c., unless exemption from be-
ing sold is claimed of the time of entrance, the horses
for which this claim is made to carry 71b extra. New
mile.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft and 5 only if
declared, &c.; the second to receive 100 sovs. out of
the stakes, and the third 50 sovs.; the winner of any
handicap after the weights are declared to carry 71b
extra. Two miles and a half.
Age at lbf Age st lb
Collingwood .a 9 01Clarissa
Vampyre 6 8 41, Mrs, Taft
Lady Evelyn
Essedarius
Wanota
Glauca 4 7 10 nyngham a 6 4
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The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a
Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, for three yrs old,
7st 31b; four, 9st; five, 9st 71b; six anti aged, 9st 91b.
Mares and geldings allowed 51b, &e. Two, miles.
Mr. Hnmphries's Escape, 5 yrs—Sir G. lleathcote'a
br c by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan, 3 !yrs—Lord
Eieter's Little Jack, 3 yra—Lord Exeter's IQlenalvon,
4 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Mildew, 3 yrs--Mr. Merry's Miss
Ann, 4 yrs—Mr. Nolan's Blucher, 5 yrs—Duke of
Richmond's Officious, 3 yrs.
The Welcome Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with a bonus of
5 sovs. each, by independent subscription, for three
years old; colts Sat 71b, fillies Bst 21b; the winner be-
fore or after naming of a sweepstakes amounting to
300 soya., including the winner's stake, and not having
less than 10 subs., to carry 51b ; the winner of the
Derby to carry 91b ; of the Oaks, 2,000 Guineas, or
1,000 Guineas, 61b. extra. Swinley Course.
Lord Strathmore's Teeswater—Captain Lowther's The
Gent—Major Mertyn's The Swede—Mr. Gratwicke's
The Countess—Lord Exeter's Utrecht—Duke of Bed-
ford's John o'Groat—Mr. Ford's Penang—Mr. Pedley's
Sweetheart—Colonel Anson's f by Touchstone, out of
Potentia.
A Produce Stake cf 50 soya. each, h ft, for throe years
old; colts Bst 91b, fillies Bst 51b; 31b and slb allowed,
&e. To start at the winning post, and go once round.
Lord Exeter's Cora—Lord Exeter's ch c (dead) by
Birdcatcher out of Wee Pet, 31b—Lord Glasgow's c. by
Bay Middleton out of Canada.
Third year of the first Ascot TrienniafFoal Stakes, of 10
arms. each, with 100 added, for four yrs old; colts,
Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 71b; the second to receive 50 Boys.
out of the stakes; once round.
Oddity, Irish Jig, Thringartb, the Knout, the Flapper,
Ferule, Drakelow, f by the Nob out of Rosalind (dead),
f by the Nob out of Premature (dead), f by Bay Mid-
dleton out of Octave, Tiger Cat, Kennet, the Mercer, the
Clothworker, the Grocer,Johu Bull (late Roast Beef ),
Traitress, Bernadotte, Fleece, Sylvia, First of May,
brother to Woodpigeon (dead), Tancred, Turban,
Conde, Macaw, Skudar, Cambric, Mary, Hotspur,
Landgrave, Rochester, Rhesus, Cacus, Clarissa, Red
Box, Damson, Pequita, Vatican, Croagh Patrick,
Sabredash, Repletion, Tarn Wadlin, Master Waggs, f
by Charles XII. out of Benevolence, tantoe, oby Lauer-
cost out of Irony, Tiresome, o (dead) by Bay Middleton
out of H.R.H., Glenalvon, Osterley, Honeycomb, Nunny-
kirk, Crucible, Glenlyon, Mounseer, Ancaster, Elthiron,
Wild Rose Battlement, Amphion, c by Cmseir dam by
Bizarre, Slide, Jester, Hasta.
The first year of the Second Ascot Triennial Foal Stakes
of 10 sm. each, with 100 added for two years o:d;
colts, Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst. 41b.; the second to receive
50 soya. out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
Ipsus, Australind, Epira, Kalongs, c by Ascot out of
Mary, Constellation, Coticula, Harpsicord, Galaxy,
The Partridge, a by-Kremlin out of Christiana's dam,
Cnmus' Pandennis, c by Plenipo out of Amima, Melita,
Midas, f by Beiram out of Datura, Staplefield, b c by Don
John out of Miss Whip, Hesse Romberg, Anspacb,
Tessera, Ginevra, Vermuth, Balsanso, c by Epirus. out
of Lady Strut, b fby Cowl out of Celandine, c by Velo-
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Mahascah, Mooltan, Nutcracker, Ebio, Utrecht, Royal
Hart, Ghillie Callum, Lo Beau,
Spikenard, Crossbow,
Tommy, Valentine, Brington, Sergius, c by Lanercost
out of Concertina, o by Charles XII.,
out of Cowslip, c
by Velocipede out of Lady Geraldine.
Sweepstakes of 50 nova, each, h ft for two yrs old;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Three quarters of a
mile.
Olympian—f (dead) by Epirus, out of Estelle—Ole-
ander—Sneer—c by Plenipo, out of Amima—bro. to
Drakelow—Ginevra.

WEDNESDAY.
The Royal Hunt Cup, value 200 goys. by subscription
of 10 soya. each, with 100 added; for all ages (two-
yr-olds excepted). New mile. The winner of any
handicap, plate, or stake Value 100 soya., including
the winner'a stake after the weights are declared, to
carry 71b extra. New mile.
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Collingwood a 9 8'
Vampyre
Surplice 5 8 71
Nunnykirk
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Elthiron
Flatcatcher
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Honeycomb
Black Eagle
Dulcet
Newcourt
Strongbow - 4 7 ' 5
Chatterer
Mildew 3 7 4
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Cheerful
The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sot's. each, 5 ft.. with 50
added; for two-years old, 7st, and three, 9st; f and
g allowed 31b. About half a mile.
Beaufort, 2 yrs—Fernande, 3 yrs—Prestige, 2 yrs—
Ghio, 3 yrs-1 by Slane, out,of Receipt, 2 yrs—King of_
Cymry, 3 yrs—Louis Napoleon, 2 yrs—Officious, 3 yrs
Britannia, 2 yrs—br f by Kremlin, out of Evening Star,
out of Margellina, 2 yrs-
-2 yrs—f by the Ugly
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Thea, 2 yrs—Countess, 3 yrs. •
The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for three-
yrs-old fillies, Sit 71b each; the winner of the Oaks to
ysetGae4ililabd:hat3lb and 51b allowed,
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carry 71b, of the 1,000 Guineas, 31b, of both, 91b extra.
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Pantaloon, out of Industry—f by Dfotorn.yorfssiostlder;
(So.; the winner of the Ascot Derby or Three-yrs-old
Triennial Stakes to carry 41b, of both, or the Derby
at Epsom, 71b extra. Old mile.
Utreoht The Blackman, and Cranberry,
The Windsor Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added,
for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the
winner of the Derby. to carry 101 b, of the Oaks or
Three yrs old Triennial Produce Stakes at Ascot, 71b
extra; the second for the Derby, 31b extra; the second
to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. One mile and
three-quarters.
Cranberry, a by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan—c
by Gladiator. out of Zenobia—Valentine, Knight of St.
Patrick, Beehunter, Utrecht, Ghio, Cyprus, Electricity,
Black Mao, f by Sir Hercules, out of Arethuia—c by
Lanercost, out of Concertiva—f by T. ....anercost, out of
Birdlime—Esplanade, Mickleton. Rybinska, Ehury,
Cecil, Countess, Ploughshare, Bastille, Matilda, Rhedy-
cin 3, Sergius, Bender, Ellen Middleton (dead), Cariboo,
c by Thsttewhipper, out of Soldier's Joy--Thistledown,
Lammas Lass, Old Commodore, c by Erymus, out of
Mayfly—c by Erymus, out of Patronymic_f by Erymus,
out of Earring.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 SOU.; three yrs old, 7st 21b;
four, 9st 21b; five, lOst; six and aged, 10at 51b; to
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Give-aud-Take„ 3 11
Nautch Girl 4 5 10
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