The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

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Won by a neck.

The Farmers' Cup of 50/., once round and a distance, Gen-
tlemen riders, was won, in two heats, by Mr. Flesher's Lot-
tery, 6 yrs, llst.l2lb ; beating Mr. Harris's Victoria, 6 yrs,
12st 21b; Mr. Wesley's The Lawyer, 5 yrs, list llb ; and Mr.
Cowley's The Hackney.
The races were fully attended, were conducted upon a
greatly improved system, and went off with uncommon eckit.
The only Derby bets we heard were 600 to 100 agst The
Ugly Buck (afterwards offered) ; 15 to 1 agst Orlando ;
2,000 to 35, anA 1,000 to 15 several times agst Campunero ;
25 to 1 would have been taken about lonian. For the
Chester Cup 100 to 6 was laid several times agst Cattonite ;
20 to 1 agst Red Deer ; 25 to 1 agst Hooton ; 30 to 1 agst
Everton ; and 33 to 1 agst General Pollock.

HAMBURGH PAPERS.
ST. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 12.—The Bulletin of the
Laws published to day, contains the convention con-
cluded last year between their Majesties the Emperor of
Russia and the King of Prussia, for a. regular convey-
ance of the mails between St. Petersburgh and Cron-
stadt on the one part, and Stettin and Schwinemunde
the other. Each Government will employ a steamer
250 horse power ; the two steamers are to be built
the most eminent establishment in England, and with
possible perfection. This convention will not be car-
!d into effect till the spring of the year 1847.
FROM THE LOWER DANUBE, MARCH 6. The
accounts received from Southern Russia respect-
ing the state of things in the Caucasus are not favour-
able to the Russians. A great number of soldiers (espe-
cially Poles) of the regiments already arrived had de-
serted to the mountains. The aversion of the Polish
soldiers to the Russian service is so great, that they
rather submit to the hardest service and the greatest
privation among the mountaineers .(where no enviable
fhte awaits them), than follow the Russian standard.
Many of them take the opportunity to escape into the
interior of the country beyond the mountains, whence
they either return to Europe, or engage in the service of
some Asiatic power.—Mwtheini Journal.
BERLIN, MARCH 20.—His Imperial Highness the
Grand Duke Alexandria has arrived from Russia.
BERLIN, MARCH 21.—The above illustrious stranger
has left for Vienna.

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SPORTING EVENTS EXTRAORDINART.—BeII's Life
in London, of Sunday, the 31st inst., will contain copious
accounts of all the exciting sporting events of the present
week, including Northampton, Croxton-park, and Epsom
(Spring) races; the two Grand Artilitary Steele Chases and
Match at Northampton ; High IN ycombe, Grantham,Uttox-
eter, and Blackburn Steeple Chases ; Caledonian Coursing
Meeting; aquatic matches; Angling Episode, No. 3, by
Ephemera; hunting appointments and runs; pedestrian,
pigeon shooting, canine, and other sports; together with the
lively entertainments of the " Fancy " on Tuesday, em-
bracing three "assauts des amines." Office of Bell's Life, 170,
Strand, price 6d., which, if inclosed, or six postage stamps,
to Mr. Clement, jun., will ensure a paper in due course of
post. Bell's Life, of March 24, contained the lists of the
horses training at the Curragh, by Messrs. Keegan, Walsh,
Cleary, Igoe, llarrison, Lyons, Jaques, Farrell, Conolly,
Dunn, Davis, King, Monaghan, Wynne, and Macken, with
accurate reports of the Sandemount, Kildare, Mullingar,
Dundalk Grand Irish National, Wicklow, and many other
Steeple Chases.
THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con-
stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc-
tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very
limited period; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a
reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es-
timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention
for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair,
are too well known and appreciated to need much comment.
The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it
enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu-
merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au-
thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all
attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred,
its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un-
principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as
the " genuine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is.
wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son,
and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders
abortive any attempt to discover its component parts—thus
proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the title
of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words
" Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—All others are
fraudulent counterfeits !

THE THEATRES.
DRU.RY-LANE.
Duprez appeared here last evening in the character of
Ferdinand in Donizetti's opera of the Favourite. This
opera has been so repeatedly performed at this theatre
during the present season, that it must be familiar to all
playgoers. It was originally composed for the Academie
Royal de Musiquc, the character of Ferdinand was writ-
ten expressly for Duprez ; and as no composer knows
better than Donizetti how to " tit" the artistes who are
to create his characters, it is to be expected that Duprez
would achieve a perfect triumph, and he certainly more
than realised the highest expectations that could have
been formed of him. The opening duet with Borrani,
the Superior of the Convent, was exquisitely given_
Duprez was the very beau ideal of a young, energetic
man, passionately desiring to exchange the quiet and
gloom of a convent for the tumult of active life. He
is a lover, too, an ardent and impassioned one, and
his manner of giving the words, "I love her," in answer
to the remonstrances of the Prior, was beautiful ex-
ceedingly. He was admirable, too, in the grand martial
scene with which the act concludes, when, having ob-
tained his commission as an officer in the Guards, be
joins his brothers in arms. In the third act we find
that he is married to his lady love, not knowing that she
is the favourite of the King. He is spurned by his old
companions in arms—he knows not wherefore. Indig-
nant at this treatment, he is about to attack them, when
the Monk enters and informs him of the disgraceful nature
of the alliance he has contracted. His bride enters at
that moment, accompanied by the King, and Ferdinand
spurns her from his presence, casting to the earth that
collar of knighthood which is the badge of his dishonour,
and breaking that sword with which he had heretofore
fought so valiantly in the cause of his ungrateful sove-
reign. The acting of Duprez throughout this scene was
magnificent. The struggle between love and duty was
' finely delineated, and there was something very beauti-
ful in his manner of throwing himself into the arms of
the Monkappealing, as it were, to religion to fortify
him in the execution of that duty which he owed to him-
self, and seeking refuge from the miseries which over-
whelmed him in the calm and quiet cloister, from which
he had formerly been so eager to escape: The burden
of the last act falls almost entirely upon him, and nobly
did he sustain it. The beautiful opening scum in
the cloister was given with the most exquisite
pathos. There was a holy calm, the calm of despair, in
his manner of entering the chapel to take the vows; and
then, when he was as it were dead to the world, when
Leonora again seeks him, and his former love was gra-
dually awakened, there was a subdued tenderness about
his acting that was most pathetic. His Ferdinand is. a.
perfect triumph, and we are only sorry that he can ap-
pear only twice more in this character. As a whole we
prefer it even to his Arnold. His reception was most
enthusiastic. The house was crowded to the ceiling
long before the rising of the curtain.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.

Madame Albert is an artiste in the highest sense of
the word. She is a delineation of character. She ap-
peared in two pieces last evening, in characters of about
as opposite a nature as can well be imagined ; but still
both characters. In the first, Un Secret, she is
the wife of a baker ; she has been discovered
alone with a young man—her husband accuses
her of infidelity—circumstances seem to prove her
guilt—yet still she preserves her secret, and h is
not until her husband insists on a separation that she
informs him that the young man is the son of one to
whom she, in early life, had been under great obliga-
tions—who had been stamped with infamy, and reduced
to beggary, by the loss of a portfolio containing a large
sum of money, which had been found by a person who
had appropriated it to his own use, and that, to save
that person from infamy, and at the same time to make
restitution to the young man who had been his victim,
she had sold her jewels, had sought interviews
with him, and had exposed herself to those
unjust suspicions, from the effect of which she
was suffering. That person, whom she had thus screened
from infamy at the risk of losing her fair fame, was the
very man who had sought to convict her of dishonour—
her own husband. Nothing could be finer than the
acting of Madame Albert throughout this trying scene.
It was true tragedy, and tragedy of the highest order.
In the second piece, Une Dame de t Empire, she appeared
as the vulgar wife of one of Napoleon's Generals, who
had been raised from the ranks. The General is a.
great favourite with the Emperor, and his vulgar wife is
of course feted by all the ancienne noblesse who are
desirous of basking in the sunshine of the Imperial Court.
She kept the audience in a continual roar by her
gaucheries and her vulgarisms, while she exhibited at
the same time such strong good sense, andsuch thorough
good heartedness, that it was impossible not to respect
her ; a feeling which no one entertained for the re-
fined but selfish beings who seemed so horrified at her
vulgarity. It was the combat of nature with art, and
nature triumphed. She was called for at the fall of the
curtain, and loudly applauded. The house was exceed-
ingly well attended; not only were the boxes and stalls
fully occupied, but the pit and gallery were erunded.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
Last night a piece,:somewhat in the style of the French
vaudeville, entitled, Lolah; or, the Wreck Light, was pro-
duced at this theatre. The plot is of too slight and un-
connected a description to enable us to convey an idea.
of its construction to our readers. The heroine, who is
a foundling, and the adopted daughter of an old British
Commodore, was personated by Madame Celeste, who
infused into the character a vast deal of feeling, charac-.
ter, and animation. Mr. Holl and Air. Howe, in the
characters of rival suitors, acted with considerable spirit,
and Mr. Strickland personated the old Commodore to
the life. The piece, which was sadly deficient in inci-
dent and consistency of plot, was indebted for success
solely to the exertions of the different performers, among
whom Mr. Buckstone, a pretender also to the hand of
Lolah, must not be forgotten to be mentioned. On the
whole, this little piece was favourably received.

MR. O'CONNELL IN LIVERPOOL.

From the following correspondence, which has taken
place between Mr. Rathbone and Mr. O'Connell, it will
be seen, that a public meeting of the Reformers of Liver-
pool will be held, in the course of the present week, at
the Amphitheatre, to express sympathy towards the
people of Ireland, and that the Hon. Gentleman will be
present on the occasion :
" Liverpool, 19th March, 1844.
" My Dear Sir,—At a respectable private meet-
ing of some of the leading Reformers of Liver-
pool it was determined to take the opportu-
nity of your passing through Liverpool to have a public
meeting expressive of our deep sympathy with the
wrongs of Ireland, and to protest against the violation
of the constitutional rights of the subject in the conduct
of the State trials in Ireland, to request that you would
be present at that meeting, proposed to be in the evening,
at the Amphitheatre. I am desired respectfully to re-
quest your consent to be present at the meeting, and
your causing us to bo informed, at your early conve-
nience, if you kindly consent, to say what day you can
fix to be in Liverpool.—l have the honour to be, with
sincere respect, your faithful servant,
" WM. RATHBONE, Chairman of the Meeting.
" D. O'Connell, Esq."

" London, 20th March, 1844.
"My Dear Sir,—l had the honour to receive your
letter of the 19th instant, stating the desire of the lead-
ing Reformers of Liverpool to hold a meeting to ex-
press, publicly, their deep sympathy with the wrongs of
Ireland, and to protest against the violation of the con-
stitutional rights of the subject in the conduct of the
recent State trials ; and, also, desiring to kno.v whe-
ther I would consent to be present at such meeting. I
have the greatest satisfaction in announcing my ready
and cheerful assent to be present at the intended meet-
ing. Indeed, it delights me exceedingly to find that the
Reformers of Liverpool are ready to unite with so many
other numerous classes of intelligent and enlightened
Englishmen in expressing their regret at the misgovern-
ment of Ireland, and their deep disgust at the mockery
of law and justice exhibited at the late State trials in
that unhappy country.
" The monstrous nature of the accusation ; the pack-
ing the jury ; the fraudulent abbreviation of the list of
jurors ; and, perhaps more than all, the one-sided charge
of the judge ; these facts have elicited from the lovers of
fair play in England, as well as from the admirers of,
the purity of jury trial, a unanimous expression of ab-
horrence of the entire system of partiality and delusion
practised by the minions of the present Administration
during the recent trials.
" If Friday, the 29th instant, will suit the convenience
of the gentlemen who intend to hold the meeting, it shall
suit mine. If an earlier day be selected by them, I
shall feel it a duty to adopt their day. •
I have the honour to be, very respectfully, my dear
Sir, your faithful and obliged servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.

" W. Rathbone, Esq."
The Committee of the Reform Association met at two
o'clock on Saturday for the purpose of rnaking.the preli-
minary arrangements, when, after some discussion, it ap-
peared that it was impossible to obtain the use of the
Amphitheatre on Friday evening, in consequence of the
performances which are going on there at present, and
that the majority, of the Committee were of opinion that
an evening meeting was preferable to a
morning one, as
it would enable the operative classes to be present in,
greater numbers than might otherwise be the case.
Under those circumstances, Thursday evening next was
fixed upon for holding the meeting.—. Liverpool Albion.

THE MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE'S ASSEMBLY.--
Last night a splendid entertainment was given by the Mar •
chioness of Lansdowne, at Lansdowne House, to about 300 ••
of the leading members of the beau monde at present in town..
Three salbons were opened on the occasion, with the connect-
ing ante-rooms. Among the company were the following :
His Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess de St.
Aulaire, his Excellency M. Dedel, his Excellency Baron
Nieumann, his Excellency Count Pollon, his Excellency Mr.
Everett, Baron Lebzeltern, his Excellency the Belgian Mi-
nister and Madame Van der Weyer, M. and Madame Hum-
melaeur, the Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Elizabeth
Burgh, Marchioness of Sligo and Lady Catherine Browne,
Earl and Countess of Rosebery and Ladies Primrose, Vie-
countess Palmerston, Lady Ashley, Lord Campbell and Lady
Stratheden and lion. Miss Campbell, Lord Brougham, Mr.
Harcourt, Viscount Ebrington, Baroness Langsdorff, Baron
and Baroness de Rothschild, Viscount and Viscountess Joce-
lyn, Countess of Radnor and Lady Mary Bouverie, &e.
PARISH OF ST. BOTOLFII, BISIEWSGATE.-011
Sa-
turday forenoon, at ten o'clock, a vestry meeting of the
parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, was held in the church....
to make a church-rate; also a rate for the support of the
poor. The Rev. Dr. Russell, the Rector, in the chair. A four-
penny rate fer the charges on account of the church, having
been agreed to, Mr. Smart, vestry clerk, stated the various
items chargeable to the account of the poor-rate, which •
amounted to about 1,6001., and said that a tenpenny rate- on
a rental of 41,0001. would produce nearly 1,687/. A tenpenny
rate was then agreed to.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE SEASON.
THIS EVENING MARCH
Will be performed DUCHESS DE LA VAUBALI ERE, supported
113 y Messrs. Lyon, Maynard, Wright, 0. Smith and Mrs. Yates.
After which, the barce of THE OMNIBUS. Principal Charar_
tersby Messrs. Hamilton and Forman, Mrs. Woollidge and Miss
Chaplin.
To conclude with TOM AND JERRY ; or, Life in Ltuidon.
Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith. Forman, Wright, Wieland, thrall.
ton, Miss E. Stanley, Miss Bromley, and Miss Woolgar,
80w5,45.; Pit, ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Vine. Doors
epee at past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock,

DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY "eIIEATRE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 26,
Will be rformed THE SCHOOL FO it SCANDAL. Sir Peter
Teazle, Mr. Neville; Charles Surfacr,, Mr. E. F. Saville; Lady
Teazle, Mts. R. Honner.
After which, A THILMPING LEGACY.
To conclude with A DREAM AT SEA.
Places and Private Boxes to, be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
office, firm Eleven to Four.