The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

FIIE SUN, LONDON, WRDNESDAY MORNIN(4, MAY 22, 1844.

day, J. D. Bishop, Esq., formerly of the Leander Club, in
the chair, this great regatta was formally announced for the
20th, 21st, and 22d of June, when the 'following races will
take place :

The gold challenge cup, for eight-oared boats ; gentlemen
tmateurs ; entrance, five guineas each boat.
The silver challenge cup, for four-oared boats; gentlemen
amateurs; entrance, three guineas.
A pair of silver cups, for pair-oared boats ; gentlemen
amateurs ; en trance, two guineas.
The silver challenge cup, fur sculls; gentlemen amateurs;
entrance, one guinea.

A prize of 100 soya. for watermen in four-oared boats; open
to all the world; with minor prizes (should the funds allow)
for the second and third boats ; entrance, 2/.
A purse of 50 soya. (cup or specie) for four-oared boats;
open to any crew not being Thames watermen or landsmen ;
estry, 2/.

A purse of 80 sovs. for pair-oared boats (watermen) ;
entry, I/.
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A purse of 50 sovs.:for scullers (watermen) ; entry 10s.
A prize wherry for double sculls for watermen plying above
Battersea-bridge ; entry I/.
A coat and badge for apprentices (the gift of E. Morris,
Esq.) between London-bridge and Teddington-10ck...
A sweepstakes of two sovereigns each boat, with twenty
added, for landsmen, in four-oared boats.
Entrances to close at Messrs. Searle's, Stangate, at eight on
the evening of the 12th of June.
Mr. Bishop took occasion to congratulate the gentlemen
upon the opportunity which would be afforded them by the
arrangement come to with the Henley-on-Thames stewards,
of contending in both regattas, and was happy to add that
the time chosen by the committee for this great aquatic
treat was such as would be most convenient to the gentle-
men of the Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and to the
other aquatic clubs. After some further observations, thanks
were voted to the chairman for his valuable services, and to
the committee, whose labours for the last few weeks have
been very considerable, and who have yet much to do in
collecting subscriptions.

GAMBLING BOOTHS, &c
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
EPSOM, MONDAY EVENING, NINE O'CLOCK.
The following notice has at this late hour been posted
throughout the town, and the excitement produced by its
appearance baffles description : .
"All persons playing or betting in any booth or public
place, at any table or instrument of gaming, at any game or
pretended game of chance, will be taken into custody by the
police, and may be committed to the House of Correction, and
there kept to hard labour for three months.
"By Order of the Commissioners of the Police of the
Metropolis,
"THOMAS BICKNELL, Superintendent of Police.
" Metropolitan Police-oflice, Scotland -yard, May 20,1844."
It is calculated that from fifteen to twenty thousand per-
sons, directly or indirectly connected with gaming, visit
Epsom annually, and if the Commissioners of Police are de-
termined to put i❑ force the threats contained in this bill, it
is impossible to form any conception of the uproar and other
evil consequences that will ensue.; five hundred police would
avail but little against such a formidable array as would
certainly appear on the Downs, a majority of them men of
desperate character, and on all sides we hear throats "loud
and deep" that they will muster in such force that no Derby
shall be run for on Wednesday, if this interference with their
privileges, as they call them, is persisted in. How far the
authorities may deem it advisable to act up to their threat-
ened surveillance remains to be proved. The town is in a
most excited state, and business almost stagnant in conse-
quence.

PRINCESS'S CONCERT ROOM.
MISS CLARA SEYTON'S LECTURE ON
COMEDY.

Miss Clara Seyton, last evening gave, at this room, a
lecture on comedy, showing
.its rise and progress, and
its influence on the human mind, interspersed with songs
and recitations. The attempt was a bold one, but it
was completely successful. We some time since had
occasion to speak of the great versatility of talent
exhibited by this young lady, on her appearance
at one of the theatres. To this we have to
add that not only did she
in bring great ver-
satility of talent to bearillustrating her
lecture, but that the lecture itself bore proofs of
great research, refined taste, and correct appreciation of
comic character. After rapidly tracing the Vise and
progress of comedy, from the earliest ages to the days
of Shakspeare, she alluded to the sensibility of the im-
mortal bard to the charms of music, and illustrated this
portion of the lectuz e by singing the beautiful song, " Bid
Me discourse." After briefly alluding to the comedies of
Ben Jonson and Chapman, she proceeded to one of
Shakspeare's earliest, but, at the same time, one of his
most perfect comedies, Much Ado about. Nothing.
From this admirable comedyshe recited various
passages—in which she exhibited histrionic power
of a very high order. Her conception of the character
of Beatrice is admirable, and we hope the day is not far
distant when we shall have the pleasure of seeing her
embody this delightful Shaksperian creation on the
boards of one of our national theatres. The delightful
play of the Tempest was illustrated by the two songs,
"Ohl bid your faithful Ariel fly," and " Where the
Bee sucks," the latter of which was deservedly encored.
'rho second part opened with a critical notice of the
Taming of the Shrew, and a most interesting com-
parison, illustrated by the recitation of parallel passages,
was instituted between this play and Tobin's exquisite
comedy of the Honey Moon. The Merry Wives of
Windsor, and A Midsummei. Night's Dream were then
briefly touched upon ; the latter beautiful fairy creation
being illustrated by the song, "Love in Idleness," and
" Over Hill, over Dale," after which, followed an analysis
of Twel/lh Night and The Merchant of Venice. The
comic writers, successors of Shakspeare, down to the
time of Sheridan, were then briefly passed in review, and
returning to Shakspeare, as the basis of comparison, the
fair lecturer concluded by an analysis of that most
delightful of comedies As You Like It, illustrating it by
extracts from the beautiful poetry which the bard has
put into the mouth -of Rosalind, which was delivered
with effect, and at the same time so much beauty. and
which exhibited such a thorough appreciation of all the
lights and shadows and delicate tints with
which Shakspeare has worked out that truly
beautiful creation of feminine character, that
NV'e -long to. see Miss Clara Seyton delineating it as
a whole, " with all appliances and means to boot, " that
can be furnished forth by stagneffect, scenery, &c. Her
Rosalind we are convinced must succeed. She was much
applauded throughout, and announced another lecture
for this day week. Between the parts of the lecture
Miss Emily Hudson, a young lady only seven years of
age, performed upon the piano-forte a series of variations
on the air " Alexis Send Ich Dich," in the most brilliant
manner. She exhibited a firmness of touch, and a bril-
liancyy wonderful, and
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FRENCH and ENGLISH COOKERY.
The metropolis of England exceeds that of France in
extent and population ; it commands a greater supply
of all articles of consumption, and contains a greater
number and variety of markets, which -are better
supplied. There are also some articles of meal,
and some articles of cookery in which Eng-
land exceeds France. Though we are undoubtedly
inferior to the Gauls in the articles of veal and fowl,
yet we greatly surpass them in mutton, produce better
beef, lamb, and pork, and are immeasurably superior
both in the quantity and quality of our fish, our venison
and our game. It is in fish, however, that we have
been always most pre-emiuent. The turbot brought
to Billingsgate in the last month (March) in
large quantities from the sand-banks, on the
coast of Holland and St. George's Channel, sufficiently
attest our energy and enterprise. The coasts of Holland
and the sea beyond our western coast are as open to the
French as to the British, vet when has any Paris
market disclosed such a supply of fish as may be seen
daily at Billingsgate, even after the hundreds of thou-
sands of retail fishmongers have been supplied ? In a
few soups, such as turtle, which we possess in the
greatest perfection, owing to our colonial trade, and ox
tail, mock turtle, giblet, hare, pea, and mutton broth, we
also surpass the French —but in the making of the
latter admirable broth for invalids, there is still much
to desire at coffee-houses and clubs. We scarcely
know a public establishment where it may be eaten
in perfection, excepting at Brookes's, in St. Janus's%
street. It were most desirable that we should learn
how to make a French bouillon or a hit de poule, for
here indeed we are ignorant and at fault. In the boiling
of all plain fish we surpass our neighbours. There is
nothing in Paris equal to a first-rate English turbot,
codfish, haddock, John Dorey, or Southampton water, or
Severn salmon; but we think the sauces used for these
fishes in France infinitely preferable. The French
certainly beat us in sturgeon cutlets, &lets de sole,
and Bechamels of fish. The oysters of Canoale, of
Etretat, of Ostend, and Marenne, are, we freely admit,
superior to the generality of English oysters,
because they are less artificially fed, and have
not their flavour washed away. But if the London
tradesmen would spare their oatmeal and fresh water,
we have no doubt the Milton native oyster would be
found fully equal to its Gallic brother. The Carlingford
and Burren oysters are fully as good. In other shell-
fish also we have a decided superiority. The corpulent,
respectable, full-fed crab is almost unknown to the Gauls,
and they have but a small quantity of lobsters and
prawns, but they cultivate the smaller cray fish in great
quantities, which is not common in England. Nor is
there anything in French cookery equal to our barons
of beef, our noble sirloins, our exquisite haunches,
and saddles, legs, and loins of Southdown mutton ;
our noble rounds of boiled beef, and those prime
five-guinea haunches of venison which one sees from
June till September, at the establishment of Messrs.
Groves, at Charing-cross and in Bond-street. In cutlets
of all kinds, in frieasees, ragouts, salmis, quenelles, purees
filets, and more especially in the dressing of vegetables,
our neighbours surpass us; but we roast our game more
perfectly, and can hash mutton and venison better than
any one of the myriads of French cooks. In bread, cream,
butter, eggs, whether with reference to size or freshness,
England is not to compare wit Ii France; and a French pou-
larde of La Bresse or du Mans. is worth all the Dorking fowl
hatched since the time of the deluge. Though, there-
fore, we admit:that the French cuisine be more luxurious,
more varied, more palateable, more fair and dainty to
look on rather, than our ruder, more simple, more frugal,
and less luxurious kitchen, yet we apprehend our ali-
ments (with the single exception of our vegetables) aro
infinitely more nutritious, and, to English stomachs at
least, just as easy of' digestion—perbaps, indeed, easier,
than the more refined and recherche fare of our livelier
neighbours.—Forcign Quarterly Review.

IVICK, MAY 15.—During the last fourteen days
about 100 boats and their crews left here and the La-
theron coast, for the early fishing in the Lewis. There
have not been much accoudts from them since as to suc-
cess, but several small cargoes of herrings have come to
Wick from the Lewis, and have all been immediately
shipped again for Ifaniburgh. The Wie't fish-curers are
making the usual preparations for the fishing. The
h6ibuilders have this year built more than double the
number of boats which were built last year, and more
thadhave been built in any one year for a number of
years.