The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

EPSO it ACES.

t, The Surrey Cup run Ix yesterday, for the first
w
fro
'll , :as a prize worthy the locUlity, and as well
its Intrinsic as from its artistical merits, well
ferth 'contending fnr. The body represented the
-!;,,lto•is race on Epsom Downs in 1769, in which
elipse distanced all his op:Jonents in the s,,cond
,Rle at; the fitting- u-) of-the coure and the costumes of
~.`'
.inckeys, course-keepers and spectators, as repre-
s_nted, forniel a cu-iotis cantrait to those of the pre-
',„eat day. . The race %yes established in the hope of
r n?, importarwe to a day that has for some years
""en a day of rest between the Derby and Oaks, the
"Peritnent, however has sigatilly failed, for tie corn-
ParlY was as small y,"sterrlay as N've have 'ever seen on
art,rlY similar occaaioi ; would it not " tell" better on
:rTelsr'el.a;),:•Cather was unusually cold and windy in the_
atlhntm, but cleared up before the race commenced,
" up to the close it was all that could be desired.
1‘ °f the sport we subjoin all
.the needful particulars ;
4 tthwey lththe two first races, and five heats for the
,were not brow ht to a termination until a
4,llarter past six, g
-the E v.,
t . Epsom Four Years' old Stakes of 50 sovs. each,
°,.rt, for colts Bst 111 b, and fillies Bst 61b. Derby
-;0,„!•se, mile and a half. (7 Subs.)
'lr ii-• Ileathcote's Rhorassan
oweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared, &c.,
vvBsitthl2sloh:uldfievde; three yrs old, Est 101 b; four yrs,
t_h_ri4ce slbs Yn'
9at 101 b • 9st 6 , six y ' lb • • ears and aged.
; winners twice in 1843 to carry 3lbs,
extra; winners thrice in 1843 and once in
18 4, Sibs extra; winners thrice 1843 and once in
1844, 71bs extra ; maiden, four years old and up-
Ward;and horses which ran in a race on the Derby
31far, allowed Sibs; mares and geldings allowed
for 5001, h°rBeB entered to be sold, if demanded, &0.,
for' 'l°o4 also 3lbs, for 300 sovs. allowed 911,5,
for
200/. I,
allowed I‘,ll.
-e, for 1501. allowed 161bs, rind
faolL?° st3vs.
all
and a CS, tho Oned ‘2llbs • over and above other
and ances, the , 'stake. One mile
a liart secon‘t saves 'his
Mr' Ow ' el.' (16-Subs two paid.)
lre "1 se bY t''° well, out of Nin.inka—to
sold for 1' 7 .
Mr, Stanb j°- ......•• • (Kitchener)
21
Lord iv. i;°11-8•Ya Isleworth, 5 yrs-100/
/11r, A. p; ovule Falconer', 3 yrs-150/ 3
Mr• Coleman'ses' °tt's 13osphorus, aged-1001... 0
ell h by Sir Hercules, out of Ta-
ra•.te11a.....400/
Mr. pa,
• 0
Mr, Bootle,. Q acen Mall, 5 yrs-150/.
114. , "Is The Itepea!er, 3 yrs-2001. ••• • • •••
0°
0
t "r-dtalvs9lllB Lord Saltoun, 3 yrs-3001.
GaAr-,^ll's 1) alesman, 3 yrs-300/. .
-Lrentinck's The Black Gentleman, 4 yrs 0
A,----1001.
Ir J. (1,, .
0
Air. A ‘-'-uorne s Boniface, 3 yrs-200/
0
Ail Sress Inheritress, 4 yrs-300/.
2 (t2,,bert's Beaufront, 3 yrs-500/ 0
an; s-ti ag't•t Lord Saltoun, sto 2 agst the winner,
ba3g,st Falconer.
i 4
Itne Nihinka colt made all the running, and won
4nd'l'LetiaenQteri two lengths. Falconer a bad third,
The
Q, others beaten off. The winner wl5 claimed.
iirre.,
p : , ..•• (Handicap) Cup of 2001., and 3601. (in
~.;rd
~), bv Subs. of 10 sovs each, with 50 sovs
(4--iec! f,rnin the fund. Cup Course. Two miles.
Lor
Gil) ' elVain's Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs 8. t
(Cotton) 1
Ailr'r,ll.l:°.n.sd. a. 1.e.•; lila. C•k.d. r.0.p., .4. ...... 75t....61b
0
sir ; o!•_th's Lucy, Banks, 5 yrs, Set .. ••• . , .... 0
Atr..„• t.leatheotv s Ilydaspes, 5 •yrs, 7st 12 In 0
Air,
j'Acrbert's O; ion, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b.
0
Lord
Mr. iE“l:xllPtPlArs Ben-y•Ghlo, 4 yrs, 7st
Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
kr. e 1,12,5, Thirt,k, 6 yrs, 7st 71b
101 b .. 0
1)10 ,-.‘l.tarke's Arcanus, 5 •yrs, 7st 21b
'1 Vale don's Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs, ist 1
Lord G. , .
0
lir. 13 -oentinek's Naworth, aged, 7st.
Air. \\•l`'lln's Epaulette, 5 yrs, 7st
General erninck's Patchwork, 5 yrs, Est 12Ib 0
/qr.it "rucks
Thom Thumb, 4 yrs, 6st 71b 00
S:ir il..rs eh R by the Exquisite, 4 yrs, 6st
p,,,tti'llr• Rulkeley's Hemp, 3 yrs, sst 6-b
1114 • 'g,--5 to 2 agst Wee Pet; sto 1 agst,, A rca-
ten'..,n_4, 6 to 1 each agst Robert de Gorham
p,:' `nu°, Orion, and Lucy Banks.
to ,i.icanlette and A'rcanus made running in company
4,1 e first turn ; Epaulette then fell back, and the
Pateill'ss taken by A rearms, followed by Lucy Banks,the
de of ,1!.1`; Robert de Gorham, and Hydaspes
,ie q,,rce hill ; here Arcanus resigned, andißtootedrst
tide ii atil and Lucy Banks ran for about 100 yards
d i 3
,'"le.. Ben-y-Ghlo then passed between them,
It,,b Itaue tror,„4_.- running 'attended by Blackdrop and
Th1,.,e11.1 de Gorham; behind them Lucy Banks and
turn-',. The last two Were headed hy llemp.at the
thp d.,,int the leading horses kept their positions to
ele4tan,e, where Robert de Gorham and Blackdrop
Matitri 'A.411 Ben-y-Ghlo, and ran with him to the
'NW "II
i#l here the race ended. Robert de Gorham
ter bet,',‘.lein, " ent on by himself, and won in a can-
e' se•Yti,wo lengths. Hemp and Ben-y-Ghlo were so
the in-,P4r, . about a length from are second, that
good'--Re could nut place a third. The pace was
litre 411(1 the tailing awful.
4::yrs old of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added, three
old, 6st 71b; four yrs, Bst7lb ; five yrs, Bst 121b;and
110,318, and aged, 9st lib; mares and geldings, .
I.„aes that have started in either of the previouls
lie", allowed 73e1h5. Winner to be sold for 140
Mr./e)ats, one mile. (7 Subs.)
15 4 1
kr R-4;wBWlDalesman,3yrs(Riley) 0
Air f,,.'ng's Nubia, 3 yrs 3 3 3.. 1 2
kr. I,' IL Clark's Chummy, 1 5 3
yrs 0 6 2 3 dr
14. ,alehires Crocus 4 yrs 5 yrs 0 5
l‘elht-4.4elfilt:ttone'i Bro:clholm,
,rye"(kali raids Mountain Dew, 3 yrs 0 2 dr
4 yrs 0 4 4 2 dr
was a dead heat between Crocus and
by I'llY, the second was won by a neck, the third
IP.--e142 and the others in a canter.
Tile fu THE OAKS.
arid „
.110win-
'II 1( tr ridt, • .
4,- is a list of the probable starters and
le 1., . rs .
iitizr rroces3
F. Butler
The .1.; "• • ....
4,,a 'e
bliss lof Arc ....
Nat
b.
At,,, t urk
E. Edwards
„, • •
l'er:„Pi ••• • • • •
......
I' rig
At raid
............................... , J. Day, jun.
AltereaEar'slo:orn .If.alt ' 13
t M • 3 Li '
, ° urtingale Robinson
bastes
Rogers
e'l ilning 1(•it, Calloway
eal ii !al f, e
'air (--, ` ' Lose Darling
Ai,,th;°saarlotte ................ :' Unknown
Unknown
."Arri : '
•' ' ' ... etst a.e .......
Farb; 113 1111 v ... W. Cotton
s2ra filly ...
~'.usaz,- Bell
4-•ard (;; ...........
Lard ,"amgow's filly
.. .. Marlow
12,"karn 1-1(41-Y • • .
t'ao '''e or All Croaker . . Chifney
Itr,i,ll3* Eden
l„'4la • .... ........
. Whitehouse
', r-11'n ......
-lenel; filly .. . Bartholomew
ho la .
..
11
Irding-se1;0-0.1 ....... ... ••
G. Edwards.
LET,,,,
• oto 2 ‘"G ON THE DOWNS UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK.
to 2 -st ThePrineess—t II to 1 agst Merope
6 tAi''''''st. Si% to 111artin. 14 to 1 agst Barbara filly
lt;e-taken 18 to 1 agst Buzz
II to 1 ,11.75 t Itarricade 20 to 1 agst Emerald
_i hat bit All-round-my 25 to 1 agst Joan of Arc
tl,. 'Ve am L 28 to 1 agst Fair Charlotte
--e tic •,1-- "aPPy to have it in our power to state thate
da:,., tTent to Frank Butler, the jockey, on Tftlesi:
PatQd heed;1111 out to be less serious than was an i
„a% 1, l was very much bruised and shaken, but
-tie dl),lit:.=sal.dzsd. He will ride one of Scott's five for
tv , this day.
jr) nu.'"bit.--The accident to this horse, mentioned
terii)eradescription of the race for the Derby, is de-
l'ioß 1/ bY his jockey to have been caused by Run-
lt.,(l. ein striking his leg on going up to take the
anireal The eg was literally smashed, yet the poor
could ',._ actually on to the distance before e
hitn the .ue Pulled . t was found necessary to destroy
.ame evup Iwent iening.
i.There 0
°' the. „8 no Prospect of any immediate settlement
if - vUjectio
Nhat 11 to Running Rein. On the contrary,
nett, it .we have heard from various sources be cOr-
oneei we
Colonel Peel's intention to take the case at
au411,04° a Court of Law. Should this turn out to be
settling il we have no reason to doubt it, what sort of a
have
heelivill it ;be on Tuesday next ? Those who
Itnd
sec n fortunate enough to steer clear of the first
but hewed horse
w'll , s, will be enabled to pay and receive;
against 011 It:be with those who have backed or laid
able vein, as well as others ? Such is the agree-
of c iie
he Inlna hi which the non- settlement
placed- question : precious to the race, has
•who the
laierolle,
osieoeni,eti,
et,hga tb
at h.
aen
~._ are ...
leStePCutnr:l ling community. To say
ton the right side under such csircnin '''srtees would be ridiculous; it is enough to state at
Dunning
amountßein party
ef arese creditede so,ooovi.ri
et with
tbrou`:,• and that should they eventually pull
,-,.,Fit..r&Qetri,sasettlement will be tolerably easy; on.th. e
in,: his
c, . should Colonel Peel succeed in establish-
able s_.(lla_un, it is likely to be the reverse of favour the led.!.pendent of the perplexity that will arise
enormeaeteoarptht,tclasses,managers
no little confusion will be
- ' among those interested in Derby Sweeps ;
Placedl)l7t
Pay the have declared their intention to
the
jovier to the parties who drew the horses
t to conditiorn
4111);e_ uuge, (and a few of them webelieve were
,-,...., lug shall
Others, mot that justify such, a course,) 'while
culation
sonleth e autleus, are disposed to wait until
must Ildnisdaeir,u!.his head.
transpire for their guidance. At a
-ivnerate cal
tine,
100,0001, will remain in abey-
Whie on the subject, we
gentieinen
vr,e the public of an impression that the
tbazties
_c.
._ o.protested against Running Rein were
t the investigation before the Stewards on

Tuesday. They were ready to go into evidence in
support of their objection, that Running Rein is more
than three years old, and not the horse represented to
have been purchased from Dr. Cobb ; but the
Stewards, however, never called upon them, but con-
fined themselves to an ex parte examination of several
certificates produced by the Running Rein party,
upon which they decided that a sufficient case wvs made
out -to warrant their granting permission that the
horse should start.
We can state upon pretty good authority that her
Majesty, accompanied by the Prince Consort, and
the King of Saxony, will honour Ascot Heath races
with her presence. As a set oil' against this, we
hear that, in consequence of the crusade against the
gaming booths, and the great loss it will cause to the
racing fund, Lord Rosslyn will be obliged to withdraw
2501. from the public money advertised to be run for.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—One of the Spread Eagle
post-boys met with his death on Wednesday night in
the following horrible manner :—He was driving a
party from Epsom to the station, and the horses
having overpowered him and run away, he was
thrown off the bar; on recovering his feet, he ran
after the chaise, got near enough to make a catch at
it, but unhappily missed his hold, and fell with his
neck on the spikes, and, powerless to extricate him-
self, he was dragged for a considerable distance, and
on the chaise being stopped, was dead.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATR:E.
Lablache, who took his benefit last evening, hai,
as might have been expected, a house crowded to suffo-
cation in every part. Last year, he produced for his
benefit the Don Pasquale, introducing the glorious
Don, for the first time, to the English public. This
year he revived Cimarosa's delightful opera Il Matri-
monio Segreto, the opera in which he'first made his
bow before an English audience. This opera is re-
markable in musical annals for the unique compli-,
ment paid to it by a Royal audience. It is the only
opera that has ever been encored. Songs, duetts,
overtures, have been encored many a time and oft;
but Cimarosa's opera of Il Matrintonio Segreto was,
on its first representation at Vienna, encored as a
whole. The Emperor Joseph, before whom it was
represented, was so delighted with this, the master-
piece of Cimarosa, that he commanded all engaged in
its performance to remain in the theatre ; and,
having had a supper served up to them upon the
stage, commanded them to repeat the whole of the opera
before they left the theatre, his Majesty and his suite
remaining to the conclusion of the second performance.
This was the opera chosen by Lablache in which to
make his first appearance in this country, and he last
night sustained his old character of Geronimo with
all his pristine power. There was the same glorious,
rich, unctuous spirit of fun—the same marvellous
power of voice—the same humorous roll of the
voice, the eye, and the body—the same indescribably
comic expression of countenance, in his attempts to
hide his deafness, that on his first appearance on these
boards fixed him at once and for ever as the greatest—
in every.sense of the word—the greatest buffo actor in
the world. The opera was strongly cast: Persiani
was Carolina; Grisi, Elizabetta ; Favanti, Fidalma ;
Mario, Paolino ; and F. Lablache, the Count.
The acting of Persiani.and Grisi in the quarrel scene,
in the first act, was admirable. Nothing could ex-
ceed the pert humour with which Persiani gave the
passage " Le faccio un 'inchino Contessa Garbata "
—(our English readers will recollect the air as " My
Lady the Countess ")—while Grisrs reply—" Son
duma e Contessa," was the very perfection of shrewish
ill-nature. The gem of the opera, however, was the
air in the second act—" Pria the spunti in ciel
l'aurora," which was deliciously given by
Mario. The music was exactly suited to
his voice, and he threw into it all that ex-
pressive and exquisite tenderness which he knows
so well how to infuse into airs of this character.
We never hear this (with the exception perhaps of
IZ Barbiere, the best opera buffs ever composed)
without reflecting on the marvellous little progress
which the moderns have made in comedy. The Ma-
trimonio Segreto, and the School for Scandal, were
produced about the same time, and they still remain
unapproached (save in the instance of Il Barbiere)
and to all appearance unapproachable. At the con-
clusion, all six of the performers were called for,
and they certainly well deserved the compliment.
Between the acts of the opera, a new divertissement by
Mademoiselle Cerito was produced, entitled
La Vivandiere. Cerito herself sustaining the
principal character. In her costume as La
Vivandiere, she looked exceedingly fascinating,
and her Pas de la Vivandiere was a beautiful piece
of pantomimic display, in the course of which she em-
bodied the feelings which may be supposed to ac-
tuate La Vivandiere du Regiment (a character im-
mortalised by the glorious lyrics of Beranger) dur-
ing the course of a battle. Nothing could exceed her
graphic and picturesque pantomime in this pas. The
inspiriting march to battle—the conflict—the grief at
the fall of old companions in arms, and the final tri-
umph—all were delineated with a truthfulness and an
energy which deservedly elicited the most rapturous
plaudits. Then followed a pas de quatre by Mesde-
moiselles Cerito, Ferdinand, and Louise, and M. St.
Leon. Cerito in this pas exhibited all that marvel-
lous power of execution for which she is so celebrated.
We had that arrowy rush from the back of the
stage tp the foot-lamps; those marvellous twinklings
steps; and those picturesque and graceful poses which
no one can give like. Cerito. St. Leon, too, in this
pas de quatre surpassed all his former tours de force.
He is decidedly the first male dancer in the world.
A pas de deux, by Mademoiselle Planquet and M.
Montassu, was very gracefully given, and was much
applauded; and then came the Redowa, the original
Polka dance of Bohemia, by M. St. Leon and Mdlle.
Cerito. This Redowa will, no doubt, become a most
popular dance, there is infinitely more of character in
it than in the Polka, as we have hitherto
seen it danced, and there was a spirit of arch
coquettry about Cerito's manner that told admirably,
and elicited rapturous • applause. The scenery was
beautiful, and the characteristic dances by the corps
de ballet exceedingly picturesque. The music is ap-
propriate, and the ballet is admirably put upon the
stage. M. Deshaye's ballet of Alma concluded the
evening's amusement. The greater portion of the
audience remained to the conclusion of the ballet.

LITERATURE.
IRELAND AND ITS RULERS.
Newby, London, 1844.
There is much spirit and ready, off-hand vivacity
in this little work, which professes to give an account
—not quite so cool and impartial as could be desired
—of the state of Ireland, and the character of its
rulers since the year 1829—the memorable year of
the passing of Catholic Emancipation. The chapter
entitled the " Parliamentary Repealers in 1834" con-
tains more good sense and just thinking than any
other in the volume ; but the biographical portion of
the work is that which will be found most generally
entertaining, especially the sketches of Sheil, Bugle,
and Woulfe, which though somewhat overcharged in
point of colouring, yet display occasionally much
sound critical opinion, and are to all appearance
perfectly accurate in point of fact. The biographical
sketch of Sheil is by far the most copious and cir-
cumstantial, and while the author denies that he is a
first-rate orator, yet he does every possible justice to
his splendiddeclamatory powers, and his talent for apt,
epigrammatic sarcasm. Of his apparent vehemence
he says that it is all carefully studied, and that he is
never more fully on his guard than when he most
seems to be carried away by the impulse of the mo-
ment,: and the ardent applause of his party. " Sheil,"
adds our author, "ought to have been a Frenchman.
He essentially blongs to the country where fervour
of manner is confounded with ardour of passion—
where there is much vivacity." We quote a brief
sketch of the late Mr. Praed from a note which is
attached to the memoir of Sheil :
" Mr. Praed was generally considered a failure in po-
litical life by his friends, but if he had survived a few
years longer, he would have gratified their expectations.
At the Union' he displayed uncommon liveliness of
mind, and sprightly gracefulness of wit. He was by no
means suited for political life, as he wanted earnestness
and the requisite physical organisation. His failure in
the House of Commons was caused by the wretched
state of his health. It did not require much discern-
ment to perceive that on the night of his maiden speech
he had strong symptoms of incipient consumption. In
fact he ought to have been in his bed on the night when
he first spoke, which he did merely because everybody
expected him to do so. He changed his political
opinions rather suddenly, but he never held himself re-
sponsible for all the light and laughing sentiments he
uttered at the Union. One fact shows his mental
energy and elasticity. He had the good sense to per-
ceive his failure as an orator, and immediately struck
out a new line in political life. He amassed a greater
quantity of minute and accurate information on English
general politics, than any man of his political standing
could boast of, and if his party had been once in power,
he would have rapidly ascended through the gradations
of Ministerial office. But in the fall of Tory Govern-
ment, in 1835, he saw then the ' game was up' for some
time, and turned with great resolution to the dry pursuit
of the law. He had mastered the difficulties of his pro-
fession, and when he died, in 1839, was making a consi-
derable income. But Praed missed his real vocation. He
should have remained a man of letters all his life, for he
had an exquisite fancy, and considerable poetical powers.
He had contributed (still uncollected) some choice
poems of a graceful, amatory kind, distinguished for
a: delicious strain of fanciful tenderness. A gentle
heart--considerahle ideality—and a gay disposition—
were to be found in Praed, in connection with very
great literary accomplishments. His poetical diction
is in itself a proof of the elegance of his studies. His
' Red Fisherman,' produced on one of the most poetical
minds of the age the same effect which Scott said he
experienced on reading Lenore.' Ilis Invocation to
Madeline (not generally known) is one of his most
graceful poems. but the whole man is revealed in his
Law Student's verses, after leaving the Huntingdon
Ball. In the House of Commons Praed was almost as
much out of his sphere as Charles Lamb would have
been When Abbot of La Grande Chartreuse, He was