The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-19 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The far-famed ballet of the Beauty of Ghent was
produced at this theatre on Saturday, with the most
complete success. Monsieur Albert, the composer
of the ballet, superintended its production, and
Mademoiselle Fleury and- Monsieur H. Vestris sus-
tained the principal characters. The plot is simple, and
easily understood—a great merit in a ballet. Beatrice
(Mdlle. Fleury), the daughter of Cesarius (Mr. Howell),
a goldsmith of Ghent, is betrothed to Benedict (Mons.
H. Vestris), a young Flemish officer. The Marquis de
San Lucar (Mons. Albert) would fain induce her to elope
with him. Like Victorine, she sleeps upon his proposal,
and, in a dream, goes through the splendid misery
of the situation to which she would be reduced by her
acceptance of the Marquis's proposal. Then -comes the
misery without the splendour, until at length she re-
turns to Ghent, a miserable destitute pauper, 'and sees
Benedict married to another. The only refuge left for
the wretched girl is to die, and she throws herself into
the canal. She wakes and finds it has been all a dream;
and the ballet concludes by her marriage with Bene-
dict, whose hand she joyfully accepts, repulsing the pro-
fligate Marquis with scorn. There is a comic part,
that of Zephiros, a dancing-master, which was acted
with rich humour by that first of buffo dancers, W. H.
Payne. It is, perhaps, the best thing that Payne has
yet done, and the audience were convulsed with
laughter whenever he appeared. The scenery by
the Grieves is exceedingly beautiful, and the
groupings are most picturesque. The scene in the first
act, representing a Flemish fete on the banks of the
canal of Ghent, is in fact a tableau vivant from Teniers.
It is one of the most beautiful things we have ever seen.
Nothing could exceed the elegance of the groupings in
this beautiful scene. In this scene there is a splendid
procession of the authorities of the city, in which is in-
troduced a figure of Fame, standing on a globe ; the
globe turns round perpetually as the procession proceeds,
while Fame keeps her position standing on one foot,
with her trumpet to her mouth. This was followed by
the pas de rlvrogne, admirably danced by Messrs. Payne,
Delferier, and Madame -Petit Stephan, after which Miss
Clara Webster, the first of English dancers, performed
a pas seul with the most exquisite grace imaginable.
The scene concludes with a pas de deux by Mons. H.
Vestris and Madlle. Fleury. Madlle. Fleury is very
beautiful and exceedingly graceful; her dancing is charac-
terised by ease, elegance, and neatness ; she performs
the most astonishing feats without apparent effort. It was
much and deservedly applauded. Mons. Vestris is a pupil
of Monsieur Albert s, and has only recently made his
debut. He his worthy of his name. •His tours de force
are truly astonishing, and they are all performed with
the utmost elegance and apparent ease. He bids
fair to be the first dancer in the world. The
mantle of his ancestors has fallen upon him, and
he will be a worthy representative of the Vestris dynasty
for another generation. In the second act we have a
magnificent masquerade scene, and a splendid illumi-
nated pavilion, belonging to the Marquis, in Venice.
The splendours of this scene surpass even those of the
far-famed masquerade scene in Gustavus. A grand di-
vertisement is introduced in this scene, consisting of a
pas Cracovier, by M. Delferier and Miss Clara Webster ;
a pas de Nayades, by Miss O'Brien ; a pas de deux, by
M. Vestris and Madame Petit Stephan ; and a pas de
Diane MTV Poses Antiques, by Mademoiselle
Fleury. This pas de Diane is one of the most classi-
cally beautiful performances we have ever • beheld.
Nothing could exceed the grace and elegance of Millie.
Fleury's poses from the antique. She gave us all the
positions of the huntress goddess from the ancient sta-
tues, while her attendant huntresses were trouped
around her. This, perhaps,- is the mot classical per-
formance ever introduced on the stage. It is needless
to say that she was rapturously applauded. The first act
was a tableau vivant, illustrative of the Flemish school
of art. The third act illustrates the Italian school.
When the curtain rose and discovered the park and villa
of the Marquis, with figures picturesquely grouped in the
foreground, we could almost imagine we were looking on
one of the marvellous creations of Claude Lorraine.
The scene changes to the ancient ruins of the canal of
Ghent, and we again return, to the Flemish school. This
ballet is by far the most magnificent that has yet been
produced here, and we are not surprised at the almost
unparalleled success which attended its production at
the Academie in Paris, and which will no doubt be
equalled, if not exceeded, by its success in this country.
At the fall of the curtain Mdlle. Fleury was called for,
and led on by Albert. She was greeted with thunders
of applause. Vestris was also called for, and appeared
leading on Clara Webster, and accompanied by Del-
ferier, who led on Madame Petit Stephan. The ballet
was preceded by Balfe's opera of the Bohemian Girl,
which was represented for the fiftieth time, and the
attraction of which seems to increase at each represen-
tation. The house was crammed. Every scat, even in
the slips, was occupied before the rising of the curtain.

The following distinguished members of society
visited Drury-lane Theatre last week :—The Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe,
the Duke of Leeds, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby,
Marquises of Lansdowne and Salisbury, Marchioness of
Conyngham, Earl and Countess of Verulam, Dowager Coun-
tess of Westmoreland ; Ladies Villiers, Somerset, Foley, Pol.
timore, Graham, Woolmore, Burgoyne, Errol, Count Kiel-
mansegge ' • Earls of Chesterfield, Cardigan, Munster, Jersey,
Errol ; Lords Castlereagh, Macdonald, Alfred Paget, Seaham,
Glamis, Sussex Lennox, Adolphus Fitzclarence, W. Graham,
Maidstone, Foley, Strathaven, Curzon, Wenlock, Russell,
Strafford ; Sir John Burgoyne, Burt., Sir Bellingham Graham,
Bart., Sir Thomas Gage, Bart., Sir John Campbell, Batt.,
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Colonel Peel, Colonel Cavendish,
Hon. E. Byng, Hon. Mrs. Lister, Mrs. Morier, C. Standish,
Esq., M.P., T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., Hon. Craven Berkeley,
M.P., Hon. Grantly Berkeley, Hon F. Stanhope, &c.
SIR ROBERT PEEL'S' GRAND PARLIAMENTARY
DINNER.— On Saturday evening Sir Robert Peel received a
very numerous circle, at dinner, of his supporters in the House
of Commons, at his residence, 'in Whitehall-gardens. Tice
banquet, which was of a sumptuous description, wagawed
up in the picture-gallery. Covers were laid for ibrty-eight ;
and the following noblemen and gentlemen constituted Vag
party :—Viscount Grimston, Viscount Ossulsto_,n lath Mo-
niker Right Hon. C. W. Wynn, Right' Hon. C, FA Law, Hon.
Francis Charteris, Hon. R. Neville, Hon, Duncombe, Sir
Edmund Hayes, Bart., Sir J. Hamner, Bart., Sir Philip de
Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., Sir W. Jolliffe, Bart., Hon, F.
Scott, Sir J, Owen, -Mr. H. Stuart, Mr. C. Tumor, Colonel
Bruen, Colonel Wyndham, Mt: George Bepton, Mr. George
Palmer, Mr. Montague Gore., Mr. V. A. Morgan, Mr. Master,
cMournnwdaiii,
LMerr4.
;W. MaTtin Mr,lll‘Geacilys Mr, Lockart,
Mr.
I%fr. Wezer_y, •A, f. plkfl'.(4l4Wdrull, ;MMrr.' VJ: ilDr!dr. °Dn'olkufglr.
Dodd, Air, Dickinson, Mr. Colville, Mr. Collett, Mr. R. Cla
ton,' Mr. Buckley, Mr. Botfield, Colonel H. Badhei Mr..
Baillie, Mr. Castell, Mr. Affix, and Mr. A4WO.Y.. A similar
entertainment will be given on S4tnr4y next by the Right
Hon. Baronet,
tehmer.loo7etimine.
17_1 elnlrt oilfTlt es lal4cs severe e free ww
oda% se
r, -aprevious labo u rteor
Knight's quarry, situate at LadyLeittjhdire
was•e m
verdreamoovnignsg:t:
quantity of stone and rklblti4l, wh
bird's nest, coining three young ones, all of them alive and i
4P.pareutly doing welL—Doneaster Gazette,

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PROMISSORY NOTES.
The return of the circulation of promissorr notes
payable on demand,- during the four • weeks ending the
3d inst., by the Banks of England, Ireland, and Scot-
land, is rather more interesting than usual, exhibiting a
very decides increase—principally by the Bank of Eog;
land—that will not belikely to gain the approbation 01
those inclined to a cautious policy. The discount
brokers may easily account for abundance of money
and its low value, for although in rather more.
request, no one offers higher rates, when suer
an addition is made in four weeks to the paler
circulation- of England alone. The Scotch Bon's
have been far more prudent.

ENGLAND.
Bank a England now £91,828,0_.°2
• Last time
Increase 2,8601
Private Banks now
6'
Last time
157,463
Increase
Joint-Stock Banks now
3,234,999
Last time
•
211,434
Increase
SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private. and Joint-Stock Banks *46
last time 2,90"' 3
Now
• ,343
Decrease
IRELAND. 00°
Bank of Ireland now 3,591,
{R9 65

Last time .
,
91,35 u
Increase
Private and Joint-Stock Banks now 2,429,569
Last time
3'
Increase 6B,
00°
Brillion now

Last time

1 4'C3B''
8429°
Increase

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HEREFORD STEEPLE CHASE—FRIDAY. 'lb
The Hurdle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added, 115"01?
each ; the winner to be sold for 3001., &c. Heats, one
and a half. 1 1
Mr. Jenkins' Lycurgus, list 71b (Byrne)
Mr. W. Taylor's Nora Creina (late Kate Kearney),
llst9lb .........................................................
Mr. Holman's Flight, llst 71b .............................. 0 4
Mr. I. Day's Preissnitz, list 71b ........................... 5
Mr. R. E. Clarke's Little Robert, list 121 b ............... 3 6
Mr. Tollitt's Sister to Ferneley, llst 21b ... . .... . .........
Won very easy.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
COVENTRY, 1844.
Nominations for the Trial Stakes.—Ben-y-Ghln,
Ninety-one, 3 yrs—Moustache, 3 yrs—Celeste, 3 yrsl:l,l%°
of the Gipsies, 4 yrs--Aurungzebe, 4 yrs—Venus, 4 Y"
by Muley Moloch, dam by Velocipede, 3 yrs.
if 14 I'
Handicap of 10 sovs. each, hft if declaied 4—nr„,_
David, 5 yrs, Bst 111b—Chance, aged, Bst 10lb-4011lir
7st 111b—Fama, 6 yrs, 7st 111b—Jack, 5 yrs, 7s'ope
Pickwick, aged, 7st 71b—The Curate, 4 yrs, 7st 71b--- 3 11,
aged, 7st 61b—Aurungzebe, 4 yrs, ist 21b—Celeste,
6st 71b. :616
The City Stakes.—Akeley, 4 yrs—Europe, 4 -rs,t
3 yrs Exciseman, 4 yrs—The Major, 5 yrs— wlr"-e
6 yrs—Chance, aged.
A Silver Cup with a Handicap of 3 sovs. each. D'°o-16
—Utica, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—The Major, 5 yrs, Bst 21b--
5 yrs, Bst. pets
Nominations for the Hurdle Stakes.—Balluganfl'
Simple, Mudlark, Roulette, Councillor.
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FIRST REPORT from the SEL—,
•
COMMITTEE on RAILWAva ss
The Select Committee appointed to consider whe.t,qo
and what new provisions ought to be introduced Ilia
Railway Bills as may come before this House dul
present or future sessions, for the advantage of L'i,eepe
and the improvement of the railway system, and w` ~vie,
consider whether any and what changes ought to ber,,
the Standing Orders relating to Railways, and btu
the
empowered to report their opinion thereon from tin a;
to the House ;—have considered the matter referred'y
and have agreed to the following Report :
mitteepoi(
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Coo
the following clause be inserted in all the Railway ej
coming before, or passing through Parliament ;
4, And be it further enacted, that nothing herein c1r0,b,,!.
shall be deemed or construed to exempt the railwa,the P 1
or the said recited Acts authorised to be made fro°, genel
visions of any general Act of Parliament, or of Pro'
Act relating to Railways which may pass during t""
or any future session of Parliament."
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LOSS OF THE BRITISH BA.—
BOLIVAR. •

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The following has been received at Lloyd's :;1844'i,
" Foreign-office. Feb. I"rdeesoe
" Sir,--I am commanded by the Earl of Abe 111)
ethei bet
transmit to p.m, for the information of the `l.o!' o
and Committee at Lloyd's, a copy of a dispatch 1
foreS,
Majesty's' Consul at the Cape Verd Islands rely
the loss of the British barque Bolivar.—l am,' Sir'
Your most obedient humble serV.,,,,aantbo
(Signed) " CA.O4' ,
"To William Dobson, Esq." &c. &c. 0 100
(Copy.) " Cape Verds, Oct. ~rt le
" Sir,—lt becomes my unpleasant duty to rereo
total loss of the British barque Bolivar, Francis 'OP
master, bound from Sierra Leone to Englan!'" 6
cargo of timber. Ws°
Oh
" The Bolivar, in consequence of making re isloo,
endeavoured to get into one of the ports of these , eV e
ee 1
but, the leak increasing, the captain and ail forgo
doned her, and took refuge on board the Eog,ishree ail'
Adrastus, which had remained by them
previous. D off:01J
" The captain and crew were 'landed at -.- °lac, -, i
and sent from thence to the British Consulate " cosi'feLf
it is my intention to send the whole to the or,
tile
Africa by the first English vessel that may °Asd 0'
Gambia or Sierra Leone. One man has dieth•fetl ,ii
for i ,tp
whole, including captain and mate, have recel,,ber`
tenance and clothing, with medical attendance
was necessary.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) "JOHN itENDiti4l'.
" John Bidwell, Esq."
it .:
, #hing - tti..'
TEA DRINKING.— What a curious ~ cot, ot, 0
that all of a sudden, the remotest nation of tbei4 colls.:,rir
wise unknown and foreign to all our habits, she°, our 'cti96
us a domestic custom, which changed the face to st, otoail,
ing refreshments; and that insteadOf ale and In e
chive.iote
all the polite part of England should be drinking uses, roil'
fusion, and setting up earthenware in their hoteoptikiptil
with preposterous scenery. We shall not speak cOli, of li n't P`'‘
for our parts, of any such changes in the history whicho for
habits, any more than a change of the woltioutlft;
comes from the west, and now- from the east!,„tioll
..,° a tll,-,
some purpose. It may be noted, that the lost""t 0, s'iote'
drinking followed the diffusion of books tunoni,6 vestit,tija;
growth of more sedentary modes of life. Thc,ebrrlite°
upon cold beef and " cool tankards," were an actin' do oel
generation. Tea-drinking times are more de', at theill,.,
to reading; riders in carriages, or manufactVersoiool;to
or the steam-engine. It may be take,u as 411ellcb4t;
more sedentary, the more tea-drinking. The cooth-;s00
not the best in the world ; but it is natural, till ail ail:0.1;
ter be found. Tea-drinking is Vetter than drsts,'"-iallf,
practice which, if our memory does not deceive circlesiioli'4
mg in amongst the politest and even the fairest gr.
oe,e
the transition from ales to teas. 'When the latestifigi toPIIO
by an effort worthy of him, suddenly left off the, a to Po t z
brandy and water, by whi h h h d been tempLe ~,,to. otr,
e e a hj4 tolib ait 0
his disappointments, or rather to loosen 1— ally cod
if;
pleasant hour of supper, he 'took to tea-drinkil to 1100 ,I
be owned, was latterly tempted to make tuneriowed l', 04
for his loss of excitement, in the quantity he 4 ~3,--'it '
but it left his mind free to exercise its pore'. itli
as Waller beautifully says of 't i , - ~ red 0+
" The palace of the soul serene ;,, 019130„103 ~,,
not to be sure, the quantity, but the tea itself, r• l'eololio
the other drink, The prince of tea-drinkers `'.,„' sst en ig,ll too
one of the most sedentary of men, and the— thest o'
It is to be feared his quantity suited him -0101:923. 'oboe ' 4
cups, which we hear such multitudinous storlo' or
very small in his time.—Leigh Hunt. Tl,tir et 5#
r 0
CURE FOR HOOPING-COUGII.—"It, ~.," tae (4;0 P')l4
superstition in Cornwall, Devonshire,__ami '"" pleb josii
of- England, to inquire of any one sidingien,4o,tefer
of a remedy for the hooping-cough,
an" '
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named is regarded as a specific.—Nirrer• ----- , g.;
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BIRTHS. , chola ,i o{
On the 2d inst., [tit Florence, the littlY of e lady
of a daughter, . ....,,,dol, the
fell'
On the lath inst., at Leominster, hear Arun ~
the Rev. E. H. Ravenhill, of a daughter.
~,,_„4op, f ''''. ujj
On the 15th inst., the wife of Charles r""'" 1 the
r
citor, Thavies Inn, Holborn, of a daughter; ._e_...so , • ~..
On the 15th inst„ at Mossley-hill,
of Alfred Smith, EN., of a daughter. at's-13° „iie
ege of'
On the lath inst in Tichfield-terrace, U
„be 101 oj
Sherston Baker, of a son, still born.
Rector}', IX
On the 11th inst., at Tartaragbao be 4-
Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements, of ache 1 _.,,, t •
On the 14th inst., at Park-place, ten ism-
( J_John Beaufin Irving, Esti., of a 5011. the wife o
near J.,iv ry-
4,0 r
On the 16th inst., in Finsbury-circus,
Pi.'
Milligan, Esq., of a daughter.
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MARRIED. „..„,.ford, ';',,r.te..,,t.
On the 15th inst., at St. Mary, Viral:,b;of 11", Pl'
John Langley, M.A., Mr. Henry Gris'e!!....hter eh oil
City-road, to Marian Greenwood, eldest aa" b De. 4 oi_,
Wells, Esq., of Wallingford, Berks. the Britis to Pei,
On the 30th of November, 1843, a
~ EA.,i Aep
Rio de Janeiro, James Edward Le Breton, road og 0
Ann, daughter of Joseph Dickinson, 1,s1" °P7ii
crate_Ae
Leeds. ofßisli°s"Q' i
• Jo tg
Wigan, to et
013Ftahninniset:,3T.olui onmgesastPdaarutg,
daughter of Th 000 0 0
Esq., of Bank House. as George',.,,fcisf all
eo
On the 15th inst., at Dorking, Thon. _ii..,, sea- 0.1 •
ICJ 01
Charles Barclay, Esq., of Bury-hill, to .r...u.. ::
0. 4
Doriollg• 0 ht.
of the Rev, James Joyce, Vicar of ,c,rth dog
le.
TwOoonnt,hEesqls„thofinAsvt.ar, aet, InVeidrt4fordt,oA
jrtailr;ove,,,,g,cp,
the late Randal Norris, Esq., of the Inner l'

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DIED. FAhuoll .4, he
On the 16th inst., in Manchester-86,1'8re' f Litoefis:llo/e"
Viscount Glenswerth, grandson of the Earl ° 01l- •
On the 12th inst.., at Paris, le Comte de Wrico
inure, father-in-law of his Excellency the 31 '''' title
It°
at this Court.
On the 9th inst., Gertrude Angelica Mills, yeange
ter of John Mills, Esq. f fitigF4
On the 4th inst., at Paris, Henry liarlo.t, rstl*Po liootk
Sussex.
_,,,1,
On the 14th inst., in Perev-street, Betif°'- - , . goy' P
von Hoist, historical painter, aged 33. -, •iderof '
oparlesthdee Isstt.leian,stE.,sla,staSgleidal7fo6r.d, Alt P
On the 15th hut, Ann, eldest daughter oi ' tb-
C.
of Marylandltoiut, Stratford. • ~ vow
06 the •10th inst., in Norfolk-crescont, IlYs'-' 1 4
fire Ann, the wife of John Mackenzie, EBcl- . • the c''
near tirl'r
jum._ 00:
On the 15th inst., at Gonalsten, Notts, MO, , of
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County of Middlesex, Monday, February
2,91 1844