The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-16 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

G ORI-I A MBURY RACES— WEDNESDA Y.
The abundance of racing reserved for the second day
rendered a closer adherence to the " order of running"
necessary than was observed on Tuesday ; accordingly
it commenced a few minutes after one o'clock, anti was
brought to a close shortly before five, leaving just time
enoughfor those who were bound for the metropolis, to
avail themselves of the special train from Watford at six. ,
The sport, good, and plentiful enough to satisfy any rea • •
sortable appetite, presented only two features of any in-
terest beyond the moment—the Park Stakes for two year
olds, and the Double Headed Oak Stakes. The first,
for which twelve out of the eighteen named came
to the post, was run in " heats," owing, as esta-
blished before the Stewards, to the horses having
started before Mr. Robert Grimston, who officiated on
this occasion, lowered his flag, Treen alone having
pulled up on hearing that gentleman declare that it
was flo start. This contretemps, the only one that inter-
rupted the harmony of the meeting, would have been
avoided, had there been a flagstnan in advance of the
horses; or, we say it with all deference, had the start-
ing been left to the Clerk of the Course, who proved his
fitness for the duty at the last meeting by getting off 19
horses without the slightest failure. The Double Headed
Oak Stakes was an agreeable surprise to the fielders.
Charlotte, upon whom 6,7, and 8 to 1 was laid, a: soon
as it was made public that the Devil-to-Pay had paid,
having been beaten in a trot. Of these, the other races,
and of some important fluctuations in the betting on the
Derby and Oaks, we have below given all needful par-
ticu!ars.
The company on the ground included, besides the
Gorhamhury party, which was joined on Tuesday even-
ing by the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, most of the
fashionables whose names have already appeared ; of
' the middle classes the assemblage was not so numerous.
The weather was fine, but many degress colder than on
the first day. The racing came off in the following
order :
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The Pondyard Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 added.
Winner to be sold for 1501, &c. Stand Course.

(7 Subs.)
Mr. Wilson's Hampton, 5 yrs, 9st 31b...(Bemetzreider) 1
Lord Chesterfield's The Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, Bst I Ilb 2
Mr. Coleman's Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs, 95t... 3
The fol!owing also ran:—Mr. Parr's Xanthus, 4 yrs,
Bst 41b—Hon. G. Ongley's Utica, 4 yrs, Bst 41b; and
Mr. Land's Phingari, 6 yrs, 9st.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Utica, 4to I each agst Hampton,
Artful Dodger, and Devil-among-the-Tailors. The run •
ning was made alternately by the -Devil-among-the-
Tailors and Xanthus to the distance, where Hampton
went in front, scattered the field in a few strides, and
won easy by a length. The Devil a Middling third, and
all the others beaten off.

LITERATURE.
ANECDOTES OF ACTORS.
Ntwhy, London, 1844.
The character of this volume may be pretty well
guessed from its title. It is a rambling, desultory
production, full of anecdotes illustrative of the man-
ners, social peculiarities, &c., of some of the most
eminent tragedians and comdians who have flour-
ished during the last fifty years and upwards.
The Kimble family, of course, figure in the fore-
ground; and next to them, the authoress—Mrs.
Mathews—is most copious and circumstantial in
her reminiscences of Theodore Hook, whose, wit,
good-humour, address, and general intelligence, seem
to have made an indelible impression on her mind.
She is never weary of relating anecdotes of those
practical jokes and hoaxes, in which he was so great
a proficient ; and takes leave of him in these terms,
which, though to our taste not a little ridiculous,
were, we presume, meant to be quite toughing and
sentimental Alas ! Theodore, thou art pale in the
tomb—in the winter-house! Thy friends have bent
the red eye over thy grave ! They shall seek
thee in their halls, but they shall not find thee.
Thou shalt come at times to their dreams; thy voice
shall remain_ in their ears; but they shall see thee no
more." Had Theodore Hook been alive, he would
have been the first Waugh at this Ossianic lament
over a defunct friend. Not a few of the anecdotes of
this prince of after-dinner wags—for no humourist of
his time equalled Hook in the variety and liveliness of

; INCREASE OF DOG-STEALING.
The New Sporting Magazine, for this month, contains
a paper on the increase of the crime of dog-stealing,
which is now carried out on a perfect system, by which
contributions to an almost incredible amount are levied
on those who value a favourite four-foottd companion
more than they do a tolerably heavy sum in hard cash.
So great has the evil become, that application is to be
made to Parliament for an Act making dog-stealing a
felony, and putting that animal on the same footing as
the horse. The paper gives some curious details con-
nected with the practice, or with what may be called the
statistics of dog-stealing. The following sketch is also
given of the rise and progress of the plan for applying a
remedy by legal means :—" The idea of first petitioning
the House of Commons to have this -Act of Parliament
passed, 'originated with that well-known and eccentric
character, Mr. Bishop, of Bond-street, the justly cele-
brated gun-maker ; the petition being signed by great
numbers of the first nobility and gentry in the country.
In his inner shop—or rather studio, as it may be termed
—is held atKall seasons of the year, till grouse-shooting
rather thins its daily attendants, a kind of sporting
levee, where the merits not only of guns, but all de-
scriptions of sporting dogs, are talked over by their
various owners or admirers; the conversation being ren-
dered doubly agreeable by te accompaniment of a large
brown loaf and 'ripe Stilton,' and divers foaming pots of
Barclay and Perkins' entire. Now The Bishop, is, and
has been for about 30 years—that is to say, as long as he
has been upon the town,' or rather before the public
—an eccentric character ; from his long attachment to
all descriptions of fun pervading this great and tasteful
metropolis, whilst his acquaintance with innumerable
• queer character.' of every grade has given him an
insight into society rarely to be met with in any man,
however long an apprenticeship he may have served.
Many of the unfortunate attendants at the aforesaid
levee,•having been deprived of their favourite dogs by-
the hands of the dog-stealers on whom we have been
descanting, applied, in the mements of their distress,
to Mr. Bishop for his advice in the matter, himself' hay •
ing been a fellow-sufferer, and, to regain his favourite,'
having been mulcted by these harpies in a considerable
fine upon the occasion. His knowledge of the town
and of many of the queer characters' of whom I
spoke, has enabled him to get some of the stolen
dogs restored to their owners, upon paying, through the
medium of a third person, a most exorbitant and shame-
ful ransom. This part of the transaction is generally
negotiated by a man who may be termed the Jonathan
Wild of the fancy;' who prefers neglecting his busi-
ness by seeking after the enormous profits arising from,
the degrading and rascally negotiations above alluded
to. Since Mr. Bishop has become an accidental assistant
in many of "these canine transactions, not only has the
levee become - daily increased in the interior of the
studio, but numbers of carriages may be seen in the
morning, containing ladies, anxiously inquiring if any-
thing has been heard about their Floras or Phillises."
The following is a slight outline of the amount of the
ransoms paid for the lives and liberty of the canine
favourites:—" The immense sums of money which have
been lately paid for the restoration of stolen dogs is per-
fectly incredible: the large amount of 9001. and up-
wards has been extorted upon these occasions alone
where Mr. Bishop has personally interfered for the
restitution of the stolen property, in some instances for
dogs, which have been stolen twice, and even more fre-
quently. Amongst those persons who have been suf-
ferers, may be enumerated his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, 301; Wyndham Bruce, Esq., 25/.; Capt.
Alexander, First Life Guards, 221.; and many others,
:oo numerous to insert in these pages."

his conversation—have already made their appearance
in print ; and those which are new, are by no means
specially remarkable for point or oddity. The volume is
a passable one—nothing more—so far as matter is con-
cerned; and, as regards manner, the authoress's style
is much too processional, being plentifully besprinkled
with indifferent puns, and heavy attempts at v►vacity,
which constantly remind us of the sort of conversation
that from time immemorial has been so prevalent in
the green-room. We quote a strange anecdote of
Pitt, whom Mr. Mathews, it seem, was once invited
to meet at the late General Phipps's :
" In my husband's earliest years as a London actor, be
cherished a strong desire to behold the great statesman
Pitt; and in the course of conversation one day with our
early friend General Phipps, referring to this desire, he
promised Mr. Mathews that'his longing should be grati-
fied, for he would, he said, ask him to dinner on some
occasion when he expected, the great man at his table.
For a time some difficulty was found in arranging the
matter to suit all parties—my husband having to per-
form at the Haymarket 'nightly. However, on the de-
mise of the Duke of Gloucester, in' 1804 or 5, the thea-
tres were closed until after the interment, and a day was
arranged for the promised *Peat, but to the actor's chag-
rin, the royal funeral took place sooner than expected,
the theatres were re-opened on the very evening fixed
for the dinner, and all hope of the gratification intended
was fading, when it was suggested to my husband's kind
inviter that he could perhaps manage to reach his, the
General's house, after the theatre closed, and as the din-
ner hour was a late one, arrive in time to catch at least
a glimpse of Mr. Pitt, before the party broke up. As
soon therefore as the green curtain dropped, my hus-
band hastened to receive the delight he anticipated—
namely to behold the most extraordinary political genius
of England, and listen to his accents, prepared _to trea-
sure up in memory ever word that tell from the eloquent
lips of the great politician ; and it was not without a
sensation somewhat approaching to awe, that the actor
followed the servant, who ushered him into the dining-
room where the party still remained, though nearly mid-
night; for, like Norval —" Never b«•fore stood he in such
a presence But as he entered. he was started by a
crash of something breaking, followed by a suppressed
titter, and he found the table in great disorder, the guests
silent, the General, and the candles burning blue—the
new guest looked a little blue also at the constrained, nay
vexed, manner with which his heretofdre warm and cor-
dial host received him, and who, without a word of wel-
come, pointed to the chair just placed for him by the
servant. My husband's eye glanced from face to face in
the fear that he was too late to behold the only one he
came to see, and having hastily scanned each counte-
nance, his quick eye, long familiar with Gilray's and
other likenesses of the Prime Minister, could not fail
to recognize, though in a haze, in the sharp features of
the long slim personage seated at the top of the table—
the political guiding star of Britain, the great son of the
great Chatham, the dignified statesman, the observed of
all observers—undisturbed by the entrance of the new
guest—gravely, and even thoughtfully employed in
collecting the wine-glasses within his reach, and piling
them one upon another as high as they could balance,
and then with the fragments of the dessert pelting them
down into pieces (the crash and suppressed mirth
heard by my husband at his entree being occasioned by'
the destruction of the first batch) and not till all the
glasses upon the table were—in auctioneer's phrase—
showed up, did the mighty perpetrator think of desisting.
He then arose with something like an effort, and with a
silent bow to his host, not very steadily withdrew,
accompanied by two of the gentlemen present. The
much annoyed General then explained to my husband
that the scene he had just witnessed of the self-diversion
of his illustrious guest was not infrequently the result of
his having suffered too much of the " molten ruby" to
pass his lipQ, as on the present occasion, when he taxed
his hospitable entertainers in the manner described.
This was the only time my husband saw this great man,
who died, I believe, shortly after."

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The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added.
Stand Course. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Booth's Donnybrook, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Sly) I
Lord Stradbroke's Repealer, 3 yrs, 6st Ilb
The following also started :—Mr. Oshaldiston's b c by
The Saddler, out of Miss Etty, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Mr.
Cowley's Adrian, aged, Bst 81b—Mr. Perry's Dart, 5
yrs, Bst 41b—Lord Glamis's Sister to Ramadan, 4 yrs,
ist—Mr. Nightingale's Ascot, 6 yrs, Bst 31b—Mr.
Brown's Pauline, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Mr. Hewitt's Midnight
Star, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (carried sst 121b)and Mr. Cole- ,
man's eh 11 by Sir Hercules, out of Tarantella, 4 yrs, 7st 71b.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Repealer, 4to 1 agst Miss Etty
colt, 4 to 1 agst Adrian, 7 to 1 agst Donnybrook, and
Bto 1 agst Midnight. Ascot jumped off in front, but
resigned the lead in a few strides to Dart and the Taran-
tella colt, who made joint running for about a mile and
a half ; Donnybrook, who had followed them in com-
pany with Repealer and Adrian, then went in advance,
ran by himself to the end, won in a canter, by nearly
two lengths, and was claimed for 1501. Dart and Cole-
man's colt were third and fourth, and everything else
beaten off.
The Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for
two yrs old ; colts. Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; win-
ners 41bs extra. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.)
Mr. J. Day's The Maid of Orleans (J. Day, jun.) 1
Mr. Hooks' Bastion ...
Mr. May's Corinthian Tom
The following also started :—Lord Verulam's c by
Sir Hercules, out of Christina—Lord G. Bentinck's
Nereus—Mr. Walter's My Mary—Mr. Ford's Piccolina
—Mr. Ongley's Mystery—Mr. Wilson's Gazelle—Mr.
T. The“bald's Chemise—Mr. Booth's New Year's Day
—and Lord Exeter's f by Velocipede, out of Czar's dam.
Even betting on the Maid of Orleans-6 to 1 agst
Mystery, (t)-6 to 1 agst Bastion, (t)—and 6 to 1 agst
My Mary.
The first start, as we have already stated, was a failure,
at the second, all got off, except Bastion, and ran
the entire distance, the Maid of Orleans winning
easily by a length and a half ; Mystery second, and
Chemise third; but, on their return to the weighing
stand, an intimation was given to the Stewards that
Bastion had been left behind, and that the others had
started before Mr. Grimston dropped the flag; this,
although denied by several of the riders, was declared
by Mr. Grimston to have been the case ; and the
Stewards, in consequence, pronounced it a false start.
2 to 1 was then laid on the Maid of Orleans, 4 to 1
against Mystery, and 5 to 1 'against Bastion. In the
actual race, which did not take place till after one more
failure, Bastion made the running to the distance, where
the favourite went in frant, had the rest of it to himself,
and won in a canter by two lengths. Corinthian Tom
was a bad third, Chemise and Piccolina next, and OA
others beaten off. Gazelle and My Mary were drawn
after the first heat.
The St. Alban's Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 25
added, with a whip presented to the winning Jockey
by the Ladies. Heats. Stand Course. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs, lOst 21b
Captain Martyn's Emilian, 5 yrs, lOst 12Ib
Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged, list 41b 3 3
The first heat was won by a head, and the second by
a length. Naworth , was beaten two lengths in each
heat —6 to 5 was laid on Naworth before the first heat,
and 2 to 1 on Counsellor after it.

DER BLAUBART; EINMARCHEN IN FUNI.
AKTEN. Von Ludwick Tieck. With a Translation
of all Dffficult Words and Passages, explanation of
Grammatical Peculiarities,ft. By H. Ap#l.
The tale of Blue Beard has furnished the English
stage with a musical melodrama, a pantomime, and
may, perhaps, afford Planche the materials of a clever
burlesque ; but it has not been recast by any hand
capable of lifting the old tale to a higher level than
the literature of the nursery. For the Germans it
has done more; it has given to their literature a
comedy which may rank with the best for the purity
of its language and style, well marked variety of
character, and playful satire. Tieck has dramatised,
in the same form, most of the popular nursery tales
common to both countries, and his Puss in I3eots,
is an admirable specimen f his style ; but for the
purpose of M. Apel " Blue Beard" is the most suita-
ble. It is intended as an assistance to the student of
German in acquiring the idiom, and turns of ex-
pression, of familiar, every day conversation, far more
likely to be acquired from a perusal of a comic pro-
duction, than from the more elevated style of tragedy.
On the same principle, a foreigner learning English
would form a better notion of the familiar language
of the time from a modern comedy, Bell's Mothers
and Daughters, or Jerrold's Bubbles of the Day, than
from Macbeth. It is no slight credit to M. Apel
that he has been the first to depart from the
usual mode of putting intQ the hands of the learner
the highest works of Goethe and Schiller, which if
they could be read, certainly would not be fully
comprehended by a child, who would be perfectly at.
home with his old acquaintance "Blue Beard,'
though presented in a foreign dress. The publica-
tion of Tiecks' tale will also make him better known
to others than beginners ; for it is here, for the first
time, printed in a separate form, being extracted from
the collection of the author's tales and dramas, enti-
tled " Phantasus." But whether it is read by the
pupil or the proficient, it cannot fail to please. The
conversion of the Eastern Wife-killer into a partly
German Baron of the middle ages, half soldier, half
robber; the use of the machinery of a feudal time,
combined with the language and ideas of yesterday, and
the continual contrast of the characters, kept up through-
out with admirable artistic skill, all arrest the attention
by exciting us to a good-humoured laugh. Nothing
can excel the rich stupidity of Heymon and Conrad,
who, at the commencement, are leading an expedition
against Peter Berner (the Bluebeard), and mar it
with a pompous blundering that renders the whole a
most happy burlesque of campaigning. The Coun-
sellor and the Fool are capital pendants to the two
most incapable of commanders; the sisters, Anne and
Agnes, are finely discriminated, and there is an equal
distinctness in the characters of their three brothers,
while old Mechtilde, the housekeeper of Blue Beard,
has a careless malignity in her, which, combined with
the effects of " age and envy," make her a sort of
domestic Sycorax. The work is clearly printed in
roman type, a departure from the usual "black letter,"
which will be acceptable to many; we believe the use
of this antiquated form is becoming' less general in
modern German works. A translation is given at the
end of the work of the difficult words and passages,
which the learner will find always useful and often in-
dispensable. Asa work both u etul to the beginner and
agreeable to the more advanced, M. Apel's edition of
" Blue Beard" will secure an extensive circulation.
0 COMOM.M.II7IMMI

The Double-headed Oak Stakes of 20 sors. each, h ft,
with 100 added; for three yrs old colts, B.t 71b; and
fillies, Bst 21b; winners once, 41b; thrice, 71b extra.
About one mile and a half. (10 Subs.)
Colonel Anson's Buzz, by Muley Moloch...(P. Butler) 1
Lord Verulam's Charlotte
6tol on Charlotte. Buzz made all the running and
won in a canter by three or four lengths.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added ; 3 yr olds,
7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst, 51b; 5 yrs, 6st; and aged, Bst 111 b.
Mares, &c., allowed 3lbs. The winner to be sold fur
120 sovs., &c. T. Y. C. (8 Subs.)
Hon. G. Ongley's Camelino, aged (Sly) 1
Mr. Stanborough's Isleworth, 5 yrs
Mr. Hewitt's The Midnight Star, 3 yrs 3
The following also started but were not placed :
Mr. Shelley's Omphale, 3 yrs—Mr. Parr's dianthus, 4
yrs—Mr. Wilson's Conjugation, 5 yrs—and Mr. S.
Scott's Grey Hercules, 4 yrs. A good race b3tween the
first two from the distance, and won only by a neck.
Midnight Star a bad third. The winner was claimed.
BETTING ON THE COURSE..
DERBY.
9 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck
4 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan—taken freely
12 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus
15 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando
16 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander
22 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken
25 to 1 agst Ford's lot—taken
25 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lonian—taken
700 to 15 agst Lord Westminster's Lancet—taken
1000 to 16 agst Mr. Dickson's Dick Thornton—taken
OAKS.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Bariicade—taken
7 to
.1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Martingale—t
8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Princess—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Merope—taken
15 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All Round my Hat—t.
PRZE STAKES.—In the return of this race in our last,
the betting was mistakenly stated at 5 to 1 on Charlotte,
it should have been even on her, and 6 to 4, agst
Welbeck.

DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday afternoon in-
formation was received at the police-station, Arbour-square,
that a man of the name of Simonds, residing at No. 25, East-
field-street, Limehouse, had written a letter to a relative, in-
timating that it was his intention to destroy himself. A
constable was instantly sent to investigate the matter, and
on forcing an entrance into the house, and bursting open the
door of an apartment which was locked from the inside, the
unfortunate man was found lying upon his bed, quite dead.
Beside him was a coffee cup. which smelled strongly of
laudanum, and a bottle labelled " Laudanum-:--poison," which
contained a portion of the deleterious drug. A surgeon who
was called in gave it as his opinion that life had been extinct
for several hours. The deceased was stated to be forty-four
years of age, but looked much older. He had been a seafaring
mans
and had received some injuries of the e 3 es and hands,
which had much enfeebled him, and considerably soured his •
temper. Amongst ether documents left behind him by the
deceased, is a letter addressed to the Coroner, which, it is pre-
sumed, will disclose his reasons for committing the rash act.
He was not in want, as he had only recently purchased the
house in which he resided.
SUDDEN DEATl4.—Between ten and eleven on
Monday
.night, an awful instance of sudden death oc-
curred, in the case of Mr. G. A. Wood, commercial
traveller for Blakemore and Rock, Birmingham. He
was proceeding towards a boarding house in Scott's-
yard, Bush-lane, where he lodged, and, as he was at-
tempting to turn the corner, he fell upon the pavement,
and was picked up dead. Upon his person was found
upwards of 401. in notes and gold, and a variety of
trading samples.
Dus PROPORTIONS.—" Jock," said a farmer's wife
to the herd callant—" Jock, come in to your parritch—the
dies are drowning themselves in, the Nae fears,"
‘pNle:et;earforgth; e pa r
replied Jock, moving very deliberately towards the scepe of
:cotiuona,7:they'llntcliw.,a7 Od,
little raFal; do you say you dinna get eneugh o' milk ?"

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY lkfoßNii4d, MAY 16, 1844.

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