The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-11 00:00:00

MISS SMITHSON.

Extract of a letter from Miss Smithson to a
female friend in London, in reply to solicitations
and arguments to induce her to leave France,
and at once try her fortune on the London boards
in the higher characters of the drama :

" PARIS, OCT. 6.

" As various reports respecting my refusing to
visit London at present will, no doubt, get into cir-
culation, I will relate to you the truth. Mr. Price
wrote twice to me last winter to return to Drury-
lane ; and Mr. Kemble has offered me 20/. a night
for 20 performances, together with a benefit, for
the present season, and a very handsome engage-
ment for three years, to commence the season after
that, positively. But I have refused all, for this
reason,,---I am daily acquiring fame and profit
here; of the former more than you can believe; of
the latter, quite as much as makes my rejection no
sacrifice of a pecuniary nature. Besides, I consider
that London will be always in England; but that an
equally favourable opportunity for English theatricals
may not always exist on the Continent ; and then, as
I am to perform at Tours Bordeaux, Brussels, Rot-
terdam, &c., &c., during the period between this and
the Ist of December (when I must return to open
our English theatre at Paris, having accepted an en-
gagement for the entire season,) I shall see some-
thing more of the world, and have the pleasure of
trying the effect of our tragedies upon strange audi-
ences. This is the fact : therefore do not, I pray
you, my dear friend, despise the Parisian taste so
much—that taste which founded the fame of Telma,
Mars, and. Pasta—as to imagine for a moment that
I fear to make my appearance before my own ever-
liberal countrymen. No. Next year 1 will return.
But surely you do not wonder that I linger with
affection in a land which, stranger as I was even
to its language, has so disinterestedly encouraged
those efforts, and warmed into life that talent (if
such I may venture to call it) which, in my own,
shrunk into obscurity from the chill of bitter neglect.
If you should chance to visit any of fhe places I have
named in my tour, or come to Paris in the winter, re-
member that there is one person at least who will re-
ceive you with esteem and sincere pleasure, and that is
" Your faithful friend,
" HARRIET .C. SNIITHSON."

THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL.

(From the Liverpool Advertiser.)
DINNER AT THE TOWN-HALL.

At seven o'clock, about 90 gentlemen sat down
to a sumptuous entertainment, among whom we re-
cognized Lord Skelmersdale, Blackburae, Esq.
M. P., J. F. Cawthorne, Esq. M.P., Thos. Greene,
Esq. M.P., Thomas Leigh, Esq. M.P., the Hon.
Colonel Cust, Colonel Waller, and other military
officers, the Mayor of Lancaster, - Yates, Esq.,
the Recorder, the Members of the Council, and se-
veral gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood.
Mr. Peel sat on the right, and Lord Skelmers-
dale on the left of his worship, who presided with
his accustomed blandness and ability. After the
removal of the cloth, the following toasts were
given

" His Majesty the King, Duke of Lancaster,"
four times four, drank with thunders of applause.
" Lord Hill, and the Army."
The MAYOR rose and called upon the company to
till their glasses, for he was about to propose the
health of a gentleman whose name was a passport to
esteem, and would, he was assured, in that room
meet with that attention to which it was so justly
entitled. It was with pride and pleasure he stood
forward to propose the health of the illustrious
statesman who had that day honoured Liverpool
with his presence, and was now his distinguished
guest. In the hour of peril, his counsel, his energy,
his zeal, and his brilliant talents, were devoted to
the service of his country, and that country now
justly regarded him as one of its most fearless
champions and brightest ornaments. He would not
further delay the expression of their feelings. He
could not adequately do justice to the subject, and
would therefore, without further preface, propose the
health of—

" The Right Hon. Robert Peel."
Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm which fol-
lowed the announcement of this toast; the entire
company started simultaneously from their seats,
and it was drunk with three times three, amidst the
most deafening applause. " One cheer more" was
loudly called for, which continued for several minutes.
Mr. PEEL rose, evidently overpowered by the in-
tensity of his feelings; and spoke as follows :7-Mr.
Mayor and Gentlemen,--There is nothing more
painful and embarrassing than to attempt to give
expression to feelings which at once overpower by
their force, and deprive their possessor of the capa-
bility of doing them adeqqte justice. Such feel-
ings, permit me to state, Awe been excited by my
visit to Li v erpool (Cheers.) If language afforded
a sentiment sufficiently trite and familiar, willingly
would I embrace it to declare all I feel--all I have
admired. It does not do so, and I am in conse-
quence compelled to labour under a fear that I can-
not at all convey to you an adequate idea of the im-
pressions excited by my visit to your great and flou-
rishing town. I have passed the day in witnessing
the wonderous scenes which Liverpool presents;
and I have been gratified, astonished, and, allow me
to add, surprised, at what every where met my eyes.
I have frequently heard of the rising greatness of
Liverpool, but never conceived it had vaulted to
such an eminence as it now proudly and magnifi-
cently holds, Belonging-, as I do, to a family
intimately connected with the manufactures and
commerce of the county, I was anxious to visit
it, and I now feel that, as a public man, I
should have been guilty of a dereliction of duty,
if I had nqt inspected tt place which is so
intimately connected with the interests and pros-
perity of my country. (Cheers) I was desi-
rous to see . a town where the interests of the
commercial world concentrate, and whore the in-
telligence, the spirit, the enterprise, and the worth
of its inhabitants have ennobled the character of the
British merchant, and shed such a lustre upon the
country. (Great cheers.) Gentlemen, I have been
gratified; I have viewed your town ; its noble in,
stitutions and splendid monuments devoted to charity
have been inspected, and I shall leave Liverpool un-
der impressions which cannct be easily erased. (Ap-
plause?) My Hon. Friend has spoken of my public
conduct (cheers) ; his kindness has magnified my
services as a Minister of the Crown. I am truly
grateful for his very flattering observations ; but I
hope I may be excused if, at the present moment,
ai)stain from dwelling upon the Subject. My heart
is too much overpowered with your kindness, and I
cannot even attempt to do justice to my feelings..
I have been this NY.t.) the town of
day identifle4 ; 1.
Liverpool ! my name has been enrolled as one of
its freemen, and I therefore must, for the future, feel
a personal interest in its welfare and prosperity;
(Loud cheers.) I, however, know the zeal and ta-
lents of the gentlemen whom you have chosen to
watch over and guard your interests; therefore it

might be deemed ostentatious on my part if I were
to tender you all the services I could command—
(Great cheering)—but I still must be permitted to
declare that I shall esteem it as a most fortunate cir-
cumstance in my life, if I can, by any act of mine,
discharge a portion of the debt of gratitude which
your kindness has laid me under.—(Cheers.)—l
now beg leave, Gentlemen, to propose a toast in-
teresting to you-1 will say to us all (for I will now
take the liberty of calling myself one of yourselves),
and every man who feels an interest in the welfare
and happiness of the empire—the benefit and ad-
vantage of the civilized world. Gentlemen, I shall
give you,
" Prosperity to the Town and Trade of Liver-
pool."
" Gentlemen," said Mr. Peel, in concksion, when
the cheering had somewhat subsided, . " I thank you
sincerely for the manner. in which you have drank
the first toast I have had the honour of proposing in
Liverpool, and beg to request you will drink it with
three times three ; ' which was accordingly done
amids the most animating cheers.
" His Grace the Duke of Wellington"—three
times three—thunders of applause.

• ;1--lisMaj;tY's Ministers," three times three.
Mr. PEEL-1 shall faithfully report to my col-
leagues the honouryou have this evening conferred
on them in drinking their healths with such demon-
strations of respect and esteem. I feel confident
that no Ministers would be worthy to preside over
the affairs of this great country, who were indifferent
to the opinions of so high and influential a body of
gentlemen as now honour his Majesty's Ministers
with their approval. I have before lamented that
the duty of returning thanks in their behalf had not
devolved upon the illustrious individual at their
head, but when I shall see my Noble Colleague and
illustrious Friend, I shall, when conveying to him
the particulars of the gratifying scenes I have wit-
nessed, not fail to state that he will not adequately
receive the meed of applause -due to hiS services as
Prime Minister until he has paid a visit—(cheers)—
to Liverpool and Manchester, and' witnessed those
bursts of approval—those proud tokens of respect
and admiration, which have alwhys followed the an-
nouncement of his name.

Mr. PEEL sat down amidst much cheering; and
shortly after rose and begged permission to propose
a toast, which he felt assured would not be deemed
intrusive. He was under most particular obligations
to the gentleman whose name he was about to in-
troduce; to him he was indebted for the pleasure
which he had derived from this visit. From him he
received a hospitable and flattering invitation to
Liverpool, and as he had many conversations with
him on public questions, he could form some esti-
mate of the zeal and abilities with which he dis-
charges his high and important functions. (Cheers.)
His private worth had justly endeared him to his
fellow-townsmen, and he esteemed it a most gratify-
ing duty in having an opportunity of proposing the
health of a man whose private and public character
rendered him worthy to be Mayor of Liverpool.
" Thomas Colley Porter, Esq., Mayor of Liver-
pool."--(Three times three, great cheering.)
His WORSHIP, in returning thanks, said, that if
on ordinary occasions he felt a difficulty in expressing
his feelings, he must, in the present instance, be sup-
posed to labour under peculiar sensations. He really
felt himself overpowered by the kindness and the
high terms with which his Right Hon. Guest had
introduced his name. Such compliments coming
from so distinguished a gentleman, were to him in-,
deed most flattering, and called forth his most lively
gratitude. He trusted he had done his duty, and
the approval of the honourable society which sur-
rounded him was the highest mark of respect which
he could possibly receive. (Cheers.)
" The Members for the County."
J. BLACEBURNE, Esq., returned thanks, and said,
hediad always endeavoured to regulate his Parlia-
mentary conduct according to what he considered.
the welfare of the country, and the upholding of the
constitution of the empire.
" The Members for the Borough."
" Lord Skelmersdale—a name associated by many
recollections with the welfare and interests of the
county."
Lord SKELMERSDALE returned thanks, and took
that opportunity of stating, that he should ever feel
most proud in rendering any services in his power,
both as a landowner and a neighbour, to the town
of Liverpool.

The MAYOR, lin rising to onnounce the next toast,
said he was proud to propose, the health-ofa gentle-
man, a native of the county of Lancastera who in
the worst of times stood by his country ,when that
country wanted the presence and assistance of such
worthy sons. He had now retired into the calm
bosom of domestic life, but had carried with him the
respect and esteem of his admiring countrymen. He
would now give
" The venerable Sire of his Right Hon. guest."
Mr. PEEL,—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, you have
really exhausted all my. feelings; but as a son, I
feel most thankful for the honour conferred upon my
father; of him, I hope I may say without an impu-
tation or presumption, that he possesses the true
feelings of an Englishman.—(Cheers.) He never
desponded, but resting upon his native energies,
looked forward with manly confidence, and was not
disappointed. Here lam sure I need not say that a
man may by a career of honourable industry arrive
at a high station in the estimation of his country.
My father's course is known .to you all, and proud
is his son to find that it merits your approbation.
" The Members for the borough of Lancaster."

Messrs. CAWTHoRNE and GRIZENE severally re-
turned thanks.

Lord SKELMERSDALE, as a freeman of Liverpool,
proposed
" The health of the Corporation of Liverpool."
Mr. Alderman ASPINAL returned thanks.
" The Members for the borough of Newton."
Mr. THOMAS Latch ieturaed thanks in brief and
appropriate terms.
Alderman WRIGHT having claimed permission to
give a toast, said, he was sure he need only mention
the name of the illustrious individual to ensure a
bumper : he would give
" The health of the venerable Earl of Eldon,"
with three times three.--(Great 'cheering.)
The MAYOR wished lie could adequately do justice
to the next toast; he feared such would be impos-
sible, and would therefore, without preface, give
" The health of Mrs. Peel, that distinguished or-
nament of her sex."
Mr. PEEL returned thanks, and said, that Mrs.
Peel was highly gratified at the cordial reception that
she had met with in Liverpool. She Was not very
strong, but she would not rest satisfied, notwith-
standing the inclemency of the weather, until she
had viewed all tha wonders of the town.. She re-
tires from Liverpool deeply impressed with gratitude
for the attention paid her, and he would take ewe
She should be apprised of the honour they had that..
evening conferred on . .
" The Mayor of Lancaster," >
His Worship returned.thanks.
--- Yates, Esq., the relative of the Right
Hon. Gentleman." •

Mr. YATEs briefly replied, and said that the
greatest pride of his life was to be connected with
the Right Hon. Gentleman.
The MAYou—Qentiemen, fill your glasses. I am
about to propose the-health of a distinguished towns-
man—a gentleman whose eminence in his profession
you all know, and whose talents and varied acquire.
tnents are no doubt fully appreciated by the Right
Hon. Secretary. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I give you—.
Gregson, Esq."—Three times three.
Mr. GREGSON*I am sure, Mr. Mayer and gen,
tlemen, I shall be considered not to deviate from
candour, when j declare that I consider myself quite
undeserving of this high mark of your respect and
esteem. With regard to those measures with which
my name has been coupled, I am quite sure that my
services in forwarding their completion have been
considerably overrated. There are numbers in the
prOfession to which I have the honour to belong who
would execute my duties with greater ability and
Act, I opt), lay claim to zeali perstyerAnce, tend

industry in forwarding the views of the Right
Honourable Secretary. (Cheers.) Of his claims
upon the national gratitude in consequence of the
reforms which he contemplates, I will not at present
dwell ; but I cannot avoid observing, that if the
study of the law is dry and difficult, the country is
more indebted to him, who, though not scooled in
its discipline, and who, filling a high station in the
councils of his Sovereign, still can exhibit a high
order of legal talent, and can find time to devise
those great arrangements which must have such an
important influence on society. This was the proudest
boast in the labours of the Right lion. Gentleman.
His reforms have met with general approval, and the
most distinguished characters, with the entire obli-
vion of party feelings, have generously volunteered
him their support.—(Cheers.)
" The Lancashire Witches."
" Alderman Wright." Mr. Wright returned
thanks.
" Mr. Maury." Mr. Maury returned thanks.
" The Bailiffs of the Borough?' Mr. 801.1 re-
turned thanks.
" Colonel Waller." Culonel Waller returned
thanks.

Soon after eleven o'clock the Mayor and Mr. Peel
retired, and the entice party shortly afterwards sepa.
rated.

•. Mr. Peel, we understand, leaves town at an. early
hour this (hiy (Thursday.)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM RACES.

FRIDAY, OCT. !O.—Maiden Stakes of A soya, each, with
25 added from the Fund. Heats, one mile. The
winner to he sold with his engagements for 100 says.
General Grosvenor's Icarus, 3 yrs 2 I I
Mr. Bartley's Wirey, 3 yrs
Mr. Messer'` Chew Bacon, 3 yrs 0 0 2
Mr. B. Bond's Mirage, s yrs
Mr. Gold's by Soothayer, 4 yrs

First Neat.—With a very fine start, the five came off
in a body, and kept nearly head to head till they got to
about twenty lengths from home, when Icarus and Wiry
came in front ; the latter won a severe heat by a- neck:
The boys who rode Icarus, Chew Bacon, and Gould's filly,
could not stop their horses till they got down to Epsom ;
and Icarus slipt down, and threw Oliver, who escaped
without injury, and returned to scale ; but when he re-
turned to weigh, after winning the second heat, the trainer
of Wiry objected, that having been dismounted before he
returned to the winning post, the first heat, he was not
entitled to start for the second ; the objection, however,
ought to have been made before the boy weighed, after the
first heat, and was in consecptenee, overruled. The run-
ning in the second heat was made precisely as in the other,
with► this difference, that Icarus won the heat cleverly by
a length. The third heat Icarus won by a length very
cleverly.
The Ewell Stakes of 10 soys. each, with• 25 added from
the Fund ; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Derby
Course.
Mr. Brown's Bhurtpore, 4 yrs 1
Sir L. Glynn's Noureddin, 5 yrs
Mr. Cosby's Cliarnwood, aged
Mr. Wetherell's Palfrey, 4 yrs 4
Mr. B. Bond's Mirage, 5 yrs

Bhurtpore set off at steady running, followed by the
others in the order stated above, and in which order they
kept throughout the race. At. Tottenham Corner Bhurt-
pore mended his pace, and won in a canter ; rode by
Chaple, Noureddiu brr..alloway, Charnwood by Dockersy,
and the Palfrey by Pavis.
Sweepstakes of In sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds ; the winner

to be sold for• 150 sos•s. One mile.
Mr. Ramsbottom's sister to Noureddin 1
Mr. Cockburn's Sir Richard
Mr. L. Charlton's Macassar bolted

They kept together to the turn, where Macassar bolted
with his jockey, and seemed for a minute to be inclined for
a journey to town, for he went same distance on the road
before his jockey could stop him ; the other two finished
the race in good sporting style, the filly winning by half a
length.

The Hunters' Stakes of 5 WWI. each, with 20 added from
the Fund, for hunters that have been hunted regularly
in 1827 and 1828. Heats, two miles.
Mr. De Burgh's Sunshine, aged
Mr. Clark's Gertrude, 6 yrs
Mr. J. Stackberry's by Jupiter, 6 yrs 3 0
Mr. Pegg's Sir Harry, 5 yrs
Mr. Richmond's Scaramoucb, 5 yrs
_ _

In the first heat Sir Harry made the work, with Ger-
trude and Jupiter next him to the turn, where Sunshine
came up ; a pretty race followed between these three (Sir
Hari), being beat off some distance from home), Sunshine
winning cleverly by half a length. The second heat was
not so good. Gertrude led to the distance, where Sunshine
took up the running, and won easy—rode by Dockery,
Gertrude by. Clarke, Jupiter by Old Stuckbury, Sir
Harry by Brown, and Scaramouch by Farral. . - -

A Match for 50 says. h. fr. One mile.—Mr. L.
Charlton's Constantine received forfeit from Mr. Bacon's
Snowey.

There was very little betting, and none worth quoting.
The day's sport was very good, although the races were not
contested with that severity which distinguished the first
day's running. Of the arrangements we have only to
repeat what we stated yesterday—that they were admirable
in every department. That this Meeting will be continued
annually we are enabled to state positively, and that pro-
mises of support are held out, which cannot fail of placing
it on a most respectable footing.