The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-15 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BRIDGEWATER RACES, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12.
Fifty Pounds, given by the Members for the Borough. Hems)
three wiles.
Mr. Fleming's LI. c. Nightshade •
Mr. FarquliarsorOs b. f. Spinetta .
Won easy.
Match for 50 guineas. One mile..
Sir Thomas L.etlibridge's Healthpolt
Colonel Cooper's Violante

An excellent race-2 to I.on Violante.-
• The Town Plate of Fifty Pounds ; Flandicnp. • .
Mr. Fleming's b. c. Blandford . 6 1 1
Colonel Tynte's b. c. Trance . 6 2 3
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Mr. Gardiner's ch. in. Ithogene . • 3. 3 2
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Even betting on ElandfOrd_ &Ist. the. Field.. The two last
heats were almost as obstinately contested as the dead ens.
Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, these
Races-have beer. well attended, and the sport he..s been unusu-
ally interesting. .

CRICKETMATCti for 123 Guineas, betwe.en 11 of Notting-
harnshire and 15 of Leic;:stershire..—At the. corninencement,
betting wen 6 to 4 on Nottinghamshire, but at the end of the first
day it changed to 10 to lon the Leicester. The bowling on the
part of Leicester was so clestrUctive, that hi the second irr,;ngs
nine wickets . were bowled down in about four hours.. It is
many years since the' two Counties met in contest, and their
comparativ,...'powersare now pretty nearly ascertained

NOTTINGIIAMarRE. I LEJCESTEIISH/RE.
Ist Inns 24 Isti hina 127
2d .15ittu..

JFJ

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Won by Lzicvstcrsbire

onz innings by 47 runs.

DRAMA IN /TONFANCY IN SPAIN.—LOPE DE E UEDA
:ook Comedy. out of in; cradle and attired her in splendid and
magnificent garments. In the time of that -celebrate:J. Spaniard,
all the properties of a writer of plays or Manager of a Theatre
were contained in .a bag, and conslsted. of four shepherd's. wldte
robes or Prose s, bordered with gilt leather, four bear& and false
heads of hair, and four crooks more or less. Plays were no-
thing more than .
conversations, similar to eclogues, between
two or three shepherds and a shepherdess ; they were diver-
sified and lengthened by two or three interludes, the 'characters
in which were a regress, some interrueddlera, some stupid
clowns, and some Biscavaps. The same Lope used to perform
these four diff=erent char.acters with all the .excellence and dis-
crimination imaginable. • At this period there were no side
scenes, no battles between Christians and Moors on. foot and
horseback, no fintorea issuing, or apnearinie to issue, out of theCentre 'of the eat-4i ; and the stage itself consisted of four or six
plinks, placed on four benches laid across, and forming a plat-
form raised about four palms above the ground. Angels were
never seen descending from the skies, nor spirits m: anted aloft
ptr cloutfa: all.aite ornament of ahe stage wh9il. old 'blanket, •
tied up' by ropes, faatened fe4rn one side to the 'other, anal-divid-
ing the dressing-rooms Elam the stage. The. musicians were
placed behind the curtain, and usually sung sonie old romance,
unaccompanied by the guitar. Naharro, a native of Toledo,
succeeded Lope de.liueda ; he gained great reputation, especial-
ly in the part of a cowardly intermeddler. Naharro added a
little to the stage decorations, and exchanged the clothes bag
for cheamand trunks. -He' arouglin the musicians before the
curtain, and took away the beards from the buffoons ; for up
to this time nobody appeared on the stage without is beard.—
He invented side scenes, clouds, thunder, lightning, duels,
and battles. But in no particular were -theatrical exhibi-
tions carried to the perfection produced by Cervantes. Ile
was the, first who embodied the phantoms of imagination,
and the bidden thoughts of the soul, by 'introducing on The
stage, with the -general applause ..of the spectators, the •at-
tributes of morality. He wrote from twenty to thirty plays,
which all passed representation without the performers re-
ceiving volleys of, cucumbers, or oranges, or any of those
missiles -with which the audience were wont to express their
disapprobation. After Cervantes, that prodigy of mature Lo-
per de Vega appeared, with whom most of our readers are al-
ready acquainted.
MARGATE, SEPT. 14.—We are all life and gaiety, and the
attractions app'ear to increase daily. On Nionday there waS a
:Masquerade at the-Rooms, which was well attended. Through
the indefatigable exertions of the Manager (Mr. Faweit) the
Theatre is in, high favour. In addition to an excellent pro-
vincial company, we have Mrs. West and Mrs. Glover : Emery,
Knight, Blanehard, and Mrs. Davison are expected.
such talent success is certain ; indeed, an overflowing house for
the .Manineer's benefit is proof positive. . His own piece, " The
Miller's Maid," was well played on the occasion, and met with
complete success. Tire Races commence on Wednesday next
at the Dandelion, where Powell's Stakes, a Sweepstakes of five
guineas each, with 301.- added, will be run. for,. with the Hun-
tee's Stakes of five guineas each, and 301. added, and will con-
clude with the Margate Plate of 501. Ore the second and last
day the Ladies' Plate of 501., and the Visitor's Plate of 501. will
be contested. Sir .1. C. Honywood, Bart. and J. Friend, Esq.
are-Stewards. The election also of Master of the Ceremonies,
which takes place in the following week, • will detain parties in
all intereete, there •being several candidates to succeed Captain
Gough

Mr. CnAnt,rs Kr+tntx. took his benefit last
Monday at the Dublin Theatre. The perform-
ances were King llenry the Fourth, and ruuth,
Love, and
Covent Garden Theatre, during the recess,
has been entirely repainted, and newly decora-
ted, and mill positively open on Monday the 24th,
When Mr. YouNo, who 'has renewed his engage-
ment, will make his first appearance 'in Hamlet-
Several new Pieces and Performeri are spoken
of as forthcoming. Amongst the latter, another
Vocal star, Miss WALeor.E, from Ireland, as the
IVidote Brady, and that favourite Comedian, on
the Bath stage, Mr. DRINKW ATER MEADOWS..
Mr. INlActtrAny, it appears, does not
.return
next season to Covent Garden Theatre.

:Wks DANcr-is pursuing her provincial rambles
with success. She does not return to Covent
Garden Theatre next season, at least at the com-
mencement.

BAT Ei A narvat.s.—Baron Graham, Lady. Davies, Sir J.
and Lady .Pelew, Sir 11. Strachey--Adm. Nugent, Gen. Ross,
Col.. Bruce CColton,
Col. ilerrington, Col. Col. Chichester, Col.
Lewis,. (7°l: Stcad, Lion.-Col. Watt and family, Capt. Dicken-
son, Capt. Yeates-:—ltev. Mr. Greville, &c. &c.
The name of poor woman who was forced
into the sea at Kingstown by the pressure of the
Crowd, on the day of his-MAJESTY'S elilb4Tka.-
ticinfrom Ireland,' is Bova. Her. son was under
sentence of death for the robbery of a man at
Rockbrook, Rathfarnharn. Her agitation and
anxiety was so great that her senses had literally
failed her ; th,r- petition, however, reached his
i3IAJEsIy, and her sow's life has iu consequence
been saved.