The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-06 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

A Mr. Hackett, from the New York theatre, made his
first appearance here last night in the character of Silvester
Daggcrwood ; on which occasion he gave sketches of
'American character, more particularly ofa back-woods-man,
which however dose as imitations, yet were received with
palpable indifference. But the manner in which he gave
Kean, in his opening soliloquy in Richard the Third, made
tip for his other deficiencies ; it was, indeed, the closest
imitation we have ever witnessed of that celebrated trage-
dian, and the audience, by their loud and enthusiastic ap-
plause, were manifestly of the same opinion. We think
Mr. Hacket will be an acquisition to the theatre, at least
in low comedy.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—Anut 5.

From the unusually dull state of the betting in the first
part of the afternoon yesterday, we had anticipated that it
would not have afforded anything deserving of notice; a
sudden turn, however, between four and five o'clock, made
the day's betting singularly important. The Oaks and
Riddlesworth were then in great request, and some great
alterations were the consequence. Maria and Pantina
continued to recede, 11 to 1 being the last odds we heard
taken about each of them ; various causes may be assigned
for Maria's going back, the most feasible of which, we
think, is that she has been beat in a trial. It is very pro •
bable that she will recover her prominent station before
long. Lord Orford's Shoveller filly jumped up from the
very outside, both for the Riddlesworth and Oaks, 9 to 2,
and 16 to 1 being the odds ; she is represented as a fine
promising filly, and likely to try the mettle of the Riddles-
worth horses ; her sudden rise was the occasion of Pro-
testant, who belongs to the same Noble Lord, making a si-
milar move in the Derby. He was in a very short time
dragged from obscurity, and placed in a conspicuous place,
20 to 1 being the last offers. Very little was done in the
St. Leger generally, but one gentleman took 17 to 1 against
Olivera and Nivalis, separately, several times over. The
latest odds were as follow

RIDDLESWORTH.
2 to 1 agst Glenartney 7 to I agst Mameluke
4 to 1 agst Cressida 12 to 1 agst Roderick
41 to 1 agst Shoveller 20 to 1 agst Christmas
20 to 1 agst onna Clara.
DERBY.

5 to 1 agst Glenartney
S to I agst Tatter
14 to 1 agst Defence
14 to 1 agst Trumpeter
LB to 1 agst Spondee
No others
OA

20 to 1 agst Espagnolle
20 to 1 apt Catherine (taken:
20 to 1 agst Protestant
20 to 1 agst Manaeluke
30 to 1 agst Cressida
mentioned.
,Es.

11 to 1 agst Maria (taken)
11 to 1 agst Pantina (taken)
12 to 1 agst Calypso
14 to 1 agst Totteridge
7 to 4 and 2 to 1 agst Pantina,
Duchess

14 to 1 agst Brown Duchess
16 to I agst Shoveller
SO to I agst Hampden (taken)
No others mentioned.
.otteridge, Calypso, and Brown
(taken).

BATH SPRING RACES._APRIL 3.

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before
Sweepstakes • et ehpe s tdaka e sorofn2a
tsous..
each, for li on es not
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81b. ; fotir, 10st. sib. ; five, 10st. 101 b. ; six, Ilst.
toSi b .c
a; I:yn and
aged,Olb. extra.lst. 511 b-I. eats:
quarter; gentlemenptors
b. h.
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Mr. John
JRoihclnia Fr drssa'isil) Habberley,
A aliddaecdkn;eyto aged
'.
h. Naughty Tommy,urYton.,4 6yrvsr.s
Mr. Russell'
Mr. Hicke's b. in. Claymore, 6 yrs .
Mr. Wrexworthy's b. g. Robin Hood, 4 yrs
pre-
ciously won, to carry 141 b. extra. One mile heats ;
gentlemen riders. The winner to be sold for 40 sous. if
Sweepstakes,carry
list. each.of S soAvs.ny each, with
i,av inagPurs
demanded in the usual way.
Mr. Davis's b. g. Tripoli, 6 yrs I 4 1
Mr. John Stuckbury'a br. m. Lottery, 5 yrs 3 1 2
Mr. Upton names Slut, by Shuttlepope, 5 yrs— • 2 2 3
Mr. Gough names Healey, aged 5 0 0
Mr. Staple's Mr. Big,' aged • .. 6 0 0
Mr. Lawrence's b. in. Joan of Arc, aged......... 4 3 dr
A Sweepstakes for Ponies, of 2 sovs. each, with a Purse
added; thirteen bands one inch high; catch w ,
eignts.
One mile heats.

4 2
2 3
3 4

Mr: Stack's br. in. aged ........................ 1 1
Mr. Holloway's Maid of all Work, 3 yrs .............Q 2
Mr. Codriugton's b. Witch, aged: ................... 3 3
Mr. Jones's ch. rn. (Eil de Perdrix, 5 yrs 4 0
Match for 100 sous. Five and a Half Forfeit.
Mr. Codrington's Solomon, against Mr. Russell's b. h.
Naughty Tommy, 6 yrs. 300 yards.
Won by Naughty Tommy—rode by Mr. Gough.

WHITE Poppy.—We learn by a letter from
a physician at Batavia, that the Commissioner-general had
ordered experiments to be made in the, cultivation of the
white poppy, from which opium is extracted. The trials
hitherto made at Batavia have been perfectly succeasful,
the opium obtained being of the very best quality,