The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-09 00:00:00

SURREY THEATRE.

A new opera entitled Little Red Riding Hood was ere'
duced at this theatre last evening with the most decided- suc-
cess. • It is a thoroughly English opera in every sense of the
word. The story is English, the singers are English, and the
music is the composition of an English lady, Mrs. G. a'Beckett.
The old nursery tale has been skilfully adapted to the stage.
The wolf becomes in the opera a certain Lord de Bracy (M
Leper), who is in possession of a magic ring, the sight
which so bewitches every woman who beholds it that she im-
mediately becomes desperately in love with its possessor. 11e
tries its powers on Rose (Miss Romer), the beauty of the Ili"
lage, but the magic nag has no power over her, for she ens'
sesses a certain little red riding hood, which has been bleseed
by a holy hermit, and which protects her against all the charm'
of witchrcaft. She is beloved by Lord Edgar Elpingham (Mr.
W. Harrison), between whom and De Bracy there hadlongbeen
a feud. Elpingham,disguised as Nichol the Neat-herd.hae won the
heart of Rose, who is unaware of the noble extraction of her
lover ; De Bracy, who attempts to waylay her in the forest. is
met by Elpingham, and as they are about to decide their diffed"
rences at the sword's rant, a venerable hermit interposes, an
tells Elpingham that Rose must be De Bract's before she can
be his. De Bracy glorying in his antici. ated triumph, goes
to the hermit's cell, and, disguised as the hermit, meets li°t'
who, fancying she is safe with the hermit, throws off her riding
hood, and immediately becomes exposed to the magic influen!'
of the .ring. De Bracy, however, discovers by eertal!',
papers, which he finds in the hermit's cave, that Roe
the daughter of Edith, his sister, who had been secretil
married—acknowledges her as his niece, and gives" her in
marriage to Lord Edgar, and thus all endi haplAY.:
It is something almost unprecedented in the annals of mut
for a lady to undertake the composition of an opera. The 131'
of her having done so shows so great a love of the art as altnes•
to disarm criticism. But Mrs. a'Beekett stands in need,,
such excuses. True, the music of Little Red Riding Ile':
like the music of all young composers, exhibits occasionaolr
tendency to imitation, but this tendency is not more remaikeh'et
in Little Red Riding Hood than it is in the earlier opera'
til
Rossini, and of almost all our great composers. In fact, urn
at
a composer has estsblisbed a name and fame, he fears to ire
himself to give the rein to his genius. This ispreci,,ely the ea;
with Mrs. a'Beckett. She has genius, she has science. she ~I*s
originality ; she has hardly yet faith in her own genius. Rl',
that will come. The ope, aof Little Red Riding Ifoed iS la!
itself an opera of great merit, and contains more really beau fur
passages than any new opera that has been produced -t
many a long day ; but it is not se much on acrobat
of its own intrinsic merit—though we repeat that t“ t
is very great—that we regard it with interest, as on not,
of the promise which it holds forth for future excelle,(l„'jiy
A rondo in the first act, " Wherefore Maiden," was bout"' ill'
sung by Miss Romer, and rapturously encored. The idea.„)
the air was taken from Bellini, but by her skilful and arti't„lc,,
management of it, Mrs. a'Beckett made it completely her °I-s
The song " Farewell dear scenes," in the second act. t
beautiful. melody. Harrison's voice has scarcely suffio"at
compass to do it full justice ; he, however, sung it with Prifi,"o
taste, and was rewarded by a loud call for its repetition. by
third act opens with a beautiful ballad, beautifully, snn.,g the
Leffler, " When memory through the mist of tears, ah°,,,s
opera concludes with a grand finale, " When the hountorr,
heart," by Miss Ramer and the chorus. This is a most evil,.
site more au, and was splendidly given by Miss Rotolo,
After the fall of the curtain, the audience :bs
sisted upon its repetition, and •it was received At
second time with even greater enthusiasm than the first
.ti',;s
the fall of the curtain the opera was announced for /Tr", the
every evening, with the unanimous concurrence of one the
most crowded audiences ever assembled within the walls 0i,t41.
Surrey. We sincerely congratulate Mrs. a'Becket on "it,
well-earned triumph. The opera was got up wi h all that,
tention to the business of the stage for which this theatre O
a,
celebrated. It will doubtless have a run. A new piece' D
titled Memoirs of the D-1, was produced after the opera. Ase
is an adaptation from the French, and the hero turns out ti?,..5
the limiest clerk of a dishonest lawyer, a character well 511.'_%
to play the d—l with the rascals who have been his maste.la
clients. If this piece were cut down into two acts, it sv_li
act touch better; it is not deficient in paint, but, as at pr7th
acted, is somewhat heavy. The performances concluded w:116
the Artful Dodge, in which Wild and Miss E. Terry keot,!to
audience in a constant roar. The house was crarnsne
suffocation.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE._
TATTERSALL'S—YEsTannii
Some fifty or sixty inembtrs dropped in inintille,:(isivige
potroi:l3.e;e
.
afternoon, but as the brevity of our list of
with very little inclination for business. The .Letlershviow
touched upon, at intervals, and with sufficient effect tof
that Attila friends are still full of confidence, and ;"osit'Tn:ssthoiei,
the other favourites remain in nearly the
when we last quoted the adds; the only variance is the
Artful Dodger, who was promoted several points clOritfitting.
Brighton races, but is now on the wane. The Oerhy:Re
was too flat to require any notice beyond that given under-
neath

LECIER.
7 to 4 agst Colonel Anson Attila—taken freely
t 3 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot
11 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera
12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Policy
12 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway
14 to 1 ag,st Mr. Seott's Artful Dodger
17 to 1 agst Mr. King's Cattoni:e—taken
1000 to 35 agst Mr. Clark's Master Thomas—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor—taken
50 to 40 on Cabrera ag:t Cattonite—laid twice.

DERBY.

20 to 1 on the field
22 to 1 agst Mr. G. Cl,rk's Philip—taken
26 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Cotberstone
27 to 1 agst Lord Eglint on's Aristides
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Humbug
CASE OF SEDUCTION. . •
- The Herald, received yesterday by the 7."
America, contains the sequel of the painful- ag
the.
Which appeared in The Sun yesterday, under ill
,above title.—" We gave yesterday the particulars
relation to the seduction of Miss Emily Green"'
at London, by Dr. John C. Taylor (the family P7;ip
s. .
ind their arrival last week in the packet-o.oa
Isiew York. Judge Kent placed the bail at 6, for
dollars. Taylor passed over sufficient property
~tb
the purpose to his counsel, Mr. Kimball, who, Ijoltt
Captain Cropper, • became his surety. Applie6
:Ixas made to have the hail reduced, and affidavits rhas
:stinted in mitigation: The young lady contends t
she is over 21 years of age, possessed of an ilidePeo,
...dent property, and in no way the servant of her
qlter ; that she left England in company with the Jr
;fondant not only without his solicitations, but tigal/Icl
"'his advice ; and. further that she is determined Ed'
osolute in remaining with him. Mr. Charle:^
wards appeared as counsel for the mother. 0,117ce
Kent remarked, that the complaint presented eviat''
tending to show that the defendant, a married 111;
with a wife and three children, had seduced ,t e
dapghter of the plaintiff, tearing her from her ervi e,',
&c., and that it was an offence serious in its natured
and cognisable to the law. He did not feel author;;
to reduce the bail, and the application was denied'

CROYDON POLICE, of
Mr. Samuel Makepiece, jun., sen of the propriet°'
an extensive calico-printing manufactory, at itch%o
attended before Messrs. Reid, Currie, and Lucas, at try,'
Town-hull, Croydon, on Saturday, to answer a ellgr'l
11'
of being drunk, incapable of taking care of hintse/t.
his horse, and also with having committed two ass3u
upon the policeman who took him into custody. re'
The case created some interest, on account of are r,
sentation that the charge had 'been got up by the poi'
inconsequence of Mr. Makepiece's father having to
some complaints of the conduct of the Metropolitan ;',eo
lice in the parish of Mitcham, and having recently to •o
some steps, at a meeting held in the palish, to Pet'tj
for the removal of the police from that district. vo
The Magistrates, after hearing the evidence at gi„,o
length, said they thought the charge was clearly tt'pst
out, and, in their opinion, there was not the slight,;ut
ground for the insinuations that had been thrown
against the police. They adjudged the defendant to l'l%
a of 5L for each assault, and, in default, one „watt,
imprisonment.
The amount of.the fines, 101., was then paid, and n°t„ic,et
was 'given of the intention of the parties L.) appeal agaim"
the-conviction. -

PABLIATiiENTA KY DIVISION,

('rom the rotes and Proceedenglinf the llousc of Common:•

SATURDAY, AUG. 6.
-NEIVFOCINDLA.ND BILL.
••
Motion made, and Question put, " That the Bill, withb
t °
AMendments, be ingrossed."— Ihe House divided • •
MAJORITY AYLS, 64.
VCo.irt,,..
Lor i Capt to.. Fuller, A. E. Aiarsham, Viscoun
Ashley, . . Gaskell,James Milnes M sterman, John
Baring. W. B. Gladstone, W. E. Miles, P. S.
Beck. ifj.:Willi4lll Gordon, Hon. W. Mundy, E. Miller ~11
Bentinck, Lord G., sore, Montague Nichotl, J. -;<,,i148•
it iackburile, a. Goniburn. Henry Packe, C. W. '-:'• .
'Bodkin, W. H. (r. ham, Sir James Palmerston, Visct •
Bold. no, H.
Beth
Greene, T. Peel, Hon. Sir it
Bottiela, Belth Hardinge, Sir H. Polhill, Frederick •
Broadley, H. Henley, J. 'Warner Pollock, Sir F.
Bruce, Lord E. I Hervey, Lord A Hound, Ji.lin
Clerk, or George Hodgson, Rocha. 1 St.eppard, T.
r re,weil. B. Hogg, J. W. Atm i it, it. Vermin
Darner, Hon. G. ope, Hon. C Nner.et. Lind O.
navy, (..,..1 go Hus ey, l'• °lnas rail ey, t mil
Divett, E. Jer:i.yor, Lord 'l'. ylor, Thomas E.
°tibias, Sir C. Jones, Theohald Woo., Colonel 'l' '
East, J. Buller Kemble, Henry Woolley, Hon. J. S',
Lliot, Lo,d mnatentoult, Sir k. Young, John .-'
Lstcourt, 1. G. B. Knightley, sort!.
Ftolli t, Joh.* Lowther, J. 1-1
Flower,
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Tolle

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Agllonby, H. A
Aidaut,
Bowr
Brothertou, J.
Buller, C.
Cobden, ..ict4rd
I)unco.ohe, I s
fitzroy, Lord Charle

.NORITY—NOES,
Forster, Mathew
1,111. t hos.
H:wes, it.
Howard P. H.
Jervis, J.
Pechell, Captain
Philips, M
Plutnridge, Captain

21.
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Scot,
fumer, F,dmund
Ltarles
,Vood.
ELM, as.
Hume, Joseph
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Wall, C.D.

T..e Hun. Captal, Stuart, Mr. Lockhart, Pr.
a..ct C lot Lifildon un Saturdl
cv,nuig, I`, Uellerai

n .w s(. ipTrnit,nt for E.H11)..rg,:1.
SOVEREIGN REMEDIES.—For the gout, toast and
con's, easy shoes ; blue (.10;, ; ,
Nwer ; no.piug e, ugh, ; bile, exercise ;
11,1) a xn:
dm, new flannel and patience ; extraction ;
debt, retrenchment ; love, matrimony.
•1,1, ; etuoa-
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