And yet it still would seem to my poor gaze, The Sylvan Monarch might have found a place: There let us view him, noble in repose, As when, with head erect and searching eye, A monarch then without a monarch's care. Oh! happy lot! and yet not his alone; A lot that "mortal man" at times may share, THE FINE ART S. PRIDE. The Schooner Yacht " Wyvern," R.Y.S. GRIEF. The same Vessel. THE DOLPHIN YACHT. Messrs. Fores, Piccadilly, London. The tide of yachting is just now at flood: it is the high season of the amateur sailor. The three fine prints which we have catalogued above come at the nick of time. They are the productions of one of the most professional of our marine painters-a gentleman, so to speak, “to the matter born"-Mr. N. M. Condy; whose nautical accuracy is the only rival of his high artistic excellence. To take the subjects in their order, the first presents his Grace the Duke of Marlborough's beautiful schooner gliding in smooth water, and with "favouring airs," beneath the mighty Menai bridge. The second shews the same vessel in perilous mischance. The time chosen is when, in her match of August the 21st, 1848, with Lord Cardigan's Enchantress, in rounding the "Nab" she carried her mizenmast overboard, and with it one of her hands; who, however, happily was saved: the crew are seen launching a boat to his assistance. The third is a scene of repose hard by fair Mount Edgecumbe, the Dolphin-Mr. Perkin's fine schooner yacht-in the centre, and other craft on either side; that on the starboard bow being Sir Charles Ibbotson's celebrated schooner the Anaconda. We cannot give these gems higher praise than by saying that they are every way worthy the artist and the publishers. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS. The engagement of Madame Sontag at HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE is an evidence of Mr. Lumley's unwearying zeal in providing for the gratification of his subscribers the most distinguished talent that Europe can afford. She has appeared in the characters of Linda, Rosina, Amina, and Desdemona; and in every instance achieved success, for which there is no parallel, except in the history of the matchless Jenny Lind. Her voice is rich, mellow, and deliciously sweet. Her intonation is exquisitely pure, and the finish and delicacy of her execution are such as display her wonderful gifts to the best possible advantage. Her histrionic powers are naturally of a high order; and it is gratifying to observe that they have been heightened and matured rather than impaired during her years of retirement. The success which has attended her representations is not merely an appropriate tribute to her own talent, but also a gratifying attestation of the willingness of the public to acknowledge the high spirit of enterprise which has uniformly characterized Mr. Lumley's management. Mr. Webster has brought to a close his summer campaign at the HAYMARKET. The season has been, all things considered, a successful one; and it is to be hoped that the exchequer affords incontestable evidence of the solid and practical manner in which the public has testified its appreciation of the mode in which one of the pleasantest and best-conducted theatres in the Metropolis has been managed. The engagement of the Keans has been decidedly successful. Several Shaksperian revivals have been made, with the happiest results, during the season; and Mr. Marston has made, in Strathmore," a valuable addition to the standard repertoire of dramatic literature. 64 The LYCEUM has also terminated its summer season, and it would not be fitting to allow this opportunity to escape without according our sincere expression of approval of the liberality and good taste which have distinguished the policy of Madame Vestris in conducting the affairs of this favourite house. VAUXHALL.-We have no hesitation in saying that for the last twenty years the Vauxhall Gardens have not presented such attractions as they this season offer; indeed, it is very questionable whether their immemorial glories, as recorded in the pages of Smollet and Fielding, were such as would bear comparison with the splendours which at every step challenge the admiration and evoke the enthusiasm of the modern visitor. Illuminated by countless thousands of coloured lamps, which are dispersed through the plantations, and shed a soft and tender effulgence on the gay and variegated scene-embellished with decorations the most fanciful and unique and permeated by strains of music the most soothing and delicious, it is no hyperbole to say that the Vauxhall Gardens realize our ideas of fairy land, and deserve the praise awarded by Beckford to the second palace in Vatheck-that of being tire enchantment." A splendid military band, under the direction of 66 one en Mr. Dean; a vocal and instrumental concert, at which fifty performers assist, guided by the skilful baton of Mr. Alexander Lee; a magnificent tableau of the palace and garden of Versailles; an American bowling saloon; an English shooting gallery: an equestrian circle, where the terror excited by the dare-devil exploits of Hernandez is relieved by the grotesque drolleries of Auriol, the king of clowns; the Nassau balloon, with Mr. Green in it, and a profusion of fireworks about it, which it aches the eye to look on-all these delights are to be found at Vauxhall, and a thousand others beside, which we have not time or space to enumerate. CREMORNE GARDENS.-This agreeable place of recreation progresses rapidly in public favor, and is the darling haunt of the pleasure-seekers on the western side of the Thames. The company is very numerous and highly respectable, and the entertainments are highly diversified and exceedingly attractive. The scene which the grounds present on these glorious summer evenings is extremely picturesque, and resembles one of Watteau's beautiful pictures. The best quadrille band in England will be found at these gardens; so that those who are devoted to the Terpischorean art may repair thither in the full anticipation of enjoying a rich treat. THE AMERICAN HALL. "Time cannot wither nor custom stale of this splendid exhibition. It is still visited by thousands, and the admiration it evokes from all who gaze on it is unbounded. We can with unaffected sincerity assure such of our readers as have heretofore neglected to pay it a visit, that they are denying themselves a great gratification. It is a magnificent effort of scenic art, and no sufficient idea can be formed of its beauty and grandeur except from personal inspection. BANVARD'S PANORAMA OF THE MISSISSIPPI.There is much to be wondered at, and much to be delighted with, in Banvard's Panorama. We do not know of any exhibition in London where a couple of hours may be spent more delightfully. It has enjoyed since its opening a large amount of the public patronage, and it is in all respects worthy of the favour with which it is regarded. PANORAMA OF THE NILE.-A new panorama of the Nile has been just opened at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. We have had only time to pay it a flying visit, but saw enough to know that it possesses many points of excellence. We will report more fully on its merits next month. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.-The increased and daily increasing prosperity of this noble national institution is a most gratifying sign of the times. It proves that, as a people, we are daily becoming more intellectual, and that science and the arts are now in our estimation invested with charms, which no doubt they always possessed, but to which we, in less enlightened days, were too long insensible. For a happy mixture of the entertaining and instructive there is no place of public enjoyment in the Metropolis that will abide comparison with the Polytechnic. STATE OF THE ODDS, &c. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. At Newmarket, during the Meeting, Yearlings, the property of Mr. Newton Gs. Chesnut Colt, by Epirus, out of Jenny Jumps... 250 Bay Filly, by Lanercost, out of Ma Mie 200 Chesnut Filly, by Epirus, out of Retrospect (in the Newmarket Triennial Stakes 150 Two years old Filly, by Birdcatcher, out of Retrospect...... 20 The property of Sir John Gerard. Gs. $58888 At Liverpool, during the race week Quebec, b. m., by Gladiator, out of Young Medora Conceit, by Velocipede, out of Miss Horewood, covered by Pantasa, both untried 60 Blackie, bk. g., 6 yrs., by Clearwell, out of Fidelity.. Brown Yearling Filly, by Lanercost, out of Camelia; in a stakes of 10 sovs. each at Liverpool July Meeting, 1850, and in the Patshull Stakes at Shrewsbury, 10 sovs. each, 1851 Mermaid, by Honesty, The Sea, or Ishmael, out of Lizzy, covered by Pantasă, both untried 30 26 Diphthong, by Emilius, out of Ophelia, covered by Pantasa, both untried. 23 Camelia, by Voltaire, dam Concertina, covered by Pantasa ... Lucy Ashton (f. 1845), by Tory Boy-Faith, covered by Pantasa, both untried.. 19 untried 14 The property of Lord Caledon. Pergama (f. 1836), by Priam, out of Eliza Leeds, by Comus, out of Helen, by Hambletonian, &c., covered by Simoom, by Camel-Sea Breeze, by Paulowitz 50 At this meeting Mr. Disney sold Bon Mot to the Duke of Bedford. At Hyde Park Corner, on Monday, July 16th, the property of the Hon. Colonel Anson, and all but the last heavily engaged A Brown Yearling Colt, by Pantaloon, out of Black Bess, by Camel.... A Bay Colt, two years old, by Touchstone, out of Haggish, by Bay Middleton. 400 A Bay Yearling Colt, by Venison, out of Potentia A Brown Yearling Filly, by Don John, out of Lollypop (Sweetmeat's dam) 340 The other lots were bought in. 80 The Black Bess colt and yearling filly by Don John, dam by Dr. Syntax, go into the Goodwood stable; the Haggish colt and the yearling filly out of The Princess into John Day's; the Ellipsis and Potentia colts and the yearling Lollypop filly into Dilly's or Dockeray's, and the Elopement colt into Rogers's. The Earl of Glasgow succeeds the Earl of Eglinton as a Steward of the Jockey Club, the latter noble lord's three years expiring in the July Meeting. He has had a merry time of it, and if any one deserves as good a turn of luck it is his successor in office. At the annual general meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket, July 4th, 1849, the presentation of the accounts for the past year was postponed. Resolved-That in the exception to rule 54, which regulates the manner of declaring extra weight at country races, the concluding words, "before the race in which the horse is intended to run," be omitted, and the following substituted-" before the time fixed for the race in which the horse is intended to run; or if no time is fixed, a clear half hour before the race is run." The two new members of the committee of management of the Bentinck Fund were appointed, viz., the Duke of Richmond and the Earl of Eglinton, in the place of Lord George Bentinck, deceased, and the Duke of Beaufort, who retired by rotation. The committee for the following year consists of Sir J. Hawley, Bart., Lord Stanley, Earl of Glasgow (Stewards of the Jockey Club), the Duke of Bedford, Viscount Enfield, the Duke of Richmond, and the Earl of Eglinton. The Derby for 1851 has closed with 195 subscribers; the Oaks for the same year with 132. For 1850 they severally reached 209 and 131. We have to report the death of Mr. W. Ridsdale, of Newmarket, a man generally respected for his unassuming and upright conduct. Mr. Ridsdale was chiefly celebrated as a trainer from his unexpected hit with Bloomsbury for the Derby. Considering that Newmarket and Liverpool, inter alia, arc over, aud that Goodwood will be far gone into by the time this Magazine appears, our turf table for the month must necessarily be a short one. It becomes "beautifully less" from the certainty the St. Leger is arriving at; already odds are quoted on the Dutchman, while the few names arrayed against him have nothing beyond a forlorn hope look and price to recommend them. The betting on this race has, in fact, been more than usually uninteresting: deprived, too, as it was of some promised stimulus by the careful and judicious tactics adopted with the crack at Liverpool. The Bird-in-the-hand or next due events, however, have no doubt been the chief cause of any neglect to others, though in the face of this we are enabled to quote odds on three Derbys in advance-the first of these coming prominently into notice from some grandee appearances at Liverpool and Goodwood. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER.-6 to 5 on The Flying Dutchman, 10 to 1 agst. Loup-Garou, 15 to 1 agst. Nunnykirk, 20 to 1 agst. Volcano (the Mansfield Lass colt), 18 to 1 agst. Chatterer, and 100 to 1 agst. Vatican. THE DERBY, 1850.-12 to 1 agst. Pitsford, 18 to 1 agst. William the Conqueror, 18 to 1 agst. John o'Groat, 25 to 1 agst. The Italian, 30 to 1 agst. Moultan, 30 to 1 agst. Ghillie Callum, 30 to 1 agst. Penang, 40 to 1 agst. the Decoy colt, 40 to 1 agst. Windhound, 40 to 1 agst. Sweetheart, 40 to 1 agst. Deicoon, 50 to 1 agst. Seneca, 50 to 1 agst. Bolingbroke, and 50 to 1 agst. General Seydlitz. THE DERBY, 1851.-66 to 1 each agst. Brother to Drakelow, Bonnie Dundee, Aristippus, Boabdil, Grecian, Storm, Lamartine, Mungo, Brother to Chanticleer, the Minna colt, and Goliah, 80 to 1 agst. Black Bess Colt, 80 to 1 agst. Trunnion, and 100 to 1 each agst. The Confessor, The Ban, Balsamo, Miss Twickenham colt, Testatrix, and Haitoe Colt. THE DERBY, 1852.-100 to 1 agst. Brother to Impression. |