The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

EV EN IN G EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—It is now little more than a twelve month since the Tories proposed in Parliament a formal vote of want of confidence in the Melbourne Administra tion. The principal ground upon which that vote was urged was the supposed connection between Whiggism and Chartism. The Ministerial party were accused of truckling to democratic agitation, in order topurchase votes. We said at tl:e time that the chip, was untrue, and that the crime of tampering with men whose language and con duct proclaimed them the enemies of all social order,might be imputed with much more justice to those who were re ceiving on the hustings the support of the Oastlers and Stephenscs than to the Whig Government, whose policy had proved the greatest possible discouragement to the cause of revolution. The proceedings connected with Mr. Walter's canvass at Nottingham place this fact of the natural alliance between Toryism and Chartism in a more striking light titan ever. A scat becomes vacant in an important manufacturing town at a time when the temptation to purchase a single additional vote at any cost of character are; cOhristency is too strong to be resieed. Accordingly a candidate is put forward, who, although his support would at any other time be indignantly rejected by any party calling itself Conservative, appears the most likely to suer end in the grand task of getting the Tories and Char tists of Nottingham to merge what the Times, with it ac customed delicacy, calls' their ordinary differences," fur the purpose of striking a blow which shall be "felt in t he tecosses of Downing-street." Of Mr. Walter's qualifications as a Conservative candidate there can be little doubt, after the speeches of his supporters in the Conservative Hal at Nottingham, as reported in the Conservative papers of yesterday. According to the express testimony of one of the principal speakers, Mr. Sweet, who describes himself as an " uncompromising Chartist," Mr. Walter has come down to Nottingham, sanctioned by noless an authority than that of Me. Richard Ostler and Mr. Vincent. " I go," says the uncompromising Chartist, "by advice of my friend Mr. Oastler, my friend Mr. John Fielders, my friend Mr. Pitkeithly, and my friend Mr. Vincent, to sweep the Whigs from the face cf the earth. I believe that if we succeed now in returning Mr. Walter for our representative, it will strike the death-blow of the Melbourne Administration." Really the difference be tween the " uncompromising Chartist" and the " uncom promising Tory" is become too minute to be any longer distinguishable, and the advice of Messrs. Oastler end Vincent coincides to the very letter with that which we have been in the habit of hearing at Conservative dinners. Why Tories and Chartists should not coalesce when they have professedly the same prime object in view, namely, " the striking a death-blow at the Melbourne Adminis tration," we are at a loss to know. Whether the reseee table Conservatives of Nottingham will enlist under the banners of Messrs. Oaatler and Vincent, for the purpose, (to borrow once more the language of Mr. Walter's uncompromising Chartist supporter, "of showing to the world their detestation of the princi ples and the concoctors of the infamous and damnable Poor-law," remains to be seen. Perhaps, before dcing so, they will ponder a little on the fact that the Duke of Wel lington, Si- Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, and all the most distinguished Parliamentary leaders of the Conservative party are, if not the concoctors, the pledged and avowed friends and supporters of this " infamous and damnable" law, and of the principles upon which it is based. They will consider, perhaps, that great as may be the value of a vete on party grounds, it may be puichased too dearly by the loss of character to the Conservative party, and by the palpable encouragement to the re volutionary designs of Chartist demagogues, involved in the reams] of such a candidate as Mr. Walter on such grounds as those proclaimed to the world by his most ac tive supporters. One good at least must result from this election, however it may terminate; it will test the sin cerity of the Conservative leaders in Parliament, who have over and over again expressed, in the strongest terms, their adherence to the principles cf the Poor-law Amendment Act, and their abhorrence and de testation of such language as is now used to forward the success of isle. Walter. If after the meeting at the Con servative Hall, at Nottingham, the Conservatives of that town do as a body support Mr. Walter, it must be mani fest to every one that the Tories are willing to do what they falsely imputed to the Whigs, viz., to purchase place by coquetting with revolution. POST.—Our readers may imagine the insanity of pre judice which actuates the advocates of a repeal of the Corr-'taws when we tell them that these philosophical gentry can see no difference, as respects the prosperity of this country, between an abundant supply of corn from our own soil and an abundant supply from foreign countsies. 'Tis all the same, they cry, " the manufac turers and shopkeepers, and the whole inhabitants of towns, would feel the benefit precisely the same." We do not at all admit this ; but, supposing it true, is it fair to consider only manufacturers, and shopkeepers, and inhabitants of towns? Grant that it is the same thing to the manufacturer whether the produce of his capital and industry be exchanged with the corn-grower of' Hungary or of Hertfordshire, surely it is not the same thing to the English corn-growers? And, as it happens that the annual produce of land in the United Kingdom exceeds in value the produce of manufacturing industry by no less a sum than one hundred millions sterling, it is, without a doubt, as important a national concern to look after the interest of the corn-growers as that of the manufacturers. It is easy to speak in glowing terms of the blessings of abundant and cheap corn, but if we consider that the process by which corn is to be made abundant and cheap would deprive one half of the population of the means of purchasing corn, what would avail the abundance or the cheapness to them ? Would the manufacturers or the importing merchants give away the cheap foreign corn for nothing to the English agriculturists who would be thrown out of work ? No ; that is not their principle. They would rather sell their skeletons to foreign bone-fanciers, if they could make a commission per centage on the sale. Great, indeed, is the advautage of abundance of corn, when in every way it touches upon the condition of our own people—when our farmers who raise it have not only enough, but to spare, and can expend the surplus in the purchase of com forts which the manufacturers prepare. But it is absurdity, and more than absurdity—it is mare insanity—to com pare with this state of things an abundance which by the force of competition would drive our farmers out of our own markets, and leave them without any remunera artion for their labour. The inhabitants of some manufac turieg towns might not feel the difference, but is it not perfectly clear that, whereas in the one case the country is made happy, in the other case it would be made mi serable ? Nor is it in the least probable that upon the whole the manufacturers would derive any benefit from abundance of foreign corn, for supposing the foreign mar ket to take off a hundred millions' worth in the year more than it does at present (that is to increase threefold, which is an extravagant supposition), still that would not more than comyentate for the loss of the home market for ma nufactures. And if the landed and agricultural interest were ruined, assuredly that home market would he ruined also. TIMES. —We adverted last week to a feature is the policy of the present Administration, which is rapidly be coming more apparent and more disgusting. We allude to their systematic and total disregard of all those ques tions which former Governments, of whatever shades of politics, would have felt it their duty to endeavour to settle, simply because their want of settlement led to dissensions and disorders among the people, and thereby proved and rendered manifest the deficiencies cf the exiting law. The marked and studied contempt with which all such matters are now passed by, in a great measure warrants the %inlet!, which is rapidly increasing, that the Melbourne Cabinet looks with pleasure on these dissensions, and would by no means desire to end them, inasmuch as the y t=ad "to keep the people occupied," aud thus to withdra w their attention from the weaknesses and blunders of the Gov ernment. A var i ety of cases cf this k i nd might be specified ; but we will only instance two or three. Nothing can he more lamentable than the state of stress in Scotland. The civil and t celesiavical courts are there approaching to utter defiance of each other. Se veral leading ecclesiastics have, for months least, braved ; the strongest threat s o f t h e Court of Session and a very short time more may se e a f earful flame lighted up, the en q uching of which negh t h e synonymous e tion of the existing church establishent e a e s xinc" a case in which it was we re evidently incumbent on there a Government at least to attempt some t hi ng in mitiea lion, if not in remova l, o f t hose prodigious perils. But the Prime M.nistcr, when asked with great anxiety by his brother Peers what his intentions ate is this matt.r, carelessly replies, with more than his customary non chalance, that he really las no intentions whatever 1 In England the law of Church-rates, though not fraught with one-half of the p erils which threaten the Scottish Establishment, still works for both burchman and Dissenter by its various obscurities, ndless trouble, litigation, and heart-burnings. In 1834 Lord John Russell and his colleagues introduced into Parliament a measure for the settlement of this ques tion, which was generally accepted by Churchmen, and only opposed by Messrs. - Hume • and Hawes and the Dis senting Radicals. Why has this Bill never been again brought forward? Ministers could pass it, or something amoueting to the same thing, this very Session if they chore. But they " have no intention "of even attempt ing it. And why not ? Chiefly, we fear, because it is supposed to answer their party purposes better to leave the question still in dispute and doubt, so that both Churchman and Dissenter, finding full occupation in ha rassing each other, might have no leisure to quarrel with the imbecility of the Government. HERALD.—We hare allowed the County Courts Bill an interval of repose. It is now several weeks since w e disturbed the parental solicitude of Mr. Fox Maule by rudely exposing to public view the misshapen proportions and rickety deformities of this precious bantling of his lego-legi a t a tive geni us . G ently did the mild sprit of a temporisisg Conservatism conceal its defec's. Silent was that excessive charity which occupies the seats of Opposition, and which, rather than disturb the qui' t of the Haute of Commons, can look on table all our most valued institutions are crumbling away beneath tinkering of the clumsiest workmen, and most ti bless destroyers in the world. Na.,. even &mess ware strewed by some so-called Conservative hand s upon the cradle where Mr. Fox Maul e ' s dar!ing, fresh from the nEs i ottEce nursery of little monsters, awaited the magic touolPsf the Parliamentary wand that was to stool it forth a full-grown and gigantic evil on the country. We trust that before that time comes, we shall have consigned it to that state in which it will be only fit to be -preserved in Stirite, and deposited among the dusty lumber of some mu seum of ugly curiosities. We have spoken of having dis turbed theparental soli, itude of Mr. F. Maule, but we forgot ourselves, Mr. F. Maule "never reads the Morning Herald," and so be remains in happy ignorance of what we have said of kis Bill for converting justice late an itinerant pedlar, seeking custom by the exhibition of the " cheapest" and worst of wares wares cheap at no price, and dear at any Price. If cheapness that is an apparent cheapness—is the great consideration in the admitiistration of law and justice, why not begin with the Courts in Westminster .Hall, and by applying the reduced scale of costs to !Wee tion there, give the public some chance of getting t b lic geat4itte article as well as the cheap one ? If the principle of Mr. Fox Maulu's Bill be good, it is as applicable to the Court of Queen's Bench, or Common Pleas, or Ex- chequer, or to the three Courts of Equity, as to any County Court in the kingdom. MONEY MA RKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.--There was but little passing in this part of the town to-day to attract attention. Mot ey cont A iessufficiently easy for all the purpos , s ef trade, and equally, or even more so, at the Stock Exchange. it is evident, however, that the late intelligence from China has affected the credit, in a greater or less degree, not only of houses known to have been speculating in the tea market, but that ef etheis also who are supposed to be im plicated. though less directly, perhaps, in the losses that will be eventually realised by the leaf. Yet it is considered that many persons who have not, in the ordinary way of business, any dealings in this branch of commerce, may have been induced, by the pecu liar state of the trade, and the great prospect there seemed at one moment to be of difficulties of some duration %I ith the Chinese, to participate in it to a considerable extent. A general dulness pervades the produce markets, and it is upon this assumption that the circumstance is accounted for by the best informed people connected with it: The funds, in the interval, maintain the advance lately reported with much steadiness. The packet arrived at Falmouth from Lisbon does not appear to have brought any news of importance. At all events, there is nothing in what has transpired that ca•r be considered favourable to the interests of the bondholders. There was a prospect of the new commercial treaty with England being at length concluded. and if the bases of it prove to be what they are pretty generally understood to be, Lord Palmerston scents to be in a fair way to be cut mar ceuvred by the crafty and unscruplous Lusitantans ; but the Exchequer was in the same impoverished condition as heretofore. Not a milrcis was to be found for the CUT rent expenditure of the Government, otherwise than through the medium of the old usurious process, to which it has been the practice to resort when a crisis has arisen to countenance the proceeding. The bonds here have, never theless, advanced a trifle to-day. SUN.—The funds to-day were in a firm position, and in the opinion of many there is a good prospect for a rise between this and the next account day. Appearances at present are certainly in favour of this supposition. For immediate transfer Consols have realised 901 to and for the Account 90i to -a. Exchequer Bills remained firm at 13s. to lbs. preen., and India Bonds at 2s. prem. to par. Bank Stock was at 172 to 1724, India Stock ad vanced to 2554, the Reduced Three-and-1- Half per Cents, realised 93 to the Threw per Cent. Annuities 89i to I, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99i to f. The Foreign Securities have been rather inanimate to day, but they have supported fully the previous rates. The Active Spanish Bonds have been marked 23k to 4, the New Five per Cent. Portuguese Stock rose to 334 and 344, closing at 34i ; and the Three per Cents. were done at 20} ; Mexican Bonds of 1837 advanced to 30:1 to ; and Colombian were at 224; Peruvian were steady at 17k, and Brazilian still were flat at 694; Belgian Bonds rose to 103, but did not leave off higher than 1024 ; Danish Bonds were not higher than 774, but Dutch Two and-a- Half rer Cents. improved to 524. A ready market is still to be found for Railway Secu rities, at good prices. The latest bargains were at 31 for the Great Western, at 15 for the New, at 8 for the Fifths, at 70 for the Birmingham, at l for the Greenwich scrip, and at 34 premium for the York and North Midland. Brightonlwere 2, Blackwall at 51, Manchester and Leeds at 31, Birmingham and Derby at 28, and Eastern Coun ties at 13i discount. London and Westminster Bank New Shares advanced to 2 t premium. THE MISSION OF THE PRESS. The following are the passages in Mr. Carlyle's re cent work on Hero Worship to which we yesterday al luded in the leader relative to the Nottingham Election, but which we were prevented from quoting by not having the book at the moment under our hands It is clear, however, that with this simple circum stance, facility of getting books, the whole conditions of the business from top to bottom were changed. Once in vent printing, you metamorphosed all Universities, or superseded them. The teacher need not now to gather men personally round him, that ho might speak to them what he knew ; print it in a hook, and all learners far and wide, far a trifle, had it each at his own fireside, much more effectually to learn it ! Doubtless there are still peculiar virtues in speech ; even writers of books may still, in some circumstances, find it convenient to speak also witness our present meeting here There is, one would say, and must ever remain, while man has a tongue, a dis tinct province for speech, as well as for writing and printing. In regard to all things this must remain ; to Umversities among others. But the limits of the two have nowhere yet been pointed out, ascertained, much less put in practice; the University which would completely take in that great new fact of the existence of printed books, and stand on a clear footing for the nineteenth century, as the Paris one did for the thirteenth, has not yet come into existence. If we think of it, all that a University or final higher school can do for us, is still but what the first school began doing—teach us to read. We learn to read in various languages, in various sciences ; we learn the alphabet and letters of all manner of books. But the place where we are to get knowledge, even theo retical knowledge, is the books themselves. It depends on what we read, after all manner of Professors have done their best for us. The true University of these days is a collection of books. But to - the Church itself, as I hinted already, all is changed, in its preaching, in its working, by the introduc tion of books. The Church is the working recognized union of our priests or prophets, of those who by wise teach ing guide the souls of men. While there was no writing, even it bile there was no easy writing, or printing, the preaching of the voice was the sole method of performing this. But now with books ! He that can write a true book, to persuade England, is not he the bishop, and arch bishop, the Primate of England, and of all England? I many a time say the writers of newspapers, pamphlets, poems, books, these are the real working effective Church of a modern country. Nay, not only our preaching, but even our worship is it not too accomplished by means of printed books ? " Fragments of a real Church Liturgy " and body of Homilies, strangely disguised from the common eye, are to be found weltering about in that huge froth ocean of printed speech we loosely call literature. Books are our Church too. . Or turning to the government of men. Wittenagemote, old Parliament, was a great thing. The affairs of the nation were there deliberated and decided ; what were we to do as a ' nation ? But does nor, though the name of Parliament subsists, the Parliamentary debates go on now every where, and at all times, in a far mare comprehensive way out of Parliament altogether. Burke said there were three estates in Parliament; but, in the reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all. It is not figure of a speech, or a witty saying, it is a literal fact, very momentous to us in these times. Literature is our Parliament too. Prin , ing, which comes necessarily out of writing, I say often, is equivalent to democracy. Invent writing, democracy is inevitable. Writng brings printing, brings universal every day extent pore printing as we see at present. Whoever can speak, speaking now to the whole nation becomes a power, a branch of government, with inalienable weight in law making, in all acts of authority. It matters not what rank he has, what revenues or garnitures, the requisite thing is, that we have a tongue which others will listen to ; this and nothing more is requisite . The nation is gc.verned by all that his tongue in the nation; democracy is virtu ally there. Add oily that whatsover power exists will have itself hv-and-hy organized ; working secretly under bandages, otselvitiane, obstructions, it will never rest till it get to work frt e, unincumbored, visible to all. Dente craey, virtually extant, will insist on becoming palpably extant. WINC HESTE R.—APRIL 16. (raom A CORRESPONDENT.) Morton's comedy of The School of Reform was pro duced at our theatre last night, when we were afforded the high gratification of witnessing the only actor now living capable of giving full and perfect expression to the character of Tyke, Mr. Rayner, who has been en gaged here for a limited reriod. This geutlernan, it will be remembered, made his first appearance in the same character at Covent-garden immediately after the death of John Emery, and was instantly hailed as the only I, gitirraie successor of that inimitable actor. Mr. Raynet's performance last night was as vigorous, as i natural, and, in every way, as effective and powerful ai it could ever have been. The audience testified their admiratio n by re-iterated and unequivocal indications The applause. evidently of th e i mpression which it made upon their feelings. house was well at.ended. came from the heart. The Mr. Rayner, we understand, is likely to be enlisted by Mr. Macready among his new company for Drury lane Theatre. It is singular that a performer of such undoubted talent, and who, notwithstandin g many. dis couragements, still retains no i ncons i derable share of popularity a mong the Lond on p l ay - goers, should not have remained a permanent " fixture" on the board s o f one or other of the principal metropolitan the a t res . B likely to be onc e m ore re -opened, under 1M we for th e purpose of holding " the mirror up t o nature,' and in a m anner ut as the old auspices Drury is of Al. not unworthy of its former fame, 7shall be glad to hail this gentleman and " truly original" (as h e was once described by Campbell the p oet ) again in his proper element. -J. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE. STREET. Nowt APRIL 20 Barome!or 29 77 In• Thermometer 49 Deg. fllL;l:t`S[ Lowest IV:nd W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. The Society of Female Musicians will give i $ second annual concert on Friday evening, when Handel's L' Allegro ed it Pensieroso will be performed for the first time for many years by a host of vocal and instrumental talent, who have off-red their services in aid of the funds of this laudable institution, which was established in 1839, by Miss Masson and a few other ladies, for the support of aged and indigent female professors of music. SERIOU S ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, a serious accident happened in Pitcher's dry dock, Limehouse. Several men and a boy were employed on a stage supported by " point-blank shores," alongside the ship Repulse, and were caulking the vend, when the props which supported the platform gave way, the stage fell, and the caulkers were prec'pitated into the dock. They were all severely bruised ; the boy bad his thigh broken, and was taken to the hospital. A man named Clark broke his fore-finger, and two young men, named Poole and Dixon, were much injured by the fall, but were able to resume their work next day. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1811. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, APRIL 11.—Within a very short period political and moral alterations of far more serious tance than is denerelly believed, have taken place in this country. The most remarkable changes have occurred within the last ten years. In Holland every thing was upheld by old King William —everything has been shaken by his removal from the political acetic. The confidence of the public mind has given way to uneasiness. Nevertheless the constitutional opposition would meet with great adhesion were it not suspected of Catholicism, for, unfortunately, intolerance runs high in Holland, and the greater part of the Protestants in this country are inclined to consider as Catholics all who are unjust towards them. The Catholic population forms two fifths of the whole po pulation of the kingdom ; but this proportion is but nominal, as the Protestant population is far more powerful by its position. With the exception of North Brabant and Limburg, frontier provinces, consisting almost entirely of Catholics, the wealth and functions belong principally to tie Protestants, so that the liberal constitutional opposition, although eminently aristocratic, receives but little support from the Catholics, who in their opposition seek principally Catholic views. If the constitutional opposition be strong, and it is so undoubtedly, it is not so by its number, but by its energy, talents, and the superiority of its political views. It is also essentially tolerant in religious matters, and by so briag it does not I:l7ase the main body of the people. It would be powerful, indeed, were it fanatical and intriguing. Its absence of power i; owirg to its being political aid enlightened. Holland is much more inclined to religious than to political struggles. Here lies the danger, and the danger is a serious one. At first the ultra organs of the Protestant party hi gan to murmur, but soon declaimed against the pretended par tiality of the new King towards the Catholics. Never theless, noshing has been done for them yet. They had solicited greater liberty for instruction, but their prayers, though supported by the [liberal opposition, have not yet been granted. The execution of the concordat concluded in 1827 with Rome—a measure highly desirable for the welfare of the State, has been brought forward, it is true, but the affair is still stationary. Nevertheless this las excite alarm among the ProtPs tants, and pamphlets have been distributed to the people. From elements such as these, painful results must arise ! What else can be expected, when religious hatred and pas sion!, are raised in the lower classes? The weakness of the Government on the approach of the crisis renders the peril more menacing. The Guvern merit is disorganised—there is no Cabinet—no govern mental system—no unity of action, while contradictory measures are every where running foul of each other. While parties are struggling, both in the Chamber and in the pagers, the Council of State, the Council of Minis ter, remain divided, and are doing nothing. It is highly necessary to introduce order and economy into every branch of the public service, and to call back public confidence, which certainly does not exist at pre sent. The present Ministers must be dismissed, and en lightened talented men—men devoted to the constitutional regimen, and possessing the esteem of the public in gene ral, must take office in their stead. The longer this im minent necessity is delayed, the more authority Govern ment will lose. H AMB URGI-1 MAIL. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 3.--We learn, from pretty good authority, that the Emperor has, within these few days, gi- , en his consent to the making of an iron rail way between St. Petersburgh and Moscow, which has been projected for some y ears. It is to be executed by a Joint-stock Company, which has many offers from foreign countrie,, of persons willing to take part in it. In this case it may very probably be commenced this summer. The late Chevalier Gerstner had made the preliminary survey of the line. The Emperor has enjoined the Ministerial depart ment, and all the higher branches of the Administra tion, to limit, as much as possible, the number of per sons employed in the offices. Orders have been given to tax the passports of all Russians travelling to foreign countries, as directed by the Ukase of 1:t September last year. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 6.—lt is said that very im portant ir.teiiigence respecting the Sound Toll hes been received from London, and that this important question may be settled to the satisfaction of all the parties in terested. Three Estates of the Diet (without that of the Nobles) had petitioned the King that the Diet might be closed on the 15th of May. A letter from the King was presented to-day by the Minister of the Interior, in which his Majesty says that though it is manifeat that the long duration of the Diet is a great expense to the country, he will not close it till all the important matters now under discussion, especially the Reform of the na tional representation, are decided. Thus the session may continue till the end of October. BELGIAN I! UNDS—Baussur, APRIL 17. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C5nt...... .......... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 9O ---- 3 per Cent. --- Thirty-seven — . — 70% (1.340) leO Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent SI Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent lOO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... .......... NationalSocicty Exchange on Londois (short) ' ll 95 —Brussels Papers, April 17. ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS. It is a pleasant faith which holds that there are the germs of' good in every thing ; which holds that man, in the lowest depths to which his own vehement passions, or other uncontrollable circumstances, may have plunged him, is not altogether divorced from God and goodness, and, of course, which holds that in all sects, political or religious, there may be redeeming features,—men who are better than their class, and .who may be the means of purifying, and elevating, and redeeming the body to which they belong. We say this is a pleasant faith ; who says it is not ? Who says it is erroneous? We speak of Toryism, and write against it, from a conviction of duty ; but among Tories there are men, not a few, whom we would willingly call brothers. Whiggery and Whigs —we speak of' these things, not in terms of praise. We regard Whigs as the Laodiceans of the nineteenth century, creatures " neither cold nor hot," —the halters between two opinions, and, moreover, as hypocrites, false friends, and cowards, afraid of the consequences of bold and honest measures ; but we are willing to admit that there are amongst Whigs, men capable of becoming excellent Radicals. We speak of the bloated English Church ; and when we think of Rathcormac, and similar scenes, we cannot plead guilty of using too strong language ; but there are, even in the Law Church, many pious Christian ministers, though no apostles. And then, Chartism, the political faith of the masses. We do not care for the Chartism of which Feargus O'Connor is high priest —the Chartism which knows nothing of charity, the first of Christian virtues ; which denounces all who differ : which would make corr , erts after the fashion of' Mahommed, with the Charter in one hand, and the torch and dagger in the other. We do not like Char tism when it thus manifests itself, nor when it enters into all public meetings, acting the farce of " bedlam let loose." Further, the Chartism which permits its ackuocledged leader; to become the paid tools of the Tories, and which shows itself completely ignorant of the first and simplest principles of political economy, is not the Chartism after our hearts. But we never lost faith in the principles of Chartism, nor doubted that it would ultimately purify itself from the errors of knaves and fools, and command that re spect which its abstract principles so we:l merit,—in short, that it would become the law of the land. A better aspect of things is opening up, and we hail it with joy. We have before us an address " To the Political and Social Reformers of the United King dom," which breathes a right spirit, and yet the spirit of Chartism. But ihe Chartism put forth in this ad dress is (if a kind with which no honest man can quarrel, and the plan recommended for obtaining it might com mand the approbation of Sir Robert Peel himself.— Leeds Times. DETECTION OF A GANG .OF BURGLARS.— Within the last twelve months a gang of burghrs has in fested the country within a circuit of twerity or twenty-five mile; of Warriiigton. The robberies committed were of frequent occurrence, and the gang gradually became more daring. At first they paid their midnight visits armed only with bludgeons and crow-bars, but more recently they turned out each well equipped with pistols, dark lanterns, crowbars, centrebits and brace, and a set of picklocks and skeleton-keys, net to be exceeded in paint of usefulness by those in the possession of any of the Lon don cracksmen. At length the burglary and attempted murder at the house of Mr. Thomas Shaw, farmer, of Poulton-with.Fearnhead, about a mile from Warrington, brought things to such a crisis as to be no longer en dured in silence. A handsome reward was offered for the detection of the offenders, and the hope of a free pardon held out to caly parties engaged in the robbery who would come forward and give evidence against their com panions. Mr. James Jones, the deputy-constable of War rington, rendered himself remarkably active in the in quiry, and, after scouting the country for many miles round Warrington, at length obtained a clue to the offen ders, and, assisted by some of the Manchester police, took nin e o f t h e gang into custody. They all turned out t b o bavee bemenenoafllthe eommmoisttteddetpor:vterclialhaatbittbs.e nextT he A l s ir si i z s e o g n . e_rs Macclesfield Courier. CONSTITUENCY OF GREAT BIZITAIN.—The number of electors on the various registers of Great Bri tain for toe yen. 1839-40 was as follows— v i z , England tot.' number of county voters, 452,651 ; total number of borough voters, 319,189. Wales —county votei s, 36,833; borough voters, 10,939 ; gross total number of electors in England and Wales, 819,612. In Scotland, the total number of countaykvinogterashwogasett,rooB22:6a9n9d. thTathuosf the e r g ou ro g s h s Great Britain amounted i n 1839-40 to about voters 35,697, m constituency of 902.311. The gross tota ltoconnlsotlietuetnbacyn o of n elfseilxatnhcl partwas ion 1839 40, 154,687, equal the constituency of Great Britain, including England, Wales, and Scotland. The Leinsler Express contains an account of a murder which was perpetrated at Ballygonnau, Q ueen ' s county, on Thu r sday last, adjoining the demesne of Lam berton. A young man, named Byrne, about 23 year s o f age, was fired a t, f rom behind a beclg,,, and shot through the body. He shortly after expired. The only cause assigned is that his father evicted a defaulting tenant. THE NEW RIDING SCHOOL AT WINDSOR CASTLE.---This building, which is one of the most ext He n; s ive riling sch oo l s i n th e ki ng d o m, is nearly finished. Majesty has not taken equestrian exercise since the arrival of the Court at Windsor. UNITED STATES. By the ship Baltimore, Captain Funk, from New York for Havre, in 16 days, we have received a file of papa's to the 2,1 iast. Ti.e!e is no information afforded of the mis sing steamer, the Pres:dent, by her. By the latest ac counts we find that General Harrison continued indiaposed; but seas decidedly better than he had been. The following is from the Morning Courier of the Ist instant, on " the FinanciLl State of the Country :" " There is no one fact so universally admitted by all pasties and every class of pel.Veians, and by those too who eschew poli'ics in every shape, as the absolute necessity of an interference by the general Government to preerte the credit of the States. It has now become apparent to every body, that vte are on the eve of a crisis in regard to State credit and the honour of the country, which must be met by the representatives of the people le Congress assembled, at the approser:isg extra session. " Politicians, and public men generally, are very apt to postpone the consideration of important questions as long as it is possible to do so, and very frequently avow their determination to oppose certain nanaures, simply from a belief that they will never he brought to test the truth of their declarations. And such is precisely the case with hundreds of prominent men in the United States ie regard to the question of loaning to the States the credit of the general Government,' as it is called, but more proper ly speaking—the people determining to use their joint credit f)r their joint bent fit. " The constitutionality of leaning money to or depositing it with the States had already been definitely sett!, d; aird Sc) has the question of dividing among the States the pro. coeds of the public lands." The article continues on the subject of Mr. Clay's " Land Bill." An abstract of the Bitl for the relief of the banks, which has passed both Houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and is now before Ose G vereor for his signature, is re ceived by this vessel. Considerable doubts rested upon the question its to whether or not he would sige it ; pubic opinion vetried considerably on the question. Sec. 1. PrJeides that the hanks of the Commonwealth should be liable fur the payment of their debts, as arc pri vate persons. 2. Gives the Bank poteer to issue small notes to the amount of 15 per cent. on their capital stock for rive. years. 3. Liablities sotto exceed double the amount of capital. 4. The stock owned by the Batiks not to exceed (ex cept of this cammonwealtn) 50 per cent. of the amount of their capital, iespectively ; iirovided that no investments already made snail be conipelird to he reduced more ra pidly than 124 per cent, every 90 days. 5. No President or other officer to loan its funds. 6. No loan to be made to cashiers, &e. 7. Abolishes proxy voting. The remainder are of mere detail, with the exception of the last, which is, 17. Authoriz ng the capital of the United States Bank, if the shareholders desire it, to be reduced to 14 railbo-s, and the Bank t.) be reLased from plot of the bonus. The United States Bank closed at 174, being 1 ad• vance on the previous day. (.:.RIME IN TIPPERARY. I apprised you a week or two since, of the scarcity cf potatoes in the county of Waterford, to such an extent that the agent of the Mining Company of Ireland, which m ph)) s a great number of people at the copper mines of Kneakmahon, had found it necessary to import a cargo of potatoes, and to forward a supply of oatmeal for im mediate use. In the neighbouring county of Tipperary, too, it appears that some apprehension begins to prevail regarding the stock of potatoes, and the peasantry are re sorting to intimidation, In order to compel iandlorus to charge something like a moderate price fur ground let out for the growth of this esculent. Now, this reminds me of the terrible uproar recently made by the Tim's, in re lation to some recent crimes in the northern part cf Tippe rary, bordering the Shannon, which had, even in Porn er Ones of disturbance, generally been in a state of tranquil lity. But it appears that ills ejectment system has been in operation there for some time past, and aatsystern has bcea universally the precursor of disturbance. The Times adopts as its own '• thunder," all the extravagant exaggeration upon this subject put forth by a notorious f.bricator of crime in Tipperary, the IVenagh Guardian, publishing it one day as received by express, and repeating it the next as having "appeared in pa►t only of yesterday's impres sion." There used, in Tory times, to be twenty murde, s for the one committed during the last five or six yesr , . The crimes now perpetrated are, almost invariably, con nected with the letting of land : and, I fear, whilst that source cf evil exists, the character of the country will con tinue to be stained by the most criminal outrages. The praise of the Government is, thaS . , under its administra tion, agrarian, as well as all other crimes, have greatly diminished. As the Nenagh Guaraian, received yesterday, had another list of outrages (in not one of which is it even al leged that the slightest personal injury was inflicted), it is probable the Times will have anoilicr express to-morrow, received by the regular mail. I have looked over all of them, and they bear the certain impress of editorial ma nufacture, a very small ingredient of truth being mixed up with a great deal of pure fiction. A brief description will suffice : " Captain Hellfire" (Captain Rock is dead, and Iliac"- tenants, like those of Alexander, have all become rulers on their own account), Captain Starlight, Captain S eelribs, and, stranger than all, Captain Nobody, are all stated by the Renagh Guardian to have paid visits to different far mers' houses, to caution them either to give up or not to take certain lands ; but, with the exception of some blank shots, fired for fun by Captain Starlight's " ancient, Ser geant Flint," no overt act waa done, and not even an assault was committed. But as the following outrages in the list relate to the subject of the scarcity ut potatoe., to which I alluded in commencing my letter, I shall extract them, with all the eloquent garnishing ef tbc Nenagh Guardian:— " On the night of the 15th instant a body of men, some of whom were ermed, turned up nearly two acres of me - dow land of John Dillon, of Cloncannon, parish of Anna. meadle. •• A threatening notice was served by Captain Nobody on Michael M'Namara, of Turmoyle, cautioning Urn not to pay more than 81. an acrefor potato land. 6' CAPTAIN NoßCDY.—Another R.,,ckite captain has been appointed from R )ck Lodge to watch over the inte rests of the locality of Castleotway and the country there abouts. The title of this new creation iv Captain No b ,dy, and potwo land seems to claim his first considera tion; for only a few nights ago he served a notice on John Harrington, of Castleotway, threatening him with a crut I thatb if he asked or took more than 71. an acre for potato land. A :hot aas discharged by way cf a sample of Capt. NobJcly's capabilities."—Correspondent of the Chronicle. THE ARMY. (FROM A DUBLIN CORRESPONDENT.) Three companies and the head-quarters of the depot of the 37th Regiment, under the command of Major &ad shaw, left Limerick on the 13th instant for Birr, where they will arrive on Saturday. The remaining company of the 37th depot, having been relieved at Tipperary by a company of the 20th Regiment from Mary borough, will march on Saturday for Birr, where it will arrive on the 22d inst. The Maryborough detachment has been with drawn for the present. Ensigns Wood, the Hon. P. E. Herbert, Lord Tulle_ more, Greene, Sanford, and Dennis!, of the 43d Light Infantry, with six:privates and two buglers, arrived at Newry, from Armagh, on the 16th instant, to embark at Warrenpoint on the 17th for Liverpool, en route to Dept ford, for final embarkation, about the 22d instant, to join the service companies of their regiment in Canada. Ensign Andrews, of the 56th, and the hospital surgeon of the depot, embarked at Warrenpoint on the 13th most. on board the Arab steam-vessel, for Cork, for final em barkation, to join the service companies of that regiment in Canada. Captain Pascoe's company of the Royal Artillery, which recently arrived in Dublin from Woelwich, having relieved Captain Frazer's company, at Dungannon Fort, Cork har bour, Ac., and the latter company bring now asremhlel at Clonmel, Captain Laws's company marched thence on the 16th iust., en route to Dublin, where it will be ttatoned. A detachment of the 20th Regiment, from Lime ick, consisting of one officer, one sergeant, and 20 rank and file, arrived at Cate Castle on the 13th inst.cand relieved the depot companies of the 36th Regiment. t a s v c e i ra e g o in tt g on th a e t 2 tb o e th p oorrtso March,f p L r r e n s i e t e n d t State nearly THE COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED TATES. t T ip he to r d e a ce te ip s the same prospect with .regard to the ultimate amount of the crop, as those to which we have alluded on one or two firmer occasion.:. The following are the particulars of the receipts up to corresponding dater, in the present and the two preceding years :- 1841. 1840 1,389.553 1839 996,453 It will be seen that the decrease in the teceipts this year, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, amounts to about 278,000 bales ; and, as suming the tot,l supplies for each year to preserve the same relation to each other, th- receipts for the cur rent year will be about 1,735 000 bales. It is right to state, however, that the private accounts by the Caledonia generally concur in represeoiing the crop as not likely to exceed 1,600,000 bales, whilst many reduce it corisider ably below that amount. In the four weeks after the 21st of March, 1840 the receipts at the ports were exceed ingly heavy, amounting to no less than 353,000 bales ; and. unless the arrivals should be proportionately large during the same period of this year, the prospect of the crop, as deduced from the compara.ive supplies to the port, may present a very different appearance a month bericc.—Manchester Guardian. NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.-.--- HERTF RD TERMINUS. The differencPs between the V.siting Nlag,istrates and the Directors of the Northern and Eastern Railway, with reApeet to the terminus, are at as earl, it having been ascertai, ed that the conditions pre scribed by the Bench on Monday last can be complied with, without exceeding the Parliamentary limits; whil e just communicat e d the terminus, if placed just beyon d Back-lane, will be brought into the closest proximity with tile town. —Ess ex 'Jerald. .IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—The National states that a distinguished mineralogis t has the following fact to the Editor of tha t Journal, which he con siders most important to the com mercial interests of th e country :—f O A wonderful discovery has just been made in the s e o a u g t o h os of in F o r x at t i e c o e t .. ofl , t rue on o s o i a s l ts a obtained fr coalo from mine this o min f 10 e 0 squar e l is found to be superior to the coal produced from the most celebr ated collieries in existence. The south of France, Africa, Ital y , Spain, and even Great Britain, will d erive considerable advan tage from this discovery, and the trade of the Mediterran ean will be benefited by it to an incalculable extent." LONDON HOSPITAL. -- At the anniversary dinner in support of this utefui institution yesterday at th e London Tavern, the Secretary read the report, whi c h stated that the amount et subscriptions received last year had amounted to very nearly 13,0001. Amongst the sub scriptions announced for the present year was that of the Duke of Cambridge, 251., and followed by that were seve ral liberal subscriptions from members of the Jewish na tion. Th e cmt i re amount of the subscription, though fall ing very far short of the amount subscribed last year, was still very cousiderable. The Duke of Cambridge was in the Chair. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. The canvass of the eanfliTiates for the represent ,lion of the town of Nottingham in I arliament, is proceeding . great rapidity, both parties meeting with great supp.)rt, but Mr. Larpent realizing decieedly the most numerous promises. He is a man well fitted to canvass a large con stituency, being of most obliging address and manners, and has been every w h ere rece i ve d w i t h ki n d ccngratu lat ians and cordirl greetings. After the meeting on Thursday evening, which was noticed in The Sun of Sa•urday, the work commenced in earnest. Oa Friday morning Mr. Walter arrived, and a bill was immediately stating that he would address the electors that evening at six o'clock. At that .hour, a very large number of the Conservative party assembled in the Conservative Hall, Low Pavement. . _ FRANCIS HARDWICKE. Esq., was called to the Chair. He introduced Mr. Walter to the meeting (which, al though very 1 ge, consisted print ipally of Chartists without Yates.) Tile gallery. where. Mr. Walter was stationed p eicnteil the strange anomaly of Chartists, Radical., and 'forks, all mingled together, and determined to aid in the return of Mr. Walter, solely through a fat Vous spiet of op position to the present Goyernrneat, ald a self-styled "11.1- trcd to the new Poor-law." Mr. WALTER addressed the meeting at great length, declaring his uncompromising enmity and hatred to the New Poor-law, and the Rural Police. In his opinion it was those two measures alone that produced Chartism, and military law would come next—(Cheers)—for what ever might be done, the people of this country could not, and would no., be driven from their once respectable station, down, and down, and down into slaves again.-- ( Corp ioued cheers.) He had found no charce of doing may good when he was in the House, for all parties were so hot in f :vane of the measure ; he therefore retired to hus band his forces for a fitter time. Toot time had at last come, and there he was at the". invitation, because he felt that if he was returned to Parliament he should be able to act with rff ct as their r, presentative.--( Loud cheers.) What acted much in his Lvour, also, was his declaring himself not only"an Anti-Corn-law Repealer by expressions, but that he had already voted for the abolition of those laws. He also declared himself a stern opponent of all inclosures of land, which, he said, ruined the poor to increase the wealth of the rich. He had, while in Par liament, been the main instrument of turning out many cf there Bilz. He dwelt mostly upon the New Poor law Bill, which he described as base and bad as the hearts of those who conee'ved it. S, veral of the most noted Chartists and Radicals', who have al ways been the hottest in their opposition to the Tories, then spoke in favour of Mr. Walter, exhorting all their frieeds to vote fcr him ae the friend of the poorer classes in being the opponent cf the Poor-law. Their main reason for doing so was that they might get the Govern ment out, and then at a gearrsl election return one of their own Chartist body. This is an utter impossibility, and therefore, for a mere visionary scheme, they would reject a Radical, who would do them much good, for a Tory who wilt cut their throats the moment he gets in. In 'the end the meeting agreed to support Mr. Walter, and he com menced his canvass on Saturday morning, and has con tinued it up to the present time. A letter h'a been published from Mr. Pitkeithley, a rank Chartist, exhorting the people to support Mr. Walter, and also from Messrs. Oastler and Fielden, exhorting them to vote against the uew Poor-law, and let that measure, not politics, decide their votes. Yesterday evening (Monday) Mr. Pitkeitbly addressed a great number of persons—all non-;lectors--on the importance of their endeavouring to obtain the suffrage, anti that they should do their utmost by supporting Mr. Walter, in the working department, to get him returned. Hosts of squibs, songs, extracts from the weathercock Times, &e., are continually pouring from the press. Money will flow iu thousands, but in spite of all coercion, bribery, and base coa'ition, there is no doubt of Mr. Larpent bciag returned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TA TTERSALL'S.—( YESTERDAY.) The room was crowded to excess, and business tolerably brisk on the Derby. Coronation was a shade lower than on Friday at Newmarket, an alteration attributable not to any want of confidence in his party, but to the anxiety shown to back Van Amburgb, and the improvement of Rosalie and Prince Carodoc; these horses, The Knight of the Whistle and Eringo, were in great force at the averages quoted below. The Metternich party was not by any means anxious to get on under 20 to 1, and fur this race as well as for that to be decided next week, Eringo, to use a sporting phrase, was " well up" with him. Palmmon, Ralph, Mosque, Belgrade, and Arundel, were backed at a fall on last week's prices, and 50 to 1 each was laid against Lord Exeter's (to win about 20 : 0001.) and Sir G. Heathcote's lots. Young Quo Minus sprung from 1000 to 15 to 45 to 1, and was in fre quent demand. • THE OAKS.—Mr. Batson's filly was backed in hundreds at 8 to 1, and only a point more offered against E-mcn gardie, 10 to 1 would have been taken. Lampoon and Ghuznee were mentioned, but no price named. The betting on the 2,000 guineas stakes was flat, and the only alteration was in Eringo, who was backed at 3 to I shortly before the room closed.—Latest prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Metternich 3 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo 4 to 1 agst Lord AThemarle's Ralph 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Joachim—taken 15 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Mustapba—taken 30 to 1 agst Eringo winning this and the Derby ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Potentii—taken DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's two 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's let--taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken freely 17 to 2 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh—f. 13 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whis tle—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Metternich 18 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo 25 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Palcernon—taken 25 to .1 agat Lord Albemarle's Ralph—taken 25 to 1 agat Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult 25 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor 40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cameleon 40 to 1 apt Mr. Goodman's Belgrade—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Young Quo Minus—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Mongolian 50 to 1 agst Col. Crauford's Ermengardis 1000 to 15 agst Lord Orford's Arundel—taken 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Grafton's Mosque —taken 11 to 1 agst Ralph and Ralmmon—taken 20 to 1 agst Belgrade and Arundel—taken 900 to 300 agst Coronation, Van Amburgh, and Ro salie colt—taken 1000 to 100 agst Eringo and Metternich—taken 2000 to 1000 on Coronation egst Metternich—taken 2000 to 1600 on Coronation agst Van Amburgh—taken 600 to 500 on Prince Caradoc apt Knight of the Whistle—taken OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Batt son's Potentia—taken 9 to 1 agst Colonel Crauford's Ermengardis ST. LEGER. 40 to 1 tg3t Lori Westminster's Morning Star GORHAMBURY, 1841. TUESDAY, —Handicap for the Gorhathbury Stakes of 25 ors. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared next week, with 50 added; the winner of the Chester Cup, or Newmarket Stakes, 71b extra, of the Suffolk Stakes, 51b extra. Isaac, aged, 9st 71b ; Arctic, aged, 9st 31b ; Hyllas, 6 yrs, 9st 21b ; Ruby, aged, List 121 b ' • Lugwarriine, aged, B s t 12,b ; Jeffy, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b • Jenny Jones, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; Confu sionnee, 5 yrs, Bst 61b; Diderot, 4 yrs, Bst 61b ; 10, 5 yrs, Bst 61b; Bedford, 5 yrs, Bst 61b; I-am-not-aware, 6 yrs, Bst 51b ; The Currier, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ; Bob Peel, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Clinker, 5 vrs, Bst 31b ; Welfare, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; Chymist, 6 yrs, Bst 216; Isabella, 6 yrs, Bst llb ; Bosphorus ' 5 yrs, Bst ; Lincoln, aged, Bst 81b ; Molineux, 4 yrs, B s t ; Benjamin, 4 yrs, Bst ; Currency, 4 yrs, 7st l llb ; Richard Rue, 6 yrs, 7st 1 llb ; The Plover, 4 yrs, 7st t Ilb ; Janus, '4 yrs, 7st 11th; Bristolian, 6 yrs, 7st 91b ; Colchicum, 5 yrs, 7st 81b ; Brace let, 6 yrs, 7st 71b ; Science, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ; Cantle, 4 yrs, 7st 61b; Tupsey, 4 yrs, 7st 61b; Revoke, 4 y rs , 7st 41b; The Genius, 4 yrs, ist 41b ; Vapour, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Turncoat, 6 yrs, 7st; b m by Actaeon, out of Brocard, 5 yrs, 7st ;,Drome dary, 4 yrs, 7st; Blemish, 4 yrs, 7st; Bush filly, 4 yrs, Est 1.21 b; Hellespont, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ; Pluto, 5 yrs, Est 121 b Curate, 5 vrs, Est 121 b ; Pansey, 4 yrs, 6st Btb ; Bassorah, 4 yr. , , 6st 711) ; Grasshopper, 4 vrs, Est 71b ; Wi n d sor , 3 y rs , sst 1:elb ; Viola; :3 yrs, sst 61b ; * Hampton, 3 yrs, sst 61b ; c by Taurus, our& Perfume, 3 yrs, sst 61b ; Bird's-Eye, 3 yrs, sst 41b. HOO RACES-.SATURDAY. Match for 59/. Mr. Brand's Acorn, 12st, (owner), beat Mr. Daniel's ch gby Gainsbro, llst 71b. Won Cleverly. 'the Maiden Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, list 71b each, gentlemen riders, 9 subs, were won by Mr. Phillimwe's Sly boots (Mr. Heysham) beating sister to Prizeflower, Blackfoot, and St reamer, very easily. _ The Anniversary Stakes of 10 sots. each, h ft, 12st each, winners extra, once round and a distance, 7 subs, were won by Mr. Brand's Curlew (owner) beating Mr. Cavendish's Cric keter, after a good race. _ The iarmet:'s Purse, 12st each, winners 71b extra, two miles, was won it, two heats by Mr. Nightingale'! Aggravator (owner ) beating Mr. Cass's Chelsing, Mr. S. Smith's Gorsebush, and Mr. howard's Chance, easily. The Scurfy Stakes of 5 sovs. each, l Ist 71b, winner to be sold for 6W, &c., last half mile, were won by Mr. Brand's Curlew (owner) beating Mr. Hale's Borax, Mr. Phillimore's Tiny, and four others, by half a neck. The winner was claimed. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1841. Handicap tor the Suffolk Stakes of 23 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if dec ared on or before Monday nest, with 50 added if ten accept. B. M. King of the Peak, 4 yrs, Sat 91 b—Mountain Sylph, 4 yrs, Sat 91b—Jelly, 4 yrs, Sat 61 b—Scutari, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Bob Peel, 4 yrs, 6st—Bellissimo, 8 yrs, Bst—Stamboul, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Vapour, 4 yrs, 7st 41b--Jessica, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Lan golee, 3 yrs, Sst 1 llb—Gobemouche, 3 yrs, Sat llb—Cuiras ler, 3 yrs, sst 71b. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1841. THURSDAY.—Match, 1011, h ft, Ab. M. Duke of Bedford's c by Taurus, out of Mona, agst Mr. Treen's Una, by Glaucus, Bst 71b each. (The Goodwood Cup closed with 51 Subscribets.) HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her MajosTs Stag hounds meet on Tuesday at Bolton's Bench ; Wednesday, at Boldrewood, and on Friday at Stoney Crow__ twelve. D. von and Somerset Stag hounds, Tuesday, at llsyne, Bishopsympton ; Friday, at Harford, near Dalverton. Mr. Faluharson's hounds, Friday, at Martin Wood— hair-past ten. Pantykendy hounds, Thursday, at Raymond Lodge —ten. H. H. Wednesday, at Ramsden Bottom ; Friday, at Lent:min Farm—eleven. N. F. H., Thursday, at Brattloy Water, and on Satur day, at Fighling Cocks, G o d Shill—half-past ten. Lord Portman's bounds, Thursday, at Milton P.irk— eleven. Craven hounds, Wednesday, at Savernaker ; Friday, at Stipe—half-past ten, TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF NOTTINGHAM. GENTLEMEN, Nottingham, April 15, 1841. T" , amented Death of Sir RONALD FERGUSON having occasioned a vacancy in the Representation of your town lam induced, by the flattering promises of s u pp ort w hi c h I have received, to offer myself as a Candidate to succeed him. To replace a person so distinguished by professional ho nours, liberal principles and consistent political conduct, and who has so long occupied a large space in public estimation, must at all times and to all persons be a disadvantage; and it is peculiarly so to me, whose walk in life has been exclu sively confined to commercial pursuits. But lam told that it is the wish of a large portion of your constituency, looking to the various and complicated interests of your great manufac turing town, to seek a representative in that class of persons who ought, from long experience, to be familiar with those important subjects of commercial and domestic policy upon which its prosperity so essentially depends. I come forward as a warm advocate of Liberal principles in commerce as well as in politics—l will support no class in terest, adverse to the general welfare of the community—l feel in their full force the evils of the existing Corn-laws, and I shall give my cordial support to those who seek their repeal. Anxious to secure to the voter the free exercise of his privi lege, I shall support the Ballot, or any measure calculated to secure that desirable object. Although not insensible to the inconvenience of frequent changes, yet I shall he ready to concur in any practicable plan for the extension of the suff, age ; it being my conviction, that as the varied classes of the community rise in education and independence, they should successively be made partakers in the choice of the national representation, and, without pledging myself to any particular con: se, I shall be prepared to support such a shortening of the duration of Parliament as may be required for the public benefit. lam myself a sin cere member of the Church of England, but I do not approve of taxing, by means of Church-rates, persons who do not belong to it, and I shall therefore vote for their abolition, trusting that means may be devised for maintaining the exist ing fabric rS the paces of worship without affecting the re ligious scruples of others. Feeling strongly the inadequacy of the present means of instructing the people, I shall, as 1 have always hitherto done, give my support to the most extended system of national edu cation, The Poor-law Amendment Act being now the law of the land, it will be my study, as well as my duty, narrowly to watch its operations, and to prevent and correct its abuses ; and I shall look to the manner it may affect the working classes, as the principal point to be considered in any future legislation upon the subject. It is upon these grounds that I submit my pretensions to you, confident that I shall bring to your service an anxious desire, 'and a determined will, to promote your welfare to the best of my abilities, and trusting that I may in some degree compensate for their inferiority by diligence and zeal In the discharge of your Parbamet.tary business, and of the general duties of your Representative, should you be pleased to place those great trusts in my keeping. 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It was very properly rem arked b y Mr. -el .20- THERTON, at a public d inner g ive n to him at Salford, of which a report appears elsewhere in The Sun, that the chief reason why the Govern ment has done so little in the way of reform has been the disposition , an d , particularly, the supineness, of the people themselves. The lion. Member referred to Lancashire, and styling it very Properly the hot-bed of reform, for it is tho centre of that new population EVENING EDITION. from which all - reform must conie, i'' asked, how could the pe , :) , -1P 10- 1 f'•-• - : - ..l'.='": si v : i . , n proven - 1 e;y ~. vlien T : ,- , -, ,; i•.: . - cashire thirteen Tories to nenaalise the votes 4 thirteen Reformers 1 What Mr. B.aoT'urnr : " said of Lancashire is nearly true of the gre 4e . t part of the empire. A great multitude of the_ people, most of the parsons, the bulk of the landlords, and a considerable intinber of the opir lent master-manufacturers, are Tories ; th e y send to Parliament almost as many Tories Pil e ' formers ; and the, Ministers, whatever may b e , their inclinations, are obliged to comply w ith this balanced. state of public opinion, and all'° to stand still. At the Salford dinner Mr. GREG pointed 0 . 31 .' we think, one great source of this neutraliza.t i° ' of the popular power, withont perhaps intendil'b. it. The Hon. Member referred, with somethin4. like apprehension and dismay, to the Cliartist The stout-hearted, well-fed, lusty middle einsli have really been more frightened by a little Idle, Irish vapouring—for most of the violent speaki 4 :; and writing has been done by some great 010 other—and a few torch light meetings than et they were by the armies and threats of BoNAPAV7 and their fears, their t err ibl e m i strust o f t h e peoP,' have driven them to sacrifice Reform, a s the} supposed, to obtain security. They have act ed foolishly. Had they exert e d th ems elves t o obtain bread and freedom f o r th e p eo pl e , instead of penury and prisons, disco n t en t wo uld. 1 * ,e . ... subsided, and those political reforms, whieb a ii " t necessary to adjust legislation to society, nl i P, have been ensured. We are quite clear, then ,;:' fore, that the bulk of the middle classes are --if much to blame as th e Mi n i s t ers f o r the Of progress which Reform has lately made. ; t' We do not wholly exo nera t e th e Minister If they had acted as b o ldly t o th e landed gelli.r men as they have to M. Timms and MEn o ',l . Am—if they had explicitly and manfully st 3te , that the condition of th e p eop l e absoluteli , :; quired those practic a l measures Mr. BaurnO T ": speaks of, the landed geatry, like M. DO: would have quailed before th e f orce . o f ti l ,:i t ; and Ministers would have been able to earrY i 4 effect their own views. But they ha v e been,lPL / Si terrified by the opposition of a few Whig le: ., e , and Commoners than by the wh o l e f orce ofFrof4 and they have sacrificed the p ros p er ity 0. f country, and their own real greatne ss to a ' Te t r i, idle fear. One bold measure, th row ing tb e t o selves on the honest and just feelings of, the people, would have placed them far 'hero' 4. . reach of such pitiful politicians a s m y Lord .th.' , BURTON and Mr. BENETT. hell° They have not adopted this course, and - - i . e . it is that Correspondents at Nottingham and else where, ask us, What have the W'„ 31 ,1 1 done ? We are rather surprised at 5". 0 . 4 a question from Nottingham, because the W ill g, gave the Nottingham citizens, with o thers' i e Municipal Reform. If th e y h ave no t given , t t , ' 3 , stocking-weavers the aboliti on o f th e Corn-W' ot the weavers will probably remem b e r that . I ‘ , l o , above one Tory voted for M r . V ILLIE R'S 11 10- 0 that Sir R. PEEL and all his friends spoke 31 1 e voted against it, and that two or three CPf , ! Ministers spoke for it, and the b u lk of the W . `" g• 0 , party voted for it. If the Ministers have d9 1.1° 11 0 , 1 thing towards abolishing the Corn-law, the re d ' 5 is that a few Whig Lords and Whig Squi r : combined with the Tories, would not allow th ern a, We may say the same of many other thinfo Five or six sessions of Parliament have bP e i wasted by the squabbling resistance of the V ii e o f to the measures for reforming the Corporatio in e , ir England and Ireland, for commuting tithes n tery land, and other measures which the Mini 9, „ 0 . proposed. The Ministers—and we blame t!!`_,,, for it—have not been earnest enough in abore% ing Church-rates, and in getting rid of the 1 111. ,. e paying clauses of the Reform Act; but to bla 9 ', them for not extending the franchise, when at° , were not allowed even to extend the time for psY in o g r n.. the la r w at s7N — vh t e o n b t la h m ey e twheeime notfor n o o ll t o a N b ved olis t l o ti p ag asisi b i e i: Corn-laws, Bill to authorise the grinding of wheat in bon is as absurd as to blame a man for not mum ?„ who is so overloaded th a t . , the people want r e f orm t h e only way to get it v to command i t, and as long as 1) , the people are 1 different to th e sub j ect a nd sell their libert g, they will not • h ave _ reform an d w ill remain er slaved. he cannot move. 1.! ' ,, 0, - ~. • ~,.:• . ...„6/' One thing the present :Ministers, 'or •Priv Lord ALTIIORP and Earl GREY' S Adminisl e ti a k did, for which they are_ much blamed by 41e , 1- or ing Tory journal. The aristocratic Times, th e 'e# sons' journal, condemns them for passing th e 00 Poor-law, and it hopes to hoist Mr. 1 " t ot into Parliament on the condemnation. Nf i s : fi r law when passed was almost universal ) rt jes proved of. Very large majorities of both P, .oar carried it through Parliament. Few Pe h t ' e o lit were sent against it. The complaints of t .' 0 0:1, law were numerous and just, and, so sanet ici ..o the new Poor-law had all th e charaete ri ' vi o of a popular measure. At any rate it o ie, the parsons' and the landlords' In eas . s hif One of its great patrons was the 111 4 0 of LONDON. It was chiefly- intended t ° I ,: e t9), the landlords' and th e tith e -l or ds' P° c d i e and to this day it is zealously supported b Y OO O.- parsons and the landl o rd s th roug h ou t the e st we try. It is not a Whig measure , b u t a ill e ; t , i of the clerical and landed. aristocracy' Ti oes little less than shameless, therefore, for th e ge e 4 and Mr. W ALTER , the supp or t ers and Prg te e v of the parsons and the la n dl or d s , t o essgY al i i . t ile trance into Parliament for hin t by abus irl6 l o , Whig Ministers as the authors of the ro° l ;ce When Mr. WALTER. and the Time4rd eric A we the landed aristocracy and the priestho°" ,ip n es* shall give them credit for sincerity and ho wea ls denouncing the Poor-law. We do not. iite rg by these remarks to exonerate the 'T ill w ig from all blame ; but where they, " ° ha ve the old practices of the Constitution, file scourged the people with whips, the Tite would .have scourged them with scorPion s ' t o l d worst that can be said of the Whigs ig, dip' _ d i s . are too much like the Tories, and it will be, 3 :_ et a grace to the people of Nottingham to el' worse enemy to the public liberties even t'ho any Whig. to the We drew attention, on the 9th instant, - h be Rev. Mr. PARKINSON'S pamphlet, in wh ic explains that one great source of error il l 0 tempting to heal the disorders of societY, ignorance of each other. We enforced his Itibleo and applied it to the Legislature, which Iv° beg maintained, is essentially ignorant o f the " . ,0 and feelings of the people, for whom it.pretedu, glibly to legislate. To .us it seems, lo trY n" e r diously to , preserve its ignorance, and 00)7 1 op it wastes the public money in order to keq. i ot the light,: We refer, for example, to the ,` L o " Report of . the Committee on Emigration, P I ; a t land," which has recently been published., Committee was appointed , " to iminireAtit°-fici condition.of the popul ati on of .the Islands.-iity' Highlands ofScotlan d, and int o the practicablo' of affording- the people relief by means of e gration." The words " population "and "Pe lye' evidently apply tolthe lower classes, not t o o '4 to • the Signet, .Ini°;,tre ocaf reli i2; a i g o n e ,? n t ti s r; d w e factors;itrs and if any thing we r ; it qu ired to n - tak6 the matter cleat and c erta % ll would be supplied by the term " emigration, illa• the, genteel classes we ha v e 'alluded to sP °f l ll ie lii the aid and 'advice of the Legislature to 1,;,), them to emigrate. The inquiry relating, t e t he wholly to the condition of the lower c l a ss t he Highland community, if the Committe tiny troe Legislature had really w ished to learn dt o thing of their conoition, not to have trlis te , ii iect hearheaays and gnesses, ought it not to have e - be before it some of those people ? There' Oi l bl ot! no doubt it o ught. We affirm that they s h 4l O have been the chief persons examinc!ily :.001 it should have been first ascertained. :op their own mouths, what is their presented:cey tion, what was the condition of their pe;_,. ti gel sors, to what causes they ascribe the co p if any, and how - they think their condi I °_: d i e be improved. By pursuing such a eon" to what the past condition of the 'p Committee, instead of mere co ot a t their present condition is, mi no ght have g i _ ne approximation to the truth; but it has a u to! co' of the P pying the names and callings s' such thing. We will prove our assertion examined : njeeoeptuleresvvoa; toot Esql.r:Ajdovhoncartr.WCrhitaerrlestoßtolabeertSßign'airet4, Were enc, Proprieti lands, ai Tanilly, ] four.', Prietors bounties of whi tei-nemb lager I t turn they et eneourPH enrich t Ply of gratory bounty, iecteci the art sea, at: c , sUbsiste prietor'S are the have tl Uighla crease :serve t IterrinE been c factors. Elome evert or Legisla be kep eevere( fetched Judges boastel voted back ti %sserti C( IT ALT r.. 11 10,g01 C., ti n ' : ALT 1 .14 made occasiJ Inept bread: the p does friend IVA LI The h utch i ng tl inrom It is, to air th e , ''hat 4 efen niula extra th e 'wi sh ti on, t og r it ece , of tll O L otir th e Plair t xis. • den,