The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-19 00:00:00

E EN IN MT .10 N. . Mr. Welch—Dict you go to look at the house b.4ore taking it Witness—l did. Mr. Welch—What led you to take this house upon the 30th August, in addition to your other residence in the High-street, Poole? Witness—l and Mr. Fryer had a conversation ' together, that it would be desirable to have a sum mer residence for our families. My family have been down to see it since the 31st August ; I have been down and walked round it. Mr. Welch—Well, what use was the house to you without furniture ? Witness —To the best of me recollection I sent down some furniture. Mr. Welch—What was it, Mr. Sydenham ? " Witness—A Chair ! M:. Welch—Will you take upon yourself to I swear it was before the 31st of August this miser able chair was sent down? Witness—l won't swear ; I won't go further than my belief. Mr. Welch—Was there anything else besides this chair, and what kind of chair was it ? Witness—There was nothing else there—it was a Dutch chair, a garden chair. Mr. Welch—What induced you to send down this chair on this day, if you did send it ? Witness, after half hour's cross-examination and a good deal of hesi:a:ion, which he might have spared himself had he heard Mr. Parr's, the As sessor's, declaration from the bench, that such things were " meritorious,") said the chair was taken down there to wake a vote for the North West 'Ward ; I was told it was a pod way to make votes ! Mr. Welch—Did you clr.im to be rated Witness—l told sir. Lip r the overseer, that I expected to be ated. _ _ Ir. you, Sir, take upon yourself to swear, upon your solemn oath, that you claimed to be rated Witness—No ; I met Mr. Piper accidentally, aid all I sP.id to him was, I have taken a house. Mr. Piper stated that he was one of the overseers of Parlis:one. All that Mr. Svdenham said to me was, " Are a!I the people in Parkstone honest ?" If bt had said a word about rating, he should have prit him on the rate. The Court (Durant dissenting) considered the occupatio n siflficient ! but as there was no rating, or claim to be rated, Maim disallowed. A variety of other instances might be adduced to show the means by which the constituency of this borough has been a:tempted to be swamped, de scending even to the very scavengers who sw ee p the gutters of the streets, for which they ate paid by the parish. About a (miler past five, an arelication was made by Mr. Stone for candles, wh'ich the Mayor refused, stating he could sit no longer than they could see WITHOUT cANDLE.s. An offer was made to pay for the candles, but the Mayor declared he would sit no longer. Messrs. W e l c h and C nnrchill strenuously pro tested against such proceedings with many of the burgesses. Mr. Durant, one (If the Assessors---." I am pre pared to sit until twr_lve at night, to endeavour to be t throu g h the 111%t5." The Mayor arid Mr. Parr said they were not. Thus the ( h urt was adjourned at the early hour of half-past fire, the lists unrevised, and the practi cal workiT,g of it is, that a whole parish is now dis franchk,ed for two whole years. The scene which ensued beggars description ; advocates, burgesses, ana those assembled in the hall, expressing their iud ; gnation so vehemently, that the more notorious cir the " Tory-Radicals" gladly absented them selves through the private entrance. In the evening a most numerously attended meet ing took place at the New Town Hall, where reso lutions were passed, deprecat;.n,c; the iniquitous and frandulent conduct pursur.d that day, and stating the determination of the iTherals of Poole to go in and win at the ensu:.n g election, notwithstanding all the base attempts , Jf the Tory Radicals to con tinue their misru l e. reign or 4 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. --,,11 FR OM TAE MOANING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. Well (From th e Ti mes. ) - —whatever becomes of the Fleming job, the Parkr, r Sob, at !cast, is, or is said to ha, abandoned. The 1 thi . 4 smacked so strong of reiterated grossness, and p ahlic opinion had declared itself so formidably against the prostitution of Greenwich Hospital, that the Scotch I First Lotd's nervouSt system shrunk from a second out li r,ige upon the navy of Great Britain, and Sir Edward Codrington, as it seems, has replaced the Knight Parker ~ in the lucrative Portsmouth command. Now, with regard to Sir Edward Codringt .op, a lb e i t we m i g h t I; have liked other Admirals bett,,r, as being men of more comprehensive talent and move decisive memorable ser vice (we will mention-, for 'instance, Sir George Cock !l burn, whose conduct of the mixed and complicated warfare in North A-Alterica gave proofs of rich re source and of trrAscendant ability) ; still, " Go 1 it Ned" is a brave and dashing sailor, a c hi e f that h as d one, honour to theflag he hoisted, I and one rgainst whom the profession gene t rally wilt - urge no complaint on the score of obscurity, insignificance, or nepotism. Sir Edward Codrire‘ton, in his political capacity, is a bit of a ma amity rer we acknowledge. On the surface he is a rest les,-„ crotchety, troublesome, pushing meddler, sin g i ng 1 it s the ears of Ministers, and tormenting them like a I mosquito, t o get up a name for independence, but sticking to them like a leech when it comes to counting noses, that he may suck a stream of patmaage in re turn. It seems obvious that Ned Codrington is i a-hamed of being a Whig, or he would not take such i pains to affect the Radical. But tb;s is all a landsman's dissertation. It has little to do with the seagoing qua t lities of the ga ll ant AdmiraL There might be worse bands allotted to the Britannia guardship. We beg, however, that he won't Tun foul of Colonel Pasley, and blow himself up instead of the old Royal George. There is one topic more, in connection with the Admiralty appointments, a'id with these recent discussions upon them, respe.cti•ag which we deem it an act of jus tice to our3tives, and to the British navy, to state ' our sentiments in the most frank and unambiguous manner. It must have been remarked by readers of all descriptions, with what pert and eager exultation the 1 , Minterial n ewspapers turned upon us when we charged the 'Minna Admiralty with I, ictious jobbery and corrup tie n, taunting us with simil,e male . - actices committed by a long list of Tory Administrat' Ala before these Reform Whigs carne into office, as if that were a species of of fences in which we had altered, or for abetting which we had ever, at any period„ been responsible. The Down ing -street papers accuse the Tory Ministers of the last 40 or 50 years, of having perverted and abused their naval patronage, filled the fleet with ignorant and useless bloiJklaeads, pushed forward into high pro• fesssional rank so many minions of birth and afflu ence, 'Ault it at last became difficult to find Ad miral' fit for any arduous or important service, and, in short, set a shameful example of those ad -1 mi'instrative wrongs, which the Whigs have so sue f tessf.ully copied. I t i s a ll eged that Lord Collingwood's manly and admirable letters furnish proofs of the most scandalous riLuse of patronage in the numbers of in competent of cers forced upon him by the Admiralty of that day, such as -were enough to disorganize any ser -1 vice, whilst the cruel sacrifice of Lord Collingwood him‘,el; to the exigencies created by gross and sys to:irate misgovernment, constitutes one of the most bt - riking and most heartbreaking illustrations of the 1 deadly fruits resulting from such misgovernment. ' Now, we shall disappoint our Whig-Radical ad sersaries by broadly and readily admitting the sub setial truth of all the above recriminations. :1, 11 4°58 .whet had the h o nou r , and it surely was an .99110 41*, to be acquainted with Captain, afterwards Lord C olling wood, mor e th at 50 y ears ago, while he w a%tot a &Qt time off duty in the north of England, ruost have known him for a man the most simple and un a ss uming, the most mild and courteous , the most calm, ( consid erate, rational, adorned an kind, and interesting, that ever y society to which it was their fortune to have access. Ir was impossibl e to sit beside him, but fbr a day, without lovin g the noble service in which such a gentleman had grown u or without feelin the p and b een d eve l ope d , g sternest indignation at the wrongs which oppressed and disfigured it, no matter wh ence they proceeded. It needed not, nevertheless, I the published correspondence of such a hero to I convince us, or the world, th at great abuse, that infinite partiality and injustice, prevailed through out the naval administration of this country many years before the present race . of Whigs were of agean to practise those in i quit ies. It is true, that under Tory Governments all adver se navie s were swept from the face of the ocean, and that Eng land reigned sole mistress, or, as Bonaparte exp ressed it, sole " tyrant" of the seas. It is true that on e s h ort Whig Administration—viz., that of 1806, produ ce d disgraces tenfold the miscarriages and sgracestrihaz ten times as were suffer e d .7 by the B r i t i s h arms on l an d o r sea du many years of Tory Government. But it is true and unquestionable, that in the most splendid r)erio_t v ls h o ig f Tory triumph, as in those of the most mor tifying 1 discomfiture, the British navy has been a pre y to ode plorable abuse of patronage, to unrighteous brea c h , _ r . I . trust, to foul and daninaiale corruption. " Tress ry 1 zuve"—Melvill e or Minto—they are the same to us we defend neither —we aaouit neith e r— no r either sha ll we spare—Conservative or Reformer, both being alike , save in the article of hypocrisy, where, as in sheer im- I pudgnee, Ant.° has it holmw. - Neither Conservative nor Ville; shall have us for his advocate against the sacred rights, the welfare, and prosperity, of the British navy. e The Whig journals f anc i e d they cilla justify the misdeeds of their patrons, of lAA ua to silence, by the wretched subterfo_e of a" to quoque." The Rata tered themselves that to prove the Whig Adenireity in nocent it was superfluous to do more 'than challenge i the Tories as th e i r accomp li ce* . O ur part sat once more upright and more invidi ous . W e heartily con demn them both. We say the very str'setttre of the naval administration i s v i c i ous an d &t es table, atvari ance with every r u l e , an d repulsive of every provision, by virtue of which it would be possible to protect the marine of England from the inroads of corrupt and mercenary faction. Why have we ever praised th e constitution of that authority by which, since the days of the Duke of York, the British army has been main tained in a state or administrative purity and honour, and under which all the offiters of all clasites have been secured in a degree of independen ce , w i t h wh i ch no lean of the least truth or discernment would venture to com pare our marine ? hese upheld and applauded that military administration because it was under the guidance, not of party politi c i ans, b ut of mere ecidiers —because it was directed by men who had strong profes sional,and no or feeble, political sympathies, because those who claimed rights, and demanded justice, had common friends and brethren for their patrons and their judges. It was because, save in the cases where Whig Ministers have the bad taste and selfishness to intermeddle, the general rule of the military administration is impartiality, while that of the naval is favour. Why, then, with what sense of justice or integrity could we, who im peach the fitness of a Ministerial, and therefore a jobbing, Board of Admiralty under the Whigs, maintain the reverse under a Tory Government? We have never done so—we will never do so. We dare say that the last Conservative Board of Admiralty was almost, if not altogether, as bad as any Whig one we desire not to witness another such experiment. It is our earnest and conscientious desire, that whoever is to be Minister, the navy shall have its interests and honour secured on principles analogous to those which have been so successfully applied to the government and pro tection of the army. The ruling authority in both cases must be a professional, not a traffiaking or canvassing, authority, which sells the beauty and vigour of the ser vice, and is paid by votes in the reformed House of Com mons. If' our adversaries of the press be honest, let them unite with us in urging this great administrative reform now, while their friends and patrons are in office, and we will suffer them to hold us up to national exe cration if, when a Tory Government succeeds, we aban don them in the prosecution of the same public benefit. We war not with Lord Minto. who is but a single wheel in this odious machinery. We stand erect for the navy of Great Britain, and for neither Whig nor Tory will we surrender one particle of its claims to justice. An independent journal ought to scorn any other course, (From the _Morning Post.) We observed the other day, in a police report from the Marlborough -street office, the following important and pithy remarks, which we think arc capable of wider application than to the affairs of cheating old women and riotous young men. "It is a lamentable fact," noteth the reporter, " of which every dar at this office affords further proof, that the lower order of Irish, almost without exception, are incapable of speaking the truth, Whenever an Irish person is called as principal or witness, either direct falsehood. or suppression of some part of the truth, is sure subse quently to be shown to have occurred." This pray be affirmed of /rid/ Romanism in general, whether the lower orders and affairs of police are in question, or the higher orders and affairs of politics. Whatever he the cause—from whatever period it may date—(and we consider that it dates from a very ancient period) —the race of Irish, which may new be designated as the Romanist Irish, have made the violation of truth a common habit. In stead of contending against this, the Romanist priests of the present day, who are almost all of them far more zealous as political agents than as teachers of religion and morality, take advantage of the horrid habit, and encourage it. In many counties of Ireland the priests know as well as they know their own existence, that two-thirds of the names which are on the register as electors are there in consequence of falsehood—falsehood supported in numerous instances by legal perjury —but they do not interfere to prevent this. On the contrary, they strenuously encourage it, knowing as they do that their own power to return Members to the House of Commons depends upon the falsehoods of the poor wretches who are coaxed or threatened to the re gistering office, and then at election time driven to :he poll. Let us apply this disgraceful but indispu table fact of the habitual lying of the Romanist Irish —or, as a Ministerial writer called it, in reference to the assertions of Mr. O'Connell, this "postpone ment of truth to the considerations of the moment"—let us apply it to the argument lately revived upon the sub ject of Roman Catholic Emancipation. W e Tories, and the British people in general, have taken the liberty of remonstrating, somewhat plainly and vehemently, against the palpable encroachment of the O'Connell or Popish influence upon the administration of public af fairs. The late appointment of Mr. Sheil to the privi leges and dignity of a Privy Councillor, and of Mr. Wyse to a Lordship of the Treasury, have been spe cially dwelt upon as signs of this encroaching influ ence, disgusting at once, and dangerous. If there be any truth or reasonableness in all this objection to Po pery, and this lively remonstrance against it, say the .Ministerialists, " then it must be concluded that Ro man Catholic Emancipation was from the beginning a fraud, and that the British nation did not intend substantially to emancipate the Romanists when it passed the Act for their emancipation." Not so, good logicians ; your conclusion does by no means follow from the premises. It is the Irish Papists, and not the British nation, who have been guilty of the treachery and the fraud. Of course we do not defend the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act. We never did. We think it was an error, and we must continue to think so until the public know more than they yet know of the circumstances which induced the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel to take the lead in causing that Act to be passed. But when it was passed we certainly would not have objected to any legitimate consequence of it, bad the Romanists faithfully adhered to what they over and over again said, swore, and pro tested in every possible way, which they were labouring to beguile the British nation into trusting them with politi cal power. There was not one prominent advocate of emancipation, whether Romanist or Protestant, who did did not constantly maintain that the loyalty of the Irish Romanists to the Established Church in Ireland would be secured by the granting of emancipation. There was not one of their advocates, Romanist or Protestant, who did not assert that by granting emancipation, even far less complete than that granted in the Act of 1829, the gratitude of Ireland to England would be secured for ever, and the Irish Romanists be converted into the most earnest supporters of British institutions in Church and State. Had these promises been kept—had the oaths and protestations, upon faith in which the British nation was led to grant emancipation, not been impudently and scandalously broken and violated—we should, as politi cians, have ceased to point to any distinction between Romanists and Protestants. But the Irish Romanists have, as usual, shown that they have no respect for truth—that their oaths, whether before emancipation or after emancipation, can in no degree be depended upon —that they are intus et in cute false and perfidious. This is now so notorious that the British nation is hear tily disgusted with them, and cannot bear, without great alarm and indignation, to see them ad vance d to any position where probity and good faith are requisite. They arc thoroughly persuaded of the utter dishonesty of these people, and every day makes th e conv i ct i on more present to their minds. This is the short history of British op position to the advancement of Romanism in the State. (From the Morning Herald. Amongst Whig accompli s h ments the art of puffing each other holds a high place in the opinion of members of the Whig faction. At the dinner given in his honour, at Portsmouth, the other day, Mr. Baring proved him self an adept in this useful art. He enlarged on the manifold merits of Messrs. O'Ferrall, Sheil, and Wyse, in a strain which seemed to indicate no indisposition on the part of the Right Hon. Gentleman, to be lauded in turn, by these gentlemen and their associates. Mr. Baring discoursed of Mr. Shell's merits in the following strain : " The next gentleman he would allude to was Mr. Shell. No one who had not the opportunity of listening to Mr. Sheil, as he had, could do justice to the talent displayed by him and he would ask, is he, b ecause h e is a Catholic, to be excluded from all the councils of the country No, no.') Now, go further back, to the good old Tory times, in the days of George the Third, when Mr. Gibbon sat as one of the Board of Trad e — w i ll any one say that his principles were different ? But th en , they say, that is a different case ; be was only an infid e l. 'We have no objection to your putting in men of no religion at all, but we cannot think it right to put in a Catholic; as if the feet of a Catholic being in the Board would upset sugar, cotton, hemp, and other et cetera.—( Cheers. )" The talents of Mr. Shed ! If there be an over -rated rhetorical quack in the kingdom, Mr. Sheil is the man. It might he difficult to name a public man of the slight est pretensions, so utterly destitute of real talent as Mr. Sheil happens to be. He is an empty, noisy, self-suffi cient babbler—a grinder of verbal antitheses—a dealer in the paste jewels and mosaic gold of Irish oratory. Mr. Baring must have been pretty sure of the temper of his audience, before he ventured on such a flight of f ancy ! But Mr. Sh e ll' s appo i n t men t t o the Board of Trade is justified by reference to the case of Mr. Gib bon Mr. Gibbon's appointment to the Board of Trade must, we sub m i t , b e j udged of by its own merits. A bad appointment made seventy years ago forms no jus tification of a bad appointment now. The case of Mr. Gibbon, besides, differs as ‘i . dely ' as possible the case ofre reprehensible, eSnh,iiebi eTxheerciospdinlioitntsle how everofprNalcrt.icGalibbinofin,uencefbreign power ; MM r. on his conduct. Mr. Gibbon e owed no allegiance to a the Board of Trade by the aid of not gain admission to pbearjnur:y object I t r o . t G he ib e b i o e n . did not form one of a against the Established Church dobo.f conspirators vation of Mr. Shiel to the rank of a Privy C ounc il lor is, however i 'declared to be equivalent to raising the " No PoPery cry !" And to what, let us ask, is the eleeatien to office, of Mr. Spiel himself, taa j uivaient ? Is it not equivalent to e helrayel by Ministers, of the sacred rights tit the Established Church ? Did not Mr. Sheil, on being permitted to enter the House of Common, swear to respect the letter and the spirit of all the privi leges of the Clinach of England? Has hot Mr. Sheil violated that oath s in every particular ? It is time, as suredly, to raise the " No Popery cry," when Papists are elevated to high office, for no other reason than be cause they have been zealaras conspirators against the Protestant Estalaliaisept (Vital the .3/4*l.fiti Advertiser.) The speech of Mri. F. Baring, the new Cbahaello? of the Exchequer, at the dinner lei glee on Thurs day by the Reformers roitatnouth, in celebration of his re-election fee that borough, will amply repay peausal. It was ltsealr,ous and happy throng . hout t in some parts he hit the Tories with pet tiliar effect. But s pethdpg, the best point in the Right Hon. Gentlathan's address was his vindication of the coasted of Ministers in ap pointing Mr. More ()Terrell, Mr. Wyse, end Mr. Sheil, to offices in the Government. Lord Melbourne's Administration has been more eesailed, in reference to these appoint men t s , th an i t h as i n regard to any other ofits acts for some months past. The, tould not be attacked eta a less vulnerable point. The Tories do not, because they know they tAnnot with the slightest regard to truth, arra'san the appointments on the ground of either the private or public cheramer of the parties. They do not charge Messrs.O'Ferrall, Wyse, and Sheil,with any improprieties in their moral conduct, or with any mental or business incapacity for the effective discharge of the duties which attach to their respective offices, The only ground of objection to their being appointed to Government situations is the accidental circumstance of their being Roman Catholie, A more untenable ob jection could not be anted against them. Anything more futile it was impossible to imagine. Have those persons who have been so vociferous in their clamour against (Ale appointments of these gentlemen already forgstiten soma of the most important transactions which have taken place within the last ten years ? Have they even forgotten some of the most momentous measures which have received the sanotion of the Legislature within that yerioti ? Can their minds be already oblivious of the passing of the Roman Catbolin Emancipation Bill of 18'29 ? What was the avowed object of that uteastire ? Was it not to tender itom:ln Catholics eligible to offices of State And the mea sure being now the law tic the land, are we to be told that it ought to rtihan a dead letter on the statute book? That is certaiely the opinion of the Tories, if their sentiments may be inferred from their conduct. Then, why, we ask, did they consent to the passing of the Catholic Relief Bill—for their leaders in both Houses of Parliament did sanction, and even actively support the measure. ? Was not this holding the word of promise to the car, and breaking it to the hope ? Was it not offering a gratuitous insult to the Roman Catho lics, thus to mock them with a measure which it was never intended should be practically carried into effect ? IVe had thought that that portion of our fellow sub jects had been subjected to indignities and persecu tioes enough already, without superadding the outrage to their feelings of professedly conceding to them emanci pation from their civil disabilities, while it was meant that the doors of office should be as strongly barred against them as ever. The Tories in this matter stand convicted, out of their own mouths, of the most flagrant breach of faith with the Roman Catholics. It is in finitely to the credit of the Melbourne Administration that they have the moral courage, in the face of so much calumny and misrepresentation, practically to carry net, in the spirit of the measure, the provisions of the Emancipation Bill. Our only surprise is, that any body of men making the slightest pretensions to intelli gence, or to a desire to do justice to all parties, should dream of arraigning Ministers for appointing two or three Roman Catholics to official situations of very secondary importance. Unless freedom in this country be no better than a mere name, we cannot see on what ground either Roman Catholics or the members of any other sect, should be debarred from , crossing the thresh hold of office. Men's religious opinions, provided the parties arc honest, can have no injurious effect in refe rence to the discharge of their official duties. Why a Roman Catholic should not make as good a Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade as the staunchest Protestant that ever vociferated with stentorian lungs for Church and State; we cannot for the life of us see. We hold that, in a free country like England, the doors of office ought to be equally open to all classes of religionists— to Christians and Jews—to Protestants and Catholics —to Churchmen and Dissenters, aye, and to Deists too. No inquiry, in such a ease, ought to be made into a man's religious opinions. The simple point to be ascertained is the mental, moral, and physical fitness of the man ; in other words, whether, in addition to a good private character and the requisite intelligence, he possesses the necesssary business habits. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Quarterly Review, a wretched croaker in its last Number, forbodes the utter ruin of the Tory party, " beyond human relief," unless they "without delay act upon fixed principle rather than on their late fluctuating policy." We took the liberty of pointing out a little difficulty in this prescription. " First catch a hare," says the renowned Mrs. Glnsse, in her recipe for cook ing one. So of the Tories. How are they to act on fixed principles, if they have not got any ? First catch our principle. But this is sooner said than done. And accordingly, though we have started same of our Tory Contemporaries in the chase, and they open in full cry, we cannot congratulate them on their success. What is the fixed principle of Toryism ? Waat is any fixed principle of Toryism ? Is it their Parlia mentary support of the new Poor-law ? Or is it their popular appeal, and ministration to all popular preju dices against the New Poor-law ? Is it their own emancipatory act, the charter of Roman Catholic eligibility to office ? Or, is it their vehement prac tical denunciation of Roman Catholics, as, ipso facto, ineligible ? Is it in their antagonism to the Reform Act, as deadly to the Constitution ? Or, is it in their adhesion to that Act, with a perti nacity that resists the minutest change ? Is it in their patronage of Scripture extracts, in the Na tional schools, in the Kildare -street system, and in Lord Stanley's plan of Irish education ? Or, is it in their vigorous clamour for " the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible" —meaning thereby very many things besides the Bible ? Is it in the per sonal devotedness to the Sovereign, which, in the days of Pitt and Perceval, upheld the prerogative against Parliament ? Or, is it in the personal assault on the Sovereign, which, in the days of Peel, has attempted to manage Parliament by fataifying the Monarch's feel ings? Which of all these is it Here is choice of principle, but no fixedness. We pitch foot with the Quarterly Reviewer, we say this is a " fluctuat ing policy"—we' agree with him, that it tends to ruin the faction " beyond human relief ;" and we may add, that it deserves ruin beyond all relief, either divine or diabolical. A sucking Conservative Contem porary, lately hatched, complains that we did not, in a former article, reply to the Quarterly jeremiad on the ruin of Toryism from the absence of fixed principles. Why, how should we? It is our opinion also that - Toryism is ruined, and has no fixed principles. Te. reply to the croaker is his business, not ours ; and he does make the a tt em pt, th oug h without knowing what he is about. He says that "fixed principle" has cha racterised the Tories ; and also that it has kept them out of office. Well, then, still they are ruined. Neither " fixed principles," nor " fluctuating policy" will serve the turn. What are they to try next ? less against Buenos AyreS than against the Govern Merit cf this tatintry, by the hurnal des ,Dcoats, on the sub ject of the quarrel of France ; and the poAtore (if its belligerent enterprises on the River Plate: That jdufrtfil is well understood to a c t, on o ccas i o n , as lie special organ of the French Government, and therefore the tone of unrepressed insult and undisguised defiance indulged in becomes the rnOte elttiresSite, and rtittst pefhrips i he taken as the measure of the consideration in Which &it Ministry are held, and of the respect inspired by the empire whose affairs they administer, miming our neigh lantin on the other side of the Channel. Notwithstancl4 ins the signal provocation thus volunteered, the subdued rtseekaess and modekatioti of the English Ministerial Papers in reply, where a reply has been adventtirei, cannot fiol to ottatti. itij ithpreolon tinfave!irahlo to the ltettiOnat dignity and good faith, and as exhibiting us. lit this aggression of the French on the Argentine Re titiltlie! ad Willing to Wound, and yet afraid to strike, by the course of our interference. The real grounds of these hostile tirades must he sought in the rage and disappointment of the trench Ow:emit-Idg At the l o ng-continued and obstinate opposition of Buenos .Ar'es to the arms and the machinations of France. or eighteen months, we are querulously told, has the river Plate been blockaded by the naval forces of France with all possible rigour, and expedi t!ons directed against various points of the river coast have succeeded in the destruction of the coasting craft by which the blockade had been eluded and commerce partially carried on. In proportion as the position of Rosas, the Chief of the Republic, became more despe rate and his resources cut off, has his resistance been more determined, and his refusal of compromise more decided. Thus foiled by a power so insignificant, and humbled at a moment when still exulting over the trophies of San Juan de Ulloa, unwilling to impute to the ineffi ciency of its force, or the inability of its commander, the allure of its object, and averse from confessing and re pairing the original wrong of an unjust war, the French Government has Nlen foul of British diplomacy, and accuses Mr. Mandeville, our Minister at Buenos Ayres, with the covert encouragement of Roses, and of intrigues on his behalf. • These intrigues refer to his mediation between the neighbouring and contending States of Monte Video and Buenos Ayres,' a mediation accepted on the open request of one and with the ac quisescence, if not the public approval, of tip other party. According to the accounts last received the ne gociations thus undertaken by Mr. Mandeville, and fic tively prosecuted in person by a visit to Monte Video, have ended without result, through the inordinate pre tensions on each side preliminarily insisted on and ob viously inadmissible. -- A7 I - 3- I (From the Standard.) Ministers have, it is said, after positively promising the command at Portsmouth to Sir G.; - orge Parker, K.C, 8.. • on the same principle that they bestowed Greenwich Hospital en Admiral Fleming, and the command at Lis bon on Admiral Onamaney, been so far ;yolked upon by the universal expression of indignation to which the last and most flagitious of their jobs has }given rise, as; to alter their intentions In favour of Sir Edward Codrington. He is, it seems, to be the new Commander-in-Chid . at Portsmouth ; and as he has been engaged in other tha❑ " untoward affairs," and can exhibit claims to a preferenen over " the very few Admirals who hold Whig principles," we have no desire to in vestigate too closely his title to the appointment. We cannot, however, forget. that, with pretensions of ultra-Radicalism for ever in his mouth, he has been one of the most time-servinv adherents of Ministers in the House of Commons. We may infer, thence, that it is to his political, rather than to his professional ser vices, that he stands indebted for his good fortune. The policy of Sir Edward Codriogton in Parliament has evinced a good deal of tact, and something more of cunning than belongs ordinarily to the character of a British sailor. For the purpose of satisfying his Radical constituents that he does sometimes venture to differ from Minis ters, he has always some pocket grievance in hand of the most absurd and impracticable nature, the bringing for ward of which will afford him en opportunity of expa tiating upon the unjust conduct of the Admiralty, and the cruelty of their treatment of his protege. The case invariably flashes in the pan, and the indignant Admiral is as -invariably found voting through thick and thin with the oppressors ! We cannot charge our memory with a single instance in which an individual who has been the hero of any of his pocket motions has ever obtained the slightest redress, for the very striple reason that the advocate was never in earnest in the matter himself. Nay, during the debate on the state of the Navy, which took place last year, Sir Edward said more to convict the Admiralty of miscon duct and oppression than any other of their assailants. He admitted the correctness of all the leading charges against them ; but, like 'n waterman, who looks one way and rows another, voted in their favour. He has a famous nose for a small grievance. It is said in the City that at the weekly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank of England on Thursday, it was resolved to adopt more astringent mea sures in regard to discounts than those heretofore acted upon ; the Directors being now more than ever con vinced that the unfavourable state of the exchanges, and the consequent drain upon their coffers for gold can only be checked by keeping money dear and scarce. A professor ir: one of the Universities was lately engaged in a course of botanical lectures. Among other things he prided himself upon having discovered a very uncommon species of the nettle. This he pro duced, and informed his auditory that it possessed every other property of the common nettle, but that it did not sting. A wag in the secret had unluckily changed the specimen, and introduced the common nettle in its room. You see, gentleman," said the Professor, " that it does not sting." He then applied it to his hand, and with eager astonishment add, " D—n it, but it does though !" ANOTHER SUICIDE IN THE WESTMINSTER ROAD.—Between four and five o'clock yesterday after noon, a respectably dressed person, about 33 years of age, entered the parlour of the Crown public-house, at the corner of Stangate-street, kept by Mr. Broad hurst. On entering the parlour, he called for a glass of ale, and shortly after for a second ; this he likewise consumed ; and the waiter, a third time, was called upon to replenish the glass, which was done, the per son giving payment for each glass as it was brought in. Shortly after the third order had been completed, the family aad servants of Mr. Broadhurst were alarmed by the report of a pistol proceeding from the parlour ; they immediately rushed in, and were horrified at behold ing the deceased lying on the floor dead, a small pocket pistol being firmly grasped in his right hand. Medical aid was instantly procured, but life was extinct. The police upon duty were directly called in, and Anderson, the beadle, was sent for, when the clothes of the de ceased were examined, and there were found a few shil lings, and a duplicate, with the name of Williams written upon it, but no address or letter to lead to a discovery. The body was subsequently removed to the vaults of the Waterloo church. BATH.-It is said, but we know not whether the report be correct, and heartily trust it may be, that Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart., of Sandhill Park, will start_ as a candidate for the city of Bath, the next vac ancy, on Liberal Whig principles. Should he do so, there is hardly a doubt but he will be triumphantly returned, and a curious anomaly would be presented of Sir, P. Burdett and Sir T. B. Lethbridge representing a constituency adjoininc , each other ; but with their own political principles decidedly opposed to what they for merly were. Sir Thomas has advanced greatly ; Sir Francis has retrograded more. Sir T. B. Lethbridge is an advocate for an alteration in the Corn-laws, and _decidedly the friend of general education. His abilities are not equal to Mr. Roebuck's, who is an extraordinary man, and glad should we be to see him in Parliament, but we are afraid that in Bath the feeling of very many of the Liberal party is opposed to him ; and, were he to start, a division of the Reform interest would take ,place, .and the Tories again slip in. One man, like Sir T. B. Lethbridge, is worth a dozen or a score of the present Bath Members.— Wilts Independent. SINGULAR ACCIDENTS.—On Sunday last, as a young man was ringing in the belfry of the church at Lutterworth, he was pulled up to the ceiling by the rope, and his hand partially forced through the sockets through which the ropes are carried. The nails of two fingers were torn off, his arms severely bruised, and he fell down in a senseless state. Medical assist ance was procured, when he shortly recovered. The same afternoon, another lad was ringing, when by some means the rope became entangled round his neck, and before he could be extricated he was nearly strangled, and the blond rushed from his nostrils and mouth.— Leicester Chronicle. BAVARIAN GENEROSITY IN GREECE.—The Grand Duke of Oldenburgh has subscribed 2,000 drachmas to the University, and a Greek merchant in Egypt 20,000. Count Saporta, ci•devant Marechal de la Cour of Greece, and now occupying the same place in Bavaria, havi ng subscribed the paltry sum of four florins, the Committee have returned it, on the plea " that as subscribers names are to be ciigraven on marble slabs, his names and titles composing 155 letters, which would cost fourfold the a mount of his donation ; therefore, for the interes of the building, they feel obliged to return it '-" couching their letter in very polite te rms , thanking him for his good will for the in stitution, & e . This, considering his s dary when here was 40,000 drachmas a-year, is set up as a mark of Ba varian generosity. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY HANGING AND ROASTING. ---On Saturday evening last, the keeper o f the beer shop i n t h e S out h Ward, Leeds. attempted to put a period t o hi s ex i stence by the double proces s o f hanging and roast i ng hi mse lf b e f ore the fire. It i s be lieved that, at the time the man was labouring under a temporary d epress i on of sp i r i ts, occas ioned by th e lo ss Qt a sum of money which he h a d l en t to a friend. The attempt was made during the absence of his family, and when he was discovered, he was found suspended before the fire on the crane usually employed to roast meat, his clothes on fire, himself horribly scorched, and nearly dead. He was of course instantly cut down, and though he_still survives,_lies in,a most lamentable state. , TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATTAIDAY, OCTOBER lg, 1839. UCTJON OF A FEMALE. At the Essex Quarter Sessions on WeOncsday, Jas. L dioetiegi 2i ye a ,-,; of age, described as a labourer, and dregsed 3n d qtt:cfeen jeicke, ;;'as indicted under the 9th of George IY. tor teleHititt4Y away Mary Anne Green, under the age a io Scedwq; Abe Vs tody of her father, with o ut lii s k now l e dge and eVile-6 , 11E, liSrol* stated the case for the prosecution, anti after calling ditenticiti tO the h on the subject, he said the consent of the girl herself, evert if it couhl be proved, oould be no answer to this charge. The prisoner had resided with M. Green, who was a farmer at Waltham Abbey, and had a family Of ten children, and amongst them this unfortunate girl. Stid lee ben labouring tinder rather a weakness of mind. If would lie showt they the prisoner had been paying hig Atten tions to the daughter, Wldeb being perceived, the father dismissed him from his service, so that precautions had been tithe!) to prevent the parties meeting. The indict ment did not charge that any force was used, for there was no doubt that this toting girl, worked on by the persuasions of the defendant, went a willing victim to her own dishvonouti. For three or four weeks this young girl bad been living with him ; arrd the Jury would, therefore, have three points to consider--first, whe ther the girl went away without the conserit of her father ; secondly, whether she went with the defendant and the third was a mere technical point, whether she was under sixteen years of age. If she had b, en under ten years, the offence would have been of a more serious character. Mr. Waterman Green examined--I am a farmer at Hoiyfleld, Waltham Abbey, and have a daughter named Mary Ann, the eldest of ten children. Law tome had been living. in my service as a labourer, but I did not obserVo atsything particular pass between . him and my daughter whil e he w as th e re. On the Nth of August, about a quarter past tetta I cerise home from market, but did not find her at honie i fititi her wearing apparel was gone. I searched the river anti voids till two o'clock in the morning, thinking she might be drowned, as she had apeeseei dislike to a boarding school, to which we proposed to §entl her, I dis charged Lawrence last November, and I have never seen him on the premises since, for I tdd bins if I caught him there I would shoot him. 1 told him that becau-e my brother-in-law saw him and my daughter together, and I thought he came alter my daughter. I never consented at any time to try daugh ter going away with bins. He worked about a mile and a half from ray house. I want to his mother's house the morning after I lost my daughter; but I did not find him. On the 10th of September I had information of my daughter, and I went to Harlow Bush fait, where I found her, and the prisoner was given into custody. I took my daughter home. She was at a booth, and was in a dirty state." Her abaeace appeared to have had a great effect upon her and she wished to go home. She was very ill, and has been in that state ever singe I took her back. She c stinot get up stairs to bed with out being carried. Her clothes and flesh were dirty, and she was eaten up with vermin. Elizabeth Lawrence—l am the mother of the pri soner, but he did not lodge with me in August last. He was at work at Mr. Chapman's, at Holyfield, about a mile from Mr. Green's. I cannot say it was the 18th of August that my son came to my house with Miss Green, but I remember his coming about a quarter be fore twelve at night. Miss Green had three bundles and two handboxes. I endeavoured to persuade her to go back. They left my house just as the clock struck twelveat midnight, taking their bundles and boxes, for I would have nothing to do with them. I saw them again in the middle of the month, about a fortnight after. They came together about five o'clock in the morning, and kept in the little room all day. My cot tage is in a retired spot. They stopped till nine o'clock at night. I believe my son had been at work on the day he was taken, and had gone to the fair for a holiday in the evening. When my son first came to my house he said, " I've got my young woman here," and I was quite surprised. Catherine Handley—l live at the Bali-yard, Rom ford, and keep a lodging-house. The prit.oner came to my house with a young woman and asked for a bed. The young woman called him Lawrence, and herself Mary Ann Lawrence. They were there twenty-two days. They once went away on the Saturday night, but she came hack On the Monday morning, and he in the evening. The young woman said she was nineteen years old. Cross-examined—When she came I asked her if the prisoner was her father She said, " No, he was her husband." I said she looked young ; and she replied, I must not take people by their looks ; she was nine teen, and had been married four months. Mr. Dowling then addressed the jurYfOr the defence. He submitted that if this girl went away of her own ac cord, the prisoner neither being present at the time nor in the neighbourhood, so that she could be considered acting under his inducement or force, he did not come within the Act of Parliament ; and if there was no evi dence of this before them, the prisoner could. not be con sidered guilty on this indictment. The Chairman, in summing up, said the object of the Act was to protect oung women under sixteen years of age ; and though in this case it had been argued that it was necessary to show that the prisoner had actually taken her away, if by his arts, by assuming the character of a lover, he induced her to go, he was guilty of the tit . fence charged. If they were satisfied that any ac_ of hi, induced her to leave her home and go to him they would be justified in finding him guilty. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verfEet of Guilty. The Chairman directed that he be imprisoned twelve mouths, and kept to hard labour.—Abridged from the Chelmsford Chronicle. THE OFFICE OF CITY SOLICITOR.—The office of City Solicitor will be declared vacant at the next court day, and it is believed that there will be a severe struggle for it. The names of some gentlemen who have no idea of entering into competition have been mentioned ; but, amongst the corporation, the following are freely spoken of as likely to become can didates :—Mr. Charles Pearson, Mr. Titson (formerly Under-Sheriff,) Mr. Brand (of the City Solicitor's Office) and Mr. James (the Secondary ). It is believed, how ever, that Mr. James will not offer himself if (as it is supposed will be the case) the office of the City Solicitor be separated from that of Comptroller:of the Bridge House estates, to which it has been united since the appointment of Mr. Newman, who has lately sent in his resignation. SUDDEN DEA Tll.—On the 12th inst., as John Mere, a travelling pedlar from Lane End, Staffordshire, was getting out of a cart near Belper market-place, he dropped down and instantly expired. It is supposed his death was occasioned by the rupture of a blood-vessel, as aconsiderable quantity of blood issued from his mouth. —Derby Reporter. ROCHDALE.----EVILS OF RAILWAYS.—The shopkeepers, but more especially the linen-drapers of Rochdale, complain bitterly of the falling-off of their business since the opening of the Manchester and Leeds Railway. Some of them assert that their receipts have been 301. or 36/. a week less since that event took place. The publicans also complain of theii bu siness being affected by the same cause, as all the spare money of the working classes, which formerly found its way into the pockets of the publicans, now goes to the railway-office.— Manchester Paper. SPEEDY JUSTICE.—On Monday morning last Hanson apprehended two men who were offering dead rabbits for sale, under suspicious circumstances. On Inquiry they proved to have been stolen from Melbourne. They were committed for trial on Tuesday, and tried and convicted on Wednesday.—Derby Reporter. On Monday last a child of John Talt's fell into the brook, on Nun's Green, in this town, and would have been drowned but for the courage and activity of a young woman named Mary Maddock, who jumped in and saved it from drowning. A man (?) stood by all the time, without rendering the least assistance.— Derby Rej)orter. EARTHQUAKES IN PERTHSHIRE.—A series of these alarming subterranean convulsions, the fearful effects of which we have so often and lately read of as happenio. , ia other countries, took place last week i n Crieff and' the neighbourhood with a violence which 'has not been felt for many years past. One of these oc curred about four o'clock on the morneg of Tilursday last, and was distinctly felt throughout this and the upper portion of Strathearn. Tile shock generally resembl e d a smart but severe crash, accompanied with a tremu lous motion, and loud continued noise, not unlike dis tant thunder, but more hollow and deep in its tone. On Saturday, again, no fewer than four shocks occur red during the day, one of which, about three o'clock, P.M., was very violent, so much so, that general atten tion was arrested by it ; and many of the inhabitants ran into the street. Considerable excitement prevailed in the town ; in some of the shops the bottles and crockery were reeling in the shelves, and in private houses similar effects among the furniture, &e. were very apparent. To the west, we hear the earthquake was also very forcibly felt, although in no instance any eruption or damage has as yet been expel ienced.—Cor respondent of the Scotsman. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—FIVE LIVES LOST. On Saturday night last, about 11 o'clock, a frightful accident occurred at an ironstone p:t on the farm of Handickswood, a few miles distant from Whitburn, Six of the workmen employed about the place were sitting in the engine-room of the works, when the boiler in the adjoining room exploded with a terrible crash, .bursting the walls of the building, and burying the men beneath the ruins. Owing to the darkness and confusion which pre vailed, about an hour and a half elapsed before the bodies could be dug out. One was found in the bottom of the pit, with his head shockingly mangled. Only one out of the number was go t out a li ve , b u t so severelyin jured that his recovery is doubtful. It is supposed that the accident arose from negligence, as the men were talking together at the time. The explosion shattered the whole of the building, with the e xception ,of the chimney-stalk, and s uc h was, its force that some of the bricks were thrown a distance of 150 yards;—Scotsman. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YSETERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Portsmouth Reformers have celebrated • the return to Parliament of the Right Hon. T. F. Baring, whose appointment to the post of: Chancellor of the Exchequer rendered an appeal to his constituents neces sary. The consistency of his conduct with the princi ples he has ever professed ; his unimpeachable integrity and ceaseless industry as a public servant, which have not been questioned by the most ingenious and unscru pulous of those who are most active in assailing the cha racters of public men, solely because they happen to be employed in the public service ; joined with the courteous attention he has invariably paid to the interests of his immediate constituents--these qualities not only rendered his re-election secure, but all opposition hopeless. Upwards of three hundred persons were assembled on this gratifying occasion ; a number suffi ciently large to testify the high estimation in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer is held in the town he represents in Parliament, though far less than would have met had the place of meeting been suffi ciently commodious to have accommodated more. The proceedings- of the meeting will be found in another co lumn. Our object in alluding to them here is to draw attention to Mr. Baring's vindication of the principle which actuated the Government in appointing to offices connected with the administration three gen tlemen of the Roman Catholic faith. The plain, un adorned exposition of facts, of which the Right. Hon. Gentleman's defence of the Government consisted, consti tutes its excellency, as from these qualities it acquires its force— a force which will be felt by all who read it, and will carry conviction to those who are accessible to ex planations and appeals founded on the acknowledged principles of the Constitution. " The great ground of attack made on these appointments was not," said Mr. Baring, "on *the individuals, but :on their re ligion!" Their talents, and the fitness for office of these gentlemen in every other point of view, were conceded —they had not been questioned—they could not be successfully questioned. But they are Ca - t holies—members of the faith which nearly nine-tentbs of the inhabitants of that portion of the United King:- dom called Ireland profess, together with many of Bri tain's ancient nobility and gentry, with tens of thou sands more of Englishmen and Scotchmen, who at home and in our Colonial possessions contribute by their mental application and physical exertion to preserve a rid advance the honour, grandeur, and glory of their co In* mon country. (From the Courier•.) Two significant articles have recently been directed, r SPORT !NG IN NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. FRIDAY. Ileptlicap Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added from the Tit-;ft/ Rafting Fund, for two-year-olds. T.Y.C. Seven Subscriber's. Mr. Greville's TrulatiS; - Ist 131 b (Nat) 1 Mr. Pettit's Miss Romer 7st 71b Mr. WQrrall's Maid o f Ipswich, Bsf 7111 lift. t. Pest ' s Negus, 7st 91b ..• •••••110iiii" ••• Mr. riqfrtiog Ten Pound Note, Bst 4b i Mr. Fyson's fby Augustus, out of' Antaret, 8t 31b, and Colonel Peel's f by Ve locipede, out of Malibran, 7st 41b, were entered, and declared not to start in the town at twelve o'clock, previous to which the Malibran filly had been backed at 7 to 4 and 2 to 1, Ten Pound Note at 5 to 2, and several bets made between and the field ; 3 to 1 was also betted against Trojana. The closing prices on the heath were-10 to 6 agst Negus, 2 to 1 agst Trojans, and 4 to 1 agst Miss Romer. Miss Rome r made the running till near the cords, where Trojans ran by lief, nod won cleverly by a length. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for two-year olds ; colts, est 71b and fillies Bst 51b. T. Y.C. Twenty five Subscribers. Lord George Bentinck's b f Crucifix (J. Day) 1 Lord George Bentinck's ch c Capote Col. Anson's Nicholas Betting-9 to 2on Crucifix, with whom Lord George Ben tinck was declared to win. Capote cut ont the work for the mare till near the cords, she then went on with it on her own account, and won in a canter. Nicholas made a race up the cords with rapote, and made a dead heat for second place. The weather was unfavourable in the early part of the day, but cleared up during the races, and continued fine to the end. The attendance was respectable, but not so numerous as on the previous day. The only Derby bet we have heard of since our last quotation vra- 5,000 to 4,000 on Wardan agst Angelica colt, 14 to 1 was offered agst Lord Exeter's lot and 6 to 1 agst Crucifix winning the Criterion and the Oaks. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THURSDAY ' S RACES. The 1001. Plate.—Mcdea made running, followed by Louisa and Col. Peel's colt to the rise of the hill nut of the Ab. M. bottom, where the latter went in front, and won easily by a length; the last two were beaten off. The 501. Plate.—The work was cut out a good pace by Ca racole, Primefit and Adrian following him to the T. Y. C. post ; Primetit then took the lead, with Adrian in waiting, who chal lenged at the cords, and appeared to have the best of the race ; he stopped, however, at the last, and was beaten by a head. The weather was fine, the attendance full, and the sport, if short in quantity, of a satisfactory description. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Mickleton Maid—taken 5 to I ag-t Homan Platoff 10 to 1 agst Quo Minus 14 to agst Cann;lino THE DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Launcelot—taken 18 to 1 agst Wardan—taken 20 to 1 agst Angelica colt 20 to 1 agst St. Andrew 28 to 1 agst Brother to Euclid—taken 33 to 1 agst Brother to Melbourne 40 to 1 agst Lucetta cult—taken 40 to 1 agst Perseus 40 to 1 agst Molyneux 1000 to lb aget Marinello. colt—taken It3oo to 1 aget St. Andrew and Snocaer 3000 to 10 agst Wardan, Crucifix, and Gibraltar winning the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger—taken 3000 to 10 agst Brother to Euclid. Crucifix, and Gibraltar for the same events—taken 5 to 4 lain t,, a large amount on Wardan agst Glenorchy. Offers to back either Launcelot or Wardan agst Muley Ishmael. At the sale in the morning, the following lots were sold:— Gs. Secundus, 3 yr 5.....•,.••• Sister to Tableau, 3 yrs A two-yr-old colt, by Belzoni, out of Zillah ... WELCHPOOL RACES,- TUTSDAY. The Tradesmen's Purse of 20 sovs each, added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sovs each, for horses not thorough-bred, and bred in the county of Montgomery; mile and half heats; was won easily in two heats by Air. Morris's Miss Letty, aged, 1 Ist. 41b ( Hughes), beating Mr. Johnston's ch m Mayflower, aged, 1 Ist 41b, and another. The Borough Plate of 251, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for thorough-bred horses of all ages. About two miles. 11r. Barrow's b m Catharina, aged, 9st 41b 1 3 1 Mr. Walmley's b g Catamaran, aged, 9st 41b 3 2 2 Mr. Worthington's b c Northenden, 4 yrs, Bst 31b.., 2 1 3 A good race. The Tally-ho Stakes of 5 sovs each, and 20 added from the fund, for all horses ; heats, twice round and a distance ; were won in three heats by Mr. Phillips's b g Taffy, 4 yrs, 9st •?lb (Lear), beating Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged, 11st 51b (won the first heat) ; Mr. Robinson's Finality, 5 yrs, 9st 71b; and Mary Wood, 5 yrs, 93t 111 b, cleverly. WEDNESDAY. The Innkeepers' Purse of 251, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for thorough-bred horses of all ages. Mile and a half heats Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged, 9st Sib 3 1 Mr. Worthington's Northenden, 4 yrs, Bst9lb 1 2 2 Mr. Walmsley's Catamaran, aged, 9st 81b Won easy. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, and 25 added by the Cpnimittee, for horses not thoroughbred, that have been re gularly hunted, two-mile heats, were won in two heats by Mr. Hughes's 6 in Mary Wood, 5 yrs, list lllb (Owner), beating 31h s Letty, llst 91b ; and Finality, Ilst 71b, in a canter. The Beaten Handicap, of 3 sovs each and 15 added, once round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Walmsley's Catamaran, list 71b ( Wadlow), beating Finality, lOst 111 b, and another easily. KELSO RACES.-TUESDAY, The Berwickshire Gold Cup of 150 guineas (the surplus in spe cie), by Subs of 10 sous each, and 10 added by Sir H. Camp bell, Bart., M.P., and D. Robinson, Esq. ; three-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 91b; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b. Mares and gAdings allowed 31b ; winners, up to the time of starting, in 1839. of 100 sous and upwards (handicaps ant' marches excepted), bibs extra ; twice, 71bs ; and thrice, 101bs extra ; maiden four-yr-olds allowed 31bs, and maiden five yrs, &c., bibs. Two miles and a half. (3 Subs.) Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost, 4 yr: (W. Noble) l Mr. Fairlie s Zolirabaged Lord Eglinton's Bellona, 4 yrs Won easy. The buke of Roxburgh's Cup of 50 gui,:eas, for all ages. Mile and a half heats. Sir S. Howell's ch m Burletta, aged, Sst Sib 3 1 1 Lord Dunmore's br c Aladdin, 4 yrs, Bst 1 2 2 Mr. J. Robertson's b c Little 130-peep, 3 yrs, 7st Lord Eglintota's b g The Potentate. aged, Bst Sib Mr. G. Tait's br m Highland Mary, 6 yrs, Bst 81b dis The first and second heats won cleverly, and the third by a length. Hunters' Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft. with a Purse added, for bona fide hunters. Mile and a half heats. Gents. riders. (5 Subs.) Mr. Fairlie's Pyramid, 5 yrs, 12st 31b (Alr.Walker) 4 1 1 Mr. Hoag's ISonald Caird, 6 yrs, 12st • Mr. Crawford's Noma . , aged, 12st Hon. J. Sandiland's ch g Nubian, 4 yrs, list 81b The first heat was won by about half a length, the second in a canter, and the third by half a head. wztorrEsn.i.v. The Ladies' Plate of 100 guineas, added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft., and only 5 ft. if declared, &c. Two mile and a half heats. 14 Subs., of whom 8 declared. 51r. Fairlie's br g Zohrab, aged, 9st lib (Wetherell) 1 Lord Eglinton's 51alvolio, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 2 Mr. Robertson's Olympic, aged, 9st 71b Lord Dunmore's Aladdin, 4 yrs, 71b 71b 4 Mr. Robertson's Berwickshire, 6 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. Wauchope nd Lightning, 5 yrs, 7st 81b 6 Won cleverly. The Duke of Bucdeuch's Plate of 501., with a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. added, h ft. The winner to be sold for 200 gs., &c. Mr. Fairlie's Pyramid, 5 yrs, Bst 10Ib (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Ramsay's ch c Suiiman, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 2 Mr. Robertson s Edgar, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb Won by half a neck. The Kelso Town Plate of 50/, for all ages. Two-mile heats. Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab, aged, Bst 81b .........(Wetherell) 1 1 Mr. J. Tait's br m Tweedside, aged Bst 81b Mr. G. Tait's br m Highland Mary, 6 yrs, 82t 81b Won in a canter. A Whip, the gift of Lord F. Fitzclarence, added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 5 guineas each, 3 ft, for all ages. Three quarter , of a mile. Hon. G. Sandiland's Nubian, 4 yrs, Bst (W. Noble) 1 Mr. Robertson's Berwickshire, 6 yrs, 9st Won easy. Lord John Scott's Plate, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 6 ft, for all ages. Two miles. Six subs. Lord Eglinton's Bellona, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Mr. Robertson's Olympic, aged, Bst I Ilb 2 Sir J. Boswell's Burletta, aged, Bst 41b Lord Dunmore's Aladdin, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Won easy. CURRAGH OCTOBER MEETING.—MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs, h ft, for two-yr-old colts, Bst 41b; fillies, Bst, Conolly's mile. 31b allowed to untried stallions or mares. _ . Mr. Disncy's b c Humming Bird, by Skylark ...( Mocken) 1 Mr. Maher's br c by Skylark or Lapwing, out of Helen 2 Sweepstakes of 50 sows, hft ; Bst each. Anglesey Post. 31b allowed to untried stallions or mares, 51b to both. Colonel Westenra's br Welfare, by Priam (Doyle) 1 Mr. Watt's b by Skylark, out of Zillah Match-200 sot's, h ft, Bst each. One mile and quarter on Peel Course. Lord Howth's Claret walked over Sligo Stakes (renewed) of 50 sous, h ft; for two-yr-old colts, Bst 4lb ; fillies, Bst. Two-yr-old Course. 3lb allowed to untried mares or stallions, 51b to both. Mr. Watts's b f by Skylark (untried) out of Zillah ; Mr. Maher's ch f by Blacklock, out of Napoleon's dam.—Off. TUESDAY. Kirwan Stakes of 50 sons each, h ft. Red Post. Second hc• so saved his stake. Colonel Westettra's ch c by Recovery, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Net Lord Rossmore's b f Alba, 4 yrs, Bst 21b... 2 Mr. Holmes's b f Mustard,3 yrs, let 41b Mr. Watts's br c Monasterorris, 4 vrs, 7st 61b .... Mr. Maher's cby Picton, 4 yrs, Bst 81b .................. a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs, 10 ft, with 25 , ovs added, for two-yr old colts, List 41b ; fillies, Bst. Conolly's Mile. 31b allowed to untried stallions or mares, 51b to both. Mr. Knox's b c Mayboy Mr. Maher's br c by Lapwing or Slr lark WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for horses, Ike ; two-yr olds, a feather; three, 7st 91b; four, Bst 101 b; five, 9st 31b; six and aged, 95 , 41b. Three miles. 31b to mares and gdings Mr. Graydon's b f Alba, 4 yrs (Mockelen) 1 Mr. Davis's bf R ,mp, 3 yrs ......... .................... 2 Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, h tt, with 20 added, Conolly's Mile. Lord Howth's b h The Clown, 6 yrs, 9st 21b (Neale) 1 Colonel Westenra's ch f Crimson, 2 yrs, 7st 31b 2 Captain Croker's ch c Tom 'fit, 3 yrs, Bst 31b Lord Portarlington's f by Blackloek, '2 yrs, 6st 71b HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Cheltenham staghounds meet on Tuesday, at Charlton Abbot.ts_at eleven. M r . tiiles's hounds Thursday, at Longdon Heath. The Crewkerne harriers Tuesday, at Beaminster Tunnel; Friday. at Maiden Beach Tree. The ß. V. H. Tuesday, at Buckland Knoll; Friday, at Wall Bridge, at Illilborne Port. The Herefordshire hounds Tuesday, at Ruckhall Wood; Friday, at Newtown Turnpike —at ten. Mr. Webb's harriers Wednesday, at Fladbury ; Saturday, at Wel . ord—at half-past ten. LIVERPOOL—It is expected that St. Georgep Hall will he completed by the Autumn of 1841, when a musical festival on a most extensive scale will be held in it. The site of the Hall is in front of the railroad grand station ; so that persons from Manchester, Warrington &c., may attend the morning meetings, return home to dinner, then start off again, be present at the evening concerts, and return home to sleep, so pre:ta are the movements of steam-engines.—Musiral World. 11141 N ING EDITION. i THE 1)OR 1 - tERS TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—For the kind notice you have taken of the Dorchester Labourers' Benefit in The Sun of Thurs day, Oct. 10, I beg to return you the thanks of the Committee and myself. I shall feel obliged if you will insert the following answer to your Anonymous Coros pondent of that day : That if he has anything to say against any of the Dorchester Committee, the Manager of the Victoria, or myself, as regards the benefit of Tuesday, Oct. 8, if he will call a public meeting and try such conduct before that meeting, I will meet him at any time and place he may appoint, and deftrild rope, the Committee, or the Managers of the Victoria. Feel ing confident we shall come off victorious without skulk ing behind to wound, or ashamed to subscribe: our I am, with the greatest respect, Your obedient servant, GEORGE TOMEY, Hen, Scc. 4, Little Russell-street, Bloomsbury. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty, accompanies by their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg, and attended by several of the Royal Suite, enjoyed the sport of coursing in the Horne Park this morning for two hours. The Hon. Mr. Jerningham arrived today at the Castle. Sir Henry Wheatley and Viscount Palmerston took their departure from the Castle this morning. The Princess Augusta, attended by Miss WrYnY l4 r d ' is expected to come this evening. from her residence Frogmore Lodge, to the Castle, to dine with her Majesty. The Earl of Uxbridge and the Hon. Mr. Jerninghor are expected to be the only additional guests this even ing at the Royal dinner party, which will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg, Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Mr. Cowper, Lord Alfred Paget, the Marchi oness of Tavistock, Lady Ch a rlott e Dundas, Hon. " Cocks, lion. Miss Paget, Lady Caroline Barrington., Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Falkland, Count Kato' wrath, Baron Alvensleben, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sht Frederick Stovin, and the' Hon. Colonel Grey. Her Majesty has not left the Castle this afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge left Cambridge House at an early hour yesterday morning, on a visit to the D4e of Devonshire, at his seat at Chatsworth, Derbyshire. Sir Henry Macleod had an interview with the Mar quis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Home Office. Viscount Palmerston came to town yesterday morn ing, from Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Normanin' arrived in town on Thursday evening, from the se 4t ° r the Earl of Hardwicke, Wimpole Hall, Cambridges hire " Despatches for the Right Hon. C. Poulett T horn-. son. Governor of the Canadas were sent off last even.. ing from the Colonial Office. The Attorney-General, Lady Stratheden, and the' Hon. Misses Campbell, returned to town on Thitrs4l evening from Paris. - LEAMINGTON SPA—THURSDA Y. The Earl and Countess of Warwick willhav e the ' honour of receiving a visit from the Queen I ) °" a g er during her Majesty's tour, when it is said her majesty intends to pass several days at War w i c k Castle , wherc. preparations are being made already lOr the recePti" of royalty. The Lady Matilda Bruce, second daughter of th e- Earl of Elgin, was married on Monday last by the Hon' of and Rev. S. Bertie, to Mr. John Maxwell, on ly s ra ce Sir John Maxwell, Baronet. The Hon. Captain Bruce arrived on Saturday purposely to be presen t at the cere mony, when the Countess of Farnham, Mr. A. Christo pher, Sir Augustus D'Este, Sir William and Loll Geary, and a select party of friends were also p resent. Mr. Christnpber, M.P.,and Lady Mary Christopher, have taken their departure for Bloxbolme Hall, nea r Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The Marchioness of Cornwallis and the Ladies Corn" wallis, who have been residing at Somerset House far some time past, have left for town. Lord Saye and Sele arrived , a few day s since, but bas subsequently taken his departure. The Earl and Countess of Cork and Viscountess gutl garvan and family are still staying here, and occupy a mansion on York-terrace. The Countess of Farnham arrived at the close of the past week for the season. Lady Elizabeth Palk has left, after a sojourn of a few' weeks. scyan• Lord and Lady Portman have errivec/ a t stone House, Dorset, for the autumn. The Earl of Moray intends to give a dioner 8:131 ball at Darnaway Castle, Inverness-shire , on tbe t the inst., to the whole of his tenantry in that part country. Lord Hatherton and the Hon. Miss Littleton have left Scone Palace, where his Lordship and daue'll° ter have been visiting the Earl and Countess of IV-Ints"" field, to make a tour of visits farther north. 1 . 61 u/ Hatherton has returned to T. ddesley Hall, Pankridge. The venerable Earl of Stamford and Warringto n is now at Dunham Massey, Knutsford, where his• Lor dship intends to reside until after Christmas. His Lord ship is in excellent health. Married, on Thursday, at St. Leonard's. Hen r i Taylor, E•q., of the Colonial Office, to the Hon.- The?' dosia Alice, youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Monteagle. Married, on Thursday, at St. George's, Hanov.er. square, by the Rev. Charles Gooch, Edward Suerlod; Gooch, Esq., eldest son of Sir Thomas S. Gooch, Batt., of Benacre Hall. Suffolk, to Harriet, third daugbtersof James J. Hope Vere, Esq., of Craigieball, North Bri tain. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere gave a splendid entertainment last evening , at their house in Park-lane, to a select party of friends, in celebration of their daughter's marriage. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Thursdays 17th instant, was married, at St. Jsracs's Chur c h, by the Rev. William Fremantle, brother of Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart. M.P., the Hon. Emily Valentina Plunket, only daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Dun sany, to George Price, Esq., son of the late Sir Rose Price, Bart., of Trengwainton, Cornwall, and nephew of Earl Talbot. The numerous members of the re spective families immediately adjourned to an elegant dejeune ; among these we noticed Lord and LadY Louth, Dowager Lady Kinnaird, the Hon. Misses Foley, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Barnewall, the Hon. Lady Hope, Sir Harry and Lady Verney, the Hon. Miss Cost, Sir Charles and Lady Des Vceux, and the Misses Des Vceux, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett, Miss Price, Sir James and Lady Ramsay, &c. After the ceremons t Mr. Price, with his lovely bride, departed for KingsleY Cottage, Hants, the seat of his uncle, Lord Sherbourne. THE LATE MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY."" The carriages of the Royal Family and Nobility in tended to form part of the funeral procession of the late Marchioness will assemble in St. James's-street, a t half-past six o'clock on Tuesday morning , and the or' tege will leave Arlington-street at eight. The Nobility and Gentry of Hertfordshire, and the tenantry of the Marquis, will meet the cavalcade at the Park Lodge, at half-past four in the afternoon, prepacatory t arise performance of the mournful ceremony church of Hatfield, at five. BANQUET TO THE EARL OF EGLINTP''- The banquet continues to excite most intense inte.re!" The banquet hall will be in every way inten se Every person in this quarter seems more anxious than another, that the most ample honour should be done to; in the p the Noble Earl on this occasion. Gentlemen frem all q u i jters are applying for tickets. A c orresponde nt forms that a passage of arms will take place on he Irvine grounds during the day of the banquet, betwqT. Charles Lamb, Esq. , and J. 0 . Fairlie , Es q .-4.9r server of Tuesday. Tar ; T PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF THE CP-- on OF CHARLEVILLE. — From a ii:tter received in ow%, Friday morning, from Perthshire, we learn thot,her Tuesday last as the Earl and Countess of Char 4 , were travelling in that county, while their carriage It a scending a steep flghland-road, one of the horse 3 plunged and became otherwise restive, when the ca r ; countaining the C o u n t ese , was precipitated de' agement of the postilions. thather L l a t d atrt sh tr i precipice nearly forty feet deep, by the unskilful 05- o be able to althoug h greats , ' !armed, escaped without any considerable inj ur y' few 'r i c h ; ds us much pleasurie Noble Earl had only alighted - from the c:Arrlag minutes before the accident happened. 1! s ball EXETER, W EDNESDAY .—A very brilliant took place at the Royal Subscription Rooms, last n i4u. which was attended by upwards of 450 of the leadil rank and wealth of the county. Toe Rooms we re tastefully decorated for the occasion, and everythng went off with an eclat rarely witnessed a t a country si: His Excellency Viscount Ebr:ngton, Prince and Princ-° de Pontheau, Earl of Devon, Duke and Dueli" g f f Somerset, Viscount Courtenay, Count de Visrnes. and Lady Eli za b e th Bolter!, the Hiar. Mr. end Fortescue, Mr. L. Buck, M.P., and Lady Louisa Buck% Sir John Yarde and Lady Butler, Sir Robert News'.'ir Sir E. Prideaux, Bart., Sir B. and Lady Wrey',._,, Tratton and Lady' Elliott Drake, Lady Rolle, Seirefoun. and Lady Dantz, Lord and Lad y Poltimore, Miss St. John, Sir J. H. and Lady Seale, Mr. and I L 1 .7 Catherine Fellowes, Sir John Duckworth, B a rt., Tr , Robert. Newman, Mr. Divett, M.P., and Mrs. Dver:. Mr. M. E. Parkes, M.P., Miss Fellowes, Misses kle man, & , were among the company. . - that It has been de termined, we understand, musical festival shall take place at York next aututnn also at Birmingham and Hereford. During Thursday night, the 3d inst., and drat afternoon of Friday, such was the quantity of rain thnt -descended in this n eighbourhood, that the meadows wer! the to a greater extent than had been previouslY the case during the season: The hatches of the Seagry Mills were sometime since forced from their position. / the accumulation of water, and every attempt hitherj2 'made to reconstruct them - has failed.- - -;ChiPi jlo l .t; 111 t,Paper. - -