The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-08 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. CHURCH-RATES. (Abridged from the Leicestershire _Mercury.) SALE OF CHURCH PLUNDER—RESISTANCE uF THE PEOPLE, AND STRONG DISPLAY OF FEELING AGAINST THE CHURCH— ONLY TWO LOTS SOLD our OF NINE TEEN. It havine. b been ase-rtained on Monday that the goods • seized in St. Martin's parish for Church-rates would he sold by public auction, at the Town Hall, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the following day, a handbill was is sued, containing, in addition to the time and place of sale, &c., the subjoined rAnarks:— " Another illustration of the Christian spirit and char table conduct of the Establathed Church has occurred to stir up ill blood and disturb the peace of the town. The Chetrchtvars of St. Martin's perish (Mr. Berridge the grocer, and Mr. Moron, the tailor,) by and with the sane. lion and consent of the Honourable and Reverend Henry D,vid Erskine, the Vicar, shrouding their deeds under the cloak of an unjust law, have seized the goods of their neighbours for the support of a form of worship which the owners of them neither countenance nor participate in, but which, on the contrary, they conscientiously renounce. " It is with pain and reluctance, and yet with the strangest feelings of disgust and abhorrence, that attention is celled to the anoealcrus situation in which the above Reverend Gentleman is now placed. lie is the only mi.. nister of the National Church in Leicester professing liberal principles, and he is also the only one in this large and populous town who at the present time persists in compelling the enforcement of this impost upon his dis senting parishioners ! We earneay recommend to his careful perusal she speech of Dr. 104fver, of Wolverhamp ton, and believing that it must commend itself to his judgmcat, would say to him, • Go thou and do likewise.' " Men of Leicester ! attend the sale ! Not to pur chase fie plunder, but be a manifestation of silent con tern,. indignant scorn to put to shame the clergy, the churchwardens, and all other supporters and abettors of an odious a4a,d disgraceful impost." On Thesday afternoon, for some time previous to the hour of sale, the people began to congregate round the Hall, anxious, with flew exceptions, to express their dis. approbation of so disreputable and anomalous . a proceeding —though one springiag naturally from the union of Church and State—as the sale of property forcibly taken from 12 respectable parishioners for the support of the dominant— that is, for the time being, the episcopalian—form of re ligion in the parish; which they do not recognise, with which they have no connexion, and from which they derive no more benefit than from the worship of Juegernaut, or the ministrations of The expounders of the Koran. As soon as the doors were opened the assembled crowd rushed in with great eagerness, and the Old Hall was soon crowded to excess. The Auctioneer was one who had but recently taken up the hammer, a staunch Tory, rejoicing in the peculiarly appropriate cognomen of " .Bonner." When this functionary made his appearance, be was greeted with a storm of hisses, yells, groans, and cries of " Bishop Bonner the Second." After several calls to or der from the Bench, the tumult partially subsided, and The AUCTIONEER said—Gentlemen, eilence, if you please.—( A voice, " Bishop, put on yeur gown.") Some conversation here passed between Mr. Winks and the Auctioneer of no interest to lie readers of The Sun ; after which,) The first lot, being a copper tea-kettle, seized from Mr. Baines, High-street, was produced, and held up, amidst an uproar of hisses, awful groans, yells, whistling, and in describable sounds of various kinds. AUCTIONEER —an excellent copper tea-Kettle, gentle men, 11;0 bids ? After a momentary interval, the kettle was snatched by some one near the table, and passed down the hall, and the lid thrown up amidst loud cheers. It was obtained again, however, eaw a jblip:aarne difficulty by the aid of 8 or 10 policemen, but veTrlrach the worse for the handling it had reeeivied ; and 25., and then 2s. 2d. were bid by persons in the crowd whom we could not distinguish. Mr. Scat—The name of the bidders ought to be known. AucTioNsra—The name of the buyer will be sufficient. " Two shillings" was again bid, followed by groans and cries of " Who is it ?" The next bidding was 2s. 3d.— (Great noise. " Half.a-crown."—(Great confusion, and cries of " who is it ?") AUCTIONEER—Geing at 23. 6d.—(Cries of " shame," and " The Church is in Danger.") Accri23EEß—No Duty. Going at half. a-crown— going—ng—gone. The conscienceless individual who had perpt , trated the base act of buying thi3 article of eeele , iaßtical plunder was now discovered to be a Tory, named Coltman, a dealer in " " horses. Toe popular indignation was very unecuivocally displayed against him, but ha chuckled at the cheap bargain he had got. Lot 2, being a second copper tea-kettle, also the pro perty of Mr. Baines, was now produced and held up for inspection by the auctioneer's assistant. Mr. SEAL said—l have a strong inclination to bid for the next article, but I would first remind you that this pro perty has been plundered from the parishioners, at the instance of the Vioar of St. Martin's and the Churchwar dens. I shall, then, bid first Dr. Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Primate of all England ; next, Dr. Blom:1dd, Bishop of London.--(A voice " Bishop Bon nor.") The next is that most notorious pamphleteering Prelate, Toby Philpotts, Bishop of rxeter.--(Cheers.) The fourth is staggering Irvine, of St. Margaret's.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) The fifth is, that very liberal Whig, David Erskine, of St. Martin's, and with him you may put the 301. a-year which he has for the parsonage house that ought to stand yonder—(pointing to St. Mar tin's charch.yerd dorm by)—and the 101. a-year for de livering a lecture to the corporation, or, anther, for not delivering one.---( Hoar, hear.) A well-known indivi vidual, named Shaw, here exclaimcd, " Oh, bless my soul ; I did net think he had been that character."—(Loud lauf;hter.) I bid all these for the tea-katics. AUCTIONEER—A shilling has been bid for this kettle. An unsuccessful attempt was here made to seize the kettle. A UCTIONEER—Two shillings has been bid. Two and sixpence. —( Cries of " Who is it ;" and " Lift him up.") ACCTIONEER--II is honestly worth 7s.—(Loud laughter at hearing the word " honestly") and it is going for 23.6 d. —(boud cries of "Let's look at him ;" " hand him over ;" " show him up ;" " turn him out ;" " shame on him," &c. followed by a rush to the right of the table, it being understood that Coltman was again the bidder. The police here interfered, to preserve order, and the people having given way, the Superintendent took him ander his pratecthut. 'Coltman was thoroughly frightened, and clung to the table in order to be under the protection of the Superintendent of Police.---k Great confusion.) Some one kers exclaimed, " The tender mercies of the wicked are eruel."-- : ( Lughter.) In a short time Coltman reco vered his composure, sufficiently to say, " I pay for all I buy," and then, ns if to prove this, handed up Is., which he said was all the money he had, in part payment for the first kettle, adding that he did not care how the things were got so he got a cheap bargain. This was followed by cries of " Shame." " has the Bishop got his apron on," &c. " Two and nine-pence" was now bid.—( Shame.) " Three shillings."—( Shame, artd " Who is it ?") "'Three and threeepenee."—( Hisses.) Coltman's hat was then pulled off, but returned to him almost immediately. AucTrNerta—This is worse than robbery, selling things so low.--( Loud and derisive laughter.) Coltman's hat was then knocked over his eyes, which called forth the remark, " That's too bad ;" answered ha trorliately by " Nothing's too bad for him." The heat had now become very -oppressive, and a cry was raised of " Adjourn to the Market-place;" followed by general cen!'usion. After a pause of some rainates, Seat. said—The Churchmen plunder 03 twice over. They plunder us first by the seizure, and again when the goods are sold, by sot giving more than one-third of the price.— ( Noise atid tumult.) Tbe Po:ica Superintendent, perceiving that Coltman was in imminent danger of the vengeance of those areund him, etterapted to pull him on the table, on which he himself was standing ; but Coltman was forcibly held back In this position, while clinging almost convulsively to the hand,ef the Superintendent, the expression of his counte nance was ludicrously won; Tho attempt to save him, kowever, n'us in vain, for a rush was made to the place, and amidst the storm of lii7ses and yells, cries of " Take him out," and the cracking of the table, this myrmidon of the high Church faction was dregged away, and would di.ibtless havo bad 511M mary punishment inflicted upon him, but for the immodiato aid of flee poic:•mo, who rescued him. !hough not without consider.lble resistance, and got him out of th e h a ll : t h e hi n d put of a long coat which he had o having been torn otfjest b:low the shoulders.. The loss of the culprit, however, did not quiet the meeting, which Iv:Linton , one scene t.f general conclusion, varied by exefitnatious of " Adjourn to Nlartin',4 Church ;" " ltobeit Owen is coming ;" " The Ci.orch is is danger ;" " The' 13ishop's himself again ;" " The Church will tumble ;" "‘Where'a tia e m i tre f or Bishop Rootlet- •" " The teakettle - will do to b o il t h e sacramental wine in t Toe AUCTIONEETt made an attermt t - . c° g entlemen, 3 3 . (« who ;.3it ? ?ceed, and sa id ,) pro 8031 3 one here said that it was. Palm 1., the auctioneer's avi s , 4l ,t, who stood on the :able holding up the for inspection. He. denied it; but the :8 ;ci:ion " peat-eil, he bid 3s. 3 which raised a storm of dssrPs yells, And gre.ans, ard a rush was made towarcis the place which induct hint to make for the side-door which, under the protection of the pnlice, he succeeded in reachinm and ge made his exit amidst nnera! execration. Th e li d of the kettle was now, by some means, snatched, and throw n up from one side of the hall to the other. A torn jacket and no old hat were then tossed about. The police succeeded in recovering the lid, but it was much bent, and the knob was broken a, and some one exclaimed as it was being pat on the kettle, " It's a shocking bad hat." kettle was not sold. The last bid ding was 3s. 31. Going at 3:. 31. It's a rascally price. --(lronical cheers.) I will sell no more at this price. The kettle was then knocked down to Squires Palmer, _ _•. . a g - a.ter at an :nn. Lot 3. Rein;a large R e d G ar d e n Watering-pan, also • the property of Mr. Mines, was now exhibited. - 13 ean 7 N—That's to consecrate the ground. A variety. of observations were freely made in various p - rla of the Hall. Among them we heard the following: The Bishop's more rogue than fool ;" " The Church Las got so dry, they're g o i ng to water it;" " Tho founda tions h got the dry rot." The a being no biddtr, the pan was taken away amidst loud cheers. [Mr. Mines's rate was 63.1 Lot 4, a Dozen of Marble Worsted t seized from Mr. Pochin, Cmhk-, , :srect, were exhi bit l edlnlidst shout biisieg, and groanin g; b ut there bein they were tiriten away a ga i n . g no bidder, Lot 3, SIZ Pairs Hcsc of the s ame kind, being slen der men's, 20 girage, were ex hibi te d am i dst great u roar, and a nd removed, in consequience of there bei ng no biddi' ~Sore ono here exclairneg, " This is a step to the n"r Charter,' [Mr. Pochin's rate 1M 53. 41.] Lot 6, was a Peir of Scales and Beam, seized from Mr, 'Wes e r, butcher, Markot whcso, shop is welliknown for the excellent meat ;acre sold. Rate 33. 101 The appear.ince of the scales called forth cries of "Justice, justice;" The Church is weighed in the balance, and found wanting. ;" Sce. This lot was also taken away there being no bidder. Mr. SEAL said it had been suggested to him tbat the last half-dozen of stockings should be put up again, and purchased for the purpose of sending them, by post, to six of the Bishops.—(Great cheering.) Mr. BURDEN seconded tLc proposition, which was put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. He then bid 6d. ; on which some person exclaimed, "That's more than all the Bishops are worth."—( Laughter.) Mr. BURDEN bid 7d.—( Cries of " knock them down ; knock them down.") AUCTIONEER—You stocking-makers need not grumble at working for low wages, if you let these go so cheap. Some fellow in the crowd bid Is., on which a rush was made to the spot, and no more was heard of him. Mr. Seal then bid Is. ld., and the lot was knocked down to him amidst loud cheers; some one exclaiming, "They won't fit the Bishops ; they've got such gouty heels." Lot 7, an Ironing Table, taken from Miss Beasley, High-street, was seized by the people, but rescued by the police. Luring the struggle between the individuals who bad it and the police, Mr. Winks took the glasses from the lamps overhanging the Bench, drily observing, "Let's take care of our own property." Immediately after, an old hat was thrown at the auctioneer. Lot 8, consisted of Two Chairs, painted block with rush seats, also the property of Miss Beasley, whose rate was 9;1. • ACCTIONEEII—Two excellent chairs. A Vcice—" IF yeu sit in them, 3ou'll tumble into the Ecclesiastical Court." A second exclaimed—" There's Christians, to rob a woman to support the Church ;" and a third "'Sympathizer," making a slight mistake, cried cu, " They belong to a widow woman ;" which elicited cr i i a c i sof"Siame, to the There being no bidd er t h e chairs were taken i brought. Lot 5, was a Mahogany Table, the property of Mr. John Pickard, hair-dresser.—( A voice—" There's Chris tiana.") Fortyenine fiftieths of the company being too honest to bid, and the dishonest not daring to gratify their knavish propensities, this article was speedily taken away, the auctioneer having pronounced the decisive words— " no bidding." Miss Braaley'e table, having been re-captured, was again put up, amidst cries of " Oh Bishop Bonner !" " Pro bono publico," [the motto over his shop when an eating-house keeper]'; " That will do for a communion table," &c. &c. AUCTIONEER. —Any bidder for this table.—(Cries of " Where did you steal it from ?" "It will do for a com munion-table ;" " Take it to the bastile," " You should buy that to sell tripe on ;" " I should like to have my shoes soled and heeled off your leather lips ';" Bonner, give us a song ;" " Sing the downfall of the Church ;" " The stage-coachman;" &c., &c., &c., intermixed with laugh ter, shouting, &c..--There being again no bidder, the table was taken away. Lit 10 was a bag containing unground Coffee taken from the Messrs. Nunneley. AUCTIONEER.—Here's stuff for the teetotallers; 241bs. of excellent coffee. ( Yells and biases) After a short pause, some of the coffee was heard to fall on the floor, and the auctioneer accused somebody near him of cutting the bag, which was denied. While this conversation was taking place, some one in the crowd called to the auc tioneer, " Where arc you, you rascal ?—you'd disgrace a gibbet-post ;" which called forth loud cheers and laughter. Lot 11 consisted of three pounds of Hyson Tea, also the property of Messrs. Nunneley, whose rate was IL 10s. A bidding having been given, by Mr. Abel jun. grocer, Sanvy-gate, an instant rush was made towards the place, and—amidst loud cries of " Turn him out, turn the vagabond out," and great noise,—he was quickly expelled. (A voice, " I call on Bonner for a song.") Lot 12 was a round Oak Table, taken from Mrs. West, Southgate-street. On its being brought in, some one exclaimed, " Now for Mother Church ;" and in a few seconds the table was pulled down into the body of the hall, and dragged through the dense crowd in the twink ling of an eye towards the door. The police instantly followed, and attempted to recapture it, which pro:luced a general melee. Both parties seemed equally determined, and the police did not suteced in their object until they had used their staves pretty freely, persons who took no part in the affair coming in for some severe blows. At length one of the parties who had seized it was captured, and the table was brought back, amidst a deafening storm of awful groans, yells, shouting, whistling, cries of " Shame, shame ;" " You'll spill your Tethers' and mothers' blood," &c. &c. The execrations of the crowd were particularly directed against Sergeent Wright (who, however, declares that he did not use his staff until he had been struck, as well as threatened, and considered himself in danger). Mr. BURDEN—Working men, have you had enough ? Won't you trouble your heads about politics now? Re member, you pay for this system. After a short interval, there was a call for " Three cheers for the Charter," which was responded to by the Chartists present. Lot 13 consisted of a Tray and Waiter, also the pro perty of Mrs. West.—No bidder. Lot 14 was a dish cover, also seized from Mrs. West, whose rate was 61. 10d. This was snatched by the crowd, and though speedily recovered by the police, when it was again held up, its battered appearance bore testimony to the rough usage it bad received. There being no bidder, it was quickly taken away. Lot 15 consisted of Six Tea Cannisters, the property of Mr. J. Gray, baker t rate Bi.—( Various exclamation from the meeting, with some reply from one or two Tories.) Mr. BURDEN—Go to more honourable employment, you supporters of despotism. The lot was then removed, there being no bidder. The man of bone was now recognized in the Grand Jury gallery, and Mr. WINKS said to him—" Mr. Hackett ; I should like to see you down here soon." Mr. HACKETT—What do you want me for? Mr. Wises—Come down here and I'll tell you.— ( Cries of " Old rags or bones," and " Nuisance Hackett.") Lot 16 consisted of 71bs of Black Lead, a Scrubbing and a Grate Brush, the property of Mr. W. Thurlby, grocer, High-street.—( A voice, " The system's black enough.") Mr. BURDEN—Brushes, to brush away the Bishops.— (Cheers and laughter.)—No bidder. Lot 17 consisted of 3lbs. of Tea, also the property of Mr. Thurlby, grocer, High-street, whose rate was 7s. 6d. Several voices—" Here's the owner, give it to him." " Here's a religion, supported by plunder." Yells and hisses, cries of " Stolen goods;" " Pick the robbers up," &c.—No bidder. Mr. BURDEN, " All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Bishops down in hell." A voice—" Bishop Latimer once said that there was a gulf in hell as wide as from Dover to Calais, which would be filled with unpreaching Bishops." Lot 18 was a keg of lard, the property of Messrs. Archer, grocers, Market-place. Several voices—Let's have a sample. AUCTIONEER—I'II warrant it. Mr. THURLBY—You:can't warrant it; you've never seen it. Let us have a sample. AUCTIONEEIt•—•III warrant it to the buyer. Several voices—" It's chalk ;" " it's grease;" " They want you to buy a pig in a pok e ." AUCTIONEER—I'II be answerable for its being good. Mr. BURDEN—We live in such times that it won't do to take your word. We want demonstrable facts. There being no bidder, the lard was removed, some one exclaiming, Send it to grease the Bishops' chariot wheels." Lot 19 was another keg of lard, also the property of Messrs. Archer, who rate was 1/. 10s. The whole weight of the lard was 9tilbs.—No bidder. Mrs. WE3T'SI round table was now put up again, but no one would bid, and it was inktantly removed. There being no other article, Mr. SEAL called upon Mr. WINKS to address the Meeting. Mr. WINK; said—" I assure, you, gentlemen, that al though you may have derived considerable amuwinent, I cannot help regretting the proceedings rhich have called us together.—( Hear, hear.) This is a scene such as we have seld9m witnessed here. The men of Leicester are remarkable for their peaceable anil quiet conduct ; and if there have been any token; cf uproar and confusion, they have grown out of the cireunistanech in which we have been placed. I regret it for the spice of that religion which . I e.3tcem. voice--" We don't want to hear any - thing. tbrut religion.") Oh ! you don't want to hear anything bout religion ! Now that man—l don't know who he is, but whoc,ver be may be—does not act fairly. I beg to reeMnd him that the subject to which our . . aut.:lion has been ea l ltd is a religiuls one ; and these seizures have been made professedly in support of the Christian religion. Now I lr r g to say, that I profess to be a Christian ; and I have been at considerable pains to examine the New Testament, which is the foun- , .. datioi: of the Christian religion, but I can find nothing in the New Testament to sanction proceedings like these. —(llear, hear.) I want you to distinguish between things that differ , between the genuine coin, and an arti ficial imitation. I protest that this is not genuine New Testament Christianity.—(" No, it is not.") Mr. 1311RDAN---.lt is priestiality. Mr. WINKS—I lament that such proceedings should take place ; net merely viewing it as a matter between Churchmen and Dissenters, hut on broader grounds. Such scenes give occasion to those who arc op - posed to Christianity to say—not, " See how those Christians love;" but," See how they hate each other."—(A voice— a.'r, Thf-'y would sell the Bible for the Church. It is not fhowever, to judg e all Christians, becaus e some who profess Christianity a ct thus.—( Hear, hear.) I say Chris tianity ought not to be blamed for this. She remains the same ; and I protest against these proceedings as mani festing the spirit of Anti. Christ. —( Cheers.) Compulsory payments are opiLosed to the spirit of Christianity • and tve never h ear of rrything of th e ki n d h av i ng taken 'place in the first anti purest ages of the Church. Christians were persecuted by Heathens , Churches._( never by each other, stablishmeitt of St a teno' ,atteardherents till the t. they were established, Hear, hear . deter mined y, to of s b u i p o p o o d r , t or them i — i Hear, be ar.) most tk liberala t our " charitable" Protestant Pstablish(mHre'en:tre, Look at h ear) ) that not a and tolerant of all Churches I" John Thorngood.—( Cries of " Shan e. :i) 19th cen tury, hardly matter th'it may well excite our wonder believe that we are living in the middle of the 19 c . when we ECO an Englishman imprisoned 16 months,cttufl, conscientiously refusing to pay ss. 61 to it Churc h from hom which he dissents. (A voice—" And th ere ' s poor Jones Llancn, don't forget him.") I,nes of Wal es i s now out of of their reach; but he was a victim to the sante cause . Ti orogoed, probably, will soon follow him. I myself and others composing the Select Vestry of St. Margaret's had made up our minds to go to prison; but legal pro ceee:ngs were so managed that we defeated our o ppo _ nents, and saddled them not only with their own costs, but with a share of curs.—(Cheers.) We paid them off co well, that, last week , no on e of them dared to lift a h and ortongue, and a Dissenting Churchwarden arid a Liberal Vestry, were elected without opposition.-- (Cheers.). What must he the result of such scenes as that you have just witnessed ? Why, you cannot but feel disgusted at the conduct of individuals who tako such RAILWAY NOTICES. CHESTER AND CREWE RAILWAY.--TIIC Half yearly Meeting of this Company was held on Wednes day, when the Directors presented a report, giving a satisfactory account of the progress of the works, and of the improving prospects of the Company. It was announced that the line might be expected to be opened in the early part of August. Hopes were held out of the proposed continuation to Holyhead being carried into effect. PRODUCTIVENESS OE RAILWAY PROPERTY.—..A very general feeling seems to prevail among many persons that the palmy time of railways is entirely past ; that the depreciated condition of the shares is a consequence of the bubble having burst ; and that after the infatuated proprietors have com pleted the present lines, a complete stop will be put to the system. We know that this is a be- . lief prevalent among whole classes of the community, and productive of much discouragement to those whose capital is embarked in these shares. So far, however, are the proprietors from having been deluded by any hopes not realised, that in the teeth of the increased expenditure forced upon the engineers by causes not within their control, the traffic has more than all , surpassed all previous anticipations, and in those lines sufficiently advanced dividends have been declared that are calculated to satisfy the most distrustful. There is, we arc sure, no branch of public enterprise of equal magnitude, which in such a short time has been so successful ; none in which the prospects are so good. About twenty companies have already declared dividends, and although in the very infancy of their existence the bulk of them pay five per cent. and upwards :—I per cent. and upwards, one railway ; 3 per cent, and upwards, three railways ; 4 per cent. and upwards, two railways ; 5 per cent. and up wards, four railways ; 6 per cent. and upwards, three railways ; 8 per cent. and upwards, three railways ; 10 per cant. and upwards, three railways ; 14 per cent. and upwards, one railway ; 15 per cent. and upwards, one railway. Of these, above two-thirds pay 5 per cent. and upwards, and on which the gross amount of dividends is as follows :-830,000/. at 5 per cent., 41,500/. ; 460,0001. at 6 per cent., 27,6001. ; 3,000,0001 at 8 per cent., 240,000/. ; 1,340,0001. at 10 per cent., 134,000/. ; 1,500,0001. at 14 per cent., 210,000/.; 200,0001. at 15 per cent., 30,0001. Thus we find that on about seven millions and a half of capital, already more than nine per cent. dividend is paid, and the amount of railway property paying five per cent. and upwards will, we doubt not, by the end of the present year, amount to fifteen millions. Not even the joint stock banks beat this. This is an earnest which we trust will encourage the doubting, and silence the grumblers.—Railway Magazine. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.—The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company are at present engaged in preparing their inclined plane, extending from the river at Elswick up the ravine, cast of the Newcastle Sub scription Water Company's IVorks.—Xcwcast/c Cla•o- _ . nical and Gales/read Observer. On Wednesday week a trial was made of the first locomotive on the Hull and Selby Railway ; it came from Hessle to Huil (5 miles) in six minutes.—Yorkshire Gazette. The con tractors on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway are pushing on with the viaduct so as to finish it before November.—Hull Advertiser. The Preston and Long ridge Railway , w hi c h i s a s i ng l e li ne, i s to be worked by horses.—Midland Counties. Herald. A number of :ncn are at work on the Pscston terminus of the Lan caster and Preston Railway. Above a thousand men are enraged on the v ar i ous wor k s o f t h e P reston and Wyre Railway, and in the town of Fleetwood. Among the works are a magnificent hotel, a long quay, founded on iron piles, &c.—Liverpool Times. A favourable report on the proposed Devon and Cornwall Railway has been drawn up.—Falmouth Express. Every pre paration is being made for the opening of the South ampton Railway.—Hampshire Independent. in a very few months it is expected the London mail, which at present reaches Edinburgh at three in the morning, will arrive at nine at night, giving us a farther acceleration of six hours in our post communi cation with London. This will be effected by changing the mail route from the Birmingham and Preston to the Great Nor.h of England Railway, which will be opened out as far as Darlington in the course of the present summer, thus bringing clown the direct line of railways from London to within about 140 miles of Edinburgh. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—Our readers may perhaps remember an account of the sinecures of the Sutton family, which appeared some months ago in our Journal, bor rowed from the Cambridge Advertiser. The following is a comment on Mr. Sutton, the sinecurist.—Cambridge, it must be observed, is a strikingly bad case. Of Ludlow, a little borough recently halt emancipated from the control of the Pow is family, where new and old interests are struggling for the mastery, and where the only principle known in the borough for many years has been that of property, we cannot expect much ; but Cambridge has a population four times as great as Ludlow. IL is a town respectable as to size, it is the seat of the better of our two Universities, the clergy have great influence there, it is one of the fountain-heads of the national morality and national religion, whence they flow, carried by the parsons over all the land ; and here, in a town which might be expected to be the purest of the pure, and an example to all other boroughs, the most gross and extensive corruption prevails. Bribery was boasted of; and the agents in effecting it were the clergy, or of the clergy. The candidate for whose behoof it was carried on was the grandson of the late Primate of all England and the son of the late Speaker of the house of Commons. His connection with the Church recommended him to Cambridge, and perhaps hallowed the bribery which Churchmen carried on for his advantage. From the candidate, as from the place, we had a right to expect an example worthy of being followed; and that the grandson of the late Archbishop of Canterbury and the son of the late Speaker of the House of Commons has been turned out of his seat, on account of an extensive system of bribery vnd treating, for the University town of Cambridge, makes this a ltriking illustration of the system. It is almost or quite as good an illustration in its way of the effects of the in fluence of the clergy as was the appearance of Thom and the growth of his sect within hail of the Cathedral of Canterbury. The whole family of the Suttons live on the public money. The father has a pension, and all the wealth their extravagance has left them is derived from sinecure offices in the Ecelesiasti wsetahrliok;'lo:ets, or from some of the fat things which the fathers of the Church always shoot into the maws of their offspring. This makes the case of Cambridge, in our opinion, still more gly unbearable.illustrat e Whato f the i system, s trueo f i a t n and s emakesquali that equally tr true e g systemene rally ; and there we find the money extorted from suffering suitors in courts nicknamed justice, o r p resse d w ith a s cruel hand from overworked and over-taxed people, devoted or reaching th e system ibery,by which Fur tively a n d cunn i ngly the nation o rl t the e is r made, nationd prevente under s e oppressed.rf oe pretence e f e r o o m i rewarding p u bli c v i rtue or supporting squandered i n b • , the dignity of the mo narchy, to forge its, own chains. To use a homely illustration, the pe o pl e are roasted like geese in a Dutchman's stew-pan— in their own fat —and so become savoury morsels for the Sut tons of the Ch urc h and the aristocracy. —Brighton Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1840. measures to support their practice of religion. It is dis graceful to them.—( Hear, hear.) I wish some arrange ! meat could ) e made, to out an end to the contention on this subject; but, if that is not done, they may rely upon it that the spirit of Englishmen will never be subdued. There are scattered through the country men who love their religion too well to submit to this tyranny, men who would stand by it, even to the death, should they be called upon to do so.—( Hear, hear.) We tell the Bishops and Clergy that they may persecute us, that they may steal our goods, but never will we quietly submit to be coerced for the support of their established religion.---( Cheers.) I feel sorry that any collision should have taken place with the police ; but I do not wish to say anything exciting, either on the one part or the other. I regret if the police, in the discharge of what they considered their duty, have come into contact with the people. Such things are always to be regretted.—( A voice—" Wright ought to be turned out. He ought to have waited for orders from Mr. Inspector before he struck.") Mr. SEAL.—I feel proud to BCC such a spirited opposition to such a cause.—( Cheers.) I feel convinced that if such meetings as these were to take place in all the principal towns, we should soon shake the Law-Church to its very centre.—( Cheers.) We arc on the eve of a great moral revolution, and such scenes as these will serve to promote it. The Chartists then gave three cheers for the Charter ; and three dismal groans were given ;by the meeting for the auctioneer ; after which the people dispersed, the proceed ings having occupied three hours. The man who was taken into custody was released im mediately after the meeting. On Wednesday the auctioneer and a policeman were en gaged the greater part of the day in disposing of the goods by application from house to house, but met with great dif ficulty in selling them, persons who knew what they were, refusing to buy. The following is the letter transmitted to the Bishops, with the stockings purchaFed for that purpose : Mv LORD Bisnor,—Within these few days, a very se vere blow has been struck at the reputation of that Church of which your Lordship is reported to be so bright an orna ment. In this particular instance my Lord, twelve respectable tradesmen and others submitted to have their warehouses and dwelling-houses plundered according to law for the snpport of a Church from which they conscientiously dissent. On Tuesday last, my Lord, this legalized plunder wits publicly exposed for sate, and nearly the whole of which was either returned unsold or much damaged by an incensed and indignant multitude. One small portion of it, however, my Lord, was secured and your lordship is here presented with the inclosed stocking —one of the twelve seized for Chur c h- ra t es , f rom Mr. 13. - Pochin, of Cank-street, St. Martin's, Leicester, in commemoration of this great event—for be assured my Lord, that meetings such as this, and for a similar purpose in most of the large towns in the United Kingdom, in ad dition to the very valuable assistance which your Lordship, your colleagues, and supporters, are giving to public opi nion on this subject, that it is the serious as well as the firm and decided conviction of thousands, that one of the greatest moral revolutions in relation to the Law-Church Establishment of this country is rapidly progressing, that has been witnessed since the time of Henry the Eighth. Hoping that your Lordship may live and enjoy health and strength to witness this great event is the sincere de sire of, my Lord, A SINCERE FRIEND TO TRUE CHRISTIANITY, But a decided opponent to a bayonet-supported Law- Church Establishment. To the Lord Bishop of Leicester, April 30, 1840. The above was sent to the following—being 12 in num ber instead of six, (the style being varied in those for the Archbishops and the Vicar) :—The Archbishops of Can terbury and York; the Bishops of Exeter, London, Lin coln, Winchester, Gloucester, Chester, Oxford, Roches ter, and Worcester ; and the Hon. and Rev. H. D. Ers kine, Vicar of the parish in which the seizure and sale took place. IMPROVEMENT OF THE WORK ING CLASSES. The celebrated Dr. Charming, of Boston, corn posed at the commencement of the year two Lec tures, to be delivered at meetings of mechanics and apprentices, but which were, in consequence of his want of strength, delivered only at the former. The object he proposed to himself was to teach his auditors how to elevate themselves in the social scale. These two Lectures have been republished at Bristol in a cheap form, and from them have been extracted so me passages which of late have given rise to the commentaries of some of the Liberal Papers. Towards the end of his labour Dr. Chan ning, deeply impressed, apparently, by the good order and intelligence of the class he had been ad dressing, and equally impressed with the accounts of the very terrible condition of the population of Europe, particularly of Ireland and England, whidi so frequently appear in our newspapers—one set magnifying the crimes of the Irish, and the others the destitution of the English, to suit their party purposes, and both too often overlooking the many advantages enjoyed, if not by all, yet by consider able portions of the population of Europe,—Dr. Charming, deeply impressed apparently by these contrary series of circumstances, made the fo!lowing observations. After adverting to the proj ec t o f running steam packets from Liverpool to Boston, he continued :- 4. I would ask, what is to be the effect of bringing the labouring. classes of Europe twice as near to us as they now are ? Is there no dang er o f a competition that is to depress the labouring classes here ? Can the work man here stand his ground against the half famished ignorant workmen of Europe, who will toil for any wages, and who never think of redeeming an hour for personal improvement ? Is there no danger, that with increasing intercourse with Europe, we shall import the striking, fearful contrasts which there divide one people into separate nations ? Sooner than that our labouring class should become a European populace, -a good man would almost wish that perpetual hurriCanes, driving every ship from tho ocean, should sever wholly the two hemispheres from each other. Heaven preserve us from the anticipated benefits of nearer conncction with Europe, if with these must come the degradation which we see or read of among the squalid poor of her great cities, among the over-worked operatives of her manufac tories, among her ignorant and half-brutalised peasants. Anything, everything should be done to save us from the social evils which deform the old world, and to build up here an intelligent, right-minded, self-respecting popula tion. If this end should require us to change our present modes of life, to narrow our foreign connections, to desist from the race of commercial and manufacturing competition with Europe; if it should require that our great cities should cease to grow, and that a large portion of our trading population should return to labour, these requisi tions ought to be obeyed. Throe metropolitan journals, the MorningChroni de, the Colonial Gazette, and the Globe, have taken hold of this passage, which is evidently more the offspring of momentarily-excited feeling, than of sage reflection, and, wholly forgetting to inform their readers of the noble object contemplated by Dr. Charming, have used it to serve some purpose of their own. One hangs on it an argument against our own Corn-laws; another quotes examples of dis tress and suffering in the United States to show that they already possess no advantage over Europe ; and the third to point out that Dr. Channing's ideas of improving the people are impracticable. We should complain of our Contemporaries, were we not well aware that the great business of most critics is to find fault, to twist and turn every thing that comes before them to their own purposes, and very seldom to bring into prominent notice the good and the grand undertakings of individuals. On this occasion, at least, we decline to imitate them, and having placed the passage of the lectures before our readers, which has excited our Contemporaries' animadver sion, we must give some account of Dr. Chan ning's undertaking. It is nothing new that benevolent and enlight ened men should endeavour to improve the work ing classes. For seventeen years a Mechanics' Institution has been established in the Metropolis for this end, and from here similar institutions have spread over the country. But the proper motive for establishing such institutions has by no person been so well expressed as by Dr. Chan ning. 44 I have no partiality," he says, "r to the labouring classes, considered merely as labourers. My mind is attracted to them be cause they constitute the majority of .the. ;human race. My great interest is in tiurnan-7vatere, and in the working classes as its most numerous representative." In Europe the reverse of thiadoc trme is generally entertained, and our laws are made, our colleges are maintained, our high schools are endowed, our churches are built, for the purpose of promoting the high civilization of the least nu merous class. All our institutions, and almost all our ideas, tend to favour a few, and for their behoof to sacrifice the many. The labour ers are degraded in Europe into hewers of wood and drawers of water ; there still cleaves to them the degradation of the slavery of which their ancestors were the victims ; and at tempts to elevate them because they are the multi tude, and really constitut e the mass Of society, are derided as hopeless, or frowned down as mischievous by the aristocracy of wealth and rank, and their retainers. Well may Dr. Channing, contem plating our European society from a high elevation on the other side of the Atlantic, say -44 The present civilization of the Christian world pre sents much to awaken doubt and apprehension. It stands in direct hostility to the great ideas of Christianity. It is selfish, mercenary, sensual. Such a civilization cannot, must not, endure for ever. How it is to be supplanted I know not ; I hope, however, that it is not doomed, like the old Roman civilization, to be quenched in blood. I trust that the works of ages are not to be laid low by vio lence, rapine, and the all-devourin g sword." Such apprehensions arc not confined to Dr. Channing ; they are shared at least by Mr. Carlyle and other deep thinkers of his school, who see the great multitude under an aristocracy, which governs not and cannot govern, and connected with a priest hood which teaches not and cannot teach. If what he and others apprehend is not to take place, the means must be found of reconciling the working classes with the middle and upper classes, which is the great problem for statesmanship, if it be worth anything, now to solve. The civili zation of old Rome was quenched in blood by the invasion of some barbarous hordes, aided by the multitude of slaves who were located in its territory. We know not where any barbarous hordes are now to come from to overthrow European civilization; but in the neglected, despised, and much too often ill-treated, multitude oflabourers in Europe, now completely sepArated from the upper and middle classes, having pursuits, ideas, schemes, a press of their own, we sec some resemblance to the myriads of slaves in the Roman empire, who had no part in its civilization except its burdens; and it is probable that the labourers may succeed, they already avow that they will try, to subvert a.system of which they do not perceive the advantages. It is under this aspect that we consider those men, who, like Dr. Chan- fling in America, Dr. Birkbeck in London, and Mr. Heywood in Manchester, zealously endea vour to elevate and improve the minds of the la bouring classes, as amongst the greatest, and at present most needed, benefactors of the human race. " Among the changes," says Dr. Channing, "to which I look for the salvation of the moral world, one of the chief the intellectual and moral elevation of the working classes. The impulses which are to reform and quicken society are prob a bly to c ome not from its more conspicuous but ins obscurer divisions; and amongst these I see with joy new principles and aspirations beginning to unfold themselves." It grieves u s f or t h e h o nour of our country, for the sak e o f t ru th, t h e l ove o f which, as Dr. Chan mug s a y s , and all i n t e ll ectua l an d mora l g reatness, that a hook is the great element of right thinking composed with the object of elevating the minds of the labourers--that lectures conceived and executed in the most b e n evo l ent sp i r it, should have been re ceived here with something like carping criticism, and nothing seen in it worthy of notice except a little ebullition of feeling. We certainly do not class our selves with those who approve of all Dr. Charming's philosophical principles, but differing from him, as we shall perhaps t a k e occas ion to explain , on many points, we recogniz e i n his present production the purest and most elevated views, and can but ap plaud his efforts, as now tending to accomplish that which the general security demands—the civilization of the great multitude. MENDICITY IN FRANCE.—The French Go vernment having, with a view to the preparation of a new has relative to mendicity, collected information from foreign coun tries on this question, and being desirous o f com p letin g its re searches by returns from the different departments of France, the Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular to the Prefects, calling for information. Amongst the ancient Hebrews there was an ante honey mcon, which preceded the marriage of parties ; the custom was, that when a young man salutes ,he object of his affections, he was obliged to give " a month's notice" of his intention before the celebration of his nuptials, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The intelligent middle classes of the country will do well to watch the conduct of the Tories with reference to this question of registration. The imperfections of the present system are manifest and notorious. The remedy pro posed by Lord John Russell is simple and efficacious. There can be but one objection to it—that it is a popular measure, a measure calculated to enlarge constituencies, and make the Reform Bill a reality—a measure conceived in no narrow and grudging spirit of mistrust, but in an en larged and generous confidence in the principle of popu lar representation. Will the Tot ies oppose it on this ground? Their organs are accusiomed to boast that the voice of England is with them. If so, they have no reason to fear a measure which gives that voice a fuller and fairer representation —no reason to perpetuate a system which, under one frivolous pretext or another, disfranchises a large proportion of the most independent constituencies if Protestant England. Still less can it be supposed, that a party who have all at once been smitten with such an exceeding zeal for the purity of the franchise, can object to a measure for abolishing those scandalous and acknow ledged frauds, which have reduced at least haif a dozen of the smaller counties of Scotland to the condition of rotten boroughs in the hands of a few Tory proprietors. What ever may he the fate of the excellent measures announced he Lord John Russell, they will at least produce one good effect, that of testing the sincerity of Tory professions. ( From the Morning Advertiser.) Were the pa-sons one half so zealous in the cause ef religion as they are in that of tithes and Church.rates, the Establishment might yet for years flourish in unquestioned ascendancy. But the means adopted fer securing the re venue are precisely those best calculated to overthrow the religion in the pretended support of which that revenue is levied. It is the exce s s o f o pp ress i on an d wrong which most successfully provoke the resistance necessary to their annihilation. Parsons may strain the law to its most op pressive intensity; but the more vindictively they enforce their legal powers, the more c er t a i n w ill public opinion in sist on the abrogation of l aws f oun d e d on re li g i o u s intole rance, and intended only to perpetuate the exactions of the Church, in violation of every principle of justice and every sentiment of morality. The scandalous broils which have marked the making and levying of Ch u r c h- ra te s a r e a dis grace to the age and country. Were the Parsons influ enced by a regard for common decency, to say nothing of the Christian doctrines they profess to teach, they could never have become parties to the infamous proceedings by which the Church has been of late years desecrated, (From the Morning Post.) The Ministerialists dilate not only upon the difficulty, but the danger also, of interfering with churchmen in Church matters, relating to the imerrial government of their churches. Let the difficulty and the danger be granted, are these any reasons why the Government should shrink from the task ? We know how ready the present indolent, and we fear we must add careless, Government is to be scared by difficulty, and to recoil from danger ; but a Government worthy of the name should consider only what is its duty, and be ready to encounter any difficulty, and incur any danger, which the discharge of that duty may render inevitable. The present disturbance in the Church of Scotland is by no means of a purely ecclesiastical character. It is mixed up with civil rights, and in fact the dissension lies between the highest Civil Court, backed by the House of Lords, whose decision is resisted, and the Ecclesiastical Courts, which make the resistance on what they consider spiritual grounds. Par. Bement is called upon to interfere, both for the support of the law and the preservation of the peace, which is vio lated in the collision between conflicting authorities. (From the Times.) At the close of the second day after the commission of a barbarous murder in the house of a Nobleman in a re spectable and populous part of London, it appears that the police are without any clue that can lead to the discovery and apprehension of the murderer. During no previous period of the modern history of London have five cruel mur 'ers been committed within two years without some of the perpetrators having been brought to justice. We feel convinced that it is not from any absence of abhorrence at the crime, that it is not from any desire to screen or aid the escape of the offenders, that justice has been defeated, hut merely from the inadequacy of the means employed to discover the guilty parties. In stating this opinion, it must not be considered that we are disposed to blame the metropolitan police. On the contrary, from its first formation we have always approved of the system, and maintained that the public have derived great benefit from its operation. It is, however, impossible not to per ceive that the excellence of the metropolitan police consists chiefly in the general protection it affords to the commu nity, and in its prevention of crime by the constant display of its power and vigilance. The semi-military nature of the regulations by which it is governed, the duties re quired of its members in continually patrolling their re spective districts, render it almost incapable of engaging in such inquiries as can alone lead to the discovery of of fenders. (From the Morning Herald.) The success of Lord Stanley's Bill will, to a great extent, rectify the evils of the Emancipation Act- It be hoves, therefore, every Conservative to struggle to the uttermost for the ultimate triumph of that great measure. Above all is it important, that the miserable policy of " concession" to the deadly enemies of England, and of Protestantism, should be henceforward, and for ever, abandoned. To " concede" the Municipal Corporation Bill would be. to a great extent, to repeat the fatal error cf. Snell a... concession" would be set down by the Popish party, simply as theretult of fear. It would dis arm no hostility. It would induce the abandonment of no treasonable project. The policy of the last ten years has appeared to have for its object the severance of Ire land from the British empire. The interests of Protes tantism have been systematically betrayed. The designs of Popery have been, in all respects, aided. THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH. This great man is preparing to conclude an exceed ngly successful season in the metropolis, having during pis visit drawn immense crowds to the Strand Theatre. He on Wednesday gave the second of a series of morn ing performances to accommodate a portion of his friends whose engagements rendered it. inconvenient to be pre sent in th evening. His assumption of the cognomen of" The Wizard" is with him more a merry conceit than an attempt at mystification, because he never omits on commencing his proceedings to abjure all alliance with supernatural agents, and modestly designates his mecha nical and manipulatical illusions " natural magic," and informs his audience that he depends entirely on his dexterity of management for the facility with which he can deceive them. That he does fulfil his part of the contract there can be little doubt ; and most ef fectually makes most efficient friends by the very means that other people would make enemies, namely, by most thoroughly deceiving every one who condescends to patronize him. Perhaps the strongest evidence of his superiority as a professor of the cnce-styled " oc cult art," is, that in London, where such exhibitions have been frequent for many years, and where illustri ous names in the same profession are still preserved in legendary lore among the catalogue of wonders that have been, in times long gone past, mid of modern pro fessors who have more recently fretted their hour within the magic circle, that the Wizard has excited a greater sensation in town than any other performer on seeord in the same line. His style of demeanour and ..,:siness of carriage, while he works his wondrous feats, e great general recommendations to him ; and his candid disavowal of confederacy or assistance from the original reputed agent in the " black art." fits his per formances for the best of society, and makes them such as to overcome the prejudicea of the most morally scru pulous, be they sectarians or whatever denomination they may have espoused. His paraphernalia surpasses all that have gone before him on the score of extensive ness and magnificence, and the massiveness and tasteful ness of the design of the workmanship of the multitudinous implements which he uses in the way of his craft conveys altogether the nursery notion we may have entertained of a grand saloon in the palace of a famous enchanter. Many of the illusory acts that he does are familiar to us as having been done by others ; but he has succeeded in applying to them new adaptations, and giving to them a freshness approaching to originality, whereby he virtually makes them his own. The great masters in the line of the olden school enjoyed individually distinct characteristics of celebrity. Pinnete, Breslaw, Katerfelto, and the Hungarian Trumpeter, &c., the one pleased, and the other made wonder and so forth, and on much the same scale of estimation have those of modern dates been held in the many Sieurs, Signeurs, and Kings and Emperors of Conjurors, &e., &e., that have followed ; but it would seem that the Wizard has skilfully culled from the whole school, ancient and modern, and com bined the every quality transferable into his own prac tice, so as to leave entirely in the shade all his com peers, and surpassing even the credulous expectation of the most simple in belief, as well as overtopping the carping incredulity of those who would be desirous to find fault, or, if they could, would lay open his secrets. His various changes, his various conveyances and trans mutations, his seeming possession actually of the gift of divination, and the manner in which he trifles with the senses and plays upon the conscious ness of judgment of his auditors, are so perfect and so cleverly effected, that not knowing how they can be dune, it becomes almost an act of wisdom, in self-defence, and to aroid bewilderment, that we take it for granted all we seem to see done is done in reality, and that he is only in jest when he denies the certain personage's assistance. His automatons arc as good as any of the kind we have ever seen. The manner in which he has got up what he calls the " Gun Delusion" is exceed jelly curious, and has the great recommendation of being totally harmless. With other practitioners it has generally happened repeatedly in their lives that they have suffered accident from this trick ; but the Wizard's method is matchless, and is proof against miscarriage ; it may be witnessed without apprehension by the most timid and sensitive individuals. While other names may still continue to be referred to as.those that have been, we firmly believe that the Wizard of the North of our own day will be as much spoken of while he lives, and his feats as long remembered when ho is gene to the rest of hi s f a th ers as any o f th e m—the most f amous i n story on the list of the illustrious masters of the caba listical. All the Members of Parliament without pairs in Paris quitted that capital for Lord Stanley's Registration Bill. The ship is said to have been urgent. Sir Thomas Cochrane remains in Paris, having paired oft till the 9th instant. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. (FultTliElt PARTICULARS OF WEDNESDAY.) The Sweepstakes was a wretchedly slow race for half a mile, when the Plcnipo filly took the lead, which she kept to the cords, where Emetic passed her, and won cleverly. Plate.—Confusionee made strong running nearly the whole of the distance, was headed a few strides beyond the Duke's Stand, and beaten cleverly by a length. Betting in the evening NEWMARKET ST.%KES. 5 to 4 on Lord Orford's Angelica colt THE DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Launcelo. 8 to 1 agst Lord Albernar'e's Assassin—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Theon 12 to 1 agst Mr. Etyvall's Melody colt 17 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Angelica colt 17 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate 20 to 1 agst Lord Kelburtie's Pathfinder 20 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Mulry Ishmael 20 to 1 agst Captain Gardnor's sl(nops 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Gambia 40 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Crazy Boy 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Sadler's Torres Vedras—taken 4 to 1 agst Theon and Assassin—taken 450 to 100 agst Assassin and Melody c—taken 500 between Theon and Assassin—taken 500 between 111onops and Pathfinder—taken 600 to 500 on Angelica c agst Confederate—taken THE OAKS. Offers to take 5 to 4 about Crucifix. The following names were omitted in our last list of the company :—Countess of Chesterfield, Colonel and Lady Peel, Lord Lynedoch, Lord W. Paulett, &c. THURSDAY. Tho Bcaufert Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for colts Bst 71b, and fillies Sst 21b; winners of sweepstakes to the amount of 5001., 71b. extra ; of any two, amounting together to 1,0001., 111 b extra. (Five subs.) Last mile and a distance. Mr. Osbaldest.on's ch f, by Belshazzar d by Whale bone Robinson 1 Air. Sadler's Protector, by Defence out. of Euroync 2 Mr. Edwards's f Billow, by Taurus out of Leeway Betting -13 to Bon the ch f;5 to 2 agst Protector (taken); and 4to I agst Billow. Won by a bead. The 1,000 Guineas Stakes, by sub, of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three-year old fillies, Bst 71b. D. M. Twenty-eight subs. Lord George Bentinck's b f Crucifix Lord George Bentinck's ch f Rosa Bianca Lord Albemarle's b f Spangle Lord Exeter's be f Silistria 8 and 10 to lon Crucifix. Won very easily. Lord George Bentinck declared to win with Crucifix. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas for tour-year-olds, 9st blb ; five, lOst 71b; six and aged, lOst 121 b. R.C. Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, 5 yrs Robinson 1 Lord Albemarle's Domino, 4 yrs Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, 4 yrs General Grosvenor's Daedalus, 5 yrs CHESTER RACES ‘T , .. T EDNESDAY. A Free Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, for all ages. Once round and a distance. (3 subs.) Mr. E. Peel's gr h Saul, 5 yrs .... The Dee Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h ft. for three-yr-olds, Derby weights. To start at the Castle-pole, go once round, and finish at the coming-in chair. (8 subs. ) Lord Westminster's br c The Shah (Holmes) 1 Mr. Mostvn's br c Trustee, by Sir Grey Lord Stanley's ro c De Clifford 5 to 4 on De Clifford, and 15 .to 10 agst The Shah. Won easily. The Stand Cun of 100 cove., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, if declared, for all ages ; three-yrs-old, 6st 10lb ; four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 121 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners once of the value of 1001., 31b. ; twice, 51b, and thrice, 71b extra. Twice round and a distance. (6 subs.) Sir T. Stanley's ch c Rabbit-catcher, 3 yrs ... ...... (Lund) 1 Lord Eglinton's br g Shark, 3 yrs Mr. F. R. Price's b f Lady Abbess, 4 yrs ... 3 PARIS RACES.—SPRING MEETING. PARIS, Alnr 4.—This cockney meeting commenced yester day, and will be continued on the Thursdays and Sundays for a few weeks. There was plenty of dust, a high wind, and a hot sun, but a great lack of company—the running of the water-works at Versailles being more attract:ve. The sport was, however, not deficient in merit ; and a marked improve ment is to be noticed in the French race horse, bred, as he now is, from the best English blood. The course was detest able—all sand, and gravel enough to founder a Suffolk punch. It is strange that a bit of grass cannot he found in the vicinity of this metropolis fit for a course, and still stranger that the owners of good cattle will allow them to run on such abominable ground. All the races were won by the Duke of Orleans, whose stud is now the best in France. The sports commenced with— A Plate of 1201. for colts and fillies. Two miles and a half. Colts, 7st 10lb ; fillies, 7st flb. The Duke of Orleans's eh c Gig,es, by Priam ...(Edwards) 1 Mr. Fould's ch c Repenter, by Felix Mr. Fould's b c Jocelyn, by Royal Oak Jocelyn made the running, but could not keep it up beyond the first round of the Champs de Mars. Repenter then took the lead, with the Priam colt hanging on his quarter ; thus they ran within the distance, when Gigcs gave the go-by and won easy. . - Eighty Sovere; for all Agns, fm _ ages ; horses, Bst 7117; mares, Est Best of heats. Two miles and a half. The Duke of Orleans' b h Nautilus, by Cadland (Ed wards) walked over 1 Mr. Carter's b h Vendredi, by Cain, drawn Vendredi looked like a winner, but was headed within the distance, and beaten by a length after a severe struggle. The winner was much punit , hed, and it was 6 to 4 against him for the second heat, but Vendredi was hurt in the stable and had to be drawn, and Nautilus walked, over. A match for 2001 between the Duke of Orleans's Beggarman, 5 years old, and Lord li. Seymour's Primefit, 5 years old. Three miles and a quarter. Beggarman, by Zinganee (Edwards) 1 Primefit The horse was twice the size of the mare; looking in every respect a racer, w bile the mare se eme d t o b a a smart nag, fi t for the park or the road, or any thing but the turf. Edwards made a waiting race, never calling on his horse till within a few strides of home, and winning by two lengths. Subscriptions of 101., and Stakes of 1501. Fifteen Subscribers for colts and fillies. Mile and a quarter. The Duke of Orleans's Quonian, by Royal Oak (Edwards) 1 Mr. Feuld's b c Auriol, by Royal Oak (Manning) 2 Lord H. Seyrnour's g f, by Royal Oak (Jones) 3 Count de Blangy's f, White Face Auriol and the gray made all the running, and the race seemed for some time before them. Edwards, however, on coming to the straight ground, shook his horse a little, and won cleverly, Auriol coming in second, and the gray an indif ferent third. Lord H. Seymour used to have a sinecure of the Champ de Mars. The Duke of Orleans has now cut him out, and wins every thing. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The E: r 1 of Surrey ; the Countess of Lincoln; the Earl and Countess of Hillsborough ; Viscount St. Vin cent ; Lady William Russell ; Mr. M' Donnell, at Mi vart's Hotel, Brook -street, from a visit to Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Montgnmerie, at Beaufort House, Sus sex; Captain and Mr. Stephenson, at ditto; Mr. E. B. Farnham, M. P.. end Mrs. Farnham, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Dorrien Mareens, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Boreel, at ditto ; Viscount Clements, M. P. ; the Earl of Devon; the Duchess of Richmond ; Viscount and Viscountess Fitzalan ; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland; Sir Ed mund and Lady Filmer ; the Earl Cadogan ; the Earl of Jersey; Lord Villiers, M.P. ; the Earl and Countess of Craven; Sir R. Hussey ; the Hon. Colonel and Mr. Anson ; the Earl of Shelburne, at Lansdowne House ; Sir William Boothby; Earl and Countess Cowper; Sir H. and Lady Verney ; Sir Robert Gordon ; Captaiu and Lady Harriet Ilamil;on ; the Earl and Countess of Bradford; the Countess of Winchilsea ; Captain Vernon and Mrs. Denby Harcourt, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Dover -street, for the season ; William Villiers Stuart, Esq., M. P., and Mrs. Stuart, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle -street ; R. I. Eaton, Esq., M.P., end Mrs. Eaton, at ditto ; Colonel Morrison, at ditto ; Mrs. Masingberd, at ditto; Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn, Bart., M. P., at ditto; Mr. Hicks, Countess of Waldegrave, and Lady Laura Waldegrave, at ditto ; F. B. Beamish, Esq., M. P.. at Jermyn-street, St. James's, from Gren ville House, Cork ; Lady Elizabeth and Miss Feilding, from Layeock Abbey, Wilts; Lady Baird Preston and family, at Pattieson's lintel, Brook-street, from Learn. ington ; Lord and Lady George Seymour, at ditto, from Brighton : Mr. and Mrs. Delrne, at ditto, from Hants ; Lord Dunfermline, at ditto, from Stirling ; the Right Hon. Lord Stuart de Decks, at Long's Hotel, New Bond-street, from the Continent; Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest ; Lord Arthur Lennox ; the Earl of Gosford ; Lord A. Seymour; the Right lion. Edward Ellice; V seount and Viscountess Milton ; the Earl and Gountess Powis and Viscount Clive; Lord Clifford; Viseourt and Viscountess Courtenay ; Sir Benjamin Hall, M. P. ; Lord and Lady Jemima Eliot ; the Earl and Countess of Effingham ; the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, M. P. ; Col. Verner, M. P. ; Viscount and Viscountess Downes; Lady Durham ; Lord Sandys ; Lord Corry ; Earl of Shelburne, M.P.; the Marquis de Bellune, at Mivart's Hotel; Lord Heneiker, M. I'. ; the Earl and Countess of Lichfield; S'r Thomas Munro, Bart., Ride Brigade, at the Cavendish Hotel ; the Earl of Chichester ; the Hon. Henry Fitzroy ; Sir R. Batesen, Bait., M. P., at the Burlington Hotel ; Lord A. St. Maur; the Hon. Mrs. George Lamb ; Lord and Lady Dinorben and Lady Gardner ; Mr. and Mrs. Mainwaring, at the Burlington Hotel ; Lady and Miss Taunton, at the Cavendish Hotel Jermyn-street ; Sir Richard and Lady Keane, at ditto ; Lord Waldegrave; Sir William Boothby, at Cox's Hotel, Jermyn street; Mr. Archbold, M. P., at (lit•o ; Lady Ormsby and Mr. Rebovr ; Sir Wm. and Lady Welby ; the Earl of Leitrim and Lady Elizabeth Clements ; the Rev, Lord Decks; the Hon. Major Lauderdale Maute, 79th Highlanders; and Lord Monson. DEPARTURES. Lady H. De Blaqutere, for Sussex; Colonel Towi send, 14th Light Dragoons, for Hounslow ; Lord end Lady Dorchester, on a continental tour ; the Marquis Northamp ton, for Castle Ashby; Sir Richard and Lady Glyn, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Sir F. Booth, for ditto; Lady Fingal' and family, for Tunbridge Wells ; Lord Marsham, for Baxley House, Rochester; Mr. A. Greville, for Ha'- field; Rear-Admiral and Mrs. Rowley, for Cheltenhem ; Lady Grey Egerton and family, for Malveru ; Mr. and Mrs. Cutler, from the Cavendish Hotel, for the Conti nent; Lord and Lady Galway, for Malvern; the Dowager Lady Dillon, for Brighton ; Colonel Ouston, for ditto ; the Earl of Gosford, for Cheltenham; S'r Henry Mere dyth, for Dublin ; Mr. and Lady Grace Vandeleur, for ditto ; the Hon. R. N. Westenra, for Rossmore Park, Monaghan ; Captain Tomline, 10:11 Hussars, for Clifton ; the Earl of Mu/grave, Scots Fusilier Guards, fur New York ; the Bishop of Gloucester, for Cheltenham ; Lady Verney and the Hon. Lady Hope, for Hastings. CALVERLEY PARK HOTEL, TONBRIDGE WE LLS. ARItIVALS. —Sir R. Afflock and family, Lady Howden, Mr. and Mrs. Falkner, Sir Charles and Lady Coote and family, the Messrs. Barnett, Colonel Puleock, the Vis countess Crernorne, and Mr. ard Mrs. Bigg. The Earl and Countess of Charleville arc still occupying apartments. The depa r t ures w i t hi n t h e last few days include the Duchess of Gordon, Lord and Lady Fitzroy, Sir Thontr.s Gage, Lady Colbrooke and family, nir. and Mrs. Goring , Dr. and M rs . R i di ng , Q u i nt i n Dick, Esq.. M. P.. S r Robert Gordon, the lion. Captain William Gordon, M. P., the Rev. Henry Blunt and family, and Sir Philip and Lady Henderson Durham. 7 EVENING EDITION. NEWS FROM INDIA. BOMBAY, MARCH 31. India is tranquil. The great subject of interest is the expedition destined for China, for which active prepara tions are r;oing on. In Calcutta several ships are ready, and several regiments. he staff of the army is also ap pointed. The Wellesley, with the flag of Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, having been some weeks at Ca!:. cults, has sailed for Madras, in order to make effective ar rangements there. The ships of the expedition are to as, semble in rendezvous at Singapore on the 7th of May. The number of vessels taken up for the conmance of roops and stores is sixteen. Only three regiments embark rom the Bengal presidency—the Cameronians, the Queen's 49th, and a regiment of volunteer sepoys. The Came' ronirms were to embark about the 20th inst., and all the troops will rendezvous at Singapore. Scam-vessels will be prominently engaged in the expedition, and all the vessels now under despatch are taking in a greater or less quantity of coal. The Bengal volunteer regiment bas been fully formed, and I enclose a list of officers posted to it. Five vessels of the aggregate burthen of 3,149 tons, have been taken up to convey the Cameronians, which gives rather more than three tons to each soldier : Tons. Officers. Men. TheEdmonstone 529 5 145 The Rohomany 857 9 225 The Defiance... 5ll 5 179 • The Ernaad 653 5 208 The Indian Oak 569 8 134 3,149 32 921 In the mean time, according to the latest intelligence we have from China, that Government proceeds in the same line of violent conduct towards the British. Capt. Smith, of the Volage, on the 8:11 of January, issued a notice that he would establish a blockade of the river and port of Canton, unless Mr. Gribble was given up. Mr. Gribbin gas released fiom confinement on the 14th, and was ex, pected to arrive out in the Thomas Coutts about the end of January. The trade with the English is declared un lawful by the Chinese. The opium question continues to engage much atter' . tion. An important decision has been given on the sub ject by the Supreme Court at Calcutta, which declares that Captain Elliot, when he gave the securities, was u nder durcsse, and that his accurities were of course void. Tharawaddie, the King of Birmah, has grown altogether peaceable since the news of the expedition reached him. Of the progress o f th e R uss i ans towards Khi va b u t little is known ; th e y a rc state d to b e approaching by the sea of Aral, and to have crossed the Juxar tea. The Khan of Khiva is said f,o have 22 000 men to act against them, bu t his undisciplined troops will be of little avail. Dost Mohammed and his sons are prisoners in Bokbar a ' the King of which place is willing to give them up. Nothing is known o f t h e p rocee di ngs o f t h e S c h a h of r° r ," sia. Rumours we re c i rcu l a t e d o f hi s i ntent i on to attack Herat again ; others assert that he has returned to l q a-r han. The Governments here are on the alert. at Karrak continue there, and it is supposed will rem ain Same time, as there are movements of ships in that direction. Aden is described as being in a ticklish state. T h ° Arabs d,) not appear willing to coalesce with the troops. lest There is some dissatisfaction expressed at Ceylon the removal of the troops for the Chinese expedition should.. lead to disturbances in that island. The regulations for the despatch of the steamers fro! Bombay with the mail to Europe durin the monioonb," The troops been published; they arc as fellow :—To Suez, a s teamer . on the 30th of April and 23d of May; a sailing vessel the Ist of June and I s t o f J u l y ; an d a steamer on the .3 , l . f of August. To the P ers i an G u lf, a steamer on the 22a ° .11..nc and 23d of July. In Calcutta the discussions respecting their steamers continue, and are likely to continue without any slit ilfic. tory result. Bombay, since the arrival of Lord Keane, has been the . , theatre of festiviti es an d rejoicings. A brilliant party t a:v, given to his Lordship an d th e ot h r conquerors of Affg ha istan on the 17th inst. Lord Keane takes his departure. for Europe in this steamer. ' fed The Bank of Bomb a y, th e G overnment h av i n g arranged the difficulties, is about to start into operation. The English ship Mars, from China to Manilla, was I° ' on the 13th of January on the Prata shoal. The transport Hannah, with a number of her Majesty's 17th Regiment on board, was, on coming f ro m Karacb ee, . totally wrecked on th e 17 t h inst., on a san dbank in the mouth of the Indus. Fortunately no lives were lost. bt there was a great loss o f p roperty . Th e Kbelat jewe were saved. Loss ot , 'rim SHIP MARS.—The English skip M a "' Captain Gardner, from Manilla to China, was lost on Prata Shoal on the 13th o f January. The crew re ached the island in the longboat, w h ere they remained five 6 " until the gale subsided. They then saved provisions /fe n the wreck, when Captain Gardner volunteered to love with part of the crew in the boat (which was a small one), M the hope of reaching China, or being picked up at when relief might be sent to those who remained. 1 " boat accordingly left on the 23d, with seven persons, 5C A ' s lected by lot, who, after encountering g r eat dangers, sel, when in sight of Pedra Branca on the 25th, were pickon, up by the Bombay Castle, on board which vessel they 0 ", rived at Tungkoo on the 26th. Her; Majesty's ship - PY, 111 : &nth went immediately to the r eli e f o f th e s i x persons onu had been left on Prate Island, and having succeeded is rescuing them, returned to Tungkoo. (From the Bombay Courier of. March 31.) WRECK OF THE HANNAH.--Bythe arrival t o thesteamer Berenice, we learn the wreck of the ship Hannah. Dr M'Gregor master, bound to Bombay from the Indus. This event occurred at the mouth of the Hujamree, a branch of the Indus river, on the 17th of March. She was built io Bombay in the year 1811, the owner being Khimelund tichund, merchant of this place. We subjoin the folloi-41 particulars :—" It was about 8 o'clock a.m , on the 17th of March, that the Hannah weighed anchor an . ddroPP ed r t e l s Kurachee harbour, having on board Lieutenant -Cel"- Croker and Pennycuick, one captain, two assistant-surgell_c: nice subalterns, 300 men, and about 50 followers of he Ivi a s. jesty's 17th Regiment,'also Lieutenant-Colonel Ottlebi,an. sis•ant-surgeons Thatcher, Bellett, and Pinkerton, and sign Wiseman with their followers, one child and Wal l of r P ew r , Bellatt's, three of fi cers, and about 60 of the ship's c ir _ altogether upwards of 450 people. The wind and our course lay southerly, but it was not till w ras; f 111 ?:' o'clock that we mad.: sail. We were striving to the oast" ward of south up to past 5 p.m., when soundings were found to be under ten fathoms, the two beacons of the Hujamree mouth said to be visible about sunset, and tno Captain, concluding we were well clear of all banks, COn; filmed the course with studding-s a ils s et. Alas 1 abou t quarter before eight the soundings were decreasing t seven fathoms, and in a very few minutes, as we were e l .' walking on the poop, the ship bumped, and would answer her helm. The tide was setting in strong to shore, and we commenced taking in sails and getting out the stream anchor. During the night every exertion wa s made to move the ship, but in vain, therefore wo CO . w menced throwing overboard as much as could br got at—tents, carpets, stores, Ste. On the 18th evert further expedient that experience could suggest to get the, ship off was put in force, and had not a strong breeze' sprung up from the westward, we might have been sue cessful ; the gale, however, increasing, and the sh i l l striking very heavily on the bank, it became necessari to start overboard a quantity of provisions, water, gallant masts, yards, s p are s p ars , b a ll as t, &C. v P that day we had the mortification to perceive Lieute• nant Jardine, of the Indian Navy, unsuccessfully cc' deavouring to come to our assistance; native boats surrounded us on all sides, but none came to our relief; during the night we sprang a l ea k . O n t h e 19th the ship's cutter was despatched with Lieutenant Dickson , er the 17th, on board to procure assistance, if possible, from shore. He met Li eu t enant J ar di ne coming to Us, , an d owing to that o ffi cer's exertions we were enabled to l a p , that evening nearly 100 men . On the night of th e 19t i l f the ship lay over on h er b eam ends, the wind rose to half a gale, the breakers surged over her nearly every time, and the leak so increased that with both pumps g ° ,, iri h t ! she gained on them a f oot o f water an hour. `,."," mizenmast was cut away, y et st ill s h e did net rig"" On the morning cf the 20th, the foremast also vfei cut away, and shortly after, the •gate having Icc dc ,,, rated, she right e d. Th e water h a d now r isen the gun-deck. About noon that day, we s tandinfil as it were, on th e verge o f etern i ty, comm itted to te i c i sea the body of Dr. Billett, who died in the morning, nt h., truly solemn wa s th e scene . B y 10 P. AL, on the s ll ?. ii inst , all th e tro o p s an d f o ll owers h a d l e f t t he ship w it h, Colonel Croker, who was the last man to depart, and ° a l' and heartfelt wer e th e congratu l at i ons w h en a ll once reassembled on what can only by courtesy be called la" The exertions of Captain M‘Gregor were unremit ting; the unfortunate accident was wholly caused by the forma tion of tine bank on which we struck having taken plate since last year. The gallantry and ability display ed ," Lieutenant Jardine arc beyond all praise." COWES—WEDNEsDAY. (PROM OCR OWN CC.iii.,PoNDENT.) OF: ROYAL YACHT SQUADR ON INTELLIGEN"—': G. 11. Ackers, Esq., his lay and family, arrived this.. morning in their splendid floativ mansion the Brilliant, 0.1: 393 tons; she i s. superbly fi tte d up, and Mr. A. intends taking up his residence in her this season ; he 1j36 Ackers, sen., and some friends with him. and has taken one. of the Bath Cottages for a nursery. Many other housc ll are also taken, indeed many more than usual so carts. to the season. The Albatross, of 75 tons, John Lcvcson Go wer, Egg" is also in th e roa d ; ; an d the Owen Glcndwr, 113 to r': Lord De sar t, fi tt i ng i n t h e h ar b our, w i t h tha Kotrel. 2 the Earl of Y ar b oroug h ; Li e b e , 68, W. A. Corber, Eol• ' Nautilus. 103, Earl de Grey. and several others. 7th. Arrived the brig y a cht Anonyma, of 427 tons, the li.',. R. F. Greville, from the Mediterranean. NEWPORT. Last season it took a week to convey the lam riom the isl And to London, th.s SCESOII only 24 hours, b y Vr iCh (thanks to the Southampton Railway) our f a rmers aro e. saving from 7A). to Slb. in each lamb. beside s the exPees. and loss of iime ; next week the opening of the railroad all througli will reduce the time very materially again. The continued drought is having a very serious effec t on the crops—with the exception of three or four trifling shows (one of which fell last evening) we h ave rain for nearly three months (15th February). The baro meter has Leon falling since Saturday last, and is now at 29.53. ; the wind at S. W. had no w Mr. Greig delivered lectures in our Town-ball on' the Corn-laws on Tuesday and Wednesday evening , wh i°l " . we re well attended, and is to d e li ver t w o at Cowes, in the Commissioners-hall, on this and following evenings. •--- - - A statistic view of the population of P°O u g al • has been publ shed in the Portugueso Papers, giving the ,, 6 'n vi s ing results : —The number of families is `,.:27,9-17:4 of P ers i ' 3,224,474 ; of children under seven ears of age, 5130 1 7 ... o births, 99,097; of marriages, 23,558} of deaths, .I.l'is statement is official, as it is agreeable to the survey ordered to be taken by the Minister of the Home Department in the we ginning of 18:38. I