The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-15 00:00:00

icarded cab-drivers or flash men upon town, and none
of them have more means of obtaining racing informa-
tion than .the ignoramuses upon whom they live
and fatten." If they are supported after this exposure
those who are thus warned against speculating in
horse-racing, deserve to lose their money, say we.
The third chapter deals with " The Prophets," whom
the author appears disposed to rather compliment than
to censure ; but he makes one exception, and that
one is no less than the great Yates, who, according
to the Wizard, is " a wiry and obscure writer, fond
of long-windedand tortuously entangled sentences, re-
lieved now and then by involutions of thought, that
forcibly recal the two lines of Pope :
' Such laboured nothings in so strange a style,
~
Amaze the unlearned—and make the learned smile.'
After tracing the opinion of the prophets upon the
forthcoming Derby, as disclosed in their published
effusions, the pamphlet proceeds to give " a solution of
the problem;" and here we must be allowed to take
leave of this racy production, for it would neither
suit the author's purpose nor our own to wade
through his premises and conclusions. Suffice it to
say, that the subject is judiciously, though smartly,
handled, and since the brochure is replete with useful
and interesting information, we strongly recommend
it to the perusal of the sporting world, whose name,
now-a-days, is Legion.

DRIJIt V -LANE
THEATRE.
The Sicilian Bride promises to be established as one
of the most favourite operas ever produced in this
country. A certain degree of heaviness, by which it
was, in some measure, marred units first representation,
now ceases to exist. Judicious curtailments and
lightenings were pleasurably apparent on Saturday
night, and Balfe's beautiful music, with the admirable
vocal exertions of Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Whitworth,
Mr. Drayton, Miss Chrichton, and Miss Isaacs, cannot
fail to attract a series of equally
full and fashionable
audiences as have attended each representation of the
Sicilian Bride.

REFORM
TO THE SECRETARY 01---;---T.IIE BRADFORD
ASSOCIATION.
(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS ANT,
--- WEDNESDAYS.)
Sir,—On Friday the 12th the House of Commons
understanding that nothing con-
nected with the Ministerial changes would be brought
assembled, with an
forward till Monday. An Electric Telegraph Bill, in
which there are signs of the commerce of Bridford
being interested, went to a second
large majority of 210 to 60. reading by the
You will see in all the newspapers detailed accounts
of what passed at the meeting at Lord John Russell's
on Thursday.
purpose You will readily collect, that the
meeting served rather the
of a trial of dis-
positions and feelings among friends, then of deter-
mining any distinct line o f action to be immediately
assumed. The representatives of the League were evi-
dently conciliatory and mild, as befitted their position.
The representatives of what take to themselves the
title of the party of
Parliamentary Reform, were
impracticable and repulsive, in a way which suggests
that they have something lodging in their minds,
which it would be hazardous to say the public will
treat with respect when it appears. Two propositions
they made prominent. One, that they demand a broad-
bottomed administration; on which subject they in--
vited to irreverent mirth by the delicacy with which
they substituted a " broad" administration, which is
not English, and only reminds the hearers of some of
Cobbett's descriptions of verbal. affectations. And
the other, that Free Trade is in no danger, and, by in-
ference, all trouble in that direction is only thrown I
away. The conclusion to which they strongly invite,
is that ir any good is practically wrought in the way
of Parliamentary Reform, it will be neither with
them, nor without them, but in spite of them.
A common friend who had possessed the ear of the
meeting, might have improved the occasion to the
offering a salutary counsel to each and every of the
parties severally present by their representatives.
To the Free Traders be might have said, that before
independent men and politicians will take an active
part with them again, there must be security given
that thething
shall not end in the lame and impotent
way it did before; and the reasonable pledges for this,
are that the Free Traders shall announce their resolu-
tion to carry the success which shall ultimately attend
them, to the reasonable length of doing away with
what goes by the name of the " one-shilling duty,' 1
and further, so far at least as in them lies, place the
representative of their cause in the office of President
of the Board of Trade when the time comes. When
a man has eaten a certain quantity of the public salt,
he ceases to belong to himself; and is bound to be
at all calls. There might once have been a delicacy
about placing an extreme man in office. But after
what has taken place, it is only a proper assurance to
the public, that victory is not to be made a shuttle.
cock.

I believe was mentioned in a former letter, a friend
not unknown in the Anti-Corn-law contest, and On this subject of the " one-shilling duty," which
pro-
fessional iu the immediate line concerned, has pointed
out some facts which had escaped my innocence. He
has demonstrated to me, that when this duty of Is. per
quarter fell upon Oats which during a large part of
last year ranged at about 15s. a quarter, it was not a
duty of 21 per cent. but of more than 7 per cent.;
and in the cases of Barley, Rye, Peas,
and Beans,
if they are taken as ranging between 21s. and
318. a quarter, it was from 5 to 3 and one third per
cent. If it is imperatively necessary to know the quan-
tities of grain imported,
surely it might be done
otherwise than by this " shilling duty. No man
would pay a shilling on
going through a turnpike, on
the pretence that it was desirable to possess statistical
information on the number of passers through, when
a simple tell-tale would do as well. Is it worth pay-
ing 2, 3,.4, 5,6, and 7 per cent on every quarter of
grain that comes into the country, for the sake of
knowing, that there teas a quarter
of grain f Why
not put a tax of from 2 to 7 per cent. on grain in
the sheaf, " merely for information" ?
To the friends of Parliamentary Reform, the sup-
posed friend might have Pointed out how closely the
circumstances of the now contest connect other
interests with
.the question of Parliamen-
tary Reform, For instance the grotesque
absurdity of the trick of unequal Electoral
Divisions, never stood out in such strong relief, as now
that a Prime Minister has said there shall be no Corn-
law, unless his men voting by hundreds beat your men
voting by thousands. The question never was in such
a position before ; it is like the flea, or baser compa-
nion, lodged between two pieces of glass for a micro-
scope ; we never had such a chance to see the sucker
and the claws, and the wonderful peristaltic motion
by which the blood of those who find it, is assimilated
to the substance of the devourer.
To the statesman who formed the centre of the
meeting, he might have recalled the example of the
great Corsican, who when he assembled a council of
war, heard everybody, and then steered his way
through conflicting opinions with the certainty of
being supported by the mass. The responsibility of
doing, in such circumstances is great ; but the re-
sponsibility of not doing, is at least equal. Nothing
is plainer than that, without hies the machine will
not move. It is a problem to be solved, bow and by
what road, an individual Promoted to the exercise of
such as
duty duty shall out of the nettle discord pluck the
flower.
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
'AN O
52 LD REFORMER.
Blackheath, 15th March; 18.

BURGLARY AT MR. ___________
A
--anima/AN CAHTER'S.—A
burglary was perpetrated in the course of Friday night at the
shop of Mr. Alderman Carter, i
chronometer and watchmaker
and jeweller, at the corner_ c
-of orahlii and Bshopsgate-
street, when property to the amount of several hundred
pounds was carried off. It appears that an entry was ob-
leading to a printing-office. A slight wooden partition is the
ob-
tained through the back of the shop,
only division, and it would seem that by means of a centre-
where there is a passage
bit an entrance was effected. The thieves swept the coun-
ters of rings, brooches, and other articles ofjewellery. The
jewellery abstracted is estimated &t between 4001. and 500/.
No watches were removed. A reward of 100/. has been
offered for the apprehension of the burglars.
ATTEMPT OF THE MURDXRER IiALABEEOO TO
ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—The Italian, Icalabergo, who was
convicted at the last assizes of the wilful murder
of his uncle,
arnadlisnugccseeded in springing
a jeweller, at Banbury, and is now awaiting execution, made
from Oxford Castle, the prison in which he is confined.
a most determined attempt on Friday morning
Since his condemnation he has been permitted to walk in a yard belonging to the prison, accompanied h- _
are placed, but he
, .
guatorde.scaHpee
was taking his usual airing on Friday merni„,__,
and
while
the attendant was looking another way, he "g
made a desperate
leap, and succeeded in scaling the wall like a cat. At the
ctoopntor
fivetdlintowraulln asolomnag
some distance to the top of another wall hich he imagined
to be the boundary of the prison, but yin this he wastaken, for there was still another beyond, end, from the cen-
stthoeutwairlol,n
mis-
struction of the building, he was unable to proceed any
further. His movements were soon perceived, and, the
alarum bell being rung, several of the turnkeys were imme-
diately on the look out. The prisoner, finding his escape
impossible, waited patiently till a ladder was set for him to
descend. He was then conveyed to his cell, and securely
manacled. This is the second attempt made by Ralabergo
to escape. On a previous occasion he jumped from a high
window, and broke his leg. His execution is fured for eight
o'clock on Monday morning next.
U
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-7 e Upon the 10th inst.,
at Gort Church, by the Hon, Hamilton -117 William O'Grady,
uncle to the bride, C. Monteith
f 4. 8(1. o Captain in
the 92d Highlanders, eldest son
Corinnao VHeramilton, Esq., of
to the Hon. Maria. ker, daughter: of
Glasgow,
• tees tort. The bride was attired in a
Viscount and Viscountess
rich white a veil andpolka brochCe silk, with _
.. of Limerick
lace, and crowned with a wreath of orange flowers and
honeysuckle. She was attended by six bride •
sounds, dressed
in white tarlatan, with
bonnets to match, ornamented with
her dress a rose coloured each wore over _ coloured par-
jasmine, an
h was densely crowded, and the appear-
ancedessus. The church
universal • •
of this lovely group attracted admiration.
company adjourned, amidst the
After the ceremony the
heartfelt congratulations of a happy tenantry, to Lou ghcooter
sumptuous repast was provided, and where Castle, where a sumptu
they were welcomed by a large
family party, At five o'clock
the happy pair le
ft in their travelling chariot for Fortfergus,
where they will pass the honeymoon.
The Duchess de Leuchteoberg, daughter of the
Emperor of Russia, was safely delivered on the 3d. instant
ofa Bon, who received the name of George. •