The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-05 00:00:00

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EPSOM AUTITMN RACE

(THIS DAY.)

(BY EXPRESS.)

The Hurdle Race.

Tomboy ... ...............................................

Marriott..

, ..................................................
Won by six lengths.
The Scramble Steeplechase.

Nutley ..... .. .......................... .......................
La Chouettes ..............•••..

EPSOM AUTUMN RACLS•

(THIS DAY.)

Tho Durdans Stakes.

May Day ......................................................
La Mllhoureuse . .....
Newport. ..................................................... 3

14 ran. Won in a canter.

LORD MAIDSTONE and MR. 111ACAVIA

We are requested by Lord Maidstone to Pliblll
the following letter, which we do verbatim
71, South-Audley-et. Nov. 4, I°'".
" MAIDSTONE " versus 4' MAC AIMA:r"
To T. B. MACIULAY ESQRE M.P. Frost EDll4o°_,°‘thel
Sir,—The world at large will be surpris'd to fie"' fia o
you cannot address your Philistines at Edinbro, far
hour together, without introducing a subject 111:1°1:17iViil'
you are as ignorant as you were two years ago °f „gel
liam Penn's morals, or of James (quere John?)
of Dundee's christian name. ; title
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Yu may, or ay not merit the compreh en s 4- 0o;
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once alied to you of " book in breeches ";
should recollect, that many books (including the tne'cl
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volumes of your own history,) are generally 001
very pleasant reading, and very poor authority. „g-
-as a profess'd historian and moralist, it cannot h111.",,b0
cap'd your notice that, duty excuses every r°3llfis'
changes his opinion conscientiously from the chargem" co
consistency. Otherwise, all argument, and 431.-e°
must be dispens'd with definitively. , tbo
If your friends at Covent Garden had allow'yibaershlot
Englishman's right, (which in their charccter of
they very consistently denied me,) wiz a hearing-41101
have clear'd up the difficulty in less than five raintl,!,e„‘il
that worthy plebs was so engsg'd in cheering Sir j. 0°- efina
platitudes, cursing General Evans's explanations,
exhibiting to him backs which he had flogged 1° '1,50
—that it would have been better for me to bare takes
i-
a hint from the clown of the theatre opposite, 44:13 eOl
furled a series of legends at them, instead 010°°
mouth. 1001.
But without the direct evidence of a public el. do'
tion, charity if not chivaly might have led you tc/i,
elude that one who can count kin with the greet, vmeant
Graham (not John, mind! nor he of NetherhY)c-its?
have had good and honourable reasons for talci°g; 50d
which you are pleased to brand with inconsisteno/1,006
for which you, after the long parliamentary elPenra 011'
you boast of, are not ashamed to coin base °-
generous motives. a the
To raise a laugh at the expense of the absent, an„t
helpless, has long been the prevalent seakees of od
facetiously term'd Whig humour. In the last otiterflerof
I have no design to figure. Give your OVIII ,01,C1
Mr. Macaulay! They shall be punctually attecu:l,ol:
" according to the measure of power of the aelieni.ougls'
It will be for you to cry Ohe, when you have had en
In the meantime, Gare a qui me touche reel('
If this charge of inconsistency depends upon r'l, 00
I am sorry to be oblig'd to tell you that there , for
foundation
for it; and if you depend upon anct,lr,"loo
your information, pray put in practise the
directions you have thrust into the mouth °f
APQ
Claudius, end—

" Stop him alive, or dead ht 5 o'l'l
" Ten thousand pounds (in copper), to tho man who bring,-
I am, Sir,
(With every respect for you as a Novelist)
Yours
as you use me
MAIDSTONF"