The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-27 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27. 1852,

acquitted the captain of c:imiaal recklesmess. The
numb Er of deaths caused by the expliwion is 32. On
the day before the packet sailed the Reindeer took
fire at the Bristol landing, and burnt to the water's
edge. No lives were lost. The fire is supposed to
have originated from some bedding, that had been
saturated with oil, producing spontaneous corn•
bustion.

Judge Harris has decided the Rensselaer rent case
against the general's family. The paper title of Van
Rensselaer to the manor of Rensselaerwyck is held
to be illegal and void ; as to lands which have been
occupied for forty years under ale from Van Rensse-
laer possession is a bar against the claim of the State,
hut in respect to unoccupied lads of the manor of
Van Rensselaer has no title.
The schooner Bonita from Vera Cruz brings papers
to the 21st, two days later. A
specie train, con-
sisting of ten waggons, arrived at Vera Cruz from
the city of Mexico on the 14th ult. This was the
conducta which bad been detaiced at Puebla for a
week on account of the revolutionary movements in
that part of the country.
Everything was
quiet at Vera Cruz when the
Bonita sailed, and business was quite dull.
Le Union of the 21st says that General Echagavay
had left Jalapa at the head of these forces to attack
Rebolledo iu Naolinco, but nothing bad been heard
of the result of the expedition. General Uraga had
arrived at Puebla at the head of a thousand men and
eight pieces of artillery, and it was rumoured that he
was about to march on Orizsba. The position of this
officer is locked upon as
very suspicious, and his in.
tentions are unknown.

Government forces have left San Miguel, Jalos,
Tepatitlan, and other localities, to join Governor
Portillo at Lagos.
The official organ in the city of Mexico, the Con-
stitutionnel, declares that the rumour is totally false
that the Government has opened negotiations with
the American Minister, the obi
release the United States, on payment of 6,000,000
dollars, from the obligations entailed on them by
the eleventh article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hi-
dalgo, to protect the Mexican frontiers from Indian
invasion. yet of which was to

The United States mail schooner Lucas arrived at
Charleston on the 9th, with Havannah dates to the
2d inst. Yellow fever and cholera continued to rage
with great violence both on ship board and in Ha-
of parties
supposed to be connected with the revolutionary
journal The Voice of the People, and the captain of
the Lucas was offered twenty doubloons to bring off a
suspected individual, but he declined.
vannah. Arrests were still being made

be unacceptable; but the time is coming in which it
will be a truism, and it is well for all the privileged
to be plepared for that. We speak truth with no in-
tent of harshness, but for the truth's sake, and for the
necessity of telling it. We shall be told how meritorious
and modest have been the Princes in giving up the
Commandership. in-Chief for the Colonelcies; we shall
be sorry if they accept the sop, still more grieved if
they permit the bargain to be made a merit of. This
is the very time when true legitimate greatness is to
stand against pretence by unselfish magnanimity.
Let those who have this fine game to play tremble
to lose it. Justice and modest self-denial must
bind the loyal allegiance of the meritorious to a
Who
bellow of their fatrevenues,
for protection like an
state in which the favoured have already so many and
so mighty advantages. Last of all, the Duke was
a new
appropriation Chancellor of Oxford ; and the University, according
to time-honoured custom, is going a tuft-hunting to
catch a successor. Of course, when the monks are
dreading
their natural propensities for courting the powerful
areredoubled.
Oxford big-wig ? What crop so dear to monopoly as
t
that of fellowships ? The Earl of Derby is as natu-
rally the idol of this class as the sun that of the
fire worshipper. There are such men as Lord Rosse
in existence, men who have extended the very con-
fines of science by their liberal and •
enlighted .
there are Herschels, Brewsters, and men
their equals
in other pursuits of learning and science—but u
e—bwhat
right have they to expect prime honours from the
University of Oxford ? Have its practice and
prin-
ciples any thing in common with theirs ? The
University chose the Duke of Wellington not for any
honour that it might desire to pay him, but for then
substantial advantage of countenance which it might
secure for itself. It will repeat the bargain, amid
the jeers of that part of the world that cares to notice
its proceedings, and afford another proof of what it is,
and what it ought not to be. A word with our co-
temporaries over the water. The Pays is angry, not
only with the English journals, but with the Assem.
bier Nationale, for doing honourable justice to the
Duke of Wellington's character. It is scandalized
at a comparison of Wellington with Napoleon. We
have little doubt that M. Guizot, who wrote the
article in the Assembler Nationale, meant to convey a
very powerful inuendo to the present Government of
France in setting the character of Napoleon in some-
what a true light by this comparison, most favourable
to the English General. The Assemblee has already
received a private unofficial warning for its indiscre-
tion. A public and official one might have been
too much even for French liberty of the press.
But let us put this one consideration to the Pays,
so indignant at a comparison which we feel does
Napoleon at least as much honour as his com-
peer. The French journalist has, no doubt, read the
accounts of Bonaparte's battles in the writings of those
who were devoted to his glory. We have studied
them in the same books, and we should be glad to
know the combat, of all those that have rendered the
name of the Emperor what it is, in which he would
have been pleased to see Wellington in the command
of the opposite army ? Read Savory, and then say
bow many of the great battles which Bonaparte won
Wellington would have allowed him to win if he had
been at the head of the contending forces? Would
Austerlitz itself have been one ? We propose a not
very impossible test to diligent and impartial readers,
to men who inquire that they may be instructed
and satisfied, and we propose as evidence the testi-
mony of those moat adverse to us. Let the dispute
be carried on upon this almost mathematical basis,
or let it drop. We do not seek, proud as we are of
the British General, to make the occasion of honouring
his memory an opportunity for irritation to France.
We should pray that we might bury all animosity
with the ashes of our mighty champion. We should
trust that we shall never have to sigh for the revival
of his glories in another. Look at what the world
is doing in peace ; these two nations of France and
England in especial. Look at our national manufac-
tures, at the erection of a new cotton factory at
Bradford, covering six acres of ground, of another
of like dimensions contemplated at Bolton, and both
containing only small parts of a great accession of
steam-power, amounting to the calculated strength of
3,717 horses, in the course of one year. Look at the
comfort exemplified by the 700 cottages built round
the Blackburn factory for the workers. Look at
France, with its cabinet-work, receiving unexampled
orders for what it can execute best from all parts of
the world, but in no small degree from England.
Look at the evidence of the lamented Mr. Porter, on
the wine-trade, and the probability, by the mere
sense of the measure, of our extending our commerce
largely with the French wine-growers by a great
reduction of duty. Look at Australia, already yield-
ing to us, and to all who choose to seek it (French-
men, if they please), much more annual treasure,
gained by mere toil, than the plunder of India ever
afforded to tyrannous avarice, and with the hope,
too, of a grander future, of which gold is only the
means and harbinger. Behold ! and answer if the
world can now have any future but that of peace ;
or if the disturber of its tranquillity can merit any-
thing but its unmingled and unmitigated execration.
—Weekly Dispatch.

THE DUKE OF
IVELLINGTON.
The lion is dead : some are thinking of burying
the carcase—others of dividing the spoil. With
that
p e ahas t
o n
s emanatedgreat fromreaso thereason
t— o
muchh
apthuerceremains of the great Duke are to be interred side by
side with those of Nelson, in
..et. Paul's, and the
people are to exercise their honourable office of
beh ighceosntteanut. authority
solemnly ratifying the glory of the dead at a public
funeral. It is not that our expressed sentiments have
been acted upon, that we hive any right to rejoice,
except inasmuch as we have shared and expressed
those sympathies common to the nation which have
prevailed in every quarter, from the lowest to the
highest.' Our words have declared the instinct of
our countrymen. Our interest in the future cere-
monial will lie in a faithful record of its proceedings ;
to tell the concluding event perspicuously and faith-
fully will be the sum of our credit. Recorded
honestly, the scene will speak beyond comment. It
is decided by the Queen that the funeral shall not
take place till after the meeting of Parliament, that
the two Houses may concur in the rite, and sanction
it on behalf of the nation. For that, the Queen had
relaxed her privilege of decreeing funeral honours.
But the nation bad outstripped the aetion
of its representatives, had sat in Parliament
for itself, and decreed with the might of a
choral voice, with the power of an unanimous acclaim.
Our senate will fulfil its office nobly, as it always
does on such occasions. Our great men will render
homage more illustrious by the words, in which they
will pay it. Lord John Russell, in his speech at Stir-
ling, has already given us proof ; to say nothing of
Sir James Graham and the Earl of Carlisle, at Car-
lisle. Else the pause seems but to introduce an anti-
climax. Let, however, all things be done orderly, as
suits the dignity of a grave and reflective people,
whose well-considered and constitutional deeds are fit
to speak to the world now, and to all time in the
hereafter. Some persons are already, while they ac-
quiesce in the public ceremony, quarrelling with the
form. For ourselves we would have it full of " state
and ancientry ;" for this simple reason, that established
ceremonials have in themselves an unction, and escape
the criticism which fixes upon new devices. Nothing
" theatrical" certainly, but all that can be accounted
historical. All forms need the help of association.
Let those who sit in the present Houses of Parliament
ask if all the glitter around them can recal
the antJaoritatiee emsjesty of the old plain cham-
bers, in which centuries of statesmen had fought
out the English destinies. All this is matter of
taste, but to be decided by true taste, that the soul of
the pageant may not be unworthily and ineffectually
embodied. We have no hope of the skill which could
give us a new and striking device for the funeral of
Wellington. We could expect nothing more fortu•
nate than the results we see in the two unhappy new
houses, and therefore we are best content with re-
curring to the past, on a subject so entirely relating
to it. We turn to the present and the future. Lord
Hardinge is, it appears, to be appointed Commander
in-Chief. On the whole, we are gratified with the
choice. It obviates, at least, that miserable insult to
the army that its highest offices are to be taken as the
perquisites of birth and rank, and that the hard-farers
and hard-fighters may think themselves honoured in
having the fortunate idlers put at the head of them.
To put down this insolent pretence, one which we
have paid for in blood, in honour, in security, as well
as in treasure, is a popular victory. It is true that
Lord Hardinge is a Conservative, but he is of the Peel
school. In accepting the Mastership of the Ordnance
from the Earl of Derby's Government, he expressly
retained his right to vote for the natural cheapness of
the people's food. Lord Derby's Government were
happy to accept him when they needed a man fit to plan
the national defences with that protest against their pro-
tectionisms, although such admissions must, in them-
selves, be fatal to a party cause ; and we are content
to accept this among the other high testimonies to
Lord Hardinge's worth, afforded by his many ser-
vices. We cannot doubt that he will imitate the
*Mex-
ample of his predecessor, be in his office a soldier in
preference to all other characters, no more sell
and
his honesty or Vie army's rights forpredilections
party .
We wish
than he would so barter the people's loaf.
that we could praise the other rumoured appoint-
ments.
Lord Derby, perhaps, takes the wardenship
day,
of the Cinque Ports as the Premier of the
..
by
long-established usage. But Lord Derby does not
want the accommodations or the is
emoluments.
a rich man. We might tolerate the honorary office
for a man nobly poor, like Pitt ; we do not care to add
it to the riches of a mere aristocrat, who happens,
for a short time and on a false pretence, to be First
Lord of the Treasury. We would
even
rather that poor
Disraeli bad it, if it might not be
better
Generalship of
bestowed in
a liberal Administration. The Alas_
erord Fitzroy So-
the Ordnance is well deserved by Lord
merset. There is no doubt that all the affairs of the army
should b 3 under one head, and
that the office should
he merged in that of the Commander-in -Chief i but
I
while that reform halts we are 8d to see Lord Fitz-
roy-3
Somerset in the post vacated
by Lord Hardinge.
in arms of the
Lord Comberraere, as an old
companion
Constableship of
Duke, succeeds him worthily
in the
of abating that office
the Tower. We may justly talk
t
too, or at least of regulating its
old Paladins claim
will not be too thrifty while the old emoluments ; but we
to be too Y
by hhem. The lon enjed
suc reversions,
Dukep of N" g not robab
Northumberland ando the
t
Dil ve as much ri to
alluis of Londonderry, too, ha _.
any Tory g
knave of, and no doubt entlemegnht we
be 'anights of the Garter
as
swill pay their fees for the
illustration as ungrudgingly
as any magnates in the
lend. Neither will bring
much additional honour to
the order, and the order,
which is something to say,
We wish we could conclude
*ill lose none by them'
Why Prince Albert to be colonel
as pleasantly.
isand the Duke of Cambridge
of the Grenadier Guards,
command in the Fusiliers ? Why ? We
to have the same flies on the other side, and we ask
maintain that the pro.
ht to a full reply. These high
the question with
arigcknowledge the fame, repay the
appointments would
.s
the
fortunes of two of our
services, and establish
moat meritorious soldiers. There are yet plenty of
old Peninsulars unprovicled for, and while we protest
most indignantly againstop carpet officers, we do so
most effectually by
demands
opposing to their meretricious
p of those who have shed their
blood, spent their youth
claims the just
and manhood, and broken
their constitutions n
defence of the country. At
whose expense of thisi noble crew are Prince Albert
and the Duke of Cambridge content to be aggran-
si
de are they willing to stand,
dized ? By whose
owning that their competitors have done infinitely
worthier service while they accept the unearned
re-
wards ? We do not flinch from saying that the
entire army requires free circulation from the root
to the top ; that although some means may be taken by
instituting opportua us
ities of fitation, to join
educ the
_
aristocratic class to the army officers, merit in the
ranks ought to aspire to the Commandership-in-Chief.
of the army is mainly
While the officering
.a privilege
matter of imperfect right, claim
of caste, let us, asfor its meritorious ,
members.
the caste
full justice in
made •
We do not bear of Princes being puisne judges
chiefs or chancellors; the lawyers
any more than Neither
would the public • they
are not bear it.,
are unaccustomed t o thatwrong..
Let the members
of the Royal Family be undeceived once:and for all.
They can stied no lustre on a profession till they have
first earned the glory they profess
to impart. %Ve
know that this is as new in certain quarters as it will

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCCXV.
NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The number of meetings this week, though
amounting to seven, does not come up to the average of
the last two or tiaras weeks. Pains Lane is marked for
to-day and to-morrow ; the Newmarket First October
(in September, by the bye) for Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday ; Chesterfield, Wednesday and Thursday;
Weaverthorpe, Wednesday ; Western and Upton-on-
Severn, Thursday ; and Brecon, Thursday and Friday.
Six out of the seven meetings possess only local attrac-
tion. The seventh, at head quarters, will be the nucleus
of the metropolitan division.
The Trial Stakes of 10 soya. each, A.F., will as usual
be the first race to-morrow. This stake, with the 10 and
20 soya. Sweepstakes over the T.Y.C., does not close and
name until this evening.
The Third Triennial Produce Stakes, D.I. (two miles
and 97 yards), out of its seventy- three nominations, will
have
,some five or six at the post, namely, Hernandez,
Midas, Ariosto, Lamartine, Aaron Smith, and perhaps
the Ban, Ley bourne, or Abderhaman. The betting for
this race has been almost exclusively confined to HER-
NA NDEZ and ARIOSTO, who, tooled by Butler and Nat,
will undoubtedly be first and second. L3martine, with
A. Day up, and Midas, with Norman, will probably be
the next two.

The Beckenham Stakes of 300 soya. each, h ft, T.Y.C.

(five furlongs 136 yards), will probably be contested by
a trio, namely, Filly by Touchstone, out of Kitty of
Coleraine, Estrella, and one of Lord Eglinton's; the first
named, not improbably turning out the winner.
The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sous. each,
A.F. (one mile two furlongs and 24 yards), up to yester-
day booked one of the greatest certainties in creation for
the winner of the St. Leger, has given us yet another
lesson of the mutability of all earthly, and especially
turfy, affairs; the wires having yesterday flashed up
the startling announcement, that Stockwell had fallen
lame or broken down. The consequence of this is,
that nuns has become the favourite at very short
odds; and, under the guidance of A. Day, is expected
to find his way past the post first, although I fancy
that Lord Ribblesdale's starter will give him his work
to do.

Sylphine, notwithstanding her 6lbs extra, has but to
show for the Hopeful Stakes (half a mile) to frighten
seven-eighths of her opponents out of the field.
The match for 200, T.Y.O , between Catalpa, 4 yrs,
Bst 71b, and Flirt, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, ought to be won by the
latter. _

...........
The Fifth Triennial Produce Stakes, run on Wed-
day, in the absence of Pharos and Catherine Hayes, who
are said to be non•startere, will be won by PELION.
The St. Leger stakes aro a certainty for FRANTIC.
The Fourth Triennial Produce Stakes, run on Thurs-
day, is little better than a match between LONGBOW and
HOBBLE NOBLE, although the field will probably amount
to some eight or nine.
Elmathorpe will win the Rutland Stakes, Pharold not
improbably occupying the second place.
Koh-i• floor, the crack for the great race at the Hough-
ton Meeting, received his quietus in the market on Fri-
day evening, his miserable performance in the race for
the Chesterfield, at Manchester, being the immediate
cause. He never possessed the slightest chance, in my
opinion, of winning either the Manchester race or the
Cambridgeshire.
Sharavogue, who has been in great request, and was
second favourite for the Cesarewitoh, made such a
wretched exhibition of himself at Leicester, in the race
for the Ladies' Plate, that he has been sent right out of
the market.
tafsor
Mr. Wadlow has sold Trifle, by Sweetmeat, out of
Village Lass, to Mr. T. Parr, for 200 soya, and half the
tHBastw4thlborins
not out
Ladies' Plate at Leicester, some 36 soya, more.
he eh
et took
at
rhe w lead,i t
c b.,,
At the Eglinton Club Races, Kingston's
easily-
accomplished victory over Stilton—which, by theb
was never approached, and won, with lots ofweight to
thatwas of fi
stchheaAncleicae
spare, by half a dozen lengths—has led
and that he is quite as good as Faugh-a-Ballagn
ever was.

this morning is rather heavy, at the f°l-
- betting.
lowing priers:—Third Triennial-6 to 4 each eget Hero-
nandrz and Ariosto. Grand Duke Michael-5 to
agst Filius, token freely. Hopeful-6 to 4on SYlPhin'''
Fifth Triennial—Even on pdi„, St. Leger-2 to lon
Frantic. Fourth Triennial-6 to 4 each apt Robbie
Noble and Longfellow. Rutland-6 too on Elaisthorpe.
I am. Sir, Bcc
TURF.
THE SPIRIT OF THE

Sept. 27.

ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CITIZEN A STEAMBOAT.
—On Saturday, about noon, as the Citizen A steamer was on
its passage from Chelsea to London-bridge., the stoker was
doing something to the machinery when his left hand was
drawn in between the crank and the frame of the engine,
and before it could be stopped, his hand was frightfully
broken and lacerated. On the vessel reaching Blackfriars-
bridge, one of the firemen procured a cab,and the stoker was
conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a fainting state.
It was then found necessary to amputate three of his fingers,
and it is feared the whole of his hand will have to be re-
moved.
RALLYING Car OF THE LiPLOOMERVe..ft" f
11-3or-
ward—to the breech!"--Age.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

NEWMAJIKE r FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
In the subjoined outline of the engagements for the
ensuing ,meeting an asterisk is prefixed to the horses
now at Newmarket.