The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-01 00:00:00

NYARLY READY.

I.
ETHEL CHURCHILL, a Tale of the Reign of Queen Anne.
By Miss Landoh. 3 tole.

'
IT.
The LIFE of SIR EDWARD COKE, with MEMOIRS o
his CONTEMPORARIES. By C. W. JOHNSON, Esq., Bar
rister-at-Law. 2 vols. Svo., with Portrait.
111.
STORIES of SPANISH LIFE. Edited by Lieut.-Coleue'
CRAWFURD. 2 vols. post Bvo.
IV.
MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of ADMIRAL EARL
ST. VINCENT. By Captain BRENTON, R.N., Author of
" The Naval History of Great Britain." 2 vols. Byo., with Por-
traits, &c.
TOLUME XV. TO COMPLETE SOUTHEY'S COWPER'S
\YORKS.
On the Slit instant will be published, superbly illustrated with a
Frontispiece, engraved by Goodyear, a Vignette, View of Lady
Austen's Residence at Clifton, and a Portrait of Mrs. Bodharn
td aministratriz e Wilt of the Poet,) VoL .X.. of.. .-,,_.
___.
HE EN'I.E WORKS OF ,COWPE'R,
with a LIFE of the POET, by the EDITOR, •
By ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq., LL.D., Poet Laureate.
... The Fifteenth Velume completes this genuine and richly il-
lustrated Edition of Cowper ; many of the Letters have never been
before in print, and the entire Volume is extremely interesting.
The following are the Contents :
The LIFE of COWPER, by Dr. SOUTHEY—VoI. 1., 11., 111.
The CORRESPONDENCE, including numerous Letters not
before printed—Vol. IV., V., VI., VII.
The POEMS, with many Originals—Vol. VIII., IX., X.
The TRANSLATION of the ILIAD of HOMER—VoI. XI., XII.
TRANSLATION of HOMER'S ODYSSEY—VoI. XIII., XIV.
* The Translation adopted by the Editor is the First Edition,
printed only in 4to. for the Subscribers, and now extremely scarce.
The Quarterly Review, April M 7, notices the choice thus :
" Well and wisely has Mr. Southey resolved on including in his
edition of Cowper the version of Homer which that poet executed
' in the happiest period of his whole life :' and disearding the per-
plexed and enfeebled one over whisk be wearied his ingers in the
hopeless gloom of kis later years."
che remaining CORRESPONDENCE, CONTRIBUTIONS
to the CONNOISSEUR, COMMENTARY on MILTON'S
PARADISE LOST, &c.—Vol. XV.
London : Baldwin and Cradoek, Paternoster-row.

A notion has prevailed lately that a loan either had be
or was about to be concluded in Paris for the service • t
Don Carlos, but it appears to be merely the revival of
scheme, attempted to be introduced here a'mut 18 moral
ago, and called the " Spanish Assurance Loan,"- forme
upon the novel principle of inviting subscribers, not by tl.•
merits of the contract itself, which no ona could at thL
time say anything for, but as holding forth a kind o
guarantee, or assurance, against loss from the other Spa-
nish loans which were then in circulation. Thus it w; s
made to appear, that the holder of Cortes' stock would•
wisely to take a share in this, as he could only lose the
first instalment of 6 per cent. The failure of the entsa.
prise of Don Carlos would, as it was then contended,
double the value of the Cortes' stock, and should it sue
ceed, contrary to the expectation which prevailed at the,
time, the holder of Cortes' stock would be compensated b‘
the rise in that of Don Carlos for the diminution in value it
must necessarily undergo. Of the fallacy of this assurance
we have, as it happens, a practical proof. Since the time
when it was given, the Cortes' stock has fallen 20 per cent.
or to about half the price it thee bore, and though nothing
more than 6 per cent. is yet advanced upon the stock o'
Don Carlos, we doubt if purchasers could now be found here
to pay 3 per.cent, for the beneficial chances it is sup-
posed to hold out. The projectors unfortunately left me
of their calculation the contingency that neither part
might gain the ascendancy, and that Spain might be in
volved in an interminable eiVil-War, which seems nosy to be
the case. Notwithstanding the inherent defects of this
contract, it is now about to make its appearance in Paris.
for the advertisements in the journals there are exactly
upon the basis above described, and .hence, most likely, th,
origin of the supposed new loan for Don Carlos. The ar-
guments by which capitalists are invited to join in it are
also precisely of the same kind. By the plan of a loan foi
Don Carlos, as arranged by M. Ouvrard in 1836, the
whole was divided into four series, but that contract has
been altered or declared void, and by a decree or supposed
decree of Don Carlos of April last, the present loan is re
duced to one series of 21,300 bonds to bearer of 2001
each, entitling the holder to 233 francs 80 cents. of interest
annually, being in fact a 5 per cent. stock. Upon this a
deposit of 7 per cent., instead of 6, is in the first instance
to be paid, and no other calls to be made until Do:.
Carlos shall have arrived at Madrid. This advance of
7 per cent. is in the nature of a premium, as indeed it is
deSignated, for the right to the quantity of stock indicated
at the price of 301. money for each 1001. of bonds. The
holders of these certificates are to be entitled to 5 per
cent. dividends upon the whole 100/. from the Ist of July,
1836, the same as if all the instalments of the 301. contract
price had been actually paid up at that date ; so that, sup-
posing the five remaining instalments should not be called
for until after the Ist of January, 1838. the bond-holders
will only have to pay 22k per cent. instead of 30. Various
calculations similar to that before advertised here are then
entered into, showing, that for an outlay of 7 per cent.
speculators, if holders of Cortes' securities, are sure to gain
27 ; or, without reference to them, 47 per cent. in the case
of the success 'of Don Carlos. Although Spanish loans
succeeded to some extent in the' time of Ferdinand, who
was an acknowledged Sovereign, in the Paris money
market, yet they scarcely ever rose to a respectable price,
and were always looked upon as a very questionable if not
discreditable sort of security. The case is not likely to be
improved in the present instance, for Don Carlos has no
revenues to hypothecate. There can be no danger of the
scheme taking here, whatever it may do in Paris. The
mere circumstance of his declared refusal to recognise the
Cortes loans will close the purses of all stock-jobbers
against it. The new "contract," as it is called, is but
the old one presented with a slight variation in the form of'
it, and with a bonus of 1 per cent., if any sale for it can he
found, in favour'of the original subscribers, who must have
found themselves much encumbered with a security of this
description.—Tin:

MEETING IN FAVOUR OF THE

BALLOT.

SOUTH SHIELDS.—On Tuesday a public meeting., con-
vened by It. Shortridge, Esq., the resident Magistrate, in
accordance v,ith a most respectable and numerously-signed
requisition of magistrates. clorgyi-'shipociner4, and other
electors was held in the Town-hall, South Shields. At
twelve o'clock, the hour appointed, B. Abbs, Esq., of
Cleadon House, the Senior Magistrate of the district, was
called to the Chair. After the requisition had been read,

and the Chairman havinc, requested a patient hearing to
any gentleman that might address it,
Mr. R. GEDDES, in a very excellent address, in which
he fully substantiated the allegations it co►,tained by ineon-
trovertHe facts, moved the first resolution, expressive of
the regret of the meeting at the acts of bribery and intimi-
dation that had occurred during the la'e general elector.

At this time it was foundthe spacious room of the
Town-hall was incapable of holding all the persons desirous
of being present, and an adjournment into the Market-
place being loudly called for, it was at length acceded to.
On the Chairman taking his place on the steps in front of
the Town-hull he was loudly cheered, and a representation
having been made to the Tory party (who still remained in
the Hall, and who had opposed the adjournment) that the
remainder of the busiouss would be tran;acted in the Mar-
ket-place, they at length, though reluctantly, complied with
the determination of the Chairman and the meeting.
Mr. JOHN BEST having briefly seconded the first reso-
lution, it was agreed to.
BUSSELL BOWLBY, Esq., then moved the second reso-
lution, which was in favour of adopting the vote by ballot
at elections, in a straightforward, manly speech, by which
he fully allowed its necessity to protect the honest and con-
scientious elector in the exercise of his franchise.
Mr. T. B. OYSTON, in seconding the resolution, said,
although it was his first appearance to take part in a public
meeting, he gave the motion his cordial support, and ex-
pressed his firm and sincere belief that the Ballot was es-
sentially necessary.
Mr. ROBERT ANDERSON, the gentleman who seconded
the nomination of Mr. Liddell, the Tory Member for
North Durham, moved an amendment, to the effect that
it was improper and inexpedient to take the votes of elec-
tors for Members of Parliament by Ballot.
Mr. J. W. ROXBY briefly seconded the amendment,
The CHAIRSIAN having put the amendment to the
meeting, there were eleven hands held up in its favour ;
and on the original motion being put a forest of hands sup-
ported it, and it was declared to be carried amid enthusiastic
cheers.
Mr. JAMES MATifen, in moving a petition to the House
of Commons in favour of the object of the meeting, went
into a close and minute examination of the circumstances
which called for the adoption of the ballot as connected
with that borough and neighbourhood. The petition cox-
tained a clause to the effect that its necessity was shown by
the fact of Mr. Ingham, the member for that borough, hav-
ing failed to perform his duty as an elector at the late con-
te,,t for Not th Durham, although be was within a few yards
of the polling•place during the days of election.
Mr. LACKLAND having seconded the adoption of the
petition,
R. INGHAM, Esq., M.P., stepped forward, and was re-
ceived with great disapprobation. He attempted to justify'
the line of conduct he had pursued, by saying that an appli-
cation had been made to him for his support by Mr. Liddell
(the Tory) three months previous to the election, and that
the answer he gave to Mr. Liddell was, that if no stranger
came forward on the Radical interest he would not vote at
all ; if one did be would vote for Lambton and Liddell!
And he further stated, that had vote by ballot been in ex-
istence he would have acted precisely as he had done. This
explanation did not appear at all to satisfy the numerous
meeting, but after repeated efforts to induce the meeting to
strike out the clause in the petition which insinuated that.
it was for want of the ballot that the Hon. Member had
not polled, the meeting was induced by a feeling of deli-
cacy, though with the greatest reluctance (as the Hon.
Member had expressly stated that it was not on that ac-
count he withheld his vote), to withdraw that part of the
petition.
JOHN T. Wawte, Esq., J.P., moved that the petition
be presented by It Lambton, Esq., which, having been
seconded by Mr. J. JACKSON, was agreed to.
A call having been made for Mr. R. LoweaY, he briefly
addressed the assembled multitude amid great applause.
Thus ended, to the utter discomfiture of the Tories, the
most important political meeting ever held in South Shields
since the passing of the Reform Bill.

A German Prince, whose name the French papers
do not give, but who is described as short and thick, has
just been frustrated by the Paris police in an attempt to
carry away by force a pretty actress of the Vaudeville, of
whom he has become desperately enamoured.
Accounts have been received at Vienna, that the
lit,amer ?a, le had niemded in {Waking the passage on
the Danube of the Iron Gate, a part of the river which for
a thousand years has been deemed .unnavigable, from its
rocks and falls, but which has been made to yield to modern
art and science.

Supporting its character by the superior quantity of the
-port, and the delightful state of the weather, the grand day.
for such is the Thursday at Egltam, went off to the satisfac
non of the visitors, and those more immediately interested in
the prosperity of the meeting. The betting and other stands
were well filled ; nor had the booth-keepers any reason to
complain of want of customers. There were a great number
•)f elegant equipages on the course, and a good sprinkling, not
,f rain, but of fashion. Everything was done by the Stewards
( Lord F. Gordon, Lord Ashbrook, Lord Chesterfield, who
officiated for the Duke of Beaufort, and Colonel Galwey.
M. P.) to promote the comfort and amusement of the company
as well on this as on the previous day, and that they partially
failed Was owing to circumstances beyond their controul. The
imneral arrangements of the meeting were entrusted to Mr.
Hebbard, who left nothing to be desired. Amongst the com-
pany present were—The Etrl of Stradbroke, the Earl a
Chesterfield, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Waldegrave, Lord
F. Gordon, Hon. L. Stanhope, Hon. Captain Rous, Lord G.
Bentinek, Colonel Salwey, Colonel Copland, Colonel Lyster.
Hon. F. Stanhope, Colonel Cavendish. Mr. Rush, Mr. Cul-
ling Smith, Mr. H. Aston, Captains Gardner and Pettat,
The racing came off as follows :
The gunninghill Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Three
- quarters of a mile. 7 Subs.
Lain Pettat's Caliph, 5 yrs, Bst Wakefield
Chesterfield's Edgar, 3 yrs, 7st. 81b

.iush's,Taglioni, 4 yrs, ist. slb
The following were not placed :—The Duke of Richmond's 4us,
4 yrs, Bst. 71b; and Mr. Finch's The Captain (half-bred), 6 yrs,
Ist. 51b. _ _

Betting-6 to son Edgar, Gto 2 agst Mus, 3to 1 and after-
wards sto 4 agst Taglioni, and 6to 1 agst Caliph (taken). Mus
;Wade first running, but soon cut it ; Captain then took it up, and
carried it on until half-way up the distance, where Edgar passed
followed by Caliph and Taglioni. A fine race between these
three ended in Caliph beating Edgar by half a length, and Tag-
lioni by a length, the others et ere beaten off.
The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 30 sons. each, 20 ft. ; colts, Sst. 51b;
fillies, Bst. 21b; winners 31b. extra. Three quarters of a mile.

4 Subs.
Captain Fairlie's The Hydra, 31b extra Wakefield 1
Captain Mart fn's f. by The Colonel, out of Misletoe 2
Tawney Owl, having been drawn amiss, the odds rose to 3 to 1
on The Hydra, who had it all his own way, and won in a canter by
Live lengths.
The Queen's Plate of 100 gu'neas ; three years, 7st. 51b; four,
llb ; five, 9st. 11lb; six and aged, lest. 21b. Two miles
and a distance.
Lord Chesterfield's Horasea, 5 yrs
Mr. W. Stanley's Willesden, 4 yr 3
The Duke of Richmond's Sepoy, 4 yrs
10 to 12 on Hornbea, who won in a canter by ten lengths.
The Egham Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 35 added. Heats, a mile

and a half.

..Nat I

Lord Chest2i-field's Edgar, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b ...Nat 1 1
Mr. Bond's ch. c. by Emilius, out of Legend, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b 2 dr
Won in a canter. This walk over was intrjduced by a severe
hail storm.

DUMFRIES RACES.—MoNDA r, OCT. 2.
Stewards—The Duke of Buceleuch, Sir F. Johnstone, Bart.,
H. C. Maxwell, Esq., James Lennox, Esq., and J. Craik, Esq.
Fifty sovs., given by the Southern Meeting ; three yrs old, 6st.
101 b ; four, 7st. 101 b ; five, Bst. 4ib ; six and aged, Bst. 81b.
One mile and a half.

A Guld Cup, value 100 sovs, by Subs. of 10 sovs. each, p.p., the
surplus, if any, in specie ; three yrs, 7st. 31b ; four, Bst. 51b ;
five, Bst. 121 b; six and aged, 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings al-
lowed 31b ; those got by untried stallions, or out of mares which
never bred a winner, allomed 21b. Two miles.

General Sharpe's ch. c. Sadek, by Nlalek, 4 yrs ; Earl of Sel-
kirk na. ch. c. Mirza, Malek, 3 yrs ; Sir Wm. Scott's b. h. The
Count, 6 yrs; Earl of Lglinton's b. g. The Potentate, 5 yrs ; Sir
F. Johnstone's bl. c. The Black Diamond, 4 yrs; Sir J. Boswell's
ch. h. General Chasse, 6 yrs ; Mr. Lyon na. b. f. Modesty, by
Malek, 3 yrs; W. R. Ramsay, Esq. ; M. C. Maxwell, Esq. ;\V.
C. Maxwell, Esq. ; and the Duke of Buccleuch, subscribed, but did
not name.

Fifty says., given by J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., the Member for
the County ; throe yrs old, 7st ; four, Bst. 41b ; five, Bst. 121 b ;
six and aged, 9st. 21b ; mares anti geldings allowed 31b, and a
a winner of 501. and upwards during this seoson, and previous to
entry, to carry 31h ; of two fifties, or a hundred in Cup, Plate,
or Stake, 51b. extra. Three miles.

TUESDAY,

Fifty sovs., given by the Racing Fund ; three yrs olds 7st ; four,
Bst. ; five, Bst. 81b ; six and aged, Bst. 121 b. Heats, one mile
and a half.

Fifty sovs., given by his Grace the Duke of Buceleuch ; three yrs
old, ist. 41b ; four, Bst. 41b ; fire, fist. 111 b ; six and aged, 11) t. ;
mares and geldings allowed 21b ; winners of 1001. or upwards, in
Cup, Plate, or Stakes, once during this season, to carry 31b ;
twice, 51b ; thrice, 71b. extra. Two miles.
Fifty kvs., given by the Southern Meeting; three yrs old, 6st.
141 b ; four, 7st. 101 b; five, Bst. 41b ; six and aged, Bst. Slb.
Heats, two miles.

CANTERBURY RA CES.-7711 ErRSD.IY.
The County Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Shelley's ro. in. Bodice, 61 rs Macdonald 1 1
Mr. Hodges's gr. f. The Swan, a yrs ' 2 2
Lord Maidstone na. b. in. Maiden, 6 yrs 3 dr
The Canterbury Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. Two miles.
Mr. Sheik)'" Reuben, 4 yrs... ...... . • F. Butler 1
Mr. Lushington's Conservative, 5 yrs
The City Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, two miles, •
Mr. Dann's b. g. Astonishing;aged..
Mr. Shelley's ch. c. Reuben, 4 yrs
Mr. Rogers's ch. e. Cicero, 4 yrs 3 3
Mr. Carter's b. g. Pumpkin, aged • 2 dr