The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-08 00:00:00

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These be hard lines, as the sailers say, but " non nester hia
sermo."
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It will now, we imagine, be admitted that something in the
shape of an able and honest Journal is required to " stop the
gap." To put such an intellectual vehicle upon the road, we
think, would be considered Quixotic, even by so speculative and
excellent a judge of such matters as Mr. Peter Purcell. " A
Party is necessary," exclaim the Tory parson, and the Liberal
placehunter, "or else you will reckon lsut few readers." Upon
this point we join issue, and hope, for the honour of civilized
humanity, that as the Irish public maintain a sufficient number
of newspapers to tell them falsehood, they will vouchsafe to sup-
port one which, at all risks, is determined to announce to them
the truth.

" All that mortal art bath wrought,
In our cell returns to nought;
The molten goli returns to clay,
The polish'd diamond melts away.
All is altered, all is flown—
Nought stands fast but truth alone."
In Politics we shall be Radicals, and devoted to the People,
utterly regardless of the smiles or frowns of the select and
interested few. Such a course, we know, is always perilous
and often profitless—
" Hard is his task who edits—thankless job—
A weekly journal for the factious mob ;
Alike undone, or if ho praise or rail ;
For this affects his safety, that his sale :
He sinks, at last, in luckless limbo set—
If loud, for libel—and if dumb, for debt."
We shall always be happy, when we can agree with those
men who, however they may sometimes err, have rendered
efficient service, and made many sacrifices for the cause of
liberty; but we shall not advocate that wait-a-while policy
which holds out promises to suffering millions which are never
likely to be realized—
. My father, Time, is weak and grey,
With waiting for a better day,"
We shall judge the Government by its acts, and shall oppose
aPremier, be he Whig, Tory, or Radical, when we find him
averse to the removal of the remnant of the Penal Code, which,
absurdly enough, forbids the appointment of a Roman Catho-
lic Chancellor ;—a Colonial Secretary. when be resists the
Ballot;—or even so amiable and enlightened a Statesman as
the present Irish Secretary, when he seems half disinclined
to grant an increase of popular privileges to the Irish people.
Conscientiously believing that Ireland never can become gene-
rally happy and contented until she again has the advantage
of a DOMESTIC LEGISLATURE, we shall persevere, by
arguments and facts, to advocate the
REPEAL OF THE UNION,
as not more beneficial to Ireland than the Sister Kingdom.
We will bring into the field the heavy artillery of reason,
aided by the light brigade of wit and humour. We shall be
staid with the steady, and mirthful with the light-hearted.
Pursuing "the even tenor of our way," we shall " run on
glittering like a brook in the sunshine,"
" From grave to gay, from lively to severe."
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to the dispatch of the evening mails. Subscription, H, 5,
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IMPERIAL AGENCY COMPANY.
The IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCI-
ATION not being empowered by their Deed of Settlement to
undertake the Agency of the Imperial Brazilian Government,
which was offered, it is proposed under the immediate sanction
of his Excellency the Brazilian Minister, to form a Company
for the special purpose of Government Agency, to which the
Agency of the Imperial Brazilian Government will be confided.
The Company will have a Capital of 300,0001., in 3,000
Shares of 100/. each, and will be managed by a Committee
consisting of Messrs. J. Walker, I'. A. Curtis (the present
Chairman mid Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Brazilian
Mining Association), and J. L. Goldsmid (one of the Directors
of the same), who will have power to add to their number.
The payments en Shares which are required to be made, in
the first instance, are 10/. per Share on application ; 121. per
Share on the 25th of October instant ; 141. per Share •n the
10th of November next, and 141. per Share on the 15th of
January, 1340. No further call will be made without three
months' notice, under the authority of a General Meeting of
Shareholders.
Two Thousand Shares will be offered to the Shareholders of
the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association, and One Thousand
may be subscribed for by other Parties.
Application for Shares may be addressed to Messrs. J.
Walker, T. A. Curtis, and J. L. Goldsmid, at the Office of
the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association, Winchester House,
Old Broad-street, on or before Saturday, the 12th instant.
London, October 4, 1839.

Now ready, Vols. 111. and IV., with numerous Illustrations
being the
CONCLUDING VOLUMES of the

MEMOIRS of CHARLES MATHEWS,
COMEDIAN,

By Mrs. MATHEWS.
Including his Correspondence, in which will be found Letters
from
Theodore Hook Edmund Kean George Colman
Charles Young John Fawcett W. C. Macready
R. W. Elliston George Robins R. B. l'eake
C. J. Mathews John Bannister Charles Lamb
S. T. Coleridge Fanny Kemble J. Wilson Croker
James Hogg John Adolphus John Emery
Lord Blessington Lord Egremont Sir L. Skeffington
Sir E. Chantrey Frederick Reynolds James Smith
Dr. Kitchener Sir T. Lawrence J. G. Lockhart
J. P. Harley Daniel Terry Edward Dubois
Leigh Hunt Count Boruwlaski James Perry
John Nash Sir David Wilkie Ryley, Author of
Tate Wilkinson William Godwin " The Itinerant."
John Poole

Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

GREAT STORM ON 'ELIE SIMPLON

(EXTRACT OP A PRIVATE LETTER.)
DossoLA, SEPT. 19.—Proceeding on my journey, I
had to pass the Simplon on the 15th. And here I
must stop to say that it was only the merciful interpo-
sition of Providence which enables me to address you
at this moment. We had no sooner passed the village
of Simplon than we found ourselves overtaken by a most
violent storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, which, it
appears, had been raging on the Italian side of the
mountain for the whole day, without any appearance
of it on the Swiss side, excepting a few heavy clouds,
and now and then a little drizzling rain. On reaching
the pass of Gondo, the appearance was most awful ;
rain such as I never yet saw in England, and cascades
from the tops of the perpendicular mountains, some
thousand feet high, falling in all directions, crossing the
road in various places with the force and volume of
a mill-stream. In addition to which, stones, some
of them as large as a bushel basket, were
continually falling near us from the tops of the
mountains, and frequently we were obliged to get out
of the carriage in the midst of this pelting rain to re-
move the obstructions. One of the galleries was broken
through in two places, and our carriage was nearly
overturned in passing through. To return was as dan-
gerous as to proceed, and on we went, expecting every
instant to he our last. When we were passing the little
village of Gondo a man came running out from a cottage
imploring us not to proceed, for that a carriage (of a
German family), about half an hour before, in endea-
vourinc, to pass, was upset by the cascade which fell
from above, ,and the carriage, horses, and postillion
carried into the torrent and dashed to pieces—that is,
the carriage. The party were saved with a good duck-
ing and a few bruises, but they lost nearly all their lug-
gage. We now came to a stand still, and took refuge
in a miserable public-house, where we spent three days.
The landlord of the public-house, with six or seven
other persons, who assisted the Germans out of the
river, were ultimately cut off by the falling of immense
portions of the rocks on each side of them, so that
they could not move 100 yards on either side, and
were obliged to remain there (where we ourselves saw
them), exposed to the pelting storm, till early next
morning, when the rain abating, the neighbours were
enabled to draw them to the other side of the river by
ropes, &c.
After remaining at Gondo for three days we resolved
to try and get out of the miserable hole on foot, for as
to moving a carriage it could not be thought of. Having.
therefore, taken five men as guides and to carry as
much luggage as we could, we started off, and I am
happy to say arrived safely at Domo Dossola after a
great deal of fatigue and a walk over mountains, where
I think the foot of man never yet trod, of about 16
miles.
Is the former part of my letter I informed you how
matters were at Gondo, but this was nothing to the
awful scene of destruction which we saw for miles below
Isella. Here the road in many places for half a
mile together was completely annihilated—not a ves-
tige remained. The river had formed for itself a new
bed, and a deep and mighty torrent swept by the
naked base of the mountain where but a few hours
before existed one of Napoleon's greatest monuments.
Bridges also were carried away without leaving a
single stone to record where they onee stood. A beau-
tiful one of five arches in stone, newly erected, shared
the same fate. Indeed, it would require a volume to
describe the lamentable wreck we witnessed.
I am greatly at a loss to know what steps to take
respecting my carriage, as I am sure a month will be
a very short time to make the road at all practicable,
and there is some talk that the Sardinian Government
on whom four-fifths of the expense will fall, intend not
to renew it.

The melancholy intelligence has just come here that
a French Baron and his lady followed us over the
mountains, the latter riding on a mule, when the mule
slipped and went over a precipice with the lady on his
back, and both were dashed to atoms with the guide.
I have just spoken to a man who saw the bodies. Two
diligences, which were, about half an hour behind us,
could get no further than the last refuge, which has
been abandoned some years, so that they were obliged
to break open the doors, and about twenty persons, wet
through to the skin, passed the night without either
fire, meat, or drink.

We copy the following singular paragraph from a
New York Paper :—er Charles Kean—Charles Kean,
quit the stage for a couple of months, or you will ruin
your health. During the last week you have been play-
ing against Death—try it no more.

The attention of the subscribers in attendance in the after-
noon was chiefly directed to the Cesarewitch Stakes, which will
be decided at Newmarket on Wednesday in the ensuing meet-
ing. It will be seen that the speculation on it is confined to
fillies of a moderato class ; foremost in the list is Cruiskeen, a
IN inner at Lichfield and Liverpool, who opened at 4 to 1, and
was backed so eagerly, that in a few minutes the offers against
her fell 3 to 1 ; Mickleton Maid then came, found several zea-
lous supporters, and closed at 5 to 1, takers; this had a slight
effect against the Irish filly, who left at 7 to 2 (taken). Prime-
fit was backed to 6 to 1, and Joannina at an average of 15 to 2,
but neither to much money. The Derby betting was flat ; 13 to
I was offered against Muley Ishmael, and one bet of 1,000 to
75 laid against him; 20 to 1 was taken about Launcelot, and
offered against Glenorchy. We have quoted Perseus at 27 to 1,
which waa taken, but it is necessary lo add, that about the same
time three points more were laid in another part of the room.
The other bets on this race requiro no further notice beyond
that comprised in the quotation of prices :
CESAISWITCH STAKES.
7 to 2 agst Cruiskeen—taken
5 to 1 agst the Mickleton Maid—taken freely
6 to 1 agst Primeit—taken.
15 to 2 agst Joannina—taken
7 to 2 agst Primefit and Vicuna—taken
4 to I agst Joannina and Vicuna—taken
2 to 1 on Mickleton Maid agst Epidaurus—taken
THE DERBY.
7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot--take 8 to 1
13 to 1 agat Muley Ishmael
20 to 1 agst Launcelot—taken
20 to 1 agst Glenorchy
25 to 1 agst Margellina colt
25 to 1 agst brother to Euclid
27 to 1 agst Perseus
33 to 1 apt Molyneuz
40 to 1 agst Wild Duck colt—taken
45 to 1 agst Gambia—taken
50 to 1 agat Bob Major—taken

CALEDONIAN HUNT AND FIFE RACES—FRIDAY.
( Cone] uded. )
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles.
Mr. Ramsay's br c Lanercost, 4 yrs, 95t...... (Cartwright) I
Lord Eglinton's b c Malvolio, 3 yrs, 7st 91b 2
Von by a length.
501. given by the Fife Hunt, with a Sweepstakes of 5 sous each
added ; four-year-olds, I Ist 91b ; five yrs, 12st 41b ; six
yrs and aged, 12st 81b ; horses not thorough-bred allowed
71bs ; and mares and geldings, 31bs. Once round and a
dis. Gents. riders, Members of a Fox Hunting or Racing
Club. (4 Subs.)
Lord Dunmore's br c Aladdin, 4 yrs (Capt. Ralt) I
Mr. Ramsay's br h Brother Macarius, 5 yrs...
Mr. Morris's b m Lady Louisa, aged

Won in a canter,

Plate of 501. given by the Caledonian Hunt ; the winner to be
sold for 2001. &c. ; three-year-olds, 7st 71b ; four yrs, Bst
41b , five yrs, Bst 101 b ; six yrs and aged, Bst 121 b; mares
and geldings allowed 2lbs, &c. Heats, once round.
Mr. J. 0. gr g Pyramid, 5 yrs (Lye) 1 1
Mr. Ramsay's ch c Suleiman, 4 yrs 2 2
Won cleverly.
Plate of 601., given by the Fife Hunt, for the beaten horses of
the first three days ; the second received 101. oat of the Plate ;
three-yr-olds, ist 21b; four yrs, Bst 21b; five yrs, Bst 91b;
six yrs and aged, 9st ; mares allowed 21b, &c. Heats, once
round.

_ _.....—.
Lord Eglinton's b f Bellona, 4 yrs (Lye) 3 1 1
Lord Dunmore's br c Aladdin, 4 yrs . 1 2 2
Mr. Ramsay's br c Easingwood, 3 yrs 2 3 dr
Won easy. . .

MONMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAT:
The Chippen Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile
and a half.
Mr. Collard's ro m Bodice, aged, 9st 101 b (Moon) 1
Mr. Walmsley's b g Catamaran, aged, 9st 101 b.... 2
Mr. B. Davies's b m Merry Lass, 5 yrs, 9st 61b 3
Mr. Bristow's ch f Susannah, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b

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Won cleverly.
The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs: each, and 15 added, tine winner
to be sold for 40/., one mile and a half, were won in three heats
by Mr. Page's br f Miss Foote, 3 yrs, 9st ( H. Wadlow), beat-
ing Gorsebush, 5 yrs, lOst 61b (won first heat); Mr. Davies's
Caraguata, 3 yrs, 9st ; and two others.
The Llantarnan Hurdle Stakes of 5 SOTS each, 2 ft, with 26
added by R. J. Blewitt, Esq., M.P. Heats, twice round
and a distance, with four leaps in each heat. Five subs.
Mr. J. Williams's b g Ploughboy,syrs, lOst (Davis) 1 2 1
Mr. White's bDI Discovery, 6 yrs, list 91b
Mr. Oliver's gr h Greyling, aged, 12st
Three well-contested heats; the last won by half a neck.
THURSDAY.
The Llanarth Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 40 added, for
all ages; the winner to be sold for 2001, &c. Heats, twice
round and a distance.
Mr. Walmsley's b g Catamaran, aged walked over.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added, were won in two
heats by Mr. Walmsley's Catamaran, aged, 9st 121 b (Wadlow),
beating Mr. Collard's ro rn Bodice, aged, lOst 51b ; and Mr.
Page's br f Miss Foote, 3 yrs, 7st 91b, cleverly.
Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 sovs and a Cup
added by the Visitors at Deny Park. Heats, twice round and
a distance.

Mr. Oliver's gr h Greyling, aged (Owner) 1 1
Mr. Jones's b m Gorsebush, 5 yrs
Mr. Rees, jun.'s, br m Clitha Lass
Discovery, Ploughboy, and Kilkenny were not placed. A good
race.

A Handicap of 4 sovs each, and 75 added, one mile and a half,
was won, after a fine race, by Mr. Bristow's Susannah, Bst tilb
(Morgan), beating Merry Lass, lOst 21b; and Miss Foote, Bst
31b, by half a neck.
The Town Stakes of b sovs each, and 20 added, mile and a
half was won in two heats by Mr. Oliver's Grayling, beating
Discovery.
The Pony race was won by Tom Tough.

CHESTERFIELD RACES.--THURSDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for all ages ; three-yr-old►, 7st 21b ;
four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, 9st. Mares
and geldings allowed 2lbs. Once round and a dis. The
winner to:be sold for 150 sovs, &c.
Hon. R. Denman nd. b f Tivy, by Langar, 3 yrs • 0 1
Mr. Smith's b f Margaret, 3 yrs
Mr. Frost's br f Viola, by Philo, 5 yrs 3
After the dead heat Tivy walked over.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added by the
North Midland Railway Company, for all ages, the second
received 20 sovs out of the stakes. Heats, once round and a
dis. (12 Subs. )
Mr. Haworth's b f Fair Louisa, by Voltaire, 3 yrs, Est 31b 1 1
Mr. Milner's b c Humphrey, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
Mr. Shaftoe's bc by Physician, 3 yrs, Est 1 Ilb 2 5
Mr. Ogden's b c St. Leonard, 4 yrs, ist Mb . . 4 4
Mr. R. Hudson's b m Columbine, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ...... 0 5
Mr. Walter's b c Goldhurst, 5 yrs, 7st Mb 0 dr
Two well-contested heats.
Handicap Plate of 601. given by the Town, the second received
101. for all ages.
Mr. Smith's b f Margaret, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 1 1
Mr. R. Watson's br f Little Bird, 4 yrs, 7st 3 2
Mr. Barrow's b m Catharina, aged, Bst 10Ib 2 dr
Mr. Milner's b c Humphrey, 4 yrs, Bst 21b........... br. down
won in a canter.