The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-20 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

s_ECOND OCTOBER MEETING.—YESTERDAY.
^aeartakes of 10 sovs, each.—For two-years old colts, Sst. 41b „.d,,fi,llies, Bst. 21b. First half of Ab. M. The winner to be
tor "" toe 40 sous., if demanded, &c. 5 Subs.
a , Albemarle's Hand Dandy 1.0r4 Stradbroke's Lara y Cotton 1
13lIke of Richmond's Wimple - 2
3
ter The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Hun-
Her" by Gustavus, out ef Peggy, and Mr. J. Day's b. c. by Sir
_jaceuttliensg_out of Belinda.
7to 4 agst Wimple 2to 1 agst Handy Dandy, 3to 1
tst Lara, and 4to 1 agst Mr. 'Day's colt. Won by half a length.
Winner claimed.
lla!dvirie-a? plate of 100 sovs., for three-years old and upwards. A. F.
Car . son s Quicksilver, 3 yrs, ist. 71b
rain Gardnor's Magician, 4 yrs, Bst, 81b
~ be following also started : —Mr. SOwerbv's St. Luke, 4 yrs,
Bst. 121 b ; Lord Suffield's Tilfoan-, 5 yrs, 7sii 121 b ; Lord Exeter's
Zlirniate, 3 yrs,
al. Smith's La Me • ,
7st. 71b ; Mc -Batson's Voluptuary, 3 yrs, 7st. lib ;
Phia
teet3tinyrs, sst. 121'1,,P,ris ..,e, -3. yrs, 6st. 71b ; and Mr. Elis's Miss So-
agst c —2 to. 1 agst St. Luke, 4to 1 agst Voluptuary, sto 1
?ate 7
' •t o a„.,,rst L Meprisee Bto 1 a Turban,
lemag,sttll,Aliss Sophia,I and 10a to 1- agst 'Quicksilverg,st o w whonl3 byto a
Ss;'
eepstakes of 10 sovs each.—For two-years old colts, Bst. 61b ;
and fillies, Bst. 41b. •T.Y. C. The winner to be sold fer 150
Dikes if demanded, &c. 6 Subs.
Used
of Grafton's b. f. Elf
•••13ecl Albemarle 's Hurricane
The f 1
Il• h ° loWing also started, but were not placed :—The Duke of
kie ni0,,,,
iss ,-, "A e. by Tranhy, out of Conciliation ; Colonel Peel's
Be \Alford ; by
Lord Exeter's filly by Sultan, out of Salute.
and tting-7 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's f., 5 to 2 agst Hurricane,
T Mate? agat Elf. Won by a head.
' "1 507, h. ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Suffield's lint, Bst, against
,',latc 1 Chesterfield's Snarleyow, 7st. 101 b. Off by consent.
41h, h, 50, h. ft. T. Y. C.—Duke of Richmond's Hoogley, 15st.
epnsent
against Lord Chesterfield's Snarleyow, Bst, llb. Off by
Newmarket, Wednesday Night.
Ow:
first mg to the sales the races did not commence till late ; the
to "event decided was the Oatlands,, and as Ruby contrived, first
s; throw a plate, and then to make a dead heat, the company did
rot get away from' the heath until near five o'clock.
thalLe following returns will show that the sport turned out better
,ri„ -as expected :-
- Uatlands Stakes of 80 soy,. each, 10 ft. if declared by one
°'tloek on
.. clared Tuesday. B.M. 5 Subscribers, three of whom de-
-1 .41 jor; Sowerby's Ruby, 3 yrs, Bst. 71b Robinson 1
~,d, Suffield's Pocket Hercules, 3 vrs, 7st. 121 b - on Ruby, it then decreased to
sh' 5, and during the delay occasioned by his throwing a plate,
ifted to 6 on the other ; a goad deal of money being laid out.
p Nket Hercules took the lead, and at the top of the hill ap-
_,eared #
:'" at h,4`,..., be winning in a canter. Robinson, however, finding
had a little left in his horse, waited with great patience,
".e a tremendous rush two or three strides from the chair, and
enabled the Judge to pronounce it a dead heat.
7 Ile second heat was run after the match, the odds then being
fer '0 4on Pocket Hercules. The race this time was run very dif-
b,ecatlY, Ruby making nearly all the play, and winning in a canter
5',...°11r lencrtlis.
"„eepstake's of 10 sovs. each, for two-yr-olds, 7st. 31b. ; and three,
42L Fillies allowed 31b. T. Y. C. The winner to be sold for
Las says. 5 Subs.
L in Gardnor's Dudu, 3 yrs
baur,tl Albemarle's Handy Dandy, 2 yrs
3
r' e of Grafton's Novello, 2 yrs
10._. Atkins's Antelope, 3 yrs
.`„1" bond's Kensington, 2 yrs 5
1.3 oto 5 agst Duch', 3 to 1 agst Novelle), and 4 to I agst Handy
1.,&.141Y. Dudu made all the play, won by two lengths, and was
c -Lined. The others were dispersed all over the course.
12f-match, 50 sovs. A.F.—Duke of Richmond's c. by Tranby, out
Conciliation Bst. 71b. (Rogers), beat Mr. W. S. Stanley's Ti-
-li, Brother to' Tiber Bst Ilb. tettin-r-6 and 7 t 0,4 on. Tivoli who was beaten by a head.
receivedMatb, 200, h. ft ,T. Y. 'ord Chestesfield's Critic, Bst 81b. ,
forfeit from Lord Sheffield's Bamboo, ist.
tm'Previous to the races the following yearlings from the Duke of
ton's stud were sold :_..._ CS.
Celt.• by Lan gar, out of Dublin
Colt,
by Taurus, out of Tontine
Ceitt.'LbY,Meediant, out of Zinc l7O
Fin- "Y l',. Patrick, out of Pastille...
Pill by Taurus, out of Problem 145
y 4 by :Merchant, out of Turqnoise ... Bl
THE DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken
H to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt
15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot
16 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken
a
20 to 1 gst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer
20 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham
2) to,l agst Mr. Armitage's colt, out of Nonplus's dam
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus
20 fo 1 agst Mr. J. Day's D'Egville
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Marinello colt—taken
30 to 1 agst Dormouse
33 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo--taken
„,„,,50 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Enoch
'&10 0 to 30 agst Nina and Sister to Glaucus—taken
000(odds afte laid on Colonel s
on Lord Peel for tExetDhe
er).erby agst Lord Exeter for the
al's d

A EOLY WELL
offUNT RACE S.—TUESDAY.
, Produce Sweepstakes f5O sovs. each, h. ft., for the produce of
snares covered in 1833 ; colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. ; those
by untried stallions, or out of mares whose produce never won
before the day of naming, allowed 31bs., but only one allowance.
8 Subs
it' W. lialkeley's ch. c. Banalre
sweepstakes of 50 sovs, each,g h.o ft., for three years oldlked foals of
1834 b • colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 51b. One mile and a half.
3 Sus.
1..0rd Westminster's ch. c. Pantomime walked ever
The Pengwern Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. ; for three years old,
4st•9,b
L • I . ; four, Bst. 91b. One mile and three quarters. 3 Subs.
.rzed. illostyn na. Trapball
three tarn Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft., for horses then
simile eYe d • colts, fist. Sib ; fillies, Bst. Sib. The Mostyn
. Subs I
RSVw
Lor . Dulkeley's ch. c. Bangalore Darling 1
The cLestminster's eh. c. Pantomime
, .4aMp2gne Stakes of 50 sues. each, h. ft., for two years old ;
enel_ts. Bst. 51b ; fillies, Bst. 31b. The last half mile. The win-
sir e,f, to Ove two dozen champagne to the Club. 4 Subs.
1%6. 4p• Stanley's Piccaroon ... .....
sir r, Pr Captain Pop! Templeman
21
3
Tr, j-:"•• Bulkeley's b. f. sister to Mona's Pride
"e Atostyn Stakes of 10 sues. each ; three years old, ist. 51b ;
p, Bst. 51b ; five, Bst. 121 b ; six, 9st ; aged, 9st. 21b. The
kr "tYn mile. 25 Subs.
4r. Bird's b. c. Redshank 4 yrs
~,• Cellett's b. m. Nell Gwynne, aged 2
rvr., Ihe following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Price's
entworth, 4 yrs Mosts Birdlime, 6 yrs ; Sir T.
StySon-
ers Violet, 3 yrs ; and Mr. Phallips's The Maid of Monton, rs.
A Frei NGLETV OOD HUNT RACES .—FRIDAY.
Handicap for a Purse from the Racing Fund, for horses of
Air. ~ , all ages, &c. Mile ar',', a quarter. HAelarts.Kino. 1 I
AI
.n.lng sb. c. Vernal, 3 -irs, 7st iLr: •Laques's Billy Bow, 6 yrs, Bst
1%;11. towers's Za.Th 'aged Bst. 71b 3 3
T.
Salsrf,Cl's bra.'rn. by, Young Comus, 5 yrs, 7st '2 dr
A Two well contested heats.
'eltlte of 50/., given from the Hunt Racing Fund, &c., for all
14, r. x• , ages. Three mile heats.
Mr. King 1 1
Arr. „ng s Remnant, 4 yrs, 7st
kr. k-,lark's Swainby, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b
Jaques's b. f. by Corinthian, 5 yrs, Bst. 51b 3 dr

1,1 SOMERVILLE ASTON RACES.
iese races came off on Friday and Saturday last as follows :
h: Silver Cup, the annual gift of E. Holland, Esq., was won by
`lVCrowther's The Clouds (Mr. Crowther, jun. ), beating Mr.
ward's Noreomb, and four others.
wc" Somerville Aston Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added,
c won by Mr. Reeves's Sybil (owner), beating Mr. Carlisle's
Countess of Devon and Mr. Crowther's Conjuror.
vaArcrSilver Cup, the gift of Mr. Crowther, was won by Mr. Wood-
afte. Norcomb (Mr. Powell), beating Conjuror and another,
three severe heats.
Air'. e Rack Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 19 added, were won by
IA
Reeves's Sybil (owner), beating two others emily.
hers, °reed Handicap of 3 soya. each, with 10 added, for the win-
nd free for all others, was won by Mr. Carlisle's Countess of
A. beating three others.
toad Nteeple Chase Stakes of 3 soya. each, &c., were won by Rail-
Carii(,e‘lr• S. Oliver), beating Air. Crowther's The Clouds, Air.
grey Za:ta.e?ountess of Devon, Chasseuse, Snipe, and Mr. Freeman's
CURE -

ki, --AGE OCTOBER MEETING.—MoNnAr..
I "'au Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. ; second horse to save his
ki:.r. s own'sar
dM stake. Red Post.
illt Hkaway, 3 yrs, Bst. 21b Holmes 1
Colo oven's
Blackfoot, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b 2
..,
,vnel Westenra's Freney, aged, Bst. 10Ib 3
St Others paid forfeit. After two false starts they all went off
etlgth
I ayeterrible pace, but Harkaway won cleverly by more than a
4'l.
° Stakes of 50 sovs., h. ft., for two years old; colts, Sst. 41b;
fir.% fillies, Bst. T. Y. C.
il,, Maher's b, c. by Skylark Mocken 1
..4 • Rolmess Fire 2
Ora killtown's Potteen
% Four others paid.
~
TUESDAY.
,
-`PStakes of 10 sovs., h. ft., with 25 added ; second horse to
Moratordszlv.e his stake. One mile and a quarter on Peel Course.
kr. %ahlltovvns Cruiskeen, 3 yrs, ist. llb
Isborne's Frank, 3 yrs, 6st. 81b 2
t. George's Waterwitch, 4 yrs, ist. 81b 3
Swee Four others started, but were not placed.
fo,l:stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added ; three years,r 75t..61b ;
t I.' Bst• 61b ; five, Bst. 111 b ; six and aged, 9st. The winner
141,0° 11eursseold for 70 sovs., &c. One mile and a half on the Peel
k°
kr th°rne's Frank, 3 yrs T. Miller 1
rt• Xell * •
• O'Reilly Lightning,2... 3 yi••

Y's Saiicy MOII, aged
Two others started, and two paid.

ARCHERY....
boarcii.co(p„Ba's, BATTERSEA..—Mr. Bond, gunmaker to the
ttreher vrdnance, gave yesterday a very elegant fete to his
I"'llie'3" friends, at Falconer's grounds, near the Red-house.
Batters°f the best shots in town accepted the invitation, and
boa„, ea-fields resounded " to the twang of the tough yew
art,,,,rright,e . Th prizes were won by Messrs. Wyatt, Betty, Bond,
Falconer, and Fortescue.
This ,
Chi.' "ay is the anniversary of the birth of Sir
who stqber Wren, the celebrated architect of St. Paul's,
vih• 'ivall born at
le hi, f East Knowle, in Wiltshire, in 1632, of
4 ta father was rector.
q one "chant who had to sign the baptismal register
writheur his children, wrote " Peter Coule and Company,"
°- his fPrceiving his error till aroused to it by the laughter
It i_"nds.
tati,o' said that during a late Parliamentary investi-
-Ihim N.an official person, upon having his evidence sent to
:11At'S ariet„vrisr,i,°,a sod correction, in many instances so com-
".the c
nion,. (noillittee whether they would nut publish both

REFORM DINNER AT ASHTON. IN
HONOUR OF THE SECOND RETURN OF C.
HINDLEY, ESQ.

On Tuesday evening a large public dinner was given by
the Reformers at Ashton-ander-Lyne, to their excellent re-
presentative Charles Hindley, Esq., in honour of his second
return for that borough, and to celebrate the triumph over
Toryism, and over the hypocrisy of the Tory-Radicals, in
the defeat of Mr. Wood, and the Rev. J. R. Stephens.
Samuel Swire, Esq., presided, and we'observed among the
principal guests dining at the Commercial, Joseph Brother-
ton, Esq., M.P. for Salford ; John Fielden, Esq., M.P. for
Oldham ; and William Halliwell, Esq., of Lees. In ad-
dition to the dinner at•the Commercial Hotel, there were
eleven others at different inns in the town, owing to there
being no dining-room in Ashton capable of accommodat-
ing the whole of the company (about 500) ; and they as-
sembled together after dinner in a spacious school-room,
in Mill-lane, which was elegantly and comfortably fitted
up for the occasion, having about forty tables, merely of
sufficient width to hold the wines. The adjournment hat-
ing taking place,

The CHAIRMAN gave " The Queen ;" " The People ;"
" The Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Sussex ;" and
" Charles Hindley, Esq."
Mr. HINDLEY, after the cheering with which the toast
was received had subsided, rose amidst renewed bursts of
enthusiastic cheering. Alluding to the unhappy bereave-
ment which had caused his absence at the late election, he
trusted that the electors would not, if he did not sufficiently
express the gratitude which he felt at the hearty reception
he had met, attribute it to any want of respect or decrease
of regard to the people, but to that cause which had
kept him from being present at the; election, a cause with
which they were well acquainted, and for which he had al-
ready received their kind sympathies, a cause which would
still have kept him absent but that he felt he had too
large a balance to settle with the electors to neglect the
duty he owed them longer. He felt that no personal feel-
ings of his ought to keep him from meeting them on this
occasion to thank the 237 electors whO, by a triumphant
majority, had a second time found him worthy to be their
representative, and
,who came forward to tell iim that
though 200 miles off, they considered he had disc Urged his
duty, and that he ought no longer to delay coming forward
also to return thus publicly his thanks to that gentleman (VV.
Halliwell, Esq.) who during the contest, had come forward in
his behalf to undertake the difficult task of being his (Mr.
H.'s) representative in his absence.—(Cheers.) To that
gentleman, who had so ably acquitted himself in the task—
who had pledged him to nothing which he was not ready to
redeem—who had repelled the attacks of his enemies, and
defeated their objects, by exposing the misrepresentations
by which they had sought to poison the minds of the elec-
tors—(Cheers)—for this he did most cordially thank him.
When first placed in the proud situation to which they had
thought proper to elect him, he felt assured that they did
not think he entered upon those duties lightly—(No, no)—
and he could tell them honestly, that ever since that time
had he thought it his duty to attend to their interests—the
good of the people at large.—(Cheers.) He could assure
them he had done it, however imperfectly, as far as he knew
how, honestly and faithfully.—(Cheers.) It was hard enough
for the representatives of the people to fight their cause
with the people at their backs, but with the people divided
against themselves, it would be impossible.—(Hear, hear.)
He should now allude to two instances of misrepresentation
on the part of his opponents at the late election. The first
of these was, that he had betrayed the cause of the people
by giving up the factory question to Lord Ashley. The
best reply he could make to that assertion was a copy
of resolutions which had been sent to him when the
question was under consideration, at the time alluded to,
by the Committee appointed to watch the progress of the
question—of which Committee the Rev. Mr. Stephens (the
author of the misrepresentation) was one of the members.
A copy of these resolutions he held in his hand, and
would read to them. They were as follows :—" Ist, That
the introduction of Mr. P. Thomson's Bill in the opinion
of this meeting places us under the necessity of at present
acting on the defensive. 2d, That in the opinion of this
meeting Lord Ashley, from the position he occupies in the
House of Commons, and the peculiar advantages which his
having introduced in 1833 a Factory Bill, for which the
present Act is substituted, under the plea of its provisions
being more humane, gives him in opposing the thirteen-year-
old clause, is the most suitable in resisting Mr. Poulett
Thomson's measure. 3d, That Lord Ashley be therefore
requested to move as an amendment, upon the second read-
ing of Mr. Poulett Thomson's Bill, either that it be read
that day six months, or that there be an instruction to the
Committee to enact that no child or young person under
twenty-one years of age shall work more than ten hours in
any one ,day. 4th, That until the result of this mode of
proceeding be seen, Mr. Hindley be requested not to pro-
ceed with his Bill ; and that in the event of Lord Ashley's
latter amendment being carried, Mr. Hindley be requested
not to proceed with his Bill." This document was signed
—Turner, Chairman. He (Mr. H.) thought it rather
too bad, after complying with these instructions, that the
party who had furnished them now came forward and
misrepresented his conduct, by saying that he had be-
trayed the cause of the people, by giving up their
cause to Lord Ashley.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The
second misrepresentation to which he should allude was,
that he had said he was in favour of having the Poor-law
Amendment Bill tried. He had voted, it was known to
them, with Mr. Walter, in moving for an inquiry into
the working of that Bill ; but he would deny ever having
said one word about giving the Bill a trial. In fact,
he had voted in every division with the Hon. Gentleman
who had so strenuously opposed this Bill in the House of
Commons ; and he was sure that, if they would take up his
votes and see how he voted on the Irish Poor Law Bill,
they would see that he must be opposed to the objection-
able clauses of the new Poor Law Amendment Act.—
(Cheers.) To show his feeling on that Bill, he had only
to say, that he would pledge himself, when the Hon. Gen-
tleman at his side (Mr. Fielden) moved for a repeal of that
Bill, to support him—( Loud cheers)—and what was more,
he would make every Gentleman in the House vote on the
question. And what did they anticipate would be the re-
sult ? Why, it would be expected, as generally was the
case, on such occasions, that the supporters of the motion
would walk out on the division to the left gallery behind
the Speaker, to the number of some 40 or 50.—(Laugh-
ter.) Many, no doubt, in supporting the Bill now in
existence, considered themselves as the friends of the
people in preventing the idle from living upon the indus-
trious.—(Hear.) No doubt in some instances its most
stringent classes might be beneficial. Perhaps the applica-
tion of a whip might improve a schoolboy ; but its efficacy
was not the same in all cases. There may have been idle
people who wished to live upon the industrious, and who
were anxious to imitate those who having riches, were
nevertheless not ashamed to have their name upon the
Pension List—(Hear, hear)—and in driving away such
improper objects of relief the Bill might have been success-
ful, in one or two instances. A Queen, he could admire
and love, or a King ; but the three Kings in Somerset
House, be could not acknowledge. If the measure was
repealed, he believed it could be effected only by the pres-
sure from without, and he believed that that pressure, if it
accomplished nothing more, would drive away the Poor-law
Commissioners, whose term of office, if not renewed, would
expire in five years from the passing of the Bill.—(Hear,
hear.) Passing from these subjects, he asked what course
would they have him pursut in reference to the general po-
litical questions of the country ? They would see that we
had nearly got to a stand still—(Laughter)—neither Whig
nor Tory could move on much longer. Would they have him
to support her Majesty's Ministers ?—( Hear.) He would say,
in answer to this question, that though he agreed with Mr.
Fielding that many of their acts were such as did not entitle
them to the confidence of Reformers, yet he could not go
the length of attributing to Lord Melbourne's Government
all the blame which that gentleman had. He thought
that many of the measures for which he blamed that Go-
vernment were the result rather of the circumstances in
which they had been placed by the preceding Government
—that of Lord Grey.—(Hear.) He did not mean to de-
fend either Administration ; but he thoudht the Noble
Earl in his reforms was something like (if he might make
use of a figure familiar to them) a weaver, who had con-
structed a loom on a good principle, and placed in it a
warp, and set to weaving with bad twist, &c. It would
be impossible for a second workman with such materials
as well as the first to produce good work. This was ex-
actly, he thought, a case in point ; and his Hon. Friend
(Mr. Fielden) had blamed the second weaver for what
was the fault of the first.—(Hear, hear.) He did not
mean to say, however, that he should support the latter
Government. He would do so as long as there was a
reasonable hope that they would legislate for the people,
but if they pursued an opposite policy, he should feel it
his duty to part company with them. It would be
folly, however, to seek relief by jumping out of the frying-
pan into the fire. Some men seemed to think that if they
could only get the " bloody Whigs" out, they should be
able to get the Tories to do as they wished ; but he was
not so sanguine. He must first see them exhibit some
signs of repentance for their past conduct, in that long-
sinning set of politicians, before he could be led to believe
their natures had changed. But had any one seen them
exhibit any such signs? On the contrary, when the To-
ries had gone out of office, a Bill had lately been introduced
into Parliament (Duncan's Bill) in reference to the rate
paying clauses, but it was defeated by the Tories.--',Hear.)
It was well known now that if the householder neglected to
pay his rates, he became absolutely disfranchised. The ne-
cessity of the repeal of these clauses was evident, for the
voice of the people to be represented, and yet the Tories,
when the question was brought forward, after much boast-
ing. would rot support it. The Torios had professed an
anxiety to support the Church, and yet denied that they were
opposed to reforms in it. If ever the word reform sounded

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business.

THE EXPECTED VISIT OF THE QUEEN.

Under-Sheriff WIRE rose to propose members of the
Court to act as a deputation to accompany the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs to Temple-bar, on the 9th
of November, in order to receive her Majesty.
Mr. Hour suggested the propriety of selecting gentle-
men of equest tact and ability to fill the office of riders
on the occas'ol, that the procession might not be marred
by a blunder.
Mr. ALDERMAN said, that as there were so many can-
didates for tie honour of serving in the deputation, it would
perhaps be prudent to submit the matter to a Committee,
who might decide upon the qualifications of those who
were put in nomination.—('• Hear," and loud laughter.)
Mr. GODSON said, it was, in his opinion, a thing of
great importance, that the best-looking fellows in the Court
should be appointed to meet her Majesty, and conduct
her through the City.

The following gentlemen were then elected according to
their station in the scale of personal beauty and accom-
plishments :—Deputy Peacock, and Messrs. Collingwood,
Bedford, Hunter, Dixon, and Anderton. They had, it
appeared, been all seen on horseback, and been received, if
we are to rely upon the declaration of their proposers, with
unbounded approbation.
Sir Peter Laurie having at the moment entered the
Court,

Under-Sheriff WIRE had been given to understand that
the City would provide horses for the deputations from the
two Courts, and that the worthy Knight was to be manager
of the equestrian department.

Sir PETER LAURIE said it was true that if the Corpo-
ration should, according to ancient custom, go to meet her
Majesty at Temple-bar, he was to be Master of the City
Horse on that very interesting occasion.—(A laugh.) He
should be happy to do the equestrian honours to an eques-
trian Queen, and he should take particular care that in his
department there should be no cause of censure or ridicule.
—( Hear, hear.) He should answer for the horses, and he
hoped the deputation just appointed would show, above all
things, courage upon their horses.—(Laughter.) Upon a
former occasion, the want of the indispensable quality of
courage was so much felt, that it was proposed to dress up
a troop of dragoons as Common Councilmen, and make
them act as substitutes.—(Laughter.) Care must be taken
on this occasion to guard against so farcical an alternative.
Mr. ALDERMAN asked how many of the Court of Alder-
men intended to go in the deputation ?
Sir PETER LAURIE—I believe that sixteen or eighteen
of us will go.

THE BALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DIS-
_

TRESSED POLES.

Some conversation took place upon the subject of the
admission of the public to see the hall in all the splendour
of its decorations, and it was agreed that for two days
after the 9th of November it should be opened by tickets
to the friends of the Corporation. It was supposed by
some that the ball to be given for the destitute Poles
ought to take place before the exhibition of the Guildhall,
bul the Court were generally of opinion that the charity
would be benefitted by the delay, and a strong hope was
expressed that an immense assemblage would take place on
that most interesting occasion.
THE SWINDLERS IN THE CITY.

Deputy CORNEY said that he rose to advert to what
had taken place since he had presented a petition to
that Court on the subject of a gang of swindlers in
the ward which he had the honour to represent. A great
deal of misrepresentation had taken place as to his mo-
tives and object in bringing that matter before the Court.
Alderman Thomas Wood had charged him not only
with ignorance of what he spoke upon, but accused him
of having made imputations upon the conduct of the
officers, while he was all the while reprobating the prin-
ciple, and not the officers who carried it into effect. He
was prepared to prove that the principle which he had de-
scribed did exist at that moment, and he called upon the
City Magistrates, in order to enable him to show that it
existed, to order that the officers should make a return
upon oath of all the emoluments they had received, over
and above their salaries, since 1830. If it then appeared
that their receipts were insignificant, the public would be
relieved from a great deal of present misconception ; then
the charge of want of knowledge of what he had under-
taken to do was totally groundless. He had uniformly sup-
ported the life election of aldermen, but he should now be-
gin to think that an annual election would be more desir-
able.—(Laughter.) A conviction was now beginning to
dawn upon him, that the aldermen ought to be compelled
to throw up their gowns periodically, and go to their con-
stituency for their suffrages.—(Hear, hear.)
Alderman T. WOOD said that the Deputy came to that
Court and arraigned the conduct of the aldermen, accused
the police of gross neglect of duty, and the aldermen for
having permitted it. Where was the breach of privilege,
then, in denyinc, in the Court of Aldermen the truth of the
allegations made against them ? Was not the proper course
for the Deputy to follow, if he thought that the police were
negligent or inefficient or dishonest, to represent his im-
pression to the Magistrates? Instead of which he opened
out against them in that Court, and why did he now com-
plain of being accused of ignorance ? Was that imputation
groundless?—(Hear, hear.)
The subject then dropped.
POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS.
Mr. W. PRITCHARD, in rising to present a series of re-
solutions, of which he had given notice, with reference to
Post-office reform, felt relieved by the reflection that the
subject was one not open to the taint of party feeling, nor
requiring any great extent of experiment to demonstrate its
importance to the commercial and social interests of the
community. Parliament had been petitioned by most of the
great commercial bodies of the country against the existing
system, the injurious effects of which to the interests of
commerce and the diffusion of knowledge had been pointed
out. It had been truly stated by the Commissioners of In-
quiry, that " tiw fteil;ty of frequent, punctual, aryl quick
I cominun,,,,,..ion,v,hich the institution of the Post-office was
calculated to secure, may be justly classed amongst the ele-

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1837

sweetly, oh how sweet to hear it from the mouth of a Tory.
Yes, they talked of a reform in the Church. And hoe
did they propose to effect it ? Why, they told us that
they had no objection for the thousands a year of one
Church to be applied to another, if they could find a place
where there is no church money.—(Hear, hear.) Now
this was fair ground to meet upon. There was the Rector
of Ashton—perhaps it might be dangerous to speak, for h(
believed it was entirely owing to having meddled with the
Church that their Worthy and Hon. Friend had brought
so much obloquy upon himself in Ashton. There was the
Rector of Ashton, he repeated, who was living in Oxford..
shire, and receiving 1,200/. or 1,3001. a year for doing no-
thing. Was this an abuse ?—(Yes, yes.) Then this was
a case for reform. Now he (Mr. H.) did not wish to de-
prive Dr. Chetwood of one farthing of this money, but h(
would say, at his death let it not go to another Clergyman
in Oxford, but as 300/. is enough for many Clergymen to
live upon, let it be divided, and given to four hard-working
and deserving Clergymen. This was what the Tories pro-
fessed to want, and why did they refuse to accede to it
The fact was, that when we came to prescribe measures like
this, the Tories were Tories still.—( Hear and cheers.) He
(Mr. H.) had seen the necessity of testing their sincerity
on this point on the Wigan business. They said, if the
funds of the Church could be increased, they would have
no objection to the increase being applied to the increase of
institutions among the people ; and yet, though the Rector
of Wigan had an increase in value of nearly 2,000/., they
refused to apply the smallest portion of it to that purpose.
Mr. H. in conclusion briefly adverted to the Canada ques-
tion, and sat down amidst hearty cheering.

Mr. CHARLES CLAY, the Vice-President, amidst loud
cheers, proposed the health of Joseph Brotherton, Esq.,
and the independent electors of the borough of Salford, and
the vote by ballot.

Mr. BROTHERTON, on rising, was greeted with most en-
thusiatic cheering. I accepted the invitation to attend
this meeting with very great pleasure, in order that I
might have an opportunity of paying my humble tribute
of respect to your worthy representative. I appear be-
fore you in the character of a witness, and can bear testi-
mony relative to his conduct during the time that we were
together in Parliament, and I have no hesitation in saying
that he does honour to your choice.—(Cheers.) I have S-
ways held it as a principle that the people are able to ma-
nage their own affairs ; and, entertaining these opinions, I
come to the conclusion that the end of all good govern-
ment is the peace, the prosperity, and the happiness of the
people.—(Cheers.) I, therefore, as a practical Reformer,
am in favour of those measures which are conducive to the
welfare of the people in general. I am, indeed, an advo-
cate for " the greatest happiness to the greatest number,"
and I believe I shall be borne out in saying that in the
votes I have given since I had the honour of a seat in
the House of Commons, I was always an advocate of the
rights of the people. I look not to parties or men on
either side, but I look to their principles ; and with respect
to her Majesty's Ministers, I wish it to be understood that
I have supported them when I thought they were right,
and opposed them when I thought they were wrong. I
would continue to do this, and I would' always seek to
weaken the power of the aristocracy and to strengthen the
power of the people.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BROTHERTON proposed the electors of Ashton,
which was responded to by Mr. Clay, the Vice-President.
Several other toasts were proposed arid responded to in
the course of the evening, among which was the health of
Halliwell, Esq., .of Lees, the representative of Mr.
Hindley, at the late election, to which Mr. Halliwell re-
sponded in an able address, animadverting in severe terms
on the conduct of Mr. Stephens, the Tory-Radical candi-
date at the last election.—The company separated at a late
hour.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

MA RYL ED ONE.

Yesterday morning Messrs. COVENTRY and TAMLYN,
the Barristers appointed to revise the lists for the borough
of Marylebone, held their Courts at the Court-house,
Marylebone-lane. The Court-room was crowded by per-
sons objected to, although the Conservatives had indirectly
withdrawn many of the objections. The number of objec-
tions stated to be now left arc 2,584.

The Revising Barrister, after hearing Mr. Ager and Mr.
Holmes on the subject, said that he thought there was
nothing illegal in the objections, but suspended his general
opinion, and proceeded to go through the list.
The Court sat till five o'clock, but no case of any public
interest occurred up to its rising.

(Before Mr:TA MLYN.)
Sr. PANCRAS.—The Liberal claims in this parish amount
to 113, and the Conservative to 43 ; total, 156. Liberal
objections, 24 ; Conservative, 261 ; total, 285.
Decision on several cases was deferred. The whole pro-
ceedings in this Court were without any other interest than
that'referrable to the desperation of the Tories, whose ob-
jections were frivolous to a degree.
The Court did not rise till a quarter to seven.

ments of profitable commerce. It is essential to the purposes
of Government and subservient to all the ends of national
policy." The same public consideration gave the people a
right to expect that when the Government, on account of its
superior means, assumed a monopoly of the business of
the Post-office, and interdicted private modes of convey-
awe, the best possible system would be resorted to, making
the question of revenue a secondary one. Mr. Pritchard
referred to Mr. Rowland Hill's pamphlet on the subject
of reforming the Post-office, and he concluded by moving
a series of resolutions to the following effect :—That a
swift, certain, and cheap communication by post tended
greatly to the advancement of the commerce, manufac-
tures, and agriculture of the country, and was of high im-
portance as affording facilities for the collection and diffu-
sion of information, by which the education of the people
would be greatly accelerated, and as promoting friendly in-
tercourse amongst all classes ; though the present commu-
o;cation by post was tolerably certain, yet owing to the in-
frequency of transmission and slowness of delivery, it was
not so, swift as it readily might be, and it was not cheap.
These evils of slowness and high cost were serious impedi-
ments to an extended and prosperous state of commerce
and manufactures. By creating obstacles and involving
expenses in almost every stage of the progress of a literary
work, they constituted a heavy tax on literature, and pre-
vented the diffusion of information and the progress of
education, and they were also productive of moral disad-
vantages, by checking the spread of friendly intercourse.
These evils of slowness and high cost were not justified
by any ultimate advantage to the revenue ; on the contrary,
they gave rise to a large amount of illicit carriage of let-
ters, and, by preventing to a great extent communication
altogether, the present high rates of postage had been
positively injurious to the revenue itself ; in proof of
which it was only necessary to refer to the extraordi-
nary fact, that during the last twenty years, whilst the
population of the country had increased nearly one-third,
and commerce and education had advanced in even a
greater ratio, the revenue from the Post-office had not im-
proved at all. Owing to the present facility of conveyance
between all the post-towns in the country, and to the
4-rest number of letters generally earried together, the
cost of transmission, when divided amongst the separate
letters, was almost imperceptible, and might be left
-mat of consideration in determining the rates of postage,
and, therefore, the expense of the communication by post
might be considered to consist almost entirely of the cost of
distribution and of the general management of the Post-
office. By adopting an equalized and greatly reduced rate
of postage, and by requiring that it should be paid in
advance, through the medium of stamped envelopes, or
-otherwise, the cost of the general management of the
Post-office would be greatly reduced, and the revenue ulti-
mately increased, or at least not materially reduced. As
an approximation to a system of equalized and reduced
system of postage payable in advance, the recommenda-
tions contained in the ninth report of the Commissioners
of Post-office Inquiry for its adoption in the twopenny
post department were satisfactory ; and though that mea-
sure might, from its limited character, but imperfectly illus-
trate the advantage which would attend the improved
system if generally adopted, it could not fail to prove highly
valuable as a great public accommodation, Lnd a means of
reducing taxation with very little, if any, loss to the revenue.
It was, therefore, necessary that an uniform and low rate
of postage , should be established, instead of the present
varying and high rate ; that it should be henceforth one
penny (paid in advance) for every letter or packet of let-
ters, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, with an addi-
tional penny for each additional half ounce, to any conve-
nient amount • that advantage might be taken of the faci-
lities which exist, particularly as respected large towns, 'for
the more frequent transmission of the mails than once in
the 24 hours ; and that, pending the necessary arrange-
ments for the general adoption of these improvements, im-
mediate effect might be given to the recommendations of the
Commissioners for introducing similar improvements in the
twopenny-post department."
These resolutions were, with some modifications sug-
gested by Mr. E. L. Jones and Mr. Obbard, adopted, and
the Court adjourned.