The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-02 00:00:00

TATTERSALL' S—YESTRIMIT.
The betting yesterday afternoon commenced early, finished
late, and was full of interest from beginning to end. It was
confined to the Derby, the only race on which any business of
consequence is likely to be transacted before the day. Several
alterations will be found amongst the old and new favourites,
arising partly from the running at the last Newmarket Meet-
ing, and partly from trials subsequent to it. Rat-trap, recom-
mended by the Derby-like style in which he defeated his
horses, was backed freely at 4 to 1 in the first instance, and af-
terwards at 7 to 2; the Slight colt (trained in the same
stable), also found favour with three or four, and left off five
points better than he has been—quoted on any previous occa-
sion. Caravan, tried on Friday afternoon, rose to 8 to 1, which
was offered in the course of the afternoon, in a good quarter,
and taken two or three times just before the room closed.
Hybiscus, compared with the odds at Newmarket, had a trifle
the worst of the betting, but did not recede to the extent we
had anticipated from the rapid advarice of Rat-trap and Cara-
van. Achmet had a small circle of friends, and Wintonian
shifted her position to 12 to 1 through the influence of one of
the principal speculators. Mickle Fell was backed at 15 to 1,
and Defender, to the great satisfaction of those who have
kept him on their hooks as a lottery ticket, was "done upon"
(Lancashire' for backed), at the same price, Mango dropt 16
to 1, and the same odds were offered agst. Benedict and Vic-
toria. Brother to May Day (christened Phosphorus from his
sire, Lamplighter) was backed at 20 to 1 on the strength of
getting a bad second place for the Newmarket Stakes. Jereed,
nominally at 20 to 1, is in reality a worse favourite than some
horses against which twice those odds are laid, and his chance
of coming again is made the more unlikely by the progress
made by Mickle Fell, and the eagerness with which 40 to 1
was snapt up about Sambo (five points less were taken at the
finish.) Some unusually large bets agst. naming the three'
winners gave additional importance to a very stirring after-
noon.—Last prices :-
7 to 2 agst Mr. J. Day's lot—taken
7 to 2 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rat-trap--taken
7 to 1 agst Ld Exeter's Hybiscus—taken, and afterwards ail.
8 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caravan—taken
11 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Achmet—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mickle Fell—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mange—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Victoria colt—take 18 to 1
16 to 1 agst Captain Gardner's Benedict—take 20 to 1
20 to 1 agst Lord Berners's Phosphorus—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—offered
20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Jereed—taken, and afterwards offered
25 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Slight colt—offered
33 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delusion—offered
35 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo--taken
250 to 50 agst Victoria, Wintonian, and Defender—taken
375 to 200 agst Rat-trap and John Day's lot—taken
600 to 400 on Achmet agst Phosphorus—taken
1000 even between Mango and Defender
700 to 200 agst Rat-trap and 700 to 200 agst Day's lot—laid in
one bet.

Ten Thousand pounds to two hundred betted against Rat-trap,
Chapeau d'Espagm., and Hurricane, winning Derby, Oaks, and St.
Leger ; and the same agst Rat-trap, Chapeau, and Cardinal Puff.
100 to 20 agst Rat-trap,-Egeria, and Henriade for the three events.

THE outs.
Nothing was done, but we understand that since the race 5 to 2
has been taken about Chapeau d'Espagne ; plenty of offers to back
Egeria at 6 to 1.

PARIS RACES, THURSDAY.
The 'Cadean Prize of 3,000 f., added to a Sweepstakes of 200 f. each.
Once round and a distance. 4 Subs.
Lord H. Seymour's Miss Annette T. Robinson 1 1
Duke of Orleans's b. f. Agelie, 5 yrs 2 dr
M. Dupin's ch. f. Beleda, 4 yrs
The Pavilion Prize of 5,000 f., added to a Sweepstakes of 500 f.
each. Craven weights, turn round. , Subs.
Lord H. Seymour's b. c. Frank T. Robinson 1 1
Duke of Orleans's ch. c. Assneras
The Jena Prize of 1,200 f., added to a Subscription of 100 f each.
One mile.

Three weeks ago and we were given to understand
that by this time Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Charles
Ross would be in office. The extraordinary financial
abilities of Mr. Goulburn were ainne able to - cope
with the ensuing crisis, and a Ministry, the ineri ru-
mour of whose accession to power always operates as
a blow on the funds, was to be the prompt and opor-.
tune restorer of credit. 'Why this delay, why this
disappointment ? Is it that Mr. Borthwick has not
spoken ? That Mr. Praed has been silent ? Have
Sir Robert's levities been less ponderous than usual,
Lord Stanley's manners less winning and polite ?
What great and sudden calamity has changed the tide
of fortune ? Poor Mr. Bonham ! A man's last re-
source is that of prophecy. When he can do nothing
else he can swear as to what is likely to be done that
day week, that day fortnight, that day three weeks, any
day save the one,day on which the morning papers have
been already printed. Still, take our word for it, Mr.
Bonhatn, a distant day in such cases is always the best
day. But surely there _ was a great display last week ;
yes, all the heavy artillery were brought out and duly
fired ; the Great Captain only forgot one thing—to
put ball into them. To think of loading such gulls
merely with powder I Downshire, Roden, Donough-
more, Glengall, these great men made long speeches,
very' long. But how did they end ? Who can ask
such a question ? The Whigs were traitors. Their
whole Government was a treason. As to the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland, his sole delight (and he was -
always a man of pleasure) consisted in letting rogues
and felons out of prison.. For this he perambulated
the country. Thank God we live in times when such
misdeeds are not to pass unpunished. The Lords are
vigorous—resolved ; they take up the matter with a
high hand ; and what is the result ? Why, that a
petition do lie on the table. Glorious men ! sturdy
and undaunted patriots ! How clearly one sees that
you are born to save the country in troublesome times ; '
and you are to, come into office too. What a straightfor-
ward way of attaining it I So far so geed. But another
great occasion has just been lost. Last night the-resolu-
tion on an Irish Tithe Bill was proposed and carried. Here
was a moment long watched for—not a " friend of ,the
Church" (we borrow the cant phrase) in the country
but has been for the last eight days on the tiptoe of
expectation. The all-atrocious measure of ruin and
confiscation was to be reviled, renounced, spit upon.
Floodgates of eloquence that had been stopped up for
weeks were to be once more thrown open.. The Mem-
ber for Bradford, our modern Demosthenes, had his
philippic prepared. The Recorder for Dublin was
seen for the last fortnight hunting after something
new to say upon the old subject. What's the matter ?
The resolution is put—the resolution is passed. Not
a word said ! Docs the change in the measure account
for this silence ? It is essentially necessary that the
country should know well and distinctly what that
change is. The Government arc pledged to a prin-
ciple—the majority of the House are pledged to a
principle—from that principle there is no honourable
departing. What is that principle ? Why, that
the State has a right to provide, out of the
funds of the Church in Ireland, for the education
of the Irish people. Th't was the principle em-
bodied in the appropriation clause. This is the
principle which the people of England and Ire-
land will expect and demand- to see embodied in. dye
new Bill—and is it so ? This new Bill, judging four Lord Morpeth's speech, is to be more simple 'chap the
old one. Thirty pounds out of the hundred go to the
landlord : that is as it was. Then, in conformity with
the famous Act of Henry VIII., by which, by the
way, the Irish clergy are now bound, they, the clergy,
are to be taxed ten per cent. on their income for the
purpose of providing a fund for the education of the
Irish people. This was the principle of the old Bill
,—it is the principle of the new one. In both cases
the money comes from the same source, and is applied
to the same purpose. The present plan in many
points of view seems the most plain, the most
practical, and the best ; and the money will be
sooner procured, even supposing that the ten
per cent. tax is not to take place during the
life of the present incumbents, than it_ would
have been under the measure of last session.
The principle of appropriation, therefore, is still
preserved, though in a different mode from that .
by which it was asserted in the Bill of last
year. The plan was received without a dissentient
voice, which, if we mistake not, may be construed into
the existence of a disposition calmly to consider the
merits of a measure so essential to the pacification and
well-government of Ireland. Ministers. without aban-
doning their principle, have so applied it as to defy the
hostility of their opponents. As statesmen they are
acting rightly when they. make every effort for the
settlement of a great question which is not accompa-
nied by the sacrifice of a great principle. As men
whose object it is to procure peace in Ireland—as
men who, at ' the head of the Government, are more
bound than others to seek the peace of the empire
in general, the healing of its factions, the softening
of its differences, the organisation of its Administra-
tion—in this high capacity it is, no doubt, their duty
to make every sacrifice that can be made by alteration in
details, or mutation in forms, providing, and providing
always—for this we stand by—that no alteration is
made in the principle which details are to carry out,
or the spirit which forms are to embody. Lord Mor-
peth's
speech was a very able one. The rest of the
night was occupied in the discussion of the Poor-law.
Mr. Lynch, Mr. Wyse, and Lord Clements made
very good and sensible speeches, taking different views
•
and throwing out different suggestions, - some of which
are well worthy of attention. Sir Robert Peel follow-
ing Mr. Pryme, who, in his capacity of Professor of.
Political Economy, declared himself against 01 Poor-
laws, made a very able statement of his views ; con-
fessing that though there were some parts of the mea-
sure in which he saw great difficulties, that still a mea-
sure wa essary,, and that• he was not prepared to
ti
sugges .
sb
tiler or any better. Lord John Russell,
in following, stated the circumstances under which
Mr, Nicholls went to Ireland, and did justice to the
character and labours of that gentleman.—Morning
Chronicle.

..17e11, the Murder's out. The Irish Church Bill was
last night dragged into the House of Commons, With
Lord Morpeth tied to the tail of it—a reluctant pair,
we can assure our readers. To characterise the new
measure in one word—it is not the appropriation clause
in name, but in substance it is something more—much
more than the appropriation clause—something worse—
much worse, than the appropriation clause. It is a
measure, therefore, which will not pass with the con-
sent of statesmen who refused that consent to the Bill':
of last year, unless in the interval of ten months or so,
which have since-elapsed, the Duke of Wellington and
Lord Lyndhurst, Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley, °
should have lost the capacity of distinguishing between
the real and the simulated—between truth and false-
hood. The present Bill, like the last Bill, commutes
tithe into rent-charge. So far so good. But the
rent-charge is to fall short of the tithe now payable
by 301. per cent., which goes to the landlord ; and as
the lives of the existing clergy drop in, there is to be
a deduction of 10/. per cent. more, professedly for the, •
education of the poor in each parish, but actually to '6,
at the disposal of the priest. Thus 40 per cent. is t, be
filched from the Protestant clergy, instead of 30 as by
the former Bill ; and further,-whereas the old •.
appro-
priation clause" provided that nothing( should be
taken from the Established Church for t ne benefit of
,
the Roman Catholics (under I.he uP:me of surplus)
until after a period of 43 rars, this present appropria-
tion clause begins to wizx instanter, cutting out of the
income of every me:anber of the Church, beginning '
with the archbistvOpric and terminating with the
vicarage, as each shall become vacant on the death of
its present T?ossessor, 101. per annum of eVr:ry 10'01.
that is to say, from a clergyman, the
.whe;re. subsistence
of whore family is a living of 2001. a year, it purloins
20/. a year for the education of "th,e, people," as they-
are called—that is of the Papists--which funds are to
be employed as directed by the Romish priests, and
for:perpetuating that sort of religion, and that descrip-
tion. of political spirit, the spread and agency of
which are diligently coined by these same priests into
profit and power for their own particular uses.
therefore, as we, said before, is a grinding
aggravation of the last year's measure, because it com-
mences the work of spuliatiun from the hour in which