The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-07 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM STEEPLE CHASES—FRIDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each and 30 added, for all horses, &c.
Four miles.

Mr. Goodwin's b g Jack Robinson, 12st 71b (Mr. Oliver)... 1
Mr. Marshall's eh m Primrose, 12st 71b
Mr. Ball's b g Needwood, 12st 71b 3
Mr. Stevenson's br m Betsy, 12st
Mr. Parker's b g Charley Bates, 12st 0
Won cleverly by nearly two lengths.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL
SUMMARY.

The Morning Chronicle in commentiag on the course
pursued by those who appose tl'e Jamaica Bill on what
they call "constitutional" principle, points cut the ab-
surdity of comparing the Con t:tution of Jamaica with that
of England. " There are" says our Contempora-y,
" monntains in Macedon and in Wales, and there ace con-
stitutions in the West Indies and in England," and that is
all the resemblance that he can find between them. "We
think," he adds, "that those gentlemen who allowed their
abstract regard for constitutions to lead them to oppose
this bill, have been very ill-advised." So think we, and
so perhaps they will themselves one day, find to their
cost.

The Times confines itself to a brief summary of the de-
bate on the Jamaica Bill. All the " ability," " clearness,"
"facility," and "brilliancy" displayed on this occasion are,
according to the Times, to be found on the opposite of the
House.

The Herald makes an anile attempt to lessen the power-
ful effect which it evidently anticipates will be produced
by the magnificent speech of Sir S. Lushiogton on the de-
bate of last night, and finds everything that can constitute
a Demosthenic oration !n that of Lord Stanley. _ _

The Post affects to tie in exstacies at the resait of the
division last night, which it thinks a prelude to the rdtre-
ment of Ministers. The thoughts of the Post are never
worth much, and they are particularly valueless in this
case, in which they are the offspring of its foolish wishes.
Our ill-conditioned Contemporary indulges with its usual
generosity in some very unjust and malignant &verve-
lions on the announced resignation of the Speaker.
The Morning Advertiser has some very severe remarks
on the conduct of the Radical party in the House of Com-
mons last nigbt. It charges them with "folly" and "in-
consistency" in professing "to be Liberals in the utmost
sense of the word," and yet wishing to " have the Tories
as the Ministers of the effairs of the country, who are %-
posed to all improvements, moral, social, and political,"
while they arc trying " to overturn a Governmeat which
has done more good for the country in eight years than,any.
that existed during eighty or ninety previous years, simply
because it does not go the whole hog of their fancies." A
high, but just encomium, is bestowed on Lord John Rus-
sell's masterly speech.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, MAY G.—Wind, N. E., fresh breezes, with
thick weather.—Came down from the River and sailed
the Enterprizo, Mosey, for Demerara ; Barbadoes, Baker,
Barbadoes ; Albion, Bell, Alexandria; Eleanor, Gordon,
Brown, Valparaiso ; Anna Maria, Edwards, Calcutta ;
Diamond, Taylor, ditto ; Protector, Wood, Demerara ;
Tory, Chiffin, New Zealand,. Caroline, Bahia.
PORTSMOUTH. MAY 6. —Wind, E. N. E., fresh.—Sailed
the Chrystal, Dawson, for Quebec.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Arrived the Harriet, from Pio
Janeiro ; sailed Sesostris, Rowe, Sydney ; Nicholas, Wat-
On, Surinam. Off port, Duchess of Orleans, Richardson,
New York.

_
LIVERPOOL, MAT 6.—wind E., fresh breezes.—Ar-
rived the Fanny, Sloane, from Charleston ; R. A. P.irker,
Salter, Savanna; Princess Victoria, Paul, New Orleans;
Minerva, —, Philadelphia ; Uranch, —, from Monte
Video ; Catharina Anna, Young, from Charente ; Indus-
trie, —, from Ostend ; Mitte, Claudine, from Demerara ;
Fanny, —, Rt.steck. Sailed, the Mary_ Worrall, Gard-
ner, and Buoyant, Cowen, for Rio Janeiro; John Francis,
Cottin, Quebec; Lady Campbell, Johnson, St. Andrews,
N. B. ; Harriet, Gaspe ; and Susannah, for Alexandrita ;
Figlio, ditto ; Valiant Jane, Surinam ; Mary, Walker,
ditto. Off port, the Cornwall, for Savanitla ; Harriet, Ant-
werp.

At a Meeting of the Marylebone Vestry yes-
terday Mr. Kensett called the attention of the meeting to
the Rector, Dr. Spry's, determination to litigate with the
Vestry, after the Court to which he had already appealed
h,d decided against him, for the attainment of fees cn the
burial of paupers. "An office," continued Mr. K., " which he
never performs, for the burial of those to whom, by him-
self or deputy, he gives no spiritual consolation in the hour
of desolation, or the performance of the last sad office at
the grave. This conduct, in his opinion, was deserving
the censure of every well regulated mind, and the unqua-
lified reprobation of the rate-payers. He would move,
" that this Meeting call on the Vestry to use every
means in their power to put the duties and emoluments
of the Rector on a fair and wholesome footing, so that
the rate-payers should not have to contribute one farthing
more for the support and aggrandizement of a rich and
indolent Pluralist than that which bad laws and a worse
system forces upon them to observe.'; The motion having
been seconded, was carried by acclamation, and thanks
having been given to the Chairman, the Meeting separated.

DANGEROUS NAVIGATION OF STEAMERS IN
THE Pool. On Saturday afternoon, a barge named the
Hampden, laden with 42 tons of coals belonging to Messrs.
Moll and Bevan, coal-merchants, of Milford-lane, Strand,
and having two lightermen on board to navigate her ups was
sunk off Wapping New Stairs, by the swell occasioned by
the large steam-ship Manchester, going down the river at
a speed highly dangerous to the craft and small boats. It
fortunately happened that another loaded barge was going
up at the time, and was near enough for the two lightermen
to jump out of the sinking barge into her, by which means
their lives were saved. The coals were all shot out of the
barge, which floated again and drove up empty. A barge
laden with stone was going up at the same time, and she
was also sunk, and the lighterman narrowly escaped with
his life.
MADRID, APRIL 27.—A robbery of a most
singular and savage description was perpetrated here this
morning. Two boys, sons of Gaviria, the Queen's tree.
surer and banker in Madrid--one six, the other eight years
of age—were the objects of this cruel larceny. While at
school near the gate of Santa Barbara, a person called at
the school and delivered a note to the principal, which
stated that M. Gaviria had been taken suddenly ill, and
that he wished to see his children immediately. The
bearer of this infamous forgery pointed to a carriage which
was waiting to take them, requesting that the boys should
not be informed of the object of their removal. The prin-
cipal, suspecting nothing, permitted the children to enter
the carriage, which drove off in the direction of the father's
residence, but, being out of sight, turned to the village of
Hortaliza, about a league from Madrid. They were then
met by four men on horseback, who took them off, as it is
presumed, to the Guadorama mountains, for the purpose of
extorting a large sum of money from their father. The
carriage was traced ac far as Hortaliza, and the children
were seen there when taken by the men en horseback ;
but how thee have been further disposed of, or r, hither
they have been conveyed, there is yet no information
whatever.
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