The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-25 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CROXTON PARK RACES, THURSDAY.
The Farmers' Plate of 501., and 101. for the second horse,
given by the gentlemen of the Belvoir and Melton Hunts, for
horses not thorough-bred, &c., 4 yrs, list. 101 b. ; 5 yrs,
12st. 31b. ; 6 yrs, and aged, 12st. 7ffi. ; mares allowed 31bs.
Two mile heats. Ridden by farmers or their sons.
Mr. Smith's b.. g. by the Flyer, bro. to Corringham,
5 yrs
1 1
Mr. Spriggs's br. g. Belvoir, by the Flyer, 6 yrs 2 2
The folloWing also started but wore not placed :—Mr. Wil-
der's eh. in. Kate Kearney, by the Flyer d., by Idras, 5 yrs ;
Mr. Horspool's ch. g. 13earblock, by Rector, aged; Mr. Cham-
berlain's b. m. by Juniper, 5 yrs ; Mr. Gibbons's br. m. by
Rector, 6 yrs ; Mr. Henson's oh. m. by Rector, 4 yrs ; and
. Mr. Pilgrim's ch. in. by King of the Valley, 4 yrs. Won by
half a length, after a well contested race between the two
placed.
Match for 100 sovs. each, p.p. Two miles. Lord Water-
ford's b. h. Confusion 12st. (Owner), beat Lord Cranstoun's
ch. h. Sir William, Ilst. 71b. Betting, 6t04 on Confusion.
Won easy.
Match for 50 sovs. 12st. 71b. each ; one mile. Lord Wa-
terford's ch. m. (Owner), beat Lord Macdonald's br. h. Won
very easily.
hatch for 50 sovs., I2st., each ; two miles. Lord Water-
ford's the Sea, received forfeit of Mr. Fairlie'S Don Sebastian.
Match for 25 cove. ; catch weights ; half a mile. Lord De -
sart's b. g. Carlow (Owner), beat Lord Cranstoun's b. in. the
Gem, easily.
The Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for all horses
(winners excepted) 12st. each, from turn of the lands, a lit-
tle less than the third of a mile-7 subs.
Lord Chesterfield's the Bonny Jack, 5 yrs...(Earl of Wilton) 1
Lord Suffield's ch. h. Protestant, by Velocipede, 5 yr 5........ 2
The following also started, but were not placed—Mr. Ous-
ley's eh. in. Victoria, by Ramilies, aged—Lord Howth named
gr. c. The Friar, 4 yrs. and Mr. Jackson's b. g. by Waltham-
stow, out of Showlass, 5 yrs. Bonny Jack took the lead, and
won a fine race by half a length.
The Granby Handicap Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., and only
5 if declared, &c., for all horses (two-year-olds excepted).
Once round and a distance. Forty Subscribers, 18 of whom
pay 5 soya. each, and 10 10 sovs. each.
Mr. Maley's Pellissirna, 4 yrs, lOst (11r. Saddler) 1
Mr. Lucas's Tell-tale, 6 yrs, list. I Ilb 2
Mr. Errington named Leonidas, aged, 10st. 121 b
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Bell's
Miss Eliza,7s yrs, 1 Ist. 41b.—Lord Chesterfield named The
Sluggard, 6 yrs, list.—Mr. Blake's Normanby, 6 yrs, Ilst.—
Count Bathyany's Fury, aged, lOst. 10Ib.—Cape. Lamb's
Gardham, 5 yrs, lOst. 101b.—Count Bathyany's ch. c. Red-
wing,,, by Skylark, 4 yrs, 10st. 81b.—Mr. Tomlin named Navi-
gator, 5 yrs, lOst. 21b.—Mr. Jackson's b. c. by Walthamstow,
out of Showlass,:s vrs, lOst. 21b.—and Lord Howl h's b. c. The
Perfidious, by Skylark, 4 vrs, Oat. 121 b.
Betting.-5 to 2 agst fiellissima-3 to I agst Perfidious-4
to 1 arst The Sluggard-5 to 1 agst Normanby —and Bto 1
agst Miss Eliza.

Won easily.
Match for 50 sovs., one mile—Count Bathyany's br. g. Lot-
tery (Mr. Villiers) beat Lord Desart's gr. m. Purella.
Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, h. ft., for half-bred horses that
have been regularly hunted since the Ist of January, with
the Belvoir, Quorndon, or Cottesniore Hounds. From the
Scurry Post, once round, nearly two miles ; 13st. each,
owners riders. Five Subscribers.
Sir D. Baird's b. g. by Penguin (owner) 1
Mr. T. Bainbridge 's br. g. Speculation
The following also started, but were not placed_ Ows-
lay'a ch. m. Victoria, by Families—Lord Waterford's Saladin
—and Lord Desart's Sweet William. Bustard made all the
running, and won without any difficulty.
Match for 50 sots. ; Scurry Course—Lord Cranstoun's Gem,
list. 131 b., received forfeit from Count Bathyany's Fury,
lOst. 121 b.

Match for 50 sous., list. 51b. each, one mile—Mr. Fairlie's
Leopard and John Jolly (Mr. White) beat Mr• Villi,r's Moth,
after a capital race.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

EFFECT OF MONOPOLY.
Table showing the ex-duty price of West India-Sugar in Mine.
ng.lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign sugars :
London, March 23, 1839.
Per cwt.

The last Gazette quotes the average price of British
Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at ... 375. 100
The actual quantity sold frem the 12th to the 19th of
March, on which the above price is computed, con.
sisted of 9,652 cwts., or 690 hhds.
Muscovado Sugars raised by free labour on foreign plan-
tations, may be bought this week at from 235. to 255.
per cwt., being about 14s. per cwt. less than the ave-
rage price of West India Sugar.

The reports in circulation that the last mail from Jamaica had
brought accounts of an unfavourable character, both as regarded
the political feeling of the colony, and the continued indolence of
the negroes, induced buyers to come forward freely on Tuesday and
Wednesday, and about 1,400 hhds. were disposed of at an advance,
in some instances, of 2s. per cwt. This disposition to purchase
Sugar on the Thursday experienced a check, from the tenour of
certain documents published at the ' request of Mr. Sturge, (see
" The Sun" of the 21st inst). The Papers deny entirely the ac-
curacy of the charges promulgated both here, and in Jamaica, by
the West Indians against the industry of the black population—and
moreover they lead to the conclusion that, although the crop of
Sugar may be exported from Jamaica later this year than usual, yet,
from the fertile and wholesome appearance of the plantations, and the
steady industry of the blacks throughout the island, the crops will yield
an average weight of sugar. Under these circumstances, the tran.
sactions in Mincing-lane yesterday, and the day before, consisted
principally of the resales of Sugars bought some time since of the
importers. These second sales of Sugar indicate a re-action in
prices—an expectation in which we participate—for little doubt
exists that when the information communicated by Mr. Sturge
shall have circulated throughout the country, a flatness will ensue,
and holders of Sugar will experience difficulty imeffecting sales, un-
less at a considerable reduction from the present quotations.

There are no sales to report of Refined Sugar for exportation.
COFFEF..—The duty protecting West India Coffee against the
competition of Foreign, is equivalent to 250 per cent. ad valorem.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, MARCH 23.—Wind W. S. W., moderate.—Came
down from the river and remain the Courier, Tunes, for the
Cape of Good Hope; Eight, Odessa; and Great Britain, Swin-
burne, Montreal. March 24.—Wind ditto, ditto.—Sailed the
Courier, Tunes, for the Cape of Good Ifope ; and Ewell,
Bridle, Mauritius, since put back. Came down from the river
the Lion, Edgar, for St. Jago de Cuba; Posthumus, Reming-
ton, Demerara; Isabella, Liston, —; Prince George, Fors-
ter, Halifax; Sophia, Risk, St. John's, New Brunswick;
Arab, Robinson, Honduras; Black Cat, Chesser, St. Mi-
chael's ; Victoria, Way, St. Thomas ; William Pitt, Bridge,
Brasil ; Cid, Havannah ; Boadicea, Demerara ; and Georgiana,
Leith.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind W. S.W. March 24.
Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Mediator, Champlain, from Lon-
don; Elizabeth, Hare, ditto; Favourite, Fielder, Waterford;
and Chrystal, Dawson, Newcastle, leaky. Off port the Strat-
ford, Lane, from Mauritius. Sailed the Perseverance, Lang-
ley, for Lisbon ; Ida, Leith, and not the 21st, as reported.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind W.—Arrived the Silva de
Grasse, W'etherhold, from Havre; and Smales, Duck, Stock-
holm.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind, N.W. to W., fresh.
23, W. to W. S.W., ditto.—Arrived the Devonshire (steamer),
Mills, from London, and proceeded for Dublin ; City of Lon-
donderry (steamer), Ellis, Gibraltar, left 14th instant, Cadiz
15th, Lisbon 18th, Oporto 19, and Vigo 20; Union, Murray,
London, with figure head carried away. Sailed, City of Lime-
rick (steamer), Moppelt, London; City of Londonderry
(steamer), Ellis, ditto.
LIVERPOOL., MAncir 23 and 24, fresh from the Westward.
—Arrived the Caledonia, llammett, from Jamaica; Mersey,
Webb, Mobile ; Josephine, Harvey, New York ; Bristol,
Richer, Constantinople; Mary, Walker, Smyrna; Ostenburg,
Trieste; Marie, ditto; Susanna, Geneva; Pet, Cephalonia;
Superior, Lisbon; Narcissa, Carpel, Bordeaux; Mentor,
Dantzic; Pieta, Amsterdam; Alide, Jonger, ditto; Jean Van
Eych, Cornelis, Antwerp; Ebro, Watt, New York; Vibelia,
St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Superb, Calchell, Charleston.

REMOVAL OF MR. FROST FROM THE MA-
GISTRACY.—The Mayor of Newport, in compliance with
the directions of the Lord Chancellor, having sent up to
his Lordship the Commission of the Peace for this borough,
the same was returned yesterday (Friday), the name of
Mr. Frost having been erased therefrom. Mr. Frost is
therefore no longer a Magistrate for this borough, and the
Town Clerk lies officially intimated to him the fact..--
Merlin of Saturday last.
THE LATE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE ON A
WlFE.—Since our last, Sarah Whitaker, the unfortunate
woman who was assailed by her husband with an axe, has
gone on well, and has now a fair chance of recovery. Her
wretched husband, who had been remanded until yesterday,
was then brought up at the New Bailey. He was dressed
in an old black coat and fustian trowsers, without neckcloth,
and had a dirty appearance. Ile was pale, but appeared to be
little if at all affected. Mr. Smith, the house-surgeon at
the Infirmary, stated, that he considered the prisoner's wife
to be still in considerable danger. The prisoner was then
remanded till Wednesday next. He did not speak a single
word.—Manchcster Guardian.

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GENERAL EDUCATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sre-,—Surely there never ;a; a COtTntty—;c: cursed
party feeling as Great Britain, or such slaves to

As confined, illiberal, and baneful effects, as the inha-
bitants of it are. Measures which would appear to com-
mon sense clear as the sun, are sure to be mystified
by the fog of party faction. The question of general

education, now so much engrossing public attention,
must be treated like all others, as a party question.

The parties in this case appear to be the High Church-

men and ultra-Tories, who are at variance with the rest
of the nation. It seems, however, to be admitted on all
bawls, that education is less diffused amongst the Bri-
tish population, and less encouraged than it is by other
civilize:l States ; and that this country ought not

to lie under the disgrace of possessing a less educated
popuLition than other countries. It is either right or
wrong that education should be more encouraged ; if
right, unnecessary obstacles should not be thrown in the
of doing so, and if the mass do not, or can not,
,:az.t of means pursue it, the State, or more pro-
perly, thf.! exuberant wealth of what is called the
Church property, should furnish those means. If it be
ivrong to encourage the extension of it, let it be con-
iinucci to be left to individuals, but do not blow
hot and cold, in the same breath, and allow the propriety
of tl.ie measure, but prevent the effect. Would these
High aurchnen and ultra-Tories have it believed that
they are afraid of education opening the eyes of the
public too much ; and that it will more clearly discern
he corruption of the State, and the covetuous mono-
oly of the High and Mighty in it P If that be really
)e:r opinion, let them not be ashamed of it, but boldly
row ;t, and let the world judga between them and their
but they may assure themselves that it is

io late to - cherish such ideas, as education

wid information have been diffused too much already,
without public assistance, for the public in general
ever to shut its•eyes again and ge to sleep. The mis-
chief, if they deem it such, is already done, and the wisest
plan for them to adopt is to increase education and in-
form the judgment of the public, and enable it to form
rational opinions on the affairs of their country, and

i not wild and destructive ones. Individuals, when
they have the means of seeking truth, will gene-
rally discover it. Do these gentlemen wish to
hide it ? This country being a Christian one, it is cer-
certainly quite clear the education in it should be
tlitcted on the Christian and moral principles which the
i New Testament warrant ; and such moral principles of
1 the Old Testament, which now assimilate with the
l Christian code. But the High Churchmen would feign
I have it believed, that unless they have the sole control
i and management of a general State education, the
IChristian religion will be endangered ; and, appearing
not to allow wat all others know and acknowledge,
thdt the dissenting and sectarian portion of the
population (except two inconsiderable sects of whom
hereafter) are as much Christians as those who are
attached to the Established Church are, though they
may hate some slight immaterial difference of opinion as
to some particular points—but not points which affect
the vital spirit of the Christian religion ; and that the
Sacred Scriptures, both Old and New Testament, are
the foundations of their religious opinions, and always
part of the means employed in their system of educe-
tin. It is, therefore, idle and contrary to fact, to hold
out for a moment that the Sacred Scriptures would not
be used by Christian sectarians, and be in some measure

what are technically called class-books. And do not these
Rev. Gentlemen feel, and is not the world well
aware, that the Christian religion has been to
a very gr,nt extent diffused by the exertions of
these very sectarians ? and do not they likewise feel
that the sacred cause having been so signally taken
partly , out of the hands of the Established Church,
was owing to the neglect and lukewar ness of that
Church itself ? They likewise know, and %lust feel, that
the sectarians for many years have diffused religious and
moral education with far greater exertion and attention

than the Established Church. And is it now that the
I High Churchmen, being aware that they have, from their
I own neglect and misconduct, lost many of their ad-
I herents, and have lowered the Establishment in public
opinion by attending more to the mammon of
the Church than. the religion of it, or the educa-
tion of its members—is it now for them to

Istep forward and assume that they are the only
parties who ought to have the controul of a public general
:ilucsation ? Is it decent, is it modest, is it just for
hem to do so ? The humble writer of these re-
narks is an adherent of the Established Church, an ad-
nirer of its Liturgy in general, attached to its general
trines, and is adverse to extemporaneous sermons and
thinking that the excellent comprehensive
prayers, collects, Li( any, &c., of the Church are better
calculated to fix the attention of individuals, being well
known to them, than the often vague and rambling
effusions of extempore delivery ; but it does not follow
4 that others may not feel themselves more affected by
extemporaneous prayer ; it is, therefore, too much to
neist on the Common Prayer-book being exactly a class-
book, in schools consisting of the children of sectarians,
though it might be well to deliver it to them. But
though the Common Prayer-book is, generally speaking,
an excellent compilation, it is not faultless. There is
more repetition in the service of the Church than is at
1 all necessary, probably occasioned by different portions
having been originally intended for distinct services, but,
being all used at the same worship, causes useless repe-
i tition—the prayer called the Lord's Prayer, for in-
stance—the State prayers, where the Litany is read,
are unnecessary—the hymn, " Glory be to the Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost," &c. The first, or Apostles'
Creed, is sufficient, without the Nicene Creed or the

Athanasian Creed, both of which are badly penned ; the
last particularly is so dogmatically framed, and displays
such a degree of intolerance, that it gives offence even to the
generality of the adherents of the Church. High
Churchmen should consider that the Common Prayer.
book is chiefly the work of paid men, and not, like the
New Testament, an inspired production, which we have
the best ground to believe it to be ; therefore other
thinking men have a right to form their opinion of it.
For these and other reasons it should seem that High
Churchmen would not be warranted in insisting that that
Book should be made exactly a class book in sectarian
schools ; it would savour too much of the dogmatic do-
mineering of the Roman Catholic religion, which unfor-
tunately though a Christian one, was converted into a po-
litical one, as well as one of worship. Protestant clergymen
should especially guard against rendering their
religion a political one, but maintain it simply a re-
ligiou of worship, and not contaminate its purity with
party politics and filthy lucre, or they will be treading
back in some of the steps they have protested against ;

and though we are assured from the highest authority
that nothing shall prevail against the Christian religion,
they will by such conduct assuredly aid the breaking up
of the outward State Establishment of it in this country.
And this is the more necessary to remark upon, because
many High Church men have of late years shown a dis-
position to adopt some of the intolerance and domination
of the Catholics, though they are by no means back-
ward in violently vituperating them for exercising it.
The proposal of instituting normal schools in the first
instance, will. it may be well feared, prove another fer-
tile source of opposition and altercation, as the question
of how new masters are to be educated, and in what

exact tenets, will be mooted. High Churchmen are
well aware that Christ did not consider that his religion
and doctrines required learning and refined distinetiona
to understand them, for he selected illiterate and un-
learned men to promulgate it in the first instance, and
though Christ did afterwards call St. Paul, amore learned
individual, and inspired him to assist in that promulgation,
it. may perhaps without prenimption be considered that
Ch:ist, knowing the perverseness and pride of man, might
deem it proper to employ him that he might have
weight and influence with the more learned, vain, and
self-opinionated ; and the history of the progress of
Christianity proves that mystery and difficulties have
always been created by p-jests and others,who pretended
to superior learning and erudition, and which little
affected the vital doctrines of that religion, and which
points have been chiefly raised for the cavil of disputa-
tion, instigated by obstinacy, pride, and vanity, except
as to the Roman Catholic tenets, which are of more
importance. Upon the whole, it would seem that upon
every principle of liberality, tolerance, charity, or justice,
all public state schools, where the schoolmaster engages
to use the Old and New Testaments, and instruct
their pupils in the general principles of Christianity,
should be aided, without insisting upon the schoolmaster

being an adherent of the Established Church, and with-
out requiring that the Common Prayer should be a
class-book, and visitants should be appointed to ascertain
whether the main Christian principles were inculcated,
and this liberality should be extended to the Roman
Catholics, and particularly so in Ireland, by which the
Catholic population would see, and be convinced, that the
Protestant religion is not actuated by intolerance and
bigotry, but that Protestants feel for their Christian
brethren and fellow countrymen, though they
have differed in some points in expounding the
Christian Scriptures. An exception was made
above as to two sects ; it alluded to those professing
the principles of Socinianism and Unitarianism ; now
as these sects deny the main foundations of the Chris-
tian religion, they do not come under the denomination
of Christians : this is not mentioned invidiously ; no
doubt there are honest and honourable men amongst
them, but it is quite clear that they do not seek the
same path to a future life which the Christian deems
the only proper and safe one ; and as this country and
Government is of a Christian character, it is equally
clear that it is not incumbent, nay more, it would not
be proper for the State to assist those parties in edu-
cating their children in principles opposed to, and de-
structive of, Christianity : for the State to act otherwise
Would be unprincipled, and be the liberality of infidelity.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
LLOYD LLEWES,
An Adherent of the Established Church.

Baron Bulow, the resident Prussian Minister to
the British Court for upwards of ten years, is about to
1 ,4_leave England en route for Germany, on account of con-
ill health. For several days past his Excellency
be tn unable to attend to his diplomatic duties from fear
idfaggta. vating his disorder.