The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-28 00:00:00

PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO H. MARSLAND,
ESQ., M.P., AND R. COBDEN, ESQ.
( From the North Cheshire Reformer.)
STOCKPORT, OCT. 26.
It is with great pleasure we place before our readers a letter
from Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., to the Town Clerk of
our borough, acting on behalf of the Committee for making
the necessary arrangements for the presentation of these beau-
tiful testimonials of public gratitude and personal esteem.
A reply to this letter has been forwarded to Mr. O'Connell,
informing him that the Committee have now fixed on the date
of his convenience, and that all the necessary measures will be
immediately taken for a fitting reception to so tried a friend
of the people—so able and incorruptible an advocate of popu.
lar rights.
It must suffice for the present to state that such an assembly
will forthwith be organized, as shall be worthy the occasion,
and the honoured guests we may now confidently calculate on
receiving.
The subjoined letter from the Hon. Member for Dublin,
will gladden the hearts of all honest Reformers, and strike
home to the consciences of the maddened Tories :
" Darrynane Abbey, 20th October, 1837.
I had the honour to receive two letters, bearing your
signature, the later of the two bearing also date the 16th inst.
My apology for not answering the first, shall be the statement of
the fact—that. I have, long since, been driven to the necessity of
leaving unanswered any letters,containing complimentary invita-
tions, written in a handwriting with which I am unacquainted;
as some persons amuse themselves, and have done so for years,
by sending me invitations to dinners, at which I should be an
unwelcome guest. This species of attempt at annoyance ex-
poses me to neglect letters of real civility, as I take yours to
be, coming under your esteemed Representative's frank, suffi.
cient evidence to consider the invitation real.
" Considering it such, I feel not a little proud and pleased,
at receiving from your Committee such a proof of their
sympathy with my unfortunate country. I have not the
vanity to arrogate to any merit of mine the compli-
ment you confer on me. It has a higher, and better,
and a more justifiable source. It proceeds from a de-
sire to combine an influential portion of the English Re-
formers with the friends of civil and religious liberty in Ire-
land, for the promotion of those measures of justice, and sound
policy, which are due to the Irish nation. Accepting this
favourable symptom of the better sense of the English people
—and accepting it with gratitude—l should at once promise
to be in Stockport on the occasion you allude to, but that en-
gagements and duties detain me so in Ireland, that I could not
venture to state an earlier day for my arrival in Stockport
than the morning of Monday, the 13th of November.
" As that day would be too late for your purposes, you will,
I hope, consider this mode of declining the honoua of attending
your meeting, as it is intended to be, the most courteous in my
power. If I could go sooner, I should be delighted to meet the
honest Radicals of Stockport. It would give me the greatest
satisfaction to be a party to a compliment paid by their constitu-
ents to the intelligent and patriotic Representative of your town.
It would greatly augment that pleasure, to have the opportu-
nity of laying before the honest Radicals, my " Case" of
Ireland—and of England also—to urge them to renewed
agitation to procure justice for the one, and constitu-
tional guarantees for the other. We all require Exten-
sion of the Suffrage—great extension of the Suffrage.
Simplicity is the test of the right of voting, and above
all, the protection of the Ballot. These arc the points upon
which I should desire to call the attention of the men of
England. It is said, that the Reformers of both counties have
reason to complain of the present Ministry for not going these
lengths with us. But, if the Ministry be doubtful, or dilatory,
on these important subjects--if they are not sufficiently active—
is it not obvious that the less they do, the more remains to bo
done by us? Instead, therefore, of imitating the clown in the
fable, and praying the aid of any Jupiter, terrestrial or celestial,
let us put our own shoulders to the wheel—meet—agitate—
resolve--organise—petition ; above all things, strong, but re-
spectful, petitions. It is the most foolish of all selfish things
to suppose that petitions are not useful. Even in the rotten-
borough Parliament they made an impression. In our present
half-reformed Parliament, their effect is very considerable.
Besides, they occupy the friends of freedom in a constitutional
manner, and fit them for greater exertions in the same course.
"How I wish there was a Reform Association, or Club, in every
town, city, and village, in England! How I wish, that English-
men would universally understand the insult which is offered to
those whoselives and profitable industry are regulated, and con-
trolled by legal enactments ; and, who, notwithstanding that,
are refused the right of concurring in the selection of the per-
sons who make these laws ! Every Englishman who is
deprived of a right to vote for the Representative of his
county, city or district, is a slave—a slave to the rot-
ing class, who make the laws with which he is al-
lowed to have nothing to do—but to obey. Yes, you
have a numerous and very large slave class in England,
and, it is in vain to talk of Reform, until you reform the gross
abuse of declaring one set of Englishmen preferable to another,
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Corporations, whilst the others want these capricious qualifica-
tions, but are equally qualified by intelligent honesty; and the
first, and best, and most productive of all property, namely, a
property in their own labour. A freehold worth 40s. a year
confers a vote. A house worth 10/. a year confers a vote ; but
the labour of an artisan, or agriculturist, though producing to
him, twenty, thirty, or forty pounds a year, does not confer a
vote. If votes aro to be given to such property, ought they not
much more to be given to the noblest and brightest property, the
powers of labour, a property emanating not from any casual or
even human source, but conferred by the Deity himself on the
highest and noblest of his creatures.
" Rouse, then, honest Englishmen ! Rouse to blot off the
stain of English Slavery ! English slaves insist on your
birth-right ! Your patent for representation does not come
from any earthly Chancery ; it is the gift of Heaven
Rouse, and be no longer insulted by the claims, the false
claims of any class to write themselves down your masters !
Peaceably, firmly, constitutionally, but energetically demand
the Extension of the Francbiseeand the vote by Ballot.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your very obedient and faithful Servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.
" Henry Coppock, Esq., Town Clerk, Stockport."
We are happy to add, that our highly esteemed, patriotic,
and consistent Representative has promptly tendered the per-
sonal hospitality of his residence to Mr. O'Connell. This is
as it should be.

SPOIITIN G INTELLIGENCE.

The Houghton Meeting commences on Monday, and, from
the excellent and attractive bill of fare, promises to be as good
a meeting as any of the year now so rapidly on the wane, and
of which it is the finale. As the independent editor of the
Eatanswill Gazette said to Mr. Pickwick, "We will be
there." Newmarket, without exception, boasts the finest
race-course in England—to see a race, "go to the Heath."
After the immense prices realized at the late large sales of
racing stock (we allude to Sir Mark Wood's, as well as to the
Hampton Court stud), who shall dare to insinuate that the turf
is on the decline? And now we are on the subject, a review
of the leading and noble patrons may not be " out of place."
My Lord Jersey, to whom, out of courtesy, we must give pre-
cedence, has a large stable. The fact that the first favourite
for the Derby has, at this season, for years we may almost say,
belonged to it, bespeaks the estimation of the Jersey stud in
the eye of the public. May his Lordship live long to enjoy it,
and may Lord Villiers have as good success. Laying aside
the order of precedence, we next take Colonel Peel, a gentle-
man of celebrity, inasmuch as few are supposed to compete
with the Gallant Colonel in the arduous task of handicapping.
The success of Colonel Peel in two-year-old races is great,
and may in some measure be attributed to Pavis, who, for the
weight he can ride, we unhesitatingly say, stands alone. The
Gallant Colonel devotes much of his time to racing, and though
never a Derby winner, is supposed to make a good thing of it.
Lord Lichfield for a time did well ; but since the retirement
of Elis the stable's produce is not much. Of a Noble Earl of
an adjoining county, and now on the Continent, we have only
to regret the bad success that caused the retirement. Lord
Chesterfield has of late years much retrieved ; two Goodwood
Cups and one from Ascot are but a small part of the good
things his Lordship has won. This differs much from the Noble
Earl's commencement, which was assuredly as bad as bad could
be ; however, he has seen it through, and now takes no harm.
His Grace of Richmond and his Grace of Rutland take
things quietly : the latter Noble Duke would fain have halved
the Derby, but Mr. Stanley should have known better than
have backed the joint bad concern. We must not longer delay
the noble owner of Burleigh : well do we remember, and not
many years since, the success which invariably attended his
Lordship's horses. For what reason we know not, but cer-
tainly things of late have been very different. Lord Exeter,
however, won the July Stakes ; but the mare is not a good
one. The late Sir Mark Wood is a great loss. So valuable
a stud as tho worthy Baronet's it will be difficult to replace.
The sale realised 8,8001. Mr. Bowes—the winner of the
Derby the first year his name appeared—is so associated with
the Scotts that it is impossible to separate the stables. The
thousand pounds event, p.p., between Vulture and Grey
Momus is a sporting event, but we do not think evinces the
usual prudence of the Scotts, or the honourable owner of the
latter named horse, whose celebrated Derby supper is still in
our remembrance. Lord Albemarle seems determined to take
a line of own : for his sake may he keep it. Lord Suffield,
wise has come out " blood to the bone," has, we fear, riot done
much good
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one word, has been unlucky ; if we argue right, the spirited
Lord of Gunton will vet astonish the weak minds of some of
them. Cal-avan was the best horse in the Derby, and we care
not who hears us say it. For the present, my Lords and
Gentlemen, we have said our say, and we heartily wish ye
may all win ; a eapital week's amusement awaits your arrival,
e most accurate report of which we promise. We repeat, to
see races there is no place like Newmarket. You may sec
the horses saddled, you have then time to lay out your money,
and you may then sec them come in you may have a good