The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

SPORTINC4 INTELLIGENCE.

CURRAGH JUNE MEETING.

JUNE 9.—The sport continues to attract a numer-
ous and fashionable company. Her Grace the Duchess
of Leimter, Lady Mayo, an I other distinguished per-
sonages, honoured the stand with their presence. The
dense crowd on Thursday pressed se heavily on the r►ils
leading to the winning post, that were it not for the ar-
rangements made by the stewards, in calling in the aid of
the constabulary, the running could not have terminated as
satisfactorily as it has dene.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., 20 added, for 3 yrs.
old. Three years' old course. (Seven subs.)
Mr. Hunter's ch. c. The Distinguie, Bst. 111 b.... ... 1
Mr. Malier's f. Trinket, 6st. 10Ib.
Mr. Watt's ch. c. by Sam, Bst 3
Lord Clanmorris's b. c. Genoa, Bst. Illb 4
7 to 4 agst Distinguie, arid 21 to 1 agst Genoa.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs., h. ft. 20 added. One mile and a

quarter on the Peel course.
111 r. Maher's br. c. Lapwing*, Bst. sth - I
Lord Clanmorris nd. bl. f. by Whalebone, 7st. 7th 2
Captain Westenra's b. f. Kiss, list. 81b.
The following also started, 'hut were n•wt placed :
Mr. M'Donnell's ch. h. Courier, Bst. 61b.
Mr. Hackett's Legacy c., Bst. 31b.
Mr. Disney's b. f. Madame Dcvigne, 7st. 51b.
7 to 4 agst Coutier, 3 to 1 agst Lapwing, and 5 to 1
agst Kiss.
Challenge of the Kirwan Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 5 ft.
Post on the Flat.
Mr. Kelly's gr. c. Regulator 7st. 71h
Mr. Maher's b. c. Elk, list. 71b 2
2 to 1 on Regulator.

THURSDAY.-His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. for horses,
&c., not exceeding six years old, 12st. 41b. each. Four-
mile heats.
Mr. Blake's b. h. De Vere
Ni. I)oyle's b. h. Cup Bearer 2 2
6 to 4 on Dc Vere, and after the heat 5 to 1.

Sweepstakes of logs. each, 20 added; for 3 yr. old colts;
second horse to save his stake.
Mr. Maher's br. c. Lapwing, Bst. Mb. 2 1 1
Lord Portarlington's b. h. Coeur de Lion, 95t... 3 0 0
The following horses started, hut were not placed.
Captain Browne's bl. f. by Whalebone, 7st.
Colonel Armstrong's brother to Sir Roger, Bst. 41b.
Lord Clanmorrisis's b. f. I sora, 7st. Mb.
Lord Portarlington's ch. c. Rasper, Gst. 101 b.
2 to 1 asst Whalebone filly, 3 to 1 agst Lapwing, aryl 4
to 1 agst Kasper.

KING'S TIIEATRE.-SigIiOrLABLACHE ap-
peared here on Saturday night as Doll Magnifico, in the
grand opera of La Cenerentola. lie went through the
character with much archness and spirit. Madame 111/1.
Ltnaex was Angelina. The ballet of Flore et Zcphyre
followed, and enabled Mademoiselle TAGLIONI to display
her great and versatile abilities. The house was full.

It is said that the title of the next heir to the
Crown of England is to be " HENRY THE NINTH."
As the name of the Duke of CLARENCE is WILLIAM
HENRY, we should have thought that " Wzr.ranat THE
FOURTH" would have been preferred.—Leeds Mercury.

We are requested to state that the Sunday
Times of June 13, is printed on a double sheet of forty-
eight columns in order to comprise a most interesting
Memoir of his MAJESTY GEORGE IV. up to the present
time. The Raper (price only 7d.) will be kept on sale
during the week; and those who desire to possess them-
selves of this important record are requested to send their
orders forthwith to their respective newsmen.

The Hey. Dr. CHALMERS has been appointed
one of the KING'S Chaplains in Ordinary for Scotland.--
The appointment was a!together unsolicited, and was com-
municated by Sir ROBERT PEEL to the Rev. Professor on
Friday last. He preached his last sermon in London, the
same evening, at the Rev. Dr. Pva SMITH'S chapel. at
Homerton, and on Saturday morning left town. The
o'iject of Dr. CHALMERS'S visit was to give evidence
before a Parliamentary Committee on the subject of the
poor laws—a question which he understands so well. He
was examined for three hours on three different days, and
his evidence, which is of course extremely valuable, occu-
pies 60 folio printed pages. It is understood that he was
treated with the most marked attention, rind particularly
by the Duke of WELLINGTON, with whom he dined during
the course of his visit to the metropolis.—Record.

The name of Mr. RUSSELL, M.P. for the
county of Durham, was by mistake omitted in the list of
the Alajotity on Monday, the 7th of June, against the in-
fliction of death in cases of forgery.
The Dean of LICHFIELD has announced his
intention of immediately investing 3,0001. for the endow-
ment of five national schools in the parish of Stoke-upon-
Trent.

THE COOK'S DICTIONARY.—To all persons
of taste the announcement must be peculiarly palatable that
a new work on the combined arts of Cookery and Con-
fectionary, has just been provided for their express benefit
and gratification. The host of " gr,od things" figuring
in its pages have been marshalled in the efficient order of
the alphabet--that is to say, the form of a dictionary has
been employed, for the first time in a compilation of this
nature, although of such extremely obvious utility. The
principal caterer of this varied banquet (comprising every
thing, from the plainest to the most sumptuous, that con-
cerns the table) is Mr. RICHARD DOLBY, of the Thatched
House Tavern, whose ability to " rule the roast" is well
known.

Captain SMITH, of the 32d Regiment, the
principal in the late fatal duel w:th Mr. O'GRADY, has
resignel his commission. A military inquiry into the
affair had been ordered, and Captain SMITH is reported to
have adopted this course for the purpose of avoiding it.
A NEW CANTATRlCE.—Mademoiselle VIO,
of Vienna, betwixt whom and Madlle. SONTA G there is said
to exist a striking resemblance in their vocal and dramatic
endowments, has been engaged this spring at the Royal
Theatre in Berlin. She made her de',ut in Bertha, one
of SON vac's most successful characters, and acquitted her-
self of the part in so consummately excellent a manner,
that SONTAG heiself was one of the first to manifest her
delight and admiration by her enthusiastic applause.—
Court Journal.

Mademoiselle SONTAG was lately the cause
of a duel at Berlin from the following trifling cireum-
stance:—The divine Prima Donna, who from tenderness
in her feet usually wears her slippers down at the heel,
dropped one of them on alighting from her carriage at the
door of a concert-room, where a great crowd was as
sembled to catch a sight of her. Two students seized the
slipper at the same moment, one of whom secured it, and
had the felicity of replacing it on SONT-kG'S admired foot,
and receiving her thanks fur the service. A challenge
from the unsuccessful competitor was the result, and a duel
took place the next morning, when the student who pre-
sented SONTAG With her slipper was wounded in the arm.
The students were both of good Prussian families.—Court
Journal.

Nothing has been definitively settled relating
to the New7street from Waterloo Bridge, a work of great
and indispensable public utility. Sure)), the Chief Com-
missioner of Woods and Forests will not permit the Eng-
lish Opera House to be rebuilt upon its old site, and
thereby for ever prevent this noble improvement from
being carried into effect, except at an enormously increased
cxpence. The petition to Parliament on the subject ought
to rouse the vigilance of the independent Members, and in-
duce them to prevail upon the Government t) give its
support to this obvious and convenient approach from
Waterloo Bridge to the north-west part of London, and
the high North-road.

The property of the late Sir C. HAWKINS,
Bart., in St. Ives, and which securel the purchaser a seat
in Parliament for the borough, was sold by auction in Lon-
don, on Friday last, for the sum of 57,200/. The post of
Scnday annourund to the friends of Mr. LONG WELLES-
LEY that he was the purchaser. Since that time, how-
ever, it has been reported that the real purchaser is the
Marquis of CLEVELAND. His Lordship is said to be ft-
vourably dispnstd towards Mr. lIALsE, one of the nregent
members.—Exeter Flying Post.

On lriday week the whaha 01 the dresses worn
at the late meailt at Stratford-on-Avon were sold by
atlctiqn, lid Mr. TuomAs, King street, Covent-garden.
They were of a very costly desetiption, but sold, as may
be supposed, for a small part of their original cost. The
sale was well attended. Messrs. ELLISTON, Ducßgyi,
DAvinne, and PEAKS, were the principal pu...chasers.
Considerable merriment was excited on the production of
a pair of inexpressibles, wylcn were worn by Madame
ESTRIS on qie fixt night of Hofer, and afterwards re-
ice .c. 41 by her, in consevienee of being a mis4-4,7t. So
little gallantry, however, was manifested, that they were
knocliel down to a gentleman eigh; shillings! The
total produce of the sale ama-onted to 9,.80/.

The foil for the amount recovered from the
county of ltneaster, for damages sustained by various Ira
nufaeturers and others, in cwvequenee of the riot's of the
hand-loom weavers during the spring of last year, has
just been i sued. It amounts to the sum of tea 314ousand
one hundrid and eighty-4w° pounds five Millings and
sixpence,..—Nanchester Gwirdian.

We have observed of late, from the remarks o
several of our cotemporaries, that they are not very.'
intimately acquainted with the French law of ,elec-
tions, the qualifications of the electors, or the man-
ner in which the representative Chamber is'formed.
Probably many of our readers may be in a si nilar
predicament with regard to information on this sub-
ject; and as the electoral struggle now going on in
France must in its consequences affect not only the
interests of our neighbours but the general security
of Europe, we mske no apology for giving a brief
outline of the system by which so important a body
as the French Chamber of Deputies is brought tc-
gether. The French elective chamber is composed
of 430 Members, returned by bodies or assemblies
of electors, who vote in colleges of arrondissement
or department. Every Frenchman in the enjoy-
ment of civil and political rights, paying 300 francs
a-year (121. sterling) in direct taxes, and having
attained the 30th year of his age, is entitled to vote
in one of these colleges • or, in other words, has a
voice in the election of a representative to an
assembly which disposes of his own and the national
purse. The direct taxes which are thus made the
basis of the electoral qualification, are of four kinds,
namely, the tax upon land, the tax upon personal
property,upon doors and windows, and upon patentes
or licences to exercise trades and professions. Of thee
taxes the first is the most important, itmounting as
the last general election (in 1827) to 154,051,889.
francs (or more than 6,000,0001. sterling), while
the whole of the direct imposts was calculated at
338,802,199 francs, or less than 14,000,000/. The
tax on patentes for the whole kingdom did not
amount to 1,000,0001. sterling, while that raised on
doors and windows is not more than J 2,811,00,0
francs (or about 500,0001.) Thus, with the ex-
ception of a tax of 27,160,248 francs (or about
1,000,00 W) on personal property, the whole of the
electoral qualification for all the departments of the
kingdom is founded on the possession of landed.
estates. But though every Frenchman who Pays
121. to the State in direct taxes is entitled to be au
elector, all electors have not the same power in
sending Deputies to the popular Chamber. The
12/. qualification is the minimum, and entitles its
possessor to a vote in the Colleges of Arrondisses
ment. But in France there are two kinds of Eke"
fora! Assemblies—those called District or Arron-
dissement Colleges, and those called Colleges of
Department or greater Colleges; the former amount-
ing to 258, and the latter to 172. In the Comer
all persons have a vote whose contributions amount
to the census above specified; in the latter;
only the fourth part of the electors who :pap
the highest contributions. The latter, in respect
to their fortune, have a double vote; they can
vote in their arrondissement, and they have .an,
additional vote in their departmental college. Thus
suppose, as in Paris, that the number of elector*
amounts to 10,000, the whole body have votes ht
the district, arrondissement, or minor colleges, seal
2,500, (or one-fourth,) who pay the highest rate of
taxes, vote likewise for additional members in the
greater colleges, or colleges of department. Thr;
number of Deputies returned by this aristoeratie
body of electors is 172, or two Members for each of
the 86 departments into which the country is di.
vided. In order to enable the privileged voter to
avail himself of his double advantage, a certain inter-
val is always allowed between the two kinds of
election. Thus, in the present year, the general
election for the arrondissements begins on the 23d
inst., while the departmental colleges are convoked
on the 3d of July, or ten days later. Such a systovo
of elections, or rather such a division of the electa•ta.l
body into separate classes of electors with separabi
privileges, would appear arbitrary, capricious, or arti-
ficial, if we did not explain the occasion of its occur,
rence and the motives of its enactment. Anterior to
the year 1820 the French had only one class of der-
tors and one kind of electoral college. Therepreiei-
tation then consisted of 258 members, elected by all
the persons who paid 300 francs (or 121) in direct
taxes. In the spring of that year (the alarming
period in which the Duke of Berry was murdered),
the Ministry and the Court conceived that Alia
Chamber of Deputies was too democratic in its ten-
dency, and decided that a new infusion of the aris-
tocratic spirit was necessary, by raising the club&
cation of the elector. The Charter stood in the
way of altering the electoral census of the exising.
number of members; but like Peter, in the Tale of
the Tub, the Ministers of Louis XVIII., if they
could not find permission to change the obnoxious
articles of his political grant, louden; verbis or
lotidem literis, they discovered that an additioti was
no change, and therefore grafted on the existing
Chamber two delegates more for every department,
to be returned by a fourth part of the wealthier
electors. Thus were 172 members added to the

popular branch of the Legislature by a single act,
and a double rote created in favour of wealth tosd
fortune. The whcle number of electors ~sliase
names appeared in the official lists of 182,1 at the
general election was 8.5,356; the wbsoe number
who actually voted did not ammo' to 77,000.
Nearly 20,000 of these possessed* of course, the
right of the double suffrage, and elected 172 mem-
bers, besides sharing in tba return of the other
deputies. Thus a small body of 20,000 men, pos-
sessed of the highest fortunes in the country,--a
body not amounting to the number entitled to vote
at Covent-garden hustings,—return 172 Deputies
by their exclusive ballot, independent of their hdlg.:.
ence on the returns of the arrondissement col',eges.
This leads us to mention, that in the Frersch elec-
tions balloting alone is used, and the lovers of li-
berty in that country are extremely
emlous or ap-
prehensive of any change. If our readers have at-
tended to the remarks which '.re have repeatedly
made in this journal on the cer.cralitalion of power in
France, and the extent to which every man's inte-
rests are exposed in cOntests with the local authc-
rities,—all removak4 at the pleasure of the Crown,
and consequen4 all political agents at a general
—tntrylkeYNill
therev couldperceive
be
ihoa twithoutetor
a iballot
that e
electicoon4,
den,ce. In all tho instructions given to the elect Ore
by their constitutional friends, either ;n the journal
or through the circulars of the direeting Committees,
the former are particularly reques',ed to be careful in
writing their bulletins, to avoil.lthe inspection of the
President or Secretaries of '.'ne electoral College. As
the number of electors is limited, and their powers
extensive, it is C 4 the greater consequence to
secure the purity of the list in which their names
appear. P.,4eet taxation being the basis of the pri-
vilege, the means for accomplishing this purpose
with an honest administration are comparatively
easy. The elector may vote either in the depart-
ment where his domicile is fixed, or where his pre-
' perty is rated. The receivers-general of taxes, who
see on their rolls his amount of contributions to the
State, thus can determine Isss electoral rights.
a law passed under to late Ministry, the tim@ for
publishing the. lists is determined, and a privilege
granted ;Ist third parties to demand tho erasure of
came which cannot justify a claim to the requi-
site fortune. If we may judge from the numerous
notices in the liberal journals, the work of purifying
the electoral lists from spurious voters, and gracing
them with the names of persons entitled to the
elective francl,tis, is now going forward with im-
mense zeal and irresistible success. If the qualifica-
tiou of an elector must be the possession of a con-
' siderable independence, that of a deputy must be a
respectable fortune, iu such a cheap country 'as
France, Before a man acquires any tt.ie to
cslivass his fellow-citizens for the honour of re-
presenting them in the Chamber ni' Deputies,
lie must figure on the lists of the receivers-
general of direct taxes, for contributions to
the amount of 1,000 fraoCß, or 401. a year. This

pre-supposes au independent income, arising from
fixed property, and consequently relieves the Go-
vernment and the people front any apprehension of
democratic corruption or violence as the fruit of
legislative pauperism. It is needless.. to 'add, to
those,at all acquainted with the composition of the
late Chamber, that it contained the greatest landed