The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-13 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—YASTERDAY
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three years old, 6st. 91b. ; four, Bst.
11b. ; five, Set. 101 b. ; six and aged, 9st. T.M.M. The win-
ner to be sold for 300 sovs., if demanded, &c.

Duke of Grafton's Calmuck, 4 yrs
Mr. Carter's Miss Camerine, 3 yrs
Lord Orford's Armenia, 3 yrs
Mr. Newton's f. by Shakspeare, out of Jeanetton, 3 yrs
Betting-6 to son Calmuek, and 5t02 on Armenia.
Fifty Pounds ; three years old, fist. 111 b. ; four, Sat. 21b. ; five,
Bst. 10th. ; six and aged, 9st. D.I.
Lord Suffield's Alfred, 4 yrs
Mr. Thornhill's Mendizabal, 4 yrs
Lord Orford's Rienzi, 3 yrs
Betting-6 to son Alfred. Won easy.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TUESDAY'S RACIXO.

...Paris I

Handicap.—After a great number of false starts the lot got
away in fine order, Jeanetton leading, followed by Castaside
and Slight, the others, excepting one or two who could not
live the pace, lying in good places ; about 300 yards from home
Jeanetton declined, leaving the front to the Slight colt and
Quicksilver, Corban next them, and Basilia on the off side
hard held till half way up the cords, where the lad let her go,
and Slight stopping at the same moment she had only Quick-
silver to dispose of ; this she did, after a severe contest, by a
neck, Slight getting third place and Corban the fourth, Arme-
nia was fifth.

July Stakes.—ln this case the third attempt was successful,
the horses getting off so equally that at first it was almost im-
possible to say which was leading; after going a few strides
Paganini took up the running, followed very closely by Os-
prey, Morella, lon, Mina, and Miss Cantley to the corner bf
the plantations, where P.:ganini and Morella gave way; lon
and Miss Cantley took their places, the mare waiting until
halfway up the cords, where she headed her opponent, kept
her advantage to the end, and won by half a length, but cer-
tainly not with ease. Osprey, Nina, and Paganini were %ell
up, and each claims to have been third. Lara and Sir Mark
Wood's filly were beaten off.
Previous to the race 1,000 to 30 was betted against Osprey
for the Derby, and 15 to 1 against Morella for the Oaks.
Arrivals—Duke of Portland, Duke of Grafton, Marquis of
Exeter, Lord Jersey, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord Albemarle,
Lord Suffield, Lord Orford, Lord John Fitzroy, Sir M. Wood,
Sir L. Glyn, Hon. Captain Byng, Hon Captain Fitzroy, Co-
lonel and Lady Alice Peel, Mr. Newton, Mr. Thornhill, Mr.
Worrell, Mr. Elwes, Mr. Greville, Mr. Irby, Mr. Crommelin,
Mr. Neville, Mr. Sowerby, &c.
Departures--The Duke of Portland and Lord Albemarle.
Newmarket, Wednesday Night.
CHESTERFIELD STAKES (To-moanow).
2 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon
5 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken
4 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Anchorite
GOODWOOD STAKES, P P.
3 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caravan—taken
3 to 1 apt Lord Chesterfield s Carew—taken
THE DERBY.
20 to I agst Volunteer—taken

THE ST. LEGER.
20 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—taken
ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW.

The Plate.—Lord Suffield's Caravan, Lord Exeter's Corbau,
and Mr. Wilson's Quicksilver.

GLOUCESTER RACES—WEDIVESDA r.
'I he Gloucester Stakes of 20 sovs. each, and 30 added, 10 ft. , and
only 5, &c. Two miles. 21 Subs.
Lord Segrave na. Magician, 4 yrs Wakefield 1
Mr; C. Berkeley na. Latona, 6 yrs
Mr. Bristow's Dr. Slop, 4 yrs 3
Mr. Foster's Combat, 4 yrs
Won by a neck.
The Beaufort Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Mile hail'
Mr. Bristow's Obadiah Chapple 1
Mr. Griffith's ch. c. by Bobadil
Mr. Jones's b. g. Decider also started, but was n9t placed. Won
eThe. Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, once
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POSTAGE IN SCOTLAND.

THE EXTRA HALFPENNY.

Return showing the Annual Amount received from the Extra 1121 f"
penny charged on Letters in Scotland from the time it was fir',
imposed to the 25th of December, 1836: also the Amount 0;
Toll Duties paid by Mail Coaches for the same period.

Gross Amount of Estimated Amount
Years' Annual Revenue. Toll Duties paid of extra Halfpence
per Annum. per Annum.
s. d. X. s. d. s. d.
1812 178,896 19 3i } 5125, 18 6 S 7,155 0 0
1813 191,857 9 7 7,644 0 0
1814 203,366 6 11 8,039 1 10 8,134 0 0
1815 201,992 16 0 12,111 10 9 8,079 0 0
1816 193,727 8 9 12,122 5 2 7,748 0 0 4
1817 185,417 18 4} 11,617 0 6 7,416 0 0
1818 189,690 4 1 11,355 11 6 7,587 0 0
1819 188,236 6 oi 11,393 3 6 7,479 0 0
1820 184,512 11 6i 13,058 12 4 7,380 0 0
1821 179,4(1 16 2 12,759 8 8 7,176 0 0
1822 184,014 11 8 13,587 3 8 7,360 0 0
1823 184,164 19 0* 15,281 15 4 7,366 0 0
1824 194,085 14 7* 15,470 1 6 7,763 0 0
1825 205,988 2 1 15,404 2 9 8,239 0 0
1826 214,271 12 1* 16,662 3 1 8,570 0 0
1827 203,137 8 1 15,414 4 1 8,123 0 0
1828 203,305 14 0 15,709 2 2 8,132 0 0
1829 201,298 6 11* 13,030 10 7 8,051 0 0
1830 202,754 8 2* 13,922 12 9 8,110 0 0
1831 204,593 6 9i 14,623 311 8,181 0 0
1832 '206,594 110 13,f19 0 1 8,263 0 0
1833 203,324 4 2 13,860 18 9 8,132 0 0
1834 206,144 18 1 14,184 19 3 8,205 0 0
1835 209,069 5 6i 13,787 18 9 8,362 0 0
1836 218,748 9 7} 14,113 10 1 8,749 0

General

E. S. LEES, Secretary.
Post.ofEee, Edinburgh, June 22, 1837.

RAILROADS.—Without a practical acquaintance
with the subject, no definite ideas can be formed as to the par'
ticulars of the vast expenses attending an undertaking of tb's
description. It may not be uninteresting to the general 'wadi
to cite a few examples of these points, which we vll,l
take from the London and Birmingham line, now rapidly
progressing towards completion. The cost of levelling, 0;
cavating, tunnelling, filling up, &c., averages 50,000/.
mile ; one mile alone, between Primrose-hill and Camden'
ton, cost 300,0001., in consequence of the extraordinary dif6'
culties which presented themselves. The grand entrance'
or portico, at the back of Euston-square, will not be cr
pleted under 30,0001. The masonry at the mouth of
tunnel, by Primrose-hill, will cost 7,0001. It is composed of
the finest Portland stone, and, when finished, will have
very handsome effect. The blocks of granite, upon which the
iron rails rest for a considerable portion of the line, are ,5
guinea a pair. On other parts the rails rest upon logs 119`..
n some resp.eno —Yorut
to ap
fweoraobdie.a p lLa
anbowulri which iws
agcoenssiadmeroeudn, t i
everyweex
40,0001. The total amount of capital invested in this
speculation is estimated at seven million and upwards. The
17th instant is talked about as the day for opening about sixty
miles of this railway ; but persons acquainted with the state of
the works, suppose that it must be postponed to the Ist of
August. Two classes of carriages will run : the speed of the
first class will average 30. miles per hour, and of the seconds(
18 or 20. The fare for passengers by the first class to 511
from Birmingham will be about 235. or 245. each, and by the
opAenteßditrominmgahnacmhetshteerroaanddi: connected
with second class a third less. The first class will perform. WA"
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itsaktoet:
distancew
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cil nionmfeopulreretcheeodnu,
recently
e shall be able to reach,Liverpool in 5,e
hours. On the trains arriving within a mile of London, th",,,
and thus they will be y,
locomotive
beo ffa't attached ead rtooptehezrtigusii
wound up as it were, to the place s.
their destination. The stations
for this purpose are now inL
state of great forwardness ; they are situated near the 00
bridge, in the fields between Chalk-farm and Camden Town'l
POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS.—The illCreaSet
dispatch to be attained by the conveyance of the mails by 4:11e
"
Birmingham and Liverpool Railway, will cause a complete
revolution in the Post-office arrangements in this neighbour:
hood. On and after Thursday next, the 6th of July (IOW;
the letter bags will be first conveyed by the railways), di,
letters from London, the South of England, North of England,,
,d
South Wales, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, and 1%
adjoining towns, will be dispatched by the railway train.
is at present fixed that the mails to London shall be fr,rwara7
twice each day, and the Manchester bags four times ; be,
these arrangements arc necessarily at present subject to ult
rations.—Wolverhampton Chronicle.
Yesterday afternoon his Excellency Ode Turkish'
Ambassador, attended by a numerous suite, visited the elite,
sive printing establishment of Messrs. Clowes and Co., Star%
fdrd-street, Blackfriars-road. Their curiosity was so feecal
excited that it was nearly six o'clock before the distinguishe
party left the premises in their carriages.
A considerable degree of interest was on Thursagi
excited in the neighbourhood of Edmonton, in consequence °t
a match being made for a celebrated pedestrian to walk sir",
miles within the hour, half the distance to be performed bee
wards. The pedestrian started at seven o'clock, and e°1:;,
pleted his extraordinary task in 58 minutes seven seta°
amid the acclamation of the assembled thousands,

NEW ROSS-MONDAY.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

This borough, so notorious in the " olden time" for its
indisputable venality, is situated on the confines of two
counties—Wexford and Kilkenny. I have been detained
here to-day, having missed the steamer to Waterford, for
want of a chaise or other vehicle to get forward. Every
quadruped of the horse species, for hire in this town, has
been engaged to convey the Judges of Assize or their lug-
gage and the Leinster Bar from their different places of
sojourn during the last two days to Waterford, where the
Commission opened this day. The learned functionaries of
the law have had a sinecure in Wicklow and Wexford ;
and, as far as I can learn, are not likely to have full cm-
p:oyment on any part of the Circuit. The criminal pro-
ceedings of this part of Ireland are in abeyance ; and
iaene of the lawyers depending on such precarious subsist-
ence are said to be unable to defray the expenses of a
summer excursion owing to the lightness of the Leinster
calendars. No wonder we hear so much of re-action—the
thought is parent to the wish of mans-, who fared better
miler a different order of things. " Give us a bit of an
election," says a hard-featured attorney just after lunching
pretty heartily, "to compensate for the Wexford Assizes.
I never knew the times so bad. Only one Tape case at
Wexford, and a petty larceny or two, altogether not worth
five pounds. But we jockeyed the Bar in the few records
that were—for after spinning out the pleadings as long as
we could, we settled the business by compromise and apo-
logy without the loss of fees or briefs to the barristers. It
is always best for the parties and ourselves to settle mat-
ters so, when there is a doubtful ease ; in fact, it is the
most honest way. So much have I learned from a disap-
pointed limb of the law, who says he came down on specu-
lation from Dublin, but doubts the prudence of visiting
•any more of his connections is this part of Ireland.
Mr. Talbot will be again returned for this town in de-
spite of Tory influence and interest. He has no property
in the borough, which almost entirely belongs to the Tot-
tenham family ; yet he has been twice returned, notwith-
stauding all their money and exertions. There are ru-
meurs of a secret canvass throughout the whole county of
Wexford, on the part of the Tories. From the best in-
formation, however, which I can collect, I may venture to
say, you will have the present County and Borough Mem-
bers, Messrs. Power, Maher, Walker and Talbot, in the
new Parliament. I never witnessed such a political calm
as pervades the whole county. If' you ask any person ac-
quainted with the state of' society—will there be a contest at
the- next election ?—he tells you No ; and assigns as his rea-
son, that the Tories are afraid to throw away their money.
That tasking every allowance for bribery, jobbing, and the
hostility of the greater part of the gentry to Reform, the
Lioeral party must be triumphant in this county as long as
the Tithe and Corporation questions are unsettled. The
Tories ruined themselves during the two last Sessions by
opposing these measures. Had they allowed them to be
settled, there might have been a diversion in their favour,
on the part of very many influential Reformers, who stop
short of what is termed Radicalism. Were it not for the
inveterate opposition of the Tories to principles and mea-
sures so intelligible to every class of Irishmen, the Wigram
family would find favour in Wexford and New Ross. But
they have pinned their colours to the mast of the Ascend-
ancy party, while Walker and Talbot have been fighting
the battle of the Constitution ; and, consequently, the lat-
ter gentleman have almost secured for themselves the re-
presentation of these two boroughs as long as they please.
At the same time they must not be remiss in declaring
their wishes, for the enemy are on the alert here as else-
where, and may, under false colours, delude some of the
constituency. I have learned as much as warrants me in
saying, Reformers cannot be too watchful. Efforts are being
everywhere made on behalf of their opponents, who, if
they fail to fight on the next day of battle, know they are
for ever fallen.

BATH ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIP. As a constant reader of The Sun, and knowing
its large circulation in this town, permit me to correct the
effect a letter published in your paper upon Tuesday last
is likely to produce. Captain Scobeil is put forward as a
candidate here, without the slightest chance of success.
His proceedings here divided the Liberal interest, and de-
sttoyed that strong sense of the importance of the coming
election, which every true Reformer desires to encourage.
Ho also will not say whether he is in favour of the Ballot
—the Repeal of the Corn Laws—Church Reform—or any
other great measure to the accomplishment of which your
own endeavours are directed. The Agnewites here are
his chief supporters, and Saint Andrew being a Tory, the
object of Scobell's Committee is apparent. Only yester-
day, the paper that advocates the pretensions of Sco-
Lett, published a manifesto against Mr. Roebuck, issued
by the Society respecting the observance of Sundays, ac-
cording to the laws of the Jews. As for your correspondent
ch,ssing Mr. Roebuck with Hunt, &c., it cannot be ima-
sined that he would be, as he is, the most intimate friend
f Messrs. Grote, Warburton, &c , if such was the case.
hi_ is errors arc not from eccentricity, and it is to be re-
gt e tted that so many who censure him think politics to be,
nnt 'the assertion of great principles of morals, but a sort
of bush-ranging.
Bittb, July 12, 1837.

AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.

I 0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

perceive in your Monday's paper a letter signed
" A Tr aveller," recommending the members of that most
respectable fraternity always to drink the customary after-
dinner to est of " The Queen," on their legs, for which ce-
remony h e assigns a most sapient reason, viz., that " We
have now a Lady for a Sovereign." What are all the dis-
coveries of. science, the productions of genius, or the inven-
tion of art 'compared with this glorious revelation of my
brother-chip ? The writer of the letter to which I now
allude might well expect that if it appeared any where in
the columns of your Journal, it would " hide its diminished
head" in a corner. The modesty of this writer is only
equalled by the profundity of his wisdom ; for he suggests
that the body generally will act upon the proposition of
himself, and the large party of which I suppose he was the
" Pr, tsident." Of all the solemn blockheads that peram-
bulat,t the " road," methinks, Sir, your correspondent
stands• pre-eminently distinguished as one of that order, by
Lis late imbecile and contemptible effusion.
I am, Sir, your's faithfully,
A TRAVELLER.

Mak-lesfield. July 11, 1837.
[The letter did not appear in The Sun, but in the Globe.]

MR. HUME AND THE LICENSED

VICTUALLERS.

We have much pleasure in quoting the following
from the. .Morning Advertiser :
We have great pleasure in submitting, the following letter
to the consideration of our readers, and more especially to
that portion of them who may happen to be electors for the
county of Middlesex, and who have been persuaded by
false insinuations and false reports that Mr. Hume is an
enemy to cane of the first principles of justice—compensa-
tion to those whose interests may suffer by any changes in
the law of the country which might injuriously affect them.
When the calumny was first uttered in our hearing we gave
it a flat, but unavailing denial—but our assertion is now
borne out by a letter from the Hon. Member for Middlesex
—we mean Mr. Hume—respecting which there can be no
mistake. We are not positively certain that we have a
right to publish the letter—tlte letter itself being simply an
answer to a private note—but as it has reached us without
any seal of secrecy, and farther, as it embodies many
matters with which the electors of Middlesex ought to be
made acquainted, we shall take the liberty of presenting it
to our readers

" Bryanston-square, July 11, 1837.
My Dear Sir, —I regret to learn from you that there is, on
the part of the Licensed Victuallers, some objections against
me for my opinions and conduct on the licensing system. I
Lave, as you know, for more than twenty years advocated the
great advantages of freeing Public-houses from the vexatious
interference of the Excise and of the Magistrates with their
proceedings. But that advocacy has only been a small part
of that policy uhich I have always followed in Parliament, of
reducing taxation, of promoting free trade, and of removing
all useless restrictions in the employment of capital and on
the industry of the country, which I have always considered
so highly injurious to the best interests of the country. I have,
on these grounds, advocated the repeal of the malt duties, and
the removal of the licences to publicans for music-rooms in the
metropolis, and many other important measures of the same
nature.

I opposed, as you must ri-Tollect, Lord AlthorP 's addi-
tional tax on licences, and I as strongly advocated its
removal.
I am confident that it would be great') to the advantage of
publicans generally if those broad principles which I have
advocated were acted on, and their trade freed from those
heavy charges and mischievous restrictions now imposed on it,
"ad there is but one objection I can see to their entire re-
in, ,val, namely, the loss that might arise in the value of many
of ,the houses now licenced, by the sudden alteration of the
pres Cut system. I admit the possibility of that taking
pl ace, as our experience teaches us that no great change
ca n take place in the reduction of taxation on any article
ithout less accruing to some parties ; and it is only
justice in Parliament to guard as much as possible against
lc sacs falling on individuals, when measures are adopted for
th le benefit of all classes. It was on that principle that I ad-
vcocated the allowance for the stock of silk goods on hand at
tla e time, a large reduction of duty was made on silk goods
generally. I proposed in the last session that the paper-
mai tufacturers and paper-!lers should have an allowance as
dra• whack on all their stock in hand at the time of the reduc-
tion. of the duty on paper, to one half of its former amount ;
and I am not aware of any instance in which I have not thought
h - just to give compensation to those oho suffered by such re-
dl lotions and alterations of taxation.
" On the same principle, ashen it can be fairly proud, I

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should support fair compensation for losses arising from any
great alteration of the existing laws; and I trust you will se,
how erroneous the feeling you allude to has been formed
respecting me. If the whole of my conduct in Parliament i,
looked to in that respect for these twenty years past, I feel
confident you will do justice to me, and remove the existing
error on that subject.—l remain your's sincerely,
" JOSEPH HUME."