The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-21 00:00:00

FRIDAY

The Devonport and Stonehouse Plate of 100 sovs. Heats, once

round and a distance.

Mr. J. Day's ch. h. The Drummer, 4 yrs J Day 1 1
Captain Pearson's ch. h. Felix, 5 yrs
Colonel Gilberts's b. m. Goldfringe, 6 yrs
Mr. Wreford's br. f. by Wrangler, 3 yrs
The Welter Stakes of 5 sues. each 3 ft., with 30 added. Heats,

once round and a distance.

Col. Gilbert na. bl. m. Vision, 6 yrs... Mr. W. Nattle 2 1 1
Mr. W. Nattle na. b. c. Doncaster, 3 yrs ... 1 0 2
Col. Gilbert's br. in. Sister to Don Sebastian, 5 yrs 0 3 3

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Mr. Wilson na. b. f. Gratitude, 3 yrs 0 0 4
Mr. Wreford's b. h. Freeholder, 4 yrs
The Ladies' Plate of 50 sous. Heats, the Two-yr-old Course.
Mr. J. King's gr. rn. Zenana, 4 yrs
Sir W. Carew's b. h. Cornet, 5 yrs 3 2
Mr H. Nattle's b. m. Venilia, 3 vrs
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The Farmers' and Tradesmen's Plate ; heats, once round ; was
won in two heats by Mr. Oliver's gr. h. Little Grey Rover, 5 yrs.
The Laira Plate of 20 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 50 sovs.
each; mile heats; was won in two heats by Mr. Taunton's b. m.
Preference, 4 yrs (Trenn), beating Goldfringe, 6 yrs ; br. f. by
Wrangler, 3 yrs; and b. h. Cornet, 5 yrs.

The Earl of Stair, whose health a few days ago ex-
cited great alarm, has since considerably rallied. His Lord-
ship continues at Paris.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected shortly
to remove to Downing-street, the lease of his present re-
sidence in Mansfield-street being nearly expired.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has ordered in-
quiries to be made at Weymouth for a mansion sufficiently
capacious for the Royal household. Miss Carter has of-
fered the use of the Royal Hotel to the Queen, if no other
more eligible residence could be found. It is the intention
of her MajeFty to spend the whole of the autumn and part
of the winter in this delightful spot, if it shou:d agree with
her health.—Dorset County Chronicle.

HER MAJESTY'S TfIEATRE.—This theatre was
open on Saturday last, though Tuesday was the last sub-
te -iption night, and if we may judge from the crowded au-
dience, this opening on an extra night was by no means
injudicious. The performances commenced with Anna Bo-
lena, which was followed by the delightful bagatelle Prova
d'un Opera Scria. Never were Grisi and Lab!ache seen
to more advantage ; they entered fully into the drollery of
the piece, and a thousand little comic touches were given
by them at every turn ; while so spontaneous was the flow
of their humour, that art was rendered as like nature as
possible. " Gcd save the Queen" was then sung in a style
far b tter than usual, Grisi and Ltb'ache being the chief
vocalists. At the conclusion of the anthem several wreaths
of flowers were thrown on the stage from the boxes. The
evening's entertainments closed with the B i.iand de Ter-
racina. Her Majesty and her illustrious mother honoured
the theatre with their presence, and left immediately on
the conclusion of La Prova. Assisted as the opera has
been by Royal Patronage, as well as by the public at large,
this season (which is now really terminated) will long be
remembered as one of the brightest and most prosperous.
CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL AT
WINDSOR.—(From the Windsor Express.)—The Mayor
of Windsor, according to a request made to him at the
public meeting held in the Town-hall, at which his worship
presided, having written to Colonel Caiendish to ascertain
when her Majesty -intended to take up her residence at
the Castle, received an answer stating that her Majesty
fixed Tuesday next, the 22d inst., for her arrival here.
The gallant Colonel also stated that the Queen bad gra-
ciously expressed her intention of seeing the poor persons
at dinner in the Long Walk—this being one of the means
by which the inhabitants of Windsor intend commemo-
rating her Majesty's arrival. The commemoration will be
upon a very extensive scale, all persons having expressed
a desire that the arrival of our youthful and amiable
Queen at the Castle of her ancestors should be celebrated
in the most becoming and at the same the most joyous man-
ner. The committee, who had been appointed at the public
mceting,divided themselves into sub-committees, for the pur-
pose of carrying more completely into effect the various
oljects which the inhabitants had agreed upon. To one
sub-committee was deputed the ascertaining the number of
poor persons to partake of a dinner gratuitously ; the se-
cand, to purchase provisions and arrange for their cooking,
&c. ; the third, to provide and arrange the tables, decora-
tion', fireworks, &c. ; the fourth, to act as stewards for the
public dinner at the Town-hall ; the fifth, to act as stewards
at the ball at the Town-hall ; and the sixth, to prepare an
appropriate address to the Queen. The address, which has
al. e idy received a great number of signatures, and which
will lie for signature in the Town-hall until Tuesday after-
noon, at four o'clock, is in a simple but e!oquent and appro-
priate style. Oa the day of her Majesty's arrival it is com-
putel that about 4,000 poor persons will assemble and dine
in the Long Walk. The Queen having signified her in-
tention to arrive between four and five o'clock, the hour
fixed by the committee for the dinner will necessarily be
about that time ; and her Majesty, on her reachingth e
Long Walk, will descend from her carriage and witness the
interesting scene. The two military bands will also be
stationed there. In the evening there will be a grand dis-
play of fireworks and an illumination, for which prepara-
tions are making upon a more extensive scale than has ever
been known in Windsor. The provision for the dinner for
the poor is to the following extent :—viz., 4,001 b. of meat,
2,0001 b. of pudding, 2,000 twopenny loaves, 2,000 penny
loaves, and 20 barrels of prime ale as an accompaniment,
with which the health of her Majesty will be amply
toasted. The tables will be nearly half a mile in length.
A triumphal arch is now preparing at the top of the Long
Walk, under which her Majesty will pass, after viewing the
dinner party, to the Castle.
LOOK TO THE REGISTRY.—We repeat our call
upon Reformers of every class to perform a solemn duty
which they owe to themselves and to the common cause.
Let them look to the Register, and see-Ist, That their
own names and those of their friends are on the list of
voters ; 2dly, That that list contains the names of none who
are not really entitled to vote. In the event of any cases
of this kind coming to their knawledge, let them commu-
nicate the facts to the Reform Association, in order that
the votes may be objected to. The 25th of August is the
last day on which claims can be made for the 'insertion of
good votes omitted, or objections preferred against bad votes
inserted.—Morning Adve-tiser.

SKETCH OF MR. COLQUHOUN, M.P. FOR KIL-
MARNocK.--His opinions as a legislator or a churchman are
empirical and unphiloaophical ; he argues for a Church
establishment, and practically, quoad sacra, deserts tile
Established Church of the country ; he communicates in
the Episcopal chapel of a Mr. Alison in Glasgow, and yet
sustains the office of elder in the Kirk of Scotland ; he
enters the General Assembly as a Commissioner of the
Presbyterian Church, to which he can formally and con-
stitutionally be admitted only upon a certificate that he hat
signed the Confession of Faith, &c., and is in full commu-
nion, and there he takes the most. prominent place in mat-
ters of grave and stirring debate ; and yet he is a firm
adherent of that Episcopacy which the Scottish Kirk de-
signates as malignant, and fit only to be rooted out.—Scot-
tish Pilot.

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The Opera Buffa opens at the English Opera
House early in November. Mr. Mitchell, the enterprising
imprezzarino, has not been inactive, and starts for Italy
this day. He has already secured Lablache, jun., Bellini,
Catone, and Sanquirico. De Begnis is spoken of. A
mystery as yet envelopes the name of the ladies. Her
Majesty has expressed her intention of bestowing her pa-
tronage.
George Edward Anson, Esq., Private Secretary o
Lord Viscount Melbourne, is about to be united in mar-
riage to the Hon. Miss Harbord, sister of Lord Suffield.

PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Standard affects to make light of the demon-
strations of the Scotsman and the Morning Chronicle
that the members who will support Ministers in this
Parliament are returned by a great majority of the town
population of England. We repeat the results of our
analysis. In boroughs with 100,000 inhabitants and
'upwards, the Liberal is to the Tory population as 95
to 10. In boroughs with 50,000 inhabitants and up-
wards, the Liberal is to the Tory population as 48
to 10. In boroughs with 10,000 inhabitants and up-
wards, the Liberal is to the Tory population as 30 to
10. And in the whole boroughs collectively, the Li-
beral is to the Tory population as 26 to 10. The
conclusion drawn from this analysis was perfectly legi-
timate, that the thinking, the best informed, and the
most independent part of the population have
pronounced, by a vast majority, in favour of Mi-
nisters." Though, therefore, there be only a ma-
jority of thirty-nine decided Reformers in the col-
lective returns for the three kingdoms, yet Mi-
nisters have all the intelligent and independent
constituencies in their favour, and an overwhelm-
ing majority of the enlightened inhabitants of
towns, they are really exceedingly strong in the legiti-
mate sense of the term. The Tories are returned by
the use made of the shameful parts of the Constitution.
Where electors are to be bought or bullied, and cannot
have an opinion of their own, the Tories have alone
any strength. The Standard tells us that in some of
the towns of which the population is stated to be in
favour of Reform, there was a minority of Tories.
That of course is unquestionable. There is no town
in which there are not some Tories ; and in the case of
the city of London, for instance, the minority in fa-
vour of the Tory candidate was in a great measure
(we are sorry to say) made up of Reformers, who had
been teazed into giving one vote in favour of the Tory,
having given three in favour of Reformers. Some of
these Reformers were seduced by the captious reason-
ing that a minority ought to have their representative
as well as the majority. So that even in London it
is not to be inferred that because Mr. Horsley Palmer
had a minority little short of Mr. Grote's majority,
therefore all who supported him were Tories.
But in most of the great towns the majority in
favour of Reformers was great and decided. And
there is this also to be taken into account, that the
Reformers being exposed to great sacrifices in busi-
ness from the conscientious exercise of the franchise,
often abstain from voting when the majority is suffi-
ciently decided to render it unnecessary for them to
come forward. But who ever heard of counting mi-
norities in cases of this kind? The sense of the majo-
rity is the sense of the town. In Liverpool and Nor-
wich, and some other towns, indeed, the respectable
inhabitants were swamped by venal paupers, and
therefore the majority even in these towns ought in
fairness to be classed as in favour of Reform. We
excluded the counties from our analysis for this rea-
son, that public opinion cannot possibly be expressed
in them. In an inquiry into the relative strength of
the aristocracy professing Tory and Liberal opinions
an analysis of the county elections is curious. We do
not say that the squirearchy can be excluded in any
statement of the strength of parties in this country.
In the United States of North America so many
slaves in the southern states are deemed equiva
lent to a smaller number of free whites in the other
states in determining the number of representatives
from a state to Congress ; but no man ever )et
thought of taking the vote of the slave himself as a
test of his opinion. In England the tenantry at will
are generally the most ignorant part of the population,
and they are notoriously driven to the poll by their
landlords. It is absurd to consider the votes of such
mon a test of public opinion. In counties like Cum-
berland, where a number of the old yeomen still exist,
the voters are more favourably circumstanced. But
exceptions are not enough in such a case. The coun-
ties, se repeat, are no test of public opinion : they
enable us to see the extent of the influence of the Tory
squires, and to judge of the perfection of the ma-
chinery of parsons, &c., for Tory purposes. In all great
political struggles the influence of the country 'squires
and their dependents has been as nothing compared
with the town population. The city of London,
then nat equal in population to Manchester, with
the aid of a few small towns (for all the town popu-
lation of England then was not equal to the popula-
tion of a third-rate county now), defeated again and
again the proud aristocracy of England. Opinion in
great towns is always irresistible. Ignorance, depen-
dence, and timidity, dwell in villages. A Sunday Paper
will of course, as usual, he extolled for its fairness by
the Tory journals. It is very convenient to a party to
have an advocate nominally in the ranks of their oppo•
nents ready to make all manner of convenient admis-
sions. " In both countries (says this Sunday writer)
the Hanoverian cry was got up ; as if a man's vote for
Whig or Tory were to depend upon the merits of a
quarrel between King Ernest and his subjects. But in
this game the Whigs were beaten. Conic to foul
play, and the Liberals are no match for their oppo-
nents." We have an instance of the extent to which
the Tories carry foul play in the use they made of the
new Poor-law. But what absurdity to pretend that
the people of England have nothing to do with dis-
putes between King Ernest and his subjects ? Is not
the course pursued by a man at the head of the Tories
in this country, where he had his elbows free, of im-
portance in enabling us to ascertain the inclinations of
the Tories ? If we were to suppose that the voters
for Tories were always aware of the real principles of
those for whom they voted, it might be said your busi-
ness is to beat the Tories, and not to expose the con-
stitution-phobia of King Ernest. But the Tories are
hypocrites, they always fight under false colours ; and
it becomes necessary to arrive at their real inclinations
by inferences from what some of them reveal when not
restrained by the fear of opinion. When Lord Stor-
mont declared that he hated the very name of Reform,
was that declaration of no importance with reference to
the Tory party ? Believing, as we do, that the Tories
are insincere politicians, and that they would strike at
the best interests of the country if they were in power,
we conceive it must always be of importance to un-
mask them.—Morning Chronicle.
We most heartily participate with Lord Durham in
the " wish to rally as large a portion of the British
people as possible around the existing institutions of
the country--the Throne, Lords, Commons, and the
Established Church." We feel it, therefore, to be a
duty especially incumbent upon us to urge all who en-
tertain the like wish and desire, as they ought to assist
in its attainment, to be vigilant and active during the
approaching registrations, and particularly during the
few days, hours we had almost said, which will inter-
vene between the present moment and Friday next, the
25th of August, the last day for delivering notices of
objections to persons registered or claiming votes, and
the last day also for claims on the part of those who
may have been omitted from the borough lists, either
by the inattention, or, as is to be apprehended from
certain facts which have reached us, by the wilful mis-
conduct of Overseers. Sir Robert Peel, in his speech
at the City dinner in May, 1835, when alluding to the
danger which then threatened, and still, though in a
much less degree, impends over the institutions of the
country, assvred his hearers that it was in their power
to mitigate, if not altogether to avert that danger. He
said, " The first step towards safety is a know-
ledge of the real source of our strength, a just confi-
dence in it, and a firm resolution to exert it." That
Sir Robert Peel judged wisely, that he predicted cor-
rectly, of the advantages to result from attention to
the registration, has been abundantly shown by the
returns at the general election now terminated, as com-
pared with those at the election of 1835. We shall
select a few cases in illustration of this position. In
1835, Lord John Russell, though out of office, was
returned for South Devon without opposition. In
April in the same year, the results of the registration
of 1834 having become better known, Lord John
Russell, then a Minister of the Crown, was rejected
by a majority of 537, and driven to take refuge in
what has been said to be the place-bartered seat of
Stroud. In the present year Mr. Bulteel, though he
had in his favour a strong sentiment of personal respect
and private attachment, which nothing but an impe-
rious sense of public duty could have successfully
overcome, was beaten by a majority, the extent of
which we are not enabled accurately to estimate, by
reason of his retirement from the contest on the

first day of the election, which, of course, prevented
numbers on both sides from voting. Suffice it to say,
that the majority on the first day was 758, and at
the final close of the poll 934. Take next East Wor-
cestershire. There, in 1835, Mr. H. St. Paul was
defeated by a majority of 40. We now find him re-
turned, and as his colleague Mr. Barneby, also of de-
cidedly
Conservative polities, by majorities respectively
of 426 and 359. In West Somerset, one of the
Whig-Radical candidates, who was defeated at the re-
cent election by a majority of 396, was elected in 1835
by a majority of 817. In North Stafford and East
Sussex, counties not contested in 1835, Conservative
candidates have come in by considerable majorities
(the first exceeding 1,000), and at the head of the poll.
At the West Riding election of 1835, Lord Morpeth
and Sir George Strickland were returned without
opposition. On the subsequent contest with Mr.
Wortley in April of that year, Lord Morpeth's ma-
jority was more than 2,060. At the late contest
Sir G. Strickland had a majority of 403 only over
Mr. Wortley. We have not forgotten Middlesex,
the electors of which county have sent Mr. Hume to
seek a seat in Ireland, whither, or to that refuge for
deafeated Whig candidates, the peerage, it was also in
their power to have sent Mr. Byng, who owes his ma-
jority over Mr. Pownall principally to the misapplied
commiseration of men who call themselves Conserve-.
tives. Among the cities and boroughs, Bath, Liver-
pool, Brighton, and others might be adduced, as fur-
nishing similar results in point of figures to some of
the counties. We shall content ourselves with the
case of London, where Mr. Grote has been this year
returned by a nominal majority of six, which less than
that obtained by him in 1835, by only 1,350 ! The
above instances show what has already been accom-
plished, and they afford 'the fairest promise of further
and complete success in future ; but that success is
only to be achieved by further exertion, the necessity
for which we beg to press on the attention of our
Conservative readers. Much has been done, but
more remains for them to do. The Queen's Ministry
have, by the zealous co-operation of the real friends of
the Queen and the Constitution, had been reduced to the
miserable necessity of relying upon an Irish majority
obtained by fraud and perjury at the registry, and by
scenes of most disgraceful outrage and intimidation at
the elections—a majority of 20 perhaps, or 22, to be
hereafter either reduced or annihilated if honest deci-
sions are obtained, as we believe they will be, from
Committees of the House of Commons. Here then
is encouragement to further activity, and we now pro-
ceed to point out the mode in which the renewed exer-
tions of our friends may be most advantageously be-
stowed. Let every Conservative entitled to be in-
cluded in a list of voters for a borough carefully
examine that list without delay, to see if his name and
qualification are entered therein, and if omitted let
him serve the overseer with the written notice of claim
required by the Reform Act. If on such examina-
tion he should find some error in the description of
himself or his qualification, let him carefully note it,
and attend either in person or by some available wit-
ness at the Revising Barrister's Court to insure the
correction of the error. This attendance will also be
necessary in the event of his having claimed inser-
tion in any list of voters. But we are at present
more particularly concerned in considering the press-
ing business of the next three or four days. Having
attended to the above instructions, which, if time
will allow, may be made available as well to a friend's
case as to his own, the Conservative must next bear
in mind that the Reform Act confers a privilege, the
exercise of which has already proved most beneficial
to the cause he supports—the power of preventing the
insertion or retention on the register of votes which are
bad in law, or which have been fraudulently con-
cocted. While writing in the metropolitan county
we are reminded of the fraudulent insertion in a list
for that county of the claims to vote of forty-two ves-
trymen of St. Marylebone, among whom figured, we
believe, the present Member for the borough, Sir
Samuel Whalley. This memorable instance of-the
. self-styled Reformers' honesty in election matters pro-
duced the conviction for conspiracy of two of the
offenders. Let the privilege of objecting to the ad-
mission of votes, as well in boroughs as in counties,
be unsparingly exercised on or before Friday next,
in all cases where a bowl fide objection is Known
or reasonably believed to exist to a Radical or Whig-
Radical vote. The Destructives will not confine
themselves to bond fide objections. In our tactics
let us however exhibit, as we have hitherto done,
this honourable mark of distinction from theirs ; let
them, if they think fit, harass for one year more, by
frivolous objections, without the hazard of costs, indi-
viduals who arc legally entitled to the franchise. The
experience of the late elections renders it necessary to
pay attention to one point, which the Reform Act has
left too much to the matia,semcnt of Overseers. On
every register there is to be found a considerable num-
ber of persons who are dead. During the late elec-
tion for Middlesex we heard it stated that there were
700 of that class upon the register. Now, though
" deed men tell no tales," they happen somehow to
appear, we hope by proxy, at the poll, when a Whig-
Radical candidate is in danger. In the year 1833 the
Bedford Election Committee allowed the vote of a per-
son whose death was proved before them to have taken
place thirty-eight years previously. This precedent was
too valuable to be lost sight of. Mr. Giote's and Mr.
Flume's polls were accordingly (if we may rely upon
information which we receive almost daily) increased
by the names of the dead, represented bodily by per-
sons only less infamous than those who sent them to
the polling-booths. In all such cases, then, let no-
tices of objection be regularly served in boroughs upon
the overseer, in counties upon the overseer and the
tenant, if any, of the deceased voter, or, in place of the
tenant, let the notice be left at the place of abode of
the voter described in the list. This course of pro-
ceeding will get rid easily of many Reform votes. Our
limits prevent further observations on the subject of
registration to-day. We purpose, however, to resume
it at an early period. Enough, we hope, has been said
to convey " a knowledge of the real source of our
strength," to inspire " a just confidence in it," and to
produce " a firm resolution to exert it." If so, nei-
ther the speech of Sir Robert Peel nor our own efforts
will hare been published in vain.—Times.
A complete extinguisher is put upon the hopes of
the Tories by the glorious majority of Reformers which
the " Aliens" par excellence have elected to represent
them in the ensuing Parliament. The indignation of
the faction is boundless at perceiving all their pros-
pects of usurping the Government thus blasted by the
exertions of those against whom their hatred has ever
been most malignantly directed. All the pleasing
visions conjured up by the atrocious agencies which
have suppressed the fair expression of opinion in the
English counties, have vanished before the. patriotic
and liberal spirit which has so cheeringly manifested
itself in Scotland and Ireland. So infuriated are the
Tories at being thus foiled in their purpose, at the very
moment when they fancied themselves certain of suc-
cess, that they appear to have lost all discretion and
self-possession, and commit all manner of extravagan-
cies in attempting to show cause why—notwithstand-
ing the absolute abhorrence with which their policy
is deservedly regarded by the whole honest, industrial,
and intelligent portion of the community—they should
be invested with the government of a people to whom
their very name is an abomination. Some of their
displays in this regard are of a most ludicrous deasjeorriiptey
tion. At one time they attempt, after what some will
call an Irish fashion, to
.prove that a m
composed of Scotch and Irish Members is not a
majority at all, and in confirmation of this they
influ-
ence a calculation to ascertain the proportion of
which a Scotch or Irish vote should bear to an
English vote. As it appears not yet to have been
resolved whether an "Alien" vote is to be rated at
one-half, one-third, or one-fourth, we cannot, of course,
express any definite opinion of the estimate which the
Tories form of their own strength. But the question
would no doubt furnish an appropriate and interesting
subject for the Opposition to bring under the conside-
ration of Parliament. We are curious to know the
process by which it would be proposed to roll two Irish
Members into one ; or whether, if the whole number
of Irish representatives were reduced, each individual
would be then allowed to stand as a unit. It is a pity
Sir Andrew Agnew, Sir James Graham, Sir George
Murray, and others of this class, are not in a position
to lay their views on this subject before the House of