The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-26 00:00:00

THE SECOND EDITION.

Now ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., bound, with Twenty-four
Illustrations by George Cruikshank, price 255.,
OLIVER T W I S T.
By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq., (BOZ),

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Author of " The Pickwick Papers."
" This is, without doubt, the chef d'ceuvre of Mr. Dickens.''
—Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

SNOW READY, AND TO BE HAD AT ALL THE
LIBRARIES, in 3 vols.,
THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE
By the Author of
SHAKSPEARE AND HIS FRIENDS.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

MR. FROST.

The following correspondence has recently taken place
between the Secretary' of State for the Home Department,
and Mr. Frost, a Magistrate of Monmouthshire, and a
member of the so-called National Convention :

" White hall Feb. 12, 1839.
" Sir,—l am directed by Lord John Russell to inform
you that in a Newspaper called the Dispatch, of the 10th
instant, there is an article headed 'The People's Parlia-
ment,' which contains the following paragraph:—
" 'Mr. Frost, a Magistrate from the borough of New-
port, and delegate from Monmouthshire, also returned
thanks. A
.few days since he received a letter from Lord
John Russell to the effect that if he should perform his
duties as delegate, the Lord Chancellor should be directed to
erase his name from the commission of the peace. He ( Mr.
Frost) wrote a spirited reply, and received an answer from
Lord John, assuring him he had mistaken his Lordship's
letter. However, here Jam (added Mr. Frost), a delegate
and a Magistrate : and if Lord John takes my name off, the
people will put it on.'

Lord John Russell requests that you will inform him
whether the words undetlined in the above paragraph, or
any other similar words tending to the same effect, were
used by you at any public meeting.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

" F. MALTLE."

" Johnson's Coffee-house, Bolt-court, Fleet-street,
" Feb. 14, 1839.
"My Lord,—l received Mr. Fox Maule's letter of the
12th, written, ;Is it appears, by the direction of your Lord-
ship. I once more beg leave to inform the Secretary of
State, That I will not acknowledge his authority to ques-
tion me as to the language which may or may not have
been uttered by me as a private individual. If in speech
or writing I should use language which Lord John Russell
may deem personally offensive, I will, if requested, avow,
deny, retract, or apologise, according to the circumstances
of the case.'

" I too will put a question. It appears from the news-
papers that your Lordship, in answer to Mr. Praed said,
that it was true that on observing in the public prints,
and his attention having been called to the
.fact that Mr.
Frost had attended public meetings of a violent character,
6^c., 6^c. In his answer, which was at very considerable
length, he stated that he certainly had attended meetings at
which there were some speeches made of a violent character,
but that he was not answerable for such language, and did
not approve of it.' Did your Lordship tell the Members
of the House of Commons that it was afact that I had at-
tended meetings of a violent character ?—that I had stated
that I certainty had attended meetings at which there were
some speeches made of a violent character? I wait for the
reply of your Lordship, and when I receive it I will deny
or admit whether I uttered the language contained in the
letter of Mr. Fox Manic.

remain your Lordship's obedient servant,
" JOHN FROST.

" To Lord John Russell, &c. &c."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TA 7' TER SAL L' S-YICSTERD4 r.
THE PEIII3I.

The room in the afternoon was very well attended, but several
of the subscribers having left for the Great National Steeple
Chase at Liverpool, the betting, except upon Meunier, was
but languid, at the following rrices :-
6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot
20 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot
8 to I agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—offered
17 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeatt—taken
20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers—.taken
20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Zimmerman—taken
20 to I agst Duke of Cleveland's Kremlin—taken
22 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Meunier—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor—taken
29 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim—taken
34 to 1 agst Mr. 'Bowes's Accelerator
40 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's dEther—taken
50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Oronooko—taken
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Slostyn's Hugh Lupus
1009 to 20 agst Lord Jersey's Cain colt—taken
1000 to 15 agst Duke of Grafton's Montreal—taken
1000 to 15 agst Sir G. Heatheote's Valaincourt—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Dixon's Mountaineer—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Dixon's Cammellino—taken
1000 to 12 agst Mr. Theobald's Hamlet—tskel
7 to 1 agst Dey of Algiers, The Lord Mayor, and Zimmer-
man—taken.