The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-23 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, APRIL 22.
Match, 200, h. ft. T.M.M.—Lord Chesterfield's Priam beat
Sir M. Wood's Lucetta, Bst. 71b. each.
The Rubbish Stakes of 5 sous. each, for two yrs. old colts, 9st. 51h.
fillies, fist. 21b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Batson's b. f. by Morisco 1
Mr. I'. Carter's bl. f. Mary
The Newmarket Stakesof 50 soya. each. (4 Subscribers.)
Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth
Mr. Cooke's Incubus
.„_

Match, 100.—Duke of Rutland's Glansam, Est. 81b. beat Lord
Anson's Egbert, Bst. D M.
Match, 200, h. ft.—Sir M. Wood's Cetus received from Lord
Anson's Zillah.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. T.M. M.
Mr. Theakston's Surprise, 3 yrs. 7st. 31U 1
Mr. Grant's Lady Emily, 4 yrs. B.st.
Match, 200.—General G rosvenor's Sarpedon beat Lord Exeter's
Vagrant, Bst. ilb. each. A.F.

LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET.

THE DERBY.
7 to 4 agst Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth
8 to 1 agst Mr. Beardiworth's Co!wick
to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder
15 to 1 apt Colonel Wllson's Black Daphne
17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ircemus (taken)
18 to 1 apt Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer
18 to 1 agst Lord Vernlam's Vestria
33 to 1 agst Mr. Chitney's Pigmy colt
33 to 1 apt Mr. 'l'. Thornhill's Africanus
40 to 1 agst General Grosvenor's Sarpedon

OAKS.
2 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian
10 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Lioness
10 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen
10 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight
The St. Leger as before.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night, im-
mediately after the farce of Nettle-wig Hall, there arose a
call from all parts of the house for the National Anthem.
The company immediately came forward, and before Mrs.
\Val-LEI-1' had concluded the lines
" Oh, Lord our God arise,
Scatter his enemies,
And make them fall,"
tremendous cheers burst from the audience, which were
continued to the end of the anthem.—Times.

COLOUR OF THE SEA.—If we look into the
sea where the water has considerable depth, we find that
Is colour is a peculiar shade of green; but if we take up
a glass of the water which thus appears green, we shall
and it perfectly limpid and colourlesw. The reason is,
that the quantity contained in the glass reflects to the eye
too small a quantity of the colour to be perceivable ; while
the great mass of water, viewed when we look into the
deep sea, throws up the colour in such abundance as to
droduce a strong and decided perception of
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. XVII.

I

TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NOR-

TILUMBERLAND.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE,-While we yet live in
the temporary calm of expectation, let me entreat your at-
attention for a few minutes.

The petition under your auspices, which now lies for
signatures in Newcastle, has ob,ainrd in three days fifty.:
six names against the Bill of Lord J. Russell, but the first
petition from this town in favour of the Bill was signed by,
foul. thousand Men in eight houis.
Some assert that your petitiOn contaiis such respectable
names; in the fashionable sense of the word, a few may ha
so, but are they really respectaYe by the possession 4f
honesty, intelligence, sobriety, or independkmee ? Of thig
the ptiblic shall soon jut!, , for those names must be po6te4 !
If in the north • Jur Grace's ear was occupied, and
your conduct influe• ,:ed by an agent, resume the incog. of •
your youthful fol'ies; mingle again for a single hour with
the people, and hear their deep though half-audible denun-
ciations ::gainst those who oppose the Bill!
You know that the Government of this country cannot
be carried on without a Reform at least as extensive as
that proposed by Lord J. Russell, unless it becomes at
once a government of Force requiring the Press to be
shackled and the Army to be remodelled !
Can you, my Lord Duke, and your colleagues do in
these realms, that which Polignac could not in France ?
The people will protect the Press, and be assured that the
Army feels for the people. " I could a tale unfold !" but
let me not anticipate the worst ! That revolution may be
averted by the adoption of the Bill approved by our King
and urged by honest Ministers, is the earnest prayer,
My Lord Duke,
Of your Grace's obedient Servant,
BRUTUS BULL. •

APPROACHING DISSOLUTION OF PAR-
LIAMENT.

It would be difficult to give any idea of the effect of the
intelligence that his Majesty went in person to prorogue the
Parliament upon the members of the Corporation. It
happened that when the information reached Guildhall,
several of the most influential members of the Corporation
were assembled at a Court of Lieutenancy, held in the
Old Council Chamber, amongst whom were, besides the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen Thompson, Waithman, and Wood,
Mr. Routh, Mr. Jones, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Richard Taylor,
Mr. Harmer, Mr. Galloway, &c. &c. Several of the
Directors of the East India Company and of the Bank of
England, and many merchants and bankers, were aloe in
the Court during the day.
The Representatives of the City Wards immediately
drew up a requisitio❑ to the Lord Mayor, of which the
following is a copy :
" We, the undersigned Members of the Court of Com-
mon Council, do hereby request your Lordship to convene
an early Court, to consid, r the propriety of expressing,
in such manner as may be deemed most fit, the grateful
feelings of the Court on his Majesty's having manifested
to his loyal people his determination to exercise his Royal
prerogative for their benefit by dissolving the present Par.
liament.' "

To this requisition all the Members of the Court of
Commo❑ Council present subscribed their names.
Soon after this requisition was signed, a requisition was
drawn up for the purpose of being presented to the Lord
Mayor to the same effect, but more important from the
immense multitude comprehended in it. It was as fol-
lows :--

" We, the undersigned citizens of London, request
your Lordship will grant the use of the Royal Exchange
ftr the purpose of holding a general meeting, to express
our sentiments on the occasion of his Majesty having so
promptly and patriotically determined to exercise his Royal
prerogative, in dissolving Parliament at this particular pe-
riod."

His Lordship, who expected that the requisitions would •
be handed to him, will appoint a very early day for the
meeting of each body of the requisitionists. At the last • '
meeting at the Mansion-house on the subject of the Reform
Bill, many pet sons expressed their regret that the sugges-
tion in the Times newspaper, that the meeting of the
,f
citizens of London should be held at the Royal Exchange,
,i
was not adopted. Upon that occasion upwards of 2,000 •
attempted to gain admittance in vain. '
• t
A great deal of conversation took place amongst the
London electors on the subject of the next election.
Aldermen Wood, Waithman, and Thompson, are to
he supported by the whole weight of the reformers.
It has been et iced that Mr. Ward will not attempt a
contest. Sonne of the few old Tories who mumble
about the Court of Common Council, however, have de-
Glared that they are . keeping their plumpers for i.,
him. He was sworn in at the Court of Lieutenancy
yesterday, but nobody could put the awful question to
him. Alderman Venables has declared himself a candi-
date, and the Lord Mayor has been solicited by several
of the merchants to present himself for the choice of the
Livery. His Lordship, however, has not determined upon
the course he should pursue, in the apprehension that an
Anti. Reformer might slip in while the electors might be
hesitating between the merits of two avowed friends
of the great measure. It may be necessary to state here i,,
that the application made by several members of the . l
Livery to Mr. Ward to resign, upon his refusal to sup-
pott the Bill, was ingeniously evaded by the Hon.
Member, who said that if the majority of the Members
of the Corporation would apply to him to give in his -
resignation, he would at once vacate his place in the
House of Commons. . The Corporation could not possibly
entertain such a question, as they had nothing to de with
the return of Members to Parliament, and the matter ,
dropped. It is the determination of the Livery of London.';
to stifle all the feelings of animosity or pique which might
have arisen from circumstances unconnected with politics,
and have occasioned a temporary disagreement amongst
some of the most worthy, able, and honest men of their
body. They are resolved to have reformers, and none but ' 1.
reformers ; and it is calculated that almost every liveryman !'
who votes for one will vote fQr four. The greatest number •
of liverymen that voted at ass election for the list thirty
years voted in the year 1826, when Alderman Thompson
was at the head of the poll. Upon that occasion 8,639
polled, 4,063 of whom were residents and 4,576 were
out. voters. If the ensuing election come to a contest, the
number of voters will be much greater; but very few ex-
pect an attempt from the anti-reformers.

CITY REPRESENTATION.
A requisition, of which the following is a copy, Was
numerously signed yesterday afternoon. The noble and
disinterested manner in which Mr. John Smith came for-
ward at a critical period to sacrifice his interest for the
good of the country, particularly entitles him to the gra-
titude of the nation ; and the citizens of London will do
themselves honour by offering one of their seats to a man
who at all times has been foremost in all works of charity
and brotherly love, and who, wheit a vile attempt was
lately made by hole-and-corner men to represent the
bankers and trailers of London inimical to Reform, took
the lead at that important meeting, which produced the
memorable petition from nearly 9,000 merchants and
bankers of the metropolis in support of the Ministerial.
plan of Reform. Mr. John Smith is deserving of every = a
honour at the hands of the citizens of London, and be
ought. to be brought in at the head of the poll. •
The following is the requisition above alluded to :-•-•
" TO JOHN SMITH, ESQ.
" The crisis having now arrived when England ex-
pects every man to do his duty,' we deem it of the greatest
importance that the Electors of England should return
men to Parliament who are well known for their integrity,
public spirit, and especially for their devotion to the
great cause of Parliamentary Reform, upon the success of
which depends the safety of our property and the happi-
ness of the people of this kingdom.
" The recorded acts of your public life having fully
proved you deserving of our unreserved confidence, and
eminently entitling you to represent this great City in Par-
liament,
" We, the undersigned Bankers, Merchants, Traders,
Brokers, and others, Liverymen of the City of London,
respectfully request you will be pleased to come forward as
a candidate at the ensuing election."

There was a very numerous meeting last
night, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, of the electors
of Westminster, at which it was unanimously resolved to
concert measures for the return of their present repre-
sentatives, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart., and J. C. HOZ-
HOUgr, Esq.

, .
AERIAL VOYAGE OF A DOG.—The SLID- •
jects of the first experiments with the parachute were
naturally inferior animals. On the 26th of August, M.
BLANCHARD dropped a dog suspended from a parachute,
from the altitude of 6,000 feet above the surface of the
earth. A whirlwind interrupted its descent, and cat tied
it above the clouds. The aeronaut soon after met the
parachute again ; the dog recognised its master, and ex-
pressed his uneasiness and solicitude by barking ; another - '
current of air, however, carried him off, and he was lost I
sight of. The parachute with the dog descended soon '
alter the aeronaut in safety.--„Dr. Lardner's Cabinet
Cyclopedia, Vol. XVII.

P:

'II

Bank St(
3 per Cep
3 per Cm(
S per C
Efitto Re
New 3%1
3 per Cei
4 per Con
Bank Lo.
Jan 5
Oct. 10
Jan. 5
Jan. 5
April 5
Jan. 5

PRICES
Austrian
Brazilian
Buenos
(Han
Ditto, 1F
Danish ,
Greek Bc
Ditto, IS
Giuttiina
Mexicali
Ditto, If

Brazilian
Ditto
Fre'ectoi

Bank Sto
Consols,
Gov. Sto
Ditto, N
4 per Cen
Gov. Del

Royal Ca

Grand C.
City Deb
Ballast C

Amsterd

Ditto, at
Rotterda
Antwerp
Hamburi
Altena ~

' Paris, 3
Ditto
Bordoaui
Berlin
Frank for
Petersbu
Vienna,
Trieste
Madrid ,
Ladiz
Bilboa
Barcelon
Seville
‘ibraltai

HIG
Morning,

TO TH

GE.
IMP
ing
no diet:

Glamori
re.pectft
ever tha
tion of I