The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-26 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven 0' Clock,

TATTERSALL'STHIS EVENING

Six o'CLocs

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
9 to 1 agst Fernhill
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
9 to 1 agst Lugar
10 to 1 agat Dacia—taken
15 to 1 agat Peep o' Day Boy
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
5 to 2 agst Honeycomb
7.t0 2 agst Nunnykirk
DERBY.
3 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman
13 to 2 agst Tadmor
8 to 1 agst Nunnykirk
20 to 1 agst Osterley
40 to 1 agst Escalade
40 to 1 agst Chatterer—taken
50 to 1 agst Westow—taken

SPORTING.

" I'll look into the seeds of time,
And say which grain will grow, and which will not
SHAHESPERE,

" I'll issue notes,
Which may on Fortune's 'change be bartered
For much money." WALLYNGE.

Note I.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The racing campaign of 1849 commenced at
Warwick on Tuesday last, with the unexpected victory
of Sir Launcelot for the Trial Stakes; the winner of this
race generally has the honour of being an unobserved
outsider, but strange to say, although in but little re-
pute in the ring on the day of the race, he was backed
the night before in town at the sporting houses at as little
as two to one; his very clever defeat of First Chance, and
Docility, the former by half, and the latter by a whole
length, stamps him as a superior handicap horse, but
without a chance for the Derby struggle.
" Bob's" crack coal black filly Quiver made a wretched
example of the field for the Great Warwickshire Handi-
cap, winning with the most perfect ease by a couple of
lengths, which might have been made half a dozen.
The Northampton Meeting begins at two o'clock to-
morrow with the Trial Stakes, for which the following
will run :—Czarina, Grief, Ambassadress, First Chance,
Collingwood, and perhaps Didsbury, and the Lanercost
colt ; I think Collingwoo 1 and First Chance look as well
as any on paper ; but should Czarina come to the post
quite fresh, the race will be in her favour.
For the Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each there will be
but four at the post, including Glance, Nina, and the
Nob filly; this race cannot be in doubt, the first two
named'will be first and second.

The Great Northamptonshire Stakes have the follow-
ing on the starting list:—The Tartar, New Forest Deer,
Gwalior, Giselle, Roscius, Lethargy, *Egret, •Prince
Charley, Valentinia, Fernhill, Sampson, Watchdog,
*Minto, Westow, *Velox, Loup-garou, *Flycatcher
filly, Goodwood, Vasa, Skudar, Miss Bunney, and Idle
Boy. Several of the above may not show, but the start-
ing number, I presume, will be about eighteen; the most
dubious I have as usual asterisked. The race, I think,
is all but over. To Westow, Goodwood, and the Tai tar,
is my award, with Fernhill well up. If required to place
them should do so thus :

The Tartar ... ... (A. Day) 1
Goodwood (Treen) 2
Westow (Batham) 3
Her Majesty's Plate, to the Hero or Quiver.
The Open Stakes to Pity the Blind.
On Wednesday, the Althorpe Park Stakes to Cadger,
or Lord Clifden's startrr, which will probably be Le
Beau.

The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes to Quiver, with a
start.

The 10 wove. Stakes to Miss Burns or Lord Clifden's
filly, the former, with Alfred Day, up for choice.
The Selling, with a I. and/cap Stakes, bring the meet-
ing to a close.

I shall next and every succeeding Monday, issue, for
your readers' benefit, a note

" Which may on Fortune's 'change be bartered
For much money."
Next week I will attempt the tremendous task of
pointing out the winners of the principal stakes of the
present year. _ _

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF

Monday.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Loa)) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition, numerously
signed, from Devonport, praying for the release of the
Rev. Mr. Shore, and tor such an alteration in the law
as would prevent the imprisonment of clergymen for
preaching the Gospel.
- The Earl of WICKLOW presented several petitions
from unions in Ireland against the rate in aid.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented several petitions with
a similar prayer.
DISTRAINING FOR RATES BILL

Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the
Distraining for Rates Bill. lie proposed to add a clause
limiting the period for which persons could be im-
prisoned for non-paymeat of church-rate to two months.
After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBURY
and the Earl,of MALMESI3WRY, the clause was agreed to,
and the Bill was noel a third time.
NOVA SCOTIA.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Nova
Scotia, complaining of the case of Mr. Fairbanks, and of
the manner in which the administration of the province of
Nova Scotia was conducted. The petitioners were
firmly attached to the maintenance of the connexion be-
tween the colony and the mother country, and com-
plained of a dispatch received from Earl Grey,
announcing his intention to give the consent of the
Government to a measure proposed by the Colonial
Legislature, as a violation of a pledge given by
his predecessor in the office of Colonial Secretary. It
appeared that a vacancy had occurred durirg the time
that he (Lord Stanley) was Colonial Secretary—a
vacancy had occurred in the office of Co-
lonial Treasurer, and, in accordance with a re-
commendation from Lord Falkland, the office of
treasurer had been given to a gentleman not connected
with the Legislature, on condition that no person
holding that office should thereafter have a seat
in, or be a candidate for a seat in the Colonial Le-
gislature. Ile would take that opportunity of cor-
recting a popular misapprehension, that the Colo-
nial-office was a vast preserve of patronage With the
exception of governors and a few other officers, the whole
of the colonial appointments were bestowed on colonists.
With the exception of the governor, in all the North
American colonie s all offices were by solemn compact
conferred on colonists —(Hear, hear, from Earl Grey.)
In consequence of ,his communication with Lord Falk-
land, Mr. Fairbanks was appointed, on the under-
etandieg that he should not be either a member or a
candidate for a seat it. the Legislature, and that the ap-
pointment should be held totally independent of
political fluctuations, and that no political change
should lead to his removal. On that understanding Mr.
Fairbanks, a member of the legal profession, resigned his
seat in the Legislature, and gave up his pro-
fession in order to accept the appointment.
This dispatch was received by his (Lord Stanley's)
successor, Mr. Gladstone, who confirmed this arrange-
ment. So far as words and pledges could give a se-
curity, Mr. Fairbanks had therefore a security for the
permanence of his office. The Executive Council
had, since 1839, in Canada, become more a political
Government than formerly, in order to secure
what was called a responsible Government, but what he
called a party Government. This had been done in
Canada by law, but not in the other colonies. Up
to the time of this appointment there had been,
therefore, no party Government in Nova Scotia.
Various ad vanct s had been made to the
liberal party in Nova Scotia, which they had
always repudiated, contending that they would have the
whole control of the Government, or none. When Earl
Grey succeeded to office he urged upon the Governor
the necessity of impressing upon the Local Government
of Nova Scotia the necessity of abstaining from being
actuated by party motives in removing persons
from, or appointing persons to, office in the colony, al-
though he wished to give responsible government to the
colony. In 1847 a geperal election took place, and in
January, 1848, the assembly met. An amendment
to the address declaring a want of confidence was
carried, and the Ministers resigned, and a new
Administration was appointed, which introduced a Bill
altering the character of the office of Treasurer, appoint-
ing two officers instead of one, and displacing Mr.
Fairbanks without afferdirg him compensation for
the loss of his office. The Lieutenant-Governor, while
bearing testimony to the merit of Mr. Fairbanks, re-
commended that the proposed Bill should be sanctioned
by the Government at home. To his honour and his
credit the Noble Earl opposite expressed his dissent from
their views, and argued the question in a convincing manner
declaring the reasons urged in support of the removal of
Mr. Fairbanks to be most unsatisfactory, adding, that
that Gentleman had a strong claim to be continued
as Treasurer.—(Hear, hear.) The Governor of the
Colony appeared threughout to have acted as a
partisan of the Legislature, instead of that of a mode-
rator
Sir John
the parties, and it was most unfortunate
for John Harvey, who was, he believed, a most
honou.rable man, that the Civil List Bill should at
the time be under eors;aer .4tion of the Colonial-
Legislature b
wtich it
was to be determined whether
the salary
of Lieutenant-Governory..r should be 2,5001.,
3,00 ,
0/., or 3,500/. aThe Noble Earl again-urged
them not to remove Mr. Feirbanl-s without granting to
him en adequate eorrpensalion. So far he
with the Nt,ble Earl; bathe thought thati whei(tlllt. entirelyrdshiPs
would be surprised to find that the Nohle Ear.lll°.td after
this declared that if the Legislature should, by an Ad-
drese to :ha Crown, ze quest th :t the Bill should pass as
it stood, he should selvise the Crown not to dissent from
it. Mr. Fairbaelts had accepted the office on the under-
standing that he should not be removed for poli-
tical causes; he had performed his duties faith-
fully, and it was proposed to remove him
without compensation, and the Noble Earl considered
that the faith of the Crown was not pledged to him, and
had • said that without again appealing to the
people of the colony, be would, if those who had
passed the Bill persevered i, it. advise the Crown to
give its assent to the measure. Why, if the faith of the