The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

A poor man, whose face was nearly covered with a
thick shawl, and who appeared to be labouring under
the most extreme suffering, applied to Mr. Norton for
his advice and assistance under the following circum-
stances:—

The applicant stated that some months since be be-
came afflicted with a cancer on his upper lip, and had at
the time applied for advice to the medical gentlemen
practising in the neighbourhood of his residence. His
attention was ultimately attracted to a printed bill
setting forth the alleged " extraordinary cures" per-
formed by a doctor, and believing them to be genuine,
he made up his mind to place himself under his
care. On calling at the house he was told
that the doctor occupied two rooms there, and that a
fee of ss. must be paid before he could be admitted to
an interview. He accordingly paid the 55., and the
doctor, on examining him, said; he should not only cure
him in a short time, but effect such a cure as would
astonish those medical men who had before seen him,
and all his friends,:and that his terms for doing so would
be 101., one-half toHeb,ethpeaidepapti
joonacoet: tioonndstehneterdemtoatinhdoeser
71. 10s., and attending closely to
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he was becoming considerably worse, and the object of
his present application was to
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ceed to recover back the money
from him. • -

In reply to the questions of the magistrate as to what
the doctor's mode of treatment had been, the poor fellow
said that pills and poultices were the only things pre-
scribed, and added, that to one poultice the doctor re-
commended the addition of bark, and this on its applica-
tion to the diseased lip nearly set him mad.
Mr. Norton here read the printed bill handed to him
by the applicant of the " extraordinary cures " alleged
to have been performed by Doctor Baron who is
described as M.D., M.R C.S., A.M., K.0.M.T., and
C.L.D.H., &c., &c., &c., during his temporary residence
in London. They are of the usual inflated puff style.
Mr. NORTON remarked, that no respectable practi-
tioner would print and issue such gross puffs as these set
forth in the printed bill before him, and in his opinion
the whole affair savoured very strongly of quackery.
He also thought it a hard case that so large a sum of
money should have been taken from the poor man under
a pretence of curing, while he only made him worse, and
had no doubt whatever that if a summons was taken out
against the Baron, the County Court would compel him
to refund the 71. 10s.
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THAMES.
Peter Feriae appeared before Alr. YAWley on reoog.

nizances, charged with illegally detaining a sextant and
a quadrant, the property of Mr. Thomas Keshan, ma-
thematical instrument manufacturer, Arbour-terrace,
Commercial-road East. The case subsequently re-
solved itself into one of obtairling goods under false
pretences.
After hearing evidence at some length,
Mr. Vesey, a solicitor, who appeared for the prisoner,
put some questions to the witnesses, but elicited nothing
favourable for his client, and said the transaction
was one of an ordinary nature. An invoice for the
goods was made out, and the prosecutor's remedy was
by action.
Mr. YARDLEY said the transaction was not an ordi-
nary one, for the prisoner came into the prosecutor's
shop with a lie in his mouth, and raised money on the
goods at pawn shops directly he obtained them. He
should commit the prisoner for trial for the fraud.
Mr. Vesey asked if bail would be taken.
Mr. YARDLEY—Yes, the offence is bailable. I will
take good bail, the prisoner in 1001., and two sureties of
501. each.

The prisoners tendered the required sureties in the
evening, and after some inquiry they were accepted.

SPORTING.

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

" 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 Collingwood 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 Glauca, 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, Loun-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 Tartar
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 starter, which will probably be Le
Beau.

The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes to Quiver, with a
start.

The 10 Sovs. Stakes to Miss Burns or Lord Clifden's
filly, the former, with Alfred Day, up for choice.
The Selling, with a Handicap 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.

PRESENTATION OF THE FREE-
DOM OF GLASGOW TO THE RIGHT HON. T.
B. MACAULAY.
(From the Daily Mail of Friday.)
To-day, at noon, the freedom of the city of Glasgow
was presented to the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, in the
City Hall, Candleriggs-street. A large and brilliant
assemblage of the wealth and intelligence of the city was
present, and appeared to take a deep interest in the pro-
ceedings. The arrangements were admirable. Although
there could not have been less than four thousand
spectators, there was no confusion, but, on the contrary,
everything was done decently and in order. There was
a large number of ladies present.
AC twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for the com-
mencement of the interesting ceremony, the members of
the Town Council entered the hall amid loud cheers, and
took the seats set apart for them. After the lapse of a
few minutes the Lord Provost, the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay, Lord Belhaven, and the magistrates entered,
when the reception given was enthusiastic in the liighest
degree.
The Lord Provost occupied the chair.
On the right of the chairman were Mr. Macaulay,
Bailie Stewart, Sheriff Alison, Bailie Smith, Lord Dean
of Guild, and Convener of Guild; and on the left, Lord
Belhaven, Bailies Orr, Brown, Dreghorn, and Gilmour.
We also observed on the platform, Professors Fleming
and Thompson, ex-Provost Mills, Alex. Graham, Esq.,
of Landsfield, the Lord Advocate, &c., &c.
The Lord Provost then directed the town•clerk to read
the minutes of council agreeing to confer the freedom of
the city on Mr. Macaulay. This having been done, the
Lord Provost then presented the box containing the
freedom, in a very excellent speech, recounting Mr.
Macaulay's claims, political and literary, on the citizens
of Glasgow and the country in general. After which,
Mr. MACAULAY rose, and was received with tremen-
dous cheering. This having subsided, he said—l thank
you, my Lord and Gentlemen—l thank you from my
heart, for this great honour. I may, I hope, extend
my thanks further. I may extend them to that
constituent body of which, I believe, you are on this
occasion the expositor, and which has received [me
hero in a manner which has made an impression never
to be effaced from my mind.—(Applause.) This box,
my Lord, I shall prize as long as Dive; and it will, when
I am gone (the Hon. Gentleman here appeared greatly
agitated)—be prized by those who are dearest to me, as
a proof that in an active and chequered life, political
and literary, I succeeded in gaining the esteem
and goodwill of one of the greatest and most
enlightened cities in the British empire.(Loud
cheers.) My political life, my Lord, has closed. The
feelings which contention and rivalry naturally call
forth, and from which I do not pretend to have been
exempt, have had time to cool down. I look now on the
events in which I bore a part as calmly, I think, as on
the events of the past century. I can do that justice
now to honourable opponents, which, perhaps, in mo-
ments of conflict, I might sometimes have refused to
grant. I believe I can judge as impartially of my own
career as of the career of another man. I acknowledge
great errors and deficiencies, but I have nothing to ac-
knowledge which is inconsistent with rectitude of inten-
tion and with independence of spirit.—(Great applause.)
My conscience bears me this testimony, that I honestly
desire the happiness and greatness of my country;
that my course, right or wrong, was never determined
by any selfish or sordid motive ; and that in trou-
bled times, and through many vicissitudes of fortune,
in power and out of power, through popularity and un-
popularity, I was faithful to one set of opinions and to
one set of friends. I see no reason to doubt that these
friends were well chosen, or that these opinions were in
the main correct. The path of duty appeared to me to
lie between two dangerous extremes—extremes which I
may call naturally dangerous, seeing that each of
them infallibly conducts society to the other. I cannot
accuse, myself of having ever deviated towards either.
I cannot accuse myself of having ever been untrue
either to the cause of civil and religious liberty, or
to the cause of property and law. I reflect with plea-
sure that I bore a part in some reforms which cor-
rected great abuses, and which removed great discon-
tents.—(Applause.) I reflect with equal pleasure that I
never stooped to act the part of a demagogue—that I
never feared to confront what seemed to me an unreason-
able clamour—that I never, in times of distress, incited
my countrymen even to demand of Governments to which
I was opposed miracles which I well knew no Government
could perform, or to seek even the redress of grievances
which it was the duty of Government to redress by any
other than strictly peaceful and legal means. Such were
the principles on which I acted—such will continue to be
my principles still. The events which have lately changed
the face of Europe have only confirmed me in my views
of what public duty required. These events have been
full of important lessons, both to governors and governed.
He learns but half what these lessons ought to teach who
sees in them only a warning against tyranny, or one
against anarchy. The great lesson which they teach is
this, that tyranny and anarchy are inseparably conuected,
that each is the parent and each the offspring of the
other. The great lesson which they teach is this, that
old institutions have no more deadly enemy than the
bigot, who refuses to adjust them to a new state of
society. Nor do they teach us less clearly this lesson,
that the sovereignty of the mob leads by no long or
circuitous path to the sovereighty of the sword. I bless
God that our country has escaped both these errors.
Those statesmen, who, eighteen years before, proposed
to transfer to this great city, and to cities like this, the
political power which then belonged to hamlets that
contained a few scores of inhabitants, or to old walls
with no inhabitants at all—those statesmen, and
myself among the number, were termed anarchists
and revolutionists. But let them now say,
were we not the true and steady friends of order ?
(Applause.) Let those who called us so now say
how they would have wished to have encountered the
with Gattoaine
nan,d
andO Manchester
Old Sarum, with
and tempest Glasgow
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fso lastly
not representeds p ir
n spring
in n
represented
not only the friends of liberty but the friends of
?—(Applause.) We were
order. In the same way the Government, aided by
all honest men, put down those marauders who wished
to subvert all society—that was an inestimable ser-
vice not only to the cause of order, but to the cause of
true liberty—(Applause.) But I will now speak the
sentiments of a private man. I have quitted politics.
I have quitted them without a feeling of re:0134120t,

without a feeling of regret, and I have betaken myself to
pursuits for which my temper and my tastes suit me
better. But I will not willingly believe, that in
ceasing to be a politician I have given up the power
to render service to my country—(Applause)—
for I hope it may still be in my power to teach lessons of
profit to those who remain on the busy stage that I have
left, to represent the merits, the faults, and the affections
of other times, and teach a common lesson of charity to
all. I hope it may be in my power to inspire a love
and reverence for those free and noble institutions
of our land to which Britain owes her greatness and
that position from which I hope she is not destined
soon to descend.—(Applause.) With your 'approbation
before me I will resume those pursuits under the
weight of which I have almost felt myself ready to
sink. In conclusion, I thank you for your kind-
ness. I thank you for the honour of being
enrolled among your number. I have seen with delight
the opulence and the grandeur of this great city, which
by your kindness I can now call my own.—(Applause.)
And with every wish for the peace, the honour and
prosperity of fair Glasgow, I bid you a most respectful
farewell.—(Great applause.)
The LORD PROVOST then announced the business to
have terminated, and the vast assemblage dispersed.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France up to March 22:

ASSETS.

Cash and ingots ... . . ... f. 195,813,789
Ditto in branch banks ...
Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 107,026
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
15,102,431 f. 85c. are from the branch

banks ••• ••• ... ... 50,175,949
Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 84,303,044
Advances on coins and ingots... ... 17,514,800
Ditto on French public securities ... 31,172,659
Ditto by branch banks...
...
... 1,554,337
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000
Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000
Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,581,488
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ••• ... ... 12,779,541
Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000
Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,788
Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 8,000,000
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000
Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 230,000
Bills protested at Paris ... ... 8,036,047
Ditto at the branches ... ... ... 4,264,099
Expenses of administration of the Bank 244,307
Ditto of the branches ... ... ..• 221,165
Miscellaneous ••• ••• •„• 758,248
Advance to the department of the
Seine 3,000,000
.•• ••• •••
Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar-
seilles ... ... ... . ... 1,000,000

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