The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-13 00:00:00

SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL' S—YESTEIZDA r.
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
Various alterations resulted from the business transacted
yesterday afternoon on the St. Leger. Brother to St. Giles
was backed freely at 11 to 5, and in one or two instances at
2to 1 ; 11 to 2, and afterwards 5 to 1, were taken eagerly
about Elis, ono or two parties offering to go at the latter price.
Redshank and Vulture were were in favour at 9 and 10 to 1,
both. prices being taken to a considerable amount; at the
close, however, they were offered. Beeswing's friends fought
rather shy, and suffered her to drop 11 to 1 ; the same odds
having been laid against Wedge, who would have declined to
a still greater extent had not one or two of his old friends sup-
ported him with some spirit. Trapball was backed to a con-
siderable amount at 13 to 1, and at the finish at a point less.
Black Diamond rose to 16 to 1, but was not in any demand.
The betting was brisk, and did not terminate until nearly half-
past six o'clock, until which time the average prices were as
follow :-
2 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Bro. to St. Giles—taken at 11 to 5
5 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis—taken
9 to 1 agst Mr. Bird's Redshank
10 to I agst Mr. Allanson's Vulture
12 to 2 agst Colonel Westenra's Wedge—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing
12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Trapball—taken
16 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Gladiator—no backers
16 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock's Black Diamond

UPTON-UPON-SEVERN RACES, FRIDd r.
The Ham Stakes of 5 so's. each, with 25 added. Heats, once

round. 7 Subs.
Mr. Davies's Latona, 5 vrs, Bst. 81b ......... Davies 1 1
Mr. F. Charlton's Gainsford, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b 0 2
Mr. Codrington's Baronet, 3 yrs, 6sl. 111 b 2 0
Mr. Arnold's Blue Bell, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b 3 dr
The Upton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, two

miles.
Mr. Davies's Latona, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b... ...... Davies 1 1
Mr. Solloway's ch. f. by Pantaloon, 3 yrs, 7st 2 dr
Mr. Carelesse's Isaac, o yrs, Bst. 131 b 3 dr
Mr. Cliffe's Brecon Lass, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b 4 ,dr
The Hack Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 10 added.
Mr. Cliffe's Brecon Lass, 4 yrs, lOst. 41b....Cliffe 1 1
Mr. Thorne's Staysail, 3 yrs, Bst. 131 b 2 2

The celebrated American trotter Confidence, purchased for
the late Duke of Gordon, was sold yesterday at Tattersall's
for 235 guineas, to Mr. Collins, the dealer. He is a bright
bay with black legs, stands fifteen hands and an inch, and is
reported to have trotted twenty miles an hour in harness !
The sulky and harness only fetched fifteen guineas and a half.

NEW ACT for the REGISTRATION OF
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS.

The following circular letter was on Saturday received by the clerks to
the Board of Guardians in the metropolis from the Secretary to the Poor
Law Commissioners; and it has, no doubt, been transmitted to the
Clerks of the other Boards of Guardians formed under the Poor Law
Amendment Act throughout the country :
" Poor Law Commission Office, Somerset-house,
" 9th September, 1536.

Sir,—The Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales
transmit to you herewith a letter addressed to you by the registrar_
general, respecting the formation of registrars' districts, which they
trust will receive the same prompt attention which you pay to the com-
munications from this office.

The Commissioners request that whether you do or do not accept
the office of superintendent-registrar in your union, and whether the
union officers are or are not eventually appointed registrars, the union
officers and yourself will give every possible assistance in carrying into
effect the directions of the registrar-general, and the object of the Act
under which he is appointed.
" Signed by order of the Board,
"EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary,
" To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians.''

" ' London, Sept. 9, 1636.

" Sir—ln the recent Act of the 6th and 7th of William IV. cap.
86, for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England, it is enac-
ted, " That the guardians of every Union declared under the provisions
of an Act passed in the sth and 6th years of his present Majesty, in.
tituled an Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the
Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales, and also of every
parish or place in which a board of guardians shall have been esta-
blished under the provisions of the last-named Act, shall on or before
the first day of October in this year, if the said board of guardians shall
have been established before the passing of this Act, or within three
calendar months next after we establishment of the board, if the said
board shall not have been established before the passing of this Act, di-
vide the union or the parish or place of which they are the guardians
into such and so many districts as they, subject to the approval of the
registrar-general, shall think And it is further declared, " That
every such district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a re-
gistrar's district"
." In requesting you to call the attention of the guardians to this first
duty which devolves upon them, under the provisions of the aforesaid
Act, I deem it expedient, with a view to the prevention of future
delay, to point out the nature and extent of the information respect-
ing such proposed divisions, with which I must be furnished before
I can feel justified in expressing either approval or dissent, and to
convey to you certain principles which it is desirable should as far as
possible be observed in the formation of registrars' districts.
" I request that the statements respecting the formation of regis-
trars' districts, which must be submitted to me for appproval on or be-
fore the Ist day of October in thepresent year, may contain the following
particulars respecting each proposed district
" 1, AREA.—State the number of acres or of square miles contained in
the proposed district, or, if no such measurement has been made,
state the extreme length, and the extreme and mean breadth.
" 2. POPULATION.—State the amount of thepopulation, according to the
census of 1631, adding the present number, if known, or the
computed ratio of increase since 1831.
" 3. BOUNDARIES.—Describe the proposed boundaries of the registrar's
district, stating whether they coincide wholly or in part with
any ancient recognised boundaries, such as those of township,
parish, hundred, or county; whether they intersect any such
boundaries ; or whether they lie wholly within them.
" ' State, also, whether such proposed district coincides with any me-
dical or relieving district of the Union in which you officiate,
formed under the provisions of the Act of 4th and sth of Wm.
IV., for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws
relating to the Poor in England and Wales.
" State, also, whether any portion of the proposed district is detached.
" ' 4. Naas.—State the distinguishing name by which the guardians
propose the registrar's district shall be called.

" ' It is requested that a statement respecting all the foregoing cir.
cumstances may be made separately for each registrar's district into
which the union or the parish or place may be divided by the guardians
established therein ; and that the statements respecting all such districts
in the union, &c., may be sent together by the post, directed to the Re-
gistrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages," at his office, London.
It must at the same time be stated that the foregoing districts together
form the whole union or parish or place, and that no part of it is ex.
eluded from such districts.

'" 11. It is my wish that the guardians, in proceeding to the forma-
tion of registrars' districts, should not be unnecessarily fettered in the
exercise of their Judgment, or be diverted from a due attention to local
peculiarities, by the supposed necessity of adhering rigidly to a precise
rule; but, inasmuch as it is desirable that uniformity of system, in so
far as it is practicable, should be attained, and that the chance of disap.
proval, and of the delay and trouble consequent thereupon, should, as
much as possible, be diminished, I deem it expedient to lay before
you certain principles, the observance of which will conduce to the de.
sirable attainment of that uniformity, and to the avoidance of those in-
conveniences.

" In determining the proper extent of a registrar's district, it is de-
sirable that area and population should be considered conjointly, and
each with reference to the other; that, when the population is dense, the
area should be proportionally contracted ; that when it is thinly scattered
over the country, the territorial extent should be proportionally increased.
The evident object of such a rule is to equalize the labours of the regis-
trar; for it is obvious that the births and deaths in a population closely
congregated within a town may be ascertained and registered by one per-
son with more ease and certainty than those of half the same amount of
population thinly scattered over an extensive tract of country.
" With respect to the amount of population which a registrar's dis-
trict may comprise, I am not disposed to require a very strict attention
to number. But I may state that when the population is of average den-
sity, that district may be regarded as well adapted to the purposes of
registration which contains about Live thousand persons. It is true that
such a district (in which the entries of births and deaths will not amount
to three hundred in a year) will not fully occupy the time and attention
of a registrar ; but it must be remembered that the registrar will not
be a person occupied exclusively with the business of registration ; and
that it is of importance, not so much to ascertain the utmost that a single
registrar can perform, and to assign such a district as will fully ev,ploy
him, as to take care that neither the extent of territory, nor the amount
of population under his supervision, shall render it probable that any
birth or death can remain unnoticed.

" With respect to the boundaries it is desirable, both with a view to
facilitate the knowledge of the limits of the new district, and to avoid a
multiplicity and-intermixture of divisions, that the boundaries of the
registrar's districts shall (when it is practicable, consistent with the at.
tainment of other objects) be identical with ancient recognised bounds.
ries, such as township or parish, and shall not unnecessarily intersect
them ; but it is not desired that the limits of a district should be much
extended in order to make it coincident with any such ancient boun.
dary. Facility of communication is of still greater importance than ad.
herence to an ancient boundary ; and compactness and connection of,
territory must not be sacrificed for the sake of such adherence. Thus,
for example, a river extending far, without ford or bridge, may with
propriety be made part of the boundary of a registrar's district, although
the parish, of which that district is a part, may not terminate at that
boundary. It is also expedient that a registrar'sdistrict should invaria.
bly be one connected portion of territory, and not consist of two or
more detatched portions.
"' Although it is advisable that the consideration of the immediate
duty of division into registrars' districts, and that of the subsequent
duty of selecting lit persons for the office of registrar, shall as much as
po,sible be kept distinct, yet it is right that your attention should be
directed to the I fith clause of the Act for Registering Births, Deaths,
and Marriages, which enjoins that every registrar shall dwell within the
district for which he is registrar. This provision should not be forgotten
in the formation of registrars' districts ; and as it is obvious that the
same registrar cannot be appointed for more than one district, it is de-
sirable that each district should contain persons whose characters for
intelligence, diligence, honesty, and regularity of conduct, and whose
ability to write and keep accounts with neatness and accuracy, may
render them, its the opinion of the guardians, capable of fulfilling the
duties of a registrar. Of the nature of these duties the guardians may
be sufficiently informed by inspection of the Act for Reg. •nitig Births,
Deaths, and Marriages.
" It is recommended that the name by which the registrar's district
may be called shall be that of the parish or township, or of the largest
of two or snore parishes or townships contained in it ; or if two or snore
districts shall be contained within one parish or township, then that
each shall be called by the name of some street, building, or place
within each parish or township; but that, invariably, the name given
shall be that of a place, and not of a parson.
" It is desirable that the letter including a statement respecting the
formation of registrars' districts should refer exclusively to that subject.
There will be other subjects on which it will be my duty to address you,
which must be reserved for subsequent communication.
" lf, before the receipt of this letter, you shall have already trans-
mitted to me a statement of division into registrars' districts, as proposed
by the board of guardians, and if such statement contains all those parti.
eulars herein required, and if such proposed division has been made in
conformity with the general principles herein expressed, and is one which
the guardians do not propose to alter, I do not request that the state-
ment shall be made to me again, but only that, in reply to this letter, you
shall notify the fact and period of such previous transmission, and inform
me that such statement previously transmitted is that which the guar-
dians adopt as their final statement to be submitted for approval. If
these particulars have been given only in part, it -is requested that the
remaining intbnnation may be afforded to me with as little delay as
possible.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" T. H. LISTER, Registrar.general.' "

The Lord Mayor ; Charles Barclay, Esq., M.P. ;
Mr. Masterman, banker; Mr. Weston, banker; Alderman
Lucas ; Messrs. Potts, distillers ; Simpson, Chadwick, Fern-
comb, Jones, and other influential and wealthy individuals in
the City and borough of Southwark, are now busily employed
in maturing a plan for raising an Equestrian Statue in honour
of the Duke of Wellington, to be appropriately placed on the
open space at the end of Duke-street and Wellington-street,
on the Southwark side of London-bridge. The site appears
to be'well adapted for the purpose ; the great a"cnue, as it
were, from the Continent to the metropolis passes close to it ;
various railways also will have their junction at the same spot.
The Lord Mayor is to give the use of the Mansion-house, on
Wednesday next, for a meeting on the subject.
SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning, between six and
seven o'clock, as a little boy in the employment of Mr. White,
a master chimney sweep, residing near Vauxhall Bridge, was
passing along Douglas-street, his attention was caught by
something which seemed to be hanging from one of the raf-
ters of the first floor of one of the dilapidated houses between
the end of Chapter-street and the Bridge-road. He soon
clambered through one of the broken windows, and was almost
petrified when lie found the object to be an elderly-looking
man suspended his full length by a piece of cord and linen rag
attached to it, and without making any move whatever. The
boy hastened out immediately, and gave the alarm at Mr.
Stringer's public-house (at the corner of Chapter-street), who,
with his barman, were instantly on the spot, and cut down the
unfortunate man, who was at once recognised to be a shoe-
maker, of the name of Harvey, who had for many years fol-
lowed his business in the Horseferry-road, Milbank-street,
Westminster. His habits of life were known to be generally
eccentric, and when he drank to excess lie was usually consi-
dered to be raving mad. The houses in which he committed
the rash act are a standing nuisance to the whole neighbour-
hood, and have long excited the vigilant attention of the po-
lice. The body lies at Mr. Stringer's awaiting a Coroner's
Inquest.
A few days since a pleasure party took a boat at
Portreath, and proceeded to the Gull-rock, where they kin-
dled a fire for culinary purposes, and enjoyed themselves on
the rock throughout the day. On taking their departure in
the evening, they neglected to extinguish the embers, which
being fanned ky the breezes of the night, revived and spread
over a great part of the rocIE,
FRFlsµtr►ing bhp .ierdtire which
grew thereon. It continued to burn tor twq days and nights,
and its nocturnal appearance was peculiarly interesting, as it
looked like a volcano in miniature rising put
no deuk rise tit created a great deal of surer of the ocean, and
those who wit-
nessed it While pilssinU either up PC flown the phanneh—
Cornwall Gazette,

THE SUN, LONDON", TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1836.

REFORM MEETINGS.

ARRIVAL of the MEMBERS of the BOROUGH.

_
(Abridged from the Devonporl Telegraph.)
It having been announced that our worthy Representa-.
tives, Sir Edward Codrington and Sir George Grey, in-
tended to visit the borough &ring the recess, means were
adopted to afford them such a- reception as would prove
that in Devonport at least there was no re-action, and Wed-
nesday evening being fixed for their arrival, the streets were
crowded by the inhabitants, anxious, if possible, to wel-
come their entry into town. In this, however, they were
disappointed, by the non-arrival of Sir George Grey at the
expected hour, and the desire of Sir Edward Codrington
that whetever marks of favour might be bestowed, should
be participated in by his worthy colleague. The Gallant
Admiral therefore quietly entered the town unobserved,
and it was at first resolved by the members of his Commit-
tee, who received him at the Royal Hotel, that he should
merely address a few words to the impatient crowd from
the balcony of the hotel, and defer addressing his consti-
tuency until the arrival of Sir George Grey. Shortly after
the arrival of the Gallant Admiral in the Town Hall, ho
addressed the persons assembled.
Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON was introduced by the Chair-
man as " the friend of the people." As soon as silence
was obtained, the Gallant Admiral proceeded :—Gentle-
men,—There has, it appears, been some little difficulty with
respect to my addressing you this evening--with that I
have had nothing to do—l am here to do as you wish, as
I have always been ready to do. There is one thing lam
desirous of saying—l do not think that it is any fault of
Sir George lGrey's that he is not now present. The last
words he said to me on Monday, were—" I certainly will be
at Devonport on Wednesday ;' and I know he was desi-
rous that we should address the electors at the same time,
because we are embarked in the . same boat—we were
elected together as two Reformers ; to be sure we may
differ a little from circumstances and situation, though per-
haps not at all in opinion ; but those minor differences
ought not to disunite us, for it is the business of Reformers
to be united and to stand by each other. We have a party
against us, and our opponents have been well trained to
tactics, and surely in the great work of reform we ought to
do ten times more than they do.—(Cheers.) I come here
to do your wish, and I go to Parliament to do the same.
You know that the House of Commons have gone through a
most laborious session, and that they have done their ut-
most to pursue Reform to thejullest extent in their power ;
that they have failed is the consequence of the House of
Lords refusing to carry those principles into effect.—(Hear.)
With respect to the Ministry, I believe the greatest part
of them are as sincere in their desire to carry out this prin-
ciple to the utmost as you or I am.—(Cheers.) In pur-
suing the greatest and most important measures on which
we, the Commons, have set our hearts, they have been
most strongly opposed in the Lords. Why ? Because
they are afraid of Reform ; not but that there are among
them as strong and as earnest Reformers as the best of us,
but they are impeded by a majority. Their principal fear
is the losing of those loaves and fishes which they wrong-
fully possess.—(Bravo, and loud cheers.) Do they not ob-
ject to us, and say that we are led by Mr. O'Connell ?
Gentlemen, we are not led by Mr. O'Connell. Gentle-
men, what is Mr. O'Connell ? He may use words which I
for one deprecate as much as any man ; but no man can
doubt that he is a well-wisher to his country.—(Bravo, and
cheers.) I believe we have not a man in England so fit to
be at the head of the Government as Lord Melbourne.—
(Loud cheering.) How came he in that situation ? Not
by choice ; and when he was turned out, what occurred—
why he was offered an earldom and a blue ribbon, but he
did not choose to accept either : is that usual with Peers ?
No ; but he did so to show his independence—lie only
wanted justice to be done to his country.—(Cheers.) The
manner in which the measures sent up by the Commons
have been thrown out by the Lords, is a direct insult to
the House of Commons. With regard to the question of
Ireland, which I consider the most vital question at the pre-
sent moment, I think the measures of the House of Com-
mons in reference to this subject have been treated with ab-
solute insult. We maintain somewhere about 25,000 sol-
diers in Ireland—have a large police force—and we have
now a measure in operation in that country which is a dis-
grace to any country—and with all those means we cannot
keep the people quiet.—(Hear, hear.) What is the reason
of this ? We, in England, do not require so many men
to keep us quiet, and why ? Because we have more equal
justice than Ireland has, and because the people of Eng-
land insist that they will have that justice. It is a disgrace
that the noblemen of this country should be under the dic-
tation of such a person as Lord Lyndhurst ; and if I were
a person who desired the destruction of that House, I
should drink Lord Lyndhurst's health every night, because
I think he will do it more injury than any other individual.
--(Hear, hear.) Now then, Gentlemen, I come to the
question of the Church. When we talk of the Church
one would think that it was composed of a certain number
of gentlemen dressed in uniform, but I consider the whole
Church as one congregation.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I
know that in order to bring the question of a Reform in
the House of Lords forward under present circumstances,
it is necessary that the voice of the people should be heard
in the proper quarter, and I do therefore hope that other
constituencies will look minutely into the state of affairs ;
judge of the work done in the House of Commons, and
what was the reason of the opposition that has taken place
to those measures. They will then see the necessity of
making their opinions to be heard in the proper
quarter, and I am sure if the House of Lords do not
amend their ways that it will be then the proper time to
move for a reform of that assembly.—(lmmense cheering.)
(" Church-rates, Sir,Edward.") Oh ! Church-rates, I think,
are done with. The Hon. and Gallant Member then con- ,
eluded by assuring the meeting that he should always be ,
ready to support the views of th constituency as long as they ,
reposed confidence in him. This wns received by the
most enthusiastic cheering, which was followed by three
times three for Sir George Grey—for his Majesty's Mini.
sters, and Daniel O'Connell, the Irishman's friend.

SIR GEORGE GREY'S ADDRESS TO THE
ELECTORS.

Sir George having arrived by the Bath mail on Wed-
nesday, evening, a placard was circulated early on Thurs-
day morning, announcing that he would address the elec-
tors at the Subscription School-room, at noon. Soon after
the appointed hour, Sir George, accompanied by his brother,
Sir Edward Codrington, and the Committee, entered the
room amid the plaudits of the whole assembly, on the sub-
siding of which—
Sir GEORGE GREY, after apologising for not being pre-
sent at the meeting, as appointed, on Wednesday evening,
proceeded—Gentlemen, I have come here in pursuance of
an invitation, which I shall always be ready to accept from
the united body of the Reformers of Devonport and Stone-
house, an invitation sent to me and my colleague, as your
representatives in Parliament, to which we were returned
by the Reformers of Devonport, as two Reformers, to assert
and maintain those Reform principles, and to turn out an
unreformed, and to support a Reformed Ministry.—(Cheers.)
There has been a similar meeting to the present held in the
town of Leeds, where one of the members attended at a
meeting of his constituents, which was attended by Lord
Morpeth and another member for one of the Ridings of
Yorkshire, and, as I am doing now, they explained their past
conduct, and received the same approbation from their con-
stituents which I have also received from you. Every mem-
ber, or almost every member, who was elected on the last
occasion, 'has to appear before a constituency, and they
exercise the most wholesome influence over those candi-
dates who have all their lives been found in the ranks
opposing Reform, but suddenly, on the last occasion, pro-
fessed themselves to be Conservative Reformers—(Cheers)
and why did they do so ? Because they knew they had to
address Reformers ; because they had to go certain lengths
in abandoning their former principles—(Hear)—and they
were actuated by this motive ; they thought they should be
able to conciliate certain portions of Reformers, and by
that means have driven them off from the ranks of those
who, having more knowledge of the past, and being better
acquainted with human nature itself, were not to be de-
ceived by such false pretensions.—(Cheers.) I will shortly
state the differences between the then Government and that
with which I have now the honour of being officially con-
nected ; the principle, then, on which they acted was to go
certain lengths in Reform, just enough to carry on the Go-
, stopped
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Gentlemen, the present Government are actuated by this
honest desire, to give the great mass of the people of the
united empire the benefit of those measures which ought to
result from good government, prooeediug from the people
themselves.----(Loud cheers,) There is not a Conservative
in any county or borough who is not registered, for if he
does not register himself, his friends get about him and
teaze him to do so, in order that his vote might be
added to the list of those who oppose principles of Reform.
Their object will be, of course, in the next election to obtain
a majorityin the House of Commons, but then I am afraid
that supposing
this possible, that those measures you are
anxious to see passed would not be carried, but, svh.;:li I
trust will be resumed by the present Government in the
next Session. I ought, perhaps, to advert sniy,-;ifipAlly to
two or three of those measures, becae:,, pa alskso two or
three comprise the differee„-es of opinion, emanating in a
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the rep
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resentative system
ministration of local affairs, and that they ought to be
Placed Under efficient popular control ; those were the
. words of the Address carried against the weight of the