The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

THR SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 18383

SPORTING IN TELLIGEN Ch.

TATTERSALL' S-YESTERDAY.
THE DERBY.

Owing to the departures from fown the attendance this afternoon
was thin, and business so flat and devoid of interest:as to render
any further observations unnecessary. The following were the only
horses mentioned :-
12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's BrotOr to 1!lay Middleton
23 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Tros
30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epidaurus—taken
1000 to 30 agst Mr. Allen's Fitz-Ambo—taken
1000 to 25 agst Mr. Batson's Brother to Plenipo—taken
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Greatrex's Tontine colt—taken
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Price's three—taken
1000 to 20 agst Duke of Richmond's Meunier—taken
1500 to 30 agst Lord Westminster's Honeymoon colt--taken
500 even between Bloomsbury and Fitz- Ambo—taken

SCOTLAND.

SERIOUS REJOICINGS.
(From the Glasgow Arhus.)

Last week was especially consecrated' in' Glasgow, b
the combined votaries of Dulness, Feebleness, and Hum.•
bug, to celebrate the praises of their idols. The Festivals
were worthy of their inspiring spirits.
First in order came the celebration of the two hundredth
anniversary of the subversion of Episcopacy in this country.
Tameness was the order of the day : but bow could it be
otherwise ? In the present position of affairs, not a word
could be ventured that might offend the prelates of the
" sister Church." Hamlet was left out of his own play :
railing at Episcopacy was prohibited. The anniversary was
in celebration of a bold and successful rebellion : of a strug-
gle, which commenced by the pelting of an Episcopal cler-
gyman out of his own church, at the risk of his life, while
engaged in divine service ; and ended with the decapita.
tion of the primate of the Anglican Church and his King.
The morality of the cause and its engines is more than
questionable ; its boldness and straightforwardness are its
redeeming features. But these are precisely the feature
w'iich we desiderate in what professed to be its commemo-
ration. Equivocation and servility were the order of the
day. The " excitement" corresponded to the exciting
cause. One hundred laymen and two hundred clergymen
walked in procession to hear sermon in the forenoon. A
number of boys and ladies were collected to look at it : the
workmen had been turned out of some factories, but found
better amusement elsewhere. Some 600 or 700 indivi-
duals, described by Dr. as consisting of " men of
almost every degree and character," assembled to a lu
gubrious drinking bout in the evening. Nothing could
match the party, but the jollification of an incorporation
of grave-diggers and undertakers. The business of
the evening was commenced by singing a psalm. Six
bumper toasts were then drank in rapid succession amid
vociferous cheers, and then another psalm was sung. Se% en
sermons (of the lengthiest) were then preached by seven of
the divines present. And, about " the wee short hour ayont
the twal'," the company, having imbibed a sufficiency both
of spirituous and spiritual refreshment, seriously adjourned.
The Guardian remarks, that, during the sitting of the As-
sembly of 1638, two. sermons were preached regularly be-
fore breakfast ; but what is that to seven after dinner ?
On Friday, the portion of the Collegians, prematurely
emancipated from the Grammar School, heard a sermon
preached to them in the Hall by Sir J. Graham. In the
evening Bailie Paul presided at a soiree, where the cold
meats of the preceding day's dinner were voraciously con-
sumed. Dr. M'Gill described the dinner party as com-
posed of " men of almost every character :" if we may
take the Chairman of the soiree as a sample, the characters
of the company were less diversified.
On Saturday, Sir James Graham received an address
from sundry persons, who subscribe themselves as " A. B.
Esquire," and students who write themselves members of
the " Transforthiani" and, at the same time, an address
from the editorial reporter. or reporting editor of the Scot-
tish Guardian, and a few of his friends, styling themselves
" Conservative Operatives." To these documents Sir
James Graham replied at great length. The Baronet, how-
ever, (judging probably of the intellect and knowledge of
Glasgow citizens by the standard of the Dunlops around
him) came it rather too strong. He quoted Dean Swift as
a Whig writer ! The apostate hack of the high Tory Mi-
nisters, who plotted to restore the Pretender on the death
of Queen Ann, a Whig ! We might have called Swift the
Sir James Graham of his day, had not the Dean's genius
rendered the parallel incomplete.
And thus terminated the solemnities of a week more pro-
lific in cant, equivocation, and ennui, than any recorded in
the annals of Glasgow.

THE WHISTLE.—Burn's Poem, entitled " The
Whistle," is well known. A relic of this instrument, now
famous in story, is still very carefully preserved. It is
small, of a peculiar kind of wood, and is said to be of
Danish origin ; but its power is great, and, having tried it,
we imagine it would be easy to summon, by its shrill bugle
like blast, a shepherd from the hills, although a mile or two
off. Two years ago the writer of this notice, when on a
visit to Craigdarroch (the late Mr. Cutlar Fergusson), car-
ried a copy of the song with him, very distinctly traced in
the handwriting of the poet. By the exhibition of this do-
cument in connection with the whistle itself, he expteted
to surprise the late owner; but soon found that Craigdarroch
had a similar copy of his own, which had been kindly given to
him by his friend and relation, Sir Charles Menteath, Ba-
ronet, of Closeburn. Of this gift he was very proud, and
mentioned that the first day he received it he took it down
to the House and showed it to Sir John Cam Hobhouse
and several others. Anxiety to gaze on the handwriting cf
the bard acted like a spell, and soon brought a crowd of
Members around him. The Speaker noticed what was
going forward, and was compelled to tell the disturbers that
it was their duty to take their places and allow the business
of the House to proceed. Burns, we dare say, wrote
" The Whistle " at a single sitting, and could have little
weened that any such sportive effort of fancy would ever
disturb the serenity of the British Senate !—Dumfries
Courier.