The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-31 00:00:00

THE LORD MAYOR.

The following letter from Lord John Russell to
the Lord Mayor will be read with unfeigued grati-
fication by all who have formed a just estimate of the
duties which devolve on a Chief Magistrate of Lon-
don, and who have carefully watched the manner in
which these have been performed by Sir James
Duke. The influence of his high station has been
uniformly employed in accordance with the en-
lightened spirit of the age; and his hospitality,
although of the most princely kind, and on the most
extended scale, has never been ostentatiously or indis-
crimina'ely bestowed. The Mansion-house, since
the commencement of his Mayoralty, has been thrown
open to distinguished men of all creeds and parties ;
whilst science and literature have made (w e
believe we may say) their first festive ac-
quaintance with commerce at his board.
In one thing we cannot be mistaken—the universal
feeling that Sir James Duke will leave his high office
exalted in public estimation by his fulfilment of its
duties, and we therefore warmly and cordially con-gratulate him on tilt well-deserved honour that he has
received :

" Downing street, Oct. 30, 1849.
" My dear Lord Mayor,—The Queen has been
pleased to direct that your Lordship should be created
a baronet.

" In congratulating you upon this distinction, I
may add, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert was
highly gratified with the reception which his Royal
Highness, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal have
met with from the immense multitude who greeted
their progress this. day.
"His Royal Highness was likewise extremely
gratified with the arrangements made at the Coal
Exchange, and the loyalty evinced by all classes of
the Queen's subjects.
" I have the honour to be, my dear Lord Mayor,
" Yours,, very faithfully,
" The Lord Mayor." ' "J. Russum..."

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN
RUSSELL, ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S rEIN-

CIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE.

My Lord,—l am not going to ask you to rehearse
the Articles of your Belief,—but to thank you for
having done a service to honest men of all beliefs, by
standing out against the gross imposture attempted to
he practised upon the country whose counsels you
direct, by men presenting themselves to you with a
palpable falsification i❑ their hands, of the authority
to which they untruly made profession to appeal.
Your courage has saved the country from the dis
grace of bowing before the Baal of a lie, got up by
some if not by others, with ulterior designs against
the freedom and progress of the State. But the
danger though parried is not over. A needle cannot
stand upon its point, but if it does not fall our way
will fall the other. There will be neither safety nor
quiet till the truth i 3 driven home, to the confusion of
its enemies. There can be little doubt that they
will provide the opportunity.
What I want then to submit to the grave consi-
deration bound to be attendant on the acts of the
prime minister of a great country, is whether if
another bishop should present himself to you with a
heresy for which he ought to be unfrocked, and
inferior churchmen in the receipt of pay and allow-
ances for upholding the faith adopted by the
majority of the nation from the Protestant
Reformers should aid him in his- apbstasy,—
the conduct befitting the first Minister of a Pro-
testant Sovereign, would not be to reply nth the
self-possession which few who have witnessed it have
forgotten, and with the still small voice which h►s
been heard farther than the thunder and the storm,

That the principle they advance is not supported by
Christianity, but is in distinct terms repudiated by
Christianity.
That it is not in the doctrines of the Protestant
Reformers, but, on the contrary, is enumerated among
their grievances in the Confession of Augsburg.
That it is not in the doctrines of the Church whose
ministers they profess to be, but, on the contrary, the
Church in her Catechism and Articles, in strict con-
formity with the injunction of the New Testament,
refuses to admit the obligation of the Fourth Jewish
commandment, and thereby classes it among the
" Ceremonies, Rites, and Civil precepts, which do not
bind Christian men," and not the " Commandments
which are called Moral."
A rebuff of this kind would be the most useful
thing that has happened since Elizabeth stopped the
Churchmen's games in Smithfield.
ONE WHO BELIEVES SABBATICAL OBSERV-
ANCE PROHIBITED TO CHRISTIANS.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING—TUESDAY,
CHIPPENHAM FIELD.—THE DERBY.
Mr. Fyson's Fabian beat Mr. Dobede's Donald.
Mr. Buckworth's Butcher beat Mr. B. Smyth's Saxon.
Lord Stradbroke's Merchant beat Mr. King's Refuge.
Mr. B. Smyth's Seville beat Mr. Gillett's Garnet.
Mr. Dobede's Damien beat Mr. Fyson's
Mr. Otbaldeston's Othello beat Mr. Finch's Cantab.

TIIE CUP.
Mr. Fyson's Forerunner beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sanspareillc
Mr. Buckworthy's Bruce beat Mr. Fyson's Fancy Boy.
Lord Stradbroke's Moreen beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sweet-

briar.
Mr. Dobede's Doron beat Mr. King's Rex.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Olinda beat Lord Stradbroke's Miller.
Mr. Dobede's Desperate beat Mr. Gillett's Game Chicken
Mr. Osbaldeston's Orlando beat Mr. Buckworth's Baron
Mr. Buckworth's Bessie Bell beat Mr. Moody's ltaby.

THE OAKS.
Mr. Gillett's Glance, beat Mr. Osbaldestcn's Ophelia.
Mr. Moody's Th)sebud beat Mr. Gillett's Geneva.
Mr. Fyson's Fairy Queen beat Mr. Dobedo's Dewdrop.
Mr. B. Smyth's Silkworm beat Mr. Buckworth's Brocade
Mr. Moody's Ready beat Mr. Buckworth's Bodice.
Mr. Fyson's Fortune-teller beat Lord Stradbroke's Male.
Mr. Finch's Crenoline beat Mr. B. Smyth's Starlight.
Lord Stradbroke's Manto beat Mr. Dobcde's Dewberry.
ltOgT STAKES.
Mr. Dobede's Diamond beat Mr. Buckworth's Brush.
Mr. Gillett's Glentilt beat Lord Stradbroke's Music.
Mr. Buckworth's Ilebe. beat Mr. Dobede's Douglas.
Lord Stradbroke's Mary beat Mr. Dobede's Drift.
Mr. B. Smyth's Sheriff brat. Mr. King's Racer.
Mr. Fyson's Field Marshal beat Lord Stradbroke's ;quiz
Mr. Fyson's Formidable butt Mr. Moody's Rattle.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Olivia ran a bye.
BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TUESDAY.
WORCESTER S TEEPLECFIA SE. 7 to 1 slot The
Young 'un (f), 8 to 1 sgst Shiarene (0, 9 to 1 agst Rat-
trap (t). 12 to 1 agst Fugleman (t).
DERBY.-11 to 1 agst Bolingbroke, 11 to 1 agst
Ghillie Callum, 12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel, 20 to 1
agst Clincher, 20 to 1 agst Sweetheart, 25 to 1 ugst
Deicoon (t freely), 23 to 1 agst Cyprus, 33 to 1 agst
The Nigger, 33 to 1 agst Penang.

Emigration continues in Germany in a frightful
degree. In the course of the prc sent year the number
of emigrants who have embarked at the port of Bremen
alone, amounts to upwards of 57,000, 8,000 of whom left,
during the last month. The majority have taken their
passage to the United States of America.