The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-30 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
Newmarket, Sunday Afternoon.
Caravan arrived from Stockbridge on Friday afternoon, with
Grey Momus, and a colt by Margrave, d. by Blacklock, both in the
2,000 guinea stakes, which continues to excite great interest. The
field is expected is be small, but the result will have an important
effect on the Derby betting; Bamboo and Grey Momus are at the
same prices as at Tattersall's on Thursday, since which day several
hundreds have been laid out on them at the Club-houses. The
1,000 guinea stakes is likely to have a tolerable field of mares en-
gaged in the Oakes ; Gleaara, Barcarolle, the Fairy Queen,
Unique, Velveteen, Mecca, Romania, and some others are in
training, but nothing has been done in public to enable us to quote
odds against either. The Duke of Portland's I3ceetian is the favou-
rite for the Newmarket Stakes ; the entry, however, includes Dw-
dalus, Beggarman, Romania, Alemdar, etc., all fresh opponents.
The 100 SOTS. stakes to be run to-morrow is the only other race
bearing any relation to the Derby. The Duke of Grafton's Chy-
mist is the favourite at 6t04 on him. The list comprehends 14
matches, several of which will not be run.
Entry for the Plate (To-morrow).—Colonel Peel's Jacob Faith-
ful, 5 yrs ; Mr. Hennesey's Bravo, 5 yrs ; Mr. Sowerby's Seaman-
der, 4 yrs ; Mr. Houldsworth's Combat, 4 yrs.
Lord Jersey has sold Mendicant to go abroad. .Mr. T. A. Smith
has also disposed of Redcar (Slight colt).

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
CHESTER TRADE CUP.
5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Potentate—taken
11 to 2 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime
8 to I agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Wentworth
9 to 1 agst General Yates's Sylvan—offered
0 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Mersey—taken
2 to 1 agst Mr. Clarke's Magician
3 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Catharina
0 to 1 agst Mr. T. Walters's King Cole—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Parolles
20 to 1 agst Captain Lamb's Chit Chat—taken
20 t• 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab
25 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Galewood—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Combat—offered
100 to 3 agst. Mr. G. Cooke's Rachel—taken
100 to 3 agst Mr. Bower's Lord Stafford—taken
100 to 6 agst Mr. B. Collett's Conservative—taken

IRELAND.

In the Irish papers that we have received this morning there ie pub.

lished a letter addressed by Mr. O'Connell "to the Protestants of Ire-
land of the Established Church." This public declaration of opinion,
which our Dublin correspondent says will he fears " find no echo In
the hearts of Irishmen," commences in the following terms :
" Fellow Countrymen,—There is one proposition which I believe be
assented to by every ma❑ of common sense in Ireland, namely—that
until the tithe question is satisfactorily and finally settled there is no se_
cure peace or permanent tranquillity for Ireland.
" The Ministers have brought forward a plan which the allege will
attain that object. Whether it will or not is a question which ought to
be quietly and dispassionately discussed."
Mr. O'Connell, after animadverting on the infatuated hostility of
the Tories to the Ministerial measure as toscined by the Duke of Wel-
lington, examines at great length and delivers his opinion upon each of
the ten resolutions which Lord J. Russell intimated his intention to pro-
pose. The letter concludes thus :—" It (Lord J. Russell's plan) holds out
an immediate alleviation of the tithe composition to the extent of
30 per cent., an alleviation scarcely ample enough for the overburthened
occupants and owners of eur lands—yet a substantial alleviation.
" It holds out another alleviation ofour countryburthens by the appro-
priation of the rent-charges for local purposes—and it especially offers a
direct appropriation for education. It contains in it some principles of
great future utility, if these principles be honestly, justly and conside-
rately carried out into practical effect. Protestants of Ireland, are you
so satisfied with the outline of this plan, as to assist me in making it
more satisfactory because more useful.
" You will perceive that it includes part and part only of the proposal
which emanated from me. I certainly do not, and cannot approve of all
Lord John Russell's arrangement. I would not approve of it all, but
that it contains the germ of future ameliorations, and the means of a
more perfect and final adjustment.
" This is, however, a subject which will call for another letter. I will
discuss the subject at more length, and show that it is the interest of
every one of us to take up the matter in the spirit of peace and conci.
liation. I will not ask any other to do that of which I would refuse to
set an example myself. I have paid no tithes for four years. I will at
once set the example of paying off my arrears, waiving for the present
all legal objections. My wish is to excite everybody to abandon party
spirit and to undertake the consideration of the present plan and its
practical amelioration, with the sole and single view of terminating a
contest, which, for more than a century, has been stained with blood
and steeped in tears.
" I have the honour to be, your faithful servant,
• " DANIEL O'CONNELL."

REGISTIUTION Bolan.— A meeting of the Central Board of Regis-
tration was held on Monday, at which Mr. O'Connell pointed out what
he believed to be the course the Board should adopt. Subscriptions to
a considerable amount were handed in by a great many gentlemen who
were proposed as members. Mr. O'Connell's speech upon the occasion
occupies three columns of the Pilot Newspaper.
TIPPY.:IILRY MesioniaL.—The reply of his Excellency to the
Memorial of the Tipperary Magistrates is addressed to the
Earl of Donoughmore. The Orange party are of course vehemently
irate that Lord Mulgrave should institute an inquiry now.
Mr. O'Connell, before leaving Dublin, obtained a conditional order for
a quo warranto against certain freemen for registering fictitious votes.
He has entrusted the further management of the case to a legal friend.
The Tipperary Free Press publishes a list of additional subscriptions
to the reward for the detection of the murderers of Mr. Cooper, amount-
ing to upwards of 1,0001. John Maher, Esq., of Tullamaine Castle, has
put down his name for the sum of 50/. The reward now amounts to
nearly 3,000/.
A notorious Orange paper has the following paragraph :—" A respec-
table farmer named Drinan, living at Oysterhaven, having followed the
example of his neighbours in making a bonfire to celebrate the success
of Colonel Thomas in ousting Mr. Pierce Mahony from the representa-
tion of Kinsale, was denounced by the priest from the altar after mass,
last Sunday."

THE QUEEN'3 VISIT TO IRELAND.—The official intimation (as it is
regarded) that her Majesty will not visit this country during the summer,
has elated the Conservatives in proportion to the dismay they felt at the
probability of such an event ; while amongst the multitude of her loyal
and devoted subjects it has caused great disappointment.
Mrs. Nesbitt has been performing at the Theatre here, in Sheridan
Knowles' comedy of the Love Chase, for the past week. She has at-
tracted but very small audiences, and the speculation is likely to prove a
losing one.
A warrant has been issued from Henry-street Police-office for the
apprehension of a certain Honourable Gentleman in reference to the
theft of the Duchess of Leinster's diamonds. It is averred that he has
departed for the Continent. The evidence against him is only circum-
stantial.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—The works
on this line are proceeding most vigorously, and we perceive
that three further contracts are advertised, extending from
Lympsham to Bridgwater, a distance of about twelve miles,
and completing the thirty-three miles which is to be opened in
the course of next year. This line, though of less than half
the cost per mile, owing to its naturally easy levels, is being
constructed on the same sound principles as the Great Wes-
tern Railway, and we shall be much mistaken if it does not,
map and section prefixed, and with an Appendix
ere many months elapse, hold the same high ground in public
afull tables of the traffic, which we consider most
estimation. We have before us the last Report of the Direc-
tors,and as altogether forming the best Manaal of a
we ever saw. We shrewdly suspect, however, that
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railway
Magazine for May, 1838.
few lines would bear such a full and truthful expose as is
given in this document of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.—
Railway
RGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST LORD
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last Thursday. The particulars are these :—George Jones,
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apublican, of Caergwrley, and Margaret Evans, the wife of
another publican of the same place, were on their return
gfrom Wrexham, and on leaving the town were riding on the
town for a top-coat which he had forgot, and Jones drove
the team slowly on. The carriage of Lord Somerset, then on
the way to Penbedw,
left hinderthe a
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care
came up, and v
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the waggon horses were lashed from the dickey of the car-
riage, where his Lordship
was
threw
sitting. The team galloped
on, and a jerk of the wheel
Jones and the woman
off the axletree. and they fell un's der the wheel and were
immediately killed. A Coroner Inquest was held on
the Saturday, and adjourned over Sunday and Monday. The
witnesses distinctly swore to the horses being lashed from the
dickey of the carriage, and it was stated that his Lordship
and his son were sitting there at the time. After an anxious
inquiry the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the
Noble Lord. He was present at the time, but on hearing the
verdict he most unexpectedly bolted ; and as the offence is not
bailable before the Coroner or justices, we apprehend appli-
cation will be made to the Court of Queen's Bench.—Ches-
ter Chronicle. The Salopian Journal gives a different ac-
count of the accident, as will be seen from the following ex-
tract, which we take from that paper :—" Oa Thursday last,
about three o'clock, as a man named Hughes and his wife were
riding on a timber carriage between Wrexham and Mold, a
post-boy, in passing, whipped the leader of the tag, whey the
horses started off at a furious pace, throwing the unfortunate
people to the ground, and killing them both on the spot."
DEATH OF MR. JOHN JOSEPH ING, THE
DRAMATIST.-0n Saturday morning, at half-past two o'clock,
at his residence in breathed his
Beaufort-buildings, Mr. Ing
last. From some capricious fancy he had assumed in his
youth in the theatrical world the surname of Stafford, by
which alone he was known as an author. He, about two
years ago, was visited with an attack of paralysis, which he
overcome in its extreme stage, but it left behind it a debility
which, added to his previously declining state of health, gave
his friends but faint hopes of his entire recovery. He was,
nevertheless frequently cheerful, and seemed in a state of
recovery ; but was at intervals subject to severe attacks of
illness, which it was evident his constitution must prema-
turely sink under. The last attack came upon him about a
month ago, during which he may scarcely be said to have
rallied, although in appearance he was net really worse than
he had often been bepfore, consequently, that although his
death might have been looked forward to take place within a
less period than men of his years (for he was only 39), yet it
was sudden and unexpected by his family and relatives when
it did occur. Of late years sickness and other circumstances
had curtailed his means somewhat, he was less affluent than
he had been, and in consequence he has mixed less in public,
and was seen by fewer of his friends of late; but his memory
will long be cherished with unfeigned respect by all who had
the felicity of enjoying his acquaintance. Ile was a gentle-
man in manners,. a man of honour in principle, a sincere,
generous, and disinterested friend, and an affable agreeable
companion. He has left a disconsolate widow to bewail his
loss, with, we fear, but small property except the few manu-
script plays which have not been brought out. The bereave-
ment must also be severely felt by his aged mother, as he was
an only son. His pieces have contributed largely to the
amusement of both town and country ; one of the mo,:t suc-
cessful was " Love's Frailties," which had a long run in ,Len-
don, and has been as frequently repeated since, we believe,
as
any play of modern production.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Allow me to do an act of common justice to the
Directors of the Great Western Railway, through the me-
dium of your excellent journal.
I am a Director of another Railway, and having been a pro-
pri !tor from the first in the Liverpool and Manchester and
other northern Railways, I have, as an interested, though not
professional amateur, made myself intimately acquainted with
their statistics and construction ; I will further confess that I
have shared largely in the self-satisfaction so commonly felt
by those who are the first successful illustrators of a new sys-
tem, and was not less a partaker in the jealous prejudices
against innovations on the practice first pursued.
I have at last prevailed on myself to take a long journey to
visit the London end of the Great Western Railway, and I
am quite ashamed with myself for not having done so
earlier, as I find I can no longer advocate some opinions
on the subject which I have long strenuously maintained, and
and in the expression of which I have, however unintention-
ally, misled my friends, and contributed to a longer persis-
tence in the construction of what I now consider imperfect
and contracted models, rather than expanded and perfect in-
struments based on a judicious and well-calculated application
of power and space to the required object.
I rode at a charge of sixpence in half an hour from the
Bank of England to the London station of the railway at
Paddington; which is approached from the end of Oxford-
street, through the left side of the Edgeware-road. The
entrance gates and piers, with a gate-keeper's lodge in the
centre, are substantial, and sufficient without any pretensions
to splendour. An excellent road for carriages, with a broad
pavement for foot passengers, leads to the centre of the sta-
tion, on the right hand side of which is a capacious engine-
house and carriage-sheds, better designed than any I have
before seen ; on the left side a wide space is left, apparently
for a merchandise station, and a further space near the Pad-
dington Canal, which is, I presume, intended for shipping
docks for forwarding goods by canal to the Thames, and the
London and other Docks. There are some roads carried
across the station at two or three points by noble arches of the
best design and execution I ever witnessed; these arches are
very roomy, and will be of great sevice as depots for carriages
and merchandise.

As you proceed from the carriage sheds, in the course of
the line westward, you pass under some spacious arches so
skewed as to admit the lines of rails in the required radii for
the different terminations. The permanent rails consist of
longitudinal bearers of Kyanised timber firmly bolted together,
and confined by immoveable piles driven in the centre of each
line, at the distance of fourteen feet apart, into which are let
strong transoms across the lines bolted under the bearers, so
as to firmly hold down the latter, and admit of strong and
effectual packing of the ballat at the fourteen feet intervals,
and at all times indicating the true level whenever the packing
may require to be rectified. Upon the bearers is an 8-inch
thickness of Kyanised hardwood, then a coating of tarred
felt, and lastly the iron rails, with a 6-inch flange firmly screwed
and bolted to the bearers.

The whole appears to be most substantial, and an immense
improvement on the block system. The locomotives and car-
riages I subsequently saw tried on a part of the line, gilded
over it without the usual effort and perfectly noiseless to by-
standers. I walked down the line, calling at the several
stations of Ealing, Hanwell, West Drayton, Langley, and
Maidenhead. The engine-houses at Iver and Maidenhead
appeared of good design and well constructed. They contain
seven or eight locomotive engines, besides those in the house
at Paddington. At Maidenhead I was much struck with the
build of one called " The North Star," made by Messrs.
Robert Stevenson and Co., of Newcastle, and of Harrison's
patent engine with a multiplying wheel, and having the boiler
and fire on a set of wheels separate from the principal ma-
chinery and drawing wheels. My impression is, that for
passenger traffic, on such good gradients as those of the
Great Western line, this kind of engine will ultimately super-
sede all others.

lam quite a convert to the 7-feet guage of the rails, prac-
tically affording, as it does, such increased room for fire and
boiler, as also for reducing the number of strokes in the
piston, and admitting the conveyance of agricultural and
every other bulky produce.
The Wharncliffe viaduct at Hanwell is a splendid work.
The road bridges on the line struck me as very numerous,
owing to the great population and high state of cultivation ;
they are well constructed, and of 30 feet span. The bridge
Across the Thames at Maidenhead, consisting of two arches,
each of 120 feet span, is quite unparalleled in masonry. The
arches, I see, have stink about four inches since the centres
were struck, but as it was expected to settle more than it
really has, I conclude no injury will result from it; the arches,
indeed, appear perfectly sound.
On my return to London I was politely furnished by the
Secretary with a letter to the coach-makers for a sight of the
higher class carriages ; those built by Mr. Davies, of Osna-
burg-street, are truly tasteful and luxurious, and are worthy
of a line which conveys passengers, as will the Great Wes-
tern, to the Royal Palace of Windsor. I was informed that
the fares to Maidenhead by the ordinary carriages, are to be
3s. 6d. open, 4s. 6d. closed ; by the first-class carriage,
ss. 6d. ; and by the royal or posting carriage, 6s. 6d.; and
that passenger trains will start daily at 8,9, 10, 12, a. m., and
at 2,4, 5, and 6, p.m., both from London and Maidenhead,
besides the mail trains at 5, a.m., from Maidenhead, and half-
past 8, p.m., from London.
After a close investigation whilst here of the probable traffic
of this line, as well as the foregoing details of construction, I
am satisfied that the opening now intended for Monday, the
4th of June, will result in a degree of success to the pro-
prietary far exceeding that of any other railway. There is so
much ignorance on the subject of this line, that I think the
speed, safety, and comfort of travelling upon it, will burst on
the public, occasioning no small surprise, and lead to a decided
preference for such lines as are being constructed on the same
plan.

On the whole, I must conclude as I began, with assuring
you that I consider this hasty contribution as but a small act
of justice to the wise management of the Directors, and the
talent and judgment evince by Mr. Brunel, the engineer.
Indeed, I strongly advise other engineers, and my brother
Directors of other railways, at once to investigate, as [ have
done, and act with candour becoming the great charge com-
mitted to them and their high profession, instead of dealing so
freely in insinuations, and gratuitously calling the world to
witness, like the conjurors of Egypt, the devouring of their
little serpents by the miraculous serpent of their really in-
spired rival.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Long's Hotel, April 26, 1838. J. P.

THE LONDON UNIVERSITY.

On Saturday afternoon the distribution of prizes to the Stu-
dents of the Faculty of Medicine took place in the Theatre
of the London University College. There were about 600
ladies and gentlemen present.
The Bishop of DURIIANI having been chosen Chairman, said
that objections were urged by some parties to the spirit of com-
petition, it being thought that such rivalry would occupy jea-
lousy. It might be in undertakings which were covert and
secret, but in an institution like the present, he (the Chair-
man) felt assured that it acted as a stimulus for others to per-
seyere.—( Cheers.) In an institution like University Col-
lege, where the success of the student was hailed by his fel-
low-competitors as a reward of merit, it could never be sup-
posed that a feeling like the one he had alluded to could be
entertained.—( Loud cheers.)
The Report of the Faculty was then read by Professor
Quain, from which it appeared that the students entered for
the Faculty of Medicine had considerably multiplied—that
they were strict in attention to their studies—that great ad-
vantage would be derivable from the medical degrees granted
by the London University, as the courses of the College had
beer, admitted by the University of Edinburgh to be acade-
mical, and, as such, students of it would be available to gra-
duations in that University.—(The Report throughout was
i hailed with loud applause.)
The following distribution of prizes then took place :
PATHOLOGICAL AN ATOUY.-Professor Dr. Carswell.—
First Certificate and Gold Medal, Frederick W. Mackenzie ;
Second ditto, Thomas Lewis ; Third ditto, Benjamin Hob-
son, Welford, Northampton.
MEDICAL. JURISPRUDENCE.-Professor Dr. Thompson.—
First Certificate and First Prize, William Richard Rogers ;
Second ditto and Second ditto, Alexander Campbell.
BOTANY.—Professor Dr. Lindley.—First Certificate and
Gold Medal, Henry Thomas Normansell ; Second ditto and
Silver ditto, W. A. Raper, Horsham, Sussex.
ANATOMY (SZNIoIt CLASS).—Professor Quain.—First Cer-

tificate and Gold Medal, Wm. R. Ancram ; Second ditto, and
First Silver Medal, Henry John Carter; Third ditto, and
Second ditto, George Gibson Holmes.
JUNIOR CLASS.—First Certificate and Silver Medal, M. T.
Davis, Brecon, Breconshire.
OBSTETRIC MEDICINE.—Professor Davis.—First Certificate
and Gold Medal, Wm. R. Ancram ; Second ditto, and First
Silver ditto, Benjamin Hobson, Welford, Northamptonshire;
Third ditto, and Second ditto, R. C. Roberts, Ruabon, Den-
bighshire.

—ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.—Professor Dr. Sharpey.—
First Certificate and Gold Medal, John B. Tailor, Wood-
bridge, Suffolk ; Second ditto, and First Silver Medal, W. A.
Raper, Horsham, Sussex ; Third ditto, and Second ditto,
Richard Quain, Mallow, Ireland.
CIIRMISTRY..—Professor Graham, First Certificate and
Gold Medal, Mr. Wm. Miller, Paisley ; Second ditto, and
First Silver Medal, Mr. W. A. Raper; Third ditto, and
Second dittd, Mr. John B. Carlill, Hull.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.—Professor D. Grant.—First
Certificate and Gold Medal, Mr. Hobson.
MAMMA MEDlCA.—Professor Dr. Thomson.—First Cer-
tificate and Gold Medal, ; Second ditto, and First
Silver Medal, ; Third ditto, and Second ditto, J. C.
Cust, Barnard Castle, Durham.
SURGERY.—Frofessor Cooper.—First Certificate and Gold
Medal, Mr. Thomas Lewis, Carmarthen ; Second ditto, and
First Silver Medal, Mr. G. Gibson Holmes ; Third ditto,
and Second ditto, Mr. Benjamin Hobson.

PRACTICE OF MErnciNE.--Professor Dr. Elliotson.—First
Certificate and Gold Medal, Edward Woodridge, Chiches-
ter ; Second ditto, and First Silver Medal, Robert Ibeson,
Barnsley ; Third ditto, and Second ditto, Alexander Camp-
bell, London.
FELLOWES'S CLINICAL GOLD MaDAI. (FIRST PRESENT-
MRNT).—First Gold Medal, Mr. S. Hodson, Liverpool ;
Second ditto, Mr. Wm. Wood, Selsoe.
On the conclusion of the distributions, the Chairman stated
that the receipts of the Institution had last session exceeded
the expenditure by 1,0001., and there had been an increase of
57 pupils in the Faculty of Medicine and Arts.

His Excellency M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minis-
ter, took his departure for the Hague yesterday morning by
the Batavier steamer for Rotterdam.