The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
NEWMARKET,,SUI•MAY AFTERNOON.—The Races this
week do not afibrd much scope for speculation, being composed
chiefly of matches, of which there Ore an unusual number. On
the two first days the stakes on which the betting will principally
rest, are the Grand Duke Michael's and the St. Leger Stakes;
of the former nothing has yet been said, but considerable inte-
rest exists on the latter, as besides several others, Rufus and
Middleton ( winner of the Derby)are entered. The betting hither-
to has been cautious ; for though Middleton is of course the fa- •
vourite, yet there are many who favour Rufus from his being
in a manner on his own ground, and from its having been as-
serted that he will be jockied by Buckle, who so well knows
how to manage him ; we have also heard it hinted that Middle-
, ton is not wellomd will not be allowed to start, but this is not
authenticated. The above are the only horses in this Stakes
upon which any betting has taken place, Middleton being
against the field at even, and Rufus at about 2 to I.—Some
slight business has been done this morning on the Derby, at
the following odds :-
10 to 1 agst The General 16 to 1 .agst Bolivar
12 to 1 —Cedric I2oto 1 —Any other.
16 to 1 Sophist
Nothing has been done. in the Oaks or Doncaster St. Leger
Stakes.—The appointments for to-morrow have already ap-
peared in THE SUN.

CHESTERFIELD RACES, SEPT. 29.
Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each, for all ages. Two miles.
Sir G. Sitwell's b. h. Plumper, 5 yrs - - - 1
Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. Escape, 3 yrs - - - 2
Lord-Milton'c br. f. Beatrice, 8 yrs - - - 3
Mr. Monday's bl. f. by Blacklock, 3 yrs =• - . 4
The Noblemen and Gentlemens' Plate of 60 soy.
Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. The Miller of Mansfield - 1 1
Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Whiskerandos . - - 2 2
Mr. Davey's b. in. Elsom Witch, 5 yrs - . 3 3

TifE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Alaratng Papers, Oct. 3, 18.25.

[NEW TIMES.]
In the French Papers we have not much of in-
terest. It is a pity that they should think it ne-
cessary to -occupy so much of their space with
theology ; for, although we shall most readily
Own that religion ought to form a great portion of
our thoughts, it is not absolutely necessary that
discussions on points which have been amply
discuaied,.pro and con, three hundred years ago,
should be the staple commodities of our every-
day articles. The prevalence of such topics in the
French Papers only proves that our neighbours,
in spite of their boasts, are some generations be-
hind us in pOint of civilization. Who in this.couo-
try,but for the situation of unhappy lrelata,would
trouble himself to know any thing about the
disputes of Catholic and Protestant, except as a
matter of history ? And even in the Irish contro-
versies, who thinks it matter of faith to be quite
prepared in all the decisions of all the dogma-
Lists, front the beginning of Christianity, which
' seems to he a sine qua non of the French arguers,
who, nevertheless, on both sides, conduct the dis-
pute most lamely and inefficiently ? It is merely
a proof that knowledge is new in France, in
spite of all the blustering that we hear from
the great nation. The political institutions in
Germany are defective, and there . is not as
good government in some parts of it as might
be wished ; but we may safely venture to
say, that in no part of G✓rnlany could such a
controversy as that conducted by the Jesuits
and their antagonists in France be carried on for
a moment. The German arguers On both sides
would know every thing—the French disputant
know nothing ; and they provoke our spleen by
filling the little space which their tiny News-
papers afford, with discussions which we have
seen better done, in every point of view, five
hundred times, in volumes written any time with.
in the last three centuries.

[TUE PUBLIC LEDO En."
We learn from St. Pete.rsburgh that the Ern,
peror set out on his tour to the Southern pro-
vinces on the 13th ult. He would proceed first
of all to Taganrog, where the reigning Empress
is to rebide for some months, her health requiring
a mild climate. Her Majesty set out two days
after the Emperor, and was accompanied by •
Prince Wolckonsky, first Aid-de-Camp, and, we
believe, chief favourite, of his Imperial Majesty.
Tagnarog is not far from the Turkish frontiers, a
circumstance which the ingenuity of some of our
contemporaries will no doubt twist into a warlike
sign. Besides, it is stated: that Count Wittgen-
stein, who commands the army in Bessarabia
will shortly return to his head-quarters ; and,
with the least talent, a pretty alarming article may
be made out of these two circumstances.--But,
unfortunately, the season is too far advanced for
hostilities ; and a winter campaign on the Danube
would exceed the hardihood, and hOOll exhaust
the patience-even of a Russian soldier. At this
season of the year the roads are perfectly itn7
'practicable in Moldavia ;-lend- the Emperor must
wait till the beginning of. May if he has hostile
designs on the Turkish empire. In the mean tittie,
the demonstrations of the other leading powers ap-
pear to be quite pacific. The Emperor of Austria
is amusing himself, and his llungariaa subjectS,
with the pageantry of a Coronation,of which some
particulars are given is the .d Igemeine Zeiturig; and
the King of Prussia is relaxing his mind, front the
weight of political cares, by :nixing in the light
and gay scenes of the French capital. We also
perceive, from an article headed Berlin, that his
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Bernstorff,
has been spending his vacation at time baths of
Ems ; and all these circumstances, it must heal-
lowed, are a good set off against the alarming in-
telligence from Sr. Petersburgh. It is clear, we
link, that there never was less reason to a ppre-

►end hostilities than there is at prese►►t ; and, as

to the future, it is neither consistent with our
philosophy to seek evils f.o far off, nor is our pe-
netration equal to the task.

[THE TEM ES.]
We have received the Paris Papers of T hurs-
da y and Friday last : their contents are not of
much importance, as they abound inure in spkti-
lation than in fact. A letter from Madrid, dated
the 19th ult., states that the creation of the new
Financial Junta has excited greater hopes and
fears than any measure which ha; been wlopted
since the last restoration. Unfortunately,. hoar-
ever, neither that nor' any other tneasure can he
carried into effect ‘%ithout the interfel enee •of
foreign Governments or the aid of French
bayonets. It is stated in the same letter from
Madrid, that the Danish Minister had been re-
called, at the instigation of the French Ambas-
sador, who had, moreover, obtained an order to
prevent his _ Excellency front passing through
Paris on his return. The Madrid Gazelle of the
19th contains an account of the int rod oeticin of
the United States' Ambassador, "l r. Everett, and
a report of the speech delivered by his Excel-
lency to the Spanish Court on the occasion. He
speaks of the feelings of friendship "which the
44 geographical situation of the two nations
64 vices them to cultivate ;" and mentions, that
46 nature, in placing them in the neighbourhood
44 of each other, on different important points of
44 their possessions, appears to have invited them
"to be friends." Have Mr. Everett's expres-
sions been fairly translated to the people of
Spain ; or has his Excellency really given into
the humbug of allowing his Catholic Majesty to
suppose that he is still in possession of provinces
‘shich the American. Government has declared
independent.

r MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The working classes of Glasgow, on Monday
last, voted a piece of plate to Mr. Hume,
" whereon appropriate designs will be engraved."
It is an understood matter that speeches addreis-
ed to sa public assembly ought to be as eloquent
as possible, and it is but doing ju4t ice to the Glas-
gow Mechanics, to say, that, if we inay judge
from the report in the Free Press, there was no
lack of eloquence among them on this occasion.

If they had been trained in the country of elo-
quence itself, they could not have expressed
their gratitude to Mr. Hume in more sound-
ing periods. " We have not met (says
Mr. Berry, from the Tailors' Society) to
eulogize a blood-stained .conqueror, who, by
immolating hecatombs of fellow-mortals, has
pushed his way to the pinnacle of human
glory—(cheers.)—We appreciate not the merits
of him' who has gained the plaudits of a world at
the expence of! outraged humanity, and whose
laurels wither by the de2p-drawn sigh of the
widow and the orphan. No, Sir, another theme, a
theme worthy the finest feelings of the soul is ours.
Is there one in this assembly, whose bosom bounds
not with exultation at the name of Hume—(great
applause.)—ls there one amongst us who appre-
ciates not the value of those services which have
brought liberty and independence within the grasp
of every artizan ? Forbid it, Heaven ! Forbid
that gratitude, that pure, that angelic virtue,
should be found wanting in one solitary bosom.
No—rather let the exclamation of every one he
—we know how to suffer, but we know not how
to be ungrateful—(Loud cheers.)"—This is all
very well, and as Mr. flume really exerted
himself in a most strenuous manner to secure for
them impartial treatment, fighting for them
through good and bad report, they can hardly
he too warm i►► the expression of their gra-
titude to him. But there is a time for elo-
quence and a time for deliberation ; and un-
fortunately the greatest enemy to deliberation is
eloquence. In deliberation we ought carefully
to guard against the seductions of passion, and
what is called eloquence is an endeavour to make
passion instead of reason the counsellor, and
through. the excitement of feelings, to. disturb
the operations of the mind. Whether, there-
fore, Eloquence play her pranks through a Mem-
ber of the Tailors' Society, or a Member of Par-
Hament, somebody is sure to pay for them. The
cost of Mr. Pitt's speeches has been millions of
money, and hundreds of thousands of lives. The
Glasgow eloquence is likely to be less costly—it
only prevents the workmen from understanding
'the true nature of their situation.

PRESS.]
By the extracts from the Oriental. Spectator, it
will he seen that Commodore Hamilton, who was
lately represented as having identified himself
with the Greek Patriots, has been obliged, in
defence of the interests of British commerce, to
blockade the port of Hydra. This fact is a com-
plete answer to all the statements which have re-
cently appeared in the Frencli and German
Papers. Ibrahim Pacha is evidently in a critical
situation in the centre of the Morea. By union
and energy the Patriots may yet bring this cam-
paign to a victorious conclusion, decisive of the-
struggle in which they are engaged.

Saturday proved a very uninteresting day on
the Sock Exchanges, as might naturally have been looked for
after the heavy settlement on Friday. Consols, in which very.
few transactions occurred, opened at 88k, but they afterwards
declined to 8 8, at which price they closed. The business in
the Foreign :Market was equally unimportant. The following
prices were reported in the different stocks in which any busi-
ness worth recording took place : Greek Scrip 24., 24 discount ;
Mexican ditto, I I ld discount ; Guatemala ditto, 4 :q dis-
count ; Brazilian ditto, 94 84 discount ; Danish ditto, q 6 dis-
count; Colombian Bonds, 7-14 5 ; and Old Spanish Bonds,
164 17.—There was some jobbing in a few of the Shares in the
early part of the morning at advancing prices. Bolivar Shares
were a good deal inquired after at 19 21. Potosi Shares also•
improved ; they were to-day at F discount to premium ; and•
Pasco Peruvian Shares were done at 7 ;.—(ibid.)

' are the cause of mourning to so many fami-
lies. In the present instance, however, the
parents who surrendered their children into
the fatal grasp of an impostor acted with such
gross stupidity, as hardly allows them any
claim to commiseration. It appears by a state-
ment copied into our Paper of Saturday, that the
operator was an itinerant quack, who undertook
to supersede vaccination, by inoculating' with the
virus of that distemper which science and hu-
manity are rapidly eradicating from among man-
kind. Without pretending to decide the question,
whether vaccination is a total preventive of the
small-pox, experience warrants us in saying, that
if the latter ever follows the former, it is of so
mitigated a nature as to be comparatively harm-
less. In no place where vaccination is general,
have the cruel and desolating effects of the small-
pox been experienced. We had hoped that by
this time even the most obstinate prejudice had
beets obliged to submit to the evidence of facts,
yet we find that, in the city of Salisbury, a tra-
velling quack has met with popular encourage-
ment for undertaking to bring back a distemper
which scourged mankind like a pestilence,
making its periodical visits of devastation—
chastising human nature with loathsoMeness,
deformity, or death ! Can any thing be more
deplorable than a state of ignorance which
afforded a field for the operations of such
brutal imposture ? Any person who should
wilfully introduce the plague into society, and
labour to diffuse it, would, if one person fell a
victim to his project, be convicted of murder,
and no doubt be executed amid general execra-
tions. But here -Is one-who, for sordid gain,
revives a distemper which is a sort of " minor
plague," and lets it forth to ravage society once
more. We would not, on light grounds, wish to I
see the penal code enlarged, but cases of this
kind ought not to be without a remedy. Severity
to the offenders would be mercy to the public.
The needy and desperate being, who relies on
the " craps and cocked pistol" for a criminal
livelihood, is not capable of doing such ex-
tensive mischief as the wretch who, under
the pretence of medical knowledge, plunders
his deluded victims of property and life. By
the old law of this country, if a physician or
surgeon gave his patient a medicine, or perform-
ed an operation to cure him, which, contrary to
expectation, killed him, this was neither murder
nor manslaughter, but misadventure ; but if he
were not a regular physician or surgeon who ad-
ministered the medicine, or performed the opera.
tion, it was manslaughter at the least. By this dis-
tinction the law allowed for the fallibility of men of
science, who, with their utmost skill, will sometimes
find that which appears theoretically right, to be
experimentally wrong, while it repressed the au-
dacity of the ignorant pretender, by placing the
perils of felony before his eyes. This law
has, however, fallen into disease. The impos-
tors, who, like the " travelling quack," open
the Pandora's box of evils wherever they come,
have no fear of the Statute-book to 'deter
them in their crusade against the health and
ha;tpiness of mankind. Poisoning is indeed
still a capital offence—that is, the species of
poisoning which is attended with particular
malice, and which seldom occurs; but the more
general sort of poisoning, under pretence of heal-
ing, is no crime at all. Those people of Salisbury,
who allowed the quack to introduce the small-pox
'.into their families, may be thought to merit little
sympathy—but their children, the victims of their
folly, were innocent, and their neighbours, who
suffered or will suffer through them, are greatly
to be pitied. It is impossible to say how wide the
ravages of that destructive disease may extend,
%Olen it is once let loose upon the population of a
town. Surely the community ought to be protected
against the repetition of such a crime. The very
mention of it must
,excite horror in the mind of
every one, but those who subscribe to the revolt-
ing creed of Messrs. Malthus and M'Culloch, that
the natural increase of population is one of the
worst evils which can befal a country. Our Eng-
lish law has many defects ; but it is not so ab-
surd as their " philosophy ;" and we do hope it
will guard the interests of humanity in this re-
spect from further instances of barbarous and
guilty viofttion.

TOBAcco.—Taking tobacco, was much ridi-
culed by men of fashion in the reign of King JAMES 1., and.
tbat Monarch in his Apothegms spoke ofitasfollows:—" That
tobacco was the lively image and pattern of Hell, for that it
hati'lly allusion in it all the parts and vices of the world where-
by Hell may be gained wit, first, it was a smoke ; so are
all the vanities of this world. Secondly, it delighteth them who
take it • so do all the pleasures of the world delight the men of
the world. Thirdly, it maketh men drunk and light in the-
head ; so do all the vanities of the world—men are drunken
therewith.„—FourthlY, he that taketh tobacco saith he cannot
leave it, it doth bewitch him ; even so the pleasures of the
world make men loath to leave them, they are for the .m 0,.,;
part so enchanted with them. Anti further, besides all this, it
is like.llell in the very substance of it, for it is a'stinkingloath-
some thing ; and so is Hell. And further his Majesty professed,
that were he to invite the Devil to a. dinner, .he should have
three dishes ; first, a pig ; second, a poll of ling and mustard ;
and third, a pipe of tobacco for digesture."