The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

applied to a new series of processes which had rendered
the atoms of matter as obedient in the hands of the artist
as t hey were formerly in the laboratory of Davy, when he
devoted his gigantic energies to the study of chemical
pKilosophy. Dr. Reid then concluded by tharadng
tile audience for the patient attention which they had
-given to his illustrations, stating that he would take an
early opportunity of resuming them again, and ex-
pressing a hope that the time would not be
long delayed when instruction in sciences would
be introduced in all elementary schools, where the
progress of science could not fail to advance with
an accelerated pace in proportion to the number who de-
vote their attention to it, and perhaps develope new powers
as interesting as those that had markod the introduction of
gas, steam, the daguerreotype, the electrotype, and that
innumerable host of discoveries that had characterised
the present times.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The greater part of the day was occupied in the settle-
n-ent of the Ascot accounts, and with a discussion arising
out of the resolution of the Jockey Club referred to by
us yesterday, which resolution was posted in the " Sub
acription Room" this day. On application to a Noble
Lord, who was a loser to the defaulter, he refused to pay
upon principle. The proceeding, he said, was without
precedent, and unaccompanied by those assurances which
would justify a belief that the account of the defaulter
would, in reality, be settled either now or at any futur,
time, and if the defaulter would come forward personally
and settle his account, and pay and receive, pari pit ssu,
his Lordship was ready and willing at once to pay over
to him the sum which he had lost, but he could not r.•ecog-
nize the justice of a one-sided settlement in which all who
were indebted should be called on to pay-at once, Wane those
who were creditors might have to wait an indet;.nite period
and depend on circumstances which might or Wight not have
a favourable issue. It had been said of h;_m that he had
originally refused to pay the defaulter, and had thereby
driven him from the yard, whereas, in fact, no applica-
tion had been made to him, nor did he s,erive in the yard
until long after the defaulter had retircii. After a good
deal of argument, in which the Noble Lord contended
that his refusal to pay did not arise from any disinclina-
tion to meet the demand against him., but from a desire
to sustain the wholesome rule, " thst those who were un-
able to pay should not be permitted to receive ;" he de-
clared himself willing to ham)_ over the amount of his
loss instanter, provided the assignees would give a
guarantee that all the crvjitors should be paid in full.
This was at first resisted, 1-Jut finally the assignees signed
the following undertakir.g
We the undersigned guarantee that the account of
Mr. shall be paid in full by the end of Houghton
Meeting." Upon this document being placed in the
hands of one of the Stewards of the Jockey Club, the
Noble Lord referred to forthwith paid the sum claimed
of him, and publicly expressed a hope that all other
persons indebted to the defaulter would immediately
follow his example. All he desired, he said, was to pre-
vent the establishment of a precedent which might here-
after lead to mischievous consequences.
The confusion arising out of this unpleasant affair, in
terfered so much with speculations on "coming events,"
that the only bets which came under our observation
were the following :

THE GOODWOOD CUP.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Galen—taken
20 to 1 agst Duke of Orlean's Nautilus—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord H. Seymour's Oakstick—taken
ST. LEGER.
5 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh
18 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Osberton—taken
DERBY, 1842.
30 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's colt—taken
35 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Curator—taken

GUILDFORD RACES.---MoNnay.
He: Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three-yrs-old, 7st 51b;
4 yrs, 9st 1113; 5 yrs, 9st 111 b; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 21b.
Two mile heats.
Mr. Goodman's ch c Belgrade, 3 yrs ~, 1 1
Mr. T. Gibbon's Corner, 3 yrs
13ndcl's Adrian, aged.
3 3
The following were not placed :—Mr. Connop's ch c Odds
Bobs, 4 yrs, and Colonel Wyndham's Nongifted, 4 yrs. A
very good race.
A - th

matcl ras been made to come off over the Derby course,
at Epiom, ou Saturday next, between Mr. Anderson s Hugo,
and Mr. Mason's Gay Lad, llst 71b each ; 200 soya., p. p.

TFIE WEATHER.—NooN, JUNE 15.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DELA DE-STREET.
Barometer
Tlarnmometer... 59 Highest 7O Lowest .. 52
Wind N. W. —Freezing Point 32 Deg.

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COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Majesty and Prince Albers left Buckingham
Palace at. -twenty minutes befora te3 o'clock yesterday
morning, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a
party of Hussars, for Nuneham, Oxfordshire, the seat of
his G rcc the Archbishon of York. A chariot and four
foib, wed, containing Colonel IVemyss and Sir Edward
Bo,rater, the Equerries in Waiting. Another (open)
RJyal carriage and four, contained Lady Barham, Lady
In ; Hon. Miss Paget, Maid of Honour in Wait-
SnT ; Lord Poltimore, Lord in Waiting ; and Lord
George Lennox, Gentleman in Waiting on his Royal
Eighness.
Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their
carriage by the Lord Steward, the Vice-Chamberlain,
Lord. B rote. Hon. Sir William Lumley, Groom in
Weitin Y, and the Master of the Household.
rM:arquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne left town
yest,:e4y, to have the honour of joining the Royal Circle
at N--.neham, last evening.
Tiz Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens,
/el', town yesterday afternoon for Windsor.
The )uchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge,
Nttem!ed by Baron linesebeek, honoured the Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort with their company at dinner last
evenin?,-. at their residence in Arlington-street.
The. Mayor of Manchester, and the Town Clerk of
AFLael,:ster, had an interview with the Marquis of Nor-
manh yesterday, at the Home-office.
Ir.i)cr-General John Harvey and Mr. Watts had
_:rviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Co-
lo-Ai:A-office.

A Deputation, consisting of the Marquis of Breadal-
'bane, the Earl of Burlington, Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., the
Actron'imer Royal, and Mr. Baily, had an interview with
the o.lfuicellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
resi:.ence in Downing-street.
baron I)imsdale, Sir John Guest, M.P., 'lord MA-
Jhuven, z.:l-1 the Earl Fitzwilliam, had interviews yester-
*day w'.th the Marquis of Normanby, at the Home-office.
Duspatche:i From New Zealand and Gibraltar were re-
ceitil yesterday at the Colonial-office.

3IADLT.E. RACHEL'S BENEFIT.
Las,, evening this eelbrated French actress took her
lbencnt at the Italian Opera- house, and performed for
the last time this season in England. The house was
'crowded to excess. The tragedy of illaric Stuart, by
M. I*l;nua, selected or the occasion, and admirably
weir wae performed. We will net enter into the merits
of 'se pi oce, beeause almost every part of it is at variant:!
with instoricil facts ;nd erson acuainted with
English history could see itno peprformed without feeling
great, regret that such a fine still-lea should have been so
spoiled by the most incongruous and absurd in-
lademoiselle Rachel represented the ill-
tfitted Queen of Scotland. Madame Irma Laporte
reprenaited Queen Elizabeth, and M. Laporte performed
the part of Sir Amias Patilet. These parts were all well
pertormA. Madame Laporte is an excellent actress,
and 11/It6 surpassed only by the representative of Marie
Stuart. ' M. Delholme (Sir Andrew Melville) also de-
serves great praise for the correct manner in which he
represented the old and faithful counsellor of the Queen
,of the Scots. The tragedy altogether had ample justice
done to it, and the' only regret is that Madame Rachel did
not :.elect for her benefit some of the fine old works of Cor-
tielile or Voltaire, in which historical facts and power
nil description are combined. The applause during the
performance was not enthusiastic, but this is to be attri-
buted to the defects of the piece, and not to the performers.
At the fall of the curtain Madame Rachel was loudly called
for, and on her appearance was greeted with great acclama-
tion. We may take this opportunity of noticing the admir-
able- arrangement at this theatre for the convenience of
the public in general, and particularly for ladies. The
Tit, of course, was crowded, and for some time ladies were
obliged to stand in the passages, but they were not subjected
to this inconvenience long. A gentleman connected
with the establishment went round the pit.regularl-, and
wh.,n centletnen were not sufficiently polite to give up
their places to ladies, he found accommodationh
in the boxes. 1% are happy to pay this tribute of
prx,ise to the excellent management of M. Laporte.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR. The late alleged coalition between the Tory
monopolists and the Chartists, seems to me such a mon-
strosity in politics, and so great a deviation from all the
principles of common sense and self-preservation, that I
cannot help expressing my astonishment at the folly of
this deluded party. Through your honest and deservedly-
popular paper, I would ask them the following ques-
tions, viz. :-L'When a reportlately went the round of
the monopolist press of a slight mitigation in the punish-
ment of Frost, Williams, and Jones, on their arrival at
the penal settlement, did not the entire Tory press rise
up, as one man, in gross and violent abuse of the Go-
vernment, as the instruments of this leniency ? Were
they not charged as instigators and encouragers of sedi-
tion ? Did not Tory Members in both Houses of Par-
liament stand up in their places, and call the Ministers
to a severe account as the " originators of a foul con-
spiracy against the peace and welfare of the country?"
Was not the Government also charged as having con-
nived at, if not planned, the flaw in the legal proceed-
ings at Monmouth, by which their lives were saved ?
And yet this hood-winked and misled men now come
forward to support that party who would not be satisfied
with anything less than the blood or the torture of their
unfortunate leaders.

Not finding these strong circumstances noticed in The
Sun, or any other of the people's papers, I take the
liberty of addressing you on the subject—trusting, that
should you deem these remarks worthy of insertion,
you will put them in a stronger and more efficient form
to public view.

I am, Sir, &c.
AN (EVSTALMENT) CHARTIST AND
ANTI-MONOPOLIST.
[Our Correspondent is mistaken. The subject has
been inserted in The Sun, but it is goof to bring it again
before the public.]

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NEW AND HORRIBLE ATTEMPT
ON THE LIFE OF THE DUKE OF NORMAN-
DY, SECOND SON OF LOUIS XVI. AND
MARIE ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE.
About four weeks ago this unfortunate Prince was officially
informed that his life was in danger ; but strong in his confi-
dence in the Almighty, he contented himself by replying that
he would make intimation ofit to the police. According to his cus-
tom, he went to town upon the business of his new invention, and
returned to his residence in the country, where for some time
past he had established his laboratory or workshop, for the
manufacture of certain military arms. We have already given
accounts in our papers of the 4th, 11th, and 18th of April of
his new and formidable projectile, submitted to the inspection
of a committee of superior officers at Woolwich, at the same
time specifying that the committee had sent to the Prince
twelve thirty-two pounder bombs, and at his desire, another
eighty-two pounder, that so, he might, on a large scale,
exercise the full powers of his invention upon them.
During the time that his Royal Highness was engaged
in making the necessary preparations for this purpose,
various agents, hired by the Prince's political enemies,
and suitably disguised, after bribing the servants, fraudulently
introduced themselves into his house while he was absent,
though they but imperfectly succeeded in their diabolical
project. The Prince always works secretly, and these wretches,
having won over the fidelity of his domestic, found their way,
by that means, into the laboratory. The Prince, on his re-
turn, discovered noshing, except noticing that a key, similar
to his own, had been left in the house ; whereupon he repeated
his severest injunctions against any person, on any pretext,
being admitted into the house, and discharged forthwith the
suspected servant. The day following, the Prince, having re-
turned from the city, to adjust a piece of mechanism for his
preparative trial, was thus occupied, when fire (the prepared
material of which had evidently been- conveyed into the room
during his absence, and concealed in a heap of combustibles)
suddenly blazed out from a corner of the apartment. In less
than three seconds, the entire room was in flames; unfortu-
nately he had left, near the window, a small barrel fall
of inflammable ingredients, ant which formed a
component of his Royal Highness's invention. The
Prince, terrified at danger so imminent, sprang into the
midst of the fire to snatch away the barrel that he might
hurl it through the window ; but at this moment, the stuff
it contained ignited, and the explosion was inevitable. Although
the barrel was already lifted to the window, by which alone the
explosion became less perilous, the Prince's face was dreadfully
burnt, his left hand cruelly injured, and almost shattered, and
his right terribly burnt. The Prince then beheld himself
surrounded by flames, through which he was compelled to rush
to make his escape by the door; scarcely, however, was he out
of danger when he remembered that, in the same room, in a
corner to the right, he had left the machine destined to be
tried at Woolwich, which was his only hope, and on which he
had sacrificed his last resources. Seizing water in haste, he
threw himself anew into the flames, fighting against them, and
an almost certain death, with the courage of a lion. His shirt
caught fire and scorched and lacerated his body. By means
of two other measures of water, he at last succeeded in extin-
guishing the fire, unaided by any other person.
The Prince has made a representation to the police, and
furnished them with such necessary clues as shall lead to the
discovery of the authors of this atrocious act. Justice awaits them
—her eye is already upon certain individuals known to have been,
on more occasions than one, guilty of other conspiracies against
the unfortunate son of Louis XVI. Let us hope that this time
the criminals, whosoever they may be, will not escape the im-
partial justice of our country.

—EITH.TAKING THE CENSUS.—III several
of the localities in a town like Leith, it was expected
that considerable opposition would be offered to the
enumerators in taking up the census. This has turned
out the reverse •, every facility, as far as we observed, or
have learned, has been given, although some strange
notions were entertained as to the meaning or object of
the returns. " Eh! sir," exclaimed a uce-looking
David Deans, " what did David mak' by numbering the
people ?—and didna ye bring the ctiolera on us the
last time it was done among ourselves ?" " This will
be some of the Queen's nonsense, nae," said an
old woman, herself well numbered in years ; " I
thou„-ht that, now that she has got a bairn to nurse, she
wad Tae had something else to do than read ower folks'
names wi' their ages ! but some folk has an unto deal o'
curiosity !" "Is this about the Corn Bill ?" inquired a
third ; "if it will only gie us cheap meal, I'se no only
gie my ain name and age, but that o' my cousin and a'
her family that's awa to One Demon's Land, as weil as
that o' our Jock that's awa to the West Ingies !" "An-
other," unconscious of the pun, " declared that this po-
pulation business was enough to put folk out o'
their senses !" It will naturally be supposed
that unmarried females of a certain age would
wish to take advantage of the " five years'" dis-
count allowed—but human nature is the same at all
stages of life—many a wrinkled dame appeared not only
pleased
to be supposed younger than she really was, but
actually prigged a few years under ; as if the fact of
being put down s
willwouldo number them cheatthefeemll
w tyrant,iththothoaltodisn
ofa
few years, at most,
the
valley. Poor frail humanity ! It is pardonable
after all to sometimes not look the enemy in the face ;
for noontm
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whensCbarltehsey shall b
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upon
Oh ! this were a bright world,
Most pleasant and gay,
Did love never languish,
Nor friendship decay.

.Scotsman.

BAD LA W.—lt is strictly demonstrable that
the causes which have continually crushed the energies
of industry have been legislation. The sacrifice of
human labour entailed upon this country by the corn and
colonial monopolies, and on restrictive commercial law,
amount to nearly one-third of the value of all the ex-
changeable commodities produced annually in the United
Kingdom. Remember that more than 1,200,000,000/. of
the produce of this country went to purchase human
bones to fertilize the soil of Europe during the conti-
nental war ; and though the actual amount was never
paid, three-fourths of it was positively consumed—and
Rosterity has been made debtors for the remainder,—
Pau/eon's Lectures.

bell (Leffid*.is an old puritanical innkeeper
at Dover ; fo which place they embark, in order
to introduce Marcel to his uncle--from whom thei.ex-
pect to inherit the inn. On their arrival they find that
the supposed Queen and her suite have taken up their
abode at the inn. Trumbell at first sends information
to the the Sheriff, but finding the Nobility flock in to
pay their respects, he thinks it to his interest to become
a Royalist, waxes zealous in the Royalist cause, kisses
the Queen's hand, believes himself ennobled thereby,
and says that Marcel is no longer worthy of an alli-
ance with his family. Francine, hearing the name of
Marcel turns all of a sudden fearful that he should
marry Simonne, and is with great difficulty re-
strained by the Count from at once abdicating.
She retires, and Marcel, who has been des-
patched to endeavour to regain Trumbell's letter to
the Sheriff, returns, and is posted as sentinel at the
door of the royal chamber. Francine enters, and
Marcel recognises the features as those of Fran-
cine, but yet is restrained by his fear lest it might
be the Queen. Francine, after enjoying his embar-
rassment some time, at length makes herself known,
but just at that instant the Cromwellian authorities enter,
and the whole party are carried to Dover Castle under
arrest. Trumbell once more becomes the strict Puritan,
and Francine, to her great horror, overhears a party of
drunken soldiers discussing the propriety of shooting
her at once. Marcel, however, makes his way into
her dungeon, with a disguise, for the purpose
of enabling her to make her escape, when the success of
Monk and the landing of Charles render all further dis-
guise unnecessary, and the Queen of a Day and her
lover are handsomely provided for by the grati-
tude of the restored Monarch. Here are two
grand historical mistakes. In the first place, Charles
was not married at the time of his restoration, and in the
next place the gratitude of the Merry Monarch was even
more than problematical. These liberties, however, are
allowable whenever the author, as in the present instance,
atones for them by presenting us with an interestingplot.
The music is of a very brilliant character, combining
sweetness with science. Some of the melodies are ex-
quisitely beautiful ; such, for instance, as the rondeau,
Wealth to win," in the second act, which was most
tastefully sung by Wilson, and deservedly encored. In
the higher walk of musical composition nothing
can be finer than Miss Romer's opening scena, in
the third act, " Captive in this Palace," which was
given with intense effect, and was rapturously applauded.
The cavatina of " I must dress like Queen" in the first
act, is full of the true vis comics, and was given with
admirable espieglerie by Miss Romer. The concerted
pieces are most artistically composed, and the musical
public are under great obligations to the Surrey ma-
nagement for the opportunity it has afforded them of hear-
ing the best comic opera of the day, in a style quite
equal to anything that has ever been produced in the way
of opera of late years. Leffler made a right jolly Puritan
landlord, and was most comically unctuous in the chorus
song of " The Valiant Puritan." The costumes were su-
perb, and the scenery beautiful, the whole closing with a
tableau vivant from West's celebrated picture of the
landing of Charles 11. Miss Romer was called for at
the fall of the curtain, and was led on by Wilson and
Leffler, and loudly cheered ; and Wilson announced the
opera for repetition every evening amidst the unanimous
applause of one of the most crowded houses we have ever
seen. This is a fresh musical triumph for the Surrey.
It wa,a here that Donizetti's best comic opera, The Love
Spell, was first presented in an English dress, and we
'..,onfidently predict that A Queen for a Day will have even
a greater run than The Love Spell.