The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—" The waif, timbers which support our mer-
Cantile power are rapidly giving way." Such are the
ominous words employed by one of the best mercantile
Writers of the day, in an excellent article of Satur-
day last. It gives rise to two reflections : Ist, What
are the Government of the country doing to prevent so
awful a calamity ? and, 2dly, What is the mercantile
interest itself doing ? To both questions there is,
Was! but one reply—Nothing. No! Firm after
flrrn, of hitherto unblemished character and reputed
wealth, has to succumb ; consternation and dismay
are in every countenance ; ruin appears overhanging
; no one knows who to trust, and each regards
himself as in his turn suspected—and yet nothing is
done. That merchants should be silent is not so much
to be wondered at, for their hands are full, and with
Ntinful, pressingly painful, matter ; but that the Go-
vernment, they whose peculiar office it should be to
watch for, and embrace opportunities of assistance
and aid to merchants, that they should repose at ease,
with folded arms and stoical indifference, i 3 most
strange, nay, culpable nay, fearfully, awfully
wicked.

What is to be done Q That's the question, the stir-
ring important question. I say, turn out the incapables.
I respect Lord John Russell, but he is only slow at
masking up his mind, and as for Sir Charles Wood,
he sees no cause for anxiety. If so, let Lord John
resign the reins to a " faster" man. Let Sir Robert
Peel be summoned to office. It is well known he left
himself a loop-hole, by silence on the subject in his
last Tamworth manifesto, to alter his Currency Bill.
Let him be tried. But let it be done at once. I am
a. supporter of the present Government, but they are
not acting up to the mark; they are timid, frightened,
at their wit's end. I call upon the merchants of
London to take the initiative, to strike high, and at
once memorialise her Majesty to call Sir Robert Peel
to her Councils. The country are prepared, and will
gladly respond. But let it be done at once—time is
recious. Firms are being ruined—fortunes are being
Wt. Merchants of London, up and be duing !
I am, Sir, yours truly,
Hull, Oct. 4, ] 847. A MERCHANT.

THE ROYAL PARK-KEEPERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,-It appears rather derogatory to a country
like this, to see the royal park-keepers dressed in their
green and gold liveries, retailing cakes and lollipops,
but such is the case, at least in St. James's-park,
where they enjoy a monopoly of the trade in these
articles; and from the desire evinced by the public
to contribute to the preservation of the " valuable
collection of aquatic birds," there is no doubt some
profit derived from this speculation.
It surely would be much more dignified on the
part of the ranger, to put a stop to this, and allow
half a dozen poor women of good character to have
the privilege of selling these articles in certain parts
of the park only.—l am, Sir, &c.,
Oct. 1. AN OBSERVER.

RAILWAY SIGNALS.
The following circular has been issued by the
authorities of the Great Western Railway :
" On and after the 4th day of October, 1847, a man,
to be called the travelling carriage porter,' will
accompany every express train in each direction. The
business of this man will be to ride on the seat placed
for him on the tenders, and to keep a steady and
vigilant look out on both sides and along the top of
the trains, so that in case of any accident to any of the
carriages of the trains, or of any signal from the guard,
er any apparently sufficient cause that may come to his
observation, he may at once communicate with the
engine-man and, if necessary, stop the train. Further,
it will be his business, generally to have charge
of the carriages forming the train, to see that in
every respect they are in good condition and properly
coupled up, the axles greased, and the lamps (at
night) burning properly, and he will alight im-
mediately that the train stops, and go to the
axle-boxes of the carriages and grease and examine
them, and see that they are all in proper order
for travelling. And in case at any one station he may
have noticed any one or more boxes getting hot he
Must turn his first attention to these. He will in a
like manner examine the couplings and the lamps,
and call the attention of the lamp-man at the station
to any deficiencies. He will report to the principal
guard every circumstance connected with the train
which may require notice. He will be required 'to
observe carefully the running of the different car-
riages, and to take note of the number of any one
that may appear to run unsteady, or have any other
defect, and to enter a note of this and of any other
circumstance, such as hot axles, &c., requiring to be
remedied, in a report book to be made up for each
journey.
"The travelling carriage porter will be furnished
With a pilot coat, &c., in addition to his present suit,
with grease-box, grease-knire, picker, lamps, &c.
Their pay will be 255. per week, and the man will be
elected from the body of porters, and the appoint-
ment will be considered a reward for good and steady
conduct, general intelligence, and acquaintance with
the management of the carriages.
" SEYMOUR CLARKE, Superintendent.
" Paddington, Sept. 28."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
• TAT TE R 8 A.L L' S.—YESTERDAY.
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
7to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 3
yrs, 7st-8 to 1 taken
10 to I agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yrs, 6A—t
10 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses, 3 yrs, 6st—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle, 3 yrs, Bst Lb
—taken and offered
14 to 1 sgst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs, Bst—
taken and offered
18 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 3 yrs,
4st 121 b
20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5
yrs, Bst—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush, 4 yrs, 7st
• 22 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vanity, 3 yrs, sst 121 b
—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
—taken to 100/.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Giselle, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
• 30 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged, Bst 81b
SO to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Annandale, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b
33 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Bingham, 3 yrs, Est 41b
33 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 3 yrs, 6st 31b
40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 6 yrs, Bst 81b
The investments were principally on the four leading
fa 'Vourites, Reminiscence, Ulysses, and Rob Roy, being
blinked for the most money, the majority of the bets
Vanity,
Ulysses averaging 9to I. The Miss Whip filly,
Vunity, Lady Wildair, Cawroush, and Tufthunter, haul a
few friends, but in no instance, we believe, did the outlay
eace ed 100/.
• Po r the reason mentioned a short time back, viz., that
nearly all the favourites for the Cesarewitcb are also
engaged, and some of them backed, for the Cambridge•
shire, we cannot too strongly impress the necessity of
nompa.ring books. Thursday next will be the best day
for that purpose.

CLEARWELL STAKES.
Even on Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
12 to / agst Mr. Nunn's Prior of St. Margaret's,
4 yrs, Bst—taken
500 to 30 agot Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle,3 yrs, Bst 31b
taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yra, Est 61b
—taken
20 to 1 agat Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses, 3 yrs, Est 61b—t
20 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Blackbird, 4 yrs,
7st 121 b--taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Geraldine, 4 yrs, 6st—t
25 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure, 3 yrs, 7st 31b
—taken

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Rob Roy was backed for about 1001., Ulysses for
double that amount, and Blackbird for 150/.

DERBY.

25 to 1 agst Mr. hiostyn's Loadstone
• 25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower
30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken
3,0'00 to 75 agst Mr. Payne's Cerrus—taken
2,000 to 40 agst Sir J. B. Mills's Deerstalker.

LONDON YACHT CLUB.
• The -handicap sailing-match, for a handsome piece of
rtate, given by this highly-respectable club,
came off
9 esterday*. It was a time race, a minute per ton being
allowed, sad the distance sailed was from the residence
I3f T. Hewes, Esq., the Commodore, East Greenwich, to
4:rith and back. The following started;_
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Whisper ... ..• 12
.. . Messrs. Evaer l enig
Staunch ... ... 11 ... , Gardner
i
Esk ... ... „.. 10 ..•
' Dave Richardson
, Moor Park... ... 18 ...
"y
Helms.
Nautilus 5

In ley went away at 25 minutes to one, a fine breeze
hayit ig sprung up from east by south. The Stauneh
took , the lead, followed by the Esk, who soon passed her,
and tt ten the Whisper, Nautilus, and Moor Park. The
XII( sc. ,on showed her superiority by retaining the lead
411 the way down to the flag boat Erith, where she
arr. iced at twenty-four minutes to three; the Whisper
ten to tOree; the Moor Park at three; the Staunch at
eight teen 'nut three; and Nautilus at half-past. The
hreez e freskl'ened, and it was a very interesting match
111); tl Esk, 'however, exhibited her superiority, and
•at the winning-post at twenty-four minutes ten
seconds:
to six; the Whisper at fourteen minutes ten
Zannds. -,to six; and the others all within a few minutes
Neat, ilus being the sternmost boat.

iesterk lay several vehicles termed Victoria-Sep-
iolas cabs , made their appearance in the streets of the
ho
; they run on four wheels, are drawn by one
4'c rse, ana have very much the look of an omnibus in
I°?ttaia ture, the entrance being at the back of the vehicle
with BPI ,ts running along the sides ; they are made to
ekrry se, yen persona, and run for the same fares as the
°t her description of cabs.
LIVEI RPooL, Molsnkr.—Mr. W. Maury, whose
a: thPensi, on was announced on Saturday last, to-day re-
amed p, ayment.
t IThe C lhancollor of the Exchequer acknowledges the
eceipt of f the half of a Bank of England note for 1001,
tcctAi at of taxes not collected.