The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-09 00:00:00

DETAP,TURES.

Lord and Lady Katherine Jrrmyn, from the Brunt-
wick 11,te1, for Tunbridge Wells ; Sir William and Lady
Mary Abereromby, for Tur:n ; Captain Biddulph sad
Lord Francis Gordon, Ist Life Guards, for Windsor;
Lord and Lady Hamilton Chichester, for the lonian
Islands; Lord and Lady William Somerset ; Colonel
tihatterton, for Leeds; Sir John and the Misses Beres-
ford, on a Continental tour ; Colonel Hankey, for East
Sheen ; the Dowager Lady Carmichael Anstruther 2nd
the Rev. 0. Marsham, from the Burlington Hotel ; the
Hon. Mr. and Miss %rollneck, from ditto • Captain Tees-
dale, 1?. A., from Long's Ho'el ; General Sharpe, M.P.,
from Fenton's Hotel; Sir Thomas and Lady Whichcote,
from ditto.

SOUTHAMPTON YACHT CLUB

REGATTA.

This regatta took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, but in
consequence of the very unpropitious state of the weather the
spectators were net so numerous as usual. The very excellent
arrangements of the stewards and honorary secretary (Messrs.
George Pocock, Ledicott, and Knight) however, provided some
excellent sport. The result of the sailings for the Cups we
subjoin. The Arab, in the first match, proved her superiority
over her competitors ; she has never yet been beaten, but in
this case it was close work, the Zadora being only one minute
behind her. Mr. Wright, in the Elizabeth, was well up with
,both towards the latter part of the race, but unfortunately
carried away his bobstay, which deprived him of all chance.
In the second match yesterday, which was beautifully contested,
the Elizabeth was but three minutes behind the Zadora. The
other matches were also well contested ; but in that for the
101. Cup the superior sailing of the Vixen threw th• chances
of her adversaries into the shade.
There will be another regatta during the season, upwards of
1001. being subscribed yesterday for that purpose.
The Club Dinner, at the Sun Hotel, was a very splendid
affair, and did the worthy host infinite credit. James Weld,
Esq., the Commodore, was in the Chair, and R. Wright, Esq.,
the Vice-Commodore, and George Pocock, Esq., Honorary
Secretary, ably officiated as Vice-Presidents.

FIRST DAT.-TUESDAY.

A splendid Silver Cup and Cover, value 351., for yachts of not
more than 45 and not less than 30 tons.
Arab, 44 tens—T. Slade, Esq
Zado,a, 32 tons—C. Bromley, Esq 2
Elizabeth, 34 tons—R. Wright, Esq
Liberty, 43 tons—Captain Coster 4
A Silver Cup, value 101., for small yachts not exceeding 10 tons.
Vixen, 9 tons—R. Wright, Esq.
Sylph, 7 tons—C. Wheeler, Esq
Chamois, 8 tons—W. Hoare, Esq 3
Star, 9i tons—G. Morant, Esq. ... .. ..
For Watermen's goats under 26 feet in length. First prize
61• , second 41., third 21.
Julia—William Brown
Traveller—Thomas Bary ..
Rival—William James
Eliza Anna—John Dible

SECOND DAY.-REDNESDAY.
A handsome Silver Cbp, value 25/., for yachts of not more
than 35, and not less than 20 tone.
Zadora, 32 tens—C. Bromley, E•q
1
Elizabeth, 34 tons—R. Wright, Esq.
A chased Silver Cup, value 151., for yachts of not more than
25, and not less than 10 tons.
Coquette, 15 tons—_F. Sibley, Esq
Pet, 13 tons—F. Daniel, Esq.
Emily, 17 tons—F. Turner, Esq ....... 3

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER-TUESDAY EVENING.

To-morrow week will decide the important cup race over
Aintree, for which we have now to offer to notice another
important change in the premiership. Retriever had obtained
decidedly " the call" of Deception ; when he was passed this
morning by Broadwath. So strong was the disposition to back
the latter, that, at one time, as low as 5 to 1 was taken, and 8
to 1 laid v. Retriever, no one would accept ; 100 to 10 offered,
in several quarters, against Deception ; 70 to 10 was offered, in
one bet, against Retriever and against the new leader; St.
Bennett was in no favour; 20 *o 1 has been offered, within the
last hour, against anything of Dawson's, " bar one ;" 100 to 6,
and even to 7, was taken early this morning v. Sleight-of-
Hand; before, however, the close of business, 500 to 20 was
laid by one of our best men, with other bets at the same figure ;
13 to 1 was laid v. Orelia, and then 200 to 20 offered, taken to
16 ; since then 50 to 5 has been booked ; Charles the Twelfth
has been backed at 100 to 4, and a bet of 100 to 3i laid against
him "conditionally" that the saute was taken on the Doctor;
20 to 1 was asked about Cruiskeen, and we believe afterwards
100 to 6 taken. . At all events she would be hacked against any
thing of Mr. Dawson's, bar Broadnath, now the "first fa-
vourite." The prices will now vary every day; but the fol-
lowing may be taken as pretty close upon the run of the
market this evening :

THE LIVEIU'OOL cur.
11 to 2 on the field—off
8 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever—just taken
100 to 10 agst Mr. Allen's Orelia—taken then wanted to 9
11 to 1 agst Futwar Craven's Deception—not backed
18 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen—take 20 freely
20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Lord Mayor—off
20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett—off
20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Modesty—off—take 25
25 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor s Sleight-of-Hand—taken
25 to I agst Major Yarburgh's Charles Xll—just taken
27 to 1 agst Mr. Wormald's Bolus—taken
27 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's The Doctor
100 to 3 agst Mr. Eddisun's Recorder—off
lOU to 3 agst Mr. Ilaworth's Fair Louisa
Offers to take 7 to 20 two brat the field.

THE JULY. STAKES.-3 to 1 was offered against sister to
Merle, last night, but this morning, we believe, sto 2 was
taken; we heard 20 to 10 offered. There was evidently a
strong penchant " for the grey."
Goonwoon Cur.-4 to 1 offered on the field ;Bto 1 agst
Bloomsbury—taken
ST. LEGER.-5 to 2 offered v. Crucifix—(take 3 to 1) ;
9 to laid v. Launcelot ; 100 to 3 Vicerey—taken; 25 to 1
Broadwath—taken

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The list for this afternoon contains only two races, and they
are utterly destitute of interest; for the first, the D. I. Plate,
the entries are, the Duke of Grafton's Montreal, Mr. Pettit's
St. Francis, and Mr. Combe's e, by Actaeon, out of Evens ;
for the other, a Two-year-old Selling Stakes, Gen. Grosvenor's
Blue Pill, 111 r. Newton's c, by Dr. Syntax, out of his Fanchion,
Mr. Rogers's Jessica (late Cutty), by St. Nicholas, and Lord
Lichfield's f, by Sir Hercules, out of Mr. Cooke's Ulrica.
FURTHER, PARTICULARS OF TUESDAY.
Handicap.—Bob Peel made all the running, and won cleverly
by a length.
July.—Sister to Merle took the lead, followed by the York-
shire Lass colt, Mcssene, and Mosque, to the corner of the
Plantation, where the Yorkshire Lass went in front, and won
easy by a length, the same distance separating second and third;
/Eolian and the Mona colt were beaten off. The winner is
scratched for the Chesterfield Stakes.
In the course of the afternoon two or three heavy storms
fell, the Heath being badly attended. Of the select few per-
sent the following were the principal : Duke of Graftun ; Earl
Jersey, Earl Verulam, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Lichfield,
Earl of Oxford ; Lord G. Bentinck, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord
Villiers ; Hon. G. S. Byng, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Rous,
Hon. Wodehouse ; Colonel Peel ; Messrs. Greville, Payne,
Thornhill, Worrall, Irby, Neville, Powell, Hawker, &c.
The betting in the course of the day was as follows.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Broadwath—taken
10 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever
12 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Orelia
GOODWOOD cur.
b to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost—taken
7 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff—taken
10 to 1 agst Duke of Orleans's Romulus—taken
14 to 1 agst Hon. S. Herbert's Clarion—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Orella
18 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff
20 to 1 agst Captain Gardaor's Bandboy—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Theobald's Forlorn Hope—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Pluto—taken
30 to 1 agst -Lord Jersey's Senoy—taken
ST. LEG ER.
4 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Launcelot—taken
20 to I acst Mr. Parkins's Breadwath—taken
'll,e DIA,. of I;ediord is the New steward of the Jockey
Club, in the piste of the Duko of Beaulort, whose three years
have expired.

The Tories have chuckled very much over Mr.
Wynn's recommendation, given a few nights ago in
Committee on the Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill, to
convert the side aisles of the Cathedrals into se
many churches, and have preachers to deliver ser-
mons and perform public worship in them. This
is no honour to the Tories, that they should chuckle
at it, nor to the Church, which they are se eager to
extend. The recommendation was given long ago,
and by adopting it they admit that these massive
and costly buildings are at present no better than a
show, and are not put to that use, the worship of
the Almighty, for which they were built. The pro-
position of the Tories to convert them to use, im-
plies that at present they are little better than useless.
A lesson, however, may be learned from their ad-
missions. Will the Church-extensionists assure the
public that the fabrics they now desire to erect will not
speedily become, like St. Paul's and the rest of the
Minsters throughout the country, rather memorials
of ignorant fear or ignorant piety than. temples
adapted to the heartfelt worship of a grateful people,
resounding habitually, if not daily, with their fer-
vent prayers ? Will they, or can they, convince the
public that in a short time the priests for whom they
now demand endowments will not become mere idle
sinecurists, like the Deans and Chapters, who at
present prevent useful reform by their remonstancee
abcut vested rights, as if nothing were sacred but
extortion for theirconvenience? A building, whether
used or not, is a perpetual charge. It mast be pre-
,
served by labour, cleaned and painted, or it will
soon go to ruin. An ordained priest, like the build-
ing, is also a perpetual charge to the community.
He cannot, as the rule, or he must not, turn him-
self to other occupations ; so that the proposition
to build more churches, and endow more clergy-
men, is equivalent to fixing on the industry of the
community an additional national debt. But so-
ciety is now changing more rapidly than ever it
changed before. In particular, as to religious mat-
ters, the opinions of mankind some time ago reached
the barren tip-top hill of deference to the priest.
hood, and are now rapidly sliding down to the
quiet, peaceful, and fertile vale of deference to na-
ture. Should the same progress continue and in-
crease in rapidity, is it not possible, is it not almost
certain, that, before another generation has passed,
the temples which the priesthood now call on us to
incur a debt to erect, will be as little frequented
for purposes of worship as St. Paul's or West-
minster Abbey ? If there be a possibility of that,
why build them ?
Some of our readers have probably attended
public worship in St. Paul's, and have rem‘ked
how anxiously the beadles keep people from stray-
ing to admire the temple, how hurriedly the service
is performed, and how speedily, at its close, all the
congregation is swept into the street. It is plainly
no longer intended to serve the purposes of a church,
but is a mere spectacle, delighting the eye and the
understanding by its beautiful architectural symme-
try, hallowed in our hearts as the resting place of
our great forefathers, and containing the slight me-
morials by which the nation has honoured them,
but not serving the common purposes of religious
instruction. While there are cathedrals and
churches in every part of the land which are rarely
or never employed, of which, at least, not a tenth
part of the use is made which might be made, it is
the most wanton and foolish extravagance to build
more churches, and endow more parsons, to en-
tail a perpetual charge on the industry of our
successors.

At the same time, as the idea of making the
cathedrals useful has been adopted by the Church-
men, may it not be followed out advantageously.
There are, for example, hundreds, if not thousands
of persons in the metropolis, who must work of a
Sunday, such as compositors, coachmen, journey-
men bakers, &c. Why not open Sr. Paul's and
Westminster Abbey, and all the churches, to them
on Saturday or Monday, as is done, be it remem-
bered, in Catholic countries whence Protestantism
was borrowed, without being on this point improved?
Why, too, cannot the priests give religious instruc-
tions on those days? Saint Monday, also, let us ob-
. serve, is a very dangerous day for workmen, and
why should not the pri7sts, who pretend to be so
extremely anxious for the welfare, worldly and spi-
ritual, of this class, exert themselves, and endea-
vour to substitute the worship of the Almighty in
St. Paul's or Westminster Abbey, on Monday, for
the worship of the gin demon in the public-house?
This would be a .glorious rivalry and victory for
vocal and instrumental,
and a
them, could they win it. Let them make their reli-
gion ass acceptablesplendid
taesmrin)luess an music,
make it ; and( so
,
seduce workmen on Monday from indulgence in low
and gross sensuality to spiritual and heavenly mus-
e
ings. There are services performed in most ca-
thedrals on one or two week-days. There is choir-
singing and chaunting, though some Deans and
Chapters are accused of having robbed the service
al God to gratify their own palates. There are
services on festival days, and why not also on a
Monday, for the purpose of winning the attend-
ance of those who cannot come on a Sunday ?
Their prayers, we dare vouch, would be as accept-
able to the Deity on Monday as on Sunday, and
would be as efficacious in influencing their own
hearts and minds.

The great objection, We beli,.vc, is, that it is

not the Worship On the Sabbath ; and the Jews, a
pastoral people, with no diversity of occupations, set
apart one day in seven, when the whole of them might
join in wonlhip. The more occupations become
diversified in society, however, the more division
of labour extends—and both are the consequences
of an increase of mankind—the more impossible it
becomes for a large commercial and manufacturing
nation to adhere to the rigid rule prescribed for the
pastoral Jews. At the seine time, the spirit of the
ordinance which they obeyed will be best observed
by following the recommendations here given.
The Christians select a different day of the
week for rest and worship from the Jews,
and why should not the bakers take a diffe-
rent day from the bricklayers or carpenters ?
Why should not compositors and editors who work
on Sunday set apart Monday or Saturday for rest
as well as the Jews? What day of the seven is set
apart seems of less importance than setting apart
one, and if all the society cannot by any possi-
bility worship on the Sun's-day, it is congenial to
the spirit of that great ordinance that they should
worship on the Moon's-day, or on Thor's-day, or
Saturn's-day, or any other convenient day. Our
suggestion is more in accordance with the setting
apart one day out of seven for worship, than the
intolerance of those who will only allow of worship

on a day which they choose, or some other persons

choose for them.

The real ground, however, on which the
proposition would be opposed, is the trouble
it would give the priesthood. At pre-
sent those gentlemen labour one day out of
seven, while other men labour six. They break
the commandtner.ts they preach, and actually
reverse its terms for themselves. Let them follow

their own precepts, and labour—preach if necessary
—six days in the week, and rest one; let them
open some of their churches every day, and instead
of covering their own idleness by a demand for
more parsons and more churches ; let them exert
themselves and use the churches they have, and
they will find that they possess ample means to
give spiritual instruction to the whole people. Till
they do that—till every sinecure priest be called
into activity—till they each and all labour six days
in the week at their calling, like other men, the
public, if it have discernment and sincerity, will
treat the demand for more parsons and more

churches as most. shameless, impudent, and extor-

tionate.

OPIUM CLAIMS.— Mr. Make] nson, of the
house of Forbes and Co., agents for a large portion of the
Parsee merchants in Bombay, states that the most disastrous
consequences
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be not
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done
as to the opium claims. The following is an extract from a
Bombay Parsee house, dated Jan. 29, 1840, and addressed to
Messrs. Forbes and Co.:—" If yourgood nation does not come
forward, and openly give some assurance for theopium indemnity,
you may depend that many respectable men will put an cud
to their lives. We have already seen two instances, and athned
insol-
ventmanymore will occur in the interior, as men of high spirit and
overnment will
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ultimately redeem the pledge of their own officer, but what will
be the use when the mischief is done ?"—Great forbearance
had been shown by the creditors of the Parsee opium claimants,
in expectation of a favourabl, deeision on their claims by risr-
liarrient • but the receipt of the report of the Committed( and
Lord Palmerston 's reply to Mr. Maclean, will put an end to
that forbearance, so that a most painful interest is excited in
the future news from Boinhay. London Journal of Commerce.
THE PRISONER OXFORD.— Yeqetclay the
Sheriffs reeeivtd an intimation that his Royal Highness Prince
Albert will attend the trial, and also the Duke of Sussex, the
Duke of Brunswick, and other distinguished. personages. It
has been stated that Prince Albert will be examined as a witness.