The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OP YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The leading men of England and the United States
are far too enlightened to cherish any covert feelings
of " rivalry " on one side or other. They possess the ad-
vantage of a new country—we of an old one ; they, of
a form or rather forms of Government so loose and
local, as to impose few checks on the spirit of unlimited
enterprise encouraged by their present situation and
prospects ; we of a more complete system of government,
and concentration of national force. We cannot reason-
ably be rivals, while we continue so different ; and to be
enemies on account of that- difference is a folly we have
committed once too often. The disturbing elements of
the boundary question result chiefly from the absence
of control by the federal government over the States,
and by the States over their border populations. There
is not government enough in the United States to make
their people, at all times, very agreeable or quiet ne;gh-
hours. It is the. inroads, however, of their borderers—
and not the influence of their principles—which do net
so very materially differ front those which have long
been held by Englishmen, that create any uneasiness in
these disputes.

(From the Courier.)
As an instance of the disreputable practices to which
the Ministerial organs resort, we quote from the
Chronicle of this morning the following words, which
will be found in an elaborate misrepresentation of
the Bishop of London's speech at Chelmsford :—" We
have always declared the proposed Church extension to
be a job, and we arc now backed by high episcopal au-
thority." Need we say that neither the Chronicle nor
its employers have any such authority ? Additional
churches arc wanted, and that the erection of them will
be profitable to some persons indisputable. The ar-
chitect, the mason, the joiner, and their workmen will
all find it a job in the support which it will give to
themselves and families. Of the future incumbents we
may say the same ; but the churches are required by the
increased and increasing wants of society, and they
must be erected, if we do not intend to suffer the people
to sink into a state of infidelity and consequent barbarism.

(From the Standard. )
The result of the Totnes election deserves something
more than the hasty notice which we presented yester-
day. We have the authority of the Morning Chronicle
for treating Mr. Baldwin's majority, though it num-
bered but seven, as a signal defeat of the Duke
of Somerset and the Whig-Radicals; for if a majo-
rity of 9 in a division of 530 votes on Sir James
Graham's motion constituted a " signal defeat" of
the minority, a majority of seven in a division of 809
votes, the number polled at Totnes, leaves the mino-
rity in a defeat equally signal. As we have appealed
to the authority of the .Morning Chronicle, we beg
to ask our respected contemporary why it with-
holds all information respecting the Totnes election
from its anxious readers ? The fact is such, we can
assure all sceptics. For anything that the Morning
Chronicle tells this morning, or that any of the Minis-
terial Papers told last night, the public might be still
in ignorance of the last signal defeat. The matter is
as discreetly passed over as were the late exploits of
Mr. Coppock at Ludlow.

WESTMINSTER COURT OF

REQUESTS.

" Delany and Rooney" shouted the crier, and the
parties stepped into their respective boxes.
" Larry tuk me chair," said the plaintiff.
" Ye axed me to take it, Misthress Delany," said
Larry. _ _

" Och, God help me, ye awful vaggerbone," returned
Kitty, " yer'll be parjurin yerself."
A COMMISSIONER—What is your claim, Mrs. De-
lany ? Kitty—Sure, yer boner, it's 78. for the chair.
COMMISSIONER —What chair? Kitty—The chair
as Larry tuk•
Another COMMISSIONER—But what did the defend-
ant do with the chair that you speak about ? Kitty=
Put himself into it like a judge, and little was it he
moved till next mornin'.

COMMISSIONER—TeII the Court what:he did with
the chair—did he take it away next morning? Kitty
—Take it away, is it, yer honer's sayin'? Sure it was
next mornin' Larry couldn't do widout it.

The COMMISSIONER (hastily)—Do you hear,woman!
Did the defendant take the chair away ? Kitty—Not
the move of me shoe, yer honer—he warnt able to take
himself away, and me chair rooled him on the (lure.
The COMMISSIONER—I can make nothing at all of
the woman's story.
Another COMMISSIONER (lauzhing)—How came
your chair to upset him, Kitty ? Kitty—Och sure,
yer honer, it was the liquor in it.
The COMMISSIONER—What the chair drunk ?
Kitty—Och, by my two eyes—is it foolin' me yer honer
is ? Me chair dhrunk ? the Lord help me! Faix it
was Larry, yer honer, Larry, wid the dhrink. And
Kitty went on to relate, that " wonst a week," a grand
harmonic meeting took place at her house.
COMMISSIONER—In St. Giles ? Kitty—Yis, yew
honer and Larry having a wice that Tommy Moore, or
Misther Lover, wouldn't be whistling at—
COMMISSIONER—He was respectfully invited to pre-
side for the evening ? Kitty—Sure yer honer knows
all about it.

" Well Larry," said one of the COMMISSIONERS,
" what have you to say to this ? How did you manage
to get through this enormous quantity of liquor ? Seven
shillings' worth at one sitting ?"—" Yer honer," inter-
rupted Kitty, " It was whiskey and wather—whiskey and
wather, yer honer ; divil a sup of beer Larry looked at
the whole night. I fetched the liquor meself, I did."
COMMISSIONER—As a sort of inducemont to this
distinguished vocalist (pointing to Larry, who received
the compliment as if it bad been the blessing of his
priest) to preside through the evening ? That's the rule,
I believe, Mrs. Delany ? Larry—As thrue as God,
yer honer. Yer axed me often an' often, yer did, Mit-
tbress Delany, sure yer know yer did, to take the
chair. It isn't for me, poor man as I am, yer boner
to be payin' 7s. for whiskey afore mornin'---
-

" Larry, Larry !" ejaculated Kitty, lifting up her
hands and rolling her eyes.
Larry—And wastin' me time—
Kitty—Och, the spalpeen !
Larry—And me caractur.

" Och, the devil's cure to ye !" vociferated Kitty.
Kitty's opinion of the vocalist was in an instant lost
in her knowledge of the man. He was the " biggest
blaggard," she declared, in all St. Giles's, getting victuals
and drink from all quarters for nothing but " a song."
" Larry, in return, gave the Court a specimen of his
vocal abilities, " singing" out in Irish, and with a voice
that immediately reminded one of " Cease, rude Boreas,"
a long list of what appeared to 1)e, judging from the
effect upon Kitty, exceedingly pretty epithets. Kitty
retorted, and

The Commissioners having in vain endeavoured to
pacify the " tiddlywinkees" wife and the Irish vocalist,
the parties were ordered out of Court to get cool.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS SPOKEN wrrn.—The Earl of Harewood, Swan-
sea to Grenada, 12th ultimo, lat. 46, long. 16, by the
Lady Flora Hastings, arrived at Falmouth. Plato, of
Boston, for New Orleans, 16th instant, lat. 48, long. 8,
by the Emerald,Varty, arrived at Falmouth. Two Brothers,
Torbay to Newfoundland, 14th instant, lat. 50, long. 10,
by the Mantura, arrived at Liverpool. Brooklyn, Liver-
pool to New York, 2d instant, lat. 40, long. 68; Earl of
Durham, Liverpool to Halifax, with loss of mainmast.
head, 9th instant, lat. 44, long. 43 ; -,Volfscoat, Clyde to
Quebec, I 1 th instant, lat. 49, long. 19; Wellington, of
Bristol, steering west, 15th instant, lat. 50, long. 15 ;
Eleutheria, London to Montreal, and Ann Henrieo, Per-
ratnbueo to Hamburgh, 18th instant, lat. 49, long. 8;
Globe, of Havre, 19th instant, lat. 50, long. 8, by the
Oxford, Rathbone, arrived at Liverpool. Stephen, Wright,
of Whitby. bound to St. John's, New Brunswick, 30th
ultimo, lat. 27, long. 25, by the Margaret Boyle, Smith,
arrived in the Clyde. Favourite, Pernambuco to Stock-
ton, 9th instant, lat. 51, long. 9, by the Englishman, ar-
rived at Bristol. Elizabeth, of llamburgh, 29th February,
lat. 4 N., long. 25 W.; Alexander, of Liverpool, 11th
ultimo, lat. 22, long. 39 ; Resolution, of Liverpool, 7th
instant, lat. 42, long. 17 ; Robert Burns, of Liverpool,
10th instant, lat. 43, long. 16 ; Elizabeth, of Rotterdam,
and John Woodall, of Liverpool, 11th instant, lat. 43,
long. 15, by the Mary, Palmer, arrived off Falmouth.

The following was received this day at Lloyd's, April
23 :

Admiralty, 22d April, 1840.
Sir,-1 am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, to transmit to you herewith, for the infor-
mation of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of
Lloyd's, an extract of a letter they have received from the
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station,
relative to the best method of coming to an anchor off the
Islar.d of Ascension.—l am, Sir,
Your very humble servant,
JOHN BARROW.
Wm. Dodson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.

Extract of a letter fiom Rear-Admiral the lion. George
Elliot, dated 11th February, 1840 :
" The most simple directions for anchoring at Ascen.
sion seem to be round the north side, keeping at not less
titan three-quarters of a mile from the land till the Fbrt
is nearly open, then haul close along shore, which is quite
steep, and may be approached to a cable's length. In this
way a ship will always fetch a good anchorage, without a
tack ; and it is not advisable to stand over near the
Western Rocky Bank, in the variable winds under the
land, with a view of tacking into the anchorage. Fresh
water can always be procured at Ascension now. "

THE THAMES TuNNEL.--This work- is rapidly
proceeding, and preparations are about to he made for sinking
a shaft on the Middlesex shore, and forming a staircase for the
foot passengers to descend into and ascend from the tunnel,
which is expected to be opened as a thoroughfare for pedes-
trians only about the commencement of the year 1841. The
excavators have reached to within th'rty feet of the wharfs in
Wapping, and the Thames Tunnel Company have lately en-
tered into agreements for the purchase of the Ship and Swan
public-houses, the premises over the wharfs tdjoining, and
some other buildings, at an expense of 8,0001. ihe occupants
have received notice to quit. .•