The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-19 00:00:00

f high integrity, of great commercial knowledge, and in
very sense of the word, of sound liberal principles,. Mr.
Travers, the eminent grocer, of Switbin's-lane, London,
says in a letter to Mr. S. Fox, " Mr. Larpent is a good
Liberal, in the best sense of the word-_a man of great
intelligence and commercial experience, and a sturdy
friend of civil and religious liberty." On the faith of
these letters, and of the expositions given of his prin-
ciples, it was resolved that Mr. L. should be requested
to state his views to the town. He arrived yesterday
morning, and in another column will be found his ad-
dress to the electors. In the mean time, the Tories
were not idle. We believe that several private meet-
ings were held at the George the Fourth ; • and on
Wednesday night, there was a.nnmerous meeting called
by ticket, at the Conservative-hall, on the Low-pave-
ment, Thomas Marriott, Esq. in the chair. Of course we
are not in the secret as to what took place there, bet
the result is, that Mr. Walter, the well-known ex-mern-,
bar for Berkshir,-, the rejected of Sou- hwark, and part-
proprietor of the Times newspaper, has been put for-
ward as a candidate. It Has unanimously resolved, " That
this meeting having full confidence in the political inte-
grity and ability of Mr. Walter, pledges itself to ute all
legitimate means to secure his election as a member of
Parliament for the borough of Nottingham." The
Chartists have also been vtry active ; by some powers
of ratiocination which we cannot understand, they
have come to the resolution of joining the
Tories. We are told, in a baud-bill just published,
that at a very numerous meeting of the Chartist body,
held on Wednesday evening, in the chapel in Rice-
place, it was resolved—" Ist. That this meeting do all in
their power to support the election of Mr. Walter. 2d.
That a committee of Chartist e'ectors be now appointed,
with power to add to their number, to carry the foregoing
resolution into effect. The following are the names of the
Committee appointed:— Messrs. J. Sweet, Edward Cox,
Wm. Bilbie, Wm. Colton, Wm. Parker, Chas. Marry,
Isaac Batton, and Wm. Carrington.
Such is the state of public opicion in this town. We
deeply regret that any of those who have for years sup-
ported Liberal principles, should now, under any pre-
tence, enlist under the banners of a Tory ; but we do not
for a moment doubt the issue. The good sense of the
electors will gui 'e them rightly when the day of polling
shall arrive.

Our readers will ask, when Kill the election take place?
To this it is impossible we cut give a precise ans A er. The
Parliament a'semble again on Tuesday next, on which
night the ew writ will protably be moved ; it may be
sent down by that night's post, to the Sheriff, who it is
likely will make the necessary proclimatiln immediately.
Af:,er that three clear days must elapse, so that Monday
week is the earliest day that can „be fixed for the nomi❑a- ty
tion, and in that case the e'enion may take p,lact on 'or
Tuesday :sea, from, eight ololock until four, unless as at
the last election, one party should be to much a-bead, that
the other tho Id fling up the matter in despair.—Notting-
ham Review.

THE PRESIDENT STEAMER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

SlR—Before the President had her keel laid I ventured to
prognosticate, from her dimensions, that she would not prove
a fast goer, and before she was launched I expressed a strung
opinion that she would be very subject to lose lier.rudder.
The loss of her rudder, with a slight derangement in her
machinery, would leave her at the mercy of the ever-changing
winds in the Atlantic, and she need not be despaired of until
after the arrival of the next Halifax steamer, which my be
expected in about a fortnight hence.
Should we not, therefore, say with Cassia of the Noble
Moor,—

" His bark is stoutly timber'd, and his pilot
Of very expert and approv'd allowance ;
Therefore my hopes, not surfeited to death,
Stand in bold cure."

Union Club, April 16.

Yours, &c.,
A. 13. C.

BALL AT ST. OMEN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—l have the pleasure of informing you that the Duke
of Orleans' Ball, given at St. Omer on Wednesday evening,
and to which the military in garr.son here, and the resident
gentry, were invited, went off with great ec!at, and the party
who proceeded from hence to attend it are returned highly
gratified with their evening's entertainment, and the very
great kindness and hospitality shown them upon the occasion.
Nothing could exceed the cordial reception cur Officers met
with at the hands of the French Officers, and the marked
and flatt..ring attention paid them by the Duke of Orleans
himself.

The ball was attended by about two thousand five hundred
persons, a great proportion of whom were English- from Bou-
logne, Calais, Dunkirk, and those residing at St. Omer.
It was given in the Theatre at the Hotel de Ville, and all
the arrangements were admirably made so as to ensure the
utmost gratification and satisfaction to ill. The scene was a
most brilliant one, more particularly at the moment of the
Duke's entering the ball-room with his brother the Prince
de Joinville, about nine o'clock, at which time all the boxes in
the theatre were filled with Ladies elegantly attired, and with
Officers, Naval and Military, in splendid uniforms, and the
room itself crowded with the dancers. Those in the boxes
all rose at the Duke's entrance, and the orchestra, which
was most excellent, immediately commenced playing.
The dancing was kept up with much animation until :;pout
four o'clock, when the Princes retired.

The Supper-rooms were opened at twelve o'clock, where
every delicacy was provided in the greatest abundance,
and wines of every description of the choicest kind.
The whole affair was conducted on a most magnificent
scale, and the Princes themselves, and the Aids-de-Camp,
were indefatigable in their exertions to gratify all present.
The Offict-rs of our garrison who attended the ball, aswell as
the Gentry of the Town, have returned, as 1 said before,
most highly pleased, and the feeling of satisfaction that is ex-
pressed by t em, for the great hospitality and kindness mani-
fested towards•them is indeed unanimous.

The camp in the neighbourhood of St. Omer, consisting of
about ten thousand men, is about to be broken up. These
troops have orders to proceed to Paris, where there will be a.
grand review of a hundred thousand men early in May.
Your's faithfully.

Dover, April 16, 1841.

ODE ON THE BURIAL OF SIR
JOHN MOORE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Litteris operant das,
Lucid() fulges oculo.

HUDSON edit., by P. Prout.
SIR,—_A gentleman who calls himself Scrutator, I suppose,
from having the luck occasionally to find a mare's nest, has ex-
pressed, through the Boulogne Gazette, strange misgivings of
plagiarism on the part of Chas. Wolfe in respect to the Ode on
the Burial of Sir John Moore.

Why, Sir, this gentleman must be considerably behind the
literature of the age, or he would have known that the question
has been long ago decided in the affirmative by the celebrated
Father Prout, who concludes his unanswerable statement of
facts supporting the originality of the French lines, by suppos-
ing that " perhaps Wolfe Tone may have communicated them
to his relative, the clergyman, on his return from France,"
modestly subjoininz—" Fides sit penes lutorem."—P. Prout.
I suppose this will be sufficient for Scrutator, but I beg to
have one word with yourself, as you say " that Wolfe certainly
left his right to the honour that has been heaped on him very
doubtful ;" and I hope you will allow that you have expressed
yourself, perhaps, hastily, when you take into consideration the
following circumstances :
In the first place, then, Mr. Wolfe acknowledged himielf the
author of this Ode to numbers, two of whom have already given
their testimony in your ewn columns.
Add to this Wolfe's stainless character, placing his word.
above suspicion.
In the next rdiace, you have the evidence of those who were
present when the subject was first proposed to him, on which
occasion he actually composed some of the stanzas, though not
in ths.gr present order.
Then, consider the improbability of such a highly moral cha-
racter falsely claiming what could not exalt his genius in the
eyes of his acquaintance, but might be the occasion of blasting
his reputation for ever.
Besides, you have, what in most other cases is considered
sufficient of itself as establishing authorship, namely, the testi-
mony of the person who first publishes, and who in this case
was Air. Stewart, at that time Editor of the Newry Commer-
cial Telegraph, and who subsequently edited the Belfast
New

Add to all this the number of pretenders who at different
times have appeared, and who have been signally defeated, and
I think that you must acknowledge that Mr. Wohe's claim has
actually undergone the experintentunt crucis.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
your very obedient servant,
JOSEPH MARSHALL.
Victory, Portsmouth, April 16.

STOPPAGE OF MESSRS. BARBER
AND MARSHALL'S BANK, AT WALSALL.
BIRMINGIIANI, FRIDAY EVENING APRIL 16.—1 regret t)
state that the bank of Messrs. Eissiber and Marshall, of
Walsall, closed this morning, 'or rather the house failed
!O open this morning. The inhabitants of the borough,
In consequence of this untoward event, combined with the
late stoppage of the South Staffordshire Bank,
.are placed
in very unpleasan. circumstances. The late failure at..
tributed to the embarrassments of a son
of one of the
members of the firm, lately carrying on business in Liver..
pool. It ought to be stated that the bank of Messrs.
Barber and Co. was more a bank of deposit than of corn.
=rec.
Time will not allow me to say more at present ; but
some people entertain hopes that the concern will wind
up more satisfactorily than, on the other hand, others
anticipated.

THE WEATHER.
ROYAL GALLERY
STR OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-
ET.

NooN, APRIL 17.
Barometer 29 95 In.
Thermometer
Highest . 59
Lowest
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

DUNDEE TRADE.--.week we have no al-
teration to report in the
latices of yarns and linen. Com-
pared with the business generally done at this season of
the year, the demand this spring for Dundee fabrics bass
been very limited caused, no doubt, by the unsatisfactory
state of our relations with foreign countries ; 'but as there
is now every
settled, appearance of matters bciag favourably
we hope that trade will soon assume its wonted
`ig"r• Several foreign vessels ha';c arrived from the
lower part of the Baltic within the,-,e few days, laden prin_
ciolly with flax and cedilla ;
er:3 we are glad to learn
that the quality of the stuff gives satisfaction to the int-
-0
porters. —D undee Carrier.
in
ROMAN REMAINs.—The excavations which
the Historical and A rehmulogical Society of Wisbaden,
has bren actively engaged for the last four years, on the
lividenberg, in the neighbourhood of that town, have at
length yielded an interesting result, in the discovery of an
extensive Roman fortress, in excellent pre-salvation, which
had been ors;
a tripleiginally.
moat.flanked T
by twenty-eight
foundations t
are o
towers, and
surroundeds?
ex-
traordinary solidity, and the various compartments of Iho
fortress are clearly marked and readily distinguishable_
The Society is preparing dia‘sii;:,,4 of tli,_se ruins, said to
be the most considerable remains of Roman archit:cturt
ever brought to light in Germany.