The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROII THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The Tories cannot be accused of neglecting oppor-
tunities for attacking their opponents. Indeed, they
seem to hope that, by assailing all points, a practicable
breach may be found or made. This, perhaps, is the
wisest policy for so divided a party. The troops will
not act together ; and from their recent murmurings
against their leaders, there is reason to expect open
mutiny. A week ago stratagems were tried ; false
colours were hung out ; and protestations of attach-
ment to, and prayers for the happiness of, the
Royal pair, were paraded with due pomp of
phraseology for several days. The scheme having
failed, they return to insults and misconstruction. By
one of those accidents which occasionally occur even
with those best acquainted with our forms and ceremo-
nies, and which may easily be accounted for and as rea-
dily excused in a Prince so recently arrived among us,
the Address voted by the House of Commons to Prince
Albert on his marriage was not received at the time
fixed for its presentation. This accident is immediately
pounced on by the Tory Press, and tortured into a pre-
meditated insult to the Representatives of the people.
(From the Standard.)
The Globe of Saturday affirms that the Tory press
has asserted that the navy of England has been dimin-
ished in strength and deteriorated in efficiency. This
is another contribution to the system of " enormous
lying" by which her Majesty's present government at-
tempt to reply to the charges which are brought against
them by their Conservative opponents, The inquiry as
t,) whether the navy of England is or is not in as effi-
ci e.nt a state as it was in any previous year of the
pe.sce, is one that has never once been mooted.
Th e simple question is, whether it is or is
not. adequate to the exigencies of the nation
at the present moment. Having discussed this
point so fully when the motion of Lord Col-
chtester was brought forward in the House of Lords on
the, 6th instant, it would be idle to go over the same
ground again. Lord Melbourne has himself admitted
that our navy is not adequate to the protection of our
cots.coerce in time of peace ; but pleads the poverty of
our resources for not making it' more efficient. This,
as I tas already been seen, is a penny wise and pound
fooli sh system of economy. If we continue to exhibit
the weakness which we have hitherto displayed in South
Anti rica, China, and elsewhere, we shall be involved in
hosti;lities which it will cost us ten times the sum now
demanded to put an end to.
(From the courier.)
Sem eral very important amendments of the new Irish
Corp oration Bill will be moved in Committee in the
House of Commons, and if adopted will tend to remove
the pirinzipal objections entertained by the Conservative
party in Ireland against this joint measure of O'Con-
nell rind the Ministry. When Lord John Russell
gave notice of his intention to introduce this Bill, the
Conservatives of the House of Commons seemed to re-
ceive the principles, as then stated, if not with decided
approlation, at least without signs of discontent. The
consideration that the passing of the Bill would not
affect the strength of the Conservative party in Parlia-
ment in any remarkable degree, appeared to have influ-
ence on many of the Members, who, on former occasions,
when. the proposed alterations in the Irish Corporations
were no der discussion, expressed themselves adverse to
the intended innovations. This might be a good reason
for ac quiescence in the Ministerial measure, if the secu-
rity 01' the Conservative party in Ireland could be en-
sured loy the transfer of the established rights of the Pro-
testan is to the Roman Catholics.

On Saturday last the young man who made the
attack of t Wakeling, his grandfather, as noticed in our last,
was again examined. It appeared that when Wakeling was
going u p Cranham-hill he saw his grandson behind him, and
stopped to ask him to lead the horse ; as soon as the grandson
came up he attacked him with a bludgeon. but Wakeling de-
fended I iimself some time before he was knocked down. The
stub in a wood has been found from which the bludgeon was cut.
The prisoner was taken the same night on his way home, as if
nothing had happened. He was fully committed for trial.
Wakelit ig still liesin adangerous state.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
The increase of letters received in this town,
since thi .1 establishment of the penny post is in the proportion
of abo at three so one ; and the loss to the revenue about four-
seventl is of the former amount. We anticipate a considerable
increase as the convenience, of the new system become better
known ; but it will be absolutely necessary to have additional
assista) 3ce in the delivery of letters, and some better contrived
vehicles for carrying•them out than the old letter-bags, which
are nosy totally inadequate to the purpose intended. The public
suffer considerable inconvenience from this source.— D erby

Reposter.
A NICE POINT.—At Guildhall Police Court
on Thus sdav, James Jones, a cab-driver, attended before Mr.
Alder= in White, to answer the complaint of Mr. B. Brown,
one of th e members of the Common Council, for exacting from
him foul pence more than the legal fare for carrying him from
the Brie klayers' Arms to the door of Messrs. Smith, Payne,
and Co-"s banking-house in King William-street. Mr. Brown
stated th at for six months past he had been in the habit of riding
over the same ground frequently, and he had never paid more
than Ist. until the defendant insisted on having Is. 4d. The
driver replied that his cab was the third on the rank, and he
was en titled to claim for every yard the wheels moved before
the gentleman got in at the door of the Bricklayers' Arms. He
was satisfied the distance exceeded a mile and a half, and that it
was, th erefore, more than a shilling fare. Mr. Brown thought
it was not probable that the defendant was right and so
many aft er cab-drivers wrong, and he therefore demanded a
measures tent. The distance was accordingly measured, and
found to exceed a mile and a half by 66 yards. Mr. Alderman
White w: as called on to assess the compensation to be made to
the driver for loss of time on a portion of two days, and Mr.
Brown w as adjudged to pay ss. for the measurement, 3s. for
the sums tons, and ss. for defendant's loss of time.
TWE NTY MILES AN HOUR.—This match, for
201. a 'let ?, which was made a few weeks ago, between two
sporting g entlemen of Nottingham—for a horse that ran in one
of the coaches to perform twenty miles within the hour--came
off Frida.y week. The spot fixed on was the Newark road, the
start to he from the ninth mile stone from Nottingham, and at
the stated time, the umpires and the referee being appointed,
Stagg (l saving a watch fastened upon his arm to enable him to
regulate the pace of the horse) mounted the high-spirited ani-
mal, and. the signal being given,_ he started at a pace which
good jud vs thought too rapid. The first ten miles was accom-
plished :in twenty-six minutes, and the backers of time began
to look rather blue • but on returning, and when within 3*
miles of home, the horse broke down of his near fore leg, having
twelve rtninutes to do the distance.—Nottingham Review.
FRE',NCII EMIGRANTS FOR SOUTH AMERICA.
—The S entinelle of Bayonne says that emigrations for South
America are continuing from that part of France; and that a
vessel, wi th 292 emigrants on board, sailed from that port on
the 12th inst. for Montevideo. Among them were 50 women
and 17th..childrea.
Our .excellent Contemporary, The Sun, inserted
on Wednesday a letter signed " John Dixon," on the subject
of the Town Meeting of Saturday, to address the Queen and
Prince Albert, which letter is a pompous imposition. Had the
Reform erti at all bestirred themselves, they could have far out-
number cd the fag-ends of faction, but they had no expectation
that dec iency would have been outraged to so flagrant an extent
on such an occasion. With respect to the Address, which
party trick succeeded in carrying, it was only objectionable on
the score of informality. lriumph there was none, save a
triumph over propriety.—Hull Advertiser.
CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.—Within these

few days there has been an extensive circulation of forged 5,
notes, purporting to be of the Bank of England. The circula-
tion of them has been amongst extensive linen-drapers and
haberdashers at the West end of the town, by a gang of fe-
males (foreigners), and, from the elegance of their attire, not
any suispicion was entertained of the notes being forgeries.
They are executed in so excellent a manner as to remove the
slightest idea of their not being genuine. The purchases are
generally of a trifling amount, not exceeding 10s. or lbs. It is
needless to state that the addresses given proved fictitious.
From. the excellent manner in which the spurious notes have
been executed, it is'oupposed thatlthe plates have been engraved
at Birmingham. Tradespeople cannot be too cautious in taking
notes of strangers, however respectable their outward appear-
ance may be.
DREADFUL GIG ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday
afternoon, between two and three o'clock, as a gentleman and
a lady were proceeding in a gig along Farringdon-street, the
horse suddenly took fright, and darted off with tremendous
speed towards Holborn-bridge. The gentleman, in his endea-
vour to pull the horse in, broke the reins, and he was hurled
with great violence against the pavement. The horse now
being without control, redoubled his speed, and on arriving at
the end of the street, the lady being still in the gig shrieking
dreadfully, a gentleman named Roberts, solicitor, of No. 1,
Childe's-place, Middle Temple, at the imminent risk of his
owe life, rushed forward and, exciting the animal by the head,
succeeded in arresting his progress, and in all probability saving
the life of the lady.
A few days since died, at the residence of his
brother, in Norfolk, Wm. Bessey, better know as " Black
Will." Deceased carried a basket of oranges and cakes about
this town, and for the last twelve years lodged with Mr. Carter,
near the bridge. It appears that he died possessed of 8001 in
Three per Cent. Consols, 300/. in Messrs. Sparrow and Co.'s
Bank, besides 2001. in Long Annuities. How he accumulated
so large a sum is not known ; he was some years since in the
service of Mr. William Prentice, of Goldhanger. His mode
of living was most penurious, denying himself the common
necessaries of life, and always complaining that he could not
afford the luxury of a fire. Ile had two brothers, one of whom
is, it is said, of a similarly saving disposition, and to them and
a deceased brother's wife, the above property is left. His exe-
cutors are Mr. Plum, of Moulsham, and one of the brothers.
THE ESTABLISHMENT I !--REFUSAL TO
INTER.—On Monday morning considerable excitement was
raised in the parish of St. Thomas, near this city (Exeter), in
consequence of the clergyman of the parish refusing to perform
the rites of burial upon a deceased child of Mr. Fouracres, of
that parish, upon the plea of non-baptism in the Church ; the
consequence was, a platform was erected adjoining the church-
yard, and as near as could be to the grave, when the Rev. Mr.
Alford. the Baptist Minister, performed the ceremony ; which
was attended by an immense concourse of spectators. Surely
the clergy of the Church of England are either mad or blind,
or both, thus to rouse the prejudices and passions of the multi-
tude ! !—Devonshire Chronicle. llt is consolatory to know
that ruin and destruction always follow madness of this sort,
and that the retributive hand of justice will sooner or later
visit an Establishment whose members dare thus wantonly and
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without distinction to party, the factious Tories were raising'
funds to bribe the burgesses. To each old burgess, of the ;it
colour, was given half a soverAgn, under the specious pretencel
of loyalty ; but, in fact, with a view to his vote on a general
election. When an application was made by a party not a bur
gess, the reply was either that they had no more funds, or, if
they found him to be a voter (though not a burgess), he was
invited to a dinner. Thus (lid the loyal Hull Tories pervert
the day of rejoicing into a means of exercising their corrupt
practices, and demoralizing those to whom they offered their
bribes. With expressions of loyalty on their lips they were, by
their acts, plotting against the Government and the Queen._
Hull Adcertiser.