The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-05 00:00:00

YORK OCTOBER RACES.-FRIDAY.

The Two-;;;.:01d Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20
:Wed ; colts 8-4 61b; and fillies Bst 31b; w;nners once
this }ear, 31bs; twice; 51b3 ext:a; horses that have been
1---n b:aten twice and rot won all6vved 21b. T. Y. C.
(3 Subs.)
lir. Bell's gr c Tile 'Squire
Mag eh, 25 each, p. p., catch weights; gentlemen riders;
o' e Blaskburn's The Waverer walked over.

The Ladies' Plate of 60 says., added to a handicap sweep
Ftalces cif 5 soya. each ; the second to receive 10/ out of
the stakes. Mile and a quarter heats. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Wormaki's eh g r'ieschi, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b 5 1 1
Mr. Milner's Humphrey, 5 yrs, 9;t 7ib
Mr. Osb,ldeston'3 al, cant in Sylph, 3 yrs 1 3' 3
Ceck'.•l gr gby FPleon, 3 yre, Est 101 b 3 4 dr
S'r C. H. Ibbotsen's ch fby Plenipo, 3 yrs
Mr. Bell's bf La Sage Femme, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 6 6 dr
Mr. Celten's b c The Genius, 3 yrs, ist 71b
Firs,t, heat-5 to 4 agst Mountain Sylph, 6to 4 apt
Humphrey, and 2to 1 agst Fieschi. Won by a length
after a smart race. Second beat-5 to 4 on Mountain
Sylph, and 2to 1 agst Humphrey: Won easily by four
lengths. Third heat—'2 to lon Fieschi. Won easy.

CHESTERFIELD RACES.-.—WEDNESDAY.
Toe Maiden Plate of 60 guineas for horses that never
won the value of 5.01. before the day of naming; three.
Sr-oils, ist 31b; four, Sit 61b;13.-b; five, Bst 111; six and
aged, Bit 13ib ; tares and geldings al.orved 3lbs. Two.
mile heats.

Mr. Calloway's b c by Revolution, 3 yrs 0 3 1 1
Mr. Tilburn's b f Miss Le Gros 1 2 2 2
i‘ir. Frost's ch g bro to Vain, 4 yrs
Mr. Mesa's bl c Tom, 3 yrs
Mr. Wilmot's ch g Captain Sutton, 5 yrs... 2 cli-
ne All-aged Sweepstakes of 10 soya each. Two miles.
Mr. Barror.•'s b m Gatisarina, aged, 9st 121 b
3,1 r. Dutton's b m Prudence, 5 yrs, Sat 91b 2
Mr. Lc 's b c Ararat, 4 yrs, Sat 41b

gated authority of Mehemet s nould be confined to
Egypt alone, and that the direct authority of the
Sultan should be re-established in the whole of
ria. It appears, however, that in answer to a ropo-
sition of the French Government, dated Septem: or 27,
1839, her Majesty's Government, for the sake of meet-
ing the views of France, expressed its willin,mess to
recommend to the Sultan to give to Mehemet Ali, in
addition to the Pachalic of Egypt, the administration
of the lower part of Syria. Such a proposition was in-
consistent with the reasonings previously used, which
went to show that, for the preservation of the integrity
of the Ottoman empire, and of the general peace
of Europe, the exclusion of Mehemet Ali from
the whole of Syria was necessary. Fortunately, as
it seems to us, this proposition for the division
of Syria was not agreed to by the French Govern-
ment. A similar inconsistency was, however, displayed
in the early part of the negotiations by the French
Government ; for whereas, in the beginning, its sole
objection to the arrangement of taking Syria from Me-
hemet Ali was founded on the argument that force
would be necessary to carry such an arrangement into
effect, and that the use of force would be more danger-
ous than the status quo, yet in the proposal of Septem-
ber, 1839, the French Government suggested a di-
vision of Syria, to which (in case of need) France was
to aid in compelling Mehemet Ali to submit, by coer-
cive measures. Lord Palmerston observed this ineon-
s.stency at the time, and poimed it ou; to Count Sebes-
tiani. The reply of the Count was remarkable, and
deserves to be called to mind even at the present stage of
this protracted affair. He replied to the observations of
Lord Palmerston that the objection felt by the French
Government to employ coercive measures against Me-
hemet Ali was founded upon domestic considerations ;
and that those objections would be removed if the
French Government were able to show to the public
and to the Chambers that it had procured for Mehemet
Ali the bes• terms that could be obtained for hint, and
that he had refused to accept those terms. We have
never heard it explained why the French public, or the
French Chambers, or the French Government, should
be so anxious to obtain the best possible terms for
Mehemet Ali. The reason of the great sympathy
between the French and Mehemet has been kept
secret.

FROlt THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY.
(From the Globe.)
ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO SET FIRE TO
SHEERNESS DOCKYARD

A report was current in town this forenoon, con-
firmed by a short paragraph in a Second Edition of
a Morning Paper, that an attempt had been made
to fire the Dockyard at Sheerness. We imme-
diately employed our best endeavours to ascertain the
truth of the report ; and, if trues to furnish the fullest
particulars of the circumstances. We regret that we
are compelled to confirm the truth of the report ; and
supply from an official source the fullest particulars of
the diabolical scheme of destruction, which was so pro-
videntially prevented from taking effect :—As the
workpeople were leavinc, the yard last night an alarm
of fire was given on board the Camperdown, close to
the shed where the Achille is. It was first
discovered by the warrant-officer, who observed a smoke
issuing from the after cockpit. The officers were im-
mediately on the spot, and discovered that the fire
had commenced in one of the lockers of the midship-
men's berth on the larboard side, which was extinguished
without any damage beyond the destruction of the locker.
When the locker was ripped up, there was found a birch
broom over a bundle of oakum, pounded resin, and a
lock of hay, immediately over the locker between the
beams. After this discovery had been made, the officers
found other combustible materials secreted inside one
of the latticed racks, consisting of oakum spread out
in trains, and a lucifer match at the end of each
train, and matches also intermixed with the oakum ;
powdered resin was also mixed with it, and a birch.
broom placed on the top of all ; a match at the end o
one of the trains had evidently ignited and gone out.
The ship was then thoroughly searched, as also the Mo-
narch, Achille, and the Cornwall, and a captain's guard
was called in from the garrison, and the sentries outside
doubled. A portion of the inferior officers and men, with
the principal officers, kept a vigilant look-out during the
night. They were assisted by some marinesfroin the Ocean.
Ia connection with the above, it is satisfactory to us
to be able to state as the result of the inquiry which
has been prosecuted thus far into the origin of the
conflagration at Plymouth, that no evidence any other
than that the fire was the result of accident has yet
been adduced. The suspicion of incendiarism in that
case is gradually subsiding in every quarter.
(From the Standard.)
Lord Ebrington has theulht the time to have arrived
when be ought to deciarc against the Repeal of the
Union ; accordingly, upon the inauguration of the
Lord Mayor of Dublin, his Excellency made a long
speech against the Repeal agitation—but what is this
speech ? " Words, words, words." Where are
Lord Ebrington's acts ? We speak not of pro-
secutions, to which we are quite as much averse as
Lord Ebrington can be—rather more averse than
Sir John Campbell ; though we do think that the
pretext of repeal ought not to protect Mr.
O'Connell's treasons. But, apart from prosecu-
tions, by what acts has Lord Ebrington shown his
hostility to repeal ? Has he removed any of the re-
' pealer Lords Lieutenant or repealer Magistrates from
office ? Has he given the support of his Government
in claims to office or at elections to the stanch sup-
porters of the Union, when they have stood in compe-
t;tion with Repealers ? He has done nothing of the
kind : all his acts have been favourable to the Re-
peaters, and such being the case, they, as well as the
friends of the Union, will know how to interpret his
mere words.