The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-30 00:00:00

FIRST CLASS.

Gazelle ...25...H. Gunston White with Red Arrow.
Ada 25...H0n. H. M. Upton...Black,Red,&WhiteCtoss.
Sabrina 21...L0rd Alfred Paget...White before Red.
Widgeon 21...T. C. Snook ........Red with White Star.
Gnome.. 24... R. and T. 111( esom—Blueand White with Star.

SECOND CLASS.
Lady Louisa ....I 3... T. S:nith
Victoria.... ...... 18... T. and C. Stokes ...Blue with White Cross.

TIIIRD CLASS.
Dauntless
Rival 10... W. Sawyer Red and White quartered.
Bermudian Maid 8... H. Bailes Red and White. _

Little Vixen ...10...R. Wright Blue and Red quartered.
Brilliant

The prizes for the successful owners were silver salvers,
not cups, as heretofore. The weight of that intended as
the chief prize was 70 ounces, and that for the second
class some 18 or 20 ounces less. A very pretty cream
ewer was added to these as the award of victory to the
light class yachts. The boat which came in first, of
whatever class, was to take the most valuable of the

prizes.
The company assembled to witness the match on board
the Sovereign steamer, but the attendance was not so
numerous as on many former occasions, although equally

as select.
The wind. was blowing strongly from the WT.N.W., a
fine whole sail breeze. A fair wind down to sail every
reach, and a dead poser up to try their powers to the
wind. In consequence of its being a very late tide the
start was delayed until exactly a quarter to one. The
race was most spirited, and the yachts spanked down to
the flag-buoy, at Coal-house-point, in first-rate style, and
rounded the flag-buoy in the following order :
The Ada, 39 minutes 10 seconds past two ; the Ga-
zelle 30 seconds past three ; the Gnome 1 minute 40 se-
conds past ; the Victorine 3 minutes 5 seconds past; the
Widgeon 3 minutes 10 seconds past ; the Sabrina, 3 mi-
nutes 15 seconds past ; the Vixen 9 minutes 15 seconds
past ; the Lady Louisa 16 minutes 20 seconds past ; the
Brilliant 17 minutes 8 seconds past ; and the Rival 17
minutes 15 seconds past.
It wanted a full hour to flood : the tide was running
dcwn hard, and the wind a dead noser. With these dis-
advantages, it was evident that nothing but power in the
vessel, and seamanship in the captain, could command
success. The whole of the yachts turned into the slack,
and began the work of beating up. The Gazelle doused
her topsail, being unable or unwilling to carry it, but the
Gnome stood upright under her's, although by many nau-
tical men on board, is was asserted that she had a trifle
too much of it, and that her bows were consequently
buried in the water. The Victoria made a good board,
and went out to windward of the Ada, Gazelle, and Gnome,
thus taking the leading place. They all began to make
fine play. Changes of position were momentarily ex-
pectecl,and manyan xious eyes were turned towards the spot,
when on a sudden the mainsail of the Gazelle, which was at
the moment challenging the first boat, was seen falling
to the deck. Shead carried away her main halyards,
and she was driven, before she could in any way re-
pair, at least a mile to leeward. Her chance with boats
of such even tonnage was evidently gone—no chance
was left for her, and, as far as she was concerned, the
fortune of the day was determined. The Gnome and
Ada made a sweet match for the second place, but the
Victoria held her own, and it was evident, as they neared
Grays, where the tide had made, that save accident, she
must win, which was the result. In the lower part of
Long Reach the Ada went to windward of the gnome,
and took the second place. They arrived at Greenwich
in the following order :—Victorine, 30 min. 40 sec. past
seven ; Ada, 33min. past ; Gnome, 34 min. 30 sec. past ;
Sabrina, 38 mm. past ; the Widgeon, 45 min. past ; the
Gazelle, 47 min. past ; and the Little Vixen at eight
o'clock.
The Messrs. Stokes claimed the first class prize,
although a boat of the second class, and the Hon. H. M.
"Upton the second in value. Mr. Wright the third class.
Atter waiting the usual time the prizes were presented
by the Commodore, who made an appropriate speech, in
which he complimented the Captains on the skill they
had displayed. The healths of her Majesty and Prinee
Albert were drunk with much enthusiasm. The Com-
modore and Stewards of the Club were attentive as usual
to the comfort of their guests, and the refreshments
were most excellent, and reflected much credit on Farmer,
the Steward. The company arrived in town at nine
o'clock.

SIR R. PEEL AND• LORD JOHN RUSSELL

My meditations led me to try and estimate the cha
racter of Sir Robert Peel. Our Saviour speaks of a sin,
against which he solemnly warned his disciples, and
which he called the sin against the Holy Ghost.
Divines interpret this as meaning sin against light and
knowledge. Verily, Madam, in all earnestness, and in
all sincerity, do I believe that Sir Robert Peel is guilty
of such a sin. He sins against light and knowledge.
His mind is not narrow enough to shut out from his view
the consequences of commercial reform ; but for the poor
sake of heading a powerful party that scarcely puts its
trust in him—for the paltry ambition of being a great
man of an hour—he declares himself determined, in
spite of better knowledge and of common sense, to up-
hold a policy which immediately is grinding to dust
thousands of your Majesty's subjects, and in its ultimate
results must pour decay through all the channels of trade
and commerce. From the contemplation of the chti-
racter of Sir Robert Peel, I turned to that of Lord John
Russell. I had mingled in the crowd that hailed him,
when he presented himself as a candidate to the citizens
of London. I heard him in simple, unaffected, manly
language, tell how he and his colleagues had pro-
posed measures which would add, by the natural ma-
gic of commercial freedom, at once to the revenue, and
to the prosperity of the people. I heard him tell how
they had advise! you, Madam, to exercise your
Royal prerogativ,?, and appeal to the country on this
°Teat vital question ; and though now the general result
shows Lord Joho Russell defeated, and Sir Robert Peel
victorious, oh, how immeasurably different the charac-
ters of the two men appeared ! Sir Robert Peel, sprung
from the people, enormously rich, dying with anxiety to
cognizant of the mighty results which would spring
from identify himself with the aristocracy, with a mind per-
ffectmlycomme7cial reform, yet sinning against light and
knowledge, clever, showy, and plausible. Lord John
Russell, the scion of an ancient and noble stock, linked
with the aristocraey:. yet the friend of the people, ad-
vancing slowly. Yet in the path of social improve-
ment, without showy plausibilities, or crafty dexterity,
yet true to his convictions, and firm in asserting what he
conceives to be just—can you wonder, Madam,. that in
the contemplation, Sir Robert Peel stood .14) before me
my enemy, and Lord John Russell my 'friend ' • that in
the Statesman of expediency I beheld the foe of my do-
wiestie comfort, linci the blighter of my children's hopes ;
and in the Statesman of principle the fast friend of me
and mine, the promoter of the universal comfort of all
your 34ajesty's subjects ?—:-Letter in Me chronicle.—

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TILE MORNING TAPERS OT THIS DAY.
CHRONICLE.—In the present state of parties, the
proceedings at the dinner given by Sir Robert Peel to
his constituents at Tamwcrth will, of- course, be read
with some curiosity. The dumb show still continuos.,
Sir Robert Peel will tell nobody what he will do, as
Minister until he is Minister. The point to which he
sticks is—turn out the Whigs, and put me in, and then
you shall see what you shall see. His own party are
quite as much in the dark as the rest of the world.
He says he is " constantly asked" what he means to
propose. But he is asked in vain. " The hungry
sheep look up, and are not fed." Why, then,
are they •his party ? Plainly, on no ground of
public policy. Some other tie binds them to
him. They do not follow him for the sake
of some known good to be achieved for the country.
What can charity itself surmise but that they follow him
for selfish and sinister ends, acting upon '4,`4aitited" mo-
tives, in conformity with the tainted characters which
their own journals ascribe to some of the more influen-
tial members of the faction ? The power of such charac-
ters to force- themselves into office may well make the
expectant Premier uncertain about what measures it will
be expedient or practicable for him to propose. No one
who has studied Sir Robert Peel would expect him to
confess to such a difficulty as this. His characteristic
course would be to varnish it over, give it,the colouring
of a free choice, and manufacture it into asmerif. This is
precisely what he has done. In shrinkingfrom all disclo-
sure of his future policy, Sir Robert elahns to be in-
fluenced by a principle of propriety.,: lie vamps up en
analogy to prove that it would be " nelsfit" in him, the
aspirant to the premiership, to apprise tire nation of his
intentions. lie affirms himself to be in the position of a
medial man, who sees a patient suffering, wrongly
treated, and without confidence in the present physician:
and who declines to suggest anything because not regu-
larly called in, it would be "no proper advice." We
know this is medical etiquette ; and we also know that
if any physician of our acquaintance should see one for
whom he professed half the regard professed by Sir 11.
Peel for the country in this condition, and acting on Sir
Robert's principle, should sacrifice the health or life of
his friend to the etiquette of his profession, we should
think him a most unexceptionable man of forms, and
also as cold-hearted a scamp as ever indulged in false
professions.
TIMES.—The Government of Louis Philippe was
recognised and supported by England in 1830, not from
any enthusiastic admiration of its popular origin, but
because it was, under the civet:mist st;,:.'•s, the form of
government best fitted to secure \ • liberties of the
French people, and to check the abuse of them. The
great public interest of maintaining a strong and orderly
Government in France, in order to curb thst revolu-
tionary spirit which had overturned the Throne of the
elder Bourbons, and might again have devastated
Europe, was paramount to all minor considerations of
national jealousy. It was so then, and it is so still.
Whatever tends to weaken that Government tends to re-
move the only barrier by which the world is protected
from evils so enormous, that they cannot for a moment
be weighed against the utmost success of Lord ron-
sonby's paltry intrigues. It cannot be concealed
that the loss of the English alliance, the excitement
of the military operations of last year, and the ad-
ditional burdens flung upon the country by a reckless
and short-lived Administration, have considerably in-
creased the difficulties with which Louis Philippe has to
contend. The state of society in France is too unsettled,
and the authority of her rulers too insecure, for the
friends of peace and order to trifle with such inflammable
materials. It was the part of England to conciliate the
nation and to support the Government : it has been the
part of Lord Palmerston to irritate the one and to in-
stilt the other. The actual result of his policy, as far as
France is concerned, has been to stimulate the bad pas-
sions of that restless and ambitious people, and to weaken
the power of the established authorities. A few weeks
more will put an end to this deplorable state of things.
A Conservative Administration will inherit none of the
passions and projects which have so agitated and con-
fused our foreign relations : but it will apply its steady
influence to the maintenance of that good understanding
with foreign nations upon which their internal order and
the general tranquillity of Europe depend.
POST.—The speech of Sir Robert Peel, which we had
the satisfaction of giving to the public:yesterday morning,
exclusively in the whole of our impression, cannot fail to
do great good to the Conservative cause. How very dif-
ferent it is from the snappishness and deception which
were the prominent characteristics of the written address
lately given to the world by Lord John Russell ! .We
have perfect confidence in submitting Sir R. Peel's.speeeli
to the common sense and rational manly feeling of the
country, that it will be received with warm ap-
probation. We care not whether they who sit in jusig-
ment upon it belong to the' Tory or the Whig
school of politics, provided they be people of
sense, and above the small malignities of party spirit.
They will find it plain and honest and earnest, It is not
deformed by any boasting. Notwithstanding a:1 the
temptations to retaliate which have been fUrnished by
Whig-Radical organs, there was nothing said unworthy
the great leader of a great party. Sir Robert Peel
plainly asserted the plain truth as to the censures which
both the Parliament and the people had passed upon the
Ministers of the Crown, but he did not for a manient
lose sight of the respect due to the Crown itself, nor did
he presume upon the probability that the power he now
wields would make it necessary for the Crown to appoint
him and his political friends in the room of those whom
Parliament and the people have censured.
HERALD.—We congratulate the public—and Sir
Robert Peel not less—on the speech delivered by the
Right Hon. Baronet at the dinner given by him to his
constituents on Wednesday evening the 28th instant, in
the Town Hall at Tamworth. It was a manly, unaffected,
plain, intelligible expose of his own views of his own posi-
tion under the circumstances of the present eventful
crisis. The report, which we published in a portion of
our impression yesterday, and which we repeat to-clay,
it is perfectly refreshing to peruse after the recent inflic-
tions we have witnessed of such vulgar balderdash and
incoherent raving as formed the staple of the last perform-
ances at the Corn Exchange, Dublin. Sir Robert treated
whatever subject he touched upon with the frankness of
an Englishman, the independence of a gentleman, and
the dispassionate judgment of an enlightened statesman.
There was no "clap-trap" about his address. lie went
directly to the points which he wished to enforce and
illustrate, and made up by mere argument and sound
reasoning—for all that the friends of " repeal" would
say was wanting in force and fire. He relied only on
admitted facts. He left to others the bad eloquence of
unscrupulous invective and studied misrepresentation ;
and he elicited testimonies of enthusiastic approbation
and expressions of personal attachment from the com-
pany whom he addressed, which " liberators" and " repre-
sentatives" of whole kingdoms in their single persons
may be surprised to learn were so elicited without indul-
gence in a single vituperative charge against a political
opponent—without a single insinuation of jealousy, or
malice against an unsuspecting friend. It is impossible
to avoid contrasting (mentally, we mean, for we have no
intention of visiting the penalty of the actual collation on
our unoffending readers)—the simple, brief. and digni-
fied acknosvledgments of the Right Hon. Baronet.to his
constituents for their continued support and confidence,
with the stilted extravagance, the fawning obsequious-
ness, of the thanks uttered by O'Connell on analogous
occasions.
ADVERTISER.—The Morning Journal which is
privileged to possess the confidence of the Tamworth
Baronet, continues its piecemeal developments of the
course of policy which the Right Hon. Gentleman
means to pursue when lie 'shall appear before the public
in his new capacity of Prime Minister of England. If
on some points of vast importance the morning organ
of the expectant Premier is vague and indefinite in its
intonations, there are others in which it is so ample
and explicit in its revelations as to leave no room for
doubt or misapprehension in any mind. The question
of the ballot is an instance in point. If any one felt at
' a loss as to what conclusion ought to be come to with
regard to the probable course which Sir Robert Peel,
when he shall have wrested the reins of office from their
present possessors, means to adopt onthe question of the
ballot, he has only to consult the Puddle-dock oracle of
yesterday-, and his darkness will be enlightened at once.
For ourselves, slippery, sliding, and supple as we know the
Premier elect to be, we never had the shadow of a doubt as
to the course which, on that question, he would pursue.
We knew his bitter hostility to the right of secret voting,
and his determination, so often as the subject should be
mooted in Parliament, to resist the adoption of the Ballot
with all the appliances which his position as the First
Minister of the Crown, and leader of the House of Com-
mons will place at his disposal. If any one should have
been sanguine enough to suppose for a moment that the
Ballot would be included in the category of " expedient"
questions, such person must have totally misconceived
the character of the Right Hon. Gentleman., Whatever
may be his other concessions. to _the popular demands,
whatever other Tory "principle" he may immolate on
the shrine.of his favourite expediency," the surrender
of his prejudices against the Ballot is a. sacrifice which he
will never make. There is something in the moral con-
stitution of the man at irreconcilable variance with thJ
secret and unbiassed exercise of the electoral qualification.

•
MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CHRONICLE.—The Madrid correspondent of a
morning Contemporary has informed the public in seve-
ral of his late communications, that the Spanish Govern-
ment is about sending to this country a remittance to
pay one dividend on the Three per Cent. Stock created
for the conversion of the arrears of coupons of the actual
Active debt. This report was mentioned again in a con-
fident manner in the Morning Post of yesterday. We
are inclined to think that this information is rather pre-
mature, as the conversion of the coupons has Lot taken
place, for which the bondholders have to thank the mem-
bers of the Committee, and therefore no payment can be
made until the matter is arranged. We do not profess
to know to what purposes the Government will apply the
loan of 600,000,000 resist (about 600,000/. sterling) for
which the sanction of the Cortes has been demanded ;
but we have been given to understand that the intention
of the Spanish Government is to apply 60,000/., which
will be paid by this country for the purchase of the
island of Fernando Po, to the settlement of part of the
arrears of interest due on the indemnity bonds, which
amounts to about 3'0,000/. annually.
ADVERTISER.—It is a matter worth noticing, per-
haps
been stated in the amounts received from
Frankfort to-day, via Rotterdam, that the
Italian
hanker Belloni, who suspended payments at Trieste, a
few days back, owing to the stoppage of the Vienna
firms, has been enabled to resume again, and further, that
the eminent houses of Bethmann, Bonn, and Floer-
- sbeim, at Frankfort, had withdrawn nearly all the large
amount of bank and private assets deposited with Gey
Muller, before the house failed, so that they will escape
with compar4tively trifling losses. On the other hand,
.we are sorry to state that the banking and exchange
I firm of 3/49nie, at Vienna, has fallen into einbarra.:ss-

public in the City have been much stir
.
their building, while the legal
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ith which the San Fire-Office
'lle boundary line is still undecided.
ad operations till they obtained the
action against the proceedings of
lqluasevstiobneenconccoenrntininligl
of k. ,ewers under " Michael Angelo
as they had procured that, not-
ktrisceee_mchs
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notice t, iat the Commissioners would
the Commissioners iniAcsts,i,o, nbeurst
as
soon
withstanding
appeal to the Chancellor, th ey went on as before, though
the question was still under 'ided. A reference to the
law reports of the day will du liv that the Chancellor con-
siders the 'case as yet undisposed of, and suggests that
the decision of it court of law may be procured on the
construction of th . 1 statutes connected with the mat-
ter. The Sun Megf
under ibusa. circumstances, are
scarcely justified in currying arc &sir invasion against
-
public improvement.
•The Commimsioners of Sewers, it
13 said, are determined to continue to the last the contest
for the cause of the public.