The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-08 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1841.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CHRONICLE.—The failure of a house in Loinbarl-street,
agent to some of the banks in the Channel Islands, was an-
nounced this morning, and also the stoppage of the firm of Me-
rentier, Tokenhouse-yard, extensively engaged in the West
Indian and continental trade. The suspension of the first
named house is said to have arisen out cf the failure of Messrs.
Coils and Co., bill brokers, who had been guarantees for their
acceptances. The stoppage of the house of alerentier is attri-
buted to speculations in sugar, and it is said that their paper is
in circulation to a large amount, of which a considerable por-
tion is held in London. The banking firm in Vienna of Steiner
is also declared defaulters, aril the banking establishment in
Paris of Pierregues and Verninic is reported insolvent, arising
from their connections with Merentier. A small failure in
the West India trade took place yesterday in the City.
Rumours are abroad of other firms, but we hope without
foundation. These failures have given rise to a con-
eislerable want of confidence and gloom in the City ;
but as there has been no speculation for twelve months
past, the circulation limited, and as the action of the banks
has been generally stringent since the autumn of 1839, we
o not apprehend anything like a money panic. There is great
depression in trade, and some establishments find it requisite
to nind up and to realise their securities. The fall of prices
consequent on the restrictive measures of the Bank, after the
exhaustion of its bullion in 1839, made it necessary for many
houses to bring their stocks to market at a heavy loss. That
change in value soon extended to the Colonies, and those who
had made shipments abroad, to relieve the glut at home, suf-
fered a further loss from sending their goods to markets already
over supplied. The decrease in the Custom Revenues •of
856,991/. within the year, notwithstanding an increase of
5 per cent., shows too plainly that the trade of England is in
a state of ecay ; and that the distress prevailing in the manu-
facturing districts must become still more general and alarming,
unless means be adopted to repleni'h the springs of our pro-
ductive.industry sops to increase consumption, by giving cheap
food and better wages to the working classes.
TIMES.—Mr. Leatham, of Wakefield, who has already
written two pamphlets on the currency, has recently published
a table, showing in parallel columns the estimated amount of
bills circulating in Great Britain and Ireland, the quarterly
averages of Bank of England notee-aed other ut'tes payable on
demand, the averages of bullionsia the Bank and in circulation,
the average amount of securities held by the Bank, the
amounts adeauced by the Bank as temporary loans, the na-
ture of the securities deposited, the interest demanded, and
the average interest allowed by the bill-brokers for cash, all
for a .period of eight years, ending January, 1840. The
general inferences to be drawn from the inspection of
his table Mr. Leatham leaves to his readers, but he has added
some remarks to call attention to what he considers the more
remarkable phenomena. The quarters in 1832-3-4, with
which the table begins, exhibit the amount of bills in circula-
tion as expanding to a great extent the rates of interest charged
by the Bank as from 3to 3a, and that allowed by the bill-
brokers for cash as still lower, and the bullion in the Bank
rising from 5,000,0001. to 11,000,0001., and subsequently de-
clined to 7,000,0001. The quarters from the second half of the
year 1837, through 1838 and 1839, show interest gradually ris•
ing to 6 per cent., a great decrease in the latter part of the
period in the bullion in the Bank, and in the earlier portion a
great decrease in the amount of bills of exchange. This re-
action is but the result, according to Mr. Leatham, of the ap-
parent prosperity of the former period.
POST._-Triuidad papers to May 22, Demerara to June 1,
and Jamaica to June 2, have come to hand by her Majesty's
packet Seagull. The ship Elizabeth and Jane had just arrived
at Trinidad with 181 African immigrants of both sexes on
board, all in perfect health, after a passage of 28 days. The
accommodations provided for the comfort of the poor negroes
are spoken of as having been most ample, and great credit is
given to those interested in the outfit of the vessel for their hu-
manity. The labourers seemed to be in no great hurry to en-
gage themselves, but evinced a disposition rather to look
around them in the first instance to ascertain how they might
do so to the best advantage. They proved intelligent men,
and far superior to those usually landed from captured slave
ships, while most of the number were able to speak the Eng-
lish language. On the departure of the Elizabeth
and Jane from Sierra Leone, two more vessels were
there, about to receive emigrants—one bound far Jamaica, and
the other for Demerara. The people of Trinidad seem to feel
it as a great evil that the island had no agent to represent it
in England, and to watch the proceedings of the President of
the Board of Trade, who had announced an intended alteration
in the customs' duties. The barque Superior had reached
Demerara with 202 Kroomen and freemen. The Superior
also had a very favourable passage, no deaths having occurred
since she left Africa. Lodging and every necessary was afforded,
the whole at the expense of the colony, until they should be able
to procure suitable emplyment. The same vessel was char-
tered to return to Sierra Leone fora further supply of labourers.
Arrangements were making by the islands generally for the
introduction of free labourers upon a scale that should greatly
discourage any project the effect of which, in the event of its
being carried, would be to give extension to the cruel traffic
so obstinately persevered in by that most immoral of nations,
Portugal.
SUN.—The accounts from theWebt India islands
present no feature of novelty, having been
partly anticipated by the advices via the United
States.

FROM THE MORNING PAYERS OF THIS DAY.
CHRONICLE.—The anger of the Times at the "perverse
position assumed by the Conservative non-intrusionists at
Aberdeeen and elsewhere, shows pretty plainly how the wind
blows. The triumphant elections of the Lord Advocate and
of Mr. Fox Miele are the cau'e of this ebullition of disap-
poirdment ; and the expected defeat of the Tory candidate,
who opposes Mr. Bannerman in Aberdeen, has made the bile
of our contemporary overflow. The virulent attack on Mr.
Bannerman, spread over a goodly column and a half of a leader,
in the Times to-day, will be best answered by the poll, which
will show a majority in Mr. Bannermen's favour of nearly two
to one against his antagonist. The whole article is a tissue of
falsehoods and misconceptions, too well known in the northern
city to change a single vote of the constituency. We shall
give one example only of these blunders, leaving our readers
to apply the maxim, ex uno disce omnes, The Times,
in its elaborate list of Mr. Bannerman's enor-
mities, says that the Conservatives well remember
"his memorable malversetion in attempting to misapply cer-
tain academical funds to the erection or repair of some bridge
or another." The truth is as diametrically the reverse of this
as it is possible for fact and falSehood to be. The measure
thus ignorantly alluded to by the Times was a Bill brought
in.° Parliament by the Corporation of the City of Aberdeen,
for applying a portion of a large accumulated fund, arising
net of an annual amount, originally bequeathed in the reign
of Robert the Bruce, for the support and maintenance of the
famous " Brig o' Belgonie," on the Don, to the erection of
schools within the City of Aberdeen. Thus, instead of apply-
ing academic funds to build bridges, Mr. Bannerman merely
proposed to apply surplus funds left for supporting a particular
bridge, to academic purposes.; the very converse of the charge
brought against him. • The measure was taken up as a party
question by the Conservatives, and ultimately defeated by the'
votes of two or three Tories, brought down by the whip to
vote against a . Bill, with the merits of which they were
totally unacquainted.
TIMES.—The language of the democratic party at the
present crisis is admirably characteristic of their natural pro-
pensities and real motives.' They hail their approaching mi-
gration to the benches of.the Opposition with a sort of frantic
boast, that it will give them more opportunities .of mischief,
and a field for bolder enterprise, than they had when the Go-
veiiiiiiiiiit of thi Datil:fit Wits-iia-iiseia hula. If, iiideetL. t,tiia
cause of these Liberal politicians is to be strengthened in Oppo-
sition by all the measures they neglected to carry, and all the
pledges they failed to fulfil, when they were in . office,
their points of attack will be as numerous as the points,'
of the compass. But it will not be forgotten by, the
nation, that these abuses (if such they be) were quite -ds.
open to correction ashen the power of correcting them was
in the hands of the very men who are now impatient tee.
exercise their acutenense in detecting and their eloquence
in denouncing them. It appears to be a law in Whig
optics, that the imperfections of our constitution, and the
breaches which time has made in the structure of the common-
wealth, become visible as the spectator recedes from close
proximity. to the object. It has already been discovered (such
is the distance which already intervenes between the Ministers
and the centre of administration) that the whole trading and
manufacturing interests of the country are on the verge of
ruin ; and the schemes of these mighty architects for propping
up the ancient fabric increase in boldness in proportion as they
acquire a conviction that they will not be called upon to exe-
cute their projects, and that they may therefore indulge in
suggesting experiments which will only bring down the roof
on the heads- of their opponents. The language of Liberal
candidates on the hustings and of the Liberal organs of the
press, which are so overloaded with explosive matter that they
miss their aim and recoil on the desperadoes who discharge
them, amounts in tact to an admission, that as a
Government the Melbourne Cabinet have failed to perform all
those duties which they slow declare to be essential to the pub-
lic welfare. But having so failed when they had a majority in
the House of Commons, having likewise failed with a mino-
rity in that House, they proceed to assure their supporters that '
in Opposition they will be quite irresistible. That they will
be formidable no one doubts ; for men are always formidable when
they throw off all restraint. As long as they were in office,
the nature of their Ministerial functions, and the necessity of ,
propitiating that honourable and patriotic Opposition which
lent its support to the Government in various emergencies,
forced them to keep up some reserve. The heads of the party
filling several of the highest offices of state, were not disposed
to risk their characters or their fortunes in order to gratify all
the passions of their democratic tools. But in Opposition, the
more cautious members of the present Cabinet will instantle,
he distanced and Contumeliously disavowed by their late ad-
herents.
it u V ERTlSER.—Whatever may. be the result•of the elec-
tions yet remaining to be decided, it is now evident that in the
next House of Commons parties must be so equally balinced
as to render it impossible for any Administration to carry on
the affairs of the country with efficiency . and satisfaction for
any length of time, and, therefore, to make it highly probable
that but a short time will elapse before the constituencies of the
British empire be again appealed to for their decision on the
conduct of their Representatives. It is, in fact, now all but cer-
tain that, ere long, we shall have another general electien. Let
the constituencies, therefore, at once prepare to redeem their •
representation from the false and faithless hands to which,
in too ~ many instances, they leo lately confided it,
Let every man qualified for the suffr hose no time in seeing
that his name be duly placed on the' registry. Claims for -
votes in counties must be made before the 20th instant, and in
boroughs all poor.r:tes and assessed taxes must be paid before
the sante day. Register, Reformers ! Register, as you value
your freedom and all that is dear to you as citizens. No time
is to be lost. If your names be not on the registries, arid your
taxes paid hefore the 20th instant, you shall be, for the ensuing
twelve months no better than slaves, without the slightest
means of givipg legislative expression to any opinion on the in-
stitutions established for your government, or upon the
changes, good or bad, which may be proposed in them. Re-
gister, therefore, as you value, not only . your political
rights, but as you value your daily bread. Taken by
surprise, unprepared for the good which was offered
to their acceptance, and uncertain of tho firmness
and good faith of those proposing it, the borough constitu-
encies, in many instances, allowed their representation to be
wrested from them by factious monopolists with most apa-
thetic indifference.- But little excuse can be offered for such
conduct under any circumstances ; but if, after having expe-
rienced such infliction, they suffer the opportunity to pass
without preparing for its removal, they deserve their fate, and
are unworthy of the fostering care which, whatever may have
been its conduct in other respects, the present Ministry has
evinced for their interests in the proposed modifications of the
prohibitory duties.
POST.—The most violent, nay, truculent and rabid, of' all
the electioneering agents in Ireland, are the Romish ecclesias-
tics. What would 13e said in this kingdoni if a Bishop of the
Church were, in virtue of his ecclesiastical authority, to sum-
mon his clergy around him for the purpoSe of taking measures
against the return of a Whig or a Radical candidate? What
would be said in this kingdom if the parochial clergy exhibited
themselves in every place of political meeting, stamping with
passion, and roaring to the crowd, with violent vociferation of
inflammatory language.which no gentleman would use under
any circumstances, and which even the excitement of election ..„......
.....
it,yeeireseareese..........-._
times could scarcely excuse among the coarsest of the people ? DIM 1' /vER THE COMEDIAN.
Is it net certain that such behavior would be assailed with the :TO' THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
most earnest reproaches by every Ministerialist, and yet this Six,—l have just perused in path' paper of yesterday'
is actually the daily conduct pursued at this very time by • a Memoir of Mr.
the Ministerial adherents in Ireland. It is to such con- the Observer," and synipathlsing as I mast elitaitq do
and in
. commencement of, ilia.-
Pt"vert ti OrpOttilig to be taken il'Oni
duct they will be indebted for lowering the 'majority in " the heartfelt sorrow" ti '-e. -b 'd ''ild I htiO I
which the English returns present against the Ministers. may be excused foe t bit ler id es.- rg' '
Without the aids derived from such proceedings in Ireland, of . . eti,tl tlg you with a few corrections
mis-statements
the Whig-Radical party would be utterly powerless and insig- mem inaccuracies Ontained in the very
nificant in Parliamentary divisions. These are truths—plain, tniiii)ii:; iiiiich 1 drri, enabled to
practical truths—which we take leave to submit to the good d° .'n °9!-10114.4.iiet 'di caving mane it.ii'. rtdiVtliti it&
uain*-
sense and calm consideration of the public. We ask whether , q _glee the very day after his mother and himself
any reasonable man can consider it Just or fair, or like,- - reached Cardiff, in Wales, and having been q terms of
--Y to the closest intimacy aqd friptidshio 10411 liiiii thiiidg 416
lead to good, that representatives who owe th4t. ..
the means we have described, exercised min- eetuans to
t whole elf 11.19 Htfilfrl at that 1
—oe "relied shiest N, tht r 0 s t erlgaged m the year 1813, or any
and semi-savage population, shouts • -. a wild, ignerteri sii rawer' 'vas not .- .. .., _, . p tee. The mother
inor Mr.
enders of a party in the In,-
valent to the sue-- _eerie' linnet et ()Anions, is aqui, ether •.'ea.i. hi the Com trtl.y of Mr. Wl,llkrhe at that place,
I, it not - , Bert Of -Eltglitit outtty representatives? bitt AO arri,Ved it Oritdi iti Ail tfitli lief 68110 NON
have - inonsirous that an Administration thelltk been Stranded on the Coast df Wainorgan; near West,
' .0 long subsisted, although distrusted by a large Abeithaw; in a vase' bdittid froth Witt€iferd tof Bristol;
....ajority of English representatives, and by a }'et in Whieh they; 'With a feti; titer pefsditS, had tidierl ti,
larger majority of the Upper Hoitse Of Parliitterin passage. The passengers got safely on shore, saving,
merely upon the strength of the itkpildit ilt those
whom the horridly Irieligiets VloleWce of the Re- rmost fortunately; their luggage ; and Mrs. Power, with
her son, proceeded Ain td Cardiff; in order to obtain a
manist eccletiasties of Ireland had sent into the House of
hy Water to Drisitil; tliefd Wag °illy alio Bch
Commons ? And is it not even more monstrous, and morn passage .. , , ~
effensive, that when Great Britain still more decidedly eels:. then tin the route, basiaes the rain, and celach-travelling
demos the Whig-Radical Administratien, so tts to ranclr Its Cthisetitientli's estflett?.iv6., At da.t'diff Airs, Power en-
eontinuance in office impossible, the /Arty Miitik tiro.% Elritaiil gag@d. apaiimeitts at thi3 lititt6o Of d. 74; itidelf et pririter,
prefers as more honest and /noise pitiii6, it to be threatened iiiot M`Leod; iflid was then a s'ehciothoy, acid tine
lay after day by renewals of this violence, which is the appro.'.
rn of the United Kingdom ? We appeal to the ia,aeotiabli known 4.8 a printer , until runty years after young
bou Paver had IPft the Vitieg: 'PV.h:it is rrtegit by
portion of the public, and entreat them to be ilo tanneriii, lefiLeocl's Company, I cannot conjectufii, a:4116 fiddt Michel
posed upon by the rant and neasentle of these? Irish demago-
died a printer at an early age, and never had any other
gues, but to look at their thode of proceeding calmly and con- ,
I believe, than his 'fellow-workmen and asso-
iiderately. If, after such fair examination they can continue `-'. front Mrs.
slates mt e prestiyonla,f.r. I3idd, hearing _ i
to bear the dictatorial influence from Ireland, and refrain freat
1Y rmec Of Ihser •.,,th,4 psn's at-
taking decisive steps for its overthrow, we have mistaken the -Pi3Wei;
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With the
. . _ . ~.,i.,? . i ,
tir.
hiinmenta Val/ the natural warm teeallgg A iivill 9
nature of the British minds ompry,
to
HERALD.—The perteriity ilf the giekt ,agricuitiiral Oil- alai he was gifted with Wore than ordinary talents' ftif
stituencies of the eetnitty is quite refairkable !We cannot itiii- thii stage; and perltr449 and .11'd in this worldly world
m..ousded her ,
"inc what the orectklar authorities *lid aO4 " oia" ptitiesso,_: can cdnsCieritiottq blame hint ?f, y liaving a, view to the
phy in the Mernite# t)trOnfiti§ itid the divbe, will Ely to sliell 13t'idtirig kid diattbUtioli of 1:M01/Ts; &d.
marked and all bat universal contempt for their theories, and
doctrines, and spin-text disquisitions on the subject. We:hiie fei6fit pays cif ShakSpeare; as Wilt Itei !bat or s Dinglas,"
to annonnce hini i3f I` *eifiation* OM sec:Oleg from ilif-•
this day to record—following upthe list we eMtlOtinicitedfalei-: if
..kijl,,iridei tik °ice sk: this, was doty_, at the
day to the public-17 additional qiitillphs for the cklie di thoili .:-;
-.t.c;wn-lialli in z. 4 proiirla EYStrttnle far OVA character,
site; min ito,,liitl, .r.,", ,-.•• . ....,,ni was, Mkt" • b 1
Conservative principles which hold thit thb repeal of the, ...). , -,-; , ,-.. female dialogik4 that was; requi-
Corn-laws, to the ekteitt f reAdylng :the. eiesbilt lieetlsiti bf ilx..rs; r.d.re..r.fglig:,. al. ,s. na1,,,-0 ikm,l mimic „messirtii than
protective duties, Vvoidld ifs fraught with inimediate ruin td
In ' the Town-u..- . with a mos
our landed interest, and would. ulthaately, peid the elisten6 the secttla t Power
7,1 •
of this empire as a leaditio• 'Stat,e brinotg the , fatardditrik
powers of Europe, lay reilelean6 lief d'ieendent, in times of iiiditS fidr4 iitl getta , A p"opie',, and Mrs: Power
scarcity or politi4 feafauletstandings, on foreign countries for more substantial evictedee4 of iyppobstion from
tielis ted dti 61'0 br.oting reVea. goide opt
the solstitial required by her consumption. Not Aclatial,, t.,14 te good, folks of Cardiff. Mr. itidds yleaksed with
of the " anti"-association; nor MN, Ofdailitissiotter Vlited—(*6
leaguer-man; nor Sidney (Smith), the sOcreltiNt of . elslztatB +..._ *thitfr. ithiaLo, OA humour, and buoyant spirits,
were the most gtiberant I ever encountered tit
are afraid our memory does not do justice to their respective • •
to his mother tatittic him as an ap-
titles of official dignity), but this can be df nd et •
mseqtience lfis tiger proposed .
' 1 h the readily assented to, anti soon after-
elocution
beyond the walls of the several previnclai theatres Of theif prat ce;
.w YID
elocution ( !)—not any of these cotild lime Wiled Mold
indefatigably, by day and by til ht, b.' deli a thesis- Until that peYsorifs enabarrabsments compelled him to
:elves of more eelemillo -----
g ~,., r 4 ), v4eye... ~, , c d,ii ona 1,6 anw-entice, for America, whence
the landed re.o- '6"
' acteu pniitiYif:e iiiiiinst teaVe ar i
d ; no that he quitted young Power, not
Wards left Cardiff: Her son continued with Mr, Iliad
Britee. •
,e_.e.ry, and "the prime aristocracy. of Great lies never returne
...—(saving, only, the cases of a few individuals the lane Isis employer.
of different Metropolitan
Williarns, Who succeeded Mr. Baker as a manager (fa-
Chronicle that class who amuse themselves it/ otht- Daring the time Mr. Power was with Ridd, Frank
tenancing their visionary netions)j—thati the Glad dii *it,
Chronicle have della fifer since the first Mittitterial defeats at
last session. In their taditning the Vittiperative psisonalitiee, theatres) came twice to Cardiff with his Nomadic com-
-the dogmatic tone,—the bairn aegurilptißn thl themgelves of
; Van "'
ate' in order to assist his treasury, just before
all the concentrated knowledge to be acqiiited on the " corn the . - '.
h Y e'lcsast of each season, young Power performed
and the " sugar" tpiestietis,--eend against their opponents of t e , g 4,piiii Mr. Ridclfg perfect concurrence,
ignorance in these matters the Mast absoltite and profound : 1 several evenings
diet' o'f liii, Oliatie;_ Baker,
n wit occasion much in arrears
which formed at once the most amusing and yet the Most irts- Mr. Williams being o re . .
pernnent turned out a
exhibitions of - •with him forplaybills, &c. Die et
pertinent features in the strolling
-
mountebanks ;—have lost nothing of their coarseness, but the lueicy elle, the little theatre was, every night of Power's
and the manager's
whole of their fun. Day after day, for months past, the public performanca,, Crammed,
have been bored by the imeetuous blundering of the morn- thereby amply repleatlebed ;the first exchequer
on
ing sage, or the flippant perpetrations of the evening lee- lieve, Mr. Power played gratuitously ; on the seeond, I
Curer. And yet—to see how men may labour in vain ! think, he received the proceeds of a benefit night ; but
To mark how wastefully good indignation may be thrown
lie, certainly never had any " en,gagement," properly so
away, and the most sublime denunciations of statistical phi •
called, with "Frank Williams.' Now the accuracy of
lelonhy he thundered. unregarded—on a worthless, besotted,
g ter part of this statement can be fully ascertained
the renter
benighted, irreclaimable landed gentry, whom all the artillery
from - a most respectable individual, with whom, however,
at intervals at ten hours, from these om
played twice every day
batteries of exclusive enlightenment, cannot arouse from I have not the pleasure of a personal acquairr once, but
their believe, to a great many theatrical
their deemed slumbers! It is really provoking; for the Globe ! who is known,
Chronicle 1 Neve
It is really disheartening for the . • rtheless, we gentlemen, innamely, M Adamson, the -* t
London, ir. arason, plin -
must leave them to settle their quarrel with tl.e impracticable dealer, &c. in 13 dfor
- -street, , men gar en, u o, on the d t C • t- d it
to, was a member of
referred
objects of their never-sleeping solicitude. Our duty on the two occasions I have
present occasion is, merely, to demonstrate that the county Frank Williams's company at Cardiff; and in reference
constituencies persist in repudiating their doctrine., declining t., .11.. I.:'..)wer% liirtli-111 whirl. aesseredl y can in no
their advice, laughing at their- tac.abrotions, and returning way,
either for good or evil, affect his high professional
"monopolists," as the-Anti-Corn-dew abolition men are termed
reputation he himself always asserted most positively
—with a steady undisturbed persevelar absolutely insulting a born Irislumtp, while many persons who
.. . that he was '
to both of our Contemporaries 1

According to a return made up to the Ist
instant, it appears that the stock of Tea in
London is 27,047,661 lbs. against 37,322 250 lbs.
at the corresponding date of last . year. The
consumption of -the article. has been increasing
considerably thiS,year.
The Stock Market was flat again to-day, being
affected by the continued fail ures in the City. Con-
sols for immediate transfer were per cent. lower,
being at 891 to I, and for Account they were
marked 891 to 1, both without the dividend. Ex-
chequer Bills receded to 165.. and 13s. premium,
and India Bonds were Cis. prertiliim. Bank Stock
was worth 169 to 1; 0, the New Three-and-a-Half
per Cants. realised 981 to' and the. Three per
Cent. Reduced Annuities 89 to I ex.-dividend.
The bargains in the Foreign Market Wete
tremely SrartiSli Active Bonds were
21 to ; Porttlgnese New, 301. to 31, being each
lower; Chilian 60; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. 51 to
All the Railway shares gave way slightly te,-
day. Great Western were done ti,C44 to 25; the
New, at 11 ; the Fifths, at el to 1, the Birming-
ham and London Thirds, 211; the New, 23 to
2221;. the York and North Midland, 24 and the
South Western, 161 premium. Brighton, 51 to
Midland Counties, 12 ; and North Midland,
311 discount.

profess to know better, declare its positively that ho was
born in Wales ; and I have _been told by a gentleman
well known on the London boards that he had seen a copy
of the registry of Mr. POwer's christening at some
parish in Breconshire. Cerrahily, such an instrument
if properly authenticated Bind', duly verified, would of
course set the matter at rest .; not that it can be deemed
of the slightest moment with;reference to his talents, but,
it is of moment as affecting the Character of one who all
admit to have been in every sense a gentleman, for veracity;
to say nothing of that innate love of " native home," to
be without which, is to forfeit, in my judgment, the
character of a true patriot. Mr. Power was not, in my
belief, the man to palm himself off for what he knew he
was not, and it is, I think, a shame, without the most
irrefragable evidence, to persist in asserting that he did
not belong to the country he himself positively always
asserted that he did. When he arrived at Cardiff in 1811,
with his mother, he not only possessed a bit of the
brogue, of a very genuine character, but truly he was
endowed with a pretty considerable slice of that national
peculiarity, as Mr. Adamson, whom I have before named,
can, I am sure, testify ; and it marred considerably the
general good effect of his declamation ; his mother also,
who in appearance and manners, was a perfect gentle-
woman, was in a slighter degree amenable to the
same reproach, if reproach it be considered ;
she was, as I have often been told by Mr. Power, but
never as a matter of boast, a near relative of the cele-
brated Counsellor Grattan, and that his father had been
in the army—in what situation I believe I never heard.
Had there been the slightest grounds for representing
Mr. Power as a Welshman born, on his arrival at Car-
diff, it would manifestly have been his mother's policy
and interest to do so, as it would at once have enlisted
the sympathy and ardour of the natives in his behalf ;
the attachment of a Welshman to his country and coun-
trymen being I believe as enthusiastic as that of any.
people under Heaven ; but she knew there were no
grounds for such an assertion, and I hope never more to
! witness any attempt to tarnish his deservedly-high per-
;
Dana], and professional character, by the repetition of
assertions which impugn his character for veracity, and
thereby deeply wound the feelings of all his friends, and
they are legion. Apologising most sincerely for in-
truding at this length on your time and columns, for
which my only excuse must be the old Welsh proverb,
" Yr Gwyr yr Erbyn yr Byd"—" The truth against the
world."

I have the honour to remain, Mr. Editor,
Your very obedient servant,
P. J.
Camden Town, July 6, 1841.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
MANCHESTER—TUESDAY EVENING.
Since Friday, two or three horses have been supported
with extraordinary spirit, particularly Retriever, Milk
sop, and Rhodanthe. The latter has been backed to win
several thousands. The attendance was good this fore-
noon ; several gentlemen being present from other parts
of the county, as well as from more distant places. The
offers on the field at the opening were 6 to 1, very freely
given. • 8 to 1 was then laid v. Calypso, and a bet of a
hundred was made between her and Charles XII. ; the
mare left off with the call. 3to 1 was repeatedly offered
on the field v. two. Orelia was in strong request ; we
only saw 9tol in scores once laid. Retriever, backed
from 15 to 10 to 1 yesterday, in various sums, finishing
with 800 to 80, was not as good a favourite ; our quota-
tion was laid as the room broke up ; but " a sum" could
not, we think, have been got on at anything beyond 12
to 1. Maroon, and his stable companion, Recorder, were
so close together that a cool hundred was laid between
them, and afterwards an offer made to take 1,000 to 800
Recorder beats the four-year-old with Bst. 101 b. Milksop
had a very influential friend present, who coupled him to
Maroon, and took 6 to 1 in good style, and also offered
to take 13 to 1 in hundreds on Milksop. 70 to 40 was
laid two or three times on Calypso v. Milksop. The
Young-'un and Sampson were in no request. As near
as we could collect, the average prices (which will vary
daily) are as follows :
THE LIVERPOOL Ci.TP.
7 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—offered
7 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Ch*rles XlL—offered
8 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Orelia-a-, 9 to 1 taken freely
12 to 1 agst Milksop—take 13 to 1
13 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever—take 14 to 1
14 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's; Maroon—taken
14 to 1 agst Recorder—taken
15 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's RhOdanthe—talten
15 to 1 agst The Young-'uti—off
15 to 1 agst Lord George's two—off
30 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—taken
30 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. T. Wood's Longsight—off.
Offers to take 40 to 1 on Champagne by the immediate
party.
100 to 7 was repeatedly taken on the Recorder ; and
an offer made to take 1,200 to 100 Rodauthe wins,
throwing in Rough Robin. Offers to lay 500 Robin
and Rodanthe beats the Young2un.• 6 to 1 offered
against Maroon and Recorder. The field against four
(offered).
LIVERPOOL ST. LF.GF.R.-150 to 50 against Prince
Caradoc (taken) 3 5 to 2 against Satirist (taken) ; 4 to 1
against Brother to llarpurhey (take 5).
THE Goonwoon STAKES.—A strong desire to back
Welfare,. but no one would bid 12 to 1, nor make an
dffer O. Portrait. natsbatic Was laid against in ponies,
and smaller sums, at 25 to 1 ; also, 500 to 15.
THE GOODWOOD Cur.—We-did not hear an offer on
the field. Charles would have been backed for it for
200 against his winning the Liverpool Cup. 10 to 1
would have been taken on Pocahontas.

NENVVARKE'T JULY MEETING--.---Itit@DAY,
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TUESDAY'S RACES.
HANDICAP.—Minx made running for a quarter of a
mile, and was then passed by the Perfume colt and
Abydos the former leading ; at the hill the latter chal-
lenged, and after a, good race won by half a length ;
Hawk's-eye a bad third.
JULY STAKES.—The Rosalie colt made play at an in-
different pace, Mule lying second, the Hester colt third,
and the (Mere well tip ; they ran so to the plantations,
where the Hester colt took second place, which he held
till close to the chair, and then making a rush got up in
the last stride, and enabled the judge to add to the clay's
!Tort by pronouncing it a dead heat ; Mule was two at'
ttirto ittiAtha behind, and beat the others a long way. In
the deciding hitt the Rosalie colt made running at a
better pace, was challenged at the plantations, and beaten
easily by a length.
ARRIVAIAL—Dukes ofßutland,Beaufort, and Portland.
gradlittreed6 Exeter. Earls
BenEatrilcsk :Jje.r}s,eityzr,
oVyer; ulsairsm,
J.asnhdeipiexy.:
S. Graham ; Honourables General Grosvenor, Captain
Rous, G. S. Byng, G. Fitzroy ; Colonel and Lady Alice
Peel ; Messrs. Greville, Portman, Hawkes, Wigram,
Neville, Thornhill, Gardner, Irby, Corbet, Magenis,
Crommelia, newton, Payne, &c.
WEDNESDAY.
Sifett9lldOS Of 10 sous. each, four three years old 'colts,
Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. Winner
to be sold for 100/. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Stephenson's Blanche (Stephenson) 1
Mr, Sadler's Diversion 2
tard Albermarle nd Joujou
Duke of Portland's f by Glaucus, out of Tragedy 4
tttfd gAeler's Syria 5
Betting-4 to 4 agst Joujou, and 3to 1 agst Blanche,
who won by a head, and was claimed.
501. for three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st llb ;
six and aged, 9st 51b ; from the T.M.M. starting-post
to the end of R.C.
Mr. Beresford's Bob Peel, 4 yrs (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Thornhill's E. 0., 3 yrs
3
Mr. Boyce's Scroggins, aged
Mr. Wigram's Teleta, 4 yrs
Lord Exeter's Rodosto 4 yrs 5
Vetting—Even on E. O. ; 4 to 1 agst Teleta ; and
sto 1 agst Scroggins. Won by half a length.
Match, 100, h ft, Bst 71b each. New T.Y.C.
Mr. Byng's Tom Noddy, by Bedlamite ...... recd.
Lord Lichfield's cby Bay Middleton, out of Zillah paid
NEWMARKET—WEDNESDAY EvExtwo.
LATEST BETTING.
GOODWOOD CUP.
11 to 1 agst Nautilus—taken
12 to 1 agst Maroon—taken
THE DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Hester colt •
25 to 1 agst Artful Dodger—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord of Holderness—taken
5000 to 50 agst Jemima colt—taken
5000 to 50 agst Acanthus colt—taken.
The entries for to-morrow have closed as under :.
Town Plate, for 3 yrs old—C by Mundig, out of Thebes ; c
by Taurus, out of Perfume; Barbara; Portsoken ; Abydos ;
and E. 0.
Handicap of 10 sore. each—New T.Y.C. Nick, 3 yrs ;
Hawk's Eye, 3 yrs ; fby M. Moloch, out of Silvertail, 2 yrs ; c
by Plenipo, out of Antiope, 2 yrs; fby Beiram, out of Dahlia,
2 vrs ; and Evasion, 2 yrs.
Span-
Handicap of 15 soy! each—Scroggins, aged, 9st 51b ; Span-
gle, 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; Abydos, 3 yrs, gat 31b ; Blanche, 3 yrs,
7st 21b ; and cby Bentley, put of Emma, 3yrs,run 7st 31b
—Sister to
Chesterfield Stakes.—The following will not f
Portrait filly, Lituana ; Cacera; Goneril ; Whizgig d
filly ;
a Mnsis-
deal • Peloponnessus ; Albion ; Test ; Victoria c an Lo-
,
trian filly.
WORCESTER RACES. —WEDNESDAY. EDNESDAY.
The Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Mile and
a quarter.
Mr. B. Collett's The Dean, 5 yrs (G. Whitehouse) 1
Mr. E. Peel's Meerut, 4 yrs
Mr. Isaac Pay's f by Nimrod, out of Busk, 4 yrs 3
Mr. Coolie's Sequidilla, 3 yrs
Two Yrs old Sweepstakes of 15
T.Y.C.sovs. each, with 25 added.

Mr. Bristow's Harroldstone ...( Hardy ) 1
The following also started, but only the above was placed:—
Mr. Griffiths's Miss Raton, Mr. Buckley's Bessev, Mr.
Davis's Anapolis, and Mr. W. Foster's Welton Brown.'
The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only
5 if declared, with 50 added ; the second saves his stake.
Two miles.
(G. 'Whitehouse) 1
:—Mr.
.„0 following also started .—Mr. Harding na. Fat Jack,
agc7; Lord Warwick's Melodrame, 6 yes ; Mr. I. Day's Mul-
,l7odesest tthy,e6Fviresst, 5 yes
and Major Hay's Retriever, 5 yrs.
The City Members' Plate of 50/. Two-mile heats.
Mr. Morris's Fat Jack aged
Ml:lirbre..,TrA:y4el
jetyrr
si
anma;.,
Mr. Jackson's Wings, 4 yrs 2 2
11,1 r: I. Williams's Bedaltan, 4 yrs

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOODWOOD, 1841.
FIRST DAY—Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke, Bst 71b,
against Captain GardnoF's Dismal Jemmy Bst, one mile,
AO so% h