The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1840.

The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 20 added from
'be fund ; Pier vrs, 10:t fc^ 10'4 121 b ; ;rt
and aged, 1 lst 71b. Thoroughbied horses 10lb extra;
winners extra as above (matches excepted). Two miles.
(6 Subs.)
Captain Williamson's Stickler, aged .........(Mr. Barnard) 1
Mr. Maley's Belissima, 5 yrs
Mr. Etwall's Foozool, aged
Won easy.
Handicap Plata of 50L, gisen by the Members for the Southern
Division of Hants. Mile heats.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Auburn, 4 yrs, eat 13Ib (Sheepw ay ) 4 1 1
Mr. Balchin's Clematis, 3 yrs, 6st 31b 2 2 2
Sir F. Collier's Valaincourt, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 1 3 dr
Mr. Finch's Lowden filly, 3 yrs, 6st 91b 3 dr
%I on easy.

THE LEANDER OARS MATCH.
On Satu: day the contest amongst the ge: tlemen composing
the celebrated Leander Club came off, and was a ♦ery interest-
ing struggle, It has been usual for these gentlemen to draw
lots, anti have an oars wager in wherries annually. The dis-
tance chosen was from Westminster to Putney. The Club had
been thus lotted as partners :—Mr. Bullock and Mr. Jenkins,
Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Gibson, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Ander-
son, Mr. Ommanney and Mr. J. Bullock, Mr. Wood and Mr.
Layton, and Mr. Dalgleish an! Mr. Somerset Mr. Wood's
celebrity as the winner, two years since, of the silver sculls (the
championship of the Thames) made him and his
partner the favourites, and Mr. Ommanney and Mr.
J. Bullock were, upon the general scale, next in
repute ; but the whole of the crew are so celebrated
that there was hardly room for much favouritism. At a little
before five the gentlemen drew to Westminster Bridge, but
there were only four boats out instead of six, Mr. Wallace
and Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Dalgleish and Mr. Somerset, not
being in the heat. It was a pretty start. They went away at
a great speed, Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Gibson taking the lead,
and the others being all oar and oar. It was a hard struggle all
up the bank. When on nearing the Eagle Mr. Layton and his
partner got the second place, anal Sheppard and Gibson were
evidently falling off. In the reach Mr. Bullock and Mr. Jen-
k 1,5 dashed by the leading boat, and off the Old Church at
B Ittersea Mr. Ommanney and his partner rowed, after a severe
conflict with Messrs. Wood and Layton, into the second place.
Messrs. Bullock and Jenkins kept the lead, and won by a few
yards. Mr. Ommanney and his partner were second, Messrs.
Layton and Wood third, Mr. Sheppard and his partner fourth.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
(From the Times.)
A little more about the Adelphi. We have already
shown that the South Australian Commissioners, who
occupy airy and lucrative offices in that charming retreat,
have made certain sulky returns respecting their transac •
tions, somewhat less satisfactory than they ought to be.
When prying inquisitors like Lord Eliot take an imprac-
ticable fit upon public affairs, official gentlemen, whose
tranquillity is thereby disturbed, are often much to be
pitied. To have the res gcstce of a Whig commission pe-
remptorily called for, is felt in particular quarters to be one
of the greatest bores in Christendom. Such unceremonious
demands, it seems, are alike troublesome and expensive;
for, in addition to the annoyance of being obliged to
unserilchre the rotten skeletons of misdeeds which
their perpetrators might fondly hope had passed into
oblivion, the drudgery and dust inseparable from the over-
hauling of remote records are found to be so incompatible
with the cleanly habits and dignified leisure of Govern-
ment offices, as to have drawn from Lord John Russell the
petulant remark that Joseph flume's inhuman trick of ex-
torting returns of things necessitates an expenditure for
extra clerks that more than counterbalances all the imagi-
nary savings wherewith that immortal scrub, if Lord John
be correct, must have almost beggared the country.
Joseph, beyond ail question, has been a horrible re-
turn mover in his time ; so that, what with the enor-
mous expenditure he has occasioned for wasted stationery,
fee. supernumerary quilimen, and prodigal priati g,
the O'Corineli Minsety, who alternately concuss the
Kilkenny vete, and fallout its slavish giver, distinctly
declare that their Hon. disconcerter, eventually coerced by
the Irish boroughmonger to whom Ise owes his seat, has
nevertheless a good deal to answer for. But the real
secret of the soreness felt upon, this subject by the Whigs
is to be found in the psrilous detections which your un-
feeling motions foe returns are always sure to occasion.
Jobbiegs, winkings, gratuities, connivances, coeccal-
inents, and all sorts of Whig corruptioneering, are inva-
riably brought to light by them. Indeed, the rigid ere.
forcemeat of such returns may be said to operate
like Colonel Pasley'a apparatus, as applied to the wreck
of the Royal George. In many cases, the lost or per.
vetted property ce the country has been so deeply itn-
bedded by the devouring breakers of Whiggery, that the
ordinary tide of affairs would never cast it to the surface.
What the gulf of official turpitude would fain refuse to give
up is therefore forcibly elicit,d by machinery; and, ac
cordingly, the remnants and evidences of mismanagement
are continually being recovered. Here and there a shat-
tered bulwark, or a damaged companion ; at one time, a
frail wench, and at another an illegible logbook—each of
these relics betokening with sufficient clearness the serious
culpability of the parties implicated in the original loss,
as well as the perfection of the modern engineership which
reveals and even partially corrects it.
( From the Morning Advertiser.)
In the development of-the vast benefits which railways
have conferred and are destined to confer upon society, a
great interest necessarily attaches to their regulation and
management, and hence has arisen the apprehension, that
unless the Legislature take measures for its prevention,
these great and glorious works may be made more subser-
viere to the selfish purposes of monopoly, than to the pro-
motion of the public good. Under these circumstances we
were much gratified et the appointment of a Committee of
the House of Commons to inquire into the " State of
Communication by Railways." The Third Report of this
Committee has
hin inn
been eeeeyent respects,lyprin rotedn the
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by or der
pooftbhie.
House, and though
explicit as might be wished, it exhibits a thorough appre-
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elation of the difficulties to be overcome, and in doing so
affords the best assurance of the ultimate exercise of a
sound discretion. The recommendations of the Committee
are comprised in the following resolutions:—
, Ist. " That in the absence of any effectual cheek from
the operation of free competition on their respective lines,
this Committee think it advisable to subject this monopoly
to some general superintendence and control.
2d. " That it is the opinion of this Committee that this
control will be most advantageously entrusted to some de-
partment of the Executive Government."
Considering the variety of matters which influence the
expenditure of the different railways the cost of Income-
live power, dependent, in a great measure, upon the con-
struction of the engine, the price of fuel, the gradients of
the line—next, the number of passengers, the amount of
traffic, the number of engines necessary to insure regu-
larity, and several other contingencies, on no two lines
identical—it would be impossible for the Committee effi-
ciently or satisfactorily to have fixed any maximum rate of
carriage ; and therefore we consider the establishment of
a superintending control in the Executive Government the
most prudent and safe course which, under existing cir-
cumstances, could be aeopted.
(From the Morning Po t )
speechThemeetingin ca
of
aStihrr idge,
Robertieh Peel, at h
ralh we the great
gaveineai iutujournal
ci
of last F, iday, has been the subject of rather a strange
vein of criticism in certain Ministerial qt ters. We call
it strange, because the criticism pastas., s more of the na-
ture of eulogy than of detraction, and therefore it has the
grace of novelty, if, peradventure, it should appear wanting
in any other claim to the notice of the Right Hon. Baro-
net. Deubtless, the ardour with which Sir Robert Peel
sympathizes in the efforts of those who fight the battle of
part es on the same side with himself leaves him but
little time or taste for attending to the criticism of Minis-
terial journalists ; but if that were net so, and if the Morn-
ing Chronicle were honoured with his daily perusal, he
could not be surprised to see the readiness, which,
at the present juncture, that journal displays to put
the most favourable and flattering construction upon
what he happLna to say. Men who take a leading part
in great affairs are, perhaps, but little liable to the emo-
tion of astonishment ; but still, the Right Hon. Baronet
could not but marvel that die Morning Chronicle, which
at various times during the present Session of Parliament
has heaped all manner of opprobrium upon him, atta king
him with injurious epithets which a sense of respect forbids
us to quote, and desci ibing him as a statesmar, wholly
destitute of that proud integrity and lofty spirit which are
essential to a really great public man, should now be
disposed to force, as it were, an opportunity for com-
mendation. If Sir Robert Peel were a man to care
about what is published concerning him by a Whig-Ra-
dical journalist, he might naturally be moved by such
signs as we have adverted to to turn his inquiring mind
atward upon himself, and a-k " What evil have I
done to produce this change ?" Of course, in such a
case, the mews conscia rectz would be his consolation,
(From the Morning Herald.)
The tone which the Chronicle assumes in its account of
the educational arrangements which have been agreed on
between the heads of the Church and the Privy Council
Committee, is, we fear, not very likely to conciliate pee-
ulice, or disarm opposition. It would fain represent the
concession which has been made by the Council, as the
concession of the Bishops and the Church But a moment's
reflection—that each Archbishop will thus possess a veto
on the nominations of the Council—will fully illustrate onr
allusion to " The Old Man of the Mountains," and will
explain to the public on which side the real concession
has been made. We repeat, that we have no wish to dis-
turb this arrangement ; but, to ensure its success, it must
be faithfully observed on the part of her Majesty's Ministers,
and there must be no affectation, on the part of the Privy
Council, of treating the Church, or its schools, with scorn
and contempt. To any ordinary mind it would have appeared
far more respectful to the Crown to have lodged the veto in
the Privy Council, and to have left the initiative with the
heads of the Church. But the Whigs have a way of their
own in all such matters and there is no disputing on a ques-
tion,
of taste. We say this, that if this arrangement is to
be attended with any
beneficial results, the Government
Journals must henceforth adopt a very different language
in speaking of the Church and its recognised societies.
The great bodies of schools throughout this kingdom have
long since entered into terms of union with the National
Society, and they
know the value of that union far too
well t+, sacrifice it on any light considerations. The plan
of the Diocesan and District Comrnite es was formed al-
together in come etien with the principles of the National
Society J and the ravings of the Globe er the Chronicle
against the parent will not be very likely to conciliate the
good-will or affections of the children.
(From the Morning Chronicle.)
A well-informed corre p inient, in ft letter on the Fins-
bury Estate Bill, observes that far a very long pe rod, with
only one exception, all the Bills respecting ecciesiastical
property have been gross jobs to enrich individuals at the
expense of the Church. It were to be wished that some
check were interposed to a system which, horeever var-
nished over with plausible pretexts, has such base ends in
view. Whatever name the property in possession of
the Church may receive, it is qvite clear that it is so
far distinguished from the property of individuals,
that the nation has a deep interest in its pre.
nervation, arid in its suitable asp' spriatioa. Th,
alienation of Church property by means of prii ate Bills,
in consequence of arrangements with iacurrib,nts c tnnived
at by diocesans, is deeply injurious to the public', and

ought no longer to he sufferesl. The pellie have clearly
• fei• intereie ietieei• Core- eete te
Church property euss!it to be considered public 'Wee Our
readers are aware that the discussion on the report of the
Farnham Rectory Bill was adjourned on Friday to this day.
We have already offered some observations en the injustice
attempted by the authors of this Bill, and the urgent ne-
cessity for making a stand against it. We have elsewhere
insetted a well written letter from a correspendent, under
the signature of " R.," who expresses himself in very in-
dignant terms with respect to the conduct of the sup-
porters of the Bill. The Committee to whom it was
referred, after sitting three days, and hearing counsel
and witnesses, decided that the lessees were fairly entitled
to compensation for the i, jury whist' (as admitted on
all hands) the measures would inflict on them, and
they inserted clausee referring the amount of compensation
in each case to arbitration. On bringing up the re-
port, Sir Robert Inglis, without giving any previous
notice, and without assigning any reason for such a pro-
ceeding, moved that the clause insert d by the Conireit-
tee, who hed heard evidence and investigated the matter,
should be expunged. He called en a Heu-e utterly igno-
rant ef the fa:•ts of the cos, to set aside the decision of the
Committee- who had investigated the case. Could any
ceurse he fairer than that which was pursued by the Liberal
Members? Before setting aside the decision of the Com-
mittee, by wh.ch compensation was secured to the lessees,
they said, let the evidence be printed that we may know
the merits of the case. It was not, certainly, very
creditable to the House that this motion should have been
negatived.