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

IVI9RNING SUN

THE PLATE PRESENTED TO MR.
BYNG.
t„.4llacee 'l ,M-r• Byng's guests at breakfast yesterday, before
L's ing to the hustings, were highly gratified by in-
Et'cting the handsome piece of plate which was given to
that consistent Reformer last year. It is now quite
et°lnPlete and bears the following tasteful and great
tibiae to Mr. Byng's merits, written by the late lamented
Lord Holland. -
IN ACICNOWLEDID ENT OF UNWEARIED 'SERVICES IN

PARLIAMENT,
ITT AND
RONOUR OF THAT TEMPERATE BUT PURE AND
• UNABATED LOVE OF LIBERTY, WHICH WON
AND RETAINED FOR HALF A CENTURY
THE CONFIDENCE OF THE COUNTY OF

,
TR'S PROOF OF THE MIDDLESEX
STABILITY OF POPULAR FAVOUR
WAS PRESENTED BY HIS CONSTITUENTS
TO

GEORGE BYNG, ESQ.,
Such
ON THE 28TH JUNE, A.D., 1840.
tub a memorial of a consistent life and enduring at-
belnertt is equally honourable to Mr. Byng and the
holders of Middlesex. The Tory gentlemen might
totlaNuainted with these circumstances, but they could
tp be Ignorant of Mr. Byng's age and the length of his
tull'ems, either, and much more both, of which ought
eo,,,titve suppressed the offensive language which the se-
to-"" a Mr. Byng's opponent had the bad taste to use
ti.wards the oldest man and the oldest Member of the
'"u`e or Commons.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
3r-ANCHESTER--TUESDAY EVENING.
v6,74ce-Yriday, two or three horses have been supported
extraordinary spirit, particularly Retriever, Milk
7, and Ithodanthe. The latter has been backed to win
se
thousands. The attendance was good this fore-
o(f)he ; several gentlemen being present from other parts
fe
„„,t comity, as well as from more distant places. The
61veltrs on the field at the opening were 6 to 1, very freely
a 1,,„,• Bto 1 was thn laid v. Calyso, and a bet of.
; the
a
red Nvas made betwee en her andp Charles XII
111411 left off with the, call. 3to 1 was repeatedly offered
only v• two. Orelia' was in strong request ;we
fro 9tol in scores once laid. Retriever, backed
41, 15 to 10in finishing
Nvitit 800 " to 1 yesterday, various sums,
holt, to 80, was not as good a favourite ;"our quota
tot, was laid as the room broke up ; but " a sum" could
I.lve think, have been got on at anything beyond 12
so Maroon, and his stable companion, Recorder, were
theet„")Be totTe' ther that a cool hundred was laid between
hZ", and afterwards an offer made to take 1,000 to 800
order beats the four-year-old with Bst. 101 b. Milksop
Ittar,4 very influential friend present, who coupled him to
to ta—C. n, and took 6 to 1 in good style, and also offered
laid 17,(' 13 to 1 in hundreds on Milksop. 70 to 40 was
Yoji..:° or three times on Calypso v. Milksop. The
as wvi"'nn and Sampson were in no (which will
near
e c°uld collect, the average prices (which will vary
Y.) are as follows :
THE LIVERPOOL CUP.
Lo 1-agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—offered
l'agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles Xll.—offered
' i 8 to 1 tgst Mr. Allen's Ordia-9 to 1 taken freely
to 1 agst Milksop—take 13 to 1
, to 1 agst Major Hav's Retriever—take 14 to 1
14 to . . ken
14 to agst Lord Westminster s Mai oon ta
agst Recorder—taken
1135 t° 1 agst Lord Stanley's Rhodanthe—taken
1., to r agst The Young-'un—off
4 to 1 at Lord George's two—off
3313 n
o t4.° agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—taken
t
so t° 1 :agst Mountain Sylph—taken
Offers 3 1 agst Mr. T. Wood's Longsight—off.
Party to take 40 to lon Champagne by the immediate
100 to
'a
tta offer -as repeatedly taken on the Recorder ; and
throw; ml do to take 1,200 to 100 Rodanthe wins,
444 Rough Robin. Offers to lay 500 Robin
odanthe beats the Young-'un. 6 to 1 offered
(offe:,t,4Maroon and Recorder. The field against four
4 ,)* •
EliPoo
Cara, l. ST. LEGER.-150 to 50 against Prince
ligaii'°e (taken) ; 5 to 2 against Satirist (taken) ; 4 to 1
ist lirother to Harpurhey (take 5).
Weat GOODWOOD STAKES.—A strong desire to back
43114 41:e' but no one would bid 12 to 1, nor make an
dad• Portrait. Ratsbane was laid against in ponies,
Th,tualler sums, at 25 to 1 ; also, 500 to 15.
14-r-i. GOODWOOD CUP.—We did not hear an offer on
igai
100 eal• Charles would have been backed for it for
jnst his winning the Liverpool Cup. 10 to 1
41U have b€ en taken on Pocahontas.

NEWMARKET—TuEsn Alt NIGHT.
BETTING IN THE MORNING.
9 to I GOODWOOD STAKES.
6u°
agst Mr. Payne's Welfare—taken
t° 30 agst Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's lsabe lla—take
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Master Tommy. ni
GOODWOOD CUP.
' 7to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles the Twelfth—taken
19A to 1 ag,st Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—taken
- to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Colwick—taken
ST. LEGER.
2t°
1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken 5 to 2
DERBY.
/C) to 1 agst Lord Jersey's brother to Phcenix _
425i1 t° I aaggst Lord Bruce's Rosalie, c.—taken freely
—6 to 1 gat Mr. Sadler's Mule—taken
46) t;'? ! agst Mr. J. Day's Curator—taken
75 i" 1 agst Mr. Stevrares,Comberme.re—taken
NothiZl agst Mr. Fergurn s Fireaway —taken
14e 8,,,7 done in the evening, but 50 to 1 was offered agst
The -°." e•
ptAeutries for to-morrow closed as follows :-
110 b pe".--Scroggins, Spangle, Rodosto, Teleta, E. 0. and
l'
74edePstak
", New T.Y.C. for 3 yrs old-f. by Glaucus, out of
tiek-,Y ; j°ujoll Syria Blanche, and Diversion.
Azle, -;BIcA-P--."Afinx made running for a quarter of a
1" 'was then passed by the Perfume colt and
41.,' P, the former leading ; at the hill the latter chal:
114vre's.aen,c1 after a good race won by half a length •
,itty ?e a bad third.
differ,,,, 'STAREs.—The Rosalie colt made play at an in-
-1141 tC't Pace, Mule lying second, the Hester colt third,
1v4,.e e others well up ; they ran so to the t tions,
tili ,', the Rester colt took second place, whipchanhae held
thqj /se to the chair, and then making a rush got up in
s
'Port4isst. stride, and enabled the judge to add to the dayor
'port t
Pronouncing it a dead heat ; Mule was two
In
Ihe del,gths behind-, and beat the others a long way.
I°ett,.„tung' heat the Rosalie colt made runningata
ettsii,- pace, was challenged at the plantations, and beaten
-,,,;")37 a length.
4tIO:II,,"YALR.---I)ukesofßutland,Beaufort, and Portland.x..
ford of Exeter. Earls Jersey, Verulam, and 0.
S. Grabords George Bentick, J.Fitzroy ; Sirs J. Shelley,
11'31, tls,aßtn„ ; lionourables General Grosvenor, Captain
eel.. U. llyng, G. Fitzroy ; Colonel and Lady Alice
lieviii srs. Greville, Portman, Hawkes, Wigram,n
%.(,,,t,e, Thornhill, Gardner, Irby, Corbet, Mage -a,
The ha, Newton, Payne, &c.
4t i 4 weather was fine until five o'clock, when the rain
1,14,!1,14-1 continued for two or three hours.
I'vee,4tikßliET JULY MEETING.—WEDNESDAY.
apt of 10 sous. each, four three years old colts,
to b"'" ; and fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. Win
ner
41.. , e sold for 100/. (5 Subs.)
.4i.. ,"tePhenson's Blanche
Lordtor(l'adir's Diversio (Stephenson)
21
Alherniarle nd Joujou
I --"Nr(lei:fxl'ortland's fby Glaucus, out of Tragedy 4
tttt: eter's Syria 5
ilvh°Nvii,ng----, 5 to 4 agst Joujou, and 3 to 1 agst Blanche,
"°/. t 11ist'
old, a was claimed.
si:ai:Agree Yrs old, ist 21h ; four, Bst 71b ; five,.9st 1113 ;
Iri° th;; aged, 9st 51b ; from the T.M.M. starting-post
',, 'l% - r1(1 of RC.
41r, T ods Bob Peel, 4 s P. Butler) 1
4, hoNhars
lii,l:::ecre..et'esriSser. 19n" 3a
Yerds
Lord/11gra ' , -gg s' g 3
p 11l s relet 4 rs
Rodosto 4Yy '
to i '416"--..Kven on B. -ors. ; 4 to 1 agst Teleta ; and
1 pet croggins. Won by half a length.
l'lr. )I,fh, 100, hft Bst 7lb each. New T.Y.C.
Lord
Li, ..gasrrido,srn Noddy, by Bedlamite
cby Bay Middleton, out of Zillah paid

•
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOODWOOD, 1841.
Ittsl, i)
4hit)s,
I,
14:—AIr. Goodman's
Bst, one mile,
Mungo Parke, Bst 7lb,
ki sots't Calllain Gardnor's Dismal Jemmy
1)4,,
—On
0,,,, .4brUL AND FATAL ACCInDEofNT.
apagay afternoon as the Rev. Mr.FrFem_
the qloUgli, was Langley,
eliaiseagistates for the county of Bucks, i
a mile of his
driving Mr. Maurice
.Sawh'aibaefyea,
rownheeoeif
sid,' tn! the Slough road, within abouthe
was turning
Itq atZet, he was met by a man just as
'vho le leading to Upton, with some bareiobresie.ase,
too s proceedino• lt full gallop. Mr. Freeman's t;(,:right at the noise caused, it is supposed, by the rat-
thr,!;,.?f the chains at their heels, and upset the chaise,
fell
lip() • ing both out with great violence. Mr. Swabey e
er
oitillt
sl,r.•.lfreeraan, and providentially escaped withonly
bpos b '!gilt bruises. The Rev. Gentlem an,
trzoter,l from the
!lose, elng picked up, was bleeding profusely He was
na.„,.l.llouth, and ears, and totally insensible.
Y conveyed to' the residence of Mr. Smith,. the
\gip..., theilaw of the Vice-Chancellor, nearly opposite to
ter; accident happened, where, in less than a uar-
att,4; an hour, he was attended by two surgeons, butq all
Rraid Pt. te resive him proving fruitless, he continued.
:114pat:prbtroettstbinekci
huinstlilasfto.ur o'clock yesterday morning,
-Atm, (3- "ER STEAM-BOAT MUTINY.--On
Gr,,,,,Y last, in consequence of the Directors of the New_
reti fwieh Steam-Packet Company, the owners of the
tor,,,annel-bats, consisting of the Nelson, Hardy, Viic
tc'tio', Swiftsure, and the Nile, having come to a reso ur-
euot to pay the captains and crews extra wages fo
01:1.41xtra, passr_ s
huhl, 'g.e performed by them in the evening
tl the summer months, all hands resolved to mutiny,
quit, e revolt of the Greenwich fleet did not terminate
g fe; 80, successfully as that of the iron steam-boa.t fletet
the ci..\\ eeks sink, above bridge. The men belongin (il
t4i, eellwieli fleet struck their colours, and. loweredt
the
~Lannels early on Sunday morning, to indicate tha
troerrtlirlaniexetrrsalsdagensot.wgaset under way until payment
)vhietel to give way, but a negotiationguara nteed .
was Theen
teDrieredcitaotres
11,k, waded in nUthing and during the whole of Sun-
pa:rivhile other steamers were carrying thousands of
4k,ettsilgerB and reaping a good harvest, the red funnel
krtiltinreirkained at their moorings. Next morning an
Is:isifrittei:t was made
between the Company and their
'aril t -'• "Y which Payment for the extra passages,
in amount, was secured to the captains an&
th4,,_ hut two of the red funnel boats were taker! o
It a 144011, and only three have since continued running.
ekitpeitrS that owing to the great competition which
n
tweet aniong the steam-boat companies, no fewer than
Qre',`:Y
.steain-vessels running between London and
tisear'euevieh, some of them have, durinc, the present year,tbe
er di? taken sufficient to pay for fuel and defrayan _
Adolidou
e.s, Which are very heavy both at Greenwich d

THE KIRK OF SCOTLAND.
( From the Scottish Guardian.)
We have authority to state that, in a written reply to the
queries submitted by the friends of the Church of Scot-
hind in London to Lord John Russell, in common with
the other candidates, Whig and Conservative, for the re-
presentation of the metropolis, Lord John Russell has
avowed, in their broadest and most unmitigated form,
the views of the Scottish Church question which have
been attributed to Sir Robert Peel. He says he cannot
assent to the Duke of Argyll's Bill " without modifica-
tion ;" and one modification which he expressly re-
quires is, " that those who have acted on their con-
victions of duty, in obedience to the law as laid down in
the civil tribunals," shall be "preserved to the Church
of Scotland." This is sufficiently unequivocal.
There is no mistaking Lord John's import and in-
tentions ; and all the hopes we may have enter-
tained from that quarter are now broken down. It
only convinces us the more of the soundness of the policy
we have ventured to recommend to the members and
friends of the Church, namely, to keep its great interests
clear of partizanship, and shapa out an independent, un-
biassed, and inoffensive course for itself. Give us this,
and, trusting to the Divine favour, we fear neither Sir
Robert Peel nor Lord John Russell. The two Parlia-
mentary leaders are now on a footing of equality before
the Scottish electors on the Church question. Whether
Sir Robert spoke his own sentiments on a recent occa-
sion, or only predicated what would be the sentiments
of the Legislature, there can be no doubt about what
his real opinions are. They are identical, doubtless,
with those of the Whig leader in the House of
Commons. It is for the electors to make a dead
set upon both, and endeavour to convince them
that the condition they are disposed to attach to
the passing of the Duke of Argyll's Bill is alto-
gether incompatible with the duty which the
Church owes to her Divine Head, and would, if carried
into effect, prove destructive of her existence. We have
only farther to say, that this declaration of Lord John
Russell's discharges those obligations which electors
have felt themselves under in consequence of the state-
ment attributed to Sir Robert Peel, although in many
cases it may tend to increase rather than diminish their
difficulty of action. We may also mention that the other
Whig candidates for the city of London declined to give
any opinion whatever on the subject of the Scottish
Church question, and pointedly refused, through their
Chairman, to favour a deputation of our Scottish friends
in London with a joint interview. It is extremely
pleasing to have to add that all the four Conservative
candidates, viz., our countryman Alderman Pirie, and
Messrs. Lyall, Masterman, and Attwood, agreed to the
principle of the Duke of Argyll's Bill.
The following is Lord John Russell's letter above re-
ferred to
Wilton Crescent, June 26, 1841.
Sir.—ln answer to the circular you have sent to me, I
beg to state, in the first place, that lam not ready to
pledge myself to any particular course of conduct, by
which I might be precluded from agreeing to some plan
calculated to establish harmony in the Church of Scot-
land. I informed Lord Aberdeen last year, that if his
Bill came into the House of Commons, I should op-
pose it. I must still do so, unless it is greatly altered.
I am not prepared to assent to the Duke of Argyll's Bill,
without modification. I am anxious to preserve to the
Church of Scotland those members who have con-
ceived themselves bound to enforce the Veto Act by the
deposition of those who did not obey it, and also those
Ministers who have acted on their conviction of duty,
in obedience to the law as laid down in the civil tribu-
nals. I conceive this object is still attainable, and it will
not be till all hope of conciliation is at an end, that I
shall- determine upon the ultimate course to be pur-
sued. To such a Bill as you mention in your first and
second resolutions, properly guarded, and which shall
secure on the one hand the opinion of a deliberate
majority of male communicants, and which shall on the
other provide not for the mere assent, but the conscien-
tious examination of the rejection by the Church Courts,
I shall willingly give my concurrence.
Allow me to say, farther, that a spirit of conciliation
and charity can alone give efficacy to any law or written
agreement upon the subject. I have the honour to be,
your most obedient servant,
J. Boyle, Esq. (Signed) J. RUSSELL.
[Lord John Russell's letter contains some infor-
mation regarding the course he would pursue ; but the
letter of Sir Roert Peel, on the same subject, to the
Duke of Argyll, none. The statement in the Scottish
Guardian, that all the four Conservatives agreed to the
principles of the Duke's Bill, we have great reason to
doubt ; and if any such pledge were given by three of
the candidates, it amounted to this---.‘ I know nothing
about the Kirk, but if you will vote for us, we will assent
to the preamble of the bill, and leave the rest to Sir
Robert Peel," who they knew was more hostile to it
than Lord John Russell.]

THE CITY ELECTION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The result of the late City election, satisfactory
as it is in so far as the leader of the free trade question
has a seat in Parliament, bestowed by a constituency
which, though unworthy in some respects, is yet the
first constituency in the kingdom, nevertheless presents
some painful subjects for inquiry.
The narrow interests of the agriculturists, and of
those with whom they sympathise, are well understood
by themselves, and as stoutly defended. The interests
of the inhabitants of the city of London, from its mer-
chants down to its humblest shopkeepers (excepting
certain monopolists), are distinctly antagonistic to the
narrow views of the agriculturists ; a mitigation of the
coca duties, a reduction in the price of colonial and
other produce, will clearly be beneficial to the inhabi-
tants of London, and they are too well instructed to be in
any doulit about the matter. How then is it, that the
man whose name is identified with the free trade ques-
tion was not highest on the poll by some 7,000 votes ?
How is it that three candidates are above him, and that
the most important candidate (I mean important so far
as his identification with such momentous questions)
should obtain a place at all with difficulty ? Clearly, as
it appears to me, because there is a powerful body in
the city of London, whose notions and interests are an-
tagonistic to the interests of the great body of the
inhabitants, I mean the Corporation of London. It
will be interesting to examine the votes, and I am
assured it will appear, that very few indeed of those
connected wifh the Corporation, voted for Lord John
Russell. Very few supported him, except some noisy
jobbing patriots, who pick up their subsistence by con-
nection with the Liberal party in the City. The Corpo-
ration has its own purposes to serve, and, as it has the
expenditure every year of more than half a million of
money, it is very powerful in the means of securing its
own sinister interests. Lord John Russell was denounced
by that Corporation, because, as a means of most ra-
tional and economical improvement, he desired to conso-
lidate the Metropolitan Police ; and, if that had been
done, the inhabitants of the City would have been saved
17,000/. a-year, and person and property would have
been better protected. It was not done, but the Corpo-
ration became, nevertheless, the implacable enemies of
Lord John Russell, who just scotched the snake which
he ought to have crushed, as he did, and when he did,
much to his honour, those nests of vermin, the corpora•
tions of the provincial towns. If this had been done,
there is no doubt that Lord John would have been at
the head of the poll, and the City of London would have
returned not two with difficulty, but four members tri-
umphantly, to support and represent the opinions and
interests of the enlightened and high-minded people of
the City. It is so much the obvious and palpable interest
of London that commerce should flourish, that no other
cause can be assigned for the result of the late election,
than the hostility of the Corporation, who, as a body,
are far behind the inhabitants in intelligence and
public spirit, and who, as holding so heavy a purse,
are invincible among the needy and unprincipled
freemen, the retention of whom, in the town
constituencies, is very much to be regretted. If
the Whigs had insisted on disfranchising these freemen,
and had given in the ballot, all the best interests and
noblest aspirations of the human race would not be Pe-
rilled as they are at this moment. I say of the human
race, for not only England, but all Europe, trembles at
Tory ascendancy. I make these remarks that the con-
duct of the corporators, through all their channels of
influence, may be examined, and if my presumptions
are well-founded, the inhabitants of the whole metro-
Ais ought to rise as one man and demand the complete
ext: rpation of an antiquated and corrupt body, which
opnre„ges them with enormous local taxes, and upholds
murnicipa!
institutions and officers, who are, or would
be, a disgrace to the humblest borough town in Cornwall
or Scotland. _Let it be remembered that the local taxa-
tion of the City is two-and-a-half times greater than
that of some of the
best managed districts of the metro-
polis, and that, among a host of other evils, the corpora-
tion coal tax causes cog 1s to be from eight to ten shillings
per ton higher than they would otherwise be.
ONE OF THE OPPRESSED.
6, 1841.

London, July

SAINTLY SCRUPLES.

AN EPISTLE FROM. LADY TO THE COUNTESS OF
MY DEAR LADY —...,
You can't think how much these election affairs
Are disturbing good folks from their meetings and prayers,
And how charm'd we shall be when the bustle is o'er,
And we're settled, all snug, in our boroughs once more.
If it were not, indeed, for the heart-cheering hope
Of defeating thus Dan and the Dev'l and the Pope,
I should wish the whole Parliament, Peer and M P.—
That's to say, the Whig part of it,—sunk in the sea.
'Tis, indeed, for us Saints, who delight in high prices,
Yet quake for our souls, a most terrible crisis ;
Lille Hercules doubting, when placed 'twixt the two,
Whether Pleasure or Virtue 'tis best to pursue.
For, alas, my dear friend, if one loses one's seat,
One may lose, too, for ever, dear sugar and wheat ;
And, if thus the free-trade..s should carry it hollow,
One knows not what other dear things then may follow ;
Till soon, by that swift-slidir47 scale which they call
"Bringing nobles to ninepenee," our value may fall,
Till we're cheapen'd, God help yrs, to nothing at all !
Meanwhile, you can't think, dear, what numbers one meets
Who're neglecting their souls to look after their seats ;
And, until the new Parliament writs are return'd,
Holy Writ, must, I fear, be entirely adjourn'd.
Nor is't any wonder that laymen should stray,
When the whole Church Establishment goes the same way,
And regards, at this moment, the state of men's souls
Quite as nothing, compared with the state of the polls.
Not to heav'n, but the hustings, look vicars and rectors,
And Calvin himself, could he see how his sect errs,
Would swear that th' Elect are now worse than th' electors.
In short, my dear friend, these political cares
Have quite interrupted our nice " Tea and Prayers,"—
(Those soirees devout, whore the Sixth Angel's trumpet
Was duly discuss'd over Con•gon and crumpet)—
Nor can we now hope to enjoy any more
Of such Feasts of the Soul till this bustle is o'er.

Adieu, for the present,—my next will, no doubt,
Tell you how my _Lord Shuffieton's canvas turns out.
He's been lucky enough to be help'd through his labour,
By old Doctor Spintext, our well-endowed neighbour ;
Whose zeal, I suspect, by the fond hope is drawn.
That a hand good 10 canvas .may reach, at last, lawn.
—Chronicle.