The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

EVENING S
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE

sent autumn about 2,000,000 of quarters of wheat had
been imported at the lowest duty of Is. per quarter. 1
This and all other similar importations tended to de-
range the monetary affairs of the country, by demanding
an export of bullion, consequent upon the demand for
corn not being compensated for by a regular demand for
British manufactures. This export of money deranged
trade, and hence the difficulties which had overrun the
country.—(Cheers.) The difference caused to the re-
venue by the sliding scale and that proposed by the late
Ministers was as between 800,000 and 100,000. Had the
fixed duty been adopted, the gain to the revenue would
have been the former sum. By the present plan, the ac- •
cess to the revenue was only the latter.—(Cheers.) He
now came to the second point on which Mr. Attwood
and he differed—as to the degree of confidence to be
placed in the present Ministry. It appaared to him,
looking to Sir Robert Peel's past conduct as a Minister
and as a statesman, that he had g:vm no evi-
dence of possessing that foresight or that discri-
minating judgment, which, above all other qualities,
were requisite in a leader of the Government. But,
above all, he (Lord Howick) withheld from Sir Robert
Peel his confidence, because he had avowe:lly taken his
stand on the principle of a fluctuating duty on corn, and
because he had included in his list of colleagues persons
whom it was impossible that he (Lord Howick) could re-
gard otherwise than with feelings of distrust.—(Loud
cheers.) Sir Robert Peel had included the Dake of
Buckingham and Sir Edward Knatchbull, the great op-
ponents of free trade, and he had also appointed Lord
Lyndhurst. who had declared the Irish to be aliens in
blood, in language, and in religion.—(Loud cheering.)
Could such an appointment as this last conduce to the
harmony of the undivided empire? His opponent had
made two objections to him. First, that he was not prac-
tically conversant with trade ; and, secondly, that he
was friendly to the New Poor-laws. If it were necessary
to bring a Member of Parliament to be conversant with
the details of business, he would say at once that Mr.
Attwood had the prior claim to their suffrages; but the
duties of a Member of Parliament were very different
from those of a manager of a Company of,steam-vessels.
—(Cheers.) With respect to the other objection against
him, of his being a friend to the New Poor-law, he de-
fended himself by saying that in the south of Eng.land
the old system of the poor laws had become au into-
lerable nuisance—increasing the sufferings of the poor,
whilst it made the value of rent and tithes
absolutely nothing ; so much so, that both landlords
and tithe-owners had given up their claims rather than
pay poor-rates. Under the old law, the industrious
man who wished to raise himself had no chance of
doing so, because wages were beat down by the parish
paying one portion and the employer the other portion
of a labourer's wages. By the new system this was pre-
vented. He would ask them whether it was fair and just
that he should be accused of inhumanity, when he openly
supported a measure which had met the approval of Mr.
Roebuck, Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Mr.
Hume, the Bishop of London, and the Bishop ofChester.
His Lordship concluded by thanking them for the pa-
tience with which they had heard him.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ATTWOOD addressed the electors, and declared
hjs opposition to the late Ministry upon financial and
commercial questions, and to the late aad present Minis-
try in reference to the Poor-laws.
• Mr. BINNS, the Chartist, then stood forward, and, as
the representative of Colonel Thompson, made a lone-
harangue . He impartially abused the authorities of the
town, town, Conservatives and Whie•s, and entered into a long
statement about his having had a bribe offered to him. of
125/., to favour. the Conservative cause. He cited a Jew
on the hustings as a witness of the truth of his statement,
• but the Jew did not avouch for its truth.
A show of hands then took place. •
The Returning Officer having declared in favour of
Colonel Thompson, a poll was demanded on behalf of the
other candidates, and . Colonel Thompson was imme-
diately withdrawn by his proposer and seconder. The
day passed off quietly.

CITY LAW COURTS.
CITY LANDS COMMITTEE.—It has not escaped the
active members of the Corporation of London that, at a
time distinguished by extraordinary alterations and im-
provements as regards the thoroughfares of the City,
and the approaches to this wonderful emporium of CO"
merce, the Law Courts at the Guildhall were remarkably
defective in many respects, and the Judges, the barris-
ters, the solicitors, the jury, the suitors, and the Wit-
nesses, had certain claims of accommodation and conve-
nience upon those who had power over the City
funds.
The subject was a short time ago taken up in the Conti
of Common Council, and referred to the City Lands
Committee, of which Deputy Bridge is the Chairman,
and the most scrupulous inquiry has been made into the
many inconveniences complained of with the view of
removing them altogether.
The Committed found, upon inspecting the site of the,
Law Courts at the Guildhall, that between the Court of
Queen's Bench and the Court of Common Pleas another
Court could be raised upon the same level, of alircest
equal size, in which the Exchequer business could he
transacted, but not without materially diminishing, th!
existing accommmodation. They, however, ascertained
that by a complete alteration within the walls, such 3
change could be effected as would set at nought anythi"g
like an objection, and produce such vast improvement as
would meet the warmest approbation of the Judges,
as is well known, have complained of these Courts until
they have been actually tired of using the languag
expostulation. of
The present Courts are in conformity to the state
science at the time of. their erection, built with eller"
mously high ceilings, in the erroneous supposition 111,
;
altitude was indispensible to health ; Lad their length
was preposterous, in order to bear the character of Pr°-
portion. The consequence has been, that the distance
between the floor of the Courts and the skylights makehs
the short days very short indeed, and interferes in sill
a manner with sound, that he must be a very skihe
man in the science of intonation to make himself unde,!:
stood by all whose business it is to hear him. It is al:
the fact, that the impure breath and damp oozings
the mass of persons assembled below, and which a''„
caught up into the skylights, return in filthy drops
a lilt
the gentlemen of the bar,who sit immediately n"
these receptacles, of that which it is so necessary to drive
out as expeditiously as possible.
The Committee called Dr. Reid and Mr. Montagne'
the City Surveyor, to their aid. From Dr. Reid thgett
learned that in rooms of extraordinary height and len g
complete ventilation cannot be so easily accomplishl
in rooms of moderate size and elevation ; and that
accomplishes he
change most favourable to that paramount object w°,-,
be the reduction of the height and length, and the In,
of
duction, by mechanical means, of an equal portieniflc
pure air through a number of small apertures in `„„
lower part of the Courts, and by providing fur its esc3r;
when heated, through small perforations in the corniced
and other part of the ceiling, ornamentally disPns%
for that purpose. Dr. Reid expressed an opinion ta,
the objects which the Committee seemed to have in Vied
might be attained by a false ceiling of glass at the requir 4
height, leaving the floor of the projected three Courts
its present level ; but he considered it to be infinitelio
preferable, as suggested by some of the Committee, La
raise the floor, so that three. Courts, well lighted n.eaa
ventilated, could be erected in the space now oceePL
by two ; while a spacious hall, and an extensive suite
rooms, would be appropriated to the use of suitors, counse_
attorneys, jurymen, and witnesses attending the Coils'
Yesterday the Committee sat for the purpose of necii,
in.- to a decision as to the course of proceeding.tl,l%
should recommend to the Common Council, of which -f
Special Court has been called, according to the termsetig
the notice, " to receive a Report from the City Lnc,if
Committee, on the references relatiVe to the Courts wr,
Law at Guildhall." Mr. Montague, the City Surrej
exhibited a model, formed by himself, of the praP9sLgo
improvements, with a proximate estimate of the exPeahe
of completing these .immensely beneficial alterations9l)'
whole having been effected under the inspection of t,
Reid, so as to secure the advantages of his judgmecr,
and to provide for the application of his improved
rangement in respect to sound and ventilation, and, wn'
iti o
necessary, of warming every part of the building. Yr
the model, it appeared that the accommodations in eve,ho
respect would present the most glaring contrast to
ell
present miserable condition of the City Law Courts, whljoi
really may be considered as a slur upon the taste a
humanity of the Corporation. T AZe
It was stated that Baron Gurney, the only .) nt to
town when a deputation from the Committee we1,„0..
consult the Bench upon the necessity of making n";
tions in the Courts, had seen the model, and after an a
curate examination of that and the drawings connecite
with the Courts as they now stand, approved of all "-
contemplated changes. tess
Mr. WIRE appeared before the Committee to lmP',rt
„
upon them the necessity of recommending to the 1/°- ,
of Common Council the adoption of the changes abele
cording to the model of Mr. Montague, and the adatira
system of ventilation so ably introduced into the fieusto
of Parliament by Dr. Reid. He referred with force te,
the various matters touched upon in the foregoing stably
ment, and expressed a confidence in the warm aPPc°
tion of the community.
model'
Sir PETER LAURIE strongly approved of the - to
by regulating the interior of the building, accordingioug
which a new and complete suite of mot nw
con Zit 0
Co
would be obtained, at the same tinle t"
third Court would be formed for the transaction
the
public business. He congratulated his brethren transaction
.0
Corporation upon the perfect success of Dr. Rei"'jcl
giving new lungs to the long-diseased Courts ‘7l,
apartments of the Old Bailey, an Llerculean task wince
period was accomplished in a which appeared to the
who viewed the alterations to be miraculously&
The expense of the construction of the Sew Con
of,
and the reconstruction of the two old ones in the„uTcs
ner proposed, including the adoption of Dr•
method of ventilation, is estimated by Mr. g"t3'
at 8,6001. report
The Committee unanimously agreed to a '-'eL
drawn up by Mr. Saunders, the City Comptroller!s,og
commending the adoption of the plan, thus recogn!.lect
the expediency of accomplishing the all-important 0%,
short.
of giving increased facilities to the üblic in attend`
upon Courts of Justice, and in promoting the health
_lir
convenience of those learned persons wo are daily e
gaged in the arduous duties of its administration •

Since receiving the above, the state of the Poll up
to half past Eleven yesterday, has come to hand :
STATE OF THE POLL—THURSDAY.
HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK.
Attwood 4OO
Howick
HALF-PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Attwood 528
Ho wick
Another account from the Gateshead Observer :
HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK.

Irowick
Attwood

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DONCASTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
What with the sales, the settling, and the conference be-
tween the gentlemen and the Corporation, for the purpose of
placing the races on a better footing, the visitors were kept in
full employment until after two o'clock ; indeed many did not
reach the course until long alter that hour, the insignificant
character of the entries having failed to excite the slightest
possible intei est. The sales are given below, and of the set-
tling it is only necessary to state that it was light in amount,
but slow in its progress, yet on the whole favourable : Scott's
party, of course, were the principal winners, and the majority
of the professionals won a little ; but we heard of no great
states won or lost, very few having had the hardihood to bet
either on or against the favourite. Nothing was said to indi-
cate that the race had been run otherwise than on the square,
but many exclaimed against the folly of throwing a say so
valuable a prize merely for want of adequate preparation; no
one, we believe, doubts that had Coronation gone direct to
Doncaster, and been kept in regular work, he could not have lost.
The adjourned meeting at the Club Room was attended by
the same parties who were l resent on Tuesday, when it was
stated on the part of the Deputation, that at a meeting of the
Corporation it had been resolved to place the sum of 500/. at
the disposal of the Stewards, in addition to the sum of 200
guineas to the Cup ; and independent of the town subscription,
they were then informed, that provided the sum of 1,0001.,
including the Town and Innkeepers' Plates, was placed at the
disposal of a Racing Committee, the noblemen and gentlemen
were willing to continue their support to the races, but not
otherwise. As the Deputation did not feel justified in agree-
ing to these terms without taking the sense of the Corporation,
the meeting was broken up, with the understanding that a
written answer should be sent to the Stewards on Thursday

morning.
A meeting of the Corporation was held this evening, when
it was resolved that the sum of 1,0001. should be placed at the
disposal of a Racing Committee, for the next year's races. It
is not too much to expect therefore that the Noblemen and
Gentlemen will use all their influence to fill the stases, and
generally improve the character of the meeting.
The following is a more complete list of the fashionables
present on Tuesday than we were enabled to collect at the
time :—Duke and Duchess of Cleveland; Marquises of West-
minster, Normanby, Waterford, and Titchfield ; Earls Fitz-
Spencer, Scarborough, and Manvers ; Lords Hawke,
G. Bentinck, Lyttleton, Macdonald, Beaumont, John Eitzroy,
C. Fitzroy, Kelburne, Milton, Galway ; Count Auresperg,
Count Halin, Baron Maltzahn, Viscountess Galway; Ladies
Cooke, Armytage, Milbanke, L. Cator and Kaye ; Sirs W. B.
Cooke, W. M. Milner, C. Ibbet;on, J. Kaye, J. shelley, M. Fou-
lis, J. Clifton, G. Armytage, 'l'. Sykes, G. Strickland, J. Mor-
ley, T. Whiehcote, J. Whichester, T. W. White, C. Monck,
D. Baird, C. E. Kent, and J. Nelthorpe ; Hons. G. Anson,
Captain Spencer, Watson, H. Forester, G. S. Byng, G. Fitz-
roy, C. M. Sutton, N. Nugent, T. 0. Powlett, R. Howard,
and Paulett; Admiral and Mrs. Irby; Colonels Fullarton,
Craufurd, Synge, Cradock, Firman, Hancox, Creyke, Thomp-
son, Broadhead, Hornby, and Shubrick ; Majors Tempest,
Drewe, Elmsell, and Yarburgh ; Captains Corbett, Dyson,
Gardnor, Gresset, Sands, Ripon, Ibbetson, Ramsden, Lum-
ley, Higgins, Fairlie, Alexander, &c. &c.
The following horses were sold previous to the races :
Gs.
50

Ch yearling colt by Jereed, out of Liberty . .
B yearling c by The Mole, out of Teresa (in the Derby,
1842)
B yearling c by Memnon, Junior, out of Shoehorn 66
Ch yearling c by Memnon, Junior, out of Manila 43
B yearling c by Jereed, out of Gannymede .. 76
B yearling filly by Jereed, out of Abigail 39
B yearling f by Liverpool, out of Wild Rose (in the Oaks,
1842)
Br colt, 2 yrs old, by Aluley Moloch, out of Manila (in
the Derby and St. Leger, 1842)
B c, 2 yrs, by Liverpool, out of Teresa (in the Derby,
1842)
Velocipede's dam, by Juniper, d by Sorcerer
Francesca, by Partisan, and Aliss Letty's dam, by Orville 190
Velocity, sister to Velocipede
Copere, by Velocipede
Emineh, by Sultan, out of Velocipede's dam 2OO
Gipsy, by Tramp, out of Calypso's dam
Ch yearling colt by Velocipede, out of Guerdon 125
B yearling c by Sheet Anchor, out of Lady Fulford 5O
B yearling c by Sheet Anchor, out of Forget-Ale-Not
(Derby, 14343) ..
Bk yearling c by Sheet Ai-le:lie, out of Lillah (in the
Derby, 1843)
B yearling cby Sheet Anchor, out of Valencia (in the
Derby, 1843)
Br yearling fby Sheet Anchor, out of Medea .
B yearling c by Langar, out f Emigrant's dam (in the
Derby, 1843) 250
B yearling filly, by Langar, out of Barcelona 42
Br yearling f by Jereed, out of Gazelle
Dolphin, by Priam, 5 yra ...
Mermaid, by Whalebone, out of Miss Emma... 175
B yearling c by Liverpool, out of Lady Berners llO
Partheon, a bay yearling c by Jereed (in the Derby and
Great Stakes at Hippodrome, 1843) „
Prizefighter, a ch yearling c, by Gladiator (in the Derby,
1843)
Napier, ach yearling c, by Gladiator (in Derby, 1843) 300
Abraham Newland, by Malek, aged

LEICESTER RACES—WEDNESDAY.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round.
Mr. Milner's Humphrey, 6 yrs, lOst ........................ 00
I
Duke of Rutland's The Genius, 4 yrs, 9st llb ••• ...... 0 2
Mr. Wildman's m Hero, 5 yrs, 9st 91b .................. 3 0
After the dead heat the favourite was beaten by a neck.
The Elelvoir Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added by the
Duke of Rutland for hunters. Heats, twice round (9 Subs. )
Mr. Clarke's bm, by Confederate, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 31b 5 1 1
Mr. Butler's The Flyer, 4 yrs, lOst 12Ib
Mr. Miller's Wide-awake, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b
Mr. Owsley's Balugani, 5 yrs, list 71b
Mr. Berrington's Lucy, 4a
each y
ars,nd 50 added.lostl2l
b
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs.Heats twice round.
(4 Suba.)
1 1
3 2
AMI Booth's Key's l%ir
Benjamin,al v 44Y yrs 81b
sBts tBll b 0
lb

Mr. tiootk. ~ - .6
yrs, 9st llb - --
Mr. Milner's Humphrey,2 dr
ISLE OF THANET (MARGATE) RACES—WEDNESDAY
The Powell Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added. The win.
ner to be sold for 130/. Two mile heats. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Shackle's Cantle, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
Mr. Clifton's Whalebone, aged, 9st 31b
A good race. The winner was claimed.
The Ramsgate Plate of 501., the winner to be sold for 1501.,
&c., 2 mile heats.
Mr. Dockeray's Munchausen, 6 yrs, 9st 31b .. (Butler) 1 1
Mr. Hornsby 's Revoke, 5 yrs,'9st 71b
Mr. Wood's Baronet (late Wenderton) 5 yrs, Bst 91b 52 32
Mr. Simmond's Ophelia, 5 yrs, Bst 91b
Mr. Clifton's Whalebone, aged, 9st 101 b

COURT CIRCULAR. bert
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince ='-fltla
drove this morning in a pony phaeton into the of
Park and to Adelaide Cottage, and after the retuillitbe
her Majesty and his Royal Highness to the Castieni.ao
Prince rode out on horseback, attended by Mr. ac"-''
E. Anson.
In the afternoon her Majesty and her Illustrious Cild
sort drove through the Prowl-lore-road, towards: ,iog,
Windsor, in a pony phaeton, his Royal Ilighne s
In another pony carriage were Lady Portman, lion' Age
Paget, and Hon. Miss Lister ; and in a third ea.,,r',,;.51,
were Viscount Sydney, and Admiral Sir R. 'La. oil
Colonel Wemyss and Sir Edward Bowater attenue-
horseback. lO4
The Princess Royal has been taken her usual a'l.-
to-da
The•
orcl
y Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, Ea,r',,
Countess Delawarr, and Lady Eliza West, Earl ae.:telie
and Viscountess Sydney, took their departure fro""
Castle to-day. ,
Mr. George Edward Anson will have the holl°"
joining the Royal dinner party this evening. njea
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, 3Lteizefi.
by Colonel Jones, arrived in town yesterday frog' a-, ih
His Royal Highness attended at the Horse Gil3r,eii•
the afternoon, and in the evening returned to his '-
dence at Kew. e of
Upwards of one hundred Members of the gcnls-dorif
Commons, including Earl Jermyn, Lords Sf/-e
frier
Eliot, Norreys, and Ernest Bruce, the Att°-311'
General, the Solicitor-General, Honourable , et*
Scarlet, Hon. General Lygon, Right Hon. J.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Hon. Sidney Herberf'',,°lis'
E. Kerrison, Sir A. Grant, Sir C. Douglas, Sir E. -," „
Sir Stratford Canning, Sir F. Trench, Colonel 1;19,
Messrs. Emerson 'ferment, Charles Russell, J. Wi,;104,1'
Irving, Hogg, and Baring, assembled at threeAl"
yesterday afternoon, at the official residence of

bed Peel in Downing-street. _____
The meeting broke up at half-past three o'cloc.
Sir John Milky Doyle, K.C.8., Captaitlie Cucn
Richards, and Mr. Henry Meyers, Members of al, 3Fci
i
mittee of Naval and Military claimants on 17c)r-
companied by the Secretary, Mr. Eicke, and Aber
Hans, had yesterday an interview with the Earl m
deen at the Foreign-office, on the subject the c`
t
and the mode of payment. e
The Bishop of Barbadoes, Mr. Peter Brown, c 1( 19'
from the House of Assembly of Newfoundland ; '
Archibald, from Newfoundland; Colonel DohertYv
Irving, and Mr. G. F. Young, had interviews with
Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, traristlc°
business yesterday at the Foreign-office. 13011illg:
Lord Strathallan, Sir Robert Stopford, Mr. Ais
and Mr. Carr had interviews with Sir James Gr-
yesTtehredeayh,anactetitewHoorm
the Exchequer
190
towntie.
Wednesday from Cambridge. The Right Hon. ,Gebine‘
arrived
man joined his colleagues in the evening at the t-1,1,0e°
Dinner given by the Earl of Aberdeen, at his reside
in Argyle-street. tog°
The Right Hon. Sir H. Hardinge has arrived is

r. rie ,ji
ZOOLOGICAL GA RDENS.—The men—Le load'
the Regent's Park on 'Wednesday received the la,'
addition of.three lions, presented by Sir Thomas I bl'
her Majesty's Consul at Tunis, who, on acc°ente°cPtif
active exertions on behalf of the Society, has bri,c, al'il;
been elected an honorary member. These 110 brog!',„
mals, along with a fine pair of ostriches, were Ivey, !ii
over from Malta by the Great Liverpool step
.in}; 1,
which vessel they have until Wedneday been t)thevileo
quarantine, at Southampton. The collection
gent's Park now contains six lions,
of the carnivora, are in good health. Wit-- iirut ''lll
week there have been added a pair of fine qtrosi, 00c,,
wt,itih: tthilee test
low-deer, an American syren (a sinwghuilcalr', animal' vav'i,
allied to the proteus), and three new and singular
ebrrt'ijit,
ties of water-tortoises from Carolina. The f•tv -00
panzees also continue in good health and vivacig 'of SI"
gardens were on Wednesday visited by uPs:v_i 030
children belonging to the St. James's Assoe4w4—
tO
and Parochial Schools. ice' Jot
The Embassy at Vienna has been g boot' ,
Major-General Baron Von Canitz, hitherto Ara f
,AO,,
AN EQUESTRIAN LAMPLIGHTER.—On Wed-Ito e
,endor , Icy
ouatrttohf Hanover.o Count Von Souc:_ceed 135,e0,
nesday evening last, says the Hertford Patriot, we wit- !
1 I'vOst; a R°url o w at London,ourt of Bavaria,_.. is t
~autemajor-_(-100
nessed the novel spectacle described in the title of this thedC
. and it is said,,l',l_,tin, wh°,,.00
Lindham will go to Munich; Baron Von Aim.
paragraph. One of the men who officiates as city lamp-
lighter had mounted a horse, and with torch in hand
the diplomatic circle:—Dutch Paper's, Sept- 15' glee'
intended for the embassy to Lisbon retires entirely '
was driving through the streets at a furious rate, making TT
u NCONTESTED ELECTIONS.-- 232 se
a short call at every lamp-post, and leaving his fiery card
at the top of each. He did not get off once in perform- 1 lion there were in England and Wales alone
...rhs-
ing his entire route, and yet he stopped frequently to a-light
uncontested ; 119 for counties and 113 for bornPl,
k