The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-01 00:00:00

MR. PETER AINSWORTH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Ste,—As a Liberal elector of this town I beg to thank
you for the notice you have taken of the discreditable con-
duct of our worthless representative, P. Ainsworth, Esq.,
on Lord Stanley's scorpion Bill. I assure you his con-
duct has created no more disgust in your mind than it has
in that of every honest reformer in this borough. And,
when the proper dun arrive?, the time for action, he will
receive the most unequivocal manifestations of their dis-
approbation. Should he, indeed, presume or venture to
face a public meeting of his constituents, he will find it a
less pleasurable occupation to appease their anger, or re-
move their disgust, than riding in the " Derby Dilly with
Six Insides." Nor will an encounter with his late friends
in private, if less formidable, be much more agreeable.
But, Sir, he has only confirmed the opinion which was
formed of him, on his first appearance in public, and par-
ticularly on his offering himself as a candidate for the suf-
frages of the Liberal electors of Bolton, by many indi-
viduals acquainted with his character, and possessing
ample opportunities of judging of his qualifications and
talents. From this circumstance many goad and honest
reformers withheld their support from him at his first
election, and were only induced to give it to him at his
last to secure the return of a second Member, in whom
they could place their confidence and trust. But no
such inducement, no expediency or trimming to particular
circumstances, whatever the consequences may be, will
ever again give him the honour of a seat in Parliament as
the Reform Member for the borough of Bolton. I speak,
Sir, not merely as an individual, but as one possessing
ample means of obtaining the opinion of the most influen-
tial and respcctsble of the Liberal electors. His doom
is sealed. The Reformers of Bolton have one and all
bid him adieu, whether he has them or not. He has
treated their remonstrances with indifference and con-
tempt (and if an individual applies to him, he at once re-
pels him with the charge of ignorance or misapprehension),
not deigning to eater into any discu.sion on the principles
of the Bill, but contents himself with alleging his unre-
mitting and arduous attendance for "nearly three months
on a Carlow Election Committee," and the delay which
Ministers have manifested in bringing forward their
measures for the amendment of the Irish Registration sys-
tem, as the only justification or palliation of his conduct.
The time is, perhaps, not far distant when the scales will
be turned, and he will find too late how well his " honesty
and independence" are appreciated.
Yout's,
Bolton, June 29, 1840.

AN ELECTOR.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Donizetti's tragic opera Lucrezia Borgia was repre-
sented here on Tuesday night for the second time this
season. It was first brought out at Milan some six years
ago. Grisi was the bright representative of Lucrezia.
Her acting and singing were above all praise. In the
scene where she encounters her slumbering son, and in the
fine finale to the prologue, where her mask is.torn off by
his comrades, and she is upbraided by them successively ;
in the scene where she is compelled to be a witness to the
poisoning of Gennaro, and she administers the antidote ;
and, lastly, at the denouement, where she has unwittingly
included her son among those whom her revenge has de-
stroyed, it is impqssible to display more pathos and more
feeling, combined with more gracefulness and more dig-
nity. The very pleasing duet, " Leggiadra amabil siete,"
was executed by her in such a manner as to command an
immediate encore, which honour was deservedly shared by
Mario, who acquitted himself with great taste of the well-
known passage, " Di pcscatore ignobile," though he some-
what forced his voice at the last bars. In the duet between
Lucrezia and Alfonso, in the eighth scene of the first act,
Grisi again produced the greatest effect, especially by the
energy with which she uttered the threatening passage,
"Ohl a to bada," &c. The trjo, " Guai se ti sfugge un
mote," into which she infused all the sweetness, purity,
and precision of her notes, was most justly encored, Tam-
burini and Mario's simultaneous execution rendering it one
of the finest morcccux we have ever heard. On tl:e fall
of the curtain there was a very loud call for Grisi, Tambu-
rini, and Mario, who came forward, having well earned
the compliment. The ballet L' Ombre concluded the
evening's entertainments, when Taglioni, who was recalled
also on the fall of the curtain, construed, we trust, the
abundant plaudits lavished upon her into so many wishes
that her impending benefit be not the last of her unrivalled
performance. The opera was crowded.

THE ARCHIMEDES.—We understand that the
steam-ship Archimedes may be shortly expected at this port,
on the experimental voyage undertaken to prove the advantages
of the Archimedean screw, by which she is propelled. The
Archimedes, on leaving Glasgow, was to proceed by the Cale-
donian Canal to the ports in the north, and from thence to
Hull, on her passage to the coast of Holland.—Hull Observer.
The Northern and Eastern Railway will open to
Broxborne in August; and we understand on the Ist of Sep..
tembcr several of the Cambridge coaches will go on the line,
reducing the time an hour and a half in the journey to London.
The " floating light" at the entrance of the Tees
was brought to Mr. Mellanby's building.yard, to be coppered ;
and when hauled upon the patents lipway, upwards of seven tons
of small " muscles" were found adhering to the bottom, and
have been disposal of for manure.— Tyne Mercury.
LORD ALFRED HARVEY.—His Lordship, up
to a late hour last evening,
_ was going on very favourably.
TIIE TAILOR CAUGHT. FROM HIS SHOP-
BOA RD.—William Gibbon, a tailor, was convicted on the
10th of August, 1839, on a charge of poaching with a certain
engine called a gun, on Scargill Moor. Mr. Snowden, the
officer, made out the man of cloth to sleep in a very remote
par: of the country, called the West Pitts, whither the officer
proceeded on Monday night last, about twelve o'clock, knocked
at the door, requested the poor tailor to assist a neighbour in calv-
ing a cow. Up he jumped, opened the door, when lo ! and behold,
the hand-shackles presented by the officer appeared in the ay_es
of the tailor more than both gun, goose, and needles. His
sentence is, six months' to hard labour in Northallerton House
of Correction, or a penalty of 110 f.— Tyne Mercury.—lA poor
fellow who,•for carrying his own fowling-piece over a moor,
and afterwards rising cheerfully at midnight from his warm bed
to serve a neighbour, is seatcnced to six months' imprison-
ment. This seems to us but a sorry subject for facetiousness.
To the tailor, at all events, it could be no joke. j
On Monday last, an inquest was held on the
body of Sophia Bent, about thirteen years of age, who went
out on Sunday evening last in a pleasure-boat with four other
girls and three boys. The boat being too heavily laden, she
capsized, and all were precipitated into the water. Mr. Can-
ham and Mr. Legge being fortunately near the spot plunged
into the water, and succeeded in extricating five of them from
their perilous situation ; two of the other females were
nearly dead when taken out of the water, but medical aid
having been procured, they are now in a fair way of recovery.
Verdict—Accidentally drowned. Great praise is due to two
gentlemen who so kindly saved the other females from a similar
death.—Cambridge Advertiser.
Last week two young fellows quarrelled at Holm
Roek, and finally settled their difference by a regular up-
and•down fight in the Lancashire fashion. As an appro-
priate conclusion to their brutality, one of the combatants
bit his opponent's nose off, and swallowed it l— Whitchaven
Herald.
The report alluded to in the Brighton Guardian
of the purchase of Oakwood by Sir Thomas Baring, ue are in-
formed on good authority, is at all events premature; nor is
there any probability of Sir Thomas's standing on the Liberal
interest for Chichester. There is no doubt that this report
originated in the great dissatiatiction winch the conduct of Lord
Arthur Lennox in Parliament his given' to the constituency of
Chichester, and shows their anxiety to get rid of a person whose
political dishonesty would be a disgrace to any constituency in
the kingdom. The electors of Chichester would be glad to
send his Lordship to the right- about.
DRAMATIC LONGEVITY.—Madame Lange,
the s7ster-in- law of the famous Mozart, for whom he com-
posed many parts, is stiaiipon the stage of Vienna, and lately
acted to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of her debut. A Mr.
West, who was a (lancer with Garrick nearly 70 years ago,
lately took a benefit at the same theatre.