The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-06 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Patsbull Stakes of 20 sous. each, it ft. One mile and a

quarter.

Mr. Griffiths' Lady Lift... (Denman) 1
Mr. Copeland's Cheapside ..
Won in a canter.
The Great Cleveland Handicap of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 50 added.
Lord Warwick's Gwalior, 5 yrs, 7st 4lb ...... .-.. (Francis) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Alliance, 4 yrs, 6st 21b
Sii C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b . ' 3
Annandale, Bst 21b, Arthur, 7st 81b, and the Polka, Est 81b,
also ran. Won cleverly.
The Pradoe Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Heats
one mile.
Mr. Davies's The 'Wizard, aged, 9st 61b ...(Calloway) 1 1
Mr. Bristbw's Carissima, 5 yrs 9st llb 3 2
Mr: Warman's Crib, 5 yrs, 9st llb .•• •• 0 3
Mr. Corbett ud Maid of Lorette, 3 yrs, 7st 31b . .
AQUATICS.
The London Rowing Club's first match this year came off
yesterday, from Putney to Mortlake. The prize contended for
was a pair of silver oars, and the race NY 83 decided as under :
Hughes and Tuke .(Yellow) I •
Cornwall and Vincent (Red) 2
Richardson and Burton (Blue) 3
Shaw and Allen (Green) 4
\railings and Housoa (Lilac) 5
Cooper and Walker (Purple) 6
After a very even start, Yellow went away with the lead,
and at Hammersmith-bridge led by three or four lengths;
here Red and Blue struggled gamely to overhaul Yellow,
but never quite succeeded, Hughes and Tuke winning by a
length, Red defeating Blue for second place by about two
lengths. The rest, far in the rear, afforded a good contest
amongst themselves.

THE CHRISTIAN COIIIMON-
W EALTH.
Before- Mr.. J. M. Morgan, who is on his way to England
from Italy, left Rome, he submitted the following summary
of his views to several Cardinals and to the Agricultural
CGmmission. A copy of the summary was also laid before

the Pope :
That which peculiarly distinguishes the proposed Christian
colony from the constitution of society in general, is the
power which it affords of maintaining the supremacy of
religion, not only in theory and in precept, and in framing
the laws and regulations, but in spirit and in truth, by sup-
pressing or prhibiting all institutions, practices, •and influ-
ences, calculated to impair the love of God and man, as the
ruling principle of action ; thereby strengthening the motives
to good conduct, by discouraging the temptation to evil,
and more especially by rigidly excluding competition and a
spirit of rivalry.
It is this pernicious principle of competition that has oeen
the great impediment, both in Catholic and Protestant
countries, to the existence and diffusion of vital Christi-
anity. It has perpetuated war, and left Christian Europe
little to rejoice in from any diminution of its barbarous
conflicts since the ambitious conquests of Pagan Rome. It
has perverted the blessings of peace, and inflicted misery
upon the people, no less fatal to their general improvement
and happiness than the scourges of war, and it is the chief
cause of the present famine.
If Europe has the power, as no one can doubt, of produc-
ing food in superabundance, and of laying up a store of three
or four years' supply for all its population, to guard against the
consequences of bad harvests, why has it not been done ?
Because competition limits production to the market demand,
and the market demand is limited not by the actual wants of
the people, but by their inability to purchase.
It the wants of a neighbourhood require 1,000 quarters of
corn, and 1,200 quarters are brought to market, there is a
competition among the sellers, in order that they may not
be the holders of the 200 quarters unsold, and the prices fall;
it, on the contrary, 800 quarters only are brought to the mar-
ket, there is a competition among the buyers, that they may
not be among those who are left destitute, and the prices rise.
It is this uncertainty, under a system of competition, of
obtaining a remunerating price, that limits the growth of
corn and the quantity of all useful productions.
When the people are organised in communities, or Christian
colonies, with such modifications as the monastic orders and
other religious societies of the present day might suggest
for the further advance of mankind in religion and virtue,
and for the greater and more beneficial progress of sciene
the uncertainty of markets will cease, as the communities
in different localities will adopt a system of exchange, and
their mutual wants will be for several years anticipated.

ST. ANNE'S ScnooL.—On Wednesday at three
o'clock a meeting of the friends and supporters of the Royal
Asylum of St. Anne's School, Brixton-hill, which is esta-
blished for maintaining, education, and clothing the children
of those once in prosperity, was held at the Asylum, for the
purpose of distributing rewards to the females who had been
in the school, and who received testimonials according to the
length, ot they had respectively filled the situations
they had been placed in. The Bishop of Winchester pre-
sided, and several of the clergy of the neighbourhood at-
tended. The school-room was crowded, the. majorityhen g
ladies residing in the vicinity. The whole of the children of
the school, amounting to 150 boys and 80 girls were also
present, who, with the Candidates, were addressed by the
Right Reverend Prelate, and who forcibly impressed upon
them the importance of a strict attention to their duties
through life. There were 36 young women who were appli-
cants for the several rewards, which
, consisted of money,
bibles, and other religious books. They were presented by
his Lordship. The proceedingsr lasted about two hours.
TYPLIUS FEVER.—Typhus fever is very prevalent
in Rochdale, particularly amongst the Irish, inthelow lodg-
ing-houses and cellars about Mount Plea;
Pleasant, School-lane,
and Back Packer Meadows. We have noticed in another
paragraph the death of Mr. Barker, surgeon, from this ma-
lady. Another surgeon has also caught the disease in a
similar manner, and lies dargerously ill. At the petty ses-
sions, on Monday last, Mr. J. Whitehead, relieving officer,
said the fever increased every day. and it was almost impos-
sible to make some of the Irish people clean themselves. On
being questioned by the bench, he said the board of guar-
dians had tried to take land to build something like a fever
meet w the outskirts of the town, but they were unable to
meet with a place for that purpose; however, they had pro-
cured lime and whitewash brushes. The number of Irish in-
creased almost every day, and the fever was alarming in
various parts of the town.—Manchester Guardian.
CONTINENTAL COMMUNICATION. The South-
Eastern and Continental Steam-ship Company's vessel the
Queen of the Belgians arrived at Folkstone from Boulogne
at half-past twelve on Monday, having on board 120 passen-
gers, amongst whom were the Marquis and Marchioness of
Aylesbury, Lord Ranelagh, Sir Richard Jephson, &c. The
steamer Queen of the French sailed from Fo'kstone for
Boulogne at noon on Monday, with 54 passengers, amongst
whom were Sir Robert Murchison and suite; also with 16
horses and one carriage. The same company's steamer
Princess Maud sailed from Ramsgate on Monday for Ostend
with numerous passengers.
A DISTINGUISHED CIIARACTErt.—" The most cu-
rious incident," says the Union Monarchique, "that occurred
at the meeting of the officers of the National Guard in the
galleries of the Louvre, was that of beholding a chief of
battalion, dressed in his grand uniform, and whose breast
was covered with twelve decorations—five crosses, four cr a-
chats, and three collars 1 Pending the two hours during
which the officers waited in the grand gallery, that officer
was constantly surrounded by a crowd anxiously inquiring
in what kingdoms, in what battles, and for what exploits he
had gained more orders than ever figured on the breast of
Turenne or Massena? The enima was soon solved. The
name of M. Alexandre Dumas' having been uttered, curi-
Q,lity ceased, an d Wade room for raillery."