The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-05 00:00:00

(From the Standard.)

We are as willing as any of our Contemporaries to
admit that the contest which is now going .on for the
High Stewardship of the University of Cambridge
ought not to have been invested with a political character;
but the unanimity which has been displayed by the
Whigs, whether of the University or the press, in sup-
porting the claims of Lord Lyttelton, has been such
as to render it evident that it is so regarded by a majo-
rity of his Lordship's advocates. The spirit in which the
controversy has been carried on, indeed, so far as our
Whig Contemporaries are concerned, has been that of
envenomed hostility to Lord Lyndhurst, on the ground
of the services which he has rendered to the Conser-
vative cause. They ought, therefore, to be thelast
to complain of the complexion with which they have
invested the struggle. Had they felt that the eligibility
of the candidate they seem disposed to favour would
have borne the ordeal of a comparison with that of his
distinguished rival, they would have studiously avoided
the indiscretion which they now charge upon their op-
ponents. Whatever, therefore, may have been the in-
tentions of the leading friends of Lord Lyndhurst and
Lord Lyttelton, it is clear that many of the latter
Nobleman's supporters have been influenced by poli-
tical motives, and political motives alone. Their
unanimity, indeed, and the tone adopted by the
Ministerial press i❑ discussing the comparative merits
of the candidates, sufficiently attest that indefatigable
means have been taken to render the contest political.
It is no fault of ours, therefore, if it should have assumed
that character. We have already placed the claims of
the two candidates (so far as we have been enabled
to ascertain them) in juxta-position. It would be
useless to repeat them. Those of the former, no-
bleman are easily remembered. The brilliant pas-
sages of Lord Lyndhurst's distinguished career are too
numerous to be held in recollection with the same faci-
lity, although several of them are of a kind which
might be expected to have made a deep and lasting
impression on the recollections of all true lovers of
their country. If a single speech of the young
Nobleman in whose praise our Whig Contemporaries
are so fervent, can be allowed to weigh against such
considerations, wo are altogether deceived as to the
qualifications which are looked for in a High Chancel-
lor of the University of Cambridge. We rejoice, how-
ever, to learn, that there is no doubt of the success of
Lord Lyndhurst, and that the attempts which have
been made by the Whig press to give a political cha-
racter to the controversy have alienated many voters
from their protege. We have uniformly spoken of
Lord Lyttelton with respect, and shall continue so to
do, in the full belief that he has taken no part in the
indecent artifices by which it has been attempted to
forward his election.

(From the Courier.)

After the noble letter in which Mr. (late Captain) Rey-
nolds, in the true spirit of a soldier and a gentleman,
acknowledges a breach of strict discipline, and expresses
his belief that public interference in his behalf may
rather injure than serve his interests, we should have
thought that all persons really feeling either commise-
ration for him, which, however, he does not require,
or indignation at the conduct of his judges or mili-
tary superiors, of which he himself does not com-
plain, would maintain a profound silence on the
subject. No doubt Captain Reynolds best understands
his own position. To manifest a public sympathy is
one thing ; to come forth with officious oilers of aid,
which he does not want, is another; but there arc
persons who are always eager to seize upon the slight-
est occasion to revile constituted authorities, civil or
military, and who delivers opinions upon matters with
which at most they can be but imperfectly acquaint-
ed. Of this description of people, very evidently, the
meeting held yesterday at the British Coffee-house
Cockspur-street, consisted. A tissue of greater absur-
dities than the resolutions proposed for adoption never
before was offered to public notice. In the first, for
instance, it is said that Captain Reynolds has been un-
justly deprived of his commission by the sentence of a
Court-martial, whereupon " great cheering" ensued from
these novel supervisors of courts military. If the par-
ties, who have left their shop-boards to meddle with
a profession kept entirely aloof from trade, really in-
tended to injure Captain Reynolds, they could not have
adopted a step better calcdlated to effect their purpose.
The Court-martial has already been considered by the
proper authorities, and it has received the highest sane-
zion. Its judgment, therefore, cannot now he reversed.
As no accusation has been lodged against the Earl be-
fore competent jurisdiction, her Majesty cimnot, with-
out a tyrannical exercise of power, deprive him of his
commission. In fact, he has merely discharged his
duty, and to have done otherwise would have rendered
him Amenable to the law which he has been the means
of bringing into operation. Only one sensible observa-
tion was made at this precious specimen of the folly of
people who officiously interfere in matters which they
do not comprehend. On a motion to enter into sub-
scriptions to defray expenses, a speaker thought that
subscriptions ought to be withheld until bankers were
appointed to receive them. We may take the charac-
ter of the meeting from this prudential caution to keep
their pockets buttoned until there be some trustworthy
person to receive the cash.

EAGLES.—The prince of birds is now rarely
seen in the Highlands, for the march of improvement is
driving, them, like the RA Indians of America, to the very
remotest mountain solitudes. A pair have long built
(above fifty years, it is said,) near the entrance of the
Pass of Inverfarigaig, on the banks of Loch Ness ; and
eagles are still seen in the western parts of Inverness-shire.
In Sutherland we heard of one (a majestic looking bird)
that had been caught in a large trap, which it had strength
to carry to a consid: rable di3tance, till both fell into
a lake. A correspondent informs us that Mr. James
Richmond, gamekeeper to Mr. Gladstone, of Liverpool,
has, from September, 1839, to June of this year, trapped
si,x eagles on a high hill, on the farm of Auchnasheen, in
Rosa-shire. One of the eagles measured, from tip to tip
from the
of the wing, eight feet two inches, and the span of his
claws were six and a half inches. The noble bird dis.
play,,d " the terror- of his beak and lightning of his eye"
gamekeeper has top
pursuing
frra cairni or monument erected ivy the gen.
tlemen pur trigonometrical survey. The same
talso taken a number of wild cats—one
I eight ineries.—
, measurin. fret..ntei tan inches, and another three feet
Cottrier.
DR. LA ItDiNEl.tnels'S AMERICA.-At the Park
Theatre last night, a
second tier towards thepactetnyt occupied a front scat in the
i of two ladies, plainly but
Jic,oof the house, and consisted
r.nd very beautiful, the other what is
dressed ; one young
termed a fine woman i
1 of a certain age, somewhat pasels.
1 cavalier who attended on these dairrin appearance. The
i dimes was a tall elderly
man, dressed in a bob wig, and wearinc, spectacles,
particularly gallante
to the eldest of ' an:l
the ladies. NI -
were the whisperings tnat ran round the circle, •a ' "7
after glass was levelled at the trio; and it will not be I. las
dere(' at when we say who " the observed of all ebser: 'I:-
were. In the gallant old gentleman we recognised L• )-
nysius Lardner, LL. D., and the fair ladies were A:
Heaviside and Miss Lardner, the accomplished daugl: r
of the love-sick smack— New York Herald, Oct, 3,