The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-23 00:00:00

COWE-FRIDAY.

(FROM OUR OWN CCE,iii:?P,NDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADROS INTELLIGENCE,
MAY I6.—The new cutter )acht Storirtineh, of 63 ton,
belonging to E. H. Chad. Eq., was this day launched
from intnan's yard, LymingtAL
17.--Commodore the Eirl cf Yarborou.4ll's Kestrel
yacht came out of In,rbour.

B.—Sailed the Eudora ct.Wer yacht for Ireland; and
Falcon yawl yacht, Rev. Denis George, on a cruize.
19.—Sailed the Harriet schooner •aciht, for Southampton
20 —Sailed G. H. Ackers, Esq., in his Brilliant
schooner yacht, of 393 tong. for the Chancel Islands.
21.—Sailed the Earl of Di.,art, in his 0.... en Glendwi
cutter yacht, 113 tons, for Madeira ; and Phebe cutter
yacht, Captain A. L Corry, R.N., on a cruiz!. Arrives
Juhn Beardmore, E;q., in his schooner yacht Harriet.
The Secretary has sold Mr. Ackers beautiful schooner
yacht Dolphin, of 217 tots, to the Earl of Grosvenor.
Yachts remaining in the Road—KeArel, Albatross.
In Ilarb::ur—Hobe, Osprey, Arid cutter, Artel schooner.
Nautilus, Aurora, tic.
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great many fashionables continue to arrive daily, and
more .houses have been already ;Ikco than at a u,outa Liter
in the season last year, but all for short periods, and at
about half the prices charged in July and August.

MURDER 61Loui) w. RUSSELL

TO THE EDITO7I? OF THE SUN.
Shefti,,ld, :thy 21, 1840.
SIR,—Not knowing where to direct, I take the plan of
writing to you, thinking to give som:,) chance of detecting
the murderer of Lord Wm. Russell.
Pray inform the police in the proper quarter to have all
the razors of the murdered Nobleman examined by an ex-
perienced cutler (several of which may be found in Lon-
don), and see if any marks of blood be found in the joints
of the scales, or about the rivets or pins. Should they
have been used in the dreadful event, I have no doubt btu
some remains of blood will be left, for let the murderer do
what he will, I think he cannot get all away by washing.
Should this have the effect of proving the affair against
the culprit, it will have the end desired by
respectfully,
ONE IN A SMALL DEGREE ACQUAINTED
WITH SHEFFIELD GOODS.

THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.

The town of Bucks, in 'Suffolk, has, for several years
past, been the sceae of violent Church-rate coest; victory siding alternately with each party, rates havent beesn
carried and rejected, informations have been supported and
dismissed, and, last year, the goods of divers recusants
were seized and-sold.
On Sunday last notice was given of a vestry to be
held for making a Church-rate for the ensuing year;
whereupon the Dissenters set vigorous), to work to muster
their powers for the approaching struggle, and they mani-
fested the spirit of peace which actuated them, by circu-
lating copies of Dr. Oliver's speech in the Wolverhampton
vustry, with an appal to the churchmen of Beccles to
follow so exemplary a leader.
Ot Thursday last the vestry was livid, and the church-
wardens stated that they would require a rate to raise 801.
Hereupon it was moved, by W. Henchman Crowfoot, F.• 44..
and seconded by the Rev. Thomas Farr, that t:e con-
sideration of a roe should he waived otic‘enr, and that
an attempt should be made to raise the necessoty expenses
by voluntary contributions.
The motion vres carried unanimeu•ly, and it was an edi-
fying spectacle to see the (Thurehn.en pushing forward
with their money, and praccallTortir g a pr
which is incompatible with that of a snut E.4ablishmentinciple.
The memhPrs of archeious Establishment, aecu.;torned
to the Fayrw:lit of legal does for religious purposcs,k
at, present very little of the pleasure
which is found in
cordial and voluntary parrot mance cf this holy dory. and
vary little of the power and et7:e.sev of their o7t alrreli:ni'
prniciplt.s when they are diseneuml;cr,;(l mate
and compulsory support.

stalk of barley, in foil ear, was plucked, OXI
Monday last, in a field belonging to Mr Robert gliring, of
Boherbec,
in Tralee.

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FITE FUNDS--(CLOSING PitICES)

BRITT SFr", 15N DS.
%3ank Stock - •
3 per Cent. Red 914 ' Ditto Bonds 4 pin
3 per Cent Cons...
.... 9z3. Ditto Old Annuities ...
'.l per Cent 8ed........ WO Dino New Annuities.—
Yee; 31- per Cent
iNeiv 3 p,r Cent ...
Long Annuities to expire • Ditto Small
dan. 16JI) l3„i Bank Stock for Acct...176-i
Oct. 1839 133 India -lock for Acct...253i
Jan. 1660... l4 Consols for Acct......... 92fr

FOREIGN FUNDS.
A dstrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. —7
li,,!gian, 5 per cent Ditto, Nev Ditto 33*
ilrazilian Bon, s.. ...... Prusian, 5 per cer.t....
liuynusAyres, 6 per cent Rus,sian, 5 per cent....
Chtirm, 6 per cant . Ditto, !letallic -
Culombian, 6 percent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2Bt
Atto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred ... 13fr
Danish, 3 per cent.... 794 French,s per cent... —f• —c-
Greek, 1825, .5 percent. Exchange ..
Alexi..an, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —l.. —f;
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. 31Z Dutch, 21- per cent...... 54t
Peruvian, 18'25,6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent lOll

SHARES.
Cheltenham and treat Western Railway ... 26
Great North of England Railway
Great Westernßailway
Ditto New Shares 42
Hull and Selby
London and Brighton Railway 3O
London and Blackwall Railway - 22*
London and Birmingham Railway
Ditto Quarter Shares
London and South Western Railway ...
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2
Ditto Scrip,
Manchester and Leeds Railway
North Midland Railway
South Eastern and Dover ...... .... 8i

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALF•

FRObI THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Globe.)
The exultation of the Tory Press on the remit of the
Cambridge election is as indecent as it is unbounded,: Si'
ought to excite disgust in the minds of all who have not'
lost the sense of shame by a familiarity with corruption.:
The following are the strains in which one of the Carr'.
bridge oracles indulges on the occasion And now that:
Sir A. Grant, a gentleman wholly unknown to the electors:
of Cambridge till within the la;t three weeks,
hip election by the mere force of his political principles,
against Professor Starkie, a townsman, a lawyer of great;
talent, and, what is a stronger recommendation with the
hungry clique who take the lead in Liberalism hate. !I
gentleman who is not without interest in Downiog.strecir
an.! has gained the day, too, by such a noble majority, ws
suppose we shall hear no more of the foul calumny Alt`.
dozens .end score; of the electors of Cambridge we"'
s,duced at the last contest from their public duty, and itt-
dix:ed, by bribery and intima;ion forsooth, to give tbei
support to Mr. Manners Sutton!" has carried!.
or Sir A. Grant, although a stranger to the electors •
C... ambridge, was no stranger to its University. That ye
nerable corporation is the Alma Mater of both the success-7
ful and defeated candidate. On the former she conferred!
the distinction of plucking; the latter she numbers among;
her most worthy hoes, au,] nailed him senior wrangler of bi
year. The " politica! principles" of Sir A. Grant are _
the ultra class—he avows the most uncompromising attach'
:tient to the creed of the Eldnns and Castlereaghs of 01(1'0
when rotten ooroughs fl',urished, and the hated Das°
of Reform :vas heard oely in assemblhs within which "eerie/
ooli:e" seldom ventured, lest they should be sh(4eke
by the discordant sound. With such powerful recent. ;
mendatioes, the heads of houses, and other influent"
members of the University, were content to lose the rtt
collection of Sir Alexander Grant's college disgracei,
indeed, they most probably selected him on acco'Jnt
the peculiar attractions which ignorance and. bigottl
discover in each other, and by sympathy induce them
embrace They are members of the same family, an t
()Ugh: not to be disunited. In the present instance, th
principle was active : the love was in active operation l•
Bigotry supported Ignorance by all the aids which law •
leranee had placed at her c:rnmand, and Corruption e
e-as invoked to give substantial succour in the cor
test, having first obtained en assurance (hardly tweet
nary) that the obligation should be returned,
if the se:
vices renjered proved successfil.
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( From the Courier.)
It will be seen that the Conservetive candidates St
Ludlow and Cambridge have been returned by large, Ir.a7
jorities, a pleasant practical comment on the boast of
Ministerialists, that their principled leaders possess' t°
confidence of the country.un It is now undeniable that tiles,
cause of the most cotrupt and incapable faction that TO'
attempted to wield the power of a nation is perfectly 'Joe'
less. We attribute much of the reaction, however, to tin'
disgust whch the country generally entertains fa; genie!:
siveness to office for the sake of pelf, when all ref isonabr
expectations of carrying any considerable mess are 1%1;tr
have been extinguished long ago. The return of Alexander Grant and Mr. Botfield at this joy ewe is 1a
important event, as they will be enabled to Tr.:pair the d g.i
fection of Lord Howick and Mr. Charles Wood, who,
is understood, do not intend to vote on either side in t he
Committee on Lord Stanley's Bill.
(From the Standard.)
How does it happen that when no other interests 'are to "the voluntary sy stem," the interests of religion 'are to b abandoned to the world's cold charity ? This was not tb e
ling of our ancestors. They reared, edifices like Si Paul's, and built fifty churches at orie time in London
when London did not number a fi.iurtb, probably not a
1110:, of its present population ; but they lodged theirr
Houses of Parliament and Miriisters in convenient but t y
no means showy buildings, anti even their princes in mode it
palaces. They feet with the Royal rrirophet. that while t lie
king dwelt in cedar palaces, the 'worship of the King •of
Kings ought not to be left exprased to the inclemency 'of
cli nate, or the contempt of tke scorner. What, then, -is
he diffirence between us, lind our fathers ? They be at It
fur the interests of relis.',on—we, for the vanity of nu
and they excelled us simost as much in the magnifice
of their works—for what can we show like St. Paul's anl
Wran's fiftyichurehes—as their object exceeds our objet
in dignity.