The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Northampton, February 21st, 1840.
Sir,—ln consequence of a requisition numerously
signed, a meeting was this day held at the GUildhall,
Thos. Sharpe Esq. Mayor, in the Chair, to consider
the propriety of memorializing the Queen on behalf of
Frost, Williams, and Jones. The memorial was moved
by a working-man of the name of Parry, in a very ex-
cellent speech, and seconded by a working-man named
Robins. The Tories mustered in great nnmbers,
bringing their paid menials to vote against the memorial
An amendment was proposed by T. Hawes, seconded
by Mr. Dodd. The meeting was most numerously at-
tended, the hall being literally crammed. The memorial
to the Queen was agreed to by the majority of the
meeting, and after a vote of thanks to the Mayor the

meeting quietly dispersed. T. C.
P.S.—The memorial lies at the Guildhall for sig-
natures.

RACES TO COME.

Judging from the Index of the Racing Calendar (from
which the subjoined intelligence is derived), good sport
may be anticipated this year :
The Craven Meeting presents a prospect of a good
week's sport. The Column boasts 30 subscribers : the
Port is bad, as there are but seven ; and then there arc ten
matches, most of which will probably come off. The entry
for the 2,000 Guineas is strong. The field in the 1,000
Guineas •is capital : twenty of the mares are also in the
Oaks. Tho Newmarket Stakes, with a good entry, is yet
generally a poor race. A Suffolk Stakes is advertised
for the Second Spring, to which there arc already fifteen
subscribers. The free handicaps have produced two
engagements. The entries for the two-year-old races
where the course is half a mile are so small that, ere many
years, we foretell such a course will cease to exist. The
entries for 1841 present a slight falling off, but
after that period a decided increase. The Derby and
Oaks for next year look well—an increase of ten in the
former entry, and of seventeen in the latter. The Oaks
entry is the largest ever known. There are thirty-four
names to the stakes, and twenty-two to the Wokingham at
Ascot. The Eglinton Park Meeting fills four pages.
The Champagne at Doncaster has twenty-seven sub.
scribers, six more than last season; the St. Leger has
four more. But the St. Leger of 1841 has 137, or
twenty-five more than this ! The other stakes at Don-
caster are well filled. There aro already forty-eight sub-
scribers to the Gorhambury Stakes, with upwards of 300/.
in public money to be added. A large produce stake is
advertised for 1843, called the Grand Junction Stakes. To
the Warwick Stakes 102 subscribers ; to the Cup 35.
To the Goodwood Stakes everybody subscribes, already
118, and to the Cup 37 ; the Drawing Room and Racing
Stakes arc also well filled ; the introduction of gentlemen
riders is here rapidly gaining ground. Gentlemen can
ride races no more than they can plough.
Immense produce stakes occupy page after page and
year after year until 1843.

ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.—WiIt are re-
joiced to find that the Irish counties are preparing to present
Addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert, on the happy occa-
sion of their nuptials. The county of Meath assembled this
Ti county of Westmeath is to meet on Tuesday next.
The requisition to the
day. High Sheriff, signed by the nobility
and gentry, without—and we are delighted to say it—any party
distinction, will be found in our advertising columns. Tho
Earl of Longford and Sir Montagu Chapman—Lord Kilmaine
and Mr. Tuite--Sir Richard Levinge and Mr. herald Dease
_cordially unite in this well-timed expression of loyalty to the
Queen•—flublin Evening Post of Saturday.
The F:ith of Forth 14 now almost covered with
English fishing smacks. Nearly 30 may be seen daily dredging
oysters—some of whom have five or six dredges over their
quarters.
CtruRCIT-RATE.---At a muting of justices for
Glendale Ward, held at Woeler on the 4th instant, the
Churchwardens of the parish of Lowick summoned twa
of the parishioners (Mr. Henderson and Mr. Jackson) for non-
payment of the rate lately levied by them. The defendants
said that they disputed the legality of the rate, upon which
the Magistrates decided that they had no further jurisdiction,
but that the Churchwardens must go to the Ecclesiastical
Court if they wished to enforce payment —Berwick ii'dveriiser.
During the last fortnight a disease has been
prevalent among the horses about Stourbridge, and which has
baffled the skill of the veterinary surgeons of the town and
neighbourhood. Many very valuable horses have died in con-
sequence.

On Monday morning last, as the Union coach
was proceeding to Edinburgh, it was unforturately over-
turned by one of the fore axles suddenly breaking, when
about three miles from Newcastle, by which we regret to say
Mr. Garnett, a commercial gentleman of Manchester, and Mr.
John Weatherston, of this town, received some injury, the for-
mer having his arm, and the laster the small bone of his leg
broken. No blame whatever is attached to either the guard or
the coachman ; but it is supposed the accident occurred by the
sudden jerk in passing over the Faw down Railway. We are
glad to say that. Loth the gentlemen are fast recovering.—Nete-
castle Chronige.
la t el
A Rico BEGGAR.—An itinerating Frenchman,-
who has been going about Birmingham begging, Na
searched, and on his person were found 54 sovereigns !

(TUESDAY EVENING.)
TIMES.—By the advices from Hamburgh the price of
gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
81. 17s. 10fd. the ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 13.7, and the exchange at Hamburgh on
London at short being 13.64, it follows that gold is
0.23 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London.
The premium on gold at Paris is 6i per mille, which,
at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 10id. the ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 26f. 31%c., and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25f. 30c., it
follows that gold is 0.6 per cent. dearer at Paris than in
Jaondon.

The course or exchange at New York on London is
108 k per cent., and the par of exchange between England
and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that
the exchange is 1.07 per cent. against England.
By the usual official return published by the Customs, the
exportation of the precious metals from the port of London
:0 foreign and colonial forts, for the week ending February
20, is as under :--Ounces,
Silver coin, Rotterdam 2,500
Silver coin, Belgium
Silver coin, British West Indies . 2,1162

POST.—There were no very extensive operations in
the English Funds to-day, nor did the fluctuations in Con
Bois exceed per cent. Loans on stock were not to be
obtained at much, if lanything, under 5 per cent. per
annum, and this may now be regarded as the more current
rate. The continuation from Account to Account is still
per cent. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will, no
doubt, consider the advance in the premium on the un-
funded debt a circumstance highly favourable to the execu-
tion of his financial schemes, whatever they may be. By
many, however, the appearances of the market era looked
upon as very fallacious, and the event as exceedingly
questionable.
Letters received in town to-day state that the Liverpool
steamer is to undergo extensive 'iterations before she pro-
ceeds to sea again. An addition of seven feet to her bean)
is, it seems, to be made; and it is now said that she will
not be taken off the American line, as had been intended.

HERALD.—By far the greater proportion of the bald-
ness that has been transacted in the public securities to
day was the adjustment of speculative operations preparatory
to the settlement of Consols, which is fixed to take place
the day after to-morrow. Opinion is very much divided
as to whether it will prove a bull or a bier account. The
recent considerable supplies of Stock which have come to
market, it is thought, have changed most materially the
state of things. The Continuation has, however, returned
to per cent., at which it remained up the termination of
business this afternoon. To-morrow, the Options will bo
declared, of which it is said there are considerable amounts
open. Consols for Money and Account have fluctuated
to-day only between 901 and 901. For the month of
April Account, the last price this afternoon was 91 is 91i.
A comparatively small amount of business was transacted
in the keavy stocks to-day. Prices left off at a fraction
lower than they opened in the morning. Exchequer Bills
have advanced to 7 prem. East India Stock to 248 i, and
Bank Stock to 178 i.

SUN.—The rates for Bills of Exchange on the
principal cities of the Continent were this afternoon the
same as on last post day. Paris, 2M. 655. to 57ic. ;
on Amsterdam, 12.2 to ; and on Hamburg, 13.9 to.
The public Tea Sales closed this afternoon. Of
102,000 chests offered since they began, about 25,000
have been sold. Company's Congou for cash sold to-day
at 2s. 10d. In Free Trade Teas, a good deal was done
at the rates paid during the auctions. British Planta.
tion Sugar was in brisk demand to-day at 6d. per cwt.
advance, and other sorts were pretty brisk. Coffee was
not so animated.

The Funds closed heavily ; Consols at 90! for present
transfer, and 91 to 91k for April. Exchequer Bills
brought 4s. to 7s. premium this afternoon.
Spanish Active Bonds touched 28k after the middle
of the day, but Portuguese New Five per Cents. de-
dined, just before the termination of business in the
Foreign Market, from 34k to 33/. Colombian Stock
was heavy at 26k, but Mexican kept up at 291 to 29g.
A good deal of life prevailed in the Share Market,
and prices were all higher, as will be seen in reference
to our list.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FIIOII THE EVENING PAPERS ON 111111111.11“.
(From the Globe.)
Lord Palmerston's reproof of Sir R. Peel's pompous
puerilities, trtered in the debate on the Navy Esti-
mates on Friday evening, has brought the whole
pack of Tory journalists, in full cry, upon his heels.
That the Right Hon. Baronet winced under the
infliction, and evidently wished himself any where
but on the seat he occupied, and where he was compelled
to remain under the lash he had provoked, was evident
to all who witnessed his uneasiness ; that the occasion
justified the severity, and that the public agree that it
did so, is seen in the simultaneous efforts of the Oppo-
sition journals to console the sufferer, by, assailing with
vulgar abuse the Noble Lord who administered the
castigation. The Tories during the whole of the last
Session, in which their disposition to damage the Go-
vernment was evinced in every way which the inge-
nuity of faction could devise, never ventured to assail
its foreign policy. Nor would they now be loth to en-
gage in such an attack were there the least probability
of an advantage being gained by the undertaking.
(From the Standard.)
The Irish Municipal Bill, although it has been the
great subject of contention between the Houses bf
Parliament for some years, excites little interest within
the [louses—less out of doors. Last night, when
the Bill came before the House of Commons in Com-
mittee, the greatest number of Members at any time
in attendance did not rise to more than 315, less
than one-third of the whole House. In such a state
of the House, the Ministers and " the tail" neces-
sarily commanded a considerable majority, and the
Conservative Members were of course defeated upon
every proposition which they ventured to offer. go
little is gained by compromise.
(From the Courier.)
From the spirit displayed by the House of Coramons
in the rejection of amendments in the Irish Corpora
tion Bill, which are absolutely nece. v•iry to preserve
the respectable inhabitants of the mun►cipalities from
mob-government, there is little doubt that there
the victory will be achieved by O'Connell and
the Romish priesthood. It is, however, as ob-
served by Colonels Verner, some consolation for the
Committees whom tl,:s unnecessary measure will iir-
juriously affect, that when it has palmed through ,
the Commons it does not become the law of the land.
The object, which is so obviously and palpably factious,
will assuredly be defeated when it comes before the
assembly on whom the correction of the sins and errors (
of the reformed Commons nesessarily devolves, and
who have hitherto exercised the privilege with a discre-
tion and moderation that firmly attach the people to a
form of Government, from which the proceedings of
another body have latterly had a decided tendency to
alienate their affections.

Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, the Mar-
quis of Douro, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Lord Stanley, the
Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Lord Eliot, Sir Robert Inglis,
Lord Sandon, Colonel Perceval, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir
Henry Hardinge, and Sir William Rae, were among the distin-
guished Members of the Conservative party who were present
at the Speaker's second Parliamentary dinner.
The Lord Bishop of Durham left Curzon-street
for Castle Auckland, to perform the marriage ceremony be-
tween his son, the Rev. Henry 3laltby, with Miss I3igge,
daughter of Charles Bigge, Esq., the wealthy commoner of
Northumberland.

A grand ball was given at the Court of Brussels
on Wednesday last, at which all the corps diplomalique, the
Ministers, and principal Officers of State, besides a great nun',
ber of foreign and Belgian nobility and personages of disb?,nctiudt,
were present. The Queen of the Belgians wore an, 'extraordi-
nary profusion of diamonds, and the Duchess d'A• euberg was
next to her Majesty for :he value and brilliancy r:f the precious
stones that adorned her dress. The Princess. Victoria danced
with the Baron de Bussiere, the Duke du r,assatio, the Count
de Ribaucourt, the Count tie Beaufort, al, a the Viscount Santo
Amaro.

On Monday week the first st one of a column in-
tended to commemorate the name &w it perpetuate the remem-
brance of the late Earl of CaWon, 'was laid by the Lord Pri- '
mate with the usual ceremoniesonie,s, The site selected for the
monument is on elevated greunra, situated between the town of
Caledon and Caledon House. The assemblage was most nu-
merous, and his Grace's address, which was most affecting, was
listened to with the utmost attention.— Tratorford Mail.
THE BLOODHOUNDS.,--The following curioui
paragraph appears as semi-official in the Washington Globe 1—
" The Florida papers announce the arrival of Colonel Fitz-
patrick, from the Island of Cuba, with a pack of bleodhonnds,
imported, as we understand, by the authorities of the territory.
\i , e have ascertained that the war department is only ac-
quainted with the circumstance through public rumour, and
knows nothing of the matter officially. It does not surprise us
that the inhabitants of a country which has been so cruelly de-
solatel, and where every hearthstone is sprinkled with blood,
should resort to any imaginary means to protect their families
from the prowling and murderous savages.'
FATAL ACCIDENT PROM BURNING,--OR
Saturday afternoon a woman namee. M'Donald, 60 years of
burnt
to to tinder, and her
faogree,
theil.
fiWhitere ,
when Lion-court,
dWpyiecohe-sotf.• ewe to,
ohda dfe ll fallenasleepoin
the
grate
be-
and set fire to her clothes, and she was enveloped in flames. i
dreSssho w
eras es
When
frightfullyevery lx stigmen
mutilated. herte .
mediately conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, where sire
shortly afterwards expired.
EXTENSIVE FRAUDS UPON THE COMM is_
offr.Cjl :Pk Pringle
e there,
hasoffi CyLrEsLfislElAed the situation
Office, at Sheffield, was brought up to the Police Offie
STONERS
aons;
Mr. Parker and Mr. Alderson, charged under the nth
before
auction
of the 7th of Geo. IV., with committing a `number of
frauds upon
the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, by forging
y
and uttering the declarations and receipts of pensioners who are
dead. The Magistrates were occupied with the case for seve-
raAl da
slizes.ys, and finally on Thursday eecided on sending it to the.
SHERIFFS-SUBSTITUTE.—.The following co•un_
ties of Scotland have already passed resolutions in favour of an
increase of salaries to Sheriffs-substitute, viz., Aberdee-n Bute. Caithness, Elgin, and Nairn, Fife, Forfar, Haddingts,,, 'lnver-
ness, Orkney, Renfrew, and Ross and Cronin. In Agyll-
shire and other counties notices of motion to t
.e same effect
have been given. Among other public bodies 'who-have agreed
to memorialize Government on the sarne tubjeet may be men-
tioned the Faculty of Procurators of Glasgow, Ayr, Paisley
Fife, and Haddington, the burgh of Wick, 4se.
DISTRESSING EFFECTS OF THE FROST.--
The severe weather which recently set in has caused a great
increase of applications for relief at the office of the Mendicity
Society, and the place has fur days past been literally thronged
for hours with the wretched and destitute of both sexes.