The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-01 00:00:00

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
On Saturday, it being market day et Croydon, fir.
Alcock's Committee appointed a meeting to Le held ot
the Town-hall, and soon after tw, o'c:oek, the Liberal
candidate, accompanied by G. It. Smith, Esq., M.P.,
S. Palmer, Esq., Mr. Pahner, jun., W. Coates, Esq.,
C. Temple, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Courtney, J. Currie,
Esq., and several other geetlemen entered the hall,
which was crowded to excess.
Upon the motion of Mr. I'ALNIEn, the Rev. Mr.
Courtney was called to the Chair, and the Reverend
Gentleman briefly addressed the meetiog, and said that
being placed in that situation :se should reserve a right
to himself of addressing a few observations to the elec-
tors oa the cause of the meeting.--(Hear, hear.)
Some confusion was here created ly, a man coming
into the ball, ssith one of Mr. Antroteuss placards on a
board, and it was not until he was ejsse‘To, that order
seas restored.
Mr. CURRIE then moved a resolution to the effect,
that the present vacancy in the representation: of East
Surrey should, in the opinion of the meetiag, bo filled
by a gentlemen favourable to those principles of proor.res- •
sive reform, upon which alone the Gov, rnmsnt of I..he
country ought to be carried on.—(Cheers.)
G. R. SMITH, Esq., M.P., seconded the resolution,
and said that although in some respects be differed in
political opinion with his friend Mr. Alcock, yet be
felt satisfied that •he was solely actuated by:lN:ale—sire to
benefit his country, and he would thereforelgive him his .;_•io,:s
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support.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ALCOCE then addressed the electors, and said
that his opponents had dared him to attend any meet-
ing in the country parts of the county, because they
said his opinions upon the Corn-leers being calculated to
ruin the agricultural interest, would. cause him to be
scoffed at. He had, however, taken the hull by the
horns—(Laughter)—Le had come down to Croydon to
meet the farmers, and he hoped to be able to satisfy
them that he had no desire to injure them at all, but,
on the contrary, to do them good.—(Cheers.) They
know that all his fortune was derived from the lanti, and
how could it he supposed that he would support such
principles as were calculated to ruin himself, in common
with the rest ?•—( Hear, hear.) What he wanted to do
awey, with was those ruinous fluctuations which at one
time rei,ol corn to is fen-line price, aed at another de-
. pressed it to such en extent that the farmers were
ruined.—(Bear, hem.) He teas sure that instead of
the effect of repealing the Corn-laws being to lower the
price of corn in this country, that it. would raise it, and
Le seas prepared with calculations to prove what he
stated. The Hon. Gentleman then went into a variety
of calculations to show that the average price of corn
during the last seven years would have been higher if
there had been no Corn-law at all.
An Eons:Tore—Would you have an immediate re-
peal of the existing Cure-laws
Mr. skecocee—ln the first ;dace, perhaps it would be
more satisfactory to the farmers to low) a small fixed
duty, but still he would insist uoon an ulti:nate total
repeal. The Hon. Gentieutan then proceeded to ex-
plain his views upon the subject of the Ballot, and the
extension of the Suffrage, and concluded by begging
the electors not to give any credit to reports of his re-
signing the contest, for he assured them that he was
determined to give the electors of the county an oppor-
tuoity oftecording their opinions at this important junc-
ture.—(Great cheering.)
CHRISTOPHER TEMPLE, Eq., next addressed the
electors, and said that the contest in East Surrey was at
the present time of a most important character, for
parties were so nicely balanced in the House of Com-
mons, that the Member for East Surrey might turn the
scale, and upon the result of that election might depend
whether they were to have a Tory Government opposed
to all reform, or a Liberal and Rsforining Adminis-
tration.—(Great cheering.) They had a glorious op-
portunity of throwing the weight into the right scale,
and he hoped they would not fail to do so. He con-
cluded by moing, that Thomas Alcoa, Esq. was en•
titled to the support of all true Reformers, end pledging
the meeting to do all in their power to secure his
return.

W. COATEI, EN., seconded the resolution,
as well us the former, was earriud unanimously.
The Ilxv. Mr. Courtney, Mr. Palmer, jun., and
Mr. Sergeant Gaz,dee, then addressed the electors, and
Liter a vote of thanks had been given to the Chaim man,
and three cheers for Mr. Alco6:, the meeting separated.

THE WEATHER.

OVAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-

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NOON' JAN. 30.
B rom c!Pr 3O 34 In.
The' mometer
Highest ..... 56.5
Lowest

Freezing Point 32 Deg.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER-14'mAy EVENING.

Bloomsbury's party are evidently resolved to make
" extreme running ;" and it is very clear that they con-
sider the flold, if numerically strong, yet wanting in
quali'y. Their horse this morning was quite the star, both
with toe larger and smaller speculators; in vain was 7 to
1 asked for by one of the former to " a sum ;" however,
6tol in fifties was taken. At the close, that figure was
offered to a ten-pound note. The capitalists seemed to
reserve doing business at any thing beyond 5;1; to 1, that
might have been had for a good stake ; 10 to 1 was
offered on the field, bar him, and 100 to 7, " bar two ;" 20
to 1, we should say, would have bcon hid against any
thing bar the clack Gallipot, and netriever ; 200 to 8
was off.red very freely against each of Mr. Collett'd
horses ; 100 to 4 taken three or four times over on Mr. W.
Horoby's Champagne,—" the commission" was complete,
when 20 to 1 Ras extensively offered ; 25 to 1 was offered
freely against Cowboy, 30 to 1 Would have been taken;
'5 to 1 appears close upon the price of Ernest the Ist ;
that of Sr George, Queen Bee, the Young-'un, and Tuly,
is, as near us we can glean, from 20 to 25 to 1, Lut HOW)
of them were backed to any amount to-day. Offers were
made to give 14 d. the field for 2001., bar Bloomsbury.
THE DEEHY.—TiIe only offers we heard made was 14
to 1 v. l'almmon ; 9 to 1 accepted in ponies on Eringo and
Coronation; 1,000 to 40 and :300 to 11 against Prince
Caradoc, offered ; 200 to 3 Darioletta, offered ; 40 to 1
in fifties offered very freely against Ermengardis (backed
last tiglit at 200 to 5); 500 to 10 Mustapha Muley freely
offered ; 22 to 1 v. Soult, takers of 25 ; 33 to 1 v. Rattle's
dam, offers to take 40 score to 1 ; 15 to 1 would have
been taken about two of Scott's, or 20 to 1 about Welling-
ton coupled to llattl,.'s darn.

TILE OAKS..-5Q to 9v. Lampoon (taken and afterwards
offered.)

CAPITAL RUN WITH TIIE CHESHIRE FOX HOUND9,-...
This old-established rind excellent pack met on Saturday
th: 23d of January, at Acton village, near Nantwiel. As
usual at this fixture, there was a very good field, increaisveead
on this occasion by the anxiety of many to avail thaerntesre
the
of the first favourable opportunity for hunting f
frost. A tux was found about one o'clock in theriled to the
Thorns, front whence he went to I)orfold, tuh _
g Baddiley,
right thrcugh 'Fall)-ho Gorse,
th-lent dth"byu-Sound Hall,
leaving the canal on the right, into
dtugiton and Broomhall,
over a part of Edleston, into Bad
icir, flurlestone
and running very
passing Cool Pilate cover to thei
turning over the river
Bilmingham Canal, be
through the village,
near to Brooks Mill Roug,,,d,.
Weaver and the Liverpool.o
le.,
where he was viewed
ran up to the village of. LI a
gardens, he ran for !qr.
the churchyard, and
• -hfieids, from thence near to suer
befure the liouncisse
of the IN,
Baker's,
for Woore. Ilere he turned to the
Windmill. and up
ton ' it Gorse on the right, down for Netherton
left, leaving
Pewit Gerso on the right, down for Ilatherton
Doddlngtofl Pork, through \Valgherton
Heath, acrois several gardens,
left
• ~ w.,ain to thedown to the river. At this
pool, tUI*IIIII, b
very dark
ti:
, .
• d it became so
perio
r oiled to stop the hounds when they were running their
lox bard for Hankelow, J. Tomkinson, Esq., of Dor-
told, whs the only one besides Maiden, the huntsman,
that witnes.,:ed the finish of this excellent day's sport. The
inn of this day, like others, proves the stoutness of the
Woore country foxes. The distance from the kennels to
where the hounds were stopped was twenty-five miles;
and, al:hough neither of the whips were up, Maiden
brought every llound home with him. On his return past
Dorfold, lie met with his second whip, and it was hair-past
ten o'clock at night before they got home to the kennels
1 on the Forest.

DEATH OF THE REV. Mr. MusGitA vE, ONE
OF THE CANONS OF WINDSOIt. —WINDson, JAN.
Intelligence has just reached Wind-or of the sudden de-
cease et the Rev. Rtehard Adolphus Nlus.grave, one of the
canons of St. George's Chapel, whoge death took place
clear Brussels, a few days since, whither he had gone to
reside for a temporary period. with his family, consisting of
a wife and three children. The stall thus rendered vacant
is the fourth that has lapsed at NN indsor since the Act of
Parliament came into operation for the regulation of ca-
thedral duties nod revenues. As It is intended to reduce
the canons at St. George':; Chapel from twelve (the origi-
nal number) to four, as deaths stay occur, (appointing s
new canon upon every third vacancy Which may be so cre-
ated), no new aptio6 trnent will toke place upon the
decease of the Rev. Mr. Musgrave, nor until two more
i vacancies n the prebend;.l stalls arc declared, arising either
from deaths or otherwise.

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