The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-27 00:00:00

THE ANSWER.

Whitehall, Feb. 241.
Sir—l am directed by the Marquis of Normanby to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th inst.,
transmitting a petition from the several members of the
family of John Frost, a prisoner convicted of high treason,
praying for a free pardon; and to inform you that Lord
Normanby cannot, consistently with his public duty, advise
her Majesty to accede to the prayer of the petition.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
S. M. PHILLIPS.
W. F. Geach, Esq., Tavistock Hotel,
Covent-garden.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
THE CHESTER CUP, P.P.
7i to 1 agst Sir Thomas Stanley's Cowboy—taken'
11 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney
11 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost
13 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen—taken freely
15 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole
16 to 1 agst Mr. 0. Fairlie's Abraham Newland
17 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Melbourne
18 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett—offered
18 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Captain Pops—offered to 20
20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Sir Ralph—offered

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

(WEDNESDAY EVENING.)
TIM E S.—The holders of Spanish Bonds were not a
little surprised at the declaration in the Queen of Spain's
speech, that although the finances of that country, after a
war of seven years, are not so prosperous as could be
wished, immense resources are possessed by the Spaniards
to retrieve the credit of the nation and to leave unimpaired
"its good faith, which never belied itself," recollecting, as
most of them did to their cost, the manner in which in the
course of the lsst sixteen years the Cortes loans were re-
pudiated by Ferdinand; his loans by the Cortes which
ruled after his death; and the total bankruptcy since of
everything bearing the name of Spanish security. They
consider it a view of public credit peculiarly Spabish. It
seems, however, to have had the effect of keeping up the
price of yesterday, though without any advance, for the
Actives left off at 28 to k.

CHRONICLE.— We understand that the Committee
of Spanish Bondholders held a meeting to-day at the of-
fice of the Chairman, to consider what measures might now
be necessary for their interests; and we observe, by our
advertising columns to-day, that they have prepared the
correspondence which they have had with the loan con-
tractors for publication, and that it will be ready for distri-
bution in the beginning of March. We view the an-
nouncement of this publication as very important to the
bondholders, as it is essentially requisite that the alleged
issuing of unauthorized bonds should be fully investigated,
and all doubts as to the upright conduct of the parties set
at rest.

POST.—Accounts received to-day from Holland men-
tion that an arrangement had at last been come to between
the Dutch and Belgian Governments respecting the pay-
ment of monies claimed by the former from the latter
under the treaty concluded some months ago. Well in-
formed persons in the city seem to have no doubt of the
correctness of the statement. The Belgians have recently
undertaken to supply Holland with iron for the Arnheim
Railway, and at a rate very materially cheaper than it
could have been supplied by this country. The desire
which has been manifested by the two kingdoms to cul-
tivate a commercial intercourse, has in all probability
assisted in the decision of the money affair to which we
have alluded.

SUN.—There has not been a single arrival in the
City up to five o'clock.
A good deal of attention is excited in the City to
the question of East India duties, which has been
brought before the house of Commons, and which it is
hoped will meet with serious and favourable considera-
tion from the Legislature, and impartial and steady ad.
vocacy from the Press.
The funds were not buoyant this afternoon, owing
to the scarcity of money, which was worth 5 to G par
cent. Consols closed at 904 for Money, and 91* for
the new Account. Exchequer Bills left off at a decline
to 3 premium.
After one o'clock today there was a reaction in
Spanish stock, the result of some speculative sales, and
the Actives fell 4 per cent, viz. to 27i, though s'ab-
sequently they rallied, and closed at 28 ; Portuguese
new Five per Cents. were done at 34 to 334 ; Brazil
Bonds dropped to 784 and Mexican to 29*. The ad-
vance in Dutch Bonds was maintained with tolerable
firmness.

The Railway Shares were depressed in value late in
the day. The Great Western dropped to 2 premium,
and the Birmingham to 66 premium. British North
American Bank Shares fell to 3 discount.

PASTA'S PUPIL, MDLL E. TOsh—Laporte,
we learn, has enlisted in his corps the only pupil of the purely
classical Pasta, Madlle. Emeline Tosi. Report says that she
is no less beautiful in form than remarkable for richness, flexi-
bility, and compass of voice. She makes her first appearance
in March, when we anticipate she will excite no inconsiderable
sensation.

In introducing " The health of the Queen Dowager,"
the Chairman observed that although her rank was not
equal to what it was, they must all recollect that she
had been the means of making happy the home of our
late Sovereign, to whose throne her many virtues im-
parted an additional lustre.
The CHAIRMAN next gave " the Duke of Sussex
and the rest of the Royal Family." He begged here to
obseve that he had proposed the " bold hurrah" to
every toast, as he did not know if it would be agreeable
to. the company ; but he could assure them he did it
from no feeling of disrespect to either.
The CHAIRMAN next gave the " Navy and Army."
The CHAIRMAN in proposing " the health of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers," said he well remembered its being ob-
served when they came into office that it was impossible
for any Ministry to maintain the peace of England for
six months. The Whig Ministry had, however, main-
tained it for nine years.—(Cheers.) They had also suc-
ceeded in binding the kingdom together. Ireland was now
firmly united to England in a manner he never remem-
bered ; and they might depend on this, that if a Tory
Ministry now came into power, that union would
cease, and as a consequence EnOand would lose her
weight in the scale of nations. The fluctuations in
crops and commerce no man could be held account-
able for ; the first was dependant on the will of
en Almighty power, the second
was a common
consequence of trade, let who might be in power.
He was happy to say that the Whigs with all the odium
that had been cast upon their Government had suc-
ceeded in putting down the attempts of a misguided
faotiou without calling upon the Legislature to pass any
new or coercive measures—a circumstance unknown in
the annals of Tory legislation. An attempt had been
made during the last recess to get the body of the
people to turn against the Ministers and dislodge them
from the helm of State ; but happilyit had not suc-
ceeded. To the Tories they owed all their present
difficulties. He remembered the beginning of the
American war which was caused by them, and the con-
sequence was the loss of the country they wished to
coerce. They begun and carried on the French war
which ended in nothing, and left the country eight hun-
dred millions in debt.—( Hear, hear.) And if they
were now to return to power, it would be the signal
for a rebellion in Ireland, and ultimately its severance
from England. But he felt satisfied the people of
England were becoming too much alive to their
own interests not to appreciate the advantages of
living under the government of a Liberal Administra-

tion. He could not cast blame on them. He knew
they were desirous of advancing ; but the present exist-
ing differences in the public mind rendered it unsafe for
any Minister to legislate in advance of it. But if the
people called upon them to advance, they were ready to
do so.—(Cheers.)

The toast was drunk with three times three.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Mayor and Town
Council of Rye." _

Mr. HICKS returned thanks in the absence of the
Mayor, who was in London.

The CHAIRMAN, in a short and appropriate speech,
proposed the health of Herbert Barrett Curteis, Esq.—
(Cheers.)
Mr. CURTEIS returned thanks in a somewhat lengthy
speech, which time this week prevents us from doing
that justice to which it requires ; we shall therefore
leave it with a brief outline until our next. He ani-
madverted in the strongest terms upon the late political
conduct of the Her. Dr. Lamb in the borough, in lend-
ing himself, as he had so lately done, to a party desirous
of raising unnecessarily the discord consequent upon po-
litical strife, and that after he had himself declared that
he would never again enter the arena, but would in fu-
ture devote himself to the duties of a minister of Christ,
whose path was peace and good will to all mankind. He
confessed himself not so bold as the Rev. Gentleman,
who stood buttoned to the chin ready to
receive whatever shafts might be launched against
him. He considered the conduct of the Tories towards
their present Member was worthy of them, and unjust
towards him who had faithfully done their work. They
were now without ceremony endeavouring to kick him
out, and had introduced an address from Mr. Farn-
comb—an address so general that no man could dis-
agree with it as the wording stood, but not one prin-
ciple was professed in it. As Mr. Parncomb had
thus prematurely solicited their suffrages, he felt he
should not be doing wrong in stating that it was his
intention, whenever the proper period arrived, to offer
himself for their choice.—(Tremendous cheering.)
From what had been observed by a gentleman of the
county at a late Tory dinner at Brighton, it behoves
the Liberal constituency of the county to look well to
themselves, as they were by that gentleman threatened
with a double infliction at the next election. The re-
verse might be the result, and the tables turned on the
gentleman in possession, and the one in expectancy, if
the Reformers would meet and, sinking all minor dif-
ferences, determine to be free.—( Applause.) Mr.
Curteis concluded by proposing the health of the
Chairman.—(Three times three.)
Mr. ELPHINSTONE, in returning thanks, read a cu-
rious document, bearing date 1758, heir).- a compact
entered into between the Lamb family and' others to
have and to hold the fee-simple of the borough in their
hands. He might be asked why he, as a Radical, was
found at dinner in the company of those who professed
to support the present Ministry ? He would answer,
that though the Government of the day did not advance
so fast as he could desire, at the same time he saw in
them the genuine germs of reform which needed but the
people's influence to warm them into existence, and there
fore supported the present Government. A number o f
other appropriate toasts were drunk and suitably ac-
knowledged. The numbers assembled on the occasion
were vs follows :—George 131, Red Lion 115, Union,
20 ; Ship 93 ; Dolphin 40 ; Horse and Groom, 37 ;
Express 20 ; total 426, being about the number of
voters in the Borough. Mr. J. Smith in the course of
his speech assured the meetinc, that there were more
than 300 voters assembled on the occasion, and that they
should be enabled at the next election to beat their
opponents two to one.—Brighton Guardian.

INDEPENDENCE of the CHURCH.

( Abridged from the Edinburgh Advertiser.)
On Monday a public meeting of those who are friendly
to the recent proceedings of the Church of Scotland,
was held in the large Assembly Room, at two o'clock,
for the purpose of calling the attention of her Majesty's
Government to the recent judgment in the Strathbogie
case ; and adopting a memorial to Government repre-
senting the increase necessity thence arising of an im-
mediate settlement of the present question." Before
the hour of meeting the room was quite filled.
Dr. WELSH, in submitting a motion said—The cir-
cumstances in which they were assembled, were indeed
of the most extraordinary description—they were with-
out a parallel, not only in the history of our own times,
but for a century preceding. But—

[Here the IfeV.. Doctor was suddenly arrested, in
consequence of the platform, extending across the
whole breadth of the room, and on which he him-
self, the Chairman, and a great crowd were stand-
ing, giving way with a loud crash. Several of the
ladies shrieked, and great consternation prevailed
in the body of the meeting, as at the moment no
one knew of the extent of the injury. However, it
having soon become apparent that none of the gentle-
men who were standing on the platform, at the time it
gave way, had received any serious bodily harm, the as-
semblage kept their places ; and in a short time the
Lord Provost, Dr. Chalmers, and others, who were in-
volved among the fallen beams, were extricated from
their awkward plight. Dr. Simpson, of Kirknovtown, Mr.
J. P. Laurie, the Secretary of the meeting, aided by a few
gentlemen, then with great readiness propped up a tem-
porary elevation for the Chair, and the business pro-
ceeded, after an interruption of abo\vt twenty minutes.
Dr. WELSH then resumed, and after a speech ad-
verting to the object of the meeting, moved that the
Lord Provost take the chair.
The LORD PROVOST having taken the Chair, the
meeting was then opened with prayer by the Rev. J. J.
Wood.

Dr. CHALMERS, after a lengthened speech, concluded
by moving—" That this meeting, fully approving of the
resolutions and petition adopted at the meetings lately
held in Edinburgh on the subject of the present posi-
tition of the Church, contemplates the recent decision
of the Court of Session, in the case of Strathbogie,
with the deepest anxiety and alarm, as involving a
manifest assumption of a right to control or regulate
the decisions of Church Courts in matters purely
spiritual." The Rev. Doctor then resumed his seat
amidst loud and continued cheering.
Sir ANDREW AGNEW rose amidst loud cheers, to
second the resolution. He said he could only echo
the sentiments so forcibly expressed by the venerable
Doctor who had moved the resolution.

The Rev. Mr. Moopv STUART proposed the follow-
ing resolution
" That this meeting resolve to forward a Memorial
to her Majesty's Government, urging the imperative
necessity of an immediate settlement of the present
question, to prevent increasing danger to the Church
and the peace of the country, arising from the invasion
of the rights of the Church by the recent decision of
the Civil Court. That the Memorial be presented by
a deputation, who are requested to proceed to London,
for the purpose, with as little delay as possible ; and
that all Members of both Houses of Parliament friendly
to the interests of the Church be solicited to give their
support to the deputation, and to unite in urging the
subject of the Memorial upon the immediate attention
of Government."

These, and several other resolutions of a similar
tendency, were agreed to unanimously, and it was
announced that the Lord Provost would form one of
the deputation to London.

REMARKABLE CURE OF LOCK-JAW.—We
give the detail of the circumstance in the words of the owner
of the mare :—" In consequence of one of the tendons being
injured by the smith, lock-jaw ensued ; the best advice was
procured, but it proved of no avail ' • the mare gradually sunk
day by day for upwards of a fortnight, and all attempts to sup.
port nature failing, my distress at seeing a creature which had
been my companion for years suffer so much, induced me at
last to give directions that she should be shot. I left home at
nine o'clock in the morning, and mentioned the circumstance
to a friend, who is a subscriber to the Hereford Journal, and
to my surprise he pointed out a case of cure of lock-jaw men-
tioned in an old number of the paper. Many minutes did not
elapse before I was on my road home to countermand the order
for the destruction of the animal, and the proposed remedy was
immediately put in operation. Between two and three hogs-
heads of water were thrown upon her spine, and repeatedly I
thought she must sink under it, but persevering, I at last per-
ceived her skin as it were to creep upon her ; this over, she
was well wrapped up in blankets, and by kind treatment and
diligent attention to her, with nourishing diet and gruel, she
recovered, and has since been as well as ever she was, which
circumstance is well known to nearly the whole of Ludlow,"—
Hereford Journal.
CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE A5YLUM........
The case of Hilton, a lunatic, charged with the murder of an-
other lunatic, named Donelly, was mentioned in our police re-
ports of Monday week, on which day the prisoner was re-
manded. He has subsequently been again before the Mao-is-
(rates, and several witnesses have been examined, the amount
of the evidence being that Donelly slept in the same room with
Hilton, and was found dead, having some marks of bruises about
his thro stand other parts of his body, but not sufficient to in-
dicate the cause of his death, as there was no post mortem
mination ordered by the Coroner's Jury, though Dr. Alderson,
and Mr. Casson, surgeon, had expressed a wish to make one.
The defendant was stated to have said that Satan had visitedee
him during the night, and that he had a severe conflict with
him. The prisoner has been committed for trial to York,
and, if found guilty, will very probably be consigned for life to
the asylum from which he has been taken, as was the case with
Noble, who murdered a person in the workhouse here some
time ago, and died himself within the last few months.--Hull
Rockingham.

A Glasgow builder, for two-and-a-half acres of
land required by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, claimed 24,000/. ! and a Jury, after two days trial,
awarded 1,0541. in full!

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IMPRISONMENT OF THE
SHERIFF.

Tuesday a meeting of the inhabitant householders of ihrt
ward of Farringdon Without was held at the Inquest-room,
St. Andrew's, flolborn, to consider what measures 6:111141
be adopted in consequence of the imprisonment of Jahn
Evans, Esq. The meeting was called for eleven, and at-
twelve o'clock Mr. Alderman Harmer took the chair, at ,
which time there were but forty persons present. After a
delay of a quarter of an hour the Chairman stated the ob-
ject of the meeting, and asked if any of the requisitionists
had any resolutions to propose ? No one responding to
this call,
Mr. PONTIFEX moved that the meeting do adjourn.—
( Roars of laughter.) He was sorry the chairman had had
the trouble to attend a meeting at which the very party
who convened it declined coming forward. Mr. Woos
seconded the motion.
Mr. GALLOWAY said, if any of the requisitionists had
proposed resolutions according to the notice they had given,
he should have moved an amendment to the effect, that the
wardrnote approved of the conduct of the House of Com-
mons.
The motion for adjournment was put and carried by a
considerable majority, amid roars of laughter, during
which Mr. Richard Taylor entered the room, and having
been informed of what had taken place, said the whole
proceeding was a trick, similar to that which was lately
practised at Freemasons' Hall. He was interrupted by
cries of " Read the Riot Act," and shouts of laughter.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman,
Mr. Alderman HARMER, in acknowledging the compli-
ment, defended himself at great length from the attacks
that have been recently made upon him in the Times news-
paper, and which he attributed to his persevering exertions
in the cause of Reform.

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Three cheers were then giten for the Queen, thr for
the House of Commons, and three for the chairman, after
which the meeting adjourned.
The above ward contains a population of at least 30,000
persons, yet there were not, at any time, tnore than fifty
persons present, the majority of whom toted for an ad-
journment immediately after the chair was taken.