The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-11 00:00:00

EVEN-11,4 G SUN

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(ItECEIVED THIS DAY.)
ROMFORD
RACES—FRIDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 35 added. The seem
saves his stake. Mile and a quarter.
Mr. Casidy's Farna, 3 yrs

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Mr. Scates Windsor, 3 yrs 1 3
Mr.lKingsley's Jessica, 3 yrs
Handicap of 3 soy. each, and 20 added. Heat once
- round and a dis.
Mr. Casicly's Fama, 3 yrs
Mr. Kingsley's Tenebrosa, 5 yrs
Mr. Chaplain's Ferryman, 3 yrs • - 2 C
Mr. Hill's Temper, 6 yrs
The Hurdle Race Cup and Sweepstakes of 2 sot's. each,
with 20 sews. added. Heats unce round and a distance.
Mr. Jenkins' Morgiana, 6 yrs
Mr. Westley's White Stockings, aged 2 2

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NORFOLK AND NORWICH RACES.
THURSDAY.
The Norfolk and Norwich Plate of .15C/. Heats, t►vice

round and a distance.
Mr. Land's Mount Eagle,'hf br, aged
Mr. Horner's Blanche, 3 yrs
Mr. Cubites Itatcatcher's Daughter, 3 yrs
Mr. Colman 's Day Star, aged
Day Star won the first heat but broke down, and the
heat was given to Mount Eagle.
'The Light 'Weight Stakes of 5 sons. each, with 50 added
Heats, once round and a distance.
Mr. Smith's Daniel, aged..
Mr. Sare's Evasion, 2 yrs.
Mr. Jolly's Petrel, aged
B.

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1 3 2
3 2 3

,ETTING AT LIVEI:.POOL YESTERDAY
EVENING.
ST. LEGER._2 to 1 on Coronation (taken), sto 1
agst Van Amburgh, 10 to 1 agst the Squire (taken),
and 25 to 1 agst Satirist (taken.)
THE. LIVERPOOL PALATINE STAKES—S to 1 agst
Prince Caradoc, 8 to 1 agst the Lord Mayor, 20 to 1
agst Ermengardis.

DONCASEER RACES.—FRIDAY EVENING.
The entries this afternoon closed as follows :
IfoNDAY.—The Fitzwilliam Stakes.—Bees-wing and
Sinnllett.

Her Majesty's Plate.—Sampson, 5 yrs ; Kingston
Robin, 4 yrs ; The Recorder, 5 yrs ; The Shadow,
yrs ; and Garland, 6 yrs.
TUESDAY.—The Innkeeper's Plate.--Kingston Robin,
4 vrs ; Miss Le Gros, 3 yrs ; Hull Bank, 3 yrs ; The
16i:order, 5 yrs ; All Fours, 5 yrs ; The Mountain
Sylph, 4 yrs ; Currycomb, 4 yrs ; Diavolina, 3 yrs ; The
Shadow, 5 yrs ; Mr. Whippy, 3 yrs ; La Sage Femme,
yrs ; Pheon. 3 yrs ; and Garland. 6 yrs.
WEDNESDAY.—The Selling Stakes.—Oxton, 3 yrs ;
Fours, 5 yrs ; Currycomb, 4 yrs ' • Oak Branch, 4
yrs ; Springheeled Jack, 4 yrs ; Mr. Whippy, 3 yrs ;
La Sage Femme, 5 yrs ; Clem-o'-thc-Cleugh, 5 yrs ;
The Recorder, 5 yrs.
T.ie Doncaster Stakes.—Samson, 5 yrs ; Satirist, 3
yrs; Henri Quatre. 3 yrs ; All Fours, 5 yrs ; Bee's-wing,
aged ; and The Shadow, 5 yrs.
The Corporation Plate.—The Shadow, 5 yrs ; Curry-
tomb, 4 yrs ; and Garland, 6 yrs.
TDURSDAY.—The Corporation Cup.—Kingston Robin,
4 yrS ; Van Amburgh, 3 yrs ; Satirist, 3 yrs ; Knight of
Idle Whistle, 3 yrs ; Bee's-wing, aged ; Galaor, 3 yrs ;
The Shadow, 5 yrs ; Gallipot, 4 yrs ; Dr. Caius, 4 yrs ;
Bro ldwath, 4 yrs ; The Squire, 3 yrs ; and Thirsk, 3 yrs.
FhIDAY.—The Town Plate.—The Recorder, 5 yrs ;
All Fours, 4 yrs ; Jack Sheppard, 3 yrs ; Currycomb,
4 yrst ; Quilt. Arnold, 3 yrs ; Oak Branch, 4 yrs ; The
Shadow, 5 yrs ; Phaon, 3 yrs ; La Sage Femme, 5 yrs;
Garland, 6 yrs ; and Heslington, 3 yrs.
The following horses have arrived :—Duke of Cleve-
land's Middleham, 3 yrs ; Mr. S. King's Cattonian, 3
yrs ; Colernel Cradock's Pagan, 3 yrs ; Colonel Craw
ford's Erraiugardis, 3 yrs ; Mr. I'. O. Powlett's br fby
Muley Moloch, out of Mystery, 3 yrs, and b fby Tom-
boy, out of Sesame, 3 yrs ; Mr. S. King's Cattonite, 2
.yrs ; Colonel Cradock's Gallipot, 4 yrs,
and b f Sally, 2
yrs ; Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera, 2 yrs ; Mr. Brooke's Ido-
ilz.try, 2 yrs ; Mr. Garforth's gr f by The Saddler, out
of Don John's dam, 2 yrs ; Duke of Cleveland's Oxton,
2 yrs, Samson, 5 yrs, Camelford, 2 yrs, and Foxberry,
2 yrs ;. Sir R. Bulkeley's Cerito and Springfield Jack ;
'Colonel Crawford's .f by Langar, out of Mermaid ; and
Powlett's fby Bay Middleton, out of Miss Fanny.
Scott's lot is in the neighbourhood.

i . MORPETH RACES.—THURSDAY.
A Plate of 501. Heats, two miles.
Mt. Fairlie's Zohrab " 3 2 1 1
Sir C. Monck's bc by Master Syntax
Capt . Potts' Jolly Boy • 5 5 3 dr
Mr. Dawson's Little Bundle 2 5 4 dr
Mr. Lt y's Ararat 1 3 dr
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats,
a mile and a half.

Capt. Potts' Ada
Mr. Crawford's Cflutata
Sir C. Monk's g b) Blucher
Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab....

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1 2 2
2 3 dr
3 dr

BRITISH. YACHT CLUB.

The last below-bridge match of the season amongst
the clubs instituted for ale encouragement of yachtery,
Itcok place yesterday. The prize, a Silver Cup and
Cover, was given by the British Yacht Club to be sailed
for by boats belonging to members only; the distance
being as usual in such races, from Greenwich Hospital
to Gravesend and back, and shortly after ten in the
morning the following took their places facing the Royal
Hospital :—Brilliant, Mr. Fowler, 8 tons, blue and
malice stripes ; Don, Mr. Gardner, 7 tons, blue; Daunt-
less, Mr. Edwards, 7 tons, blue. In this Club, although
old-established, and we believe• very respectable, there
sire not a sufficient number of boats to-make distinctions

in classes, and although there is uo deficiency of funds,
annual matches are not annual maters wish this, as with
other clubs, nor do they perhaps create so mach interest
'as the races in other societies of a similar description.
'Of the three boats entered the Brilliant was the favou-
-rite. and the Don went in repute. The start took place
at 20 minutes past eleven. They had good wide bert:".`s,
and all swung round together, and the wind was blow-
ing slightly from the southward, a nice light air, with a
trifle of the west in it. The Dauntless, which had the
middle place of the yachts, set her jib first, and drew in
advance, although the Brilliant had fairly a right to be
considered the weathermost boat in the position at the
buoys. They run round Blackwall Point with flow-
ing sails briskly enough ; and as they entered the
reach to Woolwich, the Brilliant came up with a
long leg to the Dauntless, and challenged her.
After a few minutes of close sailing they jibed, and the
Brilliant went by her to windward. The Don, which
we understaud is a long powerful boat in a stiff breeze,
appeared to do but little at first, but off the town of Wool-
wich she came down hand over hand to the sand boat. Off
.the Warren at Woolwich the boats were partially becalmed,
a nd the Dauntless catching the breeze off the Pond, went to
windward of the Brilliant, and again took the first place.
Some very scientific sailing was displayed between this
and Barking by the captains of these boats. The Bril-
liant tried to weather the Dauntless, but the latter
luffed. A second time it was attempted with a similar
result ; and whilt this manoeuvring was going on near
the southward shore, the Don chose where the tide set
faster, and ran by them both. On nearing Erith the
Brilliant overreached her rival, and took the second
place. At Gravesend the boats rounded in the following
order ;—The Don at 27 minutes 50 seconds past two; the
Brilliant 31 minutes past, and the Dauntless at 32 min.
48 sec. They had just just carried their tide down with
them; and although it was fair sailing both ways,
there was a little heading work to be done up against
the wind, which had shifted a trifle more to the west-
ward, and which, with the flood, had freshened. The
Don rounded the flag very indifferently, and by putting
Lher helm down so suddenly, checked her way very con-
k iderably. The Brilliant was better .managed, and,
yr:thin five minutes after, weathered her opponent, and
in _the next two or three boards was half a mile in ad-
vam. e, the Dauntless gaining upon the Don, and gave
some strong symptoms of leaving her in the lurch ; but
the other stole away, and as the wind partially died
away in St. Clement's, gained slightly upon the Brilliant,
but not sufficiently to give her backers any uneasiness,
and in a short time after the Dauntless took the second
place. The Brilliant arrived first at Greenwich 47 min.
30 sec. past fire, the Dauntless 56 min. 30 sec. past, and
the Don 3`llliittite later. The Laurel steamer accompa-
nied the match, with a highly respectable though small
Party on board of her, and the cup was presented with
the usual honours.

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UNI VERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 11.—A congregation was called
for yesterday, in order to appoint a day for the election
If a representative of the University, to supply the va-
c alley caused by the acceptance of the office of Chancellor
9: the Exchequer by the Right Hon. Henry Gottlburn.
Tn c onsequence of some slight informality, occasioned by
the nbser.ce of an officer of the University, the congrega-
tiolr was deferred- until this day at ten o'clock, when, we
rstand, Wednesday next will be appointed for the
election. Mr. Goulhurn will be re-elected without up-
positi Dn.

Ale Kander •James Edward Cockburn, Esq., LL.B.,
Fellow of Trinity Hall, in this University, was appointed
Queen's Counsel by the late Lord Chancellor, a few days
previous tcehis.Lordship's resignation.
The Rev. George Proctor, M.A., of Christ's College,
la this University, has been appointed Curate of Attie-
borough, Norfolk. ••
The Iter..F. Sugden, of Trinity College, in this Uni-.
versity, has been appointed Curate. of Benhall, Suffolk.
. The University of Pennsylvania has lately conferred
" le degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. Thomas
artwell Home, 8.D., of St. John's College. in this
niversity, author of the celebrated "Introduction to the
"\ "Y or the Bible."
• The Rev. John Stock, M.A., of St. John's College,
• in:.
.this University, has been presented to the vicarage
ssex, by the patron, John Stock, Esq.,
Poi)lar, Middlesex ; vacant by the death of the Rev.
Wes:erman.
The Rt. v. Alexander Bean Russell, M.A. formerly of
;111Talanuel College, in this University, incumbent of
rinity Chu-ech. Trowbridge, has resigned the incum-
m,eY of that 'church.
'4.lleinas Smolders, Esq.. M.A. Fellow of King's Col-
l& :0, in this University, and William Cooper, Esq., of
_ irwich, are appointed Revising Barristers for the
-1; 'tern Division of the county of Suffolk.
The Rev. Frederick Van Der Meulen, ILA., of
rri, lity College, in this University, has been instituted
110 tl e united rectory of Bow and Nymet Tracey, Devon-
' vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas
Prc w. ge Lethbridge, on the presentation of Frederick
az I ID„ Meulen, of Bishops Sfortford, Herts, Esq., the
Pati .0/4., Value, 3351.

. NE:WAn . ELECTION.—Mr. Gladstone arrived
in. le. Nark on ri, iesday, to be re-elected, having taken
f S 'e under the
,:ories. IL, is now on his cinivass.—
. /Va :Ciwghant Review.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE

NORTH UNION RAILWAY.
THE INQUEST.

On Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, a highly re-
spectable Jury met at the Railway Hotel, Euxton, to in-
quire touching the death of the Rev. Robert Ivy. Richard
Palmer, Esq., of Preston, presided as Coroner.
The Rev. Giles Hoyle, Independent Minister, of
Stayley-bridge, deposed that he knew the deceased. He
was an Independent Minister, and resided in Ducken-
leld. He was about fifty-five years of age.
Robert Sergeant, labourer, of Euxton, deposed that
;le was employed on the railway. On Tuesday, at a
dale before one o'clock, he was going going to his work.
lie was about 200 yards from the station at Euxton, on
lie Preston side, when an engine, draWing a number
,f empty waggons, passed by him towards the station,
Ind directly after he heard a tremendous smash. He
bad not heard any whistle before he heard the
smash. Witness turned back to the station house, and
when he got there he saw Thomas Nixon, the keeper
,f the station, lying down against the wall on his side.
His foot was almost off. There was an old man,
;lamed John Arnold, lying a few paces from the station
loor. Witness also saw two more people four or five
yards from him, and a woman much hurt near them.
He also saw a gentleman lying dead some distance from
the line. Witness also noticed the pieces of a coach—it
was smashed all to bits. He had not seen the coach be-
fore. Some of the fragments were in the middle of the
road, and part on the pavement alongside. One horse
was in the' road dead about ten yards from the station.
Another was lying a considerable distance further down
the line towards Wigan. The engine stopped opposite
to where the last horse laid. The engineer's name is
George Holland. When the engine passed witness it
was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the usual
speed. One of the horses was betwixt the two lines of
rails, and the other was fast upon a break on the Eux-
ton side of the railway. Witness passed the gates about
four minutes before the accident ; he could not say whe-
ther they were closed. He did not see any flag flying,
or any person at the sation. The engine was travelling
tender first. The engineer had a good deal of steam
up, and a considerable quantity issued from the chim-
ney. It was raining very hard, and the morning was
rather misty. When witness was at the gates he did not
see or hear any engine coming. They can generally
when on the line hear the engines when two or three
miles distant.

Mr. James Johnson deposed that he was agent to Mr.
Pearson, of the colliery at Snee. On Ttusday; at a
little before one o'clock, witness was on the tender of the
Asa engine. There were seven empty waggons attached
to the engine. They, with the engine, were the pro-
perty of Messrs. Thomas Pearson and Co. Witness
acted as breaksman to the engine. 'They were travelling
on the North Union line towards Wigan. When within
thirty or forty yards from the Euxton station-gates
witness observed a grey horse with his fore-feet about
the middle of the two lines of rails. It appeared to
witness that the horse was floundering, as if it could not
get on. Witness could not see the coach on account of
the excavation. The engineer called out, "My God,
Johnson, here is the coach !" Witness put the break
on, and the engineer reversed the motion of the engine
instantly. His name is George Holland. Witness was
greatly confused. He thought they would be all lost
tog-ether. He could not recollect what occurred after-
wards until the engine was stopped. He is positive
the engine was not going faster than 14 miles an hour,
and he did not think more than twelve. He got the
break fast down. 'They stopped the engine in less than
140 yards after witness saw the horse. They could not
have stopped it in that short distance had they been
travelling at a greater speed. He had measured the dis-
tance. The engine weighed about thirteen tons ; the
tender (half full of water), five tons, and the waggons
averaged 43 cwts. each. When the engine stopped,
witness and the engineer got off; and ran to the station
to give assistance. The first person he saw was the de-
ceased. He was about forty yards from the station be-
tween the two rails on which the waggon had travelled.
He was lying on his face. Witness got hold of him.
He was not quite dead, but senseless. His foot ap-
peared dreadfully mangled. Witness thought he had
no chance to survive, and left him to attend
to the other . coach passengers. It appeared to
witness that the deceased had fallen from the coach
between , the buffers and chains, and then to have
fallen (after being dragged some distance) upon the rails.
When witness returned to the station he found the frag-
ments of a coach in front of the building. There was
also the seat of a coach on one of the waggons, and a
coach wheel on the buffer on the hinder part of the en-
gine. The tender was before the engine. Witness saw
the grey horse very distinctly. There was no breaks-
man on the waggons. The horses were afterwards found
on the centre of the railway, between the two lines. The
deceased was between the two rails leading to Wigan.
Witness saw no flag hoisted, or any man or anything
about the station. The whistle was not sounded when
they saw the horse. The steam was very low. The re-
gulations of the Company do not require engineers to
sound the whistle on passing Euxton station. Witness
knew that an engine could be seen from the turnpike-
road full fifty yards.
Mr. Charles Edward Paton deposed that he resided in
Manchester, and was engaged in the Manchester trade as
a manufacturer. On Tuesday he came by coach fromßaw-
linson station. Ile sat on the box seat. Just as we got
on the railway line the coachman said, " Who the devil
has left the gate open ?" Witness turned round and
saw a train advancing. Witness said, "We are all
clashed to pieces," and in an instant he felt the shock.
He remembered nothing more. He had spectacles on,
and, being near-sighted, he did not notice any gates. It
was raining, but witness did not carry an umbrella. He
had not seen the engine or heard the steam before he
got to the station, and he heard the coachman snake the
remark. The engine was then ten or fifteen yards from
them. Witness did not•see the concussion, as it was on
the coachman's side. The engine was coming down the
line towards the coach. The coach was drawn by three
horses, the first of which was an iron-grey. When the.
coachman spoke the first horse was on the line. 'Witness
cannot tell whether the coachman endeavoured to stop
the horses. One lady behind witness carried an umbrella
;n such a way as to obstruct the coachman's view of the
raii'vsay. Witness did not think that in case the coach-
man had pulled up when he saw the engine the acci-
dent wo:uld have been avoided. It was a wet drizzling
morning.
After soma further evidence the Coroner charged the
Jury, who, aftir a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of " Accidental ci,gatii." 1

WOOLICICH, FRIDAY.
ROYAL SAPPNRS AND MINERS.
A few days ago, as the Royal Sappers and Miners
from Chatham were exercising with pontoons on the river
Medway, near Rochester-bridge, private Samuel Turner
accidentally fell overboard, and being unable to swim,
would have been inevitably drowned- had not private
Henry Entwisle of the same corps, at the peril of his
own life, plunged into the river to rescue him. From
the great force of the stream it was the surprise of all
present that both the men were not lost, but owing to
the intrepidity and courage of Entwisle, who was a good
swimmer, he managed to keep himself above water, and
to retain a firm hold of the drowning man until a boat
came to his aid and delivered both from their hazardous
situation. Such praiseworthy conduct should not pass
unrewarded by the Humane Society, instituted for the
purpose of compensating in some degree those indivi-
duals who risk their own lives to save their fellow-crea-
tures. In this case the corps to which Entwisle belongs
might very appropriately show him some mark of their
esteem by granting him some military reward as an en-
couragement to others under similar circumstances.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master W. Robarts,
left Woolwich on Tuesday for Sheerness, having on board
Captain Layton, Lieutenants Meheux and Goold, 1 ser-
geant, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, and 60 men of the Wool-
wich division of Royal Marines, where they joined the
Formidable, 84-guns, commissioned last week by Captain
Sir Thomas Troubridge.
The Avon steam-vessel, Lieutenant C. Jenkin, left
Woolwich to-day for Portsmouth with ordnance stores
and articles for barter with the natives of New Zealand.
The Avon, on her arrival at Portsmouth, will transfer
her cargo to the Tortoise, 18 guns, bound for Van Die-
man's Land and New Zealand.

The Meteor steam-vessel,
John Waugh, with the crew
of
te
os Sheerness
proceed
e'eldh ut
or stdhaey,Plymouth, and is under
theLut
ieenantCo
Lightning,
arrivednm
iandaert
orders
n
North Sea. Mr. Matthew Conolly
from
is appointed Mate evi
The Falmouth aßuchanan promoted.
i rived on Tuesday from Plymouth,
and the Aid on the .
mouth. same day from Portsmouth and Ply-
The Carron steam-vessel, Second Master E. C. Rutter,
Ports-
mouth and Bermuda, where
on Monday next for
to the Illustrious, 72,
fitting
she is to be borne as a tender
of Vice-Admiral Sir jhaat Portsmouth for the flag-
ship The Heroine.---Mr. H. Bateman Adam, 1i.C.13.
clerk in charge to this vesseliall has been appointed
Rhadamanthus having been canes
elledNointment to the
Spain, Second Master, and Mr. C. K. - Mr. Stephen
surgeon, vice Laird, to the Illustrious.
. Keverin, assistant-
The Rhadamanthus and Dee, fittinr, for the steam
troop ships, are ordered to be supplied with boats
_ above
the paddle wheels, on Captain George Smith's plan. This
excellent position for placing boats so as not to encumber
the vessels, has already been introduced hi several em-
ployed in her Majesty's service.
APPOINTMENTS AND PRDMOTIONs.—Mr. W. Hutton
and Mr. Frederick Dutton are appointed clerks in the
dockyard at Woolwich, and Mr. James Fowler is pro-
moted to an Inspector of Shipwrights, vice Freeman su-
perannuated. --------

A MAN SIIOT BY A GAMEKEEPER.—Un
to
lei afternoonidert,
shqo. m,
oats.
w tGudgeon,ton_to ttlins de
,e
sa noi eukt euep
poenr
Billinge about half-past four o'clock, shooting rabbits,
when two men passed him. On seeing the keeperell r they
ran off. He immediately called to them to stop,
them that if they did not do so 'he would flit.
They
took no notice of him, however, but continued to run,
when the keeper fired, and hit one of them in the back.
The man was enabled to get over the park wall, and to
reach his own house in the neighbourhood, where he was
discovered to have been very seriously injured. His
name is Thomas Ainsworth, though better known by
that of Bunser. Information was given to the police,
and Gudgeon was soon after taken into custody by Mr.
M.`Cabe, inspector of police. Gudgeon was taken before
John Lister, Esq., on Monday, and remanded until to-
morrow.—Ainsworth, we are happy to hear, is recover-
ing.—Elackburn Gazette.
HUMAN BONES FOUND.—A few days ago, as
some men were making a sough for some houses near to
the Derby Railway Station, they found the remains of a
man embedded in lime, with the face downwards. The
bones were almost decomposed. The place in which
they were found formed part of the Castle fields.—. Derby
Reporter.

THE STRONG GOVERNMENT.
(From the Non-Conformist.)
It is childish to conceal from ourselves the fact that,
in the ordinary sense of the term, the new Government
is a strong one. Its real and effective majority in the
Commons has already turned out a more numerous one
than previous calculations had rated it at. But we have
not even yet seen the ultimate amount of Tory gain.
Numbers of Whigs who hovered on the borders of the
two great parties, occupying a position which one knew
not well whether to characterise as Liberal or Conserva-
tive, will now, with no reluctance, support the man in
power. Attached by no love of principle to reform, and
attracted no longer by prospects of promotion to serve
under Whig colours, they will linger about a month or
two in apparent indecision, only to avail themselves of
the first favourable opportunity of changing sides. Sir
Robert's real majority may be estimated at something
above a hundred. _ _ .

Equally silly would it be to deny that, in point of
talent, the present Ministry is far superior to the last.
There is a vitality in it—strong attachment to the prin-
ciples professed—earnestness—reality. The present Ca-
binet is not a hollow semblance, but a real, living thing.
It has definite objects in view, and it will pursue them.
This, even in the absence of higher and more command-
ing attributes, will give it a vast advantage over the out-
gone Administration. But there is more than this. Bu-
siness habits, power in debate, industry which can grap-
ple with and master details, and, above all, the prestige
of victory, will infuse into the present Government a
strength which of late years has not been displayed in
the conduct of public affairs. . .

Nor must we leave out of our calculation the fact that
Conservative measures will perfectly coincide with the
class interests of the Whig aristocracy. Early enough
after the general election Lord John Russell pitched the
key-note of the Opposition, and tfue to his order took
care to pitch it sufficiently low. Already Messrs. Roe-
buck and "Ward, with all the minor Radicals of that
stamp, have struck a chord in unison with the Whig
leader. The Conservatives have nothing to fear from
their opponents, and they know it. The party but last
week in officelbis broken up—its moral power is gone.
It has no hold upon the people—excites no hopes—enjoys
no confidence. The contest, if such .it can be called,
will for a time lay between a strong party and a weak
one—the country being wholly indifferent as to the im-
mediate result. Tho Whigs cannot again wield the ener-
gies of a determined people. They have no popular
principles to bring to bear against Toryism which they
did not, when in power, contemptuously trample under
foot. On all the prominent questions about which the
country cares their mouths are stopped by past incon-
sistencies. Numerically inferior as an Opposition to
that which they for years encountered, their moral weak-
ness is really pitiable.
Lastly, we are to take into account the accession to
the Government of the House'of Lords. The immense
preponderance of Peers, who will be active suppor-
ters of Sir Robert Peel's Administration, will ensure the
easy passing of every measure which gains the assent of
the other House.

The question then occurs—ls the new Government
likely to prove a strong one ? In a party sense, the reply
is obviously, " Yes ;" in a higher and more general
sense, we answer without hesitation, " No." Against
the Whigs Sir Robert is all but omnipotent—against the
country, he is all the weaker for his strength. There
is no paradox in this—the explanation need scarcely be
obtruded upon the reader.
Matters have now come to this issue—aristocracy is
fairly pitted against democracy. The inquiry is not
" Who shall lead us?" but "Who shall live, the many
or the few?" Conservatism takes up is ground, and
beards a suffering people. The consequence may be
easily foreseen. The pending battle will not be fought
in the present House of Commons. That will be left to
its party encounters. Meanwhile some wide, searching,
and effectual plan of reform will ere long be struck out,
in which the middle and the industrious classes can unite
and shake hands. Organisation may be thenceforth
expected to spread with the rapidity of thought—the
neglected registries to be filled up—the call for the dis-
missal of the present Parliament to become loud, uni-
versal, irresistible—and a new House, composed of men
in earnest, to proceed to the work of laying anew the
basis of our representation. Things will probably take
this course—or, if not, one which we dread to contem-
plate.

COUNTY COURTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR—In the new Bill now pending in the House of
Lords for the establishing of County Courts, I perceive
that it is provided that the Lord Chancellor shall have
the power of removing any of the Judges of those
Courts for misbehaviour, "or for any sufficient cause
to be stated in a petition to be prepared to him for that pur-
pose by the Justices of the County in general, or Quarter
Sessions assembled.

I will not trouble you with any remarks as to what
may be the most proper mode of removing such Judges
from office. Perhaps it would be right that they should
hold their offices dum bene se gesserint, as with the
Judges of the Superior Courts ; or, it may be satisfac-
tory to the country that they should be removable for
misconduct at the discretion of the Lord Chancellor of
the day. But I cannot help thinking that that which is
now proposed has a very objectionable appearance. The
Conunission of the Peace conveys great powers to Jus-
tices, and in that way they have, surely, quite influence
enough. To say that this new proposal, if adopted, will
make the Judges of the County Courts the creatures of
the Justices, may be too strong • but will it not tend to
make the former the slaves or dependents of the latter ?
If such Judges should deserve removal from the
Bench, can any one doubt that there is abundant means
of the Lord Chancellor's being informed of it, without
consulting_ the opinion of the Magistrates of the county?
These Judges are not intended to be, or at least they
ought not to be, the servants or organs of the Justices
of the county. They are to administer justice among
the people ; and there is too much reason to believe
that a provision like this may actually work injustice to
the people, by stripping the Judge of that perfect inde-
pendence which he ought to maintain of all such local
influences.
I trust, Sir, that in these new Courts of Law we shall
not have something in imitation of the " Assistant Bar-
rister" in Ireland. If so, I fear it will not realise the
idea of " bringing justice home to every man's door,"
but that the jurisdiction proposed is likely to create a
great deal of dissatisfaction and suspicion of partiality
among suitors, especially in cases where the one party
belongs to the higher, and the other to the humbler
classes. The very name of the thing, that an adminis-
trator of justice to a county may be removed at the in-
stance of the Magistrates of that county, is calculated to
make the justice dealt out anything but satisfactory to
the people. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Lincoln's Inn, Sept. 10, 1841. A BARRISTER.

THE FIXED DUTY ON CORN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR—In one of your leading articles last night you
say, in speaking of the Corn Average being now 725.,
and the duty consequently being reduced to 2s. Bd., with
a prospect of a Is. duty next week, that you are glad
the landlords refused to entertain Lord John Russell's
proposal for an Bs. duty, as thereby the Tice of corn to
the consumer would now have been some 6s. or Bs. per
quarter more than it is. I am quite sure it must have
been purely an inadvertence, your not having borne in
mind that when Lord J. Russell made that motion (now
some two months ago), corn averaged no more than 645.,
if so much, and, supposing it to have become law, there
would not have been any rise from that price to the pre-
sent quotation of 725., which we all know is solely the
result of the operations on the Corn Market in managing
the sliding scale. Had the duty been a fixed one, the
doubly-impelling motive for raising the price would
have been wanting, and at all events corn would not
have been dearer than it now is, and the entire difference
would have reached and benefited the Exchequer; but I
am confident it would not have been so dear, as importa-
tions would all along have been taking place, and have
produced their natural result.

I have been led thus to trouble you from observing that
the Tory papers—always ready to catch at any straw on
this subject—never let any oversight of this kind pass
without attempting to turn it to account. Such a paper,
for instance, as the Morning Herald, is likely enough to
quote you in all seriousness as giving, in fact, your testi-
mony in favour of the present iniquitous system. It is
just worthy of its character and capacity, and would be
no more than its patron and oracle, the Duke of Buck-
ingham, really did say, from ignorance or impudence last
year, at one of his ordinaries at the George. " See,"
said this sapient Lord, " how beneficently the law
works ; now that corn is dear we have it from abroad at
no more than Is. duty ;" omitting to notice to his well-
informed auditory that the difference between the ave-
rage price and that it was then fetching, at least 10s. to
15s. per quarter, had been received into the landlords'
pockets before the price reached the point which ruled
the Is. duty—a nefarious result which, under the present
law, they can almost at any time bring about.

Your obedient- servant, -
A FRIEND TO FREE TRADE,

[Our remark proceeded on the supposition that prices
would rise to somewhere about their present level, and
we are happy•to insert our Correspondent's explanation.
At the same time we cannot believe that the consumer
would have benefited by the Bs. duty. Both it and the
sliding duty are to be rejected. Let us add, that the al-
teration proposed by Lord John Russell could not have
augmented the supply of corn this year, though it would
have prevented the gambling with the averages. Not
augmenting the supply, it could have had no influence
over the actual prices at which bread would be sold to the
consumer ; and the duty of Bs. would, consequently,
have increased the price beyond the price at which corn
will this year be sold. In another year, the fixed duty
might have augmented the supply, and kept prices
down.—ED. Sun.]

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—A very me-
lancholy accident occurred in the neighbourhood of In-
verness on Monday, which has carried distress into a
wide circle of friends and relatives. About six o'clock
in the afternoon, Dr. Basil Tytler, son of the late Alex-
ander Fraser Ty tier, Esq., of the Hon. East India Com-
pany's service (who had been on a visit to his uncle, the
Sheriff of this county), was in a boat on the river Ness.
in company with a young gentleman, Mr. Wm. Fraser,
son of Mr. Fraser of Culduthel. They were opposite
Lady Saltoun's cottage, where the river is deep and
strong, besides being at present much swollen by the late
rains. The boat upset, and the body of Dr. Tytler was
seen in the midst of the water. All attempts to recover
the body proved unavailing, and there is every reason to
suppose that it was carried out to the sea. The deceased
was about twenty-six years of age, of accomplished ta-
lents and amiable disposition. He had studied medicine
under Sir Charles Bell, and was distinguished for his
knowledge and proficiency.—lnverness Courier.
An old man in the neighbcurhood of South
Peterton, on hearing of his son's misfortunes,
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