The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-21 00:00:00

SUSPENDED WRITS.-CHELTENHAM.

Mr. STAFFORD moved that Mr. Speaker do issue his
warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new writ
for the electing of a burgess to serve in this present Parlia-
ment for the borough of Cheltenham, in the room of Sir
Willoughby Jones, Bart., whose election has been determined
to be void. The Hon. Member stated that the total popula-
' tion of the boroughs with respect to which writs bad been
suspended, amounted to 147,103 persons, and that the total
number of registered electors in those boroughs was 10,122;
and he was of opinion that it was most unconstitutional and
unfair that so great a number of persons should be disfran-
chised as they were at present, in consequence of the illegal
acts and proceedings of only a small portion of the electoral
body.
Mr. ANSTEY seconded the motion.
Mr. MOWATT hoped that before going to a division,
the Government would give the House some idea of the
course they intended to pursue, for at present they were quite
in the dark. He held that it was mcst unconstitutional that
this House should take on itself the functions of the three
estates, and keep several constituencies unrepresented in Par.
liament.

Sir GEORGE GREY said that the Honourable Member
called upon him to state what the intentions of the Government
were with respect to suspended writs. He could not afford the
Hen. Member the information he desired, because these were
cases in which every Hon. Member should follow that course
which his own judgment prompted him to pursue. With re-
spect to this ease, he found that the Committee had not re-
ported that cases of bribery had extensively occurred here, and
although be was not prepared to lend his voice to the con-
tinuance of that system, until the opinion of the majority of
this House should decide upon the subject, still he would not op-
pose the issuing of this writ. The Bill which had reference to
these cases would shortly be brought before the House, hut in
the meantime, therefore, he saw no reason why a writ should
not issue for the election of a Member for the borough of
Cheltenham at this time.

Mr. GORING gave notice that, in the event of a writ being
issued for Cheltenham, he should to-morrow move that a writ
issue for the borough of Horsham.

Sir J HANMER said there were many precedents for the
non-reissue of the writs for boroughs where these offences were
proved to have been committed. These had been cited as occur-
ring in the reign of William 111. He would referthe House to
the reign of Charles 1., when Parliament were op-
posing all aggressions on their liberties, and then
the House decided that the Lord Keeper had
not the power of issuing his writ until the sanc-
tion of the House should have been obtained. He
thought that the House should lay down some rule in cases
like this, and until that were done, he thought this writ ought
to he suspended.
Mr. ADDERLEY hoped the Hon. Baronet would not
oppose the issuing of this writ, because the offences, trilling
as they were, might be alleged against every borough.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD said that although he had formerly
opposed the issuing of these writs, yet until he saw some inten-
tion on the part of the House to ..ring in a Bill to amend the
matter he should not be a party to the depriving so many con-
stituencies of a voice in Parliament.

Mr. SLAN EY rose, and was
(LEFT SPZAKING.)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Produce Stakes of 50 sons. each; for two yrs olds
Three quarters of a mile. (13 Subs.)
Sir C. Monck's br c by Touchstone ..:(Templeman)
Lord Eglinton's Belus ... (
Mr. S. L. Fox's Post Tempore
Mr. Wentworth's Licentio
Mr. R. Stephenson's Robert do Brus...

A dead hvat for second place. Won by a neck.
The Hotspur Stakes of 25 sovs. each, p.p., and 100
added. Once round. (16 Subs.)
Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher Wintringham) 1
Lord Eglinton's Paphos 2
Mr. Bell's bc by Melbourne, dam by Falcon ... 3

Won easy.

The Tyro Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. T.Y.C.
(14 Subs.)
Mr. B. Green's Westow (Wintringham) 1
Lord Zetland's Castanetto ... 2
Mr. Pedley nd Fellow Commoner ... 3
Mr. Llesseltine's Quiver 4
Lord Eglinton's Sugar
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added. Two milee.

(8 Sub►.)
Mr. D. Cook's Inglewood, 5 years (Hon. S. Erskine) 1
Mr. Baker na Grand Seignior, 5 yrs 2
Mr. Binnie's Titus Oates, 5 yrs 3
Won by a head.
The Maiden Plate of 50/. Heats. Once round and a

distance.
Mr. Dawson's Fitz Charles, 3 yrs (Duncan) 2 1 1
Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 3 yrs 3 2 2
Mr. Murry's North Star, 3 yrs 1 3 dr
Won by a head.
LATEST BETTING.
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
4 to 1 agst Sylvan 8 to 1 apt Inheritress
5 to 1 sgst Administrator 8 to 1 agst Chanticleer
5 to 1 apt Glen Saddel 10 to 1 agst All's Well
6 to 1 agst Executor 12 to 1 agst Vesta.
BETTING AT MANCIIESTEIt.—TUESDAY.
THB NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.-4 to 1 agst Syl-
Tan (taken)-5 to 1 agst Glen Saddel (taken)-11 to 2
agst Administrator (taken)-10 to 1 agst Executor
(taken)-10 to 1 agst All's Well (taken)-10 to 1 agst
Inh6ritress-25 to I agst Amosino (taken).
GooDwooD STAKES.-8 to 1 offered on the field.

CITY OF LONDON TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETY.—
The anniversary dinner of this society took place on
Monday at the London Tavern, and was very numerously
and respectably attended. The Lord Mayor presided,
supported by Alderman Copeland, M.P.; Mr. J. P.
Gassiot, Mr. G. M. Dovvdeswell, Mr. T. A'Beckett, Mr.
S. Ridley, Mr. S. H. Lee, and other gentlemen closely
connected with the trade and commerce of London.
The society, which has existed for more than 70 years
under a different name, has recently given a great and
important extension to its operations, and bids fair to
supply a lamentable hiatus in the social wants of the
metropolis. The want of a public prosecutor, and the
undue facilities which have been given under our insol-
vent and bankruptcy laws to fraudulent debtors, have
imparted to the City of London Trade Protection
Society a fresh stimulus, and it now assumes the form of
an association among the tradesmen of London for the
suppression and exposure of swindling, in the thousand
forms which the facility of credit has enabled it to
assume. No better illustration of the value of such an
institution could be required than a fact mentioned by
Mr. Brewster last night, in the course of a humorous
speech made by him while responding to the
toast of " Prosperity to tho Society," which the Lord
Mayor proposed with great good feeling and sound
sense. Mr. Brewster mentioned that the very room in
which the company was assembled had very recently
been engaged by a set of swindlers for their nefarious
purposes, and that it was only by the intervention of the
society that the proprietors of the tavern had been pro-
tected from countenancing a project which would, by the
respectablility thus acquired, have made many victims
throughout the country. The society contemplates the
publication of a circular containing accurate lists of all
matters connected with the Bankruptcy and Insolvent
Courts, and putting in an available form the fullest in-
formation upon all subjects calculated to protect the
trade and commerce of the metropolis. To all who
know the value of such a society, it properly couducted,
it will be interesting to know that an opportunity now
exists of obtaining by the great principle of association
those benefits which are denied the mercantile commu-
nity by the existing imperfections of the law. To pro-
motete
number of its supporters, the dinner was held last night; the objects of the institution by increasing h
and having been supplied in the usual sumptuous style
of the London Tavern, it is to be hoped that expe-
riment has been so far successful. The proceedings since the
the
of
the evening ought to have given
names of Thomas A'Beckor, and Ridley
satisfaction,were included
from Mr. Geuge and Mr. Ransford.
among the speakers. There was some lr. uoe waseixcellie,ntlmusic
toastmaster.
. . and M John A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Harrowby, Dr.
S
Copland, . .
Dr. Lankester, F R S
Commissioners of her Majesty's
h
Lil wall, accompanied by Mr. L. Hertslet, had. an interview
yesterday with the Co
Woods and Forests, on the subject of the present filthy
state of the Serpentine.
THE :MOORS IN AYRSHIRE AND WIGTONSHIRE.—
With respect to the moors in these two shires, all parties
interested in the sports of August agree that there will
be excellent grouse shooting. In the west country, as
in the north, the disease which prevailed among the
birds,ein to
to
haves aogeletxteeit'hte throughout the two last years,
er disappeared. The weather has
s
been most favourable for hatching, and birds are vigo-
rous.--Inverness Journal.
CHESTEE AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ended June 17, 1,1111. 14s. ld,

PERILOUS BALLOON ASCENT.
On the 11th instant, Mr. Henry Coxwell, the English
aeronaut, was announced to commence a series of
bal-
loon experiments on the Continent, the first of which
was to have taken place at the Prado gardens in Brussels.
Some difficulty having arisen, however, as to the gas
for inflation, which was refused to be supplied by the
English Continental Gas Company, notwithstanding the
wishes of a lame number of consumers, Mr. Coxwell
was obligedto fill his balloon at another gas establish-
ment, which is about two miles from the place of ascent.
Unfortunately the weather was extremely unpropitious
for the removing of the balloon in an inflated state; but
as a postponement had taken place on the previous Sun;
day, Mr. Coxwell was inclined to make the attempt, and
in proceeding to do so, he and his gigantic balloon were
driven back with fury, and the huge aerial monster was
for a time secured in a field awaiting a lull of the won'
That wayward element, however, increased in violence,
and the balloon was blown about with such frightful
force that the safety of the balloon and aeronaut were
frequently perilled. Mr. Coxwell, with great coolness
and presence of mind, assured the affrighted spectators
that he did not feel the least fear, and as it was jars'
sible for him to remove his balloon, and the authorities
having. intimated that the collecting of a mob was oh:,
jectionable, he was resolved to take one step that will"
at once set the matterat rest. Every person round the
balloon then begged that the gas might be let off, but
Mr. Coxwell declined doing so, and stated, that as It
was his first attempt in Belgium, he intended to demon-.
strate that what he had promised he would perform
possible, and as a British aeronaut he declined hauling
down his colours, and would stapd by them until they
were blown from the mast head, or honourably Wet'
He then requested a friend, of the name of Washingt?,
to take his seat in the car,
.and the balloon was ac.str.:
ably prepared for flight with as much coolness as It
had been for a calm voyage. At the words " let go
being given, it dashed away before the wind with sue'
drising rapidity, and sailed along for more than fifty
miles, passing nearly over Malines, and then going to
the Probivel D'Auvers, where a very rough but safe .
de-
scent was effected with great skill on a common 114
Oolen, near Herenthals. The distance travelled being
about fifty-five miles, which was performed in Went/
minutes.

UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGEN
OXFORD, JUNE 17.—Mrs. Denyer's theological pril
for the two best discourses in English on theologies
subjects, was yesterday awarded to the Rev. Edify:
Watford of Balliol College, and the Rev. Thomas De!"
of Exeter College.
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.—An election will be bold
in Corpus Christi College on Friday, the 30th of Julie'
of two scholars, one for the county of Lancaster, and for
the diocese of Durham. Candidates must be under
nineteen years on the day of election, and must prole°.t
themselves to the President at eight o'clock in the Oen•
ing of Saturday, the 24th instant, with certificates of the
marriage of their parents and their own baptism, cowl"
tent evidence of the day and place of their birth, test;
monials from their college or school, together with "
Latin epistle to each of the electors.