The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-21 00:00:00

OLD EBOR.

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S
LETTER TO THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

" Clumber, Feb. 17, 1846.
" Gentlemen—ln addressing you on the present occasion,
lam quite aware of the unusualness of the proceeding. For
the last ten days I have noticed what has been passing in
our county with indescribable pain and annoyance. It seems
to me that the time has more than arrived when a period
ought to be put to the discord which now agitates us. I
deeply lament that any member of my family should be the
cause of this most unnecessary agitation. I have most deeply
to lament it for still more serious reasons than because it
creates odious quarrels, feverish convulsions, expense, and ex-
treme inconvenience among yourselves.
" Lord Lincoln has been the deluded victim of bad counsel,
and in no instance more conspicuously than in the course
which he has pursued upon the present occasion.
" Under this influence he has been induced to accept an
inferior office, that. his seat may be vacated, and a desperate
experiment attempted. lie suddenly appeared among you,
before you could be aware of the transaction. He does this,
as he tells you, that he may make an appeal from the pro-
tection meeting to the whole constituency. By this surprise
he has been enabled to ascertain the undisguised and almost
universal feelings and opinions of this important county.
" Doubtless it was expected that the constituency would
be found to possess easy consciences, and that the public
voice would be raised in favour of free trade, and the other
newly-disclosed enormities of Sir Robert Peel's Government,
although we have neither asked for nor desire free trade,
nor any other vicious and revolutionary system. But
why should any one from authority be sent as a Govern-
ment emissary to force upon us opinions which we
hate, and the country hates and deprecates with in-
dignant hostility,—and why should any one, fortified with
Government means, presume to operate the disgraceful seduc-
tions which are said to be used upon thist eadoption of the
lamentable
occa-
sion—and why are you to be drilled into h
ruinous principles and fatal doctrines at which you now
naturally shudder and recoil? O
sturdy and clear-sighted, and your phalanx is not_ to be
broken by bold axioms, artful assertions, or any other evil
appliances.
"Still, however, the move has been made; and although '
we may justly condemn it as a very great mistake, there
may be some shadow of pretence for it, if it were intended
by the experiment to test the public opinion. Now, how-
ever, that it has been in a course of most diligent trial for ten
days, that the fullest proof has been elicited, and the result
known to be totally adverse to the new doctrines, and. un-•
successful to the deceived advocate of them, in the sincerity
of my heart, and as a member of the constituency, I suggest
to Lord Lincoln the propriety of withdrawing from an use-
less and to all most painful struggle against a long-tried and
approved principle and policy, and at once to restore tran-
quillity to the county, and the undisturbed possession of its
unquestionable convictions.
" In the anxious hope that this address may meet with
your approval, and that the appeal may not be made in
vain, I remain, Gentlemen, your sincere and faithful ser-

vant, " NEWCASTLE.
W. Dearden, printer, Carlton-street, Nottingham."

FASHION.—The neat and elegant white cravat is all
the rage at present for dress, and the linen manufacturers
upon whom so many thousands of families derive their sup-
port, already feel the beneficial influence of the fashion. The
encouragement thus given hots likewise set to work much in-
genious mental machinery, endue of the results is a cravat
and collar in one piece, arranged and folded so completely as
to be capable of adjustment to the neck by the merest tyro.
It has been scoured by registration, and is termed the Golden
Flax Cravat Cellar, from the fact of its being made of a
most exquisitely white and fine description of linen, manu-
factured from that product. From its peculiar construction,
it is very much lighter than the ordinary cravat and collar,
and thus possesses, amongst other recommendations, a strong
one in favour of its adoption in the ball-room, at soirees,
morning concerts, and other crowded assemblies.
THE METROPOLITAN POLlCE.—Thursday the ac-
counts of the Metropolitan Police for the year 1845, presented to
Parliament, were printed. The receipts, including a balance in
hand of 50,016/. 199. 7d., were 363.3461. 11s. 3d., which sum is ac-
counted for in various payments, and a balance remaining on the
31st of December, 1845, of 49,7251. 13s. 6d. The total sum paid
for the Metropolitan police in the year was 313,6201. 17s. 9d.
The secend portion of the return shows the receipts and expen-
diture on account of the Police Superannuation Fund. The Go-
vernment Stock, valued at the sterling cost, on the Ist of
January, 1845, was 51,5781. 18s. The fines imposed by ma-
gistrates on drunken persons and for assaults en police-c2p;
stables, levied at the police-courts, amounted to 2,1861. 4s. 3d.
Thelu
Government stock, at the end of the year, 61,3971.
is.c9ed-c.ourts.
third branch states the receipt and expenditure for the
The foes, penalties, and forleiturea levied at the poltiliceepcmloi
applied towards the expense of police-courts in
6,1 and at Great
amounted iu the year to 8,8851. 2s. 3d. At Bow-street t; tbOre WM re-
ceived 1,0541. 2s. ;at Clerkenwell, 1,0151. lbs• ue
trrtso'poainisd,
Marlborongh-street. 1,3301. The total
,sumpjai
courts was 46,7651. 13s. I Id. On the Istlotforee
ws.
4,749, consisting
idaefo,rththeenpoumllberce-
of persons belonging to the Metro
of 1 inspecting superintendent,
485 sergeants, and 4,131 constables.
18P° sluit;eirintendents, 114 inspectors,
withdrawal from the Sus-
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OPENING OF THE SCOTTISH
RIVERS.
THE TAT.—The opening of the rivers has been almost
a complete failure, from the great floods. But the salmon
are taking the advantage of it ; and from appearances
above the Bridge of Yeah, the oldest fisher never remem-
bers seeing so many large salmon ascend the river. We
have it from good authority, that the fishermen of the
Marquis of Breadalbane at Taymouth_ Castle, under the
superintendence of Captain D. Dewar, caught twenty-four
splendid salmon the first day, and the Tay (at the princely
domains, is almost alive with salmon passing into Loch Tay
in large shoals. The like was seldom or never seen before.
The second day was much better, and altogether about sixty
salmon were dispatched by steam to London on Wednesday.
The effect of the tariff was felt very injuriously by the tacks-
men at the early part of the season. when high prices used
to be obtained; but now the supply from Holland keeps the
market down.—Perth Piper.
THE Spay.—The salmon-fishing commenced for the sea-
son on Monday morning ; and we understand that, on that
day and Tuesday, the take was in general pretty good. The
market-price is at present 2s. 6d. per pound. ()wing to the
openness of the weather, but a small quantity of ice has yet,
we believe, been secured for the use of the fisheries.—Aber-
deen Journal.

THE NESS.—The salmon-fishing for the season commenced
on Monday. Mr. Tait, the enterprising lessee of the Ness
fishings, captured four salmons on that day, and four more
on Tuesday. They were all sold at 2s. 6d. per pound. From
appearances it is expected that the ensuing season will be a
pi osperous one. Meantime the river is too high to ensure
much success.—lnverness Courier.

Tna DOON.—The close season having terminated on Satur-
day, Monday became the " opening day ;" and such an open•
ing day has not been witnessed for many years back.—Ayr
Observer.

THE TWEED.—The salmon fisheries nortk of the Tweed
opened on Monday week.. Those in the Tweed and .uth
thereof opened on Monday the 16th ult. The fisheries in the
Tweed have never been better protected than during this
close time ; and from large quantities offish seen in the bay,
the season is expected to be a good one. Owing to the open
state of the weather, there has not been as yet a single cart-
load of ice housed for the use of the fisheries at Berwick.