The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-01 00:00:00

TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN.

Sin—After being wearied with the continued splutter
which the Tory press keeps up about the majority in the
landlords' and monopolists' party being the voice of the
people. the verdict of the country, &c., I was resolved to
endeavour by reference to a clever little work (" Oli-
vier's Parliamentary Register"), to ascertain how far the
Tory scribes could be depended upon for the accuracy of
their assertions.

The returns from Ireland and Scotland, giving a large
majority to her Majesty's present Ministers, and the Eng-
lish boroughs a small one,l applied myself to those boroughs
of England which have returned Tories, to ascertain
how far the assertion of the Tory scribes, that " the
Radicals had been everywhere put to complete rout,"
was true or the reverse. In consequence of Lord Howick's
remarks on Duke Sinithson's maneuvering, I also added
one county, North Northumaelafiel. The result appears
that the Tories have gaitwd 29 seats ; in all of which
(with two exceptions, Westminster and Northumber-
land), their majorities have been under fifty. It further
glues— out that they have only a majority of 471, in
27 contested seats, where the total number of electors
qualified to poll amounts to 22,461. Westminster and
North Northumberland give them a majority of 142, on
a constituency of 18,531.
It does not argue quite so unanimous an opinion in
favour of Doctor Peel, that in Bedford, Cambridge, Can-
terbury, and Lancaster, containing about seven thousand
electors, the Tory majority was only 10, 13, 9, and 16.
Compare these results with the glorious majorities in
3farylebone, the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, and Green-
wich, and surely the Liberals have no just reason to be
afraid that the enemies of the people will ultimately be
able to prevail.
Should you think fit to I
closed in your widely circn
service.

;ive publication to the in-
Lated Journal, it is at your
BOZEY.

Electors.
Barnstaple
Hodgson l5
Gore
Bedford
Stuart
Berwick
Hodgson ls

Electors.
Lincoln
Collett 37
Malden
Round 33

Montgomery
Cholmondeley... 26
Newport
Martin 25
Hamilton 23

Blackburn
Hornby
Bridgewater
Broadwood 27
Forman

N.Northumberland 2,786
Creswell ...... .. 62
Rochester
Douglas
Bodkin 8

Cambridge 1,698
Grant

Canterbury 1,660
Bradshaw
Harwich 195
Attwood ll
Beresford
Helston
Vivyan
Kidderminster ... 440
Godion
Lancaster
Marten

Scarborough
Trench lB

Westminster
Rous BO

Weymouth
Villiers
Hope
Wigan 583
Greenall
Crosse

Leeds
Beckitt

40,992

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:

SOUTHAMPTON RACES—MONDAY (CONCLUDED.)
Plate of 501. given by the Members for the Southern
Division of the County, added to a sweepstakep of 10
Lovs. each, h ft, the second saves his stake. Winner
to be sold for 3001. Heats, once round and a distance.
(3 Subs.)

Mr. Foster's Bellissitna, 6 yrs (W. Sadler) 1 1
Mr. Sadler's Defy, 3 yrs
Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged 3 dr.
A good race.
TUESDAY.

The Town Members' Plate of added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sous. each; weights, &c., same as for County
Plate ; winner to be sold for 200/. Heats once round
and a distance. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Sadler's Defy, 3 yrs, Gst 131 b (Howlett) 1 1
Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged, 9st llb
Mr. Booth's Colchicum,
..5 yrs, 9st 71b

Won easy.
Match ; 25 sovs., Bst each ; mile and half. Mr. T.
Neale's Deception (Goslin) beat Mr. G. Neale's
Eleanor, in a canter.

The Borough Plate of 50/., given by the Tradesmen and
Innkeepers of the town, added to a Sweepstake of 5
sous. ; winner to be sold for 100/. Heats, once round
and a dis. (4 Subs.) •
Ld. Huntingtower's ustralia, 3 yrs,7st llb (Evans) 1 1
Lord G. Bentinck's Gobemouche, 3 yrs, 7st 3 2
Mr. Budd's Arian, aged, Bst 121 b 2 dr
Won easy by two lengths.
The Champag-no Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 30 added ;
the second receives 5/. from the fund and saves his
stake. The winner to be sold for 801., &C. Heats.
(4 Subs.)

Mr. _Foster's Variety, 4 yrs, lOst 31b ...... ..(King) 4 1
Mr. Budd's Adrian, aged, 1 Ist 31b ' 1 2
Mr. Lucas's Traitress, 3 yrs, 9st 2 3
Mr. Hopkins's Vignette, 5 yrs, lOst 71b 3 4
The first and second heats were won easy. The race
was not finished when the train left.

STOURBRLDGE HURDLE RACES—MONDAY.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added. Two miles.
Mr. Key's Marialva, 4 yrs .... (Frost) -1
Mr. Wahnsley's Comical John, 3 yrs
Mr. Frost's Image, 3 yrs 3
The East Worcestershire Handicap of 15 sovs. each,
h ft., and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles.
Mr. Morris's. Fat Jack, aged, walked over.
The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added.
Heats, twice round and a dis.
Mr. Key's Image, 3 yrs (llodgson) 1 1
Mr. Arthur's The Star, 3 yrs
Two others started.
The Stand Purse of 501. Mile and a quarter heats.
Mr. Morris's Fat Jack, aged (Marlow) 1 1
Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged
Mr. Fowler's Sunflower, 3 yrs . 2 dr.

The Droll states that n few days ago , a gentle-
man who rented a garden with a pretty pavilion, outside one
of the barriers, but who had been absent for some months, re-
turne to Paris, and invited some friends to go on the follow-
ing morning with him to see his garden and breakfast there.
He gave orders to his servants accordingly, and next morning,
nn arriving, found the pavilion *open, and two cooks in the
kitchen busy in preparing a splendid breakfast. The cooks
said they did not expect the party so soon, but would hasten
their preparations, and having done so, the tenant and his
friends sat down to a breakfast, at which the choicest wines
had not been forgotten. Just as they had finished, three
coaches drove up to the gate, and another party, for whom
the breakfast had really been intended, made their appear-
ance. They consisted of the owner of the house, and several
dandies and ladies of the opera, whom he had invited. It ap-
pears that the owner, notexpecting the return of his tenant so
soon, had taken the liberty of using his house in his absence,
without recollecting to apprise him of the fact at the period
when the rent was paid to him by his agent, and the tenant's
own servants had not tarried his orders into effect. The ladies
are stated to have been furious.

The weather since our last has, on the whole,
much improved, but the nights are still moist and un-
favourable. Last night rain began to fall about ten
o'clock, and it has continued heavily since. We ob-
serve occasional stooks in our neighbourhood, but har-
vest, even with the best weather, will not be general for
at.loast ten days or a fortnight.-.-Glusgov; Argus.

INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL
DISCOVERY.
Our readers are no doubt aware, that during the Int
two years, the quarries of Stourton Hill, on the Cheshire
side of the river, have become the subject of much geolo-
gical interest, not only to our local geologists, but also
to the members of the Londen Geological Society, several
of the most Eminent having recently visited the locality.
This has arisen from the discovery, made by our toive:.:-
man Mr. Cunningham, of the footsteps of a large. anitil R
which must have had its existence in some former state
of our planet. At first these remains were termed foot-
steps of the Chierotherium," from the supposition, hastily
arrived at, that they belonged to an extinct species of
the marsupalian genus. The subsequent discovery of
some. bones and teeth, found in another portion of a
similar formation, has, however, enabled Professor Owen
satisfactorily to determine the genus of animals whose
footsteps are here so prominently imprinted on large
masses of the sandstone. The Professor has shown that
these gigantic animals must have belonged to the genus
batrachian, or frogs ; and from the peculiar construction
of the tooth, has termed the animal the "La'oyrinthodon,"
an engraving of which may be seen in one of the last
numbers of the Penny Cycl pe&a.
A question, however, has since arisen, as to the origin
of the formation itself, whether fresh water or marine, it
being presumed, that if this were once satisfactorily de-
termined, it would go far towards determining the nature
and habits of the animal, whose footsteps have been so
singularly preserved. From time to time, traces of plants
have been found on the sandstone slabs, that have been
successively raised from the quarry, but none of a nature
so decided as to warrant any conclusion being drawn
from them. This point, we now think, is in a fair way
of being settled in favour of the marine origin of the '
rock, as on a recent visit to the qnarries, Mr. Cunning,
ham has again discovered the remains, or rather a cast
in sand-stone, of an immense focus ; a plant which it is
well known can only exist at the bottom of the ocean,
thus at once giving a marine character to the whole
formation. The imprint of this plant, which we have
seen, is most unequivocal, and stands out in bold relief
from the surface of the rock. It may be traced through
all its ramifications from the root to the termination.
It is about 25 feet in length, and nine feet in width ; a
portion of which, however, has been removed in cutting
the stone. Cur readers may have an opportunity of
seeing this interesting remain by visiting the quarries,
the rock not being yet removed. It is on the south side,
andjust before entering the tunnel.
These discoverieS inevitably lead us to the following
conclusions :—That this portion of the now Hundred of
Wirrall has formerly been the shore of a primeval ocean,
where gigantic animals of the frog or salamander species
have traversed in search of prey, perhaps, as the same
shore must have abounded with. smaller animal; of the
genus chelonia, or tortoises,- sonic of the slabs found
in this quarry being literally covered with foot-prints of
these animals ; but, perhaps more curious still, the marks
of a sharp shower of rain are found imprinted with these
footsteps, having been preserved by the soft clay, and are
as sharp and well defined as if it had fallen yesterday.-
-Liverpool Times.

A MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
(From the Liverpool Abion.)
On the arrival of the Eastham steam-packet yes-
terday morning, at the George's Pierhead, it was
accompanied by a rowing-boat, with a young Man
and the dead body of another in it. On inquiry, it
appeared that, at five o'clock yesterday morning, two
young men, Thomas Kewley, a clerk in a merchant's
office, and Samson Moore, a cabinet-maker, took
a 'boat froM. George's Pier, and proceeded up the
river. They had a double-barrelled gun, and the
means of loading it with them, their object being to
amuse themselves by shooting birds. Kewley carried
the gun. When on arriving a little way beyond East-
ham Ferry, he fired the contents of one of the Larrels
at some seagulls. Moore, at the time, was sculling the
boat, and not being very expert, he let the oar fall in
such a manner that it came, it is supposed, in contact
with the trigger of the gun, for the loaded barrel in-
stantly went off, ani Kewley, who had been standing up,
fell down into tie bottom of the boat.

His afff:lgtited companion rushed to his assistance,
but all ills attempts to stop the bleeding were useless,
as the contents of the gun had made a large wound in
the throat. His next effort was to procure assistance,
and, therefore, he jumped on shore and ran to the next
house, the inmates of which sent to Sutton fur a surgeon.

On his return to the boat, he fuund that it- had
drifted away with his wounded companion, and, as
no means of reaching him was at hand, he raU to
Eastham. The crew of Sir Richard Bulkeley's
yacht, which was lying off Eastham, gave him prompt
assistance, but on their reaching the boat the unfortu-
nate young man was a corpse. Moore, in his alsrm, de-
clined to give Mr. Smith, of Eastham. a proper account
of the transaction ; therefore suspicion was excited, and
on his arrival at Liverpool he was taken into custody.
Mr. Whitty, on more particular inquiry, was convinced
that the above facts are true. Poor Moore is dreadfully
excited, and seems horror-struck at the termination of.
his excursion. The deceased has no friends in Liverpool.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Robert Wilkinson was indicted for receiving. wen
knowing it to be stolen, a large quantity of ribbon, of
the value of 131. and upwards, the property of Daniel
Stubbs, a linen-draper, carrying on business in Church-
street, Hackney.
The Jury acquitted the prisoner, who was again in-
dicted for receiving a large quantity of perfumery, of
the value of 14/.
Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on behHli of tbo
prisoner.
The Learned RECORDER having summed up the evi-
dence, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to ten years' trans-
portation.
James Deshay, aged twenty-two, was indicted for un-
lawfully assaulting and beating George Hoare, iL Metro-
politan Police Constable, in the execution of his duty.
The prisoner, without any provocation, came behind
the prosecutor and struck him a blow on the head, which
knocked him down. Several other constables came up,
each of whom he assaulted.

The Jury at once found the prisoner Guilty ; and he
was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
for three months.

Henry Garris, cabman, aged 28, was indicted for un-
lawfully attempting to steal monies and goods of Charles
Birras, from his person.
The prisoner was driving the prosecutor, who was
very drunk, in his cab, and he stopped with him at a
public-house to have some ale. When the alc was
brought, the prisoner put his hand into the prosecutor's
pocket ; and, having been seen in the act by a police-
man, he was taken into custody. The policeman got.
into the cab, and ordered the prisoner to drive to the
station-house, which he did. _

Mr. Doane addressed the Jury for the rrisoner, and
stated that the prisoner only put his hands into the
pocket of the prosecutor for the purpose of paying for
the liquor, as ' the prosecutor was so drunk he did not
know what he was about.

The Learned RECORDER, in summing up the evidence,
said, although it was a case of strong suspicion, that this
would be the safest view to take of the case under the
circumstances, and they accordingly acquitted the prisoner.