The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

LONDON, SA-TURDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 23, 1851.

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SPORTING NOTES•

No. CXII.

THE YORK RACING, IN CONNEXION WITH

FUTURE EVENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Pompey's slashing daughter claims my first at-
tention; her running in the Cup races at Chester and
Goodwood, and in those for the Ebor Handicap and
Great Yorkshire Stakes, have marked her oat as the
" great gun" of 1851. Comment on Nancy's couple of
spins this week would be perfectly superfluous, both
having been won in the easiest style imaginable. Should
Mr. Martinson accept Sir Joseph Hawley's challenge,
and conclude the match for 2,000 soya., 500 ft., between
his Nancy at Bst 41b, and Teddington at Bst 71b, the
Craven Meeting next year at head-quarters will have
as great an attraction on its list as York had this
year with the Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur.
Nancy's next engagement is at Doncaster, in
the Great Yorkshire Handicap, where she is
weighted at 7st 51b, but having to carry 91b extra for
winning " the Ebor," I should doubt her putting in an
appearance, as Bst for a three-years-old is not the
lightest weight imaginable ; however, they say she can
carry the weight, so she might accomplish the teat, as it
was very evident she had plenty of weight in hand
when she sailed past the chair in her couple of victories
this week. It is just possible she may meet Teddington
in the race for the Doncaster Cup. The weight she
must of necessity receive for the Cesarewitch and Cam-
bridgeshire Stakes will put her hors de combat for the
former, if not for the latter event. AUGUR'S appearance
in the race for the Sapling Stakes augured well for his
future engagements, the Derby in particular; nothing of
the Lightfoot cut about him. The CALCULATOR'S vic-
tory for the Ebor St. Leger, if it does not let him possess
a chance for his namesake of Doncaster, must at 4st 131 b
make him the best " in" for the Great York-
shire Handicap, which he ought to win in a canter,
notwithstanding his race this week is said to have
been a blunder on the part of the crack. THE BAN'S
running second to Nancy, beating The Marlborough
Buck, Neasham, &c., has all but made him premier for
the Great St. Leger; I cannot, however, have him as
the winner of that event. A little betting is doing this
morning at the following prices :—Surrey and Middle-
sex Stakes (Egham)-2 to 1 each agst Little Jack and
Don Pedro; 3 to 1 agst Agis; 4 to 1 agst Brington; 5
to 1 agst William the Conqueror. Tradesman's Plate
(Derby)-6 to 4 agst Abbess of Jervaux, 2to 1 taken.
Leamington Stakes-10 to 1 on the Field. Warwick
Cup-5 to 2 agst Cariboo. Lincolnshire Handicap-
6to 1 each agst Unity, Calculator, and Cuseus. Great
Yorkshire Handicap-5 to 1 agst Calculator„
8 to 1 agst
Nancy; 10 to 1 agst any other. Great St. Leger-5 to
2 agst Hernandez; 3 to 1 agst The Ban; 10 to 1 agst
The Prime Minister. A very extensive commission on
Nancy for the Cambridgeshire is out this morning.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SMUT OF THE TURF.
Aug. 23, 1351.

Mrs. Birch singled themselves out, and finished the race,
Melody winning by a length. The winner was sold for
110 guineas.
• - TEDDINGTON AND NANCY.
An offer hes been made to Mr. Martinson, on the part
of Sir Joseph Hawley, to run Tedclington against
Nancy next spring, at Newmarket, for 2,000 guineas
each, 500 f;, A.F., the horse to carry Bst 71b and the
mare Bst 41b. Mr. Martinson's answer has not been
received.

LITERATURE.

CALEB FIELD. By the Author of "ilie7iz-
land," i.e.

This tale is in every way worthy of its author. It
is of the time of the Puritans, and in the terrible year
of the plague. The chief characters, Caleb Field, a
Puritan minister, and his daughter Edith, are indeed
worthy of admiration. The others are also well
drawn, and the class of Puritans, generally looked
upon with something like contempt, is here shown in
a light calculated to excite interest and respect. The
style is powerful and attractive, and some of the most
important scenes are vividly described. The horrors
of the plague, and the general joy as the number of
the dead decreased, are pourtrayed with much force
and feeling. The self-devotion of the Puritans, and
their recompense, the descriptions of the desolate town
and the universal despair, the various portions of the
tale itself, are all striking and fascinating to the
reader. The powerful writing, which only occa-
sionally appeared in " blerkland," is here spread
through the entire work, and we may safely call it
the most interesting work of the talented authoress.

SERMONS IN SONNETS. By C. H.
Townshend.

The descriptions of the months are excellent, espe-
cially those which relate to the universal favourite,
" delicious May." The new year, "a poet's test,"
contains many new ideas and valuable reflections; the
last lines are particularly emphatic. The " Sermons in
Sonnets" are original in design and elaborate in exe-
cution. They are enlightened by true faith and
adorned by choice language. The sacred truths
treated of are clearly worked out in the poems, and
they eminently fulfil their motto, " Good in every-
thing."

MUSGRAYE ; a Story of Gilsland Spa, and other
Tales. By Mrs. Gordon, author of " Kings-

condi," c.
These volumes are the production of a well-known
authoress, and are full of melancholy interest. The
chief tale is a mixture of grave and gay, and the cha-
racter of the younger Mary is a very graceful por-
traiture. Helmsley Hall is the most sad of all the
legends, and we trust such a series of calamities is
rare. There is, perhaps, too much of the superna-
tural, apparitions being found in every tale, though to
some this might prove attractive. However, the
volumes cannot fail to interest all, and the descriptions
of the Border life will be found very amusing in their
sketches of character, among which we must not
forget to mention Mary's vulgar aunt, and the eccen-
tric Mrs. Beatoun.

STAVES FOR THE HUMAN LADDER.

By G. Linnaeus Banks.
This is a very superior volume ; it is written in a
lofty style, and each poem breathes a fervour and an
energy which, while it exalts the mind, urges it on
" the great high road 'of right." The sacred pieces
at the end are solemn and subdued, well calculated
to impress the reader with awe and reverence. The
" Mountain Lays" are especially attractive.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS,
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TINIES.—Dr. Cullen, on taking the chair the
other day at the Rotundo meeting, stated to the
assembly that it would occupy too much time to
enumerate all the grievances endured by the Roman
Catholic subjects of Queen Victoria. " All they asked
was for a full and free exercise of their religion."
We frankly confess that to treat this question as one
of reason and truth is, as far as Dr. Cullen and his
friends are concerned, a mere waste of time and
argument. What they want is a cry, and a cry they
have got. It is to them a matter of the slightest
consequence that the rallying word involves a
barefaced and transparent falsehood. We should
not have ventured to use a term so strong as this
had there been room for the slightest doubt or
hesitation. Mr. G. F. Young is still at liberty to
maintain that the country is fast sinking into decay
under the blighting effects of free trade. Mr.
Urquhart may from time to time astonish the House
of Commons with awful disclosures of the progress of
Russian bribery in high quarters. The existence of
the sea serpent is comparatively an open question,
and some day or other we may run a railway to the
moon. Given a certain amount of density of intellect, of
determined wrong-headedness, of tendency to mental
hallucination, and we are prepared for any logical
vagaries, for any depth of folly. There are, however,
positions which scarcely require a negative or afar-
' mative answer—such are those where an instant ap-
peal may be made to broad physical facts. 'What if
two men should stand in St. Paul's Churchyard, and
one should maintain that the existence of the cathe-
dral was a mere delusion—that there was no such
edifice in existence ? Such is the manner in which
Dr. Cullen deals with his facts. Surely Cardinal
Wiseman is a fact which can be readily verified by a
very short visit to Golden-square. Surely the Roman
Directory for the current year will give the names of
all our Roman chapels, with the styles and titles of
the ministering priests. Surely all ritual observances
rendered imperative by the liturgies or traditions of
the Roman .Church are celebrated without let or
hindrance from the Government of this country.
The priests administer their sacraments in their own
way—they confess their penitents—they anoint the
dying members of their church. They enforce the
prohibition regarding mixed marriages upon the
consciences of their devotees, although Protestants
may thus be made to feel the effect of what
Dr. Cullen called the other day, " all that is
base and filthy in the depths of bigotry and
intolerance." Surely it is but necessary to
enter any of the countless Roman chapels with
which the town is studded, and the most sceptical
may convince himself that the censers are as freely at
work as the most ardent zealot of the Roman Propa-
ganda could desire. We have Roman schools in
abundance—we have Roman nunneries more than in
abundance. We have Roman Peers—we have Roman
Members in the House of Commons. We have
' gatherings and synods of the Roman priesthood held
for the purpose of defeating Acts of Imperial Parlia-
ment, and hurling defiance in the teeth of the British
Sovereign. We find the chieftains of the Roman
priesthood in Ireland bespattering the Queen's Minis=
ters, in their published letters, with the rankest
abuse, and stirring up civil strife throughout the
country; and yet we are told that in this country the
Roman subjects of Queen Victoria are denied " a full
and free exercise of their religion." What then may
their religion be ? We do not, as we have already
stated, mention these facts with any expectation of
calling a blush of shame into the cheeks of the
Rotundo orators. But if it should at length
become necessary to put forth the strength of
the law against those who disregard its prohibi-
tions, at least for our own satisfaction let
us recal attention to the real facts of the
case. What is the specific grievance adduced
in support of Dr. Cullen's monstrous position ?
Simply this, that the dignitaries of the Roman
Church will not be allowed to flaunt about with titles
conferred upon them by a foreign Sovereign in defi-
ance of the Queen's prerogative something less than a
twelvemonth since. Law after law has been relaxed
or repealed, until the members of the Roman Church
are left as perfectly at freedom in all religious matters
as all other subjects of the British Crown. This,
however, is not enough. They now aim at sove
reignty and dominion. Let it not be forgotten that
many of the antiquated statutes against which so much
good declamation has been directed bear a very dif-
ferent character in the eyes of the historical student.
In the days of Elizabeth, in those of the second
Charles, and of his more ill-advised brother, a statute
against Romanism was much less an affair of religion
than a necessary precaution against the open attacks
or insidious intrigues of foreign Powers. But
things are altered since the time of Phillip 11., of
Cardinal Richelieu, and Louis XIV. We are happily
at amity with our French neighbours. No English-
man save a Spanish bondholder cares a fourpenny-
piece about the power of Spain. Thus it comes to
pass that when the necessity had apparently passed
away the law fell into desuetude. One by one every
important statute affecting the free exercise of the
Roman religion in this country has been shelved or
repealed. The consequence is what we see. The
country is to be handed over to political turmoil and
confusion in order that the Roman priesthood may
make good their pretensions to absolute dominion over
our liberties and consciences. Let it not be said that
we are overstating the case in order to make out a
point in our own favour. The proposition for abro-
gating the fundamental laws of the realm and for plac-
ing the English Crown upon the head of a Roman
Catholic has certainly not been the playful supposition
of a Protestant writer. It becomes our duty, as it is
the necessity of our position, to meet our antagonists
in time. If it be needful to enact a series of laws
which, may preserve the people of this country from
being seriously disturbed by the present crusade of
the Roman Propaganda, the fault lies at the doors
of the assailants. Nor when the struggle shall
have once commenced in good earnest between a
powerful Government and the emissaries of Rome,
have we any doubts as to a very speedy and very
satisfactory termination of the contest. When we
look back upon the political history of the last twenty
years, we find that upon two distinct occasions
menaces similar to the one recently hurled against us
from the Rotundo have been delivered in Dublin.
We have seen the gathering and the bursting of the
two bubbles of O'Connelism and Young Irelandism.
The patience and long suffering of the Government
were severely tested upon both occasions. They kept
the blow long in suspense. Long did they trust that
the theatrical tempest might blow over without
any active interference from the public authorities.
But when the time for action did arrive, it was but
necessary to stretch forth a hand, and the miserable
braggarts who had so long disturbed the country
were seen in their true light. When the nettle was
firmly grasped there was no sting. As it has been
before so it will be again immediately the strength
of the law shall be put forth. Cullenism is not one
whit a stronger plant than O'Connelism or Young
Irelandism. We would call the particular atten-
tion of the Rotundo orators to this significant fact,
that in public opinion the fault of the Ministerial
Act lay not in its strength but its weakness. It
would have been: much more easy for Lord John
to have passed a Bill through the Houses which
should have consisted of far more stringent proposi-
tions. Dr. Ullathorne contemplates as the ultimatum
of the British Parliament that he is to be permitted
perpetually to infringe the law upon the payment of a
certain amount of black mail. The levy is to be con-
tributed by the penny subscriptions of his congrega-
tion. Dr. Ullathorne, however, is miserably de-
ceived as to the intention and power of those whose
duty it will be to enforce obedience to the recent Par-
liamentary declaration. He will most certainly not
escape the consequence of his acts by a vicarious
penny martyrdom. There is now a principle at stake
of equal importance with the subject-matter of the
dispute, which is, whether an Act of the English
Parliament must be obeyed, or may be defied with
impunity.
ADVERTISER.—" What about Lord John
Russell's promised new Reform Bill ?" The ques-
tion is supposed to be put to the Noble Lord himself.
And if so, we are satisfied he is just as incapable of
answering it as we are ourselves. Depend upon it,
the Noble Lord has never bestowed a thought on the
subject, since the happy hour when the Queen an-
nounced to her faithful Commons, that they were dis-
charged from attendance on their legislative duties,
and were free agents to go where and when they
pleased. Lord John Russell has no heart for the
task of preparing a second Reform Bill. It is the
necessity of the case, not any love for the labour,
that made him make the promise he has done, to in-
troduce a new measure of legislative reform on the
re-assembling of Parliament. And tasks which cir-
cumstances force upon men, are never either under-
' taken heartily, 'or sooner than can be helped. The
evil day is deferred until the latest possible period
compatible with the performance of the duty under-
taken. We can, therefore, say with confidence, that
not only has Lord John Russell, down to the
present hour, not bestowed a thought on his new
measure of reform, but that be will not apply him-
self to the task for some weeks to come. But if the
Premier has hitherto voted the subject of Parliamen-
tary reform a bore, and will continue to do so until
stern necessity compels him to take the question into
no reason why the country
its best attention
consideration, that is
should not now,
without delay, give
in order that this may b
to it. And,e; done the
more effectually, let us repeat the advice we yester-
day gave, that all who have a right to have their
names inscribed on the list of electors for the next
twelve months, should take care that they prefer
their claims to have their names so entered this very
day. Monday is the last day on which it will be
competent for them to do so. But those who are in
a position to do it to-day, should not defer it until
Monday. It is a actund"raazini—one which squally
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