The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

ale"1--It is time for you to "sound an alarm," and rouse the
vie:Ping Reformers to their duty. APATHY is the prevailing
nor of the liberals. No preparation is made for the coming
pill; We sleep, while our adversaries are awake.
witi,(lll east to west, from north to south, the empire resounds
but the stir •of the Tories' meetings, dinners, and addresses ;
ber of more deadly effect, SOCIETIES for increasing the num-
tit4-`3l. voters on the registers, and combining the energies, ac-
t,'tY, local knowledge, private influence, and purses of the
u,erle body of Tories.
tl, ePPuse this, we have—what? Have we one society for
W twenty? for their THIRTY ? for their FORTY?—NO I !
th: are content to repose on a vague generality—to trust to
desultory ener ies of our body---Look to Devon for the
result g •
we shall ultimately be beaten by a minority, if we don't
of ; and imitate the activity, energy, tactic, and discipline
ur adversaries--adversaries-in all those points immensely
ular superiors, though in all others our inferiors.
yorself, Sir,—Call on all liberals to form Clubs and
; teties you FOR THE PROMOTION OF CIVIL AND RILIGIOUS Rl-
inellltAvioN," and urge the creation of such Clubs and Societies
every County, city, town, village, and parish.
diate Y 1 About it ! about it !I I repeat, we must UNITE imme-
,or we are lost. Let us not despise our adversaries—
tuteY have with them the Court, the Peers, the Army, the
!`a
zgatherers, the parsons, the landlords, the saints—the base
oii weak, the ignorant—a mighty mass 1--to be conquered
Y bY Union! UNION!! UNION 111

SENEX.

,_the General Steam Naviaatiou Company's mail-
'
, 6"4et, the London Merchant, from Rotterdam, arrived off the
lista/a-House, at ten o'clock, A. M., May 10.
RACES.—At a public meeting of the in-
rixtants of Epsom on Thursday last the decision of their
f'u,°,l:Qmittee was approved and confirmed, not to proceed
tetruler in the negotiation with Mr. Briscoe, respecting the
th,,alB an which the races may continue to be held as usual on
, -•Psona. Downs. The meeting was of opinion that the
sitZleiet,a insisted on by Mr. Briscoe are exorbitant, and in-
ra,,,,`ect the Racing Committee to endeavour to make ar-
liirre•ents with the Lord of the Manor of Walton-on-the-
/34 *For holding the races, after the present year, on those
eproihi,r,t‘i'‘ltSi;a3niii.Vve.asha_niseinirineLy:bitieliismeysaa,didEe.asq:cew-hcoour(sleiedfaratsuhpiesricorhtaomtbheerpsrie.n-
-on Wednesday last, was the surviving son of
°4' as Linley, Esq., once proprietor with Garrick and with
Sheridan of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, and brother of the
R_alltiful and accomplished Mrs. Sheridan, whom Sir Joshua
Yriolds has immortalized by painting her portrait in the cha-
:ler of St. Cecilia, -although the design of that picture is
hlitlentlY borrowed from one, on the same subject, deposited
wiliT Museum at Bologna, painted by the divine Rapheal.
~1,1411/ Linley was a most humane and generous person ;
liost-'arity extended to the extremity of his means, which were
t r,
•-n and the good which he did in secret, by contributing
r Wants of those whom he knew, and of others who were
ineZ'annended to him, will long survive in the recollection of
pli by a grateful heart. Linley was himself highly accom-
,l far from an indifferent general scholar, and in music an
oefeaveplished artist. He was a member and one of the founders
fiConvivial club, established by the late James Perry, Esq.,
led the Old Drury Club ; Sir George Rose, the Judge in
f_ nkruptcy, and Mr. Dubois, the Barrister, both celebrated
Zv their wit and their epigramatic talents,- were likewise
dsaelates in this club. Linley undertook to set to music all
Popular songs in the plays of Shakspearei and to pro-
inetevi_a, new melody at each monthly meeting of the club,
stb men contribution he never' failed. These songs were
our atiently published, and dedicated to the members of the
-Ornry • we believe tey arc vow extremely scarce. He
Wa-sl. • •
irikewise the author of" The Honey Moon," a comic opera
7/Inced in 1797 ; " The Pavilion," a farce, 1799 ; " For-
(den Apartments," a novel in 2 WAS., 1800 ; " The Adven-
,i,.,,,e_s of Ralph Reybridge," a novel, 4 vols., 1809. Sonnets,
``es, and other poems, by Mr. Charles Leftley, together with
;short account of his life and writings ; to which are added a
o„"tieal collection, consisting of elegies, ballads, and sketches
various subjects, chiefly descriptive, written in India, and
asring a voyage to and from Madras, 1815. He went to India
a 'writer, but ill health obliged him to return, and he retired
4103T1/ a Pension granted by the East India Company, of about
`cabledy This sum, in addition to his own private fortune,
t him to live in the very best society, and to add likewise
hle the comfort of many indigent men of genius and science.
was a member of 'the Glee Club, the Catch Club, the
Lnelent Music, and nearly every musical establishment in the
metropolis. He was also a never-failing attendant at the
'hieman and Gentleman's Beef Steak Club, of which he was
°e of the oldest members. He was one of the founders of the
Carrick Club, to which he was warmly attached. He was
nearly seventy years of age. He was appointed Musical Di-
• rector at Drury-lane Theatre, with a salary, in 1796 ; and at
biz death he was a member of the Select Committee for the
management of its affairs.
°n Friday, about ten o'clock, Mr. Benjamin
'r,lsraeli was brought in a coach to Marylebone-office by Col-
taetti' an
officer of the establishment. It appears that Mr. Ben-
, a friend of Mr. O'Connell's family, had made an affidavit,
;), the effect that a breach of the peace was contemplated by
D'lsraeli, who intended,Bennett) verily he-
'll-eyed' to engage with Mr. Morgan O'Connell in a duel. A
%arrant was accordingly issued (as were also two others of
boetjame nature against Messrs. John and Maurice O'Connell,
// "Ltd' whom were on Tuesday evening held to bail by Mr.
of°s), and placed in the hands of Collard, who, for want
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with knowledge of Mr. D'lsraeli's place of abode, together
other requisite particulars, was unable to secure him until
Nol"y morning, when he met with him at his residence,
coa:.l, Park-street, and brought him away to the office in a
to kee Mr. Hoskins, the sitting magistrate, held him to bail
.1 main p the peace towards all his Majesty's subjects for the re-
tzt,' 2507 .der of the year : himself in 5001., and two sureties in
tt4t4 each._ Sir F. Sykes, of Upper Grosvenor-street, and
tmmett of Davies-street, Berkeley-square, offered them-
leftettrosecCtitieos,baendvehavingl7 accepted the parties then