The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-16 00:00:00

BRISTOL RACES, IVEDArx.mi Y.

A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., for the produce of mares
covered by Sailor in 1831; with 20 sovs. added by the owner of
Sailor. One mile. Six subs.
Mr. England na. Westbury
Mr. J. Bayley's Bessy, 3 yrs 2
Mr. G. Ongley's Anne Jane Thornton, 3 yrs 3
The Westbury Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 20 added.
T. Y. C., about half a mile. Four subs.
Captain Williamson's Brookland 1
Mr. Harris's b. f. by Swap
The Clifton Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 20 added, 10 ft., and only
sif declared, &c. Two miles. Twenty-one subs.
Mr. W. Smith's Ganges, 4 yrs
Mr. J. H. Peel's Uncle Toby, 5 yrs

A match for 50 sovs., three quarters of a mile, Bst. each, was
won by Mr. Smith's Denbies, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Bristow's Pagoda.
The Claret Stakes of 10 sous. each, 3 ft., with 20 added. Gentle-

men riders. Four subs.
Mr. D. Ody's Cyclops, 6 yrs
Mr. Hewitt's Counsellor
Colonel Gilbert's Aldsworth
Won easy by a length.
The Bristol Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft., with 20 added by the
Tradespeople, for horses that never won a clear 501. at one time.
Heats one mile and a quarter. The winner to be sold for 80
sovs. Four subs.
Sir L. Glyn's b. c., Brother to St. Nicholas, 3 yrs 1 1
Mr. Holland's Tiara, 5 yrs
Mr. Thornhill's Lepidus, 3 yrs

Lord Brougham has just published " a Discourse
on Natural Theology."
JOHN KNOX'S CHURCH.—On Sundaylast at Aber-
deen this new church was opened by the Rev. A. L. Gordon.
There was a meeting of the Friends of the Church,
held in the Trades' Hall, Glasgow, on Friday.
April has exhibited more frosty nights, and within
the last few days, actually more ace than had previously ap-
peared during the whole course of the winter.
THE LORD MAYOR AND THE COMMON COUN-
ciL.—On Thursday a very large meeting of the Committee of
the whole Court of Common Council was held at. Guildhall,
in consequence of a requisition to the Chairman, signed by
nearly fifty members, to consider the propriety of adopting re-
solutions on the subject of the recent proceedings in the Court
of Common Council, and the best course to be pursued with
reference to the Reports of the Committee not yet considered
in that Court. After some animated speeches by Messrs.
Pritchard, Ould, Thompson, Peacock, and Figgins, the reso-
lutions were unanimously agreed to.
YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING) ELECTION.—
THE DRCI,ARATION.—WAKEFIELD, THURSDAY EVENING.
This morning having been appointed for the declaration of
the successful candidate, the electors of the various districts
continued to assemble here in large numbers from an early
period of the morning, although the state of the weather was
not by any means calculated to invite an open-air display ; so
early as eleven o'clock the friends of both candidates, how-
ever, began to assemble, and in the neighbourhood of the
hustings, their numbers continued to increase up to half-past
twelve o'clock, at which time Mr. Wortley, attended by a
number of his adherents, advanced up the main street, towards
the Court-house, preceded by a band of musicians and his
banner-bearers. When they arrived on the hustings, Lord
Morpeth and a numerous body of his friends arrived, and were
greeted with an unanimous shout of applause. At one o'clock
the High Sheriff, R. H. Roundhall, took his seat, and de-
clared George William Frederick Howard,
.commonly called
Lord Morpeth, to be elected to serve as Knight of the Shire
in the present Parliament for the West Riding of the county
of York. After speeches from Lord Morpeth and Mr. Wort-
ley, the meeting was dissolved, and Lord Morpeth was chaired
through the town, attended by a multitude of his friends
(amounting to nearly ten thousand), with the usual accompa-
niments of music and banners. He was afterwards entertained
at dinner by his supporters.
THE STRAFFORD PROPERTY.—The
newly-
created Lord Strafford does not possess any of the estates of
the last Earl of Strafford. The property of the former Earls
of Strafford is divided as follows :—George Byng, Esq., in-
herits Wrotham Park, and a share of the estates in Suffolk. Mr.
Byng's father married a daughter of Lady Anne Conolly, the
.eldest daughter of William, Earl of Strafford. Colonel Vyse
inherits a share of the estates in Suffolk, and his father mar-
ried the daughter of Lady Lucy Howard, the second daugh-
ter of the same Earl. Thomas Vernon Wentworth, Esq.,
inherits Wentworth Castle, in Yorkshire, a share of the es-
tates in Suffolk, and Stoke Park, in Northamptonshire ; and
his father, Mr. Vernon, was the son of Lady Harriet Ver-
non, third daughter of the same Earl. The last Earl of Straf-
ford was the nearest heir male to William, Earl of Strafford,
and, on the decease of his kinsman, succeeded to the title,
which, upon his death, became extinct, and the whole of
his property was left to Thomas Frederick Vernon Went-
worth, Esq., the present possessor of Wentworth Castle, in
Yorkshire.
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION.
—A meeting of the General Committee was held at the Ex-
chequer Coffee House, Palace-yard, on Friday, the 15th inst.,
11. B. Curteis, Esq., M. P., in the chair, supported by Lord
Somerville and the Members of the Committee. The Secre-
tary, H. F. Richardson, Esq., read a letter from Lord Robert
Grosvenor, expressing regret at his absence, which was occa-
sioned by indisposition. The Secretary then read the minutes
of the last meeting ; and reported that since their last meeting
various subscriptions had been received, and amongst them
very liberal sums from Lord Francis Egerton, Sir Charles
Broke Vere, M. P., the Countess of Darnley, R. H. Beau-
mont, Esq. M. P., E. Sheldon, Esq., Sir T. Turton, Bart.,
H. C. Sturt, Esq., M.P., N. R. Colborne, Esq., M.P., Colonel
Gore Langton, M. P., Sir W. Geary, Bart., M. P., Sir R.
Greisley, Bart., M.P., E. Bland, Esq., General Gardiner,
the Bishop of St. David's, Lady Campbell, &c. The .ii-
nouncement was received with great applause. A discussion
then took place as to the Society immediately extending its
operations, and after a lengthened discussion adjourned for
that purpose to Friday next, the thanks of the Meeting
having been voted to the Honourable Member for his kindness
in presiding,
MEMOIRS OP LORD BOLIN&BROKE.—" A life of
Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke," observes the Literary
Gazette, " has been long craved for by all those who hunger
and thirst after biographical literature. Not to them alone,
but teeming with interest and instruction to the whole com-
munity, is the investigation and analysis of the powers,
passions, principles, and impulses, of this great and extraor-
dinary man. The labour of collecting materials for the per
sonal history of any public individual during the reigns of
Queen Anne and George I. and 11. is of itself neither slight
nor agreeable. But glancitig over the testimonies furnished
by himself, and by such contemporaries as Dryden, Pope,
Swift, Prior, Gay, Voltaire, Lords Lyttleton, Ossory, and
Chesterfield, then comes the discovery that something more
than ordinary mind and facile pen is required to develope the
orbit, describe the brilliancy, and account for the irregularities
of that earthly comet, Bolingbroke." Mr. Wingrove Cooke's
Memoirs of this distinguished statesmaii, whom Pope charac-
terises as " the greatest writer of the age," will take its rank
among the most valuable works lately published.