The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-25 00:00:00

CURRAGH MEE77NG, TURSD4Y, APRIL 21.

King's Plate of 130 gs. for mares ; three yrs old, 7st. 71b. ; four
yrs, Sst. 71b. ; five yrs, 9st. lib. ; six yrs, and aged, 9st. 41b.
Four miles.
Mr. Hunter's ch. f. Lupin, three years old, gst. 71b... 1
Mr. Jackson's Summerhill, 3 yrs...

Mr. Dickson's Fiction, 4 yrs
Mr. Lang's Zinc, by Zealot, 3 yrs ; Lord Miltown's Lodola, 4
yrs; Mr. Pottinger's Dame Quickly, 3 yrs; Mr. V. Blake's Cheat,
4 yrs ; Mr. Disney's Brace, 4 yrs, did not start. Won in capital
style.
Madrid Stakes of 25 sot's. each, for two yrs old. Old Two-yr-old

Course. Second horse to save his stake.
Mr. Hunter's Emu, 7st. 101 b W. O'Brien 1
Lord Milltown's gr. c. Argirio, 2 yrs, Est. Mb ...... ... 2
Mr. nynes's Barefoot, Bst. 61b - 3
Mr. Ferguson's The Colonel, Bst. 2110
Six others started but were not placed, and three others did not
start.

BETTING IN THE COUNTRY, APRIL 23.
CIIESTER TRADE Cur, P. P.
3 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime (offered)
11 to-2 agst Lord Westminster's Abbas rolirza,offered (6 to 1
taken)
6 to 1 agst Sir J. Gerard's Manchester (taken)
8 to 1 agst Mr. G. Cook's Red Rover
9 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Lucinda (taken)
12 to 1 agst Mr. Wheel4on's Giovanni
13 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Nell Gwynne (taken)
16 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Solon
18 to 1 agst Mr. F. R. PAce's Buccaneer
20 to 1 agst Mr. Nanney's Rateatchet (taken)
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Young Tarragon (taken)
25 to 1 agst Mr. R. Turner's Fearnhurst (taken)

SUN EXPRESS.—We were on Monday, on the ar-
rival of the mail, favoured by Messrs. Rutherglen & Co. with
an Express edition of The Sun, containing the proceedings
in the House of Commons on Saturday night till the hour of
adjournment. The newspaper Fess is under the greatest oh-
ligations to the proprietors of The Sun for their exertions me:
this and similar exciting occasions during the portion of the
Parliamentary session just terminated.—Glasgow Free Press
of Wednesday.
We have to express our acknowledgements to
Messrs. Smith and Co. Edinburgh, for the Second Edition of
The Sun, containing the official list of the New Ministry, and:
a full report of the proceedings in both Houses on Saturday.
For their indefatigable exertions on forwarding expresses, and
transmitting intelligence through the country, the 'proprietor
and agents of The Sun are entitled to the best thanks ui the
community and the press.—Aberdeen Advertiser.
MRS. SHELLEY'S NEW NOVEL, "
We cannot, observes the Morning Post, better embody our
opinion of this new work, by the author of " Frankenstein"
than by saying that it seems to us a softened reflection of the
elevated and ennobling philosophy of one of the most original
thinkers and eloquent writers of his own, or, indeed, of any
day—the author of the " Thoughts on Man," whose burning-
eloquence Mrs. Shelley would seem to have inherited, and
with whose pure and generous philosophy her pages are deeply
imbued. The delineation of the varieties of female character,
their origin, and their influence, is exquisitely drawn, and
more than one of the portraits is equal, in expression and ira
finish, to any with which we are acquainted.
Three bills drawn from abroad on the Treasury in
Downing-street, and duly accepted, were presented yester-
day at the Bank and refused payment, the answer of the clerk
to the party presenting them being "no effects." In a few
minutes notice was sent to the owner of the bills that if again
presented they would be paid, which was done in the course of
the afternoon. This is all that has transpired on the subject,
but mucii conjecture has naturally been exercised on so remar-
kable an event .?.s a stoppage of payment on the part of the
Government, which is, according to mercantile usage, the true
character of the affair. A refusal to pay on such grounds can
bear no other interpretation. The owner of the bills might
not have been found after the first ,:ender for payment; he was
not bound, at all events, to pi event .'!lern. again ; and they
might have been noted for non-payment, as .in the instance of
any insolvent trader. The prevailing c6njecture on the matter
is, that owing to the late factious proceedings in Parliament,
the portion of the supplies to which these bills refer has not;
been voted ; that the clerk at the Bank desk could make no
other reply until he had reported the case to the Board of
Directors, and that they have determined to take .up the billsn
though not strictly regular to do so, rather than suffer so awk-
ward a circumstance to transpire as the non-payment of drafts.
on the Treasury. In itself, owing to the smallness of the sun:
it is a matter of no importance, but as an indication of the con-
sequences likely to follow, if the struggle of parties in the
House of Commons is allowed to suspend the essential business
of the country, it is highly worthy of public notice.—Morn-
ing Paper.
COUNSEL FOR PRISONERS.—III the course of a
trial in the Crown Court at the Gloucester Assizes Mr. Watsoia
said he hoped that Counsel for prisoners would soon have the,
right of addressing the Jury. Mr. Justice Parke replied, " I
hope and trust they never will ; it will be the ruin of counties
—the expenses will be enormously increased—business wilt
never be got through—and it will be the worst thing that ever
happened to them. At present the Judges (we the Counsel
for the prisoners, which they would then cease to be. I hope
that I shall always, as I have done, carefully watch over the in-
terests of the accused."
LORD BOLJNGBROKE.—WitII the exception of a.
brief memoir by Goldsmith, no account we believe, has yet:
been given of the life of St. John, (the celebrated friend of
Pope, and rival of Harley,) Earl of Oxford. It is a defect ira
modern literature, that no adequate biography of so distin-
guished a statesman, philosopher, and man of the world should.
exist. The announcement of a new and circumstantial me-
moir will therefore be hailed with welcome. The period st
which Lord Bolingbroke lived was one of the most eventful
modern history ; so that, independently of the interest arising;
from the main subject of the work, its pages will present nu-
merous sketches of the famous contemporaries of St. John.
THE HON. MRS. NORTON'S NOVEL.—We are
requested to state that the Hon. Mrs. Norton's Novel, " Th 4.2
Wife and Woman's Reward," will be published on Wednesday
next by Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-
square. Agents for Ireland, J. Cumming, Dublin ; for Scot-
land, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh.
DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.—About
ten days ago, a person of the name of Stewart, formerly ia
the revenue service, in a thoughtless frolic, swung a cat fr./
the tail ; the animal turned upon his hand and tore it. The,
arm soon after swelled considerably, and the unfortunate malt
afterwards showed symptoms of hydrophobia. He was takers
to the hospital, where every attention was paid to his afflictinp;
case, but nothing could save his life, and he died on Saturday
morning.—Belfast Chronicle.
ESCAPE FROM HUNTINGDON PRISON.
Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, John Gunton, ono
of the prisoners, under sentence for an assault, in the county
gaol,. contrived to make his escape from the prison. He was,
within a few minutes after gaining his liberty, pursued by thl
turnkey and others ; but, having the start of them, contrived
to keep a-head, and, passing over the enclosures between the
gaol and Hertford, took the bank of the river, and continues!
his course towards St. Ives, where Cole and another assistant
joined in the pursuit. Finding himself hotly pressed, an!
with little chance of escape except by sonic desperate effort,
he plunged into the river at a deep and broad part, and swam
across, and thus succeeded in baffling his pursuers for a time.
He was last seen in the Fens near Romsey, and it is to be
hoped will soon be brought back to his old quarters. He is a
bargemen of St. Ives, 24 years of age. His term of impri-
sonment had nearly expired. A reward is offered for his ap.
prehension..:—Cambridge Chronicle.
MAGNOLIA SOULANGEANA.—A remarkably fine
specimen of this beautiful plant may now be seen in the be.
tanic garden of Messrs. Crowder, opposite Christ Church. It
presents about 250 flowers, is in height about five feet, and his
stood in the air open unprotected during a period of five years.
—Doncaster Gazette.