The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-15 00:00:00

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the 13th, was another length-
ened and cold debate on the Australian Colonies
Government Bill ; which was read a third time, and
passed.
On Tuesday debate on two Metropolitan Water-
works Bills, which were negatived on the second
reading. The first, which proposed a supply of water
from Artesian wells, was opposed on the ground of
inexpedience. The other, which proposed to derive a
supply from the Thames, involved the unsettled ques-
tion of, first, whether water is to drink, and secondly,
whether it is to wash with. It was stated there were
mills, which, if the citizens drank, they might drink
dry; and therefore it appeared to be settled that the
citizens ought not to drink, still less to wash. The
House is waiting for some twenty Members to accept
the Hundreds of the grave, and then it will begin to
apply itself to the sanitary question.
On the.sarne day was brought on the motion for re-
turning to an Eight Shillings Duty on Foreign Corn.
It was not so worded ; but this was declared, with all
the precision of which language is capable, to be
the meaning of its supporters. The defence of
the Free-Traders was exactly what might be supposed
to have resulted from putting the enemy into com-
mand. Speaker after speaker came forward,' to make
the most wounding admissions which half-informed
advocates could stumble into. Nothing was absent
which could indicate prostration of power or nullity
of argument. The attack, on the ether hand, was
conducted with the greatest ability and vigour, the
' as they assailed the pastive party, 'Which imitated the
13.01Naheitordinary powers
speakers appearing to rise a
patient animal that turns its- croup to the storm,
and says in dumb action, " Pelt away." The
' impression on an accidental hearer must have been,
that if superiority in argument was concerned, the
Corn-Laws must be fully restored in six months. The
scene was not altered, till the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer rose ; and he made some telling hits, on the
evidences of increasing and not decreasing prosperity
since the change. The Member for the West Riding
followed with some caustic attacks on his opponents,
which is the direction in which his great strength
lies. But nobody touched the main points of the
question. There was contest at great length, whether
this or that prophecy agreed with the present price of
wheat, and whether an East wind or a West
wind brought the greatest quantity of corn
to market. But nobody touched your ques-
tion, which is whether the foreign trade of
Bradford is to be put down to serve the land-owners.
Those who by the, custom of the House are allowed
to speak on important questions, would not do it ; and
those who would have done it, were not allowed. The
House of Commons, like language, is for the conceal-
ment of ideas. The inference from it to you and
others, is not to look to the House of Commons but
to the Free Trade Hall. There is no room for reasons
in the other place, or at all events none for yours.
The division, of 298 to 184 against the motion,
showed pretty clearly the disposition of the present
House. In the mean time the opponent goes on
triumphantly and scarcely opposed, to lay his founda-
tions for better prospects in the next. Of all inex-
plicable things the most mysterious, is why the Free
Traders after carrying their cause before the country
once by sheer argument, should thus recall their ene-
mies to life and power, by refusing to take advantage
of the splendid opportunity presented in the House of
Commons to such of them as have the liberty of
speech

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, 15th May, 1850.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon.
Alexander Gordon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Prin-
cess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took their accus-
tomed exercise yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham
Palace.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen visited
his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday.
The Countess de Neuilly, the Prince de Joinville, and
the Duke d'Aumale visited ,her Majesty the Queen of
the Belgians yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also visited the
Qut en of the Belgians yesterday.. ,
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with her pre-
sence yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness was
attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James
Murray.
It is understood that the Court will proceed to Os-
borne, Isle of Wight, on Wednesday, the 22d of May,
and will not return to Buckingham Palace until Tues-
day, the 18th of June ; and that the christening of the
intent Prince will be solemnized on Saturday, the 22d of
June. Drawing rooms will be held on Thursday, the
20th of June, and Tuesday, the 9th of July ; and a
Levee on Wednesday, July the 3rd. It is also under-
stood to be her Majesty's intention that state balls shall
take place on Wednesday, the 2Gth of June, and on
Wednesday, the 10th July ; and concerts on Monday,
the Ist of July, and Monday, the 15th of July.
A deputation of Irish Members, to press upon the at-
tention of the Home Secretary the necessity of consi-
derably extending the jurisdiction of the Assistant-Bar-
risters' Courts in Ireland, and placing the Assistant-
Barristers as much as possible upon an equal footing
with the County Court Judges of England, by abolish-
ing fees, and substituting payment by fixed salary, had
an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the
Home-office. The deputation consisted of Sir William
Somerville, Mr. French, Mr. W. Fagan, Mr. James.
Fagan, Mr. Boyd, Sir T. O'Brien, Sir L. O'Brien, Mr.
Grace, Mr. Sullivan, Colonel Dunne, Colonel Rawdon,
The O'Gorman Mahon, Lord Naas, Mr. Grogan, Mr.
O'Flaherty, Mr. Scully,lColonelChatterton,Mr.Herbert,
Mr. Keogh, Mr. Lawless, Sir Thomas Burke Hon. H.
Cole, Mr. H. Hamilton, Colonel Taylor, Sir Arthur
Brooke, Mr. P. Somerset Butler, Mr. George Hamilton,
Mr. James Hamilton, and Major Blackall.
Mr. Ker Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada,
had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Co-
lonial-office.
Mr. Hugh Adair had an interview with the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday at the office of the Board
of Trade.
A deputation from the Chester and Holyhead Railway
Company, consisting of Mr. Kinnaird, Sir Charles
Douglas, Mr. Mangles, Mr. Glyn, and Mr. Swift, had an
interview yesterday with the Commissioners of Rail-
Plaarmrdano'
ways, at the Board of Trade.
The Finance Committee of the Commission for the
of
and
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Colonel. G i b
Exhibition of 1851, consisting of Earl Granville, Lord
Reid, R.E., Chairman of the Executive Committee, was
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also present.
The Building Committee of the Royal Commission
for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday, in the New
Palace of Westminster. There were present—Mr.
Cubitt, Mr. Barry, Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. C. R.
Cockerell, Mr. Brunell, and Mr. T. L. Donaldson. Mr.
Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Commission, was
in attendance. Colonel Reid and Mr. Digby Wyatt
were present.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American Colo-
nies; and also from the Governor of Gibraltar.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday afternoon, for the purpose of the Judge of the
High Court of Admiralty giving judgment on an appeal
from Bengal, " Grant v. the Chief Justice of Bengal."
The Master of the Rolls and the Chancellor of the Duchy
of Cornwall were present, and Sir Edward Ryan sat as a
Privy Councillor.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, for three years
old, and upwards. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.)
rßs,eBllset, 71b4yrs, ..(Bartholomew) 1
Smirr.Gw.
iGgrearmar,ds'sßJeeasut,i!riy
Bst 51b
Mr. W. Cotton's c by the Nob, 3 yrs, 6st 71b
Betting—Even on Jest, who won very easily by a
length and a half. Run in 1 min 11 Am
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each two years old, 6st
121 b; and three, Bst 12lb; fillies and geldings allowed
31b; the v. inner to be sold for 100 sovs., if demanded,
&c. First half of Ab. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Watson's Nineveh, 2 yrs ..•••..........(E. Sharp) 1
Lord Exeter's Visite, 3 yrs (Flatnian) 2
Betting-11 to Bon Nineveh. Won by a neck. Run
in 52 sec.
Match 100, h ft. Yearling Course.
Duke of Bedford's Mahratta, Bst '7lb (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Ramsbottom's lole, 7st 121 b ......... (Flatroan) 2
Betting-11 to Bon Mahratta. Won by half a length.
Run in 21 sec.
Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies,
Bst 41b. R. M.
Mr. Thomas's Royal Hart .......... (Abrahams) 1
Mr. Dolt's Wansdyke .............................. (Petit) 2
Mr. E. Batson's King of Cymry ............... (R. Sly) 0
Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux
Mr. Ford's Garforth .................. (Bartholomew) 0
Lord Exeter's Preslaw ..................... (Flatman) 0
Mr. Freeman's Impression (Rogers) 0
Betting-2 to lon Bordeaux.
Royal Hart and Wansdyke made the running jointly
into the Ab. M. bottom, where Royal Hart took the
lead, kept it to the end, and won by a length, Bordeaux
and Garforth were close up. Run in 1 tnin. 48 sec.
Fifty Pounds, for three years old, 6st 21b; four, Bst;
five, Bst 71b; six and aged, Bst 12lb; the winner to be
sold for 200 sous., if demanded, &c. T.M.M.
Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 6 315 (F. Butler) 1
C910n91 reel' Van, 4 yrs . (VIIIDAD) 2