The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-28 00:00:00

SPORTING.-ItECEIVED THIS DAY.

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DURDIAM RACES, 1828.

R.,l4:.Sitarro, Esq. W. C. HARLAND, Esq. ROBERT
,Pytricami, Esq. Mayor,of Durham, Stewards.

Mr‘ EGG tErrox, Clerk of the coitrse.
F.A.urrii APalL25.—,--The Sliver Cup,; !value 50 .guineas,
.kr,a siAlseription of Si.. with, with 401. added. by the
-Town, for horses, Br.c. that never vtui. 100. guineas at
any one time in Plate or Stake before the, Osor, pf Rattling.
Two.
Tw mile Leas.
31r. GOlderA's br. c. Robin flood, by BlackloCk 1
Lord Relburn's ch. fi Mystery, by *iskei 2
Mr.; Skipsey'igr, ct. Dicky Walkingtoiii, by Revenue 3 3
t ' Seien

Mateh.—Mr. G. Sarvin's tn. Hag, by Soothsayer
6 yrs, biat Mr. C. Hatiand's' b. to. Julia, by Don Juan,
'for 5(1 save.: One tulle.'

The Smiddy Haugh Stakes, of 7 guineas each, 'for horses,

: riot thorough-bred. Irwo miles. .
•
Mr. Wetheiall's .e. g. by the Laird '...t.-- ' I
134. Hudson's b. ru.' Miracle . • :,•,‘:i..t. 2
I.4'l%Armitage's b. f. ),,ililk•Maid, by Cotton
1 „.; ... , : , . Four drawn. ,-, ...• ;
:S#TUAPAY, APRIL 20.7—Fifty Pounds, given.. by the Metn-
, help! for the county, for, all ages. Tbrce,ralle bearo..
Mr. 09ideO78 br. c. Robia,liood, by Iliad:lock ...- 1 I
Mr. AttwOod'i b. m.'DiOne, by Comus
Mr: JaCkson's b. 1. Mary Anne, by Frolic 4 3
'Mr. airnell's br. h. by Walton
Eight drawn.

—.Match: —Mi. Laiyaurn's br. m. Gentle Kitty, beat Mr,
W.' Kirby'e m. 'Fair kilo, for 2i5 goys. each. .TwO

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TOM SPRING AND SAMPSON.

• " TO Tar EtuTOß` Or )312EL'S LIFE', Il LONDON.

answer to Sainpaisn'sletter °Haat Sunday, I
(het leave to address myself to' you, as I =lour, he dues not
understand common sense, and I know be cannot .write
plain English, In the first place,. he acknowledges dial
lenging me; , and says. be meant. fighting,, and, that his.
friends are willing to back him-for. 500/. (which by the
'bY would suit the.much better 'than tet)/.).; but,.forsome
reasons best known to hinself, he concluder by saying, he
*ill not 'fight- again, Militia' 'he should, like me, be
cleaned out." 'Now, if he will stake as mach 'money as I
will; and it. shall be all' my own (litit it will takeall he has
got and a good many of his friends to muster it), I will
fight him for the- whole; and I will then soon "clean
hirn:Out." • He will then be left in the' same situation he;
was formerly, when' he. 'used to attend Dudley-and •Stonr-
bridge.fairs..A.s,for his asking who I ever fought, I will;
not answer such a ridiculous question; the world knows
what I haVe done, and, I would rather they were my
judges than Sampson. 4ut if he dare meet me in the
Ring, I will convince him that I have, and can, always
beat better men than he is. He speaks of something
said at the Woodman. What I said there I spoke to his
fate ; I did say he had used me like a blackguard, and was
afraid to fight me; I say so still, and the world are now
convinced of it. He says he can be backed, but will not
fight ; this, think, needs no comment.' I cannot forbear-
calling to, his remembrance, that when he has been cleaned
out, a long way from home, I have provided hiin with the
needful to carry him back. This was not the first time by
..many it Occur' red four years ago last Doncaster Races ;
and,4SFertune has now smiled upon him and frowned
•uPiiii use (as he says); perhaps he will be so kind as to fora
'card me the principal,' at least; of the sum I advanced
" When' lie speaks' of Ward, he reminds me of a
school-boy, when struck by another, he begins crying and
:Says, " 1 will fetch my big brother to 'you,"l but if Ward
had acted to me as Sampson di I, I should have done the
same by him. He accuses me of acting wrong in. the
Ring, but he forgot to say in what respect. I defy him
Or any person to say I did wrong. He also says, I wanted
to bring it to a, wrangle. If that had been my object, I.
'bad a very good chance when he struck me—not' once nor
twice, but thriee.; had I returned it, it Would soon have
-put a stop to'the fight.
I think; Mr. Editor, I haie, answered quite enough of
Mr. Sampson's scurrilous language; but when he speaks
of chastising me, I pity his weakness, and I. would have
him take care that chastisement does not fall upon himself;
for the first time I meet hini, IWill put the toe of my boot
against his Seat (not of honour—no, no, ,Mr. Editor, he
has, none about him), but it shall be where it will raise his
heart, for I know that lies extremely low.
I hope, Mr. Editor, you will pardon me for taking up
so much. room in your, valuable. paper, but I assure -you I
will not trouble you, again ;. unless Mr. Sampson chooses
to come forward ivith his money likes main, I shall not
condeicend to take 'the least notice Of any thing he may
'ssy.aiter this. • ' •‘
• c I am, Sir, your obliged, ' •

THOMAS WINTER SPRING.
Hereford, April 24, 1828.*

TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta—Permit me, through Your columns, to suggest
one or two hints on the subject of the repeal ofthese Acts,
so pertinaciously and' unexpectedly resisted in a certain
august Assembly. •
. The sole object of the various amendments is either to
tlefeat the Bill altogether, or to render it unacceptable to
the parties proposed to be relieved,, by clogging it With in-
jurious' and vexatious conditions. ' That this course, if
allowed to he in' any degree successful, will be 'Atha preju-
dicial to the true' interests of the Church of England,
will, I think, be apparent on a moment's investigation.
1. Without diminishing the real power of the Dissen-
ters, it will increase their hostility to the Church, and fur-
nish.them with a bond of union against it.
2. Itwill,league the Dissenters indissolubly with the
Catholics and with the Whigs, from .a conviction that
their just claims cannot be secured without a simultaneous
and determined movement. • •
3. It wilt attaCh`to the Cause Of "dissent 'all-enlightened
ChUrchmen, who, however disposed to support the Church
fiberOrfitineipliii, willl nthitintifel)ll, ibittdoilehe'rt ranks,
&Ste is made the instrument of the:political persecution of
One half of the empire. • •
.4. It will thus destroy the only true and available secu-
rity of, the Church, the esteem of the people, substituting
in its place the illusory one of parchments and cunningly
contrived declarations and disqualifying statutes, which
will only serve to lull her friends to sleep till her enemies
muster' sufficient force for her Overthrow:
`rtruSi that these and similar considerations will so weigh
'upon the minds of the Bench of. Bishops as to lead to the
-conviction that, as the principle of concession is yielded,
it is the" interest of the Church to concede as liberally and
gracefully as possible. If the Church be surrendered to
the protection of those legal sophists who know of no se-
curity but that of Acts of Parliament, she will ere long
vanish from the earth like a dream, from having no hold
cu the mind of the community ; but if she can adapt her
institutions to the age, and abandon every trace of that in-
toleriiiice which is in truth only a source of weakness, her
existence may be coeval with that of the empire, of which
she might be, and ought to be, ,at once the greatest bless-
ing and the brightest ornament.=—l am, Sir, your's,
1 Friday Morning, April 25. JUSTINIAN.

,A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday
_afternoon at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which was
attended by. the Duke of WriamiwroN, Earls BATHURST
and.. DUHLEy, Viscount PALMERsTON,• Lord ELLEN-
BaRCUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Mr. Secretary BUSIZIS-
sON, Mr. CHARLES GRANT, the CHANCELLOR' of the Ex-
CHEQUER, and Mr. BERATES. The Ministers assembled
between four and five o'clock, and sat in deliberation about
two hems.

A meeting of the Lor& of Trade and'Planta-
dons was iteid on Saturdaymorning, at the office of the
Board of Trade, Whitehall : the. Duke of WELT4NGTON,
Earl -BATHURST, Lord MARYBOROIIpIf, Mr. Secretary
ItustosON, Mr. ITEaatEs, Lord BEXLEY, and Mr. AR-
JiuTHSQT, attended the meeting.

The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Connell had a meeting► on Saturday morning, at
were, the MASTER of the RotLs, the Right lion. HUGH
at the Council-office. The Lords present
'Seli°rekll'Esoor RUSSELL, and Lord EuxLEv. The,
entered on their Lordships' list for judgment. The next
" Nanchiar v.. Satooputty.,P. (from Madras) was
eacElapersepEorlll°tva4t that of "Des Rivieres v. the Royal Institution
of Lower Canada." In this case there is a dispute respect-,
ing some estate left by .person of the name of Des
Rivieres to the Royal Institution of Lower Canada, on
condition, that within ten nears the Trustees of that Insti.
niacin should establish a University, the question at issue
being, whether the trustees have a right to the land pre-
vious to..the expiration of the ten years. The knoaxtv.
GENERAL, Mr. PARK, and othei Counsel, were heard at
great length on the part of the appellants. The cases of
Lanegy v. Cost," (from Demerara), and 4, Blanchard v.
Robertson," (from the Cape), were the next appeals heard
by their Lordships.--Shortly before four o'clock their
Lordships adjourned.

The Count de l'A;..ctTniA, the Spanish Mini-
Viseotint ITABATANA, the itrazilian Minister, had
interviews with the E 431 of poormr on Siturday, at the
'office of the •Seeketitfy'orSiatelir;eoreign