The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES.—Wzmqrsnar, Seep. .‘,?,0.
The Foal Stakes of 100 MM. each, for three-yr-olds. One mile
And a half. (6 subs.)
Mr. llouldsworth'a hr. f. Fanny Davies, by Rho da Puts I
Lord Milton's b..c., Tickhill, by Caftan, Orr;Dins
Four paid—Tarrare could not start, owing to hit haring by
some means got a trifling lameinus yesterday.
The Doncaster Club Stakes of 50 soya. each. Two utiles. (6 subs.)
Lord Kelburne's eh. c. Actaion, by Scud
Lord Fitzwilliam's br. h.' Plorismart, by Amedis
Four paid.---,11 to tit on Acteon.
Itour-yr-old Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, 20 ft. St. Leger
Course. (4 subs,)
Lord DtudingtOu's b. c. Memnon, by Whisker walked over.
Three paid.
The All-age Stakes of 'lO imvs. each, with 25 added, by the Cor-
poration. St. Leger Course.
Lord Ke%um's ch. f. Purity, by Octavian, 4 yrs ' I
Lord Scarborough's ch, c. Conjuror, by the Juggler, 3 yra... 2
2 to I on the loser.
Ref Ore the Races, Euiton (hr. e.), 3 yrs old, by Rinaldo. out
of sister to Oriana, who, it will be' recollected was disqualified
running for the St. Leger, by the death of his owner, Sir W.
Gerard, Was this day brought to the hammer by Mr. Boultun, in
the court-yard belonging to ant immediately behind the original
betting-rooms, French-gate, and knocked down to Mr. White
for 600 guineas. 1-1 e is in the Gold Cup of to-morrow. A bay
colt, 3 years old, by Rinaldo, DaM by young Chariot, out of
Vanguard, wart bought by Mr. Tattersall,' for 101) guineas.
The tickets for the grand stand, although not so productive 11%
14st year, have sold pretty well at the original betting rooms, and
other places.appomted for the sale of them, at one guinea for
to Week"; the proceeds tip to thoi St. Leger amounted to between
anal 1,600 guineas. The sale of horses ench morning have
been pretty well attended by sporting men, it. being arranged
that they should be'hrotight opposite the original betting rooms,
as at Newmarket.
We hare hitherto omitted to mention the. FitfWallii, Wit. ROI..
otefli, Es q., and the
tt(1;0e
trvlßLnw.
,Cjitidlio.,eckr,utiwtohor
tgria.vmeoarro(rvio,ldat(l.,7ll4.itt,
is expected to produce excellent sport. These gentlemen have
been indefatigable, anti notwithstanding the weather and other
circumstances have been against them, have fully realised the
anticipatiOna of the risitors.

LEICtSTER RACES.--*E'rsNass)ay, Nary. 2ti,
The Gold Cup of 100 strvs. Three times round.
Earl Grey isarned, b. et (lain
Mr. Tornea's b. b. sit. Cray
Mr. Platens ch. h. Conviction

....
The Beiroir Stakes of 5 enve, each, with 20/ added hy the Duke
of 'Rutland. heats, twice round.
Mr.. Mattel's hi. Veseley' 1 2 1
Mr. 'Spriggee hr. g. Why-not 3 1 2
Mr. Cross's hr. g.

The Gentlemen's Plate of .50/. Heats, twice round.
Mr. Yates's gr. rn. Fills de Joie
Mr. Tomes's hr. g. Tripoli
51r. Ltwas's gr. a. Cricketer
Mr. Ileariliworth's hr. c. Cymon
Rweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Twice round.
Duke of Rutland named hr. f. Arachne
Lord Grey's gr m. File de Joie, S yrs
The Yeennatiry Plate of 60gs., given by Col. Keck and the or-
ricers of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. Beat., twice
' round.

Mr. T. "Beaumont's' ch. g. Kangaroo I I
' Mr. Denman', b. g.; The Marquis 2
Mr. ;Waver's hr. g. Candidate . 3 4
Mr. liatumliawie b. in. imabellu 4 Nis.
The Burgess's Plato of 1001. /bate, three tinor, round
Mr. fleary'a br. e. ArneLne ... I I
Mr. Lueatea b. c. Cricketer
Air. Tonumea b. h. Si,' Grey. 8 3
TILE NIA.ILKE'rB.

cORW.EXCIi AN(.llllL(Tuts DAY).
' There is a very gond. t4uppy this week of English Wheat awl
Muni, very few Oatk, but nbuudatwit of that article frinu abroad.
Wheat is very dull of sale, at hardly Ati good prices as Monday.
Barley At liresent meets scarcely any buyers. beans anti Noe
:inaltered. (leas were very dull, at prices hardly equal to tIE
of Lit Monday. In Plour no alteration from Monday.

Aug .
Irish . .
roreigii

Alt RIVALS.
Wheat. 1 Barley.
14800 qrs. , 2,340 qrs.

flair . Flout..
MO titx. :6, VW e;1 d
HO I-- ......--
4,1410 , ,

2,760

Thi's s'ilpply of
Beasts; for the Most part, of the :middling. and itti'!orior quitlities,
and a full average number of Simpul..zonbts Calves, and, .Pigs
prime Beef and Mutton, with Pork; eXperienved u ilittk, Mid-
dling and inferior Beef Ittittbn a very Mill, sate, at little, if
-twos —um, ant.
axiy variation frdm Monday,slaotationa, ..1; s t
Vell'reeetlesl from 2d. to 4sh.per.stone.
'emosts. rim SI4P" 4,1 r /41 SINE. OFFAI.s.
we. d. s. d. too. d.
Y E 3
2att If,4,4l;4ltgerag'loe'coars74:4"arle.'4l2k'Oltuves.'.. q"
3tl
Pr10*40".4""- """ 4 't H Lilly I I
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sinestlairt: Old)
4 ,1•1,',180
455 u
ill'rre24:rao4:te'ru4Al 4 utlB47)!l.Ttlitrr 6a71.11:
„lot gigdily, ertl OM a drug.
*Hirt As Prtli. 8 S"TATV:dr.'N'r.
I Shop and Ladd.N. Calves. I '
MAW 251

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NEW(iATE ANI) LEADVNIRLI, MARKIag.
At perstotte, by the Carcase,.
L• d, tit 1. ti. N. d. tut, it
Beef ... 1 0 4 1 VPit)
Mottett ~,,,..,,,,,....,•,... R. U 4 4 Pork ' 3IQ ei 4
110 e.,..,,,.....,,...,,,,, 3M,'44, b) or t-‘l,

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Lord Bathurst, in the spring of the: present year,
addressed a letter to the Governor of Demerara, quot-
ing that, resolution -of-the House of Commons hi 1823;
which stated the general views of Parliament with re
,
gard to the necessity of giving freedom to the Negroes,
and specified also the indispensable conditions of the
grant—namely, that it should be conferred « at the
earliest period which shall be compatible with the
well-being-of the slaves themselves, with the 'safety of
the colonies, and with a fair and, equitable considera-
tion of the interests of private property." We do not
hesitate. to say that negro , liberty established in de-
fiance of any one of the above conditions, would be a
crime against all 'humane and upright policy, and a
disgrace to every English subject (except the poor
ignorant blacks themselves) who lent himself to such
an undertaking. The gradual and innoxious eman-
cipation of the slaves cannot, as it seems to us,
be more beneficially prorrioted by removing all need-:
less obstacles from the practice of individual manu-
missions, whether those obstacles proceed from the
poverty of the deserving slave, or from the undue
repugnance of the master to release him. It is, of
course, quite obvious that the mere impatience of a
slave for freedom cannot be held forth as lawful
ground for the acquisition -of it, through any interfer-
ence of the King's Government, or:of the local autho-
rities. Nor ought personal merit, however conspicu-
ous, to be in itself 'universally a paramount qualifica-
tion. The slave must (in general) have accumulated
Some property, to secure the state against the prospect
of having to .support him as a pauper, when off his
master's hands. The possession of property, more or
less, becomes a further ,proof that Government will ac-
quire in'the manumitted slave an industrious citizen
and the consciousness of have- something to lose, will
operate more than the wisest precepts or exhortations
to produce in him personally a sense of the usefulness
of civil order, and of obedience to the laws by which
life and goods are protected * av well as 'an- habitual
anxiety and watchfulness to detect any plots that might
be contrived by Others, in breach of the peace, and
with a tendency to public convulsions. It is plain
that the local Governments have it in their 'power to
impede or facilitate by many perverse rules the acqui-
sition of freedom through this channel. 'Tice price
may be made too high, or an enormous tax may be
imposed upon the manumission, and the slave charged
with the payment of it. Vexatious forms and delays
without end may- be ' interposed, so as to assimilate
the. process of compulsory manumission in Demerara
to that of a well-known system of judicial proceeding
in the Old World, where a certain ancient personage,
humorous and learned, like the grave-digger of' Elsi-
nore, builds receptacles for the unfortunate which
last till Doomsday, joking and gossiping all the
while about the pricticea of generations whom he has
buried in them. If however, bad laws enhance the
disadvantages under which a Negro must et all times
attempt to snatch his freedom from an unwilling mister,
and if. ,such cases afford a fair opportunity for the
mother country to interpose, we have reason, on un-
stsestionable evidence, to believe, that in some of the
milands,---St. Vincent, for example—a laudable spirit
cti kindness and :sympathy prevails among the' respec-
table white population, who frequently make manu-
inissioninitead of a prize, earned with difficulty after
a harrassing contest—a voluntary reward of faithful
services, given grattatotmly by the master to the slave.
It appears from the second report of' the West. India
Commissioners, who seem to have. discharged their
important trust with diligence, independence, and in-
tegrity, that in many respects the island of St, Vincent
merits an exception from those severe seproaehes '
which have, been cast upon the general body of the
islands, for the slow and reluctant temper which
they display in adopting the ameliorations, recom-
mended from England in their mode of administering
the slave laws. We refer to the extracts froM the
second Report, published in this day's, paper, the
first paragraph of which relates to the law itself; and
the last, to the upright execution of it. Extracts from
Report.—St. Vincent.“ Of the slave law of St.
Vincent (Mr. Dwarris observes) it will admit', no
doubt, upon a revision, of material improvements ; but
as far .as relates, to the trial of slaves accused of offences,
(of which alone I was capable of judging), it'ap-
peered to me to work the best—to be the most effec-
tual provision, having regard to the adaptation of
means, and to the attainment of the end—of all the
ameliorating laws we found in operation in the West
Indies. With this exception" (viz. the illegality of
slave evidence against free persons, whether black or
white)—" with this exeeption, and the frequent in-
terruptions and a degree of disorder, occasioned by
too great a number of judges, I. feel it incumbent
upon me, to state, that the slave in St. Vincent (as I
was satisfied from personal attendance in courts on
successive days) has criminal justice administered:to
him, at the grand sessions, with a fairness and impar-
tiality formerly unknown, and in the highest degree
creditable to this island. Indeed, the law and the,
administration are both such as to confer honour
upon the legislature and the judge." Page 24.-7'inies.
In the list of offences for trial at the present Old
Bailey Sessions, there stood one case, which is, we
believe, of rare occurrence ; but it has been postponed
until the next delivery. It was that of transposing the
marks of the Goldsmiths' Company, from one watch-
case to another, which subjects the offender to trans-
portation, whether the public have been defrauded or
:40 by the illegal act. In gold and silver plate, which
imays a heavy duty, the transposing of the stamps from
a light piece to a heavy one, defrauds the Government
of the amount of duty.oe all the surplus 'weight ; and
if; in addition to the difference in weight, the heavier
piece be of impure Metal, the public is defrauded
of the difference-. per . mince iii value between the
;standard and the adulterated plate. In the article of
wech-cases, there is no duty, .andithe- offence is ge-
nerally committed in order to -profit' by the -impure
metal to which the Piece containing the marks is re-
moved. The first prosecution instituted bythe Gold-
smiths' Company failed, in consequence of the bad
character of the principal witness, and the -good
character of the accused, whose guilt, however, few
questioned. There are
two motives to commit this
offence : the first, the .great facility which it gives to
can complete his
the workman, who, by such nieayis
work better and sooner, by avoiding the trouble which
and the second is, Company give, from damaging the
the Goldsmiths'
work While in their hands for ma ,
the profit which the substi
noble maim-
silver offers to the maker. Many
tuting of adulterated gold or,
resps
Id shun the
faeturers act upon the former, who AVOU
latter. A few Sessions ago a
ii-
who was found guilty ;
menced against a manufacturer, roseention was co:
but time Goldsmiths' Company, who were the rose;
tutors, did not attempt to show that the public Inas
been defrauded, end the offender, who was a youn
Theg
mats good connexions, has left the country.
Alii
ce n question has been injuriqiely general,

has even of late, with all its illegality and consequences
staring them in the face, been earned on by foreigners
in London, to the injury of our native, and now, we
hope, reformed manufacturers. Too much praise can-
not be given to the. Goldsmiths' Company for their
perseverance in bringing forward these cases, and the
one now pending exc►tes the strongest interest through-
out the trade.—Netv Times.

A voluminous Report has just been distributed on the
office of Sheriff, in Ireland, being the Fifteenth, of the
Commiisioners appointed to inquire into the duties, sala-
ries, and emoluments, of the officers, clerks, and ministers
of justice, in all temporal and ecclesiastical courts in Ire-
land.—lt would be difficult for an Englishman to fcirm
even a conception of the extent. cif the abuses which pre-
vail in Ireland, in all that relates to the execution of the
duty of Sheriff,—a wide field, indeed as every
,one at all
acquainted with the functions assigned to that officer and.
his deputies, by the Law of England and .Ireland, must
know. We have derived no small gratification from the
proof, which is abundantly afforded in the Report and
accompanying 'evidence,,sif what, we have long been satin-
fled of, that morality improves with advancing civilization.
The dreadful lack of morality-7the thorough want of prin-
ciple disclosed so abundantly in the Report,furnishes mat-
ter for consolatory reflection. When we contrast the rudest
with the most advanced districts of Ireland, and Ireland
with England, and mark the gradual advance in honesty
and correct conduct, we are furnished with a source of
hope for both Ireland and England. We are led to believe
that the progreis of civilization will be beneficially fejt in
the improved character of the people of both countries.—
No prejudice is more deeply rooted than that honesty and
fair dealing are more common in a rude and simple than in
an advanced age. So far, however, from this being the
case, we believe it will be uniformly found, that plain deal-
ing is the characteristic ofhigh civilization, and the absence
of it of a simple state of society. All the dishonest prac-
tices in Sheriffs' offices in Ireland were common formerly.
in England. Judges, Sheriffs, and Jurors, used, in the
times of our good Queen Bess and her predecessors, to
take bribe's in the most scandalous manner. We have only
to' ook into contemporary publications to he satisfied of
this. Bishop Latimer, in his sermons, is perpetually giving
instances of corruption in this way. In his fifth sermon
before King Edward the Sixth, he says—
" She was a rich woman, she had her landes by the Shy-
riffe's nose. lie was a-gentleman of a long nose. Such a cup,
such a,cover. The Shyriffe was a covetous man---a worldly
man. The Judge,
.at the tqapaneling of the quoit, had his grave
lookes, and charged them with this—it was the hinge's matter,
Tooke well upon it. When it makes for their purptises they have
the King—the King.:—ln. their mouths. Well, somewhat there
was, there was walking of angels betweene them. I would 'wish
that, of such a Judge in England 'now, we might have the skin
hanged up. It were a goodly signe, the signe of the Judge's
skin. It should be Lot's wife to all Judges that should follow.
after. . . . . One will say, peradventure, you

speake unseemly and inconveniently, so to be against the officers,
for taking of rewards in doing pleasures. Ye consider not the
matter to the bottome. Their offices be bought for great sum Mes ;
►►ow hew should th►y receive their money agayne, but by
bribing ;—ye would have them undone. Some of them gave
two hundred pound—some five hundred pound—some two thou-
sand pound.--And how shall they gather up this money again, but
by helping themselves in their office ?"
This is Ireland all over.
The Commissionera state, that

" The systematic abuse of legal process in the hands of the
Sub-Siheriff,, which we have endeavoured to explain and exemplify,
appears to us to have operated most injuriously to the commercial
and landed interests of Ireland ; and, by exciting a general dis-
trust in the Executive Department of the Law, in cases of process
sued out by creditors, for the recovery of their just demands, has,
tended mainly to prevent the introduction of English capital into
this Inaba the tlnited Kingdom.t'
Irt feet, it appears from the evidence that the Sub-
Sheriff sells himself to the parties in the most barefaced
manner. The Sub-Sheritf hue the management of Petty
Juries, and if he sells himself to prevent the execution of
the We may be sure that 'he will, in the formation of
the panels of Juries, be oceel,lBlble to the parties interested.
The first witness examined by slit' Commissioners, Jams
l)unn, a Solicitor anti Attorney, of u very extensive prac-
tice in Dublin, says,—
" 1 have no doubt that there is a great partiality in the sum-
moning of the Common Nisi Prins Juries in Dublin, and that
more competent Juries could be had : I have heard it often stated,
and I have little doubt as to the truth of the statement, that if any
tradesman brings an action for recovery of an account due to him
in the way of his trade, that in many instances, by some influence
'that I am not apprised of, it is cnntrived to have, some persona of
the same business upon the Jury, and I have often witnessed
When a tales was called for by the non-attendance of twelve of the
panel, that there were persons in waiting for the express purpose
of being called as such talesmen for the portion of what the Jury
get from,the.party upon finding the verdict."
The following extract frmn the evidence of John Smith,
Esq. a Sub.Shera of 'one of the worst counties, Galway,
Will give softie idea of the management of a Jury trial in
Ireland
" I beg to state, that in one instance, I Fecollect, in the year
1820, an interference of a Gentleman connected with some pro-
agendum:, in the formation of the panel for some expected
My brother stud I hid enlarged the panel;
.expecting the trials-at
the ensuing assizes to he very important hitt this Gentleman
sent in a list of names to be added to the panel, which was done;
and mime of those persons Were upon the Jury.
" What was your inducement or reason for thus complying
with such a requisition?---I canna say that we had any particu-
lar inducement or reason, save a desire to comply with the re-
quest ; and knowing that the persons named were proper persons
to serve on such Juries.
" Ware the persons whom you thus placed upon the panel, re-
sidents of any particular neighbourhood, or did they reside in dif-
ferent parts of the County?H-They were generally from the town
and neighbourhood ortlailinasloe.
" Can you state the number of names, which, in consequence
of the interference you have mentioned, were introduced into the
panio—l cannot he positive, but I should think about twenty.

, • • • • • • • • .
" Are you able to state whether they were qualified in point of
freehold property in the' County to serve as Jurors ?--.I cannot say;
1 believe some of them *ere, and some of them might not.
" Was the gentleman who so interfered respecting the panel of
that petit Jury, a prosecutor in any case which was tried at the
then ensuing Assizes?-1 don't recollect that he was a prosecutor,
but he seemed to take an active part in several piosecutions.
" Did that extend to MI interference at the time of swearing
any Jury for the, trial of any prisoner at that Assizes?-1 think
it did.
Be so good as to state the nature of such interference ?-11e
sat next to the Clerk of the Crown, and when handing the book
to the Jurors, the Clerk of the Crown appeared to be, in a great
measure, guided by him as to the persons sworn.
" Are you able to state whether there was an unusual number
of convictions at that Assizes, in proportion to the number of pri-
soners tried ; and what was the general character of the prosecu-
tions, in which this Gentlenutu appeared to take an active part?
gonna state whether the convictions were unusually numerous
in proportion to the number of prisoners tried. The principal
prosecutions at that Assizes, and those in which that Gentleman
appeared to take au interest, were for offences connected with the
Ribbon system.
" Was there any one cause in the prosecution of which that
Gentleman's interference was more prominent than in others
Yes ; I reCollect one case in which he appeared to take more inte-
rest than others which was the trial of a man rather respectable,
who had raided in the neighbourhood of 13allinasloe. • •
" Can you owe precisely the nature of the communication with
0 u upon the subject of introducing these names, and whether it
ay
tote num. t
to
nolof requesting we would put
or in writing ?—As well as I recollect, it was a lilt
'and on the other side, a note either to my brother
or
ne so good put those names on the panel. . •
interfered to state the pilule of this gentleman who thus
it.e.':.,l_,L,r,:,a.fo:mation of the panekand whether he holds
any 74:zetriptin,t..tat!tua)t,on in the county Galway ?---The llon.
county,•• tel e 'Pose Trench ; he it; a magistrate of the

'l'lse
•
lAnarnSMOilers
rotwh the
timl aguilutt ,11„
tvk►ith will be ets:ltelvidoe:l4tteitrheßeaptourste,icaad
milies in the c,,flencega that 4a4tila of abuses and enor-
lur'ctirs have
B:ewn(l)euilttis p(rtelnellici:ugY?rnt jn seality ::r
robably : ,10Øitluenfif 4toige the1
:st:
cow/eying the extc~rst to which,
They • add, bow-
lle.bvielys:6ql:;lt'llirer7iru,tave reason to b 1'

irregularities are, " generally___ speaking, of much less fre-
quent occurrence than heretofore," and " that, in other
counties, principally in the province of Ulster, we have,
'reason to think, that, the office has been acitninistered,
comparatively, with correctness." Without an intelligent
middle class, it is utterly impossible that there should, in
any country, be a. fair and upright administration of justice.
Public opinion, brought to bear on public Men, is , the only
security for their purity of conduct.—Morning Chronicle.