The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-13 00:00:00

ST. LEGER.

5 to 4 agst Scott's lot
3 to 1 agat Mr. Sa'yin's The Cure—taken and after. off.
4 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken
7 to I agst Colonel Anson's The Princess—taken
7 to I agat Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken
7 to 1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian
12 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus
30 to 1 agat Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey
40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Ilampson's Lightning—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agat Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken
7 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Ashtead Pet
8 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy
8 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena
8 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's Artful Dodger
10 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Advice—taken.
THE DERBY.
15 to 1 on the field
33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince
40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Twig—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Mouche colt—taken
400 to 50 agst four Touchstone colts—taken.

ABINGDON RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Marcharn Park Stakes of 35 soya. each, with 40
added, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second saves
his stakes. Two miles.
kr. Wreford's Franchise, 5 yrs (West) 1
Sir. Hook's Una, 6 yrs 2
kr. Herbert's Ajax, 6 yrs....
/tr. Thornton's Pine Apple, 4 yrs
The following were not placed :—Sir S. Spry's Sub-
Ue• r, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Dixon's Glendower, 4 yrs—Mr.
Yse's Jack Cade, 3 yrs—Mr. M. Sadler's New Forest
r, 3 yrs.
4he Berkshire Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 15
added ; winner to be sold for 801. Heats, about a
, mile and a half.
,4r- Etwall's Venatrix, 4 yrs (Pettit) 1 1
1r- Southby's Brenna, 4 yrs 2 2
I'l.. Palmer nd Preistnitz, aged
lr. Vernon nd Egypta, 5 yrs
I The
Scott's The Whaler, 4 yrs 0 0
'he Pusey Horn Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added,
for three-yrs-old 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5 yrs, Bst I Ilb ;
6 yrs, 9st Ilb ; and aged, 9st 41b. Winner to be sold
Nmiles.
I,ilir- F. Clarke's Arcanus, 5 yrs (Sly) I
air. J
Jack Cade, 3 yrs
"ir. J. Day's fby Bubastes, out of Zelinda, 3 yrs...bolted
LICHFIELD RACES—WEDNESDAY.
air-
of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. T. Y. C.
Skerratt'a Sis:er to Lydia, 2 yrs (Arthur) I
'tr- A. W. Hill's Salopian, 2 yrs
-slr- Copeland's Assay, 3 yrs
:the Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each and 20 added, one
atie, were won in two heats by Mr. Holford's Pickwick,
ged (Stagg), beating Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 4 yrs,
and Mr. J. Eyke's Heads or Tails, 4 yrs.
), The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles.
tir'. Denham's Harriet, 3 yrs (Denman) 1 1
r- Skerratt's Intrepid, 3 yrs
(V. Flintoff's The Exciseman, 4 yrs
r. Wilson's The Disowned, 4 yrs
o-4c weepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, winner
i oe Sold for 2001., gentlemen riders, two miles, were won
ptwo heats bv Mr. Shirley's Nonsuch, 5 yrs (Captain
etil), beating Tainworth, 6 31.4.

The LEICESTER RACES.—WEDNISDAT.
Ile Leicestershire Handicap of 25 sm. each, 15 ft, and
5 Only if declared, with 75 added. Twice round and
% distance.
kr•-1). Cook's What, 4 yrs (Hutchinson) 1
r• lierrington's Father Mathew 2
The following also started, but were not placed : —Mr.
k:ehe named Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs—Mr Toke's Er-
angardis, 6 yrs—Mr. Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs—and
Ongley's Roderick, 5 yrs.
Sweepstakes of 5 son. each, with 40 added. Heats,
fir, p , once round and in.

ingley's Seaweed, 3 yrs (Crouch) 2 1 1
itrA3rown's Village Lass. 5 yrs 3 2 dr
I.* 1. Cook's What, 4 yrs ..... 1 dr
111 E OFFICE OF CHAMBERLAIN.
th-resterday put an end to the affair denominated
e contest for the office of Chamberlain of the City of
'ondon. At four o'clock the poll-books were closed,
and a
minute or two afterwards the following numbers
Were Vaned on the poll-boards :
Brown . .. 2,319
lleppel . 67
"ere was a greater number of' persons present
~P°l-1 the closing of the poll-books than we have wit-
4,es. .
the''evr4l
isince the day of nomination, in the body of
"ad, and upon the hustings.
hi Alderman BROWN stood forward amidst loud ap-
''ause- The contest, he said, if contest it could he
Italled, for the office of Chamberlain, having terminated,
became his duty to express to the Livery his warm-
est thanks for the support which he had received. The
state of the poll pretty correctly explained how mat-
i)trs stood, but the Sheriff would on Saturday have to
thrforrn the duty of making an official declaration of
e 'numbers, and he should then avail himself of the
PPortunity of expressing at greater length the obli-
liati°ns he felt himself under to those who had come
onward in his favour. lie begged to be permitted
hBl3' one -word of entreaty to those he had the
hi "our to address, and one word of admonition to
He would first say, that if he had uttered a
Cable which had given the least pain to any one,
trusted it would be forgiven and forgotten._
.i!t.tear, hear.) lie had been long before the Livery.
4„“eY well knew that he had been acting with a party,
17d that he had alwas acted conscientiously. lie
now a stronger party man than ever, and the
party he acknowledged was the Livery of
iVadon and their rights and privileges.—(Cheers.)
tbe hoped by his future conduct to show the electors
,haf he was deeply impressed with the important
h 4racter of the trust they confided to him, and that
th was determined to do all in his power to prove ‘
lie merited their confidence and good Opinion—
hear)—and he had no less expectation that his
Cure efforts would meet with a degree of indulgence,
equate to that which had been
extended
ce to m in the
lik,rf'runance of the du by the offi in hi
which he
"(1 alread serveis fellow-ctizens.--Cheers.)
:\lr, Itery em, thdenh i came forward amids(t loud cheers
in:lf some disapprobation. He appeared, he said, as a
eated, but he trusted not as a disgraced, candidate
(Cheers)--and his first duty was to return his
?I,l'afeful thanks for the support which he had received
to°,"11 the 67 independent men who had come forward
4) ['ear testimony to the soundness of the principles
which he contended.—(Laughter and cheers.)
Vlad not one word of objection to urge against the
ii '9 Liverymen who had polled for Alderman Brown.
to was bound in justice to say that they had polled
thliseientiously ; and he had not a word to say as to
ford large numbers of the Livery who had not come
ard to vote for the Alderman.— hear, hear.)
1e
of the principles upon which he came forward as
,411didate was, that he had often heard it stated that
there were good grounds for putting in nomination for
A °nice of Chamberlain one of the Livery themselves.
volle.)ther principle which he had frequently heard ad-
ti.,,,,c'fed with eulogium was, that somebody should
1,-"ai'-'ark in the contest for the office who had neither
14,1' agents nor committees, but who would rely
to the simple statement of his claims, and proceed
(t,l'ne election without canvassing the constituency.—
he ears.) There was another principle upon which
4n started, and to which he attached no small import-
see. The Alderman had, in his speeches and his
poiv•erfisements, held forth that the contest was not a
ii ' tfinal one, and he was right, for the accomplish-
ti,,enf of his own purposes, in making such a declare-
-4,41' All the Alctsrman's Committee, and all those
Came forward prominently to support the Alder-
t„(4l, were taken almost exclusively from that party
44.,
_ \‘'hich he was notoriously attached.—(Loud cries of
CO,"to and " Yes, yes.") It was only necessary
alook over the list of the Committee to be
sriv'need that such was the fact.—(Cheers
t',4. disapprobation.) The Alderman was, there-
e() e 4 right in publicly declaring that the
lie hit was not a political one, for while
tral?ad the whole of his own party with him he mu-
It,'sed the other.—(Cries of "No," and "Yes.")
tests with Mr. Harvey in thinking, that con-
f,ei? of this kind must partake of political and party
and he said so, considering that for many
harf; past no political movement of any consequence
''en place in which he had not participated.—
st4e'lr, hear.) He had a right then to expect, that
aq:ngst the ranks of those with whom he had
14, there should have been a stronger sympathy
his
and views than they had manifested.—(Cheers
plain isaPprobation.) So far he had reason to cm-
114tia those with whom he had politically acted.
h„d4,'3esides the large and general class of which he
had Just spoken, there was an elite set of men who
of tt°ll those hustings been in the habit of speaking
Aldan rpations and corruptions of the Court of
Pale usu•—(Applause, groans, and hisses.) He ap-
Is,,,red to Alderman Brown himself, whether there
hall not men who were accustomed both in that
coitusnd in an adjoining Court (the Court of Common
14,4 l) to attack the Court of Aldermen,
ttsurr,a`,ense that body of corruption, and
Whel'af'on, at stated periods ?—( Hear.) Now,
of 4, were those loud declaimers against the Court
uermen, who boisterouslyasserted that the liber-
ss,,,4laorld privileges of Liverymen were at stake, and
be utterly uP°'4 l, if a restraint were not placed
the conduct ofost that Court ?—(Cheers.) He

ould put it to Alderman Brown whether he had not
fairly st e I facts.—(Cheers.) He had now, he con-
sidered, mule good the grounds of the conduct he had
pursued. Ile could assure the Livery that he had
I not the slightest disposition to renew the experiment.
—(Laughter.) But he would, at the same time,
assure them that he did not regret that he had made
the experimens.—(Cheers and disapprobation.) If
any fueling of acrimony had arisen, he was sure that
the rich reward which the Alderman received at the
hands of the Livery had by that time obliterated it;
and for himself he would say, that the Alderman's
elevation was looked upon by him without a tinge of
envy.--(Cheers.) The Alderman's portly appearance
and ruddy complexion in Heated a promise of a long
course of enjoyment of the blessings to which he
had attained; and if a wish of his (Mr. Hep-
, pet's) could have the effect of abridging that
enjoyment a single day, he solemnly declared that he
would not gise utterance to it.—(Loud cheers fol-
llowed the speech, which evidently made a most
favourable impression upon the assembly.)
Mr. AMBROSE MOORE said he rejoiced in the good
feeling, so honourable to both parties, which pre-
vailed, and in speaking against the policy on w hich
Mr. Heppel had come forward, he begged to state
that he did not accuse him of any improper feeling,
but he certainly charged him with gross want of
judgment. Mr. Heppel had stated that he came for-
ward to advocate some great principle—to vindicate
the privileges of the Livery—a more unfortunate vin-
dication had never been heard. Mr. Heppel first
argued, in defence of his position, that the Court of
Aldermen ought not to be allowed to dictate to the
Livery. Now, how had they dictated ? It was a per-
fectly well understood principle that the Court of
Aldermen never assumed any principle of the kind,
and that every member of the Livery had an un-
doubted right to offer himself as a candidate.—(Here
there was an evident disinclination among several
persons in the body of the Hall to hear Mr.
Moore) He begged to know whether the Livery
would agree to the doctrine that the Aldermen
should be disqualified as a candidate for the office ? If
a:man served them faithfully for forty years, was that
a reason for preventing him from offering himself for
the suffrages of those who were aware of his services
and his qualifications ? Mr. Heppel had said he was
determined to try what he could do without a com-
mittee or paid agents. How far he had conducted
those principles appeared from his 67 upon
the poll.—(Laughter.) In vindicating what were
considered great principles, it was necessary to put
forward some capable person, some individual worthy
of the confidence of more than 67 brother
Liverymen—(Laughter.) He did not mean to offer
the least objection to the character of Mr. Heppe],
whom he knew to he a most respectable and honour-
able man, but he certainly did not look upon Mr.
Heppel as an eligible person for the office of Cham-
berlain. In fact, so far from supporting the princi-
ple upon which Mr. Heppel had set out, he had
rivettcd the principle in favour of the Alderman,
if any such principle existed.—(Hear, hear, and
loud disapprobation.) While Mr. Heppel could reckon
but 67 supporters, Alderman Brown presented an
instance of unexampled unanimity of choice. Al-
derman Humphery, who was eligible in every respect,
was induced, by his knowledge of the position in
which Alderman Brown stood, to forego any contest,
but Mr. Heppel had thought proper to place himself in
opposition, and had certainly, by doing so, acted in a
manner extremely discreditable to his judgment.
Mr. WINDUS presented himself to the Livery, to
say a few words relative to his friend Mr. William
Ward, who had represented the City of London with
such high character in Parliament. He congratulated
Alderman Brown upon his success, at the same time
that he gave credit to Mr. Heppel for breaking
through a line which it was necessary to sever, for
there could be no doubt that the Aldermen ought
not to be allowed to calculate upon making the office
of Chamberlain their office.—(Cheers.) He did not
know that he could name a man whose qualifications
for the office were superior to those which Mr. Ward
possessed. He had devoted a great part of his time to
the service of his country, and had been returned to
two Parliaments by the very body which elected
to the office of Chamberlain, tha-t office which,
notwithstanding all that had been uttered of the ar-
duousness of its duties, presented the otium cum dig -
nitate to the individual who was fortunate enough to
obtain it, and which certainly ought to be the reward
of one whose services could not be mere matter of
opinion or question.
Little JACK ROBINSON, the Liveryman, who has
been so actively engaged during the seven clays' ima-
ginary contest in amusing the multitude, here cried
out, " Why, old fellow, that's extraneous."
Mr. WINDus resumed—Explain it! I will explain
it.—(Great laughter.)
JACK ROBINSON-111 speak in plainer language to
you. Extraneous means, that it has nothing at all to
do with the question ; in fact, that you know nothing
at all about it.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Wltanus resumed—He had read a most erro-
neous account of the severity of the duties of Cham-
berlain of London ; one account stated that they were
equal to the duties of a judge.
JACK ROBINSON—Cut it short. My friend Brown
is going to perform the duties, and will to our satis-
faction, if they were ten times as great as the duties
of a judge. What's a judge ?—(Great laughter.)
Mr. WtNnus declared that, whenever a Chamber-
lain fell into sickness or death, the duties were
just as well performed as if he was in the full
enjoyment of health.
JACK ROBINSON—And why not ? That's the
beauty of it.—(Laughter.)
Mr. WINDUS begged the Livery to look at the
office of Chamberlain during the illness of Sir Wil-
liam Heygafe.
JACK llonissoN—Well, but have you anything
to say against my friend Alderman Brown ?
the ticket.—(Laughter.) He don't mean to be ill ;
and if he should fall sick, why, we'll do the business,
that's all. Very hard if some of us a'n't capable.
Mr. WINDUS, without any further noticing Mr.
Jack Robinson, said he strongly admired the conduct
of Mr. Heppel in driving a wedge
JACK RontstsoN—What do you mean by that ?
Had he got a hold of your head ?—(Roars of
laughter.)

Here the crowd called aloud for Mr. D. W. Harvey,
who appeared upon the hustings with several other
gentlemen who have been long in the habit of ad-
dressing the Livery. It was understood, however,
that the great speech-making day will be Saturday,
and it was intimated that on that day a great deal of
interesting matter would be discussed.
Mr. JACK ROBINSON was at length introduced to
the hustings, amidst roars of laughter and shouts of
applause. He said he was glad to have that oppor-
tunity, at the side of his friend Alderman Brown, of
addressing his brother Liverymen. He had been
brought up at Christ's Hospital, and he was by trade
a blacksmith, and if his brother Liverymen heard him
make any mistakes in grammar no people ought
mere readily to excuse him.—(Laughter.) lie re-
juiced to say that he had had the opportunity of ex-
ercising his franchise, and he had exercised it fear-
lessly. He had advocated his friend Brown, and had
recorded his name as Jack Robinson, the black-
smith, in the poll-book for him, spontaneously, and
without fee or reward.—(Cheers and laughter.) Had
his friend Daniel Whittle Harvey maintained his
post, he would have supported that same Daniel
Whittle llarvey in preference to anybody, and in
defiance of anybody ; but as the contest was re-
nounced in that quarter, he went over to Alderman
Humphery—(Laughter)—no, it was to Sir John
Key he went then. Well, Sir John Key gave it up,
and he met his friend John Humphery, and told him
what he had been doing for Key. So John said to
him, " Well, now you must come over and work for
me"—(Great laughter)—so to work he went, but at
last the business was left between two of them, and,
then he had to choose between the two, and accord-
ingly he selected his friend Alderman Brown, and
brought him in triumphantly.—(Great laughter.)
The Hall was then adjourned until Saturday,
when the numbers will be officially declared.

THE DIRECT LONDON AND
PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
ATMOSPHERIC LINE.

A numerous and influential meeting of the Provi-
sional Committee was held on Wednesday, at the
offices of the Company, No. 15, Parliament-street,
Among those present were the Hon. J. C. Carnegie,
Vice-Admiral Sir J. A. Ommaney, Sir James Stir-
ling, Captain Cornwall, R.N., Mr. W. A. Wilkinson,
the Chairman ; Mr. F. Roberts, Deputy-Chairman ;
and Mr. B. _Baines, Mr. C. S. Crowley, and Mr. J.
Lawrie, Directors of the Croydon Company; Mr.
11. Allen, and Mr. Hoskins, of Portsmouth; Mr. G.
Baker, ('f North Chapel ; the Rev. F. Ford, Mr. J.
R. Greiz, and Mr. R. P. Pritchard, of Liphook ;
Mr. F. B. S. Wilder, of Godalming, and several other
influential members of the Committee. Mr. W. A.
Wilkinson was, on the motion of Sir J. Ommaney,
unanimously called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said, gentlemen were perhaps
aware that it was while the Croydon Company were
progressing through Parliament with their Epsom
Bill, that the Directors were first invited to promote
a direct line from Portsmouth to join the Epsom and
Croydon Railway. There could be no doubt that a
line extending eighteen miles out of London, and
having a station at London-bridge, and another at
the 137icklayers' Arms, must afford very great facili-
ties to any line that might choose to join it from any
district with which it was in direct communication.
It had appeared to the Directors that with their sys-
tem of proportionate tolls, and the great advantages
he had just mentioned, they were in a position to offer
such inducetnents as to afford a preference to any line
that sought to join their railway.—(Hear, hear.)
Indeed, the Directors could not but think that the
facilities to be afforded to a direct Portsmouth line
by the Croydon and Epsom Railway, in addition to
the latter consenting to forego any toll on the traffic