The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-27 00:00:00

BETTING AT NI:VM/MKT LAST NIGHT.
1000 as. STAKES.
I sto 2 nst Problem.

R t 4 agst Butterfly

NEWMARKET STAKEtt.
2to 1 agst The Dragon I 3to 1 tigst The Baron.

DETIHY.
7 to 1 agst Panic 14 to I agst Advance
B to 1 agst The General 13 to 1 agst Monarch'
10 to 1 agst The Baron 1.0 to 1 a►gst Davin:
30 to 1 agst any other. .

PE DEST 14 IA N
The greatest pedestrian match ever performed in thiffeountry
was accomplished yesterday to the tune of hundreds. .Metcalf,
the runner, engaged to perform two miles in ten minutes, yes.
tcrday, on Sunbury Common, for 600 sovereigns. All the
world was there, and more money was never seen flying. The
start did not take place until nearly five o'clock, and the pedal.
trian, who ran, performed the first mile in seventeen seconds,
within the five minutes. The second mile he performed in easy
time, and won the 'match with twenty seconds to spare.

IVIATCFI FROM LEICESTER TO ISLINGTON
derAtlnor.kN,
at one o' clock, to walk front
oneni,lvarYoenodnanlr
moofrntlinteg! Parrn, Leicestershire, un-
Leicester to Islington in 23 hours. The match was for 200
sovereigns, and the distance is 94 miles. The Pedestrian went
to Ilac.sleton, 37 miles, to breakfast, without halting, in seven
hours, and proceeded on at a winning pace to Woburn, 22
miles, in five hours. He took refreshment again, und left him.
self 35 miles to accomplish in somohing over ten hours. lIS
won without fatigue, having 20 minutes to spare. -

INTERESTING MATCH.
Mr. Oswald, of Diahley, Leicestershire, and a north country
gentleman, named Reddish, were considered the best shots in
all England, having challenged any two of the crack clubs, at
22 birds each, two trapred at a time, with double barrelled guns,
for 300 sovs. a side. Messrs. Goodchild and Robinson, of the
Ashton and Heston Clubs, accepted it, and the first day's shoot.
ing took place on Monday, when a tie was shot, by each bag-
ging 32 birds. The match took place in Captain Petre's park,
at Spree, Northamptonshire, and the tie was shot off en Tues.
day as follows : —Mr. Oswald killed 18, and his partner 13;
total 33. Mr. Goodchild killed 16, and his coadjutor 14, lotting
the match by 3 birds. The double barrels killed most of the
birds.

HAY MARKETS--(Tuts Day.)
(At per load of 30 trusses. )
ST. Jaamsts.-Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow /Jay, from
21. sa. to 31. ss. ; fine Upland ilemlow and Eye Grass Hay.
s
St. sa. to 4/. 15s. ; Clover Hay, Si. ss. to 51. bs. ; Oat Straw,
1/. 12s. to 1/. 16K. ; Wheat Straw, 1/. 15a. to 2/. Supply good,
trade dull, and price stationary,
with the exception of the highest
quotations having been obtained in fewer instances than on Tuesday.
Samitrixi.n:-Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow flay, from
21. 10s. to 31. 10s. ; fine Upland Meadow and Rye Graaa Hay,
31. 10s. to 4/. 10s.; Clover Hay, generally, SI. 51. to 5/. ; extra-
ordinary fine, W. 10s. ; Oat Straw, IL 12s. to 1/. 16s. ; Wheat
Straw, 1/. 16s. to 2!. Supply rather limited, and trade a littlitt
alive, but no improvement in prices.

THE LONDON JOURNALS..

bAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS,

APRIL 27, 1826,

[THE TIMES.
We insert two letters on Gree2 afFairs—one from
Marseilles, the second from Arta—which are equally,
though from different causes, fitted to move the indig-
nation of all Englishmen and Christians. It appears
by the statement from Marseilles, that French neutra-
l. 1.4 y with regard to the Turks . and Greeks, means
• ptetty much the same thing as French humanity in re-
lation to the miserable. Negroes. - The . Africans are
bought and sold by thousands,' with the connivance of
King Charles the Tenth's Government; and through
the means of vessels equipped in his Majesty's ports,
chartered by his merchants, and navigated by his sea-
men ; while by tens, of thousands the poor Greeks are
enslaved or butchered, owing merely to the disgrace-
' ful fact, that in open derision of those 'pledges of neu-
trality which have been so, profusely tendered to the
belligerent powers by the Cabinet of the " Most
Christian" King, ships ' of war have been built,
manned, and armed in his ports—powder, shot, and
every species of warlike stores have been there pro-
vided, and exported from them ; foreign agents
. have opened houses of public rendezvous within the
French provinces • contiguous to the Mediterranean ;
troops have been enlisted, officers commissioned, and
all the materials of a maritime and military warfare
worked up into the form of complete and active expe-
. ditions ; and not, be it remembered, in spite of any
repugnance on the part of Charles X. and his ad-
visers—not even with their treacherous, though dec'ent
connivance—but with the unblushing countenance,
the undisguised and audacious encouragement, of the
most Christian Ministers of a religious Prince, have
• such acts of positive hostility been committed in the
face of mankind, in violation of natural sympathy and
of Royal faith, for the aggrandizement of an infidel
empire and the overthrow of a Christian people. The
list of men-of-war built for the Pacha at !Marseilles is
given in our correspondent's letter. The name of the
King's ship-builder, anti of his relation, the Marine
Minister, who signed his leave of absence from Toulon,
will he found in the same document ; as likewise
the name and rank of the renegado, who, bearing the
insignia of a French General, executes the honourable
office of recruiting sergeant for the Turks.. Now'
upon these matters we shall ask one question—
Are the English Ministers indifferent to the issue
of this heart-rending contest ? Is it a war, in the
result of which,—whether as a matter of national
interest or sentiment,—a British Minister; with two
eyes in his head, can venture to tell the country
• that he takes no concern ? If not, we pursue the
subject a little.further, by demand:v•g, whether a con-
flict, of which Greece is to be the prize, ought to be,
with the acquiescence of this kingdom, carried on and
decided by the troops and ships of France, and there-
fore according to French views and for French ob-
jects ? If this, again, be answered in the negative,
we'beg to observe that a real neutrality on the part of
France ought to he required by the British Govern-
ment, or England ought to meet her rival with equal
weapons—satay her conscience with a nominal neu-
trality of the state itself, but remove all existing impe-
diments to an adoption by the King's subjects of
whatever side they are willing to espouse in the quar-
rel. It is a shameful thing that Lord Cochrane
lihould lie proclamation-bound at Tunbridge Wells,
while 60-gun ships, with their flag-officers, are sailing.
freely from the Mediterranean ports of France, to ex-
hibit, under Egyptian colours, the nature of that neu-
trality which we concede to other nations, but which,
from some soupe-maigre policy,we refuse to the gallant
spirit of Englishmen. The Arta letter will be read
with profound emotion.

The immediate dissolution of Parliament is now
most strongly bruited ; and, indeed, the immediate-
ness of the event is most probable. It is conjectured
that the business bef-ire the House of Commons may
he finished by the 1 ltb or the 12th of next month ;
and a term of eight 9r nine days being then allowed to
the Upper House for the dispatch of the same, the
di solution may take place about the 20t1,,. It is
dear, we,should think, that whatever may occupy the
Commons, by whom the business of the country is in
eneral• first concocted, from the present date to the
12th of next May, (about a fortnighti, may be per-
formed by the Lords, who receive 'the in a more
perfect state, in a few days' less time. The pre-
valence also of. the opinion, that the dissolution
is at hand, is a motive for verifjing that opinion ;
more especially as the expences in• many boroughs
have already commenced, the continuance of which
. would be alike injurious to candidates of parties.
In the mean time, to use a metaphor well known to
the last Speaker of the House of Commons, the bul-
lock-stan'as at Smithfield are said to have sunk im-
mensely in value. It would be a delicate subject to
touch upon one of the causes of their depreciation in
a public journal, though all men speak of it freely
enough, and the consideration of it enters into every
transaction. But why should not the general fall of
prices apply to the property of which we are.speaking,
namely, tha bullock-stands ? Those whose tempers or
purses incline them to be economical, would do well
to pass over the first mart, unless very tempting condi-
tions are proposed, and look forward to a future lease,
• of which the term'iruiy be more durable, if they think
there is a probability that the occasion of taking such
lease will occur in their day. Perhaps, however, the
increasing uncertainty in the tenure of the property
may now lead to some restriction in the traffic. For
own parts, we cannot help foreseeing'g,reat changes in
the practice of the Constitution.—(lbid.)

DIEW TIMES.]
4,t would be improper to. pass over, without notice,
the Debate of Tuesday evening, on Mr. Lamb's mo-
tion for a Bill to allow Counsel to persons accused. of
FelOny. There was evidently u strong disposition in
Ministers to receive the, proposition favourably ; but
-t1;-re seems to be some insuperable objections to its
adoption. In the first place, it is to 'be observed that
the English -system of criminal jurisprudence distin-
guishes-clearly between questions of law and questions
of tact. In the former, the prisoner has the assistance
iy counsel, for two reasons,. because he may well be
.supposed ignorant of the law. himself ; and because the
Judge, to whom alone such arguments are addressed,
is not likely to be misled by the rhetorical- skill of the
Advocate. But with regard to questions of fact, the
case is extremelydfferent. There it is desirable that no
lir-atory should be employed on either side, but that
the evidence should be simply laid before' the Jury,
*0 that it should be rendered so clear, that 12 men,
on theiroaths, may unanimously sayGuilty,orNotGuilty.
Now, if oratory is to be employed on the question of

fact, the Counsel for the prosecution •must first make
an eloquent appeal to the feelings of the Jury to con-
demn, then he must be followed by an equally elo-
,quent persuasion to acquit ; after which is to come a
reply : and considering that questions of felony are of
high importance to the parties, it is probable that, on
the average, two hours or more would thus be added
to the duration of each trial. At present, the Coun-
sel for the prosecution opens the case by a bare state-
ment of facts. If lie goes farther, he is reprehended
(and justly) by the Judge ; and beyond this, there is
nothing like oratory. But it is urged, that Counsel
are allowed in cases of Treason : and why ? Be-
cause in trials for Treason the law is closely com-
plicated with the fact, and the Jury may very pro-
bably be biassed one way or the other. But in
common felonies, such a bias cannot be suspected.
Counsel, it is said, are employed in Scotland. True
—but would it always be possible to devote as much
time to a criminal trial in England as in Scotland ?
The total number of persons tried in England and
Wales-in 1825 (according to the accuratelables drawn
up by Mr. Day, of the Home Department), was
12,752; and supposing that the trials for felony were
two-thirds of that number, viz. 8,502, then, on the
above estimate, the additional number of hours added
to the present time occupied in these trials, would be
17,004, equal to 3 years and 119 days, at 14 hours a
day. We are not in posession of the numbers tried
in Scotland for felony,; but we very much doubt whe-
ther they amounted to more than a hundredth part of
the number tried in England and Wales. After all,
would the innocent be better protected under such a
system than they are at present ? We think not. It
is not proposed to furnish all accused persons with
Counsel at the public expence : and an innocent man
may well happen to be unable to fee Counsel himself.
He would then be worse off than at present, for the
Judges now consider themselves to be Counsel for the
prisoners, which they would not do if the new propo-
sal were carried into effect. Considering that the
adoption of the new plan would lead to incalculable
expence, delay, and difficulty : and that, after all, it
would leave innocence, upon the whole, less protected
than it now is : we think the House of Commons
did right to refuse leave for the introduction of Mr.
Lamb's Bill.