The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-15 00:00:00

SPORTING,

• fliE FRENCH CHAMBER.
The following is the address, or project of address,
read in the Chamber of Deputies on 'Wednesday, in an-
swer to the speech from the Throne:—
" Sire—When the Chamber of Deputies has seen you
inrmount the grief which overwhelms you, in order to
come amt!n2st its, seeking consolation as a father and ful-
filling your duty. as King, it felt that you offered it a
great. example. The emotion of heart and force of soul
whichi;Conduct you into the bosom of the people, bring
now
.tho,, representatives of the people about you. You
have:lost a son: France has lost a reign.
" rilovidence compels you to bless it still, in sparing
you the sons left to you. The great qualities of the
deceiSed Prince require no other eulogium than the void
between two reigns left by his death. History takes
eonnt, of hotwes ; it has its justice independent of fate.
The Prince will .have his place marked in history, by
the tears of a nation. Yes : the entire nation, tisso-
eittegl in the mourning of the King and the sentiments
• the father. It. inclines before the mother, w hich it
si ,e, ~„:1,.,:,v„;1v to pou,ole. It ndo[6: this Princess-
to wft'otu her a-Lion:114)0d has left, for throne and mutt-
try, only the tomb of a husband, and the future pro
spects of her children.
" If we su:n up in our sentiments the grief of a people
which joins the Royal Family in grief, do we not also
represent that imperishable nation which bends under no
catastrophe, and which regards all human things under
the point of view of their perpetuity ? We must sum-
uno our sangfroid and our bnpassAilite to examine, as
D. -p the measures necessary for the continuity and
regular exercise of the Royal authority during the mi-
nority of the heir to the throne.

" sire I People have a soul, and feel their afflictions.
as well as kings. But their trials, however severe, shall
never thol France unprovitked with' prudence, patriotism,
and firmness. France lives in her institutions. The
great national sentiments form thenational force. France
desires to be tree, strong, and eternal. Each cry which
menaces, whatever shakes it, France grows still greater,
and becomes stronger in itself. It is fine to see a great
people bow religiously under the hand of God, and after
having worn mourning and chased the tomb opened so
near the throne, resume the task interrupted by Death
preserve its faith in the future, and complete its in-
stitutions."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

(raw' THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.)
GLOBE.—The Speech from the Throne on
the prorogation of Parliament has created very
littleinterest. It is distinguished by more than
an ordinary share of the common-place which
generally forms the substance of similar docu-
ments. The intention of the Minister was
evidently to take credit for the achievements of
the past session; but the only measure of auy
real importance that has been carried by .the
Government is one so obnoxious to all parties,
that it %Vag found impossible to make it the subject
of any direct reference, without renewing the feel-
ings of disgust it has created. The great act of the
legislative year which has just concluded is the
imposition of the Income-tax, which is not once
mentioned in the Speech, though the boast of
having " improved the national resources" is
impudently claimed as a merit in one of the
earlier paragraphs of the precious document.
This " improvement of the national resources"
has been effected by unscrupulously dipping into
the public pocket, in a manner the most annoying
and oppressive to nearly every class; for there
are none who will not either directly or indirectly
experience the galling effects of the odious In-
come Tax. Sir It, Peel has the audacity to make
a merit of having met the financial difficulties of
the State by the adoption of a plan that is
neither marked by the tact of the politician nor"
by any of the higher qualities of statesmanship.
h is a bold and coarse project for replenishing
-the coffers of the State by trenching on the
means of the people. Au Income-tax is the
must unwise as well as the most unjust that,
could be resorted to, and has always been
regarded as the last extremity to be
flown to in case of war, when extraordinary ex-
penses might require extraordinary means to
provide for them. This Income-tax, which may
he called the Act of the session, is the least wise,
and the most unjust, that any Minister could
have hit upon. its unpopularity with the many
is not even made up tbr by its being acceptable
to the influential few, for men of all ranks and of
all parties concur in disapprovingof it. -While tal k -
ing of their own measures as calculated to " stimu-
late the demand for labour," accounts are corning
in from all parts of the country of the unex-
ampled number of persons who are entirely out
of employ, while more are being daily added to
those who can find no market for their labour.
Tb.e congratulatory paragraph of the Speech,
w'nich points to certain " indications of gradual
recovery from that depression which has affected
many branches of manufacturing industry," is also
-rather ill-timed, when news is reaching Loudon of
disturbances arising from want of employment in
the manufacturing districts. We earnestly hope,
and are strongly inclined to believe, that the
good sense and proper feeling of the people will
prevent any serious calamity from taking place ;
but there is danger in the mere fact of thou-
sands of persons roaming about without occupa-
tion or the means of livelihood. It was with •
a. perfect foresight of the. probability of such
a result that we were induced to join in
urging on the Government the necessity of taking
sonic measures liar relieving the public distress
before the separation of Parliament. The present
aspect of affairs must make it obvious to all that
Sir It. Peel has not sufficiently provided against
the dangers that seemed to threaten ; tor the
country is. clearly in a more agitated condition
than it was at the commencement of the session,
when the Tories entered on the task of Govern-
ment. increased distress among the lower
orders, dissatisfaction among every class, and
disappointment in the ranks of his own suppor-
ters, is the result that the Premier has achieved
in his first session.

STANDARD.—The Royal Speech has been
now ..24 hours before the public ; and we have
heard- no single complaint against it. It is
short ; but why ? Because the advisers of the
Crown have dealt in no mysteries—have left
no part of their policy in need of 'explana-
tion or apolo.y. What they have done has
been done openly, and upon obvious and
principles ; • awl though a great deal
might be said -0) render justice to the unportanee
and beneficial etlect of their measure:, good
taste rorhadft that the authors of these measures
should he their eulogists. The Speech k there-
fore short, but it i, to the purpose; and there-
for. • limit* fitly d.,es it conclude the most
u4:11.11 and session sine,' the
144,,5in:x 0(.-..the Reform Bill —probably we
should not err in saying the most useful
and bil:hiess-like session of the last twenty years.
It is, indeed, nece‘sary to cast a glance at
what has hen effected since the first week in
Febroaty more than six Months) to up._
predate the vdst improvement of the progress
of LegiilatiOn • and Goverinneet that has 101-
lowed7theaece:i.-ino of Sir Robert Peers Ad-
inialstratior;. the finances of the country
have -:heen restored to a condition of sol-
vency,..itod thus public credit has been fixed
upan tt bail:4 of perfect security. The revi,
sion of the Corn-laws—one of those revisions
which*the circumstances of cur social progress
will continue for ever to render necessary every
ten or fifteen. years—has been effected, as we
firmlybelieve without the' slightest injury to
the twricultural interest, and certainly without
..•
any violation of the principle of protection.
A like necessary . revision of .the
.whole
commercial tariff of the- country has been
effected, with the still happier promise of
diminishing, very considerably the expense
of living to the • middle and humbler
classes, and affording new and abundant
opportunities for the prosecution of all the prin-
cipal branches of productive industry. The
whole tendency of the great financial and com-
mercial measures of the session has been, mildly,
justly, and legally to equalise the condition of all
classes of the people, by raising the condition of
the lower classes without any sensible depression
of the Condition of their superiors. True, all has
not been done, for some of the clauses of the
New Poor-law remain uncorrected; but a vast
progress has been made in the work of social
reform—a progress that must appear per&ctly
wonderful upon a comparison with the work
of any one seSsion, or any ten sessions, in
history of .the present generation. Add to
these a good beginning- made in the great
work of law reform ; and the legislative
achievements of the six months just Com.
pleted will defyrcomparison with whatever has
been effected in equal time even in our
whole- history. Much good will always he ex-
pected from those who have already dolie much,.
and we look to the approaching session in
ss.siired confidence that whit remains • to. 'be
eff,!ctei4 Joe taliv restorino- the condition of the
people will not he uncompleted twelve mouths
hence. The remaining abuses of the New Poor-
law will (we have a promise for it) be remedied
—law reform will he further advanced—the
iamentary constitution of 18372 will be per-
fee.ed by a just Registration Bill—and the ex-
tension of the means of education and of
religione: worship will, we may trust, be greatly
promoted.

We mentioned yest—erday—that his Grace the Duke
of Wellington is_ about to, succeed Lord Hill at the
Horse Guards: as the statement appears to be doubted,
we repeat it. The British army and the British na-
tion will regret the cause of Lord Hill's retirement—
ill health. The resumption of the command of the
army by the greatest soldier th4t this country or any
other could ever boast, will mitigate the pain which
the retirement of his ilkotrions second—and Lord
Hill l.:4:oecond 014 to.the mat Duke...rniat OCC*On.
.
• • •

We are now within one month of Doncaster ; it is
therefore quite time I should speak of the greatest
St. Leger ever known in this or any other country.
There are one hundred and thirty-five subscribers.
Immediately after the Derby as much as
6 to 4 was laid on Scott's lot against
the field This lot would consist of twenty,
if all were in training named by the gentlemen
whose horses are usually trained by Scott ; as it is, I
believe the following comprise all that can possibly
trouble us or anybody else who is desirous of winning
the St. Leger : Attila, winner of the Derby ; Meteor,
winner of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket ;
Artful Dodger, winner of a Produce Stake at New-
castle, this being the only time he ever started ; Mas-
ter Thomas, winner of the Chesterfield Stake at Liver-
pool last year. and St. Leger at Neweatle this ; Dilbar,
first favourite :I a. the Oaks at sorting; and the Lord of
Holder' backed heavily for the Derby, but did not
start. Trul v, a formidable lot. But let us look carefully
through tle field and see what there may be left,
with the ghost of a chance, not included in Scott's lot.
Cabrera won a race at Eglinton-park last year,
and is supposed to frive won a race with Attila for
the Champagne. I did not think it was a race, and
I am still of opinion that Attila won very easy.
Cattonite is reported to have been purchased by
some party connected with Scott's stable—won once
and was beat twice last year. At Newcastle the other
day won the Gat?shead Stakes, but beat nothinm.
lielcceur, third in the Derby, is sold to Mr. Collins,
M.P., of Warwick. Belledame, a mare backed hea-
vily for the Oaks all the winter, but falling amiss did
not start, is not sold. I observe also, that Mr. Allen
has acccepted with this mare for the great Yorkshire
handicap, for which she carries 6st 101 b.
Fireaway, at two years old, was always beat by
Ballinkeele in Ireland. He won the St. Legerat Li-
verpool by a head (Belcceur ought to have won); and
ran good third for the cup at Goodwood. •
Policy was nowhere in the Derby ; at Goodwood
made the running, and came in a good second to
Charles XII. for the cup. Golden Rule was nowhere
in the Derby. _

Balinkeele, at two years old, was never beat. His
first appearance in England was for the Rowley Mile
Plate; he was beat a head by Seahorse. He was beat
only a half a length for the Liverpool St. Leg-en
Seahorse, own brother to Simoon. I fancied this
horse would run forward in the Derby, but he never
showed in front. His best performance is the receiv-
ing Blbs., and beating Attila, at Goodwood. To carry
6st 61b, he is left in the Yorkshire Stakes. The colt,
by Agreeable, was backed heavily for the Derby, and
was well tried before that race. He was nowhere in
the actual race, but will be sent to try his luck again.
Chatham is, I fancy, out of training ; Skipton has
been reported lame. Auckland cannot be fit again
this year, and William de Fortibus is certain to be
beat by Combermere ; both may be called quite out-
siders. Still, there are some two or three left that
should not be altogether forgotten. Eboracum,
trained by Heseltine. Rosalind, receiving 61bs, ran
a dead heat with Monops for the second place, two
miles at Ascot, and beat Elena a head at even weights
across the flat at Newmarket, trained by Rogers.
Scalteen, trained by Farrall, was said to be amiss at
Newcastle, but ran a good second; was beat, never-
theless, a long way in the race for the Liverpool St.
Leger. Priscilla Tomboy, trained by Johnson, a
mare that has won several plates. Mr. Price's Marion,
and Lord George Bentinck's Misdeal. I have searched
the calendar, and I question if there be two more
that could win, if a dozen of the above were to tumble
down. Horses, however, that have have once in their
lives been made much of, should never be forgotten ;
in this class are Wiseacre, Celia, and Moss Trooper.
There has been much more betting on this race than
the weekly quotations would have led you to believe.
Several thousands to five hundreds have been quietly
betted and taken about Attila. Cabrera has been
hacked to win a large sum. All the mares have been
much talked about, and one of them, Rosalind, has
been much hacked. Cattonite has a strong party, and
Eboracum will see a better day. There will he some
heavy wagering at Manchester between this and Sep-
tember.

The Wolverhampton Races begin on Monday, and
last three days. Bartholomew Fair is a perfect joke
to this meeting, and I am sure no one would go a se-
cond time who consulted his inclination. Those gen-
tlemen who must he at every racecourse in England
may now speculate on the Doncaster St. Leger to
their hearts' content, for I am sure, having read this
letter, they will know a vast deal more than they
knew before. JUDEX.
August 13.

DEATH OF THE OLDEST RE-
FORMER IN ENGLAND.

On the 25th ult., at Holly Lodge, Lymington,
died John Frost, the Secretary, and one of the foun-
ders
of the Corresponding Society, which may be
taken as the earliest association in furtherance of Re-
form in England, and who, had he lived till October,
would have been ninety-two years of age ; his was a
most eventful life. He was the associate and friend
of Pitt before he changed sides, of Fox, the Duke of
Richmond, of Wilks, Sawbridge Townshend, Home
Tooke, Sheridan, and all the public men of that and of
a later day.
In 1792, the Reformer Gerrald was secreted at Mr.
Frost's house, and so were others at that period of
proscription.
He was elected a deputy from the Constitutional
Society to the Convention of France in 1793, his col-
league being Joel Barlow, whose expenses he de-
frayed. In this capacity he was present, but did not
vote on the trial of the French King. He sat next
Barriere, and was referred to by him as to the period
of the reign of our first Charles, and the precedents
which it furnished. For this he was, by name, de-
nounced, in one of Burke's speeches, as the ambassa-
dor to the murderers.

On his return from France he was a man esteemed
too dangerous not to be closely watched. He was
dogged by spies, and was purposely interrogated as
he came through a public coffee-room from a private
room up-stairs, as to what was going on in France.
He replied in warm commendation of their proceed-
ings, and added some foolish words which were con-
strued into sedition. For this he was tried, and,
although splendidly defended by his friend Erskine,.'
was convicted and sentenced to twelve months' im-
prisonment, to the pillory; and to he struck off the •
rolls as an attorney. This sentence was even then
held to he most unjuAtly severe. The imprisonment '
he endured in Newgate, where he was visited as a
martyr by above 1,000 persons. The pillory he
escaped, as it was pulled down by the mob, who forced
the Sheriff.: to fly, and he, accompanied by Horne
Tooke, walked quietly back from Charing-cross,
where he re-delivered himself to the gaoler.
On another occasion he was apprehended for
treason, and was for five days under examination
before the Privy Council, and then very narrowly
escaped committal.
About the year 1800, Mr. Frost stood for East
Grinstead, against the interest of the Duchess of
Dorset. He was returned after a hard contest ; a
petition and scrutiny ensued, and he was ultimately
unseated, as was alleged, by the pirtialitv of the re-
turning officer. This cost him 1,5001. One objec-
tion taken was his being tainted as afelon, and having
yet hanging over him the unexecuted part of his sen-
tence—the pillory. A pardon, however, was ob.
tained through Sheridan 's influence under the sign
manual.

To Mr. Sheridan he also advanced large sums ; aid
when he died a friendly execution of Mr. Frost wrs,
and long had been, in the house.

Mr. Frost had made copious notes of his own pro-
ceedings and those of his party during the long course
of his public life. They must, necessarily. c,,atain
much that is intere,ting and instructive. Whther
they will be made public wholly, or in part, has not
yet beon determined.

THE TIMES" AND THE MAN-
C H ESTER DIST URBANCES.

A wicked endeavour has been made by the
Times to connect the Anti-Corn-law Lean-lie
with the turn4mut of the manfacturerF. We
have no hesitation in 'denouncing as -false and
malignant the insinuation that the mill-owners
have reduced their wages in order to stimulate
their men to acts of violence, for the purpose of
embarrasSing the Government. It would be ma-
nifestly against the interest of the masters to in-
cur the hostility of the men; and if the former
have in some instances been obliged to lower the
pay of the latter, it has only been to avoid the
necessity of totally stopping the mills, which has
in some instances been unavoidable. If we
are to seek for the causes of the present dis-
turbances in any circumstance, independent of
the want of food and employment which so ex-
tensively prevails, we might naturally be led to
remember the violent language of Mr. Ferrand,
who, in dennUncing machinery and mill-owners,
wits loudly seconded
..by the Tory press,
and tacitly encouraged by the Government.
We are, however, not disposed to assign any
party or political motives as time cause of the dis-
turbances, which are the natural consequence of
the condition to which the manufacturing ope-
ratives are reduced by the impossibility of ob-
taining sufficient food for themselVes and families.
Though the Chartists are endeavouring to take
advantage of the excitement, to further their
own views, their interference has been expressly
repudiated by the unemployed workmen, whose
'only aim is to obtain the means of subsistence,
and who are not disposed to trouble themselves
about a political chimera when struggling to ob-
tain food.—Evening Paper.

YORKSIIIILE.—We learn with satisfaction, from the-
silence of the Leeds Mercury, that no di3tUrbarlee
which, it was reported,: had extended into Yorkshire,
44 taken. place *that neighbourhood. .