The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-15 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

At a meeting of the friends of Parliamentary Re-
form, in the city of Chichester, on Friday, June 5,
present Lord Nugent, M.P., Otway Cave, Esq.
M.P., C. Sinclair Cullen, Esq., Rev. J. Fullag.tr,
'3-times Powell, Esq., &c. &c. the following Resolu-
tions were unanimously agreed to :

Resolved-1. That extreme difficulties and inconve-
nience are the consequence of the unintelligible laws of
qualification for county voters, and enormous and needless
expences to candidates and constituents are caused by the
distance of voters from the single place of polling. That
there is a great disproportion between the number of Re-
presentatives- for different counties and their respective
population. That the Representation of Scotland, both
as to its boroughs and its counties, is a mere mockery,
there being fewer voters for the whole forty-five Scotch
Members than there are for the city of Bristol alone. That
many boroughs with very small population return Mem-
bers to Parliament, and many boroughs of very large po-
pulation return Members by the choice only of a very small
portion of their inhabitants. That some boroughs, with-
out any inhabitants at all, return Alembers, and many
towns of immense population return no Members at all.
That the result is, as is said in the petition presented to
the House of Commons by Earl Grey in the year 1793,
that for every person who has a right to vote, there are at
least two hundred who are deprived of that right, and that
a majority of the House is returnel by about 15,000 elec-
tors, out of a male adult population of not less than three
millions.

2. That, therefore, it is expedient to establish a Society,
for restoring to the people their legitimate influence in the
House of Commons, of which, by their own neglect, and
by the encroachments of many, the people have been
deprived.
3. That the attainment of our objects will be promoted
by the diffusion of political knowledge through the extensive
circulation of pamphlets and newspapers devoted to liberal
principles, and by the encouragement of public Meetings
and Societies in all the towns and counties in the United
Kingdom, for the purpose (to borrow the sentiment of the
Marquis of Anglesea) of a continual constitutional agita-
tion of these questions.
4. That the objects may be further promoted by exciting
the people to a disinterested exercise of their franchise in
those places where they still retain some influence, and by
the protection and indemnification of those who may be
sufferers by their patriotic conduct.
5. That for all these purposes an Annual Fund should
be raised by subscription, to be at the disposal of the
Reform Society.
6. That it is expected, that in the United Kingdom,
50,000 persons may be found ready to subscribe to the
foregoing purposes-2s. 6d. a quarter, or 10s. a year, pro-
ducing 25,0001. per annum, and which, in the course of
four years, would amount to 100,0001.—a fund sufficient
to make considerable progress in the Cause of Reform.
7. That we, the Reformers of Chichester, think it our
duty to recommend to the other Represented and Unrepre-
sented Towns in our County to appoint Public Meetings or
Dinners, for the promotion of the Cause of Reform, and
to offer our co-operation at those Meetings or Dinners to the
Friends of Reform in those places.
S. That the foregoing Resolutions be printed, and signed
by the Chairman, and communicated to the principal friends
of Parliamentary Reform in the United Kingdom, parti-
cularly in the cities of London and Westminster.
C. S. CULLEN, Chairman.

A gentleman (Mr. COMERFORD) of Kil-
larney, while fishing on the Lake of Waterville, killed an
extraordinary salmon, weighing 571-lbs., which, when
opened, was found to contain in its maw a small can-
nister of LAMBKIN'S snuff, and a part of an epaulette :
how it got there it the question, but of the fact there is no
doubt.—Cork Constitution.

There is at present in operation in the new
Act for the Government of friendly societies (10th Geo.
IV. cap. 56) a provision which is of great importance to
them, and which is very little known. The 31st section
provides that, any society established under the authority of
this Act, may pay into the cashiers of the Bank of England
any sum not less than 501. for which they will derive the
same interest that is given to the Savings' Bank, viz. 3/.
16s. Old. per cent., and this investment will give 10s. or
11s. per cent. more as interest than will be given by any
Savings' Bank, as the Savings' Banks usually deduct such
an amount as may be adequate to defray expenses. So-
cieties which were enrolled under the authority of the
former Act of the 59th Geo. 111. cap. 128, prior to July,
1828, are still allowed interest at the rate of three pence
per diem per cent. or 4/. I Is. 3d. per annum. Any
fraudulent investment of monies not belonging to benefit
societies is subjected to forfeiture. But before an account
can be opened for any benefit society, it will be necessary
to prove, at the office for the reduction of the national
debt, in the Old Jewry, that the Society has been enrolled
agreeably to the Acts.

Mr. SHELTON, the Clerk of the Peace, the
Clerk of the Arraigns, the Registrar of the Lord Mayor's
Court, and Coroner for the city of London, recently de-
ceased, was a man of singular habits. Amongst other pe-
culiarities which, he possessed in as strong a degree as an-
other Coroner for an adjacent county, was an intense feel-
ing of dislike to give pain by any applications for money
owing to him. The Government has during the last
twenty years been a debtor to him for his services, as he
could never bear to make up his accounts. A short time
since he was urged to make them up, and send them in.
They were' with his consent made up, and only awaited
his inspection, but this he could never he prevailed upon
to-give, and they must now be settled by his executors.
In another case he had performed considerable service to a
private trust in the city, which in consequence became in-
debted to him in a considerable amount. He was, from
time to time, urged to send in his bill ; but he as often
delayed it. When another application was made to 141, he
said, " Well, if you will give mecheque firBool., I will
give yourecaipi in full." "We must not do that,"
said the parties, "for we cannot owe you less than 1,0001.
and you must send in your account." " Then," said he,
" you must settle it with my executors ;" and the account
yet remains open. He was a bachelor, and he is never-
theless supposed to have died very rich. He wc,s rcmatied
as one of the moat itilli3pende4'3 men in the corporation.
He never asked a fav;nir of his superiors ; he never de-
viated one step from his path of duty to perform a favour
for them. The despatch of business by his clerks was re-
gular and able, and the establishment, it is understood;
will remain undisturbed,

'he following is an extract of a letter from
gentleman in the medical profession, who went out to Van
Dieman's Land in the year 1821, dated Hobart Town,
Feb. 25,
1829 :—" We have no news here, unless that we
are one and all in a state of bankruptcy, and that ivr, ary•,
living in a state of the greatest aIC.-tril c9nseiftiedce
1;e deprOations and drea.dful Murders committed on the
settlers bY'the native bladcs. OUr harvest promises to be
unusually abundant, but no market for it, though, perhaps,
the natives will spare us the trouble of looking for one. I
fear our military force is totally insufficient fo• piotec.:
tied, and that the Its Go among the 'white InVibitants by
the'natives will be dreadful indeed. We are in daily ex.
peetatiOn of 'the arrival of a new Governor from England,
which, I assure yOu, we stand greatly in need of; our
present one being a partial man, a great hypocrite 2 and
other Wise a base fellow,"

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.
NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT.
We subjoin a fen• additional particulars of this day's

races
JtU.Y STAKES.--The odds fluctuated considerably
fro:. Sunday af ernoon to the starting. At one time
Lord Cleveland's Waltz colt was backed freely at 5 and 6
to I ; and it may be credited that there was some disap-
pointment when he was declared not to start. Lord An-
son's, Lord Exeter's, and Sir M. Wood's horses were also
backed to a considerable amount, the two last-named being
quoted before starting at 2 to 1 each, and the other at 4
to 1. Cobweb at 10 to 1, Envoy at 12 to 1, and Arno-
ret at 20 to 1, had no friends. Very little is called for
in the way of description, the Mummer being decidedly
the best horse throughout the race. He had a lead from
the beginning, Lord Anson's and Lord Jersey's lying next
him, and then Mr. Wilson's ; but on coming down the
hill it was clear that he was winning easy : to snake all
sure, Robinson tickled him with the spur and flourished
the whip, winning very easy by a length. Nothing hail
a chance except those named above. Lord Anson's rode
by Arnull, Lord Jersey's ny G. Edwards, Mr. Wilson's
by Chiffney, The Witch colt by Conolly, Amoret by
Wakefield, Advance by Dockery, and Envoy by Wheatley.
Value of the stakes 925/.
The 10 sovereign sweepstakes did not excite much in-
terest. The odds were 2to 1 agst Caradori (who beat
Green Mantle in one of the spring meetings), 5 to 2 agst
Magawiska, 4 to 1 agst Windfall, and 6 to 1 agst Au-
gusta. Magawiska (F. Boyce) made the running, fol-
lowed by Caradori, the others being well laid up. When
near home, Caradori let loose, and won easy by a length ;
rode by John Day, Lord Anson's by Arnull, Emilina by
Edwards, Lord Exeter's by Dockery, Peablossom by
Wakefield, Windfall by Conolly, Verderer by Wheatley,
Lord Jersey's by Robinson, and Careful by a lad.
TUESDAY EVENING.
At the Jockey Club dinner last night were Lord
Lowther, Lord Verulam, Lord George Bentinck, Lord
Southampton, Lord G. 11. Cavendish, Lord Jersey,. Sir
ill. Wood, Mr. Roberts, and about half-a-dozen other
members. Amongst the departures to-day are the Marquis
and Marchioness of Cleveland, Marquis of Worcester, Lord
G. H. Cavendish, and Mr. Paulett.
Previous to the races today, the following racing stock
was brought to the hammer :
Bay colt, 2 yrs old, by Cervantes, d. by Walton, out of
Calypso, engaged in the Prendergast and Newmarket
Stakes, knocked down to Lord Worcester for 50 guineas.
Bay yearling colt, by Polygar, own brother to Partisan,
out of Charcoal, 92 guineas.
Bay mare, 4 yrs old, by Skim—Jessy, 90 guineas.
Brown colt, 3 yrs old, by Tiresias, d. by Walton, grand-
dam by Sorcerer, out of Medora's dam, 60 guineas.
Carthago, 6 yrs old, 640 guineas.
Bay colt, 3 yrs old, brother to Vision, by Phantom—
Brunette, 85 guineas.
The following horses are named for the 2 and 3-yr-olds
Sweepstakes to-morrow:—
Duke of Grafton's 'Ronald
Lord Wharncliffe's f. by Master Hcnry--Manwuvre
Lord Lowther's Verderer
Mr. Stephens's f. by Nicolo—Tears's dam
Mr. Batson's Discovery
Mr. Forth names b. c. by Centaur, dam by Eagle
Mr. Wilson's c. by Blacklock
Lord Verulam names Impudence, and
Lord Exeter's names Shepherdess.
The following are the particulars of this day's running :
Fifty sous. for all ages. D.I.
Duke of Grafton's Turquoise, 4 yrs walked over
:andicap Sweepstakes of 10 toys. each, for 3-yr-olds.
D.M.

Mr. Batson's Seraph
Mr. Greville's Xarifa 2
Duke of Grafton's Ronald 3
General Grosvenor's Shepherdess
Lord Orford's Tanereda 5
Two paid—won by a length.

'Second Year)—Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.
each, for all ages. T.M.
Lord Verulam named Barnardo, 4 yrs
Duke of Grafton's Lancastrian, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Rogers named Chiron, dam by Smolensko
Three others started, but were not placed—won cleverly.