The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-26 00:00:00

iniquitous and insulting engine of State. The nation
must, however, be prepared to do its duty ; lest Sir
Robert Peel should take encouragement from its sup-
posed indifference to prolong the existence of the
measure, after the necessity which he pleaded as his
justification for its introduction has passed away..
STANDARD.I-:-What was the plan of the late
Whig Government with regard to the Chinese war, if
indeed they had any plan, must remain a secret.
What was not their plan we, however, know; and that
the plan of the late campaign was not theirs is plain
from the fact that having, for successive years', the
very same opportunity of executing it enjoyed by
Sir R. Peel, they (lid not resort to this plan, but
to other plans inconsistent with it—the reduction
of Canton, for one example out of many. That the
present Government continued the naval and mili-
tary officers whom they found in command we
admit, and the country has reason to be grateful for
their, in this respect, departing from the practice of
their predecessors in office, who never thought of the
public service when an opponent was to be injured
and insulted, or a dependent provided for. Sir
Robert Peel continued Sir Hugh Gough and
Sir William Parker, because he was resolved to
give the country the benefit of their experience, be-
cause he had proof of their skill and gallantry; and
if more than these were wanting to determine him, he
had had evidence of their
.:udgment and energy in the
remonstrances they had made against the folly and
vacillation of their \Vhig superior at the commence-
ment of the military operations. Happily the opportu-
nity did not offer to ascertain whether, after the notice
of Captain Elliot, these gallant men would have
been continneit in command by the Whig 2linis-
ters. Sir Henry Pottinger, too, was properly con-
tinued as an untried man, and upon the spot, because
his functions are in fact purely Ministerial, he
is merely the organ of the Home. Government,
to communicate its will—and doubtless he has
received orders that when called upon to
act upon any emergency not provided. for
in his instructions, he shall consult the
military and naval commanders, instead of
brow-beating and thwarting them like his
Whig predecessors. The forces, too, are the same.
No doubt, the personelle of a British army seldom
needs to be changed : you can hardly im-
prove by change upon the discipline, zeal,
and gallantry of any British force. But though the
men are the same—though their bravery, disci-
pline, and zeal are unchangeable, and, theretbre, un-
improvable ; still there is something in the dif-
ference between . despair and hope. British men
will not move less resolutely :under the influence. of
the former than of the latter feeling, but they
will move with less of that spirit of energetic en-
terprise which is the assurance of victory. The
force under Sir H. Gough and Admiral. Parker
would certainly be more efficient, expeCting to
return in triumph from a glorious campaign, than
contemplating the certainty that their bones must
whiten the Chinese soil, as the bones of their
brethren still supply, in the deserts of Affghanistan,
the monuments of Whig folly or cowardice. The
probable result, perhaps the probable reward, of his
exertions, makes a difference in the spirit of the bravest
and the best man. And thus it is that the bare fact
of a wise and just Minister succeeding one of an op-
posite character has greatly augmented the efficiency
of the force in China.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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COURSING,

LETCOMBE BOWELS MEETING, Nov. 24 AND 25.
The Cup was won by Mr. Wasbrough's Wedlock ; the
Goblet, by Mr. Durnsfold's Doubtful ; and the Gravy
Spoons, by Mr. Ensworth's Earwig. The Letcomb
Bower Stakes of two sovs. each, (8 subs.) were won by
Mr. Warman's Wreath ; the Red House Stakes, by Mr.
Darnford's Daphne ; and the Wantage Stakes, by Mr.
Parkinson's lioneer.

BELFORD MEETING.—The St. Leger Silver Cup
(7 dogs) was won by Mr. Scott's Sweeper, beating Dr.
Medley's Archer.

ABERGAVENNY. Nov. 23.

The match (steeple chase) for 100 sov3., betwem Mr.
iluchin,g's Latter bl g (Powell), and Mr. Lewis's Tartar
(Oliver), over four miles of country, was won easily by
the former.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 151. added,

for horses the property- M. H. C. Club, and persons re-
sidin,, in the county and ten miles from lbergare❑ny,
which includes part of Breconshire and Herefordshire.
Three miles.
Mr. H. Smith's Pennyweight, aged (Oliver) 1
Mr. Newman's br g The Mountain, 6 yrs old, by'
Vesuvius, out of Byron's dam (C. Vivian) 2

Seven others started.

A splendid race and won by a length. The Mountain
would have been the winner had he not lay so far be-
hind his horses a short distance from home. Ile is a
fine nag, with great power, a splendid fencer, and bids
fair to ue a clipper ; he has only started once before,
when he was a winner.