The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-06 00:00:00

constitution of Parliament into general contempt. If
ift,wigh precedent is to stand, it is quite manifest
Vak) ea date- seeking a seat will dare to bring
against any sitting Member a charge of bribery which
cannot be withdrawn, because no man can possibly be
safe against a case of recrimination. On the other hand,
if the sam&preeedent is to stand, charges of bribery will,
as certain as the sun shines in heaven, be made by elec-
,ra and prosecuted at the public expense, under Lord
'Om Russell's Bill, against every sitting Member who is
returned after a contest ; for, according to this definition
Ortiiiheryi it will always be easy to get up such a case
beforehand as shall at least secure the petitioners against
being saddled with the costs of the inquiry."
911- the subject of the late news from China the Ad-
vertiser remarks :—" Turning from India to China, the
raostimportant feature is in the intelligence that an Ira-
Perial Commissioner was en route to oiler 40,000,000
dollars as compensation to the British for the expenses
of the war, and the surrendered opium ; and also the
cession of 1-long Kong, on condition of peace. We have
here, then, something like a promise of termination to
our Chinese,. struggle. But what will the cants' say
to the accepting of these terms ? According to them,
the rupture was our fault, that England provoked it by
entering upon an iniquitous and forbidden trade, and that
baying placed herself in a way to be wronged and in-
atilt4l, she was not justified in seeking reparation. What,
then, are we to do now, since it appears reparation is
about to be proffered ? Why, pocket the dollars, and
decline ' the standing disgrace' of securing Hong Kong,
We are told ! There is logical ethics in this with a yen-
geance—' true honour and justice' we should most as-
,a‘uredly think ! Why, if we had no right to enter upon
the conflict, we have no right, on any plea, of touching a
dallar of those millions. For the sake of putting an end
to the war, forsooth ! Impudent incongruity ! Canyou
Ant end the war without pocketing a fraction of the
dollars ? or accepting the dollars out of mercy to the mf-
feting Chinese, why stick half way in so much kindness,
and -reject the other half of their offer ?"
MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
The condition of the labouring classes in Nottingham
becoming daily worse ; employment, in most cases,
.oasists of their living upon a small pittance of work
Elven out to them by
.the manufacturers, to keep them
"tom absolute starvation. Their furniture and other
comforts are fast disappearing from their houses, and
theit clothing is speedily converting into rags.
At the half-yearly Meeting of the Directors and Pro-
Prietors of the London and Brighton Railway, which took
Place yesterday, at the London Tavern, it was stated by
Report that the average weekly receipts on the line
rounted to upwards of 4,0001. ; the traffic during the
(Ist six months has produced 63,3261. 7s. 2d. ; and, after
all deductions, an amount of 27,6451. 12s. lies at the dis-
posal of the Shareholders.
NAVAL AM) MILITARY.
The military Lieutenant-Governor of Sheerness, Col.
Walker
w, j
who, with the exception of the Earl of Lons-
.l2le, as the oldest officer of his rank in the service,
advanced age.
LAW AND POLICE.
James Pratt, a gardener, was charged at Union-
hall absconding with Jane Illman, the wife of a pub-
Lean at Reigate, and stealing fifty-six sovereigns, be-
sides a quantity of wearing apparel and other property.
A woman, named Mary Ann Nigh, relative of the female
Who, absconded, was also charged as being concerned in
toe robbery. The prisoners were remanded till Wed-
nesday.
Josiah Overton was indicted at the Warwick Assizes,
Thursday- last, for the offence of corrupt and wilful
Perjury, having deposed, by false oaths, as to the pay-
4111%4 and receipt of a sum of money, which was found by
I'e watermark on the latter to disprove his statement,
!tad.show that it had been antedated. The Jury re-
_mulled a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced
arannsportation for life.
The Messrs. Finden, the well-known engravers, of
Southampton-place, New-road, passed their examination
'esterday- in the Bankruptcy Court. The Tableaux,
"own by their names, comprising the splendid gallery
(I art, upon which thousands had been expended, and
little or nothing realised, were sold for 3,0001.
Yesterday Win. Lenney, carrying on the joint trades
of beer-seller and green-grocer, in Bexley-street, Cam-
berwell was charged at Union-hall with the murder of
ilia wife Norah, on the preceding afternoon. From the
?„Tidence given, it appeared to be the result of a quarrel.
The prisoner stands remanded.

SPORTING.
The cricket match between Kent and England, which
_te!minated on Thursday, brought in England the winner,
wlth nine wickets to go down.
THEATRICAL.
The new amphitheatre at Astley's is now in a state of
greo.i forwardness : the decorative part and operations
the interior are suspended till October, when the new
ttinbur duties will come into force, by which the director,
fir.
Batty, will save about 5001.
COURT—FASHION-MILE.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have returned to
Belgr axe- s guar e from a visit to the Dowager Countess
of Sefton, at Stoke Farm, near Windsor.
The Earl and Countess Brownlow have arrived at
elton. House for the autumn.
Lady Portman has arrived at Bournemouth, near
Poole, from Branston House, Dorset.
The Earl of Wilton sailed from Cowes on Thursday
14 his schooner yacht, the Tarifa, on a cruise to Cher-
bourg, Guernsey, &c.
li.tercl and Lady Albemarle left Berkeley-square on
'londay for Newmarket.
4. Lord :Henry Bentinck has undertaken the superinten-
,Znee,.. of the Lincoln Hunt, vice Sir Richard Sutton, re-
c'ved to Cottesmore.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Laldlle. Caroline, from the Olympic Circus, in the
Vauxhall
I?,lysees, Paris, appeared for the first time at
last night : instead of wearing a spangled
frock she appears in a plain riding habit, and performs
her equestrian feats with great grace and management.
Since the contradiction of the report of the bursting of
"le caisson at the Goodwin Sands, that machine has been
considerably advanced through the sand, and there is
*very reason to conjecture that it is approaching a chalky
atratern.
More than an usual number of Irish labourers are now
114 their way through Stamford, to assist in the work of
harvest in. the fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire
this year. Hundreds are nightly lodged in the barns
aald outhouses in the suburbs.

SPORT LNG INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BRIGHTON RACES.—FRIDAY.—(CONCLUDED.)
Handicap Plate of 401. Heats, one mile.
41r. B&W n's Dromedary, 5 yrs, Bst 51b 4 1 1
fir.
Wyndham's Singleton, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 1 2 2
411„„Y• Goodwan's Chummy, 3 yrs, 6st 81b
Theol)ald's Glenoxy, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 3 dr
First Heat.—Even on Singleton. Won by a length.
Second lieat.-5 to 4on Singleton. Won in a canter.
Third Heat.—Won very easy.
RETTEsIG AT MANCHESTER.—(FRIDAY.)
ST. LEGEI.-6 to 4 agst Attila (t), 12 to 1 agst Fire-
away (t), 20 to 1 agst Cattonite, 25 to 1 agst Seahorse,
42. to 1 agar, Rosalind, 25 to 1 agst Artful Dodger, 25
'"° 1 agst Agreeable c, 30 to 1 agst Master Thomas, 40
4_
1, agst -Meteor, 50 to 1 agst Belccenr.
telccei tr has been sold to Mr. Collins.
PERBY, 1843.-25 to 1 agst Philip, 25 to 1 agst Aris-
tides 30 to 1 agst Cotherstone, 30 to 1 agst Canton,
30 to 1 a zst c out of Attila's dam, 33 to 1 agst Parthian,
35 to 1 a: ist New Brighton, 35 to 1 agst Pharaoh.
AVOLT. tRIIAMPTON STAKES.-5 to 4 agst Retriever,
\take 6to 4), 3 to 1 agst Heslington.

LLOY SHIPPING—(THIS DA
LONDoCA, AUGUST 6.—Wind this day at noon S.E,
-„„PEAL, AUGUST s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ida,
Ina, Amsterdam, for Batavia. The following
Yrpsels re main, viz.--Diana, for South Seas; John Knox,
'l'atavia ; Thomas Henry, Ceylon ; Charlotte Wylie,
Sierra I, tune; Rebecca Jane, Ascension; Mary, Quebec;
lt,pnaanol 1, St. John's; and several others. Sld. Calcutta;
41obart !Town.
CowE a, AUGUST s.—Arrd. Reliance, Hutchings,
Cuba, aad sailed fur London. A deeply laden bark, of
about 4C ,0 tons (apparently British), ashore on Florida
wit h wreckers alongside, was passed by the Reliance.
OFF, B, KIGHTON, AUG:s.—Florentia, Goodwyn, Sydney.
OFF' S. ki.coatnn, Ana. 4.—Conder, Myrawarne, Port-
Ittl4erino for Bremen.
OFF KINGSBRIDGE, AUG. s.—James, Port Philip.
PAL3IOI ITE, AUG. 4.7,--Wind N. to W., fresh breezes.
k Erskine, Coale, Pernambuco, left May 30 ;
Louise, M orate Video.
LIVER! 'COL. AUG. s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cap.
fain Ross., Green from Africa, left Bonny May 4, and
rrinee's day 10 ; Peruvian, Gwakkin, Bonny, April
27:; Govirrnor, St. Domingo, and not the Covenanter,
aS reported; Archer, Ligonier, Champion, Miller, and
Lord Seaton, New Orleans ; Sir C. Campbell; Charles-
20D Henry, Delano, Liberty, Merton, Lady
Gordon, and Ohio, Lion, New York ; Stephens. St.
Steplien's Bocksbire, and Minerva, Montreal ; British
Queen; Ann, Jeffrey, and Princess Victoria, Quebec.
Sailed Britannia steamer, Boston. Arrived off, Adam
tOcli ~•e, end Commerce.
SC tux, AUG. 3.—Arrd. British Queen, Benin, for
Long on ; her Majesty's ship Hydra, Bermuda, skort of
coals And provisions.
PAii,sTow, AUGUST 4.—Sld. Belle, Quebec.
OFF. SClLLY.—Orphous, Digby, Madras ; Howard,
t'aulson, New York, for Hamburgh.
..131truTim., AUGUST s.—Arrd. Miranda, Brock, Cape
Ve'rd ; smanuel, Pearson, Quebec.
SWANISEA, AUGUST 4.—Arrd. Ocean, Windroff, Val-
Paraiso ; Auricula., Oliver, Cuba.
OFF ei..PE CLEAR, AUG. 3.—Jane, St. Kitt's, Clyde.
DUBLIN, AUGUST 3.—Sld. Watson, Quebec.
litax, AUGUST s.—Sid. Wave, Rio.
liann.,./scros, AUGUST s.—The Amphitrite, from
S4nderliad, got on the Rocks off Flamborough Bead last
night, 1 rut came off this morning without damage, and
Proceed
DUBLIN, AUG. 4 —The Autumn, from Susa, with
g:ot ashore on Arklow Bank, but has been assisted
off leaky, with cargo damaged. The Robert, from
Zailetta, got aground on the North side of the channel
in coming in, and lies badly, but is expected off without
PtitN Kmuuco, MAY 28.7—The Newburn, Wrangles,
from Mutt-Mins. to Lodion, last from St. Helena, put into
-"i0 'Grande du Norte 6th instant, very leaky, and must
disci tarrre.

T.he Lord Chainberlain, Earl Delawarr, is expected
to at rue in Grosvenor-street on Tuesday next, by the
South-Eastern Railway from Buckhurst Park, to make
Are rations in his department for the prorogation of
ftimment in person by her Majesty, who is expected to
artiire, B,3cording to present arrangements, at Bucking
bran Palace on Wednesday afternoon.
RATHER CURIOUS.—Th an account of the birds,
c 7 of the Andes, there appears the following curious
Ix cord of a /rad avis, called the Ptcroptochos Tarnii.
:his singular bird is found in the woody parts of the
Andes, and is very difficult so shoot; its cry is compared
to the neighing of a young alt.