The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-27 00:00:00

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—EIijah is to be per formed at Exeter Hall, on Friday next, under Mendelssohn's direction, being the last time it can be performed before be leaves-England. Staudigl will, on the occasion, support his original character of Elijah. MR. MACREA DY'S li2-APPEARANCE AT THE PitracEss'e.—lt is said that Mr. Maddox, the lessee of the Princess's Theatre, has offered Mr. Macready an engagement for twenty weeks of the next season, at 100 guineas per week. Hii performance to he three times A week At stipu lated intervals.—Observer, THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 58 ; Noon, 54. BAROMETER, 29.86.—W1ND, W.S.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. blorr.ing .. 0 minutes aft er 0. 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Richard Heinle)", NO"' earl n h g, HER MAJESI I I' r . THIS EVENING, Tuesday, April 27, will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, I DIE roscanr. Lucretia, Madanie Montenegro; Jacopo, Signor Frasclfni; Lore dan Signor Bouche ; and. Il Doge, Signor Coletti. In °' the course of the evening a Divertis ement. Pas de Deux, by 3ldlle. Rosati and M. Perrot ; " Poqiani.i," or Pas Polonaise, by Mdlle. Taglioni ; and the celebrated. Pas de Quatre, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdllcs. Cassan and Honore. Selections from the First Act of La Favourita, by Signor Gardini and Signor Bouche. In the course of the Ballet of Orithia will be presented (for the first time) a new and original Grand Pas de Deux (composed by M. P. Taglioni), between Mdlle. Rosati and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. To conclude with the highly successful new Ballet Divertissement (by Paul Taglioni, the music by Signor Pugni, the scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall), entitled ORITHIA.; ou, Les Camp des Amazons. . _ Orithia, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn; Martheria Madme Copere; Isa dhe, 'Mlle. Montfort; and Meets, M. Taglioni. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, April 29,1847, when will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, I PURITANI. Principal Characters : —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Arturo, Signor Gardoni ; end Riccardo, Signor Coletti. In the course of the evening a Divertissement, comprising the talents of 3ldlles.Cerito, Rosati, Maria Taglioni, and Lucile Gratin ; J. Perrot, M. St. Leon, and M. P. Taglieni. After the Opera. the first Tableau of the Ballet of LALLA. ROOKII, In which 31dlle. Cerito , M. St. Leon, and 11. Perrott will appear. 'co concinde with the admired Grand Ballet (omitting the tw o tirq Tableaux) of ICORALIA, and comprising the. uatic Moonlight Scene, the Garden Sce ne, and the ce!ebratecl Aq Palace of the Ondines. Principal characters by Mdlle. Rosati, Millie, Maria Taglioni,Thille. Petit st,phan; Honore, Cassan, Jullien, La moreux, Gosselin, e and M. I'. Taoioni. ROYAL I FALUN OPERA, covENT GARDEN'. The Nobility, Gentry, and Stlititterg, are respectfully informed , th a t THURSDAY NEXT 7 will bean EXTRA NIGHT, not Included in the Subscription, en which occasion will he peribrined Bellini's Opera PURITANE In which Madame Grisi;;;;nor Mario, Signor 'fambar:ni, and Signor Marini will appear. To conclude with a new grand bit'llet, LA REINE DES FEES. Composed by M. Albert ; music by Signor Curmi. Principal cha racters by Madlle. Dunattre, Bertin, Madlle. tieodot, and M. Petipa (from the Gra,' Opera, Par a). _ . Tickets, stalls, and boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Iteg - ent-street. The doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven o'clock, tae perform ance to commence at PRILL3 OF ADM:,SION First AmphitheatN Stalls, First itow ...... 0 14 0 Ditto, Second and Third !tows...—. •• •• •• •• 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre 0 7 0 Pit Tickets .... •••••••••••• " • • • • ' • • •" 8 (' First Amphitheatre • • .... •• • • •........... 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre ••••• • •• • • 0 3 0 ( lallerY •• •••• •• • ............... ..._0 3 0 THEATRE. ROYAL DRURY-LANE. The Last Night 1)1A Four of the New Grand Oriental Spectacle, and of Mr. Hughes's Mammoth Establishment. EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter , Morliere, Mr. llorneastle; Ardenford, Mr. 'V. Ila rrison ; Mal - a - Propos , M r. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss It. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, caled THE DESERT; or, The Imatm's Daughter. In which the Two Ele,)hants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imatm Useph, Mr. Howell; Hafez, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Mr. W. 11. P,pne t. Fuzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzllraga, Mr. L. Lee; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Mee sent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss 11. Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will tre -peeormel the C.rneay of THE CLANDESTINE MAR RIAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. F. Farrell; Lovewell, Mr. Howe ; Brush, Mr. Buckston; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover Van ny Sterling, Mlas Julia Bennett; Betty, Mrs. Hamby; Trusty, Miss Woulds. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin cut of Place. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE LIGHT TROOPS OF ST. JAMES'S. Master Thomas Smallbones, Mr. Buckstone ; Maids of Honour to the Queen, Nix's. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Jane Roberts, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELVIII. nder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENCNG Will he performed the TUF. vr...OWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Shirlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilllam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Yeasts. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Culleniord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vinia g, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Win.stanley Mrs. Stirling, Mrs 11. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. To conclude with the Comedy of SII E STOOPS TO CONQUER. Principal characters by Messrs. Wynn, Granby, Vining, Compton, Fisher, Cowell, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Ilughes, and Mrs. Fosbroke. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called THE CREOLE. Characteri by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Ater which, an entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. IVigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley. With the performance of Mr. William Bateman. the great Ame rican Mimic, Vocalist, Lecturer, and Musical Performer. To conclude with the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turne-, and Mrs. Keeley. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John 3litehell. Madlle. ROSE CHERI has the hooour to announce that her Benefit, and positively the Last Night of her Engage:nent, will take place To-morrow Evening, when will be performed LES GRISETTES. After which. JEANNE ET JEANNETON. To conclude with the Comedie-Vaudeville of UN CIIANGEMENT DE MAIN. Alexis Ramanouski, M. Rhozevil ; Elisabeth, Mdlle. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 63. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3'. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. M itchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at tho Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETII lONIAN irERENADERS, ST. JAMENS MEATH& The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gernion, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable EN fER riiN MENTS at the St. James's Theatre, THIS EVENING ; Doors open at Eight o'clock ; and will give a grand DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, April 28, commencing at Half-past Two o'clock. The evening per formances will be continued on Thursday, and Saturday. They will also appear at the Town Hall, Oxford, this Evening and To-morrow, and at the London•bridge Hotel, Southwark. on Friday next. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street ; and at the Box-office. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Ohl Bond-street. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE WEEK. Will be performed an Original Pictorial Drama, in Four Parts, entitled HOGARTIPS MIRROR. Principal characters by Messrs. Darcie, A. Lee, Butler, Payne, H. Reeves, Ayllffe, Deighton; Miss Love, Mrs. Griffiths, Miss Har court, &c. To be followed by an Eccentric Vaudeville, called CAPERS AND CRUSHERS. After which, a screamer, in One Act, entitled ARE YOU COMING TO BED ? To conclute with a new Ballet, introducing upwards of 60 Cory phees, founded on and entitled the ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is,: Gallery, 4d. Half-price a t half-past Eight o'clock. Box•ofce open from eleven till four o'clock. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary Novelties and grand Equestrean Fetes every night, THIS EVENING. FOURTH WEEK OF THE sUCCESCFUL GORGEOUS SPECTACLE OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ' • or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. B a t t y 's numerous and hi g hl y trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, &c. Entire change in the Scenes of the Circle, by the first artistes in Europe. Great success of the extraordinary lofty leaper Mr. Hen derson in Iris wonderful Arab flights. Splendid Pageant by Eight Ladies and their trained horses, and other productions, only to be witnessed at this Theatre. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Rox Office open front Eleven till Four. Box Book - keep er, Mr. i±hettield. Performanz•e commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE vi . d e, Under the Ma.nagement of Mrs. Frances D THE ORIGINAL ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, CROWDS NIGHTLY TO SEE THE BUFFALO GIRLS With Coloured Concert, Nigger songs, w Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and Twist Violin ,All b m paniments, the Railay Overture, and Grape Vine . y Female Professors. TUTS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF aorE ; or, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dunmore, Mr. Conway ; Squire Bar greave, IY M , Mr r. s. T. FreWare.dericks ; Capt a i n Walton, Mr. Tindel ; Mary Whent After which THE BUFFALO GALS ; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with THE FATE OF CALMS. at ..... , is.; Gallery, 6d. D oors open at nix, commence , i r x. irßoxe Half- s Past 2s. , S ROYAL THEATM For 0112 Week only, the Dark brothers aild the Illack Gals of Ohio, who will sing, with full Instautneutal A ccompaniments,, all the Popular Melodies of the Day. Second Week of the BOY, hailed with acclamations of ap. plause. THIS EVENING, AND DURING TnE, WEEK, In Three Acts, POVERTY ; or, A TALE OF SORROW. Characters by Mr. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Gardner ; Mrs. G. Lee, Miss Barroughcliffc, dcc. After which, The Mississippi Darts Brothers,and the Bllck Gals of Ohio. To be follewed by the SHIP BOY; or, The White, Slave of Gua daloupe. The Ship Boy by Miss Vincent. To conclude with (This Evening and To-morrow), THE EATS OF RAT'S CASTLE; or, The Oki Abbey Ruins. Boxes, is.; Half Price, 60. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes Parties of Four, 10s. 6d. ; and Parties of Eight, 1/. Is. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1847 TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communication of Mr. W. Johns' is an advertisement. ritanin .50wit LONDON, TUESDAY. APRIL 27, 1847. Consolatory and flattering intelligence has arrived from Spain, intelligence such as will render the Pa checo Administration more popular than heretofore in this country. Arrangements appear to be in pro gress for the settlement of the long-standing liabilities of the Spanish Government—a decree having been issued in the Gazette on the 17th ult., whereby it is proposed to form a Commission for hearing the repre sentations of the various classes of the creditors. Happily, therefore, the dilatoriness of the preceding Cabinets will in no manner be imitated by Senor PACHECO and his Ministerial colleagues; and the wrongs inflicted with such an obstinate pertinacity and such an unyielding callousness, will be compen sated bya tardy but welcome payment. No promise could so effectually ensure to an embryo and rather doubtful Ministry, like the one recently nominated by Queen ISABELLA, the sympathy of the public as this, affecting as it does the pockets and the monetary prosperity of so many individuals. The golden shower of Danae is more welcome now-a-days--to this commercial and unsentimental generation--than the blooming showers of herbs and blossoms dropped from the lap of Proserpine. Pacneco is aware of this very reasonable preference, his associate SALAMANCA is aware of it, and hence the publication of this pro. pitious decree, and the half assurance that the Spanish race are resolved no longer to be a re pudiating and partially insolvent race. With all the natural and artificial resources of that kingdom, with its fruitful vineyards and its inexhaustible gardens, with its enterprising citi zens and its army of merchants, it were preposterous Ito imagine that, with a judicious application of the science of finance, its debts could not be ultimately liquidated. There is en elasticity, moreover, in financial affairs, as conducted by the more experienced economy of this country, that would enable a less prolific soil than that of the Peninsula to produce sufficient, not merely for the nutrition of its inhabi tants, and the settlement of a proportionate amount of interest, but likewise for the release of the country by instalments from a much heavier embarrassment. It is very conceivable that Senor Mos should regard with a jealous animosity the measures undertaken by the new Minister of Finance, seeing that they cast a hue so flattering upon the successors of SOTOMAYOR. Hence, therefore, the diatribes that are appearing in such rapidity in the columns of the Madrid news paper El Faro, which is avowedly the organ of the opinions of Mow. If the present advisers of her MAJESTY will, however, but take courage, they may scorn the fantastic imputations cast upon them by the morbid and suspicious imaginations of their discomfited opponents. It requires, indeed, not merely sagacity, but courage, to extricate the Go vernment from the slough of despondency and the depths of " imbecility" in which it has been so long involved. Besides the arrangements we have already indi cated, as in preparation by the Pacheco Cabinet, there are others, also, in the same state of forward ness, and of almost equal importance. Foremost among them is the project of law regarding the press—divided into four sections and forty-nine articles. Seven offences are therein enumerated as punishable under the proposed enactment: offences against the person or dignity of the SOVEREIGN, against the safety of the State, against public order, against society, against public morals, against foreign Sovereigns, and against individuals. So that the Executive will still retain a very consider able influence over that fourth estate, in whose freedom alone the true spirit of civilisation can be realised. A second project of law is in reference to the disposal of property appertaining to poor houses, colleges, townships, maestrasgos, and other descriptions of immovable property. Besides these intended alterations there are more of a satisfactory character for the conversion of outstanding credits into three per cent. stock, and other matters much desiderated, but hitherto neglected. In all this there appears an activity of a very encouraging kind, and such as will, if uninterrupted by external intrigues, tend to insure the happiness and competence of the entire nation. A satisfactory programme, however, is not sufficient; a prac tical good must be actually effected, otherwise no Cabinet (however plausible) can continue long in existence. PACHECO must consequently follow up these projects with energy and celerity if he is solicitous to render his dominion permanent, or his country flourishing. Let him take warning from the fortunes of his predecessors ; let him remember how, having "kept the word of promise to the ear, and broken it to the hope," they have been succes sively ejected from authority, and sometimes igno miniously expelled beyond the frontier. Let him bear these things in recollection, and act upon the Ideductions derivable from that experience. On Thursday last we pointed out that the probable effect of the adoption of the clause proposed by Lord G. BENTINCK in the Committee on the Irish Poor law Bill, for placing the entire rate on the occupying tenant, would be to occasion a renewal of the scenes of 1832 and the subsequent years, and practically to render the law inoperative and inefficacious. That opinion has received the strongest confirmation from a resolution passed at a very numerous and respect able meeting of the guardians and ratepayers of the Lisburn Union, held on 'Wednesday last—a meet ing, composed of all classes, as well proprietors as occupiers of land. The resolution, too, was carried on the motion of DEAN STANNUS, agent to the Mar quis of HERTFORD, and thus the representative of one of the largest estates in Ireland. It states the serious apprehensions entertained with regard to the clause, and directs that " A petition, signed by the chairman, on behalf of the meeting, shall be pre sented to the House of Lords against a measure which would be so glaringly unjust in principle, whilst it would create bitter enmity between landlords and tenants, produce passive resistance to Ae payment of rates over the entire country, and might eventually endanger the stability of property;" and adds, "in stead of such a ruinous clause we unanimously and earnestly implore the Legislature, not only to con tinue the proportion of the rates upon landlord and tenant, as it is found in the existing law, but to sanc tion a provision which will free the tenant from the loss and inconvenience of paying at any time more than his own proportion of such assessment." The fatal results of such an enactment are by no means overstated. The farmers would indeed feel that they were treated in the most inequitable and unjust man- 1 ner, if the entire burden of the impost was suffered to fall upon their shoulders, and if the proprietors of the soil—men by whose united and strenuous exer tiens, in the improvement of their lands—the weight of the impost must be regulated, were practically ex empted must fromfallo rEr the e charg e.land, a n d. iTI True,. thisit is country that eventually w 011 l d responsible for signify little whether th the occupier or the owner was before are taken e 1 1 e 3 n a t y o. m t e h n e t , occupation 0 all 0 such f t h e into . the calculation of the roarpeital, skill, made c t f l e hr n am e r mge charges t, and devotes his p England i e nt centuries; to its cultivation and im and industry charge has existed in The Englisritlmaraitnty Besides, such a its probable amount m ay be for relied on with nearly as muc , a " unie d and d a o s es t n h o e t set re h n i t mse i l t f se i l n f. opposition to the law beca use its operation may be. found oppressive and burden.. some, or seek by underhand means to evade a pay.. ment for which he is made responsible. He may he may petition and agitate grumble and complain, for an alteration of the law, but while it remains , on the statute-book he will obey it, and liquidate, so long as he has the means in his possession, the sums payable by him. But in Ireland things are essen tially different. It is comparatively a new burden. It is but a few years since it was first introduced, even in the stinted and abridged shape in which it at present exists ; and hitherto the amount collected has borne but a small proportion to the value of the land: 6d. or at the utmost 10d. in the pound per annum on the poor-law valuation—which, it must be recollected, is fully 20 per cent. below the real value—is the out side that has been levied in even the poorest districts, on an average of the past years. This will now most probably be considerably increased. A far higher charge will become necessary, at least in the districts where the landlords continue the crassa negligentia for which so many of the body have been remarkable; a new burden would be entailed on those already oppressed by rackrents, and barely able to obtain a livelihood little better than that of the paupers they would be com pelled to relieve. A general conspiracy would speedily be organized. An anti-poor-law confedera tion would start into existence. The landlords would tacitly sanction the resistance ; they would but feebly oppose any steps taken in opposition to such a charge ; and, so long as they received their rents, they would consider the non-payment of the poor-rate a venial offence on the part of the tenant. Even as the law now stands great difficulties at tend the collection. We are told by the Southern Reporter that the greater part, if not the whole, of a rate struck last November is still payable, and cannot be enforced. The state of the Castlebar Union has already attracted the attention of both Houses of Parliament. It has been proclaimed to the country that while numbers were dying on every side, while famine was raging at the very threshold of the work house, young and old, strong and weak, able-bodied labourers, as well as those suffering under the decre pitude of age or the helplessness of childhood, sinking from inanition, not one-fourth of the number which the house was intended to contain were admitted, owing to the impossibility of procuring payment from the farmers. The same impediments are found in many other parts ; and, unless some additional means of enforcing the demand are conceded by the Legis lature, these difficulties will be greatly increased. Surely, then, this is not a time to play the landlords' game, or to permit them, by a side wind, to get rid of that which they would not venture openly to reject. In all questions were the principle of protection is concerned the tl.•rnier ressort of its advocates is to fish fo , . a Select Committee. The House of Lords seems to be the favourite arena for this species of political legerdemain. Nothing daunted by the failure of the experiment recently made in regard to the navi gation-laws, under the auspices of Lord STANLEY, a similar atttempt was made in the Upper House on Friday last, when the second reading of the Customs Duties Bill was brought under their Lordships' con sideration. Upon a division, the Government suc ceeded in relieving their measure from the impedi ment sought to be thrown in the way of its progress. The discussion is not to be regretted. It has evinced, first of all, that the principles of free trade are now so well understood and established, that, even in the branch of the Legislature where those of protection are still pertinaciously clung to by many of its mem hers, they triumph over all opposition. In the next place, it shows the public ingratitude of the supporters of monopoly. Notwithstanding that the Government had raised the differential duty on colonial rum from 63. to 9d. per gallon, for the express purpose, as admitted by Earl GREY, of con ciliating the Opposition, and not, in any wise, be cause they doubted the equity of their original pro position, the concession failed to reconcile the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord STANLEY, et hoc genus omne, to the wisdom of the fiscal regulations embodied in the Bill. And, lastly, we rejoice at the discussion because it served, in a prominent manner, to elicit the evils of the Excise system. It was declared that the entire number of dis tillers in London was not more than eight, who alone paid 3,500,0001. out of the 6,000,0001., or there about., which constitute the whole amount of the Excise duty paid on spirits in the United Kingdom. The consequence of the heavy amount of duty leviable upon the manufacture of spirits is that none can embark in the trade without the command of an enormous capital, and hence the most absolute mono poly prevails throughout this extensive branch of traffic. It is needless now to point out that the Customs Duties Bill will not operate unjustly between our own countrymen and the foreign producers, seeing that the Lords, by the vote to which they came, have decided that this is an idle fear, and believing, as we do, with Lord CAMPBELL in his humorous assertion, that " the mountain dew will never yield to the produce of the sugar cane !" But of this we are satisfied, that the very facts brought forward by Lord STLNLET afford the strongest vin dication of the Bill for the mutilation of which he adduced them. An indefensible monopoly exists, which the measure will tend to shake, a measure which, whilst redeeming a pledge given by two successive Governments to the West Indian colonists, will be acceptable as an act of justice to Great Britain and Ireland. In the latter country, indeed, the monopoly his been more com plete than elsewhere, since the effect of the extraor dinary differential duty has been practically to limit the importation of rum to a most insignificant quan tity, not more than 20,000 gallons having for some years been the annual average of such importation. The cost of collection, and the inquisitorial character of the Excise duties, are daily rendering them more and more objectionable to a people fond of enterprise and freedom of action. Any measure, therefore, which paves the way for facilitating the ultimate abrogation o J these vexatious laws presents an addi tional recommendation to the favour of an enlightened public. On the 17th the Papal troops succeeded in captur ing, in the Province of Ferrara, sixty brigands, who have for some time past been ravaging Lower Romagna, pillaging the corn stores. They were natives of the Austrian provinces, and were, it is said, organised by Austrian agents. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. It is said that some differences have taken place in the Cabinet on the subject of the recal of ESPARTERO, a measure strongly advocated by Senor SALAMANCA, but objected to by some of his colleagues. It was rumoured that SALAMANCA would resign and be succeeded by REYNOSO. The attempts made to pro duce a reconciliation between the KING and QUEEN have been unsuccessful. The KING continues to mope in his apartments, occasionally going to mass by way of variety, while the QUEEN, accompanied by her father-in-law, drives about Madrid, mixes with her subje3ts, studiedly adopts the national cos tume, and is daily becoming more and more popular. The KING, it is said, is lending himself to the in trigues of the French Court, and is a mere tool in the hands of MoN, PIDAL, and MARTINEZ D C LA Rosa. General RONCALI has, it is said, refused the government of Gallicia. The Carlist Chief, CATIE cim.4. Boscit Y BLANCH, called the Penitent of Finestra, has been captured in Lampurdan and carried to Gerona for trial. Don Lo- RENZO ARRAZOLA has been appointed Fiscal of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, and, it is said, General Ros DE OLANO will be nominated Lieutenant- Colonel of the corps of Halbardiers, and be succeeded as Governor of Madrid by Don JUAN ORTEGA. The 1 ith being Sunday, the Bolsa was closed. A r_•ew paper, entitled El Faro, has appeared at Madrid. Mozr, PIDAL, and MARTINEZ DE LA Rosa, are, it is said, contributors to its columns. It is in tended to be the especial organ of the Afrancesado ex-Camarilla. The Clamor Publico publishes the following intelligence from the frontiers of Portugal. It is dated Ayamonte (province of Huelva, April 8): " Yesterday, at about three P.M twenty-nine boats en tered the Guadiana. They conveyed about 1,200 men, or ganised into two battalions, whose bands played as they passed Ayamonte, the Riego, and Bilbao siege hymns An immense crowd assembled on the banks of the river to ad n'ire the fine spectacle of so many boats with the Portuguese flag flying. To-morrow as many boats, carrying as many and Alemtejo i t n il s a e r s e te t a o n; e:te r the Guadiana. General Sada Bandeira and his staff will arrive. He has been recently appointed 0 3. p . ,,o tl or i t e supreme Junta of Oporto Lieutenant the Algarves Q ul u tra d - jan Lib a :r an al a pr L n ia it e ) r W v, r e hi l ei a , v h e as in b t ro h u e g f i l l t t la ß d a i n an d a e : r a a l , n :r a ll i e v n is d i i o c n i fProoirn fletters from Faro of the Bth," says the Echo (another deira'a division movesdt'Q ' tola. On the Bth, at' ' n j o ' on, 3' the General t e ow th ,L a r t ii th A e idemay.ehtprbe,Savdianaßreaani-, and his staff left with some troops in the same direction, after having a. conference with General Maldonado de Eza, who had arrived at the same hour at Gavia, whit a column of above 1.000 men. General Moldonado had previously effected his junct ion with the Count de Mello. We believe that all will soon be at an end in that part of the country, the people being pa rtisans of liberty." We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. _ The journals of Friday all comment on the affairs of Prussia, and the Debats, which has not yet re covered its p; acidity of temper, again complains of the contemptuous manner in which the KING spoke Of the working of the Constitution of the Barricades. The Republican papers see in the assembling of the Diet of Prussia the counterpart to the assembling of the States-General of France in 1789, and consider it as the prelude to a revolution. " If," says the Berlin correspondent of the National," the debates and the vote on the Address have not yet enlightened the KING, if he should obstinately persevere in the illu sions of his pride, or the follies of his system, he is preparing, as is openly said here, a civil war , an d drawing on his throne clouds pregnant with storms." A grand review took place in the Place Carrousel on ou d T I y cheered Thursday. 0 rs e d e a r y e d y the t . Thel r i o i ops No, who was pr esen t, was l. The Courrier Francais revives the report that was some time since in circulation, to the effect that the Emperor NICHOLAS was about to visit Paris shortly. The Union 3fonarchique, however, which on such a subject is likely to be well informed, declares that it is extremely improbable that such a visit will take place. " The Court of the Tuileries," says that journal— " Has resolved to send an Envoy Extraordinary, with a pressing autograph letter, to Stutgartl, to endeavour to pre vail on the Emperor of Russia to pay Paris a short visit. The choice of the Envoy is already made, and, if the Em peror resists, he is instructed to solicit at least the visit of the Grand Duke Constantine to Strasburg or to Paris. The writer even otters to send a Prince of the family of Orleans, the Duke d'Aumale or the Duke de Montpensier, to Stutgard, to express to his Majesty the anxious desire of that Court to establish a new entente cordiale. Our correspondent, how ever, assures us that the so-much-wished-for visit will not take place this year." According to the Presse, accounts have been re ceived from Otaheite of the 9th of January, announcing that the natives had made their submission to the French authorities, but that Queen POMARE had not returned to the island. The lifoniteur publi,hes the returns of the mer chandise imported into Prance during the month of March, 1847, from which it appears that the duties levied thereon amounted to 12,030,657 f. They had produced, in the corresponding month of 1845, 11,470,219 E, and in 1846, 12,355,628 f. The receipts of the Customs during the first quarter of 1847 were 32,969,595 f., being by 1,308,847 f. inferior to those of 1845, and by 3,251,442 f. to 1846. The Univers of Saturday asserts that the Queen of SPAIN is in a condition that promises an heir to the throne. The Union Monarchique, of the same date, states that at the earnest solicitation of MON, PIDAL, MARTINEZ DE LA RosA, and the other chiefs of the Afranceiado party, General NARVAEZ had refused to accept the embassy to Paris. Some coolness is said to exist between LOUIS PHILIPPE and CHRISTINA, in consequence of the refusal of the former to create Munoz Duke of Malmaison, or of St. Philip, or of St. Amelia (the patron saint of the Queen of the FRENCH), instead of Duke of Montmorot. The Chambers were occupied in the discussion of measures of merely local interest. The Presse says— " The account current of the Treasury with the Bank of France, which latterly had fallen to 4,000,000 E, has re mounted to 35,000,000 f. The raising of the rate of interest upon the Treasury Bonds to 5 per cent. has contributed towards supplying it with specie. The cash in hand at the Bank has also risen in a large proportion ; a fact which is remarkable, considering the extent to which money is ex ported from the other side of the Channel. In ordc rto lessen this, the Bank of England has not only raised its rate of discount to 5 per cent., but has recommended refusing the best paper, and limited considerably the length of the time which the bills it takes have to run." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Saturday, at 77f. 85c.; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 70c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2301.; Rouen, 927 f. 50c.; Havre, 673 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 625 f. ; Avignon, 7701. ; Vierzon, 5871. 50c.; Bordeaux, 5151. ; Troyes and Montereau, 297 f. 50c. ; Basle, 1901. • Dieppe, 320 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 E 50e.; Tours and antes, 421 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 4311. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 450 E; Belgian Two and-a-Half per Cents., 53 1 4. MARSEILLES, APRIL 20.—Marseilles and Avignon, 768 f. 75c. ; Northern, 613 f. 75c.. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Arm'. 24. _ _ Boulogne and Amiens, 16 5, 8 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15—Demerara, 3—Dutch Rhenish, 3 7 / 4 —East Inlian, !s—Luxembourg, 1 1 —Namur and Liege, 4 1 ,4-- Northern of France, 12 1 A—Paris and Lyons, s—Paris and Rouen, NlA—Paris and Strasbourg 2—Rouen and Havre, 261y—Sambre and Meuse, 51/2. IMPORTANT FROM PORTUGAL. We have just received the following important in telligence from Portugal : " Mello has reached the left bank of the Tagus, and menaced Lisbon. The Queen has agreed to a change of Ministay. " The English sailors have landed to protect the Queen."—Herald. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen gave a juvenile party yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, in celebration of the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Vis countess Barrington, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Baroness de Speth, arrived at four o'clock. The nobility and gentry who had been honoured with in vitations, arrived at four o'clock at the Palace. There were present Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Southerland, the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Countess of Gainaborough, die Countess of Desart, the Countess of Arundel and Surrey, the Countess Spencer, the Countess of Morton, the Countess of Morley, the Viscountess Emlyn, Lady Lyttelton, Lady Robert Grosvenor and Lady Susan Murray, and the Earl of Dunmore, accompanied by the juvenile members of their respective families. The Queen and Prince Albert, with their august visitors, entered the library, where the juvenile guests had assembled, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, P r i nce Alf re d, th o Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice. Mr. Spatz had the honour of exhibiting Lis maricnettcs ; and Mr. Henry Barnard had the honour of attending, and performed appropriate music on the pianoforte. The Hungarian instrumental vocalists, Messrs. Weiss, Zorer, Schwartz, and Grunzwag, had also the honour of per forming for the gratification of the illustrious party. Refreshments were afterwards served in an adjoining saloon. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance on the terrace in front of the library. . His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the performance of the Philharmonic Concert with their p r esence yesterday evening. Th e ro y a l su i te cons i sted o f the Countess ot Char- Lemont, Hon. Miss Kerr, Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Lard Chamberlain, the Earl of Morton, Lord George Lennox, Major the Hon. Robert Boyle, Captain Francis Seymour, Major •General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray, also honoured the performance of the Philharmonic Concert, with ' her presence. Colonel Bouverie has relieved Captain the llon. A. IL Gordon, in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Lord Ashley had an interview with Sir George Grey yes terday, at the Home-office. Lord George Hill had an interview with the Earl of Cla rendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Montgomery Martin had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Com mittee-meeting yesterday. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing-street. Baron de Goidsmid, Earl Bathurst, and Sir J. AP.Neill had interviews with Sir George Grey yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Fl9pe were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Dennistouu and Mr. Augustus Craven had an inter vim, yesterday, with the Earl of Clarendon. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - CHESTER, SUNDAY EVENING. Arrivals since our last :—Evenus, Jolly Beggar, Master Downes, Pantasa, Morocco Di thong, Mermaid, Glen Sad den, Naworth, Buckstone, ' Patriot, Tom Tough, Rowland, Bruce, Cheapside, Bannockburn, Lady Lurewell, Enchantress, Sir Tatton S y k es, Regalia, Pain, Newcourt, Lady Vnidair, oodpecker, Clumsy, Jenny Wren, Cherry, Headsman, Agnes, Fair Ro3amoiiii, Pic Sic, Wolfdog, Infringe, Golden Bee, Spithe a d, Eli za b eth Sharston, Hooton, Osprey, Mar low, Foreclo sure , F ree L ance, Alliance, T ro j an, J une, B rown Fly, Yellow Rose, Smuggler Bill, Ilawkstone, Congress. Arachne filly, Tonnny Moore, c by Tory Boy out of Ilamsel Utz. —No betting. toe Derby St a k es , TO THE I.DITOR CIE E' 7 H SUN. ' . SlR,—Tlie most imp o rt an t nice of the year, that for will, er e a nother month is sped , be recorded in the a nna l s o f t h e past, and ono of the strangest Derbies o n recor d ' w ith all its ups and do wns, will be irrevocably se ttl e d . Consequent upon this it is quite time I divided the "corn teem the chair," we having passed through two analyse the merits 01 the Derby nags; of the three great tests, in the shape of the Craven and First Spring Meetings . at Newmarket, by which . . we final opinion on the " great card" of test, the Dee Stakes, will be settled during the pr,sent week at Chester. after which I shall 13 , able to give my remaining 1847: h° That division of the nominations W h i c h have either directly or indirectly received their quietus in going through the " two tests," arc out of training, or known as non-starters, or, if starting, without the ghost of a chance, are the folloydrn; viz.—lngoldsby, Don emiar, Seducer, Jesuit, L azar ill o : Jack M,ister4, Spem Gr•fris. lihtek saLin, iieilear,,i, Inc Qth'=;t iul- ' 3 " l ` . ' Ati). " ll ' l "' Eger, Gabber, Villiers, Crozier, Sloth , Coulteruil, Serena, Ilia Serene Highness, Seljuk, Luxor, King of Morven, Projectile, Lord George, Jemals, Jolly Dick, Crttisford,lain, Saddleworth, Tim Whiffler, Premier, Papa, Allertonian, Dromedary, Bedouin, Lczatee, 111‘Gregor, Tartar, Silver Eel, Resolution, Themis, Va lance, Toga, Marmora and Mantle colts, Voro:;etz, colt by Harka ay, George Barnwell, The Precocious Youth, Crassus, Rauthos, Caps, The Queen, Miss Bacon, Dim.- rnillo, Verres, Heart of Oak, Siego of Troy, Bucksk'n, Tantivy, Weebit, Bellerophon, Atlantic, Timoor, Ray ner, Sir Walter Scott, Tom Fool, Str Martin, Johnnie Armstrong, Bit Nibble, All tatter'd-and-torn, Hard B3r gain, 'Whetstone, Typhon, Deloraine, Daring, Shawn Buidhee, Para Shastha, Redwing, colt by The Saddler, Mangosteen, Fickle colt, Retort colt, filly by The Sad dler, Sister to Cobweb colt, Lancer, Wildboy, Old El,g -lish Gentleman, King of Naples, Oregon, Veneer, Wolverton, View Hollow, Mora colt, Outpost, Vampire, Rob Rynd, Meaux, Cutaway, Broadsword, Hornet, Ab diel, Bowstring, Socrates, Hemiley, Brodie, Bendigo, Dubin colt, Marpessus, Mr. Newman, Little Maley, Eldon, Sir Peter Laurie, Clarendon, Pb sus, The Riever, Tallyho, Deriades, Sagamore, colt by the Pro vost, Morak, Wild Doe, and Fannus; leaving sixty from which to pick the winner. lot I will sift next Mon day. I cannot help remarking, en passant, that Day's this year is by far the most formidable lot, and that Kent's string, so pelted and pol:cd through the winter, is all moonshine. The success which has attend, d all my prognostications this year still stands by me; for I not only foretold the winner of the " Two Thous , snd," but placed the first and se co nd correct for the" One Thousand," and should, in all probability, hare been equally successful in the New market Stakes, had not Epirote suddenly fell amiss. As I predicted, War lade was second, and received his quietus, so far as his Derby chance is concerned. Cos sack won easily ; and added another sprig to the Dane bury wreath. This race, as a contemporary states, was the truest run this year; and the winner (mark my words) will be John Day's Derby horse. The annual sport on the Roodee at Chester begins at half-past one on Tuesday, with the Grosvenor Stakes, which must be won either by Pantasa or Burlesque. The Chesterfield Stakes, for three yrs old, will have ten starters; most probably the following animals:— Aliwal, St. Leon, Jovi,l, Sagacity, Premier, Watchdog, Abdiel, Lady Lurewell, Moonlight, and Susanna. Of these, Aliwal, Watchdog, Lady Lurewell, and Ste - anna, will form the front rank at the stand; Susanna or Watch dog finally winning, with nothing to spare. A Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, for two yrs old, will have an Enchantress among the field, also Lucy Ashton, Glen Saddel (a very fine colt), Buckstone, The Stinger, and Beverlac; and the public may look out for a stinger in Colonel Anson's colt or Enchantress; Beverlac bring close up, A Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each will be won by Butter ton or llawkest,ine. • On Wednesday the good old town of Chester will be disturbed from its wonted propriety by an influx of the London and Manchester divisions of the sporting fra ternity, for the express purpose of witnessing the ex c;ting struggle for the " Coop," as the natives term the " Tradesmen's Plate " The field for this race will be composed of the following with but few deductions or additions, viz st 1b Sweetmeat; 5 yrs *Sir Tatton Sykes, 4 rs 8 11 8 8 Dulcet, S yrs ... 8 8 Mendicant, 4 yrs 8 0 Annandale, 5 yrs St. Lawrence, aged 7 10 Neweourt, aged ...... 7 10 Queen of Tyne, aged 7 9 Lady 5 yrs Arthur, 5 yrs Fitzalien, 5 yrs Princess Alice, 4 yrs *Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs 7 5 Mickey Free, 6 yrs 7 3 "Ratcliffe, 6 yrs 7 3 Pal, 4 yrs ... 7 2 Plaudit, 5 yrs 7 0 'Woodpecker, 4 yrs 7 *Marian Ramsay, 5 yrs 6 13 st 11) Bourten, 4 yrs 6 13 Flahowlagh, 5 yrs *Clumsy, 5 yrs 6 12 Chertsey, 5 yrs . *Cawrouch, 4 yrs .. 6 12 Cherry, 4 yrs Emigrant, aged *The Magnet, 5 yra 6 7 Sylvanus, 5 yrs - 6 5 ' Farthing Candle, 4 yrs 6 2 Camera Obscura, 4 .yrs 6 0 *Erin.-go-bragh, 4 yrs ..• 6 0 *Mermaid, 4 yrs ... 6 - 0 The Lamb, 4 yrs 6 0 Chatterbox, 4 yrs 5 8 *Regalia, 4 yrs 5 8 Banana, 4 yrs 5 7 Sir Martin, 3 yrs.... 4 11 Clermont. (101 b ex )3 yrs 4 9 Emerald Lle, 3 yrs 4 4 Those marked with an asterisk are doubtful starters. From the heavy weights, I select Sweetmeat, Annandale, and Lady Wildair; from the middle weights, Magnet and Camera Obscura; and from the feather weights, Sir Martin and Cltreiont. With these, I think I can pull through, and shall not be at all surprised should the race come off -thus—Sweetmeat first, Sir Martin second, arAt Clermont third. Her Majesty's Plate will find its way into the pocket of Sir C. Cockerell with Congress. On Thursday Wolfdog will be Premier for the Dee Stand Cup, with Aliwal and Bannockburn near the mark. The Dee Stakes will bring a few Derby and Oaks pets to the post, including Montpensier, Nerissa, Miles's Boy, and perhaps the Horn of Chase and Wanota. The best of this lot, in my opinion, is Montpensier; with him and Mr. Periley's l'll stand to win.--I am, Sir, &e. April 26. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE “EDINBURGH REVIEW" AND SIR FRANCIS HEAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As the conduct or misconduct of a public servant has always been considered by the British press as a subject worthy of fair investigation, I request that you will do me the justice to insert the following brief exposure of some ac cusations which have lately appeared against me in a public journal. In the number of the _Edinburgh Review which has just been published, it is stated, that on Sir F. Head's retiring from the administration of the Government of Upper Canada, he " determined on traversing the United States in disguise ;" and " that having reached the town of Waterton, in the cha racter of servant to Judge Jones, he chose to overact his humble part so grossly as to excite suspicion, and conse quently provoke recognition." In reply to the above, I deliberately declare that, on my arrival at Waterton, as well as throughout the whole of the journey alluded to, my face was uncovered, that I was dressed in the blue cloak I had always worn at Toronto, un derneath which I wore my usual travelling dress. During this journey Judge Jones openly and undisguisedly treated ins with the attention he had invariably shown me at Toronto; and I pledge myself that, if appealed to, Judge Jones, who is now at Toronto, will certify that the assertions in the Edinburgh Review, that I travelled in disguise, and as his servant, are, in every particular, untrue. Having refuted an allegation which I trust every man of honour will feel it was due to my character to contradict, I will now briefly expose a few other misstatements of minor importance, which I certainly should not otherwise have noticed. 1. It is stated in the Edinburgh Review, page 373. that " Sir F. Head now took a step which subjected him, and we think justly, to the loudest censure from the citizens of Toronto. He sent his own family on board a steamer in the Lake. Now, though no one will be very hard on him for showing such affection for his family, it must be recollected that the other families in Toronto had no such means of refuge." The truth of the story is as follows :—On leaving Govern ' ment House, en the night of the rebellion, to take up my position in the market'place, I conducted my family to the house of her Majesty's Solicitor-General, where they re mained the whole night. On the afternoon of the next day, the.present Bishop of Toronto recommended several families to go on board two steamers, which were not in the Lake, but lying moored in the harbour. They did so; and Lady Head and my daughter sharing equally with them the accommodation, remained on board one of these two crowded vessels until the Mayor of Toronto, aceempanied by several of the principal eitizene, far from entertaining the feelings described, came alongside to congratulate them "loudly" on the defeat of the rebels: The Bishop of Toronto, and the principal families residing in that city, if appealed to, will, I am sure, certify that the above statement is correct; and that the assertion in the Edinburgh Review, that " the other families in Toronto had no such means of refuge" as I procured for my own, is perfectly untrue. Besides which, independent of my own personal feelings, I surely need hardly observe what political importance would have been attached by the rebels to the capture by them of any member of my family. 2. It is stated in the Edinburgh Review, page 363, and sub sequently reiterated, that Sir Robert Peel " repelled all Sir Francis Head's attempts at intimacy," " nor would he take any step in the way of giving Sir Francis that reward for his services which the latter most urgently pressed on him." The facts of this case are as follow :—On my return from Canada I was living in Warwickshire, in my usual retire ment, when Sir Robert Peel did me the honour to call upon me; and, at his invitation, I twice spent a few days at Dray ton. This slight acquaintance, however, sickened and died in consequence, I suppose, of my having opposed the Parlia mentary course which Sir Robert Peel felt it his duty to take with respect to the Canada Union Bill. After he had been Prime Minister upwards of a year, I, one day, briefly mentioned to him that as, at the request of the Government, I had given up a permanent appointment to go to Canada, as I bad received, during the present reign, no acknowledgment whatever, pecuniary or honorary, for the part I had taken in suppressing the rebellion in Canada, as well as in repelling the invasion of the Americans, and as a long list of officers who had served under me had been re warded, I conceived I had some claim upon the country. In reply to which, Sir Robert Peel very courteously recom mended me to put my ease into writing and to address it to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies. I never did so—neveragain troubled Sir Robert Peel with any request for myself, and never, either before or after wards, a sked anything from Lord Stanley. If these gentle men be appealed, to, they will, I feel confident, declare that the assertions of the Edinburgh Review, as above quoted, are incorrect. 3. It is stated in the Edinburgh Review, page 369 " For the information of readers at home, it may be as well that we should give a succinct narrative of the circumstances that attended M'Kenzie's attack on Toronto. Our know ledge of such facts as are not taken from the official accounts has been derived from written statements given to us by Colonel F." For about eight pages these " statements" are quoted at tedious length, in order to blame me in every possible way fur not having attacked Mr. M'Kenzie, &c„ &e., &c., accord ing to the advice of this officer. It is, therefore, necessary that I should disabuse the public by reluctantly stating, what is perfectly well known throughoutin Upper Canada, namely, that the gallant militia Colonel question, from excessive zeal and loyalty, gradually became so excited that on the day after the defeat of the rebels it was necessary to place him under medical treatment ; that during his illness I in vain endeavoured, by every possible act of personal kindness, to remove from his mind a strange idea that I was his enemy ; and that although he eventually recovered, this idea conti nued to haunt him so incessantly that when, a year after wards, on his visiting England, I was from feelings of regard about to call upon him, I was earnestly warned by a Cana dian now at Toronto not to do so. Now is it creditable that under such circumstances the written statements" and opinions of this brave and worthy individual should have . been selected as the foundation of an elaborate attack upon me ? 4. It is stated in the Edinburgh Review, page 382, " That having quarrelled with Colonel F. and every independent person who had once acted under him—have disgusted the old officers of the army and navy by ordering them to serve as privates under the lawyers and merchants' clerks of Toronto, Sir F. Head was entirely in the hands of the family compact.' Commissions in the militia were given to every relation and hanger-on of the principal members of the Go vernment. One regiment is said to have been entirely offi cered by persons of the same family name. Prefltable con tracts enriched others of the favoured conitexiou." Now, I never for a moment quarrelled with Colenel F. On the contrary, on my arrival in Downing• street from Canada I respectfully, but most earnestly, urged Lord Glenelg 'to reward him ; and, as regards the rest of the charge, I feel confident that it appealed to, the old officers of the army and navy, as well as the Adjotant-General of the militia of Upper Canada, who was offictily cognisant of every appoint- ment, will certify that the above assertions in the Edinturgh Revielo, especially that relating to a regiment having been entirely officered by persons of the same family name, are a series tf untruths. Now, it will naturally . be asked, " From what source has the Edinburgh Review ventured to assail the character of a retired public servant by a series of such unfounded asser tions?'"fhe writer of these calumnies solves this mystery himself. After, in page describing the ringleaders of the rebels as •" the popular leaders," and the gallant men who defeated them as "the iliiberalparty," he says (see pa.e 380). "the American Sutherland, who was one of the leaders of the ex pedition to Navy Island, when subsequently a prisoner at Quebec, gave the writer of this article the following account of the affair of Navy Island, of which, as misrepresentation could not in any way serve him, there is no reason to doubt the coraectness. In all its main points it was exactly corro borated by a statement which an informant of ours received from Van Ransalaer, Sutherland, and about twenty-three others." Now, Sutherland I committed to gaol at Toronto beer e the writer of this article" visited him when under sentence of transportation ; " he was a prisoner at Quebec," and Van Ransalaer for nearly a year had been lying in the gaol cf Albany, in the United States! How many of the "twenty-three other persons" whom "the writer of this article" cites in evidence against me were convicted traitors whose prjects I had defeated and whose proOects I had ruined, he has not deemed it advisable to state. He only informs us that as they "exactly corrobo rated " the statements of Van Ransalaer and Sutherland, "there is no reason to doubt the correctness." In the strange admixture of impersonal testimony, of ano nymous witnesses, of evidence collected from gaols, of special pleading, and of total disregard of truth and decency which characterise the article before us, the British public will, no doubt, at once recognise the old materials of that unfortu nate mass, or rather mess, of mis-statements, commonly called "Lord Durham's Report."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, F. B. HEAD. Atheimum, April 24, 1847. BRISTOL LIBERAL ASSOCIATION A special genii - al meeting of the susbcribers to the Liberal Registration Association was held last (Friday) night at the Tailors' Hall, Broad-street, for the purpose of receiving a report on the Parliamentary register of this city, and considering the steps to be taken in anti cipation of the near approach of a general election. There was a highly-respectable attendance, and the chair was taken by G. Thomas, Esq. The Chairman having briefly opened the pro:Tedings, T. MILLS, Esq., read the following REPORT. " The committee of the Bristol Liberal Registration Association have taken upon themselves the responsibi lity of calling the present meeting, because, it being generally understood that a few months will terminate the present Parliament, the time has arrived for the Liberal party in this city to enter on that calm delibe ration and friendly consultation as to the course to be punned, which may best ensure united action and a successful result. " Before, however, entering upon this duty, the corn mittee cannot but congratulate the Liberal party on the very favourable position it now occupies. Instead of having to struggle, as it were, for existence, it now commands an undoubted and substantial majority on the register; and, what is yet fur more satisfactory, the truth of the great principles for which it has su long con , tended is now admitted tiy many of these formerly op posed to them. The abatement of that bitter party feel , log which at one time prevailed must be also matter of much gratification. Even those who still continue opposed to our principles now admit that we honestly sought to carry them out. Another topic of pleasurable comment is afforded in the universal admission, that the representative twice chosen by the Liberal .arty has been, not only a faithful and able exponent of their prin ciples, but has also proved himself one of the moat at tentive, unwearied, and efficient members that ever sat for this city. Mr. Berkeley has been the representative of Liberal opinions; he has also been, in the most em phatic sense of the words, menater for Bristol. And this brings your committee to a consideration of the important subject ror which this meeting has been summoned. A dissolution of Parliament is at band. What course shall the Liberal party adopt? Your com mittee, whilst disclaiming the remotest intention of dic tating that course, hope that they cossess so much of your confidence as may entitle them to offer you a few suggestions. " They presume that the general voice of the Liberals of Bristol will call on Mr. Berkeley again to offer himself. They entertain not, the slightest doubt that he will, again, for the third time be returned. The state of the resister, the rapid growth of Liberal principles, the universal opinion that Mr. Berkeley has done his duty to the city for the ten years he has been in Parliament as its representative, render his position impregnable. Mr. Berkeley, then, being secure, the question arises, shall the Liberals take any or no part in the selection of a colleague for that gentleman ? Undoubtedly their numbers and their influence entitle them to a voice po tential in the matter ; but having asserted and main tained their right to a share in the representation of the city, your committee would suggest to you that, under present circumstances, it is not advisable to bring for ward a; second candidate, unless unforeseen circum stances should compel them so to do. At the same time your committee would urgently impress upon every Liberal elector the absolute necessity of not promising his second vote. " Your committee cannot close this report without ad verting to the only matter which at all partakes of an unsatisfactory nature. Your association is in debt 3121. 13s. 7d. Your committee cannot b:ing themselves to believe that the liberals of Bristol will allow this small sum any longer to remain undischarged. When the admitted utility of the object for which the associa tion was formed, namely, that of placing upon the re gister and afterwards defending his right to be there, every Liberal in the borough, without distinction is borne in mind ; when it is recollected how successfully that object has been obtained ; when it is considered that the provident outlay of a comparatively small amount in registration may save a vast expenditure at an election ; when it is remembered how much of the trouble, anxiety, and expense has devolved on a few of your body, your committee confidently hope that this meeting (more especially those of their friends who have not hitherto assisted them) will furnish them with the means of discharging the liabilities referred to, and thus enable them to proceed with renewed vigour and increased willingness in the path they have hitherto pursued, namely, that of upholding your rights, defend ing your interests, and securing your being heard and listened to in the great councils of the nation." W. TOTUILL, Esq., in moving the adoption of the re port, strongly urged upon the liberal party the import ance of their withholding any promise of their second vote. As the report stated, there was no present prospect or intention of bringing forward a second Liberal candi date ; but it was rumoured that there was a contest con templated between the candidate who was delets7ed at the last election and the present Tory Member, and cir cumetances might vary. The most likely course to preserve the Felice of the city would be to let their opponents see c hat they would give no support to either of their candidates, in which case the weaker party, seeing their chance hopeless, would think it wise to save their time and their money.—(Hear.) F. TERRELL, Esq., secondea the motion, which was unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN then called the attention of the meet ing to the importance of wiping off the debt which at present stood against the association, and which had ac crued in censequenc of the close aitcntu.n which had been paid to the registration, and by means of which the Liberal party had been placed in a position to whichit had never before attained. Mr. VISGER moved a resolution to the effect that a subscription, to clear off the debt, should he at once entered upon. Mr. Visger addressed the meeting in an eloquent strain in reference to the present proud position in which the Liberals stood as a party, tact only in this city, but throughout the kingdom; the means by which that position had been attained; and the course by hich it was to be maintained and impreyed. As a party they stood higher than ever—(Hear)—they had obtained a large majority on the register, and a moral position they had never before occupied; they had seen their principles carried out by those who had opposed them in their early struggles to advance, and in this city they had seen the once dominant Tory party split up and divided. They (the Liberals) had no intention to cause a contest; but, as one might be forced upon them, it would be desirable that they should not entangle them selves in any struggle on the other side, but hold their second votes in their own hands.—(Cheers.) Their present position had been obtained by the unceasing attention which had been paid to the registration, espe cially by their respected Chairman and their active and zealous secretrry, Mr. Gilbert—(Cheers) —and they had only to continue and increase the efforts they bad hitherto so successfully used in order to maintain and improve their present exalted position.—(Cheers.) 11. PRITEUARD, Beg., seconded the resolution, which was adopted nem. con. A subscription was then opened, and, in the course of a very few minutes, about 1501. was raised—a large por tion of it by small sums. Thanks were then vote d to the Chairman, who, in returning thanks, expressed his confidence in the speedy liquidation of the debt. The meeting then broke up. NEWSPAPER ACTIVITY.—The Rainbow, Captain Benjamin, from New York, in passing the Irish coast, sent by a fishing boat a file of the New York Journal of Commerce into the Cove of Cork, from which the Cork Reporter, in its paper of Sa:urilay, the 24th, published the American news brought by her. At the same hour, and on the same day, all the London Morning Papers, and the Glasgow North British Mail, published at great length the same news, which was landed at Liverpool on the previous evening. We may further observe that the London Morning Papers, contain ing the above-mentioned news, were circulating in Birm ingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, as early as the Cork Reporter's account appeared in that city I.—Liverpool Euro pean Times. KING'S COLLEGE.—Saturday afternoon the annual distribution of prizes took place in the medical department of this institution. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, the Earl of Eldon, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Rev. Dr. Sheppard, and the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of the College, were present The Bishop of London presided. A report was read which gave a most encouraging view cf the prosperous' state of the school. A nwnber of prizes were then given to those students who had made the greatest proficiency in their various departments of medical study, and a vote of thanks being given to the Right Hon. Chairman, on the motion of the Duke of Cambridge, the meeting separated. ROY AL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK.— At a meeting of Ri!ows held at the gardens of the Society on Saturday, Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D., in the chair, a ballot took place, and the following ladies and gentlemen were admitted to the society :—The Countess of Arundel and Surrey, Viscountess Paltnerston, the Rev. F. Hamilton, Cha les Robert Rowley. Esq., Morgan Morgan, Esq., J. Bap t;ste aolwan, 1 , :,q, E. 0-born Suii h, Esq., 11. Tottie, NV: Keith, ESA., Robert Hail, Esq., C. Greaves, Esq., •G• Whitfield, Esq., Thcmas Morson, Esq., Mrs. Dobie, Mrs. C. Stanfield Comma, Miss Field, and Miss Ward. IMPERIAL PARLIAM►ENI HOUSE OF LORDS, April 26. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. REGISTRATION BILL (SCOTLAND). The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Presbytery of Airdrie against the Registration 0 Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Bill. ELECTION OF PEERS (SCOTLAND). The Earl of EGLINTON gave notice that, on Frday next, he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the existing laws regulating the election u t the Representative Peers in Scotland. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills. POOR REMOVAL ACT. Lord MELBOURNE presented several petitions from Shepton Milieu, and other places, praytmg their Lord' ships to alter or amend the Puor Removal Act of last session. The Duke of RICHMOND did not believe that any one session of Parhammt would be sufficient to t:+l 3 into consideration the whole law of settlement. Ile believed that no Government would be so unwise as r° attempt to do so, when there was every chance of Parlia ment being immediately dissolved. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, The Earl of REDESDALE said, on the whole he Co' sid4 red that the law had worked well. As far as the pc 3 r were concerned it Irwl worked beneficially. It would b extremely injudicious to make any alteration at presen t in the law, and he holed that it would be allowed to is worked 'another session. No Committee would recour mend any alteration at present. The petition was the laid on the table. GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION . Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table several petitions from the Dissenters against the mode of application bi Government of the public funds with respect to education. ARMY SERVICE BILL. Earl GREY moved the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill, and said he would now Pr °- ceed to do what he had declined to do on a former ee" casion when the subject was brought before the House by a Noble Lord, who he regretted to see was not then in his place. He considered it his duty now tinter into an explanation of the principles of the Thy which he thought he ought not to have done then, 016 was not before the House. The Bill must not he. considered as a single or isolated measure, h a i taken in connexion with other measures, ,_° which it formed only a part. During ,t_ u % last twenty years a series of measures been brought forward which had for their objec t the raising the chsracter of the the army, and improving condition of the soldier. The Noble Lord, however, to whom he referred, argued that no such improvement bad taken place, and he regarded it as great presumption on the part of the Government to dell with suc h subject. But, with all deference to that Noble Lord, 1. (Earl Grey) was of opinion that the Government , from' the opportunity they had of communicating with the were most eminent and di.tinguished military officers , we '" able to obtain such advice, and to receive such ogge.s tions as rendered them qualified to treat the qu estion r a all its bearings ; and experience had proved that it h a t done so, not only without injury, but with grey benefit to the army. When the Noble Lord con ' tended that there was no necessity for these msesuresi As the army was in a highly effective and excel le ee c state, he (Earl Grey) was compelled to differ from and conceived that there was not only great room burs, great need for these improvement s . H e did not, boweve.,; mean, in giving expression to that opinion, to disparage any degree the merits and excellencies of the British army To show the fallacy of the argument of the Noble ga r : . quis, who said that because the army had been victorionsi that therefore the system was perfect, he might aPP.e h n e to an illustrious witness who was then among them--•,_ Noble Duke, who sat on the cross benches, in his tr spatches, which were at once the best and the oat int authentic records of his great achievements, and most imperishable motament of hisfame— bad repeateelY 10 described the difficulty with which he had to s trugg rb in conservenee of the defects of the army whlnot he commanded, and he would say that they could fully appreciate the achievements of the Noble Du r ' n , and the debt that the country owed him, if they did . d id temember what those difficulties were, and if thee _ rot not understand that the Noble Duke had to a gr Ai d extent to create the means by which these splen" ct victories were gained. He had to discipline and insten_, both the officers and soldiers whom he commanded, ens. who formed the army at the bead of which, in the course of a few years, he rolled back the tide of co . quest which had flowed so nearly over the whole renin• SAN an d terminated upon the plains of Waterloo, i n that memorable contest, the wiar w hich he had commenced upon the shores o f the Atlantic. T he Noble Duke wale • d• e pursue in the army the best witness of the s y stem to h in those days. It would be in the recollection of rnanY who were still in the army, that in those days the bon was unfortunately made the instrument of maintaining the discipline of the army, and by which all offence!! both great and small, were punished. While for ail: serious cases the lash was used with a degree of seve h r e t r i o from which they at present recoiled with hor rn _ A r ' t wee were instances in which this punishment bib" 2 5, inflicted with great severity so l a t e ly as the year 18 of when a general court-martial awarded a sente nce ; b no less than 1,900 lashes to be received, and of whse,. sentence, no fewer than 1,200 were actually inflicter is ~ It was many y ears b e f ore any change took place in th state of things. An alteration was made in the system in the year 1818, by which it was made illegal to briv e. g out the man a second ti me , in order that he migh, c_r. ceive those lashes which b e f o re he was not ab le to .Deen In the year 1833 Lord Hill restricted the haflictionc:: corporal punishment to a very small number of o ffe In the Mutiny Act of 1836, the number of the lash es, n flict, in the power of any court martial to 1 . was limited to 200, and in the autumn of the last year lan order had been issued, very properly', by the °I Duke on the cross benches, restricting the number v es the cluing lashes, for any offence, to fifty. Such were t he . which had been introduced in the system frees43ea. sear 1833. Great improvements had air t oo made in the system of imprisonment of the soldier'so th° sequent upon the diminution of the punishme-121 to lash. He would then call the attention of the .I:l?n_b_v to the great improvements which had also taken plae7.,„ the comforts and condition of the soldier with resP ly et','"" barrack accommodation. It was a fact, that W e there wereeBoo feet, that 600 feet were retrisite2 . .. far improvement, however, that had taken pisne.,77 had from perfect. There was one improvement em e ry , the taken place which was deserving of notice— b*,ct of the providing of places for recreation. T he su bad b een taken state and improvement of colonial troop s their Lord up, which was most important, because, as _ee the ships were aware, that it was the strong pressor! r. ft colonial service that rendered the servic e unpopula, sb was a fact that, as late as 1836, only t w o days remainder provisions were issued to the soldiers, and the . of the week they were oblige d to take salt provisioo_ 3 An im provement had taken place i n that p articular. been S a vings banks had also established, the effect 0 which would prove most beneficial. Measures had also been adopted for improving instruction in That was a matter of the greatest importance , because t h e welfare of soldiers was in a gre at measure dependent upon the instruction they received. Having thus stated generally, but imperfectly, the roes" sures which had been lately introduced fur the improve merit of the army, he would now call attention to the ir effects, and in doing so he would refer to two heads t he state of punishment, and the mortality in the arm _,Y• With regard to the first, he was s orr y to say that he h a " not returns to prove thi s as h e could wish, but he had no doubt he would be a bl e to s h ow t h at t h e i m provemen t had been very great, and that there had been a gre at diminution in p un i s h ment i n the army. In 1818, out of 28,900 men, ther e were 2 , 27 3 who were sent to the bat' p.tal after the infliction of corporal punishment, being 80 men out of 1,000. Last year there were only 4 eutu 1,000 who were subjected to corporal punishment._ the year 1829 there were 19 out of the 1,000, and t c p - 7, that year to 1836, the series was 16, 14, 11, 10, an re' respectively, out of the 1,000. From 1836 to th e , he sent time, the number had been progresst 'vely there Tn ing. In 1845 it was reduced to 6 7-10. - 18466 wy from were no returns, but from that por ti on of the a r m y which they had returns, it was only 4 out of the He found that the sentences of death were very a_ l l decreased in number in the ten years between 1826 r: ' 1835; the number of sentences of death passed svia,, s eventy six, and of which forty - one were acttle"-Y, executed, the remainder were commuted to transperted don. The punishment in the last few years dwindled down to only one and two each year, while the sentences of transportation and imprisonment were Prn portionately dec. eased. He found that while the sitt ni ,,; ber of men serving in the army was increased, mortality had decreased, in consequence of the nsea gir :e taken for the benefit of the troops, and by which thud health was very much impr ove d. H e h a d in his l e returns of the comparative health of the troops• n to found that in the Mediterranean, in the 20 years %ion 1835, the mortality was 23 s.loths for every I, o ls iity employed, while during the last two years the me% t he had been reduced to 14. In other foreign places the mortality was diminished in a similar rate was island of St. Helena, while the Emperor Nap station detained there, the troops appointed to the . , der, scarcely ever eat fresh provisions except on ePe ci s si very and they were subject, although the station wa _ fficers healthy one, to very severe mortality; wh ile the 0 and who rege• who were exempt from the regulation w ens Ortality. to these provisions, were entirely free from al , h e had In Jamaica, during the twenty years to whi" -10ths per referred, the soldiers died at the rate of 128 6 - the P°9l - but within these few years, by chang ing of the don of the barracks, and improving the conditionlOths t he 1,000. the mortality had been reduced to 29 7 in the I,ooo.—(Hear, hear.) The result was, that atality was whole ot the tropical climates where the n i0 .. r ...0,12 per formerly 84 2-10ths, it was now only 4 2 . 1.1 the les t within 1,000, or a saving of life had been effected h t a battalion two years, of no less than 1,035 men, or a bo ut was sorry a y ear.—(Hear, hear.) In India, however, lace, but 1 30 to say that no such improvement had taken place, one. , thought that state would only be a temporary improve (Hear, hear.) He did not think, however, n 00 . meet had as yet reached its highest point, arovement in sidered tl,at there was ample room for Pnd elevating the condition of the soldier, by improving _aticing more the position of the army, and thereby ind Looking art respectable class of persons to join its ranks'compared viz at the actual position of the soldiers, as hire. and other the condition of the labourers in Dorsets on reason that the counties of' the country, it was really a a -wnl reason tbst army was not more sought after. The o y he could find was, that the army was compo s ed la g `i le c h ar acter. ral of persons of the lowest , i m prove, at did not look forward to see any gre change }lea went in the condition of the army until a tea „ tie take place in this respect, and the authorities tadaS any army were induced to say, " We wilt n,t_ huric ter. person into the army, except persons of goou di ; fo, Nv fl *II . sh