The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

First Heat.

Harrison and Reed (Green 1
Dimes and Clayton (Dark Blue) 2
Sullivan and Erwood (Pink) 3
The winners took the lead, kept it, and won easily.
Second Heat.

Sanderson and Turner (Black) 1
Hawes and Tilley
Sherry and Blineko (White) 3
Grand Heat.

Sanderson and Turner (Black) •1
Hawes and Tilley (Light Blue) 2
The winners, after a good struggle at the commence-
ment, won by about fuur boats' lengths.

THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, BY W. R. PRESCOTT,
E. SQ.—We are requested to state that a new edition (the
fourth) of this new work, in two volumes, is this day
published by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street ; who
has also just published Lieut. the Hon. Frederick Wal-
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in 2 vols. Bvo., 285.; Mr. Eliot Warburton's " Memoirs
of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers," 3 vols. Bvo., 425. ;
•".Che Conquest of Canada," by the author of " Iluehe•
laga," in 2 volb.Bvo., 285.; and "The Emigrant Church-
man in Canada," edited by the Rev. Henry Christmas,
2 yols. post 8 vo., 215.

LOLA MONTES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

SIR,—I take the liberty of writing two or three
lines respecting the decision of Mr. Bingham in the
case of Lola Montes (Countess of Lansfeldt), a de-
cision violently attacked in your leading article, but
which I, nevertheless, consider strictly constitutional
and correct.
You oppose the decision on three grounds, and I
will reply categorically to each.
The first objection is—absence for more than seven
years, without a knowledge of the existence of the
former husband, Mr. James, during that time ; 2d,
there being no positive proof of Mr. James being
alive at the time of contracting the marriage with Mr.
Heald; and, 3d, the divorce from bed. and board by
the Ecclesiastical Court, which you think justificatory
of the second marriage.
Ist. It appears to me that she had every oppor-
tunity of ascertaining that Mr. James was alive by
making application at the India House, where there is
a list periodically published of the British army in
India. But there is a better answer than this—the
decree of the Ecclesiastical Court is within the seven
years ; this, therefore, is a conclusive answer.
2d. The investigation before a magistrate has no
analogy to that before a grand jury, as you assume—
none. In the latter case the evidence must be in
every respect sufficient to produce a conviction before
the public jury, or the bill should be rejected ;
whereas the inquiry before the magistrate is only
preliminary. A magistrate should only require rea-
sonable prima facie evidence to warrant a remand, or
to hold to bail. That evidence was given by the proof
from the India House to the latest date antecedent to
the marriage; and if this were not sufficient, we have
the lady's own statement. She did not pretend in
her statement to the officer that Mr. James was dead,
but that the marriage with him was in a false name,
and therefore illegal (quite an error by the way) ; that
she did not know where he was, and that a divorce
had been granted in the presence of Lord Brougham,
which, if true, must have been an actual dissolution
of the marriage by Act of Parliament, as Lord
Brougham never sat in the Ecclesiastical Court.
3d. That a divorce from bed and board would jus-
tify a second marriage. This you will see in one
moment is quite an error. To abolish an English
marriage there must be an Act of Parliament. There
is no other means of annulling such a marriage, except
by death. But if there were the least doubt on the
subject, we have only to look at the decree of the
Ecclesiastical Court, which expressly states that the
separation is from bed and board only, and that neither
party shall have the power of contracting marriage
during the existence of the other.
You assume that the lady is a foreigner, and might
think that after a decree of the Ecclesiastical Court
' she could contract a second marriage, the former
being actually annulled. But, in reply to this, you
have only to read the terms of the decree above
quoted; and, in addition to this conclusive proof, you
are in error in supposing the lady to be a foreigner.
The lovely Dona Lola, I understand, is a native of
Ireland, and therefore thoroughly versed in our
institutions.

It, therefore, seems to me that Mr. Bingham acted
with humanity in holding to bail, as he might in
strictness have remanded until the evidence was com-
plete; and you observe that his judgment was coin-
cided in by Mr. Hardwick, who was on the bench,
and whom he consulted.

On the demand of the retirement of Mr. Heald
from his regiment by the commanding officer, I am
in accordance with you. It was harsh, and in my
opinion contrary to all precedent.
Apologising for addressing you at such length,
although in correction of your own errors,
I have the honour to remain,
Your most obedient servant,
EDWARD B. SINGLEY.
Brussels, Aug. 12, 1849.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—l have noted with satisfaction the observations
contained in The Sun of Saturday evening's publica-
tion upon the proceedings of the chief magistrate of
the Marlborough police-office, relative to the unwar
rantable accusation brought against the Countess of
Lansfeldt, and conscientiously unite my animadver-
sions with the sentiments so ably expressed in your
journal, in characterising the conduct of the Learned
Gentleman who presided over the examination as an
example, and laying the basis of a rule partaking of a
perilous nature, for practice by his brother officers, a
precedent given forth, conveying a judgment approx-
imating to an entertainment of guilt (by a suspended
indecision) upon an advance of the testimony, favour-
ing a suit or justifying a public examination (the
impotent evidence adduced itself affording at once a
confutation of the alleged illegality of the marriage),
and less vacuum for assumption of even an ultimate
possibility of equitable conviction; if permitted to
reign uncensured, fraught with great danger in the
administration of an office requiring a discrimination
of such exactness and justice.
From the consequences of so important a circum-
stance, and the conspicuousness of the parties directly
concerned, I apprehend the subject is one which at
once calls for a public token of disapprobation, and
consider that measures ought forthwith to be taken to
evince to the public the impoliey of a recent commission,
and to disseminate the assurance of that strict legality
placed in the public hands, which will obviate such
dishonourable and unjustifiable courses—occurrences
creating inconceivable annoyance and disquietude to
the feelings of parties who are thus falsely made the
objects of an open persecution and public exposure.
In this exposition of my sentiments I beg to add
that I am but reiterating the opinions of others upon
the subject.
Trusting to your customary urbanity for the in-
sertion of the above letter in the columns of your
widely-circulated journal,
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A PROVINCIAL MAGISTRATE.
Leicester, August 13,1849.

CASE of' GRIFFITHS v. WALFORD.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.
Six,—Permit me, through your columns, to ex-
press a hope that the case " Griffiths v. Walford,"
reported in last night's Sun, may have the effect of
calling the attention of the public to the way in
which human life is hourly trifled with by chemists
and druggists. It is a fact well known to the pro-
fession, that it is a most difficult matter to get a
physician's prescription, if it contain ingredients of
a costly character, accurately made up ; and the in-
competency of the public to decide on the matter, even
if they possessed the means of examining the different
ingredients, causes the fee they have given to the
physician to be quite sacrificed. The imposition
practised on the public is very frequently of a similar
character to that of which Mr. Griffiths was a victim,
viz.—a prescription is brought to a druggist, and it
contains something that ho has not in his shop.
What of that ? he substitutes another article,
and his patient knows nothing of the in-
justice he bas suffered. But, this, perhaps,
is not the worst phase of the matter.
Retail druggists themselves, even if.they have all the
articles by them which a prescription contains, if the
ingredients be of an expensive character, possess them
fur the most only in an adulterated form. This evil
arises in a great measure from the competition which
prevails in the drug as in most other trades; for
example, the representative of a wholesale drug house
calls on the retailer to offer, amongst other articles—
say say hydriodate of potass—the house offering. _
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tailer declines buying because he has had the h
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thing offered him by another house of inferior
meter a week before at 25 per cent. less in price. In
this latter case, the article is adulterated (probably
with some cheap compound), and if it be purchased
by the retailer, it is used by him in compounding pre-
scriptions, and what chance the patient has of cure
where the adulterated hydriodate is used, let the
public decide ! It is strange that this important
matter should not long since have been prominently
brought before the public. I hope, ere long, to address
you, with your permission, more cogently on the
subject.—l am yours, faithfully,
COMMERCIALIS.
Manchester, Aug. 16, 1849.

Deaths

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HUNGARY.
7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The communication addressed toy ou about
a month ago, evidently came too late. Englishmen
felt that personal aid would be useless to the gallant
defenders of Hungary when they were victorious
here, there, and everywhere. That reason alone hin-
dered the young blood of England from enrolling
themselves under Bern or Georgey. It must, Sir, be
a subject of congratulation to you and the rest of the
Liberal press, to see your dearest hopes accomplished.
Soon will the Russian Bear withdraw his talons
Soon will news arrive that Prince Paskiewitch
if not already a prisoner, has been recalled to en-
deavour, but in vain, to put down the Poles. Soon
will the Hungarians and Poles conjoined under
a common government be the power in east.
ern Europe, and the Czar and the Emperor
puppet—i.e, the bear and the cub, present to the
world a spectacle of " Iniquity'and cruelly rewarded."
Such being the case, it is clearly too late for English-
men to render personal service to Hungary. They
may do something else, something far more practi-
cally useful by adopting the advice following :—lt is
well known that war has so wasted the substance of
the Hungarians, and so withdrawn the bulk of the
population from civil employments, that it is exceed-
ingly difficult to proem e medical men or medical
stores for the sick and wounded. Let then the Eng-
lish nation fit out an hospital ship, on the plan of the
Dreadnought, fully equipped, with a medical staff,
and with a large supply of medical stores. Let this
be immediately dispatched through the Dardanelles,
through the Black Sea, thence up the Danube, and
take its station at Semlin or Peterwardein. From
thence medical men and stores may be easily
dispatched to Szegedin on the Theiss, Arad
on the Maros, Temesvar in the Banat,
and Comorn and Pesth, on the Danube,
and in fact right through the country, to stay the
ravages of the cholera and to heal the wounded. The
following arguments occur against this plan :-1. It
will displease Austria ; but what if it does displease
Austria—what has Austria ever done for England ?
It may be safely said that one quarter of the national
debt has been incurred in subsidizing and propping
up the imbecile Austrian rule ; and even all this
heavy outlay would have been useless unless the Hun-
garians had supported the Imperialists. Depend
upon it, Sir, that the people of England, whatever
Lords may say (of course no reference is intended
to Lords Aberdeen and Brougham), have no reason to
be, and are not, in fact, such intimate friends of tho
Protectionist Camarilla of Vienna as to be prevented
apsla wnel proposed opfoorsettere will
from doing a noble action. But I affirm that the
are
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thousands greatof
Austrianfavou ronprAisuosnterrisa
in Hungary, at this present moment, who would
thankfully accept the boon. 2. Such plan will
displease Turkey. This we entirely deny.
The feeling of the Moslems is altogether
for the Hungarians ; they are not so blind
and obtuse as not to see that the conquest of
Hungary by Russia is but a stepping-stone to the
occupation of Constantinople by Russian troops.
Besides, it is well known that the inhabitants of
Turkish-Croatia are anxious to separate from the
Sultan, and set up an independent government under
Baron Von Jellachich, the leading Austrian general,
and the primary promoter of the Hungarian war. So
that it is impossible to suppose any great affection to
exist between Turkey and Austria. 3. The proposi-
tion involves expense. I know it does, and am glad
that such is the fact. It is not any great merit to
do a kindness which entails no trouble or expense.
But the expense may be disposed cf thus :—Let the
Admiralty give to the Hungarian Committee an old
line of-battle ship fit for nothing but to be
broken up. The English Parliament would fully
approve of such a generous act. Then let subscrip-
tions be collected through the length and breadth of
the land, to fit the ship as a hospital, well provided
with stores and medical men. Ist. I appeal to the
merchants of England, not so much on the abstract
principle of benevolence as on that more tangible
reason, i. e. gain. It is well known that the Hunga-
rians are free-traders. Austria has hitherto forced
protection on them. Hence, I argue, that by such
benevolence you will secure Hungary to English
commerce, and your trade with Hungary will in-
crease fiftyfold. If, then, each firm of London,
Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester were to give
100/. for this holy purpose, thq would do so with
every probability of having their capital quintupled
in a very short time. 2d. I appeal to the rest
of England. While the Bank note is valued,
the penny from the poor man ought not to
be disregarded, as it will show an ami-
able wish to extend to Hungary those
blessings of a free government which are secured to
our own country. Let the benefaction be national.
The merchants of England should subscribe a quarter
and the bulk of the people the other three-quarters of
the sum, which need not exceed 40,0001. This, pro-
bably, with the donation of a ship by the Govern-
ment, will be sufficient to defray the expense. Be-
sides, it must be remembered that all kinds of linen
clothing, &c. will be highly valuable. All ships that
have sailed from English ports have accomplished
deeds legible in history—whether under the name
of Warspite, Terrible, or Avenger, the world has
beheld them and trembled. Let, Sir, the hospital-
ship be named the Philanthropist. She will accom-
plish a destiny that bas no parallel in ancient or
modern times. It will be a great day for England
whereon such ship leaves her ports. Her mission will
be not to destroy, but to preserve life. In a word,
her departure will convince mankind that England
remains not only the mistress of the seas, but also,
delicicr humanigeneris, the friend of the whole human
race.—l am, Sir, &c.,
A FORMER PUPIL OF BEM.
Oxford and Cambridge Club.

[There is one objection to which our correspondent
has not alluded—Russia commands the Danube from
its mouth up to Ga!atz. How does he propose to take
his ship in safety past Ismail ?—En. Sun ]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM.
Six,—Your paper of this evening contains a letter
signed " An American," referring to and contradicting
a passage in the few observations which I ventured to
offer at the Westminster meeting for the Hungarian
cause, on Thursday last. I trust I may be indulged
with the opportunity of reply in your columns.
Your correspondent observes, "The Bev. James
Richmond is reported to have said that his country-
men wished the stability of the British throne.' Now,
sir, I am satisfied that 1 express the sentiments of every
American when I say that there is not one of them
who wishes the stability of any throne on the face of
the earth."
In reply I have only to remark, that if my words or
those of your correspondent are to be taken ate pied de/a
lettre,thenl apprehend there is little to be said by either
of us, save, " Brother, brother, we are both in the
wrong ;" for it is obvious that each of our assertions
distinctly negatives the mere words of the other, viz.,
that no American, &c. If, however, the ordinary
latitude of signification is to be permitted, then .1
gravely and earnestly repeat my assertion, that
" Amet scans are anxious for the stability of the throne
of England ;" or, in other words, the British Con-
stitution and its constitutional Sovereign. As to my
countrymen, what I intended to convey, and what I
gravely and earnestly repeat is, that amongst the
millions of thinking Americans, no opinion or feeling
is entertained that a monarchy, including, of course,
a House of Commons really representing the people,
is not well suited to Great Britain, any more than
that there is no doubt that a republic is the only
form of government for tho United States. My ex-
press words were, "The Throne for you, and the
Republic for us."
It would appear intrusive if I should avail myself
of this occasion to theorise generally on government ;
yet, since I am brought into this discussion, and thus
induced to address you, in order that " An Ameri-
can's" difference with me may not lead to doubt else-
where as to my humble opinion on government ge-
nerally, I desire to say that I verily believe the per-
fection of human government to be in a republic.
I cannot conclude without a word of regret that I
should have been misconceived by a compatriot on
an occasion when my venturing to come forward at
all at the meeting was prompted not only by a wish
to promote the cause of the Hungarians, by the ready
indication of American sympathy, but also by a sin-
cere desire to make demonstration of international
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JAMES C. RIC MOND.

Aug. 11, 1149.

On the evening of Sunday, the counting-house of
Mr. Clayton, the news-agent, of 320, Strand, was entered
by thieves, who amused themselves by breaking open
the desks, which contained nothing of value. The till
was next tried, but resisted the tools employed by these
bungling knaves;
whose only reward for the danger they
run consisted of some postage stamps, and a few volumes
of the " Parlour Library." Thi3 robbery must have
been effected by some of the reeanest class of thieves—
the sneaks, who entered the house during the evening,
secreted themselves till all was quiet ; and then, after
quietly lighting the gas, set to work, forcing the locks,
&c., no doubt, in hopes of obtaining some cash, in which
the scamps were disappointed. These frequent petty
robberies should teach both masters and servants the
necessity of closing all doors at dusk.
DRAMATIC INSTITUTION, GOUGH- STREET. On
Friday, Mr. Westland Marston'e play of Strathmore was
performed by the; members of this institution. Mr. J.
Marr sustained the part of Halbert Strathmore, with
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parts in the play wore respectably eapported