The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

FRIDAY, MARCH 5.

MONDAY, MARCH 8.
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COLONIAL EXPENDITURE.
(No. 680, Session 1846.)
It appears, by papers printed by order of Parliament, that
the yearly cost of the British Colonies is 3,171,6461., of which
the military and naval expenses are actually 2,630,8011.35. i d.
Some of the items of this sum are as under:--
1843 4—Military and Naval Expenses of
Gibraltar ... ... ... ••• £221,537 8 7
Malta ... ••• ••• ••• 140,702 11 5
lonian Islands ... ••• ••• 131,227 5 1
St. Helena ... 28,000 9 5
... •••
Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Cape Coast 38,332 17 4
Cape of Good Hope ... ••• 297,061 10 5
Mauritius ... ••• ••• ... 87,031 8 6
Bermuda ... ••• ... ... 96,161 5 10
The Windward and Leeward Command, viz :
Barbadoes, Trinidad, &c. ... ••• 319,560 11 2
Jamaica, &c. ... ... •• 209,811 2 6
Lower and Upper Canada .. . . 526,034 16 6
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Ed-
ward's Island, and Newfoundland ... 176,660 12 9
Ceylon ... ••• ... ... 111,728 3 3
Australia, New Zealand, New South Wales,
and Van Diemen's Land ... ••• 195,954 3 0
General Military Charges ... ... 48,941 2 2

• MIT of the PUBLIC JOUR .A_
bas lately, person of the name of Cochrane, who
latelY, as some of our readers may have chanced to
nee,o ob-
been laving himself out for notoriety, as a political
BY-body, by way of introduction to the suffrages of a me-
ropolitan constituency, has at length fairly succeeded in
es,t.ablishing a sort of a claim to public notice. So long as
I'e individual in question was known only as one of the
illustrious obscure, who please themselves with fancying that
a certain obtrusive loquacity is a valid title to the confidence
of English electors, there was of course nothing to do but
let the absurdity run its course, and go quietly out in the
natural way. Even the stimulant and attractive heading,
. City of Westminster Election," was insufficient to give
interest or dignity to what it was impossible to look at
1,11 any other light than as an awful heavy joke.
4-1 Westminster happened, moreover, to be well enough
Suited with a candidate already, no practical inconvenience
could arise from treating nonsense as nonsense, and letting
Mr. Cochrane, or Mr. Anybody, recreate himself in his own
fashion. Nobody cared to inquire who or what Mr. Coch-
rane might be—first, because it did not in the smallest de-
gree signify, as regarded any apparent practical purpose,
who or what Mr. Cochrane was, and next, because the seem-
ing anxiety of this gentleman to advertise himselfin every pos-
sible way operated as a damperon one's speculative curiosity.
The secret was sofe,_ since nobody dreamed that there could
be any secret worth knowing about a person at once so un-
important and so garrulous. The prying industry of an
evening Contemporary—or rather of our Contemporary's
correspondents—has, however. had the effect of lending a
momentary interest to an otherwise ridiculous and insipid
affair. Certain letters have appeared iR the columns
of The Sun, reviving disagreeable reminiscences of a va-
Dobond imposter who once rejoiced in the name of
nor Senor Juan de Vega, and to whom, as our contem-
Porary's, correspondents suggest, in terms pointed rather than
complimentary, Mr. Cochrane stands related in the closest
conceivable degree of consanguinity—namely, that of down-
reight personal identity. Mr. Cochrane is accordingly re-
quested to enlighten the Westminster public on this point of
h,"5 history—the only point on which the Westminster public
have ever betrayed the faintest curiosity. Mr. Cochrane's
answer to what, under the circumstances, must be allowed
to be a very natural and legitimate question, consists, first,
in a threat of an action against The Sun for defamation
of character, and next, in a public coufession of the youthful
" indiscretions," or frolics" heretofore fathered on Don or
Senor Juan de Vega. From this moment, of course,
our illestrious obscure may safely assure himself
of that public notice which he has so long been vainly
craving, though we cannot exactly promise him that noto-
riety will come in the shape desiderated. There is now a
dash of romance about the thing, which may at least serve
idle people for a nine days' wonder. Plain, vulgar Mr.
Cochrane could not so much as get himself laughed at ; but
Juan de Vega is a fair circulating-library name, and smacks
of mystery. Everybody will be wanting to know_ about
Juan de Vega, especially as the fellow is said to have been a
decided scamp, and to have played the guitar. It is super-
tuella to observe that the oddity of a Parliamentary candi-
date, on the flaming patriot interest, answering a plain
question through his lawyer, is of itself a sufficient stimulus
to Popular curiosity. We cannot undertake to present our
readers with anything like a complete account of the
real or imaginary life and adventures of Don or Senor
Juan de Vega. A very brief summary will, however, suffice
for those practical purposes with which alone we are now
concerned. This Juan de Vega was, then, be it known to
the electors of Westminster, an exiled Spanish Nobleman in
disguise, who tramped about the country some years back,
'M a tour of minstrelsy and mendicancy—picked up all he
Could get in the way of cash, kindness, and broken victuals—
wormed himself into the good graces of many worthy and
respectable families of the most gullible class of British
.(3eiet3•, who made the unfortunate and interesting refugee
free both to their sympathies and their dinners—amid finally
Woundfe up the " frolic," by publishing a disgusting book,
veatbettys•
ofslandering the wives, daughters, sisters, and ser-
his kind-hearted dupes. In two words, Don
oer Senor Juan de Vega was -tail e subject
ler the discipline of the cart's tail and the horse-
Pond. It is a matter, of course, of the smallest possible
concern to us whether Mr. Cochrane be capable or not of
knowing good advice when he sees it. But as we wish the
simpleton no harm, we make him kindly welcome to the
benefit of our very decided opinion that he had better let the
41enl, ory of his "youthful indiscretions" go quietly to sleep
lem, as soon as may be. We do not suppose there can be
, u,ch use in advising such a person, and we certainly do not
`tneslidisposed to take any pa, ticular trouble about so unpro-
04' :ng an experiment. If, however, he should think proper
Catalogue
of his " indiscretions, and to row him-
"f_
:el ft Christian satisfaction in the idea of having been in-
fBrreoraose.ntal in sending home a fool to be taken care of by hie We have authority to state that the Mrs. Butler
announced to give readings at the Hanover-square Rooms,
hitWEERLY DISPATCH.—MR. COCHRANE AND 'en E on Tuesday, the 2d March, is not the Mrs. Butler, late Miss
al ;npd ne
I.E. Se :NTAT I 0 N Or WESTMINSTEII,-1 hat remarkably vain Fanny Kemble.
-414 equally silly personage, Mr. Cochrane, who has lately TIIE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The Right lion. the
himself conspicuous as a working member of the Speaker of the House of Commons held his second and last
l'°l. "'lan's Guardian Society, and by poking his nose into levee, on Saturday night, at his mansion in Eaton-square,
c'hi,ekettles, and all for the sake of gaining a little pope- previous to which he had a Parliamentary entertainment.
oairitY ere the struggle for Westminster's representation take The following noblemen and gentlemen dined with the Right
Hon. Gentleman :—Lord J. Stuart, the Hon. T. Yeasty, the
e.ace, liar
ue
il the worthy proprietor of The Sun with
an action, because he has admitted into the columns of his nein Via S. Laecelles, the Hon. O. Stanley, Sir T. D. Acland,
tnd? e ,
Jeurn lnumber of letters relating to one Juan Bart., Sir R. Vyvyan, Bart., Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., Sir %V.
c ife rs e ' len fkrtgat le' ea than
electors, *rtohr:s fir.,
.1
hinted bv the writers, is no less a Heat hcote, Bart Sir R. A. Ferguson, Bart., Sir J. Duck-
-lf. Two or three meet- worth, Bart.. Captain Jones, Mr. E. Buller. Sir J. Packing-
iCa`lolwc Lochner :vanes,
consequent
glotiemo ste
upon the appearance of ton, Bart., Mr. Brarnston, Mr. W. Villiers Stuart, Mr. R. M.
he letters in he•,
what trans ' Sue, have since taken place; and from Wines Mr. Wrightson, Mr. W. Ord, Mr. Spencer H. Wal-
pired
I! he have . at those meetings, we advise Mr. Cochrane, pole, Mr. Brotherton, r. Tbornley, Mr. 11. R. Yorke, Mr.
all further any regard for his character or pocket to stay H. K. Sevmer, Mr. Compton, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Beckett, and
to those lawof Commons who assembled to pay their respects
Pad To render the case intelligible Mr. T. G. B. Estcourt. Among the members of the
who had not- an opportunity of perusing an house
article the subject of the election of Westminster, inserted in to the Right Hon. Gentleman were, the Marquis of
rase4ooispatca last week, we may repeat, that some years Douro, Lord. J. Russell, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Viscount
of ae4a
Sunue _ one Juan de Vedra travelled counties of Kent and Villiers, Viscount Castlereagh, Lord E. Russell, Lord
Lord C. Hamilton, Vscount
Spanish minstrel. He was a smart foppish sort Marcus Hill, Lord Rendlesham, Lord J. Manners, Lord
Lord
A . Hervey,
with h fellow, who thought every girl who carne in contact Hotham, et
black tin deeply smitten with his personal appearance. His Morpeth, Lord 11. Vane, Viscount Northland, Sir J. Walsh,
41,41 glossy hair. rendered still more glossy by 'rrn'e um' Sir C. Napier, Sir Fitzroy KelleetbSeirßFcgTbthelsiiogne,r,n.s.ivr D. Le
Port ' aPPliatice—his fanciful dress, and his gentlemanly de- 'Marchetti, Sir Howard Douglas,
flight Hen. Sir G. rev,
the
ps4nleiht--all these, added to a good ratural voice and the Smith, the Right Hon. H. Gouiburn, Hun. J. Stuart Wort-
oo;Z:•encY he had attained as a guitarist, rendered him an ley, lion. G. Rice Trevor, the
esof peculiar interest among the gentry, by whom he Solicitor-General,Cecil Lats-
Hon. Charles P.
petted. not_ced, and taken from the streets into their houses and well, the Right Hon. T. D'EyncoT
eerted. R„ reel`, Hon. Captain
yrre , Price,
lessu,rtl,lon. Captain 'Max-
r„au,„ oenury young ladies thought him " a nice oung Villiers, Sir J. W. Hogg, Sir J.
Ti. and married ladies confessed their admiration of lino. Lindsay, Captain Duncombe, Sir J. M
J tt• Lowther,
young g people flirted with him, and the old folk became Sir P. Grey Egerton, Sir G. Staunton, Si.
P Ihill, Mr.
T' I gay in the mofthe exiles' Spaniard—the Colonel 'l'. Wood, Colonel Mure, Captain 0 _ _
pany
ar Yew. creatureMackinnon, Mr.
"f agg.arreo,. S_ir. R.
and . g who had been obliged to quit his country Taylor, Mr. A. B. Hope, Mr. Mildmay, Mr.
bson,Mr.
ins 1' la mein consequence of having tormed political notions ince, Hon. H. Berkeley, Mr. Parker, Mr. Matt,
y:s", c 1 to the exit ting Government. Presently Juan de A. S. O'Brien, Mr. G. `lepton, Mr. Hutt,
asu a after having visited Canterbury, Margate, Rams- Mr. G. Ward, Mr. Tuffnell, Mr. Watson, Mr. Marshall,
E' ~ Lanni s Brighton,published book, in whichd M B. II tf Id M Barkley, Mr. R R Clayton, Colonel
e w les, and a r. e ie , i r. R. R.
ssiver and gold.
as not sparing in his remarks upon the gay and vela- Austen, Rear •Admiral Bowles, Colonel Reid, the tile e ind
the r eon:. 1 Hon. esi.efloßwaigrhdt,
uct of these who had fed him, and turnished him lion. F Shaw, Mr. Hindiey, Mr. Acland, Captain Glad-
flit young were ashamed that they had stone, Mr. Finch, Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Shirley, Mr. E
nirted Witt a stranger, mid the more matronly blushed for Shirley, Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. Pulman, ear. Q. Dick, Mr. Loch,
egioeat e• and the dirty conduct of Juan de Vedra. Time, the Mr. Motlatt, Mr. Rashleigh. Mr. Fellowes, Mr. J. Neel',
agent in developing all hidden things, at length die- Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Blackstone, Mr. Hussey, Mr. Hum-
yered the author of the work to be, not Juan de Vedra, but plirev, the O'Connor Don, Mr. M. Gore, Mr. Birch. lir.
~.Mr. Cochrane, and many were the curees uttered against Widliani, Hon. W. Cowper, Mr. Stansfield, Captain Rush-
-liltan in consequence. We had lost sight of Me. Cochrane for out, Mr. Dennistoun. Mr. Baillie, Mr. A. Letroy, Mr. IV.
i . Y ea-s; but at length his name came upon the carpet, Ellis, Mr. Deedes, Mr. G. Duncan, the Right Hon. Fox
..' Sonjenction with that of Mr. Walter, Mr. Bond Cabbell, Maule, Mr. Tancred, Mr. J. Wood, Mr. Packe, Hon. G. C.
and Mr. Hansard, and since then he has been a sort of soup- W. Forester, Mr. Entwisle, Mr. Stanton, &c.
manufacturer-generala to the Poor Man's Guardian Society PoLAND. GRAND MEETING TO-MORROW ON
Yon Y. by-the-by, whose greatest claim to notice has re
vRACOW, AT FREEMASON.' BALL, TILE MAZQIm OP
Y._ tr , tacilOy with which it has hitherto wormed subserip- Norteetaetrrox IN THE CISAIL.—We perceive, with nn-
teutnes,Ouli of the pockets of the rich, for the alleged object of feigned pleasure, that the friends of Poland are going to take
Woml.Ltt, g the poor—though how many poor men and a step which cannot but be approved by every upright man,
arti omen have been assisted by the society, except in the and exercise a great influence both in England and on the
aer. t! of soup. we have it not in our power to state. Well, Continent. It is to mark with public indignation the recent
that oohrane, backed up by the soup-nettles, and thinking violation of the treaty of Vienna, and to petition the Crown
e2:e,his connexion with a few great men besides, fled ou the annexation of the Republic of Cracow to Austria. The
es connexion
tally the Poor Man's Guardian Society, must tyranny of the three despotic powers of Russia, Austria, and
hio2esehine a igreat deal of notice and popularity, offered
. ...eel? to represent Westminster, and then came the letters Prussia, will be powerfully exposed by many public charac-
eln The • tens,- including' several Members of Parliament, who have
Sun, wondering whether Mr. Cochrane was the Juan
"ttieel\le,dra
like
. . c ane bore
such unenviable notoriety Mr Co •lir• determined to take a part in the manifestation of feelings
pelung like a martyr for some days ; but at length the excited throughout the civilised world, on account of the
destruction of the last relic of Polish nationality.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASP.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY Arrizatioox.—The following horses
have arrived up to five o'clock :
Brunette, Ballybar, The False Heir, Frederick, Latitat,
Marengo, Proceed, Cavendish, St. Ruth, Red Lancer, Bar-
maid, Clinker, Roarer, Mathew, and Cumberland Lassie.
The ground is in excellent order.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Baron Rothschild' Thurs.gs., Thurs., Wing-11.
Mr. Brand's lids., , Ribley Heath •; Sat., Wrest Park

Cleveland hds., Thurs., Capt. Cook's Monument-11.
Devon hds., hurs., Godstone Gate.
Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Middleton Toll-bar; Thurs., Ry-
cote Kennel; Sat., Warkworth Village-10i.
Bedale hds., Wed., Wood Eud ; Fri., Kirby Fleetham-11.
Durham County hds, Tues., Thorpe; Fri., Elmore-10i.
F. B. hds., Fri., Trewithen Cross.
Haydon hds., Wed., East Woodburn; Sat., Dianetley.
Hurworth hds., Tues., Hornby Village; Thurs., Over Dins-
dale; Sat., Kennels-10%.
Mr. S. Lowndes' hds., Wed., Whaddon Common ; Sat.,
Beachampton Grove-11.
Oakley Lids., Thurs., Kempston Wood ; Sat., Thurleigh
Windmill-4 to 11.
Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Holton Park; Fri., Chequers.
Court.
Raby hds., Tues., Mansfield ; Thurs., Winston Bridge;
Sat., Wakertield-11.
Sinnington hds., Tues., Dial Stone Inn ; Fri., Tylass
Bridge.
Tindale hds., Thurs., Shortflat Tower; Sat., Warden-10i.
Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Saltwick Village; Fri., Nun-
n) kirk.-101;4.
York and Ainaty lids., Tues., Skip Bridge; Thurs.,
Moor • Sat., Copgrove.
Aikton hrrs., Thurs., Higham Leddie Inn, Aikton ; Fri.,
Blue Bell Inn, Woodhouse.
Carlisle hrrs., Thurs., Victoria Inn, Hornmill Station;
Sat., Stockdale Walk.
Eamont tires., Wed., Kirkbythore ; Sat.,
r Longwathby-
-10%.
M. Fane's hrrs., Wed., Great Milton ; Sat., Postcomb.
Her Majesty's staghounds meet three days next week in
the Vale of Aylesbury.
Holderness hds., Mon., Lowthorpe Lodge • Thurs., Cavil
Hall ; Fri., Neswick ; Sat., Brandesburton-4 to 11.
Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri;
Dyke—i to 11.
Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels-
combe•tye--10%.
Findon hds., Tues., Michelgrove ; Thurs., Kennel ; Sat.,
Thunders Barrow-11.
Eastbourne hers., Mon., East Dean Lighthouse ; Thurs.,
Snap H;11; Sat., Willingdon Old Mill-4 to 11.
Glyndbourne hrrs., Mon., Newhaven Barn; Fri., Broyle.
Worcestershire hds., Mon., Witley ; Wed., Old Hills; Fri.,
Bredon Hills-104.
Ledhury lids., Mon., Kennels; Fri., Highwain.
Lord Redesdale's hds., Mon., Heythorp ; Wed., North As-
ton ; Fri., Moreton in the Marsh ; Sat., Blenheim.
Ludlow hds., Wed., Oaker ; Fri., Sowdle--10.
Herefordshire hds., Tues., Stoke Lacy Turnpike ; Fri.,
Harewood End.
Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Monk's Gate ; Wed.,
Braid Ridge; Fri., Kingsfold.
Essex Union hds., Wed., South Wood; Sat., Rettenden
Windmill.
Mr. Horndon's hds., Mon., Trebartha Villa; Thurs., Ta-
merton Bridge.
Mr. Roe's hds., Wed., Babland Gate ; Sat., Ratisbon Cross.
Tiverton lids., Morebath ; Thurs., Dulverton ; Sat.., Bick-
leigh Bridge-10%.
Wheatland hds., Mon., Monkhepton ; Wed., Willey Park ;
Fri., Harpsford.
Mr. Drax's hds., Mon., Murton St. Mary; Thurs., King's
Arms, Charlton Horethorne.
Burton Vale hds., Tues., Wall-bridge ; Sat., Bishop's
Caundle