The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

JENNY LIND AND MR. BUNN.

We have been requested to insert the following letter:
" Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, April 19, 1847.
"Mademoiselle,—Up to the present moment of your arrival
in England the losses occasioned me by your violation of the
contract you entered into with me are unrepaired, and the
misrepresentations under which I have suffered remain un-
refuted., The result of my long and expensive journey to
Berlin, to effect the engagement you there signed, ending
thus far in your being the gainer of a princely income from
another theatre, and I the complete victim.
" Without any motive but the proper vindication of my
rights, without doing any injury, or committing any offence
to others, I have been mercilesslyassailed week after week by
the adherents of that theatre, and the common privilege of
self-defence altogether denied me.
" It is true that towards the reparation of these losses you
have offered me 2,000/., and that as respects the pecuniary
question between us I have accepted that offer, but as it was,
and is of moment to me that the cause of your repudiation of
your engagement with me should no longer be misrepre-
sented, I required you, in my letter of the 16th of last month,
to sing three times at this theatre. You have not answered
this letter, and I beg, therefore, to say, that in order to prove
to you this proposal was not a merely interested one, I will be
satisfied, instead of those three representations, with your
written assurance that you were not deterred from appearing
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humble servant, "A. BUNN.
" Mdlle. Jenny Lind."

THE IRISH FAMINE. •
The following is a copy of an address from the Irish
Prelates, in acknowledgment of the contributions which
have been raised in England for the relief of the dis-
tressed poor of Ireland :
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" We, the undersigned Irish prelates, to whom have
been intrusted large contributions of money from Eng-
land, transmitted by various public societies and com-
mittees, by the parochial clergy, and by private indivi-
duals, for the relief of tie destitute poor of Ireland, feel
ourselves bound to return our most grateful acknowledg-
ments to the generous donors for the aid which they
have afforded to those who have been suffering from
famine and disease. These funds we have applied to the
relief of the poor of all religious persuasions, and many
thousands of persons have thereby been saved from
perishing.
" Although in several districts of the country the dis-
tress of the poor is still of the most urgent kind, and
in some parts is even increased by reason of the removal
of a number of labourers from employment on the I
public works preparatory to the adoption of the new
system of temporary relief provided by the Legislature,
we cannot any longer deter giving expression to the
gratitude which we feel for the munificent charity and
Christian sympathy manifested by the British rublic
towards their afflicted fellow-subjects in Ireland. And
while we earnesly pray that England may never expe-
rience within her own borders such a calamity as that
which Almighty God has seen fit to send upon our por-
tion of the empire, it is our fervent desire that through
the Divine mercy this awful visitation may be the means
of uniting more closely in the bonds of brotherhood and
good-will the inhabitants of both countries, and of inspir-
ing with lasting sentiments of mutual regard for each
other the noble-minded relievers of this distress, and the
sufferers who have so largely partaken of their bounty.
"JOHN G. ARMAGH.
" RICHARD DUBLIN.
"EDWARD MEATH.
" ROBERT P. CLOGHER.
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" RICHARD DERRY and RAPHOE.
" SAMUEL CORK, CLOYNE. and ROSS. ORE.
" LUDLOW KILLAI,OE, &c.
"'THOMAS TUAM, KILLALA, and ACIIONRY.
"ROBERT CASHEL, &c."

No YOUNG NUM.—The King of Bavaria issued a
decree on the 'l6th ult. prohibiting women from taking mo-
nastic vows before they have attained their thirty-third
year. The ceremony is to take place in the presence of a
commissary, not a churchman, who has the right of inter-
rogating
the person about to take the vows, and if he think
fit to put a stop to the whole proceedings.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Registered Paletot of
Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present
and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate
price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear-
ance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made
by special command for their Royal llighnesses Prince
Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several
royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only
be purchased of the patentees, H. J. and D. Nicoll, Court
tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for
Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street ; for Dublin, Geo.
Macdona, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Wareing and
Son, New-street; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son, George-
street; and the principal tailors in other large towns.
COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON A CLERGYMAN'S SON.
—Yesterday, the proceedings under a writ de lunatic() inqui-
rendo, which had been adjourned from Saturday last, were
resumed and concluded, at the White Hart Inn, Upper Clap-
ton, before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and sixteen special
jurors, relative to the state of mind of John Charles Hulme,
Esq, aged 25, one of ten children of the late Rev. W. Hulme,
of Shirfield, Berks, who at his death bequeathed, in addition
to a valuable freehold estate to his eldest son, the sum of
10,0001. to each of the other nine children, the whole value
of the property so bequeathed being nearly 120,000/. There
was no important evidence in addition to that which we have
already given on a recent occasion, and, after nearly an hour's
deliberation, twelve out of sixteen jurors were unanimously
of opinion, " That John Charles Hulme was of unsound
mind, and incapable of managing himself and his affairs,
and had been so since the 28th of October, 1846, and we wish
to observe that we think he ought to be confined in a lunatic
asylum." The brothers, the Rev. G. and W. Hulme, said
they had every desire to attend to the recommendation of
the jury.
M. JULLIEN AND SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON THE
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—We lire credibly,
informed that last Saturday night M. Jullien and his com-
pany of musicians, after performing in the City Hall, left
this city in a special train for Edinburgh, which had been
previously hired by him for that purpose from the railway
directors or their manager; that M. Jullien and his company
left Glasgow for. Edinburgh towards midnight of last Satur-
day in this special train; and that it arrived in Edinburgh
cal ly on Szakath and we challenge contradiction of
this fact from any quarter.—Reformer's Gazette.
I THE PENNY POSTAGE.—Not fewer than twenty-
, eight thousand letters, exclusive of all other correspondence,
pass daily through the Maidstone post-office.