The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the new Grand Opera, untitled MATILDA OF
HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Douai"( ; Po4liebrad, Mr. Harri-
son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Romer; LiUla, Mies
R. Isaacs.

After which the new Ballet, called TIM PRETTY SICILIA:it
Count Amede, M. Croce ; Roselle, Mdlle. Baderna.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed a new and original Comedy, celled THE
SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal character, by Messrs. Far-
ten, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Briudal, Mrs. Glower, Mrs.
Ilumby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey-
nolds, &c.

Luang the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Lac
des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and Plelen" Polkas ; Waltz,
by Lanner ; Galop, by Strauss ; and the " American Polka."
To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza,
called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil
Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton,
Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. I%.,nces Dav,dge.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of WILLIAM TELL.
Gesler, Mr. Fredericks ; William Tell, Mr. H. Betty ; Agnes, Mrs.
E. F. Saville ; Emma, Miss Richardson.
To conclude with a new Drama, entitled RABY RATTLER ; or
The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole
strength of the Company.
Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Boxes, lc, Half-price, 6d.• Plt, 6d.; Gallery, 31
THIS EVENING

Will be performed THE CASTLE OF ST. ALMO. Principal
characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Forman, Searle, Bird, Miss
Vincent, Miss Pearce, &c.
After which, BURIED ALIVE; or, The Illustrious Stranger.
Benjamin Bowbell, Mr. Forman.
To conclude with THE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBIEK ; or,
The Murder at the Lonely Creek.

Now Ready, Vols. 3 and 4, Completing the Works of
THE HISTORY OF THE
C APTIVITY OF NAPO LEON,
AT ST. HELENA.
By GENERAL COUNT MONTHOLON.
"These volumes conclude this very Interesting work. The most
valuable portion, although not, perhaps, the most interesting, is that
in which the Count records the opinions of :Napoleon upon events
in which he had himselt been a prominent actor. These records are
most ♦aluable, as elucidations of the conduct of the Emperor in posi-
tions in which histwy has either misconstrued him, or been at fault
tolassigli the true motives of his actions."—Weekly Chronicle.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marthorough-strcet.

HENRY RUSSELL AT THE STRAND
THEATRE.
Tilts EVENING, FEB. 23. AND EVERY OTHER EVENING.
Programme to.,l(ight The Dream of the Reveller"—" There's
a gc3d time coming boys"—" The Maniac"—" The Ship on fire"—
" True men of old"—" I'm afloat"—" Idiot Bey"—" Woodman spare
that tree"—" The Wife's Dream" —" Man the Life Boat"—' Main
Truck, or a Leap for Life"—" Little fools and great ones"—Songs and
incidents of Negro Life and character.

Boxes, 39.; stalls, 29.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery 6(1. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is.
Box-office op( n from One till Four every day.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY
SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Fecuc's
tnd the Public for their continued suppo:: PnEi petrawne,
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Sbeies,
take place every TrE3DAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
Ball of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to we,ch
favours, containing instructions (with a rc.erence), rye revpccisolly
requested to be addressed.

All Scrip and Share Certificates mr9i be depo.ited, the day
Previous to their being offered; and advice.; of results will be
'n*warded by the first post after the sele, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to lastrvetions.
Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London.

THE WEATHEP.--Scar OFFICE, FEBRUARY 23.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 39,

BAROMETER, 30.3.-WIND E., dull.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 39 minutes after 7.1 Evening 12 minutes after B

the prosecution of prisoners, and another portion to the
increase of printing and stationery for the Houses of
Parliament. The whole of the estimates srould amount
to 23,851,0771., making the whole ordinary expenditure
51,576,0004 He had purposely omitted in his statement
any allusion to grants for the relief of distress b
Ireland; and he would now state what he thought would
be required for the distress to be advanced by the
Treasury; for whatever the burden, it would ultimately
be thrown upon the landlords of Ireland ; hitherto they
had paid nothing, save indeed 393,0001. of poor-ratcs.
It was not easy to state precisely what the expenditure
required would be. In four weeks of November the ex-
penditure bed been 383,000/., in December 742,0001., in
January 772,0004 The persons relieved in October were
150,000, in November 285,000, i i January 440,000, and
in February 571,000. Up to 20th February there had
been issued by the Exchequer to Ireland 2,400,0004,
2,000,000/.,:had been issued to the Board of Works. The
expenditure for the future he expected would not fall
below a million a month. He expected to effect, however
a saving by administering relief through the medium of
the soup kitchens. He expected that many labourers
would be taken from the public works by the
working of the Bill for the Improvement of Lands,
but to work that Bill, it should be remembered that ad-
vances were to be made by the Treasury. It would be
necessary that relief should continue at least until the
next harvest, and for some short period after the
harvest, advances would be necessary. Taking all
these circumstances into consideration, he could
not estimate the advances to be made to Ireland under
8,000,0001., which, including the 2,000,0004 advanced
since August, would amount to 10,000,000/. Now, if
the 16,000,000/. proposed by the Noble Lord had been
advanced to railroads, he did not think it would be
possible to have lessened one farthing of this 10,000,000/,
and therefore he was rejoiced to see the majority by
which that measure had been rejected. Under these
circumstances, it was manifest he must, of necessity,
go into the market to borrow. The question was,
whether he should borrow the whole or only a part ;
by following the latter course, he would considerably
reduce the balance in the Exchequer, from which source
the advances had hitherto been made. This was a course
he was for many reasons unwilling to adopt, and he there-
fore: thought it more advisable to borrow the whole
rather than put any further pressure on the Bank of
England, or incapacitate the Government from making
advances to the landed proprietors of England and
Scotland. Besides, the prospects of the next bar-
vest were uncertain. Hitherto we had been living
mainly upon the produce in other countries of the har.
vest of 1845. There had been entered for home con-
sumption 5,388,000 quarters of foreign corn, and he
was confident that up to the harvest of 1847
we should have an abundance ; but by that
time the produce of 1845 and 1846 would be
exhausted, and we should be dependent upon the pro-
duce of the harvest of 1847. The large surplus in the
Exchequer had alone hitherto enabled them to make
the necessary advances, and he felt that it
would be most imprudent to lessen that surplus
more than was absolutely necessary. Therefore
the wiser course was to borrow the money. It would
not be a permanent debt, because a considerable portion
was to be repaid out of the property of Ireland.—(A
laugh.) Tee next question was, whether the loan ought
to be accompanied by increased taxation. He was unwilling
to add this amount tothe debt without takingmeans for its
extinction, but he thought that during the present year
it would bo imprudent to attempt-any change in taxa-
tion. The present year was an exception to all others.
If we had a good harvest there would be no necessity fcr
further advances, if it should be bad it would be
necessary to make a further demand on the
country for the assistance of Ireland, and there-
fore he thought it better to postpone the question
of the imposition of additional taxation. Besides, next
year it would be necessary to deal with the Income-tax,
and it would be unwise to attempt to prejudge-in what
manner Parliament—a new Parliament perhaps—might
chose to deal with the Income-tax, he therefore thought it
best to leave the whole question open till next session. He
calculated on a surplus of 489,0004 of ordinary revenue
over expenditure. He calculated he could borrow
the 8,000,0004 at three and half per cent.,
the interest of which would be 280,000/; but
then, he calculated he should have to raise the
interest of Exchequer-bills. The interest at present
was lid. a day, and he proposed to raise it to 2d.,
which would amount to 142,000/. ; giving an in-
crease of interest of 422,0001.; making the total ordinary
expenditure 51.998,0001. ; leaving a surplus of 67,0001.
From Chinese money the next year he should receive
450,0001., but against this he must place an extraordinary,
expenditure of 185,0001. to cover the excess of naval ex-
penditure of the year ending sth April last. The total of
income, therefore, would be 52,515,0001. ; the total of
expenditure 52,183,0004, leaving a surplus of 332,000/.

This, he admitted, was not a satisfactory statement o

income and expenditure, but he had stated the reason
wby ho thought it not advisable to make permanent
provision for the liquidation of 'the loan during the pre-
sent year ; but the country must be prepared next year;
should the necessity arise for an increase of its burdena,
to bring the revenue up to the level of the expenditure.
It was evident that he could ill spare any revenue this
year, and this must be an answer to them who proposed
a remission of duties on various articles. He had been
asked if he intended to propose any annual duties instead
of the sugar duties. It was not his intention to do so during
this session, as in the course of next year, at all events,
they must reconsider the Income-tax. He regrettcd
exceediegly this interruption to the course of com-
mercial policy, which had been pursued during the last
four years. It was true h• had opposed the Income-tax,
but it had entirely changed its character when it had
been made the means of introducing those changes in
our commercial policy which had:been introduced by the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite ; as a proof of which
he would mention the quantities of various articles of
food entered for home consumption during the years fol-
lowing 1843. Of coffee, there was entered for home
consumption, in the year 1843, 30,000,000 lbs.
1844, 31,391,000 lbs. ; 1845, 34,318,0001155. ; 1846,
36,781,000 lbs. Of butter, in 1843, there was entered
for home consumption, 148,000 cwt. ; in 1844, 180,000
cwt. ; in 1845, 240,000 cwt. ; and in 1846, 255,000 Cwt.
Of cheese, the quantity entered for home consumption in
1843, was 166,000 cwt. ; 1844, 211,000 cwt. ; 1845,
258,000 cwt.; 1846, 327,000 cwt.; and yet he had
not heard that the farmers of Cheshire had been ruined.
Of currants, in 1843, there was imported, 234,000 cwt.;
1844,1'285,000 cwt. ; 1845, 309,000 cwt. ; 1846, 359,000
._____ •
cwt. Of sugar ; 1843, 4,037,000 cwt; 1844, 4,139,000
cwt. ; 1845, 4,880,000 cwt. ; 1846, 5,231,000. On all
these at titles the duties had been decreased. On tea it
had remained the same,) yet the quantity entered for
home consumption had increased ; in 1843, it had been
40,300,000 lbs. ; 1844, 41,369,000 lbs. ; 1845, 44,183,000
lbs. ; 1846, 46,728,000 lbs. He felt it his duty
to bear this testimony to the success of the policy of the
Right Hon. Gentleman. He concluded by proposing
pro fornui a grant of 8,000,000/. out of the consolidated
fund. The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst
loud cheering.

Mr. HUME objected to voting these grants to Ireland
until they were assured that the Poor-law Bill would
pass. He was also disappointed at finding that the
commercial policy of the Right Hon. Gentlemen
opposite was not carried out, by devoting the
surplus revenue to carrying out that policy,
and by providing for the extraordinary ex-
penditure of Ireland by extraordinary means.
He was surprised to hear what the Right Honourable
Gentleman said about not extending taxation. There
might be no necessity for taxing England, but let Ireland
be taxed as England was. He would extend equality to
Ireland in everything, in taxation as well as the rest.
He reminded them that next year they would have to
raise the Income-tax to 10 per cent.

Several Bills were advanced a stage, and the House
adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock.

Eight millions to be granted for the relief of Ire-
land is the paramount feature in the financial state-
ment of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. Considering the embarrassments
consequent upon the appalling destitution in Ireland
and in various districts of Scotland, taking into
account the vast addition of expense resulting from
that destitution, the extraordinary deficiency of pro-
visions, not only in the United Kingdoms, but in
France, Germany, and Poland, and the diminution of
wages in our manufactories, the speech of Sir CHARLES
WOOD is singularly satisfactory. Although the Right
Hon. Baronet requested the lenient consideration of
the House, because of the indisposition from which
he was a sufferer, and because, likewise, of the almost
unprecedented demands which it was his duty to
make upon the Legislature, there was little reason
for either apology or indulgence. Possibly
the statement delivered upon the Budget last
evening may be regarded as the most lucid
speech yet uttered in the House of Commons
by Sir CHARLES Woon. In the arrangement of his
materials, in the enunciation of the different amounts
constituting the national revenue, and the numerous
charges (usual and unusual) upon the Exchequer,
the Right Honourable Gentleman evinced very re-
markable capacity, and reduced these complicated
calculations to the comprehension of the most medi-
ocre understanding. In so much was the lucidity of
Sir CHARLEO WOOD manifest, as to have elicited the
cordial commendation of Mr. GOULBURN and the re-
peatedapplause of the Members generally. It were un-
necessary to enter upon any synopsis or analysis of
the particular financial statement submitted to Par-
liament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; it were
unnecessary, from the elaboration of the Parliamen-
tary reports and Parliamentary summary, and es-
pecially unnecessary because the gist of that state-
ment may be expressed in the compass of a few syl-
lables.

Contrary to the expectations of the multitude the
estimates made by Sir CHARLES WOOD, as to the
balance of our national accounts on the close of the
year ending sth of April, 1848, are propitious and
consolatory. Notwithstanding the remarkable abate-
ment of our manufacturing industry, in consequence
of the scarcity of food both at home and on the con-
tinent; notwithstanding the certain injury which
must result to the revenue from the diminished con-
sumption and the enormous drain of 10,000,0001. for
the assistance of Ireland, it is calculated by the
Right Hon. Baronet that there will still remain a
surplus of 332,0001. over and above the total expen-
ditures. As compared with the surplus of the year
ending sth April, 1847—a splendid surplus, reach-
ing no less a sum than 9,ooo,oool.—that anticipated
for the forthcoming twelve months is insignificant
enough. But, bearing in recollection the lamentable
condition of Ireland and of the northern portions of
Great Britain, the circumstance of there being any
surplus whatever is matter for earnest gratulation.

What is particularly remarkable in the Budget for
1847' is the fact of there being no additional
taxation. Under existing calamities this is an unex-
pected and thrice-welcome announcement. Taking
the entire surplus for the ensuing year at 489,0001.,
it is proposed to burden the community by borrow-
ing no less an amount than 8,000,0001. for the relief of
Ireland. Borrowed at three and a half per cent., the
interest upon these 8,000,000/. will amount to 280,00011
and the inevitable consequence of this loan must be the
advance of interest upon Exchequer-bills from lid. to
21 per: diem, making an additional sum of
142,000/. Upon the proposed debt of 8,000,0001. the
entire interest for the year will be 422,0001., which,
subtracted from the expected excess upon the balance-
sheet, would reduce the surplus upon the financial year to
67,000/. Now, the residue of the Chinese silver, con-
sisting of 450,0001., will, on the abstraction of
185,000/. for our increased naval expenditure, raise
the surplus for the sth April, 1848, from 67,0001. to
not less than 332,000/.—an amount beyond the most
sanguine expectations of the most hopeful observer.
It will therefore have devolved upon the empire to
sustain the terrible visitation at present scourging
the sister island, to the enormous extent of
10,000,0001., of which 2,000,000/. have been ad-
vanced and distributed. In this balancing of the boun-
ties and the economy of the nation the Government
has displayed a sagacity proportioned to its courage
in dealing with so many enormous difficulties. If
the Ministry are in no manner prepared to diminish
the taxes still imposed upon the people by precipi-
tating the extension of the principles of free trade,
they cannot at least be regarded as imitatores ser-
vum pecus in respect to the increase of taxation for
the payment of the interest upon a loan of actually
10,000,0001. It is insinuated that the landlords of
Ireland will exhibit no readiness to repay even a
moiety of this magnificent assistance, that they will
grudge the restitution of even 4,000,000/, out of
the eight which still remain to be advanced.
The insinuation gained some colouring of probability
from the merriment expressed by the Hon. Gen-
tlemen of the House of Commons on the allusion to
that repayment uttered by the Chancellor of the
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Western Highlands of Scotland. No t•
night directed by
properly have been selected by the Hon. Member for
that purpose than that immediately preceding the
financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, when the extraordinary exertions of the Go-
vernment on behalf of the Irish people, and the mode
of providing for the gigantic outlay thereby rendered
necessary, was about to be detailed by the Minister
whose especial duty it was to provide the necessary
funds and to regulate the income and expenditure of
the country. The primary cause of the distress in
both Ireland and part of Scotland is the same ; we
have in both countries a large and crowded popula-
tion, whose usual and accustomed article of food, that
constituting, if not the sole, by far the largest portion
of their ordinary diet, has been destroyed, and swept
away by the mysterious visitation of PROVIDENCE.
In both cases, we find the crops, on which the fami-
lies of the poor cottiers were fed, decaying and rot-
ting in the earth, so as not to be worth the
trouble and expenditure of digging them from
the soil, and the visitation borne with extraordinary
patience and resignation by the unhappy sufferers,
who, on the total failure of their own resources, were
driven to seek from others that maintenance with
which they were unable to supply themselves or
families ; but here the comparison ends, for in Scot-
land we find the landed proprietors, or at least the
great majority, availing themselves of every means to
provide for the poor of their respective estates, casting
themselves into the breach with a noble devotion,
and resolving that, so long as any means were left to
them, so long as by any sacrifices on their own
part they could be enabled to do so, they would
continue to afford that support and maintenance
This generous, humane, and Christian conduct is
worthy of something more than the praise that
cannot be withheld from it. The Highland land-
owners have set their own shoulders to the wheel—
they have relied on their own exertions, and have
not been disappointed. By these efforts they have
preserved the lives of their people, and deaths
from starvation, or its effects, so frightful to
contemplate—so unworthy of a Christian Country,
where some of the inhabitants are surrounded with
all the appliances of wealth, and the comforts and
luxuries thereby obtainable--and so disgraceful to the
lccalities in which such harrowing and fearful scenes
are suffered to take place—have been averted, and
banished from the Scottish coasts. In Ireland, we
regret to say, that a like praiseworthy conduct has
not been pursued by the majority. True it is that
r.,-ny, very many, landlords have acted in a manrer
beyond all praise, and have entitled themselves to the
marked thanks of the community at large, and better

Mr. WILLIAMS considered the statement of the Right
Hon. Member most unsatisfactory. He objected to the
large increase in the navy, army, and ordnance estimates
With regard to the loan, he would much prefer seeing
the Government giving a higher rate of interest end
borrowing at par, to bot rowing below par at a lower rate
of interest.

Mr. ROEBUCK said that, looking to the manner in
which the "Irish party" had banded themselves toge-
ther against the introduction of an efficient poor-law :n
Ireland, he trusted that the Houses would not consent
to any loan of 10,000,000/. for Ireland until they had
obtained security that the property of Ireland shoeld
maintain the poor of Ireland. It was the duty of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to impose an income-
tax upon Ireland, and ho would himself propose the
extension of the property-tax to Ireland.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it would be neither wise nor
just in the present circumstances of Ireland, to impose
the Income-tax on that country. Ho defended the esti-
mates brought forward by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, and stated that they had been prepared with
the greatest regard to economy. The Noble Lord, on
resuming his seat was loudly cheered.
The House was subsequently addressed by Lord G.
BENTINCE, Mr. SHAW, Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. VERNON
SMITH, and several other Honourable Members.

- The resolution was then agreed to, and the souse re-
sumed.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1847.:

still to the proud consciousness of having performed
the arduous duties imposed upon them, but such, un-
fortunately, cannot be said of the general body.
Whatever may have been the exciting cause, whether
the debts and encumbrances affecting their properties,
that cramped their energies, and fettered and re-
strained their action, the Irish people were suffered
to fall into a state of suffering and destitution hap-
pily unknown in Scotland to anything like the same
extent, until the cry of affliction and distress re-
verberated on the air throughout the length and
breadth of unhappy and afflicted Ireland—and this
notwithstanding the extraordinary power afforded to
her people by the Labour-rate Act, and the vast
sums drawn by means thereof from the national Ex-
chequer for the relief and mitigation of the distress hu
that country.

We do not desire to be understood as deprecating
the aid that has been already afforded, or is about to
be given to Ireland. We do not regret that the sum of
ten millions should be advanced to ward off, as far
as possible, all future mortality, and to provide for
the wants of her people. We do not object to the prin-
ciple that the calamity should be considered a national
one, and a moiety of the expenditure should be borne
by the State and defrayed from the national purse,.
But, if from similar causes great burdens have fallen
on the proprietors in the distressed districts of Scot-
land, we think that a like rule should be observed, tha t
the calamity should in like manner be considered a
national one, and that a portion of the expenditure
should be defrayed by the State. It is not because
the Scotch proprietors have well and nobly dis-
charged their duty, that they should be deserted by
the Executive ; on the contrary, it is for that very
reason that every possible aid should be afforded and
the greatest assistance rendered. A just preceden t
has been afforded by what has taken place in the
cases of the Irish landlords who applied for present-
ments under Mr. LABOUCHERE'S letter, and for
whom the time of repayment was extended to
twenty-two years, in place of ten ; as it was justly
considered that they should not be placed in a worse
footing than those who hung back, and did not exhibit
the same promptitude on behalf of their dependent s
and neighbours. Had the Scotch landlords been
negligent or exhibited less self-devotion, they would
have been aided by public loans and grants, having
acted in a more correct and proper manner, that
aid should not be withheld from them, and the con-
templated measures for Ireland should be extended to
all parts of the United Kingdom visited with similar
affliction, and where the people are suffering under
a deprivation of their accustomed food or means of
livelihood.

We have received news from Oporto to the 13th.
Since the death of MACDONNELL the Miguelites have
everywhere joined the Septembristas. Count DAS
ANTAS had marched from Oporto to attack CABAL, and
another division of the insurgents, under Baron FERNOS
had marched in the direction of Bares &Alva, and
CJESAR VASCONCELLES, at the head of 2,500 men, was at
Pennafiel, prepared to dispute the passage of
the Douro with SALILiNHA. This force had
been joined by 800 Miguelites under BERNARDINO.
The remains of MACDONNELL'S band have joined Di
ANTAS. AIENDEZ LEITE, a Septembrista officer, at the
head of 300 insurgents, had surprised SALDANRA'S depot
of arms at Averro (which is within the lines occupied by
SALDANEA'S army, and only eight miles from: his head-
quarters), and had captured 230 stand of arms, a quan-
tity of ammunition, a considerable sum of money, and
several prisoners. Among the latter is the son of SAL-
DANRA'S military secretary. The insurrection was
spreading in Algave, and Faro has been fortified by the
insurgents.

Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived.
General PA.VIA had resigned his office of Minister of
War in consequence of the refusal of his colleagues to
permit him to exercise the authority of Generalissimo.
General JOSE CONCiA will, it is said, succeed him.
MADRID BOVISA, FEB. 15.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 32 ; the Four per Cents., 20%; the Five per Cents.,
20%; the Coupons, at 18%; and the Passives, at 614.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The trial of the National for publishing a libel re-
flecting on the KING took place on Saturday, and ended
in the acquittal of the National. The libel was con-
tained in an article commenting on the removal of the
French Consul from the:Mauritius, and it concluded by
declaring that the ICING alone directed the whole policy
of the state. This libel the counsel for the National
justified, and quoted from the speeches of successive
Ministers for the purpose of proving the direct and per-
sonal interference of the KING in various affairs of state,
stigmatising such interference as unconstitutional. The
jury, after deliberating a quarter of an hour, brought in;a
verdict of acquittal. This is the severest blow that the
system has yet received, and is tantamount to a censure
on the KING.

The Prase continues its personal attacks upon Lord
NORBILNBY. It is now confessed that M. GUUOT in-
tended by what he said in the Chamber to offer a per-
sonal insult to the British Ambassador. The fact is,
M. GUIZOT is endeavouring to play the same game that
he played as French Ambassador in London in 1840, to
intrigue with English parties or rather partizans for a
change of Ministry,so as to secure eitherafainiant Foreign
Secretary, whom he can bamboozle, or a worse than
fainéant, who will aid him in carrying his project of
securing Orleans domination on the Continent and in
the Mediterranean. This intrigue, however, will not
succeed, and the fact that any English Minister held
office as the nominee of GUIZOT, or of LOUIS PHILIPPE,
would be alone sufficient to secure his downfal.

M. MARTIN (du Nord) has resigned his Ministry ol
Justice, on account of the precarious state of his health,
It is reported M.M. LACAVE-LAPLAGNE and CUNIN-
GRIDAINE were also about to leave the Cabinet.

CABRERA'S brother-in-law, General POLO, has escaped
from Avignon.
The French steam-frigate Caraibe has been driven on
shore in Senegal. Twenty seamen and boys perished
among the breakers.

The KING of the BELGIANS is expected in Paris.
The Echo Agricole states that the price of flour in
the Paris market on Saturday still maintained itself be-
tween 100 and 105 francs per sack of 157 kilogrammes,
according to its quality. The transactions in wheat
were very limited, but large quantities of foreign rye
were purchased for the consumption of the interior of
France, and particularly the department of the Allier,
where that grain had completely failed. The Courrier
Bas Rhin announces that prosecutions had been in-
stituted againt 17 individuals accused of having had re-
course to fraudulent means in order to cause a rise in
the price of provisions.
The Moniteur states that the trial of the works of
art of the Havre and Rouen railroad, by the moving
weight, was proceeding satisfactorily. The viaducts of
Barentin and Malannay had withstood it with complete
success. The Council-General of the Roads and
Bridges had at last approved of the plan proposed by the
Northern Company for the construction of the Creil
and St. Quentin Railroad between Creil and Noyon
The line is definitively to pass through Pont St. Maxence
Ribecourt, Compiegne, Thourotte, Ourscamp, and
Noyon.

The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de
'Opera, on Sunday, at 78f. 45e.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 22.
Dutch Rhenish, 4—Louvain a la Sambre, 1 y—Northern of
France, 19%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%.

THE COURT.—lier Majesty and Prince Albert, with
the royal children, are expected to arrive at Bucking-
ham Palace at half-past four o'clock this afternoon from
Claremont.

THE LOAN OF EIGHT MILLIONS.
The following notice has been sent to the Governor and
Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England :
" Treasury Chambers, Feb. 23, 1847.
" Gentlemen,--I beg to inform you,l and to request
that you will make it known in the usual manner, that
Lord John Russell and I shall be ready to see any gen-
tlemen who may be desirous of contracting for a loan of
Eight Millions for the service of the present year, on
Thursday next, the 25th instant, at one o'clock, in order
to fix the conditions of the loan, and manner of the
bidding; and I hope it will be convenient to you, or one
of you, to meet these gentlemen here at that hour.—l have
the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) " CHARLES WOOD."
" To the Governor and Deputy-Governor
of the Bank of England."

INTEREST ON EXCHEQUER-BILLS
Exchequer-bill Office, 2, Whitehall-place, Feb. 23, 1847.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have
determined that the New Exchequer-bills, to be dated 16th
March, 1847, charged on aids and supplies, shall bear an in-
terest of Twopence per Centum per Diem, instead of One penny
halfpenny, as stated in the advertisements from this office,
dated 16th February, 1847 : And also, the Exchequer-bills
dated in the month of June, 1846, charged on aids and sup-
plies, which are now outstanding, shall on and after the said
16th March, 1847, bear an interest of Twopence per Centufn
. per Diets.

MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELEC

TORS OF WESTMINSTER.

In The Sun of Saturday, Feb. 13, the following
letter from a correspondent was inserted

MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELECTORS OF WEST•

MINSTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—As an elector of Westminster allow me to ask,
whether the Mr. Charles Cochrane, who now so ostentatiously
parades his pretensions to represent Westminster, is the same
person as one Senor Juan de Vega, who some few years back
published a journal of a tour through Great Britain and Ire-
land, and who then paraded a series of adventures in various
towns and places at which modesty and decency felt ashamed,
and whose public avowal signally proved the want of good
taste and common propriety in the writer.
If they be one and the same person, the electors of West-
minster ought to know it. If not, Mr. Cochrane cannot too
soon disown the identity.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
St. James's, Feb. 12. ALPHA.
[We cannot answer this query. Doubtless Mr. Cochrane
Sun.]
_ _

On Monday, Feb. 15th, appeared a letter from
another correspondent, as follows :

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—A correspondent in your excellently-conducted
journal asks, " Who is Mr. Cochrane, the present candidate
for the representation of Westminster?" "Is he the same
Mr. Cochrane who, some years since, travelled through the
country as a Spanish minstrel ?" "Is he the party who
published a descriptive account of his wanderings through
Kent and Sussex ?" These questions require a straight-
forward answer, since it must not be borne, it must not be
tolerated, that the large and influential city of Westminster
shall be represented by a person who, in the di-guise of a
travelling musician, succeeded, in many instances, alas!
too many instances, in insinuating himself into, private fa-
milies, and afterwards exposed the flirtation of sundry misses,
some in their teens, and others approaching that question-
able age when ladies begin to think they are forgotten by'
the sterner portion of the sex. I do not state that Mr.
Cochrane is the man who thus acted ; I do not aver that he
is the individual who published sundry amours in his book,
which he pretended took place at Canterbury, Dover, Has-
tings, and Brighton; I can scarcely believe that a man who
could betray the confidence of any female, after having been
fed and pampered to satiety by her friends, and supplied with
money, believing, the said individual to be in the condition of
an unfortunate political exile, would dare to affront a highly
respectable and .nonourable constituency with his presence.
But, Sir, you say—" Perhaps Mr. Cochrane will inform the
electors whether he is the person I have thus hastily alluded
to." My reply is, do not take Mr. Cochrane's word for his in-
nocence. Iknew the wandering minstrel—the poor amiable
young man who had been driven from.friends and home, owing to
political disturbances in his own country—l have seen him
often, but not since he gathered silver and gold from
those who pitied his pretended misfortune—from those who
fostered the viper, who felt for and sympathised with him in
his assumed distressed condition, and I might be able to
identify him ; yet, there is a probability of clearing up the
point beyond the possibility of doubt. Vie minstrel's work
was printed by Mr. Brettel, of Rupert• street, Haymarket ;
and I have reason to know that that gentleman is perfectly
acquainted with the person of Mr. Cochrane, and can, there-
fore, without diracalty, set the matter at rest, and thus ease
the minds of many parties who have promised Mr. Cochrane
their support, but who would at once withdraw it if Mr.
Cochrane can be identified as the wandering minstrel.
Allow me to add, that, for years, Mr. Brettel has taken a
very prominent part in the Westminster election; he is a
Liberal too; and would, no doubt, not only for the credit o
the House of Commons, but for the honour and reputation 0,
Westminster, set the matter at rest.
I am, Sir, faithfully yours,

J. W.

Fleet-street.
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, another correspondent
thus wrote :
MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELECTORS OF
WESTMINSTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NUN.

Sir,—ls Mr. Cochrane the same person as "Don Juan de
Vega," or. is he not ? If he be the same person, then the
violated hospitality and outraged kindness shown to him at
Brighton, Canterbury, Dover, and other places, will rise up
in judgment against him, and serve as a warning to the
electors of Westminster not to confide in any such wander-
ing personator. If he be not Juan de Vega, then why not
disown it? Let Mr. Cochrane beware, if he be the fraudulent
Spanish refugee that Juan. de Vega pretended to be, that he
does not meet such an exposé as he well deserves, if identice
with that vagabond.—Yours, an Elector, J. C.
Feb. 16, 1847.
On Friday, the 19th, we inserted another letter in
the following words :
MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELECTORS OF WEST-
MINSTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF MT SUN.

Sir,—My attention has been directed to the inquiries con-
tained in your paper, relative to the identity of Mr. Coch
raise, the present candidate for Westminster, with one JUAN
DE VEGA, who some years back travelled through some parts
of England, professing to be a Spanish refugee, and then
published adventures of a most immoral kind as the account
of his travels. I remember a person calling himself Doi'
Juan de Vega soliciting charitysin this town, not for himself
only, but for his fellow. Spanish refugees. He came as a
Spanish peasant; a large slouched straw hat, and open vest,
a man Cilia cloak, breeches, and stockings, formed his dress ; he
professed to speak no English—French and Spanish being the
only languages he knew. He was of slight figure, and dark
mulatto complexion. He excited much compassion in this
town, where he professed to be a Quaker, and attended the
Friends' Meeting House; was fed, clothed, and had money
given to him in no small quantity; and yet was afterwards,
by his own published adventures, found to be an imposter,
a hypocrite, and a scoundrel. He endeavoured to seduce
every girl he could come near, and those whom he could not
ruin in person, he sought to lower in character, by imputing
in print the actions of charitable feeling to the promptings
of the most unchaste passion. I know, and could identify
the man. Ido not know whether the Juan de Vega, of
Brighton, be the candidate for Westminster. I can hardly
believe that the swarthy Juan de Vega can oe the Mr,
Cochrane who appears at meetings of charity, dances with

the daughters of the Governor of the Licensed Victuallers'
at their annual balls, and is alternately heard of at the
Crown and Anchor and at Exeter Hall, in company with
Dr. Leifchild and Mr. B. B. Cabt'ell—l say I can hardly
believe it, and yet why does he not deny it ? If they be
the same person, I pity the deceived, I despise the deceiver.
But I will come up to London on his first public appearance,
and my own eyes shall, if I be spared to see him, con-
vince myself. If Juan de Vega be Mr. Cochrane, I will de-
nounce him, and the " Tallow-chandler and Grocer," whom
he so described, and whose hospitality he abused, shall shame
him from the Westminster hustings.—l am, Sir, your obe-
dient servant, D. B.
Brighton, Feb. 17, 1847.
In The Sun of last night will be found the follow-
advertisement :
"TO TILE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF
WESTMINSTER.

" GENTLEMEN,—Some of you will doubtless have seen a
succession of personal attacks on me which have appeared in
The Sun newspaper, and which evidently have for their ob-
ject to prejudice me in your estimation. After the very
flattering reception which I have met from you at public
meetings and in my private interviews with a large propor-
tion of your body, I deem it due to you to state that, acting
under the advice of the most eminent Counsel, I have brought
an action for defamation of character against the proprietors
of The Sun newspaper, when an opportunity will be afforded
to my anonymous assailant to prove, if be can, the charges
he has preferred against me.—l have the honour to be, Gen-
tlemen, your obedient and grateful servant,

" CHARLES COCHRANE.
" Devonshire-place, Monday, Feb. 22, 1847."
This, then, is Mr. COCHRANE'S answer to the in-
quiries of our correspondents—an action for defama-
tion of character !!

We think it right to lay the whole case fairly be-
fore the public, and the electors of Westminster in
particular, that they may judge for themselves as to
whether a public journalist is not bound to give pub-
licity to letters such as the above, and on such a sub-
ject. If Mr. COCHRANE be not Senor JUAN DE
VEGA—if we have, even by implication, said one word
to his then undeserved disparagement—we are ready and
willing to apologise most amply and most unreservedly.
But if he be Don JUAN DE VEGA, and we put the ques •
tion fairly to him, whether he be so,—if he be the
author of a work in two volumes, containing an account
of his adventures, then not one word of recantation,
but many of bitter indignation, shall appear in The
Sun. We challenged inquiry into the identity of
Don JUAN DE VEGA, and the candidate for
the suffrages of the electors of Westmin-
ster—we are answered by threats. We laugh
at threats such as these, and we know little of the
electors of 'Westminster if any candidate can gain
their favour by attempting to put down inquiries into
who or what he is. Let Mr. COCHRANE state a
parentage, a conduct in life, and a character such as
may recommend him to the electors of Westminster;
but let him beware of the reputation which must
always attach to JUAN DE VEGA. Our answer to Mr.
COCHRANE'S threats is a very short query—Are you,

Mr. COCHRANE, the writer of two volumes, detailing
the adventures of JUAN D VEGA ; and are you that
personage?—Aye or no. Upon your answer our
count depends.

HEALTH OF THE QUEEN 01' PRUSSIA.—BERLIN,
FEB. 16.—Her Majesty the Queen has slept quietly during
t,l,e greater part of the night; in the morning the cough is
less frequent, and only a slight excitement of pulse is per-
ceptible.
DESTITUTION OF THE METROPOLIS.—UpWard,' of
50,000 persons are now inmates of the London workhouses ;
60,000 are receiving out- door relief; and from 1,400 to 2,000
nightly sheltered in the refuges for the houseless.

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