The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-22 00:00:00

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Sir J. B. Mills's ch c by Emilius, Bst 101 b
Mr. Elwes's Don't-say-Nay, Bst 101 b...
Mr. J. Day's Feroaepore, Bst 101 b
stol on Glauca. Won easily.
The Bibury Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 it, and 5 only i
declared, with 50 added; the second to save his stake
Two miles. (25 Subs., 15 of whom pay 5 soya. each.'
Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar, 4 yrs, I Ist i
Mr. F. Edwards's New Forest Deer, aged, lOst 51b... 2
The following started, bat were not placed :—Mr. Wal-
ler's Pottinger, 4 yrs, l lst—Mr. Hobson's Ipecacaanha,
5 yrs, lOst 91b—Mr. Clifton's Tom Jolly, 4 yrs, lOst slb
Gen. Shubrick sa Black Doe, Bst 101 b (carried Bst 121 b.)
2 to 1 agst Black Doe, 3 to 1 each agst Pottinger and
New Forest Deer. Won by a length.
The Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft. New Mile.
(13 Subs.)
Lord Ciifden's Loadstoue

... ... 2
... ... 3
.. ... 4

Mr. Herbert's Hope ...
stol on Loadstone. Won in a canter.
The Selling Plate of 50 sous.; for three yrs old, 9st 101 b;
four, 10st 81b; five, list 121 b; six and aged, list 71b.
Winner to be sold for 1501. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Kimber's Tantivy, 4 yrs ... (Mr. J. Bayly) 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's Vice-Consul, 4 yrs
Mr. Elwes's M,)untain Dew, 4 yrs ... ..• ••• 3
Mr. J. DAy's Mignon, 4 yrs ... . . .•• ... 4
Mr. Payne's Dromedary, 4 yrs, and Mr. Fellowes's
Thistledown, 3 yrs, also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Vice-Consul, sto 2 agst Drome-
dary, and 4to 1 agst Tantivy. Won by two lengths.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
GOODWOOD, 1848.
SECOND DAY.—Acceptanc r
eg fo the Goodwood Stakes.
Chanticleer (including st lb, at lb
Luminous, 4 yrs 6 4
51b extra for win- Pillage,4 yrs 6 3
ning the Northum- Enchanter, 4 yrs
berland Plate), 5 yrs 9 2 Counterfeit, aged 6 0
Sir Arthur, 6 yr 5...... 7 13 Fern, 3 yrs
Bantam, 5 yrs
Giselle, 5 yrs 7 12'C by Tearaway, out of
Diplomatist, 4 yrs
Montpensier, 4 yrs
Rowena, aged 7 9 Chat, 4 yrs
Crozier, 4 yrs 7 8 Deloraine, 4 yrs
Hydrangea, 5 yrs ..... 7 7 Glen Saddel,3 yrs 512
The Tartar, 4 yrs .... 7 7 Paphos, 3 yrs
Jonathan Wild, 5 yrs. 7 5 Millwood, 4 yrs 5 12
Plaudit, 6 yrs 7 5 Wintonia, 4 yrs 5 12
Projectile, 4 yrs ....... 7 b Miss Lydia filly, 3 yrs 5 11
Clementine, 4 yrs 7 0 Sir Martin, 4 yrs 5 9
Sheraton, 5 yr 5......... 6 13 The Spaniard, 3 yrs 5 8
Raisthorp, 4 yrs ...... 612 Otterburn, 3 yrs
Fergus, 4 yr 5..........., G 9 Remembrance, 3 yrs 5 2
Geraldine, 5 yrs . 6 8 Latitat, 3 yrs 5 2
Gaiety, 4 yr 5............ 6 8 Weathercock, 3 yrs 5 0
Marquis of Conyng- Prince Charlie, 3 yrs 413
ham, 6 yr 5..,.......,, 6 7 Reflection, 3 yrs
Watchdog, 4 yrs ... .. 6 5 Alpheis, 3 yrs
The Baronet, 5 yrs ... 6 5 Black Doe, 3 yrs fther

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The importance of the subject on which I
am induced to make the following observations, leads
me to hope that you will not deny them a portion of
that space which you appropriate to sporting matters.
The subject is one on which you and many other papers
are occasionally addressed, and I think properly so,
namely, the making of handicaps for the sporting tom •
munity.
As to the importance of the subject, it is only neces-
to allude to the very large sums which are annuully
distributed in this way ; and, looking to this large
amount, a stranger might be startled to learn that that
distribution was made by parties unknown to the public
and irresponsible to the proprietors of the horses whose
chances they are authorised to decide. Those parties,,
it is believed, are nominated by the stewards of races,
in some instances, and by the stewards of the Jockey
Club, in others ; and the unquestioned honour and
sound judgment of those noblemen and gentlemen are a
sufficient guarantee to the public that they do not em-
ploy Persons too ignorant or inexperienced to perform
the important duty confided to them. And, therefore,
when we find handicaps for valuable and moat impor-
tant races made, not only inconsistent with the merits
and performances of the horses engaged, but in some
instances directly opposed to those merits and perform-
ances, we naturally pause and inquire, can this great
and valuable power be prostituted,
corruption. or is it capable of
In the last number of the "Racing Calendar," we find,
that at a meeting of the Jockey Club, on the 10th inst.,
presided over by him who had been justly termed the
" Napoleon of the Turf," a resolution was unanimously
agreed to, declaring that the Jockey Club, having
learned that a practice existed of making presents to
the judges of the principal races, considered that such
practice was in principle objectionable, and that in lieu
thereof, a stated sum should be paid to the judge.
In the justice and propriety of this resolution, I am 1
sure every
one of your readers will coincide, though I
should he sorry to believe that any necessity existed for
its adoption, but the proceedings of the turf, like the
characters of its patrons, should not only be above re-
proach but above suspicion.
The practice, however, mentioned in this resolution
may induce us to inquire, if any similar system
of re-
v.arding handicappers existed, how vast might be the ,
fraud and corruption x ith that office, and how great
the injury inflicted on the proprietors of race-horses.
It is hardly new-scary to allude to the many handi-
caps in which the public without difficulty select animals
having great and unfair advantages over others, and in
which the result of the race shows the justice of their
conclusions. In the race for the Ascot Stakes we fine
the two favourites first and second; in the race for the
Manchester Cup the two favourites first and second; and
in the Chester Cup the two favourites also first and

feeond. And all these within the last six weeks.
I Surely this demands a remedy. Can any reasonable
man believe that the handicappers for these races
were so much more ignorant scan the public of the
merits of the horses? Assuredly if they were they
should for ever be removed from the labours of handi-
capping.
Coming, however, to the last handicap published, that
for the Goodwood &dies, we shall find, I think, a
combination of the most monstrous absurdities that
were ever brought under the eye of a sporting man.
Commencing with the top weight we find Cawroush at
9st. 51b. matte to give Gizelle 2 llbs., the only occasion on
which they met being in the Cesarewitch last year, when
Cawroush carried 7st., the mare 6st. 121bs, and they
ran first and second, the commentaries in Bell's Life,
I find, stating that the race was so close as to be doubtful
until the last stride. On what principle Cawroush is
made to give the mare 211bs. lam at a loss to
divine, still more so wby he should give Chanticleer
811 is., Geraldine, 2st. 11Ibs., and Chat, 3st. 61bs.
Peep-o-Day Boy also appears pretty safe at 9st. 41bs.,
and we may, I think, ask and pause for a reply, why he
should give Montpensier 231b5., the latter running him
to a length or two at Chester, at a difference of 2lbs.,
or wh) he should give 251bs. to Hydrangea, a five-year-
old mare, that won this stake last by three lengths, car-
rying 6st. 101bs. And she is now let in at 7st. 71bs. We
also find Inheritress at 9st. 41bs., and Lady Wildair at
9st., weights which, I think I may say, deprive them
instanter of all chance in the race.

But to come to the absurdity, of all others the most
monstrous and glaring, we find Chat at sst. 131b5..
This horse and Keleshe met on equal terms but once
(for a Three-years-old Plate), they were then singled
cut from the field, ran stride for stride, and Chat won
by a neck. And our deeply-read handicapper now puts
7st. 101bs. on Keleshe, and sst 131bs. on Chat, making
the beaten horse give the conqueror Ist. 111bs., and this
for the purpose of bringing them together.
This same horse, also, it is to be remembered, beat
Burgundy shortly after by a length for a Queen's Plate;
and what is the consequence? Why, the handicap had
hardly appeared when the horse was selected and esta-
blished a favourite. Hydrangea I have alluded to as
being very favourably treated, and Jonathan Wild, the
winner of this stake, in 1846 and ono of the few horses
that have beaten the Hero, is let in at 7st.
I have only mentioned a few of the inconsistencies of
this handicap; most of your readers, I am sure, will have
discovered many more.
In order to show the imperative necessity for strict
and good government on this subject, let us just, for a
moment, suppose (what of course we do not believe),
that a collusive understanding exists between a handi-
capper and the owner of a race-horse. What a channel
for traud—what an opportunity for unjust profit, does
not such an understanding afford? Surely, it is not too
much to say that, under such circumstances, the handi-
capper has the power virtually to give the race to a
particular animal. And, again, let us ask, if he should
do so, what remedy has_the public? None, save the
. .

single alternative, which I now seek, and which I hope
you will not deny me, that of censuring, in a public
journal, the improprieties of which I and others are the
victims, but for which there is no redress.
Allusions have on many occasions been made to Irish
horses as a class, and hints given to handicappers to
make them safe, which must certainly have emanated
from persons totally ignorant of the principles on which
handicaps should be constructed.
And these allusions, or any sentiment in a similar
spirit, must assuredly tend to corrupt rather than imr
prove the handicaps, or the source from which they
emanate. Handicappers, unquestionably, should only
attend to the merits of the horses, and know nothing of
their being English or Irish, or the property of this man
or that. The handicapper who is sanctioned in destroy-
ing the chances of any class of horses might as well be
sanctioned in destroying the chance of a particular
aneTiimrhaeolsw;enand so we should have the good-will or the ill-
willth of handicappersrseomuanrdkrsi
e asofihns
d dictated
havdistributing.e their patronage as
?ngth than I intended, but I trustru your
;ice will afford them a place in your
ncoltuomnmssu.echhse greaterof jus-
tice us-
lam our obedient servant,
CENTAUR.

June 19, 1848.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The King of Sweden
has presented Mr. Fincham, the master shipwright of
this dockyard, with several scientific works on ship-
building, as tokens of his Majesty's appreciation of Mr.
Fincham's talents as a scientific naval architect. The
works are chicflv the large and small productions of that
famous shipbuilding author, Chapman. The presents
arrived yesterday. . _ _

At a quarter Past seven o'clock this morning, a ship-
wright, named William Evans, a single man, aged 40,
employed on the Fire Queen steam yacht, in the old
basin, went down the accommodation ladder on the port
side and precipitated himself into the basin. At this,
moment a young man named George Lapthorn, a hired
joiner, who had just left the Medusa packet, also in the
basin, and was coming round the north-west corner of
the basin close to where the catastrophe occurred, think-
ing the man had fallen in by accident, immediately
stripped and jumped in after him ; after diving several
times and remaining under water some time Lapthorn
rose and called aloud for a hue to be handed him from
the vessel, that he might go down again, which
he did ; he came up a second time and asked
for a longer line, which also being furnished him, he
dived again, and remained under water trawling about
for some time ; when he came up his breast, face and
arms, were covered with mud, and he could not see;
being too exhausted for further trial, he suggested that
grapnels should be used; they were immediately pro-
cured, and the body was soon found and brought to the
surface, when it was discovered that with a view to in-
sure sinking, the deceased had fastened to his right wrist
an iron coal-hole grating. The body was conveyed to
the dockyard surgery, where every means were resorted
to by Mr. Labben and others to restore animation, but
without avail.

The Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, will be ready to go
out of harbour on Monday. A new scale of issue for ne-
cessaries for the ship's company is ordered to be tried in
the Hastings for twelve months and reported en. She
will not go to the Cape.
The Maria Somes transport, Lieutenant Black agent,
arrived this morning from Halifax with the second di-
vision of the 82d, with whom she is ordered to Woolwich.
Wind, westerly, light air and fine weather.
WOOLWICH, JUNE 21 .—Captain Fraser, Lieutenant
Mowbray, 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 54 privates of
the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, embarked at
Charlton-pier, at eight o'clock, A.m., to-day, en route to
Portsmouth, for service in the Southampton, 50 guns,
now ready for commission at that port. The officers
will return to head-quarters. The Southampton is one
of the fourth rates, and sill have a crew of 450 men,
and her armament cont-ists of four 8-inch guns of 65 cwt.
each, twenty-six 32-pounder guns of 50 cwt., four 32-
pounders of 45 cwt., and bixteen 32-pounders of 26 cwt.
each.

The Adelaide steam-tue is expected to be brought

down immediately from Deptford to Woolwich, having
been commissioned by Mr. Charles Forbes, secondmaster,
for service at Port Philip, in South Australia; she was
built by Mr. Wigram.
The Encounter steam-frigate was taken out of the
basin to-day, and will leave on Friday next, for Ports-
mouth, to be put in commission at that port.
The Reynard steam-vessel, fitted at Deptford with a
screw-propeller and engines of 60-horse power, by
Rennie, is ordered to be brought down immediately
to be commissioned at this port. She is 516 tons bur-
den, and will carry two 32-pounders of 56 cwt. each,
and six 32-pounders of 25 cwt. each, with a crew of 100
men. _ _

The Monkey and Charon steam-vessels went up the
river yesterday from Woolwich to tow the Conflict
steam-sloop, 8 guns, from Mr. Wigram's dock to Messrs.
Seaward and Co.'s, at the City nal, to have her ma-
chinery of 400-horse power and screw-propeller tried.
Her armament will consist of one 68-pounder gun, 05
cwt., one 10-inch gun, 85 cwt., and six 8-inch guns of
65 cwt. each.
The Virago steam-sloop left yesterday for Sheerness,
where she will remain as an advanced war steamer, and
the Hecht stc,am-sloop will be ready to proceed to the
same port in a few days.
Quartermaster John Scott, paid off from the Flamer
steam-vessel on Monday, after 45 years' service in the
navy, received a silver medal and 15/. gratuity, and has
been pensioned at 35/. per annum. He was in the Co-
lossus at the battle of Trafalgar.
Quartermaster James Davis, of the Firebrand, paid
off on Saturday, received a silver medal ;and gratuity of
71. for long service and good conduct, and was awarded
a pension of 241. a-year.
George Williams, of the Styx steam-vessel, was
awarded a pension of 281. 4s. per annum, a gratuity of
151., and a silver medal for long service and good con-
duct; and John Williams, of the Styx, a pension of 19/.
per annum.
CHATHAM, JUNE 21.—The Nerbudda, 12 guns, Com-
mander Edward Peirse, was paid off into ordinary on
Monday, the 19th instant.
The Spy, 3-gun brigantine, Lieut. Commander 0.
Wooldridge, from the Pacific, was towed into harbour
on Tuesday, evening, the 20th inst., by the African
steam-vessel, from the Nore.
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Charles Hope, was at
the Nore on the 19th, and having there discharged her
powder on board a lighter, came into Sheerness on
Tuesday, and the following detachments of invalids from
Malta disembarked and proceeded by the Princess Royal
steam-boat for Chatham:—vis., 11 men of the 54th, and
2 corporals and 22 privates of the 97th Regiment, under
command of Lieut. S. Moore Hawkins, 97th.
Arrived on the 20th inst., at the Invalid Depot from
Bury, in Lancashire, 2 sergeants and 11 privates of the
2d battalion of the 60th Rifles; also a detachment of 2
sergeants and 13 privates of the 52d Regiment from
Ashton-under-Line. With the exception of two men,
the whole will be pensioned off for length of service.
Captain E. Wodehouse, of the 24th Regiment, re-
cently returned from India, has taken the command of
the depOt at this garrison. The depot has this day re-
ceived the intelligence of the death of Lieutenant John
Stainiorth at Agra, in the Presidency of Bengal.

STATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—The
official returns has this wet k been published, and the
unsatisfactory results, although indicating the continued
depression of trade, yet must not be looked upon as a
fair explanation of the state of employment, as numbers
of the working classes ha i not, co immediately atter the
Whitsuntide holidays, returned to their work. There
are nearly 1,400 fewer hands employed in the cotton-
mills this week than in the week before the holidays;
about 300 on short time, and 750 wholly out of employ-
ment. The total number of operatives working short
time is 6,274, and of those wholly out of employment
8,043. The prospects of trade do not offer any encou-
raging hopes as to a speedy change for the better to the
working man. The still disturbed and commercially
unsafe condition of the continent renders all chant*
hopeless of immediate trade with that part of the wool

SPANISH CORRESPONDENCE. fto leave the country ;an expectation, however, which
the Duke did not afterwards make good.
(Continued from The Sun of Monday.) Her Majesty's Government are quite ready to acknow-
vescounT PALMERSTON TO M. ISTURITZ. ledge that such a practice is in itself and in principle
Foreign Office, June 12, 1848. objectionable; but while it continues to exist, a foreign
Sir,—Having had the honour to receive your letter of Minister could not, without discredit to himself and t
the 7th instant, I now proceed to state to you the result his Government, refuse to comply with it; and I must
of the very attentive consideration which her Majesty's be allowed to remark, that her Majesty's Government
Government have given to the allegations put forward scarcely expected to find objections to that practice pro•
by the Spanish Government with a view to justify the ceeding from General Narvaez, the Duke of Sotomayor,
course which they have pursued towards her Majesty's and yourself.
Minister at the Court of Madrid. But before I enter With regard to yourself, I need not remind you, that
into an examination of those matters, I wish to say a the Earl of Clarendon, then Mr. Villiers, and British
few words upon what has been stated by yourself and Minister at Madrid, was able in 1836 to enjoy the great
by the Duke of Sotomayor upon the subject of the ap- pleasure and the heartfelt satisfaction of affording you,
plication of the Spanish Government for Sir Henry Bul- when in danger, a temporary reception under the
wer's recall. diplomatic protection of his roof; and that he was
The Duke of Sotomayor, in treating of that matter, afterwards so fortunate as to contribute to your perms
seems to argue as if every Government was entitled to nent safety by facilitating your removal from thence into
obtain the recall of any Foreign Minister, whenever, Portugal.
for reasons of its own, it might wish that he should be But without dwelling more particularly on what took
removed ; but this is a doctrine to which I can by no place in 1841, when, after the defeat of the attack made
means assent. It is quite true, as said by the Duke upon the palace of the Queen of Spain, the Charoi
of Sotomayor, that the law of nations and inter- d'Affaires of Denmark is well known to have sheltered
national usage may permit a Government to make in his house some of the conspirators eneaged in that
such a demand ; but the law of nations and interns- attempt; I beg to remind you that in 1843, during the
tional usage also entitle the Government to whom such a progrese of those events which endsd in the overthrow
request may be preferred to decline to comply with it. of the Regency of the Duke of Victoria, the above
And there are obvioas reasons why this should be. Di- mentioned diplomatist afforded refuge in his house to
plornatic agents are appointed to guard the interests of the Duke of Sotomayor, General Zarco del Valle, and
the Government and nation which they represent ; and M. Salamanca ; and it is generally understood that they
the performance of their duties may often compel them not only found protection under the roof of the Danish
to make representations and demands inconvenient and Legation, but that they were able from thence to tom
distasteful to the Government to which they are score- municate with, and to send money to, General Narvaes,
dited. But if their continuance at their post were to de- who was at that time at the head of troops in arms
peed upon the good will and pleasure of that Govern- against the existing Government of Spain ; and so little
merit, instead of resting within the discretion of the Go- was this transaction considered as a dangerous or objece
vernment of their own country, it is manifest that men ticnable precet:ent by the Government of 1846, of
mindful of their professional character would decline an which you were the chief, as President of the Council,
employment in which a firm performance of their duty that on the occasion of the marriage of the Queen, in
might lead to a recall, the causes of which it might be October of that
year, her Catholic Majesty was
asd
difficult for them publicly to explain ; while men weaker vised to confer a Spanish title upon that sae Danish
in mind and less firm in purpose might be exposed to the Charge d'Affaires, as a reward for the service he had.
temptation of fiinchingfrom their duty, for fear of injuring thus rendered ; and in order that no mistakemightwas
e
their professional prospects. And if this be true as a gene- ist as to the reasons for which that Spanish
honour
cal proposition, it is especially true in regard to the diplo- conferred upon him, the title given to him was that of
matio relations of Great Britain with Spain ; for, on the Baron del Asilo.
one hand, the British Government and nation have unsa- As to the third head, the allegations made are wholly
tisfied claims upon Spain, and the course of events in insufficient as ground work for the conclusion drawn
Spain has given rise to political differences between the from them. With regard to the insurrection of the 7th
two Governments; so that it has often been the duty of of May, at Madrid, the only way in which the Spanish
the British representative to place himself in a position newspapers even attempted to connect Sir 11. Bulwer
not suitable to the views and wishes of the Spanish Mi- with that transaction was by asserting that foreign gold
nisters of the day ; and, on the other hand, the success had been found upon some of the insurgents who were
sion of Ministers in Spain has been of late years so taken prisoners; but this assertion was afterwards for-
rapid, and changes of government have been there so fre- many and officially contradicted by order of General
quent, that if it were to be understood that the British Pezuela, Captain-General of Madrid, who caused it to
Minister at Madrid held his office by no steadier tenure be declared that no money was found upon them, or in
than the pleasure of the Spanish Minister of the day, the their quarters, exceeding that which might be consi-
British Government might be exposed to, frequent repe- dered proportionate to the means of the respective
titions of such demands. classes of officers and privates of the regiment which
Ido not mean to say that if a foreign Government is had revolted.
able to state to the Government of her Majesty grave With regard to the insurrection at Seville, I have to
and weighty reasons why the British Minister accredi- observe that the circumstance that a particular
ted to such government should be removed, her Ma- Spanish officer may have obtained promotion at
jesty's Government would not feel it to be their duty to some former period through the influence of Sir
take such representations into their serious considera- Henry Bulwer, if it be so, may serve to show
lion, and to weigh them with all the attention which that Sir Henry Bulwer had succeeded in main-
they might deserve. taining friendly personal relatiots with former Minis-
But it must rest with the British Government in such tries iu Spain, though he has not been equally successful
case to determine whether there is, or is not, any just with the present; but it cannot render him respon-
sense of complaint against the British diplomatic agent; Bible for the conduct which an officer so promoted may
send
nd whether the dignity and interests of Great
Britain have subsequently pursued; and the assumption that
would best be consulted by withdrawing him, or by main- any person is to be held accountable fur the conduct of
taining him at his post. every member of ever family with which he may hap-
Now, with regard to the
verballyapplicationmade by you, by pen to be in habits off ntimacy, is an assumption that
order of your Government, first any
n in has scarcely been exceeded by the pretensions of the
writing, for the recall of Sir Henry Bulwer,have to most jealous tyranny that has been recorded in the page
state that no grounds were assigned for that application of history.
which appeared to me to afford any just reason why it It is sufficient to say on this head, that Sir Henry
should have been complied with, it it had been pease. Bulwer denies any participation whatever in the rising
vered in, and if an answer to it bad been required. But at Madrid or at Seville, and that her Majesty's Govern-
you will remember that twenty-four hours after you had meat place full confidence in his denial.
sent in to me the note, in which that application had As to the mission of Colonel Fitch, that officer was
been made, you came to me of your own accord, and sent by Sir Henry Bulwer to communicate with the
stated that you had that day received instructions from British Consuls of some of the southern ports of
your Government which, if they had reached you sooner, Spain with reference to arrangements fur affording pro-
would have prevented you from making the application; tection to British interestsin those ports, in the
that upon our discussing what course it would be best event of disturbances taking place therein ; and
ander such circumstances for you to pursue, I took the was also charged to bring back to Sir Henry
liberty of suggesting, instead of making any further Bulwer general information as to the state of the
that
written communication in accordance with your fresh in- provinces which he was to visit, in order that such in-
s/ructions, you should take back your note, which I then formation might be transmitted by Sir Henry Bulwer,
tendered to you for that purpose; and upon your adopt - and be brought to the knowledge of her Majesty's Go-
ing that suggestion, and carrying your note away with vernment. The conduct of Sir Henry Bulwer in that
you, it was agreed between us that this transaction should matter seems to have been perfectly proper, and within
be considered as if it had not taken place. the limits of his public duty.
Upon this matter, then, I would beg you to observe, With regard to Mr. Sansom, director of the Union
That the Spanish Government, of its own accord, sent Bank, who has himself been expelled from Spain, her
you instructions to withdraw its application; and that Majesty's Government have asked what explanations the
those instructions were written a few days after the time Spanish Government has to give of the arbitrary expul-
when it had sent you instructions to make that applica- sion of that gentleman ; but her Majesty's Government
tion; and consequently its change of purpose could not cannot admit that, even if Mr. Sansoin had used indiscreet
arise from any knowledge that the application would language about the political affairs of Spain—a fact,
not be complied with, but must have sprung from a ces- however, which yet remains to be shown—such a cir-
sation of the motives by which the instructions to make cumstance would afford the slightest excuse for sending
the application were prompted. Sir Henry Bulwer his passports.
The Spanish Government, therefore, cannot be en- Lastly comes the assertion that the Spanish Govern-
titled to found upon that application, nor upon the inti- meat thought Sir henry Bulwer in danger of personal
motion made to you by me, that if made it would net violence from the garrison and population of Madrid
be complied with, any justification for the conduct sub- to this it has already been my duty to reply, that i:
sequently pursued towards Sir Henry Bulwer. Nor can any such danger really existed, the Spanish Government
the Spanish Government allege that the application were bound to take the necessary measures for pro
was withdrawn in consequence of some understanding tooting Sir Henry Bulwer from it; but her Majesty's
upon that subject come to between the Duke of Soto- Government do not believe that any suchdanger existed.
mayor and Sir Henry Bulwer, and that such under- In the first place, the crime of assassination is not
standing was afterwards departed from by Sir Henry one to which the Spanish nation is addicted ; and her
Bulwer; because no such understanding, was ever entered Majesty 'a Government are as little disposed to suspect
into with Sir Henry litilwer, nor was there any discus- the population or the garrison of Madrid of a disposi-
sion between him and the Duke of Sotomayor with re- tion to commit so coy+ artily tin offence, as they are to
fereece to au application for his recall. ittech the slightest credit to the intimations which were
conveyed to Sir Henry Bulwer, that an attack upon his
In considering, therefore, the statements put forward
person would be instigeted by some of the members of
by the Spanish Goverienent as a justification of their
proceeding in sending Sir Henry Bulwer his passports, he Spanish Government.
But her Majesty's Government have no reason to be-
from the account everything which bears upon transac-
her Majesty's Government is fairly entitled to dismiss
lieve that anything which had happened had excited
tions anterior to the time a hen the Spanish Government any ill feeling towards Sir Henry Bulwer on the part, o;
sent you the instruction upon which you withdrew your the people or of the garrison of Madrid; though, if
nppiicatiou for Sir Henry Bulwer's recall; and the with- any such ill-feeling had existed, the violent and calm-
drawal of that application must be deemed a bar to Mous newspaper attacks upon him, which the Govern-
any right of the Spanish Government to refer, for merit had at that time the power of preventing, might
their present purpose, to transactions which had pre- have sufficiently accounted for it.
viously taken place. Having thus replied to the allegations put forward on
But her Majesty's Government, nevertheless, will behalf of the Spanish Government in regard to the
examine, without reference to that date, the several conduct of that Government towards her Majesty's Mi-
heads of statement put forward by the Duke of Soto- nister at the Court of the Queen of Spain, I have only
mayor and by yourself, as bearing out the Spanish tu:ther to say, which Idu with touch regret, that this
Governmen: in the conduct which they have pursued. proceeding of the Spanish Government must necessarily
The substance of these statements may, as it appears interrupt the diplomatic relations between the two coun-
to her Majesty's Government, be classed under the fol- tries; and that it being, therefore, impossible fur her
lowing heeds:— Majesty to continue to receive you at her Court as the
First. That Sir Henry Bulwer kept up social inter. Minister of the Queen of' Spain, or for her Majesty's
course and communication with persons belonging to a Government, notwithstanding their high respect and
party hostile to the present Government, and that thus esteem for you personally, to hold official intercourse
by his moral support he gave encouragement to that with you, you will probably think it expedient to return
party. to Madrid.—l am, &c.,
Secondly. That after an insurrectionary movement (Signed) PALMERSTON.
which took place at Madrid on the 26th of March, he M. ISTURITZ Ti) VISCOUNT PALMERSTON.
allowed hie nouse to be an asylum for persons who are London, June 13, 1848.
repre,;onted by the Duke of Sotomayor as being enemies My Lord,—l have just received the communication
of the Government, of the thrune, and of the institu- irotri your Excelleney of yesterday's date, in which, after
tions of Spain; and that he permitted the persons who e plying as you have thought propsr to what I have had
had time fund refuge, to carry on, from his nouso, coin- the honour to state to your Excellency in justification of
munications with persons in other places, with a view to the resolution come to by the Government of the Queen
planning hostile proceedings against the existing Go- my august Sovereign, respecting Sir Henry Bulwer, your
vernment of Spain. Excellency apprises me that diplomatic relations between
Thirdly. That he must have been implicated in the the English and Spanish nations are broken off, and that
military revolt which happened at Madrid on the 7th of it is therefore impossible that her Majesty the Queen
may, and in that which took place subsequently at of Great Britain :should continue to receive me at her
Seville; because, in regard to the first of those revolts, Court as Minister of the Queen of Spain, or that the
the Spanish press had pronounced itself against him; Government of her Britannic Majesty should continue
and because, in regard to the second, lie was intimate official relations with me; concluding with the ob-
with the family of one of the officers who took a lead in nervation, that I should probably think fit to return to
that revolt; and elio because it was supposed that it was Madrid.
through Sir Henry Bulwer s influence with some former A resolution of this nature relieves me from the duty
Government of Spain that that officer obtained a miii. ''f replying to the arguments used by your Excellency in
tarp command. the above communication, and I confine myself to that
Fourthly. That the mission of Colonel Fitch to the of referring them to the Government of her Catholic
southern part of Spain
was connected with some plan fur Majesty. I cannot, however, but renew on this occa-
exciting insurrections in those quarters. sion tho assurances which I have re peatedly brought to
Fifthly. Teat Mr. Sansom,
a personal friend of Sir your Excellency's consideration, that the Spanish Go-
Henry Bulwer's, an:l a director of the Union Bank at vernment has had no desire to offend in any way the
Madrid, held language very hostile to the present Spanish English nation or its Government, its constant wish
Government. being to draw closer the relations between the two
Sixthly. That, owing to many of these things, there countries, instead of interrupting them; and lam con-
existed in the minds of to garrison_ and populaßouoloy‘ent v_inocveen that with these friendly dispositions the Spanish
'art yGesur Excellency has just made known to me.
his post he might be exposed to personal danger. resolutionm,k. shall be carried into effect, on my
part, b
nig preparations to leave this kingdom nn-
Now, with regard to the first of these heads of corn-
y ineAdi:tyyeolyn.r'
Excellency.has the kindness to express to-
againstplaint, Sir Henry Bulwer positively and unequivocal)}'
wards me personal sentiments which are honourable and
denies that he engaged in any plots or conspiracies,
the authorities of the State; and it is only of
favourable to me,
such conduct on his part, if he had pursued it, that duty to declare in this
ray,
at the same time, my
the Spanish Government would have just right place my acknowledefeel it
sufficiently skilful, or sufli
complain. At Sir Henry Bulwer'a choice of privattso - regret that I have not been "'fa/
1 atthoery aannxdi ous
friendly
ter-
had fortunate, to accomplish Sl''' friedds, or at his avowed attachment to constitu-
tional principles of government, the Spanish Ministers carryingule.r
_this matter to a conciliatory
NIAVI
had no right to take umbrage. It is no part of
Harley-street, June 15,
the duty of a foreign minister at a court to confine his =nation.
(Ishiganyee,dBr, _
ER
BE
ISTURITZ.
THE CHEVALIER DE TACON to VlSCotrwr PALnizRsToN.
social intercourse to persons belonging to the party who
18418 that
may happen for the moment to be in power; and least
My Lord,—M. de leturitz desired me to inform .
of all could such a restriction be submitted to in Spain, your
where, between December, 1832, and October, 1847, the Lordship of the day andholuvrithof
hhisisEdzeepeairiteunrney,from
London, and in compliance office of President ot the Council has changed handsre-
twenty-nine times, arid has been held in succession by quest, I have the honour to acquaintyourLoartdshhap.
M. de laturitz left town yesterday evening lt-past
twenty-seven different persons; and where, between
October, 1832, and October, 1847, the office of Minister eight o'clock, for Folkestone, on his way to Madrid.--
for Foreign Affairs has changed hands thirty-seven I have, &c.,
times, and has been held successively by thirty two dif- (Signed)
ferent persons.
Her Majesty's Government cannot then admit the pre-
toernsion of the present Government of Spain to restrict
interfere with the social intercourse or private inti-
macies of the British Minister at Madrid.
As to the second point, it is admitted by Sir Henry
Bulwer, that h
March at
the occasion of the insur-
rection of the 26tho,r)frnMe
hMadrid, to the custom
which has long been established eodf in that city,. and
according to which the house foreign ministers
have been always open to affordl sanctuary to political
ofienders, until they might be able to find
thecountry.
means of leaving the
Sir Henry
Bulwer frankly avows that he did notreruse temporary
shelter to one person, who acknowledged that he had
actually been engaged in that insurrection ; and to
others, who represented to him that although not en-
gaged in those transactions, they yet feared to be victims
of the groundless
suspicions of the Government, e
best.
Sir Henry Bulwer at the same time adopted the
means in his power for preventing the persons thus har-
boured by him from holding, while under his roof, any
communications with other persons for the purpose Cl
disturbing the public tranquillity.
But so much was this proceeding treated as a matter
of usual occurrence that the Duke of Sotomayor actu-
ally asked Sir Henry Bulwer to tell him, as between gen-
tleman and genteman, whether a particular person was
under his roof ; and being told in reply that that person
was there, he gave Sir Henry Bulwer reason to expect
that he would send that, person a passport to enable him

MICHAEL TACON.

BOILER EXPLOSION AT PRESTON.—TWO MORE
LIVES LOST.—On Sunday last two more of the unfortu-
nate persons so severely scalded by the explosion of the
boiler at the Sovereign Mill, Preston, died in the anise
of Recovery. Their names were Elizabeth Lowe and
Evan Evans. An inquest was held on the bodies on
Aonday last, at Preston, before R. Palmer, Esq., when
Mr. J. Stevenson, engineer, and other parties, were
examined, and their opinion being that the accident had
arisen from the insufficient supply of water, a verdict was
returned of " Accidental death."

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