The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

MOI§TDAY___EVENING, MAY ill IN6.

WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED
S'IATES. A.l-=W MEXICO.

packet
netliy ship.
New Y ork, Arriv,.. the .%:e.-si-y this morning, bringing',
i►apers ~'rvt3l a -a Perk to the lath ultimo, later
thiui In 1.,,,1id0n, via liavr'.
The int,-,t1:1,_ risceivel i., of toe return dam Hon.
Mr. Slut. if t,, he Unitcd adiianee 41!:' the
Atnerwan arwy La, the Ai° Ueb.u.le—tho conci-n:rati,:n
of Mexican troops on the wes. bank of the river—the
destruction of Point I abel by the Mexicans, and their
retreat—a patriotic. proclamation by Parade'-, levelled
against the United States, and the probability of an
iminediaLe battle between the Americans and Mexicans,
on the banks of the He. Grande del Nene.
The news (says The Herald) threw the city into a
deep ex ;cement. It is now probable that the Govern-
ment of Paredes will call in the aid, mediation, or inter-
ference of France and Engiai.d. This will he the first
attempt in North America, like that now going on in
South America, by those two powers to interfere, and
probably attempt to establish a monarch in Mexico, and
-put down republican government.
thisW AaSallelrNnOolZanAdr
soonl 1 6a
f.
with the Secretary of State. The latter, and several
—terMr.
rdSlidella anrr i
ivne
tde r
vhieerwe
President's, to consider the nature of the advices of
which he was the bearer.
The belief is, that ere this time our troop and those
of Mexico have bad a brush ; or, that our fleet at Vera
Cruz have bombarded St Juan d'Ulloa, if not prevented
by the British and French fleets in that neighbourhood.
'Phis must be expected from the present feeling upon
Mexican affairs in Europe, and, therefore, I would not
be surprised if the port of Vera Cruz were to be made
the witness of another scene by those Powers like that
of Navarino. By destroying our naval powers by a
coup de main of that kind, we should be, for some time at
least, of v. ry little annoyance to England in regard to
the Or, gun question. That our difficulties on that sub-
ject will oenmeece in Mexico I have never bad a deubt,
and from the movements among persons of rank in con-
nexion with her Majesty's Mini .ter here, tiee re can be no
question at ad but that. a perfect understanding exis's be-
tween the Mexican and British Governments as to what
course is to be adopted in the event of hostiliiiee break-
ing out between Mexico and the United Sates. It is
only six or seven days since that three Mexican gentle-
men of rank connected with their Government arrive din
the afternoon boat from the south ; and, during the time
they remained in this city, until the following afternoon,
when they took the cars for the north, they were in close
conversation with Mr. Pakenharn. The name of the
principal one was Senor Escandor, connected with the
financial department of that country, and then on his
way to England, on behalf of his Government, to effect a
large loan, for the purpose of carrying on hostilities
against this country.
My impression is, that we shall meet with a more
stubborn enemy in the regular _Mexican troops, should
we come in collision with them, than we are led to be-
lieve ; and that the force under the command of General
Taylor is not sufficient to meet that which the Mexicans
have ready to advance upon them when their time shall
have come for beginning hostilities. We ought not to
undervalue too much, in advance, the strength of an
enemy, and one, too, that has been familiar with war so
long aed o instant as the Mexican regular soldier.
It is expected that the President will send into Con-
gress, in a day or two, " a message in writing," upon the
state of our relations with Mexico, and asking the ad-
vice of bot h houses, as to what course he ought to adopt
in relit, ion thereto.

The catalogue of the ex ibitton ()rule Roy al ActvlemY,
this year, cortnins 4 list of U 0 less thsn 1,521 works
art. It is natural to s,ipp.ose th•,t utnong such an im-
rnen-e number (the ricture ;done, )t,rint to 1,390) there

C-7
Staines, Ni

YelaN~'cini

-ix varieti,x.s, in twelye-inch
4it*r.r. , ; • ker, ganic%er to .Nlr. Hu

.h, but the ruhi.

vet., Silver Knigtitia,, and Silver Baillun, Mr. G. Stan-
ley, gardener to Mr. Brocas ; Large Silver, Silver
and Silver Banksihn, Mr. G;-..itioa.
S-Tdling. Florists' Flowers.—Silver liniebtian, Mr.
Buck ;. Silver Banksian; Mr. Buck.
CLASS 11.

Stove' or Greenhouse Plants, in coll. ctions or forty
plants.—Large Gold, Mr. Rglavrtson, gardener to ',Ars.
.Lawrenc.. ; Gold Knightian, Mr. Barnes, gardt ner ,kto
Mr. NOrman.
Stove.or Greenhouse Plants, in collections of twenty
plunts.—,Gold Knightian, Air. Fraser, Lea-bridge ; Guid
BatEksian, 'Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill.
Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in collections of twelve
plants.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Green, gardener to E.
Antrobns Silver Gilt, Mr. Ayres, gardener to Mr.
Cep k ; Large Silver, Mr. Bruce, gardener to Mr. B.
Miller.; 41r. Slow, gardener to Mr. Baker.
6tove or 'Greenhouse Plants, in collections of six dis-
tinct species.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Catleugh,
Mr. Carron'; Large Silver, Mr. Malyon, Mr. Cooper,
Mr. Taylor ; Silver Knightian, Mr. E. Jack, Mr. G.
Stanley.
Exotic Orchids, in collections of not fewer than twenty
species.—Large Gold Mr. Roberson ; Gold Knightian,
Mr. Mylam ; Gold Banksian, Messrs. Rolleson.
IxotcO
Mr
rchidas,.
vv
in
ictohlelreesti Goldonsof tßwaelnyketlsipanec,iems.r—. old
Knightian,
Car-
ron ; Silver Gilt, Messrs. Veitch, Mr. H. Plant, Mr.
Hunt.

Exotic Orchids, in collections of six species.—Gold
Bank-lien, Mr. G. Eyles, gardener to Sir G. Larpent ;
Silver Gilt, Mr. G. Green.

CLASS

Grapes.—Silver Gilt, Mr. T. Kent, gardener to Mr.
Gillian ; Mr. Ingram ; Lame Silver, qtr. Dudd, gar-
dvnfr to Sir G. Wsrrender ; Silver Kiiightian Mr.
Watts, gardener to Captain Hart ; Sitv.r Banksian, the,
gardener of the Duke of Sutherland ; Sily, r Gilt, Mr.
Davis, Oak hill ; Large Silvi-r, Mr. Mitchell, Kemp-
town ; Silver Koightian, Mr. Ctiacitnatt, Lambeth.
Pmeapples.—Stiver Gilt, Mr J. Povey, gardener to
the Rev. J. Thorneyeraft ; Large Silver, Mr. J. tievit.,
gardener to Mr. Gunter ; Silver Gift, Mr. Davis,
Oak hill.

Peaches or Nectarines, in dishes of six :pecimens.—
Silver Knightian, the Duke of Sutherland.
0-her Kbids of Fruit.—Silver Knightian,Melons, Mr.
Judd, gardener to Mr. Whitland ; Silver Banksidn,
Strawberries, Mr. Eyre, gardener to sir. Bernard ;
Certificate, R. Brooks ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Davis,
Oak-hill.

Greenhouse Azaleas, in twelve di-tinct
Gold Banksian, Mr. Green; Silver Gilt, Mr. Falconer ;
Large Silver, Mr. Robertson._

CLASS IV.

Greenhouse Azaleas ; in six distinct varic-ties.--ilver
Gilt, Mr. Barnes ; Ltrge Silver, Mr. Bruce ;
Knightian, Mr Siniih.

Co&e.ions of I•Tvw hardy Evergreens, in pats.—rAarge
Sikery, Mr. "Franey.
Distinct Varieties of Tall Cacti in Flower.—Gild
.lor. J. Green ; S•lvei ',;r. Roberson.
Fuchsias, single specimen:J.—Silver KnightiAL M,.ssr
Latn- and Sons ; 13siiksiaii, Mr. A. .K.4rtall. *
Stngle spc•citnens C t v.-ry superior eultivatnui.—Silver
Gilt, Mr. Senn ; Large Silv,r, Dlr. J. Green ; SAver
Kiughtian, Mr. J. Pamplin, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Wayres.
Miscp.ilanenu.sutolecs.—SilverK,o htiaii, Air. Icarrrr,
Mr. Car rut, ; Saver 'lank:elan, , Mr. Ivory ;
Ct. rtificate, M.. Fra) er, Mr. Bmiell.

The Unicorn steamer had not arrived at Boston on
16th. The Stock Market was still in a very depressed
state.

COTTON.—The market remains inactive and dull, sales
limited to the immediate Wants of purchasers, and
holders in general disinclined to kbate in their views, in
consequence of the large falling-off i« the receipts of the
crop. compared with those at this date last season. which
at present exhibits a deficit of :395,000 bales. We con-
tinue our quotations:—
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.

Uplands—Ordinary, 6 to 7, middling, 74 to 71 gond
middling, 74 to 71, middling fair, 74 to 84, tair, 8 to 81,
fully fair, 81 to 84, good fair,"B to 9, fine, none. Florida
—Ordinary, 7 to 71, middling, 7i to 81, good middling,
7i to 81, middling fair, 8 to 81, lair, si to Bi, fully fair,
B,i to 9, good fair, 91 to 94. fine, none. New Orleans,
Mobile, and Texas—Ordinary, 7/ to 74, middling, 74 to
7i. good middling, Bto 84, middling fair, to 9, fair, 9
to 94, fully fair, 91 to 9i, good fair, 9i to 104, fine,
11 to 121.
Passengers per packet-ship New York :—Rev. E.
Lazelletree, Rev. James Petrie, Mr. F. Spice and Son,
Mr. F. A. Huntington, Mr. A. J. Tobias, Mrs. Mills,
Mrs. Asgaod, Miss Asgood, Miss A. Asgood, Miss N.
Asgood, Mr. F. Asgood, and Master Asgood, New
York ; Mr. W. Todhunter, Philadelphia ; Mr. Mathews,
New Jersey ; Mr. Washington Greenbow ; Miss Hobbs,
Mr. J. Bateman, Mr. Orton, England.
Report of the packet-ship New York :—Sailed from
New York on the 1811) April ; on the 27th in lat. 41 50,
long. 46, i.poke ship Plato, of Boston, the capta-n v.-ry
sick ; on the 6th of May, off Cork, at 74 p.m., saw
the steamer of the 4th bound west ; on the 7th, off
Tuscar, exchanged signals with the ship Alpheus, bound
out, off the Channel.

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EXHIBITION. OF THE li,,OYA&, Banksiii,l.-Mr.- T. Dobson ; Silver Gilt, Mr. W. Cat- 1 ,:.-....a•4x'•...- if...
PLOT OF VERDI'S N •13.1%-farzt""'
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AC A DEMY. l leugh ; Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. Tho 11.,,,v np: ra fl. ' r!-,, nr,iiit ,•f 11-in.,;„ ' .tfltio44'.-rrtilorz.
1 Pelargoniums, in twelve vAri,lies, in eight-inch po!,. l,mujesi)s fit,-wr,.. L.,,- V :..,1, T',.., )K-kiVilSittlitt.
—Gold''Hitiihshin, Mr. W. Gtek ; (3,,,,,1a 1;--,:ukt,itt.n, Mr. i [hll; has bi:,-11 vor• -:l:vat, *.'it;(iii - :It L: 1ip,;....141,-, firs,l'ol
Cuilet.ifiji ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Ciatires ; Large Silver, air. ! a, j, ~ ;
,) AS 111LIStO: 11: '.:, to tho itt„rt,-,t i.,1 this. 0,,t, taken

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ti surpa

b... rat w and strtki..g seen.--ri, tak--n from sketes
4.f Rhodes and l'.. ,e,oie, sun even 4•ff in has.
we hear, been made to prOdLIZe wish ate utmost bril-
liancy the Asiatic as w.--li as the picturesque chivalric
c..si um- of the miildl< ages. I'he opera is eliti• led
I Lombardi— Ma Lombards. The epoch is that of the
first crusade. The dramatis personce are Pagano (For-
na,ari) and Arvino (o;iir,-1:1), sons 01' the Prince of
Itho.les, a descendaht of -a Lorabard knight-, who Tin-
qhered the island; V:clinila (Corbari), the wife of Ar. int);
,iiiselda (Grisi), their daughter; Aceiano (Giulielei), the
sb..n!cen ti rant of Anti-eh; Sofia (ilellini), his wi e (se-
cret!? a Christian); their son Oronte (Mario). Thire is
besides. Part; (Botelli), spline and un.,erupuloas Tit:Mont
of Pagai;o) the Prior of Milan (Dai Fiori), :Ind a host
iif other ci.'ftrfiFters, monks, nuns, knights, bhri.t:,a; and
Saracen so,',l)ers, &...c., &c.,
ht and picturesque costumes' and
prey: an unusual
variety of b.`l,g
extraordinary (~'ip7tunity of scenic display. The
plot is the folio N'2-hg:—Pagano, deeply enamoured
with Viclinda, an:l enraged at her preference
of his brother, attaselted, wounded him, and then
fled his country. As the' purtain rises, you behold the
monks-and the people assembled before the Church of
St. Ambrose, in the island of
•Ithodes, to celebrate the
return of the pardoned culprit. He arrives, and his in-
jured brother cordially forgives ateembraces him. But,
in the heart of thelatter. the same u muenchable feelings
still rankle. He meditates once more' :he de=traction of
his brioher, and the possession of his s.'ller:in-law. At
.abode, to
night he invades with an armed band Ns
which he has set fire ; but, in the dark,
under wilderness
t.
he
victim, and kills his own father instead of hn.
a brother.
Remorse takes possession of his heart,he Isptakes his
and he !Les Ana
ginarbPal:fst he acquires a g teat
ainehetormeitxpiate his crimes, gnd
rputittior tor sanctity Years of repentance have
elapsed--it is the moment when all Christian knight‘
and
prinf.es have been summoned to the first crusade,
Epic Arvino sad his followers have landed '
in Palestine,
obedient to the call of Peter
(Pagano) the
.Hermit. Here he soon
hies to the holy reclusein his mountain retreat,
seeking counsel and consolation
1,7 in his sorrows from the
hermit, for the Saracen chief of Antioch in the conflict
has carried away his daughter. concealed
ray his garb. promises a *terrniatgr4trY°:
brothers sorrows ; which •he knows ahle"canto frill:
for Pirro, formerly his squire and conLeencr:
now a repentant reite.:aile, has proini,ed to yield
A nti• ch. where he holds a corninaort, to the ..Thristiati
band. In that city is Giselda, placed in the harem
of the Prince Oronte, but protected by his mother
S ifia (si (Telly a Christ,al.) and ea,siiinat. ly bel.ived by
her son, who, under the &able ihflui lice ,if love and con-
viction, determines to become a convert to her faith..
(ii.- Ida f.rgets her Christian tricniis, and li,tens but too,
readily to-the vows of. the Saravetei. Bot Antioch is.
betrayed to the Cm istians, led by Arvind and Pagano
ill toe Saracens are put to dew n, nit li--t.-itl.t, by
h, r larne:tiati,.ll ov,T the tate “I h.---r the lover,

brings ii4),%n on hor h .ri .h

I :he re.ar at. w he! e sh- h

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r—apil-ars iu the of a 1.0,11,6,4,i. liiver:r
fit u•gother, but i!et, g I,ul sued by Lb.. Chnstiani.Oronte
I,4•EiVeS a wouini, Fagan., e..rii s, ;:Ed lakes hi in -o his
ca 11. and there tin Sarae n tir;nee dies a Christian con--
y..rt. whilst Gisel,la in i.e.- d..spi'r, in•
dh: a. %isi n -dis Pagano,
woo hats titre...ant die SpL.Li 0. i.i aljLatd
met-, a tt.•,iip.to, irg .t is
wont) to dr.a.h defending him. A, he dies he removes
his cuwi, and reveals his name. His death forms the
filial catastrophe of the op, ra.

'ARMER - IS THIS YOUR
_

LEADER ?

" We want a 'leader,' an uncommon want,
When every day and year brings forth a new one,
, Till having filled all the gazettes with rant,'
The ` discover he is not the true one."

We feel for Stafford O'Brien ; and we doubt not
his constituents deeply sympathise with him. In truth
his
o say
position is enough to melt the
nothing of a Northampton-
shireht the
heart
a painfulness
a hu im of t
grazier.
The political monopolists, at the commencement of
the present session, were in great straits for want of an
effective leader. The act of defending monopoly had
convinced every public man of note in the protectionist
party that monopoly was indefensible. It had been
thoroughly exposed in all its naked deformity through-
out the length and breadth of the land. One could
not get into a railway-carriage or an omnibus without
hearing di-quisitions on the laws governing the ex-
change of commodities, which,' ten years ago, would
have done no discredit to professors of political economy.
Monopoly, which is vice in one of its most noxious
forms, had been seen by the Briti,h public, and of ne-
cessity it had become thoroughly detested. Then there
was the failure of the potato crop, a failure which the
monopolists, notwithstanding their asseverations that
th ,e was none, well knew to be real.

But the (10mila:tut hritiocracy of the realm had no

dispo,ition to abandon their monopoly, be cause it htd
in t a demonstrated to Le ini:_chievous to the public, in-
jurious to the operative, ai.d, above all, ruinous to th.
tanner. They knew, or at all events, had a supicion,of
all that befor... Monopoly is not loved by the monopo•
list aristocracy, on account of the things about which
they have talked, but For its effects, of which
they say nothing in public. It was not merely
for. the sake of high rents that they hugged
the corn- law with such dt-so, rate vnt,rgy, as to
ril their I p tat ion and em.stiiiiiional power
in Ds defene, ; r tnny tie, and v,!it'rto the fartitt-C

can liir,lie a ,atr will be, a hirih, or higher,
utitit.r free-trade than ou.ler monopoly. Rut they .wanted
the high rents of the pri s' nt times and the feudal power
of bygone ages. They wished to receive the high rents
from a dependent, servile, cap-in-hand tenantry, who
would march to the poll at the command of the land-

lord's steward, and fa.rin accorditg to the capricious wilt
of the landlord's gam— keeper.

Our ogr.culturai readers will well undersold for what
it was the Monopolist landlords want-d to prei'erve mo-
nopoly,..though perhaps the inhabitants of n.wns wilt
seare,ly c44ripfehoid; , frill ext.t. •Latidlordisna
:00it.11 he syen on its own to he under-
stood. 'fl.y who base nut se •u landlordism at
petty sessions, in the poachers' wing of the county
e:aol, in its dealings with the tensntry and so forth,
know nothing about it. Neverthebss, these things
are gri• ViillA, cruel reulitte.i; and such things were to be
maintained. Hence. thungh the brains of the monopolist
party bad been knocked our, niitwily did 110 t, olio. Thea
aut, the quest; nufleade-rsip,p -.11.—a I. urgi:t be rutair.•
1": or !. •.*

_ r. Lat.: v, grvhter
heinv the only mall ittn•wgst the party
ho can pretend to slim pitv-s. hut Dtsradi, the ex-
" sedition" loving candidate for Mar) lebone, who may be
t.ken as an exemptar of lack-land political adventurers,
would not do to lead the Equirearchy. They wanted
some one of more weight. Toe dull Bramston had tried
his hand at " lard and grease," and made a sad mess of it.
The duller Miles had not been very succesful in his

opposition to the .6 inv-sion" of foreign cattle ; while
Bullies, the dullest, had been saved from conspicuous

failure by his very dulness. Nobody could ever see
that he had any object or purpose, and his speeches were
commonly supposed to relate to the objects he had
in view. He is one of those who make a dark subject
darker by talking about it.
monopolist leader in tho
chi-
valrously undertook the post of
notf mseosnsioopeo,li
just commence-
mentrd.essptaaffiro,rdthecrßrien
hitsofirsbtespeeach in that chat
o
A t
ot fh itsh el) eprrieosed
dmndseablfdyroitness. But his veu.
o e
srl!meo
tuesre of
proo mv e
dexteritymd o n sa,bnat
talent proved his ruin as a monopolist leader. lie
had been through the last three or four 3 ears of
the corn-law discussion, and he attempted to make a.
plausible defence for monopoly, after all, and with the
knowledge of all, that has been proved and admitted,
against it. Moreover, his own speech proved that he.
was undergoing that process of conversion to free trade
which every man of average intellect, and ordinary.
political honesty, who has seriously attempted to defend
monopoly, has iiivariatly undergone.
The very measure of his success in that speech, proved
him to be no genuine monopolist. This would not do
for his party. He was too clever, too plausible, too
solicitous of finding reasons—albeit not very good ones
—fir monopoly. Monop lists don't want reasons. They
therefore bethought themselves of starting some man
as their leader, who would not atiempt to reason,
who kn'w nothing of the sioket • to whom all
hat hailb -en said or written for the last seven years,
for and'against monopoly, was as 'if it had not been said
or written. Tney wanted the freshness of profound ig-
norance. _ _

Moreover, they wanted some one with recklessness
enough to say all the exploded sayings ; some one with
all the prejudices, without the responsibility of land-
owning. Brninst •n, O'Brien. were men
of targ, pos-ussn.n,; h.ni t er rt. it, status in

; it tht.y hart the p,.Vs';'r. haut nt..•,t the 14 ill
rt, it,to !h•• hre,ch made in the fo'rtress
of lAndlAn with the daring of rue mho would stake
all upon a desperate chance. Seeing then, the qualities,
positive and negative, wanted in their leader by the
inonop.dists, they could not look in a more likely place
than the racing stable. There they sought, and there
they found what they wanted. Lord George 13. cn. tin*
h--adg the mono /I t.nst, ti the satisinetloll
of ;be

~c,olistc,

rose at
ted in,
fi:11c! ar

i);;;i,i7n,:nt by tip. unii
,o,
the
u3.in„..1,,,5? Al,: . auk of L , ~, wur..v,itnesk.ses
exa-nin. d hefore the Game-taw Committee what they
accuracy
think of bird George Bentincit? whether they like thei
of this nivr
speeches —if
task —« your true ---1 they can, for
euuLttestya,rmtheers,fatioron,esrse,adorhisthsep
teirss'afrhieeanvd:
no meaning puzzea
more than sense"—and see whether the description Sir
R,b9rt Peel gave of the
t"rufal37'
spei eh of the n'-w and fast
leader of the ( mono p.)l ists on Irish scarcity, when he
said I°the' p t I.multi cittou of letters from parts of thy
country where disea-e does not prevail, forms no contra—
diction to the fact that there does exist in other parts of
that country disease arising from scarcity of food."
But this has always been the game of the manor).
lists ; they are ever tookina beside tie mark ; and being
unable to avow their real objects in maintaining mono.
poly, talk wildly about somethii.g else: Farmers ore
now becoming aware of this, and the new leader, front
Newmarket, of the monopolists will help to make it still
clearer.— The League.