The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

was hailed with shouts of applause from at least 30,000
spectators.
The cavaliers then took their stations on horseback
the stall was opened, and a brave bull leaped forth. He
bounded in in the first exultation of freedom, and made
the circuit of the square in a few minutes. He then
stopped for a space in the centre ,• tossed his head, and
surveyed—with an eye in which terror and rage were
mingled—the surrounding multitude, whose mad shouts
rose higher every moment at the gallant bearing of the
noble brute.
The rigidness of etiquette melted away like frostwork
before the sun the moment the animal appeared. The
alguazils, who were stationed in front of her Majesty's
box with their faces turned to her, forgot their respect,
scampered away, and, in their haste, were unconscious
that they not unrarely exhibited not the front part of
their persons, even under the very eyes of royalty. The
ring was cleared in a moment, and the ground was left
alone to the bull and his antagonists.
The cavliers—whose only arm, I should have said,
was a short light spear with a steel point about five or
six inches long—did not quail. Their spurs were
dashed into the horse's flanks, and they bounded into
the centre of the square. The ardour was equal, but
the glory was not so. They poised their lances, and
attempted to dash them at the bull. One was thrown
from his horse at the very first encounter, and another
fell under the animal. They were both obliged to re-
tire from the arena, having received contusions from
the fall, of too severe a character to allow their remain-
ing any longer. Two cavaliers only remained at their
post, D. Antonio Romero, Lieutenant of the Maria
Christina Regiment, whose padrino was the Duke of
Abrantes; his assistants were the Chiclaneros and Labi,
two eminent toreros; the other, Cabanas, the godson of
the Duke of Osuna, a young man twenty-five years of
age, an officer in the Halberdiers. Well and bravely
did these two champions do their work. The last-men-
tioned planted with great skill and force three lances in
the bull; the last blow was mortal; but, at the moment
it was given, his horse got frightened, became com-
pletely unmanageable, and, at length, flung his rider,
who was compelled to retire from the arena, and was
carried off in the arms of the attendants. His wounds
are of a serious character. _ _ _

POOR REMOVAL ACT.
The Poor Law Commissioners have issued a circular,
dated the 20th instant, stating that they have consulted
the Attorney and Solicitor-General on the construction
of the late Removal Act, and give as the result:—
I. 4 That the proviso to the Ist section of the 9 and
10 Viet., c. 66, which sets forth the exceptions to the
principal enactments that are to be excluded in the com-
putation of time, is not retrospective in its operation, so
as to apply to cases where the five years' residence was
complete before the statute.

2: " That an interval between the completion of the
five years residence and the application for the warrast
of removal filled up by one of the exceptions contained
in the proviso will not prevent the operation of the statute
in restraining the removal of the pauper who had resided
for the specified time.
3. " That orders of removal obtained previous to the
passing of the Act, but not then executed by the re-
moval of the paupers, cannot now be executed in cases
where the Ist and 2nd section would have prevented
them from being granted if the applications were made
subsequently to the passing of the Act.
4. " That the 2nd Section does not apply to the cases
of widows whose husbands died before the passing of
the Act.

5. " That the 4th section does apply to persons who
became chargeable before the passing of the Act, and
continued to do so till the application for the warrant.
6. " That the statute applies equally to the removal
of persons born in Scotland, Ireland, or the Channel
Islands, as to persons having settlements in England, so
as to override pro tanto the provisions of the 8 and 9
Viet., c. 117."

As to the effect of the first proviso, so far as it relates
to the time before the passing of the Act, the simple fact
of the actual residence of the pauper is alone to be con-
sidered, and consequently that no time during which the
party may have been in the receipt of relief is to be
omitted from the calculation of the term of residence,
while any absence during that period, such as that caused
by an imprisonment, or a residence in an hospital, is to
be treated as an interruption of the continuous residence
to which the statute applies.
With reference to the second question, the Commis-
sioners consider that the principle of the constructiun
must equally apply to intervals in the time during which
the period of residence is comprised, so that for example,
a residence of three years in a parish may be united
with a subsequent residence of two years in the same
parish, though in the interval the party may have been
out of the parish in prison for several months, or serving
her Majesty as a soldier for several years ; this obser-
vation is, however, to be qualified by the supposition
that the absence is one which is protected by proviso.
In the application of this statute no difference exists
whether the cause arise between two parishes in the
same union, or in different unions.

Romero was now left alone of the four cavaliers, and,
in truth, he was the hero of the day. His lances were
most beautifully aimed, and most accurately planted ;
his management of his beautiful and fiery charger was
so consummate, his bearing so graceful, his coolness in
encountering the furious animal before him, so perfect,
and so unusual in a mere amateur, as to excite the most
frantic enthusiasm amongst the concourse. Nothing
could give you a just idea of the prolonged shouting of
the ►ast multitude. Four bulls fell by his hand—two of
which were, howe►er, to be relie►ed from the death agony
by the cachete, or knife used for that purpose. The fourth,
before receiving the deathblow, made a rush at him, and
placing his horns low under the horse's belly, actually lifted
into the air the noble animal and his rider. The cavalier fell
under the horse, into whose entrails the horns had en-
tered, and both rolled together on the ground. A shout
of terror at the danger of the cavalier, and of applause
at the brave act of the bull, rent the air. It was for a
moment believed that Romero was either killed or dan-
gerously hurt, but tranquillity was at once restored,
when, in a minute or two, both horse anti rider rose
from the ground, the rider seated as firmly in his sad-
dle as if he had never been disturbed from it. Another
shout hailed this new proof of excellent horseman,hip.
But the cry of admiration was beyond all description,
when the next moment the spectators beheld the bull
full dead, i❑ the very act of preparing for another
bound. This attack on the horse had only been a
desperate effort of expiring strength, and was made
at the very moment he recei►ed the last lance of the
cavalier.

This was the last display made by the calleros en
plaza. Romero retired with some slight bruises, and
was again and again saluted with the waning of hand-
kerchiefs from the balconies, and the shouts of the mul-
titude.
Tne professional bull-fighters then continued the
combat. Montes, notwithstanding his recent wound,
never conducted himself better than yesterday. llia
play of skill with the sixth bull was most artist-like and

iienittiful. The others lost nothing of their reputation.
Eleven bulls were killed, and the usual proportion of
horses. The spectacle ended at six o'clock, when the
Queen snd royal family quitted their balcony.
It may be necessary to say that the horses mounted by
the caballeros were of the best kind, and it is said were
given by the Queen for the occasion. The animals em-
ployed in ordinary bull fights are of the worst possible
_

deLription. The duty of professional buil-tighter
while the caballeros were engatzed, was to attract th

attention of the bulls, and assist them when hail pre,,sed
They did their duty well. The halconie:i of the hou-a-;,
were hung with splendid tapestry of various colours ;
and with the immense multitude—;tot less than .30,00 U
were present—state carriages and retainers of the gran-
dees, picturesque costume of the attendants, alguaz;ls,
halberdiers, pages, esquires—all presented a spectacle of
a rare and most exciting character.
The last time such a display was made was at the
ceremony of the Jura, or the taking; thy oath of allegi-
ance to the Princess of Asturias, now Isabella 11.
The Queen and her sister looked well yesterday.
When her Majesty and her husband presented them-
selves in front of the balcony, many vivas were heard
and handkerchiefs waved. When the Duke de Mont
pansier and his wife showed themselves, not a viva was
uttered, nor a salute _ returned. The son of Loui.,

Philippe must know from yesterday's experience that
Spaniards, when they are well pleas,d, can be ac noisily
enthusiastic as other people. It excites compass':on to
witness tlie desperate efforts of this poor young man to
catch a stray salute, but in vain.
The fact of the papers and letters from Portugal not
having reached here, renders the supposition probable
that the districts rear the Spanish frontier are in in-
surrection.

A ,grand ball was given at the palace last night. The
usual persons were invited.
The French Ambassador gives a ball to-morrow
night, at which it is believed her Majesty will be pres r,t.
It appears that presents are showered by the bushel,
on the active but inferior agents of the Montpensier
marriage, by M. Bresson. Musical boxes, watch-chains,
shirt-buttons, are sent about in great profusion. Louis
Philippe, and his man-of•all-work in Madrid, tnu,t
have a curious idea of the Spanish character. They
look upon Spain as navigators do—some unknown and
savage land, whose inhabitants it is necessary to soothe
by presents of glass beads, painted feathers, bits of
looking-glass, &c.
The invitations to yesterday's bull-fight came from
the palace. To-morrow they proceed from the Ayun-
tiamento ; and the last is entirely open to the public.—
Times. M.

OPENING THE PORTS.
SCARCITY AND DEARTH OF FOOD.

The Provost of Pollokshaws .has received the follow.
ing letter, acknowledging the receipt of the memoria
of the inhabitants of that burgh to Lord John Russell,
praying for the opening of the ports, and prohibition of
distillation from grain :

" Downing-street, Oct 16, 1846.
" Sir,—l am desired by Lord John Russell to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your lettor of the 25th ult., and of
the memorial of the inhabitants of Pollokshaws which
accompanied it.

" Lord John Russell is deeply sensible of the calamity
which now presses so severely on the poorer classes of
the United Kingdom, owing to the almost total failure
of the potato crop ; but he trusts that the measures
which the Government will adopt, and the exertions of
proprietors on their own estates, will tend very greatly
to mitigate the distress.

" I have also been instructed_ to inform you, that it
is not the intention of the Government to prohibit the
distillation from grain.—I have the honour to be, Sir,
your obedient servant.
(Signed) " R. W. GREY.
" William Hector, Esq., Provost of Pollokshaws."
—Glasgow Argus.

MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS.
VOL. VL—Besides the royal, noble, and distinguished
personages lately alluded to as figuring in the sixth
volume of this interesting work, will be found the follow-
ing:—Napoleon, when First Consul ; the Duchesses of
Kent and Cumberland, the Duke of Wellington, Lords
Harrington, Melbourne, IValsingharn, Chesterfield,
Howe, St. Vincent, Beaulieu and Aylesbury; Ladies
Albinia Cumberland, Henry Fitzgerald, Augusta Low-
ther, Melbourne, Hates, Charlotte Bruce, Courtown,
Charlotte Bellasys, Inchequin, and Templetown; the
Bishops of Exeter and Salisbury; Pitt, Fox, Canning,
Erskine, Burke, Wyndham, Sheridan, Warren Hastings,
Wilberforce, Dundas, Frederic and Dudley North; Sir
Sydney Smith and Sir Lucas Pepys; Generals Burrard,
Harecourt and Manners; Drs. Herschell, Fisher, James,
Aikin, and Professor Young ; Samuel Rogers and Wil-
liam Mason; Mesdames Hannah Moore, Barbauld, Crewe,
Boscawen, Darner, Chapone, Ord, Garrick, Siddons,
Pope, Miss Betterton, &c.
FLOODING AT B UCKING LI A ht-PALACE.-At the

Westminster Court of Sewers, on Friday, Mr. Blore, the
architect employed to carry into effect the improvements
and alterations in Buckingham Palaee, attended the
Court, at the instance of the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, to represent to the Commissioners of
Sewers that, during the late heavy rains, the King's
Scholar's Pond Sewer, the only one for the service of
Buckingham Palace, was so completely charged with
water to the crown of the arch, that all the water pois-
ing from the Palace was returned to it, causing the
greatest inconvenience by the inundation, and impeding
the works now in progress. He was, therefore, instructed
by the, Commissioners of Woods and Forests to apply
for leave to lay down an independent drain Mow
the present one to be available in case of a recurrence of
the heavy rains, so that by the opening of the flood gates
the excess of surface water may be dischargal into the
ornamental watt r in St. James's-park. By the adop
Lion of this coarse, in times of heavy rains, a drain-
age of four feet lower than that possessed by the pre-
nt means would be effected. The Chairman remarked
that this was a special court, and that it was unusual
to take any other business than that of which notice
had been given. Mr. More urged the necessity of itn-
tre-diate proceeding, as the operations of the works
had been very consid,rably inkrrupted. After a
discussion, in which several Hon. C9minis.innet s tool:
part, the application of Mr. Blore was granted. A re-
port was received from the surveyor, on the state of do,
sewage in Grosvenor-square, North Audley-street, and
Brook-street. The report was received, and new works
were ordered to be done, the estimated cost of which
amounts to 3,7361. In the course of the reading of the
above-named report, it was stated that the sewers in
that district had existed for upwards of one hundred
years, but that the west side of Grosvenor-square, up
to this time, remained entirely uuprovided for. -
PARISH BATHS AND WASH HOUSE3.--The paro-
chial authorities of St. Marylebone and St. George-in-
the-Ea-t have resolved upon erecting baths and wash-
houses for the poor.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1846.

from the field before mentioned), and he had tumbled in
in trying to get it out. On the same day, Saturday, he
sold his coat at Sleaford, and in the pocket was the fellow
glove (quite wet) to the one found in the hat taken out
of the river by Mr. Botherway. Under all these circum-
stances there can be no doubt that Healey had murdered
the woman by drowning her; but, as he bad anticipated
justice by committing suicide, and as there was no direct
evidence of the manner in which the girl got into the
water, the jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned."
What makes the case more remarkable is the fact,
that it was in open day that the deed was done, and
within ten yards of a hovel in which Mr. Botherway and
some of his men must have been within a quarter of an
hour of the girl being drowned, which hovel is close to
the river's edge.

From the Circumstance of Healey having appeared wet
on the Sunday evening, it is conjectured that he contem-
plated suicide by drowning, but was prevented by the
boatmen.

SPORTING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Those who took my advice for the last meeting
at Newmarket must have profited considerably thereby,
as my fancies for the Cesarewitch, Clearwell, Prender-
gast, and Steppingley Stakes carried me through trium-
phantly—not one missing the mark. I have good rea-
son, therefore, for anticipating a large portion of success
in the meeting which commences to-day. I shall dis-
pose of the subject in as few words as possible. The
winner of the Cambridgeshire, in consequence of the
late rains, will spring from the outside division—most
probably one of the following :—Evenus, Bst 91b—Garry
Owen, Bst—Kesheng, ist 101b—Peasant, Est—Sister to
Pergularia, sst 101 b—and Tour de Force, sst 101 b. Of
these, Evenus, Kesheng, 'and Tour de Force are the
best ; to this trio I look confidently for the winner.
Should Van Tromp go for the Criterion, which it
seems is not very likely, he will win to a dead certainty,
otherwise Mr. Mostyn will pocket the stake.
The Glasgow Stakes will produce an exciting strug-
gle between the Goodwood and Danebury stables, which
I should not be surprised to see end in favour of the
latter, with Mathematician.
The matches, I presume, will come off as follows:
Missed Stays will beat Ferina.
Ennui will beat Physalis.
Discontent will beat Esther.
Bishop's cob will beat Secundus.
Lady Wildair will heat Remorse.
Roper's Daughter will beat Bro. to Nottingham.
Ruff will beat Chance.
Vert-Vert will beat Discontent.
Oakley will beat Wolfdog.
Captain Phebus will beat Paultons.
Eiselle will beat Bethphage.
Leopard will beat Lycurgus.
Idas will beat Traverser.
Miss Sarah will beat Traverser.
Conspiracy will beat Brocardo.
Alarm will beat Sorella.
Apricot will beat Atropos.
Sir Francis will beat Secundus.
Physalis will beat Isis.
Sotades will beat Conspiracy.
Free Lance will beat Paragon.
Tarantella filly will beat Miss Whip filly.
Cynynion will beat Esther.
Jumble will beat Captain Phebus.
Humdrum will beat Wolfdug.
Idas will beat Baron.
Vanity will beat Phoenix filly.
Jack Cade will beat Mentor.
Free Gift will win the 100 sovs. stakes.
Saddle or Extra the 50 sovs. stakes.
Crozier the 200 soya. stakes.
In haste, your obedient servant,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.