The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-19 00:00:00

7‘ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOTTINGHAM JOURNAL.

"Sir,—My attention has been drawn to an article in your
paper of the 9th. Such an article, written in a local paper,
I cannot consider as an irresponsible and merely anonymous
publication. The tone also in which it is composed—a tone
of extreme,and I fear unwarrantable, favour to myself—must
give weight to such statements as it contains in regard to
mere matters of fact.

" It states that my vote in favour of the Maynooth College
Bill has either wholly or in great part led me to retire from
the position of a candiate for the representation of Newark,
and that the future commercial policy of the Government has
also had its weight.
"Allow me, Sir, respectfully, but most positively to assure
you, that neither the Maynooth College Bill, nor any com-
mercial policy of the Government, past or prospective, nor
other public question, have had the smallest effect in deter-
mining my conduct.
" The motives by which I have been influenced have been
exctusively of a personal character.
" I have the honour to remain, Sir,
"Your very obedient servant,
"W. E. GLADSTONE.
" 13, Carlton House Terrace, London,
Jan. 10, 1846."

THE SUpl EXPRESSES.
We have to acknowledge our obligations to the Messrs. John-
ston, of Dublin, for The Sun of Tuesday, containing the Funds'
Share and other news up to that evening. This number of
The Sun was expressed to Dublin by those enterprising
news agents, and reached that city at two o'clock, P.M., on
Wednesday.—Kerry Examiner, 16th January.
Through the kindness of Messrs. Johnston and Co., Eden-
quay, we have just received The Sun of Wednesday, by ex-
press, in twenty-four hours from London to Dublin. On
Wednesday, at Mark-lane, prices of grain were looking down,
And business very dull.—KilkennyJournal, 17th January.
THE MESSES. °JOHNSTON AND CO., OF DUBLIN.—As an in-
stance of the enterprising spirit of those gentlemen, we may
mention that we received yesterday morning a copy of the
London Sun of Wednesday evening, which they had conveyed
by present to Dublin, within twenty hours 1 We have had
frequently to present our acknowledgments to Messrs. John-
ston for similar favours.—Kilkenny Moderator, 17th January.
_ _

We are indebted to Messrs. Johnston, the enterprishig
news agents, Eden-quay, Dublin, for a second edition of The
Sun of the 13th instant, containing important documents
underneath, in reference to the annexation of Texas to the
United States.—Sligo Journal, Jan. 16.
We were this morning similarly favoured, through the
agency of the same firm, by a copy of the London Sun of
Tuesday evening, which they received at two o'clock P.M.
yesterday. It contains an account of the funds, share, and
other markets, as well as proceedings in the various courts of
law in London, which took place en Tuesday. The value of
early intelligence from London is of the utmost importance
to this country, more particularly in the present state of the
corn and other markets. The Messrs. Johnston are, there-
fore, doing the state good service by their independent and
energetic expresses.—Westmeath Guardian, Jan. 15.

PLYMOUTH THEATRE.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
The engagement of Mr. Macready has proved a valuable
one for the interests of this theatre, that gentleman's bril-
liant performances having attracted crowded audiences during
the week. This great artiste has not appeared before a Ply-
mouth audience for five years prior to his present engage-
ment, and, as may have been anticipated, much pleasure was
evinced by the playgoers of this neighbourhood on beholding
the finished acting of this favourite, not merely of the Ply-
mouth boards, but of the British stage generally. During
the week Mr. Macready has appeared iu Hamlet, Richelieu,
Othello, and Werner, in all of which characters he has been
well supported by the company%
_ _

On Thursday evening liis Othello was a powerfully fine
performance, and the audience repeatedly manifested
their delight by vehemently applauding at intervals of
the performance. Mr. Macready had the good fortune
to be supported on the occasion by one of the beat lago's
we ever saw. Mr. Paumier is an actor of whose ability,
from the first part we saw him play, we entertained not
the slightest doubt, but, taleated as we believed him to
be, we did not anticipate so much excellence as he exhibited
in the arduous part of Ingo. It was one of the greatest hits
ever achieved by a provincial actor, and the audience, espe-
cially that part of it located in the lower part of the house,
bore ample testimony to the actor's great ability. At the fall
of the curtain there was a loud cry for Macready and Pau-
mier, and the former gentleman at once responded to the
wishes of the audience, and bowed his acknowledgment. The
call for Paumier was now redoubled, proceeding from all parts
of the house, boxes, pit, and gallery, and at length that gen-
tleman made his appearance, and received the honours he
had so well earned. The farce on this evening was Mother
and Child are doing Well, in which Mr. Clement White, the
well known vocalist and composer, appeared in the part of
Lieutenant 0. Scupper, and sustained it throughout " to the
life." He has a fine rich brogue, and in our opinion is des-
tined at no very distant period to become a favourite in Irish
characters.

ANTI-CORN-LAW AND FREE
TRADE MEETINGS.

Since the meetings in favour of free trade, already enu-
merated in our columns, the following have taken place, and
have been attended by numbers proportionate to the size of
the different districts :

At Edinburgh, on Thursday last, in the Music Hall, with
Baillie Duncan, the Lord Provost, in the chair. The assem-
bly was addressed by several advocates of the cause, and
some spirited resolutions, expressive of thorough free trade
principles, were unanimously adopted.
At St. Austel, Cornwall, on Friday, with Mr. Hoskins, a
local tradesman, in the chair. Petitions to the Houses of
Lords and Commons, praying for the abolition of all avail-
able restrictions upon commerce, were adopted, and the meet.
ing was addressed by F. S. Trelawny, Esq., M.P.
At Stogumber, Somersetehire, on Thursday evening, with
B. Escott, Esq., M.P., in the chair. About 1,500 individuals
were present, and the demonstration altogether was most
enthusiastic.

At Shepton Mallet, on Saturday, with the High Constable
in the chair. The meeting, which was convened in the
market-place, numbered somewhere about a thousand.
At the Court-house. Marylebone where, on Saturday
evening, the various metropolitan delegates assembled. Mr.
George Daniell, churchwarden of Marylebone, presided. The
assembly, besides protesting against the duties levied upon
articles l'of food, adopted a memorial to Six Robert Peel
against the continuation of the window-tax.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—An alteration has
just been made in the arrangements for the departure of the
Court fir town. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, will leave
the Castle on Wednesday next, instead of Tuesday, the day
originally' fixed upon, for Buckingham Palace. A magnifi-
cent banquet will be given by her Majesty to-morrow even-
ing in the Waterloo Gallery. Invitations have been issued
to between fifty and sixty royal and distinguished guests,
including her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of
Richmond, the Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of An-
glesea, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Hertford
(who will be invested with the garter, vacant by the death
of the late Earl Grey, at a chapter of the order which will
be held by the Sovereign at three o'clock in the afternoon);
the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Powis, and the Cabinet
Ministers. The Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Yeomen of
the Guard have been commanded to be in attendance. A
grand concert will be given by her Majesty in the evening.
The Queen's private band will be considerably augmented ;
several instrumental performers having been engaged from

town.
Sir H. W. Williams Wynne, H. 8., ambassador
at Copenhagen, and Lady Wynne, left Brighton for Dieppe,
on Saturday afternoon, by the General Steam Navignactilo,
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Company's steam-ship Menai. Mr. G. Wynne left London
on Wednesday last, by the Princess Royal steamer, for
Hamburgh.
.1 }tine same
state. Viscount Morpeth, the Hon. C. Hor,v,e7 M.P.,
and
%-4,uffering from what
. of the family at
present staying with the Noble Earl at Castle Howard.—
Carlislels
11 of all the ills that flesh
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Journal.
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the most intractable to
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is heir to.—Carlisle Journal.
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It is reported that the Am erica, SO, Captain the
Hon. John
comm4P-4 on the dregon coast ;, and that the Gram us 50
professionally
Capt Martin, will join her forthveith. , P
f:..e:irdon has been sea
The King of Wurtemberg ' is recovering fom his
severe illness. The bullol9 of ttae 12th inst. announces that
the fever has left him entirely, although his Majesty is still
at times tormented by a cough.
Tits TICKET ACT.—The sooner an Act of Parlia-
ment is passed to interpret the interpretation clause of the
Ticket Act the better. It is in. such terms as to throw every-
body into doubt and difficulty, and hundreds of framework-
knitters out of employment.
The marriage of the fl on. Miss Mary Constantia
Clifford, second daughter of Lord Clifford of Ugbrooke, to
William Vavasour, third son, of Sir Edward Vavasour, of
Hazelwood Hall, Tadcaster, took place on Monday last, in
the Catholic Chapel attached to Allerton Park, near Green
Hammerton, Yorkshire, the, seat of Lord Stourton, whose
lady is aunt to the bride's mother. The ceremony wasr-
formed by the Rev. J. Brit) ge (S. J.), in the presence of the
contracting parties, and of others of the neighbouring
gentry. The bride was ,given away by Lord Clifford, and
after the ceremony they left for Harrogate, to pass the honey-
moon. A ball and Stipp er at the park concluded the festivi-
ties of the wedding- dad . Western Times.