The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-31 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIB,—As a constant reader of your valuable jour-
nal, may I be permitted to intrude upon your no•
tice, with a few remarks relative to the case of the
unfortunate holders of South American and Spanish
Bonds, in the earnest hope that, through your columns,
it may attract the notice of those in " authority," who
alone can serve them.
Can it he credited, Mr. Editor, as appears from a
recent statement in a morning paper, that (including ar-
rears of interest) the sum total, slue to shareholders,
amounts to the enormous sum of ferty.five millions ster-
ling, equal almost to the annual revenue of the United
Kingdom. Conceive, then, the injury done to the national
resources by the detraction 'from circulation of so much
capital, and which has driven into exile in foreign lands
so many thousands of British subjects and their families,
the loss of whose incomes has put it out of their power
to remain at home. Surely the British Government has
an interest in seeing them righted, if only viewed as a
national question ; and this too at a time when there is
so loud a clamour for the reps ,l of the Assessed Taxes and
other burdens. Experience has unhappily shown that
all appeals to the justice, humanity, or sense of honour of
the Government of these states are but as empty sounds ;
but let our Government only adopt a decided tone in their
remonstrances, and something may be hoped for. Nor is
their ingratitude less glaring than their bad faith towards
the gallant Britons who fought the battles of Columbia
and Chili, and subsequently covered them, as with an
./Egis, from the more formidable designs of the Holy Al-
liance.
Let then, Mr. Editor, the Government only exert
themselves manfully to recover their debts, and then the
increase of revenue that must accrue to them from these
sources will easily enable them to lighten the public
burdens without in the least impairing any of the national
establishments. .

remain, Mr. Editor, your most obedient servant,
COLUMBUS.

The gayeties at Woburn Abbey have com-
menced with great spirit. Lord John Russell has been
there since Christmas-day with other distinguished visi-
tants. The grand galleries were illuminated on each
evening. Concertantes and cards have filled up the
intervals between the balls and other fetes. The Duke
and Duchess and the family, including the M irquis aid
Marchioness of Abercorn, will remain at the Abbey until
the middle of March, when they coma to town for the
fashionable season. Lord Abercorn has once visited the
Priory at Stanmore since his return from the North to
inspect the progress of the improvements in that chateau.
Earl Craven, with the Countess Craven and the Hon.
Frederick Keppel Craven, arrived at Woburn on Friday,
on a visit to the Noble host and hostess.
Mr. Spring Rice left his residence in Mans-
field-street yesterday for Ireland, where he will make a
stay of three weeks.
Colonel Powell, Lord Lieutenant and M.P.
for the county of Cardigan, has been confined to his bed
upwards of a fortnight by severe illness. We are happy
to hear, however, the Hon. Member is in a fair way of
recovery.
A deep gloom has been cast over several
Noble families at the present season of general festivity by
the premature demise of the young and lovely Lady Ogilvie,
who expired at the residence of Sir John Ogilvie, in
Eaton place, on Friday last. Her Ladyship was the
youngest daughter of the late Lord Henry Howard Moly-
oeux Howard, only brother to the present Duke of Norfolk,
and advanced to the precedency of a Duke's youngest son
in 1817, and sister to the Countess of Carnarvon, Vis-
e„untess Andover, and Mr. Wentworth Buller. In 1831
Miss Howard was united to Sir John Ogilvie, Batt., of
Inverquhatity, then an officer in the 2d Lite Guart:s.
Her Ladyship was only in her 22d year.
The Countess Rossi (formerly Mademoiselle
Sontag) and her husband arrived at Brussels on Thursday
last.
Mr. Charles Scott (son of the late Sir Wal-
ter) of the Foreign Office, has been appointed an attache
to Mr. Villier'a embassy at Madrid, where he arrived I n
the 14th inst. from England.