The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-19 00:00:00

Having settled this point, in my opinion, of little
importance, I pass on to another which is of much im-
portance—namely, tho explanation of the object of Count
Mirasol's journey. In the dispatch of the 17th of May,
from the Duke of So tomayor, of which I transmitted a
copy to your Excellency in my official communication
of the Ist of June, and with which your Excellency was
already acquainted, it is stated that the Government of
her Catholic Majesty, " carrying to such an extent its
desire to avoid the possibility of this occurrence (the
departure of Sir 11. Bulwer) producing a coolness i❑ the
relations of friendship which unite Spain and England,
arranged that the respectable Count Mirasol should
immediately proceed from this to that Court, with an
especial commission to satisfy the British Government as
to the conduct of that of her Majesty, and in order to
offer to it every sort of assurance with regard to its
friendly sentiments, and to desire that now, more than
ever, in the midst of the convulsions which afflict Europe,
the intimate relations by which the two people are united
may be maintained."

The mission, which the gentleman entrusted with it
would have been able fully to execute as he might have
thought proper, might have been considered by her Bri-
tannic Majesty's Government a sufficient satisfaction or
otherwise; but without perverting intentions and words,
never, at any possible period, could it be called a pro-
ceeding disrespectful to the British Crown, since, on the
contrary, it was expressly intended by the Spanish Go-
vernment as an act of consideration and just respect,
called for by the circumstances in which it originated.
Motives, on which I abstain from passing any judgment,
determined your Excellency not to receive the Count
Mirasol, without your Excellency being able to know,
officially, whether he came with a diplomatic character
or' not—a quality, however, which was not rigorously
ea
indispensable for ,the fulfilment of an honourable
fesa d
friendly mission. However that may be, the refusal
of
the
d l of
your Excellency, and the approaching departure
Count Mirasol from England, has already
to
disposed of
this question, to which it has been attemptedi
find m a
give
undue importance; and your Excellency.
will
in the prepared to follow out the principal question
ful-
filment of my duties.
No one so much as myself deplores the present state
of the relations between the Government of her Catholic
Majesty and that of her Britannic Majesty; and I will
not allow an opportunity to pass without expressing my
desire to bring it to an early and satisfactory termina-
tion. I have nothing to add now to what I have already
written to your Excellency upon this question, except
that I am prepared to receive your replies or your reso-
lutions. If at a later period, if during the sojourn which
may hare to make in this capital, my Government
sends me communications to transmit to your Excel-
lency, I shall transmit them; and your Excellency will
use your discretion in receiving them or rejecting them,
as appears to be indicated in the concluding paragraph
of your Excellency's communication of yesterday, the
6th, to which I have replied to-day, the 7th, before the
termed fixed in the unusual intimation contained in it.
I profit, &c.,
(Signed) XAVIER DE ISTURITZ.
(To be continued).

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
FIRST NIGHT OF DON PASQUALE.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be presented (for the first time these two years) Donizettl's

Opera of
DON PASQUALE.
Norina, Madame Tadolini ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Belletti ; Er-
nesto, Signor Labocetti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache.
To conclude with the highly successful New and Original Ballet
Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Sig. Pugni, entitled,
LES QUATRE SAISONS.
Summer, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist ; Autumn, Mdlle. Caroilna Rosati ;
Winter, Mdlle. Marie 'raglioni ; Spring, Mdlle. Cerito.
PAS.—Regne du Printemps, du Printemps, Regne de l'Ete, de
l'Ete, Regne de l'Automme, de l'Automme, Regne de riliver, de
Pithier, du I'Union des Saloons.

Applications for Box., Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the
Boa-office of the Theatre.
Doors open at half-past Seven. and commence at Eight o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
llnler the Management of Mr. R. Wobster, sole Lessee.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled TILE WIFE'S
SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe; Sir Walter Amyott, Mr.
Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Barrington, Mr. Brin-
dalt Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. Charles
Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley.
After which a new piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or,
Catching a Governor. Michael llrowsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine
Kloper, Mrs. Keeley.

To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on
Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE
OF OTRA-NTO. Manfred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Vincenza, Mr.
J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip-
pollto, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs.
Caulfield.

Stage Manager, Mr. Fart en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:ter.
J. T. Archer, Boa-book keeper.
Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Win be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST
HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert,
Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss woolgar, Mrs.
Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c.

Atter which a new Farce, caned GOING TO THE DERBY THE
DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John
James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ;
Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar.
19 conclude with THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Mr. Dul-
cimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws.
hoses, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is.
ry oren at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vest*ls.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
TILES EVENING,
Will he performed a now comic Drama, entitled ANYTHING FOR
A CHANGE. Characters by Messrs Harley, C. Mathews, Homier
Mrs. L. Murray, Miss K. litzwilliam, and Miss Marshall.
Atter which, TILE BEUGAR'S OPERA. Captain Maclaciath,
Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. F. Matthews ; Polly, Miss Kath-
leen Fltzwilhain ; Lucy, Madame Vestris; Jenny Diver, Miss Jane
Coleman.

To conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND.
Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellingham, Buckstone; Mrs.
Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
Dross Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 43.; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. No
Cali-price to any part of the house.
Tile .mew Box-ottce, No. 2, 'Welllngtou-street, is open to the
evcry day, from Ten till Six.

ST•LATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.—
Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street.
THIS EVENING
The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock when
will be presented 3IEMOIRES DE DEUX JEUNES MARIEES.
DumDebgny, 31. Berber' Laurent, 3L Ferdinand;
ontel, 31. Derval ;
31athilde, 31. Dupuis.
Will be performed the comic Vaudeville of rNE FIEN-RE Blur_
LANTE. Richard Tremslay, 31. Ravel; Le Comte de Renardoff,
M. Grassot ; Atalante, Madame 3luutin ; Armantine, Mdlie. Bras-
sine ; k'lorentine, Jldlle..lline Duval ; Jeuny, Juliette ;
mella, Madame Berger; Madame liquet, Mdlle. liderret.
To conclude with I'OT AUX ROSES.,
Loxes, 6S. ; 3e. 6d.; Amphitheatre, ;Gallery, 2.
Bozos and Stalls may be obtam,d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
33, Old Bond-street.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street,
Portland- place.
THIS LVESING,
Will be performed THE CROWN DIAMONDS. Count de Campo
Mayor, Mr. Bodela ; Den Henriquez de Sandoval, Mr. Allen ; Don
SebastianD'Aveyro, Mr. Barker ; Rebolledo, Mr. Wehs ; La Cata-
rina. Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Mrs. Weiss.
After which, a Grand Ballet, entitled ESMEItALDA; or, the
Hunchback of Notre Dame. Esmeralda, Mdlle Auri4 1.
To conclude with a Farce, entitled A DAY WELL SPENT. Mr.
Cotton, Mr. Gilbert ; Bolt, Mr. S. Cowell ; Mizzle, Mr. Oxberry ;
Cutaway, Mr. Norton ; Peter Prig, Mr. Hill ; Mrs. Stichley, Miss
Somers ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Selby ; Miss Cotton, Miss Temple ; Mrs.
Changeable, Miss Taylor.
Dress Circle, : Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2e. ; Gallery, Is.

iscussed in my communications of the 28th of May, Ist
and 3d of June, waiting reply on the_ part of your
Excellency.
Before all, and to explain the charge of " discrepancy
and retractation" which your Excellency brings against
me, I will state the facts as they appear in written
documents.
On the 25th of May I wrote to your Excellency a
letter in the accustomed form, to request an audience,
announcing the arrival in London of Lieutenant• General
Count Mirasol, charged with a special mission to the
Government of her Britannic Majesty, and asking your
Excellency to name the day and hour at which I might
present him. To this note your Excellency replied in a
private letter of the 28th May, " that you would not re-
ceive him ;" to which I answered in a private note of the
29th, that admitting the resolution of not receiving him,
" J'aurais peut-etre a ajouter aux renseignemens con-
tenus dans ma note (28th May) ceux (lent M. le Comte
de Mirasol est le depositaire." Being subsequently
officially asked in your Excellency's communication of
the 31st May, if I had anything to add to my note, I
replied officially, "as there is not time to learn the
course which my Government will adopt in consequence
of the refusal of your Excellency to receive the Count, I
do not consider myself authorised to mix myself up with
the mission with which he is charged." That is to say,
the reply given under the conception of its being a pri-
vate letter, and in another languge than my official one,
bore the character of abandon (" abandono"), and the
answer which your Excellency made official born the
character of reserve proper to the case at issue. Your
Excellency will see, then, that the " discrepancy and
retractation" of which I am unjustly accused has not
originated with me.