The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

their decision was published, of abolition of the duty of
15 per cent., monopoly of tobacco, personal contribu-
tion, scale of confiscations, reform of rates of duties in
maritime eustom,houses, and the nomination of his Ex-
cellency General Santa Anna to—in the actual. lament-
able situation of the Republic—interpose his powerful
influence for the purpose of obtaining the necessary or-
ganisation of the nation, of consolidating peace in the
interior, and to ensure respect from exterior enemies.
The utmost unanimity and concord reigned throughout
the city on the occasion. -
Santa Anna having laid his hands on all the available
money resources at Vera Cruz, present and future
(hating due respsct to the rights' of the dividend fund-
holders, and taking care not . to jeopardise the-.conductis"
by his too early movement before it passed .Yalapal
marched on to Perote, where he arrived on Aug. 30.
At this fortress a brilliant division was assembled, which
was to operate under his immediate orders.. Cartizan
would join him, and it was supposed they would march
thence for Mexico. Paredes was said to be making fur
the capital likewise. The united force 'was estimated at
8,000 men.

The intelligence of the revolution in Wise() had pro 7
diced a considerable sensation in the city of. Mexico,
Letters from Tampico mention that there existed a gene-
ral decision in that place in favour of-the movement, and
that part of the troops there were. ready to march in
favour of the rights of the nation. The inhabitants were
about to take up arms, as were those of other places in
the vicinity. .
Our corresponder t 4.urther 'informs us that Leon, in
Guanajuato, and Yelled, have also declared ibr the now
order of things, so that the whole of the south of
Mexico seems in possession of the confederates. The
superior Chief of the revenue in Guadalaxara informed
General Paredes that he WM ready to execute his
orders ; but to cover his responsibility lie requested to
be drawn Upon in writing. In the act he was in-
formed that what public funds 'he might collect were
to be directed in,preferenceto supplying the wants of the
troops, and an order has been sent to the "Custom-houso
Of San Bias to remit its products to the treasury of Gua-
dalaxsia, not sending a single dollar to Mexico. The
merchants have ordered supplies of goods, to profit by
the low rate .of duties, but .it is said the Administrator
of the custom-house of Guridaia.xara lies held consulta-
tionsto thwart-the collections, .and if so,. he will speedily
be removed, which will give satiSfactien to.traders ge
nerally.
Things had returned to their. former, state. of tranquil-
lity, and the General is far from apprending, an attack,
as he. is aware of the state of impotency to which the
Govermitent of Mexico is reduced:

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
A most whimsical dispute has arisen on the subject
of the pronunciation of Iliona, the name of Lord Pal-
nterston's mare. The sporting world is divided into two
factions on the question—one party, headed by John
Day, the jockey, insisting that the o,in the name should be
„pronounced long; the other, that it should be pronounced
short. Bets to a large amonnt have been laid on both
sides ; but as the dispute is one not likely to be settled
by the Jockey Club—among whom Parrs and Persons
are somewhat scarce—a deputation has been sent to the
two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, humbly in-
treating that they will be pleased to give the matter their
gravest and most conscientious consideration! Mean-
while, Mr. Byng—toe anxious to wait the decision of
the learned Dons, who vegetate by the banks of the Cam
and- the Isis—has himself applied direct to Lord Pal-
merston, and the foljoWing is his Lordship's answer. As
it is a bit of a curiosity in its way, and anything but
orthodox in its notions of prosody, we quote the epis-
tolary gem entire:—

C. T., Sept. 29,.1841

" My dear Byng—l have just received your letter of
this morning ; and, though I should have high authority
for declining to declare my opinion upon the matter on
which you question me till the beginning of _February,
yet, regardless of the silent system of the; day, I send
you an immediate answer. "

" There can be no doubt that, in point of prosody, the
o in Iliona, or Ilione (for the name is spelled either way),
is short. Virgil settled the question in his first..rEneid,
where he says—
"' Prwterel sceptrum, Ilione quod gesserat olim
" ' Maxima natarun: Priami.'
But the second i is as short as the o; and as neither of
those vowels have, in their name, any right to length, the
first i and the final c (when that termination is adopted)
being t'_-.e only long vowels, the question arises, which
of the two middle vowels is entitled to be accented ; and
here the Greek spelling may determine the point ; and
in Greek the accent is placed over the o, thus listo yr,.
I take it that .the proper way of pronouncing the name,
according to quantity and accent, would be as if it were
spelled Hilli-onna or Hilli-onnee.
" I hope I shall be thought to have thus given a frank,
candid, and unreserved declaration of opinion ; and, as
I am alone in my cabinet, you will believe me when I say
that it has been arrived at without any difference or dis-
sent.—Your's sincerely, " PALMERSTON."
The most whimsical part of this gifted epistle is, that
while Lord Palmerston deduces the authority of Virgil
to prove that the o is short, he himself directly after-
wards makes it long—as long, in fact, as one of Sir
James Graham's pamphlets on the Corn -laws I To
make the matter still more absurd, he allows that it is
short; but then, as if to obviate all possibility of mistake,
he takes the pains to write the word in English ; and
by so doing, completely neutralizes his previous asser-
tion ! A more Irish method of argument was never yet
adopted. •