The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-04 00:00:00

THE THEA-t It= S.
HA I; MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
The Opera on Saturd;ty wa,: Anra
p,-r!'orm,,n,e was per eet The great ~tr,-;.elion o. "e
evening. h0w,•,,,,, • Tagbolo. It ,••s r
peeranee. a= d he re the d",r= were of eurd.
avenues to the Opera w•-re cro,d,,,i by the atimir,rs of
the deesse assembled pay hom-;ge ,A her shrine'
Never did Taglioni apoear to greater advantage than cn
Saturday evening, and never were bouquets more plenti-
fully showered upon her. Can it be that she is about
to quit the scene of her triumph:; now, whilst she is' in
the zenith of her powers ? Let us hope that, for once,
those ye acious chroniclers, the bills, have unwittinglt
deceived us, and that this is not the last appearance of
Taglioni.

HAYMARKET.
Mrs. Caudle mule lwr fir't appearance here on SAW'
day, and was admirably ripresented by Mrs. W. Oliffyrd,
while Buckstone looked and acied the henpeyled bus'
band to the life. The piece, which is admiriio) got LIP'
was completely successful.

THE COLOSSEU.M,
This delightful exhibition still to
fashionable exhibition of the metr:r,-..,;1L•.
an evening passes but what it is Ci%-cvdt.,,,,
society. We visited it on Frid!w, 1.7 N. t'e,!
rous company present we oh:-.1- 7 ;• ;
guished persons .—The Puke and Gratto):
Duke and Duchess of Arg,..le, Marquis Nkrobjel'c''
of Lansdowne, Marquis of Aylesbury and fatniF. Coun't,
tens of Mansfield, Earl of Harro-Abr" ae,l r"/
Munster, Earl and Countess of Hard
Hertford and family, L-rd and Lady 'form-Hen, L'r
Stafford and family, Lord Steward, ne,fftive, &C.

THE LATE SIR W. FOLLETT..
We have been permitted to publish the corresroneel
which passed between Sir William Follett and Sir 1t0!,,d
Peel, in May last, with respect to the proffered ri sign 2";
of the Attorney-General. It is highly creditable to be
parties.

" Park-street, May 20, 1845'
"My dear Sir Robert,—l am about to write to yon
on
subject painful to me, but which I am afraid I can no toNe
avoid. When I first returned to this country from .g
Continent I felt no doubt, from the improvement that ,t
then taken place in my health, that I should be able to Pie
my regular attendance in the House of Commons, and to tabs
my fair share of the business of Parliament, as well a'
other duties of ,my office ; but it has been ordered ()shell::
and the fresh attack of illness under 1, hich I h,ve been ans.'"„-rio
ing since my return has again obliged me to keep awayacs
the House. This has distressed me much, holding the °,701
which I do, and feeling that I was not able to per
one of its most important duties. I had onaa's
that it was temporary only, aril that as the wally
weather approached the illness would he ri moved•
physicians have, however, recently announced to me fist e'
present illness is much more serious than I had at first imagintbeet
and that, although lam now going on very favourably. yet ce
time and care and quiet are essential to give me a fair O'sno,,r
of recovering from it. This announcement makes me l'inlf.•
hesitate. in justice to you and to the Government and mres,
to place my office of Attorney-G: neral at once in your hitnos
and to pray of you to lay my resignation before the be
whenever you may think it best that the vacancy shoal
decl"l ared. 1,,0t
cannot, my dear Sir Relied, conclude this letter vtit:7o4•
saying how deeply grateful I feel to you for the unvarying:ler
nest and friendship you have ever shown me since my sr„' e to
trance into public, and I need not say the pain it givets,rfosi
write this letter, and to take any step to separate mYr" high
you and from your Government, with all the members of ~° po
I have so long. cordially acted; but there seem. to Tneo,
struggling against long-continued, though varying. ,
and I have no choice in submitting to inevitable misfortulie
4, I have net mentioned to any one out of my family 011
tention of writing this letter. as it has struck me that "t bite
not at this moment be convenient to the Government oor
a sudden vacancy announced in the law offices of the "L'iire
and that it may be better to arrange with you when toY,;'ebstit
ment should be made public.—Always, my dear Sir ,",r 0
most sincerely yours, 4, W. W. FOLLE'
" Whitehall, Msl
"My dear Follett,—l received, with the deepest rettve:of
my return from the House of Commons, this morning, I
liter of yesterday.
I will ask you, for the present, to confine the collate tor
tion of your wishes and feelings with regard to retirelmen
elusively to me. It would give me the greatest pain Os/
template the necessity of your absolute relinquishment of tii?
There is no temporary arrangement which I yr,,uld not toolel
no relief to you from labour and anxiety connected with,,sfillif
or Parliamentaryduties which I would not most chr-010'
propose, rather than choose the alternative of permanent
ration from you. rsP
" I am deeply grieved that you have not madeto°r-
advances towel ds recovery ; but earnestly hone that 1 -
100;
repose and the approach of milder weather will. at ne yor
period, re-establish your health. and enable you. #o resit°
usual occupations. IIC
~ With feelings of regard and esteem which I on°
quately express, " Believe me, fka.. EEL'
" ROBERT P
" The Attorney-General."
a it
yarn a subsequent letter, a copy of which we have GonersSb
Robert Peel begs him to retain the office of Attorner,lgskt
with the distinct understanding that he should not ;;;IforL,9"
on any occasion, to attend the House of Comas OLIO*
nresent should not hear a ward on professional 1,""
Law Review, No. 4.
/145014',
THE LATE COLONEL It 0.13 J-- free&
We have another distinguished name to add to 01.1%, 110'
111. r. t.,
heavy casualty list—that of Lieutenant Colon(' 6th ins,
bertson, of the Bombay army, who died on the A Dee
of cholera, at a village between Kolopore se","_facer
Baum. The loss of this amiable and talent...,(lo',,'peot
will be severely felt, not only by h'
enevolence, and whose gratitule has been ditp,.,,tie.
fwriheondsh,abveut
bbeyenthoinusantidms
times
sf the
past bean
thee 3 fobjectsthe Uott has
ie
in a sincere and permanent attachment to their
,t''
factor. Colonel Robertson entered th ComPs°Y
vice in the year 1805, and on the estal-etshineOt
tisli supremacy over the Mahrutta territories in 181 t°
was selected by Coiverrinp,nt as one of the 40_1
whose management those districts were then entry
At first, we believe, he held the combined otfi.vs "fctoll
te
collector, and magistrate, of Poonah, and the of, ,
and important duties of these situations were disell.olll.
by him in such a manner as to afford the greateno
faction to his official superiors, as well as to s,lotles
esteem and regard of' those beivath him. 1834.„
Robertson remained at Poonah till the year :pre
Period of seventeen years, and appears, during told,
trocted term of service, to have been in the hag oe
eree respected by all classes of the community 00i00
arrival in Bombay in 1842. he received the gulf-,
tnent of officiating resident to the Persian on
post which, however, he relinquished i cooiantlP
'
of the treatment which he received at the "1'11:
Lord Ellenhorough. In August of the fellovfillerrOi
having resigned this situation, he came to the Or,
dency with the view of returning to Fstille'elsl,;
during his short stay took the opportunity 1)00:0
ing Poonah, the scene of his cornier pa lb
and exertions. Th- inhabitants flocked to .01 eo,
great numbers, to pay their respects, and vied Wlregal;;
other in their manifeQtations of gratitude an% leaks
" From ten o'clock a.m.. to four, p.m ." sass meneea,,,
written at the time, " his temporary pl •ce of I'' pep :70
thronged with natives of all classes, sects, anal 00'0
sions, and he. with his accustomed c surre4y and °hey she
receives them all and converses wi.h them. Ij, of ,0
m
him the father and the b‘eractor of the pPi)P ,nly "t)
Deccan. Next to Mr. Eiphinstone, he is certolpecao:
most popular man amongst the natives of the.r 10,1,4
and they wish, from the inmost recesses of the neslt'Pg
er-
that he was once more placed over them. 111,;4041
of Colonel Robertson, they say that notwit""b,
his having held a plurality of situation= in IN'cleit- tittleo
that, too, during the most troubled and diffiell.tto it se
justice was even more speedily administered l'"„epatliof
now, under the complicated machinery of a
ina" i•
-
judge and collector." Colonel Rotwrtao wns fidopk,lsl.o
very considerable talent, and with an amiable P
litenr op:3 ,ssaebs
Times, June 14.
isleitdiessouanldsojuwdogremeonft
noon drucel ias;; roirrottira._,tiomll,4oo,bol

HYDROPHOBIA.
Steen:: io,o—nnTilSoofognitdhTerelPm timeiiii:E•aaa I ntptyhriaorTeuotu(hi practitioner et(rb)whallnkh.di n'itiihnefter:l9euti:(ite:rfau:tb.tstirleilltfOrls:
letter
that Belladonns, Cantharis. Hi osc anzus nger; 3nd Tic! re'
nium have been found very efficjaciousY both in curing a- t
venting that dreadful diserder hb!
In the Times of to-day I see ' a of hydrl-,c'th°"t
Cuckfield, by which three horses have beeneae
destroy e - I
an
)11Iaaiy4I ask the favour of your assistance to awaken
thece„dtibri
mint faculties of the people on such a terrifying 'nt,ij, your
giving publicity to the present. —I beg to remaint,- 1:51. v.
very obediently. GF. V• ' "
Aug. 1, 10. Chadwell-street, Myddleton.squarr•
o'4
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have conclitaed rthelf
triumphant engagement at Dublin. Macbeth was se heat of
toted° •tieP
last night, and the theatre was literally cranuned t° the
Oil.,
Every point of the tragedy called forth applause, and at
..h eritl
the curtain they were called for and cheered with true Ill' tbey I°_,
siasm. After bidding adieu to the Liverpool aud;ence,her# ICI
start on the sth instant by the Hibernia for New York. °ter,. "
are engaged to perform their combined range of 04"$' 6
wish them a speedy passage and a prosperous career• i
av lo r
t
SPECIAL TRAIN Ti) D ERBY.On M"'
of the A.,i,
special train to Derby was advertised, on the occasion . the tr.,
boretum festival. Nearly 4,000 persons took tickets ggo cl.,
at Nottingham, and the scene at the station-Yard be g
scription.—Nottingham Journal, Air'
A few:l_,,,,, six h-asts. the ping
°!tian6tl
ease
Edey, of Southorpe, died in consequence of having ea`-- we 11• le
kJ
of oak leaves and roots. The assistance of Mr. •t• ,- , were
rinary surgeon, had been called in ; the usual retrouie,,LirsCoiS'
ministered, but they all died in the course of nine clays*
Tile
shire Chronicle. 1-tr A Tflt.-_„„ct.
EFFECTS OF STEAM AY LAND AND ~ 0 resr ,
town of Sittingbourne, in Kent, a few years past; had !wag; the
able inns, which together used sixty pairs of Pout.
_norm there
largest, the Rose, is now shut up, and the other coaches ivo'
pairs of horses and two post boys ; formerly 35 , 0
through the town. now only one. ..rs fro.--„, 61
TRIAL BY JURY IN WALES.---It SPPr- ..,„, her,
~,
statement in the Carnarvon Herald. that at the
_a_aatt:re. Jo
se,`.'s
Beumaris on Mondav last, before Mr. Justice
111". '_'_d to tpai
cused party, who had been at large, on bail, surre d_ele. all";
his trial for a felonious assault with intent to reallnetified tO. 'I,
on a jury being empannelled to try him, il was land EngTifi,
Ceurt that eleven of the numbrtr did not underst (the indict'
upon which the Judge observed that the f"relnsenase to ht; 03
the r, w
mj uarno r
ws .3. s
se he
tent o md
dual who understood English) could explain the , oily, ho
Vote!
morning of Wednesday, the gentleman who
5.
er!'s, ape tea
on •he pris iner's behalf, and as deputy to the
shhatie"iecen of
coo'
jurors, court under curious circumstances, Stating nimous) ikte coo'
jurors, by whose verdict (understood to be una r
atno froUtrurmneodnthasviemrdpireitso:e(fm.:etng:; ,t
so
ynloneree dwoafs
hi. sentenced
guile.
hadt four
intemncre(tihtso' hard
a,r ht!, lino, cat;_er,ir,teenh:awariiiieli
structed their for-,man so to do. Mr. Ba" the Seere!ided
lavithto
..r., has to
and told the arrorne to f‘rward art affi.
Mate. To this unfortunate prisoner trial 4 it= J tOO
proved "a monkery , a delusion, and a snare. 1
__Atoll r io.
Blt IcTtiL BUG t R 11 ARK ET, AUG _eel" dingso°d pits.
hhds. West India have found bu,ters r,iancrai an, i•
per cwt. advance on previous rates. in D',...ii „rice.-
some retail sales have been made at very full .
rather dull, but not lower,—Bristol Mercury*