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~~ t ~' CI MAYESEND STAR ani BLACKWALL Pa , ket and Railway Faro included in one payment upon every Passage. g.—No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENIIITHE NEI :S. Y'l` W ~ FROM THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WI :EH DAYR.-At 71, 83, 9%, 11, 12, I, 3,4, 5,6, and 7. gDAYS.-At 71, 8%, 11, 12, 1,3, 4,5, 6, 631 and 7. I 'ROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of these, times. WI :ES DAYS.-At 9, 9%,10%, ii, 12, 131, 23{, 3%, 5,6, and 7. 6U .!7AYS.-At 9,9%, 10)4, 11, 131, 2)4, 3)4, 5,6, and 7. 'es.-To or from London-Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail- VaT, 9d. ' • Saloon and First Class Railway, Is. Tit or from Blackwell and intermediate Piers-Fore Cabin, 6d. ; Bala on, 9d. P 5 ckets for Exenrsions.-Apply to Mr. W. Morgan; Star Office, fenslurch-street Terminus of the illackwall Railway. Tie kets.-For Twelve months, 4/. 45.; Six mon th s, 21 . 15 s. ; Three flo u t 'is, it. 15s. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; of I,EY . Monk. Terrace Pier, Gravesend ;or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns wick,. wharf, l3lackwall. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUE ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIaILL, LONDQN. Capital.46oo,ooo. Tl Empowered by Act of Parliament. de institution offers Important and substantial advan lo4Sen with respect both t 4 Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The,i sawed has, on all ca.:Astons, the power to borrow, without ex- Peso or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, Offal .able); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of la interests to meet other conveni,mces or necessity. Assurances lh.r• 0 3rms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT'. f ne success and incrzasing prey ' erity of tke Society has enabled tt a Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third P v..rying from 30 to 75 tper cant. on the premiums paid on Ad 1 Policy ofected on the Pratt scale. EZAY2LEB. ..ARP ogR 0 0 . .4 ~.! I a. ti; i .4 Premium. , E'mns 8131113 in 1a 0 IV ~,, C ~,F A p i added. Cash. 81 Z .'" E ll* 5 = . (4 2 ! , • E.: ti- `i' F. - ------ ---- ----- g 1837 Xl9l 13 5 XB7 13 b A 1317 1 £395 11 1 6, 4 1 ij -, 00 74 3 4 ' 1838 16 5 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 1832' 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 1810 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 287 4 5 TS e division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cal:al .er of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Bee. t f NIVERSAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY. Capital 100,0091., in 5,000 Shares of 20/. per Share. Deposit, 10s. per 1001. Shares, in accordance with the Act. Provisionally Registered. Under the Management of a Proivisional Committee, With power to add from the General Committee. tit SEIZING ENGlNEER —Professor Ryan, M.D., L.L.D., Royal Nan! College, Portsmouth, and Royal Polytechnic Institution. ENGINEER —Mr. Robert Cordon, Nottingham. Bamteas—The London and County Joint Stock Bank. SOLICITOR—J. F. W. Fesenmeycr, 23, Bedford-row. SECRETARY— Mr. Gabriel Kenyon. Dffices of the Company, No. 11, Old Jewry-chambers, City. is Company have great pleasure in announcing to the Public, 'Plat sinee issuing their last Advertisements, they have availed them eV es of the opportunity of testing, by practical operations the ty and applicability of their Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas Ibn Z he Premises of the Consumer, and they feel great pleasure in W• I ng that it hasTbeen adopted by the Birmingham, North Midland, • Midland Railway Companies, and is now in active use at the f O llO wing Railway Stations:— Tring Station, Birmingham Line. Methley Station, North Midland Line. Kegworth Station, Midland Line. it `which places it has been used with the utmost success, botk • .rds the Station and Signal Lights, producing in point of bill • , c 37 and steadiness a most powerful light. T. he Apparatus has also been used at various Lace Mills and Factories, 8.1 th , V03 at Nottingham, Derby, and elsewhere, giving the greatest MU/ sfaction. he Rill particulars whereof, and the purposes to which the inven non is applicable, are embolied in the Company's Prospectus, which Ma• j be obtained of the Solicitor, and at the Company's Offices. LI carrying out this invention, the Company hold out to the Share noli lens a return upon their capital of about 501. per cent, In stating Nlill return at so large an amount of profit, it will be borne in mind lbw t this Company have not to contend with any of the heavy ex- Pet) ses to which other Gas Light Companies are subjected, such as lad ;e establishments for the manufacture of Gas, the erection and /rOl icing of furnaces, steam-engines, laying down, taking up and re- Psi ing of pipes, poor-rates, &c. &c. 'o bring this valuable patent and profitable invention into opera tic], I, it is proposed to form a Company by raising the sum of 100,0001. hl • 5 , 0 03 shares of 201. each. 4 _ eAposlt of two shillings per share to be paid to the Bankers of ' be r Oompany, for which a receipt will be given, exchangeable for the eatilicate of the Company entitling the holder to an allotment of glares. The Management of the Company to be under the guidance of a zoa rd of Directors; and, when formed, a General Meeting to be beh 1 to approve the Deed of Settlement now drawn up under the ady ice of Counsel. -PPlications for shares, in the usual form, to be made to, and nr cher particulars obtained from, the Solicitor to the Company, and Ala o of the Secretary, at the Company's Offices. UNIVERS AL GAS LIGHT COMPANY. The ALLOTMENT efSHAILES will take place on MONDAY, t l / 2 a tat day of June neat, at the Company's Offices, No. 11, Old jelrry Chambers, City. ry HE CIGAR WAREHOUSES J 21, 'BUDGE-ROW, WATLING-STREET, CIIEAPSIDE LC , IsTDON. One of the largest stocks in the kingdom, and In the greatest variety, warranted first quality, at Messrs. TOSSWILL and Co.'s, Commission Merchants, Importers, aid Manufacturers. Old Foreign Cigi xi, of all makers, 17s. 6d., 195., and 21s. per lb. ; Colorados, a new Cigar, 21s. per lb. British, made from the best Tobaccos im por ted—Havanahs, Is. 6d. ; Silvas, Ss. 6d. ; Cabanas, Bs. 6d. ; Lopez, 9a. 6d. ; Pcincipes, 9s. 6d. ; Regalias, 98. 6d. per lb. Cheroots, 65.; Am brosias, 7s. ; Mexican, 75.; Pickwicks, 7s. per lb. 1 very superior Cigs manufactured from the choicest Tobaccos, 12s. 6d. per lb. Gov eminent Manillas, 17s. 6d. FREEMASONRY. A SYLUM FOR AGED MASONS. " That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemasons to the favourable consideration of the Craft."—Unanimous Resolution of Grand Lodge, December 6, 1837. THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Of this Institution will be held at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen street, London, on WEDNESDAY the 17th of June. The General Committee of this Institution respectfully announce that all proceedings in the Chancery suit have terminated. They consider it desirable to announce the fact, and the appointment of the new Trustees—viz., The Right Hen. the Earl of Aboyre; the Right Hon. the Lord Southampton ; the Hon. Col. George Anson, M.P. ; Benjamin Bond Cabbell, F.R S., &c. ; Robert Thos. Crucefix, M.D., LL.D. The expenses contingent on the suit in Chancery have been very serious, and the General Committee trust that they shall not appeal in vain to the generosity of the Brethren for a contribution to defray the charges that have been rendered necessary. By timely aid the funds of the Institution may be preserved in tact, and the principles of the Charity maintained in their purity. The General Committee, hopeful of the future, ref-ain from reflection on the past. Subscriptions and donations will be thankfully received by Post office orders, payable in London, or personal payment, by Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., 62, Threadneedle-street, London ; Dr. rrucefix. the Treasurer, Grove, Gravesend ; Bro. It. Spencer, 314, High Holborn ; and Bro. J. Whitmore, 125, Oxford street. JOHN WIIIT MORE, Secretary ad interim. *** A newly Revised Edition of the Laws mid Regulations, with a list of Governors and Subscribers, is in the Press, and when published may be had of the Secretary. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON FRENCH BRANDY. IOGNAC BRANDY, like the wine from which it is obtained, requires age for its perfection ; when old, it is the most wholesome of spirits, but when new it is deficient in its poi and medicinal properties ; while, if adulterated with British Bra ady, these valuable properties are lost, and, from a generous and u r , igorating cordial, it is changed into a coarse and inflammatory spb midTtie great difficulty of procuring good genuine old Cognac Brandy, r the high duty cha rge d u p on it , h ave hith er t o preven t e d many )ebe sons from using it; but n ow th a t a goo d an d genuine article may obtained, and at a much more moderate rate, it is na t u r a l t o ex- Per :t great increase in the consumption. .0 a meet this demand, Mr. L. E. SEIGNETTE h as d e t erm i ne d t o tryll a 11 himself of his long and intimate ac q u a i n tan c e w ith the Brandy le as an importer. He holds the largest stock of Cognac Brandy, vabe and brown, in this country, and, in accordance with the wishes t h s l rocorntoendatioas of his numerous friends, he has taken out a .olosale Dealer's Foreign License, which enables him to dispose of quantiti es of two gallons upwards, duty paid. He pleducs him- Bell' to sell none but the best Old Cognac Brandy, genuine as im- Ported, and carefully selected. To those who know him, he feels assured that this pledge will be S atisfactory. To strangers, who can discriminate the soft and fla 'Marl flavour of pore and matured Cognac from the coarse, ardent, and frequently adulterated spirit until now imposed on the public , he recommends a trial, with reliance on their judgment In favour of the Superior quality of his Brandy. Seigngtte begs also to offer to the Public the best Holland,' uetteva that can be imported. Priem. for Cash on delivery, in quantities not less than two gallows are-- 245. per Gallon for best Brown Cognac Brandy. 265. best Pale Ditto. 20s. best Geneva (Hollands). A liberal allowance to the Trade, to whom Mr. Seignette takes the opportunity of offering his Brandies and Geneva in bond at current Market prices. Agents wanted for Town and Country : persons of respectability may apply, per letter only, at the Office, 26 and 14, MINCING-LANE, CITY. AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES, Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Spenn, .8. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425. 445., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, i s., 60s. and G4s. ; Wax Candles. Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, 534 d. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 634 d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon; Oolar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Vlnd.or Soap, 15.1 1. per packet ; Palm, is. 4d. ; Old Brown Ntrnedsor. ls. 9d. Ras e, 2s. ; Almond, 25. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 45. 6d. _Der lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf ancg, For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH. Price 2s. 6d. Patronised by her Majesty and his Royal Highness r R. THOMAS'S SUCCEDANEUrinAeI Albert.r however large the cavit y . .31 stopping decayed Teeth, placed in the tooth without any pressure or pain, and il remain llrm in the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, arrosting the further progres s of deca y . An p erson s can use Mr: Thomas'i Succedaneum themselves with ease, as full directions are inclosed. Price 2s. 6d. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Pro ut, 229, Strand ; Johnson, 69, Cornhlll ; Ra up msay, 63, Oxford-street ; and all medicine venders. Mr. Thomas continues to sply the loss of teeth upon his new intern of self-adhesion, without springs er wires. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful ("Aeration whatever. Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, 64, Berners-street, Oxford-street. CONE GUINEA WEL LINGTON BOOTS made to measure by G. GARRETT, Bootraaker, by special appointment, to the King of the Belgians. A stock of the most fashionable and highly-finished Boots kept ready made, to suit the convenience of Noblemen, Officers of the united Services, and Gen-. tlemen who prefer trying on Boots to giving an order. G. Garrett, Army Bootmaker, 130, Jermyn-stregt, St. James's. UCCESSFUL RESULTS of the OPENING - of L. JIYAM'S New Show-room, 3G, GRACECIIRUCH STREET. Successful results have our efforts obtained, And a host of new patrons already we've gained, As such is the case, we acknowledge to all Our gratitude deep for their kind-hearted call. The Show-room of Hyam combines great attraction, Where talent, first rate, is developed in action ; The produce of England and France isyed, . And adds to the lustre of Ilyam's great trade. His Fashions for Spring are the theme of delight, Whilst splendour and Cheapness together unite ; And praises are lavished by thousands who flock To see Hyam's wonders'and gaze on his stock. So levers of fashion we humbly solicit The favour, the kindness, the aid of a visit. As with confidence great we are led to suppose In future you'll patronise Hyam for Clothes. LIST OF PRICES. s. d. Dress Coat, b ra id e d e d g es ...... from 1 1 0 Burton* Trousers, in cloth and doeskins ........0 8 6 Trousers, Tweed........., ..... yesth . 0 6 6 , either in cloth or fancy Materials .• 0 4 6 Summer co SUMMER GARMENTS. Cuba, D itto in endless variety •• .. 0 9 6 Cashmere Ditto Fishing • • • o ffice nit l o an . ooting Ditto •• •• • • 0 7 6 Blouses, •••"•••••••• • • • • • • . . • • 09 6 countless profusion— •• • • .... 0 2 Trousers, in all the newest washing Vest, ditto, D, igna 6 gugranteed to retain th••••••. colour MADE TO ORDER Dress Coats, made to measure • • I 10 Surtouts Trousers, made to measure .......... 015 0 Test, ditto . • SUMMER GARMENTS. The Hyamonian raletet, a fashionable Over-coat, made to order, extremely light and well-adapted for the present Trousers, of peculiarly light fabrics .. • • 0 8 0 Vests. in rich Cashmere and printed Quißings, French patterns ••.. • • • ... • . 0 7 6 An immense Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate .aw prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, should he not approve of his pnreha , e after seeing the articles at his own house. 11 . 0 buSinens transacted on Saturdays until the evening. L. HYAM. Pantechuctheca, 36 Gracechurch-street. London. ‘• , EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING.—B. and S. COWYAN'S invaluable CANTON STROP, or Qaad , rilateral Chinese Razor-Sharpener, patronised by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, renders the operation of shaving pleasant to the most tender skin. By a very simple process, the keenest edge may very sPeedily be given to the bluntest razor. B. and S. Cowvan's pecti c 'hwy tempered Razors and Tooth and Shaving-powder. Specimens 4f the strops are exhibited at the R o y al Pol y technic Institution. From the many flattering testimonials received, the following, from ' 'that moat, eminent surgeon, Mr. C. Aston Key, is selected Sine..." I have made trial of your razor-strop, and find it to an t''er, better than any strop that I h ave hitherto used for giving a cert edge te cutting instruments for anatomical and surgical Poses... " C. ASTON KEY." Many others may be seen at the inventors' , B. and S. Cowvan, 16 , Penehurch-street, where the strops, &c., may be obtained, and Dfitil respectable Razor &c., price bs. 6d., 7e. 6d., and p r C( ) l vv , all% Canton-strop Paste at ls. a packet. The Shaving ._ ls. 6d. ; and Prussian Court Toothpowder at ls. 6d. and . 1 6d per box. caution,—None are genuine eavipt MArktsi PAO Pelt " By 014 15 ' ''',TrYSDa COATS FOR THE COURSE; OR, " WINNING" ARTICLES FOR " WINNING" GENTLEMEN. The forthcoming races, where'er they may be, Will interest thousands, and tempt them to see. E. MOSES and SON (well aware of the fact), Have prepar'd for the times with their usual tact; And the "coats for the course" are a proof what is done By the " favourites" of fashion—E. MOSES and SON. If gentlemen (using a technical term) Would wish to be "winning" they'd come to this firm; 'Whose nice "winning" garments will "win" the applause Of all who may chance to behold them ; because They are novel, and stylish, and thoroughly good; So much so that none can find fault, if they would. These over-coats (almost as light as a feather) Are just the right things for the warm summer weather ; And they give a respectable sporting-like air, And a look of importance to all who may wear. Even Tattersall's self couldn't gain more respect Than a gent. at the races thus charmingly deck'd. These choice summer coats are of " course" all the " run," And thousands are " racing" to MOSES and SON. A New Work, entitled " Past, Present, and Future," with full directions f..,r self measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded, " Post Free." LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. d Tweed Tazlloni ....... ••-•-••• • •• • • .• "from 07 s. 6 . Cherterfield and Codrington Taglionis ............ 018 6 Summer Coats in every description an d make, including the regiwered Coat . ..... „ „ .............. 20 in every material •••••••• • • ..........from 02 3 Splendid pattern Summer Vests .......... • • ....... 0 2 3 Cashmere and Persian ditto, in endle ss variety • • ... 0 4 6 Black and Fancy Satin, di tto ...... .... •• • • 0 6 0 Fancy Trousers ......... ....... • • • .... 0 4 6 Black, •• • • ... . Dress C0at5.......... ..... ..• • • •...... ....•• •• •. 1 0 0 NADI TO DIZI. Coats, of every material adapted fo r s t h e season, in any variety of style and fashion, to 0rder.....• •• •• from 0 16 0 Quilting Vests, 6s. 6d. each, or three f0r........ ••• • .. 0 19 0 Cashmere ditto, in every variety of pattern .. ...• •• .. 0 8 6 Satin ditto, plain and fancy ..... ••••• • •• 0 14 6 Ditto, Cloth or Casi r nere dittr Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto • 013 6 Spring Trousers, in every pattern. ... . ▪ 010 6 Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto ... Best Black Dress I 6 0 Ditto, best manufactured • .............• . •••••• •• 2 15 0 Frock Coats • •• 'rom 1 IS 0 Ditto, best manufactured .............. ••••••• • • • • • 3 3 0 Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. Any article purchased or made to measure, if Not approved of, will be immediately exchanged, or the money returned. Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat. ters, Clothiers, Outfitters, and general Warehousemen, regret to be obliged to guard the public against imposition, but, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with them," or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many in stances, and for obvious reasons, they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London. And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent disappointment, call at or send to the Mlaories, and Aidgate, City, London. NorlCE.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84, Alegate. No bu at this Establishment from s unse t on s Friday evening ti ll till twelve o'clock. 'llelB tranted sunset on Saturday evening, when it is resumed HE POCKET APERITIVE FOUNTAIN is an agreeable substitute for physic, which releases persons from swallowing purgatives, by enabling them to procure an evacu ation of the bowels, merely with a little water. The fountain hav ing been constructed by Dr. !Scott, for the self-use of invalids and ladies, is commodious to every individual, and is strongly recom mended to families in general, especially to those who are subject to cos iveness, bile, &e., To be procured only of Mr. Llewelyn, surgeon, 369, Strand (the third house from Exeter Hall), where may also be obtained the SONIFERS, by which any deaf person may produee whatever effect is necessary to ensure a complete restoration of hearing. Descriptions sent free on receipt of two post stamps. --=:-----_ BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. THE HTGEIAN, OR MORISONIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE. 1. All animal bodies consist of fluids and solids. 2. Whil e i n a state of embryo all animals consist entirely of fluids. 3. It is from and by the fluids that the solids are formed. 4. The fluids contained in the human body are four times the weight of the solids. n w ot ith on i l t y al repairs e t p h ai e 5. The chief of the fluids is the blood, from which all the others are derived. 6. The blood rubbish,every but also carries sited in the intestines. oprardteocfaytlelde parts,htu nantombaecdheipnoe: excrement. Moline% previous to being expelled along with the 7. The blood is the life—the primum mobile—the first agent — from which all others derive their origin. 8. Health depends upon the purity of the blood. 9. The purity of the blood depends upon its haying free outlets for its decayed particles. 10. I;isettie is induced by the choking up of these outlets In the bowels, by reason of an accumulation of glary mucous on the inner surface of the intestines, &c. 11. This accumulation is occasioned by anything that weakens the circulation or hurts digestion, but chiefly by the poisonous drugs and bad treatment of the faculty. 12. The impurities thus detained In the blood occasion every spe cies of disease, according to the quality of the humour, or the parti• cular locality in which it is lodged. 13. All diseases proceed from one source, therefore they must all be cured by one medicine. 14. This medicine must be a vegetable purgative, innoxious In it self, yet sufficiently powerful to pervade the whole system, clear away the above-mentioned mucous, and purifyt he blood. 15. The discovery of a vegetable compound, capable of being di gested, and mixing with the blood, so as to impart to it that energy requisite for ridding the body of all superfluous humours was a desideratum. 16. This disceTery has been made by James Morison, the ?Typist, in the composition of Morison's Pills, the Vegetable Universal Medi cine of the British College of Health, Hamilton-place, Nevi-road, Landon, _ • .... . 2 --; , ~ s ~,,, ..„.,_ ) " WV - Z . --_, ''•/ - • . 4 : - - ..• •• ~.. 4 ,f , ' l'''* 0 , \.' 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The Mexican Government cannot shift the respon sibility. of war upon the United States, by assuming that they are the aggressors ; a plain, unanswerable fact, responds to all the subtleties and sophistries by which it is attempted to obscure the real question. That fact is the presence in Mexico of a Minister of the United States, clothed with full power to settle all the questions in dispute bstween the two nations, and among them that of Texas. Their complaints are mutual, the consi deration of them cannot be separated, and they must be settled by the same negotiation, or by the arbitrament which Mexico herself has elected. With what reason does Mexico attribute to the United States the desire of finding a pretext to com mence hostilities? The appearance of a few ships of war on the Amer!ca,n coasts, and the advance of a small military force to the frontier of Texas, are cited as evi dence that the declaration of a desire to preserve peace is insincere. Surely it cannot be necessary to remind your Excellency that the menaces of war have all pro ceeded from Mexico; and it would seem that the eleva tion to power of its actual Government was too recent to have afforded your Excellency time to forget the ostensible reasons for which that which preceded it was overthrown. The crime which was imputed to the then President—a crime so odious as to justify his forcible expulsion from the Presidency, to which he had been but a few months previously elected, with unpa ralleled unanimity, and in accordance with all the forms of the Constitution, was that of not having prosecuted the war against Texas, or, in other words, against the United States—a crime, of which the enormity was aggravated in a tenfold degree by his having accepted the proposal of the United States to negotiate. To suppose that the present Government has not always intended. and does not still intend, vigorously to prokecute an offensive war against the United States, would be to insinuate the degrading charge of making declarations, which it did net design to fulfil, with the unworthy motive of supplanting a rival. With these avowed intentions on the part of Mexico, and so far as words can constitute war, that state actually ' existing, with what fairness can she complain of pre cautions having been taken by the United States to guard against the attacks with which they have been menaced, so far at least as their very moderate peace establishment would permit them to do so ? Are they patiently and meekly to abide the time when Mexico shall be prepared to strike with due effect the threatened blow? Your Excellency has alluded to the internal dissen tions of Mexico, and accused the United States "of taking advantage of them, beguiling its vigilance by pro testations of friendship, bringing into play every kind of device and artifice, and appealing alternately to intrigue and violence." Were the disposition of the United States such as your Excellency is pleased to attribute to them, they would have eagerly availed themselves of the opportunity afforded by the first refusal to receive the undersigned, and c, rtainly no moment more propitious thanthe present have bteoen selected. carry their ambitious schemes into effect could degree of forbearance, that by ma , , Instead of availing themselves of it, p t e h r e Lp h s a , v b e y w m ith os a t the best calculated rejected under circumstances i impartial observers, will been be considered humili a ting, to offend national pride; t h e aggrieved party, is said by repeated the overtures foarndnet:ostiamtioons: conciliatory h liat h or a y d to be an attempt which he proper name (una e ja n od n uv n ar n n t e p eE e x r u r e i ld t lec h n i e m bYy s elf to call by its tentativa que el infrascrito no se permite calificar). This reserve is remarkable, when contrasted with the terms of vituperation so freely employed in other parts of the note ; or is it that Y. E. could discover no epi thet sufficiently energetic to stigmatise an offence so enormous, as a renewed proposition to enter upon ne gotiations ? The undersigned has already exceeded the limits which he had prescribed to himself for reply ; the clues- tion has now reached a point where words must give place to acts. While he deeply regrets a result so little contemplated when he commenced. the duties of his mission of peace, he is consoled by the reflection that no honourable efforts to avert the calamities of war have been spared by his Government, and that these efforts cannot fail to be pro perly appreciated not only by the people of the United States, but by the world. The undersigned begs leave to renew to his Excel lency D. J. M. de Castillo y Lanzas, the assurance of his distinguished consideration. lon, the 3d of March, 1836, declared herself sn inde t Repub lic and nobly sustained that declaratio battle field of San Jacinto by the complete dea. , ;-;:c• -8 /;:j struction of a n umerous an d well-a ion army, _ commanded by the President of the ett*lt iepub lic in person. Sh e then deinanded the r o on--ert her independence, and asked to be annexed to the United-;VJJ'Y States. The language of President Jackionin a nom munication by him, addressed to Congress on the sub ject, affords a striking illustration of the good faith and forbearance towards Mexico which has ever charac terised the conduct of the United States. He advised that no change should be made in the attitude- . of the United States, if not until Mexico herself or ode of the great foreig n powers should reco gn i se th e inde] idence of the new Government, at least until the lapse of time or course of events should have proved beyond cavil or dispute the ability of the people of Texas to maintain their sovereignty, or to uphold the Government consti tuted by them. These overtures on the part of Texas were pending for several years, but were not entertained by the Go vernment of the United States until the period had ar rived when, in the language of President Jackson above quoted, the lapse of time and course of events had roved beyond cavil or dispute the ability of her people to main tain her separate sovereignty. Her independence must be considered as a settled fact, which cannot be called in question. Nearly four years since, Mr. Webster, then Seeretary of State, in a dispatch to the Minister of the United States at Mexico, said—" From the time of the' battle of San Jacinto, in April, 1836, to the present moment, Texas has exhibited the same external signs of 'national independence as Mexica herself, end with quite al much p s t e a n b d i e l i n ty t, a o c f k n G e o w v l e e r d n g m e d e n a ti s a P p r e a l i c t t i i c c a a l l l a y free () y et d sovereignty n a t n yb ; yi thede principal Powers of the world no hostile, foot finding rest within her territory for six or seven years, and Mexico herself refraining for all that period from any further attempt to re-establish hir own authority over this territory." Three additional years of inaction on the part of Mexico elapsed before the final q ue s im tio eaa i n i yu of raed th ds e oit il ieo ;: i ited States, the occupationlor annex ation, with the same Senate, whose prudence, circum aspe_etfion, and wi , dont your Excellency so justly eulogises, a to ff n o da rd,d by Fore'gn Affair t s h , e M i r. , %LI e A v r a a s y 7 s t th,o declared—"ris e d b . ?r h the s dh l een s r a s ic .f : j i sanction n shat could o,anttr op h ur a go v ri e e been it h r a eq s n be isi e te n. pCmaroeenumgteiroe:Geds'osoas'en7thmeept Lec i e la i vT ,i ;l a t o li f e 4 National Tinhisotesruo-f f foz ai tc d le d s e6 a n b iti o v v e e . treaty, and farther, that it.is 'disp..;sei.l to commence the nrgotiaton as Texas may desire, and to receive the Com missioners which she may name for that purpose." The first condition was," Mexico consents to acknow ledge the independence of Texas." True it is, that by the second condition Texas engaged that she would sti pulateto thein any en tr u e n a try treaty not whatever. to When i annex herselfo t a b become sub jectrecollected that this preliminary arrangement was made through the intervention of the Ministers of Great Britain and France, consequent upon the passage of the Act of An nexation, it cannot be denied that it was intended to apply solely to the United States, and that while Mexico acknowledged her inability to contest the independence of Texas, and was prepared to abandon all her preten sions to that territory, she was induced to make this tardy and reluctant recognition, not by any abatement of her hostile sentiments towards her, so called, rebel lions subjects, but in the hope of gratifying her un friendly feelings against the United States. The undersigned cannot but express his unfeigned surprise, that in the faco of this incontrovertible evi dence, that Mexico has abandoned all intention, or even hope, of ever re-establishing her authority over any por tion of Texas, Y. E. should have asserted that " Texas had been an int egra l part of Mexico, not only during the long period o f th e S panish dominion, but since its emancipation, without any interruption whatever during so long a space of time;" and again, that " the United States territory, regardless of the incontrovertible rights of, the most unquestionable property and of the most constant possession." How weak must be the cause which can only be sustained by assertions so circumstan tial, with facts that are notorious to all the world, and how unfounded are all these vehement declarations against the usurpations and thirst for aggrandisement • of the United States. No. 16 ) 746. LONDON ) FRIDA.Y ma, • • f -2 X 1 .440 , • ` „ Eft • SEE THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1 Daily News Office, Whitefrlars. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL GAR-SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. ,Catalogue, One Shilling.• • HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec. v 97 IL SON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS. Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square. On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, at Eight o'clock. Mr. WILSON will sing the following SONGS OF SCOTLAND. • Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. PART I.—Happy friendship—An thou wert my ain thinl—Up in the morning early—Last May a braw weer—Scots, wha has WolliLie bled—The land o' the leal— The reel o' Tulloehgorum. PACT ll.—The spinning -wheel—The maid I daurna name—Saw ye my wee thing—The ewie wi' the crookit horn—Come tinder my pia idle —Muirland Willie. Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 155., for Eight, 11. OYAL MLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION !LW Dr. Ryan's New and Interesting LECTURE on the CHE MISTRY and PHILOSOPHY of DIVING, at Half-past Three daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Professor Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S ROTARY EN GINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCM MEDIAN RAILWAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, an EN VELOPE CUTTING MACHINE, and WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM-ENGINE GOVERNOR, all in action. Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY are among the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of Distinguished Men in the GOVERN MENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQII4 MI CROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects, &c., &c.- Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-Price. nEA RD'S IMPROVED PIIOTOGRAPIC A-9 PORTRAITS, so highly eulogised by all the leading journals, are TAKEN DAILY, from Nine to Six, at 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; 85, King William-street, City; and the Royal Poly technic Institution, Regent-street. "The brilliancy and warmth of tone gained 'by the Patentee's new method of colouring, add materially to the excellency of the portrait." " The portrait stands out in bold relief, clear, round, and life-like." Licenses to practice the Invention in 'London, or the Provinces, granted by Mr. Beard (sole patentee of the Daguerreotype), 85, King William-street, City. Tut ESSRS. WICKHAM and CO.'s PUBLIC -LT IL SALES of RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held at the Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, EVERY MONDAY and THURSDAYS, at One o'clock. . . Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each sale, London, 1846. NINETY-SEVENTH SALE. Custom-House, London, June, 1845. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable COM MISSIONERS of HER MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, precisely, on WEDNESDAY, 3d, THURSDAY, 4th, and FRIDAY, sth Jane, 1846, at Um Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing lane, The FOLLOWING GOODS FOR HOME CONSUMPTION:-- 12 Musical Boxes. 209 Pieces Gimp. 75 Pieces Old Point Lace and other Antique Lace. 187 Cartons Artificial Flowers. 195 French Silk Shawls and Scarfs. 4 Fast India Cashmere Shawls. 8 Can•on Crape Shawls, 1 Tournay Carpet. 500 Pairs Embroidered Muslin Curtains. 330 Gold and 153 Silver Watches, 41 clocks. 560 Cameos, 1 Pianoforte. Dinner, Desert, Supper, Tea and Coffee Services, and other . Ornamental French China. Accordions, American and Dutch clocks, cigar cases and tubes, cop per plates, barege, books, wafer and paper boxes, beads, baskets, bead purses, bronze powder, coloured porcelain, cordials, muslin col lars, dressed feathers, embroidered muslin, and shawls, embroidered handkerchiefs, elastic slates, French damask, gilt metal buttons, gold watch keys and challis, brushes, habit shirts,. hat linings, ink stands, mock jewellery, Meerschaum and other pipe bowls, medal lion jewel cases, mousseline do sole, needlework, night lights, spec tacles, violins and bows, purse garnitures, silk manufactures, straw cord trimminis, silk purses, gloves and mitts, toys, toy watches, walking canes . , silk watch guards, watch springs, 'woollen shawls, manufacturell and unmanufactured tobacco, cheeroote, segars, wine, ruin, eau do Cologne, varnish, ulva marina, soap, tallow, raisins, &c., &c., &c. • • t FOR EXPORTATION ONLY:-- nri aches, Refined sugar, &c., &c.. &e. Fp THE BENEFIT OF THE CROWN:— 71 Quantity of Clinkers and Two Masts. To be vieifd at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-lroUse, Thames. street,o the London Docks, and at Fergnson's Mast Yard, Mill. wall, Saturday, 30th May, Monday Ist, and Tuesday, June 2, 1846, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the After• nom, and on the Days of Sale, from Ten o'clock in the morning until Twelve o'clock at Noon. Take notice, that the Goods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after two clear days of the day they are sold. and that no lots can be paid for at the Office of the Receiver of Fines after Two o'clock in the Afternoon. During the days of sale, money will not be received by the Receiver of Fines after Elevfen o'clock In the Forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's IVareho u,ssi, Custom-house, price One Shilling each. GBEAT WEST :ERN RAILWAY The DIRECTORS of this; COMPANY are ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS of MONEN , in sums of not less than 1,0001. for a period of five or seven yea,,s, , on the security of mortgage de bentures, bearing interest at the. rate of four per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. Applications may be made to ii ie undersigned, at the Railway Office;Padding ton station. CHAR ES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. EXETER, YEOVIL, and DORCHESTER RAITL WAY. In compliance with the sessiolis I orders of the two Houses of Par llarneat, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of, morning, Billfor ~ SCRIP and of BANKERS' .REiIE IPTS for SCRIP of this Company, n0w.1:.0 , r a e t r T a e ri n ia o n will be held at the London Tav,n 11. Ilishopsgste-street, London, on SahTetra a RDaevoly ~ t ho e f 3 o o'clock o t ek e entitled U t e h d a the making Railways from Exeter to 'Yeovil and to West Milton, to connect the same with Dorchest ( T. , with branchei, to be called "The L Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester a away," will be submitted for the con sideration and approval of such meeting. the th Bill of , 18 b And notice is hereby given, thad all persons attending such meet ing will be required to give their names and addresses, with the names and addresses of the owners of the scrip or bankers' reeeipts, which may be produced by them at such meeting, and to permit the numbers and details thereof to be taken down in writing, before the votes can he received. . A form of voting papers may bes had on application to the Secre tary, at the Offices of the Company*, as below. Dated this 19th day of May, 184(. By order the Committee, JOHN CLENCH, Secretary, 33, rerliament-street, Westmirmker. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT FOUR of G ENERAL TOM THUMB'S LEVEES at THE EGYPTIAN HALL, Previous to his final departure to America. All Tickets that have been issued will be received, notwithstand ing their dates. The little General will appear every Day and Evening in all the costumes and perormances in which he had the honour of appear ing three times before her Majesty, and at all the principal Courts of Europe. Hours of Exhibition from Half-past Twelve to Tiro; Half-past Three to Five; and Half-past Seven to Nine o'clock. Admission, Is.; Children, under ten years of age, Half-price. After Nine o'clock each Everting, the General appears In his New Play at the City of London Theatre, Bishopsgate-street. ENIOWSKrS NEW PHRENOTYPIC CLASS for WORKING MEN, on Wednesday Evenings, at Half-past Eight, will COMMENCE May 27. 10s. the Course (Six Lessens). Hand-book of the Principles, and their Applications. 2s. 6d. Pro• spectus gratis.—Bow-street. STEWARDS. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere, Prov. G. M. for Cheshire, President. And twenty-two other Brethren. Hour of dining, Six o'clock punctually. The Tickets, 15s , to be had of the Stewards, or at the bar of the Freemasons' Tavern. The Concert (after the dinner) will be on the same efficient scale as last year; to insure which several ladies and gentlemen of the highest professional talent have volunteered their services. The Italian musical and vocal arrangements will be conducted by Brothers Signors Negri and L. Negri—pere et file. The English arrangements under the superintendence of Brother F. Nicholls Crouch. A Solo on the Harp by Brother F. Chatterton. The Grand Pianos generously supnlied by Messrs. Broadwood. There will also be a Concert for the Ladies in the Glee-room. T. B. BARNARD, Hon. Secretary. 44, Treadneedle-street. DRESSING -CASES.—FISHER, 188, Strand. A large STOCK of CASES, with the new and improved morticed partitions, which cannot possibly break loose; warranted to stand the tropical climate. A good dressing-case, either lady's or gentlemen's, may be purchased from 31. to 501. Also writing desks, work-boxes, leather travelling desks, and despatch boxes. S. F. has the best selection of the above in the trade ; also an as sortment of fancy articles, too numerous to mention. Corner of Arundel-street. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends Itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. BOOKSELLING and STATIONERY BUSI NESS.—To be DISPOSED OF, and (tittered upon at plea sure, a large and well-established BOOKSE LUNG and STA TIONER,' BUSINESS; in one of the principal towns of the North of England, to which are attached a subscription library of con siderable extent, and a public news-room, freque:ated by a numerous and highly respectable body of gentlemen. The premises in which the above business is carried on may also be obtained at a reasonable rent, if desired by the purchaser. The annual profit hitherto derived has been very considerable, and the mostsatisfa.;:tory reasons can be given for the proprietor relinquishing the concer n.—Address all ap plications to A. Y., to the care of Messrs. Longman and Co., book sellers, Paternoster-row, London. EPSOM RACES. IV, /T R. L. E. SEIGNETTE, 26, 31incing-Lane, tr* avails himself of this opportunity to offer his Friends and Public, CHAMPAGNE WINE, and COGNAC BRANDY, at the the following prices, delivered free to all parts of the town and country : _ _ Per Case and Bottles included One Doz.-Case of the finest Chatnpage.. •... • •• • • Os. One Doz.-Case of very excellent Champagn't.• • • .... 425. One Doz.-Case of his best Old Cognac Branay .• •• • . 60s. These prices being extremely low, all orders must be accompa , nied with a remittance, or paid for on delivery. 14 and 26, Mincing-lane, May 21, 1346. 4,14 HOWER BATHS.-NOVEL SHOW.-Pur i..-7 chasers of any description of Bath should visit WILLI,AM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Bath Show 'Room, which contains, besides toilet sets japanned in: imitation of fancy woods, china, Ere., in enormous variety, all th a requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, devoted excl =lovely to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can 1 >e instantly selected, and at thirty per cent. under any other house, where attention is paid to the quality. Full-size Portable Shower Batiut, very strong and japanned, with curtains and copper valve, 10s. Gd. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conducting tubes, brass farce-pump and top, complete - with curtains, and japanned, from 60s. Pland'Shower Baths, japanned, 3s. 6d. The Omni-directive Bath.— Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well,as of every ironmong,try article, sent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock of general Furnishing Ironmongery and Baths is literally the largest in the world, and as no language can ;be employed to give es correct idea of its variety and extent, purchase - 1w are invitedlo call and inspect it..-39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. AXHOLDIE, GAINSBOROUG-M, GOOLE. AND YORK AND "NORM MIDLAND .TUNCTION RAIL In pursuance of the resolutions of Parliament a MEETING .of the SCRI.PHOLDERS of this Company will be held at the White Hart Inn, at Gainsborough, in the county of Lincoln, on SATURDAY, the 10th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otberwise to the further prose cution of the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this under taking, at which meeting a copy of such Bill will be submitted to the consideration of the Scripholders. . . And notice is hereby further given that all Sertpholders attending the said meeting will be required to produce their scrip, in order that the numbers thereof, and the names of such Scriplwlders may be duly registered. Dated 12th May, 1846. GEO. HUDSON, Chairman. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORD AND BLETCIILEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Parties who have sent in the Scrip of this Coinpimy for the purpose of being produced at the meeting held on the Oils current, are in formed that, in consequence of forgeries of the Scrip of this Company having been discovered, the Committee of Manager nent deem it their duty, for the satisfaction of their Shareholders ant t the protection of the public, to verity the Scrip which has been ;sent in before they return it to the parties sending it in. The Scrip•, when examined and found correct, will he stamped and immediately returned to the parties sending it in, and the examination will be made with all pos sible dispatch. All parties holding the Scrip of this Company are re commended to send it in immediately for verification. 11. VERNEY, Bart., Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDUNG, Secretary. Office of the Company, 29, Great George-street n 'Westminster, May 11, 1846. The Bills of this Company were unanimously approved of at the Scripholders' meeting held on the 9th current. FA ASTERN COUNnEs RAILWAY COMPANY. HALF-1 EARLY INTEREST on NEW SHARES of 141. 16s. each. The Directors of this Company hereby give notice, that the HALF YEAR'S INTEREST on the ABOVE SHARES WILL BE PAID, on and after MONDAY, the Ist of June next. All holders of the Certificates of those Shares upon which there are not any arrears of calls or interest, are required to leave their Certificates at the Company's Office, Shoreditch- station, London, two clear days, in'order that the Certificates may be duly examined and entered, preparatory to the Half-yearly Interest being paid. Parties holding Certificates will be pleased to observe, that Interest will not be paid upon them until such time as all arrears with in terest arc duly satisfied. By order of the Board, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch-station, May Bth, 1846. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM PANY. NEW SHARES of 14/. 16!. EACH. __ FOURTH INSTALMENT of 2/. per share, due May 28, 1846. Notice 13 hereby given, that under the Resolutions passed at a Special General Meeting of the Proprietors, on the 10th of April. 1845, the FOURTH INSTALMENT of 2/. PER SHARE on the above Shares becomes payable on the 28th of May instant. Holders of the Certificates of these Shares are therefore requested to pay this instalment on or before the 28th inst., into one or other of the Company's Bankers, as subjoined, in default of which, interest will be charged at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Eastern Countie.s Railway, Shoreditch Station, May 8,. 1846. BANKERS IN LONDON. Louden and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of Its branches. COUNTRY BANKERS. Liverpool Borough Bank—Liverpool. _ Manchester and Liverpool District Bank—Manchester. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury. Messrs. Lemon and Co.—Brentwood. Messrs. Mills, Bawtree and Co.—Colchester. Messrs. Sparrow and Co.—Chelmsford. National Provincial Bank—Bath. National Provincial Bank—Birmingham. National Provincial Bank—Boston. Western Rank of Scotlaud—Edinburgh. Western Bank of Scotland—Glasgow. Royal Bat* of Ireland—Dublin. East of England Bank—Great Yarmouth. West of England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol. • Messrs. Harvey's and Hudson's—Norwich. Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., and Messrs. Alexander and Co. Ipswich. Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank—Cheltenham. Messrs. Fisher and Sons—Cambridge. Messrs. Beckett and Co.—Leeds. Union Bank—York.. TEST RIDING UNION RAILWAYS. Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the Ses sional Orders of the two Houses of Parliament, a Special Meeting of the Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of the West Riding Union Railway Company will be held at the Court-house, in Leeds, in the county of York, on FRIDAY, the 29th day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, to consider the Bill now in Parliament for making certain lines of railway in the West Riding of the county of York, to be called " The West Riding Union Railways," and to approve or disapprove of the said Bill.—Dated this 13th day of May, 1846. H. HOULD3WORTM, Chairman. OTLEY, . Persons attending th e meeting will be required Secretar to produce the Scrip or Banker's Receipt for Scrip of their own, and also of any other person or persons on whose behalf they attend. The voting paper, properly tilled up and signed, may be transmitted, together with the corresponding Set ip, $ to any ofthe following directors, or the Secretary, who will cause the votes to be registered accordingly, and return the Scrip after the meeting : Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Manchester, Chairman. William Rand, Esq., Bradford. Edward Akroyd, Esq., Halifax. Wm. Firth, Esq., Leeds. P r inted forms of voting papers may be had on application at the Company's Office, Broad-street, Halifax ; Messrs. Barr, Lofthouse and Nelson's office, Leeds; Mr. Thompson and Mr. Tolson's offices, B ra dford ; Messrs. Fenton and Jones, Huddersfield ; and the Secre tary's office, Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, Manchester. To facilitate the dispatch of business at the meeting, the Secretary will attend at the following times and places to take an account of the Scrip, &c., intended to be produced at the meeting, and r ece i ve the same from parties disposed to transmit through him, and at all events the Scrip, &c., must be produced at the meeting. At Halifax, on Monday, 25th instant, at the Company's office ; At Bradford, on Tuesday, 26th Instant, at Mr. Thompsoa's office ; At Leeds, on Wednesday, 27th instant, at Messrs. Barr, Lofthouse and Nelson's office ; From Tan to Four o'clock eart day. • By order, B. OTLEY, Secretary. Offices, Broad•street, Halifax, 18th May, 1846. * Or Bankers' receipts (as the case may be). No. FORK OF VOTING PAPER. WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAYS,. As the holder of th e .following Scrip (or Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, as the case may be) of the West id Ring Union R say ail wso,) ays of the Com pany, I, the under -signed, approve (if disapprove, Bill now in Parliament for m akin g used West Riding Union the prop Railways, submitted to the Special Meeting held at Court-house, in Leeds, on Friday, the 29 th day of May, 846, pursuant to the Sessional Orders of Parliament. Name (at length) • • Occupation, B;c.. Reeldente•• ••.••• • • • • •• • • LIST OF SCRIP ABOVE REFERRED TO. Date of Numbers of Numbers of Numbers of Bankers' joT. 1 Sha r es. 5 Shares . 10 Shares. and No. of '''''''—"" Shares. ----.--. _ -- . , . , N. 8.—80 particular to proper colluma. lert the hunt] Lbere of the Scrip in the PUBLICATIONS. ENLARGEMENT of THE ERA commences To-inorrow. L ICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM DINNER.—See the ERA. Tip T. Y. C. MATCH. SEE THE ERA T HE ERA DERBY PROPHECY TO MORROW. .„ E NGRAVING of the WINNING YATCII The PRIMA DONNA ; in the ERA. 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Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. faanWvd:Aurmra,ub s i et. MA:Y 22, 1846. J,M6 MIL. SLIDELL AND THE MEXICAN INIS TER. Jalapa, arch 1, 1846. TO HIS EXCELL ENCY DON JOAQUIDI CAS M TILLO Y LANZAS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND GOVERNMENT. The undersigned, Exii`oy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, to the Mexican Republic, had the honour on the Bth day of Peeember last, tq address to his Excellency, Manuel de la Pegna y Pegna, then Minister of Foreign Rela tions, a copy of his credentials, with a request that he might be informed when he would be admitted to pre • sent the original to the President of the Mexican Re p u blic. On the 16th of December, the undersigned was in formed by Mr. Pegna y Pegna, that difficulties existed in relation to the tenor of his credentials, which mad e it necessary to consult th e C ounc il of Government thereon, and on the 20th of the same month he was advised by Mr. Pegna y Pegna, that the Mexican Government had decided not to recognise him in his capacity of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleid potentiary. To this communication of the Minister of Foreign Relations, the undersigned replied under dates of 20th and 24th December, refuting the reasoning by which the refusal to recognise him was attempted to be sus tained, vindicating the course pursued by his Govern ment and declaring his intention to proceed to Jalapa, there to await instructions, adapted to an emergency so entirely unlooked for. He has now received these instructions. The Presi dent of the United States entirely approves of the course pursued by the undersigned, and the communications by him addressed to the Mexican Government. Had the then existing Government continued in power, as no alternative would have remained, the un dersigned would have been directed to demand his pass .ports. . The President of of the United gtateS would Piave stL- mitted the whole case to Congress, and have called upon the nation to assert its just rights, and avenge its in jured honour. The destinies of the Mexican Republic, however, hav ing since been committed to other hands, the President is unwilling to take a course which would inevitably result in war, without making another effort to avert so great a calamity. He wishes, by exhausting every honourable means of conciliation, to demonstrate to the civilized world, that if its peace shall be disturbed, the responsibility must fall upon Mexico alone. He is sincerely desirous to preserve that peace, but the state of quasi hostility which now exists on the part of Mexico is one which is incompatible with the dignity , land interest of the United States, and it is for the Mex ican Government to decide whether it shall give place to friendly negotiation, or lead to an open rupture. It would be idle to repeat the arguments which the undersigned had the honour to present in his note of 20th and 24th December, above referred to ; he has nothing to add to them, but is instructed again to present them to the consideration of the President ad interim of the Mexican Republic, General Mariano Paredes y Arillago. The undersigned begs to suggest most respectfully to Y. E., that inasmuch as ample time has bean afforded for the most mature reflection upon the momentous in terests involved in the question of his recognition, as little delay as possible may occur in notifying him of the final decision of his. Excellency the President ad nt erim. He cannot but indulge the hope that it will he such as to result in the establishment of cordial and lasting amity between the two republics. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity of presenting to his Excellency Don Joaquim Castillo y Lanzas the assurances of his distinguished considera tion. we neither despise nor repel the right of reason and of peace, although incited to act in a contrary manner" By these extracts it will be seen that it was the firm intention of the Mexican Government only to admit a Plenipotentiary of the United States, with powers ad hoc, to treat for Texas ; the negotiations were limited to this only, as preliminary to the renewal of the amicable re lations between the two countries (if such was to be the result), and to the admission then following, and not be fore, of an Envoy Extraordinary, &c., near this Govern farther the compromise, because by receiving any per son whatsoever nanndthea. terminate, m directlyl'ht.eGao, Government of this Republic could not extend whatsoever sent from the United States, with merely f t u b l e re c l h a a ti r o a n c s te b r e o t fa e n n o t r h d e i ordinary countries.agent, th e grave question G of To Te irs x n as being still pending, a question which concerns truth Government, ue n n toh d t : i fsramsnodm that e aeci d pvu l pe a ean t sr e te l i o y on on rt ,t , h aobt e hnwadot o integrity thfht eh ea nationality,prep o no f ei nwtthmel would eolff appointment x oea i f c ca a hen n e. Envoy Extatrtaetoso,rdinary, &c noltfwigtohosdtafnadttiinigpraellsitdheast over, had ) r ~ acknowledgment idrboeyeadlt oears on s a our d o p m a r i t n a o t f i the n, aesenT ssauipdpbo..the Mexican E a x n e a c c u t ti w ve hic o l: the Government, must be eon undersigned will not permit himself to de signate,thntets of placed spore_ the Government of the United States, wh a t there to resist with so much earnestness the i m nd o is 've e is gable restrictions with which Mexico has taneously upon the proposition made to her ? If it was the real and positive wish to re-unite the broken link s of good understanding and friendship between the two nations, there was an easy means at hand. The Mexican Government had offered to admit a Plenipotentiary or a Commissioner, who weuld come on the part of the United State s , with special powers to treat on the Texas question. With regard to this particular, the resolution of the - Mexican Government is anc.-'nergeable. An3,-safterA it is the rights of the Mexican nation that are to be as serted, it is her honour that has been outraged, and it should consequently belong to her to take revenge : and this she will do, if necessary, by an appeal to all her citizens, to fulfil the sacred duty of defending their country. A lover of peace, she would wish to avert this awful contingency, and without being afraid of war, she would like to avoid such a calamity to both countries. For these reasons, she has shown herself, and will con kt tinue to do so, d es i rous o f every h onoura bl e means of conciliation, and sh e h o p es s i ncere l y t h at t h e ex i st i ng state itioo woifthth regard difficulty will be adjust e d i n a reasona bl e an d h onoura bl e manner. • Ipti s a the present position ng s, te d s Mexico tates ee , is but to add a new offence to former injuries. Her atti tude is that of defence, because she sees herself unjustly attacked ; because a part of her territory is occupied by the soldiers of a nation who intends, without any right whatsoever, to make herself master of it ; because her ports are closed by the squadrons of that same nation. In such circumstances, can it be required that we should remain inactive, and neglect to take proper means to meet any contingency.? It belongs not therefore to Mexico, on account of her present situation, to decide whether amicable relations will be renewed, or open war declared. It is long since her interests and her dignity should have required war, but in the hope of honourable and peaceful transactions she has silenced all ber imperious rights. From the foregoing it may be inferred that if war be comes at least inevitable, and if the peace of civilised nations is hereby put in jeopardy, the responsibility will not rest upon Mexico, but exclusively upon the United States. Not upon Mexico, which admitted with un equalled generosity all the American citizens wishing to settle in Texas, but upon the United States, which being resolved to make themselves masters sooner or later of that territory, encouraged emigration therein, in order that in due course of time its inhabitants, be coming masters instead of settlers, should claim as theirs a territory which was to be ceded afterwards to the United States. Not upon Mexico, which has protested in time against the outrage, and has endeavoured to avert every cause of hostility, but upon the United States, which, without fearing to disgrace themselves in the eyes of the world, and by a manifest in fringement of all existing treaties, afforded help and protection to the rebellious. Not Mexico, which, notwithstanding the repeated injuries inflicted upon her, has received propositions. of conciliation, but upon the United Sates ; protesting a sincere wish for an honourable and amicable adjustment, have, by their acts, given the lie to the sincerity of their proposition. Not upon Mexico, which, careless of her dearest interests, for the sake of peace, has list ened to the propositions made to that effect, but upon the United States, which, under frivolous pretexts, avoid the conclusion of an adjustment, and at the same time that they propose peace, orders their squadrons and their troops to close our ports and invade our fron tiers ; and now require of us an impossible humiliation, in order to have a pretext, if not a motive, to enter upon hostilities. Therefore, to the United States does it belong to dccide between the alternative set down by Mr. Slidell, and to choose between an amicable negotiation and open hostilities. The undersigned expresses to his Excellency, Mr. Slidell, that in view of what has been exposed in the present note, the Mexican Government entertains the hopes that the Executive of the United States - will take the steps which to him will appear most convenient, after having reflected maturely upon a question replete with so many grave and complicated interests. The Mexican Government, in preparing themselves for war, if circumstances require it, will entertain the flattering hope, that the peace of the new world will not be disturbed, and in making this declaration be fore the whole world, the Mexican Government dis claims the responsibility of the evils which may grow out of the strife, which they have not provoked, and have tried to avert. After having submitted the foregoing, by order of his Government, to his Excellency Mr. Slidell, the nnder signed avails himself of this opportunity to present his most distinguished consideration. J. M. DE CASTILLO r LANZAS. Jalapa, 17th March, 1846. TO RIB EXCELLENCY, D. J. M. DE CASTILLO Y LANZAS MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS A.ND GOVERNMENT, The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note of Y. E. of the 12th instant, by which he is informed that the Mexican Government cannot receive him in his ca pacity of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to reside near that Government. As it is the intention of the undersigned, in confor mity with instructions to return to the United States with the least possible delay, embarking at Vera Cruz, he has now to request that he may be furnished with the necessary passports, which he will await at this place. As Y. E. has advanced no new arguments in support of the refusal to receive the undersigned as En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, he will abstain from commenting upon that portion of the note of your Excellency which, with a mere difference of phra seology, presents substantially the same reasoning as that urged by Mr. Pegna y Pegna, in his note of 20th of December last, but he cannot permit by his silence the inference which would naturally be implied of his assent to the correctness of the statements made by your Excellency in relation to the question of Texas, and to the general course of policy which is s o __ gra tuitously ascribed to the Government of Or Un ted make States. of t l k n o e t e h e ata re te e m ie e w ots w , h l i i c e h s i t t riv br s becomes es pr h e l s s er d v u e ty tha to t calmness of tone, and reserve of language, which is most consistent with consciousness of right, and the power to vindicate it if necessary, and of which he re grets to find, that Y.E. has not given him the example. The United States can confidently appeal to the history of the events of the last twenty years, as affording the most conclusive refutation of the charges of usurpation, violence, fraud, artifice, intrigue, an bad faith, so lavishly scattered through the note of Y. E. It has never been pretended that the scheme of coloni zation of the territory of Texas by citizens of the United States was suggested by their Government ; it was in conformity with a policy deliberately adopted by that of Mexico, and she must accuse herself alone for results which the slightest foresight must have anticipated from the introduction of a population, whose character, habits and opinions were so widely divergent from those of the people with whom it was attempted to amalgamate them. There is no ground for the assertion, that the United States, profiting by the generosity with which their cit;zens had been invited to Texas, and resolved sooner or later to take possession of that territory, encouraged emigration thither, with the view that its inhabitants changing the character of colonists for that of masters, should seize upon the territory for the purpose of trans ferring it to the United States. It is true that no obstacles to this emigration were interposed by them, for it has ever been one of the most cherished articles of the political creed of the American people, that every citizen has the absolute and uncontrollable right to divest himself of his alle giance, and to seek, if he thinks proper, the advance ment of his fortunes in foreign lands. Stimulated by the gratuitous allotment of lands to emigrants, and by the similarity, approaching with the exception of religious toleration almost to identity, of the political institutions of the Mexican Republic to that under which they had been reared, the popula tion of Texas soon attained a development that autho rised the demand of a privilege which had been solemnly guaranteed to them by the Constitution of 1824, ad mission into the .Mexican Union as a separate State. A convention was held, and a State Constitution formed in conformity with the provisions of the fundamental compact of 1824. It was presented to the_ ye neral Congress with a petition to b e admitted into the Union ; the application wa s rejected, and the delegate imprisoned. Soon after the Consti tutional i C t r o a n r g y r p e o s s w er was co nvcna ne dissolvedbz. Con g utu r a e l ss force th same which the Federal Constitution was abrogated, and a consoli dated or Central Government established in its stead. Texas, as she had an unquestionable right to do, refused to acknowledge the authority of a Government which had been imposed upon the other States, by a successful military usurpation. 1 - _ The compact which had bound her to the Mexican Republic was dissolved, anti au abortive effort having JOHN SLIDELL. National Palace, Mexico, March 21, 1846. TO HIS EXCELLENCY MR. JOHN SLIDELL. The undersigned Minister of Foreign Relations has the honour to acknowledge the reception of the note which his Excellency John Slidell, appointed Envoy Extraordinary, &c.. of the United States, has been pleased to address him, under date of the 17th of the present month, from the city of Jalapa. As in this communication Mr. Sidell has only re peated the arguments, reasons and motives, presented formerly by other diplomatic agents of the United States, in this country, arguments and reasons which have been notoriously refuted by the Mexican Government, it would be an ea e f w ru i i n tl t e o thsstessekxaomn examination. And of the undersigned to enter And above all, since Mr. Slidell, in conformity with instructions from his Government, returns to the United States and solicits the delivery of his passports, the un dersigned has the honour to send them to his Excel lency, in fulfilment of the order given by the President pro Icm. of the Republic. The undersigned avails himself of the opportunity to renew the expression of his high consideration for his Excellency, John Slidell. J. M. DE CASTILLO r LANZAS. 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The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Relations of the Government of the Republic, has the honour to ac• knowledge the reception of the note that his Excellency John Slidell, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary from the United States of Ame rica, has directed from Jalapa, dated the Ist of the pre sent month. As soon as said communication was put into the hands of the undersigned, he hastened to submit it to his Ex cellency the President pro tem. After having reflected upon its contents, and considered maturely the nature of the communication, he has required the undersigned to answer Mr. Slidell, that the Mexican Government can not admit him as Envoy Extraordinary, &c., to reside near this Government. The undersigned could here end his note, if motives of great weight did not make it necessary to make some reflections, not for fear of any consequences that may result from our resolution, but from the respect we owe to reason and justice. The truth is, that this appearance of war with which the American Union presents itself by sea, with her squadrons on both coasts, by land forces invading our northern frontiers, at the same time that her Minister Plenipotentiary is making propositions of good will and conciliation, would be a course sufficiently powerful to deter us from hearing said propositions, until all threats and all appearances of hostility are removed. But never theless the Government of the Republic proceeds to discuss the matter frankly and with loyalty, relying only on reason and her rights. To refer openly and fully to the truth, it is sufficient to make known the justice which in this case is on the side of Mexico. The desire of the Government of the United States has been appa rent for several years to increase her already immense territory at the cost of that of Mexico, and until this day, there is no doubt but that with respect to Texas, at least, such has been her firm and constant determina tion, since it has been so officially declared by an authorised agent of the Union, whose assertion, not withstanding its injurious rudeness, has not been denied by the Government of the United States. Omitting all the facts, which in a long series of years confirm this intention on the part of the United States, facts which prove that nothing was to be left undone in order to attain the desired end, it is sufficient to refer to what transpired last year, which is all that is pertinent to the case. The United States considering that the time had come to annex Texas, concerted plans to that intent, although they were in peace with us their natural allies. The American Congress took the first steps. This first undertaking was frustrated, thanks to the promptings of prudence and the circumspection and wis dom of the American Senate. However, the project of annexation re-appeared in the following session, and was then approved and sanctioned in the terms now known by all the world. Such a fact, or rather to speak more precisely, such a notorious act of usurpation, made it imperative on the part of Mexico, whose honour was concerned, to repel it with proper firmness and dignity. The Supreme Go vernment had declared beforehand that they would look upon annexation as a castes belli ; conformable to this de claration, the negotiations were of necessity to be ended, and . war was the only recourse of the Mexican Govern ment. But before proceeding to vindicate her outraged rights, propositions were made by the President of the Republic of Texas, with a view of terminating her difficulties, on the basis of her independence, and the Government agretd to consider those propositions, and to receive the Commissioners which were sent from Texas for that purpose. The agents of the United States in Texas did not lose time, and availing themselves of the situation of Mexico, they prepared and directed their negotiations in such a way, that the long- desired annexation of Texas was almost immediately consummated. Thus this adjunction of a territory, which had formed an integral part of Mexico during years of Spanish dominion, and after our emancipation without any in terruption during such a large space of time, a state of things which had been recognised by the treaty, fixing the boundaries between Mexico and the United States; this adjunction I say was effected by the odious means of violence and fraud. Civilised nations have seen with dismay, in this en lightened age, a strong power availing herself of the internal dissensions of a neighbouring nation, and causing the vigilance of Mexico to slumber, resorting to every kiwi of artifice, appealing alternately to intrigue and violence, has finally succeeded in despoiling us of an important part of our territory, despite our unques tionable rights of property and possession. Here is, then, the true position of the Mexican Re public; despoiled, outraged, and unheard, it was desired to make her submit to further humiliating degradation. The senso of her own dignity will not permit it. It is not easy to understand how, notwithstanding the clear and conclusive explanations given to his Excel lency Mr. Slidell, in the note of the 20th of last Decem ber, the Executive of the United States thinks there is a motive to insist on what is there so positively denied. The Consul of the United States in this capital directed a confidential note on the 14th October to the then Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this note it is said, contrary to what was previously declared, that on the eve of suspending the diplomatic relations between the two countries, General Almonte learned the President wished to have amicably adjusted all grounds of com plaint between the two Governments, and to cultivate amicable relations with all the sister republics. He continues to be animated by the same sentiments. " He wishes that all existing differences should be amicably terminated, without resorting to arms. Ac tuated by these sentiments, the President has requested me to inform myself whether the Mexican Government would permit an envoy from the United States, vested with full powers to adjust all questions in controversy between the two Governments ' • if the answer is in the affirmative, the envoy will be immediately sent to Mexico." To this, the present Minister answered on the 15th of of the before-mentioned month, " that although this nation was highly offended by that of the United States, on account of acts relative to the department of Texas, yet my Government is disposed to receive a Commis sioner, who should core with full powers from the American Government to adjust the present difficulty, in a peaceful, reasonable, and decent manner ; giving thereby another proof that, notwithstanding our'•in- - juries and our first determination to exact reparation,