The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-23 00:00:00

THE MEXICAN AGENCY.

The following communication has been received in
London from the Mexican government:
Finance Depurtment—Your notes numbered 89 to 91
have been received in the office under my charge. By the
first his excellency the president is informed of the amount
of bonds exchanged, cancelled, and converted en their res-
pective dates to 31st of May. With respect to your second
letter, No. 90, dated let May, I regret to inform you that
his excellency the president has seen with the greatest dis-
pleasure the measure that, without authorisation, aid con-
trary to the exprers orders of this depsrtment, you took for
distributing three-fourths of a dividend, charging four
per cent. interest to the holders of the bonds, under pretext
of not having sufficient hinds, when you really had sufficient
funds in your possession to have covered a dividend on the
Converted Bonds. His excellency, the President of the
Republic, decided as he is to preserve the honour of the
country, cannot pass in silence such an am as that now
referred to, by which the credit of the country is so directly
at'acked.
His excellency, in consequence, directs that you should
be informed that you cease to be the ow nte of the republic,
and that by the next steamer notice will be given to you of
the person to whem, as new agent named by the govern-
ment, you shall give up your accounts.
I reiterate to you the tosurances of my esteem.
tBigned)
Mexico, Jose 13, 1849.
To Messrs. Schneider and Co.

THE CAMBRIA, Capt. Shannon, nailed from Liver-
pool on Saturday for Hants: and Boston.
TILE EGYPTIAN FRIGATE " SIIARKIE," having ob-
tained her despatches and received fuel, proceeded on the
20th inst., frem Falmouth, for Alexandria. Thousands of
persons visited her.
MR. HUDSON'S ESTATES.—The following is Cr
auctioneering estimate of Mr. Hudson's estates now being,
or about being, brought under the hammer :—Londaborough
(bought of the Duke of Devonshire). 470,0001. ; Balden.hy,
108,0001. ; Octon Grange, 80,0001. ; Newby Park, 22.0001. ;
Gibraltar House, at Albert Date, 18,0001., making a total
amount invested in lands and houses alone within a trill.
of 700,0001.
EXETER LITERARY SOCIETY.—The Western Times
says that Mr. Charles Pearson, 18. P. for Lambeth, will open
the session of the Exeter Literary Society, August the 24th,
with a lecture on the imprtant subtext of prison discipline I
and the treatment of criminals generally.
DEATH 01, MR. DROUET, OF TOOTING.—Mr. Proust
died on Thursday last. at hie residence at Margate, after s
vent months' revere illness. It will be remembered that a few
months ago Mr. Drouet's life wits in imminent danger from
divase of the heart; and the panful situation in which
he has been placed since the death of Mrs. Drouet, which
occurred in September last, and the subsequent breaking up
o' his establishment, hove not, of cuuue, tended t) slleviate
the disorder.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT THE SUNDERLAND
Doses.—Oa Tuesday morning, as two of the horses belong-
ing to Messrs. Hunter end Thompson, contractors fir the
dock entrance, were employed in dragging the engine chain
down the platform of the east inclined plane one of the horses
slipped his loot and fell ever the platform, dragging over.
board the other horse also. The collar of the srczrld horse
caught a hook in one of the posts, where the poor animal
hung for some time until he was rescued by ropes being
mused round his body. The first hors, bad fallen from a
height of 30 feet on to the rock below, and completely
broke his neck, which killed him instantly.—Senderland
Herald.
ALLEGED MCRDER BY POISONING AT CRICK-
nowaL.—A coroner's jury at Beaufort, in Monmouthshire,
have returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against a
woman named Margaret Michael, who is suspected ef having
caused the death of her husband and three of her children
under the following circumstances :—Abut ten months ago
the husband was suddenly seized with violent sickness of the
stomach, and also with violent purging, but no suspicion of
anything unfair being then entertained, he was supposed to
have died from natural causes, and the interment of his
body, without an inquest, took place as a matter of course.
At that time a man of the name of Ebenezer Jones lodged
with the deceased and his wife, and from what has been
stated in evidence, there is reason for supposing that the
husband had cause for inferring the existence of a
criminal intimacy between his wife ant the lodger, and this
ef course led to great unpleasantness between the parties.
Shortly after the interment of the deceased, Jones and the
widow were lodging together, as man and wife, and soon
after two of the children died, after labouring under similar
symptoms to those from which the father suffered. About
three weeks back the only surviving son, William Michael,
aged twelve years, also died suddenly, and suspicions having
arisen in the minds of the neighbours, the coroner for the
district was applied to, and, after preliminary enquiries,
he issued his warren for the apprehension of Jones and the
woman, and directed the body ef the boy, William Michael,
to be disinterred. This having been done, the stomach,
with its contents, wss carefully taken out and forwarded
to Mr. Herapath, the celebrated analytical chemist at
Bristol. That gentleman attended at Beaufort, where the
prisoners resided, on Tuesday last, and produced proofs, be-
fore the jury there assembled at the adjourned inquest, of
arsenic having been found in the body of the boy. Evidence
belly then rendered necessary to ascertain by whom it was
administered, Mr. Day, superintendent of police, succeeded
in tracing out where poison had been purchased by Margaret
Michael, and produced "the
.party who sold it, and who at
once identified the pritioner. The woman has been fully
committed to take her trial on the charge of wilful murder.
—lVekh Paper.
THE KRIEL—This morning, between two and
three o'clock, the inhabitants of Baron's.place, Waterloo-
road, were aroused by loud cries of murder proceeding fr
the house No. 13 in that thoroughfare. A police constable
entered the house, and in one of the rooms found a female
named Amelia Hough, covered with blood, which was flow
ing from • number of wounds inflicted over the chest,
shoulder', and stomach. It seems that the unfortunate
female had been out with another woman, named Margaret
Haggerty, who also lodged in the same house, and on
their return they quarreled respecting something
one of them had missed. From words they came
to blow", when the landlady interfered, and turned Hag-
rty into her own room ; but u she was closing the door
ofHough's apartment, Haggerty rushed forth with a large
table knife in her hand, pushed the landlady from the door,
and, having entered the room, laid hold of Hough by the
neck, and ran the knife into various parts of her body. Sur-
geons were promptly in attendance, and did all that was pos-
sible ; hut the mimes are of such a frightful character, that
the woman's death is momentarily expected. Rugg, rty has
been apprehended by the police, and will be taken before the
magistrate this afternoon.
OMNIBUS STATISTICS.—From return, jest made
by the Coutnissionen of Inland R , it appears that the
total number of omnibuses new plying for hire in the metro-
polis is 3,000, who pay duty,
_including mileage, averaging
91. per month each, or 324,0001. per annum. The number
of conductors and drivers is about 7,000, who pay annually
1,7501. for their licenses.

EATENDLE EVENING.
The city state of the market and a superabundance
of money have induced a further decline of 1 per cent.
in the rates of discount during the week, and good
bills are readily taken at 21 per cent. The invest-
ments in the English funds during the week have
not been so great as under the circumstances might
have been expected, and consequently the difficulty of
placing money with any degree of security is increased.
Money on call is not worth more than 11 per cent.,
and it is doubtful if all the capi'al seeking employ-
ment could at this moment be placed on those twins.
Although it is reported on goad authority that the
projected French loan for 200,000,0001. is positively
deferred until October next, still the various rumours
of other states being on the eve of negotiating loans,
in all probability in this market, have tended to deter
investments in our stocks, in the hope of coon ob'ain-
lug more profitable employment fur money. It is to
be hoped that no loan will find a market in th's
country unless it be with solvent states, and with
adequate security for repayment of the capital and for
the regular payment of the interest as it becomes due.
The fluctuations in the price of Consols during the
week are shown in the following table
Higheet Lowest Closing
Pt**. Pries. Price.
Monday—Consols for account ... 931 931 to
For money 93 93i 93} to
Tuesday—Console for account (Avg. „. 934 931 tot
For money ...«..93 93} to 1
Wednesday—Conk for Mani
For messy
Thursday—Console fur .as teas ......... 93} 9i4 931 to I
For saw 9ll} 924 93 to
Frklay—Consols for scam*
For money 9J Olt 93
Saturday—Consuls for account — 93 93} 93} to
For money 95 93 93t to }
The following is the official statement of the ex-
ports of the precious metals for the week ending the
19th inst., viz.:—Silver coin, to Hamburg, 149,918
oz.; to Bt Igium, 23.000 oz.; total silver c0in,174.918
loz. Silver bars :—To Hamburg, 14,800 oz.; to Rot-
terdam, 30,000 oz. ; to Belgium, 24,000 oz.; total
lailver bars, 68,800 oz. Gold Coin :—To Hamburg,
530 oz. • to the Mauritius, 3,1141. sterling.
The following calculations show the rate per cent.
per annum yielded by the various securities cited at
the average of the prices which ruled this day.
Where the asterisk (a) is placed, it is to be understood
that the share rate of dividend is less the income tax:
litres per Cent. Coneols_average pies 931 yield per cient.S3 4 5
Three per Cent. Reduced
11uve-tani-a-Lluarter per Gents. 94 „ 3 9 1
mak stock (dm. 9 per cent.)
I=iiie err Oils (int. lid. per day)
and Yorkshire Railway •
(dividend S per cent.)
ergot Western* (div. 8 id.)
lapdogs and South Western. (div. Sid ) 86 6 18 101
Landon and North Western* (div. 7ld ) 133 5 5 3
Miami* (div. 5 id.)
Terk and North Midland (div, un
certain)
York, Newcastle, sad Berwick. (div.
11 id.)
seeth Eastern, £lO air., No. 4 (guar
dm. 5 p...r cont.)
The following table shows the extreme prices at
which business was dune in railway shares during
the week now terminated:
Paid. Mabel.
50 Aberdeen
20 Birmingham and °Mord Jeanne ... M
SO Cat!“l.nien as ...
20 Loiters Countks
SO Edinburgh and Glasgow
20 Gnat Northern
100 Great N.wth of Enema&
BA Great Wentetn as
SO }lull and Selby in
50 linen der and (sAirliele 94
96 Lancashire and Yorkshire. 7l
50 Leeds and Itradswci lO6
.
124 Loisloft and Blackwell
50 Laudon, Brighton, and South Onset— 374 ......
100 London and North Western 134
SO London And South We-tens 991
li 6 Manchester, She Meld, and Liectiknek. 33
rte Midi dad 674
100 Norfolk
25 North British
In North Staffordshire lB
..........
33} South Easeern
38 South Wales 134 . . _ 13
25 York, Newcastle, and Bend& 2l
50 York and North Midland ..............313
The Debuts publishes the terms of the new lean of
6,000,000 fr. for the department of the Stine, which
has been looked for during the week, and which, it is
expected, will cause some degree of interest on the
Bourse. The main items are the following :
Sealed tenders for the whole or ail portion of the
6,000 obligations (bonds) of 1.000 fr. each, as autho-
rised by the National Assembly, must be sent to the
Hotel de Ville b fore Tuseiay the 31st inst., when
the adjudication will take place publicly.
The bonds will bear date from the let of July of
this year, interest at five per cent., payable half-yearly
on the let of February and let of August. Each bond
will, moreover, be entitled to the premiums to be
allotted to the ten first numbers arising from the ten
half-yearly drawings. The first number, 7,000 f.; 2d,
3,0001, ; 341, 2,500 f.; 4th, 1,500 f. ; 51h, I,ooof. ; and
the tour following numbers each 5001., and the tenth
to about 815 f. Thus the amount of premiums pay.
ab'e each half-year will be 17,845 f.
These bonds will be adjudicated to the highee't
bidder. Each offer must be made upon stampr.l
paper, and there must be enclosed a receipt from the
(resume of the Caisee des Depots et Consignations
for 250.000 francs, either in the funds or in rentes
on Paris bonds. The successful competitor must in-
creaee this amount to 500,000 francs within two days
after the adjudication, and this sum must remain as
caution money, as a safeguard for the fulfilment of the
terms.
Letters from Frankfort, of the 19th, communicate
a farther decline of 1 per Cent. in the Austrian
Metallioucs. and a decline of 1 par Cent. in Russian
(Stieglitz) Bonds, which were quoted at 82. Prussian
Securities were firm, and without variation.
From Leipsie the exchanges on the 18th are quoted:
Amsterdam short at 1121 ; Frankfort. 561 ; Vienna,
861 ; Hamburg, 150 ; Paris, 811; London, 6.261.
In securities very little was doing.
At Bremen. on ths 18th, the foreign exchanges
were rising, and London was in good demand at 614
dollars to 1 for short ; and 610 dollars for two month.,
per 1001. Paris and Amsterdam were not in request,
and were rather flatter.
On the Bourse at Antwerp and Brussels, yesterday,
the market was quiet. Belgian Five per Cents. were
91! to 1; Ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., at 83!
to ; Ditto, Two-and-a-Half p r Cents. at 461 to 1;
Ditto, Five per Cents., 1848, 90 to 89.1. Ardoins. 121;
Metnllique Five per Cents., 77 to 761 barely
maintained.
Previous to the proclamation of the republic the
amount of paper money in circulation at Rome was
24,000,000 f., but this, it is stated has been augmented
by the republicans to 35,272,820 f.
With reference to the notice we gave in our paper
of the 10. h inst. on the subject of the payment of
interest falling due on Austrian oblgations, the admi-
nistration at Vienna have appointed Messrs. Roths-
child, of Frankfort, and Messrs. Krieger and Co., of
Amsterdam, to exchange the coupons for new obliga-
tions bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, payable in future at either of the above
houses; or, according to the conditions published at
Vienna on the 25'h June, it remains at the option of
the holders of these coupons and "lots" to receive
payment from the Bank of Vienna.
There has been a considerable improvement in the
mining share market this week ; several large transac-
tions have taken place, while others are in course of
negotiation. The appearances of an improved market
are at present encouraging. The Mining Journal
states that:
Enquiries have hem mode for Trelawny, Trevisksy and
Barrier, Comfort, East and &mut Tamar; in the two latter
a areat mane share, have cha.lard hand, during the last two
days. Several shares in South Wheel Bonet have changed
hands during the week, and an in.: miff still exists.
The directors cif Devon Great Oman's, at their weekly
board. on Thursday, declared a dieieend of 61. per share,
amounting to 6.1441. for April and Ms,.
At the West Buller meeting their first .4ividend wee de-
clared, amounting to 101. per 128th share.
West Beton is represented as haying improved.
The ends
generally hays not been looking se well. At pres-eat there
is a tolerable lode in the flat-rod shaft.
At North Pool the ends are lest produative than they bare
been, but the lode in the shaft is stated to be worth 5 i.Nna
per fathom.
Shares is the following mines have changed hands slut*
ing the week:—South Wheal Basset, Trelawny, Trevisky
and Barrier, Mary Ann, Bedford United, Tamar Consols,
Tinned, Rut Tear, Trethellan, Devon and Courteney,

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S•uth Tamar, Kingsett and Bedford, Wheal Henry, lierods-
foot, Trehane, Bw. &e.
The halt-yearly meeting of the Cobre Mining Company
was bed on Tuesday, the 17th, when a dividend! of 31. per
share was di elated, from the balance of 23,0241. 18s. Bd. re-
mainieg in hand, after payment of the 1/. per share dividend
in February last. The returns from the mines der 1848 ex-
ceeded the previous year by 6168 tons; and, 'r in present
prospects, it is more than probeble the excess will no greater
for 1849. The directors intimated that a rea,rve of ore had
been authorised, in consequence of the ton inu•••I depres-
sion of the standard for copper ore ; but the y ticipsted
en improved maraet on the c mtioent assumier a more set-
tled position. They also informed the prop,a tors that the
misunderstanding which had existed for some tears with
the Santiago Company would, probably, tertnicate in an
amicable arrangement.
The balance-sheet of the Sandlots Mining C.n.peny, pre-
sented at the half-yearly meeting held last week, sl•wrs the
amount of cash in hand 20,2151. Gs. 3d., with the • etimated
amount of ore at Swansea, 2,2101. 10s. ld.
The Bwlch Consols shareholders, residing in London, met
at the offices on Wednesday last. The met ting won attended
by. Capt. Matthew Francis, from the mine, who entered into
a detailed statement of the proceedings at the mice, and also
exhibited a financial account of cost and returns fur the last
eleven months, by which we perceive that a profit of
1,6971. 2s. 4d. has been realised, and 1,1081. 10a paid in
dues—making a total surplus ova r cost of 2,80.51 12s. 4d.
From our many correspondents in the Principality, we
learn that the Welsh lead mines are, generally, I..uking re-
I wall. And although time and ceti al are wai-
venally esteemed the chief machinery for mining purposes,
we find that several mines, possessing the moot vivifying
prospects, are fearfully cramped for the want of a more effi-
cient exchequer to bring them into a position of paying
dividends. While the absent., of an effectual and judicious
management (operative as well at financial) in others is
evidently retarding profits that molt} be realised much
earlier.
The long drought has, it appears, considerably affected the
immediate returns of several of the mines in Cardht tnshire,
inasmuch that most of them are being worked by water
power, and the mountain streams failing in their usual
supply, the deficiency is new much felt.
Lisburne, Ozginan, Court Ora ge, Bwlch Console, Cwm
Erfin, Liwymnalecs, Pendian Gwyn, and Cwmysrwitb, are
represented to be in a productive position, with the most en-
asuraging prospects. &gait. Lli and A.bergeessin are repre-
sented u having improe. d during the past week. At Court
Grange an interesting discovery has been made in cutting a
new wheel-pit, exclusive of improvements in the two ehatts.
Milwr, Jamaica, and other minesin the north, con-
linos to hold out the most gratihi, g appearances; whilst
the sale of upwards of 400 tons of lead ores at 11,i13 well, on
the 12th inst., shows the importance of such miters as Fron-
fownog, Rendre, Talargoch, Macs-y-11ln, &e.
At the Great Polgooth meeting the accounts "hawed a re-
turn for two months, April and May, of 5,207/. ls. Bd.,
which enabled the directors to declare a dividend of 41. per
share, leaving a balance to credit of 2711. 13s. 104.
In our remarks of the Llwyemalecs accounts, in the City
article of last week, we stated the monthly cost was
854/. Gs. 4d., rat glecting to mention the period over which
these accounts estended—viz., nine months—which would
give the average monthly cost at about 951.
In foreign mints the transactions appear to have been
limited. Some busineee has been done in Cohre, United
Meehan, Copiapo, St. John del 112 y, Guailalcauel, and
National Brazilian.
Despatches have been received for the Imperial Brazilian,
St. John del lily, and National Brazilian Compani, a.
The Imperial Brazilian letters are to the 14th May last,
but they contain nothing new or important as regards the
underground operations. The gold report from the 3rd to
the 12th May gives 71154. lloz. from the two mimes; the total
since the let January, 1521 be. 40a. 15dwts.
The St. John del Hey &dole, a are to the Bth 31.1 y. The
produce for April amounts tis 22,672 oitavu, from 6,075 tons
of ore, giving a prefit of 3,050/ 17s. fur the nymth. The
stamps were capable of performing more work than supplied
from present raisin's; comequmtly, to keep the machinery
in full operation, fl course had le en had to the refute heap.
The National Brazilian letters are to the 12th May, and
advice a slight improvement at a pint to nltieh they are
looking with much anxiety. The produce to date is given at
ma. 2 G 1 55. A remittance of about 1,0001. hay been re-
ceived by H.M.S. Adventure.
KM:RANGE, AND STOCKS ABROAD.
AMSTERDAM, Jute 20.—Actual Debt, Tworond-a-lialf per Cents.,
511156 ; ditto, Three per Cents., 591 601 ; ditto, Four per Cents.
79 78911; Lost India limn, 7bl 711. Mebane* :On London, 12.02;
awe months, 11.97. Hamburg, 34.61 ; two months, 31.72. rads,
25.87 ; two months, NAL
VIANNA, JeLv 14.—tier per Orata., 04 ; Bank Shares, 1060.
Buxom, Jctv IC. Premien Flee per Cents., Mgt 101 l ; tit. sand&
Three-and-a-Half per Cent., 10 alk. Exchanges On London, three
mootha, 6.241. Facia, two months al. Hamburg, two months, 141/1.