The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-20 00:00:00

MEXICAN BONDS.

Yesterday a general meeting of Mexican bond.
holders took place at the London Tavern, to consider the
I of the committee for negotiating the Mexican bill
proposal
dollars, now lodged in the Bank of England
OD account of the bondholders. The Baron de GOLD/MID
ocoupit.,l the chair, and observed that the bondholders most
be aware that an agreement had been sent out to Amenea
which entitled them to receive 2,500,000 dollars, but no
answer to their letter bad yet arrived.

Mr- CAME, one of the committee, read a report. from
Whitt we der the following extracts:
"'The meeting had been called in deference to the opinion
eir those among 'the bondholders who considered that the
alMisittee nu4ht not to negotiate the Mexican assignment
of 2,500,000 dollars without special powers to do an, and
that it would eventually save time to call for this authorisa-
tion at once, in anticipation of the moment when
it might be wanted. The original . instrument of
this assignment was at present iodized in the Bank
of England, and the amount assigned formed part of the
instalment due from the United States to Mexico in May,
1632, under the 12th article of the treaty of peace of
Guadalupe Hidalgo of the 2nd of February, 1818. Out
Of the old fund at the Bank of England the dividend
of 2/. per cent, on account of arrears of interest had already
been paid on 9,903,900/. of stock, but it (till remained to be
called for on 337,750!., after which a balance of about
13,0001. would roman to be added to the eventual pro-
ceeds of the assignment of 2,600,000 dollars. On account
of the cotton licenses 12,7201. had been received, and a fur-
ther amount of 206,000 dollars would be receivable from
111 r. Escandon on this account In three instalment., payable
on the lot Nov. next, and Ist May and lot Nov. 1862. An
agreement had been entered into by Mr. Val-
(unmet, on behalf of the bondholders, with Messrs.
Planning and Mackintosh, touching about 231,000
dol.. which they acknowled;ed to be due from them.
Several amounts were still to be accounted for by the
Mexican government belonging to the old account ending
the 31st December last. With reference to Mr. W. P. Ito-
bertoon's claims fur remuneration, a resolution embodying
the views of the bondholders will be proposed to the meet-
ing. The terms on which Mr. Robertson proceeded to
Mexico are contained in the following passage of his letter
of the 11th August, 1848, to the Committee of Spanish.
American Bondholders, : " With respect to remunera-
tion, 1 should for the present be satisfied to take from the
bondholders simply the sum necessary to pay my expenses
to and from Mexico—l think 6001. would serve for that
purpose. For a remuneration for my services, I shall be
quite content to have it measured and fixed hereafter by
the bondholders, taking the amount and importance of
what I may be able to do as the basis of their calculations."
Before his departure the 5001. proposed were paid
to him, and at a later period, at his request,
1001. more to his sou here. It had been inti-
mated to Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh by a
member of the Committee of Spanish-American Bond-
holders, that if Mr. Robertson, during his stay in Mexico,
should require some further advances, it would be safe to
make them; but with respect to those advances, Mr.
Robertson, on the 11th of August, 1819, wrote from Mexico
as follows: "The aoeount with Moms. Manning sad
Mackintosh stands simply as a loan to ma, on my own re-
sponsibility, but I shall, before the ealikti of next psekat,
bring it to a close." A regebr Weer of credit Mm
Messrs. J. Schneider and Co., on Mous. Manning and
Mackintosh, fir 1100 i , was, however, seat to him in Oa
sober, MO, lost did not weirs is Ifiesise till after Ms de-
parture ham that eapitaL After his return to lagiasd he
applied to the committee of Semi& Mariam Bond-
Wdots for this 5001., and is bis War of the 14th of
January, 1860, mriertook to eased the iseAm of credit,
opes which the arimient of it was paid to him.
At dot tires M esnmeled what did met baospbe inflater,
that he bed reedthi is Maxi. the while of the Ike% in-
stalment on assess' of astern. limatee, le the amestut
of 25,000 deb., maims at the esehiage of 4111.,
4,296/. 13s. 4d. He also failed to return the letter of
credit to Messrs. lleasiag and Mackintosh, as he
to do, and the latter sew make a ebbs as it for 3671.e1e5l
With the three payees% AcctM
_1,1001., frees die
coramittecuof Spanish Amoebas tidders, he has there-
fore had of the of the bondholders altogether,
6,7611. 6s. ld. His expenses to and from
Mexico, sad the met of Ms Meg , he state. at 2,0501. ;
and his i(1111111 br shipwreck be setimatel at MU. ; making,
2,6151. 11 hie be admitted, he will still have about
3,2501. le .west for.
The repeat ushered at eamiderable length into the various
claims ofthe lesadholders open the Iliesitas grnmwasat.
and emehded by stating
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