The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-17 00:00:00

TRAVELLING IN DIEXICO.

TO ME EDI.IOII OF TILE ENl'lL6es.
Si it, —The follow;ng letter. writion by a youth to
ills brothers at school, may possibly interest some of your
readers. It shows the miserable state of things et present
existing in Mexico, and the hatred towards the I much.—
I am, dm., E. J. BIILLIKLN.
llichmond, S.NV., Dec. 12.
'Mexico. Oat. 29, Is (.
Dear Norman and Edward,--Soule weeks n,lo my father
and I left Guanaxtue.. fur Mexico, and I will now relate
our adventure'. We hit Guanaxuato at 3 in the morn-
ing. We each hails. good revolver. At Intimate I took
the advantage hers the diligence stormed a few
udnutes, of calling upon a lexicon family, and also upon
Mr. Smith. Soon after leaving this place the two leaders
fell over en embankment, and were almost stran7!ed
before we could unfastt u the Ilartm ,v. As an AtherieWAwas
with us, try father thought 1 hail better k-nd my pistol to
him, which I wax sorry to do. During the last day. a- we
were descending a very wers..y hill, a poor man tole us
that about a dozen robbers were e :thing tor us. I was alk,vc,
and immediately told those inside. Very soon :dt,:rwards a
man rcs'e reit and fired a shit in the air, the diligence
was stopped, and one of the lit ere went to hold O. two
leading mules ; then one of the robbers, with more courage
than the rest, came mitering up the atc;:p 11111, and first
demanded the arms (the others following his example) ; a
short conference ensued, which ended in pistols being
given up. We all got out. I was very anxious to hide
one little thing, and so I dropped it into the mud, and
stamped more mud over it ; afterwards I picked itLim up.
A titan came and :hiked for my money, which I gave ;
he then felt outside my pockets, but did not take any-
thing more. We were then informed that they were a
portion of I;pldrs band, sent by him to take the govern-
ment despatches, letters, &c., and that eighty more were
in a small village below (about twenty or twenty-fire were
robbing us). A bugle WAR then sounded, and several spare
horses were brought to take away the letter bags. Then
they wanted to shoot all the foreigners for being French.
My father explained that he was not French, and as I was
his son I could not bc. There was a Frenchman they
were going to shoot ; but a Mexican lady embraced huu,
and said that he was a Mexican, and her only brother, and
if they shot him the
y,o be ruined, so they let hiin off.
Some were half tipsy, and in some place had shut two
Mexicans, as they belonged to the opposite party. They
went into a large corral afterwards, when we were clanging
mules in the small village where the rest were, and took
away about 2.50 ; they bad also cut down the telegraph-I lost
altogether a few dollars, and out of ray trunk a gold
chain ;T. and M. Hull mans two silver pencil cases. Soon
afterwards we met the French in pursuit, but we heard
several days afterwards that they had all escaped. My
father lost his pistols ;
behaved hers were kis lucky. I
thought that they very well, and were very
gentle end docile in their manners, and, did not take the
quarter part of what they might have taken. I hope that
you are all quite well, and muss now co
ORGEnclude. Your
affectionate brother,
GE CHISEL.
• The captain and lieutenant did not rob, bat could not
1' I prevent the others from doing so.
coil-

COLLEGE OP PILECEPTORB.—A meeting of the
council of this corporation was held on Saturday. The
diploma of Associate was conferred on Mr. S. Etheridge
Trent, Eut Barnet ; and the following persons were
elected members of the college :—Mr. J. Bradley, Ehnfield
House Academy, York ; Mr. Henry. Ball, Padiham, near
Darnley ; Mr. J. Hedger, principal of Dford-house,
Essex ; Kr. WM. Profitt, head master of Aldridge Gram-
mar School, Aldridge Mr. IL C. Anstey, High-street,
Siamouth ; Mr. G. H. Stevens, Cambridge Villa, Barnes ;
R. Stroud, Hatfield, Herta ; Mr. G. W. Clark, Palmer-
i house, Holloway ; Mr. J. F. Cornish, her Majoty's ship
Worcester, off Erith, Kent ; Mr. C. W. Ganly, Trinity
College, Dublin ; Mr. J. E. Greaves, 16, Barnsbury Villas,
Islington ; Mr. T. T. Honey, Moseley School Bear Bir.
mingliam ;P.L. D. lffonillerd, 2, Herschel-street, Slough ;
E. L. Islaftel, Glanvilles Wootton, Sherborne ; Charles B.
Taylor, Summerleare.hotise, East Harptree Charles P.
. Taylor, Summesleaze-house, East Harptree.