The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-26 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS,

The following are the on'y ba-krupts o" commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Mark Hamby, watchmaker, Salisbu- y
Dad Kirby Mawer, upholsterer, Pimlico
Rubett 1.4 es, (atoll stair-Ler, Oldham
Edmund WhiteheEd, cotton spir,ner, Oldhun
Josiah London, farmer, Old Stratford
Henry Maddiaon, jeweller, Hatton-garden
James Bate: on Rickards, Hanapst-ad-road
Gorge Pbdyips, poulterer, H01b0,..1
Mark Mark., b oker, Ca"diff
Eme-mel Lawrence, intitcver, Shrewsbury
Joh-i Ha, t commission agent, Monkwell-st eet, City
He y Nosilen, builder, Rotherbithe
Thomas Davies, chcesemonger, King's College-road, St.
Jobn's-wood.

Thomas Baker, nnrsmyman, Sarbiton-hill, Kingeto4.
on-Themes

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
James Moir 5913, publier Stapleton. Glouces'ere.tire

SCU ICH BANKRUPTS.
Bo^mar, pain'er, Edinburgh
Pearson and Co., wholesale grocers, Glasgow

Professor Anderson and the Davenport
Brothers.

Yes'erday afternoon, in accordr-tce with an Invitation from
Professor Anderson, a large p-hy of ladies and gentlemen
assembled in St. James's Hal!, to witness a performance
in daylight similar to that gone through by the Brothers
Davenport in the dark. The whole of the so-called spiritual
manifestations, the tying and untying, werp spry oavptls
accomplished by the Professor's duoglitor and Mr Sutton, ilia
secretary, amidst the yoziferous chcor;ug of the audicince,
The tying of Loth artists previous to their being placed in
the cabinet, was minutely inspected by Tom Taylor, Esq.,
and others, and P 41' er ithad been declared perfect, in less than
five minutes both the lady and the gentleman ap-
peared perfectly free, the ropes lying at their feet.
The musical hick was also very cleverly performed;
and at i,s conclusion, - Godwin, Esq., proposed a
vote of thrriks to the professor, which was agreed to unani-
mously. Mr Anderson, in reply, said the only object he had
in view was to show the absurdity of the so-called spiritual-
ism, and he hoped that what he had shown would convince
all that ropes c)it'd be wm led without the a'd of spirits,
Course of Exchange,—Yesterday,

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 2/ 12 rz
Antwei p — 25 80 25 83
Bru-qels — 25 80 25 85
Hamb (IT
Paris . . Short. 25 30 25 37/
Ditto
Marst ales .. — 25 85 25 87/
Frankfort on Maine — 1211 1214
Vienna
Trit ,te
Petersburgh --28! 9/
Bailin —

Madrid
Cadiz —. 47 471
Leghorn — 26 5 26 10
Milan
Genoa — 26 7t 26 121
Naples
Patermo —. 26 7/ 26 121
Messina — 26 71 26 12/
Lisbon -51/ 51/
Oporto
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)...... per oz., L 3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ... 0 0 4

TURIN, Oct. 25.—The sittings of the Italian
Perlin ment have b :en adjourned until farther orders

_ .....
UDINE, Oct. 23.—A band of about 100 insurgents,
among whom are several deserters, have taken re.
fuge in the forest of Consiglio. Several deserters
at Cadore and Belluno are endeavouring to join
them.

Mr Henry Bailer, 11, King's Bench.vralk, has
been appo'nfed recorder of Poole, in room of Mr James
Stephen, resigned.

Viscount des Meloizes Fresnoy, the new French
Minister to the Court of Bavaria, has arrived at Munich to
occupy hie post.

The Mexican schooner Angela, which has just
arrived at Havre, came in with one of her crew in irons, for
the murder of the second mate by stabbing, while off the
Azores. The captain, in attempting to protect the officer,
received a wound in the breast, and another in the hand,
by which he has lost a joint of his forefinger.

A fatal accident occurred in the Rue de Lille, at
Montpellier, two days back. The walls of an unfinished
house, belonging to a M. Vasserot-Chaffrey, suddenly fell
in and buried a mason under the ruins. Immediate steps
were taken for rescuing the unfortunate man, but as the
remaining walls were in a very dangerous state the opera.
tion was likely to oocupy too much time to leave any hope
of finding him alive.

A TORNADO.—Another of those terrible tornadoes
from which Illinois is noted has lately passed over
a portion of the State, sweeping all before it. A correspon-
dent, who writes from Mattoon, states that the tornado was
heralded by a dense black cloud rising rapidly in the west,
and rushing with fearful velocity over the prairie, accom-
panied by discharges of electricity so intense that they shook
the earth like au earthquake. It struck the Central Rail.'
road at Mattoon, unroofing and blowing down buildings
and carrying away every moveable thins in its path. Some
of the cars were smashed to splinters, and one was carried
half a mile away. Fortunately no lives were lost in that
vicinity.—American paper.

AMERICAN ELECTIONEERING AMENITIES.—The
New York Tribune, while it occupies half its space
with abuse of Gen. M'Clellan, complains that the adherents
of that candidate vilify Mr Lincoln. It asks—" What are
we to say of the patriotism of men who, in this hour of the
nation's peril, bestow upon its constitutional head the fol-
lowing epithets : Filthy storyteller, despot, big Secessionist,
liar, thief, braggart, buffoon, usurper, monster, ignoramus
Abe, old scoundrel, perjurer, robber, swindler, tyrant, fiend,
butcher, land pirate, acc.". This is tolerably well to begin
with.

A ease of self-destruction, singular at least as to
its cause, occurred in the suburbs of Paris the day
before yesterday. The unfortunate suicide was a stone-
digger, named Ferdinand P--, aged 24, a naiive of Lyons,
who was afflicted with what:medical men call bulzus, or
insatiable hunger. His earnings being altogether insufficient
to satisfy his enormous appetite, though he ate scarcely
anything bat bread. his fellow-workmen used to contri-
bute towards his support ; but, wearied with thus bur-
dening his friends. and worn oat by his sufferings from
the presence of toonia, which aggravated his hanger, he at
bust came to the desperate resolution of hanging him-
self, and succeeded in effecting his purpose. The annals
of medicine reeords many instances of this disease, both in
ancient and modern times, bat the most remarkable case of
late years was that of a woman named Anne Denise, who
died in Paris only a few years since. This unfortunate
person was afflicted with bulimy from her infancy, and
while still a young girl used to devour as much as ton
pounds of bread daily. Though not in indigent circums
stances, she was twice arrested for stealing bread to
satisfy her hunger. She was at length admitted into tha
Salpetriere, and placed under the treatment of Drs.
Esquirol and Amussat, but to no purpose, for she
left the Salpetriere as voracious as ever. Her hun.
ger varied its intensity ; at ordinary times she could
manage with 121bs. of bread per day for three or four months
of the year she would eat from 201bs. to 24Ibs. ; and for 10
consecutive years her appetite was greatly aggravated in
spring. Oa one occasion, when she had thought of keeping
Good Friday as a fast-day, she ate more than 301bs. of food
in 24 hours. As she advanced in years her appetite became
depraved, and she took a liking to grass and flowers, espe-
cially buutter-cups, of which she would eat an immense
quantity. To relieve the colics caused by this unnatural
food she used to drink brandy, of which she became very
fond, :and at last died a few hours after taking a whole
litre at once. When on her death-bed and unable to take
food, she begged her sister to come and eat near her, and
her last words were :—" Since it pleases God that I shall
eat no more, let me at last have the pleasure of seeing you
eat." It is a remarkable fast that on a post niortem exa-
mination her stomach was found to be exceedingly smell,
while her liver was unusually large, and all her other
viscera quite sound and of normal size,

General tLo Count de Pulikao made his entrance
on Sunday into Chalons snr-Marne, the second
town of his command. The houses were handsomely
dressed out, and all the auihorities were in grand
costume to receive the general, who went through
the town on hors back uccomp2nicd by a brilliant
staff. A grand dinner was given in the evening by
Lthiecommander of the division, the Marquis de
nit

STATE OF MEXICO,

(Fro;n eke Times' Correspondent.)
MEXICO, Sept. 10.

As it is generally believed that a company has
been formed in England for constructing a railroad
from Vera Cruz to Mexico, a short synopsis of the
decree conferring the privilege upon Mr Escandon
may not be out of place. The decree was given by
Juarez and bears date the sth of April, 1861. By
it an exclusive privilege is granted to Antonio
Escandon to make a railroad from Vera Cruz to any
port on the Pacific coast—the line as far as prat•
ticable to pass through the most important agricul.
tural and mineral districts, and when it does not
touch the principal towns branches to be made to
connect them ; the right of establishing branch lines
within a radius of 25 leagues on either side of the
main line, such branches to be first approved by
Government. All public lands required for the line,
stations, &c., to be given free and in perpetuity, those
belonging to municipalities to be valued and paid for
in shares, and those belonging to individuals to be
valued and paid for in cash. Materials used in the
construction, carriages, engines, &c., to be free of
all duties for 30 years, and immunity from all rates
and taxes during 50 years. Exportation duty free
of specie to the amount in value of the materials im-
ported. The directors, employes, and workmen to
be exempt from all military and municipal duties,
All mines discovered in the construction of the line
to be the property of the railroad and worked ac.
cording to the mineria laws. The company to fix
its own tariff of charges and rates, both for goods
and passengers, without any interference on the
part of Government. M. Escandon to be at liberty
to mortgage the line with the consent of the Alexis
can Government, or to form any company in Eu-
rope or America in any number of shares. Confirs
mation of the purchase of the line San Juan for
750,000, The line between Mexico and Puebla to
be in working order within the space of five years,
and the works begun at Vera Cruz also to be con.
tinned under a penalty of 300,000 dols. The route
to be followed by the line from Mexico to Vera
Cruz having been approved, the continuation to the
Pacific to be afterwards fixed. To assist these works
the Government creates a new consolidated fund of
8,000,000 dols., rcpreaeuted by bonds to be called
" bonds for the construction of the railroad from
Vera Cruz to Mtxico," such bonds to carry interest

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at the rate of 5 per cent., and the capital to be paid
off in 25 years. To meet this interest and amorti-
zation, 560,000 dole. is to be set aside annually, the
Supreme Government solemnly promising that the
payment of the 5 per cent. and amortization shall
be regularly made without any suspension or reduc.
tion, and irrespective of any alteration in the na-
tional debt. To render this stipulation the more
secure and effective the Government appropriates
for this purpose 20 per cent, of the maritime Cus•
tom-houses set aside for " mejoras materiales" (pub-
lic works), and if this should not prove sufficient
the residue to be taken from the public revenue ;
further, to secure the accomplishment of the above,
the said 20 per cent, is to be represented by paper
issued by the Minister of Foment°, and no im-
porter is to be allowed to make payment of this
20 per cent., so set aside for public works, expect
in this paper. The Minister of Fomento to hand
over to the company such an amount of this paper
as they may require, and the company always to
have in the ports and the city of Mexico sufficient
for the public use. The directors of the Customs
houses to remit by each post to the Minister of
Fomento the paper presented to them in payment
of the duties, and the Minister to settle with the
company every six months the amount of intea
rest and amortisation on the 8,000,000 dole., any
surplus received by the company to be paid in
cash. Antonia Escandon to commence the con-
struction of the line from Mexico to Puebla within
two months 'at latest, to maintain during eight
months in each year not less than 400 workmen,
and during the rains sufficient to keep the works in
repair. The line between Mexico and Puebla com-
pleted, the manner and time in which the other
sections are to be executed to be fixed by mutual
consent between the Government and the company.
The above obligations not to be binding on the com-
pany if prevented working by force, r,r if the funds
assigned for the payment of the interest and amorti-
sation on the 8,000,000 dols. is not regularly paid.
The Government to consider itself in no respect a
partner as regards the 20_per cent, but renounces
any such right, having assigned the same for the
payment of the 8,000,000 dots., and for no other

object. The privilege to be forfeited—first, by
assignment or mortgage to any foreign Government ;
secondly, by mortgaging the enterprise to an indi-
vidual or corporation without the consent of
Government; and, thirdly, by not complying with
the obligations for commencing workings, &c., this
not to prohibit the emiesion and eale of shares to a
foreign company. Further, to foment and expedite

the construction of the line, the Government agree
to become subscribers to the undertaking, paying
for their shares by a further allotment, for five
years, of 15 per cent on the Custom-houses.
The decree also contains a clause ceding to Ans
tonio Eicandon half the waste lands in the State of
Sonora, but this has since been given up.
The effect of this decree is to confer upon Mr

Escandon in perpetuity the exclusive right of con-
structing a railroad from Vera Cruz through Mexico
to any port on the Pacific, giving him a bonus of
eight millions of dollars for so doing, and enabling
him to fix for ever and ever both for goods and pas-
sengers, such rates and charges as he may think fit,
Of course such a concession, with a settled state of
things, would be of very great value, but I have
yet to learn that it has received the sanction of the
Imperial Government.
The Emperor, at last dateq, was still at Trapuato,
a small town about ten longues from Guannxuato,
where he had been detained nearly a fortnight, hav•
ing suffered from a very severe attack of cold and
sore throat, common to those who travel during the
rains in this country. He has been everywhere re-
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm. Whether he
will extend his journey as far as Guadalajara ap-

pears to me more than doubtful, as his presence is
much required in the capital to keep the different
commissioners up to their work. Mexicans talk a
great deal, but do very little. Their maxim is never
to do today what can by possibility be put off to
tomorrow, and I much fear that, unless the Finance

Commission accelerates its pace very considerably,

the Emperor upon his return will find himself
under the painful necessity of forming his own
Budget, leaving any valuable dicta they may emit to
form the basis for legislation a year or two hence.
The last accounts from the interior inform us that
Monterey bad been occupied by the forces under
General Castagny without a shot being fired. The

place was found strongly fortified with upwards of
50 pieces of heavy artillery in position. Juarez is
believed to have started in the direction of Chihua-

has, although some maintain that he is wending his
way towards the River Brave del Nort, with the
view of getting as quickly as possible to New Or-
leans or the United States.
Doblado, who is now safe and sound in New York,
has offered to make his submission upon the follow-
ing terms :—To be secured in the possession of all
his property, a perfect oblivion for all past offences,
and a French escort to be sent to any part he may
name to convey him safely to the capital. Moderate,
certainly, for a man who has fought it out to the
last ! Tho Emperor has very properly replied that
M. Doblado is free to avail himself of the general
amnesty granted to all political offenders by his pro-
clamation of the 6th of June; but that, his property
must remain subjected to the laws of the country.
The amount of church and charity property pos-
sessed by this disinterested patriot is enormous, and
it would be vain to attempt a revision under the law
of Juarez as against others if such a man was
allowed to retain his ill.gotten
The Reeiskr, a journal published in Vera Cruz,
states "that of late many emigrants have landed
that port, and, not finding employment, have
re.embarkcd by the following packet." If people
Fiupposo that the sceptre in
the hands of Man-
power of a magician's wand,
milian is to have the
and by one wave restore peace and prosperity to a
country convulsed by 40 years of revolution, they
will and themselves grievously
mistaken., Much
has to be done before Mc xieo can bo said to be in
a fit state for the reception of emigrants, and

it is therefore that I would caution my own
countrymen at least from emLarking in an
enterprise which can only end in failure and
disappointment. When the Government has as-
certained the waste lands it has at its disposal,
when agents have been appointed at the differ
rent ports, when provision has been made for
colonists on their landing, and means of transport
organised, then will be the time for emigrants to
flock towards this country; but then, and not till
then, can I advise Europeans to cast in their lot
with Mexico.