The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1837.

ST. PANCRAS LITERARY AND SCI-

ENTIFIC INSTITUTION.

The above Society, which, though it has been esta-
blished not more than eight months, already numbers
nearly two hundred subscribers, held their first conver-
zazione at their rooms in Fitzroy-street, New-road, last
Wednesday evening. The entertainments were of that va-
ried character, blending instruction with amusement, which
should always be characteristic of meetings of this kind.
The walls were decorated with many excellent pictures,
consisting of the works of West, Opie, &c. We also no-
ticed several of great merit by living artists. One by
Gregg, of Sir Walter Scott, attracted considerable notice,
from its resemblance to, and embodying all that intellectual
vigour of expression, so peculiar to the bard of the North.
Also one by Buss, called the Drum-head Courtmartial,
was much admired, as exhibiting that real humour so con-
spicuous in all his paintings. The tables were furnished
with a collection of curiosities, several remains of art from
Herculaneum, various petrifactions, fossils, &c. Mr. Clax-
ton exhibited many amusing experiments with the air-pump
which, with the different models of machinery constructed
by him, formed an inexhaustible fund of amusement. The
vocal and instrumental music was of that character which
would not have disgraced a concert of much higher preten-
sions. The comic singing of Mr. Balls kept the risible
muscles of the audience in play. In the course of the even-
ing Dr. Thompson, the President of the Institution, ad•
dressed the members and visitors, congratulating the former
on the prosperous state of the Institution, and recommen-
ding as many of the latter as could make it convenient to
join it without delay ; as, by the expenditure of a few shil-
lings per annum, they could avail themselves of instruction
superior to what formerly was exclusively enjoyed by those
only in an elevated station of society. The company, after
(strictly speaking)" enjoying the feast of reason and the
flow of soul," separated with (no doubt from the gratifica-
tion expressed by all parties) a wish that a similar meeting
might soon recur.

TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND

MEXICO.

(From the Eco del Commercio, published at Madrid, Dec. S.)
" In the name of the Holy Trinity, her Catholic Ma-
jesty, Isabella 11., be the grace of God and by the consti-
tution of the Spanish Monarchy, Queen of the Spail:s, and
during her minority, the Queen widow Donna Maria Chris-
tina de Bourbon, her august mother, governing• the king•
dom on the one part, and on the other the Mexican Re-
public, desiring earnestly to put an end to the state of
separation and differences which have existed between the
two Governments and between the subjects and citizens of
the two countries, and to bury in perpetual oblivion the
disputes and dissentious by which unfortunately for so
long a time past, those friendly relations have been inter-
rupted between two nations naturally connected by old
bonds of union, identity of origin, and by reciprocal interests,
have resolved for their common benefit to re-establish and
permanently secure their relations by means of a definitive
treaty of peace and sincere friendship.
" For which purpose they have named and constituted
as their Plenipotentiaries—her Catholic Majesty, and in
her name, the Queen governing, the Most Excellent Senor
Don Jose Maria Calatrava, he r Secretary of State and
President of the Council of Ministers ; and his Excellency
the President of the Mexican Republic, his Excellency
Don Miguel Santa Maria, his Plenipotentiary at the Court
of London, and Envoy Extraordinary to her Catholic Ma-
jesty ; who having communicated their full powers, found
in due form, have agreed on the following articles, viz.

" Art. 1. Her Majesty the Queen governing the Spains
in the name of her august daughter Isabella 117, reewnizes
as a free, sovereign, and independent nation the Mexican
Republic, composed of the states and countries set forth
in its constitutional law—viz., the territory comprised in
the viceroyalty formerly called New Spain, the captain-
generalship of Yucatan, the commandancies of the internal
provinces to the east and west, of Upper and Lower Ca-
hfornia, and of all the districts and adjacent islands in both
seas, of which the said republic is actually in possession ;
and her M jesty renounces, as well for herself as for her
heirs and successors, all pretensions to the government, pro-
perty, and territorial rights over the said states and countries.
" Art. 2. There shall be perpetual oblivion of the past,
arid a general and complete amnesty for all Spaniards and
Mexicans, without any exception, who may be banished,
absent, or hidden, or who may have been taken or confined
without knowledge of the respective Governments, what-
ever part they may have taken during the wars and disi,en-
skins happily teemined by this treaty, and up to the time
of its ratification.

" And this amnesty is stipulated for, and is to be granted
by, her Catholic Majesty, in proof of the desire to cement,
on principles of justice and beneficence, the close friend-
ship, peace, and union which henceforth and for ever are
to Le maintained between her subjects and the citizens of
the Mexican Republic.

" Art. 3. Her Catholic Majesty and the Mexican Re-
public agree that the subjects and citizens of the two na-
tions respectively shall preserve their entire and free right
to claim and obtain justice and full satisfaction for all debts
bona fide contracted between them, and that on the part of
the public authorities there shall be no legal obstacle op-
posed to any claims they may set up, whether arising from
marriage inheritances by will or bequest, succession, or
any other titles to property recognized by the laws of the
country in :which the claims may be made.
Art. 4. The high contracting parties also agree to pro-
ceed with all possible despatch to adjust and conclude a
treaty of commerce and navigation, founded on principles of
teciprocal advantage to both countries.
" Art. 5. The subjects of her Catholic Majesty and the
citizens of the Mexican Republic shall be considered, in re-
spect to duties payable on produce, effects, or goods, which
they may import or export in the territories of the high con-
tracting parties under their respective flags, as the people of
the most favoured nation, except in such cases in which for
their mutual advantage they may agree on reciprocal con-
cessions for the benefit of both countries.

" Art. 6. The merchants and subjects of her Catholic
Majesty, or the citizens of the Mexican Republic, who may
reside in, trade with, or pass through any part of the ter-
ritories of either nation respectively, shall enjoy the most
perfect security for their persons and property, and shall be
exempt from all forced service in the army, navy, or national
militia, and from all charges, contributions, or loans not
paid by the subjects or citizens of the country in which
they may be residing ; and as well in the distribution of all
contributions, loans, and other charges, as in the protection
and free exercise of their industry, and in the administra-
tion of justice, they shall be considered in the same man-
ner as the natives, subject always to the laws, regulations,
and customs of the two countries respectively.
" Art. 7. The Mexican Republic having, by a law passed
on the 28th of June, 1824, by its General Congress, recog-
nised voluntarily and spontaneously as its own national debt
all obligations contracted on its revenue by the Government
of Spain and by its authorities during, their rule over the
now independent Mexican nation, up to the cessation of
that rule in 1821, and there.being in the said Republic no
confiscation of property belonging to Spanish subjects, her
Catholic Majesty, for herself and her heirs and successors,
and the Mexican Republic, by common accord, desist from
all claim or pretension respectively which might arise on
the said points, and declare that both the high contracting
parties are henceforward free and quit forever of all re-
sponsibility on this subject.
" Art. 8. The present treaty of peace and friendship
shall be ratified by both Governments, and the ratifications
exchanged at Madrid within nine months from the pre-
sent date, or sooner if possible, for which all diligence shall
be used.

" In faith of which we, the undersigned Plenipotentia-
ries, have signed and sealed this treaty in triplicate, at
Madrid, this 28th of December, 1836.
JOSE MARIA CALATRAVA.
" IVIIGUEL SANTA MARIA "
The above treaty has been duly ratified by the high
contracting parties, and the ratifications exchanged....

THE LONDON PARKS.—Who can estimate the
blessings to London—who can calculate the bodily refresh-
ment, the animal enjoyment, the moral good, of which they
have been, and will be, productive ? Suppose a case : You
are elbowing your way up the Strand on a summer's after-
noon, through the dense crowd which daily throng that won-
drous thoroughfare ; the counter-currents of traffic are cross-
ing each other, and mingling in all directions, and you are un-
ceasingly whirled about in their strong and uncomfortable
eddies ; the rolling of carriages, the rumbling of waggons,
the rattling of cabs and omnibuses, the cries of business, the
the oaths of blackguardism are in your cars—your eyes are
blinded with glare and dust ; you feel hot, faint, feverish,
weary, and a tavern suggests itself as a resting-place ; but the
Park comes across your mind ; you make a vigorous push to
the other side of Charing-cross, take the first turn, and in five
minutes you lie stretched luxuriously on the cool green sward
close cut and smooth as velvet—by the margin of a beautiful
sheet of water, and with a noble oak or elm throwing its leafy
branches protectingly over you ! Here is a goodly change
Before you floats the stately swan—" the lady of the lake"_.
in all the pride of conscious beauty ; while troops of waterfowl
of less dignified demeanour crowd towards the verdant banks,
to be fed with crumbs by the good-natured idlers loitering
thereon, or get up pressure excursions, and visit the tiny
islands with whicla the lakelet is studded. Around you aro
shady alleys, avenues of noble trees, winding walks, plots of
flowery shrubs and evergreens, and all the accessories which
art affords " to great creating nature ;" while among these
pleasant scenes, relieving and enlivening them, is heard the
merry laugh and seen the play ful gambols of troops of happy
healthy children. And all this is your's, or any man's, for as
long or as often as you have leisure or inclination. These be
your grounds—your walks—your shady recesses, without cost
and without care. All that is required of you is to refrain from
the indulgence of that very English propensity, to wit, in-
juring the shrubs, or carving your initials on the trunks of
trees.--New York Mirror,