The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-06 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The Mexican advices of the New I ork Tribune
report as follows the ultimatums alleged to have
been sent in to the Mexican Government by the
Ministers of England and France, after the Con-
gress had -rejected the Convention signed by the
President and Sir Charles Wyke

THE ENGLISH ULTIMATUM.

H.B.M's Legation, Nov. 24, 1861.

Sir,—The refusal of Congress, on the night of Friday
last, to accept the Convention of the 21st inst., I consider
to be such as to put an end to the measures of conciliation
by which, after incessant labours and sacrifices, we have
sought to remove the serious differences which exist be-
tween the two countries.
_ _

Consequently there remains to me no alternative but to
present to your Excellency immediately the ultimatum of
her Majesty's Government, demanding the acceptance of
the following conditions, to wit :-
1. The immediate repeal of the law of July 17, 1861.

2. That Commissioners be established in the ports of the
Republic, named by her Majesty's Government, for the pur-
pose of securing to the Powers which have conventions
with Mexico the amounts which should be paid to them ac-
cording to those conventions out of the receipts from cus-
toms, including in tho:e amounts the sum robbed from the
conducta and the money taken from the Legation in Nov.
last. _

3. That the Commissioners have the discretion of reduc-
ing the present tariff of duties by half, or less, as they may
deem expedient.
If these conditions are not accepted, I shall be under the
necessity of departing from the Republic with all the mem-
bers of the Legation, leaving the Government of Mexico
responsible for the consequences that may ensue.

I have the honour, &c.,
C. LENNOX WYKE.

THE FRENCH ULTIMATUM.

1. The immediate repeal of the law of July 17, 1861.
2. The appointment of Commissioners at Vera Cruz and
at Tampico, who shall be charged with securing the pay-
ment of the sums and assignments made to foreign
creditors.

3. The delivery into our hands of the sums already due.

4. A discretion to be given to the Commissioners to re-
duce the rates 50 per cent., or less, as they may deem ex-
pedient.

Two days later the following law, which had
been enacted by Congress on the 23d, was signed
by the President and promulgated :

Art. 1. The provisions of the law of the 17th of July of
the present year, referring to the diplomatic conventions
and to the debt contracted in London, are hereby repealed.
Art. 2. The Government will immediately provide for the
repayment of the respective assignations according to the
dispositions and regulations in force anterior to said law.
Art. 3. The Government will immediately send into
Congress a statement of the amounts belonging to those as-
signations, as well those on hand t the time of the passage
of that law as of those which have since accrued, and ini-
tiate such laws as it considers necessary to secure the en•
tire reimbursement of said amounts, and to procure the sum
which may be necessary for this purpo:e.

We have had the account of the French boa-
constrictor swallowing his blanket. The other day, at
Cambridge, another boar—a pig—being driven into the
town, attacked some clothes that were hanging to dry, and
swallowed a pair of lady's drawers. The beast was subse-
quently slaughtered, when the drawers were found whole,
and uninjured.—Court Circular.

CAPTURE OF A SLAVER.—Her Majesty's ship
Ranger captured early in November last a large barque
(name and nation unknown), with abut 850 negroes on
board. The prize was taken to St. Helena on the 18th
of that month, where the slaves have been landed and
lodged under the care of the proper Government officer at
the station in Rupert's Valley,