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

MEXICO.

The Mexican advices of the New .1 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.

11, 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 19e 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 those 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 aro 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and to the debt contracted in London, are hereby repealed.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 at 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 bo necessary for this purpose.

We have had the account of the French boa-
aonstrictor 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 lut a large barque
(name and nation unknown), with abut 850 negroes on
board. The prize was taken to S:. on the 18th
of that month, where the slaves have been landed and
lodged under the care of the proper Government officer at
the stz4ioa_iu Rupert's Valley,

PRUSSIA AND 'I JE U A I7ED :,TATES.

The following is the text of the note addressed
by Count Bernstorff to Baron von Geroit, tie
Prussian representative at Washington :
" BERLIN, DEC. 25, 1861.
" Monsieur le Baron,—The warlike measures
which President Lincoln has taken by sea against
the Southern States, which have separated from the
Union, were calculated immediately upon their
adoption to inspire his Majesty's Government with
the apprehension that they might easily give occa-
sion to the legitimate interests of neutral States
being thereby injuriously affected.

"This apprehension has been unfortunately en-
tirely justified by the violent capture and carrying
away of Messrs. Mason and Slidell from on board
Ow neutral mail steamer Trent by the commander
of the North American war ship San Jacinto.
" This event, as you will easily believe, has
created the greatest sensation in England, as in the
whole of Europe, and has not only placed the Cabi-
nets, but also public opinion, in the extremest ex-
pectation. Although England is certainly alone
immediately affected by that act, still one of the
most important and generally recognised rights of
neutral flags is at the same time called in question.
" It is not requisite that I should now enter into
an explanationof the point of law precisely involved.
Public opinion in Europe has expressed itself with
rare unanimity, and in the most decided manner, in
favour of the injured party. We ourselves have
only hitherto hesitated to acquaint you with our
views upon the transaction because, in the absence
of reliable intelligence, we - doubted whether the
captain of the San Jacinto had been guided in the
course he adopted by instructions received from his
Government or not. We still at present prefer to
believe the latter supposition correct. Should, how•
ever, the former prove to be the actual state of the
case, we should feel ourselves compelled to ascribe
a more serious importance to the matter, and to re-
gard in it, to our great regret, not an isolated fact,
but rather an open threat against the rights apper-
taining to all neutrals. We are as yet not posi-
tively acquainted with the demands forwarded upon
the part of England to the Cabinet of Washington
upon compliance with which the maintenance of
peace appears to depend ; as far, however, as we
are informed of them, we entertain the conviction

that no terms have been proposed by England by
which the dignity of President Lincoln could rea-
sonably be offended.

" His Majesty the King, animated by the sin-
cerest wishes for the wellbeing of the United States
of North America, has commanded me to advocate
the cause of peace with President Lincoln through
you in a most emphatic manner; We should con-
sider ourselves fortunate if we succeeded by this
means in contributing to a peaceful solution of a
conflict out of which the greatest dangers may spring.
It is possible that the President may have already
taken and expressed his resolution ; but, of what-
ever nature this may be, it will he consolatory to the
King's Government, looking back upon the unin-
terrupted relations of siecere friendship which have
existed between Prussia and the United States since
their foundation, to have frankly submitted to the
Cabinet of Washington its view of the prevent case,
as well as the wishes which are therewith con-
nected.

" I request you to read this despatch to the
Secretary of State at Washington without delay,
and, if he desires it, to leave with him a copy of
the same. I shall expect to be favoured with a
speedy notification of the fulfilment of this com-
mission.

" Receive the renewed assurance of my profound
consideration. " BERNSTORFF.
" To Baron von Gerolt, Washington."

AUSTRIA AND THE UNITED STATES.

The following is, according to the Journal der
Debuts, the text of the note addressed by Count de
Rechberg to Chevalier do Hulsernann, the Austrian
Envoy at Washington. It is dated Vienna, Dec.
18, 1861 :

"The difference which has arisen between the
Government of the United States and that of Great
Britain in consequence of the arrest of MM. Mason
and Slidell by the Captain of the American man-of-
war San Jacinto, on board the English mail
steamer Trent, has not failed to attract the most
serious attention of the Imperial Cabinet. The
more importance we attach to the maintenance
of good relations between the United States and
England, the more do we regret an occurrence
which has added so serious a complication to a situ-
ation already surrounded with so many difficulties.
Without having the intention here to enter into
the examination of the question of international
law, we may state, however, that, according to
the notions of international law adopted by all the
Powers, and which the American Government
has itself often taken as a basis for its
conduct, England could not dispense, in the
present case, to protest against the insult to her
flag, and demand a just reparation. Moreover, it
appears to us that the demands made in this
respect by the Cabinet of St. James's have nothing
hurtful to the Cabinet of Washington, and that the
latter may perform an act of equity and moderation
without the slightest sacrifice of its dignity,
" Consulting the regulations which guide interna-
tional relations, and the considerations of an en-
lightened policy rather than manifestations pro-
duct d by an outhurs, of national sentiments, tt.e
Government of the United States will, wt, flat ter our
selves to hope, show in its appre&ation all that calm-
ness which the gravity of the case requires, and will
deem it suitable to adopt a decision which, in prevent-
ing a rupture between two great nations, with both
of which Austria is equally connected by friendship,
will be of a nature to prevent the serious perturba-
tions which the eventuality of a war could not fail
to create, not only fur the contending parties, but
in the affairs of the world in general.
" You will please, M. le Chevalier, to bring the
above reflections to the knowledge of Mr. Seward,
and inform us of the manner in which the Minister
shall have received your communication.—l am, &c.
"RECHBERG."

Up to Thursday (says the Court Journal) Osborne
was full of visitors—all familiar faces, and closely con-
nected, either by relationship or family ties, with the Queen.
The circle included the King of the Belgians, the Prince and
Princess of Leiningen, the Princess of Hohenlohe Langen-
bourg, Prince Louis of Hesse, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Alice, Sec., and we need scarcely say that such an
assembly at such a time had a most beneficial effect upon
the Queen's health. The Prince of Leiningen, though suf-
fering from indisposition at the time of the funeral of the
late Prince Consort, has now quite recovered.
The father of Colonel Green Wilkinson was left
£1,600 a-year by an old man, who took a fancy to him
from politely opening the door of his pew in church, and
giving him a seat,—Court Circular.

Much grief has been occasioned in the family
of ono of the largest estate holders in this and in the sister
isle, and one of our greatest peers. His eldest son, Lord
—, like many other eldest sons, unfortunately, has
run completely to ruin, and emigrated to .America, so that
not entailed—and, fortunately, of entailed property
there is no great deal.—Court Circular.
It%ll,ae s noble ear], his father, has cut him off of everything that

THE ILLNESS OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.—The
_Lancet publishes another article on this subject, repeating
its appeal for an authentic account of the lamented Prince's
illness. After quoting the various bulletins which were
published, our contemporary says :—" Here is an account
of a disease which begins on the Bth with feverish cold ;'
which on the 11th is unattended by unfavourable symp-
toms ; and on the 14th kills—the term typhoid fever' then
first officially appearing. It would be wrong to infer that
this disease,:being typhoid fever (21 days)' from the first,
was mistaken for a feverish cold' until the 11th of Decem-
ber, or eighteenth day of the disease; but so the medical
attendants seem here to represent to the world. Indeed it
is clearly impossible to give a fair clinical history of a
disease, in four bulletins addressed to the public, and there-
fore necessarily drawn up in very general if not even vague
terms. The medical attendants of the Prince, therefore,
cannot have fairly represented themselves to the world in
the accounts thus published. It must be remembered that
during the illness of so illustrious and beloved a personage,
the greatest desire prevailed to modify the language de.
scribing his malady, so as to keep clear of raising anxieties
and fears that might not be justified by final events. It is
in the highest degree desirable to satisfy the reasonable
demands of the profession and of the public, by permitting
the phyr;rial:s ;.CC upon record ar. ,r‘tilentie
history of the fatal illness which, as affecting a personage
of national and historial interest, ought without delay to bo
removed from all shadow of doubt or ambiguity,"