The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-23 00:00:00

HOP DUTY.

An Account of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of
the Year 1847, for the under-mentioned Districts,
distinguishing the Old from the New Duty.
Districts. Duty.
Barnstaple ... .. £8 12
Cambridge ... ••• 50 14 94
Cornwall .. 1 12 1111
Derby ... .. 20 7 6i
Grantham .. 8 3 7
Hants ... 4,672 4 11
Hereford ... ... 2,190 11 1
Hertford .. .. 306 19 6
Oxford.. ... , . 416 191-
Reading ... 19 9 0
Salisbury ... 90 7 8
Salop... • • • • • • 311 Of
Stourbridge .. 87 11 2-1-
Wales, Middle... ... 6 8 10
Worcester_ ... 349 2 4

7,750 13 10

Old duty, at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 4,244 14 4 8-20
New duty, at 3, 8-20 „ ... 3,137 7 11,112 20
Additional duty of 5 per cent.,
per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 ... 368 11 6

£7,750 13 10

NoTE.—The above are the only districts from
which returns have reached this office ; those for the
other districts will be published as soon as received.
L. S. LYNE, Accountant-General.
Excise-office, Lomion, Oct. 22, 1847.

It was rumoured in political circles yesterday after-
noon, that Sir Robert Peel had been sent for by the
Queen, and that in consequence her Majesty had granted
to the Right Hon. Baronet the honour of a private
audience. We are not in a position to deny the truth
of this report, but we confess we think it improbable.
The Queen cannot have dismissed her present Minister,
and n e are much mistaken in Lord John Russell if he
should have tendered his resignation in the mere antici-
pation of danger of defeat. It may be, indeed, that
the Noble Lord has suggested the calling in of his pre-
decessor as consulting physicion, though we doubt the
willingness of Sir Robert Peel to " prescribe without a
fee" now, after his expressed disinclination to do so in
1841.--Post.

ALTEN MINING ASSOCIATION.—The annual general
meeting of shareholders in this undertaking was held
yesterday, at the Offices of the company, Winchester
House, Old Broad-street ; Mr. John Labouchere in the
chair. The report stated that the produce of the first
six months of last year was considered highly satisfac-
tory, being 1,100 tons of ore, producing 63 tons of
copper, which enabled the directors to recommend a
dividend of ss. per share in October. In consequence
of an inundation at Raipas, however, the produce of
the last six months fell considerably short ; hence the
produce of the year did not realise the expectations
formed, but the results on the whole were satisfactory.
From the report .of the manager, it appeared that dur-
ing the last few months not only had the quality of
the oro improved, as well as its quantity increased,
but that fresh discoveries of a promising character had
been made.

Yesterday the Lord Chancellor sent out his notice
of the order in which business would be taken in his
court during Michaelmas Term—that is, from the 2d to
the 25th of November, inclusive; and at the foot of the
notice were these words:—" Except those days on which
the Lord Chancellor may sit in the House of Lords."
This saving clause looks, prima facie, like an early
meeting of Parliament; but as Ministers can hardly be
supposed to have made up their minds yet, on this or
any other subject, the exception ought, perhaps, only to
be considered as so much margin, of which they may
possibly find it convenient to avail themselves, if circum-
stances should render such a step "expedient."--Post.
APOTHEOSIS OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND
THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.--011 Sunday evening not
only was the Hippodrome at Lyons overcharged, but the
whole of its environs densely crowded with people, to
witness the exhibition of a spectacle announced as the
" Apotheosis of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress
Josephine, conducted to the skies by two guardian
angels." By means of cords and machinery, a car con
taining the prototypes of the Emperor and Empress, with
their genii, was raised from the area of the Ilippodrome
to the height of about thirty-five yards. At this mo-
ment the car broke under its superincumbent weight,
and the great Emperor, represented by a waiter of a
coffee. house who was remakable for his supposed resem-
blance to Napoleon, and who was invested with the well-
known three-cornered hat and green uniform, came
headlong to the spot from which he had risen, in the
terrified sight of upwards of 10,000 spectators. He lay
senseless on the ground, and was carried away in a
hopeless state. In the meanwhile the Empress Jose-
phine was seen suspended in mid-air, by a cord fastened
round one of her legs. Whether thus caught accident-
ally or previously fastened by precaution is not known.
She, however, after remaining in this awkward position
for about ten minutes, was lowered gently to the earth,
and at last stood erect on her feet without any material
injury.—Galiynani.
SERmus ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON.--
11re regret to learn that the Bishop of London has been
suffering under a severe attack of illness, at his palace at
Fulham. The malady, we understand, was a sort of
paral}sis, painful symptoms of ner-
vous with'gohsale
Right Rev. Prelate has been quite
aralydesibsi, debility,
attended The R,i
all performance of official duty in
adjoining Cheltenham, was
sold by public
consequence.iT'a incapacitated
Gt 'lrtoe'vd Grove field eo 11; estate,
landed proprietor of the district.
to Mr. Butt, a wealthy
building land were offered at
auction, by Mr. Robins, on Tuesday last,
Several farms and lots of
FALMOUTH, OCT. 21. *gates San
the same time, and met w—itlfrheeadsyaßip,eduriranciidlatian,sefrrsi
Michel, Commodore Mamali, and Captain
Mil-
port, and, it is
from Copenhagen, still remain at this p
leechie, accompanied by the Mardo tran'port brig, all
supposed, aro waiting orders.

BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD
JUNCTIOI RAILWAY.
(FROM OUR MN REPORTER.)
It will be in the reco Ileetion of our readers that
the half-yearly meeting of this company was held a
short time ago, and that 1, was adjourned by arrange-
ment until yesterday, wis en it was held at Dee's
Royal hotel; P. 11. Aunt::, Esq., in the chair
Th. CHAIRMAN stated tl iat this was an adjourned
meeting, held pursuant to an arrangemer.it made on
the 13th of August last.
Mr. E. MOZLEY said he • perfectly -understood the
terms of the arrangement, .and so far as the dissen-
tient shareholders were concerned., be would under-
take to say that it would be observed to the letter.
Had it not been for circumstances -which had recently
occurred he should not have felt it necessary to make
a siegle remark, but in what he was about to say he
;)egged it to be understood that h 4 did not wish to
cast any odium upon the direct, )vs. It would be in
the recollection of the shareholders that at the last
meeting he took the opportuni zy of suggesting that
the directors would not press for any call until the
disputes which •were now pending in the courts of
law had been det3ided. He, regretted, however, to
state that that co urse had not been followed, and
legal proceedings Against the shareholders had been
taken on an extended scale. He felt the most ag-
grieved at the manner in which those proceedings
had been carried out, Anything more offensive
than the way in which :those proceedings had been
dissentientt't is
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as from
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first commenced it was impossible to crlneeive, but he
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holders of the weakness of their case that induced
him to make these remarks. He made them because
he entertained a sincere conviction that these pro-
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naturally prevailed amongst the dissentient share-
holders. He did not wish to derogate fpm the cha•
ratter of the solicitor of the company., but he must
say, that either their orders had been. f,rossly misun•
derstood by their agents, or they not have been
carried cut in a manner so offensive as they had been.
In the town of Liverpool inen 'Jf the first character
had been served publicly by bz.iliffs with writs.
Mr. WHATELU Y (the solicitor)—No, no.
Mr. MOZLEY--Mr. Whiteley might say so, but he
(Mr. Mozley) had stated a fact, and he was prepared
to prove it, He was not aware that the writs were
in Liverpool until they had been there for several
hours, and the first intimation he received was through
his solicitor. He asked his solicitor what was to be
done, and the answer was, that the best course to
pursue was to go to Mr. Frodsham, the agent of
Mt sirs. Whateley, and give an undertaking to ar pear
to all the writs. They accordingly
he did so, 'nit Mr.
Frodsham started an objection to
t Invl_iertaking being given, and wanted to know for who:in it was to
be given. Mr. Bargewell, his (Mr. 1 ;:tozky's) soli-
citor, replied that they were for all ttbe Persons who
had received writs, and Mr. 133 r gq's'vell. was then
required to produce his auttionty, which Mr.
Bargewell consented to do if 'le were furnished with ,
the names of the parties •
against whom writs had
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autliority, he har-_. no other course but to follow his
orde•:s and se" ve the writs in the usual manner. Now
he (Mr. IV..ozley) believed that this conduct was con-
trarN to the usual courtesy which prevailed in the
pr ofessien, and the consequence was.that it had pro-
Onced. considerable excitement amongst the share-
holders. Mr. Lowndes, a professional gentleman,
and Mr. Swift, one of the solicitors to the London
and North-Western, both declared that such a cir-
cumstance had never occurred in the course of their
practice. Mr. Swift was served at his own house,
and he remarked at the time, " Surely Mr. Whateley
knows that this is all unnecessary, for he knows that
I would have appeared to the writ had he sent me
word that it was issued." Another gentleman was
served in his carriage, and several gentlemen whom
he knew were served on 'Change publicly.—(Cries of
" Shame.") These gentlemen, in defiance of the
undertakings which had been offered in their behalf,
were served in the public streets, and several ladies,
for whom Mr. Bargewell was prepared to appear,
were served in the same manner by a common
bailiff.
Mr. WHATELEY—No such thing, they were served
by a gentleman from the office.
Mr. MOZLEY said that Mr. Whateley might have
sent a gentleman to Liverpool, but there was no
doubt that the writs were served by Mr. Frodsham's
orders.

Mr. WIIATELEY said he was not responsible for
Mr. Frodsham's actions. If it were true, as Mr.
Mozley stated, it was contrary to Mr. Frodsham's
instructions.
Mr. MOZLEY wished to know who was responsible.
Mr. Frodsham declared that he acted according to
instructions, and yet Mr. Whateley said he was not
responsible for the manner in which those instruc-
tions had been carried out. But there was another
act of whichperp l
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was ever penned by any man. One of these letters
was addressed to a Mr. Garnet, to which was this
postcript :—" We think it right to mention that Mr.
Glyn, Air. Mozley, and several other gentleman
acting with the last gentleman, have paid their calls."
Now a more gratuitous addition could not have been
presumed ; and it did not reflect much credit on the
judgment of the solicitors. He spoke thus openly,
because the shareholders who had been dealt with in
this matter had felt highly indignant at the course
the directors were pursuing, and they had personally
applied to him to give expression to their sentiments.
He would now move that the meeting be adjourned
to the 16th of September.
Mr. MOZLEY resumed his seat, but immediately rose
again and said he would make one more remark.
Already sufficient damage had been done, and there
could be no object served in putting enormous sums
into the pockets of the solicitors. He begged to inti-
mate that the shareholders were anxious to have the
question settled by the trial of one or two actions,
and they would be perfectly content to abide by the
result, and Le called on the chairman to consent to
such a course. He (Mr. Mozley) would publicly
state that an application would be made to-morrow
to the proper tribunal for carrying out that object.
Mr. ABEL PEYTON, in seconding the motion, said
that at the last meeting he had been misunderstood.
He then stated that the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly
had been taken, and it had proved adverse to the case
of the directors. On that occasion Mr. Spooner de-
clared that no such opinion had been taken. It was
true that the directors had not taken the opinion,but the
at the That had, and itT wast otopitnn waseffecthioen n
thatoofite
confirmed
last
Mr. Parker, Mr. Charles Crompton, and several other
gentlemen connected with the Chancery and common-
law bars.
The CHAIRMAN said he would explain in a few
words how this matter stood. The directors had never
taken the opinion of Sir F. Kelly, because they knew
that he had been retained by the dissentient share-
holders ; but they had taken the opinions of the At-
torney and Solicitor-General, and of Mr. Talbot and
Mr. Godfrey, and their opinion was, that the directors
ought not to rotate, because their tenure of office was
for twelve months from their election. He deeply re-
gretted that anything further should have occurred to
increase the irritability of the shareholders, but the
directors were compelled to have recourse to these
legal proceedings. for the purpose of procuring funds
to keep the company in existence. They must raise
a certain sum of money by Christmas, to enable them
to purchase certain land at Leamington, the compul-
sory power to purchase which would expire at that
period. The directors, therefore, had no alternative
but to resort to legal proceedings to enable them to
preserve the line in its integrity.
Mr. WUATELEY defended himself from the charge
of having violated the etiquette which usually pre-
vailed amongst the legal profession, and declared
that he had acted upon the advice of high legal au-
thorities in refusing to accept of the undertaking of
Messrs. Colborn and Beale, the solicitors to the dis-
sentients. Those gentlemen applied to him to have all
the writs forwarded to their offices to be endorsed
with their undertakings ; but, acting on the advice Of
eminent counsel, he declined to comply with their
request, unless they gave him the names of their
clients. It was sufficiently clear that he had pursued
the most prudent course, for since then undertakings
had been given by several gentlemen to other so-
licitors.
Mr. AIoaLEY said that all this irritation and excite-
ment might have been avoided had the solicitors to
the company supplied Messrs. Colborn and Beale
with the names of the parties against whom they had
issued the writs. He was glad to say that Mr.
Crossthwaite, who was connected with the Great
Western, entirely repudiated all participation in the
irregular manner in which the writs had been issued.
The CHAIRMAN again deeply regretted the course
they had taken, but he thought that some of the par-
ties must have laboured under misapprehension.
A SHAREHOLDER inquired if letters of apology had
not been sent to certain parties who had been served
Mr. WIIATELEY said he was not aware that there
had been any. lie must express his regret that any-
thing connected with his office should have given
rise to ill-feeling amongst the proprietors, but he
could assure them that his instructions were to use
the utmost courtesy in serving the parties with the
writs.

The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously, and the meeting separated.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES.
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM
PANIES' STOCK.
From t'ze Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUEM/AY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22.

The East .Anglian Railway, from Lynn to Ely,
will be opened throughout on Monday.
J. H. Parry, Esq., the barrister, and one of the
unsuccessful candidates for Norwich at the. late election,
was entertained by a soirée held in St. Andrew's Hall,
Norwich, on Tuesday. About 1,000 parsons sat down to
a well-served tea, with cake and other eatables, which
wore placed in sixteen rows of tables.

'LOINDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1847.

sale. The bul of this quantity consisted of Madras
and Kurpabs, which were partly sold and partly bought
in at 4d to 5d discount on the last sale's prices. Pro-
prietors have bought in 237 chests, leaving 700 sold.
About 600 chests remain for sale on Monday.
CocrurtEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with little
attention, and 189 bags of Honduras silvers at auction
sold at a further fall of 2d to 3d, low to good went at
3s 9d to 4s 7d; 20 bags black sold at a similar decline,
• viz., at 5s 7d to 6s 5d for middling to fine.
SALTPETRE.—HoIders of rough are not disposed to
submit to any further reduction in the value, and they
have refrained from offering any at auction. Privately,
however, only a limited demand has been experienced
from exporters or the home trade. English refined is
only in limited demand, and there is a desire to sell at
32s 6d to 335. Nitrate of Soda has been in brisker de-
mand, and prices are higher.
OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 18 tuns Sperm
Oil sold at 811 to 821 for tine, 60/ for low, and 821 for
good Headmatter. 34 tuns Southern 231 15i tJ 251 for
middling to good. 14 tuns liumpbacs 24/ 15s to 26/.
32 tuns brown Seal taken in at 221 15s to 231.
TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales went off
heavily, and at easier rates : 248 casks Australian only
in part sold at 41s 6d to 445, very low 37s to 33s 6d.
'5O casks Taganrog 42s 6d to 44s per cwt.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of October, 1847
ISSUE DEPLETMENT.
Notes i55ued........ 21,989,600

£21,989,600

X.
Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2,981,900
Gold coin and bullion G,899,485
Silver bullioß • • 1,090,115

,reaty.

THE UNITED STATES

AND MEXICO.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, lIALF•PAST FOUR.
We have two arrivals here to-day from the United
States, the Oxford f1•om New York, and the Wyoming
from Philadelphia, both bringing American papers of
the Ist instant. Their political and commercial con-
tents are highly important, the political giving further
accounts of the movements of the American and
Mexican armies, by which we learn that the attempt
to make peace had failed, that the American forces
were fighting in the city of Mexico, and that during
the conflict one of the American officers, General
Worth, was badly wounded. The news was commu-
nicated to Philadelphia by telegraph extracted from
letters which had arrived at New Orleans.
These letters state that the propositions made by
Mr. Trist were rejected, or at least one portion of
them, and that hostilities had recommenced on the
Bth, in the afternoon, and that a battle had been
fought on that evening by a few hundred men of
General Scott's army, and four of the picked regi-
ments of the Mexican army, viz., the 11th regiment
of the line, the 3d and 4th regiments of light infantry,
and one regiment of the national guards, all com-
manded by General Leon, that the enemy's forces
had been badly used up, and that their loss exceeded
2,500.
The letters say that Mr. Trist's propositions were
these :
That the citizens of the United States would not
have anything to claim from Mexico for damages
occasioned by this war; that the United States would
have the privilege of establishing two factories in
Upper California; and that the Mexican Govern-
ment could, after that time [the time is not given
in the dispatch], if it choose, renew this article of the

This was not accepted.
Then Mr. Trist, unclothing himself of his official
power, remarked to the Mexican commissioners that
he thought that it would be much better for Mexico
to cede the whole of Upper California to the United
States, for which that Government would certainly
pay fifteen or twenty millions of dollars. This would
probably have been agreed upon, if the following
article had met with the assent of the Mexicans, that
the Texan boundary line would run along from the
mouth of the Rio Grande, from the left side to the
right side of the Rio Gila. But this last proposition
was rejected ; the Mexicans would not yield one inch
of ground the other side of the Nueces.

The commissioner, Mr. Trist, then asked for forty-
eight days' time to consider, as he said he was not
authorised to accept such a proposition ; but the
Mexicans replied that they would give but five days,
and no more.

On the fifth day of the conference, the ith inst.,
a letter was written by General Santa Anna to
General Scott, accusing him of breaking the armis-
tice on some trifling pretext. General Scott replied,
making similar charges against Santa Anna.

On the Bth instant, in the afternoon, a body of a
few hundred men of the American army were sent to
attack Chapultepec ; they there encountered a large
force of the enemy's best troops, and a terrible fight
ensued, in which the Mexicans recived, as usual, a
good thrashing. General Leon, who commanded the
Mexicans, was wounded, and General Balderis, of the
National Guard, was killed.
The small number of the Americans, who, accord-
ing to the Mexican report, fought like devils, retired
to Tacubaya, leaving five waggons behind them. Some
of these had no wheels, while others had no horses.

1 The loss of the Americans is said to be compara-
tively small.
A proclamation or manifesto, as they call it, was
issued by General Herrera, Governor of the city of
Mexico, recommending% the citizens, men, women, and
children, to collect stones and carry them to the roofs

of the houses, and thence throw them at the Ame-

ricans if they entered the city.
The annexed is from the correspondent of the 310-
bile Herald, stationed at Pensacola :

" Pensacola, Sept. 23, 1847.
"The brig Osceola arrived at the Navy yard last
evening, after a passage of five and a half days from
Vera Cruz.

" She has brought late and unfavourable news from
the army of General Scott.
" It seems that hostilities were renewed on the Bth
inst., Santa Anna and General Scott mutually charg-
ing each other with a violation of the armistice.

AC-cording to the last accounts our troops had pos-
session of two streets, and had driven the principal
part of the Mexican force in or towards the Plaza.
Our troops had suffered greatly from the fire of the
enemy, stationed in windows and on the roofs of

houses, and General Worth was badly but not mor-
tally wounded.

"Our loss since leaving Puebla is estimated at
3,000 men.

" The proposition of Mr. Trist for the cession of a
portion of California for a consideration of twenty
millions of dollars had been agreed to by the Mexican
commissioners; but another proposition, axing the
Rio Grande as the boundary on this side, was pe-
remptorily refused.
"It is said that General Paredes is on the road
between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico with a
large force of guerillas.

"The Sun of Anahuac, of the 16th instant, says
that troops have been arriving in great numbers from
the Brazos for the previous five or six days, and it
does n©t doubt but that in the next five or six days
there will be from two to three thousand men ready
to march into the interior.

" These accounts are derived from the Sun of
Anahuac of the 16th instant, and brought by the
Osceola, and from verbal communications from Mr.
Dimond to the captain of the Osceola at the moment
of leaving, I have no doubt of their accuracy.
" The news reached Vera Cruz by the Orizaba
route."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, SEPT. 30.
Great caution is observable in the movements of
capitalists and merchants, produced by the uncer-
tainty which prevails as to the extent of the revulsion
in Europe, and the duration of the war with Mexico.
That the former is more disastrous than was at first
supposed we have abundant proofs. In the case of
Prime, Ward, and Co., we regret to learn that the
assets are not likely to realise more than 200,000
dolls., while the liabilities are 2,000,000 dolls. Ten
cents. on the dollar, it is believed, will be the largest
amount realised by the creditors. The sudden and
overwhelming destruction of English houses has pro-
duced this painful result.
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Pork is quoted at 14 dolls. 50c., and prime 11 dolls.
per barrel, but there were sellers at lower rates.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 30.
Flour is held firmly, with a fair demand for city
use, and light receipts. A few hundred barrels fresh
ground Pennsylvania were taken for export at 5 dolls
75c. For city use, sales at 5 dolls 75c. to 5 dolls.
78ic. for common and good fair brands, and extra at
6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. per barrel. Rye Flour—A
further sale at 4 dolls. 121 c. per barrel. Corn meal
is held at 2 dolls. 871 c. to 3 dolls. Grain—Wheat
is scarce, and in request. A sale of fair white at
1:doll. 24c. ; prime old Pennsylvania red is held at
1 doll. 25c. per bushel, and Southern at 1 doll. 21c.
Rye—A sale at 75c. Corn is in better request. A
sale of Southern yellow at 70c., and 1,200 Pennsyl-
vania yellow at the same price. Oats—A sale of new
Pennsylvania at 42c. Cotton—Prices are steady,
with sales of 90 to 100 bales.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS
FROM MEXICO.
ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT.
By the) arrival of the Sarah Sands :we have just
received New York papers of the 6th instant. She
has 14 passengers, and 40,0001. in specie, and some of
her passengers say, that the Henry Clay is bringing
over 240,0001. This intelligence will be very wel-
come to the commercial public in this country,
as it is but reasonable that we may expect back a
portion of the great quantities of gold which we
shipped hence in the early part of the year.
The accounts from Mexico are very important.
We subjoin full particulars, by which you will see
thit Jonathan has had hard work in the Halls of the
Alontezunias, and lost a great part of his army in try-
ing to conquer the Mexicans in their own capital.
The steamer James L. Day arrived at New
Orleans on the 25th ult., with the most important
intelligence yet received from the seat of war.
L From the Picayune of the 2Gth, received by the ,New