The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-11 00:00:00

MEXICAN BON DHOLDERS.

From the following documents, which have been re-
ceived by Messrs. Schneider and Co., it will appear that
the agency of the'Mexican Government is to remain in
their hands, but that the conversion which was so re-
cently sanctioned is now repudiated, or, what is the
same thing, referred to ,the consideration of Congress
for a decision as to whether, " under the present afflict-
ing circumstances of the country," it is expedient to
permit the tobacco duties (pledg4 d under the conversion)
to go into the hands of their foreign creditors. It is to
be hoped that the history of this affair will suffice to
render similar juggles, henceforth, impossible. All
"conversions" of public debts have their origin in fraud,
and in the present case the Mexican bondholders would
have reason to congratulate themselves if the final result
could,be to restore them to the position they occupied
before the transaction was attempted:—
" Mexico, October 30, 1846.
" His Excellency the General encharged with the
supreme executive power has been pleased to determine
that you immediately resume the agency of the Re-
public in London, receiving, to that effect, from General
Don Jots M. Mendoza, the documents, papers, and
everything else relating to said agency, which you
may have delivered to him under the orders trans-
mitted by the' former packet, and that you continue
in the discharge of the duties of the said commission in
the same terms, and under the same conditions and in-
structions which you previously had, without, in this
respect, making the least variation; on the understanding
that the business being now arranged with Messrs. Man-
ning and Mackintosh, of this city, as representatives of
the parties interested in the new bonds issued in London,
relative to said bonds, and the necessary orders being
issued for the payment of the first dividend in conformity
with said arrangement, you may proceed to announce the
payment of the said dividend, and carry the same into
effect at the appointed time.
" By order of his Excellency, I communicate this to
you, and transmit it likewise to General Mendoza for the
corresponding object. God and Liberty.
" HARO Y TAMARIZ.
" Messrs. John Schneider and Co., London."
" MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
(Section 1.)
" Mexico, Nov. 28, 1846.
" Under this date I say to General Don Jose M.
Mendoza, the Mexican Charge d'.Affsires, what follows:
" His Excpllency the General intrusted with the
supreme .xecutive power has examined very carefully
and scrupul usly the very important business of the
conversion of tLe Mexican -debt in the city of London,
and the creation of the new Consolidated Fund, effected
in virtue of the contract entered into in this capital
on the sth of March last, between the Supreme Go-
vernment and Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, and
the subsequent contract ,relative to the payment of
the dividends; and weighing well all the difficulties
(4 this very important affair, which seem greater and
greater under every aspect for the credit of the nation,
both as regards the war_which it is sustaining against
the American invasion, the heavy responsibilli ies which
press upon the public Treasury, those which especially
weigh upon the tobacco revenue, and which is specially
made liable to the payment, if the conversion of the debt
is complied with in all parts—and this when the blockade
obstructs our pens, deprives us of all receipts of duties
from the maritime custom-houses, .aed when we most
need all our revenues—his Excelbncy considers that the
meeting of the National Sovereign Congress being so
near, having been appointed for the 6th of December
next, the final determniati(m of this matter ought to be
referred entirely to its decision, and he has daermined
to do so accordingly, handing over all the particulars
relating thereto. His Excellency doubts not that the
National Congress will be animated, as he himself is,
with the most lively desire of giving a satisfactory issue
to the business, which may demonstrate the constant
good faith of Mexico, and that, as far as may be in her
power and the present afflicting circumstances may
permit, she will exert herself to appear by her acts as
frank and loyal as her character and intentions always
-have been. In stating this to you by supreme order for
your information, I protest to )ou the securities of my
consideration and esteem.'
" And I communicate it to you by order of his said
Excellency the General, for your information.
" God and Liberty,
VILLAMIL.
" Messrs. John Schneider and Co., London,"

DRURY-LANE THEATRES—St. George and the
Dragon (the new pat:tutu e hen) is drawing all the
town, the house being crowned nightly. On the return
of the Court, the Prince of Wales is to go en I see it, the
first time of hie Ito) al Highness being in a theatre.
Sir Robert Peel fliclairns, we understand, the cir-
cular addressed to certain members of the House of
Commons beangiog to the party of which the ex-Pre-
m:er was the head, by his ;ate Secretary of the Trea-
sury, Mr. John Young, in conjunction with other sub-
orlinates of the late Government. The Right Hon.
Baronet further desires it to be distinctly understoood,
that he does not wis'i to be considered no the leader of
any political parry in this country.—Obserner.
BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, JAN. B.—A large busi-
nrtss has been iratu.aried tu our suLar-mAket since the
r—opening of the offices on Tuesd .v last, and prices
have imp ovid ab .ut Is per cwt —Bristol Mercury.
THE HIGHLAND CLANS.—The following fin
alphabetical list of all th. known el .ns of Scotland, ith
a description -f the particular bodge ,:f di,tinctio,.
uteutly Wit u by ~tteli elan re.peetiveiy, end which s.-rvt.d
I.eLung e a.k of their hiels:—Buchanan,
birch— •amer , oak (I.!tiO'A.ll ,
( wowing, rommon
myrtle—Chisholm,
ummond, turtle texglove—Fer-
poplar—F.liite.brootn—Frioser,yew—Gordi,u,j4
Lwood Laro,mt, erat.apple tree Mocalis;er, five-leaved
aGorna.ham, lour. 1— 1, runt, cranberry beat h—Gunn,rkme-
in
übtuo
cloud berry bush
M.Killn"rSt. Johil's wort
blackberry heath
_rusmh—.LaNelhqiCa.n.n,zraie:
judnt
—M•Leod, red wortle berries—M'Nab, rose b berries
D 4 variegated ba wooldl
Xl!Rae fir club
MacQuarrie, black thorn—
eagle's feathers—Menzies, ash—Murray,
moss--Munro,.
Ogilvy, hawthorn—Oliphant, the groresautrmrßati3:p:lse—j:Rneloprlgeerr—t-
son. fern or bruchins—Rose, brier
ber-
ries—Sinclair, clover—Ste a art, theistle—Sutherlan,
cat's tail grass. The chief of each clan to wear two
eagle's feathers in his bonnet, in addition to the forego-
ing badge of his clan.
DEATH OF JAMES SCULLY, ESQ.—Died, et his re-
sidence, in Tipperary, on the night of the 31st alt.,
after a short but severe illness, James Scully, Ee4 ,
sen., in his 70th year. Mr. Scully vas the only sur-
viving son of the late James Scully, E.q., r f Kilfeacle
House, in this county, and ass for tosov years the
leading and active partner in ihe re,pect.S.le banking
establiNhment in Tipp( r ry, 'carried on under his name.
Up to his death he ate the director of the joint stock
bank in the same town. During several years he acted
as grand juror of this con ity, and when the penal laws
were relaxed, giving Roman Cat olics the privilege of
holding the commission of the peace, be was amongst
the first of that class appointed to the responsible situ-
ation of magistrate. Air. Scully was the senior magis-
trate of the barony in which he resided, having held
the comma-ion for nearly lorty years. As long as the
name o the late James Scully will be remembered, it
will be associated with all those recolbetions of genero-
sity, high-mindedness, independence, and sterling prin-
ciple, which through life maked his character. Dig he
rest in peace,—Tipperary Free Press.