The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-30 00:00:00

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ments, the cavalry their arms and accoutrements, the
artillery one field battery, not to exceed six pieces 'War
,
21 rounds of ammunition.
Art. 3. That the Mexican armed forces retire within
seven days from this date beyond the line formed by the
pass of the Rinconada, the city of Lin Ares, and San
Fernando de Presas.
Art. 4. That the citadel of Monterey be evacuated by
the Mexican, and occupied by the American forces, to-
morrow morning, at 10 o'clock.
Art. 5. To avoid collisions and fur mutual cenveni-
ence, that the troops of the United States will not occupy
the city until the Mexican forces have withdrawn, ex-
cept for hospital and storage purposes.
Art. 6. That the forces of the United States will net
advance beyond the line specified in the 2,1 (3d) article
before the expiration of eight vvcels, or until the orders
or instructions of the respective Governments can be
received.

Art. 7. That the public property to be delivered s~ alt
be turned over and received by officers appointed by the
commanding Generals of the two armies.
Art. 8. That all doubts as to the meaning of any of
the preceding articles shall be solved by un equitu-blle
construction, and on principles of liberality to the'le•
tiring army.
Art. 9. That the Mexican flag, when struck at the
citadel, may be saluted by its own battery.
Done at Monetery. Sept. 24, 1846.
W. J. WORTH, Brigadier-General U.S. A.
J. PINKNEY HENDERSON, Major-Gen. Com-
manding the Texan Volunteers.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, Col. Missippi Riflemen.
AIANUEL M. LLANO.
T. REQUENA.
ORTEGA.
Approved—PEDßO AMPUDIA.
Z. TAYLOR, Major-Gen. U. S. A. Corn.

THE REWARDS OF FRANCE.
(From Punch.)
Parade thy chain, high-hearted Spain, that all the world
may see
Th© Castle and the Lion crouched beneath the Fleur-de-
Lys !
Bresson, within the Castle, to each lacquerdollars throws,
And Christina leads the Lion by a cordon through hie
nose.

Nor sword nor lance wields sly old France, gold righ
and left he tosses
And with a ukatob lets off a batch of ribbons, stars, and
crosses ;
For his Majesty has changed the plan that used to be
in vogue,—
The rogue once bung o' the cross, but now the cross
hangs on the rogue.
" Come, Conde, try ; come, Buque, buy ; here is a title
for disgrace,
" A star to blaze upon his breast that should blush to
show his face ;
" Here's the cross of Honour's Legion for dishonour's
foulest stain,
" And the Golden Fleece for him that aids to filch the
wealth of Spain.
" Come,—Mon,—Pidal, my Ministers, ye've been a
servile crew,
"here's a cross, big knave, and bigger knave, here's a
bigger cross for you !
" But thou, my own lieraldo, there be Duqnes, Condes,
higher,
" But take thou the biggest cross of all that art the
biggest liar."
So spake old France, as grinning he distributed his graces
To the gentlemen with hollow hearts, forked tongues,
and brazen faces.
There were Ministers and writers who had vied which
could lie louder,
And Field-Marshals that gun-cotton never smelt, much
less gunpowder.
But round about the Palace, as those honours were
bestowing,
Ia shadowy mail, with woe and wail, were Spain's ord
heroes going ;
Ruy Diaz shook his ghostly fist—the grim old Cam-
peador—
Gonzalez's hard grasped airy brand, Del Carpio's spirit
swore.

" The foul fiend sieze, both necks and knees, these
recreants to Spain I
" My old bones ne'er in Burgos will rest at peace again—
" Tho' dead and dry, when France crows high, and Spain
is in the dust,
" Confound them if they don't get up and walk off in
disgust

" I was a gladsome stripling when I slevv the CountLozan;
" When I wedded fair Ximena I was a merry man ;
" When on five necks of Moorish kings I set my mailed
heel,
" I felt what, in such cases, a gentleman must feel.
" But of all the thrashings e'er I gave, and they've not
been a few,
" As you know, Fernan Gonzalez, and so, Carpio, do you;
" No task would so delight me, killing kings nor wedding
wives,
"As to thrash these roues within, at most, an inch of
their low lives !
So spake the Cid, Gonzalez chid, Bernardo shook his lance,
That once, at Roncesvallez, stayed the onward strrde of
France,
And sadly thought those noble ghosts of the Spanish
days of old,
Ere knightly faith was grown a lie, and good steel
changed for gold.

FINE WRITING ON FOUL WEATHER.--The following
sample of fine writing on a very common-place subject is
taken from the Ballinasloe Star of Thursday We
have had a constant succession of gales and torrents of
rain during the past week. On Wednesday, rfartieu-
larly, the weather was terrific--one continued deluge
poured the live-long day, accompanied by a perfect hur-
ricane, which uprooted several of the largest trees, and
committed other ravages in the country. Even while
we write, the' Stern Eagle of the far Nor-west' is hever-
ing about our town and neighbourhood—swooping now
here now there, in his headlong flight, and mingling his
wild storm-song as he soars along with the wilder music
of his rushing pinions. The callow meadows present
one broad sheet of white-foamed waters—the rivers
scorning the narrow bounds of their accustomed chan-
nels are running riot over the flooded fields--and, were
it not for a 'green hillock here and there, one might
almost fancy that another' fairy well' had overflowed, to
work a second miracle like the far-famed one of Blue
Lough Neagh.'"
HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS' PROVIDENT IN. STITUTION.—The annual dinner of this benevolent as-
sociation, founded for the relief of aged and necessitous
members, was held on Tuesday at the Freemasons'
Tavern, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair.
About 120 members and friends of the institution rat
down—among whom were Alderman Hooper, Mr. C.
Bleaden, Mr. J. Gresham, of Dublin, and most of the
leading hotel and tavern-keepers of the metropolis. The
occasion was one of peculiar interest to the society, the
Lord Mayor having consented to preside for the second
time during his mayoralty, on the understanding that
extra efforts would be used to raise the amount required
to complete the sum :of 5,0001., so as to enable the
society to commence operations at once, by giving tempo-
rary assistance to deserving and necessitous members and
others. The Lord Mayor had undertaken to raise 50/.
among his friends towards making up the requisite sum,but
his Lordship's list on being read by the honorary secre-
tary (Mr. Tapster) was found to amount to 163/. The
health of the Lord Mayor was proposed by Mr. Alder-
man Hooper, who intimated that he understood it was
his Lordship's intention to signalise the close of his year
of office by a series of the same splendid entertainments
that have characterised his mayoralty, an announcement
which was received with rapturous cheering. Lists of
subscriptions were delivered in from Messrs. Lovegrove,
Bacon, Bleaden, Tapster, &c., and at an advanced hour
in the evening it was announced, amid great applause,
that the sum of 5,000/. had been completed. Alderman
Hooper having complied with the request to preside at
the next anniversary, the Lord Mayor left the chair,
stating that a general meeting would shortly he held to
carry the benevolent objects of the society into effect.
The dinner and wines fully upheld the high character of
Mr. Bacon's establishment. Mr. Harker officiated as
toast-master with great success, and the musical ar.
rangements left little to be desired.
DECORATIVE ART SOCIETY.—The first meeting for
the present session was held, Wednesday evening, at the
rooms of the Society, in Great Marlborough-street, when
the chair was taken by Mr. Fildes, one of the vice-
presidents. The chairman openA the fourth session by
congratulating the members on the continued progressive
state of the society, and particularly on the formation of
a library containing works on decorative art in its various
departments which were not to be met with at other.
institutions. Mr. Crabb read a paper on the applieat;on
of colour to textile manufactures, which was most amply
illustrated by many specimens of the most esteemed
English and foreign manufacture. It was, ho slated, a
most singular circumstance that the Schools of ,Design
in this country, supported as they were with a most
liberal hand by Government, met with no soPeopt from
mandurfal-
manufacturers, and that, from the elevated position fur
which they were intended, they hadbecoilmi
become mere
ing schools. A peculiar anomaly, also,
profits were regulated throughout the different
transitions of silk, when it was ready to receive its final
qu commer-
cial
ov
turn of textile fabrics was, that while adeate
impress Li usefulness and beauty, there was no legiti-
mate provision considered for the design ; a less soli-
citude being evinced for the artist than for the mechanic.
A great cause of apathy in design, in which this corm-
try is far behind our continental neighbours, was chiefly
to be attributed to the apathy produced by the corteletis
superiority of our manufacturers. A long anti Interest-
ing discussion ensued, and the meeting did not separate
till a late hour.
Mr. P. M. STEWART, M.P.h—We are sorry tia understand that this gentleman, who had been announced
at Tilllreesi:ernotfeelis-.
as to some extent convalescent, is at present in
P o
admirableTEc n xei
establishment
a sshTmr re Tt Oa Nr a very
precarious state.—Scotsman.
sorsß Oof"thLis
gaged in delivering lectures upon topics of interest
and notoriety. Doctor Bachhoffner everP daley strates most clearly the various electric t e egraphs em-
ployed upon our railways, both in England
and Scotland
rendering that apparatus and its wonderful ,effects easily;
intelligible to the most simple d
un erstanding ; while, in
th 4 chemical department, Br. Ryan is lecturin
the physical and chemical properties of the atmosphere,
in reference, first to atmospheric locomotion and
secondly in relation to respiration and combustiola.
Great anxiety has been expressed for this gentleman to
lecture on the newly discovered explosive cotton, but
we understand that he refuses to do so without the con-
sent of the patentee, as without such consent he, as well
as other scientific gentlemen, imagine that public;
lecturing Amild be lizmuaturei if not unfair,

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