The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-03 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The treaty having been ratified, the American troops
are withdrawing from the country. The siege train and
the heavy artillery have already left the city of Mexico,
also General Patterson's division of volunteers, which
are to be followed by General Marshall's, General
Kearney's, and General Worth's division bringing up
the rear.

The American Commissioners had not left Quaretaro
at the last advices.

Exchange on London, 1108 to 111; on Paris, sf. 20c.;
Amsterdam, 41 to 42; Hamburgh, 361 to 36k; Bremen,
81 to 82.
Cotton unchanged. Flour remained quiet. Grain
dull. Wheat had declined. Provisions in fair demand.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

LORD SHAFTESBURY'S COMMITTEE.—NORTH
STAFFORDSHIRE. (Deviation at Willington).—Preamble
proved and clauses agreed to.
LONDON AND ENNISKILLEN (Abandonment of Line
from Omagh to Enniskillen).—Preamble proved and
clases agreed to.
ABERDEEN. (Additional Capital).—Preamble proved
and clauses agreed to.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK (Great North
of England, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction).—Pre-
amble proved and clauses agreed to.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (Amendments
and Branches).—Preamble proved and clauses agreed to.
SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION (Amendments and
Branch' to Brannon).—Preamble proved and clauses
agreed to.
STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE EXTENSION.—Pre-
ambIe proved, and clauses agreed try.
GROUP No. 2.—SALISBORY AND YEOVIL.—The
object of this line is to extend the South-Western
Railway from Salisbury to Yeovil. After the case had
been opened, Mr. Hill, on behalf of the promoters, took
an objection to the appearance of the Great Western
Railway Company, who were opponents of the measure,
and were anxwus to advance their Berks and Hants
extension as a competing line. The objection was
argued at some length, and ultimately tho Committee
decided that the Great Western Company had no locus
stancli. The evidence for the promoters was then pro-
ceeded with.

GROUP No. 3.—GREAT WESTERN, BERKS, AND
LIANTai EXTENSION.—The object of this Bill is to enable
the Great Western Company to extend their Berks and
Rants line from Ilutigerford to Westbury, to join the
Wilts. Somerset, and Weymouth line, with a branch to
Devizes. The promoters contended that this line
would form a competitor to the Salisbury and
Yeovil line, and applied to the Committee before the
case was gone into to refer this Bill to the previous
grou.p. The Committee, after giving the application
their best consideration, came to the conclusion that the
line could not be considered in the light of a competitor

to the Salisbury and Yeovil, and they consequently re-
fused to accede to the request of the promoters. The
evidence in favour of the Bill was then proceeded with

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
DUBLIN.

The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's
majority was proceeded with, and in the course of the
day the petitioners succeeded in striking off three addi-
tional votes.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
and a Common Jury.)
TATTERSALL V. GRANT.
This was an action brought to recover from the de-
fendant, the proprietor of the Era newspaper, the
amount of a year's salary, at twelve guineas a week, for
editing and conducting the sporting department of that
paper. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Ho-
race Mayhew, that in the month of May, 1846, Mr.
Grant engaged the plaintiff as his sporting editor
upon the following terms:—The plaintiff was to receive
twelve guineas per week for his services, but during the
seasons he was to pay out of that sum IL is. per week
to the gentleman who supplied" cricket copy ;" 1/. is. to
the gentleman who "did" the " yatching; 11. 10s. per
week for the " timing of the races;" and to provide a sub-
editor should the pressure of business require one. In
return for this remuneration the plaintiff undertook
to supply a couple of columns of sporting intel-
ligence, and generally to superintend the sporting
department of the Era. The plaintiff performed these
duties up to the time of the Goodwood Races in the same
year, when his account of that meeting was rejected by
the proprietor, and that of Mr. Harrison ("Yates ")was
used in its stead. This breach of professional etiquette
induced Mr. Tattersall to throw up his situation as
sporting editor, and to commence the present action to
recover compensation for a breach of his engagement
with Mr. Grant.
For the defence, Mr. Strutt, the attorney, was called
to prove that just before Mr. Tattersall abandoned
the paper, he became the proprietor of the Era, and
finding that the salaries paid to the various
contributors were extravagantly high, while the circu-
lation of the paper was rapidly going down, he deter-
mined to have " the house put in order." Accordingly
he engaged " Vates " (Mr. Harrison), as the sporting
editor, and agreed with the plaintiff to pay him 51.
a week to act conjointly with Mr. Harrison in managing
the sporting department. The plaintiff agreed to these
terms, but subsequently he expressed himself dissatisfied
with the arrangement, and left the establishment of his
own accord.
'The jury found for the plaintiff—damages 101. 10s.

BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The adjourned special general meeting of the proprie-
tors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
was held this afternoon at the King's Arms Tavern, Old
Palace-yard, Westminster. There were not more than
five or six shareholders in attendance, and the meeting
was further adjourned till half-past ten o'clock on Tues-
day week, to beheld at the same place.