The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

POSTSCRIPT.

Saturday, 3 P.M.
Tilt) post from Fort Beaufort has just arrived. The
inforr aation from this point is comprised in the following
PostEt :ript:—
"N o junction yet between the Governor and Lieu-
tenan t-Governor. The great attack was to have been
trade this morning on the Chumie Hoek, but no firing
hear, I all day. The impression here is that the enemy
!till slip into the Winterberg and Baviaan's River, and
'Hat°ol the great body of them have fallen backs into Tam-
u deland."

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1 i;XICO and the UNITED STATES.
(From the Morning Post.)
:cT he following document has been forwarded to us by
l 0 rrespondent. We publish it precisely as it reached
iar hands, though, not having received any other intel-
ge Dee on the subject, we are unable to confirm it from
"r own sources of information :

Vera Cruz, Sept. 2.
1"11E LIMINAIIIES OF PEACE TO BE CONCLUDED BETWEEN,
31 EXICO AND THE UNITED STATES, AT TAMPICO, ON
7 RE 6TLI OF SEPTEMBER.
1' he Pr( sident, Santa Anna, who lately landed at Vera
Cruz, has i ecn since in constant communication with an
Am. ?lien') Commissioner from Washington, who awaited
his t Lrrival here, and, after a stay of a few days, accom-
pan' ed the President to his country seat, where the pre-
lim; naries of pe ace have been drawn up, and will be
sigt. ed at Tampico on the 6th of September, to which
plat. e Santa Anna and the American Commissioner will
pros ?ed to meet three other Commissioners from the
Uni.; ;ed States.
T he following are the outlines of the stipulations pro-
Pose d and agreed upon by both parties :-
1.. Peace to be concluded and proclaimed between the
Unit ed States and Mexico, and a cessation of all hostili-
ties t :o take place forthwith.
2. California to be ceded for ever to the United
Shit is, and, in lieu of it, an indemnity of ten millions of
dolls rs to he paid by the United States to Mexico, in
four
instalments.
A. The M, mican tariff to be reduced to half its present
tale a, and onerican vessels to enter all Mexican ports
tindf:r the n lost favourable conditions.
4. A Mir aster of the United States to be resident at
Itlexi co, and . a Mexican Minister at Washington.
1l to othe; r clauses are unimportant, except that which
Prue ides tha .t Paredes shall be exiled from Mexico.

TINE FOREIGN MAILS.
Irotice re lative to the departure, &c., of the foreign
as o n Saturday issued at the chief office, St. Mar-
tin's-le-Gra nd, stating as follows:_
Tun
LEI ;INSTILS MAILS.—The next mils for Vigo,
on
Oporto, Li
25th bon, Cadiz, Corunnar &c., will be dispatched
the instant.
The QUI !en, with the above, due on the 17th, from
India, &c., via Southampton. The next mails for
Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Iss, Egypt,
India, Chit la, &c., via Southampton, willland be dispatched
on the 20tit inst.
INDIA. & VIA MARSEILLES.—The next mails for
the Medite: rranean, Egypt, India, China, Sc.c , via Mar-
seilles, will be dispatched on the 25th inst. *
WEST It (DIES, &c.—The next mails for the British
and foreigi 1. colonies in the West Indies (except Hon-
duras and Havannab), including Bermuda, San Juan de
Nicaragua?, New Grenada, Chili, Peru, Venezuela, and
',!3(tdeira, IA ill be dispatched from hence the 25th inst.
.(he Dee fi Jr the above.
„,, Is A, BRAZILS, AND BUENOS AyRES.—The next
-"ailsA will 1 )(3 dispatched from hence Nov. 5.
4151Eitic, .—The next mails for British North America
an, d the tin used States will be dispatched from hence the
th inst. The Britannia for the above.
NEw SOUTH WALES, gm—The next mails
Will be dill
etched the 31st inst.

0 Saturday 1,000
• • EST 3 [INDIA PINEAPPLES..— n packet, were
Pineapples, ex Medway, Royal West India
They
'°1(1 by li, ?cling and Hunt, of Monument-yard. "
very high
Here prices. in
e xcellent condition, and brought
T his is the last consignment for the season.
. Tut
quest
z)
I; DISONINGS IN ESSEX.—The adjourneci. . in-
child
at
;II • he I ody of Solomon Taylor, the illegrditalym,a
(ih" i't. I. '3 die Taylor, was resumed on Sat
nden,. four miles from Clavering. Further evidence
(`hl ''('N'ti,s a,(l4ll:ed, which strengthened the case againsS
for a
f '''s"ei. and the inquest was again adjourned
(.rttligh, z.
Ile 1 olice-comtables who are charged with giving
false evi constables
on the in into the murder of the law
constaliJ e Clarke, at Ltagenhana, are to be proceeded
against under the direction of the law officers ofthe
Crown :or that offence.
SUG LE —A return to the House of Commons, of
the qu• intity of sugar exported from the territories cf
the La S t India Company in the years 1844 and 1845 re-
gpecti' rely, has just been delivered. It is signed T. L.
Peace ck, Examiner of Indian Correspondence. The re-
turns from Calcutta are given one year in Bengal, the
other in Indian rounds ; those from Madras and Bon-
bay 'tn ewts.; those from Prince of Wales' Island, Singa-
pore in Malacca, in peculs. Whether the examiner has
abstained 'from translating the various weights into a
conraion standard for the purpose of keeping the total
fror a the knowledge of the vulgar, or whether the au-
that! of " Headlong Hall " was in too great a hurry to
giv,a himself the trouble, it is not for us to determine.
lin t tlwre is an air of cavalier resistance of inquiry about
thee return rather
In c characteristic of Leadenhall-street.
from returns tLe weights, we have found some difficulty
Mr. Peacock not having condescended to explain
Whether his maunds are "factory" or " bazaar metunds:
them a
We have assumed that they are factory, and have taken
t 75 lbs. instead of 74 lbs. 10 oz., as a sufficient
approximation for our purpose. We venture to interpret,
for the use of the country gentleman, the returns from
ist May to 30th April respectively :
1843-4--cwts. 1844-s—ewts.
Caigatta ""......••••••.•...1,046,973 1,365284
Madras. ... ................... 35,171 ,
no return.
Bombay ... ............. ... 85,186 96, Prince of Wales'P Island... 7,968 no retu36o
rn.
xu&o re .................. 87,945
no return.
............. .11111111,S 98 zio return,