The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-10 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Mexico, when the Avon left, was quiet but uneasy.
and it was generally expected that the Federalists would
shortly assume the reins of Govimment. The Mexican
Government still refused to recognlk„ Mr. Slidell, the
American Minister, who continued to yside at Julapa.
Several more American ships of war 'Are expected at.
Vera Cruz, and it teas surmised that on their arrival the
coast 'would be declared in a state of blockade. There
was a ;report current in Mexico that 3,000 of the United
States troops had marched to the Rio Grande. The
Americans who were cruising off Matemoras had forcibly
taken off two Mexican pilots, and forced them to navi-
gate their ships. The Mexican steamer Guadeloupe had
landed 300 troops at Tampico from Vera Cruz. She
had likewise on board several guns for the batteries, but
as the weather was tempestuous she was unable to get
over the bar, and was consequently obliged to return to
Vera Cruz without landing the guns. Santa Anna was
still at Havannah.

JAMAICA.

The accounts of the crops are most favourable.

A memorial of the planters, merchants, and inhabi-
tants of the island to the English Government, praying
for a reduction of the duty payable in England on the
importation of West India spirits, has been sent home
by the Avon.
The inhabitants were anticipating the formation of
the promised railways. The traffic on the Kingston
Railway continued to improve.
From the thirteenth report of the Planters' Bank it
appears the directors have declared a dividend of 5 per
cent., and added nearly 2,0001. to the reserved fund,
which now amounts to 11,283 L 19s. 10d.
On the sth ult. the shock of an earthquake had been
felt in thu southern part of the island. It had not, how-
ever, caused any damege.
Lieut. 13. Young, R.N., of the Persian, had been sen-
tenced by Court-martial to be dismissed his ship, and
put at the bottom of the list of lieutenants, for drunken-
ness, The Court-martial was held on board the Imsum.

The arrival of the Canopus was hourly e:Teeted, when
the Avon left.

EXCHANGES ON LONDON.—Planters' Bank, 30 days,
1i per cent. pin. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days,
per cent. pm. Jamaica Bank, 30 days, 11 per cent.
pm. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days, per cent.
pm. Colonial Bank, 30 days, 1 per cent. pm. ;60
days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days, per cent. pm.

DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAY
• COMPANIES.
The railway public is indebted to Mr. Labouchere, for
extracting from Sir Robert Peel an intimation of the
course by which he proposes to place them in possession
of the general outline of the plan proposed by the Go-
vernment for enabling a majority of scripholders to ob-
tain a dissolution of the Companies by petition. • The
more that this matter is canvassed, the stronger the
?pinion becomes that the Government scheme is totally
inadequate to meet the crisis, and that it will be diffi-
cult,if not in many instances impossible, to carry it
out in
practice. Not that there is much weight given
to the difficulties that have been started against the
right of scripholders to sign. the petitions, because the
previous
sale of railway scrip
has been legalised to complete registration
who
00mn decision of the Courts of
Law. The allottees
have sold their scrips have di-
vested themselves of their interestfr in the companies, but
they have not been relievedsignoraththeir responsibility.
The parties entitled to
the scrips,petitions are the
immediate holders of
is held t
aonl'aideraa sufficient
for that
purpose possession of the scrip
warrant. It is necessary, however, to a line
between signing petitions to dissolve, and votiwn
meetings that may be called to consider such
a I%artpe"n.f.y
To obtain a dissolution of any company, it seems to sbe
required by the Government plan that a majority in
value of scripholders must exhibit their signatures to a
petitiovi to Parliament, praying the House to interfere.
The -number of signatures is of no importance. Unless
they represent a majority in value, the petition will not
be sufficient to stay the progress of the Bill. Should
scripholders imagine that they could increase their influ-
ence by giving 100 shares to as many porters, they will
find themselves mistaken. The 100 porters would still
represent nothing more than their single author. If
he was the holder of 100 sharee, they would be so and
nothing more. Their signatures would be worth just
that amount of value, and nothing would be gained by
such a device. It would be requisite, nevertheless, to
guard against splitting of scrips in the event of meet-
ings being sanctioned. In that event there would
appear
to be difficulties to be encountered at-
tending the working of the Ministerial scheme
that are almost insuperable.. But we have already
said that the plan itself is now looked upon as totally
• insufficient, and that the prevailing opinion is to adopt
the couverse of it as the proper remedy. We cannot
say that the reference by the Premier to the Railway
Department of the BoarA of Trade is calculated to in-
spire confidence for the efficiency of the measure. There
has been something onsinous and disastrous in the past
proceedings of that unfortunate tribunal, with respect to
railways. Everybody looked upon it as defunct, and its
resuscitation at the present moment looks as if Sir Robert
Peel merely used it for the nonce, to get rid, for a time,
of one of his pressing d ifficulties. The heavier descrip-
tions of shares have fully maintained to-day the alight
improvement we noticed yesterday. There is no new
feature in English Script i. The principal attraction in
Foreign Shares has been the meeting of the shareholders
in the Dutch Rhenish line, which is understood to have
passed off satisfactorily. Independently of a detail of
the prospects and merits of the line, which were pre-
sented in a copious report by the directors to the meet-
ing, the leading results are that the shares are ordered
in to bs registered, a call_ of U. per share is to be an-
nounced, and a dividend is alluded to of 9 2s. 6d. per share,
`‘.
to be paid in the course of a fe ,
City article. months.—Chronicle,

TUE LATE FATAL OCCURAENCE AT THE MILE-
ENw•OATE.--Yesterday all inquest, which was twice ad-
journed, was resumed and concluded at the London Hospital,
before Mr. Baker, on the body of James Eastmead Bradley,
aged twenty, the son of the 'collector of tolls at the Mile-end-
gate, who died in the above institution on Sanday morning
from injuries received the day previous by the wheels of a
cart passing over his body. After a long discussion relating
to the tickets and the mode of collecting tolls on the road,
the jury, among whom a great difference of opinion pre-
vailed, were locked up. After four hours' deliberation, twelve
of the fourteen jurymen returned a verdict that the de-
ceased came by his death by the wheels of a loaded cart
Passing over his body, but, by what means he was forced
under the said cart there se as no satisfactory evidence before
them, Two of the jury nnere for a verdict of manslaughter
against Hoff.

SUDDENDEITH IN THE STREET. Last evening
Dir. Bedford held an inquest at the Two Chairmen. Dart-
mouth-street, Westminster, on the body of John M'lnnes,
aged fifty two. The deceased was a discharged soldier, and
obtained a precariouslivelhood by hawking prints at public-
houses. Oa Wednesday evening he left home, apparently
quite well, and about twelve o'clock he was found by a
police-constable of the B division, on the steps of a door in
(was Area George-street, Westminster, in a senseless state. He
conveyed immediately on a stretcher to the Westminster
ii:l,ospital, where Mr. Sibley, the house-surgeon, pronounced
tee'cal_be quite extinct, ant was further discovered that he T from long-54144 diease of the heart. Verdict—, AllitUnsi OM.