The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The Diario (Mexican journal) of the 19th of Septem-
ber, contains the following decree:—
" JoF6 Mariano de Salas, General-in-Chief of the
Liberating Army, in exercise of the supreme power, to
the inhabitahts of the Republic makes known—
" That, desirous of having a consulting body which
may advise the Government on matters of importance in
the present extraordinary state of affairs, I have deter-
mined as follows:

" 1. A Government Council shall be established con-
sisting of thirteen individuals, each of whom shall re-
ceive a monthly salary of 250 dollars.

2. This Council shall be composed of the following

persons:—
" His Excellency Don Valentine Gomez Farias, who
shall be the President.
" Don Manuel Gomez Pcdraza.
" Don Juan Rodrigw z Puebla.
•
" Don Manuel Baranda.
" Don Ignacio Trigueres.
" Don Luis de la Rom.
" Don Francisco Lombardo.
" Illustrissimo Senor Don Manuel Pardio, Bishop of
Puebla.
`• General Don Martin Carrera.
" Don Mariano Otero.
" Don Jose M. Lafsagua.
" Don Fernando Ramirez.
" Don Bernardo Guimbarda.

" This Council shall be installed on the Ist of October,
the various persons composing it first taking the cus-
tomary oath of office.
" Ordered to be published, printed, and circulated, and
complied with.

" JOSE MARIANO DE SALAS.
" Palace of the Government, Mexico, Sept. 19, 1846.',

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT DEPTFORD.—Friday evening
shortly after 7 o'clock, a very fearful fire, nearly at-
tended with fatal consequences to several persona, broke
out in the private residence belonging to Mr. H. F.
Wooster, situate opposite the Jolly Caulkers, is the
Lower Deptford-road. The flames originated in the
lower part of the building, at the time Mrs. Wooster
was engaged putting her children to bed in one of the
upper rooms. It appears, from inquiries made during
the progress of the fire, that the first intimation the in.
mates received was by perceiving a dense mass of smoke
entering the rooms in which they were. Upon getting
upon the landing they were met by huge masses of flame
rolling up the staircase, which completely cut off all
means of escape by the regular way. What to do the
poor creatures scarcely knew, for the house stood in the
middle of a large garden, and far away from the public
road. Mrs. Wooster, who was within a few weeks of
her accouchement, took herthree children, and, after con-
siderable trouble, succeeded in jumping out of one of the
windows. By that period the destructive element had
travelled through nearly a dozen rooms, and in the
space of five or ten minutes after the roof became
ignited- The firemen, upon their arrival, found that
the residence of Mr. Wooster was doomed to destruc-
tion, and they very judiciously directed their efforts
towards saving the adjoining seed warehouse belonging
to Mr. S. Brandon. In the latter they were nearly suc-
c,,sJul, but unfortunately the flames could not be en-
tirely extinguished until half-past 9 o'clock, and not be-
fore the house was burned down, the valuable furniture
consumed, and even the wearing apparel of the residents
d-stroyed ; and to add to the misfortune, Mr. Wooster
as Rot insured for a single penny, and the premises
were only insured for 3001.
A meeting was held on Friday of the creditors of
Messrs. Mackey, Holt, and Co., whose failure took place
on the 4th of July last. The debts of the house were
stated to be about 30,0001, and an offer was made to the
meeting of a composition of ss. in the pound. This
offer was declined under the belief that a sum of 9,0001.
paid away by the firm shortly before their suspension,
and alleged by them to have been trust property, should
in reality, have appeared among the assets. Messrs.
Mackey and Co., of Calcutta, the correspondents of the
English firm, whose failure also was announced about a
week ago, are understood to offer a composition of 10a.
in the pound.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 7.
nEmING V. SWINERTON.

The arguments in this case, which were part-heard
yesterday, were resumed and conciuded to-day. Tile
case came before the Court upon an appeal from the
decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, overruling
a demurrer put in by the defendant to the plaintiff's
bill. The facts of the case may be thus shortly stated:—
The plaintiff, Mr. Dempster Fleming, being -os-,-,ssed of
a mill situate in the county of Warwick, K. Aal,h, 1838,
entered into an agreement with the defendant to let the
mill to him for a term of seven, fourteen, or twenty-one
years, at the yearly rent of 801.; and it was covenanted
that in the event of the plaintiff cancelling the lease at
the end of the term of seven years, the defendant was to
be paid 400 L. and to be entitled to an allowance for any
extraordinary disbursement on the premises during the
term. The mill, it seems, had been used for carding.
The defendant, however, conceiving that a more profit-
able return might be obtained from it, converted it into
a flour mill, and erected a steam-engine as a more effi-
cient agent than the water power, by which it had there-
tofore been worked. It appears that, notwithstatniing
the agreement for a lease, no lease was in point of fact
executed by Mr. flaming in favour of the defendant, and
in February, 1845, the defendant was compelled to file
a bill to enforce a specific performance of the agree-
ment to grant a lease. The suit was set down for
hearing before Vice-Chancellor Wigram, but on the
18th of February, 1845, the parties came to an arrange-
ment that the suit should be stayed, and that the mat-
ters in difference between the parties should be referred
to a gentleman of the Chancery bar, and that tie award
should be made a rule of Court. In March the award
was made, by which Mr. Heming was difected to pay to
the defendant 17331., on the ground of outlay, and a
farther sum of 4001. for the determination of the term ;
and he was also ordered to pay the costs of the suit and
interest, at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. on the
1733 L until the final settlement. Before the de-
fendant could make the award a rule of court, Mr. Hom-
ing filed this present bill, and obtained the common in-
junction to stay all proceedings under the award. The
defendant subsequently demurred to the bill on the
ground of want of equity, as the whole matter had been
taken out of the cognisance of the Court by the award
under the provisions of the 9th and 10th of Wm. 111.
The demurrer was argued before the Vice-Chancellor of
England, who considering the objection of want of juris-
diction as of no force, overruled the demurrer on the
ground of its wanting mutuality and finality, as no pro-
vision was contained in the award for delivering up pos-
session to Heming after he had done what was ordered
by the arbitrator.
Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Daniels were counsel for the
appellants, and Mr. Bolt and Mr. Wright supported the
udgtnent of the Court below.
His LORDSHIP, at the conclusion of the arguments to-
day, said he would give judgment on Monday.