The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

THE MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS.

The annexed is from the Committee of Mexican
Bondholders
:
"The committee have received advices from Mr.
Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 19th ult. Nothing ($165
excepted) has been received for the dividend fund since
his last letter, as none of the ports acknowledge the
authority of the Government in the capital, but the
agents in Colima had, out of the balance in band, sent
52.0,000 down to Manzanillo, for shipment via Panama.
The British Minister in Mexico had protested to the
governors concerned against the sequestration of the
revenues of the bondholders, and was waiting further
orders from home on the suijec". An official notice
had in the meanwhile been pu"lished, making all duties
on imports at Vera Cruz and Tampico payable in the
capital and not in those ports, and it was said that all
amounts belonging to a,eignments would be kept in
`rigorous deposit' and applied to their legal purpose. In
the capital they seem perfectly satisfied with General
Zuloaga's Government, which is composed of most
respectable individuals, but the country generally seems
to prefer the rival Government at Guanajuato, from
which town it bad lately removed its seat to Guadala-
jara. In Queretaro, however, where the influence of
the clergy is great, the troops of Osollo and Miramon,
acting for General Zuloaga, had been received with
great demonstrations of triumph."

We have very much pleasure in stating that a tele-
gram has been received from Naples, announcing that,
in consequence of the note delivered by the British Go-
vernment, not only had Watt, the engineer, whose
mind had become affected, been liberated, but that the
King had given orders that the trial of Parks should
proceed with all possible despatch, in order that he
might be speedily set at liberty, and enabled to return
to England with his fellow-prisoner.—Tiezes.
APOTHECARIES'-HALL —The following are the names
of those gentlemen who pa-sed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received cortificat(s
to practise, on Thursday, March 18 :—John Taylor
Pearson, Wellington-read, Stockport ; Win. Thomas
Sargent, Bletchingly ; Henry J. Alford, Taunton ;
James D. Sainter, Manchester ; and Richard Morris,
Aberyetw itb.
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S COAL PITS.—It is known
to the inhabitants of this district that the above noble-
man has for a length of time been making an attempt at
an immense cost to find coal on his estate in the town-
ship of Shireoaks, near Worksop, and it is sincerely
hoped that his exertions may succeed. This expensive
undertaking commenced on April 9, 1854, and the depth
at present attained is about 840 yards. There are three
relays of men employed, altogether about 70 in number,
who are working night and day, eight hours at a time.
The engine-house is a neat and substantial building,
added to which are extensive offices, built in the same
style. At the village of Shireoaks, his grace has recently
erected a commodious inn, near to which are many neat
and substantial dwellings for the werking men at the
pit. At present they are sinking 14 feet in a fortnight,
and expect to reach the main bed of coal (240 yards
still deeper) about the month of October in the present
year. The Chesterfield Canal and the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway are but a short distance
from the shafts, and should the undertaking succeed, it
will no doubt be of material benefit to his grace and the
county generally.—Nottingkent Review.
ABOLITION OF THE MILFORD HAVEN SIGNAL STATIONS.
—These stations, recently formed at a considerable ex-
pense in the purchase cf land, erection of dwellings,
etc., are at once to be broken up, and the residences
ordered to be let by advertisement. Whether this arises
from their great inefficiency—it being totally impossible
to discern the signals in foggy or thick weather, when io
fact moat wanted—is not generally known, but such is
the supposition. The Eagle, coast volunteer training
ship, has been for some time past well supplied with
men who are becoming extremely efficient. They are
now daily practised with ball cartridge, whenever the
weather permits. Her tender, the Shamrock gunboat,
is shortly expected to join. A block ship is also talked cf
being placed ou the station—a most desirable arrange-
ment, as, except the 11 on board the Eagle, there is nut
a single gun aft )at for the protection of the port and
dockyard.

CHURCH-RATE CONTEST.—At a vestry meeting held at
Cuckfield, on Thursday, t'ee 18th inst., an attempt was
made to levy a church-rate of 2d. in the pound, where-
upon an amendment was proposed by Mr. Juhn Peck-
ham, ex-churchwarden, seconded by Mr. Caffyn, to the
following effect That there be no church-rate made,
it being aneecesary at the present time ; the large sums
of money expended in ornaments end decorations prov-
ing that what may be required for necessary repairs,
&e., will be reaally forthcoming, and if a rate bo made
the funds would be employed to advance Puseyistn in
the parish." A long discussion ensue /, and on submit-
ting the amendment, the Vicar, upon a show of hands,
declared it cirirried. Many Churchmen opposed the rate,
as a protest against Puseyite practices prevailing in the
Church. As no poll was insisted upon, Cuckfield must
be added to the rural parishes where church rates have
been successfully resisted. The pro-rate party threaten
to call another vestry to try the question .
MURDER OF A WIFE TO REVENGE A FORCED MAR-
RIAGE.—At the G alway assizes, before Mr. Justice
Christian, on Wednesday, Petrick Leyden and John
Leyden were tried for the murder if Mary Leyden, wife
of Patrick, on the 24th of August last, at Derry. It
appeared that the deceased had been in the service of the
prisoner's father. She made a charge of rape against
Pat, in January, 1856. He was bailed out, and then
married her. They both went to the assizes in March
after. On their way there was a talk in a public-house.
John Igtyden was there, and taunted his brother with
being obliged to marry Mary or go over the sea. He
replied, " I'd ?give her a short life for that, before you
see three quarters." Her cousin, who was present,
stood up and said, "You rawal, how dare you say
that 1" Mary Leyden replied, "Don't mind him, be
only said it to please his brother John, for he would not
give an inch of me for gold." It was proved, however,
that he said to another person that " the marriage.would
not do her much good, as she had sworn a lie against
him, and he would give her a short life for so doing."
John Leyden had said that, "if r,he was good enough
for Pat she would not be killed." After the marriage
and the assizes they never lived together. She lived
in the house of her brother, Lawrence Connealy,
and her husband lived wii h hie father. On the night
of the 27th of August he came to her brother's
door and called her out. They were seen going towards
Laugh Mark, and the was never seen alive efcer warck,
A day or two afterwards her body was found buried in
the sand of the shore of the lake. There was a mark of
strangulation on the neck, and a cut on the temple.
Spots of blood were on the prisoner's shirt when he was
arrested. The jury found Patrick Leyden guilty, and
acquitted John Leyden. Sentence was not passed.
THE RUINS OF WINNSTAY.—CoIoneI Cotton, Major
Lovett, Mr. Bulkeley Owen, and other gentlemen have
been indefatigable in superintending the labours of the
workmen engaged in searching among the ruins for any
valuables that could be rescued. The debris has been
conveyed in large barrows to the bre ehouse, where it
was waked and examined under the direction I f a fire-
man from the Watling-street brigade. The following
articles are among those recovered :—Part of a set
of
jewels belonging to Lady Vane, consisting of an orna-
ment containing 15 diamonds, Trite perfect, a large
diamond, an emerald, and a magnificent sapphire. Tee
countess's watch bee been recovered, but a necklace
presented to her by the Countess of Londonderry is
missing, although rigid search has been ma le for
it. Sir Watkin's watch and chain, Colonel Cotton's
watch, about a fourth part of the Honourable Mrs.
Cotton's jewels, and 16 sovereigns and some silver
money have also been saved. A beautiful timepiece
presented by the Russian ambassador to Lady Wynn on
her marriage has been found, but it is utterly spoiled. It
is now fully believed the fire commenced in the cellars
beneath the library, but no light has been thrown upon
its origin. Oa Thursday, the 18th inst., a public meet-
ing was held at Machynlleth for the purpose of voting an
address of sympathy to Sir Watkin and Lady Wynn,
and also an address of congratulation to Earl and Coun-
tess Vane on their escape and that of their children. A
suggestion has been thrown out at one of the public
meetings held in almost every neighbouring locali y that
instead of the proposed memento of jewels to Lady Wynn
a painting of the old house of Wynnstay be made, as a
companion picture to the "Wynnstay Hunt," and pre-
sented as a commemorative of the s'ad event. The hones
will be rebuilt.

DR. FELL AND THE NEW CANCER TREATMENT.—Some

two years ago the greater part of the press teemed with
praises of an American physician—a Dr. Fell—whoie
marvellous cures of cancer, without the aid of the knife,
filled society with wonder and the medical profession
with admiration. Few cases, if any, however desperate
—and even those abandoned as hopeless by the hospitals
of the metrop .lis—but yielded to the extraordinary treat-
ment of this "miraculously gifted man." The Governors
of the Middlesex Hospital having made Dr. Fell a tempt-
ting offer of an honorary nature, he stipulated for seve-
ral months for the exposition of his art upon the patients
of that hospital, his success being attended with such
singular results that the repo►t published on the occze-
siou was perhaps of as satisfactory a kind as ever ema-
nated from a body of men, giving credit and distinction
to one who might in some wise have bee■ considered a
rival to its members. The report naturaly drew the
universal attention of the faculty to the mode of
treatment pursued by Dr. Fell ; and having besides the
report i❑ question an elaborate essay upon the subject by
Dr. Fell to refer to, his plan has been pursued through-
oat the country, not with decided success, but with
almost unqualified failure l It is asserted that Dr. Fell
still continues with the same happy facility to perform
operations for cancer without the use of the knife, but it

has been urged, from the above result, that he must have
withheld some essential part of his treatment. In this
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