The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The Mexican intelligence yesterday is that Mr.
M'Lane, the American Envoy, had returned from
Vera Cruz to Washington, having concluded the
long-pending treaty with the Juarez Government.
Its terms are the same as those published a few
months back. Rights of way across the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec fro\n the Rio Grande to the Pacific
port of Mazatlan, and from Guaymas to Arizona,
aro conceded, with the privilege of occupying them
by a protective force of American troops, in consi-
deration for which the United States are to pay
£BOO,OOO. One half of this amount is to be applied
to the liquidation of "claims." As the American
demands on Mexico:for indemnities are very large
it will be interesting to learn what claims are
included in this proviso, since no party in Mexico
can be allowed the right to sell portions of the
territory on which the bondholders have a lien
without an arrangement in which all are equally
to share. Before the treaty can come into
operation it must be ratified by the Senate at
Washington, and it is there that the real con-
test with regard to it is likely to arise. Supposing
it to be adopted, there can be no doubt that from
that moment the independence of Mexico will be at
an end, but it is solely with regard to the internal
politics of the United States that the question will
be discussed. The excitement upon it between the
North and the South may be equal to that in the
Harper's Ferry case, and there will be an addi-
tional element of mischief in the dasire of nearly
all the aspirants for the President's nomination at
the close of the present year to defeat the policy; of
the outgoing Cabinet. The fact that the treaty has
been granted by Juarez only at the moment when
the triumph of the clerical party over him was
almost complete will be used as an adverse argu-
ment. Still the affair is only one of time, and if it
were not that every citizen of the Union is certain
that Mexico can be had at any moment, there would
be a perfect and eager unanimity that the present
opportnnity should not be lost. " The actual aspect
of affairs at 'Washington,'" it is observed, " is most
unfortunately calculated to provoke very serious
anxiety in regard to the fate of this most important
convention, for the condition of the Juarez Govern-
ment demands our instant action ; and who can
venture to look for instant action on the Mexican
question from a Government absorbed in discussing
the ways and means of staving off a dissolution of
the American Union itself?"

11115 I)4l'S MARKETS.

II AY MARKETS.

SmiTitymn.—Alotdow- hay, 1:2 15s to 44 4s ; clover,
£3 15s to £5 5s ; and straw, 5s to £1 lOs per load.
Supply short; trade steady, at full prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s; clover,
£3 15s to £5 5a ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per lead.
A slow trade.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ;
£4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 104 per load.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, but at fully previous
quotations.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—The market continues exceedingly firm, and the
few sales effected in the private market have been at full

rates.
&MAIL—The transactions have not been large, but late
quotations have been maintained. In the refined market
dried goods coutrnuo in steady request, at fair
COFFEE.—Moderato sales have been effected in the pri-
vate market, at about previous values.
RlCR.—Thero has been a fair demand for the inferior do.
scriptiona of East India. No change, however, has taken
place in quotations.
SALTPETRE.—The market has been rather dull, but quo-
tations for the superior descriptions continue firm.
TALLOW.—A very limited business has been done, and
prices remain steady. P.Y.C. on the spot, 57s 6d per cwt.

COAL MART
(Prices of Coal per Ton at

:ET—JAN. 2.
the close ot the market.)
Walla End.

s. d.
Bower's West Itartley.ls 3
Byass's Bebsido West
Hartley . _l5 3
Lambert's West Hatt-

a. d

lev 15 3
Tan&ld Moor 14 6
Burnhope 14 0

Northumberland 15 0
Framwellgate
lieugh llall 18 6
South Durham .... . lB 6
South Hetton: 20 0
Thomley 17 6
South Hartlepool. 18 6
Kelloe l9 0
Powell's 1) u ffryn Steam 22 6
IGarway and Duffryn
Malting . 22 6
Nixon's Duffryu 22 6