The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, NV EDNESD.i.Y EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1866

In- J. and D. NICOLL:Tailors to the
1.1. • Queen, Royal, Family, and Courts of Europe.—
For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for the SEASONS,
for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats,
with•rioh silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine
Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 3 •to
guineal3; for the latter 2f to 31 guineas. For neglige
purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps IA the waist,
also the neglige jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat-
ings, Angola and Crieviots, the price?' from, 255. to 4
guineas. The Angolas and Clievidts are argo made in
suits, at price€4l49m 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black
cloth of the flnegt (futility. .For Overcoats—Melton,•
Beaver, -and .Witzieiy cloths, from q: to 8 guineas. For
young gentlemen • from eight years. of age—The morning
coat and neglige jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot,
the prices according to size, commencing at MAXI the
suit. For bays, from
,four years of •age—The,,Knicker-
'kicker and Highland costume Of black velVet, br flue
cloth for drew; and qAngOt's and Cheviots for morning,
thp price-oPthe first size KnickerbOcker, 1 guinea the suit.
For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from
1 to 2 guineaseach, Foreigners, and visitors. to London,
Manehester, and:tivbrpbol. will find 'at MesSrs. Nicholls
garments ready for immediate pqe,.or Tree at few hours'
notice.-H. -J. and D.Sicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street; 22, Cornhill, LondonT-10,—Mosley-street, Man-
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_ , •
Freehold Land in the City of London-, containing an area
of 40,690 square feet, and Corni)risifig the frontage in
Bridge-street and Farringdon-street, from Ludgate-hill
to within a few yards of New EaTl7street, and from
Ludgate-hill to Fleet-lane ; •
Also, the Freehold of Olemitt's Inn-yard and Stables, Old
Bailey; the Parrot Public-house and five_MessuacTs ad-
joining, the whole containing an area of about 11,500
superficial feet;
FOR SALE, by AUCTION, by Mr. VIGERS,
at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, on
TUESDAY, the 27th February, at Twelve for One o'clock,
unless previously disposed of by private contract. By or-
der of the directors of the London,. Chatham, and Dover
Bail way Company. —PartiCularr:with plans and condi-
tion; of sale, may be had of Messrs. Freshflelds and New-
man, 5, Bank Buildings, Lothbury ; at the Estate Ex-
change, Change-alley, Cornhill ; the London Tavern ;• and
of Mr. Vigers, 3, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.

Fourth Sale of Surplus Lands of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway Company, viz. :
21,000 feet of Freehold Land at the corner of Southwark-
street and the Blackfriars-road, with the buildings now
standing thereon ;
6,000 feet of Freehold Land at the corner of Charlotte-
street and Gravel-lane, with the use of the Arches ad-
joining ; •
3,000 feet of Freehold Land at the corner of Robert-street
and Union-place, Blackfriars-road ;
8,700 feet of Freehold Land, with the Buildings thereon,
in Bear-lane, Southwark, and a lease in perpetuity of
the six Arches with entrance from Union-place and
George-street ;
Freehold Premises at the corner of Green-street and Friar-
street, in the occupation of Messrs. Rice ;
Six Freehold Messuages and Shops in Crown-row, Wal-
worth-road ; •
A Plot of Freehold Building Land, with a frontage of 375
feet, facing the Elephant and Castle Station;
A lease in perpetuity of seven arches between the Wal-
worth-road and New Kent-road ;
A Freehold Residence known as The Abbey, Herne-hill,
with Ornamental Grounds, Stables, and Coach-houses,
close to the Railway Station ;
A Freehold House with Grounds in Gresham-road,
Brixton;
A Plot of Freehold Land adjoining;
A Leasehold Residence with Grounds, No. 7, Percy Villas,
Barrington-road, Brixton.
A Freehold Residence with Grounds, known as Halnakor
Lodge, and the Freehold of Walton Lodge and Grounds,
Cold Harbour-lane, Brixton;
FOR SALE by' AUCTION by Mr. VIGERS,
at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, on
TUESDAY, the 27th February, at Twelve for One o'clock
in Lots. By order of the directors.—Particulars, with
plans and conditions of sale, may be had of Messrs. Fresh-
fields and Newman, 5, Bank-buildings, Lothbury ;, at the
Estate Exchange, Change-alley, Cornhill ; the London
Tavern ; and of Mr. Vigers, 3, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry.

•First portion of the surplus Property of the Crystal Palace
and South London Junction Railway Company, viz.:—
The Freehold of Nazareth House and Grounds: Two
Messuages, with Gardens, and about 31 acres of Laud,
in the Gordon-road, Peckam ;
About an acre of Freehold Land, with a frontage of 750
feet, at Nunhead, close to the Railway Station •
Ten aeres of Freehold Land, and Five Leasehold Resi-
dences, at Forest-hill, close to the Honour . Oak
Station ;
Four Freehold Residences, in Wood-lane, Dulwich, near
to the Lordship's-lane Station;
The Lease of a piece of Ornametal Garden Ground, with
frontage on the Well-road and Sydenham-hill ;
Three Leasehold Houses, with large Gardens, StAles, and
Coach-houses, known as the Dingle, Berkely Lodge,
and Bellmont House, Sydenham-hill (Crystal Palace
end_), let at rents amounting to £4BO per annum ;
The Freehold of a large House and Grounds,,Avith Stable
and Coach-house, close to the Crystal Palace and the
Railway Station;
A Plot of Freehold Land, forming the corner of Sydenham-
hill and the Penge New-road;
A Leasehold House and Grounds, at the corner of tho Now-
road, leading from the Crystal Palace to Dulwich, and
near to the railway station ;
A Valuable Plot of Freehold Building Land, between the
Woodman Tavern and the Woodland-road, Upper Nor-
wood, close to the High Level Station ;
FOR SALE, by AUCTION, by Mr. VIGERS,
at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopgate-street, on
TUESDAY, the 27th of February, 1866, at Twelve for
One o'clock, in lots, by order of the directors.—Particulars,
with plans and conditions of sale, may be had of Messrs.
Freshfields and Newman, solicitors, 5, Bank-buildings,
Lothbury ; at the London Tavern ; the Estate Exchange,
Change-alley, Cornhill ; and of Mr. Vigers, 3, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry.

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TEE MEXICAN QUESTION.
PARIS, Jan. 29.
The following two tte latest despatches exchanged bet
tween Franco and .Aniclica upon the question of Mexico :
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-L4 M. ler 31.ttr e'l%-d.-st-It•rttat,tritttaititir

r his Excellency President Johnson nas addressed to the
Congress of the United States, of whichyouhave forwarded
mo a copy. My attention has been more especially directed
to the portions of this document which might bear upon
questions interesting at once the policy of the Cabinet of
Washington and ours. Mr. Johnson, in a passage which
seems to allude to our expedition to Mexico, dwells upon
considerations this is not the place to discuss, upon the
vicissitudes of Monarchical and Republican constitutions
in the two hemispheres. I will merely point out to you
that the pursuit of our complaints against Mexico has no
connection with the existence in that country of this or
that form of government, and that it did not any more de-
pend upon a question of geography. If, at the time wo
required just reparation for our fellow-subjects the Power
which refused it had been a Monarchy, that circumstance
would certainly not have caused us to abandon claiming
our right ; and in whatever part of the world a nation
might dwell which had injured French interests, the pro-
tection of the Emperor, due to all his subjects, would have
been legitimately extended all the same. I cannot think
that the Chief Magistrate of the Union has entertained an
idea of raising doubts upon points so evident.
" The same passage of the Presidential manifesto speaks
of the provocation which would compel the American people
to defend republicanism against foreign intervention ; of
designs hostile to the form of Government of the United
States;' and, lastly, of aggression upon the part of the
European Powers.' 'We cannot feel ourselves affected by
these expressions, for they in no way
apply to the policy
we have followed. It would be superfluous to remind you
that the sentiments of friendship testified by the Emperor
towards the United States exclude every supposition of
provocation or aggression upon our part. As for threat-
ening the form of Government that country has adopted,
and which France herself has contributed to establish at
the price of her blood, nothing could be more foreign than
such an undertaking to the traditions and principles of the
Imperial Government.

" I see, therefore, nothing in the language of Mr. Johnson
really of a nature to arouse uneasiness as to the duration of
friendly relations between France and the United States,
and if some ambiguity prevails in terms employed with re-
gard to the questions that preoccupy the two peoples, other
portions of the Message, by settling the bearing of the
President's words, happily dissipate all uncertainty. The
placing of the Federal army upon a peace footing, and the
considerable reduction of its cadres, at the same time with
the diminution of the naval forces of the Union, prove the
peaceful intentions of the Cabinet of Washington ; and the
announcement of these measures by President Johnson is
a pledge to us of the reciprocal confidence which must
continue to animate our two Governments.
"Receive, &c.,
(Signed) 6' DROUYN Da LIIUYS.
" The Marquis de Montholon, Minister of
Franco at Washington."

"Paris, Jan. 9,186 G.
M. le Marquis,—l had desired you, by the Emperor's
order, to make known to the Cabinet of Washington the
views of his Majesty's Government upon the affairs of
Mexico, and confounably to my instructions you have
brought to Mr. Seward's knowledge the despatch I had
the honour to forward you on the 18th October. The
Secretary of State replied to that despatch by a communi-
cation he was good enough to address to you on the Gth
December, of which I think it necessary to recapitulate
here the principal points.

" According to Mr. Seward the presence of a foreign
force on a country adjacent to the Union cannot but be a
cause of uneasiness and disquiet. This state of things en-
tails upon the Federal Government inconvenient expenses,
and may bring about collisions. The chief reason for the
displeasure of the United States, however, is not the fact
of there being a foreign army in Mexico, still less that the
army is French. The Cabinet of Washington recognises
the right of every sovereign nation to make war, provided
the exercise of that right does not threaten the security
and legitimate influence of the Union. But the French
army has gone to Mexico to overthrow a national Republi-
can Government, and with the avowed object of establish-
ing upon its ruins a foreign Monarchical Government.
Mr. Seward sets forth in this respect how much the people
of the United States are attached to the institutions they
have adopted, and repudiating all idea of propagandism in
favour of those institutions, he claims for the various
peoples of the New World the right of securing to them-
selves this form of Government according to their con-
venience. He would consider it inadmissible that Euro-
pean Powers should intervene in those countries with the
idea of destroying the Republican form to substitute King-
doms and Empires in its stead.
"' Having thus frankly defined our position,' adds Mr.
Seward, submit the question to the judgment of France,
while sincerely wishing that great nation may find it com-
patible with its true interests and its high honour to aban-
don the aggressive attitude it has taken up in Mexico.'
"In concluding, Mr. Seward recals, as a reason for his
hope of arriving at a happy solution, the ancient affection
of the United States for France, and the value every
American citizen has always attached to our friendship in
past times and continues to attach to it in future.

"I have not :gaud to oulant tins communication to tho

I niperer, and after having maturely examined the consi-
-1 derations laid down by Mr. Seward, his Majesty's Govern-
ment remains convinced that the divergence of views be-
tween the two Cabinets is, above all, the result of an
erroneous appreciation of our intentions.
"Our expedition, I need hardly say, was not intended
as hostile to the peoples of the New World, and assuredly
still less to those of the Union. France cannot forget that
she has contributed to establish them with her blood, and
among the number of glorious recollections the old Mon-
archy bequeathed tons, there was not ono of which Napoleon
I. was prouder, and which Napoleon 111. is less disposed to
repudia If, on theother hand, we had been actuated by
tele
an idea o ill-will towards that Republic, would we have
endeavou d from the beginning to obtain the assistance of
the Federal Government, which, like ourselves, had claims
to advance? Would we have observed neutrality in the
great crisis the United States have passed through ? And
now, would we be disposed, as we declare with the greatest
frankness, to hasten as much as may be possible the time
of recalling our troops.
" Our only object has been to claim the satisfaction to
which we had a right, by resorting to coercive measures
after having exhausted all others. It is known how nume-
rous and legitimate were the demands of French subjects.
`We took up arms in presence of a series of flagrant injuries
and striking denials of justice. The complaints of the
United States were certainly less numerous and less im-
portant when they, too, were induced some years ago to
employ force against Mexico.
" The French army did not bring Monarchical traditions
upon Mexican soil in the folds of its flag. The Cabinet of
Washington is not unaware that there have been for a cer-
tain number of years a considerable group of men in that
country who, despairing of finding order under the condi-
tions of the system then existing, cherished the idea arc-

tahneay y
thought to w h
theich t
i the e
mhad one G-
oof the-late Presidents of that Republic, who had even
offered to use his power. to favour the establishment of
vßeorynanl eyn. t ofSeeing
r e the
add e gf
ar el
lee ,f re
come to appeal to the sentiment of the nation, tired, like
themselves, of the state of dissolution in which its _re- '
sources Were exhausted. We did not think we ought to
discourage this last effort. of a powerful party whose origin
is of prior date to ounexpedition, but faithful to the maxims
of public right we hold in common with the United States,
we declared that this question must bo referred solely to
the suffrages of the Meilcan people.
" The idea of the Emperor's Government was defined by
his Majesty himself,
,inaletteraddressed to the commander-
in-chief of our army after the capture of Puebla Our
object; you cre aware,' said the'Emperor, is not to impose
upon the Mexicans a Government contrary to their wishes,
nor to make our successes subserVe the triumph of any
party. I desire that Mexice should be born into new life,
and that, speedily regenerated' by a Government based
upon the national will, upon the principles of order and
progress, upon respect for the law of nations, she may re-
cognise by friendly relations that she owes to Franco her
repose and her prosperity.

" The Mexican people uttered its decision. -The Emperor
Maximilian was summoned by the wish of the country.
This Government appeared to us of a nature to bring about
peace at home and good faith in international relations.
We granted it our support. • _
WSwent, therefore, td Mexico to carry out the right
of war-Which Mr. Seward fully admits that we possess, and
not, byyirtue of a principle of intervention, upon which we
profess tho same doctrine as the United States.• We wont
there, not to make proselytes to
.monarchy, but to obtain
reparation and guarantees we were entitled to claim, and
we support the Government founded with'the assent of the
populations, because we expect from it the• satisfaction of
our coMplaints, with indispensable securities for the future.
"As we seek neither an exclusive interest nor the reali-
sation of an ambitious idea, our sincerest wish is tOlaiten
as lnuch as possible the time when we shall be able, with
security to our fello*-subjects and dignity to ourselves, to
recal what remains in that country of the corps d'armee wo
sent there., As' I informed yOu in the despatch to which
Mr. Seward's
.communication replies, it depends greatly
upon the Federal Government to facilitate in this respect
the accomplishment of its desire. The doctrine of the
United States 'resting, like our own, upon the principle of
the national will, is not incompatible with the existence
of monarchical institutions; and President Johnson in his
message, like Mr. Seward in his despatch, repudiates all
idea of propagandism, even on the American Continent, in
favour of republican institutions. The Cabinet of Wash-
ington entertains friendly relations with the Court of the
Brazils, and it did not refume to enter into relations with

preeectentmt—trie—MlTOMMhistory of the Union, there:
fore, creates a necessary antagonism between the United
States and the system which in Mexico has replaced a
Power which has continually and systematically violated
its most positive obligations towards other nations.
" Mr. Seward seems to make the Government of the Em-
peror Maximilian a twofold reproach as to the difficulties it
meets with and the aid it borrows from foreign forces. But
the resistance against which it has found itself compelled
to struggle has no particular reference to the form of its
institutions. It suffers the ordinary fate of new autho-
rities, and its chief misfortune is to have to endure the
consequences of the disorders which have arisen under
previous Governments. Which of those Governments, in
fact, has not found armed competitors, and has enjoyed
undisturbed authority in peace ? Revolts and intestinal
wars were then the normal state of the country, and the
opposition raised by some military chiefs to the establish-
ment of the Empire is only the natural consequence of the
habits of want of discipline and anarchy of which the
authorities to which it succeeds have been the victims.
"As for the suppert the Mexican Government receives
from our army, and which Belgian and Austrian volunteers
give it also, no attack is thereby made upon the indepen-
dence of its resolutions, or upon the porfeet liberty of its
acts. What State is there which has not had need of
allies, either to constitute or to defend it ? And have not
great Powers like France and England, for instance, almost
constantly maintained foreign troops in their armies? When
the United States fought for their emancipation, did the
assistance given by France to their efforts prevent that great
popular movement from being truly national ? Will any
one say that the struggle against the South was not equally
a national war because thousands of Irish and Germans
fought under the Union flag ? It would be impossible,
therefore, to dispute the character of the Mexican Govern-
ment, and to consider as a motive of dislike towards it, either
the resistance it must conquer to consolidate itself, or the
foreign troops who will have aided it to cause security and
order to revive in a country so long and so deeply agitated.
"Such an undertaking is assuredly worthy of being ap-
preciated by a nation so enlightened as the United States,
especially calculated to reap advantage from it. In place
of a country incessantly troubled, which has given them so
many subjects of complaint, and upon which they them-
selves have even been obliged to make war, they would
find a pacified country, henceforth offering guarantees of
security and vast outlets to their commerce. Far from in-
juring their rights or impairing their influence, it is they in
especial
whe ought to profit by the work of reorganisation
being carried out in Mexico.
"To sum up, M. le Marquis, the United States recognise
the right we had to make war in Mexico ; upon the other
hand, like them, we admit the principle of non-intervention.
This twofold admission seems to me to offer the elements
of an agreement. The right of making war which belongs,
as Mr. Seward states, to every sovereign nation, implies
the right of securing the results of war. We have not
crossed the ocean solely with the intention of displaying
our power and of inflicting chastisement upon the Mexican
Government. After a series of useless reclamations, we
must demand guarantees against the return of the violence
from which our fellow-subjects have suffered so cruelly,
and we cannot expect these guarantees from a Government
whose bad faith we had so often experienced. We find
them now in the establishment of a regular Power which
shows itself disposed honestly to keep its engagements.
Under these circumstances, we hope that the legitimate ob-
ject of our expedition will soon be attained ; and we are
hastening to make arrangements with the Emperor Maxi-
milian which, while satisfying our interests and our dig-
nity, will allow us to consider the part of our army upon
Mexican soil at an end. The Emperor has ordered me to
write in this sense to his Minister in Mexico.

"We return after that period to the principle of non-in-
tervention, and from the moment we accept it as our rule of
conduct, our interest and honour require us to demand its
equal application by all. Relying upon the equitable spirit
of the Washington Cabinet, we expect from it the assurance
that tho American people will conform to the law they in-
voke, by maintaining a strict neutrality with regard to
Mexico. When you shall have informed me of the resolu-
tion of the American Government in this matter, I shall be
in a position to acquaint you with the result of our negotia-
tion with the Emperor Maximilian for the return of our

troops.
" I request you to hand Mr. Seward a copy of this de-
spatch, in reply to his communication of the 6th December
last, asking him to bring it to the knowledge of President
Johnson ; and I rest with confidence for the examination of
the arguments it contains upon the traditional sentiments
recalled by the note of the Secretary of State of the Union.
(Signed) " DROUYN DE LBUYI3.
" The Marquis de Montholon, Minister of
France at Washington."

"THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE ITNITED
STATES MINISTER IN PARIS.

" Paris, Jan. 15, 1866.

" Sir,—You did me the honour to communicate to me in
the course of the month of November a letter addressed to
Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, by the Attorney-
General of the United States, on the subject of the decrees
joust by the EraporoF Ideacimilian concerning immigra-

PRICE....
STAMPED 'cd.

I tion and colonisation in Mexico. That document consti-
tuting a judgment upon interior acts of the Mexican Go-
vernMent, I could only receive it as a piece of information.
I was careful to point this out to you at the time, declining
also any discussion upon measures to which the Emperor's
Government was absolutely foreign. In acknowledging re-
ceipt, therefore, according to your desire, of your letter of
the 22d November, I consider myself bound to state the
verbal reply which I had to make thereto.—Receive, &c., -
(Signed) "DltOrYS BE LIWYS."
"THE MINISTER OF THE UNITED STATES TO TILE MINISTER
Fon FOREIGN AFFAIRS. •

P Jan. 118GG.
" Sir,—l have had the honour `to receive your Excel-
lency's communication dated the 15th inst., relative to cer-
tain decrees recently promulgated in Mexico upon the
subject of immigration and colonisation. Your Excellency
refuses all explanation of the inadmissible passages of one
of these decrees, to which I had the honour to call your
attention in a note of the 22d Nov. last, upon the plea that
they relate to measures of internal administration with
which the Emperor's Government had nothing to do.
"Although the line separating the responsibility of the
Imperial Government from that of the political organisa-
tion it has planted in Mexico is traced with some indistinct-
ness, 1 ant certain my Government will learn with satisfac-
tion that France, which was one of the first Powers to hold
up slavery to the execration of mankind, declines all re-
sponsibility as to the attempt (although made under the
protection of her flag) to re-establish that institution in a
country which had expressly stigmatised and abolished it.
" I take this opportunity, &c.,
(Signed) " Jolts BIGELOW."
" THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE FItEXCH
MINISTER AT WASHINGTON.

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I,4tciiiiiielir re mzirplis,-:-Tile -United StitteMaister de-
sired that the communication which he made to me of the
Attorney-General's letter to Mr. Seward, relative to the
decrees of the Emperor Maximilian concerning immigra-
tion and colonisation in Mexico, should be acknowledged in
writing. I consequently addressed such an acknowledg-
ment to Mr. Bigelow. lie replied thereto by the letter of-
which a copy is appended. It would have been easy for
me in my turn to continue the correspondence by discuss-
ing his reply.. I did not consider it necessary to do so. I
confined myself, in the verbal explanations which I had
on this subject with the United States Minister, to dwell-
ing upon two points which I could not allow to pass with-
out observation. I said first to him that I did not admit the
expression planted, applied to the part taken by the French '
Government in the events which have modified the politi!.
cal system in Mexico. lie was sufficiently acquainted .
with the causes which led us to that country to render it.
unnecessary tor me to revert to them ; and as to the lite;
sent organisation of that State, the Mexican people 'had
themselves settled it according to their wishes and
interests.

"In the second place, I observed to the United States
Minister that I had declined all discussion with him upon
the decrees of the Emperor Maximilian, in our interview,
and that he was not therefore justified in attributing to me
any opinion whatever upon the subject, as he appeared to
do in the last sentence in his letter. I added that if he,
however, wished to know my manner of viewing the ques-
tion, I did not hesitate to say that the measures of the
Emperor Maximilian so strongly incriminated had not, in
our opinion, the character and object attributed to them.
kappeared to me advisable that you should not be ignorant
of the 'manner in which this incident terminated.—Receive,
icy
(Signed). " DROUTX DR LurYs."
" TICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE FRENCH
MINISTER AT WASHINGTON.
•

" Paris, Jan. 25; 1866.
" Monsieur le Marquis,7The American newspapers'
bring us extracts from diplomatic documents published in
the United States, in which are related some conversations
that I have had with Mr. Bigelow on the subject of certain
measures adopted by the Emperor Maximilian's Govern-
\ .ment. The observations of the United States Minister and
my replies relate particularly to the decrees of the Mexican
Government concerning the admission of blacks as colo-
nists, to the suppression of brigandage, and to the position
in which the Iturbido family were placed. I have not the
official and complete text of the American documents before
me ; and it is, therefore, under the reservation of the ulte=
rior reflections which they may suggest that I deem it ex-
pedient to define the sense of the explanations to which the
questions I have just mentioned have given rise between
Mr. Bigelow and myself. These explanations are, Besides,
stated in the despatch which I had the honour to address
to you on the 29th of November last, and I shall confine
Jnyself, in my reference thereto, to reviewing that part of
rtlia'desliateli relative tb thesb questions.
" When the United States Minister Caine to acquaint me
with the opinions of the Washington Cabinet, I had to state
that 1 declined all official controversy upon the acts of a
foreign Gcvernment, acting with full independence, and
that I could only receive as simple information any com-
munication he might wish to make on the subject.
" It would not become us, in fact, to accept tho respon-
sibility for resolutions emanating from the free initiative of
the Mexican Government. To admit such a discussion would
justify its being said, contrary to all our declarations and
the attitude we have rigorously observed, that we consider
ourselves invested in Mexico with sovereign rights. Now,
the snpport we afford to'the Emperor Maximilian and the
Mexican nation is precisely intended to aid them to consti-
tute, according to their wishes, an independent power re-
sponsible for its acts. This reservation was clearly esta-
blished, I observed to Mr. Bigelow in tho course of ordinary
conversation, that the measures pointed out by him were of
a purely administrative order, and did not appear to me to
constitute any of those exceptional derogations from gene-
ral principles which may sometimes perhaps authorise a
Government to intervene in the interior affairs of a neigh-.
bouring country. Every State regulates as it thinks fit the
admission of emigrants upon its territory, whether black or
white, and the conditions of the colonisation of its soil. I

is evident that these conditions, offered to strangers, only
apply to the persons who have freely accepted them. So
also the Mexican Government has only exercised a right
incontestably belonging to it in declaring that in its eyes
civil war no longer existed on its territory, and ceasing to
recognise in wandering bands the character of belligerents
it has promulgated against them the severe penalties which
have been applied in every country for the suppression of
brigandage. Still less, in my opinion, can it be questioned
respecting an act assigning in the State a particular rank
to a particular family. In any case the effect of these mea-
sures did not go beyond the Mexican fiontiers, and did not
therefore appear to me to'constitute any grievance of which
a foreign Government could complain. If, however, an
opposite opinion should be entertained at Washington, I
can understand that some uncertainty might be felt as to
the means of causing the reclamations it might be thought
proper to draw up to reach the right quarter. But, defini-
tively, because it does not suit the Federal Government to
recognise the de facto Government of the Emperor Maxi-
milian as existing by right, and as, upon the other hand,
it would seem to it ridiculous to address itself to the Power

it considers as legal, but which has in fact disappeared, I

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could not admit as a consequence that there was ground for

finding fault with us to escape embarrassment, and for de-
manding at our hands explanations of acts emanating from

the sovereign authority of a foreignGovernment.—Receive,
ctc., (Signed) "DROVICN nB LIM'S.
" The Marquis de Montholon, Minister of
France at Washington."

The Washington correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Press says nearly 200,000 yards of fine French
broadcloth, stored on board the late rebel rain Stonewall,
at the Navy-yard, is to be destroyed by fire, as it is
supposed that the material is infected with the yellow
fever.

The correspondent of the Memphis Bulletin says
10,000 bales of cotton have been stolen along the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad; 4.000 or 5,000 bales at Columbus,
Miss. ; from 5,000 to 10,000 bales at Macon, and smaller
amounts from other points. The Government officers are
investigating the matter. It is estimated that 12,000 bales
of Government cotton are at Columbus, Macon,
and
Brooksville.

[AnvEscrisEmENTJ—That the fearful annual mortality of
60,000 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be
arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines,
which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in
reality no o.her tendency than that of increasing debility,
and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how
to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood,
upon which the harmonious development of the who 'le frame
depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's inva-
lids' and Infa .ts' Food, the Revalenta Arablca, and its
thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mush easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, end for
children it is the best substitute for human mils. Dr.
Rout!), physician to the Samaritan llospital for Women and
Children—the best authority on such matters —in his admir-
able public:it:on on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub-
stances, th t which comes closest to milk in its composition
is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revaienta Arabica Food, con-
sluing both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of
potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which
is found in milk in its constituent part?. No wonder, there-
fore, that under its influence many children affected with
atrophy (wasting away of the bodyi, and marked debt ity,
have completely recovered. I have given ft with the greatest
advantage in such cases; and so far as I may judge from my
own experience, practice fully carries out what theory,
from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.—
In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. ed ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241 b ,
405.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Begent-street, London;
also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street; likewise
at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishops,gate-
street Within ; 63, 350, and 298, Oxford-street ; 3.30, Strand ;
54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96,
Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close
Brothers, 65, High-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace,
, St.
John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers
che-
mists.—Beware 40 spurious imitations.

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The Cattle Plague.

NORTHUMBERLAND.

The magistrates of Northumberland seem deter-
mined not to allow cattle to proceed along the high-
ways of that county except by an order from the
magistrates of the district in which their owners
reside. On Saturday Robert Spearman, a farmer
of Eastwick, was charged before the County Bench,
in the Moot Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, with driving
ten head of cattle between that place and Dalton on
the 12th of January. He was fined £2O and costs.
And three farmers' servants were charged with the
like offence, and were fined smaller sums. There
appears now to be no cattle disease in Northumber-
land, except at Mickley, near to Ilexham, and the
farmers in the district have agreed to purchase the
cattle upon the farm where it prevails and destroy
them.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (NORTH.) •
A very influential meeting was held at the Town-
hall, Retford, on Saturday, for the purpose of adopt-
ing some more effective measures for arresting the
cattle plague. The attendance was very large, and
among those present were the Right Hon. Mr.
Denison, M.P., Sir Thomas White, Earl Manvers,
&c. Mr. Denison (who occupied the chair) said
the only question was, should they let the plague go
on, or endeavour by judicious measures to lessen its
effects by forming an association, which he was
going to propose on the same principle as the one
formed in Aberdeenshire ? Since he had come there
he had heard an objection to the measure that it was
now too late ; if it had been done earlier it might
have been of essential service. At the last meeting
there, one of the speakers differed from the rest,
and perhaps others might have changed their
opinions. It had been said that Parliament would
do something, and perhaps it might try, but if
counties would do what they could within their

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would show they were fully; to the question',
and were doing all in their power to help themselves..
The principal features of the association no-W pro.-
posed to be established were that all landlords and
tenants should be members thereof, andshould pay
id: in the pound on the agricultural:rental of their -
•estates and farms, and that no ineniher shoult;te...
liablefor any amount `beyond the
_KIM subscribed'
by, titn. He Ny ould conclude 1)y moving that an
association be formed in the, county of Nottingham
Upon the same principles as the association which
had been formed in Aberdeenshire. Earl Manvers,
in a brief speech, seconded the resolution, which as
carried with only one dissentient

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• :4
WESTMORELAND. AP,
On Saturday afternoon a large and influential `.
meeting of farmers and others in Westmoreland
was held at Appleby. -Vice-Admiral Russell Eliott
presided, and strongly urged the formation of a
cattle plague preventive association for the east and
.west wards of 'Westmoreland. He moved a series
of resolutions, of which the following were the most
important : •
That a general subscriptiori be at .puce opeod,-
to -include landlords, tenants, and the public gene-
rally, raise ,a fund for the purpose of immediate „„
prevention and partial indemnity against the cattle /
phigue in the cast and west wards of Westmore-
land._

That such fund shall be intrusted to the
management of a central committee consisting of
15 'members, nine to be chosen by this Meeting, who
are to elect six others, with a treasurer and paid
secretary, and who shall have power to make such
calls per centum upon subscribers according to the
amount of their subscriptions as from time to tune
May be deemed necessary till the Ist April, 1866, or
till such time as the whole fund shall be exhausted,
if such should unfortunately be the case before that
date. That the central committee so constituted -
shall nominate local committees in the several dis-
tricts, consisting of not less than two practical far-
mers,
who shall be authorised on their own judg•
ment (assisted bya professional opinion where neces-
sary) to purchase at three-fourths of the sterling value
any animal infected or suspected of having taken
the rinderpest, on condition of the owner thereof
'destroying and burying it instantly, at least 4ft.
deep, with quicklime, and without skinning, opening,
or mutilating the same, and as remote as possible-,
from the approach of other cattle.
" That while the association willpay threeourths
-of the valuee-tci- itib-Sdribers, irisJ upon the
condition that the illness of the animal has been re-
ported immediately and without any delay to the
nearest local committee. They will pay to non-
subscribers, or those subscribing less than 5 per cent.
on the aggregate value of their cattle, averaged over
head at £lO each, one moiety or half of such three-
fourths, or such other sum as the central committee
may deem proper for the purpose of destroying the
infected animal."

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Another resolution provided that on April 1 the
account should be closed, and the balance (if any)
returned to the subscribers, in proportion to their
subscriptions. The resolutions were adopted unani-
mously. A subscription list was then opened, which
the chairman headed with £5OO on behalf of Sir R.
Tufton, and £lOO on his own account. The sum of
£1,736 was raised in the room. A Mutual Cattle
Assurance Association established some weeks ago
at Appleby has now insured stock to the value of
£54,000. Westmoreland is now the only county en-
tirely free from the disease.

YORKSHIRE (SOUTH-WEST RIDING).
The number of cattle attacked by the disease in
some parts of the southern division of the IVest
Riding is exceedingly large, and everywhere there
are indications that its ravages are dreaded. Some
farmers have, as the only safe remedy, determined
to shoot all their stock whenever the disease ap-
pears. Vaccination has been tried in many instances
and failed, and the highest veterinary science has
failed to check the spread of the disease. In the
lower division of Strafforth and Tickhill calves seem
to be particularly susceptible to the disease, and
little short of half the cases that have come under
the notice of the inspector, Mr. M. Stone, have been
where calves have suffered. The mortality also is
large. Since our last report for this petty sessional
division 120 additional cases of the disease have
transpired, and 60 deaths have followed. It has ex-
tended already to 17 townships, and still spreads.
In the Rotherham and Barnsley district its attacks
are but slight, but on the eastern side of Doncaster
farmers are losing largely. There is, in fact, scarcely
a village from that town to a point far into the Isle
of Axholme that has not been visited by the plague.
In Upper Os,goldcross 220 have died within a short
time.

WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

TIIIS DAY.—Morning, 2b. 2211-I.—Afternoon, 2b. 45m.
To-Monnow.-Morning, 3h. Go2.—Afternoon, 3h. MIL