The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY s EVENING 19, 1866.

(This Day.)

periences.

Foreign Mail Packet List

MAILS DUE.

General Jubal A. Early's Mexican Ex.

The following letter has been addressed by the
ex-rebel Jubal A. Early to the editor of the
New York Daily News :

HAVANA, April 15th.
Sir,—l have just returned from Mexico, after a
sojourn of three months in that country. Having
received from Virginia several letters of inquiry in
regard to the prospects for emigrants to Mexico,
and having learned that many persons in that as
well as the other Southern States desire to emigrate,
I will state, through your columns, the result of my
own observation and the information received from
others on whose judgment I could rely. I must
state, in the first place, that my personal observa-
tion of the country was confined to what I saw in
passing and re-passing over the stage route from
Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico ; the greater part
of my time having been spent in the latter city.
The lands in the • Cordova District and about
Orizava, through which the stage route passes, are
unquestionably rich, and intelligent gentlemen, who
had seen other parts of the country, informed me
that there were other districts in which the lands
were very rich, and capable of being made very
productive by the proper use of capital and labour.
But colonists will have many difficulties to encounter
in all of them. There has been no systematic effort
to survey or ascertain the locality of the public lands,
until that recently made under the superintendence
of General M'Gruder, Chief of the Land Office.
All the lands at Cordova which have been surveyed
as public lands have already been parcelled out and
have supplied but a small number of colonists.
Land titles in Mexico are in a very unsettled condi-
tion, and but few men know the boundaries of their
own lands. So uninformed is the Government it-
self in regard to the lands to which it has claims
that, in making a contract with General Hardeman,
of Texas, for the survey of the public lands in
Durango, the whole risk and expense of discovering
those lands have been thrown on him, and he is to
receive compensation only in the event of his being
able to find and survey the lands, the Government
not even undertaking to furnish him protection
against guerillas and robbers while he is fulfilling
his contract. The lands offered by private inch-
viduals in alternate sections to colonists, so far as
lam informed, are in remote districts, where the
Liberals, or Dissidents, as they are called, have
control, and the Government can afford no protec-
tion.
The very highly coloured accounts of the country
and its resources which have been published, and the
expectations of a large influx of emigrants which
have been excited, have caused jroprietors having
lands for sale to increase enormously the prices
asked for them, and many persons who have recently
arrived in the country have been unable to procure
lands, either from the Government, or from private
individuals. The legitimate consequence of all this
has been that many are returning in a great state of
dissatisfaction, while others, who relied on the de-
lusive promises of aid from the Government, find
themselves not only without means of obtaining
lands, but of returning to their former homes. It
is exceedingly difficult for those who have succeeded
in getting lands to procure labour to put them in a
state of cultivation, as the entire population cannot
be relied on for that purpose.

All idea of procuring assistance from the Govern-
ment must be abandoned by those who desire to
emigrate to the country. I have no doubt that
Mexico has resources which, under a stable govern-
ment, and with a capital and labour sufficient, are
susceptible of a very considerable development ; but
those who go there expecting to find the beautiful
and fruitful land which is described in some of the
published accounts, will be doomed to as sad a dis-
appointment as that experienced by the old Spanish
conquerors in the research for the fabled Eldorado.
On the railroad which is being constructed from
Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico practical and ex-
perienced engineers, contractorsand mechanics, may
find employment, but otherwise very few positions
are open to those who do not wish to cultivate the
soil. Physicians who can speak the language, can
get permission to practise their professions, but
beyond this there is no opening whatever for any
of the learned profession.

As to the stability of Government, I will state
that I have no information, except what may be
obtained by any sojourner in the country who can-
not speak the language. Though I remained in the
National Capital for nearly three months, I did not
see, even casually, so far as I know, the Emperor,
Empress, or any Minister of the Government, nor
did I seek to see them. I think, however, lam
warranted in saying that any one who desires to
make Mexico his permanent home, must do so
without reference to the duration of the present
Government. Information as to the length of time
which that Government is to be maintained in the
country is not to be obtained in Mexico.
I have not advised any of my personal friends to
emigrate to the country, and my knowledge is not
sufficient to justify me to now giving my positive
advice either way ; but, though my own determi-
nation to remain in exile is unchanged, I feel a deep
interest. in the welfare of all my countrymen of the
Southern States, and the knowledge which I ob-
tained from my own observation, as well as from
the information of others, is sufficient not only to
authorise me, but, in my estimation, to make it my
duty to advise all those who are desirous of seeking
new homes not to give up their present ones and
emigrate to Mexico, until they shall have examined
the country in person, or ascertained through some
friend on whose judgment and experience they can
rely, that their situation will be bettered. Above

all; let no man who has a wife and children carry
them to Mexico until he has secured a certain home
and a fair prospect of support for them. By observing
this caution much disappointment and suffering will
be avoided.

I send this communication to your paper for pub-
lication, as I have no doubt that in that way it will
sooner reach the mass of the readers for whom it is
intended than in any other. Respectfully,
J. A. EARLY.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton., May 20
Ditto, via Marseilles June;l3
Brazil and Cape Verde. by British paoket. ..... June 4.
Ditto, by Frenoh packet May 22.
Cape of Good Bope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25.
China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton May 20.
Ditto, via Marseilles May 28.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton May 20.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 2).
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay); via Southampton May 29
Ditto, via Marseilles May 23
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 20.
Ditto, via Marseilles
.May 23.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseilles, . June 7
Newfoundland
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon..
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet May 23
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton
Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..May 25.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. June 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and

Honduras) ••• ••• ' May ..29.
Cuba and Mexico • .
Bahamas, via New 'York. May 29.
Bermuda, via Halifax. May 31.
May
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.B;taEffd: Newcastle-on-Tyne; ; James
APOTHECARIES'-HALL.---The following gentlemen
passed the3iirae:l7:_inAatidioenrsoninNtehwesasemi:mTcoetnaen:Dpevraone-;
prac-
tice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on
Thursday,
; Arthur Griffith Evans,
Edward Roberts Smith, Dud-
ley; bp Thomasebjr dothuh S,
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Pembrokeshire
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Car-
diff. The following gentleman, also, on the same day,
passed his first examination :—Richard Careless Sanders,
London Hospital.

OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. (LlMlTED).—Yes-
terday, at Vice-Chancellor Wood's chambers, an
application was made to pay £1,500 forthwith into court.
In a case in Chancery two receivers had been appointed—
one for the town, and the other for the country. One of
them had deposited the money with Overend, Gurney, and
Co., and it was lost by the stoppage. The other receiver
had 4500, and was anxious to get rid of the money by
paying it into court. The chief clerk (Mr. Weatherall) did
not consider that it was vacation business. The point was,
however, strongly urged, as all parties consented, and the
money would be safe in court. Under the circumstances,
and the consent of all parties, the order was made as
prayed, and the receiver allowed to divest himself of the
money.

The town of Antwerp, wishing to give a concert
to Sing Leopold 11., who is about to visit that town for
the first time since his accession, determined to engage two
celebrated Parisian singers, Mdlle. Nilsson and M. Faure.
The lady'demanded 2,000 f. and the gentleman 4,000 f. for
singing two morceaux each, so that the corporation of Ant-
werp has been obliged to renounce its intention.
The Moniteur du Calvados states that M. Victor
Chatel of that department has again collected a great num-
ber (1,000 to 1,200) of flints dressed by human agency, and
belonging to the age of stone ; they have been discovered
near Campandre-Valcongrain. Amongst them is a small
saw, pertectly toothed, and a whistle, formed out of a
pierced flint. There is also an unusually fine hatchet of
large size.

THE HORSE SHOW.—This Day.

_
The great horse show, which has now become an event
of annual occurrence, commenced to-day at the Agricul-
tural Hall, Islington. The entries this year are exceed-
ingly numerous, and the competitors for honours em-
brace some of the finest specimens of the noble animal
eyes ever looked upon. The hall has been arranged with
the greatest possible convenience, and a perfect view of
the various animals, as they gallop round the large
tanned ride in the centre of the building previous to their
receiving the prize, has been secured to every visitor. The
hall also presents a very attractive appearance from the
number of useful and ornamental articles displayed with
the utmost taste to tempt the pockets of the crowd of
visitors. There is the greatest diversity in this portion of
the exhibition, which we think will prove far more
attractive than the horses to many of the thousand
visitors who will be certain to throng the Agricul- j

tural Hall during the days of the "Show." There
are stalls for the sale of pert urnery and other fancy articles
of that description, also those devoted to more useful and
elegant articles. There is a fine display of horticultural
productions, the foremost of which of course is made
by the Messrs. Carter, the eminent seedsmen and florists,
of High Holborn, who have gained such distinction at
the shows of the Crystal Palace. The visitor must
not omit to view the wonderful productions here
very tastefully displayed—more especially the show
of ferneries, which are the most beautiful ever exhibited.
They also exhibit some charming hanging baskets filled
with beautiful plants, for the drawing-room as well as the
conservatory, which cannot but secure universal admira-
tion. Messrs. Benson, of Ludgate-hill, display, as usual
on these occasiofis, an elegant collection of clocks for the
drawing-room and library, many of which are very superb in
their ornamentation, and which elicited unbounded praise.
Messrs. Hunt and Pickering, of Leicester, made a
very good display, but those stalls we have specially men-
tioned are the chief attractions of this part of the exhibi-
tion.

The judging for the prizes for the horse show commenced
very early in the morning, but owing to the large number
of entries in each of the classes it had made but little
progress up to a late hour in the afternoon. The judges
were the Earl of Portsmouth, Sir W. Wynn, Bart., Sir
G. Wombwell, and Capt. P. Williams.

In the Class for Stallions the first prize of £4O was
secured by Mr. Topham of Northampton for his five year
old bay, which stood 15 hands 3 inches high. The second
prize of 20 guineas was awarded to H. R. Phillips for his
eight year old bay.

In Class 1 for Hunters, the weight carried not to exceed
15 stone, the first prize of .£6O was carried off by Mr. T.
Sutton of Darlington, by his Voyageur, a bright chesnut,
standing over-15 hands high. The second prize of X3O
fell to Mr. Joseph Thompson, for his six year old Rain..
bow ; and the third prize was awarded to Mr. H. Percy of
Northumberland for his bay Ingleby. Nos. 33 and 37
were highly commended.

In class 2, for hunters, without condition as to weight
the first prize of £3O was awarded to Sir G. Wombwell's
Hawkseye ; the second, £2O, to Mr. Thos. Gee's Tom
and the third, £l5, to Mr. Henry Spencer's Lucy.
The exhibition of ponies is extraordinary, and among
the animals exhibited are some of the smallest specimens
of living horseflesh we ever witnessed. This portion of
the exhibition seemed to be the most attractive part of the
show to the- non-professionals, but, of course, the great
majority of the visitors manifested their anxiety in the
larger animals. Amongst the visitors was Mr. Sothern,
who seemed to take a great interest in the exhibition,
" his lordship" having an eye, we suppose, on the finest
animal in the collection.

Another Destructive Fire at Poplar—This
Day.

The parish of Poplar has been singularly pro-
lific in fires during the last few weeks, there being
scarcely a day without the occurrence of an out-
break. Some of the fires were of trifling importance,
and not worth publicly recording, but others were
of an extensive character, and were attended with
great loss of property.

This (Saturday) morning, between the hours of
three and four o'clock, a Mr. Gibbons discovered
the premises of Mr. Forsyth, an oil, colour, and
Italian warehouseman, 97, Crisp-street, near where
the fire happened the day before, to be in flames.
The inmates having been aroused by Mr.
Inspector Allison of the K division, they
succeeded in making their escape in safety.
Conductor Gill quickly attended with the Royal
Society's fire-escape, and was succeeded by several
land-steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co., and
numerous manual ones of the Metropolitan brigade.
The mains of the East London Company having
been drawn the firemen went to work, but they
were unable to get the fire extinguished until the
' warehouse was burnt out, and the back premises
severely damaged by fire, water, &c. The origin
of the misfortune could not be ascertained.
FIRE AT IVESTMINSTER.—About 1 o'clock in the
morning a fire broke out in the laundry belonging
to Mrs. Lucas, No. 14, Greycoat-street, Westmin-
ster, which did considerable damage.

Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day.
Market opens very quiet, and prices are about 1
below yesterday's rates. Sales probably 5,000
bales.

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
" A strong barometrical pressure is extending over
Norway, Holland, and France, where the wind is
moderate generally between N. and E., and the
sky clear. The mercury marks 771 on the coasts of
Norway and 772 at Yarmouth, as well as at
Brussels. The gales which are occurring on the
Atlantic cause the barometer to decline on the
western shores of France and England, and pro-
duce strong breezes over Norway. The sea, gene-
rally smooth, is rather rough at Gibraltar. On
Wednesday evening there was lightning at Madrid."
At Paris yesterday the weather was again fine. At
three in the afternoon the thermometer marked
17 6 Centigrade (63 3-5 Fahrenheit.)
A letter from Brussels to the Echo de Luxem-
bourg says The period for holding the camp,
which is ordinarily fixed for July or August, is post-
poned this year to the middle of September. Each
regiment of infantry will send one battalion there,
each cavalry regiment two squadrons, and the
artillery two batteries. The entire army will be thus
represented and passed in view for the first time by
the King, on his return from the visit which he is
to pay to Luxembourg."
. _

The muncipalities —of Dusseldorf, Dortmund,
and Hagen in Westphalia have decided on send-
ing to the King of Prussia a zemonstrance
against war. The Prussian journals continue
to publish accounts of the hostile manifestations
of the populations whose interests are compromised
by the mobilisation of the landwehr. In Austria,
on the contrary, the enthusiasm for war is as great
as in Italy.

A fatal accident occurred the day before yester-
day on the Vincennes railway. M. Doucet, a mer-
chant, residing at La Varenne, was sitting outside
the imperial of one of the carriages, when he endea-
voured to pass from one compartment to another,
but at that moment the train entered a tunnel, and
the unfortunate gentleman's head coming in contact
with the roof of the arch, he was thrown in the per-
manent way.. His skull had, however, been so fear-
fully smashed that death was instantaneous.
A communication from Dresden says :—" The
armaments of Saxony are being urged on with the
greatest activity. The ordinary effective of the war
footing will be exceeded, and to obtain that result
soldiers have been taken below theregulation height.
Nobody has objected, for the public sentiment is most
favourable to the present dynasty. The measure
by which Bavaria has mobilised her army has pro-
duced a great sensation throughout Saxony. The
most complete understanding reigns between the
two Governments.

Miss HELEN FAUCIT is announced as about to
afford her geneious aid to the committee of the Consump-
tion Hospital, Brompton, byundertaking to read the drama
of " Ulysses" (to which is wedde€l Gounod's music), at the
concert in behalf of the institution, on Friday, the Bth of
June. By this benevolent effort in the cause of charity
an unusual opportunity of hearing this accomplished lady
will be offered to the public.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.--Mr. Hugh Frederick
Sills, on the result of a competition of five candidates for
four :situations, to be a clerk in the Secretary's office,
Chelsea Hospital. Mr. Frederick Nugent Oresswell
Macgregor to be a dockyard cle'rk in the Admiralty. Mr.
Henry Stephens Holmes Pegler to be a clerk in the Patent
Office.

The Salut Public of Lyons states that the 41st and
78th regiments of infantry in garrison in that city have
received orders to leave for Thionvilleand Cambrai, where
they are to arrive from the 2d to the 9th June. They will
be replaced at Lyons by the 13th, coming from Bastia, in
Corsica, and the Nth, returning from Africa.

MARKETS.---This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

Large supplies of vegetables are on sale, and the show
of fruit is tolerably good. Most kinds of produce are in
fair request at our quotations.
FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; grapes, 2s Od to 3s ;
foreign do, Os to Os Od; filberts, 1s 9d to 2s Od per lb;
apples, 2s 6d to 4s Od per half sieve; oranges, 4s to 10s ;
lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100.
VEGETABLES—Summer cabbages, 9d to is 6d; cauli-
flowers, is to 2s; horseradish, is to 2s per dozen heads;
greens, 2s Od to 3s Od; turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d • carrots,
4s 6d to 5s 6d • turnip radishes,'
9d to is 3d; spring
onions, 9d to is 3d per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 4d to 8d
per bundle ; forced asparagus, 3s to 6s per bundle ' • old
onions, 2s Od to 2s 6d per half sieve ; seakale, is 6d to
2s 6d; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet ; cucumbers,
6d to 3s each ; cos lettuces, 10d to is 6d per score ; new
potatoes, 2d to tid per lb.