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The Mexican journals, and ---iw par icaiar e
hiario Officialiof the 25th and 30thMet.;leeeiffd
by the last packet, informs us of further excesses
committed *by the so styled Liberals, actually in pos-
session of Vera Cruz, and especially of the very
serious insult offered to Mr. Allsopp, her Majesty's
consul in the city of Tepie.:— •
"As it appears from that journal, the leader,
Coromulo, who with his- troops occupies the city of
Tepic, under instructions from gie Government of
Vera Cruz, ordered Mr. Allsopp to appear. before
him, and he required of him to pay over again in
ready money the sum of 11,500 dols., by him pre-
viously paid as duties on the last 4 conducta,'. and
the said gentleman having refused,to yield to that
unjust and barbarous demand, be was sent to pri-
son and confined in a dark dungeon, where he was
kept twelve hours, deprived even' of water Ad a
chair to sit upon. At the end of that time Rojas,
the immediate subordinate of Coronado, presented
himself to him, and, speaking in language the 'most
insolent and obscene, told him that he would as lief
shoot a consul as an Indian, and that he had -only
come to give him his choice either to pay the money
that had been demanded of him„or be shot. In con-
sequence thereof; the friends of Mr. Allsopp, fear-
ing that the threat would be carried , into effect,
paid the 11,500 dols. for him, and it was then that
he was set at liberty, but not without his being bound
to furnish security that he would not 'depart from
from Tepic." The said journal, speaking of the event,
expresses itself thus—" Such an enormity, the ex-
elusive work of a bandit belonging to the constitu-
tional forces, merits execration, but, since it might
unjustly fall back upon the whole of the Mexican
1 family, it becomes our duty to repel the charge, and
to cast ituponthe authors of so great an excess, and
also upon those who, by their toleration- and
example, authorise such violence against the law of
nations. Rojas is a man Who, ever since he joined
the cause of the partisans, of Ayutla, has wished to
excel his co-reformers in 4ibarity and iniquity,
and to that end has shot ahead of all in the path of
crime, shieldedby the protection extended to 'him
by the General4n-Chief of those hordes, Don Santos
Degollado. From him he took the example of
insulting foreigners, even when they vero invested
with a public-character and from him he has learnt.--
"to comport himself with effrontery towards his own
party, after bringing down upon Mexico j (Ist claims
for the ill-conduct observed towards subjects of
another nation. It, therefore, appears to us just
that the stain which such conduct entails should
not exiend beyond its anthers. But if this, be
rigorous justice, it also appears to us moat rational
to call the attention of the whole world to the class
of men the Liberal party protects, and to the man-
ner in which the latter treats foreigners who do not
second the destructive ideas of such party."
And the same journal afterwards adds :
" Such is the conduct the Constitutionalists ob-
serve in regard to foreigners ; and they count upon
our not being disposed to repeat in this article
a multitude of other facts that had previously
appeared in our columns. Well will it be that
what has happened with Mr. Allsopp, in Tepic, may
be borne in mind in London when examining into
the conduct of the last British Minister in Mexico,
Mr. Otway, whose principal crime, in the eyes of
his accusers, consisted, as it is said, in having ob-
served every consideration towards the Supreme
Government, refusing to view, in any other charac-
ter than that of a horde of vandals, the movers and
followers of the revolution. Reviewing what-pre-
cedes, persons informed of the manner in which
Mr. Otway has been treated may judge of the jus-
tice with which his detractors have proceeded, and
of the necessity that exists for her Majesty's Go-
vernment, insulted in the person of her Consul at
Tepic, Mr. Allsopp, for following up the ideas of
Mr. Otway, adopting energetic measures with a
view to chastise the culpable parties, and cause
itself to be respected."

GLOUCESTER ELECTION COMMISSION.

CLOSE OF THE INQUIRY.

The commissioners met again yesterday at
No. 8, Fludyer-street, Westminster—Mr. Vaughan
presiding.
Mr. F. W. Mount was the first witness called.
He said he appeared for Mr. Julian Bernard. He
was Mr. Bernard's solicitor, and he attended for the
purpose of assigning an excuse for Mr. Bernard not
appearing before the commissioners. Mr. Bernard
was too unwell to leave his bed, as would be proved
by his medical attendant, who was then in the room.
Mr. James Duncan was then called, and said he
was a physician, and resided at 18, Henrietta-street,
Covent-garden. He was Mr. Julian Bernard's medical
attendant, and last saw him half an hour ago. He
was inbea at that time. He had been suffering from
boils for the last three weeks. That was the com-
plaint under which he suffered at the time when
witness went before a magistrate and made the affi-
davit which he sent to the commissioners. He (Mr.
Bernard) had been suffering under the same com-
plaint ever since, and was now suffering under ex-
treme exhaustion:, When witness saw him at half-
past two o'clock that day Mr. Bernard declared he
would get up for the purpose of coming before the
commissioners, and attempted to do so, but sank
back in the bed. He (witness) wits of opinion that
if no fresh symptoms set in Mr. Bernard would be
able to appear before the commissioners in about 10
days or a fortnight, but it was impossible in such a
case to give_ a decided opinion.
. Mr. Donald Nicoll,, late M.P., for Frame, came
forward to offer some explanation having reference
to the evidence given by Mr. Rose at the last sitting
of the commissioners, with respect to certain state-
ments made at Gloucester by a witness named Crut-
well regarding the last election for Frome ; but the
chairmain said if the commissioners were to go into
explanations of that sort they would have to pursue
the same course as regarded every election in the
kingdom. If Mr. Nicoll felt aggrieved, he had or-
gans of publicity open to him to set himself right
with the public.
Mr. Vaughan, chairman of the commission, then
announced that the inquiry was concluded, as far as
regarded the examination of witnesses. The com-
missioners would meet again at the same place at
three o'clock on Wednesday next; but it would be
only for the consideration of their report, and would
be a private meeting.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

A meeting of this Board was held yesterday, in
the Council-chamber, Guildhall. The president,
J. Thwaites, Esq., took the chair, at 12 o'clock.

The cash statement for the current week shows
a total general balance of £399,946 13s.
MILE END OLD TOWN.

The Board received a deputation from this dis-
trict, to present a memorial on the subject of the
precept from the Board to the vestry. Mr. Snow
introduced the deputation, and Mr. Newton ad-
dressed the Board, urging that it was impossible to
raise the money specified in the precept, and com-
plained that the vestry bad been misled by commu-
nications received from the Board upon the subject.
The memorial was received, and after explana-
tions by Mr. Woolrych, was ordered to be entered
on the minutes, and the matter was referred to the
Finasce Committee for consideration.
REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A report was brought up from this committee re-
commending—That as by the recent appointment
of a legal adviser, and the selection of a clerk of the
Board from tho existing staff of officers, are-arrange-
ment of the clerk's department becomes necessary,
and, as a consequence, an alteration will take place
in the duties to be performed by the undermen-
tioned officers, the salaries of those officers be raised
as below stated, the total increase being £lso—
E. Cresy, from £350 to £4OO ; Mr. J. E. Wake-
field, from £lBO to £220; Mr. C. F. Pocock, from
£l5O to £180; Mr. W. P. Andrews, from £l2O to
£l5O. And that the resolutions of the Board of
the 15th and 22d February, 1856, and 23d April,
1858, in relation to the salaries and appointment of
clerks in the clerk's department, be so far varied as
to admit of such increase, respectively. That the
sums specified in the statement submitted to the
committee, amounting in the whole to £1,656 95.,
be paid.
Mr. DALTON, who brought up the report, said
that he considered it rather premature, as the order
issued by the Board as to the salaries of all the
officers of the Board had not yet -been considered
by the committee. He would, therefore, with the
permission of the Board, move that the matter go
back to the committee for further consideration.

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