The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1861,

Office of the Gas Light and Coke Company,
Horseferry-road, Westminster,
15th April, 1860.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS
of this COMPANY will be held at the Company's Gas
Works, Horseferry-road, Westminster, on FRIDAY, the
3d day of May next. The Chair will be taken at Twelve
o'clock precisely.
By order.
C. BURLS, Secretary.

Messrs. Brett and Heslop, the latter having safely
alighted on the ground, were sustaining a warm con-
test with the assassins, who had retreated a short
distance. The fight lasted until three full rounds
had been fired by the officers of the Valorous, when
the assailants availed themselves of the still pre-
vailing darkness (for it was about 4 o'clock a.m.) to
make off, taking with them such of their companions
as were killed or wounded. The original number
of the assailants is bet ieved to have been nine. Capt.
Aldham and Mdme. Maison were taken to Cordova
and quartered in the house of Mr. Lagrand, where
they received the attention of Dr. Carrillo, of
Orizava, and the good offices of Messrs. Grandison
and Glennie. Mr. Brett was at once despatched to
Vera Cruz, in the diligence upon which this villain-
ous attack was made, for the purpose of bringing
the surgeon of the Valorous. He was accompanied
by two of Mr. Glennie's daughters. This diligence
was robbed, but Mr. Brett having no arms a simple
robbery was all that occurred. The surgeon of the
Valorous, Lieut. Moore, a few mounted marines, and
Mr. Brett arrived at Cordova on the 13th, at 10
o'clock in the morning. At the time of our last
advices from Capt. Aldham it was not yet. known
whether his leg could be saved or not. He has the
advantage of being in a fine climate and everything
favours his sad situation, if it be possible to effect a
cure of his wound."

A letter in the Extraordinary, from Puebla,
gives the following particulars of another affair with
banditti :

" The diligence that left this for Perote, on the
11th was attacked two posts this side of that place
by 27 robbers. There were seven passengers in all
in the diligence, among them two Americans, nun&
M'Dye and Hailey, and a Frenchman, whose name
I have not learnt. The two Americans were well
armed, having each a rifle and a pair of revolvers.
On the appearance of the robbers the stage was at
once stopped, and the two Americans got out and
commenced a sharp resistance. The battle waged
for about an hour, when the robbers—those who
remained—retired, leaving three dead in sight, two
of whom were killed by Mr. M'Dye, and the other
by the Frenchman. Two dead robbers were after.
wards found in the woods, and it is believed that
several more of them must have been severely, if
not mortally, wounded. On the part of the passen-
gers the Frenchman received the first wound. He
was shot through the body, and is considered to be
in a dangerous situation. Mr. M'Dye received a
ball in his side, after it had passed through his left
arm. Mr. Hailey was not harmed. The coachman
is said to have received a ball in his hat. To the
rest of the passengers nothing happened."

A doubtful report comes from Texas that Gen.
Ampudia, with 3,000 Mexicans, was 60 miles off,
marching on Brownsville. Ampudia had despatched
expresses with placards and handbills, announcing
that Texas rightly belonged to Mexico, that she
would no longer have the support of the Federal
Government, and now was the time to take her.
Reinforcements in large numbers were rapidly
coming in to him. Colonel Ford had ordered all
the heavy guns and ordnance stores at Brazos
Island to be removed from the scene of anticipated
difficulties.

a cruel termination to a visit which had afforded us
all much pleasure. It is generally believed that
this outrage was premeditated and perpetrated by
partisans of the Church faction. During the last
12 days, on the road from this capital to Vera Cruz,
one foreigner had been killed, and five others
severely, if not mortally, wounded. In the neigh-
bourhood of Toluca an aged foreigner and his wife
have been butchered to the cries of "Death to
foreigners !" The signs of the times are not to be
mistaken. There is a concerted plan to wage war
upon all foreigners. The English Government have
long been warned privately, and through your
columns. Perhaps, now that a Vice-Consul has been
murdered, and the captain of a British man-of-war
engaged in a diplomatic mission severely wounded,
some efficient protection may be extended to other
English residents. A foreign protectorate, sup-
ported by a foreign force, is the only remedy. At
the present moment England and France might
apply this remedy without even wounding the sus-
ceptibility of the United States. Reasons of expe-
diency and sound policy for such a course are not
wanting, and if the integrity of the Republic is to
be preserved, must, sooner or later, be adopted. On
the Pacific, in Lower California, we hear of an in-
vasion of Filibusters, and on the Rio Bravo we hear
of preparation for separation, and the erection of
the " Sierra Madre Republic."

The day before yesterday.M. Dubois de Saligny
gave his invaluable support to the cause of consti-
tutional liberty by acknowledging the present
Government. The inducement for this very sud-
den change of policy on the part of a gentleman
who has proved, upon more than one occasion, that
he is heart and soul with the opposite party as yet
remains a secret. Reasons are assigned, but they
must assume more of consistency before I adopt
them for the columns of your journal. By advices
lately received it would seem that General Doblado
has completely routed Marquez and Mejia, taken
400 prisoners, and among them a very pernicious
chief named Santa Cruz—the number of killed is
said to have been considerable.

A conducta of 2,280,000 dollars left this capital
for Vera Cruz on the 13th inst., and it is to be
hoped that it will reach its destination in safety.
Senor Lerdo, of Trejada, a man on whom the
future of this country much depends, has had a
severe attack of typhus. For a time his life was
despaired of. A change for the better has taken
place, and he is now, I am happy to say, out of
danger. Senor Mata is the person named as likely
to be sent Minister to London. He for some time
represented the Constitutional Government at
Washington, where his conduct appears to have
given ground for general satisfaction.
No arrangement has yet been come to for the
payment of the 660,000 dollars stolen from the
bondholders.