The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-15 00:00:00

MEXICAN SIOCI

Another instance occurred yesterday of the extra-
ordinary vicissitudes which have lately taken place
in Foreign Stock. Mexican Stock ruse full nine
per -cent. and,left off at an advance of , full eight per
cant.- on the opening price. Purchases to a very
large amount in the stock are said to have been
made by houses of the first eminences qllll on the
whole an impression has got abroad that a change
has been suddenly effected in the aspect of A:lexican
credit, amountingto something_ like magic, or at
least not to be accounted for by any previous know-
ledge of its situation. The letters rhich contain
the information on this subject are from Vera Cruz, •
and are dated from the 14th to the 17th of March.
They -arc duplicates of letters by the Melville
packet, which sailed on that day, but have been sent
on by ~,ay of NeW York for the chance of ttaching
England earlier by that conveyance, *lila) has been
the case, the Melville packet not being yet known
to have reached an Englishpor t. The following are
extratis from the letters from Vera Cruz :--
Veal. CRUZ MARcif 14.—The c;indtecta is expected
to come in on the 16th or 17th instant, and it is said that
his Majesty's ship Scylla, now here, is going to take half
a million of dollars on account of GoVernment, provided
that sum can be collected here from the merchants on ac-
cotint of the 10 per cent. internal duty to be paid on their
stocks held .on the 2.oth ult., which may be the ease if
Government accepts their proposal,--viz, to pay 8 per cent.,
after the arrival of the conducta, instead of 10 per cent.
90 days, as proposed by Government,—an enormous
discount, to which, however, they will have to submit, or
lose their credit entirely."
" VERA Onus, MAiten -15.—The conducts took about
1,500,000 dollars from the capital, and received in Puebla
near.soo,ooo dollars." -

"•VzaA Cauz, MARCH V.—The Lord Nelville
packet having been detained here till to-day, we beg to in-
form you, that Government has accepted the proposal of
t merchants here to pay 8 per cent. after the arrival of
the conducta, being in full of the 10 per cent. (payable in
90 days) internal duty on the stocks on hand on the 20th
of February.; and not doubting but the former will be
preferred by the greater part of the stockholders, we esti-
mate the amount which will be paid in at 400,000 dollars)
and the Commissary-General has given assurance's that this
money will be applied to the payment of the dividends,
rind shipped to England by his Majesty's ship Scylla, now
in our port.

" The conducta was yesterday in Puente, reaches Santa
Fe this evening, and will arrive here early to•mertnw
morning."

A Vera Cruz paper Of the 17th of March con-
tains the following official document, being the de-
cree referred to in the preceding letters, respecting
the anticipation of the payment of the internal duty,
being that. paid on the transit of goods into the in-
terior. It is transmitted-Cram Mexico by the Mini-
ster of Finance, and published at Vera Cruz by the
Chief Commissioner of the Customs, for the in-
formation of the merchants :
" TO THE COMIUSSARY=CENERAL OF VERA CRUZ.
" His Excellency the President of the United Mexican
States has sent me the following decree :--
~ _

" "fin President of the United Mexican States to the
tilabitants of the Republic,—
" Be it known that the General Congress has issued
the following decree:—
" 1. The internal duty payable upon foreign goods,
according to the 20th article of law of the 16th of Novem-
ber, 1827, will be reduced to S per cent., if the holders
of such goods make payment of that duty, though the
goods are not passed within l 3 days from the publication
of this decree, at- the head office of each port,
" 2. To enjoy the privilege mentioned in the fore-
going article, the payment-of duties is to be made in specie,
and not on credit against-the Treasury; nor in orders of
payment apitist the respective maritime CUstom-howies.
" The goods to which the preceding articles refer shall
be exempt from the average internal duty. (Aperia di
inicrnacion.) Signed)
" CASIARO LIZIAGA, President of the.
Chamber of Deputies.
FRANCISCO ANICETO PALACIOS,
President of the Senate.

" JOSE RA3ION PACHECO, Secretary
to the Deputieg.
MIGUEL, DUQUE ESTRADA, Secre-
tary to the Senate.
1 orduni that the above shall he printed, published
and eaecuted iu the usual manner. - (Signed)

." GUADALUPE VICTORIA, President.
MeAico, March 12.'

" I transmit the above to your Excellency for your in.
formation, and iu eatTyingit into execution the following
nreeautions are to be observed.

" 1. The Commissaries-General who re 1t in the pints,
apt in their def7,ult the sub-officers, with the collector of
the respective custom-houses, will direct, without loss of
time., that • the merchants deliver in n circumstantial ac-
count of the goods they hold, rthrred to by this decree ;
the Government trusting to the good faith of the coin-
uiereial men, that ow no consideration will any false re-
turns be made.

"2. The above officers, on their own responsibility,
shall make search iu person, by all legal means, respecting
the integrity and good faith with which the said returns
arc made, enforcing the msual regulations against-any-in-
dividuals guilty of concealment, which is not to be antici-
pated ; • nor that they will oppose any obstacles to the said
officers in Hulling their .date; seeing that this decree
identifies the interests of connuerce with those of the
treasure.
treasury. .

" 5. Thum beiug compreheaded in this low, o no 'ex-
ception is made in it, the goods in-retail shops, they will be
called upon, equally with the wholesale dealer, to make a
return of their stodo.

As bOOll as the returns shall have been made to the
tjustom-hour, the amount of the respective ditties shall be
determined, on the valuation of the import duty, and each
individual shall have notice of the sum he has •to pay, Which
notice must be given without fail within the prescribed 15
days. _

" 5. The payment of these ditties shall he made within
the period prewribed by usage, at the Custom-houses of
the ports where the goods lie.
" As soon as the amount which is to be paid shall be
ett.led, the collectors of the Customs shall make a return
of the total value, which, without loss of time, they will
send to this office,-giving at the same time au account of
the sums actually received, and keeping them in strict de-
posit, with, an absolute prohibition not to apply theni to
any object, however urgent, till the Government shall
give such instructions on the subject as may be thought fit.
" By order of the Counnissary-General, the above is
published for the information of the mercantile interest.
" MAINUEL ht. QUIROS, Secretary.
" Vera Crus, March 17, 1828."
The above document and letters derive their sole
importance from the connexion they have with the
debt of Mexico in this- Country. It is clear from
them that the Government will have had funds at,
its disposal in the latter end of March, Whether they,
will be applied to restore its credit in England, _or--;
to its own ex-igencies, can only at present be left to

conjecture.
The closing price of Mexican stock was 42g.

As a proof of the excessive fulness 0E the
town at this moment, it is said that stable-room is so scarce,
that it is us difficult and as dear to hut.' lodgi'ng for a horse
as for his waster.—Morning Parer.
On Saturday night last, or early on Sunday
"r'iag, a dreadful accident happened in the rookery
which surrounds Riecal Hall, near Selby. It appears that
four u.en, from the adjoining village of -Ricci!, had re-
aelved to rob the feathered inhabitants of the rookery of
1'1". young. They accordingly resorted to the ground,
and proceeded to eliinb the lofty and stately lime-trees,
which at once enrich and adorn that vicinity; but the
night being very wet and the rain incessantly falling, ren-.:
tiered the enterprise exceedingly dangerous. One of them
having reached the summit of a tree, and not being suf-
ficiently careful, lost his hold, ar.d fell to the ground with
such a tremendous force, as nearly
to break all his bones.
The sufferings of this wretched man must Thereby have
been very great, though, happily, they were soon after
closed for ever by the cold hand of death. His companions,
who witnessed the fatal catastrophe, instaatiy fkd ; but,
horrible as it may appear, it is a fact that one of them
suou after returned, and, coolly ascending another trea
adjoining the remains of his hapless and dead companion,
deliberately secured some more of the rooks, and heed-
lessly walked off with them. The light of the morning
exposed to public view the remains of the deceased ; and
they were soon reo:oved from the rookery to the neigh_
!miring village, where an inquest was held by Mr. PEAR-
SON', of Selby.—Verdiet, 4, accidental death." _We lament
to add that a widow and four fatherless children are left to
lament his untimely fate. It is very remarkable that the
father of the deceased was killed some years ago by a simi-
lar accident, he having also fallen from a tree whilst in the
set of stealing rooks.—York Herald

INlPtittAt PALIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAy 11.

Sir ttonear 'rAunttarr, and others from the Commons,
brought up spvci i plgirate Bifls, amongst which was the
Maine Tunnel Bill.

On the.motion of .Lord FEVERSHAM, the report of
the Stoekton-over-Darlington Railway Bill was received.

Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that he would draw the
attention. of the. }louse to this Bill, oh the third reading.
There was one clause in it which enabled the majority of
the *optietutts to bind the minority to any expense. The
Noble Lord did not know whether that House would sanc-
tion such a principle; but, at all erects, hc *as determined
that the public should bt itte fully aware of it. ,
The Duke dr MONTROSE presented a petition from
the tlssiirersity of Glasgow, praying that facilities 'night be
afforded to procuring human
.subjects for dissection.
On the motion of the Earl of 31AL111E§RURY, returns
were ordered of the quantities of British atid Foreign
Spirits entered for !rune cOnstimption from the year 1818
to 182 t. .

the motion Of Lord COLCHESTER, the Bill for
Consolidating the Election Laws was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed on Monday hezt. .
Their Lordships then atkinuined to Friday next. ,