The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-07 00:00:00

MEXICAN DIVIDENDS.

The very small amount of the remittances on account of the
Mexican dividends seems to be occasioned by the circumstance
that Santa Anna, when making his celebrated seizureltook all the
duties by anticipation to the 30th inst. The duties being paid by
the merchants in bills drawn at 90, 120, and 180 diys, this step
was quite possible, Santa Anna having only to insist on imme-
diate payment of this paper. For this reason the remittances are
expected to continue small until after the 30th of June. On the
other hand, it is believed that the money which will have to be
handed over by Messrs. Lizardi to Messrs. Schneider, in pursuance
of the order just received in London, will amount to a very con-
siderable sum, perhaps 70,000/. sterling. By the same order the
whole of the documents belonging to the republic will be handed
over by the present agents to Messrs. Schneider.

The following letter officially confirms the facts mentioned yes-
terday with respect to Mexico.

" Mexico, April 29 , 1835.

" Sir —We beg to hand you herewith a duplicate of our letter
of the 31st ult., together with a copy of one which we addressed
to you (in triplicate) on the sth inst., communicating the resolu-
tion which the Mexican Government had come to, of removing
its agency in London from Messrs. Lisardi and Co. to Messrs. John
Schneider and Co., the official documents relative to which we send
forward by this opportunity.
" With much satisfaction we have now to announce that the
Mexican Government has been induced to assign to the bond-
holders, to commence from the Ist proximo, 10 per cent. of the
whole of the duties collected in the Custom-houses of Vera Crum
and Tampico, until such time as the sum of about 340,000 dollars,
abstracted from their funds at the commencement of the late revolu-
tion, shall be refunded, and we enclose a copy of the decree to this
effect, dated the 17th inst.
" A measure is now before the Senate, having already passed the
Chamber of Deputies, the object of which is to empower the Exe-
cutive to arrange the public debt of the nation, and place it on a
sound and just basis. Should we be able to procure a copy of this
project before the departure of the packet, we shall send it enclosed
for your information.
" We remain, &c.,
" MANNING AND MACKINTOSH.
" To G. R. Robinson, Esq., Chairman of the Committee
of Spanish American Bondholders."
As far as can be learned of the plans which Messrs. Schneider
intend to adopt in their management of the Mexican debt, they
seem of a kind to give the greatest satisfaction to the creditors.
Their principle, it is said, will be to court publicity as much as
possible, and to keep no secrets from parties who legitimately de-
sire information. After the arrival of each remittance, they will,
it is believed, post up the amount where it may be seen by any one
entering their office, the former notices not to be removed upon
the arrival of a fresh remittance, but to stand as a lasting record
of all the sums that come into their hands. A plan like this would
prevent every possibility of complaint.

NORTH UNION RAlLwAy.—Wednesday a meeting
of this Company was held in the Cotton Salesroom, Liverpool, for
the purpose of taking into consideration and deciding upon the Bill
for the consolidating of the Bolton and Leigh, the Kenyon and
Leigh Junction, the North Union, the Liverpool and Manchester,
and the Grand Junction Railway Companies. The chair was taken
by Mr. Rathbone, who read a statement to the meeting. After
which, he proposed a resolution approving of the Bill, but as it
received a great opposition, headed by Mr. Powell, the motion was
lost, and the provisions of the Bill disapproved of. The meeting
also passed resolutions in favour of the Bills for enabling the North
Union Company and the Ribble Navigation Company to make a
branch from the North Union Railway to the Victoria Quay, at
Preston, and also a railway from Southport to join the North Union
Railway, at Euxton.
The Dutch steam-ship Batavier, which arrived at
the St. Katharine's Wharf, on Wednesday afternoon, from Rotter-
dam, had the unusually large number of 71 oxen and cows on
board, the whole of which were in excellent condition, and were
landed immediately and delivered for the London markets.