Star.
London, England, 1828-01-03 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY, Dec. 29.

At Whitchurch, in this county, the fox hounds met
at the Tremlows; and in the evening a large company
of Gentlemen having dined at the Tontine Inn, they
departed, except two or three, who retired to a smaller
room to enjoy their extra bottle. In a short time a ire-
Inendous crash was heard: the waiter rushed into the
room, telling the Gentlemen that the walls and roof of
the ball•toom, from whence they. had just adji urned.
bad fallen in and become a mass of rubbish I The Gen
tlemen deliberately took their wine, and then viewed
the ruins under which they escaped being buried. This
room formerly comprised eve' al small Apar t (Bents, and
by taking down the division
wa..s, the exterior walls
were weakened, and thus disabled from suppor;ing tl.e
extensive roof and ceiiing. This building was seldom un-
occupied : a week ago there was an extensive display Lf
. china for sale within it, and about 200 spectators present.

ANGLO-MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION,

Yesterday a Meeting of this Association was held at
the City of London Tavern, pursuant to notice, for the
• purpose of taking into consider...6°n a report of the pro-
• ceedings tor the last year. Mr. BARCLAY, in the Chair.
The report commenced by stating, that Mr. Edward
Hurry had been deputed by the Directory to F roceed to
Mexico, to ascertain the state of the differeut mines, and
that from the accounts received Iron time to time from
him, the Directors were led to conclud : Ist, That the
undertaking was proceeding on too large a scale.-
2.1, That, considering the dilapidated state of the mine.
when they came into the po session of tl,e Associa.

lion, n:ore work was undertaken than was ; ;
3d, That the mines now working by the Company
are of unquestionable value. The report then pro-
. • ceeded to state that two steam engines, of 36 horse
power each, had been forwarded to Vera Cruz, to astist
• the means usually appl ed in that country to drain the •
• mines, and went on generally to say, that in all the I
mines in which draining had been commenced, that a
very great diminution of water had taken place, so as
to lead to an expectation of the most favourable results.
That the attempt to introduce suddenly the Cornish
system of mining, would be inadvisable; that the pro.
, portion of outlay to return in the year 1825, was as 1
to 7 ; and that of 1826 was as 1 to 2i. That the mines
were incoming mere productive, and would very likely,
this past year, go near to covering all expenses. That
the immense' gums expended on the mines by the former
proprietors was a sufficient guarantee to tie Associa-
tion of the real value of the miner, and that as the
, water is drained off, and the miners advance, the pros-
. pects of success continue to increase. '
'll,e CHAIRMAN then read extracts from the letters
_ received from Mexico; the chief feature of which wa,
. the conclusion of a long pending treaty for the purchase
. of the remainder of the mine of Serena. This had been,
it appears, concluded on terms advantageous both as
to, price and time of completing the payment.
The Sacturrene then read an abstract of the dis-
bursements of the Association during the last twelve
months, amounting to nearly 100,0001. of which
three-fourths bad been in payment of bills drawn on the
. Association from Mexico, and the remainder expended
for quicksilver, machinery, stores, &c. sent out, as well
as for salaries and wages.
• The CHAIRMAN then proposed that a Special Meeting
be called, for the purpose of altering the time of electing
• . directors from the 31st of December to the 30th June
of each year ; the next election in take place on the Ist
. of July next; and tlAt the accounts for the year should
henceforward be closed on the first Wednesday in July,
instead of, as heretofore, on the first Wednesday in
Jannary.
This motion was carried, as well as one for printing
the Abstract of disbursements; and the Meeting, w' '
was very respectable, tbea broke up.

Yesterday morning two boys, named Johnson and
. Oast, were amusing themselves is St. Martin's-street,
Lein' ester-square. letting off gunpowder, and Johnson
having stooped down to apply a light to some wildfire,
'• lit suddenly exploded, and injured his eyes in .that dread.
manners that it is feared he will never recover
bs sight.

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