The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-01
Our Mexican Correspon dence.

MEXICO, Oct. %, 1852
Influence Exercised over the Government bv the
British Minists Monopoly of Merican Trade
Fraudulent Importation of British Goods, and
Consequent Prejudice to American Istrests-
The Seizure and Detention of Mr.. Speysr's
Mychandise-1he United States Minister IN
togonistic to Mr.. Speyr's Claim, &c &c.
promised to give you some information respect
ing the unjust manner in which things are conduct
ed in this country. l must commence by telling
you that the British Minister, Mr.. Doyle, has On
tire influence with the existing government, and
through his influence he monopolizes nearly the
whole of the trade-in short, he does what he can
to prejudice the interests of foreign merchants,
particularly the Americans During the late re-
voluton in Mazatlan on the Pacific coast, which was
entirely got up by the merchants there, an enor-
nous quantity of British goods had been fraud
ulently imported one vessel alone, called the
British Queen, had G70 600 sterling worth of
dry goods on board, for which the Mexican govern
ment had received only $4,000 duty, instead of
$400 COO others paid even less The British Min
lister ought, in common justice, to have protested
against sending those goods into the Interior as he
did unjustly, and where there was cause relative
to goods imported into the port Of Matamoras under
the Avalos tariff He, however, in place of doing
20, made use Of his influence in not only obtain.
ing the pardon Of the revolutionisss but also had
the goods imported free, notwithstanding the small
amount of duty paid on them. l beg you to con-
trast this with the treatment towards American
merchants. / mentioned in a former letter the
Injustice which befel Mr.. Speyers, an American
merchant, who introduced goods into Matamoras !;
he paid on them the full duty, according to the
printed tariff, and after fulfilling all necessary OBJ
legations, dispatched the goods into the interior, to
Monterey, with the government permits. Those
Mr.
Speyers duly complained Of this most outrageous
and unwarrantable detention to Mr.. Letcher, the
United States minister to Mexico. Mr. Lstcher,
however, instead OF seeing justice done to Mr..
Speyers, acted In concert with Mr. Doyle in making
complaints Of the introduction of the goods into
Matamoras | can vouch for the truth of this
statement, which have from respectable Mexican
government officers Surely Mr. Le,cher ought to have
assisted an American merchant In his just caim-it
was bis duty to do so-and had he done 80, the
goods imported would have been free long this.
IL the Mexicsn government had seen that the
United States Minister determined that justice
should be done To An American citizen, they would
long ago have come to terms. ! must add, that
since the enormous introduction of goods into
Mazatlan, Mr. Doyle has discontinued his opposition
that higher duties should be enforced fearing that
the same duties might be applied to the goods i'm.
ported into Mazatlan.
SUPPOSED MURDER AT CLEVELAND Three men
have been arrested at Cleveland named Peter Casey who
kept erog shop called the Travellers House, James
Morrsey, and Michael duire, on charge Of murder,
barred upon the following story Of boy who In the
employ OF Casey. The boy says :-Thst one night
between the 9th and 10th Of November he was sleeping
IN the second story Of Csseys house with named
Morrsey that noise being made below he and his bed
fellow looked out be Casey, his barkecper Ike and
another man scuffiing With . man they pitched him
into the river Casey and another man jumped into
email boat, and catching the man, pulled him out
towards the middle Of the river and then pushed him
down the man cried murdern when he came to the
surface Of the river but Casey beat him the head
with an oar and he finally sank 10 rise He des
cribes the man murdered lshman gives his dress
40. man answering the description IL known 70 have
been about Casy and possessed Of considerable money
The Waterman also heard cry Of murder supposed to
have been n ths time stated By boy