The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-23

GIsylaE ard Acapulco ~apvcprat.D-z by he Mex N
rest the debt HAYS isst thyrs or four years
been made 10 an ascefaned umocnt or shout 1887 500
collars, AID our agents have I-oyed ercss opeven'
this.
Finally Such control az the agents did exercise, wAs
arbitrarily pat aa END 70 sso yess' ago py lac sscala,
the Custom Eouses dated seth March 1854 aad on the
esabsbmenscf the Bo~d OF Psctic Credit jast year
the duty OF re,eiDg and renng tie revenues Of tns
bonchoders exclusively assigned % tha; bosd an
the administrators OF the Custom, Hoases were, on tn
produce OF those rerenues tie said boerc a1d 10
one else Under tha. order asents ~ a Bias were
IN June last actual compelled c repay 20 amount or
.fssS 20 which had ocen handed over % them by the
acninslfs.or Of that Ciston House.
successive Iexoo nonstssed sgaas:
these open violations OF srlsI tte Gecreso OF the leth
OF Office they had fair prospe., Of covering tasr rights
under that erce; but - cocseque c. the chaages
which subsequently occIstcd that prospect has again
Alter tis the sonchoders win not be sesy surprised
TO learn tia. rayrnen OF tc produce their
rs been ii.ae othem IN yer.Cnz tine 9Th of 10
oember las lone Tanapoo since tae 18th q November
NE M sS p a see e. % P.e s
revenues have, for :se last s~ rsc>a bean wholly
fscaed under e aatnory OF az arbrary apsns on q
the payment OF AZ EsgnTnents c1 tie re, sues o. the
The failure 0, 1e security prov ed the yent Of
the diyden is by the decree Of l4a October hts0 must
therefore, be whgy asrrbcc first TO the ,upuious
violation Of the mss. scsemn epgaC thypart
the Mexican government and seoor.y to the d. icutss
property and legal sh.s a British subjects absoac
things their report o. te 18TH OF " lo pages IL
u.s. has, as will be seen from the preccA ng sxosch
since gone from be.,to worse and they ssata
fully represented the I-sitT the E-f OF Clarendaa
and proposed specific remedy against pr petua.ioa
Of the grievous wrongs under which suffering
They very happy tore able add that they have
been met by his lordship With cordial 6spo Sit
the bondnoders any sscicabe ex ess that they
entertain sanguine expccsuons that psn submitted
20 Linn will bSadopted and carried into fSct, and thai
this will place under new safeguards the scrrty for tb
eni
IAN October 1850, conferred
bcnds.
In order to time and facilitate the e-t.ts wi
being for this purpose resolution I'M be 80
mted TO the present meeting, investing Charles Whu-
head Esq, with full power 70 conclude egreea,-us
1850 - = 80 oS'''''
The matter which the committee consider a, .ex. "a
point OF importance and urgency, the recovery
screars OF interest on the bonos
The return from Colonel Faclo or the ss,e OF
the conversion on the 18th rlao shows that 2l2 31s
OF NE old bonds have up to that date been converted
and that e29, $50 are still outstanding
new tariff Of moderated duties was promulgated ~
Mexico on tho 3lst January last 10 take eject from ,hss
cate In principle Il is quite clear that mortgages
revence ought not TO be thus dealt with without the
scrt OF the MORTGAGE and that such ought
10 be given without obtaining substantial gua.s.ise
miitees report Of 26h February, 1885 pp l3, I Bur
OF such obligations the Mexican government takes ac
the means of enforcing due regard for their rights or
the preeent occasion, however, thy not likely
under the new arf during the three first mouths s
operation, February March aud April ast) amounted
1855 and 1885, the duties al that port amounso tc
$Se9o0o, e577 SEQ aad S5se3oo respectively There h.
cent IN The impor, duties at Vera Cruz This may parity
be owing to accidental circumstances but being large
10 tie operation Of the new tarn, which thus would
seem TO work very benehcsly for the revenue.
By two decrees Of the 3ls OF March last the kexcan
government has assumed an intervention 10 the Al
mnisraon OF the ecclesiastical property In the diocese
opposition which only terminated with the Deportation
the bishop Of Pdebk Lately the excitement which
decreea is actually being carried into effect II the
measure shond succeed and subsequently be exsndeA
would afford the readest and at present the ony ims
aiaey available means OF restoring the Mexican nnanoo
70 nisnly prospefans condition. without inaieting cay
annual revenue OF ecclesiastical property Mexico pat
down At from $4,000 600 si2 900 600 ai the issss
GA those estimates would cey safe 20 rcly, but
hss. Luis Mora, in bis "ooras sueit.s, Paris 1887
revtrne Of the rceti .Re authentic data, that the
asoGnted In 1882 to s7,s5o5as and tha, the yrIuy0
Their property then calculated Mt sl7e lac 754 a
which slsa 500 were productive. and $50 03t s9l
re,se az the ecces,ast,c. e,shsbmen, Of Inc s,as.
may be betrayed with 81, ,ss9, COO
Now provide for this latter charge. acap,a, OF sa7
AS eco funded nj cent, wolld suffice, which woulA
Leave the government win balance Of ssl4ia,7ts u
ecclesiastical property independent OF the notorious
on the other hand the public debts or Mexico viz.
Foreign deet....... s5l:os2sc
Diplomats conventions. III, ,sso,6sx
Amount altogether to-. slc2 6ss, ,slG
which entails annual charge Of 50 ass tie Mszi-
finances
With ssi si57 75t at its disposal, thcrc the lcas:
doubt that The Mexican government nigh. redeem tho
whole Of those debts, and after bayiDg done So sli ys
tain surr US OF omo consideration for tho cousrucou
OF roads ard other public works
The nrst superficial ys~ OF the matter will suficc
direct The attention Of the bond holders 10 the
importance OF the policy which the pres Mexican eo
vernmtut has Initiated BY the DEGREES CO the 3ls March
last.
sSnse FuSp.-Ihe fourth rayraph ~ article Of the
decree OF the liih OF cctober $780, ss7s Durog tho
fret years Following this adJus,neax the surplus only
OF the assignments (d such there be) 5Ss be aprled
form sintin iund. The delay lng exprec thcre
shall be RENTED annually TO London hundf 81 thou
sand dollars for the redemption of y asonds their
rent market valre, provided that 5e not Adore pn.v
The committee will not hi 10 cd attcut1r Of the
Mexican government 70 tns s,ipnl taking cxct from
the LIST Of January zext, with ysS of pr,yeoE
being maco for iis tuAlment
Al duak last eJsHng spsnis.lv stesr Or sig.
nailed from the k9ro II n -Isabei scgrsda having
board his cslsncy the y-zucs dc Ia gabapa, the.
Narqucsa, and ;asr daugh,efl. Ills Excsxsncy lande
about nine ocloak As he ersd the r Scc ba,a
played the nal.onA march. lad II sen night, wcA
should, doubtless, have had grand disr.ay = wss
he band coa2naed pcrior -Ang until ten clock ss;osA
ol leaving o., n usual at Eiae.