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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, OCT. 30.—Next Saturday, (this day) there will be a meeting of the Deputies in the Hall of Conferences, to appoint a grand Deputa tion for the day of the Royal Sitting to open the Sessions. The Prince de Croy, Bishop of Strasburg, has been appointed Grand Almoner of France, in place of the late Archbishop of Paris. We have pleasure in stating-, that M. Mazet, one of the French physicians at Barcelona, who was reported to have fallen a victim to the yellow fever, is now oat of danger. M. Bailly, another of these gentlemen, is also much better. Our accounts from Barcelona are dated the 20th; they represent that desolation and the most frightful misery reign in that town. The state of health between Barcelona and the fron tiers is m3re satisfactory. At Tortosa, notwithstanding, the sums ()tiered by the Government, - no person can be found to bury the dead. There is a talk of- razing the town. Other reports say, that they are going to try the experiment of purifying the atmosphere by bombarding Tortosa. Many physicians pre tend, and their opinion has been confirmed by experience, that the seat of the disorder is in the air; :t is therefote hoped some benefit may be derived from this violent measure, which is, however, rendered necessary by the progress of the disorder. As the whole of the inhabitants have quitted Tortosa, the experiment may safely be tried. FRENCII FUNDS. Oct. 27, Five per Cents. B9 f. 80 c. Bank Stock 1593 f. 75 c. VIENNA, OCT. 19.—Our latest accounts from Zante : of the 21st September, contain the follow ing statements : " On the I.4th, the Turkish fleet, joined with the squadron of the Pacha. of Egypt, came to an anchor in our roads, having, on its cruize, pro visioned several fortresses - in the Morea, among _which are Coral and Motan. Padrona Bey, the Admiral, assured the Governor of this island, to whom he paid a long visit soon after his arrival, that, from his leaving the Dardanelles till his ar rival here, he had only once descried eight or ten Greek ships, but at a great distance ; and that, during the whole time, he -had not had even the most trilling action _with any part of the Greek fleet. On the 15th, the Admiral detached part of the fleet northwards, towards Corfu, to join the squadron of the Captain Bey lying there. On the 18th, he himself, with the remainder of the fleet, sailed for the Gulf of Patras.-Chorschid .Pacha has received certain intelligence that con siderable reinforcements are on the way from the Capital through Macedonia and Thessaly to join Tim. Eight thousand men had already arrived at his head quarters, at Joannina, on which .he immediately detached a division by the road of Arta and Messalongi, to Lepanto, to clear those parts from the Insurgents.— Two Deputies from Hydra and Spezia lately appeared in the Greek camp before Tripoliza, and required from the Chiefs of the Morea two millions of piastres, without which they could atot continue to take an efficient share in the contest, and offered them in the present crisis all possible support. But where shall the unfor tunate Moreans get two millions of piastres, as the most powerful and' opulent among them have sent all their property out of the country for safety ?—The inhabitants of the Islands of .hydra, Spezia, and Ipsara, it is true, are also in the most deplorable situation. Their islands are alaked rocks, which produce nothing, and their whole prosperity depends immediately on the .briskness of their trade with foreign nations, - which has been wholly interrupted since the commencement of the Revolution. To this must be added, that these Islanders are in the utmost .dissention among themselves, and that in their marines, as among the insurgents on shore, none are disposed to obey, but every one wishes to .command." FRANKFORT, OCT. 27.—A circular, addressed by a great German Court (Austria) to all the Governments of the Germanic Confederation, is .the subject of universal conversation. This note states in substance, that in the existing negocia tions the Greek insurrection has never been con sidered as lawful, nor have the sovereign rights of the Ottoman Government been disputed ; that, if the Great Powers think proper to interfere in the affairs of Turkey, this interference, founded on treaties and the law of nations, is not de signed to effect any_of the chimerical projects imagined by some foreign political dreamers ; that all the Powers regard the culpable efforts of some individuals, in raising men to tight in favour of the Greeks, as a manoeuvre of the ene mies of the peace of Europe, and not undertaken for the benefit of the Greeks, but to bring them to certain ruin ; that the Sovereigns are no less astonished at the licence of some writers, &c. &c. Though •we do not know precisely the con tents of this communication, it is certain that all persons suspected of recruiting for the. Greeks are arrested and sent beyond the boundaries- of our town. Those who attempt to 'go to the Mo rea thro' the Austrian states are also arrested, and many .of them have been sent to Mantua. Most of the Journals are kept under a strict Censorship. It is reported that the King of England is ;ruing .to Berlin, but not with any political object. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, •OCT. 2.3.—(Extract of a .Private Letter.)The conferences which are About to take place at Hanover will no doubt .be attended with the most important results. It is intended, according to all accounts, to propose measures which, in concert with Russia, shall be taken to put an end to the troubles which agi tate the East of Europe, and to settle de finitively the fate of Greece. It seems that, besides the Prince de Metternich and Count Bertistoff, the Prussian Minister, - the chief Minis ters of several other Powers have -also been in sited to repair to Hanover with Out delay. This assembly of diplomatists may therefore be con sidered as a Congress• appointed to decide the great question of peace or war between the Ot torrian Porte and Russia. 'We li-arn from good authority that immediately after the departure of the Prince de Metternich for Hanover, the Aulic, Council of War at Vienna gave orders to get ready for active service several regiments in Bohemia, Moravia and Hungary. Nevertheless these orders are deemed mere measures of precarition. The Greeks established at Vienna do all in their power to make it believed that war be tween the Russians and Turks is inevitable. On the other hand the Austrian Government causes the Official Journals to contradict, from time to time, the reports which are daily circulated against the maintenance of peace. AUGSBURG, OCT. 20.—There is a young man of letters here who has just returned from a very interesting journey. Impelled by ardent enthu siasm for the cause of the Greeks, he embarked towards the end of June, from Sicily for Zante, hastened to the Morea, and as the British Go vernment does not allow- any vessels to go to Calamata, he ventured with three companions to go on foot through the Western Peloponnesus, was plundered, wounded, and nearly killed by the Moreotes, on the way near Paulisso, the aa cient Phigalia ; but contrived, however, to reach Calamata, at that time the head-quarters of the Moreote Greeks. What Le there saw and ob served in a short time destroyed all his hopes, all his ideas; and though he had come with the resolution to die, if necessary, for the deliver ance and regeneration of Greece, though he was at that time destitute of every resource, he chose quickly to leave the Greeks rather than remain among them. Ile accordingly left Calamata at the end of July, and returned by way of the lonian Islands to Venice, and thence to Ger many. He wishes that all those who, with their overflowing hearts and valiant arms, think of going to the Morea, may defer the execution of their purpose for a time. Perhaps the true pic ture of the present state of the Peninsula, as well as what he was there obliged to see and to en dure, may change, the views of many persons, and save them from repenting when it will be too late. HERMANSTADT, OCT. 4.—Melancholy accounts have been received of the unhappy fate of the brave Captain Jordaki and his companions in arms, which have caused great despondency in the Greeks who are now here. The statement that Jordaki had been saved by his own people, appears to have been ill-founded. The remainder of the sacred battalion which he had encouraged to throw itself into the convent of Secka, has pe rished before his eyes. For some days they made the rn6st heroic resistance, but the Turks had received a reinforcement of three thou sand fresh troops, and at length stormed the convent, where they put all to the sword.— Jordaki was found ill, and covered with wounds, in a cell, where his faithful companion, Farmacki, was lying at his side. These two friends, who would not separate, are threatened with the most dreadful fate, unless death should deliver them before they arrive at Constanti nople ; for it is easy to see the end which awaits them there they cannot fail of suffering martyr dom together.—Captain Diamanty, who was pre viously delivered to the Turks by the treachery of Caminar Sawa, is said to have been taken by them from Silistria to the capital, for the same purpose. history will eternize their names, and Europe will justly deplore their fate. They were the generous but deceived instruments of Count C--, and have fallen as heroes. The authors of this unhappy and premature insurrec tion, especially the above-mentioned Count C--, are generally cursed by the Greeks, as the support of Russia, which was promised by them, never came. The veil which covers all these events will probably not be put aside till a later period.—For some weeks past the Turks have received reinforcements in Moldavia, whereas the troops have almost wholly left Wallachia.—According to accounts from Bucha rest, of Sept. 2.9, only 1,500 men remained there.' The destruction of the Iletarists, which may now be considered as complete, will be followed by the departure of the whole. BANKS OF THE RHINE, OCT. 30.—The foun dation of Archbishopricks and Bishopricks, and the liberal endowment of the Catholic religion, have excited the highest joy and gratitude in the Prussian Provinces of the Rhine, where the great majority of the inhabitants profess that religion Bausscr.s, Our. 26.—1 t is certain that his Britannic Majesty, on his return from Hanover, will stop one or two days in this capital. It is even said that our King and the Royal Family will come to Brussels to receive him. Lord Clancarty, the English Ambassador at our Court, has already arrived from the Hague to attend upon his Sovereign, and the necessary prepara tions are making in his hotel with all diligence. —Our accounts from the frontiers of France state, that all the young men of the class of 1819, who are summoned to complete the cavalry and the chosen companies of infantry, have just re ceived throughout France orders to join the re giments in a very few days. A great number of them are already on their march for their respec tive destinations. On the other hand, some re giments in garrison in the interior are sAt their way to the Pyrenees, for the purpose of rein-. forcing the immense cordon which is established from the ocean to the Mediterranean. If these measures are taken from apprehensions that the yellow fever may penetrate into France, it must be owned that they are excessive at this mo ment, since this contagious disorder generally disappears at the approach of winter. It is certain that in Spain some fears have been ex cited on the subject, which the Liberal Journals even take pleasure in exaggerating. ZANTE, SEPT. 25.—M. Fauvel, the French Vice Consul at Athens, has written to M. at Zante, a letter, of which the following is an extract : " ZcA, AuG. 28.—' Et nos patriain fugimus.' —I have been obliged to quit the country of my heart, and I recommend to you the unfortunate French families who have been obliged to aban don Athens at the same time as myself. The inhabitants of Attica are flying in all directions from the Mahometans; they arrive at Zea, drag, girg with them whatever they have teen able to bring away. The island in which we are is not very hospitable, and the owners of the boats take advantage of the occasion to rob and pillage their countrymen." AIVIEFLICAS PAPERS. NEW SPAIN. DECLARATION OF TIIE INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO [From the Charleston Gazette of September 27.1 By the arrival yesterday of the brig Catherine, Wellsman, in fire days from Havannah, we have received some late accounts from Mexico, and particularly from the seat of war. A cessation of hostilities between the Patriots and Royalists has taken place. On the 11th of August, Colonel Santana had agreed to the pro position of the Viceroy, that the gates of La Vera Cruz should be thrown open the next day, that the prisoners on both sides should be liber ated, and that the country people be allowed to come unarmed, and in no great numbers. Plan of the government that is to be establish ed provisionally for the purpose of securing our holy religion, and establishing the independence of the Mexican empire, under. the title of the Administrative Junta of North America, pro posed by Colonel Don Augustin de iturbide, to his Excellency the Count de Venadito, Viceroy of New Spain : • 1. The religion of New Spain is and shall be the Catholic Apostolic Roman religion, without toleration of any other. 2. New Spain is independent of Old Spain, and of every other Power, even upon our own continent. 3. Its Government shall be a limited monarchy conformably to the constitution that may be adopted by the kingdom. 4. Its Emperor shall be Don Ferdinand the Seventh ; hut in case he shill not personally appear in Mexico within the time that the Cortes shall specify, in order to take the oath, the most Serene Infant Don Carlos, Don Francisco de Paula, the Arch duke Charles, or such other individual of the reigning family as Congress may think proper, shall be called in his place. 5. Until the Cortes shall meet, there shall be a Junta for the purpose of bringing about such meeting, and causing the plan to be executed in its full extent. 6. Said Junta, which shall be denominated administrative, is to be composed of the Members named in the letter of his tx ccllency the Viceroy, by which it shall be. convened. 7. Until Don Ferdinand the Seventh shall present himself in Mexico and take the oath, the .Junta shall govern in his Ma jesty's name, in virtue of the oath of fidelity which the nation has taken. Nevertheless the execution of all the orders that he may give previously to his taking the oath shall be suspended until then. 8. If Don Ferdinand the Seventh shall not condescend to come to Mexico, the Junta or the Regency shall govern in the name of the nation, until the Emperor who is to be crowned shall be fixed upon. 9. This Government shall be maintained by the army of the three guarantees hereinafter mentioned. 10. The Cortes shall dettrmine upon the Constitution of a Regency, until the . arrival of a person who is to be crowned. 11. The Cortes shall afterwards establish the Constitution of the Mexican Empire. 12. All the inhabitalts of New Spain, without any distinc tion of Europeans, Africans, or Indians, are citizens of this Mo. narchy, and eligible to every office, according to their merit and virtue., 13. The person and property of every citizen shall be re spected and protected by, the Government. 14. The secular and regular Clergy shall be preserved in all their rights and pre-eminences. - • 15: The Junta shall take care that all the departments of tha , State remain without any alteration, and that all Civil and Mi litary Officers continue in their present situations ; those only shall be removed who may refuse to concur in the plan, sub-' stituting in their place such persons as may be most distinguish. ed for virtue and merit. 16. A protecting Army shall be formed, which shall be deno minated the Army of the Three Guarantees, inasmuch' as it takes under its protection, in the first place; the preservation of the Catholic Apostolic Romish religion, using all methods in its power that there may be no mixture of any other sect, and that the enemies that may threaten it be timely attacked ; se condly, independence under the system above mentioned ; thirdly, the intimate union of Europeans and Americans ; and guarantees these fundamental bases of the felicity of New Spain, to the infraction of which, rather than consent, it shall sacrifice itself, from the Commander-in-Chief to the last man. 17. The troops of the Army shall observe the most exact dis cipline, to the very letter of the articles of war ; and the chiefs and officers shall continue upon the footing on which they now are ; that is to say, in their respective stations, with eligibility to the offices now vacant, and which may be vacated by such persons as may be unwilling to serve, and with eligibility to such new offices as may 'be considered necessary or convenient. 18. The troops of the said Army shall be considered as of the line. 19. The same privilege shall be enjoyed by those who shall enlist without delay, and by those who, •iiaving borne arms in support of the former system of independence, shall imme diately join the said Army ; and pie peasants who may enlist shall be considered as troops of the national Militia; and they shall all be employed for the internal and external security of the Kingdom, in such manner as the Cortes may direct. 20. The Commis ions shall be granted according to real merit, as reported by the respective commanding oflic-ers, and' in the nava?, of the nation, provisionally.' 21. Until the Cortes shall otherwise direct, proceedings in cri minA cases shall be agreeably to the Spanish constitution. 22. In case of conspiracy against the independence, the cul prit shall - be imprisoned until the Cortes shall determine upon the punishment of that grcitest of all crimes, except those against the Divine Majesty. 23. Such persons as may attempt to foment disunion shall be watched, and reputed as consyirators against independence. 24. As the Cortes who are to be installed are to frame a con-. stitution, it is necessary that the Deputies should receive powers sufficient for that purpose ; and as it is also of much importance that the electors should know they are to be represented in the Congress of Mexico, and not in that of Madrid, the Junta shall prescribe just rules for the election, and shall designate the time of it, and the time of the opening of the Congress ; and as the elections cannot now take place in March, the time shall be ex tended as much as possible. [From the " Baltimore American," Oct. 4.] LATEST 1 , 11.031 MEXICO. Articles of Adjustment entered into between the Patriots and Royalists, - at Cordova, on the 24th of August last. Articles of adjustment entered into at Cordova between Don Juan O'Donoiu, Vice King, and Don Manuel Iturbide, Com mander-in-Chief of the Imperial Mexican Forces : I. This America shall be sovereign and independent, and call ed the Mexican Empire. 2. Its Government shall be a moderate constitutional Mo narcy. _ _ 7 3.4'ertlinand VII., on coming to Mexico, shall reign ; in default, his heirs or sucussors, in due order. 4. The Emperor shall tix his Court at Mexico, the capital of the empire. .5. Two Commissioners from Senor Don JUall , O'Donoju shall depart, and carry t 3 the gin g of Spain this treaty ; in the mein time the Cortes of the kingdom offer him the Crown un der proper guarantees and forms, and request his compliance with the 3d article. 6. Conformable to the spirit of the plan of equality,there shall be formed a Junta of the chief persons of the empire for their viitues,.their employments, their character, their,richesi - anitthe esteem they hold in public opinion, the number of whom are sufficiently considerable, that the re-union of -their talents will assure obedience to their determinat;on, that shall emanate from the authority and powers given them in the following articles : 7. The Junta shall be called a Provisional Government. B. Senor Don Juan O'Donoju shall. be a member of it ; but it is indispensable to omit some persons named in the plan, in conformity with the spirit of its intentions. • 9. The Junta shall elect a President, by a majority of votes, either from among its own members, or from .the public in ge neral. 10. The first act of the Junta shall be to inform the people of its installation, motives of its re-union, and any further.expla nations they may think of public utility ; and the mode to be adopted for electing Members to the tortes. 11. The Junta, after electing its President, shall name a Re gency of three persons, chosen either from among themselves or the public, in whom shall be vested the executive, power and go vernment of the empire till the arrival of the Monarch. 12. The Provisional Government being installed, It shall go vern according to the existing laws, excepting where they tlitf,:r from a plan of equality, anu until the . Cortes form a Constitu tion fot the Empire. - 13. Immediately the Regency is named, the Cortes shall be called, conformably to the !4th article of the plan of equality. 14. The Executive Power resides in the Regency ; the Le gislative in the Cortes ; and in the interim of their meeting, the Provincial Junta shall exercise that faculty in cases which ad mit of no delay, and the Regency approve of the same ; the Junta is also to form an auxiliary body and Council to the Regency. L. Every person shall be at liberty to remove himself and property to wherever he may think proper, excepting debtors and criminals ; consquently Europeans who are in America, and Americans residing in the Peninsula, shall be at liberty to adopt the country they prefer, on those leaving this country pay ing the duties on the property they carry away. It;. In the foregoing article, public functionaries or military men, notoriously opposed to Mexican Independence, are not in cluded, but must necessarily leave the country within a period the Regency will prescribe, taking with them their property, on paying the export duty. 17. Senor Don Juan O'Donoju offers to use his authority, that the troops now in the city of Mexico shall quit it on an honourable capitulation, concurring with the wishes of the Com mander-in-Chief to avoid the effusion of blood, and the use of force. . . Cordbva, August . 24, 1821. SOUTH AMERICA: Ctnta.l2oa, Auo. 10.—Caraccas Gazettes to the 23th ult. :lave been received, from which we have made the following translations : Pito LAMATION of his Excellency the President Libehador, to the Inhabitants of the PrOvince of Caraccas. Simon Bolivar, President Libertador.Of the. Republic of Co lumbia, &c. The troubles you have just experienced, by the general emi. gration following the Spanish anus, have filled me with afflic tion. Your flying, and the total abandonment of your proper ties, could not be a spontaneous work, it could be only that of a panic terror, either of the Columbian or Spanish arms. Royalists !—You ought to rely on the regulations for the war, and on the politics of the present day, which start from those times, in which the genius of crime had arrived at its highest pitch, in overwhelming the feelings of the human heart; Roy alists, return to your homes. Caraquenians !—Your emigration is a manifest offence to the . Spanish Government, which you think to flatter. Your fears, with respect to the arms of the King in terrible re-action, are not now well founded ; because the Spanish Chiefs are Generals La Torre and Correa, not Soaves and Morales. Caraquenians know you to he Patriots, and you have abandoned Caraccas ; but could you with good faith fly from the arms of Columbia ? No, no, no. -- Inhabitants of the Province of Caraccas !—Do not outrage foreign Governments ; live tranquilly in your own houses count upon the improvement of tne Spanish .Government, and our religiously fuhilling the contract which we celebrated in BOLIVAR. General Bead-quarters in San Carlos, 3d June, 1321. Charles Soublette, .General of the division of the Armies of Colombia, Vice-President of Venezuela, • &c. In : virgle of the superior order of his Excellency the President Libertailor of the Republic, I have decreed, and do decree, the following 1. The City of Caraccas will be the capital of the Depart ment of Venezuela. 2. The High Court of Justice of the Department, ,the Pro curator-General of the Republic, the Director-General of the Treasury, the Chief of the General Staff of the Department, and the Secretary-General of the Vice-Presidency, will, with all possible speed, be removed to the City of Caraccas, with all their archives, papers, and documents, belonging to their re spective officers. 3. The Court of Admiralty established in the island' of Margarita will be removed, with its archives, to. the port of Guayana. 4. The Commandant-General of the Province of Guayana, and the Director-General of the Treasury, will give the neces sary assistance for the execution of the first article, and that this Decree be communicated to - them, and to all those whom it concerns. Given in the Palace of the Vice-Presidency, in the city of Caraccas, the 6th of July, 1321. • C. SOUBLETTE. [From the Caraccas Gazette of August 22.] OFFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE. After the gloriOus victory of Carabobo, the enemy sent out two detachments from Puerto Cabello ; one under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Ramos, and the other under Colonel Alejos, to raise the spirit of revolution among the inhabitants of the Plains, but lately liberated.' A division of vessels, with troops on board, was also destined to La Vela de Coro, in order to divert the attention of the Liberating Army : still it is not easily understood in what the hope of the enemy was founded, whether in so doing its object. was to dhninish the consumption at Puerto Cabello, by sending out troops,- immaterially where, in search of either food or an unprofitable death. his Excellency the Liberator, the better to facilitate his operations, and to place the inhabitants of the Plains in' sefety from the grasp of the guerilla parties of the enemy, who can injure but the husbandman and the citizen, divided the western section of this country into two military departments—the one, embracing the provinces of Coro, Maracaybo, Merida, and Truxillo, was placed under command of his Excellency General Marino ; and the othca, comprehending those of Caraccas and Barinas, under his Excellency General Paez. The line of Puerto Cabello, included in these two divisions, is defended bj , three battalions of infantry and two battalions of cavalry. A battalion of infantry and a regiment of cavalry are posted at Calabozo, a squadron at San Carlos, and a kattalion in the city of Auraure. Having learned by the late accounts from Colonel Escalono, that the expedition arrived at Coro from Puerto Cabello does not exceed 40. men, Colonel Breceno, with 1000 men, was de t.:zhed from Carom to join Colonel Gomez's column, and ano ther column of 500 men, which sets off through Calgna, and with these forces to meet the enemy and liberate this province, while his Excellency General Marino remains at Carora with two battalions of reserve, to repair where duty may call him. II is Excellency was at San Carlos on the lltn, and continued his mardi the next - day, in order to give fresh impulse to the martial operations. - • The remainder of our cavalry is returned. to the other side of the Apure, there to await the orders of its chiefs, whenever the defence of the country may render its services necessary, whereby it gives to the world the greatest example of a warm patriotism. Covered with laurels in the fields of Carabobo, these Llaneros, the first prop of the Republic, and its constant defenders, re turn to their homes ready, however, at the first call of the na tion, to repair a thousand times again with strength and lives to ie scenes of action. From Puerto cabello,.the desertion of men to our line is so considerable that unless better means be adopted, La Torre --ad Morales, the two chiefs, will remain there all alone. The districts of Barcelona, Cumana, and :Margarita, are like wise. organised. into military departments, under command of General Bermudez, after his late glorious campaign ; all the bodies of troops which are on their march to reinforce his divi sion, remain under his immediate orders. The troops of Urane, under Col. Terrealba, having closed the campaign, returned to their cantons to resume their occupations, and will come to their military duties whenever required. Gen Monegas, who, - with the Barcelona cavalry and that of the Up per Plains of Ca,raccas, penetrated as far as the Sombrero to participate in the general achievements, received orders to post himself at Barcelona, and to disband the individuals of his di vision, thanking them for their services. They are equally ready to return to action as soon as they are called. The siege of Cumana is set fo:th with vigour; we expect shortly to hear of the triumphal entry of General Bermudez into that city. • *.* For various interestin: , Articles, under the head of " Tile United States, see the - Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY !►T TWELVE 0-CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. . 77 3 per Cent. Cons. 77J- 78 3, 1 1 per Cent 8 7 :4 4 per Cent 9;3i- 96 5 per Cent. Navy Ann 110 i 111 Bank Long Ann. 19:; 9,160 15 India Bonds... Excheq. Bills, 9niniurn 5 7 Cons. for Account 73 HIGH WATER AT LONDO: Morning, 42 minutes after 8. IN BRIDGE TOZIORROW . I Evening, 15 minutes ai;.es THE SJN. SOLEM OUTS 'DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1821. The French Papers of Tuesday, Brussel' Journals, Frankfort and other German P a pers have arrived since our last. Their contents will he found under the usual head of Foreign lute gence, and though they still leave-undecided the great question of peace or war, yet from the tenor of some of the articles, it would seem to be the general opinion that the present negociations will terminate in war. That such is the impres' sion throughout Holland, we have the best autho' rity for stating; and orders, we understand, were received yesterday, by one of the first 'Mercantile Houses in the City, connected with that Country , to buy up all the Salt-petre that could be pro• cured ; in consequence of which a large quantiti was accordingly purchased. The rich, populous, and wealthy kingdom of Mexico has in a moment severed itself from 04 1 Spain, and become an independent empire, with the concurrence of the Spanish Viceroy, who Wa s reduced to the necessity of concluding an a rmis - • tice with the Insurgents,. which was immediateil followed by a treaty, recognizing the absole" independence of the Empire of Mexico. This i 5 a tremendous blow to Spain ; but may b e of very great advantage to the' commerce .°1 this country, the exclusive system of Sin' in having been enforced with greater rigour Mexico than in any other of her transatlantic minions. Mexico, in its largest sense, includes all that extensive peninsula situated betwee lt Louisiana and unknown countries on the noobP and Terra Firma on the south ; but the Audience of Mexico contained only the provinces of Mexii.:o Proper, Mecnoacan, Guasteca, Tlascalat (the aboriginal inhabitants of which aided the Spaniards in the conquest of their country z 1 Guaxaca, Taba , :co, and Yucatan. It is washed ou the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south and west by the South Sea; and is above t‘s,s,- - "" thousand miles in length, and from sixty to hundred in breadth. It was divided into 0 districts or provinces, the principal of which etas Mexico Proper. :t contains mines of gold an d silver,, of the latter of which there are above a , thousand, and it also produces iron, copper , lead, alum, crystal, vitriol, precious stones', marble, &c. The soil produces Indian Cur" cabbage trees, cocoa nuts, vanillas, plantaios, pine apples, cochineal, cotton, and a variety 4)t. vegetables, fruits, gums, and drugs proper to the climate. The animals are a species of lion, le formidable than those of Africa, small tigers, bears' elks, or moose deer, pecaries, warres, beavers,°Y: possums, armadillos, guanoes, flying squirrels, 1 1 " coons, crocodiles, manattes, or sea cows, monkelsl parrots, macaws, pelicans, cormorants, and a gre v ' t variety of other birds, and of snakes and inse° °. tn general it is a mountainous country, diver'i fled with many rich val lies ; but the high er mountains, many of which are volcanoes, are Be n ' the coast of the South Sea. The eastern coast 13 a flat level country, full of bogs and morasses, 31)- is overflowed at the rainy season. The hills b e va - cel l the mountains and the flat country are best i n ' . habited, because there the air .is the• temperate. This province is vastly populous' and the original natives in general pass the ir lives in easy circumstances. The city of Mc:jet' , the capital of the province, and of the Itc.,Y can Empire, is seated on several islands, in a l► extensive lake, to which there is no e ntrance b ut by causeways, three of which are about two wit ° in length. The suburbs, which are extensive, or6 ' inhabited by the native Americans. The / 111 ' 3 ' bitants are immensely wealthy ; and ti Akist a l "P ; dance of silver, gold, and jew e ls, is' I I , in plate and toys in the streets, by the ge-' smiths and shopkeepers. This city enjoY e a prodigious commerce, having been the cen tre ' of all the trade carried on between Spanish A rrje' . rica and Europe, and Spanish America and the. East Indies. Nine-tenths of the inhabitant s 41. native Americans, Mulattoes, Negroes, all mixture of them all. The remainder are Srl niards.--Though the Roman Catholic is declared to be the exclusive religion of the New Mexicali ref pire, and the establishment of th e Inquisition is r cognized and preserved yet as the distinctio n abolished, aad all Alexi, ails C.lstes is arc I