The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-16 00:00:00

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MEXICO._

The Mexican Congress has generously decreed a pension of 8.000
dollars annually to the wife and family of the infatuated "turbine,
on condition that they shall not reside within the Republic. Two
Generals. who were believed to have encouraged the I:x.Emperor
to undertake his ill.adyiscvl expedition. were prisoners at Mexico,
awaiting their trial. I)on Pablo Obregon has been appointed
Minister by the 31exican Government to this country. Our law
as to the election, and time of service of a President, had been
adopted in 31exico. and General Bravo was to take the presidential
chair on the Ist of September. The robber flume:, who infested
the road between Mexico and Alvarado, after being twice beaten,
had applied to Congress for an amnesty, which wax refused. No..
thing but unconditional surrender would be listened t0.—.3 car
lurk Evrning I'nst.
[From the New York Evening. Poet of Sept. 1.1
The famisiAtes Advertiser of the 3d ult. states, that &dvices had
lately been received from Cempeachy. via Tampico, of General
Santana having turned traitor against Mexico. The Government
had appointed hint to the command of the province of Yucatan,
which he is stated to have seceded fmm the Mexican Union, and to
have made arrangements with the Spaniards by which the trade
with Ilavannalt was again opened. fhe prompt execution of the
traitor, "turbine, it is to be presumed, will not be lost sight of by
the Mexican tiovemnicnt in estimating the probable consequences,
, if not immediately suppressed, of the treason of General .`2antana.

FROM NEW ORLEANS AND MEXI(:0.
The schooner Garnett. Captain Seaward. ban animal at Norfolk
in 14 days from New (blew. Captain S. left thereon the 12th
of August, at which time, we are sorry to state, the yellow fever
was raging in that city. Nine cases were reported ea the morning
of the 12th. The Board of Health announced the existence of the
fell disease on the Stb; and recommeadial all strangers to leave the
city immediately.
The Lostisiama Advertiser of the 11th contains a arty interesting
letter from General Santa Anna. to the Mexican Secretary of State,
and prefaces the letter with the fidlowing remarks:—
" %Ye publish to-day a letter from General Santa Anna to the
Secretary of State in 31exico. This olker was mc.by.the akippro
Government of the Mexican States, to quell the diaignces whiah
had beek o out in Yucatan. From the general character of Sante
Anna. the manna In which he has executed his commission. or re.•
this the total neglect of the means of executing it, anti the dints,
arguments made use of by him to justify bis conduct, we are in.
duccd to believe that be meditates some project inimical to the
Federal Union. Whether it be a secession from the Union and
the ereedual of an. independent state under his auspices. or that
he is acting in conjunction with the partisans of IturbUle or those
of the Spanish Monarchy. time will decide. The resignation of
Tinian), and the election of Santa Anna, as Governor of Yucatan,
shows that he is acting in concert with the legislature, who, by
their rrevious measures, hare manifeitul a strong disposition to
withdraw themselves from the dominion of the General Govern.
ment, which their isolated position will enable them to accomplish
without much difficulty. The commercial connection a nit Haven-
nab is, in the mean time, continucd."—National Adex.ar.