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THE BRITISH PRESS.

manifestations of warmth from the leaders; but we believe,
notwithstanding all the efforts that are made to give a
high colouring to the political appearances of the day,
that there has been no period within the last fifty years,
when disaffection or discontent had so few followers in
Ireland as at the present moment. It is one of the
consequences of this decay of party feeling, that those
whose power and importance depend upon their pre-
valency should exert themselves with tenfold violence
on each side of the question ; but let us not therefore,
in spite of the restored peace of the country, be cheated
into the opinion that the mass of the Irish people care any
more for the agitators who arc at work amongst them, than
the citizens of New York cared for the United Irish-
men and Purple Marksmen, who had their annivcr-
sary riot across the Atlantic. Let his %scares Go-
vernment persevere in the sound policy they have adopted
towards Ireland, and its good effects will every day
become more obvious. The connection between the
two islands will become closer, the capital of Great Bri-
tain will put into activity the industry of Ireland,
and we shall then find the natives of Erin as docile and
well-disposed at home, as, with some occasional character-
istic ebullitions, they are abroad. We cannot too earnestly
deprecate any return to that crooked and mischievous sys-
tem which would expose five-sixths of the population of
Ireland to be fretted and exasperated into insurrection by
the outrages of a handful of Orangemen and Purple Marks-
men, fcc the sake of enabling these persons to uphold pre-
judices and antipathies which the safety and welfare of the
empire now require us to strive to forget.

Dining the whole of yesterday, upon the Stock Exchange,
the bears were labouring in their vocation to depress the
Mexican funds. The intelligence of the defeat of Cantarac
was diminished into a mere skirmish of advanced posts,
though in some private letters we have seen it is called "a
most splendid and brilliant opening of the campaign." It
was then stated that the election of Victoria tothe presi-
' dewy had ruined the whole Republic. The same opinion
would, no doubt, have been maintained, had Bravo been the
successful candidate. South American securities fell for a
time in the middle of the day, but towards the close of the
market recovered themselves altogether. Our own funds
were throughout the day nearly steady ; they lost a little in
the early part of the (lay, which they afterwards recovered.
With respect to the alleged misunderstanding between
the agent of Messrs. Goldschniidt and the Mexican Go-
vernment, we will only remark, that the great anxiety
manifested in some quarters to give currency to the news,
excited a suspicion that the parties to whom we allude
were more anxious to make others believe what they saw
than to show their own conviction of its accuracy. Let not
the American bondholders forget the artifices that were
practised about eighteen or twenty months ago, to beat
down the Colombian securities. These artifices are by no
means to be imputed to the respectable firms who have
contracted fur these loans, or any of the eminent commer-
cial houses who have been original subscribers, but to a
set of speculators, who, in nine cases out of ten, have net
been actual bondholders to the amount of loot. sterling at
any period of their lives.
Tut Mr arc AN Loa xs.—Accoraing to some letters re-
ceived yesterday front Mexico, a misunderstanding has
taken place between the Government of that State, and
the Agent of Messrs. Goldsehmidt, who had refused for
some reason to indorse the bills drawn by the Mexican
Minister of Finance, upon his principals. In the exercise
of his discretion, he sent forth the Notice we subjoin, to
which the Government replied, by sending instructions to
the Mexican Minister and Consul iu London, to withdraw
from the hands of Messrs. Goldschmidt and Co. all the
funds belongirg to them, and to place them in the hands
of Messrs. Herring and Co. We understand, however,
that all the bills of the Mexican Government on Messrs.
Gohlschmidt have been regularly honoured; and it was
rather believed, at the close of yesterday, that their Agent
had exceeded his instructions. The following is a copy of
the Notice issued by him in Mexico:—
" INTELLIGENCE (OR NOTICE.)
" No separate agreement having been entered into between the
Supreme Government of this Republic, and Messrs. B. A. Gold.
schmidt and Co. of London, of the nature treated of in Article 9,
of the Contract for the Loan made in London, the 7th of February
of this year, by the said house, and Don Francisco de Baja Alt-
goal, the method stipula:cd in the Articles 6,7, and 10, for the
payment of the instalments of the said Loan, shall be rigorously
conformed to, as the same may become due, and consequently
Messrs. B. A. Goldschmidt and Co. are rut obliged (or bound) to
accept, nor will they put their signature for that purpose, to any
bill that may be, or may have been, drawn by bin Excellency the
Minister of the Treasury, on the aforesaid house, and on account
of the aforesaid instalments."

Letters were yesterday received from the City of
Mexico, dated September 18 : they ate not altogether of
favourable complexion, as the following extract will show
" After a contest for the Presidency, which was for some time
conducted with much good humour on all sides, but which, towards
the close, displayed much acrimony, Vittoria has been elected.
This circumstance has given great satisfaction to all true patriot,: ;
but I cannot conceal from you that there is yet a strong par.y wh
are supposed to be favourable to Spanish interests, but who call
themselves moderate Constitutionalists, and who have shown them.
selves decidedly adverse to the election of Vittoria. They hive
consequently dune evay thing in their power to cause a public dis-
turbance, in which they have failed; hut one unpleasant come.
quence of the election is. the disgust with which it has filled an
excellent and prudent Minister (.11latuani, who, with the 3liaisters
of War and Justice, are retiring from office."

The absurd reports about Iturbide were again current
yesterday, and policies were done for 14,0001. It is rather
singular, that the beliLf in his existence was so general,
even in Mexico, at the beginning of Attimst, that the Go-
vernment was compelled to republish the account of his
death, under the curious title of " Circumstantial Account
of the Death of Iturbide, for those who do not believe it."

The Gayela de Colombia of the 29th of August contains
a long and very curious article headed Colombia and Peru.
It is a laboured defence by the Vice-President Santander
(who in the absence of Bolivar is charged with the execu-
tive functions) against the imputation of having neglected
to send reinforceuunts to the Liberator, in Peru. It ap-
pears that though Bolivar has for nearly a twelvemonth
been urgently demanding 3,000 men, 6,000, 12,000, nay,
as many u 16,000, yet only a few hundreds have from time
to time been sent: nor would the Colombian Congress pro-
bably ever have forwarded him any imisortant aid, had it not
thought itself safe in the protection of that policy whieb
was avowed by the Governments of this country, and of
the United States.

We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 26th ult. but
their contents are not very important. Some very until-
voutablet weather had b • n experienced about the 19th,
which had done considerable damage to the shipping at
Girgenti and the neighbourhood, consisting chiefly of Spa-
nish and Dutch vessels. It was reported that an Algerine
corsair was in the Straits cruising a4aiust the Spanish flag,
and that it had made several captures. Business was very
dull at Gibraltar, and there was a glut in the market of
almotA all kinds of manufactures. The neighbourhood
was rather unquiet, and considerable bands of discarded
soldiers infested many of the roads of Andalusia.
We hear, from good authority, that the Members for the
counties of Sutfolk and Norfolk are arrived in London, for
the purpose of conferring with the Huard of Trade on the
subject of the late London ktfturns of Barley ; and it is
said that the subject is already before the Attorney-Ge-
neral. As a specimen of the frauds which have been
practised, we need only state one of the acts by which the
average of the sixth week in the London market was made
25,79'2 quarters, at 46a. sd. A return was made of 2,400
quarters bought of Ford and Co., at .19s. Messrs. Ford
and Co. have made an affidavit that they have sold no Bar-
ley this season, and have bought only 1,000 quarters at 495.
But, in spite of these proceedings, it is confidently believed,
the Ports will not open.—Bary Pus/.
Great supplies of timber have been received at Plv-
mouth, and indeed at all the yards, in the course of tile
last summer. Africa, Dalmatia, America, &c., have fur-
nished their several supplies, and thus the consumption of
British timber is considerably and wisely lessened.
A company has just been funned, whose object is to
erect a regular communication between London and Great
Yannouth, by means of steam vessels, of from 5450 to 300
tuns burthen.