The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-07 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

We copy the following from a late file of American
papers :

N-w On!mom MARcw S.
txrirtAct OF A LETTER RECEIVER RT TRZ ZLIEA, RATED
TAMPICO, FIR. 18.

" There was a tumult in the ci:y of Men ma lest week, rieresintied
br the army rising arm the Congress, wed demanding that nN the
old Spimiaraii should he put out of (Alice t last the Cnnetts‘ l'°-
ntsioed tine, tesisted the attempt ed the mutineers, and had 26 of
their officers arrested aucli condemned to stead,. This nuniAinent
was, however, afterwards changed to papetual banishment feriae
the Republic. The remainder of the orddiers engaged in this affair
were disbanded and dispersal in different rarts a the ciannety.
The cummonon extemled to distant parts, and we were thi.steued
here wi.h • visitation of WO troops. who, it was foreboded, would
impede the commercial oiheralklile of the pnwt ; bat nor fears
ovrel groundless, they did not arrive. Cleo ythiog is now quiet,
boil. here and irithe interior, and the business and prospects of the
merelmnes pretty fair."

Nrw Vous, Aer.n. 12.
This morning we hove received • proof-sheet from OOP Ot
OUT Philadelpha CortesPendent*, announcing the arrival at that
port of the brig Cato. Captain DuLines% who tailed from Al-
varado two do's afon- the ily. -Coptaitt reports, that e collittort
firing of cannot. and bombs was Leo ur during the nights of the
' 18th and 19th ult., between the castle of St. Jean d'Ullos and tow,.
of Vera Cruz, ad the following particulars had been related by
Mr. Stone, supercargo of the schooner Virginia, Capt. Mos
` General Victoria, it appears, notified
.Captain Steven?, of the
United States' schooner shark, then lying under the guns of the
fort at Sacrillcios, that he would fire on all boats pawing from the
castle to him, and would therefore not hold himself responsible for
any random shot that might injure his vessel or bona, then at
was not his intention to do so. On the afternoon of the 17th, •
boat was seen comirg from the castle to the Shark, which writs.
mediately ordered ott On the following morning Captain S. lent
Lieutenant Hobbs to the Governor of the Cook, to give his rea-
sons for not suffering his boat to board him. The apology, how.
ever, did not satisfy his 11 mous. who expressed • good deal of
anger a: Captain Stevens's conduct, as lie hod sent in the WO 01116
American prisoner*, who had been taken In a Spanish.seheonet.
Lieutenant Hobbs then returned en beard the Shark, and about an
hour afterwards two boats, one with • whiteflag, were seen going
from the castle towards the Shark ; but when within reach, the
fort (rein Sacrifice)* fired into them, when the castle, at the same
instant, commniced on the town. Captain Stevens then supposing
that the boats had the American peonnis beforemntionad with
them, permitted them to bend, bat !emitted fmm the officer that
their object was to express the Governor's disapprobation of Cap-
tain S. s conduct, and to order him out of the -Mexican ann .
Thecou:se pursued Ity Caplan Stevens was not known when the
Cato sailed.

The American ship Osman arrived at Yet* Urn on the lith ;
ard also his Britannic Majesty's ship VAIXOUII, which brought
tiolowcius to the British Legation at MMICO.
The news from the interior of Metico is are satisfactory charac-
ter. The oath of fidelity to the New Republic is cheerfully taken,
and the appearance in several of the provinces indicate general
satisfaction. It is said that an arrangement has been Wetted. by
which the provinces are to have distinct governments, the whole
united in a cont.... Jersey. similar to that of the United States. The
provinces of ,Mexico. Yucatan. Puebla, CRolltelln,
Xslapa (aud one other), had joined in this confederacy, iteml
birdied their local governments. One of the articles of the onion
provides fur the security and protection of Europeans. Some of the
letters, however, express fears that this system of gOVClllllltili will
not be long adhered to, and that it does not possess sufficient energy
to control the unenlightened population.
In the sitting of the Mexican COtIgITS.. MI the fdh of Fe:river,.
a petiliell war rend worn the Congress of Osjaca, praying that Go-
vernment might prosecute with all possible expedition the negocia-
dons which had been commenced with Great Britain.