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MEXICO.

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Governnrent having noticed that General LobatoMEITCO
was in nodes.
standing with Hernandez, in Cuensabacp, intended to arrest him
last night; but he was apprised ofit, and assembled all his troops
in the barracks, front libelee he gave notice to Congress that he
wculd immediately quit Mexico, at the head of his regiment, if they
did not dismiss and send out of the country Michilene and Domin-
guez, together with all the old Spaniards, and such public officers
whose sentiments were known to be inimical' to the cause of inde-
pendence. At that, Congress replied with energy, and insisted on
urrendering his arms ; but as he was finn, they began to treat
with him, and yielded. Reports are very confused, so that we can
learn nothing positive—the more so, as no one dare go out, and we
are all obliged to guard our houses. It is said that all the old Spa-
niards shall leave the country with only one-third of their proper-
=other twovthirds to be applied to the benefit of the State.
's troops are now strongly patrolling our streets. No ex-
cesses have been committed.
EXTRACT FROM ANOTHER LETTER, DATED '2OTH.
On the 25th Janua another revolution had taken place In
Mexico, beaded by a Brigadier S. J. Al. Lobito, and assisted by
Brigadier Doe Antonio Lopez Park s there is little doubt that the
Congress must succumb, and that Michilena and Dominguez, two
of their Regents, must resign : the intention is to remove all the
old Spaniards from their appointments.
EXTRACT or ANOTHER LETTER, DATED FEB. 2.
On the 234 of January a part of the troops were clamorous for
money, and headed by a General Lobato, applied to Congress for
payment of smear,, and the dismissal of the executive power. The
Congress refused to listen to any such application, and told them that
an answer to their application would be sent through the executive
power. From the 23d to the 27th disturbances continued, when, by
the resolute measures taken by Congress and the Executive Power,
an end was put to them without bloodshed ; on the 27th, one of the
ringleaders was shot, in pursuance of his sentence, and twenty-
two were appointed to be tried by a council of war. On the 31st of
January every thing was tranquil, and the public was quite satis-
fied, from the firmness and courage evinced by the Congress and
Executive Power, that the public tranquillity would not again be
interrupted.
The following very circumstantial narrative of the disturbances
at Mexico was Inclosed in a letter, dated in Eakin, on the 31st of
January, 1821, of which the following is an extract
My Dear Friend,—The firmness of Congress and of the Go-
vernment On the days of the 24th to the 27th UHL has saved us from
an alarming commotion.
" Genera Lobito, a man in whom great confidence had been
reposed for moderation and sound ideas, assembled in their bar-
racks a part of his regiment, No. 5, which was then at Mexico,
united to a major part of the garrison, amounting to about one
thousand men, on the 23d instant, at night, made known by
means of a Proclamation, that he would not obey the Execu-
tive Power ; that his object was to support the Congress for the
removal of the Executive, and that he would sot lay down his
arms until that object was attained ; and also that of removing
from public employments all European Spaniards resident in the
country.
" I have no time to enter into particulars, but the accompanying
narrative, which was sent by expires's, reached this the night before
last, and will inform you of the whole. We may hope now for a
state of tranquillity for a length of time, and also for more union in
future.

" There are twenty-two officers under arrest implicated in the ~;es last made, in 1016.
commotion of the 27th. The chief of them, Stabollit was to have Were the workmen perfectly satisfied that they had no fear from
been awn on the 2ndl, and a Council of War was sitting on the the Combination Laws ?—Yes, we stated that to them.
others.
What induced you to make that communication to them ?
" It is to be regretted that the principal Chief, Lobate, by re.
ceiving the benefit of the amnesty, has his life spared," &C. BMINSC we thomght the lease very abonvinabk and
You thought it would be more for your silvan Wore*
Pl. YMOUT H, MANCH 20. themi"—No, we thought the laws very Altera ; when
The Thee* 46, Sir John Phillimos, arrived in the Sound on we were ourselves combining to reduce wages, that wi Pd have
Thursday, in 112 days front the flavannah, and brought home own pat into prison jiff doing the very same thing that we were
Mr. Ward, with despatches, with which he Pet off for London in a doing.
chaise and four. The Thetis sailed from this port for Vera Cruz, Do you not believe that the men would be more reasonable, by
where she landed Mr. Harvey, Mr. Ward, and Mr. O'Gorman being assured that you would not earn any authority you had over
(Com.nissioners), Mr. Mackenzie (Consul), 1)r. Mair, and Mr. them?—]'es; we felt convinced that if we treated theta wile jos.
Thompson, Secretary, who pioccedcd to Mexico. The Thetis tier and generosity, we should sooner get to an end.
sailed from Vera Cruz on the 4th of February for the I lavannah, a And you have found no effect produced on wages byour resolu-
few days previously to which an insurrection had broken out at tion, which was tantamount to a repeal of the laws?-4o; we have
Mexico, headed by Brigadier-Gen. Lohato (formerly a shoemaker), had no difficulty since.
but was moon quashed, and the ringleaders secured. On the ar- Then the Committee are to understand, that since you waived the
rival of the Thetis at Vera Cruz, the town was nearly deserted by carrying into effect the Combination Laws, the masters and men
the inhabitants, who had been driven from it by the continual firing have agreed much better '.4. —Yes.
from the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloll, still in possession of the Spa- The foundation of all law is the general good of the
Maids which had laid their houses in ruins; and being obliged to society whose interests they are framed to protect. The
take shelter in huts, formed of palm leaves, in an unhealthy swamp, only
nearly 3,000 had perished by diseases engendered by the unwhole- ground that can justify the interference of public au-
some situation. The principal inhabitants had, in consequence, thorny with private rights is the procuring to the com-
removed to Xalapa, about 70 miles from Vera Cruz, and the trade munity certain benefits, which, without it, could not be
was transferred to Alvarado, a port about 40 miles to the south- effectually obtained. A law, then, which defeats this
ward. Three weeks before the departure of the Thetis from Vera
Cruz, the firing from the Castle had erased, and many of the inha- • •
object, instead of promoting it, wants the essential prin-
cap e which alone can make va i .
bitants had returned to their houses. The Thetis sailed from the lit l'd Power, in whomso-
liavannah seventeen days after the Glocester, 74, which arrived at ever vested, is a trust, and it is the use which is made of it
Portsmouth on Saturday last. The Pyramus, 42, and Bustard, 10, by those to whom it is entrusted, that makes obedience to it
had sailed for Jamaica, and no English ship of war was left at the a duty. These considerations should sink deep into the
llavannah. The Thetis has brought home a freight of 500.0001
dollars, and IWO bags of cochineal, on merchants account. minds of all those to whom the political guardianship of a
that theThetis spoke on the 3d. ;de, let. 36. 3. Inn. 59.33. the Hiram, of The State is eo_nfitled, and it I. to such considerations
Liverpool ; on the 9th, Ist. 41. h. long. 49. 37. the Jesse, of Bum.' public mind must be awakened, if that order of things
fries, from Liverpool, for St. John's, N. B.—P/siounith Telegraph.. which seems now to be arising is to be productive of any

real and lasting benefit. Sueh principles as those upon
which the Acts of Parliament that engage the attention Gt
this Committee are framed, must be exploded, and we
trust a liberal system will be adopted, under which, in a
few years, no trace of them will be left. It is with a view
to contribute as much as lies in our power to this end. that
we would extend, as much as possible, the contents of thew
valuable Reports. When the true principles of legislation
are well and widely understood, they will on every subac-
quent law be more closely adhered to, because the depar-
ture from them will be watched. They may be now and
then forgotten—" N'aturam furea expellee. tamest usquc
recurret ; ' but the public benefit will nevertheless be incal-
culable. The evidence before us clears away much ob.
struction, and we shall continue our extracts from 'them as
opportunity offers.