The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-23 00:00:00

No. 1,847.—V0L. XIV.]

SOUTH AMERICA.

Mexico, OCT. 1.-011 Thursday the 27th ult.,
the inhabitants of this capital had the infinite satis-
faction of receiving the Liberating Army of the
Three Guarantees, with its worthy commander, Don
Agustin de Iturbide, and the other Generals who
have Ls:attributed to the success of the great and ex-
cellent enterprise which has been accomplished.
The great military virtues with which this army has
been directed in all its proceedings, and the disposfi
tints to lenity, concord, and tranquillity which it has
every where manifested, even in the towns most dis-
posed to resist, will ever be the highest of the tri-
umphs which redound to its immortal glory, as they
have already been the objects of the gratitude and of'
the public rejoicings with which the Mexicans have
received the General as their deliverer.
The route thr this purpose, which was that of the
Carreru de S. Francisco y Platiros, from the point
of the ancient Acordada to the Palace, proceeding
by the Portal Caburellos y Cassas Consistorales, was,
throughout its whole length, filled with the delighted
multitude, and adorned with tapestry, flags, and
streamers, amidst which arose, with distinguished
grandest; the allegorical triumphal arch prepared
by our city for the reception of the General and his
triumphant suite,
The General presented himself at the arch, where
a deputation from the Ayuntatniento received him
with the ceremonial of' the civic key, which his Ex•
.ecliency returned with the embrace of union and
cordiality. The deputation having joined in the
General's train, the procession proceeded, amidst the
most energetic and expressive vivas of the immense
population which filled the streets, balconies, and
roofs of the houses, thus forming the most animated
and sublime picture ever exhibited in the annals of
Mexico. At the Palace his Excellency was received
by the provincial deputation and the constitutional
Aytintamiento, who conducted him to the lower ex-
tremity of the principal staircase ; the whole of this
part of the building, and also the court-yard, the
corridors, and the outer square were crowded with
an -immense multitude, which scarcely left room for
the procession to stir a step, so anxious were the
people to see and salute their Deliverer, whom they
carried, as it were in the air, until they placed him
before his Excellency Don Juan O'Donojou, who
conducted him to the hall of reception of the ancient
Viceroys.
Their Excellencies immediately appeared in the
principal balconies, accompanied by the corporations
and nubility. The troops then defiled lichee them
ia military order; the whole exceeded 14,000 men,
and 1,200 officers. The people unceasingly cheered
the troops, who proceeded with the General, accom-
panied by the provincial deputation, the Ayunta-
miento, awl the stall' of the army, towards the
Cathedral, amidst the rimy and peals which distin-
guished the patriotic rejoicings of the inhabitants.
The General was received at the principal gate of
the Temple by the illustrious Archbishop, dressed
io pontificals, &c. On his entrance, the Archbishop
presented to him the Santo Lignum (Holy Wood).
witich he adored on his knees, on a cushion piepar,:d
for that purpose; then, requesting that the Lumpy
might be removed, he pruceeded on the ri;;lit of the
Archbishop to place hiniscli in the scat desiined thr
the Viceroys. An anthem of triumph was now
chanted. An chapient oration, delivered by Dr.
Don Miguel Guritli y Aleoeer, a member of the
provincial deputation, in which he recapitulated the
most memorable of the cv.nits which have contri-
buted to the liberty of the country, demonstrating
the whole to hove been done under the direction of
Divine Providence, by whom a hero bad been chosen
for the work.

A. solemn 74. Dam was next performed by the
orcliei,t4o, the sublime harmony of which ex-
pandtd the hearts of the spectators in the great
Temple, which was illuminated and udorucd. The
I e Dcum was followed by a salute of artillery and
Pettis of bells. The urocession then returned in the
Mille order to the Palace, where a inlguiiicent
diu-
uer Was served up, which had been prepared by the
Ayuntutniento, and of which more than 600 guests
partook.

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The toasts which were given, and the verses
%Lich were recited by aittvcria individuals, served to
complete the public rejoicing, and to ratify the union