The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-26 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The following intelligence appears to us of a very suspici.
ous character ; it is directly in opposition to the last accounts
from Tampico :
( From the New Orleans Transcript.)
Muir:O.—The schooner Sarah Ann, Bontemps, from
Tampico, reports that on the 30th ult. a battle was fought
between the Government troops, commanded by Generals
Cos, Canaliso, and Piedras, and the federal troops of General
Urrea. The Government troops were defeated with the loss
of 500 men killed and wounded. Piedras was taken prisoner
and shot. The loss of the federal troops was very small. Also
information had been received at Tampico that the Govern-
ment of Mexico had refused to acknowledge the treaty made
by the French.

(From the New Orleans True American.)
" TAMPICO, DEC. B.—Our city has had one of those hair-
breadth escapes from carnage, pillage, 'end death, surpassing
any instance known in the annals of the history of this coun-
try, by an attack on the 30th ult., at 5 o'clock a. m., on one
of the forts. This attack was made on the infantry of Gene-
rals Canaliso and Cos, by their usual mode of intrigue, the
advance guard entering the fort, hallooing the usual cry of
Viva la Federation .1" They obtained the summit of their
wishes so far as to gain the principal fort, which commanded
the town, and held it for two hours. The Federal party
knowing, if those of the opposite took the town, that they had
no hope of life, stimulated thus, they charged on them again,
and drove them from the fort, with immense slaughter, taking
General Piedras and 18 Officers, and in all about 400 priso-
ners, including killed and wounded. The loss of the Federal
party did not exceed 50, including the lamentable loss of Col.
Montenegro, who fell in the early part of the battle.
From adviccs received by express, it seems highly probable
that hostilities will be resumed, and regular war break out
between France and Mexico. The Mexican government has
refused to ratify the articles of capitulation entered into before
Vera Cruz, as signed by Admiral Baudin and General Rincon,
and state that the whole country shall be made a sepulchre
before the demands of France are complied with.

•
(From the New Orleans Bee.)
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
MEXICO TO THE ARMy..
" Companions in Arms !---Our country is in danger, and
calls us to its defence. The government of a powerful and
distant nation, I,hich perhaps only knows us from the gold
of our mines., and the treasures which many of its subjects
have acquired among us, now insults us in every possible
manner, and thinks it will civilize us though commencing
by our degradation. It seeks our friendship, to impose upon
us disgraceful conditions, by which alone we may be admitted
to its amity, and because we have resisted nobly and justly, it
has waged war upon our coasts. Our moderation and mag-
nanimity, our desire to preserve peace, have been constructed'
doubtless into imbecility and incapacity for self-defence. In
short, we have been mistaken for Algerines ; let us prove to
them that tee are Mexicans.
!- F „,
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in Vera Cruz, it has been raised by some 01 our comrades,
and the strife has now begun. Let us hasten to maintain it,
and let us swear on the altars of our injured country, taking