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London, England, 1839-03-04 00:00:00

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DEPARTURES.
Lord Monson, from Lord Warwick's, Carlton-gardens, for Gat-
ton Park, Ensem, Surrey; Lord A. Fitzclarence, for Goodwood;
Earl and Countess Beachamp, from Portman-square, for Madres-
field Court, Worcester; Earl of Coventry, for Croome Court, near
Aster; Captain Scott, for the York Hotel, at Brighton; Baron
Dimsdale, from Mivart's Hotel ; Lord and Lady Hatherton, from
Grosvenor-place, for Teddesley Park, Staffordshire; Colonel Sir F.
11. Reynett, for Hampton Court Palace; the 'Duke of Newcastle,
Mynnynghara
from Portman-square, for his seat Clumber Park, Notts; Sir John
Crosbie, from Hanover-square, for his seat in Sussex; the Hon,
Captain and Mrs. Keppel, from ditto, for Hastings; Lord Canti_
lope, from Upper Gresvenor.street, from Goodwood, on a visit to
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the Duke and Duchess of Richmond.
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House, near Dunbar ; Mrs. Ci*yering
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his seat Shavington HataTll,"Smhracis
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Pnt-street ; Alexander Murray, Esq., M. r. , frorn his villa at Twic.
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packet, the Columbine, from Rotterdam, arrived off the
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LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA.

By the arrival of the New York packet ship George
Washington, we have received files of New York, Mon-
treal, Quebec, and Toronto papers to the date of that ves-
sel's sailing from New York, the 7th ult. Owing to
contrary winds and calms, the vessel has not yet been able
to make this port ; but Captain Holdridge landed some
passengers at Arklow, who brought here the letter bags and
newspapers. We subjoin the following extracts :
MEXICO.
(From the New Orleans Bee.)
MEXICO, DEC. 27, 1838.—Matters are in such an ano-
malous state now, that surely they cannot remain much
longer. Here we had a three days' Ministry of Gomez
Pedraja and his confederates for a reform of the Con-
stitution of 1824, say from the 12th to the 15th instant,
during which we bad a regular tumult, unaccompa-
nied by any other excess than ringing of bells and
a few broken windows, and cries in the streets of
" Vive la Union" and " Viva Federacion"—all which led
to nothing after all. The troops remained firm, and
threatened to leave the city and proclaim Santa Anna as
Dictator.

Upon this Bustamente quarrelled with his newfangled
Ministry, who retired, and once more left the political field
to the " Centralists;" but confidence in Bustamente is
gone, and he has had the greatest difficulty in forming a
new Ministry, composed of Tornel for the War Depart-
ment, Gorortija for Foreign Affairs, Colonel Corlina for
Finance, who, by the way, is a much better Colonel of the
" Battalion de Commercio" than a Minister of Finance;
and Lebrija, brother of the Administrator of our Custom-
house, for the Interior. Meantime the interior of the
country was rather troubled, but all is quiet again.
Our communication with Tampico continues to be cut
off by Canalijo, with his troops, and hitherto the efforts to
persuade General Urrea to give up his " federal" plan
and submit to Government have proved nothing.
How Government will manage to raise funds is not very
clear. Hitherto it had subsisted on patriotic loans and u
few contributions—ultimately the clergy must pay for the
war, which will serve them right, as they are preaching it
up in their churches.

The Diario of Havana, of the 18th instant, contains
news from the city of Mexico, of the 21st December, an-
nouncing the appointment of Don Manuel Edouardo Go-
rostizo to be Minister of the Interior ; and he had taken
the required oath and entered upon the discharge of his
functions.

It appears from these dates that the Mexicans were
striving to force the French to give up the blockade of
Vera Cruz, by means of starvation. The Admiral had
written a note to the Commander of the camp at Anton
Lizardo, informing him that he would permit individuals
to come into the town from the country in order to sell
their cattle and provisions to the fleet, and that they would
be paid in bard money. The Mexican Commander re-
fused to accede to this offer, and laid it before the Go-
vernment.

NEW BRUNSWICK.
The Legislature of New Brunswick met for the dispatch
of business on the 13th instant ; upon which occasion his
Excellency Sir John Harvey, the Lieutenant-Governor,
delivered a speech full of interesting matter with respect
to the improvement and prosperity of the province, and
containing important information with respect to the
whole of these provinces. His Excellency expresses his
satisfaction at again meeting the Legislature, and in
tendering his co-operation in all such measures as were
calculated to promote the prosperity of tire province, he
congratulates both houses upon the state of the province,
in which tranquillity and good order, security of person
and property, plenty and contentment, may be said to pre-
vail ; and contrasts such a situation with that of the sister
provinces, in which the extraordinary spectacle has again
been exhibited, of loyal subjects having to defend their
lives, property, and institutions against attacks from armed
bsnds of hostile citizens of a friendly nation. Upon this
subject his Excellency well observes :
" With the institutions of other States we can have
no desire to interfere, nor even to animadvert upon them,
so long as our rights and securities are not endangered.
The power of controlling the excesses of its population,
by enforcing submission to the laws, is one which would
seem essential to be possessed by the Government of every
well constituted state, and of which the absence might
almost be regarded as amounting to a virtual dissolution of
the social, and consequently of the international, compact.
Entertaining these opinions, I observe, with satisfaction,
that the officers of the general government of the United
States, supported by the approbation of the moderate and
respectable of all classes of its citizens, appear to be ex-
erting themselves with energy in their endeavours to de-
monstrate, that in that Union there does reside the power
of controlling the action of its citizens, and thereby main-
taining its friendly relations with foreign states."
Upon the important communication by steam with the
mother country; and land and water communication between
the lower provinces and the Canadas, the following extract
fron his Excellency's speech will be found interesting:—
" Recent events have shown the great importance of
the communications between those lower provinces and
the Canadas being rendered more practicable, not only for
the passages of the mail carriers, but of troops at all sea-
sons of the year. In connection with this subject, I have
to invite your early attention to a despatch which I have
received from the Secretary of State, and which I shall
cause to be laid before you, relative to the establishment
by the home government of steam packets, for the
conveyance of her Majesty's mails to Halifax, and
suggesting that the improvement of the roads and com-
munications between that place and Quebec should
be brought under the consideration of the provin-
cial Legislature; and, with reference to that part of them
which passes through this province, I recommend to your
consideration the great advantage, as well with a view of
expediting and facilitating our intercourse with Lower
Canada, as to the opening and settlement of the country,
which would attend the early completion of the Royal
Road,' upon which so large a sum has been already ex-
pended. lam happy to say that the result of a recent
examination of that road, which I shall direct to be laid
before you, appears satisfactorily to prove that the land
through which it passes is in general well adapted for set-
tlement. In further connection with this line, I would
draw your attention to the recent explorations of the ob-
structions in the bed of the St. John River, above Fre-
dericton, the report of which will also be laid before you ;
and I would further suggest an immediate exploration of
a road direct from Fredericton to the Restigouche, to
strike that river opposite the commencement of the Metis
road. This line might, perhaps, be advantageously con-
nected with the Royal road, and also with the settlement
of Stanley. I would likewise suggest the improvement of
the road from Bathurst to Dalhousie and Campbelltown ;
also the shortening of that from Sackville, in the county
of Westmoreland, to the Nova Scotia province line, across the
Tantamar marsh. All the other lines of great roads will doubt-
less receive a due share of attention. I would more par-
ticularly indicate that from St. Andrew's to Fredericton
and St. John, including on the latter line a more safe,
expeditious, and convenient passage across the mouth of
the river St. John than at present exists—an improvement
by which the whole of the western section of the province,
including Federicton and the city of St. John itself, would
be greatly benefited. To this object legislative aid has
already been afforded. The experience which I have
recently had of the advantages possessed by the fort of
Shediac, as a convenient point for connecting the naviga•
tion of the Bay of Fundy with that of Northumberland
Straits and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, will, I trust, be
turned to future useful account; and I suggest the appro-
priation of a small sum, to be applied to the objects of
erecting a jetty or wharf in that harbour, and making a
correct survey of the channel leading to it, with a view to
determine any doubt which may now exist as to its safe
and perfect accessibility during the whole of the open
season of the year."
His Excellency then goes on to suggest the advantages
of giving encouragement to agricultural pursuits in a
country whose soil is fertile, and whose climate ensures an
abundant return to the cultivator. As to the Fisheries, it
is suggested that a bounty, judiciously guarded against
abuse, might be very beneficial. Upon the subject of the
Report of a Geological Survey and Exploration of a sec-
tion of that province, his Excellency expresses a hope that
the liberality of the Legislature will enable him to continue
so useful a research. To promote emigration and facilitate
settlement in the province, it is proposed that the practice
of granting isolated lots should be discontinued, and that
situations well adapted for settlement should be selected by
Government, particularly along great roads, and laid out and
divided into lots. The expediency is also suggested of se-
teeing propersites, and making reservations for inland towns
and villages, to which roads should be made. On the subject
of a survey of the Bay of Fundy, a dispatch from the Colonial
Secretary would be laid before the Legislature, intimating
that such survey would be commenced as soon as that of
the Gulf of St. Lawrence should be finished. It was also
intimated that a dispatch was received from the same de-
partment, indicating a warm interest in the actual condi-
tion of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country resident in
New Brunswick, and which his Excellency would bring
under the early notice of the Legislature. His Excellency
concluded his excellent speech by recommending the erec.
tion of a substantial public building, in which all the public
offices might be concentrated, and the public records de-
posited.

OPENING OF THE LEGISLATURE OF NoT,'A
SCOTIA.
At two o'clock on the 14th inst., his Excellency the
Lieutenant-Governor proceeded in State to the Council
Chamber, and being seated, the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod was directed to command the attendance of the
House of Assembly; the House attended accordingly, when
his Excellency was pleased to deliver the following
speech
'5 Mr. President, and Honourable Gentlemen of the Le-
gislative Council.
" Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly.
" The loyalty for which Nova Scotia has always been
conspicuous was never more cordially expressed than in
your joint address congratulating her Majesty on her ac-
cession to the throne; nor more pleasingly exhibited than
io the rejoicing which took place in all parts of the pro-
vince on tne occasion of her coronation. Such being the
general feeling towards our beloved Sovereign, I could not
open the present Session in a more acceptable manner
than by acquainting you t that her Majesty received, with
gratitilde and satisfaction, the assurances of your devoted
attachment to her person and Government; and that, in
promoting the interests of her faithful subjects in this
colony, the Queen will discharge one of the most grateful
duties of the station to which it has pleased Divine Pro.
vidence to call her.'
" I am happy to be able to congratulate you on the con-
tinned prosperity of the province. At the present moment
we have ample cause to be thankful to the Almighty for an
abundant harvest, a successful fi3hery, an improving corn-
'Tierce and revenue, and for uninterrupted tranquillity.
" In the full enjoyment of this last and great blessing,
we cannot but deeply lament that our loyal brethren in the
Cartads ace pot equally favoured and lam assured that
.irhile admiring the noble stand which they have success-
fully; made against the late nefarious attempts to sever the
connection with the parent kingdom, you will sincerely
feel for the sufferings of the families of those brave men
who have fallen while defending th? 44Ceof,ty of their
Sovereicn and their owo dearest fights.
" You canfibt hil've railed to observe with high satisfac-
.