The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-06 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The following is the document by which the city
of Vera Cruz formally revolted against the Govern-
ment of Juarez, and proclaimed Almonte Presi-

dent: --

" The chiefs, officers, and citizens who subscribe this do-
cument, having assembled in the Municipal Palace of the
honourable city of Vera Cruz, on the 3d of May, 1862,
Colonel Don Jose Sanchez Facio stated that, considet ing
the afflicted condition of the nation, it has become indis-
pensably necessary to reject the present form of government,
together with the authorities established under it, because,
both being the effect of a licentious demagoguism, the Re-
public has not had a single day of tranquility since the de-
claration of the Constitution of 1857, and that the violent
condition of the country, both past and present, demands
an efficacious remedy to put an end to the destructive civil
war which has soaked the soil of Mexico with blood, cans•
ing the loss of thousands of lives, and the almost complete
ruin of the country ; that the errors, mismanagement, and
crimes of all kinds of the so-called Constitutional Govern-
ment have reached their culmination in the inconsiderate
conduct it has observed in its foreign relations, even going
so far as to compromise Mexico, in an unequal and silly
strife with the groat Powers of Europe ; for all which
reasons it is most requisite that we shonld disown the
present order of things and nominate a Dictator of the
nation and of the Mexican forces now in arms, in order
that he, being obeyed by them, may come to an un-
derstanding with the leaders of the European expedi-
tion, and at the same time promote the establishment of a
Government that shall offer guarantees for the lives and
property of Mexicans, and the foreigners of all nations now
resident in the territory of the republic. Therefore, in ac-
cordance with the plan already proclaimed in the interior
of the country, the Colonel submitted for the examination
of the meeting the following articles :
" 4 1. The authority of the actual President of the Re-
public is disowned.

" 2. General Don Juan N. Almonte is recognised as the
Dictator of the Republic and the supreme leader of the
forces that shall adhere to this plan.

" ' 3. The said general is fully empowered to enter into
an understanding with the chief of the allied forces that
are now on the territory of the republic; also, to convoke a
National Assembly, which, taking into consideration the
deplorable condition of the country, shall declare that form
of government that may be decided upon as most conve-
nient to establish, in order to destroy anarchy at the root,
and secure to the Mexicans that peace that they have so
long desired, to the end that they may repair the numerous
losses that they have suffered during the civil war that has
for so many years distressed the whole republic.'
" 4. This resolution shall be communicated to his Excel-
lency General Juan N. Almonte, and at the same time he
shall be informed of the entire confidence entertained by
this garrison and neighbourhood that on this solemn occa-
sion he will not deny his services to the country, which
now, mere than ever, urgently needs them.

" And all the gentlemen present, after due consideration,
having accepted the above plan, they signed the document
on the day mentioned in the following order."—(Signed
by 150 persons.)
Several of the influential names that appear in
the act declaring the city of Cordova for Almonte
are protested against by their owners, they saying
they were falsely placed there, and without their
sanction.

Zaragoza has defeated Marquez, and this seems
to be a decisive defeat, although Marquez got away.
He has been deposed, and Cobos placed in his stead.
Almon te has addressed the following proclamation
to the citizens of Puebla :
" Poblanos,—From the city of Cordova I had the honour
of addressing all my countrymen, in order to explain to them
the character in which the French army treads our soil, the
motives which, under these circumstances, induced me to
present myself among you, and the final object of my patrio-
tic intentions. But, now that I find myself among you, it
is very pleasant to me to address you more particularly, if
not to repeat what I have already said to you beforehand,
at least to congratulate you that, under the shadow of a
friendly flag, you are once more in possession of your liber-
ties, and can, without fear of fresh persecutions or vicissi-
tudes, enjoy Sour property and social rights, and manifest
your will in order to contribute to the establishment of a
moral, respectable, and durable Government.
" This is a necessity, countrymen, which makes itself
felt less by words than by the dark and disgraceful picture
everywhere presented by the nation, in all parts of which
the most violent and shameful passions have rule, leaving
rivets of blood, and mountains of ruin, desolation, and
scandal in their train. It is requisite that the evil should
cease; this, however, cannot be accomplished, unless a
Government is raised up superior to all the passions, to all
the mean interests, and all the bastard professions of par-
tisans, and that has before its eyes only the common good
and the glories of the nation. But you know that this great
enterprise cannot be the work of a single individual, unless
he can rely upon the active and effectual co-operation of
all enlightened men, and of all who have moral and mate-
rial interests to defend in society. To remain cool specta-
tors in so solemn a crisis as the present would be a crime
repugnant, not only to patriotism, but even to private in-
terests, as it is intended to seek protection and guarantees
for all persons and fortunes.
" Poblanos,—lt would be a grave insult to pretend to
urgo you to lend your co-operation to the national cause,
when you hare already given so many exalted proofs of
your valour, your patriotism, and the noble and enlightened
principles that animate you. I glory that you rally to the
call that I make to you in the name of the country, and
that you hasten to tender the sacrifices that may yet be de-
manded before society can rest on those bases which wril
insure a durable peace, destroying for ever both anarchy
and the evils that accompany it.
" These only are the wishes of your fellow-patriot,
" JUAN N. ALMONTE.
" Puebla, May, 1862."

THE MAN INJURED IN THE ATTACK ON MR.
MELLOR.---A corresrondent has called our attention to the
case of John Hooley, the cellarman in the employ of Mr.
Letherbrow, of St. James's Chambers, South King-street,
who was wounded in the arm and knee by the pistol
shot fired by the assassin Taylor in his attack upon Mr.
Aleller. The wounded man is still at the Royal Infirmary,
where he is progressing favourably ; but in the meantime
his family are deprived of his earnings and support. He
has a wife and one child, and Mrs. Hooley is expecting har
second confinement daily. Mr. Letherbrow has liberally
assisted her; and he will be glad to take charge of any
donations that any kindly disposed persons may be inclined
to make for the relief of her necessities.