The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-30 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

(Pram the Nezv York Papers of Nov. 8.)

MExtco.—The following information from
Nexico has been furnished us by Mr. Godwin 13

Cotton, who came passenger in the brig Leontine,
:from :Alvarado via llavattnah. Great prepara-
Aloes' were making by the
,Commander of the.
Mexican squadron lying' at Sacriflcos, to attack
the Spanish fleet, which was hourly expected to
arrive to supply the Castle of San Juan de Ulua.
A press had taken place at Alvarado, a:few days
„previous to the sailing of the Leontine, and
about 150 men had been impressed and sent
-to Sairificos, to be put on board the fleet,
which' Consisted of the frigate Libertad of 44
guns,. two brigs, the Victoria and Bravo, of 22
gtins'erieli, and several sci,ogness and gun-boats.
The I,,ibertad, Victnria, and Bravo had recently
arrived. from-London:

Mr.MichelUna, l!tte Minister from the Repub.
1k of Mexico, ,to the Court of St. James, came
in the Libertad. He states that one 74 gun ship,
one 44 'gun frigate; and one brig of 2y guns, may
be hourly expected from London for the Meal-
cln- Government. The•••SpaniSh Supplying fleet
left. Havuonah on the 19th. September, and con-
sisted of three frigates, a sloop of war, and two
trans?)orts. - Some fishermen belonging. to the
Castle sere captured about' Ist September, by
the Victoria. represented the • provisions
in the Castle to be scarce,-and that the scurvy
had made its appearituce among, the troops. A
• report was in circulation at Alvarado, that Cop-
pinker," the Comma ifd f'r o the Castlei had threat-
ened in a few days to iretnolish the city of Vera
Cruz. Au embargo was talked of when. the
Dbettad

Air. Cotten is recently from the city of Mexico,
altar. haS''.been 'this country about eighteeu
mouths, represents the Government .to be
gaining strength. By a judicious disposition of
the troops in the different sections of the country,
robberies and murders seldom occur. The efr-
f-ective force of the Mexican army. be estimated
at 70,000 well armed and equipped. Mr. Cotten
saw a letter \then at Alvarado, dated the Ioth
-September, from Mexico, which stated that the
meazles had made their appearance in that-city,
and had carried off about iOO persons a-day,
and that 600 had been sent to the HospiWiu a
few days.
The brig Jane, of Liverpool, had lost all hands
by sickness including master and mates. 'At Al-
varado, many other vessels and lost The greater
part of their crews. Died on- board the Leon-
tine.;On her passage from Alvarado to this port,
Alfred Hubbard, Ist mate ; Jonathan Cain, 2d
mate ; a coloured 111311, and two seamen. Left at
Alvarado for. New York, on the ‘2-ith of Sept.
the brig Flight, to sail soon schooner Chasseur,
Boyle, of Baltimore. SpOke oti the `2711 of Sept.
French brig „Josephine, three months from Bor-
deaux, for Alvarado,
p ERIJ._We have rprivafe lettN iron fAnsal
dated the 3A Angtro,- which-represent-the affairs
of-ti!,e,prrion at 'Cal lac mu a vet.;-y,:(llfferetit light
from tba,t set forth by AritisfrAc@rs who
visit.f.cl-that fortres.- the diiplayllnade by '-the
-Commander of the garrison !.ojbose officers was,
.without doubt, intended to make. an impression
Oat the place - abusdantly supplied with.
-every` necessary., But Mme shall here account.
fur the. manne.r in- o:4k:h.-this pompous parade
-was get. up ;-inttisediatety preceding the visit of
-the English: frigates,a:group„of 1141141'arVed wo-
Inen and children, amounting to nearly sixty,)
were permitted-to,l( aye the fortress, as the preH
.set4ce of all useless .mouths. would take off much,
from the effect to be produced at the entertain-
ment, and the:rich inhabitants were forced to ob-
tain their supplies of the necessaries of life from
the Commander of Callao, he having taken every
thing in 'that way under his special protection.
Those who wanted bread were compelled to pay
one dollar.and fifty 'cents a pound for it, and the
moderate price of one, dollar per pound for rice
-was exacted in every instance, until the pre-
sence of the expected English guests relieved
.the people, by producing a slight relaxa-
• lion in the extortion of the commander.—To
'heighten the'effect of previously concerted ar-
rangements,the magazines were thrown open to
inspection, khen they presented the appearance
of. being,,(4lJy adequate to maintain the troops
-for some time, which led the British officers to
• imagipe the supply was abundant, and that all the
„inhabitants were participating in the enjoyment of
plenty—on the landing of the British officers they
were saluted by
.a discharge of 1(X) guns from
the Castles, 'and on the return to the frigates a

simitili.nuMber was fired in honour of the
and as a proof that there was no deficiency
of ammunition.—A cannonading was almost in-
-cessantly. kept up, between - the fortresses
and Patriot 'army, who had advanced a bat-
;terkwiiiiiii..peint blank shot' of tbe Castles, say
.abort.half,a. •mile, and had .:got4L mortar from
Oktit'yill Which they had mounted and .had in full
operation. on'the 24th of June General Bolivar
was-met by the municipal officers of Cusco, four
leagues from' the city, and the following day made
, his.entry-under the triumphal arches, and amid
,every•dertionstration of joy which an affectionate
people could bestow on the delivery of their
country. •
01-I.4.ilt.—The Boston Patriot says—that a
_great scarcity of provisions exists Pernambuco,
in consequence of unusual 'drought and
,heat.
April, May, June, and July, the winter months
in that climate, are usually very rainy: but this
year there was no rain until the middle of July,
• so that'the crops of wheat, rice, &c. have suffered
.severely, and vast numbers of dothestic animals
perished. Prayers were offered in all the
churches for rain. Mr. Joseph Ray, no Arne-
., rican, had been arrested at. Pernambuco, accord-
ing to orders from Rio Janeiro, on a charge of hay-
'lug assisted the friends of Carva Ilia in, escaping to
the United States. He was ordered to return to
, this country, and had sailed ; though on account
,of haiing returned to his own house fora short
-timeovhich be ,did by permission,„ he. bad, been
sent to the castle. A letter says that the Go-
isernment offers .very little security. to -foreigners.