The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-24 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Frans the Hampshire Tekgraph.)

On Wednesday his Majesty's sloop the Su-. .
r;riani, Captain Clem. CROLE, arrived from the West India •
station, where she had been employed upwards of four years. j
_She sailed from Jamaica on the 29th August, as convoy to
Campeche and Alvarado ; staid some time at Vera Crui,
which place she quitted for England on the 13th of November :
called again at Campeche, and then at Havannah, whence she
sailed on the 13th of December, giving protection through the
Florida Stream to the British brig Dispatch. She brought die-
patches. from Mr. Harvey, his Majesty's Commissioner at
Mexico, relative (no doubt) to the present state,of Mexico; and
from Mr. Morrier, who was on his way to that city, having ar-
rived at -Vera Cruz, in his Majesty's frigate Diamond, after a
good passage from England. Lord Napier, and some of the
officers of the Diamond, had accompanied Mr. Monier and
his suite to Mexico. Mr. M. was received at Vera Cruz with
distinguished military honours. The Diamond may be ex-
pected to arrive home in about two months, with Mr. Ilarvey,
whom Mr. Merrier has been appointed to succeed. We are
gratified to hear that the accounts from Mexico are favourable
to the commencement of a new era in commercial prosperity
and political importance, which, we have no doubt, will be
the result of the liberal and enlightened policy of our Go-
vernment towards that extensive and interesting country.—
Since the expiatory. death of Iturbide, there had been no ap-
pearance of intestine faction, but the people seem united in
sentiment and ol.ject ; the feeble power which Spain long held
there was completely dissolved. and to use the favourite phra-
seology of the contemptible Ferdinand, the country was nearly
" purified" of all Old Spaniards. The Castle of San Juan de
Ulloa still held out, but it is only desirable to reduce that for-
tress, from its being situated at the entrance of the port of
Vera-Cruz. The Mexicans, however, had strengthened Fort
Mocamboon the Main, and fortified the island of Sacrificios,
for the purpose of securing to themselves the anchorage. Pre-
parations had been made in the Castle to open a fire upon the
City, as well as -to attack the Island with gun-boats. Each
party has thirteen of these boats. Those of the Mexicans can-
not leave Alvarado, from want of seamen. The city was almost
entirely abandoned by the inhabitants, who occupy huts erect-
ed upon the plain, and between the sand hills beyond the walls.
The forts of the city side had been put in a state of tolerable
defence, and troops from the interior had completed the gar-
rison and out posts to about two thousand men, besides a mili-
tia, including every person capable of bearing arms; this letter
force mounts guard In the city every Sunday they are armed
by the Republic, but are neither paid nor clothed ; the regu-
lars are well organised, are paid monthly, and respectably
clothed. About six hundred convicts were brought from Forte
Perote (situated in the interior) to erect fortifications ; but most
of them were removed from the Island of Sacrificio, to the
Main, after they had completed the forts, not being consi-
dered faithful in the event of an attack. The ci-devinzt Cap-
tain-General of Mexico. Lemaur, was residing in the-
Castle of San Juan de Ulloa, as Governor. It is-- understood,
that he enjoys the salary and allowances attached to his com-
mission as Captain-General, which amount to a very consider-
able annuity ; his integrity to the Royal cause is, there-
fore, undoubted. The Lieutenant-Governer, Colonel An-
tonio Eaten, took a passage to Havannah in the Surinam, and
his mission was supposed to be important; a convoy for the
relief of the Castle being appointed shortly after his arrival.
the strength of the garrison was said to' be 700 men, besides,
women, children, and servants, but in consequence of a want of,
fresh provisions, some cases of scurvy-had occurred, particularly
amongst the seamen who man the gun-boats, they being the.
oldest residents. Fish taken around the reefs is the only fresh,
provisions obtained, Ainless from Havannah, by the victuallers.
sent down about every four months; yet, generally,.the Castle
might be considered healthy. The Spaniards have only one
frigate in that quarter, which is kept for the purpose of throw-
ing supplies into the Castle. The Surinam spoke the Isis on
Nov. 14, going into Vera Cruz. The Surinam has brought to
England about 280,000 dollars, and 100 serons of cochineal,'on
merchants' account. She proceeded this morning.to :Chatham
to bepaid off.