The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-07 00:00:00

MEXICO.

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'THE HISTORY of MEXICO. Colleelo from
Spanitit •Mexican IliAvrians' from Mann Scripts
and ancierq l'aintings of the Indians. Illustrated by a Chart,
and ;Went v-five other Copper t',l?frs.. To which 'Are added,
Critical liisseriatichs on the Laact, 'the Animals, and Mita-
titan's of Mexico. -
Biy, ABBE. DE FRANCESCO.SAVeRIO CLAVIGERO..
Translated from the original Italian.
Account of this Worlcfrom the:Monthly Review :

Europeans know little of • the interior of -Mexico ; the
sccuunts.g;ven of that country by travellers are discordatit, iri
consequence of their ignorance orthe language sod manners of.
the people they describe,' and their Unacquaintance with a
prodigious number of memoirs:asd relations that throw light
upon the history of that famous, country. I f
,ever a writer
was qualified, by a combination_ of attyantageous circurn.
stances, for composing a itistory. of Mexico, it is certainly
the Abb6 Ctvigero. For he has not only perused; as it
teems, Witty care, all the writers who make mention of this
great Empire, but he was born in the country, is•master of
its language, and has visited all those parts of it which the
Spanish Government has rendered inaccessible to the curiosity
of travellers. Nor did he pay them only a transitorysisit, for
lie spent above thirty years in observing, with the-eye of a
philosopher, all, the parts of thiS 'extensive region, and in
procuring from the natives exatt information with respeil to
every objed of any-consequence, so that he may be alrhost
considered as an ocular witness of what be relates. 11 to
t.t)ese uncommon advantageslhe laborious and learned Author
lias joined that critical acumen so necessary toappreciate the
sources .of information, to discuss dubious fa Cis, to combine
scattered •fragments, and to separate truth from 'fable; and
Ilas• 'crowned all by that bold candour which suppresses
evebrihing that is talse, and disguises or conceals no import-
batrutli, his work rust be an inestimable present.to the re-
public 1 letters.- 'Snell is it esteemed by g9:4 judges, who
ettriute to him larg7.ly all these qualitics.
••• with pleasure that We Have perused the work, and
we Imsitate -not. to recommend it to rci:Jer:,. of ever)? descrip-
troOi- many l• derive • from obartrreii; lillorinatiou, and
ill will beveat I y entertained-by the variety of incidents, and
rtie.numerout anecdotes, it contains. •

t !"'''Wc think '-the'tmnstatclr ha 6 ,ne his ntr-tr coueri ho
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ar:, •in3nnt of the ;.t4ilF4 Pahipiage, a•*thaterial setvie,--*by
th.f.tm; with :h.:: Abbe.; Clavist.: work. to

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1807.

OUR Letter from Yarmouth, this morning, states
that four Sail of the J.,ine -and a Frigate had ar-
rived there from the Downs. We. believe they, are
part of a Squadron which Government intend*to
send, without delay, into the Baltic..

WE mentioned some days ago a repdrt that the
French had prepared an Expedition at Guadaloupe,
with a view, as it was supposed; of Making an at-
tack upon Dominica. The preparations -made by-
the.French were such as to induce Admiral COCH-
RANE to gail,"on the 24th January, frorn-Barbadoes
for Dominica;• he took with hire the 15th Regi-
ment. The following is an Extra& Gm the Barla-
does Mercury, upon this subje& : • -
.* ". By Express from Donmricit, -received- here this ,
day at noon, it appears that the Enemy is making
such formidable demonstration's .at Gnadaloupe as-
,menace an immediate attack upon some of out-Islands •
in its vicinity. Dispatches from President M
of Dominica, to Sir ALEX. COCHRANE, -broughtby
a small Schooner itait „arrived, inform that ad the
Trocips, Regulars and Militia, amounting to-8000,
at Guadaloupe,' had been marched. from . Fleur-
Dieppe, Point-au-.Petre, and other parts of Grand
Terre, to Basseterre, where they were encamped,
'and making. every • preparation for an Expedition.
Gen..Eallour* had quitted the Government House,
and was aelually encamped with the Army, intend-
ing to command the enterprise-in•petsen. -

fc We do not learn what Naval ForCe he has to
co-operate in this. Expedition, but we trust that
whatever it may be-it will be found inadequate 'to
prote& it, or give any efficient help to the enterprise,
as. there is at present in Carlisle Bay an immediate
disposable Squadron sufficient to frustrate every de-
sign that the Enemy 'may have for Med ; and our
.AdmiraLpromptly ordered their preparation fur sail-