The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-07 00:00:00

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trigkiing 'Manner of the oho! Court . rne Order was
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signed by the Minister; and printen seeretLY ;
.pic:intiom were then taken ,to send it with the
same secrecy to the colOnies; that when the mer-
chants came to thelnowledge of it, it Might be
too late to repeal it. The whole transaction,
ever, transpired, and the rage of the Mercantile
Junta knew no houndS: The Regents were inti:-
miclated,..and submitted to the disgrace of charg r-
ing their Minister and his uuder-secretary with
having forged the order. Both of them were a--
rested ;' a counter order was issued, and the twc;
prisoners were set at-liberty; Without any further
inquiry .
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But the most lanietitable part of the American.
revelution was now- At: hand. The kingdoin of
Mexieb bad enjoyed ail' apparent tratiquiliitY since
the-conspiracy of the Spaniards against the Viec
roy. The Central• J unta had given the civil
niand of that kingdom to the Areblii4hop;
though an European by birth, was beloved thsei,
Creoles for his , nioderation. The Spanish Go-,
verimierit had happily s.tnifibled on one good mea-
sure ; the rest, however, were calculated to in
crease the dissaffection. • - ,

The Viceroy had been deposed merely heeatise
he appeared favourable-tothe plan. of eTecting
Junta fox- the. government of. _Mexico when Spain.,
'wh4-without a supreme poiver. The Spaniards of
the capital, who had defeated this plan, were ei
readybeeonie unpopular from - the into,xication ckf:
success when intelligence arrived that the Cen-
traljuuta had lavished on them its highesti ho'-'
flours. The state. of the Creoles heeanieititbiela-1
ble Whch-in addition to the insults which thep
bad hiirhetheir friend the Archhi,:ihop was re,
moved from the cominantri and the ITig4 Gorat
of Justice, whom they consid&/ed Their mast'
violeht en•inie, made tenrperarv, Governars'
the kingdom, until the arrival of the Viceroy.
re ds, nominated by the Regency of

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Although , the regular' forces of , Mexico had'
checked the Insurrection, 'those who- know the
state of civilization at which ~that kingdom_ Ices
arrived, and tv_hich puts it, accordingto thnuboldt,
at the head of the Sphnkh colonies in every re-
spect, Will easily suppose that discontent!eil- and
enterprising individnalS' could not, he'. :wanting,
who would watch 'every opportunity ;of Shaking;
off the Spanish yoke_ in fact, several of this de-
scription V:-cre- to be' foUnd among' the Milititry -and
cietgy, and even among the monks of NewSpaiq..
The most conspicuous was a country vicar of the
name of. Hidalgo, Who enjoyetla .valuable
in Dolores, a considerable town in the province
of Valladolid isfeeboantr 'Hidalgo was a Mau .of
no vulgar talents, and. of a knowledge far-snperior
to that of the clergy of New Spin : this, as svas
commonly_the.ease, • had excited suspicions of, his
orthodoxy. We find that he bh.d been accused
the Inquisition, but had the good fortune, or tt4-:
art, to remove their jealousy. He had thorough-
ly gained the affections of the Indians, -whom lit
had taken great pains to enlighten. • Several nnt--
nufacWries bad risen by his care, and he had et en
established a foundry of cannon,_ alleging' the iiiaa
menseadVantages that might accrue to the Crovea
from it, there being some rich copper mines is
neighbourhood of -his parish.
When. the Viceroy wa.s deposed by the Spanti,
aids .of Mexico, the troops constantly stationed,.
in times of war, between that capital and Vera
Cruz, to prevent any attempt which our cruisers
might make on that coast, were ordered into• the.
interior. The regiment of cavalry de la Reyna
was sent to San Miguel el Grande, a pop ulous towu
in the vicinity of Dolores. Three Captains, of
the names of Allende, Aldama, and, Abasalo, who
served in that regiment, were natives of the pica;
and friends of the vicar Hidalgo, whom they rtrs-
dily joined. Their activity was extraordinary in
disseminating discontent, and pourtraying w;p:h
the darkest colours whatever tended to alienate fipt
minds of the natives, in the actual circumstances
of Spain.

[To be continued.]