The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-11 00:00:00

MEXICAN REVOLUTION.

Her Majesty's packet Alert (Lieutenant Dawson died
'at liavannah, the master, Mr. May, in charge), arrived
on Saturday morning at Falmouth, from Tampico, Aug.
22 ; Vera Cruz, Sept. 2 ; Havannah, 17. On freight,
336,807. dollars.. No passerger. • Reports that the
schooner' Lynx, from Tampico for Liverpool, put into
Havannah with loss of her master, but sailed thence on
Oct. 1,741 i for her destination. The last intelligence., by
the Mexican packet Penguin, informed us of the rising
of the troops under. General Paredes, at Guadalaxara.
The following is an extract-of the manifesto of that gar-
sison, and of the, inhabitants, dated August .3, which,
after stating .the -yarious,,aete7Pf mal-administration of
the existing Government (alluded to in our Mexican ex-
press),. and the grievances under which the nation labours,
conchided by proposing to ,the Republic the following
scheme

". 1, An extraordinary national Congress to be convoked,
elected on most ample bases, and fully empowered to re-
form the Constitution, and with this sole exclusive attri-
bute.

" 2. In the mean time, the supreme conservative power,
to deliver the executive to a citizen of its confidence,
with extraordinary power, and who will be responsible
fur his acts to the first constitutional Congress.
" 3. To that effect the annual Congress which will as-
semble for these sole acts will initiate, and the supreme
conservative poiver will declare the incapacity of the ac •
tual President of the republic, the former established by
the Supreme Courts of Justice, and the supreme con-
servative poiver will declare the desire of the nation re-
specting the person wbo will have to enter upon the ma-
nagement of the executive:

" 4. This latter will designate the day of), the installa-
tion of the extraordinary Congress, the form of its elec-
tion, and the time of its continuing in office."
P' The inhabitants of Guadalaxara wished to proclaim
General Santa Anna dictator ; the editor of the Ccnsor
states that he declined, on the ground of its being
his wish to preserve the form of Republican Govern-
ment. This reason does not accord with our advises
generally, but it is alleged rather that his designs were
not sufficiently matured at that moment. The force in
the city on the 4th of August was 1,800 infantry and
near 200 cavalry, with artillery, but auxiliary corps
Were immediately formed, so that any attack from the
Government might be repelled force by force. The
greatest demonstrations of rejoicing were displayed in
the city.
Santa Anna arrived at Vera Cruz on the 24th of
August, and at night on the following day, our cor-
respondent informs us, the inhabitants of Vera Cruz
assembled, and, having nianifested their enthusiasm
by sky-rockets, ringing of the church bells, and an
infinity of acclamations to General Santa Anna, Ge-
neral Paredes, the garrisons of Salisco, Vera Cruz, and
St. Juan de Ulloa, they petitioned the Municipal Corpora-
tion to assemble in extraordinary session to make mani-
fest their votes and those of the neighbourhood. The
Magistrates met about eleven, when the acclamations
were renewed, and the session lasted till past one, when
their decision was published, of abolition of the duty of
15 per Cent., monopoly of tobacco, personal contribu-
tion, scale of confiscations, reform of rates of duties in
maritime custom; houses, and the nomination, of his Ex-
cellency General Santa Anna to—in the actual lament-
able situation of the Republic—interpose his powerful
influence for the purpose of obtaining the necessary or-
ganisation of the nation, of consolidating peace in the
interior, and to ensure respect from exterior enemies.
The utmost unanimity and concord reigned throughout
the city on the occasion.
Santa Anna having laid his hands on all the available
money resources at Vera Cruz, present and future
(liming duo respect to the rights of the dividend fund-
'holders; and taking care, not to jeopardise the conducta
by his too early movOnent before it passed Yalapa),
marched onto Perote, where he arrived on Aug. 30.
At this fortress a brilliant division was assembled, which
Wag to operate under his immediate orders. Cartazan
would join him, and it was supposed they would march
thence for Mexico. Paredes was said to be making for
the capital likewise. The united force was estimated at
8,000 men.
The intelligence of the revolution in Talisco had pro-
duced a considerable sensation in the city Of Mexico.
Letters from Tampico mention that there existed a gene-
ral decision in that place in favour of the movement, and
that part of the troops there were ready to march in
favour of the rights of the nation. The inhabitants were
about to take up arms, as were those of other places in
the vicinity.
Our correspondent further infor.ns us that Leon, in
Guanajuato, and Yalapa, have also declared for the new
order _of things, so that the whole of the south of
Mexico seems in possession of the confederates. The
supgior Chief of the revenue inGuadalaxara informed

General' Paredes that he was ready to execute his
orders ; but to cover his responsibility he requested to
be drawn upon in writing. In the act he was in-
formed that what public funds he might. collect Vere
to be directed in preference to supplying the wants o'" the
troops, and an order has been sent to the Custom-li )use
of San Blas to remit its products to the treasury of ( ;ma-
. clalaxara, not sending a single dollar to Mexico. The
merchants have ordered supplies of goods, to profs„ by
the. low rate of duties, but it is said the Administi atur
of the custom-house. of Guadalaxara has held cons Ilta-
Lions to thwart the collections, •and if so, he will spec wdly
be removed, which will give satisfaction to traders ge-
nerally.
Things had returned to their former state of tranqu il-
lity, and the General is far from amending an attat :k,
as he is aware of the state of impotency to which the
Government of Mexico is reduced.

•_
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHIN'Gr'.
A most whimsical dispute has arisen on the subject
of the pronunciation of • Mona, the name of Lord Pal.
merston's mare. The sporting world is divided i nto two
factions on the
.question—one party, headed b 7 Jo-an
Day, the jockey, insisting that the o in the name she uld be
pronounced Ion;; ..the other, that it should be prone' ens :ed
short. Bets to a Targe amount have been laid on b. ,th
sides ; but as the dispute is one not likely to be sett led
by the Jockey Club—among whom Purrs and Por,..a ,ns
are somewhat scarce—a deputation has been sent to t the
two Universities of. Oxford and Cambridge, .humbly in-
treating that they will be pleased to give the matter th. sir
grtilest and most conscientious consideration! Mies n-
while, Mr. Byng—too anxious to wait the decisi an of
the learned Dons, who vegetate by the banks of the 0 ins
and the Isis—bas himself applied direct to Lord P
al-
merston, and the following is his Lordship's answer. As
it is a bit of a curiosity in its way, and anything ;but
orthodox in its notions of prosody, we quote the ep :s-
-tolary gem entire:—

C. T., Sept. 29, 1841-
" My dear Byng—l have just received your letter of
this morning ; and, though I should have high authority
for declining to declare my opinion upon the matter 'on
which 3ou question me till the beginning of February,
yet, regardless of the silent system of the day, I sena
you an immediate answer.

" There can be no doubt that, in point of prosody, the
o in Iliona, or Ilione (for the name is spelled either way),
is short. Virgil settled the question in his first "Eneid,
where he says—
" Prmtei'ea sceptrumjlione quod gesserat olim
_ _

" • Maxima natarum Priami.'
But the second i is as short as the o; and as mailer of
those vowels have, in their name, any right to La ith, the
first i and the final e (when that termination is ac opted)
being t!:e only lung vowels, the question arises, which
of the two middle vowels is entitled to be accented 4 and
here the Greek spelling may determine the point T
,and
in Greek the accent is placed over the 0, thus IA
I take it that the proper way qf pronouncing the Amu,
according
,to guantiN and 'accent, would be as if it :w re
.9p(red
"I hope I Shall be thought to have thus given a tilt]] k,
Candid, and unreserved declaration of opinion ; .ar,d,. as
I am alone in my cabinet, you will believe me when 7 s;
'that it has been arrived at without any difference or di .3-
sent.-77 Your's sincerely, "*PALMERSTON."
The most whimsical part of this gifted epistle is, tha
while Lord Palmerston deduces the authority of Virgil
to prove that the o is short, he himself directly a fter-
war& makes it long7-as long, in fact, as one of Sir •
Jaees Graham's' pamphlets on the Corn-laws ! To
make the matter still more absurd, he allows that i t is
short; but then, as if to obviate all possibility of mist tke,
he takes the pains to write the word in English ; and
by so doing, completely neutralize 3 his previous a.ss•-
tion ! A more Irish method of argument was never y+. 3t
Adopted.