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,!ceitticulated to disarm Roeas, in some measure, of his
.!t cunning weapon—falsehood.
agoTtio,_vilify the Intervention, to throw ridicule on its
stir 14, to fix the odium of pirates and incendiaries o
4t
onnaval officers—this is his great aim, for he thereby
once Works on the passions of his countrymen and
whys
ton the credulity of people at a distance. And
furl means so powerful for its accomplishment as his
face °us tirades, first thrust on the .Minister, to acquire a
truth, as diplomatic ommunications, and after-
m7B disseminated far andc wide in the columns of this
ittsPapers. Henceforth, no communication will be ad-
Plated which has not in view the pacification of the
of thisa necessary preliminary to which is the evacuation
41 territory by the Argentine troops.
te,,,1 6.—The French war steamer Chincire, arrived
ofstcmaY morning from Toulon. She brings accounts
i 4 11,e ill successes of M. Saratea, Rosas's agent at Paris,
ha his successes
to have Baron Deffaudis recalled from
-„,nzsslou
Ports "' Rio Janeiro we have London papers, with re-
-231 of the speeches in the House of Commons on the
iter tlarc.
British a matter of wonder here by what means the
of this Government expects to effect the independence
trowo tate in the absence of en adequate expedition

AQUATICS.
The DEPTFORD REGATTA.
hOtelt "Alt race at Deptford on Monday po....;•es3ed a feature of
Oer,l3:l'3.lfrording "those of the olden time" an opportunity
date. to the exclusion of the watermen of a modern
Ave h,,
_ee race was, as usual with below-bridge wagers,.
The kg, with six competitors, and the assemblage immen..e.
hvatiltitude of all grades, who had heard the " old ones
pecrtiZ their training, condition, lasting powers, and otherthe
itlootilwebvaetres.t:euukitT to the locus in quo to ascertain whetherr
441-'4 were half as good as they affected to be, o
" light of other days had faded." There was,
toilte;r, but little fault to find, the race being quite,das
afford
itlR coksLedi,,as could reasonably have been expected, an
k,
South
'e* more amusement than wagers amongst those
a, in their favour generally do.
tern' h First Heat. Upper Watergate.D
aarn, at_Johnson, aged 62
Arehi 'v all, aged 56
The l'owles, aged 67 years ((L ga bias)hr(ktGbr
el
ne )
021
each
eztist.,,,,
a-.- was ' from Upper Watergate, twice routn.de,
steele, "'tang the whole river front of the town, from h
wtaoath
veryhe Queen's Yard.
actie a good start, and for a few strokes. thes
eta certainly must have laboured under the imprbe t
they Ct theYCoombeses," and no abatement ;
ober ,ca found out their mistake, and dropped into a vet%)
15Y too le Dark blue then took the lead, kept it, and won
ecgths.
~a,rues Second Heat. Lower Watergate. _
Tinlifirebar€l2, aged 61 . (Pink I
oh gasnel, aged 51 .. (Orange 2
"Thee, aged 68 (Red) 0
!heti gOt
b. Nvay tidily, kept together for some distance,
oiret winner put on a scientific spurt, and went aboutas
thotialagths ahead. The other two kept close
.together,
u.
rersationas some ill-natured fellow observed) in deep co
tight blue Third Heat.
.......... 1 I Orange ••• ........ 2
1-
kettle Icss mettleand a little more applause, then a doien
hilatitltaPidlY, and a " crab." After this the winner showed
S in front; won by four lengths.
'ark hi Fourth Heat.
2
A seep cry ..................... 1 I Light blue
by a seeo,/ ,good race, the whole of the party having got
fen',wthlnd." The contest was close throughout, and won
0. only.
"ark blue
.••• Final Heat.
...
lenA . ...
onl capital ............. 1 I Light blue
gths start, and at a very good pace. Won by two
y.
Ttip.
MOORS AND DEER FORESTS.
„ (Prom the Ross-shire Advertiser.)
qer -4 by a continuance of the most favourable wea-
iu portsinen on the moors and in the forests are now
11141111h' activity. At Strathvaich, Sir St George Gore,
tut e With great success, bagging on the 17th, 77
,u rake rsegreuse, 13 hares, and 2 snipes ; on the 18th, 76
of
grouse, 1 woodcock, and 3 hares. On the 19th,
ktalkV in pursuit of red deer, and ended a successful
ether 3' capturing three at once. Later in the day an-
ztt twits shat ; and on the following day a very large
fell t4RaF, with ten points on wide branching horns,
ROeThe Kilian party continue to have
tree"' SPort, rifle,
On the 22d, Mr. Majoribanks shot 40
tortie),Lerd E. Hill 37, Sir Thomas Munro, 33, and
st AVosvenor 33 brace. During four days last week,
tf ROre' A• P. G. Cumming Esq., bagged 130 brace
At I use, four ducks, some s'nipe, and twelve hares.
fellol4l.wer Killin, Mr. King shot in four days as
44,1 2'~Onthe 12th 48i brace of grouse, a snipe,
harp,hares; on the 14th, 33 brace, 2 snipes, and
ISt h „; en the 17th, 38 brace and 1 hare; ou the
ekti 61 brace and 4 hares. On the 12th, at Darnaway
23 in a few hours the Hon. George Stuart bagged
thateet 2 hares and a snipe; and on the afternoon
15th, 17 brace of grouse and a hare. Mr.
th' agun and Mr. Creyke, at Corrymony, had 60 brace
41r iet '4th, and the 14th, 52 brace. At Dunvegan, Skye,
roa,,,,earY Bernie and Lord St. John shot 28 brace of
'lkek-' and 3? couple of snipe, from 12 to 4 o'clock. A.
Lag. banker shot 23 brace of grouse at
2 roet4"; and on'the following day, the 22d, 1 stag, and
%el/ tr. Deer-stalking has not yielded to sportsmen
bet Se; eneice antlered heads. owing to the stags
Ivlfiet-,'ng in most forests clear of the velvet coverings
Lord
,I overlay the new horns. In Armadale Forest
goi„, 'accionald has shot 6 stags. 'On the 21st. at Ard-
sta, ' Mr. Montague and H. St. John, Esq., killed 3
13--..7l;tie of them with ten antlers, and another with
4ouiticla clear of the velvet. At Erchless Castle, Mr.
Ilaw;erson got a stag with ten branched horns, and Mr.
Ile K°er another on the same day ; and, at Torridon,t'
,bP we shot a. well-conditioned stag.
N'eebraes of Atholl seems to be well supplied with
ioli,e this season. At Donavourd, near Pitloehry, Mr.
b 1 Pier and Mr. George Fergusson, in six days' shooting
t;'ed 30U brace and a half of grouse, twenty-one hares,
Tar
° pve snipes. The sport was chiefly on the hill of
v• Another gentleman of the same party, shooting
15,,
the most part on the hill of Donavourd, bagged fifty
ace of grouse and four hares in a few short walks.
41:21E LAMMERMOORS.—The accounts from the sports-
-0o n the Lammermoors this season are of a most unfa-
;,t,,able description. "Everywhere" writes a corres-
t4°,-,,ment, " the grouse are more or less affected with the
(.4.1,; w oral, producing such a state of emaciaion as to ren-
aud he,ett t for use. The healthy birds. are so strong
shot "F as not, or very seldom, to be within the reach of
oafand
Y the younger broods, cheepers, the old cock the
natural fit fit to be bagged—he (poor fellow) from his
tin t feelings, never failing to fall a victim in the
caolllStatice. The mother seldom rises until almost
b
tilAt f the pointer, and, when shot, is also
ißlircatib
oati°orn. use, not having recovered the effects of
In fact, we may almost say that
failure shooting on these moors has been a total
iliota• It is recommended that a jubilee be given
vaecounlltelet Year, through the districts." Nor are.h them
uerlauda from the moors in the counties of Nor..
4S repeatsd Durham of a very flattering description,
the number of birds. They are repreaen.ted
,thate in rather small coveys, so strong on the wing
`4Bsible.
"'eY
will soon pack, and as becoming very

HERRING FISHING.
;e'Y eitte',", Ana. 28.—The fishing here is still not
roT, • „
g The take on Monday morning was
Roo'd lu to 20
crans-13 boats out. Tuesday morning a
fishing; highest take, 30 crass. Since then the
AhitCn, 'as been liht, ancl some of the fish spawned.
Ali,hed°l.lling the boats appear to be still very pooty
`,!ns. the exception of a few who have about 10
d "-NeXt week will determine what this station.
little as if the fish do not set in then there is
liorsPeet of any good being done this season.
I,t'eeid -dI,!6LAND, AUG. 27.—The fishing has this week
.ttte,e-,',77 Improved, being more general, and the shots
',;,y Li 'Tan formerly. Our boats were not off on Sun-
redtil..,• On Tnesday the highest boat was 24 trans.
,u4t4;‘,41437 the highest 18 crans. This morning
g'e4 the
all the boats are well fished. The fisher-
411d IIOW in better spirits as the prospects are good,
lioe weather is remarkably fine.
ilere SUNDERLAND.—Very few herrings were got
Beyer In PrideY and Saturday. On Monday morning
they -1 of the boats had a few barrels,
ein genera
0 klarl none. Tuesday the boats were arliecel
la4ns,
texceptol6s .
per 153 that had about 20 barrels each. P
came arrel. Wednesday morningb the boats in general
hr in with from 10 to 13 barrels , two or three
th %co, •
t 5,4 in from 30 to 40 each. Price 13s. Thursday
La, t4ke ranged from 5 to 20 barrels ; two top boats 35
ki,,il‘(ls each. Price 1 ls. Curers ere and have been
fiq)!lg lls, per barrel from the commencement of the
in
Inc
AUG. 27.—Since the 21st inst. the fishing
Ilk; improved daily, for although several of the boats
e repeatedly returned with none, and many had but
foti'w f hundreds, a still greater number have had from
era t 0 twenty crans. On Tuesday one boat had seventy
tacos' At present the fishing is but a very short clis-
110t1 °ff the harbour. To-Light (Thursday) there can-
" fewer than from five to six hundred boats lying
tha (,60es 12s. to 14s. The foreign curers are pur-
N,svng freely.—Berwick Advertiser.
25.—There are great hopes of the fish-
tlii3""'s Week. The appearance has not been so good
ialeason; but yesterday there were very heavy
he's-50, 60, and 70 crans, and a great many blanks.
keat4erage would be about nine crans. To-day the
ie 413, l'4Ve not all got out; the average will probably
spentell (lu ten crane. They are very bad this morning,e
kbett- The average for the season will. now b
At 1, The
trans. Sales are still beingeffected
%ill] 8.
6d* full brand, and 18s. 6d. eight days old. The
the 01 the potato crop in Ireland will no doubt affect
sale
Parke of herrings there, and being the principali
t, the curers are much afraid of a fall in prices
tnediatel
goToeh „ v?tato crop in this quarter is all but completely
afraid tue few that are still untainted the people are
The u to eat, for fear of the potato disease affecting t.hem
t,hzttl),-,N,,cess is goina on so rapidly, that it is. beh.eved
rle course of two or three weeks there will neither
T-1-IVr eating or seed.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
141 - CORNISH PILCHARD FISHERY, &c.
aught ouNvs
o„l3".—Since our last report, the
.boats have
-as very-Ylew pilchards. For several days the. weath„ser
l`rida y boisterous, and the boats did not g.o to sea. yn
*ha.? last, the weather was more promising, butthe
Dileh' fleet of boats returned without having taken 100
meat, the On Monday last, there was a slight improve-
aad f 'me On
taking each from 1,000 down to 100,
841.°1/I,tw° to three score of hake. Pilchards sold for
ST• lvor ulindred, and hakes at ss. per burn.
small number of mackerel were taken
l'l`uestfeK, which realised 15s. per hundred. This
athoT 43') Mornings. P about 200 mackerel were brought
Penzance aild sol Gazet te.fo
'9O per hundred. No pilchards.—
r

Shore
ne AUG. 29.—The Rosebud, Lums.lin, on
doh
_,ar the island f h lin 26th inst. 113§ gone
.44 yteen 9 IIC C 9
r Miter!

TIM MAGAZINES.
BLACK WOOD'S MAGAZINE.
No contribution could have "been selected as a
more fitting and appropriate commencement of
Blackwood, just at this particular period, than the
identical one which opens the number for September
Mexico and its Territory." We have perused
the article with the closest attention, and have de-
rived from that perusal more than mere satisfaction
and inure than mere entertainment. It is a per-
spicuous,'condensed, and yet detailed narrative of the
history—political, social, and geographical—of that
splendid portion of the Western Hemisphere, which
extends northwards to the river Columbia, and
southwards to YUcatan. From the succinctness of
its manner the paper might be termed an epitome,
while, from the copiousness of the matter contained
in it, it must be regarded as something more than a
mere epitome,. In consequence of the recent inva-
sion of the Mexican territories by the army of the
United States, and particularly in consequence of the
discreditable and disgraceful character of that invasion,
the eyes of every civilised and thinking being are di-
rected to that quarter of the globe. A paper descrip-
tive, therefore, of this country will be welcomed as a
boon by thousands, especially if it contain in itself
'an evidence of its authenticity and accuracy. Such
a paper is the one which we have mentioned as the
preliminary contribution in this month's Blackwood.
The writer has manifestly taken no superficial view
of his subject; he penetrates to the core, and yet does
not altogether discard the husk as superfluous. He
affords us a lively conception of the national cha-
racter and political constitution of the Mexicans, and
in doing so (or we might even say fur the express
purpose of doing so better), depicts the little eccen-
tricities and peculiarities visible upon the superficies
of Mexican society, just as a botanist illustrates
the properties of vegetation by the delineation
of a leaf, or estimates the fruit by dissecting the
pistyls and! petals of the blossom. From the first dis-
covery of terra firma by Colombo, and the invasion of
Mexico by Hernan Cortez, down to the last procla-
mation issued by Pare'les, the history of this beautiful
and opulent, but unfortunate and ill-cultivated region
is crowded with vicissitudes and coloured with ro-
mance. On the appearance of Cortez the primitive
inhabitants were populously and peacefully distributed
through its forests and over its prairies, large and
prosperous cities studded its shores and nestled in its
inland seclusion—proportionally, however, with the
advancement of the Spaniards the population dwin-
dled down to comparative insignificance, the debauch-
eries consequent upon the lawlessness of warfare
inoculated the doomed race with fatal diseases ;
pestilence and the sword devastated the soil and deci-
mated its inhabitants ; the entire aspect of the coun-
try, as far as its indwellers were concerned, under-
went a complete and startling transformation. Where
formerly the blithesome and active aboriginals
sported in the woodlands, their Spanish conquerors,
thirsting only for money and ease, plied. the mattock
one moment, and slumbered in slothful abandonment
the next. Cane wigwams were demolished, and
sumptuous palaces erected in their stead ; the spot
•
in which three or four hundred individual temples
were clustered together over so many different idols,
was gradually beaten down into a shapeless mound
of bricks, and on the summit of that solemn and in-
tructive ruin a Catholic church erected. Gifted by na-
sure with a fruitful soil, a delicious climate,
a profusion of mines, rich with the purest silver, and
in some places mingled with the rarest gold, its
fruitage succulent and flavorous, its spices neither
scarce or unprecious; plentiful in cochineal and silk-
worms, and bees-wax and the like valuable produc-
tions, Mexico has presented every facility for the
establishment of a magnificent and prosperous empire.
Nevertheless, the natural indolence of its European
settlers, and the sluggishness of their descendants,
have nullified all these extraordinary capacities for
national dominion and opulence. The Mexicans
derive sufficient gratification in drinking glass after
glass of their favourite pulque ; they find sufficient
occupation in the faro-table and the vicissitudes of
roulette ; they derive sufficient excitement from a
little professional or amateur brigandage. With such
a people no vast or stable government could ever be
anticipated. Turning from the degenerate popula-
tion of this remarkable country, let us glance with
the writer of the article at the aptitude of that coun-
try for higher and nobler things.
Of the geographical position of Mexico we tran-
scribe the following description :
" Washed on the east by the gulf which bears its
name, and on the west by the Pacific, it thus possesses
direct access to two oceans, and by them to the most
opulent regions of the globe. On the soath it can dread
no rival in the struggling state of Guatemala. But the
north is the true frontier cn which the battle of its ex-
istence is to be fought, if fought at all, for beyond that
barrier stretch the United States. The extent of its
territory startles Eur.pean conceptions, extending in
north latitude from fifteen to forty-two degrees, and in
west longitude from eighty-seven to one hundred and
twenty- five degrees. Its surface, on a general calcula-
tion, contains about a million and a half of square miles,
or about seven times the dimensions of France. Yet,
though thus approaching the equator, the climate of
Mexico is in general highly favourable to life and to the
products of the temperate zone: the incomparably larger
portion of its surface being a succession of table-lands or
elevated plains, where, with the sun of the tropics blaz-
ing,' almost Vertically, the evenings are refreshingly cool,
the breeze is felt from the mountains of the ocean, and
the days are scarcely hotter than those of Europe."
With such a luxurious, opulent, fruitful and
gigantic territory within reach of the Republic, the
Government of the United States will scarcely be
sufficiently self-denying to aggrandize its own terri-
tories by the acquisition of so much accessible wealth.
Upon this particular the writer in Blackwood saga-
ciously observes, that
" Jonathan, who thinks himself born to lay hold of
every scrap of the globe by which he can turn one cent
into two, looks, of course, on the whole shore of the
gulf—towns, mines, and mountains—as his own. He
frees himself from all scruples on the subject by the ob-
vious convenience of the conception.
" No spct on the earth,' says one of those neigh.
hourly persons, 'will be more desirable than the soil of
Mexico for a residence, whenever it is in possession of
our race, with the government and laws which they carry
with them wherever they go. The march of time is not
more certain than that this will be, and probably at no
distant day.'
" And, on this showing, the man of government and
laws' proceeds to sink, burn, and destroy,' in the
great cause of humanity,' edifies the native by grape-
shot, and polishes him with the cutlass. In those ex-
ploits of a free and enlightened' people, our only sur-
prise is that diplomacy itself takes the trouble of offering
any apology whatever. The comparative powers of re-
sistance and attack settle the conscience of the affair in
a word., The' seizure is easy, and therefore why should
it not be made? The riflemen of Kentucky and the
hunters of Virginia, the squatters of Ohio and the sym-
pathisers of Massachusets, all see the affair in the proper
light; and why should the philosopher or the philan-
thropist, the man of justice or the man of religion, be
listened to on subjects so much more easily settled by
the rattle of twelve-pounders? The right of making
war on Mexico has not yet found a single defender but
in the streets; not a single ground of defence but in the
roar of the rabble; not a single plea but in the conve-
nience of the possession. Eves the American journals
have given up their old half-savage rant of universal
conquest. Every drop of blood shed in a war of aggres-
sion is sure to be avenged."
This is, we fear, too accurate a portraiture of
American cupidity and republican lawlessness. The
enlightened citizen of the U-nited States has
"calculated" himself to be the monarch of all
terrestrial creation so long and so inces-
santly that he appears to have almost deluded
himself into a credence of his own vain-glory. He
will, therefore, like the bygone legitimatists, look
upon the Mexican soil as his " by Divine right ;"
and assuredly he can scarcely dread much patriotic
antagonism in a land peopled by such indolent bipeds
as those depicted hereafter. The writer is speaking
of the inhabitants of Vera Cruz :
" Vera Cruz is as sad as a dungeon, as silent as a
monastery, and as sickly as a hospital. The senoras, a
race of periectly Spanish-visaged, black-eyed, and very
coquettish beauties, sit all day drooping in their bal-
conies, like doves upon the housetops, perhaps longing
for a hurricane, an earthquake, or anything which may
break up the monotony of their existence. The sound
of a guitar, a passing footstep, nay, the whine of a beg-
gar, sets a whole street in motion, and there is a general
rustling of mantillas, and a general rush to the windows.
The men bear their calamity better; the senor, when he
has once a cigar between his sallow lips, has made up
his mind for the day. Whether he stands in the sun-
shine or sits in the shade—whether he wakes or sleeps,
the cigar serves him for all the exercise of his animal
functions."
After commenting upon the squabbles which arose
between the Spanish settlers in Mexico and the
Creoles, the writer proceeds as follows ; and in the
subjoined, be it observed, are condensed the various
changes which have illustrated the political history of
that vast empire :
" Another race soon rose, the children of ,Spaniards
by native women, the Mestizos. They, too, were ex-
cluded from all employments. The revolt of the United
States would probably have applied the torch to this
mass of combustible matter but for the jealousy of the
two races. As the men of Old Spain despised the
Creole, the Creole despised the Mestizo. Thus the
power of Spain remained guarded by the jealousies of
tooth.
" But a new period was at hand. The infamous
seizure of Spain by Napoleon, in 1808, roused both races
to an abhorrence of the French name, and a determina-
tion to separate themselves from a kingdom which could
now be regarded only as a French province. Again
jealousy prevailed, ; the Creoles demanded a national re-
presentation, the Spanish troops and employes a royal
government. In the midst of their disputes a powerful
enemy appeared. The Mestizos and Indians united
under a village priest, Hidalgo, and overran the country.
This incursion brought the disputants to a sense of their
own peril ; they collected troops, were beaten by the bold
priest, rallied for another field, beat him, took him pri-
soner in the battle, and put him to death.
" But the spirit of revolt bad now become popular,
and another priest, liorellcs, v* f Mud to head another

insurrection. His talents and intrepidity swept all be-
fore him for a period, and the independence of Mexico'
was declared by a ' national assembly' in November
1813. But Morellos was finally unfortunate, was at-
tacked by the Spanish general Colleja, who -seems to
have been a man of military genius, was taken prisoner
and shot. The old Spaniards were once more masters,
and Apodaca, a man of intelligence and concleet, was
sent from Spain as viceroy.
" But sudden tumults broke out in Spaint. &self. The
Constitution of 1820' was proclaimed, the parties in
Mexico followed the example, and a constitution
strongly tending to democracy was proposed. It pro-
duced a total dissolution of the alliance between the
Creoles and the Old Spaniards, the former demanding a
Government virtually independent, the latter adhering to
Spain. In the confusion, Iturbide, a young Creole of
an ancient family, and of large possessions, pushed his
way into power, and, to the astonishment of all Western
Republicanism, in 1822 proclaimed himself Augustin the
First, Emperor of Mexico.
" But he instantly committed the capital fault of qua-
relling with his Congress. By a rash policy he dissolv, d
the assembly and appointed another, composed of his
adherents. But Cromwell's boldness required Crom-
well's abilities to sustain it. The army had been the
actual givers of the throne, and what they had given they
regarded themselves as having the right to resume. The
generals revol•ed against Iturbide, overthrew him, pro-
claimed a new constitution, and sent him to • travel in
Europe on a pension
" The constitution thus formed (October, 1824) was
republican, and took for its model that of the United
States. Its two assemblies are a Senate and a House of
Representatives. The Senate consisting of two members
for each state ; the Representatives, of two for every
eighty thousand inhabitants. All must be natives, and
have landed property to the amount of eight thousand
collars, or some trade or profession which brings in ten
thousand dollari annually. The Congress sits every
year from the Ist of January to the middle of April.
The senators holding their seats for four years, gene
rally ; the representatives for two. The executive is
vested in a president and vice-president, both elected by
the state Legislatures for four years. The ages of the
several functionaries are curiously fixed. The repre-
sentative must have attained the age of twenty-five, the
senator of thirty, and the high officers of state thirty. five.*
The whole territory forms one Federal Republic, go-
verned by ono Executive, a marked distinction between
Mexico and its model ; the several states of the Ame-
rican Union retaining to themselves many of the privi-
leges which, in the Mexican, belong to the Government
of the capital."
Intimately associated with the modern portion of this
eventful and instructive history is the name of a very
remarkable and gifted man— a man still alive, and
towards whom the eyes of his fellow-countrymen are
now turned, in anxiety and hope, imagining,- as a
large part of them do, that under his guidance they can
alone find the salvation of their common country.
We need scarcely observe that we here allude to
—SANTA ANNA ! In some particulars Santa Anna
bears no small resemblance to Bolivar—in others his
position and character are analogous to those of Es-
partero. As a colonel in the Mexican service, Santa
Anna first emerged from obscurity in 1823, when
marching against Iturbide, on the return of the latter
from banishment, he intrigued with the forces of the
ex-Emperor, and caused them to desert to his own
standard, leaving the luckless Iturbide utterly de-
fenceless. For that act he gained considerable credit.
Again, in 1829, Santa Anna vanquished, partially by
force, but principally by diplomacy, a powerful
Spanish armament, under the direction of Bar-
ratios. He was thereupon regarded as the saviour
of Mexico, and retired to his enormous estates
in the vicinity of Vera Cruz, amidst the grate-
ful acclamations of his fellow-countrymen. In
1841 he was again summoned from his seclusion
by the popular voice, and having advanced upon the
capital, removed the obnoxious President Bustamente
from authority. In consequence of this achievement,
Santa Anna was raised to supreme power in the state,
and continued for some time to govern it in the capa-
city of a dictator. An enemy, however, unexpectedly
arose in Texas, and, aided by the forces of the United
States, hurled Santa Anna from office. Then the
belligerent Texas was proclaimed "Independent,"
and shortly afterwards its "Annexation" to the
United States displayed the perfidiousness and cupi-
dity of the latter republic. It was, as almost every-
body is doubtless aware, in consequence of the Mexi-
cans pronouncing this annexation to be a breach of the
treaty, that the Americans have recently invaded Mexico.
Of the integrity of the motives of Brother Jonathan
who can entertain the shadow of a doubt, after a
candid consideration of the foregoing statements ?
The intelligence conveyed to this country towards
the conclusion of last week by the steam-ship Hi-
bernia confirms the impression already produced by
preceding occurrences. America has proposed a
treaty of peace on condition of the annexation of
California. Texas went first—California seems des-
tined to follow.—Mexico appears doomed to be
broken up by piecemeal annexation until its gigantic
territories are merged into the already gigantic terri-
tories of the United States. Some fortunate and unex-
pected interposition of a superior power can alone pre-
serve Mexico from this unenviable destiny. The writer
of the article in our Edinburgh favourite has suggested
these reflections by the very nature of his clever and
honest production. By a bird's-eye view of the ter-
ritories and character of the Mexicans he has afforded
the reader the cullings of information, and he has
given him food for serious meditation upon the con-
dition of a vast principality in this globe. Mexico
has already proved itself the Western Poland by its
heroes and its misfortunes : may it not bear out the
resemblance by its dismemberment ! We have de-
voted so much space and attention to this important
and interesting subject, that we have allowed our-
selves no opportunity of doing more than individualise
a few of the other contributions. The magazine,
according to its honourable usage, is neither deficient
in variety, elegance, pleasantry, nor instructiveness.
Its character for keen and yet graceful criticism is well
sustained by a second letter on " English Hexame-
ters." An unequal but fascinating poem upon a
" Summer Day,' by Thomas Aird, scatters quite a
bloom of verse- through several pages. " Alge-
ria," and " Cabrera," are useful and agreeable es-
says upon a remarkable man and a glorious country.
" How I became a yeoman," is a tale facetiously told,
and " How to build a house and live in it," a disser-
tation facetiously conceived. " The Gentleman Com-
moner" is brought to a conclusion, and " Hydro-
pathy" affords a very readable and gossiping termi-
nation to an admirable number of this admirable
Periodical.

TAIT'S MAGAZINE.
After an interval of a month we are delighted to
perceive the criticisms of George Gilflllan resumed.
There is an earnestness about his manner most plea-
sant in a time which partakes somewhat overmuch of
literary frigidity. Even where, to the thinking of
most individuals, there would be the least opportunity
for rising into enthusiasm, his ardent emotions are
kindled into a flame of words ; and he here, for ex-
ample, presents us with many fervid sentences of
eulogium and censure upon the character and
writings of "James Montgomery." We cannot but
conceive that the introduction to the paper affords us
a very sorry and painful spectacle—a man of un-
doubted and elevated intellect, like the bard of Shef-
fieli, standing forward (in accordance with the an-
nouncement of a placard) upon a platform in a
Scottish city " to address a meeting on the subject of
Moravian missions"—mouthing there by the hour to
the gaping curiosity ofa very scanty and unselect audi-
ence, and winding up his oration by long quotations
from his own poetry ! There is something degrading
in all this; it evinces a mean and morbid appetite for
the most vulgar description of fame; it is peddling
for popularity. Well may the writer inquire in
astonishment, " Is this progress of his (Montgo-
mery's) altogether a proper, a poet's progress ?
Would Milton, or Cowper, or Wordsworth have sub-
mitted to it ?" Was it worthy the author of the
" Pelican Island," " Greenland," the " World before
the Flood," the " West Indies," the " Wanderer in
Switzerland," or those solemn and thrilling " Verses
from the Grave ?" We cannot think of this hunger-
ing after the very meanest kind of mob adulation in
an old man, of so much purity and elevation of
thought, without a feeling of sorrow and astonishment.
James Montgomery has never written any continuous
or sustained poem capable of perpetuating his name, but
among his fugitive verses there are many that cannot
well be forgotten, or that the world will willingly let
die : his linee, breathed, as it were, from the grave,
and his " Stanzas at Midnight," for instance. If his
ideas are ever quaint or contorted, James Montgo-
mery is, even then, if possible, more plaintive than
ever. Take, as a specimen, those verses upon Autumn
—beautiful verses, which, like a pet fragment of
music, has been transformed into a spirit "haunting,"
as Bulwer has exquisitely said, " the halls and gal-
eries of our memory :"

" Sweet Sabbath of the year !
While evening lights decay,
Thy parting steps methinks I hear
Steal from the world away.
" Amid thy silent bowers,
"Cis sad, but sweet, to dwell;
Where falling leaves and dropping flowers
Around me breathe farewell."

Again, what can be more quaint and yet more
eminently mournful than the following comparison in
the same poem ?--

" A deep and crimson streak
Thy dying leaves disclose ;
As on Consumption's waning cheek
'Mid ruin blooms the rose."

James Montgomery has a mind too gifted and a
snail too sensitive to derive any real or permanent
satisfaction from the triumphs of a vagrant lecturer.
Let him remember this, and henceforth shun such
asperities. That most indefatigable writer Mrs. Gore,
not contented with producing nine volumes of
ordinarily-sized novels during the past season, a
Christmas story in December, a book of sketches, an
effort at poetical celebrity, et cetera, actually begins
another romance in the present number of 7'ait, en-

* There have been some subsequent changes in these
matters.