The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-16 00:00:00

MEXICO.

We have received the Report of tho Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Mexico for the years 1834 and 1835 to the Cham-
bers, by which it appears that the present Government, al-
though not yet entirely free from the attempts of hostile
parties, is bent on promoting the prosperity of the people, and
re-establishing friendly and commercial relations with other
countries. The state, however, of public spirit, and the
feverish agitation produced by the struggle for ascendancy of
Radical and Conservative parties, seem still to oppose great
obstacles to the progress of Government, and to be a cause of
anxious care to its members. " I have," says the Minister
in the conclusion of the Report, " proposed every measure that
appears to me necessary to secure order and public tranqui-
lity, and insure the safety of the citizen, and of his property.
The principles of a Government that wishes to throw into
oblivion all past errors, and to give greater extent and force
to individual security, are necessarily liberal, and the Govern-
ment which entertains them is necessarily just. I have men-
tioned our past calamities with the sole object of putting our-
selves on our guard to avert them in future. Our position is
delicate, and the ground upon which we stand has not yet ac-
quired
all necessary consistency, since it is not yet entirely
cleared of the parties that have struggled for power. The
Administration, whilst with one hand repairing the damages
which the social edifice had received, has had to repel with
the other the enemies who attacked it."

Notwithstanding this state of things, the industry of the
country, particularly in mining and manufacturing, seems to
be in a state of amelioration. Last year the silver extracted
from the mines amounted to 1,042,546 marks (8 oz.) of 11
carats, two-thirds of which amount was yielded by the mines
of Zacatecas and Guanajuato, which seem to be the richest of
the republic. " This sum," says the Minister, " although not
comparable with that produced towards the end of last cen-
tury, when there were years in which as much as 3,000,000 of
marks were extracted, yet, considering the falling off in min-
ing work during the war of independence, when in the years
1817 and 1818 they scarcely yielded 200,000 marks, we may
say that they are in a state of prosperity."
The Mexican Government, with the view of encouraging
colonization, and of. avoiding in future the errors committed
on this point, propose the establishment of a junta or com-
mission, to form plans best adapted to facilitate the settlement
of new colonies, and promote the prosperity of those already
settled. Amongst these the colonies of Tejas appear to be
in very good condition. The number of the inhabitants
amounts to 20,000, and their annual commerce yields to the
Government Treasury more than 1,400,000 dollars; but what
still proves more satisfactorily their activity is, that one of
their principal rivers is already navigated by steam vessels.
Trial by jury, and other judicious measures, have been carried
into effect by the Government of Coahuila and Tejas, for the
benefit of the colonies.

Other objects having the attention of the Government were
treaties of commerce with the American neighbouring States,
and with the different Courts of Europe ; several of these
have been already concluded. The establishment of good po-
lice, particularly as regards safe travelling, of schools for
public instruction, and of academies of history, with other
branches of learning, were also contemplated. The account
of the museum is interesting, and gives a perfect insight into
the rich remains of antiquity which it possesses. It appears
that it contains 200 historical documents, in hieroglyphics and
Indian and European languages, two colossal and 20 small
statues of Indian sculpture of a most exquisite and curious
taste, vases and lamps, found principally in the excavation of
the Island of Sacrificios, portraits, masks, music, and warlike
instruments, and many other objects of the highest interest to
the antiquary. These are said to establish a striking analogy
with the antiquities of the Egyptians, of whom there is in the
same museum a collection of more than 600 medals, some an-
terior to the time of the Ptolemies.

There are not at present above half-a-dozen cases
of felony from the West Riding for trial at the approaching
Assizes, which commence on Saturday week; and that, in..
stead of the prosecutions from this Riding costing nearly
3,0001., as at the last Assize, it is not likely that, at this As-
size, they will not cost 3001. —Doncaster Gazette.

OUTRE-MER ; oil, A PILGRIMAGE TO THE
OLD Wom.D.---The author of this work is an American, who,
inspired with a poetical yearning to visit the Holy Land, the
Pays d'Outre-Mer, or Land beyond the Sea of the Old World,
set out on his travels of love, and traversed France, from Nor-
mandy to Navarre, Flanders, Holland, and Germany, and even
heard the gay guitar and merry castanet on the borders of the
blue Gtadahluivar. In these volumes he retraces, in a very
cic/ight.ful seil it, th, tecoticetiow; of pic,s.-,nt hours and pic-
turesque places, which will be as fresh and delightful to the
reader as if they were legcnd4 flowing from the pen of Wash-
ington Irvipg.—Atlas,