Star.
London, England, 1825-10-11 00:00:00

SPANISH AMERICA.

Mexican Papers, which we have received to the 16th
of August, in alluding to the accounts received from
Jamaica of the proceedings of the French squadron,
express no apprehension of the intentions of the French
Government. Oa the contrary, they evince a confidence
in its flienshhip, or at least forbearance to all the Eu-
rupean•St,tes, resulting from a conviction that r o
ma-
ritime Power would dire to act against America, in
opposition to the policy of England and the United
State 3. The Mexican Journalists, therefore. say, that
they expect speedy explanations of the hostile demon-
strations of the French men of war. They add, that
they entertain a hope of the happy results of their in-
tended mission to the Pope, from finding that his Holi-
ness had not yielded to the intrigues of Spain (as they
at first supposed) in dismissing the Colombian Minister.
The Mexican Paper, called k.l Oriente, of the 10th of
August, on the other liAnd, inveighs bitterly against
the French Government for a speech of M. de Villele
in the Chamber of Deputies, on the 10th of May. In
that speech the French Minister boasts that the French
Government had attained, by its occupation of Spain,
all that it expected, and particularly a right to trade
with the old Spanish colonies. The Mexican writer,
enraged that the privilege of a free commercial inter-
course should be ascribed to so questionable an origin,
proposes that every ship entering the ports of Mexico
from France should be asked it it came with a permit
from Ferdinand? and if so,that it should be immediately
dismissed. The statesmen of Constitutional Govern-
ments should learn from this example, that lew of their
public declarations, however absurd, can remain unim-
portant, and that an idle word or a senseless argument,
advanced in the heat of debate or for a temporary pur-
pose, may endanger the trade or the fa iendly relations of
their fellow-subjects in the most remote parts of the
world. The following are extracts from private letters:
" Malmo Ana. 17
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di It is said that the Vice-President, General Bravo,
will be sent to Xalapa to watch the movements of the
squadron daily expected to bring fresh troops from the
Havannah to relieve the Castle, and that a body of
8,900 men will march under his command. Ilis Ma-
jesty's ship Dartmouth will remain at Sacrificios till the
9th of. September, when she will return to Jamaica.
The Victoria, Mexican brig of war, arrived at Sacrificios
from London on the 14th instant ; and the Colombian
Packet and the 'Woodbine, with arms for the Mexican
Government, arrived from London lour days before
her. The Asia, at present the Congreso Mexican, has
not yet been fitted out fur sea at Acapulco : the Go-
vernment has, however, sent 80,000 dollars in silver to
pay the crew and necessary expenses.
6, It is expected that a motion %sill be made in Con-
gress to exclude French ships from the ports of Mexico;
and from the feeling that exists here towards the
French it is very likely to be carried. Mr. Francis
Baring has just concluded the purchase of a most noble
estate here, called Aguaya, for 900,000 dollars. It is
30 leagues in length, and will become, when a little
money has been laid out upon it, a most valuable
property."

GUATLUALA, JULY 1111.

64 Yesterday the Envoy of the Government, who bar
been some time resident with that of Colombia, arrived
here, bringing with him the acknowledgment of the in-
dependence of Guatemala, and also a treaty of alliance,
effensive and defensive, between the two nations, which