Star.
London, England, 1830-05-10 00:00:00

M. ALAMAN'S DESPATCH

LETTEIt IH THE " THIS MORN i

" Satu.sday, .May
" MR— As i find that the comet:ma in your City Artielz of
11;t0,,dA,, last, on my conduct with rogard ton supposed delay uu
;17 :.:r: 1.; communicating to tiac public the late (leap:telt s tam
any •!,:tit have, though I am sure mintentiotall.., tectk•d r.
injure my character for frankness and integrity, I tru.. that your
sense of justice, and the value which, as a man of honour, you must
set upon your own character, will induce you to make me the only
reparation in your power, by suffering me to explain, as briefly as
possible, the simple facts of the case.
" On Saturday, the hit inst the elspatehm from Mexico reached
me by the mail of that day, bringing likewise duplicates of the
came to Messrs. Baring.
" Sunday not being a day of business, I could not communicate
with the house cf Baring until 3londay, wh..l I asked the heads of
that house, being commanded thereto by the Mreican Government,
whether they would undertake, as agents for that Government, the
conduct of the proposed operations.
" On Tuesday I received, at one o'clock in the sficrtoon, th.•
reply of the Messrs. Baring, attiourcing that they aceepA the
proposal..

On the same afternoon the documents were comir.itted for trans.
lation to the hands of a foreign gentleman, and is soli, c discretion
I could place implicit confidence. The trnit.!..6.in ri t being clan. •
pletcd,before midnight, I had no opportunity of vibmittine it I.r
correction to any native of this country before nine on We Inesday
morning, when it appeared that front. certain defects in point of
idiom, instead of sending it off at once to the Stock Exchange, as I
was most anxious to do before business bLgan, it Was necessary to
have the whole document retranslated, and to content myself
with sending a short notice into the city, ;with a view, if pos.
Able, to stop the stock-jobbing speculations. The correct
translation was finished a little after twelve o'clock on Wed-
nesday, and delivered, without a moment's delay, to Messrs. living,
that it night be made public in the most effectual manner. But
the document being of too great length to have :posted up in manta-
seipt, as I believe is usual, it was sent by them to be printed in the
fonn in which it has since appeared ; and the printer. nor having
time to execute his work before the close of business on Wedaesday,
the distribution of the pamphlet could not take place until early on
Thursday morning. 1 have thus, Sir, presentee l ycu with as con-
cise and clear an account as I ant able of every day's proccedini,s,
front ;he receipt of the despatches to the hour of their publication.
" I do not permit myself .to make any observations on the view
which you have taken of the Government of Mexico and her
financial resources ; because they arc matters on which every jour-
nalist has a right to express what opinions he pleases. and because
know that on such questions time will cleat up every thiolz.
" It is only the possible effect of your remarks upon any own
honour and character, which I feel myself hound to obviate, by a
statemeot of the real circumstances, your ignorance of which has led
you into an involuntary but serious injustice towards nix.
" After enjoying, for 40 years, the reputation, I flatter myself, t.
an honest man, I cannot afford at this time of life to be classz.t
among those, if such there be, who turn their official knowledge e
stuck-jobbing purposes.
" I have the ho:tour to he, Sir, yours, Are.
" M. E. DE GOROSTIZA."

TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ABER-

DEEN, tic.

North and South American Coffee-house, April 14.
My Lord,-1 am requested by the Committee of the Spud' Au:- -
riean and Mexican Association to acknowledge, with their res}..,•Zul
thanks, the honour of your Lordship's letter of the 12th ult. in ate.
seer to the representation of the committee, on the subject cf the
policy pursued by his Majesty's Government, in relation to the
island of.'Cuba, and its effect oa the new states of Anierica
The committee are sensible of the importance attached by His
Majesty's Government to all questions affecting the welfare of the
new states of America. They would therefore be very unwilling
to trouble your Lordship. again on the subject, d.d they not enter-
tain a strong hope that His Majesty's Government may be induced
to interfere in a yet more decided manner, to put an end to the evils
which the hostility of the Court of Spain is inflicting es all persons
engaged in intercourse with these new states, without .be sliehtest
advantage to that country.
Twenty-one years have now elapsed since the warfare be green
Spain and its late colonies commenced. At the beginning of that
period the crown of Spain held possession of every post and fortifica-
tion throughout those extensive countries, and sustained its dominion
over them by a large military force. For many years past, and at
this moment, Spanish dominion and authority there have been
wholly extinct ; not a soldier remains there in its service, nor Is
there any portion of territory remaining over which the Spanish go.
vernment exercises even a nominal authority or control.
No stronger additional proof can be afforded of the entire annihil.
anon both of Spanish authority and influence, in one of the most
powerful of those states, the Republic of Mexico, than the fact that
on the landing of a military force on its shores in the month of
August last year (which remained some weeks in the country), not
a single Blexican was found to join the standard of the King of
Spain.
The foregoing facts being beyond all controversy, It does appear to
the committee a great hardship that persons pursuing their commer.
dal dealings with countries which have so unequivocally established
their own independence, should be subjected to the incor.verdences
which arc thrown upon them by the continued and unprofitable hosti-
lity of the Court of Spain.
A constant threat of invasion, both from Cuba and from Spain
itself, is kept up, accompanied by demonstrations which call for un-
ceasing vigilance on the part of those against whom they arc directed,
the consequences of which are in every way most injurious to com-
mercial intercourse. Large masses of military force are kept up,
which, by means of the enormous expense they entail, exhaust the
resources of the respective Goverment', and disable them lieu,
paying their just debts, whilst they sustain in an undue proportion
the importance of military chiefs, and greatly retard the advance-
ment of the political and civil institutions of tho e countries. The
disorders of privateering and piracy are perpetuated--each fresh
alarm is the occasion for contributions, in some shape or other, being
levied on commerce—internal communications are suspended—Ja.
bourers are taken from the pursuits of industry (whether agricultu-
ral or mining) to join the army,— and all those interruptions are
experienced:wlfeh arc so injurious and often so, fatal to commercial
undertakings.
It is a circumstance not unworthy of remark, that since the es.
teblisliment of the independence of these countries, no insurrection
has taken place in them that has not been effected through the in.
sarumentality of military chiefs.
If these evils were to be endured by reason of measures or the
cart of the Spanish government, tending towards any attainalN and
legitimate object of its own. the committee might hesitate to bring
them to your lordship's nodes, but the y feel that they are guilty tit
no presumption in asserting that the restomt;iin of the dominion of
Spain over its former colonies is an event too far beyond the limits ut
human prO7abilry to fall within any rational computation.
The rine:,:ion.4 thereft•re would seem to arise—for what ut,limitrd
period tit time is Spain justified in interrupting the intercourse tit
other nations with her former ea nit s ? Whether 21 years of was -
fare issuing in the manner this warfare has done are sufficient to
termine her tights ? If they are not determined now, at what pet
they ever will be ? And whether Great Britain, having many yetis
since recognized these State'', and thereby sanctioned her siihji cts
dealing with them, is to be expected any longer to submit to the in.
jury she is now hourly sustaining by the conduct of Spain ?
an.ount of British capital involved in this subject n..iy Le
stated, at the hewett computation, as follows, viz :
In trade with Mexico, Colmabia, Buenos Ayres,
Chili, Peru, and Central Auitriea . .£5,000010J
In wines in the above countries, pa ineipally in Mexico 4.800,00.1
t In debts due by their respect ire Governments.

.C.:6,ll(rtmtup
Large a• this amount 7 i:, it derives additional imperime,
from the prospective consideration of the vase scope for cont.
in, rl activity which these countries prererr, not only in
Great Britain but to other nations of Europe, including Spain
hey►elf. The preduc, of the 3lexican mines has been doublet'
since British capital has been directed to them a large popilation
has been restoredindustrious employment ; a taste for European
manufactures is spreading Leong the naives, and nothing, i• abort, is
wanting to svablialt a teeady, active, and beneficial intercourse be-
tween these countries and Europe but a state of internal repo,
which they never can enjoy so long as the hostile attitude of Spam
keeps alive all those elements of danger and mischief which has e
been already enumerated.
The Committee therefore venture to express their bumble hop.
that His Majesty's Government may see it right to interfere aMr
the Court cf Spain, Other by the establishment of • truce betwe,
the two parties fur a teen of years, or in such other manner as may
seem fit, so as to secure BritLfi subjects, carrying on a peaceful and
legitimate commerce, from a continuance of the interruptions and
grievances to which they are now constantly exposed by the conti-
nuance of an hostility un the part of Spain, which in Its practical
effect is nothing short of a direct warfare on the fair extension in
British commerce. I have the honour to be, rte.
WI LI.IA M THOMPSON,
Chairman of the South American and Meshes Association.

A Deputation of the Cabriolot Propriet4rs had an in-
terview with the CHANCELLOR OflH5 EXCHIQUIER and
the Chairman of the Com Missioners of Stamps, at the
Treagury, on Saturday.