Star.
London, England, 1829-11-14 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENT&

We take this opportunity of apologizing to several Conan-
PUNDINTS, whose valuable communications have alone been delayed
for want of room.

The Tama of Pose-Maas and other. Dozes shall appear on
Monday.
The

between the Duke of Masonznas, Sir
Fusels Fazat.nta, and Mr. Ddsalet t sa, is rather too voluminous
for our columns, though not destitute of interest. The subject,
however, shall be taken up.

This morning despatches were received at the Colcaial
Office from Lieut.-General Sir HILLGROTE TURNZR,
Governor of Bermuda ; and from Major-General Sir
P. MAITLAND, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
The despatches from Bermuda are dated the sth of
October ; those from Halifax are dated the 21st.

By referring to a letter from Paris which we copy from
the Times of this morning, it will be seen that all our ar-
guments and anticipations during the last three months—
but more especially within the present week—are confirmed
lo the very letter. Having nothing to add to the important
facts communicated in the Paris Letter, we think it enough
to repeat our conviction here, that the existence of
M. De Pot to NAc's Administration—as it is now con-
stituted, is incompatible with the tranquillity of France ;
and moreover, that the experiment suggested by the Ga-
zette deFrance of dissolving the Chamber, might be fatal
to the best interests of the reigning Family. We
cannot prove our horror of revolutions, or anxiety to
prevent popular excesses more sincerely, than by re-
minding the BOURBONS of the events of 1789 and the
three succeeding years, during which the advice and
councils of false friends either led them to the scaffold, or
drove them into exile.

When we took up the subject of Mexico, and for the
first time, invited public attention to the absurd policy
of allowing Spain to invade the new Republic on
one side, or by our supineness, force it into the arms
of the United States on the othert we were far
from anticipating that we should be followed so soon
by the Times. It is therefore with no common
satisfaction that we assign a space foi• the remarks
of our contemporary in our paper of to-day. In looking
at them by the side of our own arguments, it will be
perceived at a glance that there is now a perfect ac-
cordance in our sentiments on this subject. Without
any desire to arrogate aught to ourselves for this con-
version of the TIMES, we do own that it is• satis-
factory to our feelings in a high degree, to be so closely
followed, and by so influential a journal. Neither is it less
creditable to the conductors of that talented paper, to
see them come forward—as they have—on a question
so intimately connected with the political welfare and
commercial interests of England. We trust the Times
will continue to press on the Noble Duke and his Col-
leagues the necessity of their taking immediate steps
with regard to Mexico. For our own parts, we deem it
superfluous to state, that our best efforts will be directed
to this object. Nor—in spite of all their indifference to
public opinion—can we . persuade ourselves that Minis-
tars will turn a deaf ear to our suggestions. The
Times recommends that an " able diplomatist" should
be named for Mexico : we go farther—and still more
strongly advise, that SPAIN should be •told to desist
from her Quixotic and unprincipled projects aga,inet the
New World. Nay, More—whatever the Cabinet of
Madrid may decide—ait is our opinion that no time
ought to be lost in assembling a respectable and well-•
commanded squadron in the vicinity of Vera Cruz.
When we said that Mexico was a natural ally for
England, we ',might have added—a* • we now do—
that the whole of the new Republics are entitled to the
special protection of this country. We again call
uponiord ABERDEEN to look at the' Correspondence
of Mr. CAN KING on this momentous subject ; the Noble
Earl will find lessons there of a statesmanlike and ge-
nerous policy, if his antipathies will but suffer him to
adopt them. •
MEXICO—FROM THE TIMES.
The accounts. received within these few days relative to the
affairs of Mexico, having excited same interest, if net alarm, amongst
the friends of Spanish Americas tidepsodence, we deem it desir-
able to state the following particskg...allnalunicated from quarters
in the highest demur respectable
Io the first place, the Enutleus picket, which arrived on Thurs-
day last from Viva Cron, which place she left an the sth of Sept.

brought no news from the seat of hostilities, at Tampico, of a date
more recent than the 30th of August; whereas the accounts which
were publisbedveveral days ago, and which contained Santa Anna's
despatches, detailing his brave and &we'del attack upon the gar-
rison of Tampico, were brought in the Matilda by the way of Bel-
timoft and New York, which vessel left Tampico on the Ist of
Sept. two days after the Emulous. The first arrival in this country'
therefore, brought the latest news•
By the Emulous we were told, in Vera Crux letters, that Bar-
tads' "was in possession of Altentire,” a loop day's march up the
country from Tampico; whereas. Santa Anna's bulletin of store
recent date, and which arrived by the Matilda, had previously
announced to us that Barradas had been forced to abandon Ake-
mire, from the necessity of defending Tampico itself, which he
just reached at the critical moment when his garrison had actually

pitulated. and *as about to deliver up its arms and the town.

Santa Anna's despatch, therefore, is the la.t authentic intelli-
gence which has reached London of the military occurrences at
Tampico.
As to the rumours about the Mexicans deserting, the forte of
" 5,000 effective men" under Barradas, and so forth, we under-
stand it rests on no credible authority ; but, oo the contrary, there
never was displayed more seal or unanimity among the Spanish
Americans against the troops of Ferdinand since the very begin-
ning of their resistance to the Spanish yoke.
The delay in bringing forward an efficient force to repel the in•
vaders is accounted for as follows :--,First, the Mexicans, not
having the least idea on what part d their extensive coast the ex-
pedition was likely to disembark, bad not felt it prudent to concen-
trate their troops in any given point ; and thus Tampico, as being
a position most absolutely useless to an invader, and least calculated
on by the Mexican :Government as the seat of warfare, was left
without a garrison.
Next, the country is of such vast extent, the roads so imperfect,
and this being the season of the inundations, when roads always-bad
bad become almost impassable, It was necessary, since Vera Cruz
and Campeachy could not be left without considerable garrisons, to
draw regiments from the interior, and from distances which the
military men of Europe are searcely ever called upon to traverse.
We may judge what time must elapse in such a country, before
any formidable force could have been collected, when the greater
portion of them had to march many hundred miles to the neigh-
bourhood of Tampico. It is not very surprising, therefore, that
Santa Anna had but a feeble detachment under his command on the
19th and 30th of August, within one month of the invasion,
during which period no troops could have moved above 300 miles.
Reinforcements, however, wo-have been assured, were advancing
from many points to moppet% the above-mentioned General. On
the 9th August, 1,400 cavalry and 1,600 infantry left St. Ude de
Potosi. On the 10th there moved from the same city the battalion
of Guanajuato (placed en active service) and General Veldt-
vidlo. On the 17th there arrived at Aguacatlan the regiment
of Mezdllan ; and the Ist battalion of Mexican 'militia, with the
3d regiment of regular cavalry, were expected immediately after.
Colonel Montezuma was with his division, on the 16th of August,
at Macs. On the 20th of August, the 10th Regiment of the Line,
and 300 infantry of the Local Militia, marched for the scene of ac-
tion from St. Luis. As for the statement made with sock cool-

nese in some quarters, that a second expedition of 2,000 men had
actually sailed from the Havannab, we can only affirm that
we have seen a letter from official persona at the Ha-
venni& to a commercial house here of the very highest
respectability, and dated on the day of the last vessel's
departure from that place, containing this decisive sentence :
" There is hardly a word said here about sending off reinforcements
to General Barradas." Indeed, we can add to this, that another
letter has been shown us from an officer of high rank at the Haven-
nab, reprobating the Spanish Government for the violation of its
repeated promises, and declaring that it had neither made prepara-
tions nor furnished means for sending off any even the smallest sue.
cour to Ballades, who was universally held, at the Hammitt, to
have been devoted with his troops to destruction. Fur Barradas
himself no pity was entertained, as he bad made love to the office;
but those under him were much commisserated.

Such is the substance of the accounts which have been submit-
ted to us; and although we cannot pledge ourselves for their per-
fect accuracy, we are ourselves disposed to believe them. As for
the state ol things at the seat of Government, it is generally sup-
posed that Mr. Poinsett, the Minister of the United States, has not
been idle In endeavouring to embroil them, with a view to fiat-
tate a certain project of that friendly republic. The gentleman in
, question is understood to bate a thorough knowledge of the
internal condition of Mezlco,—of her parties,—her re-
sources.—and her wants ; whether it be quite a fair
use to make of such knowledge, for a diplomatic agent to
take an active part in tanning the distractions of au infant
state, that a better bargain may be thereby squeezed out of
her distresses by worldly-tied power, seeking to snatch from
her an extensive and highlylproductive province, is a point of
casuistry which we are not called upon to decide. But this we
know, that it is not wisdom or sound policy in England to see the
State of Mexico either crushed by a tyrant, or by a neighbour
cozened. Without going deep into a delicate subject, we will say
that the United States have got far enough to the southward
and westward on the Gulf of Mexica, and that it is for the

Interest and safety of our colonies to have Mexico rather than the
United States for their neighbour. The province of Texas ought

to remain Mexican u it is, and not to be swallowed up, like the
Florida and the whole course of the Mississippi, by any grasping
Government.

There is oo pecuniary tenustationDO financial distress—no con-

slderation for the support of public credit, which ought to Induces
Sovereign State to sacrifice Its natural dominions ; nor do we sup-
_

pose that the King of Ragland would look on passively while such
a transfer was negociated. In the mean time, we ought to have
an able Minister at the capital of the Mexican Republic.

We cannot forbear a few words of remonstrance on
the facile credulity of sitting Magistrates, whenever a
complaint is brought before them by females of any—or
of no character—involving the liberty, and often the
life, of the other sex. A case occurred yesterday at
Marlborough Street, in which the complainant—" a
powerful-looking young woman," named Julia Kellier—
brought a charge of violation against a gentleman con-
siderably advanced in years, and of great infirmities.
The defendant is well known to be of the very highest
luepectability, and is moreover a Colonel in the Army.
The plaintiff—who was a servant of all work in the
house where the Colonel lodged—stated what she called
the facts with great flippancy ; that she was overpow-
ered, partly by the strength of her assailant, and partly
by the strength of her own modesty, and that " she did
not call out very loud for assistance." In the course of the
same day, she swore that she disclosed the mishap that had
befallen her to her mistress, and her determination to
oak legal redress. This part of the girl's story, how-
isver, the mistress—in her examination before the Magis-
trate—flatty contradicted: she said that the girl never
complained to , her at all about the matter. The
Colonel, who—in addition to his other infirmities=
is quite a cripple from severe wounds, deposed that
he' never used the least violence with the complain-
ant, who resorted to this proceeding for no other
object than that of extorting money. Nevertheless,
in the face of this woman's contradicted evidence,
Mr. Roz—the sitting Magistrate—coeP- the

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Colonel to Tuthill -fields gaol -for re-examination on
the capital charge. We are really sick at witnessing
the fribble bias of worshipful Jurricia, towards any
female—however abandoned—who comes to make spe-
culative depositions against character and life in their
presence : and we cannot help reflecting, that the
sexual principle in these Magistrates, appears often
to overpower the principles of right and justice.

This day we have the Nuremberg Correspondent to
the 6th, and the Allgemeine Zeitung to the 7th of the
present month. The former gives us to understand that
the States of the Kingdom of Wurtemberg are to be
convoked on the 15th January,—that the Jesuits are
increasing in Switzerland,—and that it is desirable to
have an honest Editor of a Newspaper in the Canton of
Vaud ! The Allgemeine Zeitung has a letter from Lon-
don, generalising—as private letters always do—on the
affairs of the East, and the settlement of the Greek ter-
ritory,—which this document presumes to be the cause
of the frequent conferences between the French Ambas-
sador and Lord ABERDEEN :
STUTTGARD, Nov. 3. _ _ .

By a resolution of his Majesty, dated the 20th of (ktober, the
States of the kingdom of Wurtemburg are to be convoked for the
15th January, 1830. _ __

SWITZERLAND, Nov. 4.

The sum of 50,000 francs has lately been expended in the Je-
suits' school at Freyburg. Above 200 new pupils are expected there.
The Council of the Canton of Vaud, against whom all the Jour-
nals in the Canton have declared, has issued an invitation to per-

sons who may be willing to undertake the dice of Editor of a
Paper, which shall publish an accurate and complete view of the
results of the deliberations of the Great Council, and an impartial

statement of the opinions delivered, which paper shall be published
three times a week, under the title of " Badlogin of the Sittings e
the Great Cbtascil." Thus it seems the Council thinks of combatting
its adversaries with their own arms.—Asingiewsk °wrap, Nag. 6.

AUGSBURG. Nov. 6.

The ifilgeassine Sailing contains a letter from London, of the
26th October, of the following tenor

" The frequent conferences of the French Ambassador with
Lord Aberdeen are said to relate chiefly to the affairs of Greece.
The stipulations signed at Adrianople relative to the Treaty of
the 6th July, and the Protocol of the 21Id March, appear to have
excited some apprehensions in the Courts of England and
France, and to have convinced them of the necessity of set-
tling, as soon as possible, and in a manner conformable to the
interest of their nations, the Greek question, which has been ren-
dered so complex by the length of time and the atom of events....
It is said that the French Ministry has made a proposal. according
to which the Greek frontier on the continent should be reduced in
extent ; but. on the other hand, the new state be entirely ex-
empted from the Turkish supremacy. The French Ministry
assumes, as a principle, that it is better to grant to Greece, with a
small territory, its perfect independence, than, by a greater extent
of frontier, to give it the prospect of greater politieal importance
which, with the continuance of the supremacy of the Porte, would
afford permanent materials for fresh troubles. A protocol, it;
is stated. has already beta drawn up in conformity with this view
of the ease. which, as soon as it shall have received the assent of
Russia, will be presented to the Porte, a time being fixed within
which it must give its answer. It it probable. however, that the
Greeks will not be much edified by this new scheme, and it is
mains to be seen bow the Greek Government will look upon It,
and whether it win not endeavour to get Russia on its side, and
the ancient Greece revived in the greatest possible extent and so•
cording to the sanguine wishes of the Philhellines. The Porte,in
.its present state of distress and penury, has powerful advocates
here : endeavours are making to procure a loan fur it.—Allgenseine
Zoittusg. 71b Nov.

CITY. Tanya o'CLoca.

mi. day is generally dull for speculations in the funds, as so
&Wow from Paris arrives on Saturday, and as yet we do not bear
of the arrival of a private express from Paris. The Consol
Market is therefore inactive. Consols which left off yesterday
91i j for the account, opened at the same price this morning, and
for next account 92# buyers. The Foreign Market as yet is in the
same state u that of the British, nothing doing.

CITY. HALF-PAST ONE

We have not a feature worth observation in regard to the Funds.
Consols have continued during the morning at el t for the Ac-
count, and 9n for next Account, consequently no speculations
have been going forward up to the present hour. The Foreign
Market is in the same state of stagnation ; the only transaction was in
the Imperial Brazilian Mining Shares which have fallen 51. per share,
supposed owing to accounts being received from Rio Janeiro of the
Sth September, stating, that the Brazilian Sessions closed without
reducing the duty of the Imperial Brarl Mining Company.
Exchange on London, 26i. According to accounts of the United
Mexican Mining Company, there appears to be a deficiency of the
five weeks preceding the 25th of August of about ten thousand
pounds sterling. It is reported that a brig of war has sailed from
the Ilavannah for Tampico with 250 dollars; it is also said, that an
expedition was forming there of 3,000 men to reinforce the Spa-
nish troops at Tampico.

POSTED, at the North and South American Coffee-
house.—Lit E a POO r. Nov. 12.-Out Cotton Market
Thecontinues lively.i sales this day are about 4,000
bags, at steady prices.
The accounts from Glasgow state, that the calico
printing is very brisk there, and tis satisfactory to state,
that after the comparative slackness of the early part of
the year, the quantity of finished.goods or stock on hand
was never known to be smaller; and such is the quan-
tity of orders on hand, that it is a push to execute them
within the time given.
A Mail has arrived from Halifax by the Spey, sailed
on the 21st October, and from Bermuda the sth Oct.
By this conveyance, Halifax Papers of the 20th October,
Demerara Papers to the 26th September, and Prince
Edward's Island Papers to 15th October, have been re-
ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house.

The Halifax Papers say " The Ann, Amelia, and
Wellington transports brought the 34th Regiment,
which relieves the Rifle Corps in this garrison; the
transports are to take the Rifle Corps to St. John's,
New Brunswick—conveying 81st Regiment from thence
to Bermuda, and the 74th from that. Island to England.
His Excelleney Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lady, and
family, take their departure to-morrow morning, should
the wind' permit, in the Hazer, for Barbadoes. An
Address was presented to his Excellency on his depar-
ture, by the Inhabitants and Magistrates of Halifax.
To which his Excellency returned the following an-
swer :—" Gentlemen• —lt could not but gratify me to
receive from you, and the other inhabitants of the town
of Halifax, the assurance that you have so kindly and
fatourably appreciated my conduct. The cordial and af-
fectionate manner in which you have expressed to me
your good wishes demand my warmest acknowledgments;
and you must permit me to add the thanks of Lady Sarah
Maitland to my own, for the mention you have made of
her. I request you to be assured that we take leave of
you impressed with a most grateful sense of the kind and
friendly attention we have experienced in our intercoms
with the inhabitants of the town of Halifax."