The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN (5- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

The Clyde packet from the West Indies has arrived
bringing with her the West Indian and Mexica❑ mails.
She has a large amount of specie on board, and £72,000
is said to be on account of the Mexican April dividend.
The papers and letters by her were received late in the
day, and only a partial delivery took place from the Post-
office. From what can be gathered by an examination of
be few papers come to hand, the news by this opportunity
does not seem to be very important. The latest dates are
Jamaica the 9th of December, Trinidad and Demerara
the sth, and St. Thomas's the lith. The Jamaica Morn-
ing Journal, in its summary of news, under date of the
9th of December, says—" The weather in many districts
continues dry, and the canes in those localities will, as a
matter of course, be injured. A reduction in the caning
crops from these causes seems inevitable. Trade con-
tinues dull, and money scarce. Some parties are appre-
hending another crash in the mercantile community, and
nothing. it is said, can avert it but a liberal policy and
mutual forbearance. It is to be hoped the one will be
pursued, and the other practised."
In Barbadoes the same complaint of dry weather and
want of rain is expressed, and at St. Vincent's and St.
Thomas's the small-pox had made its appearance. The
affair of the Roman Catholic bishop Clancy occupied the
attention of the public at Demerara ; and at Trinidad an
endeavour was being made to assimilate the bankruptcy
and insolvency laws to those now in force in England.
The outward mail having just arrived at the departure of
the Clyde, the papers are in a great measure filled with
home intelligence.
The news from Mexico is somewhat important and in-
teresting, inasmuch as it appears that Santa Anna is re-
elected President for a term of five years. On the 14th of
November, when the Clyde arrived at Vera Cruz, it was
learned that Santa Anna had visited that place the day
previous, and that he had the troops drawn up in the
square, and harangued them. He stated that he had ar-
rived for the purpose of inspecting the fortifications, and
that war with England was inevitable; that he was deter-
mined to support the honour of his country to the fullest
extent, and would defend the Castle of St. Juan de Lloa
in person, and resign it only with his life. About four
o'clock in the afternoon, however, shortly after his bom-
bastic exhibition had taken place, a special messenger ar-
rived with information that he had been re-elected presi-
dent for a further term of five years. The news was re-
ceived by the military with great rejoicing and enthusiasm,
but no particular manifestation was made by the civilians
on this announcement. The moment the information had
been communicated, Santa Anna immediately mounted
his horse and returned to his house in great haste, with-
out inspecting one of the fortifications or taking further
notice of the troops in any shape whatever. It is the opi-
nion of the inhabitants of Vera Cruz that he merely made
the demonstration for the purpose of securing his election,
and that his denunciations against England were sheer
bravado and nothing else.
The Clyde, on the following day, sailed for Tampico;
but, on her return, on the 22nd of November, it was
learned that advances had been made by the Mexican go-
♦ernment to the British Minister at Mexico, for the pur-
pose of settling the differences with England. The
British Minister, however, declined to enter into any
correspondence or treaty whatever with the Mexican
government until he had received instructions from our
government; he did not, in fact, open the letters of the
Mexican government.

The Mexicans had been engaged for some time in put-
ting all their fortifications into a state of repair, in the
expectation that the British admiral, Sir Charles Adam,
would arrive, and give them a dressing. Their prepara-
tions for defence were most warlike, and it was evident
they expected a conflict.