New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-19

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A statement has lately been published at Paris
BY N. Lsfrsgua, the rejected Mexican Envoy TO
Spain, from which we arc enabled to gather con.
nected and ineligible account Of the pending
difficulties between those two countries. TAP
pears that in 1854 convention was signed between
Mexico and Spain for the payment BY the former
Of certain claims for damsges and debts Get up BY
Spanish subjects. But in arranging the schedules
of theee claims fraud appears to have been Prac-
toed upon Mexico similAr to that Of which she was
the victim when signing convention with US. a
number Of forged ard cup positiOus claims were In
cluded in the LIT. After the payments under this
convention had been partially msds, the Mexican
Government discovered these Frauds, aud not
only Iut stop to the further execution Of the
convention, but attempted t, recover back the
sums already paid out on these fraudulent claims.
by laying On embargo on the property Of the reci-
pients. This rsiied general clamOr st Msdfid,
scd Mn lister, backed BY several ships of war,
was sent out to Mexico to demand instant re-
dress. Arriving of Vera Cruz he insisted, a. a
preliminary TO Any further diplomatic intercourse on
the raising of the embargo on the property Of the
Spsn,h subjects above referred TO. The Mexicsn
Cove rDment did not object to this, but insisted in
it's turn On the departure of the Spanish ships Of
war, lest they should ,eem to be acting under
threat. This was ag,eed to. the embargo was
rsised, the ships departed, and the Minister
landed. The convention of the 18th of July,
1856, followed. 1t provided for a revision Of the
alleged fraudulent claims i1cud led in the conyen-
ton Of 1853, the unfounded character Of several
Of which was admitted by the Spanish Minister,
the Mex can Government binding itself to 90
on with the pay ment of the bona ide claims in
cluded il that treaty, and an order to that effect
being Issued BY the Mexican Government. Bat this
convention, though signed BY the Spanish envoy,
and partly carried into effect by the Mexican Gov
ernment was not ratified ct Madrid aud, while
thirg were in this unsettled STATE, the Mexican
Government proposing to send an envoy to Spain
the massacre of Cuernsvaca occurred at the close
of 1856, to complicate things still further. This
was the murder Of nevera Spanish residents at
CuerDhvaca and the piunder Of their property,
to which two very different accounts were given.
On the one hand, it was represented as the act of
some officers and soldiers Of the army of Alvarez
then stationed in that neighborhood who took this
way Of giving vent to tte feeling Of hostility TO-
ward Spsniards which has long prevailed among
the body of the Me1icans. On tho other hand, it
was Represented by the Mexican Government as
the work of brigands, who bad falsely assumed the
character Of so,diers Of Alvarez. and had even
pretended to be acting by his orders.
Troops were immediately sent to Caernavaca
for the protection of the residen aad the arrest of
the guilty; but at the end Of three weeks the
Spanish Charge d'A0faires, not satisfied with the
progress made addressed a note to the Mexican
Government, d,clariDg that if within eight days
which would complete month since the outrage
was CON mitted-the most exemplary and solemn
punishment was net inflicted on its perpetrators,
and full indemnity granted to the sufferers, dipo-
matte intercourse must cease. The Mexican Gov.
eminent replied that they had already arrested
nine Of the criminals. They pleaded the difficulty
of arresting others, who had fled to the mountains.
They denied all completely of the military in this
affair, and protested against the suggestion
of a conspiracy against the Spanish residents.
They wers really to use every legal means to
bring the guilty to justice, but objected to the limit
Of time sought to be imposed upon them. Some
other correspondence followed, when finally, about
the end Of January last, the Spanish Charge
d'Afiaires left for home He Was speedily foIOwedby
NJ Lafragus, who had been already appointed
Minister to Spain. On his way, he stopped st the
Havana, and had an interview with General Concha,
who blamed the Charge Afares for bis hasty de-
psrture He reached Paris 10 March; but, having
communicated to the Spanish Court his arrival
there, received for answer that he could not then
be received. Nevertheless, he proceeded to Madrid,
ard though not received by the Queen, he had some
intercourse with the Spanish authorities, and more
with the French and English ambassadors as to the
arrangement of the difficulties. The pending pro-
position is mediation by France and England, to
be preceded by the reception of the Mexican Envoy
in bis diplomatic character. Pending the decision
of the Spanish Government on this point, NJ. La-
frasua has returned to Paris, where be has pub.
Eshed the statement Of which We have given tho
above abstract.
The last advices from Mexico contain information,
however, Of occurrences there by which the matter
may be still further complicated. We learn, though
without any PARTICULAR that new ou.rages have
been committed on the Spanish resident. at Cuena-
yaca- an event which is given as one Of the res
sons for the assumption by Comonfort of dic.a-
torsl authority.
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