Mexico.
The Times, 1824-09-16T00:00:00

. iy way of New Yotk we ireived yesterdlay the Mifexica- paper called El Fol, conltaining aceGuiits to the II1th of July, three days latex in date than the last series of jour- nals,:of w}liChI we gave a sumnary in Monday's 'Iimes, wvhich extendede only down to thieSi.h It cannot, of course, be suppbsed that they should throw any light on the nove- 'mepts.or fate of Iturbide, who, according to an apparently aUtnentic statement, received by vay of Hlavannah. and which will be founmd in another part of the paper, did noc disembark; in the Mexican territory till the 15th. It is well knoWn'to those acquainted with the position atid resources of the immnensc territory subject to the Mexican Govern- 1nent, that though its eastern andl western frontier stretehes along the two great oceans to a great extent, it has on either side few good ports. Vera Cruz, Tampico, Alvarado, aird Soto la Marina, are tlic olnly places on its Atlantic coast into wllich a vessel of any size could enter. On the sidle of the Pacific, it is supplied chiefly with the better ports of Aca- pulca and San Blas. 'Flhe Government of Mexico, there- forei being apprehensive of the arrival of the ex-Emperor as an usurper, ha(I onlly to place a furce on which they could .rely, on a few points of its maritime frontier. That the friend(s of Iturbide in Guadalaxara intended to reserve for himn a place of laniding oni the west is evideent, from the faetj that in opposition to the remonstrance of the General Executivea the Governor of that state appointed Garcia Qolnman&rcr of the port of San Bias. It was the advance- ment of so suspicious anl individual-a relative of the ex- Emperor-lto ptfceof sulch trust,that first excited the jea- lousy of the Mexican Executive, andl ledl to the expedition of General Bravo aaainst the factious authorities of Gusd:ualaxar'd t ?1'hat 7xpedition endefl in the deposition of the Govetnor and military commander of that'state, and in tb4pOYerthrow of the small rebel force, headed by Garcia and Baron Rosemberg, Iturbide's chief supporters in that qu4rter- It wvould be rather a singular circumstance, if after the defeat anld captare of one partisani callecd Garcia in the west, thile ex-Emperor should have found his way opened, and the cotnmand of the army conferred on him, by ai'tlier Garcia in the east. The papers before us supply usl ith little information on the initernal state of the country, in adldition to that which was containecd in our statement 6f AMonday; but from a paragraph un:3er the hea(l of.G'uadalaxara, it would appear that Garcia, tlhou.gh defeated and taken prisoner ou the 23d of June, had not been executed on the 1st of Julv. It is even said that the inhabitants in the neighbourhoo(d of Tepic, where he was c3ptured, h'ad transmitted a petitionl to Genieral Bravo, so- liiting the preservation of his life. The CGeneial, it is add- ed, returned an absolute refusal to this application. If the accounts in this paragraph, or in the official tiespatches of G(eneral Bravo, can be at all relied upon, the factious force in the west is entirely subdued, and the strong lholds of Iturbide's influence *in Guadalaxara, Guanajata, and Val- ladolid areinow in coinplete nossessioin of the frien(ds andt sup- norteis of tihe existing Goveriimenit. The General w.s to leave Guadalaxara on the 7th or tie SthofJuly. "It is almnost hicredible," adtls a letter quoted in El So,, " how much good he has done.in so short a time. After freeing our city from the horrors of civil war, ancd all its conse- quent calamities, he has established order, an(1 rectifiedl opinion which had been industriously misled. His conei- liating spirit, his franik and amiable mannlers, have pro- duced greater results than could have been expc^ted ; andl if we are soon to enjoy peace and security, we shall owe these blessings to General Bravo." It would be rather a sinlD1;tar circurmrtance if, after this defeat of Iturbide's par- tisana in the west, he should be received with favour in atiother quarter. In the mean time, tihe Congress an'd Executive of Mlexico seemed to manifest no alarm. 'Tire former bodly proceeds in its deliberations with all thecalur- nes3 of a season of peace and security, and the Govern- ment is receiving from the provinces such reports as the tvoll6wiRag:-" Oajaca, July 2.-The clouds which hullg over us have been dissipatet. Otur provincial Con- gress has acted -with an energy wvhich merits general approbation, and the dlsaffecteil see public opinion de- claring against them." Wre obscrve in the proceed- ings of CSongress on the 6th of Julv, a rather in- tercating disculssion Ot a project presented by a Mr. Binnllonl, to sulpply as much quicksilver from the soil of exico as would be sufficient to w,ork the minces, witliout any foreign importation, provided importation was prro- hibited. rhe projector engagnel, that if ihe did not fin( a sufficient quantity of tire metal within a specifie(d timle, lie Would surrenider all the advantages of his contract, amd hiis machincry into tihe bargain, for tlre benefit of the nation. 'Thiis project was favourably reported oti by a comiunissiolt, ald its conditions,thus amenided, wcre accepte(l. "As soon as the projector shall produce as much quicksilver as tie tntnes of the Republic shall require, and shall prove the same to tlhe satisfiactioR of the Governmenit, the intro(luctioln of foreign mercury shall be protibited." In the n-imtbers of El Sol whlich lie bef;re us we observe a well-writttn tlhea- trical critiqie, and some philosophical articles. TRADE WITH MIEXICO. Copy of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at MIexico, dated 16th ot .June:- " This Government lias issued, under date of the 9th of June, and jubliqshed yesterday, the following decree: I. The Executive Power will give letters of marquc to Mexican subjects, and to strangers. '-*2. The execution of this decrec will, for the prcsertt,be governed by the icgulation3 contained in tire Spanish Law No. 4. 8th chap. 6t1 book, of the newest cotnpilation ef Castile, with the 5th, 6,h, antI 8th, as far as they are compatible witir our present laws; and greater precautions tnay be talken with regard to strangers. " '3. A new regulation of the letters of tmrarqae will be compiled as early as possible, and laid beiore Conxress for its approbation."' W'he fear this decree will operate hurtfully on commerce, ellacuu. raginsuggling, under pretence of briiging in prize-goods; and ver3y lnkely tend tO a renewal, to a greater extent, of piracies in tiic Golf. TO TIHE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-1 observed in one of your papers, a few days ago, a state- iment from Alvarado, dated 26th of June, wierein it is asserted, that 500 troops of the Republic had 'nee-n sent against banditti. and that the former had refused to act. I beg to say, that at the pe- riod alhltiled to, and for solle time before and after. I was on the road front Mexico to Vera Crtiz, having been eighteen days in thie city of Mexico, and that in travelling down with an escort of thirty mren, when an alarm was given that Gomez, wvith eiglhty men, was going to attack us, the troops manifested tile best disposition, and were determined to light; and it is a fact, that on every occasion the troops have behaved well whierever they iiiCt superior numbers o' the banlttit I travelled from St M.artin's to th- city of .exico a distance of fifty miles, airr had to pass through a weod ten leagues in extent, said to be tire most dangerous part in the road. without escort, and did not meet the least molestation. I give a inost direct contradiction to the statement ot 500 troops having been sent out, an.d refused to act: in travelling tthrough that country, 'xe frequently mnet parties of six or eight, sornetitrres twelve soldiers. 1 asn, Sir, your ohe<lient servant, No. 48, Totton-street, Stepney, GEORGE RENNER. Septembet 5 182I., t ' - ' MEXICO.