Mexico.
The Times, 1824-06-26T00:00:00

? Bv Tha M.iegtva sTih , i ,fptraariv ej att ,Po,tt5moutl,on;ra 'iCruz' an.jianfiabT adites hate: bee,n ?ee{&ter4- ,m.,te .utl stof Mexisco tele gist o f A~pri Jbut bewg ery.twoidays ixtfthaf-'hAccfuj'6,pr 'tiou,sly x.eoei yet'*af of iew.odrk,tie#XB inot brinig dent of -the TMe,hea w %ngreso , nud,-now Xnwo tO' ,tids country, toge'thw irthhiassecretanr;-Mr.ltoca,ektw;.hai~r- .rrved in; the Yzloroius, Ittappers1s fltreyesrWentTy'in circulation of ademan4fr,og-h avniid . Mtessrs. Harvey and 'GOokrlnan', 'flie. -;lt~fiiti6 inmi,siozr.. ers, fqr wlie 'purpSose o. -:otiittgMbe xoic > s notwjth}t u fouindation. &ieji ; deunzsd .*ais adia by'-tihae 'bOu't the tnrddIe of February -bttt:the; Guve?iient; feeliii thtei 'i vFantage derived from'eher feidence inWtie cotney,[rcfused tihe passport's in thie firstiaistaij'e, i-ndr subOuent1y found mneans .to reconcil'e teie tot1eiefr.^iuaiion. Their- euse of coinW,aintis underZstood .to rave been theu difeeiivp stat& of t,he- poliec -regadlaliong,. not at aWlstirfriswg in' 'a ovr )flCfl so rccent1y:forntet; throuXgh w tbey considered th1eir persbns-and property :inuiiciient1yl protected. -Ac cordinig tO the p. csent accounts* thecy still remnained- in2. the ctuntry, and wvere goneLon an :x.cursion inlt6 the 'interior' Generil Brave hlad been appointed to''tba comniand -ot the arny. This .s the- same individual vwho, .at' the tiraeot' Itrbide's abdcation, rertoVei Cuz. g see him- embark,ed,- afnd swlioPevem) threatensd. .to ive him shot within twro hours,'unless he minediately.depar?ed. Santa Ana ardEchwera i.htwo 02^ the most turbuleut.narclujsts had been dent out o&thte country th guardoagaie st sutprion; doe Ketutive had sent detach- ments'o? fai trooys.to Ver.i Criz, - t mpico, and Al- Yart-o, -re only' forrs where dnyitteupa at-slanding coulde aakeypace .T.he Ra70rou5 has brought homee 'bout 750,0001. them rons forth- mncPiapts . . . ' . .- -A - The fot6l l th eXtraet of u rate letter ,detaine?h,parn - ticyilTs o'f thesaffairmin which the American rgentimter Craorword,elost his ,f,,o nmd whic- haA provedl nearly: faev tohCaptad.t uh eay him :- ' ' ' h6- ' ' * Wnilst at Vera CruzC ?!in tm M nrsy, ac(ompMnied hy Lieu, ttiant}Gr2me, of the 34 ghnent, we'nt to Mexico. thc capitai On thei; return.they hsdfarescort of'5 rmen, and tiey proceededl, in company with Mr; llu, asi Engllib merchant;: two; AnericM>, and' tvo 81aniah merchants.1 Tbe par.y were: attscked o03 ant extensive. pAirn'on their way, to Pe2rotto, aplacersituated about XOO .in;iles .distant ftom' the teikit, by a bandittil .consisting of twenty five armed then oii.b hrb e .4 At .this ,t riei,tseart. had reEsained behiiad nduner ge. pretenee, and: Was no 'doubt inZ leaguewiti. the assailants. Captain Alumyaid his 'comphi nons wvere, thtrcfore,l6ftunpr ted' in. their traveling c,*rrigges, int- rhichvarious muikets were -prcsenedl;ythe banditti, whY robbe& them of every t that tey poeseased even inludiWig tbeir coats, which wvvcre takcen*fwni theirEckA. MT. aifaw'foie of the Amne- ucen gentlemen, a very fine y ugt - wa s Srt' hoe ougias oa W ntly Ao through theart as he sat on horiebabk; and-a courier tbatwas With than Okas aiO killed, havibg two shots tbough' Us, btid, n i3d se. 61 thiough his body. One of the Spainish gentlemen.i hiO two ibotg through his body,.but'afteiward?;eoveredL Eotfbt~f the strvantsslso were v'wounded, .twao of them ievesely. Captain 'ur- ray was himsdff repetedly struck vrith a- &*pordi, s narUrswl bscaped with his life; `Th wbole of the party. ere kept forx three hours Iying on the barning 5nd, witl- sntincl oier them,.. and the robbers, after taldg away tbeia valiab^e' horses, and k nplu dteing tlem of every thing, departed, leaving only the carriages and. Pnules,' ii and on which the v.ounded were trasported to Fnrrotto^, distant aboutuaur ,la, Captain Murray and lAeut. Grzenit being b.1iged to walkon foot. Ithas since&been a,cered tltsh-ealuer of this bana was a Lieutnat Colone in the txifau amy, and. hlost of his party were officer . .- .MEXIOAN CONSTTULTION. lWehavereceived a cop3 j1ublisbed by authorty, efUseCnphjt ion'of lMexico, entitl'ed" C& nstitjUion7a1cg GftO ph Fed eraiou" It is introduced by an address froiu the 4t,preme Go veenment to'the nation, dittedMexic6, P lsruary, inwhie the latter'is5congratulatedby thebf,irmeon the-ac6onphithmeht o?'the pxesent undciaking, and assured. that *hWte*Yr er r- it .ay con.. tain they bave proceeded firno uprigh zi-eh " beenable, sdyslthe premeGb wedde,.Unforeseobm " i opeduxdrw u notwti htandn h,thStt atttiudo.est the credi,ts of' its officers are corered to the present da, and if ir, otber mpecti e have not fulfilled public expectation, and have paid a sadi tribute to inexperiencei let our errors and mistakes serve as a warn. ing to oar successors." ' The Supreme Executive Power, nomined probsionaly ly the Sovereign Congress of Mexico, then annou'nce certain constitu_ tional articles, of which the following are tbhe.- tn important:_ The MIexican iratiosis composed of provin.ces CoMprbhendd:dn theterritory called that of the Vice-royalty.of NewSiain, tbat of the Captain-General of Yueatan, end that oftk'e OcneSal CoMad_ ants of, the Western and tistern Provinces. The Mexican nation is for ever free:and independent of paina and of every otherPower- and. is not, nor can ever be,. the patrimony bf any person or- The sdvereignty residesin the nation. The religion of Mexicois, and shall be for ever, the Roman Ca. tholic Apostolic religion. It is to be protected by wise bnd just laws, and the nation prohibits any otlkef. - The -Mexican nation adoptas aits fbrin of Governnsent that of a representative popillar -Federel Republic. Its in tegral partg are.Mt9es, independent, fr'e-, and sovjreign, x5 regards their internalgovern-.ent and ado-iiSatio - n. The follow_ ing-artidele-enumersates the aiAtes iricluded in h'e federation, but the specification can! have littltintereat or the English reader. Like all other recently construucted political falrics, the Mewicaa conati. tution ineludirs a supreMns Pdw6t, dividdbiirs xercise into legis. lathve, executive, and juditciaL. - ItThe -firsct rtesideas sai H .udi-u5sChunEierofTYeputieand a Seitaf which together w;ill cornVse the (Terel Oohress.. he Deputies to both Assemblies are to be sQrriiiiedb_ the cipjeas. '&.Ech statfi is to ,nomninate-wto senators. Iti sieesi to enpzinto p?icnjsrs respecting she Vowers'of' the: I.'lat'rve biiif theiv.arepeaxrly the samue in the Mexican as ir2th erdrtlh Ami 2Cn nstut o. The Euiecutive PoWs :iw d-epsited by-twe '-Mstitution mi i55&Clua1, who are natives and inhabitants of thea tate4 $uich they as, eaAcdC upon 'to zanimWstey. - Thdrr-'Ooiters are&'r1 thcre th termined;In;the Jonstitutioii ofthe *tt d itae. d* state -is to kave its three-powers, as Well ka he:#eeril Federati.n.. WVeare rnot su&lientlymadeslcquaintetl fitl the meanshby,wbhich the generAllegislatue tsaddGdiVnumiiit,l61be able to*voida&rian gerous'clashilig with-the povwerk7 pAvyle*gc, aidarhlits of tie corn. ponent states of the-Feietafion. . Td ed,the conitiXdonallsketch which is now before.uss is:fthih ote5't f.ayvh ri ehavehav ,erto seen, and is in this zrsPect the bebt - It coni.sti 'only of 36'8 rticles, sazd is penepally copied froi'ti coxistituo6n:O( the eUnited- States of North America. Notwithstandiivg itskbiieity, however, *ind its good example, 'it hat ssetaFuseltitr 4rtlelt. b M at, for instince, can be the sense or util.ity .of thefollis ajticle?.s " Art. 30, 'Tbe natUOn iS obIi~etjiDroeect y wsse and jutst a the righth QfthF1nias -ande thze itxz"- "'. .- I jIZxIeOi.