Letters dated the 5th of ...
The Times, 1824-07-02T00:00:00

Letters dated the 5th of May were received yesterday from the city of Mexico ; and from Alvarado, dated the 14th of the same month. An express reached Mexico on the Sd, with intelligence of thearrivalat Sacrificios andAl. varNdo, of 17 vessels, one of lyhich was the Lion cutter,with the revnittances on board for the Government. A conducto, or convoy with specie, had left Mexico the latter end of April, andt had arrived safely at Jalapa on its way to the coast. The. escort consisted of 550 men. The specie under their charge amouited to 1,200,000 dollars; of which, part was destined for the payment 'of the Fops under General VICTORIA, at Vera Cruz, and the remainder for exportation on account of the merchants. In consequence of the reeent troubles in Yucatan, General SANTANA had been appointed GoveTnor of that province, and had set out for Campeachy, with a considerable body of troops. Yuca- tan haa previously united itself with the central Govern- ment at .Mexico. Since the presentation of the repQrt of the qcmIfititeeottheconersrecomendingtheppointyinenof aSupreme Direetor, rchgreatervigouthalmanifesteittselI an thepart,Af th'e Executive. Sdveral of the chiefs of banditti whoinfestkAl t}beintcTiorhad been brought to condign punish- ment, and it was expected that a special commission would be'appointed to investigate the affairs of the murder of Mr. COAAWroRD, and if possible bring to justice the per. petrators of that crime. An Englishman, named WYLLIE, had been selected, it was said, as the bead of this commis. sion. We have received with the letters two numbers of a paper published at 'Mexico, called El Sol, of the (lates of the 14th and 19th of April. The chief article in the former i3 the report of the extraordinary commission of Congress appointed to exomine the best means of securing the public tranquillity. This Commission, as was formerly mentiot- tioned, gave its opinion in favour of the neces-ity of creat- ing a Dictator, aned the reasons for that opinion are stated at length in the report before us. These reasons are the great weakness or want of energy in the Gevernment, the notorious vacillation of its pdirposes, and the influence of its defects in encouraging the influence of factions. To this list are added, conspiracies wvell combined, and headled by personis capable of giving them a dangerous direction, and plots against the form of the existing Qoverninent. It was enough to observe presenat symptoms, and eompare them with those which preceded former revolutions, to see the dangers of the State, These symptoms are stated to be, the tendency of certaini prints published in various parts of the federation-the extraordinary means employed to circulate them-thepubliceharacterwhich distinguishes someof their authors-the uniformity In4 gradual development of the plan which they propose-the progressive order of their at- tacks against the authorities-their eriminal endeavorArs to excite suspicion against the most distinguished patriots- theartby which they haye misled theopinion of tbe nation,- an(d finally, th6 partial conflagrations, which announce a ge- neral explosion by which the State must perish if means are not employed to ward off so great a danger. The commis- sion then goes on to recommend, as a remody for the recited defects, and a preventive of the threatened dangers, the concentration of powers of Government in a single person, to be called tbe i1precme Director of the Mexicai Republic, chesen from among the present members of the Execative. The powers of this officer, and conditions of the termina- tion of his office, are defined in the project with which the reportconcludes; but it would be superfluous to enumerate them here.