Mexico.
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About tile 21sE instant, andthe following days, advices were re- ceived from General Guerrero, that the rioters at Cuernavaca had fled on his approach, and that in his further pursuit he had overtaken and captured the principal instigators, whom he sent to the fortress at Acapulco, at the disposal of Government. From the private information he sent home, it is said that Go.- vernment were assured of this conspiracy being but a branch of a more extensive one in the capital itself, and having General Lobato for its leader, whose purposewas to carry off the Conducto (valned at 600,000 dollars,) which he had been appninted to escort, and then join his confederates at Cuernavaca, depose the Government &c. Such are the rumours we have heard, and, from the follosing facts, they appear probable:_ The insurgents at Cuernavaca fortunately having been over hasty, and the ranmifications of this diabolical afflir heing traced to Gene. ral Lobato (formerly a shoemalker at Jalapa), he was to be arrested on the night of the 24th; but having received information of it, he assembled the few troops remaining in Mexico at his quarters, and takine off the mask, demanded of Congress, in dictatorial terms, the deposition of two of the three members of the Executive Power, 11li- chelena and Dominguez. and the expulsion of all Spaniards from public employ ment; and, in ease of denial, threatened to leave -M ex- ice with all his troops. It will hardly be credited in Europe, that a f'ellow, at the head of 500 or 600 men, not onlv thus dared to pre- scribe laws to a whole nation in a capital of 150,000 inhabitants, but that he would actuallv have attained his object but for the vigour and Oletermination of Congress. Though abandoned by the whole of the troops, and though even some of the militia, (amounting in ill to about 600 men) had gone over to Lobato's party, they refused totis- ten to any of his proposals before he should lay downi his arns, and continued their sitting for ten hours successivelv. They finally. when lie refused to give wav, declared that unless he wounld lav down his arms instantlv, he would be declared a traitor* the Congress and Governnient would leave iMlexico in a body; and Ge. neral Bravo be nominated Dictator with unlimited power. This broughthim at last to reason, andhe surrendered, witl the greater part of his troops: 22officers,however, and somesoldiers shut them. selves up in a barrack, and attempted to hold out; but the latter soon got tired of the bu'dness, and delivered up the former, of whom the loader, Staboli, an Italian, was condemned to be shot this davy but has eventaUy, like all the rest, been pardoned. JAyUAitY 31. We are sorry to tell you that the business seems not vet alto ether finished. To the mortifir.ation of every well-wisher to the countrv, not one of the rebels has been punished; in- stead of shooting them, they have been expatriated. The first conseq,uenee of this inexplicable lenity has been, that a part of them have fled fromn here, and, under their leader (Count AMocteruma) have again set up their old claims in the city of Lerm'a and others in the vilLage of Tezcuco; and never will there be an end to these riots unless rigid and severe punishment is dealt out to the rioters. The MinisterAlaman is so much disgusted with these unceasing trou- bles, that lie has given in his resignation. The Minister of .Justice la Ilane, and the Eife Politico Mi;usquiz, are said to have followed his example, as will no doubt many ot'ners. With respect to the Executive Power, it seems very proba'ale that unless they re- sign they will be voted out; and upon the character of their suc- cessors will greatly depend the future state of order in this countrv. In such an event, we should hope also that Mt.Alamnan (theMlinister of Foreign Relations), who, we understand, has been continually at variance, on political topics, with our present rulers, will again be induced to resumc his situation, for lie is decidedly, ofaU the members of Government, the most respected by all parties. Lobato remains in the command of his regiment, and Santanahas obtained that of No. 3 ! ! The former has issued another procla- mation, in which he says that he surrendered to Congress only on the condition of his claims being taken into immediate consideration. Now, with respect to these claims, it must be confessedi that they (namely, the expulsion of Spaniards 1rom all public offices) are not quite unreasonable, the country being not onlv at war with Spain, but the latter, under dominion of a Ferdinand, is more than likely to make an attempt of regaining possession of the colonies. The Congress seems to g ive in to thtse views; having declared that the resignation of any Spaniard in public emplomnent will be ac- cepted; and Mr. Hervey (the English Ambassador) Ls likewise in favour of such a measure. lr. Hervey id treating for a house, for a term of 12 months; and many articles of fumiture, &c. are making for him. MNXICO. EXTEACT OF A LETTER rROM O MEXICO, DATED JAN. 28.