Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1861-04-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

OUTRAGES IN MEXICO.  A Mexican correspondent, writing on March 18, says : "The sad intelligence of Captain Aldhatu and his party having been attacked by a body of armed men on hia way to Vera Cruz, and of the former having been severely wounded by a ball in the thigh, reached ,thie capital a few days back, and has east a general gloom. It appears that they had passed Cordova, where all danger was supposed to be at an end, when the diligence was so suddenly attacked that the party had no time to prepare for defence. The captain immediately jumped out, pistol in hand, but Was disabled by the Brat shut fired. Lieutenant Ileaslop, Mr. Brett, and Harris, the sailor, made a most gallant defence, and, after a light of considerable duration, succeeded in driving off their brutal assailants. Full particulars have not as yet come to band; but it is hoped that Captain Aldhain's wound in not serious. A French lady received a ball in the knee, and her leg, it is feared, will have to be amputated. The rest of the party consisted of Mrs. Kauffman and the family of Mr Consul Glennie, who all, moat fortunately, escaped unhurt. Tine is a cruel termination to a visit which had affirded us all much pleasure. It is generally believed that this outrage was premeditated and perpetrated by partizans of the Church faction. During the last twelve days, on the road from this capital to Vera Cruz, one foreigner has been killed, and five others severely, if not mwrtally, wounded. In the neighbourhood of Toluca an aged foreigner and his wife have been butchered to the cries of "Death to foreigners!" The signs of the times are not to be mistaken. There is a enncerted plan to wage war upen all foreigners. The English Government have long been warned privately, and through your columns. Perhaps, now that a ViceConsul has been murdered, and the captain of a British man-of-war engaged in a diplomatic mission severely wounded, some efficient protection may be extended to other English residents. A foreigvilpintectonete, supported by it foreign force, is the only remedy. At the present moment England and France might apply this remedy without even wounding the susceptibility of the United States." A letter in the Extraordinary, from Puebla, gives the following particulars of another affair with banditti .-" The diligence that left this for Perote on the 11th was attacked two posts this side of that place by 27 robbers. There were seven passengers in all in the diligence, among them two American*, named Mebye and Halley, and a Frenchman, whose name I have not learnt. The two Americans were well armed, having each a rifle and a pair of revolvers. On the appearance of the robbers the stage was at once stopped, and the two Americans got out and commenced a sharp resistance. The battle waged for about an hour, when the robbers—those who remained—retired, leaving three dead in sight, two or whom were killed by Mr. Nl'Dye, and the other by the Frenchman. Two dead robbers were afterwards found in the woods, and it-is believed that several more of them must have been severely, if not mortally wounded. On the part of the passengers the Frenchman received the worst wound. Ile was shot through the body, and is considered to be in a dangerous situation. Mr. M•Dve received a ball in his side, after it bad passed through his left arm. Mr. Halley was not harmed. The coachman Is said to have received a ball in his hat. To the rest of the passengers nothing happened."  Tut: