MEXICO. [From the Maitland Mercury.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 845, 7 September 1853, Page 3

MEXICO. [From the Maitland Mercury.]

Papers from the City of Mexico to the 7th of May are received by the Northerner. General Santa Anna entered the City of Mexico on the 20th April, All the places of business were closed, and he was received with great solemnities. He took the oaths of office as President of the Republic, and delivered an address upon his inauguration, in which he intimates that his strongest efforts will be used to secure internal peace, and that the army will be organised upon such a footing as the security of the frontier requires. On the next day, by decree, Santa Anna promulgated the " basis of the administration of the Republic." by which the Legislatures of the several States are dissolved. A Council of State of twenty-one persons is named. The dissolution of the State Legislatures produced much dissatisfaction in some localities, especially in the State of Guerrero, where Don Juan Alvarez, the Governor, refused to submit to the decree. Troops to the number of 600 were sent against Governor Alvarez, wno met them with a force of 500 at Casta Chica, and forced them to retreat. Fourteen of the military were killed, but whether they belonged to the government forces or the insurgents, we do not ascertain. This outbreak resulted in a revocation of the obnoxious decree, so far as the State of Guerrero is concerned. j On the 12th of April Santa Anna issued a decree restricting the liberty of the press, and forcing public journals to have responsible editors, who shall deposit in their respective districts the sum of from 3000 to 6000 dollars ; prohibiting all attacks upon the Catholic religion, the basis of the administration, or upon the Goverment or its acts and powers ; and decreeing fines of from 50 dollars to 600 dollars for violations of the decree. In consequence of this arbitrary decree, nine papers have been suspended, and others are confining their columns to matters of religion and literature. Several individuals of note have been expelled from the Republic ; among other, Gen. Arista, the late President of Mexico, The new Government has approved of the' " treaty of neutrality," relating to the Tehuantepec road, recently concluded by General Lorabardini. Santa Anna has been made Captain General of the Army. He declined the office at first, but the Minister of War and Council of State refused to receive his resignation. Previous to General Arista being banished from Mexico, he sent a communication to the Government asking for an order that the Mexican Legation at London be required so sue the Times for & libel, in which Arista is made to figure as one of the parties bribed by Mr. Falconet (the British Minister) to obtain the exportation free of duty of the 2,500,000 dollars. General Lombardini, the President of I Mexico, in the interim between Arista and Santa Anna, has been appointed Governor of Mexico. The steamer Albatross, which sailed from New York on the Ist of April, was wrecked on the 18th of that month, about 20 miles east of Vera Cruz. The crew and passengers were saved, but of the vessel or cargo not a single article was saved.