| Show MEXICAN preparations FOR DEFENCE an arrival at new york from navan brings news received received in that city cily by an english en oliah steamer from the city of mexico to oct 28 from orizaba to the 0 jtb and from vera cruz aruto to november 1 the news is important no ko engagement had bad taken place between the french and mexican aiex Alex ican troops the mexicans were occupied in the defence fie pie rence fence ef of puebla ard ad the he road from thence to the capital the rod ro d willbe will be disputed inch by inch there was more unity dad dud enthusiasm displayed by the mexicans than ever eier before even ladies a dies were working in the de fences 0 of puebla butron and marroguin have disbanded their guerrillas and given in their allegiance to the juarez government general leyra had bad routed the guerrillas under galvan in in zi lac ihn and captured all their arms and ammunition I 1 killing many and taking a considerable number prisoners among me lle jatta were ere beveral cl Beers heers who were shot as ordained oda ined by the late law the preparations for the defence of be capital were progressing vigorously and great confidence was expressed in the we akifty of juqrez to defend the city against the attacks or of the french the army of the north i n der rier command of comonfort Comon Co monfort fort tort would at once I 1 proceed to mexico 1 I his army numbers some men com jrsn 1 a artillery rt illery iL infantry fantry and c tal tai val is lied and equipped A circular circus ar had been sent to juarez by all ali the representatives of fortia po erbin erb ere erain in mexico among them minister corwin protesting among other things thi up against the threatened proscription of the pruda arulan Pr ulan utan an mio alin ster wagner especially directed attention to the case cage of the fi m of juan B acker co the exan biga sipa af pf tle tac 1 her of bad been ordered orl ered th tue lVe e mexican alit dilt minister lster ister of foreign affairs bad sent in a reply to this protest giving his reasons for the conduct of tb agov rement and the causes which led more particularly to the expulsion of the party above named the mexican Alexi cars cats congress con 1 ress was opened with appropriate ceremonies on the alt the pres pros dent of the republic was present together with wilb his cabinet officers officers cors of the he army judges anci anil the diplomatic corps the galleries ealler ies were filled with gentlemen the of juamez juar ez was quite long but to the tile pointy points poi pol it and chiefly devoted to tb tha best means of repelling the I 1 comon fort had hall had an interview with juarez and his ministers minister and the best understanding prevailed another large fleet of vessels with troops on board bad arrived at vera cruz the health of the troops ai at d emilois of the latter place was good the yellow fever ever having 0 almost entirely disappeared active op rations would be reb res resumed timed immediately as soon as the newly arrived troops had become somewhat acclimated general forey had bad issued an important proclamation to the people of NI xico aico in general and to the inhabitants of vera cruz in ar to the effect that the conduct of almonte does not at all meet the withes of louis napoleon and desiring him to drop the title of supreme chief of the nation abstain fit fir from 0 in issuing any decree decrees and dissolve his cabinet cabine t the mexican papers are full of a diplomatic dispute between the pruss an minister and the mexican minister of foreign affairs in regard to the tax of one per cent in this correspondence prussia comes out worsted military rule has been declared in the states state 5 of puebla and arid vera cruz bickness continued to exist in the french fleet to a fearful extent several datha had occurred on board theron theiron clad frigate Nor normandie mandie mindie from yellow fever and among them were three oali officers northerly winds howe er had bad set in fit and a decrease in the number of deaths was expected A furious gale had bad caul cati caged ed great dabige in the shipping at vera cruz and A french man of war the champtal Cn Ch was driven ashore and anti will adly be lost A large number of vessel vessels had been lose jose ding the ha american bark sheridan the american bark justice S long and the american Amer ican iran schooner mary emma also several french and ilan iian hanoverian av erian ertan vessels two french transports were dand another was saved at the expense of her masts nany many lives were A ere lost all oil on board an nit english brig had perished and of twelve persons on board the french bark 0 e was saved general Lorenc lorencen ez was to start soon for france almonte will ill ili be obliged to leave the country as he will no longer 1 be recognized and protected by the french arms |
