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Political Affairs in November, 
1821.] 
The other event we trust is not less 
certain, though not yet matured, viz. : 
the independence of the fine isthmus of 
Mexico —a country, which, from its 
position between the Pacific and At¬ 
lantic oceans, cannot fail under a free 
and wise government, to become *Uie 
emporium of the world. To the ex¬ 
hausted and distracted people of Eu¬ 
rope, Mexico presents every variety of 
temperature, a fertile soil, easy and 
short communications, , and fine ports 
in two seas, uniting the east and the 
west, the north and the south. 
Late events also have terminated the 
bloody contest which former usurpa¬ 
tions have long waged against the un¬ 
happy people of Venezuela, and that 
finely situated province and the vast 
district called New Granada, are now 
an independent republic under the 
name of Columbia. 
All these new states will become great 
by the troubles and bad policy of many 
countries in Europe, where abuses have 
accumulated (perhaps unavoidably), 
and they present so many lands of Ca¬ 
naan to those who, in many parts of the 
old continent, are borne down by mo¬ 
nopoly, lux ury, and fluctuations, which 
rob virtuous industry of its reward. 
The patriots and royalists of Mexico 
have come to an agreement, of which 
we have the terms in several articles of 
adjustment entered into at Cordova, on 
the 24th of August, between Don Juan 
O’Donoju, Viceroy, and Don Manuel 
Iturbide, Commander in Chief of the 
Imperial Mexican Forces. The fii st of 
the articles declares the sovereignty 
and independency of Mexico under the 
title of the Mexican Empire ; the se¬ 
cond, that its Government shall be a 
moderateConstitutional Monarchy; the 
third, that Ferdinand the Seventh shall 
reign on coming to Mexico; and the 
fourth makes it imperative on him to 
fix his court in Mexico. The powers 
of the monarch are to be ascertained 
and limited by a Representative Con¬ 
stitution. In case that Ferdinand de¬ 
clines to visit the new imperial terri¬ 
tory, such member of the reigning fa¬ 
mily as the Cortes should prefer, is to 
succeed him, who is to govern until 
the Cortes shall have met, and in the 
name of the nation fix on the sovereign 
of their choice. All the inhabitants, 
without distinction of origin or colour, 
are free citizens. 
GREECE. 
Corfu, Sept. 30.—The central go¬ 
vernment of the Greeks at Modou pub¬ 
lishes bulletins on the advantages 
gained by its troops. Their style is 
very original, as may be seen by the 
following specimens:— 
THIRTY-SECOND BULLETIN OF LIBERTY. 
Honour to God the Almighty 1 and to the 
Holy Church of the East I honour to the 
Empire of the Hellenists, to the Archi- 
Strategos, Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti, and 
to all the Chiefs of the Hellenists ! Peace 
to the brave victims of the straggle for 
liberty—This day (August28) reports have 
been received from the camp of the Hel¬ 
lenists near Navarrin ; the following is 
the tenour of the words of liberty :—The 
tyrant Jussuf Pacha, the Chief of these 
barbarians, children of Ifell, who believe 
in the devil’s emissiry Mohammed, hasat- 
tacked the Hellenists, accustomed to vic- 
tory,who were encamped before the fortress 
of Navarrin, under the orders of Theodore 
Spartaki. God has humbled his pride, he 
has chastised his blind audacity. The bar¬ 
barians have been repulsed, and confusion 
prevails in their ranks ; they lost 600 men, 
three of whom are Bimbacbas, and 200 
were made prisoners, and their lives 
spared. The Greeks, under the manifest 
protection of God, lost only 36 men, who 
were buried with all military honours on 
the field of battle. May the earth press 
lightly on them, for they died for thei r 
country ! The reinforcement of 600 men 
from Calmata, with two guns and ammu¬ 
nition, have put the conquerors in a con¬ 
dition to cannonade the fortress. Perhaps 
the next report will bring us joy and ho 
nour. God bless the Hellenists. 
THIRTY-FIFTH BULLETIN 
(which appeared Sept.l.) 
Honour to God the Almighty, &c.—The 
news of the capture of Artas has this in¬ 
stant arrived in this happy town. The 
inhabitants have surrendered by capitula 
tion ; the number of barbarians found in 
the citadel were but few, and theii lives 
were spared. In general the Hellenists 
conduct themselves with great model ation. 
Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti is arrived at 
Patras, where there are about 10,000 Hel¬ 
lenists. The powerful navarques of the 
Isle of Hydra have again announced the 
capture of three large Turkish ships of war. 
God and the Hellenists. 
In this manner was published the cap¬ 
ture of Coran, of Napoli, and various t liter 
small castles. The bulletins sometimes 
contain local ordinances of the Senate, re¬ 
markable for their moderation. Foreign 
merchants are treated with consideration. 
The Hellenists are badly clothed, and 
worse armed. The traffic in gunpowder 
(from eight to ten piastres the okkena ) is 
t ery ad v an t age ou s to t h e for ei gn m er ch a n (s. 
The number of troops in the Peloponnesus 
may amount to 30,000, a third of whom are 
provided with muskets. The arrival of 
Prince 
