infusion of a more fresh and
vigorous blood. The administration of Arista has not thus far realized
the anticipations which had been cherished of it. The country is
infested with predatory Indians and brigands. On the 15th of February, a
train of wagons was attacked in broad daylight, a few miles from the
capital, by a band of 15 robbers who drove off the military escort and
carried away a large amount of goods. The Minister of War and Marine
urges the establishment of military colonies upon the frontiers; and
recommends the desperate measure of incorporating into these colonies
the agricultural Indians, such as the Seminoles, who are accustomed to
the use of arms, and are disposed to settle in fixed habitations, so
that they may serve as a barrier against the marauding Camanches,
Lipanes, and Apaches. The highroad leading from Mazatlan to the mines is
held by the Indians. In Yucatan fears are entertained of the
extermination of the whites. The refractory Bishop of Michoacan has at
length consented to take the oath to sustain the constitution and laws.
An act of the Legislature of Queretaro, restoring the Jesuits to that
State, has been pronounced by Congress to be a violation of the
Constitution. The exclusive right for 100 years to construct a railroad
from Vera Cruz to Madellan has been granted to Don Jose Maria Estellan.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Our last Record closed amidst the unsuccessful attempts to find somebody
who would undertake to carry on the government of the country. Stanley
and Russell, the representatives of the Free-trade and Protection
parties, felt too weak. Gladstone would not help Stanley, nor Graham
help Russell; and nobody would help Lord Aberdeen. At last the advice of
the Duke of Wellington was solicited; in accordance with which the
former Ministry were invited to resume their places. They left office on
the 22d of February because they were unable to obtain the confidence of
the House, and resumed on the 3d of March, under the pressure of the
same inability, every man his old office. At a meeting of the members of
the House who usually supported him, summoned by Lord John Russell, he
announced, among other measures, that it was the determination of the
Government to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, with certain
modifications. This aroused vehement remonstrances from a number of
Catholic Whigs, who announced their determination to oppose the Ministry
at all hazards. When the bill came