14 FEBRUARY 1846, Page 1

Mexico is the sport of a new revolt, the scene

for the exploits of a new and untried hero—General Paredes. The General has not directly appointed himself Dictator—he professes to await the commands of the National Convention? which he is to sum- mon ,• and if he act in the spirit of a homily on patriotism with which he has favoured the world by proclamation, he will do great things for Mexico—perhaps redeem it from its rapid decay. One is apt to suspect, however, that he is a mere embodiment of the centralizing spirit, as opposed to the democratic, hitherto pre- valent in Mexico : but he must not be judged before the event. Unfortunately, Mexico can scarcely be worse off than she has been in her rulers—she may be better.