Mails have been received . from the extreme East and West,
of varying importance.
India is much as she has been since the reduction of Lahore,— " tranquil," but with many minor signs of unsettlement, and abundant rumours of future outbreaks.
Northern Mexico resounds with the victorious arms of the United States. The town of Monterey has been taken by General Taylor, though not without a sturdy resistance. General Taylor allowed the vanquished General Ampudia terms of surrender so generous that the Yankee mind cannot comprehend it, and an armistice which formed part of the convention between the two Generals has been disallowed by the Federal Government. Pro- bably this is a sign of that jealousy which we have mentioned as being entertained towards General Taylor in Washington : the present may be thought not an unwelcome opportunity for insi- nuatino. that he can prefer other considerations to American "in- terests 53—among them, chivalrous generosity to a vanquished foe.
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