16 APRIL 1864, Page 3
The Emperor of Mexico has at last left Miramar for
Rome en route to his new dominions. Up to the last moment there was a hitch, and the bulletins recorded that he had a fever, but he is gone at last. He made a speech to the Mexican deputies which as translated is nonsense, but which we presume to mean this :- He will preserve his unconstitutional powers till the country is
pacified, and then govern constitutionally,—a resolve which, as Mexico needs a dictator, is not very blameable.