1 AUGUST 1863, Page 2

The news from Mexico (25th June) is very favourable to

the French. juarez's army is said to have almost disappeared, and he himself is about to make a push for the coast, thence to embark for New York. General Forey has issued a pro- clamation recalling the Bishops, but assuring the purchasers of Church property of their titles, and recommending the establishment of religious freedom. All forced loans and requisitions are to cease' the courts of justice are to be purified, and taxation remodelled on the basis of property. The city of Mexico is already safe, free from assassinations, and demands for small bodies of French troops arrive from all parts of the country. There is some exaggeration, perhaps, in these statements, but it seems clear that active opposition has ceased.