23 FEBRUARY 1839, Page 2

On the 6th of January, a formidable British squadron—consist- ing,

according to one account, of nine vessels of war, while another makes the number fourteen—had appeared in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. PAEENHAM, the 'British Envoy to Mexico, after interviews with Admiral BAunie and SANTA ANNA, at Vera Cruz, had departed for the city of Mexico, with the hope of effecting a reconciliation. In this endeavour he is not the less likely to be successful, that the Mexican Government had issued letters of marque, and numerous vessels were fitting out in time Havannah to commence attacks on French traders. Mammy slavers were said to be preparing for priva. teeriug expeditions.