The Times publishes an " Expos6 of the Mexican Government"
on the subject of its differences with France. This document is of an enor- mous length, occupying nearly eleven closely-printed columns. Its "im- pression upon us," says the Times, " has been that of' greatly exalting the character of the Mexican Government; and in point of good temper, sustained under a sense of deep injuries, together with a clear and manly exposition of the points at issue, it may challenge a comparison with any documents of the same kind that have ever been submitted to the world. The quarrel itself will hear a very brief amid emphatic descrip- tion—it is that of the Wolf and the Lamb."
The French Government have ordered the Bishop of Leon, and the other Carlist exiles, to remove front the Spanish frontier to the interior of France. On the 21st the Bishop and his secretary were conveyed, under an escort of gendarmerie, to Bayonne.
The Memorial Bordelais states that General Bertrand having finished his quarantine, landed on Sunday at Bordeaux. Au immense crowd
received him on the quay with loud acclamation.; and on his g e into his carriage, took the horses out of it, and drew him into tlie —P dence of a gentleman with whom he was to stop. A tricolouredit was offered to the General as he passed along, and the people salve; Marseillaise. They afterwards carried the General out of his sarz.--` up to the first floor of the House, and there placed him on the baler:TT; where he addressed the multitude assembled below, and thanked th. for the unexpected cordiality of his reception. Garlands of floseetars had been showered on the General's carriage as it moved through the streets. In the evening, several songs of Beranger were sung uncle his windows ; and he was again obliged to address the crowd to leg5l. them to retire.
The Courrier Francais hopes the French Government will not per. Ida in the intention of raising the duties on linen-thread and linens, At present, the linen-thread-manufactories in France are but in theis infancy, and the English article is needed for the manufacture of lines cloths, of which the sale is constantly increasing. Even the threat. makers can withstand English competition- " Notwithstanding all the manufacturers' advances, they are well able to stand English competition. At the very moment of their warmest roma- strances new manufactories were springing up, promising magnificent dill. dends, and this under a protecting-duty of 8 per cent., which they though sufficient. Nor have these things rested in a tate of prospectus. ..OpTrow and Co. have formed one at Boulogne employing 100,000 pounds of thread per month, and about to double the quantity. The machines are English, as is ihe director. Nor is there much difference between the price at which thev pro. pose to deliver their articles, and the price of the Leeds houses. Thos tlw packet of three bundles of No. 28, weighing about 20 pounds, is quoted at 3fi francs. Mr. Wilkinson of Leeds sold, in 1838, the same quantity of No.30 at 33 francs 75 cents. Add 8 per cent., or 2 francs 70 cents., and you bares total of 3G francs 45 cents. ; which kaves a slight advantage to the French manufiteturer."
It is not true (as stated in a French paper) that M. Lucien Murat is on the point of being compelled to quit Paris, and that he has declared that force only will induce him to withdraw. He has arrived on private business, and will be suffered to remain until it be concluded. M. Murat is a fine young man, (always overlooking his filthy beard a Is Russe,) and is nearly as tall as his father. He is a merchant, I believe, and affects no airs. Ile lodges in a respectable, but not a tiptop hotel, (the Hotel de Paris, Rue Richelieu,) and has more the appearance of a bon enfant than of a pretender to a throne.—Paris Correspondent of the Times.
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