- The Goveinment knows nothing of the case of the Northampton, but has called for information.
Such were " the accumulated wrongs " for which the Cabinet determined to break off all intercourse with Mexico. It is rare, indeed, that diplomatic history exhi- bits a series of national complaints so tri\'ial in themselves, urged with so much spleen and arrogance on the one side, or met with so much fairness and good temper on the other. To the thirteen grievances forwarded from Washington, Mr. Ellis had thought proper to add five more without instructions, and we therefore continue the cataloo^ue of e^rievances, viz. : CO ' 14. The American Consul at Tampico had. May 26th, 1836, been summoned by the authorities to authenticate certain papers, and on his refusal had been threatened with imprisonment.—To this it was replied, that the Go- vernment was icrnorant of the circumstances, but would investigate the matter.
15.- The American vessel, Peter D. Vroom, being wrecked on the coast, June, 1836, the American Consul had the cargo brought to Vera Cruz, where the consignee abandoned it to the imderwriters. Whereupon the Mexi- can Com't appointed an agent for the underwriters, who sold the cargo, and the demand of the American Consul to receive the proceeds was refused.—To this the Mexi- can Secretary repHed, that as the underwriters had ap- pointed no agent, the Court did right to appoint one for them, and that the Consul had no official authority in the premises.
- Ellis complained that copies of certain judicial pro- ceedings in the case of the brig Aurora had been refused to the American Consul.— He was informed that the copies were offered to him, but that he refused to pay the legal fees charged for making the copies.