MEXICO.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 862, 30 July 1867, Page 3

MEXICO.

(From tho " Panama Star and Herald.") Th* latest advices from Mexico state that Queretaro was taken possession of by the Liberals under General Escobedo on the 15th May. •The Emperor Maximilian and all his officers surrendered* unconditionally, and the presumption on all sides was that they would be shot. A letter says that negotiations had been going on for some days previous to the surrender between three of the Imperial Generals and the Liberals to sell one of the principal forts for 48,000 dollars. General Miguel Lopez, who was high in the confidence of Maximilian, was the principal actor in this treaty, and caused the surrender. On sending a flag of truce with his sword to Escobedo, Maximilian informed him that he surrendered unconditionally, and had three favors to ask. He wished not to be insulted, but to be treated as a prisoner ; that if any person was to be shot, he should be first, and that if shot his body might not be abused. Escooedo ■ says that 15,000 prisoners ■ surrendered, including thirteen General Officers and five hundred officers of inferior grade. He also states that no fighting whatever occurred, and the only shots fired were by the traitors upon their companions in. arms. A Monterey letter says that irrespective of the wishes of the Government of the United States, Maximilian and his Generals will be shot, as the strong and irreconcilable feelings of Juarez and his party i to all foreigners are that all should be shot like dogs. Other accounts state that the life' of Maximilian might be spared, but this was far from being certain. Juarez and his Ministers had hold a conference in regard to what disposition should be made of him, but the conclusion they arrived at had not been made known. The Imperial cause in Mexico is a total wreck, and there is but little doubt that the Liberals are now in full possession of the Capital, and will soon have complete control of the whole country. , The Mexican Minister at Washington in a letter lately published says that if Maximilian is permitted to return to Europe he will bo a continual menace against the peace of Mexico. He does not favor the execution of the unfortunate Prince, but believes that his power to do Mexico further mischief should be utterly destroyed. The citizens of Chihuahua have protested against leniency to Maximilian. They deny the right of the United States to have any voice in the matter and warn Juarez that he is bound by his former proclamations to execute the captured Emperor and his Generals. A correspondent of the " Panama Star and Herald " says : — " I have been shown a letter from Colima, dated the 26th, one day later than mine, giving the news that Maximilian poisoned himself, and that eight generals together with three hundred officers were shot. Although this lacks confirmation, it is quite likely to be true as the general disposition was to execute them all."