Moreover, she had accepted practically the very terms offered her before the outbreak of hostilities, and now significantly presented under the auspices of a foreign squadron. England availed herself of the opportunity to press her advantages with the republic.
raised on March 9, 1839. For rewards granted to defenders of Vera Cruz and Ulúa, in Id., 1839, 47-9; 1840, 260-1, 769-70. Rincon was acquitted. Vallejo, Col. Doc. Mex., MS., ii. pt 287. His defence appears in Rincon, Manifiesto, pp. i.-lxxviii. 1-141; Lanuza, Vindic., 1-77. Defence of others in Orta, Refutacion, 1-24. A law of 1843 deprived foreigners of the privilege of retail trade. Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., iv. 571-2. Bustamante began to revive the project for a Spanish-American confederation to resist foreign interference. Rivera, Gob. de Méx., ii. 227.
