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A letter from Alvarado (Mexico) dated
March 20, received in Philadelphia. says
-" Hostilities between the Castle of Ulloa
and the city ofVera Cruz, after cessation
of more than two months, recommended
on the 18th inst. on account of some move
ments 'of interference by the Spanish gar
rison in the maritime department of the
Macambo, miles distant from the castle.
To this point the Spanish launches extern
ded their cruizes, and on the 18th inst
captured a vessel under the Mexican flag.
On the day following, Gov. Leneur the
spaniard, having sent a flag of truce to the
U. S. schooner Shark, the boat was fired on
by the Mexican fort at Macambo, and i'm
mcdiately the batterie, of the castle open
ed on the unfortunate city of Vera Cruz
Allured by the state of apparent peace,
the poorer classes of inhabitants had re-
turned to their homes, after three months
of bitter suffering. sickness, and the death
of at least one third of the families"