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The great work on Mexican Antiquities, published at Paris, by our countryman, ID. B. Warden, Esq and Messrs. Rarader, Saint Priest, &c. has reached to the 9th number, in imperial folio, with plates. The new world, says a critique in the Journal des Debats, has turned out 10 be a very old one. Clayigero first, and afterwards Bull lock, did much to undeceive the world on this remarkable fact. Then followed tho magnificent English work on this subject, published under the auspices of Lord lngsboroagh, pompously inferred in the rich libraries of Europe. But the present work, by it's moderate price, will not only be accessible to the public, but possess al- so originality, by it's containing unpublished communications. These arc furnished from the three reports of Capt. Dupaix, made during his three voyages under tho Spanish government, between IS05-S; and the designs of Castaneda, the painter who accompanied him. The Abbe Baradere negotiated with the Mexican governmen, the cession of the papers and. original dee signs.

 The runs of Palenque form the princi- Ee'i uASiiiVs u 10 dFCllEu tndl illt1 IIlulCdte the remains of Roman aqueducts-also py- ramidal structures, hieroglyphics, and other traces of Egyptian rchtecture--irregular windows, doors wider than they are high. bas-reliefs, statues, medals, &c.

 In the palace of Milla, province of Oya- ca, are found large columns, and some Ara besques, which savor of the Greek style. Tine ancient Mexicans seemed to have pos- sessed the Egyptian gout for grand masses in their structures, Among other sculp- lures are serpents of TO feet in length, and hideous colossal statues of dvinities, recall | ling Egypt, India, and Tartary, The sta, tues arc remarkable for the stupendous di- mansions of the nose, which Humboldt supposes might have been thought, as PIa- to thought, majestic and royal, and the symbol of power and royal grandeur. The author of the critique distrusts, on the whole, the supposed analogy of the monu- ments of Mexico with those of Egypt and India. ItIs little humiiiating, perhaps, to European pride to be compelled to look upon country hitherto deemed a barbarian wilderness, as one that is rich in gorgeous monuments,