The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY. Four o'Chjok.

The steamer Erin, Capt. Brooks, arrived at the Mo-
ther-Bank this morning, from Alexandria *Ad Malta.
She brings the Southampton portion of the last Indian
Mail.

Though the government at Was'aington profess
dissatisfaction with General Taylor, and have refused
to ratify the terms of armistice agreed to with Am_
podia, it is now clear from all the accounts that have
been received, that the American commander could
not, under the circumstances, have hoped to obtain
better terms than those he. secured. The occupation
of Monterey was a very equivocal succese. In fact it
was all but a defeat. It cost the American army 700
men ; and had the Mexican general instead
of agreeing to terms, withdrawn his forces
to some short distance, General Taylor could
not long have held Monterey, for his army was
worn out, his supplies were exhausted, and his ammu-
nition was expended. Under these circumstances the
armistice was his salvatinn, as doubtless the Washing-
ton Cabinet very well knows. As it is, they felt
General Taylor's positions to be so critical that they
were hastening reinforcements from all points to his
assistance. A corps of Indiana volunteers had been
ordered from the month of the Rio Greeds, and the
Alabama, and Georgia regiments, from Camargo to
Monterey, and the President had directed that six regi-
ments ofFennsylvanian volunteers should be mustered
forthwith for Mexico. The accounts from Matamoros
were unfavourable. On the 27th September no less
than 700 men, about three-fourths volunteers, were
hors de combat. The prevailing disease was dysen-
tery, accompanied with intestine ulceration and
typhoid fever, and the average deaths were five daily.
To make matters worse, the Mexican Rancheros, under
Canalcs, were cutting off stragglers between Matamoras
and Camar.o., . In Mexico the people show inveterate
hostilitytothe Americans. Puebla andother cities had
shown alacrity in raising the levies ordered by the
government, and individuals were associating them-
selves to raise and maintain troops.
For farther particulars of American news we must
refer to another page.

Arrivals from the Plate have placed us in possession
of intelligence from Buenos Ayres to the 3rd, and
Monte Video the sth Sept., from which it is to be col-
lected that in all probability Mr. Hood would have to
leave for England without succeeding in his attempts
to effect a pacific arrangement. Mr. Hood's failure is
attributed to the opposition of the ministers at Monte
Video, who would not allow the disarming of
foreigners, the withdrawal of the Argentine forces,
and the raising of the blockade of Buenos Ayres, to
take place simultaneously ; but insisted that the
withdrawal of the Buenos Ayres forces should be
a preliminary measure to any other proceeding.
This was the condition insisted upon by Baron
Deffsuldis ; and Mr. Ouseley seems to have given
his acquiescence to the French minister, though
Mr. Hood was urgent in pressing the necessity of
carrying out the arrangements he had made, and in
representing that it was Lord Aberdeen's earnest de-
sire, that the moment Roses and Oribe could be
brought to terms, the blockade of Buenos and the
Banda Oriental should be at mice removed, and all
interruptions to commerce immediately cease. It
would appear from present letters that Baron Def-
fandis was personally opposed to Mr. Hood, and de-
terminedin every way to thwart his efforts,
and that Mr. Ouseley was unwilling to insist
upon measures which might compromise the
good understanding between England and France.
When the last accounts left, Mr. Hood had
again proceeded to Buenos Ayres in the hope of
inducing. General Roses to witheraw his army before
the raising of the blockade, on the ground that the
French minister had no instructions to agree to any
other terms than those upon which he insisted.
A conference was to take place on the 3rd Septem-
ber, and the result would probably determine whether
peace was to be restored or hostilities be continued,
pending a farther reference to Europe. The impres-
sion at Monte Video was, that Mr. Hood would fail,
and that he would have to return to England without
succeeding in the object of his mission. In fact, pre-
parations were making for further hostilities. Rivera
was about to leave for Las Vacas, whither he had
been preceded by some field artillery.
The accounts from Buenos Ayres confirm the an-
nexation of Corientes to the confederation.

We learn from the Hague that in the States Gene-
ral the intentions of England, with respect to Borneo,
had occasioned some discussion.
In the debate on the application of the surplus of the
colonial revenue, several members spoke on the subject of
1 the Isle of Borneo. His Excellency the Colonial Minister
said that he had listened with satisfaction to the ener-
getic language occasioned by the fear of seeing a dispute
of our territorial possessions in the Indian Archipelago.
The minister said that the change of diplomatic notes
between the cabinets of the Hague and of London was
not yet terminated, and that it would be contrary to parlia-
mentary usage to speak explicitly on that subjec. His excel-
lency added, that we must avoid giving an erroneous inter-
pretation to the treaty of 1824. Every negociation between
two states of unequal force offers particular difficulties,
which are increased when the weakest endeavours to enforce
inadmissible pretensions. The treaty of 1824 owes its origin
to the difficulties which formerly arose between the agents
of the two nations. The simultaneous possession of Sumat:a
had caused collisions, and might have had serious conse-
quences. The only means to prevent them was to put an
end to all possession in common. England, therefore, gave
up Samatra and all the places which we held on the Conti-
nent of India and the Peninsula of Malacca. There is,
therefore, no doubt respecting the spirit of the treaty. Now
the Netherlands having been in possession for many yern
of two-thirds of the island of Borneo, the government of
the Netherlands thinks it would be contrary to the spirit
of the treaty if the English formed a settlement in the north-
west part of Borneo. Great Britain pretends that it is free
to settle at all points from which it is not expressly
excluded, or where the Netherlands do not exercise any
positive and recNnised rights. The English government has,
however, added that it has by no means the intention at
this moment to make use of the rights which it thinks it
of forming a settlement on the north coast of
possesses
As for taking possession of the island of Labuan,
the government of the Netherlands have never opposed it,
that island not being within the limits of what we consider
our territory. We have never set foot in that island, nor had
any political or commercial connection with it. The minis-
ter said they had not lost the hope of convincing the cabinet
of London that our interpretation of the treaty of 1824 is cor-
rect, and that he had sufficient confidence in British good
faith to hope that the English government would abide
by its resolution not to take possession of any part of the
Isle of Borneo.