The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-30 00:00:00

LA PLATA.

We announced in part of our Saturday's impres-
sion the arrival of her Majesty's steamer Rattler, at
Falmouth, on Friday, having left Monte Video on the
13th of July. The following extract from the letter
of a respectable firm, placed on board the packet for
Rio Janeiro at the moment of departure from Monte
Video, after her mail bags were made up and on
board, will more clearly explain, than the accounts
hitherto published, the state of affairs in the river
Plate—the nature of the armistice proposed between
the contending parties, and, what to merchants is of
most importance, the extent to which the blockade
would seem to have been raised. It will be ob-
served that in reality the notification of our consul
there amounts to no more than the raising at the
blockade so far as the British naval forces
are concerned. As the plenipotentiaries at
Buenos Ayres, French and English, have,
so far as we have been yet informed, been working
harmoniously, for a common object, it should seem
that the abrogation of the blockade should have been
a measure of mutual accord, and simultaneously car-
ried into effect as (or if) agreed to by both parties. Such
may have been the case, and the present uncertainty
of the fact may arise from the French diplomatist not
having been equally prompt in announcing the cir-
cumstance to the mercantile community of his own
nation.
It would be well, however, and the merchants of
this city connected with that quarter are naturally
anxious on the subject, that if, as is probable, the
Foreign-office should be in possession of accurate in-
formation on the matter, showing that the blockade
war actually raised by the French also, Lord Palmer-
ston would cause the fact to be signified to Lloyd's in
the usual course.
Moate Video, July 15 (evening), 1847.
We were officially informed a few moments since by the
British consul that the blockade is raised on both sides of
the river, in consequence of this goverdment having refused
the propositions made by General Oribe, which we un.
demand to have been as follows let. That the blockade
be raised of the Buenos Ayres and Oriental coasts; 2nd.
That each of the belligerents maintain their respective posts
during six months, and that the communications from the
city with General Oribe's camp be only made with a flag of
truce ; 3rd. That General Oribe shall supply 1,500 head of
cattle monthly to the city of Monte Video for the consumption
of the city, the price to be fixed by competent persons. Mr.
Hood, the consul, also gave us distinctly to understand that
his communication from Lord Howden did not express that
the French acceded to this measure, or that the raising of
the blockade was a joint affair. We are led to believe that
the French have not altogether acquiesced in Lord ilowden's
news of the question, but suppose they must.

COLONIAL.
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
Our dates by the Hibernia are: Montreal, Aug. 14;
Quebec, Aug. 12"; Halifax, Ang.l7 ; St. John's (New Bruns-
wick), Aug 14 ; St. John's (Newfoundland), Aug. 10.
CANADA.—As usual after the conclusion of a pee►
liamentary semion there has been in this province a compile,
ball in politics. The most painfully interesting subjecrof
information which England can at present receive from
Canada relates to the condition of the emigrants. Every
death among them ought to make the whole community (it
will not do to throw the whole blame upon government)
blush for its shameful neglect of their numerous country-
men, who have been compelled, by straitened circumstances,
to seek • new home in the western world. It is gra-
liffing to learn that the sickness among the Canadian
annotuts showed symptoms of abatement. Still the mor-
tality was appalling. On Aug. 12, the number of sick in
the emigrant hospital at Port St. Charles wee 1,179, the
number of deaths during the 24 honrs, 12. At Gram Isle,
the number of sick in hospital on Aug. 10 was 2,100. The
limber of deaths in luispital from the lit to the 7th August
was 186. 24 had died in the tents allotted to healthy penes-
rrs, soil 40 bodies of adults and 47 of children bed been
ortuyht ashore from the meals and buried. MY loam
%total deaths among the emigrants at Grows his
Ws bet week in August 307. Tke Montreal Mr=
+lt Ulm - -trim ri&zi;
it doe:
11%""likka of the emigrants daily amines asempit
—.en be paled Mr lathe emmemeneentef sereftesS
The whole smiler hods/ eurteg Seems= le the
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thlrm 3•17) mein the eh if Orel mime Mee elek In
Labatt team in Mesbed, lbw sew !Mho lideseet
lek mem; mddrMse the pre Intsfilat Ihs OEMs
haw meeleted b IN. IMO Me dem ast =hilt Om
+• ohs
_elite Sr Miles Opmesl who opened by the mat
h=rfiblis It MINNOW IN paimem bees Imo turfed fn
WY ploy dm the Mk of oboe ameba have
Mimed mai Ws wow pa Ihe ansaten
▪ 411.111 m ra th=lb Mang Ile Memo
ithlee hee,
by lite se mesh weed, whom
"ikat▪ irditt restdanesseflompmsbre; bet Om meaty mane
has ligiar_rer j madam weld, Me en Om whsb mak-
aiv- iewmets that ef hst yeem
VS= 'Oases of doll& et Anima hes Os follow-
Ite.mb (Mho hem theiymeslift lbw set bereseel.
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all 11111161111. eseths
estilt dais se died a lismend
uler*Wss=twtlPima Atlisemmlastillite as 1

desks ere =rowed. bailie the raMmylimmllha ships as
re at Montreal sr b Ittre bp bibs, elk et
dere thstred patempes, ate tm awe er the
whale. The In aped goarellgeWs Attiftlbterogny
where re sehreaste malsiars hem I hat as pat It bat
hem tiblyeerrl bra b Is IM gresatie
ma Mira Mlle esendi WWI es lima Ikholoilterit
the Me
l& emler, ton INV le tralmse
masses wart hatter resrather satterar mast bs
attallbells al the purled gram Ile etre sal Os Lim;
he Ira* laths pear ebb et the abr. aM the mehrre
leade dbmiems, than Is mil Me rem In to. Urea err
whereon trigersa has lion limm_ehea ha Ommla, dram
bee resereelbs seep= tennuentleilmul pro =lf as
vetrialeglee Paler au gnat k prepalks Orsda. As
seuest et re torrents yr may sae Mr 1111 the vibe Is ME
men allleir sheer penal aseelthst All hem If
=, Mho Om Imektrus Mal Mt &rpm Mralere resew
Meres. Is the bre at bldg their sorlder Trim
Calelessersems Oily Is be rem at thee at hum
somar harp at and milerss shipboa repro
every one to ram trim r ark me his weir ...601=realt, sad be
thankful that Irk we lot bag If bra r
The crops throughout Canada prondaed to bei.good. The
Lachine Canal was closed on the 7th of August, with
a view to proceed to its completion. An effort was to
be made to have it re-opened by the Hitt of September.
Among other indications that railroad communication was
abnnt to be vigorously pushed, the Montreal Herald states
We have also to announce the arrival at this port of the brig Fow-
ler, with 1,200 ban (193 tons) et railway iron, for the St. lAwnwe
and Atlantic Railroad Company. She in about to discharge, this day,
et the comosny'e wharf at Loagaeall. This is the meond earl winds
has arrived this moon with railway iron for that company ; the
fanner, the Annette, Gilbert, brought 1,340 ban, or 240 tons. We
understand that the remaining rails, to complete It miles of the rood
horn Langueuil to the River Richelieu (1,000 tons) are in transit for
Montreal. . . . . . .

The line of electric telegraph had been completed from To-
ronto to Montreal, which brought the latter place into
direct rapport with New York. The line from Montreal to
Quebec was finished or nearly so; and means were being
sought to extend it to Halifax. Banking business was
in general prosperous. The accumulations deposited in
the savings' banks were on the increase. The Montreal
Herald states that the exports for the current year to the
11th of Auvust have been more than double those of the
corresponding period of 1846.
NOVA SCOTIA—The general election his termi-
nated in a complete victory of the liberal party. Of 61
members returned, 29 are " out-and-out liberals ;" and of
the remaining 22, tire are moderate unpledged men who will
probably support ► liberal administration. The liberals have
thus a clear working majority of 7to begin with. There is
a circumstance, however, mentioned by the Nora Scotian
which shows the victory of the liberals to be even more de-
cisive than mere numbers indicate. .

Bat merely counting the numbers returned gives • very inadequate
idea of the state of public opinion. The liberals have carried twelve
counties, the tortes but tire. livery county but one is ours from Cape
North to Cumberland, embracing one-half the territory and popula-
tion of the province ; while, to the westward, we have four of the
finest, with the metropolitan city and county in the centre. la Mali-
fax, where the wealth and revourecs of the official and tory party are
concentrated and most activ,, our candidates have been elected by
triumphant majorities. It will he very gratifying to lord Falkland
to learn, that in the capital of the porWor, where he could collect
but a few hundred eigneturrs to an addrees, Mr. Howe, whom he
vainly endeavoured to crush, polled 1,300 roue; It will give him
nearly as much pleasure to see Mr. M.Nab at the bead of the township
poll, to learn that Mr. Uniacke woo elected without opposition, and
that the speaker has beaten the salieitorieneraFs brother-in-law"
.0y the Might majority of 812.
It seems that a report was circulated in the colony to the
effect that the defeated administration proposed to petition

the home government to keep them in titre in spite of the
adverse majority of the House of Assembly. We cannot be-
lieve that the governor would tolemte such a step ; and with-
out his unction it could scarcely be attempted. The present
or late provincial administration were not of Sir J. Hararip's
choosing, nor has he been committed to them. The origin,
character, and actual position of the ministry which Sir John
inherited from his predecessor are thus fairly enough de-
scribed by the Nora Scotian.
The administration which hasped Nan defeated could scarcely be
called Sir John Harvey's: it was frond, and bequeathed to him, by
his
.predetreasor, lord Falkland. gag was minft tolerated, horn or.
.wily, until the house Wank seelethed It we destroyed by the mill-
'WY operation of law. Our prima thetimant.gorernor, then, who
he. thriragleast the recent swig* mistained the dignity, the axle.
perdence, sad the happy taillissens which became his high 1
WW2, wildthither haw *Wed the honour of victory
it one had her pier , air be be at all compromised
by the leafleted wYi the earthy hes pronounced against those
wren eiresurcennes breed usea him as bin advisees, Sse • time.
It will be rensembeed that Led thethad, in 1003, Wye thaw
Uniacke. Howe, sad MIMI eat if Mee, and out of the ezeartr
council, by the appointment at Brahma be the tatter, N hired
their respectful but reiterated ramereesthes. This pothers hid
never served in the legislature,
be
was threaten sprinted *sr the
heads of eviry member of both bembes. The three mend lard
Falkland's government could VW (WWI eali en appointment; sad
accordingly, after fairly setting helethlts lordrip the eterunemme
which must laevitably Ifear Ids try, Wynne in their *Was.
trona. Around these gears the terepardee of their countrymen
at once began to cluster. Twisty-the eserhers of the lower house
promptly ustained them, gad ha lordrdp, dr a formights debate
—a tree use of the petrierge Ire threed—eml a mar un-
seemly personal mere" wart aZget Se Win= OWlNfed by
majority of one. Them are sr le the ersemellises le Wrm,
hat upon terms white lenerd the* Mawr and the latereete
the country, and they deglani. realer as firth kis
Mote ungovernable Wrier einsand prided /hew =
him the tor den artist serha el the stated, beet sa writing the*
We oollsegremmeltled tee slon eapled blunders. He perished
an extraether • Wyse" width aerdthst he WI tokrepresered
the wird et the MEM saddles at the Ooloalrothee,
Ct• newswparlirt he Witt witematually defaineldt
ruterths • tweref Werke OW ribaldry, often to and
piths reevilowe yowl ran *air lads through this rea-
ailYl =M. rant tortalletken Mr. Bowe seised his pen,
ad thew Ws aides dream, he tan dwine, which his lord-
ship d Me Meads eif keg Toosootar. Oas of these, a little
rHaq Mid "this Ind ef Ihe IreelerMar." pate 'aortal
care. Sintedwth the shy et easerre week wen poured
ups the her et Os am peer GUY& fie we di sated by
name tedep Odrithathw sod the deepahh whirr be the pro-
vince at bran hew NM reef Whither Moe. te bra a siriz,tri
Se get: ta-
binght
rt the sal we Try reeled. by sere= Ow
et a word ea a pram Ude WM re th,
the ke Preeyears and a half the Wry Wit
of Wawa, Week herlytaaOK swat*/ her his rhea&
Other deartlng his party had everything Is their Lam
the path of pure duty. WM* lard Ferierifs at
blighted no suddenly as Jonslglgaurd—vbills he rade thresh
the Wrier hot to fret the OEMs .Wad et Ms ressrithe
with free which narked his rarer rim the rthessort et the
Minks, the owes of the ex-courtlier were het Wake familiar
r leaserid words in every village and hamlet of the wintry.
Whew* tthhesyy warred they win hear whh imletekerle
bras el sp Wherever their wren* sad Urea before the
per
wept la the or two plates, era
wan
alsrms/sly defeated.
At WO It lord re ads
harm ride row areseneellal seteepts
to MI ap hie ethadi, sad peened with a Sagest far cep raids
two yeses—drim that he audit ast wish Ur waft Set Ms fly
ked Weer ear f old snd Meshed Made. Mathew her there.
dre. Wks sever of three eswthessarry Milrerw-the trent his
own esseedth WWI, one her the meow la this apightemerheed,
and • WM. WWI by three or btu Wader perwrin ant of a pops.
Lilian of dine ar roue hundred thorned.
NEW BRUNSWICK —W. regret to learn that
the ritata draw had re-appeared in the neighbourhood of
St. John's, to an extent that is rather alarming. Wheat,
oats, and turnips promised abundant crops, and owing to the
failure of the potatoes for several years put more than the
usual extent of land INS been devoted to their culture. The
(Bt. 1= Courier edkag. 14 :
The deti sides end the adore
hospital ate/ =howe raw sa threw adhere this, wary
we deeply wet to state that lea the aselhal itailimen in
of to adeMeheasels ire M of *Ow With erreeted in Hoer
efthafr wrens Whs. Dr. W. laperd, Me has cheeped
the hes been erstmeolfill=fre Wth hn I=2
bat be sew, we law
petWm appoisted the asmaintern segrasr tier liar kw the
nat. Dr. 0. J. the Welk ether k drupe! Or gew
semen stetisn at Partridge Wad, lion drdies have hem ifthe
MN ardour and hying nature, we Meshed with few ea brag
mad is now very- I Dr. Wetmore sad .W. 11. Prom
kils"r Mr engaged to peLrform there're! duties Dr
at the shdia kw the
war.
PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.—It is stated in
be. Halifax Morning Chronicle, with regard to this colony,
That a deputation, consisting of Mr. Pope, the speaker of the
House of Monthly, the Hon. E. Palmer, and Mr. Duncan, is
expected to proceed to England by the next steamer, with a
petition to have Sir H. V. Huntley, the lieutenant-governor,
seneved front this island. Subscriptions to the amount of
UK Were to be raised for the purpose of defraying the ex-
plore et the deputation.
NEWFOUNDLAND.—The fever, we are happy
to learn, he decreased in virulence, and the number of cases
in hospital was much reduced. The fisheries are raid to be
good. The agricultural prospects of the colony are pro.
zoning; only hay I. below an averege. The political atmos-
phere of the island was, however, disturbed. The complaints
and their origin are thus recapituished in the Halifax Morn-
ing Chronicle
Newfoundland appears be be he • 1111 d etherdor ; sod, the
same coesidered, the .beat fa ask wahatiaL Meirperepriation, ad
the withholding of • liege peed= of the pone if the imperial
=kr re relief sifts thins by the the have he*
red hes tweed the Ithrtlimistreeserlas Mae stair,
le • yelltign.te be peweled le her meet dealses
beirdireele. nrdasEmert man ef
ray kW, Soli • pan* et vos
by She imolai pertlemit basetifisty isle caw
half of whisk was toss
.d third LIMsay
gosorete liesifisedind at Ord doe. , •
Chien% hew tfe by wilds the wienlistat stun of
so,ooat. wee Mod N aim! Law ice the :Kb of
November. Itirentdsd • WIWI be the Cobra , Wing
that " the gra el' away tbed bed hem already mile had • do.
maraMelieetesdesay, thd rawerini Sift red
tie be
tenth might
be Walla the herb of the elehrld eforo*.y, to be
sere rib krd thew* It la that a
put ef behead he applied twit
rekrmag ef the *NW
the meth respisspw a Mira be:=4e.t.mf relithig Wirth 1
word perdpelly ha, hod aste rerheil the tent of
their lime' Orsy, Wag walla atoll about I
far entire appershllea. Pe writ le the drape of
Cdaal Robert Law. le the writ= tar talassath eri of a
reereterk character, wen et week. Wessiey the 1te..271:
burg deleauded of thole WI Wilda Sewed, the
Wisp of Newfoandlsan, we at the We he flagbad. *Went
sterwrierion with the these eilther kw the
sway edleded mem the War Or el KeSIL Wan
le WM • sit AM hell WM Wm saw
la ef the people wee Mier le Itra N nfiywirer waft
area serseedes I This eat be the more turßin Sr the
mart' wipe s*NIONI Nebo "folio prelwereshat t /the
son slimed wee Medway eseribent. Op to Shed Unktlte
I Dated Whoa wT-2,..7.47 btilding "!"-' •• ""'
Whisk won reirayeci•-• by sae is. ffewft;taihTh""".=
and reelved the era et 1.110111: aserrery, as equtvalmt
to the lon. This Is kern sheraider down the people%
Were with • rapram era NSW( SIM pay It
tharly. Rat the sutlers et .split de met rut evenit
boa
of oitopproorbiloa broth swirl several =Ws ef
the aleetdigamW%damenMwiur.ended. cola
81 One belYotirleg Um In the dna, beg laNema aof In New.
leandlendere be at With Wm mese{ ,rile arallage travel, at
• seuelitees essiessalesy ef the posesdlap Were
weed, soda pellthiA =leg bet Mteastfe delietimmea,
• eyealies W mita In Ito
moroolgollboolottomporolomft, het Se mit la whisk the
mole bad been treated was entledest to alms alma emearand
sails.

PORTION OF THE INDIA MAIL

arrived in the Ripon, Capt. Moresby, soon after midnight
yesterday, under the charge of Lista. D'Aranda, Admiralty
Bmides 67 pas angers, she brought a cargo consisting
almast entirely of silk and gam. The news she brings
was, of course, anticipated by the despatches received over-
land, on Monday Mat, aid Marseilles.