The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

By the Medway steamer, arrived at Senthempton,
the West India and Mexican mails have been rewired
with adrices to the following data:--Hondusaa,
Jan. 21; Tampico, 23; Cbagres, 23; Carthagena, 28 ;
Mexico, 29; Vera Crux, Feb. 1; Demerara, 3; Tobago,
4; Trinidad, 5; Jamaica, 8 ; Jame), 10; Barbados*
and Havannsh, 11; Grenada, 12; St. Vincent,
Namur, and St. Lucia, 13 ; Martinique, Dominique,
and Guadeloupe, 14 ; Antigua, Porto Rico, Mont-
serrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's, 15 ; Tortola, and St.
Thomas, 16; Bermuda, 21.
The Medway brings home sixty-eighttrengers,
131:1tcllelsety,witr.; tri:mt.CatdmLaroniet°l4, admiralty lAetuc,i
the royal mail steam-ship Severn; Lieut.
R.N. ; • Capt. Hammond, RS., of her Mejesty's
steader Wamandm, with Mrs. Hareweill, eliKand
@errant, from Antigeal Capt. Maitland, ~141 or heel
Majesty's steamer Bawds;
Bell, R.A. t and shipwre*a.
cked seamen tittiew.
She also brings a large freight, consisting of 381,710
dollars from Vent Cm, and 30,000 from Tampere,
but nothing on account of the dividends; 1681. IA
British coin; 130,0001. in gold duet sad gold; 04
serous of indigo ; 20,000 dollars, old laver r a case of
pearls, valued at 2,2501. • 165 eases of cigars; 10
bales of tobacco ; 200 half barrels of arrow-root ; and
200 packages of sundries, turtle, &e.
At Tampico the Medway had to contend with two
" northers," which compelled the captain to leave his
anchorage and proceed to Na. At Vera Cruz the
Name thing occurred, and was succeeded by fine
weather until her arrival at Bermuda, which Plato
the Medway did not leave until the 21st Februar7,
from the nen-arrival of the Thames at St. Thomas s.
The Medway reports as follows : Left at Sacri-
ficial (Vera Cruz) her Majesty's ship Rudy-
mion, Capt. Lambert; her Majesty's ship Alarm,
Capt. Lock; her Majesty's brig Daring, Capt.
Matson. The Vesuvius left Barbadom in the latter
part of January for Vera Cruz, with orders for the
Endymion and Alarm to proceed to Port Royal, to
hold a court-martial, but bad not arrived at Vera
Cruz when the Medway left.
The French squadron, under Admiral La Place
(consisting of L' Andromeda, 50, flag ; Blonde, cor-
vette, 24—both nepairing from the effects of the him-
ricane—Danside, 24 ; Nayade, 24 ; Perones' 22 ;
steamer Toner*, 6), were to sail about the
20th February from Savannah for Vera Cruz. No
ships of war at Bermuda. Her Majesty's steamer
Salamander left Antigua 14th February for England.
Vice Admiral Sir F. Austen, with the Vindictive and
Persian, was at Grenada on the 10th February. The
Thunder, Capt. Barnett, was surveying at Antigua;
and the Electra and Hermes were at Port Royal.
VESSELS Semite WITH OR EXCHANGED COLOURS.
—March 3, lat. 46 26 N., long. 26 37 W., ship
Hannah 'Kerr. from Valparaiso to Troon. March 6,
let 49 56 W., long. 15 46 W., American barque
Abians. March 7, lat. 49 42 N., law. 830 W., City
of Poonab, 14 days from Cork.
From the city of Mexico we learn that Gomez
Faris., as Vice-President, continued at the head of
affairs. The ministry bad been again dissolved. Sea-
hor Suarez Iriarte was the new minister of PHISWOR.
A law had puma Canpar potherieing the sib st
church ProPUniteorty,d toe= opormilf,st
thlrMe
ag
Since the year 1810 Mexico was never in such die-
order—all wish to command, none to obey. The mil
from Vera Cruz to the capital are more than ever isk.
tested with robbers. In the Castle of St. Juan de
Ullai very few troops, and short of provisions.
Writing from Vera Cruz, our correspondent
says:—The intelligence taken home from Mexico
- the steamer Medway, is of the most melen-
, Americans
coast •

clolYchanteter. The _ are in posses-
sion of the whole . in the Gulf, ex-
cepting Vera Cruz and Alvarado, whilst the
Amencan army are collecting in cusaiduabis
numbers at Tampico, whether for the purpose
attacking Vera Cruz, or making their way up to
the table land, remains to be seen. Gen. Ta7ket
appears to have changed his plan of operations,
and abandoned the idea of entering the table land
direct from Monterey. He was last at Ciudad Vie.
toria, connecting his foroe through Linares to
lkiiopent:s2, But notwithstanding all this, there
a .to be no disposition on the part of the
exicans to enter into negotiations, knowing, no
doubt, that the sacrifices expected would be little
late than one-half of their territory.
It may be said that for the present there is in reality
no government in Mexico—the financial resources
of the country are gue, and the Viee•Presidaut Faris's,
with a view of muting the exposes of the war,
bedrornBgeeize on Mean millions of the pro.
Letyp be • to the church, but the publie Wing at
against the measure, it wu thought
=tot be able to carry it into effect. Glen. Santa
Amu, mak his army, was, owing to want of means,
is a mbsrable state, and the probability was that, in
a very short time there would be neither army nor
government—thus opening the way to the complete
stibi=of the country by the Americans. As to
the
almost daily. The American navy have not displayed
anything like activity oe eaMeprme, and the officers of
the United States army qs in no very measured
terms of their collsarauu Several of their steam
vessels from New Orirms have been lost ; the best,
the Coneatta, on the but at Myopia, in the middle of
January.

The act:mate from the Wert Indies are favourable ;
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the islands were all healthy.
The Jamaica papers announce the resignation of
Mr. Mitchell as custoe of Kingston. This gendeseme
had excited public censure by his active interlbrenee
with the Ghrudmas odebratio•ns, and had been indirectly
censored by Sir G. Grey for having ordered the
arrest and imprisonment of an individual on a charge
for which he had been previously bailed by two other
magistrates. A public meeting bad been held to ad-
dress Lieut.-Gen. Berkeley on his leaving the colony,
to assume the command of the Windward Islands.
The Barbadoes papers aanounoe the re-election of
Mr. Howell to the treasurership of the colony.
Lieutenant-Col Hay, of the 19th Relit., had see-
°tided Lieutenant-Colonel Tomas as governor of St.
Leek. There seems to have been no cessation of the
pa.ty feeling which hm so long disturbed this island.
- Weibel the following strange advertisement in the
riedeposelest
A rimed el SOL slid* will toe cWo megaimer of
thob=pateo, at wtiok
oppnlbsollon r s =
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_en of is skills of
whisk Is doh jouted So Mb et Dessedier
and the the oppothosasa of lieittoomi•Ookool Tangos,;
I 29rd Foollion, aloallerr to the the*, mil nowletteiT:
I 'ion of *edam preparty, OD Pon es 14 eau too
forte of 96th Jimmy, 1847.
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