The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-28 00:00:00

IGNACIO ZARAGOZA.

Other accounts say that the French are hemmed
in at Puebla. Their communication with the coast
has been cut off, but is now open. Provisions
are being rapidly sent up to the French army. The
yellow fever rages fearfully amongst them.
Senor Don Manuel Doblado, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, had celebrated a treaty with Hon. Mr.
Wyke and Mr. Dunlop, her Britannic Majesty's
representatives, which settles the question pending
between Great Britain and Mexico, and which has
been approved by the President of the Republic.
The capital of Mexico has been declared in •
state of siege.
Her Britannic Majesty's ship Mutine, Com-
mander Graham, was wrecked at the entrance to
the harbour of Manzanillo, on the coast of Mexico.
She had on board about 1,500,000 dollars in trea-
sure, which will with her guns be all saved by the
Clio, which vessel had gone up to her assistance
from Acapulco. No lives were lost. The Mutitie
was a fine screw steamer nearly new.
Generals Cobos and Zoloago, of the Church party,
have transferred their troops to the French, and
have escaped to Havannah. They narrowly escaped
being shot before they left Mexico. The Church
party side with the French.
Captain Moir, of the Trent, has come home in
the Shannon.

(zzoTzes riaioiLms.)

DESPATCHES FROM GENERAL M'CLEL-
LAN.

NEW YORK, Joss 18.
(Per Penis oid Querinetown.)
The following despatch from General M'Clellan
was received at the War Department, June 14 :
The movements of the enemy to-day have been extensive,
and u yet are involved in mystery. Large bodies of men
have been seen moving down from the neighbourhood
of Mechanicaville•hridge and Richmond towards the
. . .

The correspondence respecting this newspaper late battle field. Our pickets were yesterday driven in
was issued this morning. Sir Henry Bulwer sends from from Old Church, „during which Captain Rezall of
Constantinople • copy of • note from the Porte, the cavalry was wounded, showing that the enemy designed
requesting him to direct the British Poeta:Ace there making • demonstration in that direction. A contraband
not to distribute any numbers of the journal, for who came in yesterday reported that 3,000 cavalry left Rich.
the reason that it was not only systematically mond on Wednesday, going in the direction of Fredericks.
borne to the government, but bad latterly instigated its burg. This is probably the form that appeared at Old
readers to rebellion against the Sultan's authority. The Church. The rebels opened at daylight this morning a
Foreign Minister thereupon communicated with the Post- sharp fire from artillery, in front of General Sumner. It
office, asking if anything could be done to meet the wishes lasted for about three hours. We had ono man killed and
of the Porte, "and whether the Post-office ever interferes in wounded.
such oases." Mr. Tilley, on behalf of the Pormarer-General, Other despatches received on the 14th state that a
repliesthat thecimumstancesare unprecedented ; that in Most demonstration was made on the previous evening
! foreign countries where postal conventions exist there is a by a force of rebel cavalry and artillery, on the
clause stipulating that each country shall have the right to right flank of General Id‘Clellan's army at Tun-
refuse to deliver objectionable papers, but at Constantinople stall's station, apparently with the intention of in-
there is • British post-office from which the contents are
terrupting his railroad communication. The at-
distributed direct. " The Postmaater-General considers
however, that it would not be acting fairly towards the tempt was met by a force of infantry, and the
Turkish government to insist upon delivering from the Bri. enemy retreated. No damage was done to the
tick post-office newspapers to which that government could railroad.
justly take exception, for reasons such as those given in the The following despatch with additional particu-
telegram from Sir Henry Bulwer, and he is prepared, with lara of the movements of the Confederates at Rich-
the sanction of Earl Ruled', to instruct the British pat-
mond, is published in the New York journals.
muter at Constantinople to stop the papers io question (so
far as this can be done, without seriously delaying the die- McClellan's Headquarters, June 14.
taibution of the mail), and to hand them over to au officer The rebels yesterday after driving from Old Church •
appointed by the Porte to receive them." I squadron of sth Cavalry proceeded to Garliek's Landing on
Earl Russell, considering that the existenceof the British the Parnuukeyßiver,about four miles above the Whitehouse,
post-office is a matter of mere permissions on the part I where they burnt two schooners and some waggons, and
of the Ottoman government, gives authority for the drove off the mules. From here they proceeded to Tun.
stopping of the paper ; but his lordship does not think stall's station, four miles from the Whitehowie, with a viewef
that the Turkish government could, in reason or burning the railroad-bridge. A train which was passing down
law, insist on the copies being detained and given to I the time was fired into, killing two and wounding several.
their officers, and in • despatch to Sir H. Bulwer, the noble • A colonel belonging to the Excelsior brigade was there
lord observes, " that the obvious advantage of merely with-1 taken prisoner, but succeeded in making his escape during
holding the papers will be that no means of proof or aces. , the night. A paymaster jumped from the train and hid
sation against particular individuals to whom such papers himself in the woods until morning, leaving $125.000 in the
might happen to be addressed, would thus be furnished." can. The train never stopped, but passed on to the
A letter is given from Mr. Kelso, the proprietor of the jour- White-honse. After destroying the telegraph wire at
nal, in which be asks that the literary and scientific sec- ' this point, they proceeded to Baltimore Cross roads
tion may be allowed to par, and on this being refused he near New Kent Court-house, on their way to
asks to be informed of the means. These are given in a Richmond, crossing the Chickahomioy between Bottoms
dispatch from Mr. Hammond, written by Fart Rus- Bridge and the James River about 2 o'clock this morning.
sell's direction on Tuesday last. Mr. Hammond writes ; The force that accomplished this was composed of 1,500
" The character of your journal is political ; the Turkish cavalry and six pieces of artillery under General Stuart,
government considering the paper (whether wisely or tin. most of whom were residents of this locality, and therefore
wisely is not the affair of her Majesty's government) were no strangers to the roads. At White-house,
to be of a seditious and dangerous tendency, desired which is a reodervous of antlers and vendors
that it might not have the benefit and privi- of small wares, • regular stampede took place.
lege of being distributed by the British Poet-offioe. Lieutenant• Colonel Ingalls, commandant at that poet, had
With this request her Majesty's government could not all the corps ordered out and posted in favourable positions
ref meta comply. You then proposal that the literary and to resist any attack that might have even made. At Old
scientific portion of that journal might be allowed to par Church the rebels had in reserve six r4ments of infantry,
through the British Post-office. But aa the character of with artillery. As soon as the facts were known pursuit by
your journal was considered by the Porte to be of a sedi- cavalry was immediately ordered ; but the enemy having so
Cone and dangerous tendency, it would have been neon. much of • start, only five were captured. Several arrests
eery to guarantee to the Turkish government that the have been made to-day of citizens within our lines, on emir
portion distributed by the British Poet-office was purely pickle of having given information to the enemy.
literary and scientific, with no mixture of political The following are the latest despatches received
comment. In order to do this, it would have been
necessary that the Foreign-office should either bare from General M'Clellan
become responsible for your faithful adherence WHITE HOUSE. VA.. Juax 18.
to your engagement, or that the Foreign-office Several guerilla parties are still hovering in the rear of
should have exercised • oeneorehip over your paper, and ex-
our army. On Saturday and Sunday a smell party were
punged all articles of a political character. Lord Russell
not being Inclined either to be responsible for your ad• prowling round the country on the opposite side of the
berms to your promiae, or to become the maser of your Pamunkey, their object being to await an opportunity to
journal, was obliged to decline compliance with your re- destroy the shipping at this point. Another party
quest. You have your remedy by sending your journal were at Charles City Court-house on Saturday, and to-day,
through any other port-office, except the closed mail of the
British government, io the same way that British journals ere reFetted to be in the neighbourhood of Willionehurt.
are sent to Paris, St. Petersburg. and Vienna, through the Tea of the most prominent citizens remaining on this side
French, Russian, and Austrian poraeffilees." of the Chickahominy have been arrested. they undoubtedly