The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-01 00:00:00

THE WAR IN MEXICO.

Letters from Vera Cruz, given in the New York
papers of the 17th ult., state that on the 18th of
January a caravan of one thousand mules, laden
with goat skins and istla, was captured by the
liberal forces under General Nodose, and the pro-
perty sent out of the reach of the imperialists. On
the 23rd instant the same forces entered the com-
mercial depot at Tanhouguila, where they over-
powered the imperial command and captured one
thousand bales of merchandise, the best of which
they sent off to a place for safety and the residue
they committed to the flames. The loss sustained
by the merchants of Tampico is estimated at
650,000 dole. by the two captures.
Many rumours were in circulation at Tampico,
nearly all of them being favourable to liberal suc-
cesses gained in the vicinity of the Rio Grande.
At daylight on the Ist ult. several trains loaded
with French soldiers reached Vera Cruz from the
interior. These soldiers were being sent on board
of transports in the harbour. It was reported that
they„ are en route to reinforce the garrisons of
Tampico and San Luis Potosi and to take up a posi-
tion on the Vera Cruz side of the line of the
Nunco River, in order to be there in readiness to
meet and check the advance of the "
ilexicolaid the United States.
s,The French—ad—been very bi-silyerigag
landing unfixed jshell ammunition for breech-1
loading gang.
The Brownsville Courier of the 7th ult. reports that
General Medese, with 2,000 men, had taken pos-
session of the roads leading from Tampico.
The French garrison, 100 strong, reinforced
by a few hundred men, was ordered to
attack the liberals. The latter formed an
ambuscade and cut off and massacred 60
of the French advance guard. The remainder of
the French troops, five hundred strong, received
the attack, using their bayonets vigorously, and
forced the liberals to retreat, closely pursued, for
several hours. Medeee and almost all his staff
officers are reported to have been killed. The liberal
loss is reported at 850, and the French loss at 100.

NEUTIIIII TZLIGILUM)
PRUSSIA AND THE DUCHIES.
BERLIN, Kasen L

It is stated that in the ministerial council held
yesterday the definitive settlement of the question
of the Duchies formed the subject of the discussion,
and that a resolution was arrived at.

RUMOURED NEW RUBI3LiN LOAN.

ST. PETSB.SSITEG, MAICU L

The rumours of a forthcoming new lottery loan
of 100 millions of roubles are still current, and it is
stated that it will be issued on the same conditions
as the loan of 1864.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Pia. 28, Evlanra.

Senor (Aril° Alvarez, a member of the pro-
gressist party, took bis seat in the Senate to-day.
A special mission has arrived from /trowels to
present the Order of Leopold to the Prince of the
Asturias.

TEE BRAZIL MAIL.
LISBON, Ku= L.

The Royal Man Steam-packet-
Company's ship
Rhone has arrived here from Brazil, and will leave
for Southampton at 8 a.m. to-day, with 52 paa-
sengers, 2,039 bales of cotton, 130 packages of ran-
dries, and 60,000 in specie.
The Douro, with the out-mail of the 9th of

February, was at St. Vincent on the Mk d
Filtruary.

THE INDIA. AND CHINA XUls,
ALEXAXDRIA, 1,4 ri.
The MAINIVISiIIe Imps&les steamer ifeig, „gg,
the above mails, left here this morning, ay
b. empeetod to wive at Marseilles on the exitivi
of the 6th March.