The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA AT BUENOS

AYRES.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Oneida with
the above mails arrived at Southampton yesterday,
with 28 passengers, 5,9991. in specie, six pack-
ages of diamonds, value not stated, and a general
cargo, including 5,231 bags of coffee. She en-
countered head winds and heavy swells from Per- ,
nambuco to Lisbon, and subsequently gales. Her
Majesty's ship Egmont was at kßio and the
Rosario arrived at Rio on the 2nd January en
route for Australia. The French frigate RenommoS,
and the Prussian brigs Rover and Mosquito, were
at Lisbon.
At Buenos Ayres the cholera had swept down ,
the Parana, from the pestiferous quarters of the '
allied army, and had settled in the city. Since the
sailing of the French mail the mortality had in-
creased with great rapidity • the people had taken
Hight, and Ifkif the population had gone to the
camps. Great panic prevailed and business was at
• stand-still. Funerals were in every street, and
sickness in every square. The coffins were carried
about in furniture vans. In the public cemetery
the outline were piled up waiting for interment, and
there were no labourers to dig graves. The mtmi-
I cipality had taken no measures to allay the epi-
demic, and the pwriple had held an indignation
meeting and demanded the absolute resignation of
theiniunicipal board, who, finding the people de-
termined, had resigned en mane. There had been
great excitement, but no violence had ensued.
The government was now active in cleansing the
streets, and with more favourable weather the
mortality diminished.
The war news was unimportant. The cholera in
the ea- pa, both at Corrientea and Gran Chaco, was
vinare,. Lives was still at Humaita, and the
allies had apparently no intention of attacking him,
but continued to strengthen themselves round
rHumaita.
In the interior things were without material
change.
Sheep firming in the River Plate was suffering,
and the finest wools sold 20 per cent. under last
year's price. Land had depreciated in value.
The financial condition of the market had been
much affected by an edict of the Montevidean go-
vernment legsliaing the stoppage of specie pay-
inents. Exchange had receded. Considerable
shipments of gold had been made to England, the
I paper emission being excessive beyond the require-
ments. Exchange on London, 481 to I ; on Paris,
5.12 to 17.
At Monte Video strict quarantine was still im-
posed on vessels from the Argentine Confederation'
In wool there had been no sales. Exchange, banoo
mana 49 pence.
At I'ernambuoo the sugar entries were 30,000
bags ; cotton, 4,000. Freights toLiverpool—Sugar,
ballast, :Os. per tin; cotton, id.
At Bahia the sugar market was active, but
prices were declining. Cotton was declining.
Co:fee no alteration. Exchange on London, is. Bd.
to Is. 80.
At Rio there was no news from the seat of war.
The position of the armies was unchanged, and
the health of the forces of an ordinary character.
There was a revolntion in the province of Santa
Fe. Rosario was in the hands of the insurgents,
who, however, respected the national authorities,l
declaring their uprising was only against Governor
Arono, who held out in the capital. The troops
were concentrating in the province. Cholera had
spread to the camps and had reached Cordova.'
Many deaths had occurred. The inhabitants were
abandoning it.
Mr. Mathews was received in audience on Jan.
4, and delivered to his Imperial Majesty his
credentials as her Britannic Majesty's minister
plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to the
court of Brazil.

TUB RAID AOATIIOT BSOGARS IN CITISSoo..—.
—The magistrates sod polies of Oumberierid have curled
out their arum& aga with saoh enemy as to
necessitate the issue of the:—" circular to the limbo
of petty sessions in the panty ty (Mol, Cerliale,
Slat Jenusry, 1869. Sir,—l am directed by the timitime
jostler to request that you will tritium** to Me
magistrates of your bench that, the pol bsiag fell. SW
prisoners under mummy conviction will be received ben
pal a very considerable discharge has takes place, of
which notice will be sect to you.-1 am, sir, your obedient
eetmat, T. H. RUSS, Governor. To the clerks of Petty
Ileasisan" The images are thus placed in a very per-
position, and, on Saturday, offenders who would
Lava been sent to pa at one were let off on a moseles
trice, " to see if they would do better.'
RAILWAY AND 0111111 BILLS WOWS PAlLlA-
ssm—rosterday Reams. Frero sad Falvey*, the m-
ariners of standing order proofs of railway and other pri-
vate bills'. peediug in parliament, resumed their duties,
and the following beudnees was traneactedt—ln Mr. Freres
court, which was held in Comssittrnse, li, the shading
orders were declared to have been with is the
eases of the subjoined popped pea :—The Meer
'Mow (Stingo-lane) Improvement ; the Glaspw Omit.
houses ; the Devon Valley Railway ; the Gems* oat
Ayrshire Railway ; the Cork and Mame= &maks 11111.
pi ; and the Cleveland Gee Bilk. The anappeed Dart-
ford Water petition was adjourned mail the Se let., sad
the standing orders were declared not to 'balm lees coos-
•ed with Lathe unopposed -ease of the Be
Tydfd Junction Railway fAreangem446l.), HOT "Z
same leaned mamiser paned the orders ia the
~ apetrioned petittoi of, the Vale of owy Railway Bill.
la 'ler.' Rtigrivek• • 'hold la Room 17, the
assadon deoland OM ' Phis to ham 'bora eons-
P with in the asses of the useleBBoll Is*
lipair:,The.Diablia,lCiliylltems Pasha Oesspeny ; the
Land be emS Torlehire and Leasashire Vaion Railways
Cresgardes, • the Weirogiallen Dliariet Railway, the Diav
valued . Slip Roil the Ifebregalies Railway
ROL _7lBll 'Pered limbeer, lsheshlowi.
and . Resla. sad the eampeed Lambeth Makes
Bills were postpaid until the BIM last. The
eiders Pm- declared ne. oseeplisi via ia the
Pambereligt GaslAß, sad Os 'rpm& adjoursioi
Athol nerbowy; Railway Bill: I% epprmill lab ildV
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