The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

COMBINED OPERATIONS AGAINST MEXICO.

A supplement to the London Gasetk of Friday,
No►. 15, published on Saturday last, gives the following
translation of the convention between England, France, and
Spain, which was signed at London on October 31, and of
which the ratifications were exchanged also at London on
Nov. 13, 1861 :

TBANSIATION.

Her Majesty the Qtte;;;Ftle—Folted Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, her Majesty the Queen of Spain, and
his Majesty the Emperor of the French, feeling themselves
compelled, by the arbitrary and vexatious conduct of the
authorities of the Republic of Mexico, to demand from those
ri authees more efficacious protection the persons and pro-
perties of their subjects as well as a fulfilineut of the oblip-
tions contracted towards their Majesties by the Republic of
Mexico, have peed to conclude a convention with • view
to combine their aommon action, and for this purpose have
aimed as their plsnipotenharissLthst is to say, her Majesty
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Right Hon. John Earl Russell, Viscount Am-
barley of Amberley and Arabella, a peer of the United
Kingdom. a member of her Britannia Majesty's Privy Cons-
eil, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs; Her Majesty the Queen of Spain, Don
Xavier de Izturitz y bloater°, Knight of the Illus-
trious Ostler of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of the
Royel and Distinguished Order of Charles 111., of the Im-
perial Order of the Legion of Homier of France, of the
Orders of the Conception of Villaviciosa and Christ of
Portugal, Senator of the Kingdom, law President of the
Council of Ministers, and first Secretary of State of her
Catholic Majesty, and hie Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to her Britannic Majesty ; and his
Majesty the Emperor of the French, his Excellency the
Count de Flahault de la Billarderts, Senator, General of
Division, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, his Im-
perial Mjesty's Ambassador Ectntordinary to her Britannia
Majesty : who, after having reciprocally communicated
their respective full powers, found in good and due form,
have agreed epos the following articles :
Art. 1. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, her Majesty the Queen of
Spa's, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, engage
to make, immediately after the signature of the present
convention, the mummy arrangements for despatching to
the coasts of Mexico, combined naval and military forces,
the strength of which shall be determined by • further M-
ime-hang° of communications between their governments,
but of which the total shall be sufficient to seise and occupy
the several fortresses and military positions on the Mexican
coast. The commanders of the allied forces shall be

moreover authoriewl to execute the other opera-
tions which may be considered, on the spot,
most suitable to effect the object specified in the
preamble of the present convention, and specifically to en-
sure the security of foreign residents. All the measures
contemplated in this article shall be taken in the name and
on account of the high contracting parties, without refer-
ence to the particular nationality of the forces employed to
exeunt* them.

Art. 2. Theigh contracting parties engage not to seek
for themselves,in the employment of the coercive measures
coetemplated by the present couveutiou, any acquisition of
territory nor soy special advantage, cod not to exercise in
the lucerne' affairs of Mexico any odlueuce of • nature to
prejudice the right of the Mexican nation to choose and to
coestitnte freely the form of its government.
Art. 3. A commission composed of throe oommiasioners,
one to be named by each of the coutinctie4 powers, shall be
established with full authonty to determine all questions
that may arum es to the appbcatiou or distribution of the
sums of money which may be recovered from Mexico, having
regard to the respective rights of the three contracting
parties.
Art. 4. The high contracting parties, &miring, moreover, that
the measures which they intend to adopt should not bear an
exclusive character, and being aware that the govern.
meat of the United States, on its part, hex, like them,
claims to enforce upon the Mexican Republic, agree
that immediately after the signature of the present
conventioncopy thereof shall be communicated
to the government of the United States ; that that
I government shall be invited to accede to it ; and that so an-
ticipation of that accession their respective ministers at
Wulsingtoe shall be at once fur-aided with full powers for
the purpose of concluding and signing, collectively or sepa-
rately, with the plenipotentiary designated by the President
of the United States, • convention identic, save the suppres-
sion of the present article, with that which they sign this
slay. But as by delaying to put into execution Articles 1.
and 2. of the present convention, the high contracting par-
ties would incur a risk of failing iu the object which they
desire to attain, they have agreed not to defer, with the
view of obtaining the accession of the government of the
Vetted States, the commencement of the above.mentioned
operations beyond the time at which their combined forces
can be assembled iu the neighbourhood of Vera Cruz.
Art. 5. The present convention shall be ratified, and the
ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at London within
fifteen days. In into's, the respective plenipotentiaries
have signed it, and have affixed thereto the seal of their
arms. Done at London, ie triplicate, the 31st day of the
mouth of October, in the year of our Lord 1861.
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(LS.) FLU/AULT.

Tan Nicer Ow/ gnaws or Serra Averant.rn.—
dir Dominick Daly, the newly appointed Governor of South
Australia, was entertained at dinner by a number of his
friends of all shades of liberal opinions, at the Reform Club,
on Saturday last, previous to his departure for the colony.
It will be remembered that Sir Dominick hail previously
• Ned a similar post at Prince Edward's Island, and his
recent appointmeot is the highest testimony which the
Colonial-office could bear not only to his general talents and
j ability, but to the efficiency of his government.
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iof cotton for valuation. Having been submitted to a well-
, known cotton broker's firm, its pries was fixed at 141. per
' lb., the uotation for American--good fair Orleans—being
about 12jd. The sample was of • long staple, and was
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