, 1861-12-10
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
The Tripartite Expedition to Menc'
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

The Tripartite Expedition to Mexico
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
The steamer Baltimore brings us the text of
the Mexico Intervention treaty. From this it
appcars TINT the operations against Mexico
arc, for the present, at least, to be only In the
nature Of reprisals From the translat1on
ciyen, We append the following, which will
best show the nature Of the tripartite cxpe.
dition:
of Great Britain and Ireland, her Majesty the
Queen Of Spain. and his Majesty the Emperor or
the french feeling themselves compelled; M By ne
Of tue Republic Of Mexico to demand from those
authorities efcaciou9 protection for the PEI
s9Ha S IL II toward
their Majestics BY the Republic Of Mexico, hare
areed to conclude %d wh ha1 'aew as1eeG 30
Ss IT, 9ssss }:sa & s sstf4 S9tsa
tic signntuIc Of lie present conyention, tie nee
Of Mexico combined naval and military forces, the
strength Of which shall be determined by further
rovernu.cntr but Of which the total shall BE- suha
ficnt to seixc and occupy, he several fortresaes
aud military positions on the Me7ican coast.
moreover authorized to execute tho other opera
ttonx which may be considered on the spot must
suitable to effect the object specified IN the p5eam
insure the stcurity Of foreign residents.
An the measures contemplated In this article
ehalI be taken in the and on account OF the
high contracting par,ies without reference to the
particular nationality Of the forces employed to
a171c1E 1. The high contracting parties engage
not 10 seek for themselves, In the employment of
the coerciye measures contemplated by the pre-
sen1 convention, any acquisition Of territory nor
any special advantage. and not to exercise in the
Internal asirs Of Mexico. any inAuence Of nature
/ to prejudice the right Of the Hexlcan nation to
choose and to constitute freely the form Of its
Aar1c1E 5. 4 commission composed of three
one to he naea b eaeh ;t q r.; tas
| authority to determine ill questions that may
arise as TO The application Or distribution Of Ihe
Mexico, having regard to the respective rights Of
AEr1c1E !. The h{yh contracting parties desir~
intend to adopt, should not bea5 an exclusive
character. and being aware that the Government
of the United States, on its part has. Ike them,
agree that Immediately after the signature
Of the present convention. copy thereof shall
States; that that Government shall be invited to
accede 10 it; and that in anticipation Of that ac
cessIon. their respective ministers at Washington
shall be at once furnished with fn1l powers for the
purpose of concluding and signing, collectively or
separately, with the plelipotentlarE designated by
he President Of the United States Convention
c1cs with that which they sign this day But as by
delaying to put into execution Articles and Of
lies would incur ! risk of falling in the ob5ee,
which they desire to attuiu. they have agreed not
10 defer with the-riew of obtaining the accession
, Of The Government Of the tnired States. the corn
n>enCenlent OF tie above mentioned operations
| beyond the time at which their combined forres
| can be assembled in the neighborhoVd Of Vera
Cruz.
; This is precisely what England, France and
! Spain propose to do in Mexico. They demand
| from that State fu,tilmcnt Of obligations anc
protection to their subjects; they enforce tbls
| demand By scizinE and occupying the severa
:, fortresses and military positions on the MeSi
+ tenlpts to gain territorial advantages or to III
J tcrtere with the liberties of Mexican citizens
= or Of the State, except III thu degree specified
> AL this is strictly according to the law OF re
. > prisals.
s The French squadron sent to Mexico con
!. sists of fifteen war steamers, ranging fron
+ ninety to two guns and Of three advice-boat
;. on the station, forming total Of GO00 horse
u u power $50 guns, md 5000 saliors- The troop
:. :, on board amount to $500 men Of all arms
= The Spanish land force will be much large,
T. At the date Of thu last adTiccs received +
:, Madrid from Hayana, {Oct. 16.) six or seyc
IL vessels Of war and steam transports wc1
;, shortly to Icaye for Vera Cruz with COCO II
T. f;.ntry, a brigade Of artillery, squadron {
as s cavalry, and Il battery composed Of II gun:
~ ~ They were to carry everything necessary ft
u = landing, which WAS considered to he IN il
l. evitable measure.
$ The Times says the British naval force wi
II ~ consist Of $50 guns and 10000 scamen and Ill
:, ri1les-all Of them, however, not designed
II, | AIT against the Mcxicans.
u The Madrid Espa1,a says:
a. u. In political circles the project of formil
L.. Il! i'll America confederation Of all the Repu
III lies Of Spanish origin, with Spain ut the hca
u OF it, is now being discussed. Such a measur
il is stlir1ncd would possess great advantage
N Nae both for Spain and for those little Statcs.''
81 Tie squadron is armed with riticd artillcr
AZ and the troops are provided with carefully i
* 1ectcd rifles Of remarkable range. The Spani
NJ General Prim, Commander-in Chief, with Fl
r. diplomatic powers has for Chief Of his staff
w. Torres Jurado. The expedition ii eo.npos
w. Of twelve ships, Of which eight are Of the fl
,;o Go 5000 infantry troops. 800 gunnera, 900 en-!
i4 nc,r soldiers, $50 ulcn and 5 batteries Of ari
,r or' leEy: Sixty thousand sand,6ags are prepar
~ ut Havaua in case i sho9a be ntsessaIy
ers already been enumerated in the E1prcss.
comprises 10, GOO men and $50 guns, uni
command Of Admiral Milne. Tie whole
the English, however. is not intended to o
=, rate against Mexico. It comprchends the =
at | sells assigned to the ordinary service Of
ar | West India naval station.
I'D GREAT BRITAIN.
tic The FTtt1ndn's stoA1'nat says: ihe 81
NV, Rex. DR.. Hughes, Archbishop Of New 70
o-D was among thc passengers on board the A
ca, which arrived at QueenstoM Oh MoDd
day His Grace will stay short time in this co
mt. try, in order to obtain i sufficient number
;tr Catholic clerg5mcn to afford chaplain
t9, each of tue Union regiments requiring G
200 He will then proceed to Rome, to obtain
rsc, necessary power to grant faculties to s
ncd chap1ains, SO that they can othciatc in via
er diocese the regiments to which they
be attached may happen to be.''
the Mr.. Bcresford Hope, NJ. F., and one OF
last editors Of the Saturday Courier, has give
lecture at Fayershann on the War in Amer
&c contended, and said hc knew the 1najo
the of thinking men in this country agree I
sta him, though they were too mealy-moutlle
and say it, that the best and readic5t mcthoi
1eci- mrnt rs snnm IS nDssihlc. Of the complct
te is dependence Of the Confederate States
The Is4aet has a leader on Mr.. Seward
,xo-, cent circular referring to Canada, and att
.tens ... ted to him the wish ito store up for us
nrot ,ra'ated plausible ground u quaTTs7 'eiM
nM14 l1lns lan0.'
'Ied ',l,a Sir john Bowring has written a lette
.: nsts which he says that our war should end in
nHas ,!s thing but j separation Of the North from
u.e !p South seems to be quite improbable, if uo
NC possible. He says: "Inever knew que;
~ ~ ~ in wllicl, there Bas SO much unanimli
:. ny yicws among our wise and good men as l.
,rtcd SAAStE'
,tion The Paris Constitutional, IN all article 81
By d. Vernon, says:
nuh IF VIC are well informed, Count Pcrsi
49, Minister Of the Interior has submitted t.
tus Emperor project for q disarmament, II
,l1cat wo1i]d. however, maintain the rerimcnt;
or no | ganization. "
Tic Paris correspondent Of the Times 5
reduction Of from lo, COO to LOG, coo men o
>lefs' army is again spoken OF, or rather those
still will return to their homes on year furlt
,n,c but it is said the Minister Of Marine dec
| lie cannot agree to single centimc Of II
u i ton in his department.
of III ITALY.
stood It was thought that the resignation Q
iment | command Of the Fourth corps da,'nee by
,ocoa- | Cia1dini would not be accepted By the
The ministry would shortly be complet
L. 1t the nomination Of q Minister Of the Int
ars to Different rutnors were current as to H-ho
be called upon to occupy his post
The Opinionc and TIC Eazeste def Farol
COL published articles advising Baron Ricas
retain the portfolio Of the Interior, and
stark the assembling Of Parliament.
nnsy1 hc u-as Eonndnd in ti7e hanfi IVA nistol
river, The London Daily Neacs gives pFomlnei
m onc the following article from corespon
by the ~ ~ nfans giVcn ~ Thc n1an "a to
Ids Of Ttalv into three Darts-the one, MOI
Ok. Kingdom, with Victor Enamel at its
indiana the second, PapI State, including U
and the Marches; the third, a Ncap
:eueui Kingdom, under Francis Il. Venice