The Express. — London, England, 1851-07-12 00:00:00

FRANCE. =eannot be Mead Its opoph; when they think fit to *ear sentiments, thig igesl of themselves. Every attempt at speaking for them, sad in their plasm, la a want of respect. but at the same time that we do nut allow ourselves, for the advocacy of our policy, to enter on such a course of proc-edna, we do not admit either that others are to make us: of it for the purpose of attack. The princes of the lloure of Orleans have adopted an attitude of reserve and ahstenticm. We are certain that on their port that abstention is neither the refusal of anything, nor an obstacle ti anything ; it reserves the present without eagaginz the future. ro such persons as attempt to attri bute to the intentaons of the princes in question any other , sense, or to press nt them as hostile to a fusion, we give ' and will always give a formal contradiction. It will be remembered that when General Taylor was in office as President of the United States of America, a demand was made by him upon the I'or-! tuguese government for a pecuniary indemnity for the loss sustained by American subjects from the authorities of Portugal during the war between England and France, but when there was peace be tween Portugal and the United States. This de mand was made by General Taylor in a rather pe remptory way, but when Mr. Fillmore succeeded to the office of President, the negotiation took a more friendly turn, and eventually the dispute was re ferred lay mutual consent to the arbitration of the President of the French republic. The award of Louis Napoleon is favourable to Portugal; and the son of M. liaruche has been despatched to Lisbon to make the necessary communications to the Portu guese government and the American minister. The members of the Assembly are literally be ' sieged with requests for tickets for the debate of next week. Some stormy scenes are expected, when the republicans come to . hoist at the tribune the flag of I divine right, as applied to the republic. It is thought that the debate will last eight or ten days. In the list of orators inscribed to speak on either aide in the debate on revision, it may excite surprise that many names occur which have not the remotest amociation with eloquence. But the fact is, that the great orators mask the places which they will occupy is the discussion by procuring the inscription of as sistare friend, who, when his turn comes, yields up bin piano to the eminent speaker, just as the occupant eta certain rank in the yesew before the door of • &atm retires when the play-goer whom ho repre sents appears to take his post. Thus, M. Dreyer, by taking the place of M. C h apot, whose position as secretary enabled him to inscribe himself first on the list, will avoid the incon venience of succeeding M. Falloux, whose arguments would naturally bear a strong family resemblance to his own ; while M. Ferdinand Barret will give up his turn to Montalembcrt. PARIS, TUCILSDAT EVISING. I understand that M. Berryer has just returned frown rime ntunt, whither he had been summoned in order to promote the negotiation between the two %ranches of the Bourbon family fur et fusion of in terestse. For details on the subject of Berryers mission to Claremont, I refer you to the following telegraphic correspondence :—" 'Hie runner inite:stcri . of Louis Philippe having pieced theneeelves in communication with M. le Comte do C'hamborti, it was agreed on all ; bands that it war desirable that same of the known supporters of the elder brunch of the House of Bour bon should on their part pay a visit to the princes of the House of Orleans. The Exhibition of London °Hired a natural occasion for this visit, and MM. &errs, General] do Saint Priest, Benoist d'Ary h ere been received by Queen Amelie, the Duke; do Nemours, and the Peeve de Joinville, with the utmost cash:elite. The Duchess d'Orleans had just act out for Scotland as the visitors arrived at ! Claremont. I am not able to supply the details of the conversation which passed at this interview, but I art able to state that the situation, the wants and wishes of France were freely talked of, and the sen timen.s expressed daily by the representatives of the two brunches of the royal house were upon this ; occasion adopted. MM. Ikrrver, Saint Priest, and Ilenoist d'Axy left the royal presence full of con fidence inthe noble and patriotic sentiments expressed by Queen Amelie, the Duke de Netnoura, and the Prince de Joinville. The result of this interview proves how ; little foundation there was for the assertion of the Vnirritr Jr I's C.izeolefe, that the house of Orleans' would repudiate the acts of the former minister of Louis Philippe. 'flee public cannot hesitate to prefer the witness of such men as MM. Mule, Beirut, Du ehatch and Salvandy on so important a subject. The intelligence of the gracious reception of M. Berryer and his compenions at Claremont has been received by the majority of the Assembly and in Paris with marked satisfaction." The election', in the three departments of the Seincee-Nlarne, 11prOogoie, and llsute-Vienne, which I took piece on the lith July, furnish the most striking! evidence which has yet tarn given of the unpopu larity of the ebetorel law of May. The elec tion in the II lute-Vienne has proved abortive front the absence of a sufficient number of voters. The abstention of the legitimists as well as republi cans has produced this failure. However little wis dom there may he in following out the system of absti nt:on, which leads either to revolution ur to the suicide of a party, unfortonately the pretest fur nished for such a course is but too well justified by the unfairness of the law of May. What has just occurred at Limoges is a useful lesson fur the party of order. ilknou abstentions, in a department con taining 41),0 , 0) electors aciording to the last lists, and lien!ss) aceonling to the pecvious roll, speak pretty plainly as to the results to lee expected Irma a law which throws, either violently or voluntarily, the great majority of the citizens out of the pacific arena of iimtion. rho parliamentary majority mast be obstinate to infatuation not to sec the peril of refus ing electoral reform under such circumstances. Nor are the electoral abstentions in the Haute-Vienne only a protest against the law of May. They are Mill more important as a manifestation agnitist the, YJyacc, whose candidate, M. 'Satanic, they repudi ated. The fact is, that the candidate who would have been prefeffed by the party of order was M. Herons, a fusionist; but be was withdrawn in defe rence: to tie • government's wish, to procure the elec lion of M. Ilataille, who was taken prisouer in the attempt of Louis Napoleon at Boulogne. It is reported that M. Magne, minister of public works, has not suceessled in the Ifordogne, euty more than Ilatailk in the conterminous department. Thus the only candidate of the ;ewes einient who has triumphed is M. Pepiti-Lehalleur, who has been elected I n c the Seine-et-Marne. In consequence of the discoveries made by the reizure of the clandestine presses of the Committee of Resistance, M. Ikmesthene Olivier, member of the constituent, and father of the young journalist recently killed in a duel at Montpellier, has been arrested. M. H. Olivier had recently published a letter compluiniug of the search of his house by the police. and their abstraction of several documents in the handwriting of his seen, while the bereaved father was in the that distress of ineurning for his loss. Them is no foundation for the Nationars story of an intervivw between the President and M. de FaHolm Charamaule has proposed an amendment to the motion for revision, inserting the words " for the amelioration awl consolidation of republican institu tions." _ _ FRIDAY EYE:AIN°. There prevails a report that General raMellane is to suemed General Baraguny thinners in the corn mand of the Ist division. But I hear it is more prohahle that General Bandon will change places with the ea-commander-in-chief. M. do bane( has presented the following amend ment to the bill for ratifying the Le Predour treaties : Considering that the convention concluded ad referendum August 30, lb:0, between France and the Argentine con federation, does not stipulate fur the reciprocity of salutes F ruited by art. 4, and that this convention does not settle the intl. mnitica dew to Frenchmen towards whom acts of violence and •p diction have been ezercised—considering that the convention conclutbal between Prance and General tribe, September 13, 1340, engages the republic afresh in a system of intervention, whereas an abeilnte neutrality ought to be ulnerred between the parties which now divide the Ameriean population on the banks of La Plata—the National Assembly refers the two conventions back to the committee fur reconsideration. Yesterday the question raised by the Leiurqucs affair as to the revision of trials with a view to the rehabilitation of the victim* of legal blunders, came again before the Assembly. The committee and the government pronounced against the bill, on the ground that it would be neeetrary to institute new trials for the punishment of fresh prisoners after the law had already taken its full effect, although upon the wrung parties. M. Casablanca presented an amendment, proposing that in eases where it was admitted that erroneous judgments had been given, rehabilitation should, on the demand of the family of the deceased, Ito formally pronounced by the Proeu reur-General of the Court of Cassution„and the per sons executed should be declared to have died in the full integrity of their rights, their property, if they possessed any, reverting dejare to their lawful heirs. The debate having been adjourned was resumed to-day. The house agreed, notwithstanding the op position of M. Route, by a large majority, to pass to a second deliberation. The Bishop of Auten, M. du Trousset d'llenri court, has just died at Chalons, at the age of 34. Ile was appointed to the see of Auten in 1829. The Archbishop of Turin, M. Franzoni, accom panied by one of his grand vicars, paid a visit on Monday last to the Nenerable Bishop of Chartres. The two prelates conversed at length upon the strange vicissitudes of their eventful lives. M. Franzuni supports his exile with resignation. Baron de Rothschild has just kft Purls for Vienna. It is said that his visit to that city is connected with the question of au Austrian loan. The department of public works has caused sur vets to I.e made nut for a great number of secondary railway lines, destined to unite the great railway lines. Among them is one from Abbeville to Dieppe, by Saint Valery-sur-Somme and Eu ; front Strasburg to the Bavarian frontier; front Langres to Belfort ; from St. Vizier to Gray; kola to Langres and Chainuont; from Marseilles and Aix to Toulon and the Italian frontier; trout Langres to Dijon ; front Dijon to Mulhouse ; front Bordeaux to Bayonne, with branch lines; from Mont-de-Marsan to Teems; ; from Dax to Pau and to Tarbes; from Poitiers to Moulins; from Angouleme to Limoges; the prolongation of the Centre railway beyond Limoges; front Caen to Cherbourg; front Pans to Granville; from Maintenon to Drcux ; from Mans to Tours; from Rennes to St. Malo; front Angers to Rheims; front Orleans to Joigny . ; and from Nar bonne to Perpignan and the Spanish frontier, with brunch line to Port Veudrvs. The metallic reserve of the Bank of France has increased about ler a million in Paris, and fallen off nearly 3 millions in the branch-banks. The discount accommodation bus increased nearly 3 millions in' Paris, and has fallen off about 3 millions in the pro-, vines*, the amount of the former being 42,400,233fr.,1 and of the latter 98,933,304 fr. On the side of the' liabilities, the amount of notes in circulation in Paris has increased 2; millions, and in the departments nut altogether a million. The account-current of the treasury has increased about 1 of a million, the pre sent amount being 107,994180 ft% Private accounts current have fallen otf in l'aris l millions,the amount of the former being 55,392,29'Jfr., and of the latter 29,724,3151 r. The whole amount of the metallic re serve is now 1:5t.47 millions to 3381 millions of notes:Ai circulation. The report of NI. noisy on the budget of expenses, momentaril y celqwed by the question of revision, is beginning to occupy the attention of parliamentary circles. M. Passy Likes 14 very gloomy view of the finemcial situation, insists strongly upon the imme diate necessity for contracting a loan, and makes a slashing criticism of the system of M. Fould. M. Ilataille has narrowly vamped the failure gene rally reported yesterday to have attended his pro peued election us representative of the Haute Vienne. The quarter of the suffrages inscribed was 11.417. The number obtained by M. Ilatuille being Dalai, he: was proclaimed representative. In the Dordogne M. Sliqr,ne, Minister of Public Works, has been, elected. Here the quarter of the votes inscribed amounted to 2d,0110. M. Nlagne had obtained' al.lOO. In both departments the legitimists and istwialists, constituting nearly three-fourths of the electors, abstained from voting. Thus the elections of the fah of July have resulted iu the return of three: Beampurtists. The Bonapartist committee of the Hue Neuve St Augustin has published a letter in answer to the charges of M. do Toespieville against the govern ment for promoting petitions for the revision of the constitution and denies having been in the least influenced in its operations by the ministry. The result of the visit of Ilerrer and his two , brother legitimists to Claremont, is regarded as a signal cheek fur the fusion &Kitty. Accordingly the organ of M. fluirot protests in a sour tone of disap pointment against the natural inference which the public would be disposed to draw front this abortive journey. To-ttey M. Benoist &ArT. one of the legitimist no tabilities %boat:comp:flied M. Bonner on his journey lotion:mord, WILY EUTUIIIniVd t npon ' lliA appearance in the Chamber. by a number of representatives, wheap reared eager to learn the result of the viait. The Bonapartist version differs a good deal from that of the fusionists, the former party alleging that the Duke t b Nemours Lind the Duch e ss of Or. 'caws were absent from the interview designedly, and that the legitinii,t trio met with a cold reception Goat the Queen Marie Amelia. la the meantime there appears at the head of the .Ixlesaht'e Nationole a sort of manifesto tending to neutralise the inferences unfavourable to fusion which might be drawn from 11w marked reserve of the thieuns princes, and to prwrst against the positive construction attatehed by the 10. - ut. and other paper's to such a negative atti tude. 'the Ortire say., on the subject of the visit to Cl we matt : Thr, e important members of the legitimist party. namely. MM. Ilerryvr, 14 uoist-drAry, and de St. l'nest, in an in tention which cannot be but praiseworthy, and which does not need to be mentioned, prorated to laremont to visit the monist relict of Loui. l`ltil sp pc. The Queen had with her only two of he r suns, the Duke de Ne moors and th e Ni ue , : d c J o i n . The Duke il*.twasale recently took hi. al . arttlfe fur Naples, and th.. Duchess of Orleans is in ncotlaii . ,l with her children. The three representatives of the Right, as May be weU supposed, received from the royal family the recep tion due to their characterund position. The motive which induced them to proceed to England is a clear proof of how mach mess's minds have Income calmed down, and of the oblivion of many obi grievances and pnjudices which have so -sentially contributed to the divisions of our com mon country. It is that, above all, which ought to strike public opinion. It would be, in stir opinion, a grave error to seek any other result in this un expected visit. Without having received on this subject ail confidence, and without having aced of it. we ' sullen that tLe only answer which could have been rondo to questions of a delicate nattue is this —that the bouso of Orleans remains united in the determination to respect all the tkeitioos come to freely by France, and never to robin- i Wily separate from her right and her fortune. The fusionist organ expresses itself in the follow- ing words : The Bourse was better to-day, and closed with some firmness, tho Fives at oj.Bo, being n rise of 30c.; and the Three's at 36.23, with a rise of 23c. ITALY. The King of Sardinia has entrusted Signor De foresta with the portfolio of grace and fustier, become 'vacant by the resignation of Count Siocartli. Our G - enoa correspondent states, in his letter of the 7th. that the port duties at Leghorn had been increased. The British steamer Dragon was in that port. about the Aldborottgh affair. The Monitore Toscaoo, of the sth, publishes a concordat concluded between Rome and Tuscany, and which does away with many of the guarantees de creed in the last century against the authority of the church by the Grand Duke Peter Leopold. The leading paints are: Artiilel4 declares, that the ecclesiastical authorities are perfectly free in the exercise of their sacred office, and that I the lay authorities are to aid them in the protection of me i rality and religion, and in the maintenance of the episcopal authority. By Art. 2 bi,hups are p,rfeetly free to publish what, sir doeumints Estates to their functions. Art. 3 provides that the bishops alone shall have the right of censorship one works treating ex-profess° of re.i ligion, and shall moreover have the power of warn- 1 ing their dock to avoid reading any book they may con !slider contrary to religion and morality. By Art. 4, bishops' shall appoint those they may think proper to preach within their dioceses. By An. 5, all communications of the bi shops and the fait Idol with the Holy See shall be free. Art. 6 admits the right of lay tribunals to take cognizance of civil eases relating to the persons and property, of eccle siastics, as also to the property of the church. By Art. 7, all cases relating to the Lath, the sacraments, and other matters belonging to the spiritual jurisdiction by the sacred canoes, shall be deferred to the ccclesiastic.:l authorities. Nevertheless (Art. 8), lay tribunals may take cognizance For some time back conversations arc mentioned and recitals are publiahed to the effect that the princes of the Rouse of Orleans are contrary to the policy of fusion, and reject it formally. We have scrupuously abstained from bringing the names of the pnnees into the question. Royal • tof matters concer lisseficc*. By Act til.tei• tirshttine beat, in consknettic of IA cholera at Grand' clesisstield tribisisalsAalt take cognizance of testrickocial. Canary. cases in so far as the validity of the bond is Grand Canar is in delorable condition. cerned; the lay tribunals may, however, judge the I . The cholera appears to have broken out so sudden ly yp a most civil questioas connected with such eases. By Art. 10, the not, S . c consents to let ecclesiastics he tried by lay tai - there that the authorities were not at all prepa , bunals in criminal cases not connected with r.ligion ; if and the mortality has been increased by isolation, condemned, they are to suffer their penalty in distinct pri- abandonment, and famine. Those that could do so, Isons purposely set apart for them in the prison establish- fl to ea the country. The deaths are said to be 2,000 of of the state. The ecclesiastical tribunal, shall, how • cut of a po_pulation of 8,000. Convicts have been ever, take cognizance of religious crimes, such as apostasy, herov, schism, simony, the profanation of sacraments, &c., sent from Tencriffe to assist to bury the dead. Te and pronounce canonical penalties, the execution of which i neriffe is perfectly healthy. Every sanitary measure shall be claimed by the bi-hop from the lay authorities. By that can be thought of has been adopted to prevent Art. 11, lay tribunals shall only be comm tent to inflict flues the spread of this dreadful scourge, should it unfor • o u Cces a; eocles ;ins; th cs e revenues, the P g c a r re t fa a u ti •s7 of minor tun. tciy vi.it till-. island. The state of the Canary 12, provides that, in the case of provisional arrest and Islands generally is deplorable . They have no trade, imprisonment, priests are to be treated with a due regard to and, with a beautiful climate, are in a state of desti their office, and private rooms provided for their recep- tution for want of the common necessaries of life—in tion. By Art. 13 church property is under the control of , fact, with the exception of Tencriffe, they are all in the bishops and rectors thereof. By Art. 14, in case of a state of starvation : vacancies, such property is to be placed under the manage ment of a mixed commission, composed of priests and lay- Commodore Martin, in the Prince Regent, with men. The proceeds of such property dunng the vacancy the Hogue, Leander, and Arrogant, were in Passe are to bo applied to the churches of the Grand Duchy, and'Arcos Bay, Lisbon ; the Phaeton and Arethusa were no long leases are to be signed in the interval without the up the river off the town. consent of the Holy See. Art. 15 provides that in the case of legacies to church establishments, or of derogation from peculiar provisions, for the purpose of changing the desti nation of eeelesiastical property, the secular and ecclesiasti cal authorities shall act in concert, according to circum stances, reserving always the rig..ts granted to bishops by the Council of Trent. _ This document bears the date of the 23th of April, 1831, and is signed by Cardinal Antonelli and Signor Baldusseroni, the Tuscan prime minister. Our Roman correspondent states that the Pope was expected soon to return to Rome, and to hike up his quarters at the Quirinal, where preparations were making to receive him. The King of Naples was accompanied by all his'' children in his visit to the Pope at Castel Gandolfo, who gave them his benediction. The Marquis de Vasco, who enjoys the confidence both of the king anti his holiness, had been several days with the latter in the Vatican, without showing himself in public. SWITZ ERLAND.—Tho English minister has offered to aid the Federal Council in constructing the railway which is to traverse Switzerland. THE GREAT FIRE AT SAN FRANCISCO. The correspondent of a morning cotemporary thus recounts this calamity : SAN FRANCISCO, M.cv 6. We have just suffered by far the greatest cala mity, both in the loss of Life and property, by which this de voted eity hoe yet been visited. A general conflagration, which comineacsel on last Saturday night, the 3rd inst., at 11 o'clock, and continued for two days, has laid the best, most important, and mast ornamental portion of the city in ruins. Long ranges of handsome end commodious brick houses which extorted praise and admiration from every passer-by three days ago, arc now burning masses of ruins and unlace, or unsightly and open shells, resembling the mouths of active volcanoes. The scene is more horrible, and the loss more extensive—the misery more intense, than any language of mine can convey even an imperfect impres sion of. This is the most destructive awl extensive tire that has occurred in any part of the world since the great tire in Hamburg. None of the great London fires of this genera tion bear a comparison with it. It were a fruitless effort to attempt to give a minute account of it,—such an undertak ing would far exceed the limits of a letter ; I will, there fore, endeavour to convey an idea of this sa d occurrence by relating succinctly what 1 myself witnessed of it. I happened to be passing within 60 yards of the spot at the moment the alarm was given, and saw the tire break out. A small jet of flame issued from the upper Moor on the wooden balcony of a painter's shop on the south side of Portsmouth-square, at 11 o'clock, which in a few minutes sprang into a thick volume of Hone, enveloping the whole front of the house, and conintunicatiug to the adjoining houses, all of wood, and dry as tinder. Alter the fire had raged for half an hour in a perfect calm, a strung breeze sprang up. which sealed the fate of the city. The tire, now fanned by the wind, was carried in a southerly direction, sweeping everything before it—houses of every size and material, the brick and cat& (baked clay), as well as the wooden fabrics and their couteme, with irresistable fury. At this time I hurried fret Portsmouth-square to my attires, in the house of Mr. Davidson, the agent of the Messrs. Rothschild. situated then at the north-west corner of Com mercial and Montgomery-streets, and distant from the actual scene of the tire 220 yards. 'This house, was so substantially built, awl so protected by iron shutters, with windows and dots hung within the walls, so as to open inwardly ; covered on the top by a Liver of lioinau cement, and another layer of bricks imbedded in cement; all this covered with zinc plates soldered, and the whole guarded by parapets carried up hr.:int-high above the roof, besides a high dead wall behind, with a blind alley intervening between it and the house, that it was conside - red tfreproof, and was made the depository . of papers and other valuables by many per son, in the neighbourhood at the last fire. Opposite to this house, at the south-west corner of Commercial and Montgo mery-streets, and fronting on the latter, stood a range of handsome brick buildings, also considered fireproof; while adjoining it, in Montgomery-street, stretched another row of equally substantial brick buildings, four stories high, and running northwardly 150 feet to Clay-street. After taking every precaution that anipie means could enpply, we viewed the destruction of the surrounding buildings from the roof of Mr. Davidson's house ' and awaited the approach of the devouring element with feelings anything lint pleasant. What a Keene that h.dr-hour so spent presented! Whole block, blazing, crashing, and tumnling into ruins; the heat increasing and the smoke thickeuing so as to Impede respi ration. Every now and again a startling noise of a house rent asunder and demolished by the gunpowder stowed within it ; the blazin; of liquors, oils, paints, and all sorts of combustibles, throwing an occasional and horrid glare on the hell beneath. We, however, felt secure, confiding in the strength of our building, and fully expected to save it from what we vainly thought would be only a scorching —a confidence which we shared with the inhabitants of all the surrounding brick buildings and their fie. nib. The rest of the tale is soon told. Commereial-street being filled with goods, boxes, bales, and furniture thrown out by owners, and which the rapid ;Approach of the fire prevented them from removing, the whole street itself of wood took fire with the two ranges of houses on both sides simulta- Ineously. This body of fire, in a few minutes increased by the burning of the squarer of wooden buildings behind, ex- I tended in one unbroken volume over a space of several acres in extent, and, lashed into fury as it was by the strong wind which blew right upon it from the hills and gullies in the rear, carried everytaing before it far oat into the bay. A house of :amine could not have withstood this heat. The rapidity with which it destroyed everything is in credible, except to an eye-wittiess. At five minutes past twelve our house was unattacked, my offices were quite cool, and I had the fullest confidence in the stability of the building. Suddenly . my shutters started into a red 11,1 t, as if struck by lightaing, the carpets and floors iu front, Poe bedroom furniture behind, all caught at the sometime; the rooms became filled with sparks, suffocating smoke and steam, and I was eurruuudeil by tire in an instant. The top of the house was on lire. The owner saved his life by forcing his way from the roof, through the tire, in wet clothes with a damp sponge in his mouth, and slipping down the walls Ly MUMS of a blanket, into Montgomery-street. The destruction of the whale contents of tie house was completed in 10 minutes. My furniture, library, papers, and all the paraplierialia of a lawyer', UtfiC2, were destroyed in this short space of time. and I rnoma myself et the end of it limping in the streets with a sprained ankle awl a broken shin, minus everything in the shop., of property except the clothes on my back. My case was t.vourable comparigoos with the misturtunes of many others. Just as I escaped into the street a sight met my eyes which no one who saw it could forget. llalf-a-dozen poor fellows, rushing scalded from one of the brick houses in Mouttromeiyedreet, along the blaring woods n side-walks, fell poll-moil on their hands and face, over some red hut iron boxes which stood in their way. The agony of their efforts to lift themselves, while they scrambled over the hot iron was maoldeniug. They, however, escaped with life. A moment after, a more hor rible sight appeared. The figure of a man emerged from an alley, all on tire from head to foot. Ilis dress was all burnt off, except his shoes and portions of his shirt, before he reached the street, which was a sheet of Mime. Throwing hisarms wildly alumni, be walked slowly through the fire straight across the burning street, the flames of which reached the gutter on the opposite side of Montgomery street, where his foot seined to trip, and he fell backward. We could only hope that it wassoon all over with him. The horror which this unearthly apparition, looking as the un fortunate sufferer did, like a burning harlequin, produced on the crowd, rendered hundreds of people circles, of every thing but life. No effort wits afterwards made in this quarter of the town to save anything but life alone. A rush was certainly made as far as the flames would permit to save the burning man, but as he was 12 or 14 yards within the burning street, and the houses on both sides wore on fire, the effort was fruitless. The loss of life wee considerable. In an iron house in Montgomery-street six men perished together. In Cali (omin-street two of the firemen were ballot to death, and I saw two bodies in the 'treets charred to a cinder, and many are injured. The number of the dead no one can teli. Some compute it at Ali, some at 60, awl others reckon it at hundred.. Row many moy have been lost in the houses that stood upon the water, over a space of some 20 acres, no one can tell ; and, in fact, the population of this city is of so migratory a character, and there are such constant ar rivals of strangers by sea, that the number lost in the fire can never be ascertained. PORTUGAL. By the Tay, we have dates from Lisbon to July 7. A new ministry had been formed. Our correspon , dent writes: LISBON, ILLY 7. On the afternoon of the 3rd, the ministers had a meeting at Saldanha's house, sh , :n he frankly told them him his generals had abandoned him, and the state of things was fearful. On his asking their advice, they told him they had already given it many times, and pie had not taken it. They then left him, and proceeded to the palace and ten dered their resignations ; at which the Queen was extremely iurprised, and it is said disliked it nur2h ; but as the situation was unsustainable, there was no resource; thm Co/tieministers are therefore politically deud—Pes: tans, Franzini, and Sourd ; and two, Loul6 and Jervis d'Atoug . nin, dying ; therefore if Saldanha survives, as it is said ho i s ill, he talk into the nct so long prepared fur him. To trace tite causes of these sudden events, it M only necosmry to ret.r to the electoral decree. It was too li beral in the consideration of the party to whom I have attributed intrigue in rny previous Itttc.rs ; that party caused di-satisfaction by their representation that rt had its origin in the Septembrista ascendancy, or gene rals commanding division+, colonels in common , ' of regi ments, and government contractors would not have been declared ineligible. ; this brought upon Saldanha nearly the whole of the influential commanders and the monied in terest, who could see nothing but a constant move towards sentiments of a democratic nature,while he was taxed with his (violated)pmniist to impport theCartista influence; th is power ful array could not be withstood, and consequently it may now be considered that we stand in the position of 1516, with only this difference, that the events which followed that period are matters of history, while now each om looks round and asks what will be done? To this, of course, no positive reply can he given, but the in ,jority think Om the electoral law will be revised, and the grand march will be through the high road of ('artiest to the sutra eating and gagging road of Cahralism ; for discoveries that are making must be hidden ; they arc too irritating ; com missioners to inquire into and reform abuses must ,not be permitted to pry into the past or prevent intro.,. abuses; the 1161eano of national desire must he choked and filled up like • waterless well ; but who will undertake, or who can bring Is perfection such a fearful task? The reactive work is, liewsver, in hand. LATEST Ilt;cn.—The ministry is formed: Saldanha, War and President; ltodrigo Nlagalhaes, Interior; Franzini remains with Finance; and Jervis d'Atouguitt, Foreign Affairs; Fontes Pereira de Mello, Marine ; Bishop of Algarve is nominated to Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, but, not being here, the portfolio is reserved for him. LA PI ATA AND BRAZIL. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR BY ROSAS. The royal Brazilian mail packet, Tay, Captain Chapman, front the Brazibc, arrived at Southampton yesterday, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. Serivcn, R.N., Admiralty agent. Iler dates of sailing are: Buenos Ayres, May 28th; Monte Video, 31st ; Rio do Janeiro, June 11th ; Bahia, 16th; Pernambuco, 18th; St. Vincent, 26th; Tenerife, ,July Ist; Madeira. 3rd; Lisbon, 7th. [A summary of the news appeared in yesterday's Express.] The defection of Urquiza front Rosas, upon which doubts had been thrown, is now confirmed beyond a doubt, the Resist journals' bile overflowing to abuse hint with that virulence for which they are so well known. Urquiza's pronuncianutito against Rosas, although unexpected, says the Rio Journal do Coal mereio, had created a great sensation at Buenos Ayres On . the 25th of May, the anniversary of the revo lution, four groat Hags were exhibited in the Square da Victoria, in Buenos Ayres. on which were in scribed, Death to the traitor, Urquiza," and bands of men, headed by music, paraded the streets, uttering all the insults they could invent against the chief of Entrerios. Roma was making active preparations to oppose hostile attacks. Levies were being made in the country round Buenos Ayres, the militia had been replaced or training. 70.1 men had been ordered from Santa F. under the command of Col. Lagos, who was to be joined by Generals l'acheco and Mancilla with what force they could muster. An American officer, named Coe, had been appointed to command the Ar gentine squadron which was expected shortly to leave the Parent.. Intelligence from Cerrito announces that Oribe had declared his readiness to combat all the ene mies of Roses to the death. Ile was about to concentrate at San Jose all the forces on the Rio Negro, and all those divisions were to unite on the Uruguay, the frontier of Bra z il b e i ng abandoned, and the corps under Dionizio Coronet at Cerro Largo being withdrawn. A general system of recruiting had also been organised all over lc coun try by General Oribc. The Brazilian squadron was in the waters of the Plate, but had taken no active step. Au alliance has decidedly been entered into between Urquiza and the republic of Monte Video. Paraguay has also joined. and will furnish, it is said, 15,000 men to join Urquiza's army. Letters from Monte Video de scribe a demonstration at the capital of Entrerios, where Urquiza was carried in triumph by the people, who shouted " Death to Roses, and Long Life to the Emperor of Brazil," "Long Life to the Federal Al liance of the Argentine People." This demonstra tion, when known at Monte Video, gave rise to a popular manifestation of gratitude to Urquiza for joining the cause of the Montevidcans. The news from Fntrerios was of the 6th May, and that horn Monte Video of the 11th. The yellow fever had disappeared at Rio, and the I coast generally was considered healthy. The Brazil government have recalled their minister from Buenos Ayres, and everything indicated the approach of hostilities. One of Roses' generals had declared against him, and others were expected to follow. A German battalion of from 300 to 400 men arrived at Rio a few days before the Tay. They were well received, and are for the prctent quartered in the town, but are to be sent to the frontier as soon as possible. Great things scent to be expected of these troops; they are certainly a line body of men, and arc to be followed by another body of same num ber from Germany. At Rio, a heavy fall in the price of coffee is expected, on account of the unfavourable news brought by the Tay, and the somewhat heavy stocks on hand. 'fo continue a minute description any further would only tire your readers. Suffice to say that after the period last above spoken of nearly all efforts to check the tire were abandoned. The lire-engines could not travel through the burning streets, and in parts into which they could be brought there was no water ; besides which, gr, at quantities of the hose were burnt. :Never were there such materials for a great conflagration. Everything favoured the fire. The streets, and the sewers beneath them, and side•walks being of wood, covered, in many places, with furniture, piles of goods, and other combustible materials, and all burning furiously at the same time, compelled the people to desert the burning districts and fly to the square and to the surrounding bills, and it was not until the fire had spent itself next day that the extent of the destruction could be Ken. The Cormorant steamer made a capture in tho bour yesterday of the steam tow boat Carolina. She was in the set of conveying slave irons and provi sions on board a vessel waiting outside. The Caro lina is the property of Jose Antonio d'Alvarenga, a Portuguese shipehandler. No intercourse took place with Teneriffo on the home voyage except receiving the mails from the qua- At the first breaking out of the fire it was quite practi• cable to have arrested its progress by simply cutting away the houses on two sides; 30 to 40 men judiciously working in this manner could have saved the city ; but the chief enuineers of the fire company were absent, and the firemen (who were all volunteers), although they were promptly on the spot and worked with much enemy, and disi.lol,l great daring, yet, their efforts being ill-derected,•:snd confined to pumping and the use of the hose, the fire soon spread beyond their control. fhe space devastated is about, at a rough guess, aided by a perusal of the city map. 8,000 square yards, or, in other words, about a mile in length by a quarter of a mile in depth, including two sides (all but two houses left standing) of Portsmouth-square, 12 of the principal streets, besides a great many houses on the water. The loss of property is incalculable; including merchandise, it is estimated at THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1851. 10,000,000 dots., and the number of persons rendered I the most fervent gratitude for the generous intention of houeelese cannot be less than 10,0J0, and probably amounts your country and of your government, and the moat re to 12,000. sportful appreciation of their nelole conduct toward., myself The shipping, fortuna with trite d e exception ile& Uhl my com mi panto, which I beg yon will be e, kind to eon llay, storeships full of goods, not take fire; although it was vcy to the government and the people of the United Slates, its imminent danger.. o together with the humble declaration of mine that 't hat- The custom-house is in ruins, and the inconvenience and ever may be the fate I have to meet, it will he, ev s in loss of property, but more particularly of papers, which its the moment of my death—after the trust to God, ale rey , ing destruction involves is very great. By the practice of re- chief connotation, that your glorious country, the ewe (miring one in every ten packages of goods which arrive to judgment of your wise men as well as the sentiments of be sent to the custom-house for appraiscment, a loss esti- your people, have deemed the pour Hungarian exile not mated at nearly 200,000 dollars has been incurred by the unworthy of the ir:eympathy. buraing of these samples; and by the partial enforcement I may die, but the cause will yet rise —and, with or of the bonding system on shore a very barge loss has been without me, the battle will be fought eon, more, ehich occasioned, which would have been saved if the storing met the approbation of great, glorious, and free d. iteltentin afloat had been permitted to be continued ; now, however, Ainerica. Amen. there is no accommodation left for any such storage on lout, dear sir, there is yet one thing which I mo i ., b e , shore. All the ships' certificates of register which were . you to clear of all sniereproelitetionx before yo or e .„ en ia . deposited in the custom-house are burnt. The English are meet, that the anonym. given by the Ottoman may the greatest sufferers by this casualty, as we have no consul be I ully appreciated. yet who can supply the captains with sailing letters. They Now, I have 119 doubt the thing will het ito accept a sort of certificate from the custom-house to take • the world as a bents 41t/It 11•!.ep af the Sublime I' them to the nearest port where an English consul can be would make the world believe that," though po f oun d . siderations did not allow &a. to restore all !I The English houses came off, on the whole, pretty well— I exiles to liberty, still it was a cable resolution of • . , certainly not worse than their neighbours. Starkey, Bre- :to restrict the 'detention only to eight . individuea, .;, titers, entire range of buildings is totally destroyed, with a all the rest." large quantity of merchandise stored; as are also Dickson, De I But no, sir, the CAW is quite different : the pr e , Wolf, and Co.'s premises. Dupuy, Foulkes, and Co.'s lotion of the Purte not only partakes nothing of yo buildings are uninjured. Nattier, Baines, and Co. have knee, but it is rather the most barbarous, the DPW suffered nothing worth mentioning. They have a good , man deed amongst all we hose yet experienced here. substantial brick building, which is uninjured, although all I Before stepping over the threshold of Turkey, t e k e d the houses opposite and behind, and most of those in the I if they would give me or not asylum and hospitalit). I .. ae a mine row, arc gone. Glen and Co.'s warehouse, being; them, let me be your guest, or else let me pa., task I may situated on North Warta beyond the crowded portion of I carry my weary head to more hospitable shuna. „a the town, was near a mile. beyond reach of the fire, and • • swered me, be welcome, be our guest ; our hots-- e. i b o they only lost a worthless iron structure with a few samples. I an asylum to thee : we swear thee protection and carp( Oodelfroy, Sillem, and Co. lost their house, but no great I tality. amount of English consignments. D. Gibb's house is also I trusted—l arrested my steps, that I might yet safe. breeze which swept over the elains of my neighlseiri e No treasure was lost in the fire. A million of dollars in tive land, that I may see the billows of the Dane , Ithe custonaliouse was thrown into the well ; the bankers with Hungarian tears from Presburg to Orsova. who were Intent out reclaimed all theirs ; and, on the whole, A few mouths later they gave me a prison in fir Aaa fA we had no great cause to complain of robbery. , The papers, be the asylum wince they hail eworu to me. no usual, are " down" upon the " Sydneyitcs, and attribute At the sad moment of this change in my fate, the p o o r the fire to incendiarism. I must not became the apologist ruins of independent Huneary, my fellow exiles, aetee; of the Sydney gentlemen. I think their importation ought with few exceptions, demanded the only concession, le -:etze to be prohibited ; but as to incendiarism, on this occasion my fate. at leant there is not a shadow of truth in the allegation. I It was refused. know the painter in whose house the fire originated. I saw At last to 23 of them was granted the permissien • I am . it break out, and have quite satisfied myself siuce that the company me. So they cause with me. They cata. Nerdy i house was set on fire by the catching of the calico (our sub. decided, and declaring this their resolution to te. a mt . stitute for painting and paper) with which the walls were missary of the Porte, rather to undergo every hung, by a candle carelessly, but accidentally, placed too rather to struggle with starvation, than to let me . for mer to it by two of his workmen, in the room over the 'Laken, alone. balcony. It was a noble deed, sir, worthy of the syme y of I may mention, for the information of English people in- humanity. terested in iron WPM'S, that this fire has settled their value Now, sir, these are the men who are now dr:a oway es a protection against fire for ever. Not ono of them stood from my side by force by the Turkish gaverwou the attack of the fire, and many of them caught from the They protested against this inhumanity, ae vat wa son heat of the houses on the opposite side of the streets in from the adjoined memorial ; they declared te 'Io, which they stood. They helped the fire materially by the stay with me without the elighteat aid of ti. Toorae go. intense heat which they emitted. vernment ; they asked notheig but the perruisa ..1 . ,aro WEDNZNDAY, MAT 14. my fate; they declared not to submit to the- One oaty. The lapse of upwards of a week enables ins to speak of fhe answer was—if you don't go 'retie el, will. the business and future prospects of the place. I feared be set upon the horses and bound up, and carry ::way during use day after the fire that the city would not recover by force. from this dreadful calamity. On the Tuesday after the fire Only to five of the whole number is permits- I • this fear was dispelled by the symptoms of revival which my martyrdom. There have been recur oda , a appeared. Things began to " recuperate," as the favourite particularly devoted themselves to the era s-..d p crease here is. Applications for the renewal of to my person, a precaution of necessity, as the old, and for the making of new leaees, came augment itself acknowledgeol again and aa an, crowding upon the lawlowers. Frames were begun trian assassins were plotting against my lit, to be "fixed" in spaces cleared from the burning embers. least to spare me the mortification of elwie, and everything betokened a determination to set up again. seven. No, it was not permitted ; two even ~, Ina few dogs , more than 100 wooden houses were in pro- driven away. gems of erection, a. 1 now the number is vastly increased. On the contrary, I was willing to secret., elo That the business of the tame received a severe cheek is of tion of the presence of my family, fur tote sae.: ef • , du course certain, but there is no danger of the general pros. cation of my children. I intenolea, the refore, t. 31 , 31 my pertly of the place being destroyed by fire. As to the in- self of your government's generous ete r wool ty my domitable energy of this people, I have so often spoken with infant children, under, or even (if it can't ootlietevise be) admiration of it under similar circumstances that it would without, their guardian angel, my dear lwlet, et wif e . It h. trite to continue its repetition. It is now a truism. It was explicitly refused. seems to be the destiny of this place to go ahead, so long, at That is the real state of the question, sir. It is we for all events, as the gold continues inexhaustible. So long as the sake of relieving the hureleot of my feting , by a weak this source of wealth continues, it will attract a complaint I dwelt upon these particulars : I will ho or my large and active population, and it' all the houses fate; but it is that barbarity may not seemed in -lea. ring in San Francisco burn, as this population must itself meter the mark of humanity, awl that my e oolers have supplies, and as San Francisco is the es. may not sell for benevolence n deed whielt is the most eetalolieheol emporium of this country, it must prosper. If shocking cruelty. It is fur that reason tit ot I pray yon we cannot 'mild houses to resist fire, why, we will burrow would be. so kited as to inferai your any, mimeo, aaout holes and live in them ; or, in short, we will do anything these, as the real i-sue of your couutry's ge. • roots prepaid rather than abandon a place where we make more money tion, as I will also state the, matter before toe palheity of than we can make elsewhere. This is a reflex of the pre- the civilised world.. dominant feeliug, and it is this feeling that sustains us Now, my dear sir, as the greatest part of my driven under so many calamities, and that supports the " recupera. away companions have 010. aled to profit of pour gene tire " principle which the Americans are rather vain of n.nri oilier and tuts to _!near.;, in the conitiolem hope. that upholding. with the aid of taxi. they may yet see au tin their native . . . . • .• taM go ' ~us- . I dat these The wick of goods on hand was so large, that although an immense quantity of goals was burnt, so much remained on bo•.nl ship that the prices did not rise so high as might be expected. Articles of immediate necessity even—such as apparel, were sold at a small advance on ordinary prices. The principal articles of lumber and other building ma teri3l4, flour, barley, &c., have not risen much. For the next three months little business will be done, and the market will he dull, as so much ready capital is re quired to rebuild the city. Missions to arrive after that period will meet a good market. The gold "diggings' are as prosperous as ever. hut on the heels of our fire one occurred in Stockton last week, which burnt down one half of that city, the loss of which is egimated at 2,000,000 dol.. Stockton and San Francisco hare an ominous coincidence in their fires in point or too. ; and, again, our last lire happened on the anniversary of the great fire of last year. lxloved fatherland in it..., 1,...m and independence, it is my duty to trouble you ‘ome indispensable prayers on their behalf, which I trui: y,m will feel authorked tO comply with, &c., L. Ko,...urn. Protestation of the Ilungarian Offieers in lintabia. Nous souseii stns, C0M1L.14111,11, volontuires do Luis Koh Ruth, ancien (Moreno:us el lioutrrie, acertis opts la Sub lime Porte, en ordonnaust notro separation, nit 111M:talon d'excuter cette ordonstance inattendue sans dash En consideration : Quo nous stticimes cet home illttstro dam le lieu de son exit et rebpertivement do son iuterna tiou en pleine liberte et volontasrument, di:cities a partager son sort et nes souffeauces jumps' a la fin. En consideration: quo tl'aprZ:s cel.e la Sublime' i'ortc, d'areord avec les agcus iliplomatiques ii Autriche. nous a hien penis de nous juisolie it mitre chef sumlit, et do raccompagner sans condition, de neslOWS separerjtusqe au terse do son internatiou. En consideration, enlist, que nous tons, en soulutitant la list de l'empri4onnement de Phorame ilisetre, ne ,kman dames sependunt jamais none areanehissement individual en eherchant et trouvant nitre dans la roitosation male de partager lea malliturs de l'homme de nitre choir. Nous thiclaroni par la Concur des pr ".out la susilito ordonstance injuste, cruelle et restrain: aus Bruits des ttens, en protestant solennellonteut centre %on ex, , eotion, d-''vant les peoples toujours sen.ibles aux mallseuN, et decant Popission destiutires.id du monde en declarant d'outre, que now no sadirons qu'a Is force vice do eons qui seront eliarge's do l'elfectuation do fordonstance. Kutallie en itsie Mincure, lot du Nloi. de Mai, 1841, Lea COSII.AuSoNS VOLENTEittEs 1.0110 ANCIEN CluEVEltNot:il DI: Itoware. THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. TO TUC r.inTou ot"ritE; D.ttLY NEW 4. DEAR Sta,—Lord Paltuer,too avowed it in tho house, at the question of Mr. Urquhart, that the Hunga rian refugees, now at Southampton, have been sent off front Turkey by the advice of the English government; but he did not tell us in what manner this advice has been! put in execution. A recent communication front Constan tinople enables me to give you the details ; they arc con tained in a letter of M. Kossuth to the American Charge d'AtEtires, and in the protestation of the Hungarian officers, of which I inclose a copy. Allow me, &c. &c., HTINGARUS. LETTER OF LOUIS ROSSETTI, LATE GOVERNOR OP To Homes A. Homes, Esq., Chargs d'Affaires, :al interim, of the U. S. of America at Constantinople. Kutahia, the 4th May, Stn,—Scarce have I learnt from you the rebuke given by the Turkish ministry to the generous proposition of your glorious country's congress and government, that an Aus trian commissary also arrived to put the barbarous decision of the l'ortc peremptorily to execution. An Austrian commissary in Turkey! You must, of course, feel bow deep this empire must have fallen, till it was to suffer such degradation, nay, abdication of her independence. tihe is falling fait, poor Turkey—falling, not by want of strength, not by fatality, but by the cowardice of her leaders, who have not the courage to act according to their own judg ment. Of course, all the contestations about the "September and no longer," so, the term of my detention, is mere hum bug : nay, more, it is affront added to oppression. Has the Porte given th ,. , assurance to the United States that such a day of September next you can take me without any further application on board an American ship ? Of course no. lie, therefore, sure of this, my dear sir, it is mere humbug. The real value of their words I have had opportunity enough to appreciate. Full well I understand the case. I ant doomed to perish at Kutahia—to fall a victim here to the fears of abominable Austria. There are many ways to come to that cud, now that the companions of my prison, they who have accom panied me by free choice, with the agreement of the Porte, hither, arc by force torn away from my side, and 1 stand almost forsaken—alone ! ~Vrll, I will look i; for myself, and meet the wcrst if needs be. I must frankly tell you that I have anticipated the failure of your negotiation. The Turkish government yields but to fear or to protection, and it must be fully aware that what ever may be the power of the United States, Turkey has nothing to fear and no protection to hope from them; nothing, because your government, your legislative bodies, all your organs or publicity, are very anxious to proclaim every once again and again, that nun-intervention in Eu ropean matters, is the first fundamental principle of the political system of the United States. To be sure, wise were the men who established this principle, and wise were the men who followed it. It was a necessary one for the foundation as *ell as for the growth of the United States. Neither would it be convenient to me to investigate whefher the drum which is so well suited to protect the childhood and to den lop the youth will still prove suitable when the nue. h-promising y-onth had become a full frown man—nay, a mighty giant, as y our country is. Time is going on, mid every hour may bring its own convenience as it bungs its own neemsity. May be that even your glorious country may soon be called to feel that every position has its neces sities, has its conditions—has, I would almost say, its un avoidable fatality ; the more, the greater, the mightier that position is. "(sod arts nut by special will, but by general laws," said an English philosopher. May be that even your country will very soon be called to feel that it is de termined (as surely it is) to uphold, nay, still to I heighten the glorious position it already holds, it will scarcely bo possible, should it even be con venient not to put a weight into the balance, where the destinies of the old word and its civilisation are to be weighed, it will scarcely be possible not to give anything more to the sufferings of nations than the noble sentiments of sympathy to the struggling, the commisera tins to the fallen, an asylum to foe persecuted, or, at the most, a generous offer, but which even a Turkish minister may dare to decline. There may be some who believe that the non-acceptation of the generous offer of the United States is but an indirect answer of Austria to the glorious declaration of Mr. Webster, which found so mighty an echo iu every American breast, an answer scarcely less arrogant than the first foolish provocation v. ; there may be sonic who believe that the United States may even not speak, but having once I spoken their word must ho obeyed. As to me, it is my duty not to repress even any humble wish about the further steps of your government ; to me it would be eluite inconve nient either to entertain or to express any feelings else than Ur Court. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, tecompanied by the Princesses Alice and lleler.a, and atte n ded by the lion. Lucy Kerr, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and I.Lat.-Colonel Francis Ilugh Seymour, vi.ited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of a ll Nations yesterday morning. Tho Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, visited the Exhibition yc.derdny Girenoon. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Brue• , tho Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Pauper, al< paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday morning. Her Majesty and l'rince All..yrt remained about an hoist at the Exhibition, and then returned to Buckingham/ Palace. --Queen e had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included the Duehei, of Kent, tho Duke of Cambridge the Prince Lowen4tein, the Count and Countess Walewsk.A, the /dariptis and Marehioi-sa of Ahercorn, Lady Augusta Brae., the Baron, do Sped!, the Earl of Westmoreland, Lord and linly Charles Weller ley, Major 13iddulph, and Lord William l'aulet. A deputation from Belfast, consisting or the M.iyor, Mr. Whitler, and Mr. llurrison, accompanied by Mr. T °fluent, M.P., had an interview with the Chanc , llor of the Ex chequer yesterday in Downing -street. Mr. Carrie had an interview yi.sterlay with Earl Grey at the Colonial-olliee. fhe Cambridge l nLeer ity Commissi. had a mc , ting yesterday at the official rt.i•Litee of the i'irst Lord of the Treasury, in Downieg-strut. Pr,seut : the BAN) of Chester, the Dean of My, Sir John Iler.elfel, Ow Bev. l'rofessor Sedgwick, and the Bev. W. 11. Ilate,on (•ecre tt Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of !elan' Reve nue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the EcAcelucr yesterday at his official rcAidLm , e in Downing—tn.!. The Westminster Brielip: Commission met p...en'Ay at the office of her Majesty a Commissioners of o and Forests iu Whitehall-place. There wer.• present 1,..! moue, Lord Sudelcy, the Earl of Lousdale, Lord R tiros- Tenor, Sir IL. Inglis, the 'tight Iron. C. 'lenny.oa 1) 4 1 2- court, and Mr. Alderman Ilumplecey. Deep:Aches were seat of from the Colonial-offic, day to the Governors of the North American colued, A Cabinet Council was held yesterday oft,: lona at the Foreign-office, bowniu" m-strcet. The Minis ters present were Lord Johnitusscll, the Al (11118 of Lansdowne, the Earl of Mintn, Viscount I .ner ston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Eve's i tter, Sir Francis Baring, Lorl Brougll.on, the i;•ight Hon. Henry Laboucherr, the Marquis of C.:ad carde, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat about an hoot. Tho Itight Hon. Edward Strutt has issued an ad dress to the electors of Arundel, and it is expected that he will meet with no opposition. (Prom toot Weft% Gazette.) &TT:INGHAM-PALACE, Jt'l.Y 7.—This day had audience of her Majesty Excellency Monsieur Alex andre Colonna-Walew;ki, ainlsosador front the Iron!' Re public, to deliver Ili , credentials ; to which he was oltro (laced by Viscount Palmerston , G.C.8., her 31.ijes.y , Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the lion. Sir Edward Cast, 1i.C.11., ]Later of the Ceremonies. THE LIEUTENANCY OF 111. i decided that Major-General Bowles, the Master of the Queen's !leasehold, is to succeed to this sinecure appointment! Major Biddulph succeeds Major-Ocneral Bowka ROYAL COLLEOR OF rarialcLiNg.—At a Comilib Majors Extraordinaria, held at the college on the 9th inst., the following members were admitted fellows: Dr. Theo philus Thompson, Bedford-sqn:tre ; Dr. William H'lnlYter Marley-street; Dr. William Wong Maddox-street; Dr. Richard Quoin, Harley-street ; Di.'Audrew Whyte Bar* clay, Curzon-street. 4 tho I t ; no tiActl I I art pal cet uni opii in , wit elle the all chu Ii of $O,