The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

lighthouse."

THE GERMANIC DIET.

A correspondent of the Independance Beige dots
that the Germanic Diet has already replied to th

from the Cabinet. of Vitra

" The Diet thanks the Austrian Government for iti

communication apropos of the closing of the Cosh,.
ences, and for its efforts towards the re-establishmest
of pesos in Europe. The Diet does not think—Mill
the federal resolutions of July 24 and Dec. 9,1864—
that the actual situation requires any new mom,
not even the enlargement of the obligations or octal
engagements of the Confederation. The Diet is swill

that the maintenance of peace, and the firm animal
Germany, render it necessary that it peniits is
the position it has up to this hour held, and it eosin•
tams provisionally the Ifriegsbereitschaft, arta
to on Feb. 8, 1855." _

AUSTRALIA, MAURITIUS, AND THE CAPE.

(MON OUR OWN 001RISPONDENT.)
PLYMOUTH, TURBDAT.

The steamer Pacific, from Australia, W.E.Thomp
son, Commander, has put in and landed her mail
and some pusengers. Her dates are Sydney,l4th
April; Melbourne, 19th April; King George's Scud,
28th April; Mauritius, 26th May ; Cape of Good
Hope, 22nd June; St. Vincent, 4th July; and Ma-
deira, 11th July. She brings 86 passengers, a um-
ber of which are first class; 36,845 ounces of gold,
4,151 sous., a total value of 151,5311. ; and ono
packages of merchandise. Amongst her passengeu
are the Hon. C. B. Pine, Lieutenant-Governor d

Natal ; Rev. W. Ellis, of the London MAIO!
Society, returned from Madagascar; Mr. Swaim%
Attorney-General for New Zealand; Mr. 0. A.
Lloyd, and Mr. Donaldson, and other gentlemen from
Sydney; Lieutenant Murchison, 58th Regimestl
Captain Williamson, 85th Regiment ; Lientemat
Glynn, and Lieutenant Hogge, 85th Regiment.
The Pacific has made the run from the Cape ia 34
days, including 61 days' delay in coaling. bbe fir
built by Mr. Scott Russell in 1854, to order, for the
Australian coast; but on her arrival was found We
good for the trade, and was at once sent back tear
land for sale—Mr. G. Lloyd, one of the Psa having full power to dispose of her. She iiriX
wheel, 1,500 tons, and 500-horse power, and alts
trial trip in the Channel attained a speed of 15 bob
The February mail had not reached Melkweg
on the 19th April. She reports at Mauritius, Mkt
Dunbar, Cape of Good Hope, her Majesty's WI
Frolic, schooner Dart, steamers Hydra and Pesaro
which arrived on the 18th May, with English are
of the 12th March. At St. Helena, Dutch frigate IN
Ruyter, 60 guns, homeward bound. The NERO,
steamer left Cape de Verde for Liverpool.* the
July. The African mail steamer Retriever
Madeira for Plymouth two days before the Pads,
with the African mails. There had been eiretal
heavy commercial failures at Caps Town,-I°wt
Eager, and Co., a branch of the English Lass
of Lang, Ebden, and Co.; Broadway and H°lllll6
The Cape Parliament was prorogued on the 9tkai
hoe. Sir G. Grey, the new governor, appears at
give satisfaction. The idea of a Kaffir war is OW
abandoned. The lung sickness has disappeared *aw
the cattle.
The trade reports from the Mauritius are sa
t w'
Import business steady; export trade active,
and ge:teral position of mercantile tranmetims
improve& Ibe state of the sugar plantations highlY
saUsfactory. A quiet boldness Was doing in the
agar market at about Ammer rates.

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IMPERIAL P.
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PIISLIC HEALTH BILL.
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[Left sitting.]