The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-27 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC.

We annenneod on Saturday the arri-ral of the
Baltic at Liverpool.
The chief item of information in the papers
since brought to hand is foarteen days leaf intelli-
gence from California, by the Philadelphia steamer,
arrived at New Orleans from Aspinwall on
the Bth instant. She brings the California
mails and an Francisco dates to the leth
of November, and 200 passer.gers. The Philadelphia
sailed in company with the steam-ship Illinois for
New York, which vessel has two and a quarter
millions of gold dust on freigUt, and 200 passeegers.
The news is important. The city of Sacramento has
been almost entirely destroyed by fire. Nearly every
house was burned, and many lives were lost. De.
stractive fires have also occurred in San Francisco
nod Marysville.
The fire in %memento city broke out on y-stmt.
end spread over Third, lt, L, and M-streets, laying
completely bare the whole space between N.street on
the south and I-street north, and all between Front
and Tenth-streets, comprising no less than forty
!docks, and leaving nine-tenths of the population of
the city houselesa. The loss is estimated at 10,000,000
dollars. The Democratic State Journal office was
destroyed; also the State Hospital, the patients in
which suffered dreadfully. During the nine days
which elapsed since the occurrence of the fire and
;the departure of the steamer, ttslo buildings had been
Leestored.

The San Francisco fire broke out on the 10th
November, on the corner of Merchant and Bears,. e.
;streets, spreading down on the south side
I Kearney to Clay-street, and on both sides of M.r.
chant-street. Thirty buildings were destroyed.
Loss estimated at 150,000 dollars.

The Marysville fire occurred on the 7th Norm.
ber, and commenced on First-street, destroying ever!
building on the north side, mud of Maiden-lane, al d
soon swept off every building between Maiden -Lire
and C-shreet, and First and Second-streets, incluchn?
the American Hotel, Atlantic Hotel, Laree Hou.4,
Marysville Hotel, the New World, several hrtry
stables, breweries, storm, &c.
The State election resulted as follows :—Senate,ii
democrats and 7 whip; House, 41 democrats sod
19 whip ; with three districts to hear from.
The state has gone for Pierce and King, by abos:
13,000 majority.
The steam propeller Cite of Pittsburg was burred
at Valparaiso on the 20th of October. She vu
owned by the Philadelphia and Liverpool Steamship
Company, and is believed to be fully insured. She
was valued at 123,000 doll.

The clipper 814 Sovereign of the Seas, Captain
M'Kay, from New York, Aug. 4, had arrived out it
San Francisco.

The Senate, in executive session, has confirmed.
unanimously, the nomination of Edward Everett .0
secretary of state.
The Supreme Court has decided to hear the arg•:.
went in the Kane Extradition Case, on all the im•
portant points made by the defence, on the trt:
Monday of January next.
From New Orleans we have intelligence o
total destruction of the steamer Cleopatra by 6/t
whilst on her passage down the Black River. She
had a cargo of 900 bales of cotton.
The Report of the Secretary of the Interior i. pub
lished in the Nationn( Intelligeneer of the loth ice.
It is a long document, and much of its contents her
been anticipated by the publication in erten*, of the
reports of the Land, Pension, Census, and Indic
Humane, which are all under the charge of the
Secretary of the Interior. The transactions in the
Bureaux mentioned occupy a large portion of the
report. The secretary estimates the expenses of the
department for 1854 at 44/21,025.71 dole., bring lea
by 774,302.33 dole. than the estimates for l e.)3. The
Patent ()Mee contained in January, th3it, Doe
models ; at the close of the present year it will COn•
tale about 23,000. In view of this enormous ssi
progressive increase the preparation of an a' antir.:.
and descriptive index is recommended, which WOl4
obviate the necessity of preserving very
of the models, while inventors at remote 11(''"
would derive great advantage by consulting Na
'an indan. The report of Mr. Stansbury- a rbt
London Industrial Exhibition of 1831 is promised
a few weeks. The latest advice. from the Mexico
Boundary Commission state that the serves of the
River Csla, from its continence with the tohrs4•3
Rival 1D the point where it strikes the wester:
boundary of Mexico, had been completed. Me'
has also been made with the survey of ;he
rog 733 annde. The secretary corrects an error which
sesidentally occurred in his last report, in regard°
a point of latitude. The proriso under whiclit?
compensation of the surveying party was withhe,ll
dwelt upon at length, and, the reasons for the sera
of the department given. The repeal or theprorie
is naked for, and the distressed condition ~ftle
ofilecre and employes of the party now is IS
wilderness, urged us demanding immediate artion•
The extension of the capitol is reported as rt.
ceeding as rapidly as is consistent with the Ml°
execution of the work, and tie new library wee!
! mentioned as nearly completid. The ca...t iron `
lin the room was executed by Beebe and Co., of NO'
I York, and is highly coalrueuded. The iron /12.‘
consists of 10,0t10 separate pieces, and weigh, 07
400 tons. The Secretary strongly urges the proPr":11
of the appropriation of a sum sufficient to met
furnish suitable houses for the Vice-President so
the members of the cabinet • and justly States °