The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-17 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

Saturday afternoon, about half-past. five, the royal
mail steam-ahip Asia, Captain Jaunt, arrived in
the Mersey from New York, whence she sailed on
the sth instant, at noon, with the usual mails, 1131
passengers, and about 130,000 dollars specie, &I Ay
in silver.
The United States mail steam-ship Pacific. apt'
Nye, arrived at New York, on Sunday, the 2nd Mgt.,'
end the Crescent City also at that port on the sane
day, with the California mails, 042 passengers, and
more than two and a half million dollars in gold
dust

On the morning of the 6th inst., about two o'clock,
the Asia passed the steam-ship Earop.a, also belong-
ing to the British and North American Company,
within half a day's sail of New York, with the mails
from home of the 24th ult. . . .

Xoesuth still continued to excite great enthusiasm
▪ the New Xagland people, who freely at-
tended his meetings, the price of admiesion in some
cams bring from sae to two dollars for each perm)
for whisk a WI payable on the achievement of the
indepseasse ',Hungary was given, in addition to
the oratarled entertainment. At Charleston, on the
4th, them Ws a numerees assembly, and on the 4th
he visaed Gembridge, sat used at the home of
Pelham lisegrilow.
Tim edsocesejlarsh Xmas, which left Scituate
on Mame 3 he reseidibimg, has not been hoard'
freeelless. SIM h gerreed to be lost, together
See be somber.
T_boteuelms peers contain amounts of great de-
✓mal. ar poperty by the storm of Friday, 30th of
Arra The town of Leavenworth, Indiana, was
newly dirstroyed— forty houses were blown down,
come ef Win substantial brick buildings, with 13-
leek walls t two or three persons were lulled, and a
amuse badly injured. In various other.plaess,
hews, hems, and orchards of valuable fruit-trees
were destroyed.
The British barque, Onyx, from Grand Meath for
lesien, we abandoned at sea April 14th, and the
Ow taken et and brought initere. The Onyx had
'largo 4400 We egg iron' and NO tins of coal,
antis, Bowne, and Co., Bosnia.
"L*l4lll le .
Glity's illness 'has mauled a mere violent
insgier hie most sanguine friends have abeadesed
of his seeerrepy. On Friday night he was
rrtioLtroalied with his' cough, woh has since
Ehseifa evidsody not far distant. His
family bas hem met hr.
The steamer Cresisent City, Captain Windle, has
arrived at New York hoe) California, with five hun-
dred perempre, ewe millions of treasure on freight,
and de bimixed amend in the hands of the
The Greemiet Qty left Aspinwall (Navy
eßeair en the Mel alt, with the Golden 's
==f2Smile, and I:wore, bringing the largest
odd ever resolved frem any Merv.
Aikhaheamivele went the Baby et Cabheala and
the el Gespe._
km Owe boldest sad Pltdfidi
hose is ratrebserit. Ist Mee left
Chili wfthie's mr two wiry ca aeseloufthe
late re Set esealay_—•ll to MY fa
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in the had et gold. Bray Air be. Hang
tom bebop a load of Celestials.
The wisgt, which is drawing to a dose in Cali-
Seek. lea lew quite a severe one. Grad peedthe
drilla ham and the rivers have hest higher
then ever Jame before. The mountain heights are
buried la maw, and the maim will be ate of full
rivers, and hence of prosperous opseedime •to the
edema. The skies are now clear, and the waters
are slowly falling back into the rivers' eimeeds. The
Sadist was severely felt in the neighborhood of
Monterey, and crops along the Wines rives are con-
siderably injured.
The SUSS steady and Whine seems which elm-
resterhed ewe reports from the whew aside= et the
plow, at the tims of aske( nr bit_ !WPM fit
gold esers, asetheesnd .the ride% whirl have so
abundantly Ailed part el the mines, have left
• rich bawd far the dTrgees
It is found. as the waters gradually recede from the'
fiats bordering es the drums in the W6tiel Nib%
and the riven resew their natural sheitech, that
the were.matiesits, or the washings, are mar
by the ageism cl the Susi
crisealitiss ea gir a and aloeg the heel%
where the tressure was most exposit Mao base
left in some places almost Wren; ems white the
earth had beat turned over in vela Week We
formatiess er =lnhere been made.
The ep hem ear skim M Wahl,
muster bus essweessi. Perdu use to be sea
even day. in the shade or ea ear lAneves, equippi
for the MOIL The ink ups our "Seating pew
lathe will be peat, bet we meet te realm a
benefit in the melange of them perms tee the
wealth whisk their industry will asemidate, and ,
their neessides put in circulation swag us this
maser. Thos number of Chinese labourers that
will visit the masse this spring will be very great.
Every day paths ef thirty and forty may be seen in
ear &esti, their shires, utensils, and other " traps"
lisped upon a dray, wending their way to the
Stockton or Sacramento steam-boat landings. This
ohm of miners is, perhaps, of all others, the lesat
profitable. Their wants are few, and supplied in a
cheap and peculiar manner, and, as they are saving,
penurious, and apt at trade, society seldom gets the
benefit of their earnings. When they have accu-
mulated a few hundred dollars each, their fortunes
are made for their own country.
The Carreras Chronicle, Extra, April 1, eontains
an account of the arrest, trial, conviction, and execu-
tion of a Mexican, named Carlos Mara, for robbery,