The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-15 00:00:00

PENINSULAR MAIL.

The Oriental Company's steam-packet Iberia, Capt.
C. F. Burney, arrived at Southampton yesterday, and
landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. Lang.
ton, R.N., Admiralty agent.
She brings 70 passengers, among whom were
Baron Waltar, Austrian Minister, Viscountess Alca-
hiti, Count Bobadilla, from Lisbon; and Viscountess
de Alpanduida from Oporto.
She brings intelligence that the Mediterranean
fleet leave Gibraltar on the 7th to cruise off Cape de
Gatte in conjunction with the experimental squadron
under Capt. Robinson, expected daily from Eng-
land.

The Janus was ordered to Newfoundland to pro-
tect the fisheries, but in consequence of her boilers
being defective, she is to leave Gibraltar for Eng-
land in a few days.
H.M.S. Growler remains daring the absence of the
tleet.

The Prince Royal of Portugal, on the Bth inst.,
accompanied the Queen and King in grand state to
the Cortes, where he took the oath of allegiance and
swore to maintain the charter; from thence pro-
ceeded to the cathedral to hear a " Te Deum," and in
the evening a grand ball was given by her Majesty
at the Belem Palace. General illuminations took
place over the city, and the English squadron in the
Tagus saluted and decorated with colours.
Count Bobadilla came on board the packet from
Lisbon, and was joined by three others at Oporto,
who visit England to be present at the birth of Don
Miguel's child.
Exchange, 54. Discount of Bark of Lisbon notes,
2j per cent.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
INDIA AND BURMAH.

We have received our usual telegraphic despatch
from Trieste, dated the 12th inst. _ _

Our dates from Bombay are to the sth of June ;
from Calcutta to the 3rd of Juno; and from Rangoon
to the 26th of May.
&mein had been taken by assault by General
Godwin, with the loss of three men killed, and seven
officers and 24 men wounded. The General had left
a garrison in Bessein and returned to Rangoon.
Nothing was known as to the intentions of the
King of Ava, nor of future operations.
The troops were in good health.
The monsoon had set in, and commerce had con-
sequently ceased for the season.
Sir Colin Campbell had met with some hard fight-
ing, and was not expected to return to Peshawar for
some time.
Money was abundant.

THE UNITED STATES.
ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN.

The United States mail steamer Franklin, James
A. Wotton, commander, from New York to Havre
via Cowes, with mails and passengers, arrived at
Cowes at 10.30 a.m. yesterday, having made the
Clain 10d. 15h. 30m. The Franklin left New
rk at 2 p.m. on the 3rd July.
At the period of the Franklin's departure the
New York papers were principally occupied with
accounts of the effect produced throughout the coun-
try by the death of Mr. Clay.
We take the following items of intelligence from
New York papers of the same date :
An important communication from the Secretary of
State, relative to diplomatic salaries, was received by the
Senate yesterday, by which it appears that nearly all our
foreign representatives deem their ray entirely too small t
and on comparison with the salaries paid to the agents of
other countries, it appears that many of our own agents do
not get a fair equivalent.
Our special Washington correspondent writes that Mr.
Webster has expressed his disapprobation of the movement
in favour ,if getting up an independent ticket for the presi•
deny. He has seen too much of political strife to permit
his own immediate fri. nds and others—who have been
greatly disappointed by the nomination of the Whig Na-
tional Convention—to make a tool of him at this late day.
Our correspondent also repeats that four-fifths of the census
returns will have to be cast aide as useless, in consequence'
of their unintelligible preparation by those who collected
them.

Advises from Acapulco to the 11th of June state that Mr.
Rice, the American consul, lost been arrested and commit-
ted to prison by the Mexican authorities, on account of some
transactions connected with the sale of the steamer Commo-
dor • Stockton. The hollowing particulars of the occurrence
are given, which it is teaPed wools. lead to trouble between
the two governments:
"Our Rag has been struck at Acapulco, and the nation
insulted, by the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. F. W.
Rite, the consul. The propeihr Commodore Stockton
woo advertised for pulmu sole by the consul, by order of
the ciptain, and purchased by rho chief engineer on be-
half of himself and some others rot the crew. 'the terms of
the sole required a certain suns to he paid down within it
few hours, and the balance within one day. 't he purchaser
twice asked and obtained 14 delay of Mall mg the first pay
mitt, and at length the eionstil, an aecorolsoce with mercan-
tile usage, advertised her Per sale again on account of the
former purchalsr—he having tailed to comply with the
terms of the sale—and pontod the notices of tho sale in dif-
ferent parts of the city, no arty ail of which were torn down
by the chief engineer, including mie posted on the door of
the consul's other; and un approaching fur the purpose of
removing another notice of the sale posted on the consul.'
house, Mr. Rice appeared, pistol in hand, and obliged him
to desist and leave the premises. Fur this a complaint was
entered, and the consul, in his uniform, with hie flag in his
hand, was consigned to the rim."