The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

DELGIUNI.

The Belgian government, at the instance of the
French ambassador, httsinstituted proceedingsagaink
the publisher of IA Nation. The Nation, a few days I
ago, reprinted three articles ftom the nnlietin
Pranrois, and for these is now placed on its trisl.
Besides instituting a legal process against the pub-
lisher, the Attorney-General caused has private resi-
dence and offices to be searched, and every morsel of
old manuscript was diligently perused for the pur-
pose of finding actionable matter.


SPAIN.

MADRID, MAWR 1.
The civil Governor of Madrid, Melchior Ordonez,
hu ordered the seizure and imprisonment of all those
who cannot give a good account of themselles; so
that within these few days the public gaols aro Me-
tall,' crammed with poor wretches, many of whom
lava committed no other crime than that of being
paw.
The Minister Bravo Murillo has just published a
ikeree in the Gazette augmenting the duties on iron
sod iron-manufactured goods. In the preamble he

states that the iron mann-facture has becOme of such
mrertanee im that tho government has thought it ex-
* nt to grant it more protection. Tho decree is as
ows:

Art. 1. The nomenclature and duties filed in Nos. 16, 17,
60, Gll, 642' and 6.58, of the general tariff of importation of
October 6, 1819, shall be altered as follows, and be carried
into effect after the completion of the intervals established
in An. sof the royal decree of the same date. Art. 16. Steel,
raw and purified, in bars ancUplates unwrougbt, to pay duty
42 reale the quintal in Spanish bottoms, and 53 male in fo-
reign. No. 17. Cast steel in hire of all dimensions 64
reals in Spanish bottoms, and 74 in foreign. No. 60. iron
wire from 8 millimetres, which is the diameter of the English
No. 1, up to No. 13 of the same, It reale in Spanish, and
66 in foreign bottoms. D.tto, fine, from No. 11 to No. 26.
61 reels in Spanish and 80 in foreign bottoms, Ditto called
" de cardas," superior to those of the preceding number, 38
reale iu Spanish and 51 in foreign bottoms. No. 641. Iron
in rings, plates, and hoops for cooperage and other uses, 42
rests an Spanish bottoms and .13 in foreign. No. 612. Iron
in plates, termed " tulles," of • quarter of an inch thick and
upwards, for the construction of iron boats or boilers. No.
6u6. 'finplate, double or single, 74 reale in Spanish bottoms
I and 86 in foreign. Art. 2. The government will give ac-
Ilcount to the Cortes of this measure.

The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier set out this
morning for Valencia. It is said that they will after-
wards proceed to Italy.

MALTA, Fan. 27.
The Superb left port on Saturday lad for Eng-
land, to be paid off, and the Phaeton on Sand ty for Curio,
to be stationed there, vice the Indefatigable, ordered to the
Channel.
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The officers of the watch of the Trafalgar and Albion, for
fouling ash other, have been reprimanded by a court of
inquiry, formed by Rear-Admiral Here.,' and Captain
Parcel.
The English mail, per Medina, reached Alexandria in
nine days and a half, the quickest arrival on record by Mar-
seilles. She brings up the mails of the CMre, disabled at
Alexandria, having been on shore. On her passage she
encountered very heavy weather, lost an ordinary seaman
(Daniel Scum) overboard on Monday last, who sunk imme-
diately,; life-buoy cut away and lost; let cutter lowered
and lost, crew saved with difficulty. Wednesday, 25th,
during the gale, Medina's foretop's:let went just above the
cap.
The damage to the shins of war during the late gale will
not cost the government much less than 20,01101. sterling.
The gravest of the items of damage are—Albion, rudder
condemned; Bellerophon, foremast rotten; Trafalgar,
rudder much injured; Medina, foretopmast gone; Medusa,
paddle-box washed awry, and other damage not precisely
known ; Vengeance lost a gun overboard, and another run
through her port. She is a very unhappy ship, in her
wardroom at least, four of her lieutenants out of live
having left her.
A man of the Albion, for his slang joke on the odd-look
ing hat of the peeved marshal, during the late court-martial,
has been sentenced by Captain Johnson to 211 days' impri-
sonment, to lose his pay during that time, and to support
himself while in gaul.

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AMERICA.

(FROM OUR OWN COIIIIESPONDENT.)
(11 Liectrie Tidetripb.)

LIVERPOOL, Moxonr, 10 A.M.
We have just received four days later advicea
from the Unitcd States, by the Royal Mail steam-
ship Canada, which sailed from New York direct for
this port on the 2rith ult., with 33 passengers, and
specie to the extent of 681,000 dols.
The lion. Mr. Webster bad addressed a public
meeting, at Nilo's, New York. with a view to the
presidency. Another address on the same subject
was to follow.

Nothing new in Congress.
It is reported that another revolution had broken
out in Mexico. The reports are very confused, and
not confirmed.

Easiness throughout the States was much more
brisk than when the Pacific sailed. Stocks were in
fair demand at slightly higher quotations. The
money market is active, and the commodity easily
obtainable. Exports of specie still continued.
The market for brendstuffs quiet, and prices with-
out alteration. Western Canal flour, 1 dole. 871,e. to
5 dole. per Int ; Gennessee prime wheat, I dol. 22c.
to 1 dol. 24e. per 60 lbs.; Indian Corn, round yellow,
68 to 70 cents. per bushel, steady ; India meal, 3 dots.
371,e. to 3 dots. 30e. per barrel.
In cotton there had been a fair amount of business
doing, and former otations were fully maintninerl.
New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 9c. to
91e. per lb. ; Uplands and Florida, ditto, 91c. to 9;e.
per lb.
Shipowners were asking increased ries of freight.
Flour to Liverpool, Is. 9d. to per barrel ; grain
to Liverpool, 51d. to 6d. per bushel. Cotton to
Liverpool, id. to 5-16 d. per lb. Provisions mode-
rate. Sales at fin mer rates.

Exchange on London, 110 to 1101. Paris, 3.16.
On liamburg, 30 to 361. Bremen, 78 to 781.

NEW ORLEANS, F. 23.
The Cambria.'s news was received here to-day, and has
caused cotton to toll one-eighth per lb. in price. Sales 4,000
bates, at 7ic. pct. lb.

PbgTSMOUTft, Menai 7. The Arrogant, 46,
screw steam-frigate, Captain Robinson, arrived yesterday
afternoon at Spithead from the West Indies. She left
Grey Town on the 29nd of January, where were lying the
Calypso, 18, and Express, .3; also the United States "learner
Smoak, having Commodore Parker on board, with the
corvette Albany. Tte Express was about proceeding to the
north. Commodore Parker, to show the re-establishment of
good feeling, interrupted by the collision between H.M. brig
/leprous and United States steamer Polyphemus, but restored
by the compliments interchanged between himself and the
Arrogant, was to leave Grey Town the day after the de
parture of the last named ship, and call at Port Royal and
pay a complimentary visit to Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour,
on board the flag.ship Cumberland. The Arrogant arrived at
l'ort Royal on the 30th of January, where were the Cum-
berland (to sail in a few days for llavannah), the Dewitt-
tion, steam-sloop (te follow the flag ship on the arrival of
the mail), Inflexible, steam-sloop, Alban, tender, and Der-
muds, schooner, the latter about sailing on a cruise off
C,.bu. The Arrogant left Port Royal on the 3r4 of Feb.,
and off the cut cod of Jamaica she !pole the Sappho, 19,
on the Bth, going to Port Royal. The Alarm, 26, and Per-
sian, 12, were cruising off the windward station. The Ro-
1111210111i, steam-sloop, was conveying troops to Darbadoes.
The arrival of the Arrogant informs us of the continuance
of cholera in the northern parts of Jamaica, as stated by
previous advice'. l'ort Royal was, however, free
from its ravages, and, on the whole, the station
was healthy. Courts-martial had been held on Dr.
Doak and Assistant-Surgeons G. A. Ilallion, both of
the Inflexible, on charges of drunkenness, the doctor being
placed at the bottom of the list, and the assistant-surgeon
dismissed the service. First Lieutenant Kynastan, from
the flag-ship, was doing duty as commanding officer of the
Devastation; and Mr. Hardinge, mate, front the flag-
ship,
was acting-lieutenant on board the Express. The
Arrogant brings home from the squadron Mr. Earl, mid-
shipman, from the Alarm; Mr. Johnson, from the Bet,
muda ; Mr. Rowe, purser ; and Messrs. lbbetson and Mes-
sum. The Arrogant, besides four or five ships whose
names were not reported to her, spoke the following on
her passage home :—February 9, in lat. 24.46 N., long.
73.16 W., the American steamer Prometheus ; on the 10th,
in lat. 27.18 N., long. 71:34 W., American schooner Wanes-
ley ; Much 4, in lat. 48.57 N., long. 7.56 W., the French
schooner Matilda Granville, and on the sth of March, 20
miles east of the Lizard, the English ship Windsor, 56 days
from the Cape of Good Rope, having a mail on board, all
well, but which did nut communicate any intelligence from
that colony. The Arrogant has been three years in com-
mission, and has been a very happy and comfortable ship.
The Fairy, royal steam-tender, conveyed her Majesty,
IL R. 11. Prince Albert, and family, from Clarence-yard,
where they arrived at 4.3 minutes utter 12 a.m. from town,
to Osborne, yesterday. Iler Majesty, on alighting from
the royal tons, was received by the Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir T. Briggs, O.C.M.G. ; the Lieut.-Governor,
Lieut-General D'Aguilar, C.D.; Admiral Superintendent
l'rescott, Captain Superintendent Sir W. E. Parry, Colonel
Commandant of Marines Menzies, K.H. ; Captain Lord I
Adulphus Fitzelarence, G.C.H. ; John Davie., Esq., and
Joseph Tinhorn, Esq., of Clarence-yard, the flag and staff
officers of the usert and garrison, and a guard of honour
from the royal marines with the band of that corps. The
Fairy, end, r salutes and the other customary ceremonies
from the ships in commission and the garrison, ran through
Spithead in pleasant style, her Majesty arriving at Osborne-
house at I.lollm.

THE MEI)\VAT, WITH sue WEST INDIA AND
MEXICAN MAIL., 1,4 nut expected to arrive before the 12th
inst., in conseipit•nee of her having to wait at St.
Thomas for the Mexican steamer, and which will be almog
sure to be lute because she left St. Thomas late for the
Gulf, having waited at the former port seven days for the
Amason.

/EPAIIITURE OF VIE NIAGAH C— On Saturday
forenoon the British and North American royal mail steam-
ship Niagara, Capt. Stone, left the Mersey fur Halifax and
Boston with 70 passengers and a full cargo of manufactured
goods. Tho mails fur the United Statcs and the British
provinces were in charge of Lieut. Raymond, It.N., Admi-
ralty agent.