The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-05 00:00:00

TURKEY,

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A telegraphic despatch, of the 20th of March, re-
ceived at Vienna from Constantinople, states that the
Sultan wrote under the Egyptian note demanding a
modification in the tanzimaat, " This request I nei-
i ther can, ought, nor will grant."

SPAIN.

MADRID, MARCH 30.
The Gazette of to-day contains a royal decree,
ordering that all the credits against the institution
called the consulate of Andalusia, from 1698 to 17041,
which amount to upwards of 3,380,000 teals, and
which have given occasion to much litigation at
different epochs, are to be presented at the office of
the liquidation of the public debt, with all the
necessary documents, with the understanding
that the time granted for their presentation in the
Peninsula will be three months, and those which
come from abroad nine months. The Board
of Commerce of Cadiz is to present its credits of the
same nature; the governor of Cadiz is to tako an in-
ventory of the goods, tenements, &c., which belonged

to the consulate of Andalusia, in order that a liquida-
tion may take place.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

The Oriental Company's steam jacket Montrose,
Captain John Ilawen, arrived at Southampton yes-
terday, and landed her mails under the charge of
Lieutenant Peter Ranier, R.N., Admiralty Agent.
Her dates are—Gibraltar, March 20 ; Cadiz, 27 ;
Lisbon, 30 ; Vigo, 31; with Oporto she had no com-
munication.
Tho Montrose brings thirteen passengers, one of
whom is Count Ordrotl; a brother of the King of
Portugal.
On the 22nd ult. a perfect hurricane blew for 24
hours. Communication with the shipping was quite
stopped, and several fine merchant ships drove out
to sea. All had, however, regained their port, save
one. The majority If their crews being on shore,
much anxiety as to their safety was felt.
From the ship's making Cape Finisterro to leaving
Vigo the weather was very bad, with torrents of
rim ; and on the 20th and- 30th there was a heavy
S.W. gale. In.the bay N.E. to B.E. winds and finer
weather. _ .

Her Majesty's ships Vengeance, Terrible, and
Janus were in Gibraltar on the 26th, and her Ma-
jestfaships Albion, Indefatigable, Phaeton, Dragon,
and Encounter in Lisbon on the 30th.

Our correspondent writes:
LISBON, MARC', 29.
An apparent inclination of the government to
stand by the financial decree of Dec. 3, the retention
of the supreme military command by Saldanha, an
expensive arrangement, and a certain impatience of
the restraints of parliamentary government, are com-
bining to make the ministry somewhat less popular
than they were, and increasing the strength of the
opposition in the Chamber.
In the estimates presented by Senhor Fontes
Pereira do Mello, the receipts for the year 1852-53
are computed at 10,793,406,876; the expenditure
at 13,507,484,233; and the consequent deficit
2,714,077,377 reds. Senhor Pereira boats much that
the estimates of the ministries of Finance, Interior, and
War (not comprehending certain classes) and Marine
are inferior to 1830-51 by 157,925,285 ; while the
increase in the ministries of Justice and Foreign
Affairs are more by 13,611,346 refs; but he is not
sufficiently explicit as to the increase in the expendi-
ture beyond the estimate of 1851-32. In the last
year Roves 12,606,215,420 refs; but Senhor Pereira de
Mello makes it more by 900,768,833 reis, while he
tells us, as a matter of congratulation, as it were,
that the charge for the recent capitalisations of
6,497,751,629 rem at home,and 2,578,766,763 abroad,
is no more than (at 4 per cent.), deducting the very
modest sum of 25 percent. from the said taxable sum,
or dividends upon the capitalisat ion, or, in other words,
additions to the permanent debt—no more, indeed,
than 272,293,350 reis. It is therefore obvious that
the difference between this sum, or rather between
this sum with the 25 per cent. added to it, and the
900.768,833 reis, mat be occasioned by a yet more
expensive administration than even that which pre_
ceded it, or by, in a greater probability, the un-
heard-of promotions made by the regenerating
Marshal Saldanha. The minister says that the
causes which concur to make the deficit so
great are, the additional charge placed upon the
Junta do Credit.) Publico, and the omission of
certain items of the expenditure of 1850-51.
To meet the deficit the government proposes that
the annual amount applied to the redemption of the
external debt shall be suspended; that from the in-
terest payable to the Bank of Portugal for the
balance of loans of 1835, as well as from the interest
of the loan of 4,000 contos of 1844, the same deduc-
tion of 25 per cent. shall be made as from the divi-
dend of the internal and external debt ; the continu-

ance of the new deduction of 5 per cent. from the pay
of the active and inactive classes, as imposed by the
decree of the 3rd of December ; that the item for
the payment of the small capitals charged
upon the " Junta do Credito Publico," which
cannot be invested, shall be suppressed, and
in lieu thereof scrip issued to be changed for inscrip-
tions upon the nominal amount being perfected
and finally, what remains for the amortisation of
Bank of Lisbon notes after applying the treasury
quota of 18 contos monthly to that end, the total of
which sums being 776,818,200, there will remain
189,864,167 rein, which it is proposed to supply by
" effective economy, suppressions, and the discon-
tinuance of expenses in the various offices of the state,
as well as by the increase which is to be expected in
some of the receipts of the revenue."
The Count du Antas has experienced such relief,
that considerable hope is now entertained of his
recovery. The King rode to his door and sent his
aide-de-camp to inquire after him, and all classes
express a deep interest in his recovery, whatever
may be their politics.
The Bank of Portugal has petitioned the Chamber
to be reimbursed the forced loan they were obliged
to furnish the Junta do Porto with. Senhor Jose
Passes advocates their cause with vigour, and the
petition is referred to a committee, who have also to
report upon a similar petition of the Commercial
Bank of Oporto.
Exchange ;-641 ; discount of Lisbon Bank Notes,
2 per cent.

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE CONWAY.

On Saturday the Conway, Captain T. W. Sawyer,
arrived at Southampton with the West India mails,
in charge of Lieut. Lyster, Admiralty agent. Her
dates are—Santa Martha, Feb. 13 ; Grey Town, Feb.
21 ; Honduras, Feb. 22; Mires, Feb. 23; Havana,
Feb. 26; Cathagena and Trinidad, Feb. 27 ; Grenada,
Feb. 28 ; Barbadoes, Feb. 29 ; Martinique, March 1;
Antigua, March 2 ; Jamaica, March 4 ; Porto Rico,
March 7 ; St. Thomas, March 11; and Faye!, March
27.
The Conway brought 56 passengers, and her cargo
consisted of specie of nearly 1,400,000 dollars value
on merchants account, from Chili, Peru, the West
Indies, the Spanish Main, and California, viz.:-
948,079 dollars in silver and 157,073 dollen in gold
dust, from Chagres ; 111,997 dollars in gold dust
from Carthagena ; 13,981 dollars in gold dust from
Grey Town ; from Santa Martha, 10,000 dollars ;
from St. Thomas, 4,436 dollars in silver, and 6,048
dollars in gold dust; also silver and other coin,
value 2,0321., and 113,500 dollars in silver and
9,822 dollars in gold dust, from the West India
Islands.
The Conway, on the 2nd March, 10 a.m., was in
lat. 14.58 N., lon. 74.32 W.; she was distant from
St. Thomas 583 miles, and from Jamaica 223 miles.
Since leaving Boca Chica, on Feb. 27, at 6 p.m., she
had run 213 miles, and had consumed 78 tons of
coals, and she would have consumed 170 tons, at the
same rate, to reach St. Thomas. But she had but
80 tons on board. It was therefore thought by the
Admiralty agent, the commander, and chief engineer,
to be advisable to run for Jamaica. She had expe-
rienced dreadful weather since she left Boca Chica,
and there was no prospect of its becoming more
favourable. The Conway would have been sent
home before, if it had not been for the loss of the
Amazon.
At Grey Town, there were in port on the 20th
February, her Majesty's ship Calypso, Capt.
Forbes; her Majesty's ship Express, Capt. Feed;
United States corvettes, Decatur, 18 guns; ditto,
Crane, 18 guns; and Prince of Orange, Dutch
frigate, 60 guns. The latter saluted tho Mosquito
flag with 21 guns, which was returned. The ground
at Grey Town is planned out for streets, &c. at right
angles, and buildings are progressing rapidly. An
icehouse is nearly completed. An American barque
laden with ice and provisions was in port waiting to
discharge her cargo. Labour and provisions arc
high, and the influx of passengers is very great, two
small steamers going up the river San Juan twice a
week. Building lots are continually changing hands,
and meeting with a ready demand at treble the sum
of the original purchase money. On Feb. 24, United
States merchant steamer Ohio left Chagros for Grey
Town and Ilavannah, returning same route. She
brought 1,300 passengers for California, who were
to proceed up the river Chagres to Gorgona.
While disembarking some of her passengers her
paddle wheels were put in motion, and a boat
alongside containing a number of persons, was
capsized—eight were drowned, five males and three
females. The boatmen here sometimes reap an extra-
ordinary harvest in landing the passengers and their
luggage who arrive by the American boats. For this
service they occasionally exact as much as 00 dollars

a head. The American steamers do not undertake
to land their passengers.
The news from British Guiana possesses little
interest. The Colonist, of February 27, says :
The events of the past fortnight have been few, and those
confined principally to its later portion. We have had an
accession to our labourers, amounting in all to 570, by the
arrival of the Lord George Bentinek and Svulathdar, from
Calcutta, and considering the great demand for labour, we
am bound to consider this as au auspicious opening for the
immigration of 18412. The great objection to the coolies is
the expense of their introduction, and we are glad to an-
nounce that in the present instance there has been a card-
derable reduction in this, as the Soulnihdar was chartered
in Calcutta, at the rate of 71. 10s. per head, which is far leas
than the sum usually paid, about 121. Again, WO are happy
to he enabled to correct an erroneous impression which has
hitherto influenced us against the Indian immigration, as we
find by the statements of the most experienced and practical
agriculturists in the colony, that the coolies work on the
estates u regularly and efficiently as the African., sad
though inferior to the creoles, they are, in reality, far more
useful from the continuous labour which they freely give.
The mortality during the three yi ars has not exceeded 24
out of 2.10, and of these a large proportion died in the first
acclimatising. We mention these gratifying results with
the more pleasure, because, iu the present depressed state
of the colony, it is cheering to point out that what 1135 hitherto
been regarded as useless and prejudicial also by reasen of
its expense, bids fair to be the salvation of the country.
Sugar, it is evident, must be the predominant cultivation,
and every means of assisting the planters demands the
earnest co-operation of the country. 'f he annual session
of the combined court was opened on 'Tuesday, the 24th,
by the governor in the usual form. The venerable
Chief Justice was absent from indisposition, and the Fi-
nancial College showed one vacancy in the place of our
lamented fellow colonist, It. Hick, Esq., whose melan-
choly fate on the burning of the Amazon, we fear, can be
no longer doubtful. In consequence of this, Mr. Gilbert,
the Vice-President of the Financial Section, proposed an
I adjournment till the raceme), was filled by election; but
this being overruled by the opinion of the majority, his
Excellency proceeded to read his opening address. The
financial statement fur the pest year showed an exec. of
50,000 dols. over the expend itu re,and taking this in con uezien
with the reduction of taxation in 1851, it is certainly no
slight cause of congratul itiun, may it also pram an augury
of still greater improvement in the current year. The
views expressed by his Excellency in regard to the method
of meeting the liabilities under the Loan Ordinance, 100,0001.
of which fall due in August nest, are just and statesmanlike,
and afford general satisfaction to the colonists. We trust
that his anticipations of the ultimate results of the applies.
tion of free-trade principles to the production of the colony
may be fully and speedily realised, although the present
unprecedented low prices induce many to fear an opposite
effect from the immediate operation. By the unanimous
consent of the e curt, the financial business of the session is
deferred to the 9th March, to give time for the election of
a new member in the room of Mr. (lick, and for the pre-
paring of an address in answer to the governor, as also for
the examination of the public accounts for the year 1851.
Six of the notorious convicts have again succeeded in
effecting their escape from the penal settlement at the
Masvarooney ' and, singular enough, they are all of the
number of those who performed a similar exploit mom
months back, and were fortunately recaptured and sent
hack to confinement. The yellow fever is still pursuingits
devastating career among the seamen and the Pommies)
immigrants, and in a few cases of the newly arrived Euro-
peans. The rate of mortality has been sufficiently alarm-
ing, and has been materially enhanced among the inhabi-
tants by the want of sanitary improvetnent..
The weather has been on the whole favourable to the
planters, but the fall of rain has been less than in the pre-
vious tbrtnight, and the atmosphere has been close and
sultry, which has acted prejudicially on the health of the
colony. The scarcity of tonnage is partially alleviated;
but even small vessels from the British North American
colonies meet a ready charter for carrying produce to the
different ports of Great Britain.
The produce markets remain about the same. Superfine
Demerara averaged from 325. to 40s. a cwt.
By an order in council the Governor and Court of Po-
licy are empowered to make such changes in the constitu-
tion as may seem necessary, in the legitimate method of
the introduction of a bill for the purpose, and not us here-
tofore, by royal instruction. This is one great step in
advance.
We have no items of news from Jamaica or Tri-
nidad, in addition to those brought nn the 29th ult.,
by the America, rid New York. The weather was
extremely fine, and an abundant crop was antici-
pated. The Falmouth. Post mentions the occurrence
of several fatal cases of small pox in that district.
The Antigua Weekly Register of February 24
says :
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The weather is rather dry. There have been some slight
showers during the put week, but the fall of rain has been
slight compared with the requirements of the crop. The
present is good grinding weather; the wind was favourable
during the last week; previously it win• too light arid us-
steady, and but little sugar was consequently made.
From St. Lucia we learn that petitions to both
Houses of Parliament were being prepared by the
leading proprietors of the island, praying that a stop
may be put to further reductions in the duty on
sugar the production of slave labour. Her Ma-
josty's sloop-of-war Persian arrived at St. Lucia on
the 15th ult.
The Barbadues Mercury gives the following news
from that island :

From all the intelligence we can ascertain, there are
scarcely lean than 10,000 hogsheads of sugar already mato
factured. The canes in many places are very green, and it
is stated that no leas than from 80 to 90 gallons have been
taken to a pot. The sugar is of firm body, and likely to
improve. An estimate of the crop is given at 40,009 hogs.
heads. Many estates have not yet commenced reaping, and
will not before M irch, while other estates have reached
from 24 to 40 hogsheads, with every prospect of a speedy
close.

In Grenada the weather was favourable. A Muni-
cipal Council Act was in course of discussion before
the Assembly.
Sir John Campbell opened the legislature of St.
Vincent's on the 27th of February, and stated that
the usual term of six years for the administration of
colonial governments having expired, he had re-
ceived instructions to continue in office pending the
appointment of a successor. A bill was before the
Assembly to encourage tho growth of free labour
produce, by admitting into the island, duty free, re-
fined sugar the produce of the British colonies.
The Sabrina, of Bathurst, Captain Itgxlolph, was
wrecked on the 20th of January, at Limehousc,
near Belize. The Sarah N. Johanna, of Aarhuus,
Captain Collinson, was wrecked at llocarren on the
9th of January. The barque Bertha, of Hamhurgh,
Captain Ode, was wrecked 17 miles N.E. by E. of
the island of Gorgona, and 90 from Buena Ventura;
the carpenter died in the boat, after leaving the ship
seven days without provisions. The brig Nlilton, of
Liverpool, Captain Little, was lost on the aril of
February, on Long Key Reef, Belize. The Margaret,
of Whitchaven, Captain Jackson, and the barque
George Ilenry, Captain Grodt, were wrecked at
Limehouse, Musquito coast.