The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-26 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Fxs. 19.
This morning, a priest, who was formerly chaplain
to an artillery battalion, was ant into exile into Es-
tremadura. His reverence has been kept closely
guarded these four days, not in the public prison,
but in a private room in the Homo-office. His con-
finement has reference to the late attempt on the
Queen. Ho waa accompanied on his journey by two
civil guards. A letter from Logrono mentions •
murder committed by one priest upon another in the
vestry of Brieves Church. A quarrel had taken
place between them as to who should say the first
masa. After a furious personal conflict, in which
they struck one another with the sacred vases, one
of them, who is noted for his ferocity, beat out the
other's brains with a crucifix.

The authorities have ordered an investigation
which will bring to light facts showing into how low
a state of immorality the Spanish priesthood is fallen.
Even the nuncio is said to have complained of the
facility hitherto offered to taking orders, and strin-
gent measures will be probably taken by the eccle-
siastical authorities.

Bravo Murillo, the President of the Council of
Ministers, is preparing laws upon entails, to augment
the electors] census, and to make the office of se-
otter hereditary.. The functions of tho deputies
are to be diminished.

RUSSIA.

A letter from the Polish frontier, given in the
Augsburg Gazette, has the following upon Russian
military movements:
According to our latest advice' from Kalisch and other
parts of the hisepases of Poland, the Russian government
appears to doubt either in the stability of Louis Napoleon's
power or the sincerity of his assurances, as military repa-
rations are on every band again urged forward with sur-
prising activity and upon a large scale. The westward
movement of troops hie recommenced, and the munitions
'of war are produced and accumulated with great seal. The
takers believe that the summer will bring with it a cam-
paign; sad ea the common soldiery believe absolutely that
the Cur is the supreme and rightful disposer of events on
earth, they only wait the word to march with alacrity
wherever ad, master may " bid them."

WEST INDIA AND THE PACIFIC

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DT ILECTRIO

FROM OUR OWN COIVIRSPORDINT.
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, MID-DAY.
The Avon has just arrived, with the West India
and Pacific Mails. Iler dates are: Jamaica, Jan. 31;
Demerara, 30; Trinidad, 31; llavannah, 20; St.
Thomas's, Feb. 7. She brings 00 passengers. Amongst
her cargo is specie to the value of nearly one million
of dollars from Chagres, on account of merchants.
From Jamaica we learn that the business trans-
acted in the market during the past fortnight was,
except in a few instances, entirely of a retail charac-
ter, the late advice' from the nether country, reveal-
ing the unsatisfactory state of the market ler colo-
nial produce' having tended to depress every interest
in the island. Sugars have fallen to as low a point
as they can possibsy reach, and sales for exportation
can scarcely be effected. The produce market was
languid and unpromising. No alteration whatever
affecting British and l'oreign shipping has been
made in the tonnage dues. A proposition to bang
British and foreign steam-vessels bringing and
taking cargo to and from the island to a certain
extent under the operation of the several; acts im-
posing tonnage dues, bus been thrown out by the
Council.

From Demerara we learn that the session of the
Supremo Court of Criminal Justice for the counties
of Demerary and Essequibo, which closed on the
28th of January, was one of the shortest on record,
owing to the decrease of crime. The crop of the
year is larger than 1850. The Royal (iaztlte states
that the planters arc less sanguine of prospects than
they were, and that the cause of this revulsion of
feeling may be summed up in two brief:terms---beet-1
root sugar and falling market. The Arcot' brings nol
news of any of the survivors of the Amazon. The'
Avon came home because the Medway was coaled up
ready to proceed to the Spanish Main. The Medway
will be the next ship home. The Avon, it will be recoi-
-1 lcctcd, left Southampton as an extra ship, in conse-
quence of the loss of the Amazon.