The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-05 00:00:00

AMERICA.

OFLAGRATIoN AT WASHINGTON.

(ay Eicrtris Tekgrepli.)
MONINAT, 11.30 A.M.
The Maiming important telegraphic communica-
tiA (rum Washington, has been received ria Halifax:
Dec. 21, 9 A.X.
•fhe eapitul is in Haws. The tire was disco-
itml about ila,light this morning. Aln•ady the
,340,1,...ihruey of Congress in destroyed. Weather
r,,:d and trusty, water scatt•c, and impossible to use
engine,. .

OF T 111.:
Lea night ,Sunday) at ten o'clock, the ltoyal Mail
steamer Stone commander, arrived in the
Moray, from Boston and Halifax, having left the
(,nu,; port at noon oil the 21th ult., reached Halifax
shortly before midnight on the 23th. and sailed
theme for Europe at 2 a.m. on the .etch, with tit)
ler...ll;:ers. and 277.•254) chile. in specie on freight.
on the •21ith, four noun. after leaving Halifax, the
NLigars pwesed the Royal Mail steamer Canada,
Nal laverprol. on her way into the port of Halifax.
The United Stat. steum-ship Hermann, which
sailed horn Southampton on the Ith ult., arrived at
New York on the 23rd ult.
Tht. Luited Slates mail steam-ship Baltic, ('urn-
stuck commander, with the mails of the 111th ult.,
tram I,iserpool, arrived at New York at 1 p.m. on
the 2:lril ult.
The Royal Mail .tram-ship Europa, which carried
eat the t.t•ws of the emir (treat effected by the
French l'resident. had put into Ilidifax, instead of
prmtediog to New 1 ork direct ; slw had experienced
Ism% adverse gales. and loot one man overboard.
treated quite a panic on the
Neu loin Stoek Exchange. The Ircilly
thus sviuments On its effect :
the stiaiu.shio Europe. with seven day; later advice.
Iran bunts... d to Setenlay at Haines. lice news
,„jii„. n., of 44..uuding character, and of the must ever-
•lielnivz importance
In env .ord, the late 0 public has ceased to midst, and
is the absolute dictator of France. It is
• ',no...au. hire to ricapoule the practice] fulti:ment of
the rua it row tot which has been hanging fur
see, rat is Grower*, over the National Assembly. It
fAi..11.11 them eke a thunder clap. They are iniproaaed
er 1.4 ; and every amino to reorganise the scattered
*sem los st,tl at large is promptly put down. Cromwell
Imeself. the dissolution of the Lams l'arlianient, Slid sot
inhibit a greater degree of dashing audacity than Louis
napoleon in this owe taut. The consummate wets,'
A hi. plass were 'imaged, is only surpaseed by
the as portly shill and intrepidity with which they vier* ear-
whole mos. meat le worthy the indomitable
vein:, of the irtvat Napoleon. To overcome the opposi tlOll of
tie assembly, end to set aside the constitution, ri yoked the
moo pr. mrt and fearless action, upon a lien of the most
can icily considered witesures of precaution. It was dose;
sail I res.. e is resobitionisid at a single blow.
TM. momentous Mtn, will probably cut short the sa-
yers a horruth on this Side the Atlantic. 'the republican
lisle,. trout France, Germany, and Italy, in London, and
the m:anion C 4111.4 in which they are leagued together, may
blare tic immediate presence of the great Hungarian.
The public interest in Kassuth continued unabated.
lie was constantly receiving delegations from differ-
ent parts of the tinted States. lie was to leave
New York iinmediately for Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and Washington, and extend his tour to Cincinnati,
unless induced to hasten his return to Europe by the
intelligence from France. Ilia movements and
s?ceehr., the chief of which we give below, form the
only item of interest in the advices brought by the
prevent mills with the exception of the telegraph
given above. 2:/,000 dollars had been subscribed
fir Konuth in New York, bnides a large amount
deposited in banks to his credit.
A deputation of the bookbinders in the employ-
ment of the New York Bible Society presented Kos-
suth with a beautiful morocco-gilt Bible, a quarto
editon. is a testimonial of the regard in which they
hold his character as the champion of civil and reit-
gious liberty, and adding that they intended, in a
few days, to give him something more substantial.
The proceedings of Congresshad not been of spe-
cial interest. An unprofitable debate on the Com-
promise Acts, iu which Mr. Foote, of Mississippi,
and Mr. Rhctt, of South Carolina, have been the
chief speakers, has consumed much valuable time in
the Senate.

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The bill establishing a mint in California has
passed.
A letter has been published from the Spanish
sinister to Mr. Webster, communicating the pardon
d James M. Wilson, one of the Lopez expeditionists,
n consequence of a most affecting appeal from his
nether to the president, which was sent to the
Queen of Spain, and who in consequence liberated
lim. and has sent him home with funds from her
private purse. The letter from the minister says that
all other considerations have been set aside, but that

of rntoring happiness to the unfortunate mother, and
restoring her erring and misguided son, whose de-
spair is described in such simple and touching terms
that they have not failed to affect the benevolent
heart of her Idsjesty.
Adviccs from the city of Mexico to the 19th of
November state that a squadron of five English ves-
sels of war had appeared off Vera Cruz, but the
object of their visit was not known.
lt is announced that the pardon of Mason has
ken confirmed, on condition of perpetual ba-
nishment to San Salvador. The IMO autho-
rity informs um that at a misting et the town
council of San Juan, resolutions were order-
ing the steamers of the Nicaragua MilisiLautro
take a different channel as coming into the
:has forcing them to bat their mmui
freight at San Juan, instead of titemsr4litila at
i rsise4
earn to the river boats, as had boa their tice. It
a said that the captain of the British • war
which fired into the Prometheus has beset
busy in the affair.
The news received by the last mail been New
Mexico is not very satisfactory. It babes intelli-
gence of the result of the expedition et Dal. B. V.
Sumner against the Indian tribe et tie Bouthem
Nasajoes, whose strongholds ere in and about the
the canon of Cheille, situated about 160 miles west
by north of Santa Fe.
A letter dated Chagres, Dec. 9, says:
Oa the kb, the moot torah stole, ever witaestal len,
Woke ever en. Had we boa as the river, NM racy
anises seeded slight have alma plate. Half the tows et
Oven bus ham washed away, mad the suety sign simara-
ins elm awes is, the two tees seas, whit* aeverthalmes,
were emsvied Imo 20 hot kola their f phase. They
ate wry aredulejnesi. and. as lam will be re-
ams lett some Gala AZ the sew nets and beeps Jest hrwOt
(wen the Stain have bees carried awes sae is there a hit
of wood to show wimps row 70 haw Need bat a hw days
row ,home ohms= hays heat het at Chian; sad tie
lamer Georgia boo bum lweall WWM bw asemigers
worm the was eal spools at Navy Day. p mad
The United States email steamship Georgie. Lie' ut.
U. D. Porter commeading, anitred at New Yea on
the 21st. She left Chagres cm the 10th, sad Ram-
esh on the Itith. She brie. 110 pemmegers. end
1401.400 dole. on freight, aid at hut as steel
amount in the hands of whieh b supposed
to be the largest amount ever by peseeegere
111 any one time. The Oswgis inpirbe to Bevan-
ash, for flew Orleans, 460 who were
transferred to the Empire (g:111.1= arrived on
the lath.

KOSSUTH AND THE LADIES.
At Metopelitan-Usil, on the 30th, b►fore as mem* of
3.enn riwias, of whom about 2,500 were women, Dr. Trig,
who had bees censtitstod tho representative of the ladles
assembled to address, i• their same, " the Ilia whom they
claim to as their privilege to hoar, sad welcome, and
Isomer," read as address, which woo may ohm interrupted
with applause, in IMO instances es safely se to oblige the
'peeler to tillaill silent for some sonedereble time. Whet
lbs applause bad subsided, Kossuth spoke as follows:
"I would I were able to theme that call. I would I
were able conveniently to All tee platy which your kindness
ho` owiesed to me; but really I am is despair. Ido sot
Slow bow many times I have spasm within the last four•
teen days in New York. Permit sae to make some few
remarks which are soggested to my mind by what has buss
eau• Yon were pleased to say that Austria was bled
Is let me ser►pe. Be as that it was not the
meth of Asserts. Austria world have beet very glad to
tilme, if sot is the cold grave of death, at least
e equally cold pare of moral isterllfay.
_]st the
Emperor of Turkey took COliflre at ela firealairt of
Anent► ; and notwithstanding all the reskendess of Au
arts, t ul free—restored to life, beams velem& to Eat,
sod aetivity. If Austria would not have asurisasi 1111112
the •try existence of my motion, it is tree I &NM lave
`lmam' out of the rnemol7 of man. It is • oripes his •
13 I ham l'erlispe there sem was a man In dm midi who wee so fond of tranquillity as I sin ; awl so
man so food of doing as math goal as
bone known, or even noticed as Wei is NM Thus,
leallse by tranquillity, it was vs, EN messy le Ism •