The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

As announced in last night's Express, the Hibernia,
Capt. Shannon, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morn-
ing, with dates from New York to the I9th ; Boston,
20th; and Halifax, 22nd &pt.
Our correspondent forwards us the following inte-
resting letter :

NEW YORK, Sum 19.
To-morrow two teamers item this country for
aurope—tie Britannia, fro.o Boston, and the Washington,
from this pert. The latter, in massquemie of our retaliatory
-Yaw, will probably have the tartest mil. It is
=littast some mangessent will be made ere long between
the two govosuatsail ; for the correspondence natural to the
*Waved Moto of commermr, and the increasing amount of
ere comidorably checked by the present rates.
Thial= Post-dam department asp also be assured that
before smother year is pawed *ere will be MOM American
;ling
stamen between Baghad and the United States
than It .
Om have taken another siogular tura shoe op
lad.
Mr. Clay, who all slow has medistained a sullen @Maas
with regard to Goss& Taylor, has at length opened his
Ups. At dml be gave his vas
Mends to understand
that be was not to be paned war with impunity. He ems
told them, alluding to dm whig nomination in Philadelphia,
that • note to be negotiate required en inctors!r—a proposi-
tion not the beat law is this caintry either, and that he did
not care to give currency. or credit to the whig candidate.
' To the public he said nothing. Vndtr these circumstances,
he was fiat toeing the good opinion of the people, who looked
upon him end Mr. Van Buren as two remarkable examples
of eiee.seeed nmelots—men who, because they could not con-
tinue to Ms &dr parties to the end of cloth lives, had in •
Bt of=pdatment end rage, resolved to destroy them. It
was • "a wry sight," and their biographer would
have whim the last chapter ot their lives with en unwilling

Bat Me. Clay bas suddenly spoken. He refutes to be a
awake, area for his friends • he does not sancti.n their
Forma kreason to the whig pirty ; he avows his determina-
tion to sweet Gen. Taylor, and the revolt is nipped in the
bad. Ailbi to ell this, Gen. Taylor has written another
letter' .sashed la beautiful language, and breathing the
loftiest of pahiotiam which touches all hearts. Gen.
Tabu. else s&, will for a time at least relieve this ematry
of trio kiwis of Pufatiossal politicians, and his letter h
Z tt Alreody some of the leaders of the revolt
their regrets that they bad for a moment de-
mehatharlimastandard. Meantime one of Gen. Car's former
hinds hoe come oat with a letter charging him with what is
equivalent to a gross fraud in a large land speculation,
and there is no knowing what damage may be done him in
the inky fight. I shall watch the contest, and think t shall
be able to keep you posted as regards our political trans-
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Walker, has been is
this city and its vicinity for some weeks. He has annonally
Oven his attention to the custom-home regulations hue, and
isevidently anxious to introduce many needful reforms. The
chews fee stony, under the warehousing law, are to be
immediately reduced. The entry and paring of good' li
throe& oar enstom-house might also be much facilitated.
The audio and counter-checks are so nummerable, that it
actually requires a man of experience and ability to get an
irdinary consignment from the ship to the shop. There are
hundreds of brokers in New York who realise handsome in-
' comes by thus assibting the merchants in their business.
The Irish question Las ceued to interest us. We have no