The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

that we did not distinguish their efforts above h
the military and other spectaton. Of the latter there
few. As i viewed the square from en eminence,
geared
and like • thin fringe bordering a dense surface of epall lett*, bayonets.
Following the stream of the retirirg spectators,
soddenly plunged into a scene even more 11100,14140ns in ni eyes than military evolutions performed tri a Sundsy at pa eit
of a cathedral service. This wu nothing less then a riir
held close to the church of St. Aip.nan, whose 141 e-day thii
happens to be. The furious drumming before the shoe,
booths, the hoarse solicitations of stall keepers for cut
the trumpet tongued invitations of showmen to " walk op.
were strangely mixed with the bells of St. Aignan stnuo'n,
lag devotees to high meat. While, however, the service wig
in progress, the active amusements without were hushtd.
Such so far ss 1 here been able to observe, hu been tha
public history during this day, of the ei. y of Joan of
that of which Louis Philippe was duke.

HOLLAND.—Tan lisotra, Nov. 18.--The Am.
Aierdant BOStrie contains the following paragraph
:—."
first st. p taken by our nunistry in for way of enamel
has been node known by the publication of its sepses to
the King. This report has been bailed with great iesido,
tion, and its result has been a very considerable rise in an
the Dutch funds."

GERMANY.—BRANDISN BURG. --LEMBERG.--we
continue to give short entices of those Wens which the
political agitation of the time has suddenly drawn
igy
public notice, the detail+ regarding which will serve to show
the tendency and importance of agar,. We shall comma*"
with Brandenburg, to which piece the Pius,inn govern
's,*
desires to trawler the Constituent A. sembly. This towo
within the regency of l'otsdera, being situated to the „jolt
of that city, at a distance of about 12 mks, on the Hare',
at its confluence with the Elbe. and, .ince the thirties.%
century, bad given its name to the ancient electorate. The
march or marquisate of Brandenburg was therefore the mint
end is moreover still the centre, of the Prussian monarchy
The town does not contain more than 13,000 4,1,
The quarter called the t' Burg," or the "Cathedral Ines:*
is situated on en island, on which, so the „„,,
stands the cathedral, which dates from 1310. The mil is
he environs, and indeed chiefly the ,mehout the pip
since, is sandy and poor, and produces only by metes of
high cultivation. The manufactures an: ct,n,,thribi.,
and owe their foundation to the Freed men sena
thither by the revocation of the edict ot Nantes, Ths
march of Brandenburg, besides the town where it sees
the Ass, nibly is to rat et, contains Berlin, the capital of the
kingdom, two fortresses, Kumla end Spandau, end ame
intrenched camp in the town of Potsdam —Fugal es
Austria, we find at the extreme eastern frontier, in Galliela
Lemberg, where an insurrection hes broken out. Thi.toim—'
one of those of ancient Poland, mutual., 60,000 inhabiteatha
whom 20,000 are Israelites. More than 1,000 pupio ink&
at its university, which woo originally founded in 174,14
remodelled in 1817. The suburbs, like this* of Vino.,
are of much greater extent than the tont, properly so calls&
Lemberg contains three archoishopries,—one Catholic, we
Greek, and one Armeni.m. It has manufactures of cloth
owl linen, and carries ou an extensive commerce with Baton
end Turkey. It is built on the banks of the Felten, sge
contains many handsome edifices.— Delia's.
LA PLA*l'A.—The command ot the
peditinn from France to Ls Plata has been Qtrl carp Laisek, who was mentiolica in the DJ6afg as ore of th
most distinguished officers of the French navy.