The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-05 00:00:00

UNITED STATES-CANADA.

LIVBRPOOL, SUNDAY NIONT.
The British and North American Mail Company's
steam ship America arrived at Liverpool last evening.
She left Boston on the 24th ult., and has thus made
the voyage across in eleven days and a few hours,
including detentioa at Halifax.
The America has brought over advioes eleven days
later than those to hand by the packet ship Waterloo,
The dates now received are us follows : Halifax,
26th ult.; Boston, 24th; New York, 23rd; Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, New Orleans, &c., 22nd ; Mobile and
Charleston, 19.
The America completed her outward voyage from
Liverpool—which port ..he left for Boston on the 30th
Dec.—on the 12th ult., atter a passage of 121 day..
The chief item of political news by this arrival re-
fers to the opening of the Canadian parliament, which
was performed with the usual formalities by the
Governor-General on the 18th January at Montreal.
The mania in the States with regard to Cali-
fornia, although now having lost its novelty,
has not diminished in intensity, and the ex-
citement throughout the union is reported to
be very great. It seems by the statement now
put forward that the extent of the scene of ope-
ration coven some three hundred miles, and that,
whilst formerly the pieces of gold found were limited
to ounces in weight, they are now being found
in lumps of two pounds daily. Emigrants and yes-
' eels are heard of throughout all the southern and
eastern ports of the state. There is nothing more of
r importance, and in the hubbub about California the
cholera seems to have almost made its exit

CANADA.—Our correspondent writes:
Motcrizat., JAN. 18.—I send you the Governor-General's
speech, delivered this day. It is remarkable as being some-
thing more than the usual parade of routias sentences. An
amnesty for political offenses, an independent colonial post-
office, with all its patronage; rail intercommunication from
HAM: to Quebec ; free navigation of the St. Lawrence,—
these are the gracious gifts of the mother country. The
colonial ministry promise an enlargement of the representa-
tion, with • numerical addition to the representative body,
an amended judicature, improved municipal laws, the
university question settled (attempted only, perhaps I ought
to asy, after so many failure), the common school system
extended, or at Maid pushed into more vigorous execution ;
the perfection of the efforts made to render the St. Law-
rence navigable for seagoing ships, for • distance of 2,000
miles from its mouth; the maintenance of • sinking fund
for the invigoration of colonial creak ; immigration facili-
t.t ; and, finally, the segregation of a portion of the
pubic domain for the promotion of education. Such •
ministerial bill of fare has not been shown sines the days
when Lord Bydenham astonished the lieges with the promise
of a million and a half sterling for the fit. Lawrence
canals. There is no doubt that this " bill" will be a
very succeseful and popular one. Lord Elgin, it
I iscliscor red, has influence with the imperial government,
and turns his influence to the advantage of the country.
Because his lordship has not talked politics with all the
world ; people in whore " the wish was perhaps father to the
thought' have imagined, or effected to imagine, that he
wee either supine in 515 nature, or indifferent to ell matters
beyond the spr ere of his own personal comfort in his guber-
natorial position. People now begin to say, "a silent tongue
makes a wise head " alter all. Lord Elgin wi I become a
popular governor in Coned,. Tile party which supported
she late ministry have been a little chap-fallen, and disposed
to find fault and complain, because his lordship has appeared
to act cordially with his present arnietry. He could
honourably do otherwise. As a responsible government
governor, he has no right to belong to either party in the
Pat:. His affections must be for the interests of the coun-
try, and he in bound to let each party hells him in promoting
these to the extent of its powers and influence " without let
or hindrance." No one can say that Lord Elgin has not
fairly done this ; and he has shown, in the midst of all the
conflicts and petty ambitions of " party," that the interests
of Canada have been his pole star. The speech was repeated
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