The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-02 00:00:00

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' ITALY.—FLOBENCE; Nov. 20.—The e prospecta at
the winter season are not brilliant; most of the strusiese
and many of the Tuscans intend spending the winter at
Rome. The grata. ducal goverament, which bad hitherto
sided fa a spirit bf tolerance and reform, has changed Its
system at the instigation of Austria. According to letters
from the Roman states, the emissaries of Austria endeavors
by every means to excite disorder in those states, so as to
give a pretext to Austria to occupy the Legations as far as
Ancona. It is even said that in case of another armed iss-
tervention, Austria will send a body of troops to Tuscany,
to occupy Florence and Leghorn, and to guard the frontiers
of the grand-duchy on the Umbrian Bide.
GERMANI.—A letter from Berlin says :—" The
incorporation of Cracow with the Austrian dominions is of
great prejudice to the commerce of Prussia, as Prussian pro-
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duce had hitherto enjoyed a great reduction of import duties
into that republic. The manufacturers from every part of
Prussia have sent in petitions to the Prussian government
on the subject. On the 24th a deputation of the merchants
and manufacturers of Breslau (Silesia), headed by the bur-
gomaster, M. Kohlmann, arrived at Berlin, and have solicited
an audience from the King to explain to 11. M. the baneful
effects which will arise to Prussian commerce from the new
frontiers of Cracow."
The Allgenzeine Preassische Zeitung of tho 27th
ult. contains the following: " The incorporation of the ter-'
ritory.of Cracow on the 16th of the present month with the
Austrian monarchy (which was formerly the case from 179.5
to 1809 period, when it became till 1815 a part of the duchy of
Warsaw, and since 1815, by treaties concluded between Prus-
sia, Austria, and France, formed a republic until February
of the present year when the repuhlie was overthrown by
an iwurrection which wished to establish a great Polish re
public)—is an event which has furnished a topic of much
comment to national as well as foreign journals. The points
of view in which this event is regarded are moat diverse.
Without entering into a pol?mic on the subject, without
anticipa'ing a judgment or expressing an opinion to serve as
a guide, we can, to rectify the facts, give the information
from an authentic source that in this affair Prussia never
demanded an exchange of territory, nor an increase of addi-
tional territory, and that no such pretensions were raised;
but claims are made for the guarantee of our legal interests,
and we hope shortly to have it in our power to lay more pre-
cise and satisfactory information before the public."
One of the Hanover morning papers published
the news of the incorporation of Cracow with a deep black
border.
The Gazette of Air-la-Chapelle says that the Prus-
sian government will shortly publish a notice on the incorpo-
ration of Craeow, regarding the commercial relations of
Prussia with that city.
We read in the Voss Gazette that the inhabitants
on the Polish frontier were struck with consternation on their
children and brothers being torn away from them, during
the last fortnight, to serve in the army.

UNITED STATES & MEXICO

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fres any adisrmonse. &milk agresslsite /baler allsedow owir the land.
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=ois asismilles lithe poor. We kelt upon dimwits go
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to bad bye* dosesem, as the utast reekhesolinnerate dam of speni.
Wars ; a dams breeze everything Ida emilyery little to lose, and
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wpm thidr lain as inevhalle.
Oa the 30tis Oct., the Sectretsey of the American Treasury
issued propolals • for a loan elf flee millions, six per cent.
Stack, redeemable in 1856, interest semi-annually ; and on
the 12th Nov. it had been all taken at a trifle above par. It
was offered in New York at one per cent. advance subse-
quently. There must be another loan shortly, or the govern-
ment must stop payment.
By this arrival we have letters from the American squa-
dron, dated off Anton Lizard°, Oct. 13th, 16th, and 25th.
On the 13th all was bustle and preparation for an attack on Alva-
rado. For a month previous the BLUM hod been drilling for the
attack, and were eager for the fray. The Mexicans had a battery of
ten gluts at the mouth et the river. On the 14th, sailing orders were
eouatreweended, tie wind blowing too (reels for operations.
Ga the 13th they sailed, but anchored again the same
day, within ten miles of the mouth of the river. There
was a heavy swell on the bar. On the morning of the IGth, steamer
Vixen, and cutter Mc Lane, towed by steamer Mississippi, anchored
at long-shot distance, and commenced their fire. The Commodore
leading, in the Vixen, with the rest of the force following, passed by
the fort, each vessel firing her broadside as she ranged ahead, with
little or no effect, swing to the great distance. A long eighteen of the
cutter Forward sent a shot directly into the fort. The shot was
repeated with great effect. In the meantime the Mississippi had closed
up, and was exploding her Paled:ins effectively about the heads of
the Mexicans, doing considerable damage to the fort. During
the morning several of the American bo its sounded within
half a mile of the fort, and were fired upon, but received no
damage. At 1 p.m. the line was formed, the steamer Vixen towing
the gunboats Reefer and Bonita; the McLane schooner Forward
and gun-boat Petrel, two launches, three cutters, a barge contain-
ing a force cikedined for boarding the vessels of war, brought up the
rear. The Vixen and her tow passed the bar, and took a position within
point blank range ; but the McLane stuck so fast that the Commo-
dore was unable to bring up all his force, or stand the enemy's
twelve gun battery, and was obliged to retreat. The force in the
beats was exposed to heavy fire, but none were hurt. The McLane
is pronounad an abominable abortion. When she got afloat agate,
Captain Howard offered to make another attempt to pass the bar, but
the commodore declined it. On the night of the lath, the cutter For-
ward, gunboats Bonito, Reefer, and Nonata, under Commodore Ferry,
left Anton Lizards, for an attack on Tobacco. Two prizes had
been taken, one the American bark Coosa, and the other a Tucatea
schooner.
The Washington Union gives the following as the latest
from the army :
We have New Orleans dates to the 3d November, and Monterey to*.
18th October. Lieut. Graham, of the 4th Infantry, died on the lltb,
universally lamented. The wounded generally wets doing wed.
Accounts in the Picayune, from the troops on the Rio brands
truly distreraing. Taylor's chaste order, tendering the oaken sod
soldiers of his command the expression of his thanks and adminakm,
dateddept.2B, waspublishedon the SthOet. The army wassettlingdowa
inactively, waiting further orders. A !lumberer Mexicans had been sum.
dered In the outskirts of Monterey by outlaws. On the 4th the Meehan
°Meer, called on General Worth to take leave of him. As they were
riding away through the Plaza, a volunteer shot one of them theme'
the heart. He is in prison and will be hung undoubtedly. A seadsaeist
seemed to be prevalent iu the army that to conquer peace a same de.
dive blow must be struck at Tampico anctVera Cruz. Lieutenant
Armstrong arrived at Monterey on the 12th with dispatches from
Washington for General Taylor. A mail sent from Camargo on the
21st of September for the army was taken by the enemy and delivered
to Ampudia for the private correspondence in It. This mail has been
forwarded to Santa Anna. About 2,000 mules had been hired at Mon-
terey for the use of the United States army, and 1,500 had arrived
from Camargo. Another mail for the army which left Camargo the
sth October, was captured by the enemy. Santa Anna is at San Louis
Potosi, but doing nothing. Ile sustains Ampudia in what he did at
Monterey. The fever and ague are spreading rapidly through the army
at Monterey.
Private advices from the city of Mexico, of Sept. 20,
state, that Santa Anna left the capital with 2,000 cavalry and
8,000 infantry. He was utterly unsuccessful in raising a
loan of two millions on a mortgage of the revenues of the
church, as the lien was considered by capitalists illegal. He
then applied for 200,000 dollars, but could merely obtain
27,000, which was the sum total with which he started.
On the Western frontier Gen. Kearney is marching from
Santa Fe to California, whilst Gen. Wool, with 5,000 men,
is proceeding west to Chihuahua, which is 500 miles north of
Monterey. Their combined forces w ill easily hold all the
commanding positions north of the Gulf of California. Col.
Mason, of the first Regiment of Dragoons, has been sent
to Monterey on the Pacific coast, to supersede Col. Stevenson.
Gen. Kearney left for California on the 25th of September,
taking with him companies a the Ist U. S. Dragoons, in all
about four hundred men, mounted on mules. The route of
this small command was considered by many of the oldest
and most experienced mountaineers and traders as one of
great hardship and suffering, if not absolutely impracticable.
This route is called and known as the "Copper Mine
Route."
Accounts from Matanzas to the 21st of October, and from
Huvannan to the 28th, are published in the Clarkston
Courier. The Matanzas letters state that the coffee crop
would be sensibly lessened from the effects of the recent
hurricane, and that those of tobacco and grain were almost
completely lost. The cane-fields hail escaped without env
material injury, though the quality of the coming crop would,
it was thought, be deteriorated,:and the quality be about 10
to 15 per cent. less. Business at Matanzas was dull, but the
coming season would, it was believed, open a month earlier
than usual, as many of the estates would commence grinding
within 10 or 14 days. Produce was expected to
reach the market by the end of November, or early
in December. Havannah letters of the 28th of
October state that in sugar and molasses there was
nothing doing. Bills on London, 10 to 101 per cent. pre-
mium. The efforts made to rescue the Spanish vessels of
war driven on shore during the hurricane of the 12th, bad
been crowned with considerable success. The steamers
Montezuma and Bazan with a schooner, had been got off:
and efforts were about to be made upon the others. The
authorities of Ilavanah had purchased the English barque
Agnes Jane, the brig Junaita, and the schooners Polka and Ha-
banera for the navy. Accounts from the south side of Cuba
show that little damage to shipping had been occasioned,
beyond the loss of two or three coasting craft, and some
injury to vessels in the port of Cienfuegos.
MONTREAL, Nov. 12.
EICTIANOF..—Bank on London, 80 days, 94 per cent. premium;
private, on London, 90 days, 7f to 8 ditto; Bank on New York, 3
dap, 2 ditto; private on New York, 3 days, II ditto. Exchange is
quoted at the old par of 904. sterling, equal to 1001. Halifax' currency,
thus:-90f. ,• 1001. x premium : : sterling : currency.
RATF-• or FREIOIIT.—To Liverpool : Flour, Se. 3d. per barrel ; ashes,
35e. to 40e. per ton; grain, 12s. to 14n. per qr. To Clyde : Flour,
Is. Gd. per barrel ; ashes, 3Se. to 40e. per ton ; grain, 12a. to 13s. per qr.
t For Money and other Markets, by this arrival, see the 4th page,
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