The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-21 00:00:00

"It is the fact that his Majesty the King of Denmark was they. went. The prisoners, who were sentenced to
driven by a popular movement on the 20th March, 1818. imprisonment, on being conducted to prison by the
dismissing, at the tame time, his ministry, to decree the abo- constabulary, attracted the attention of the rioters,
lition of the Danish fundamental law, the introduction of
and
who
immediately attempted to rescue them, and
constitutional charter, the abolition of the ancient
and the indissoluble union of the latter with the not the prisoners
Holstein,
legal relations of the duchy of Schleswig with the duchy of probably would have succeeded in the attempt, had
The military soon succeeded in driving the rioters
from the scene of their atrocities.
summon the leaders of that movement into his ministry.
this
DHentsmmarakj,etwtyhthreesbyetththeel,cgmtiteimtaimtee
esteliegeedssiotne
wkiastrecteodf.
The season was extremely favourable to the agri-
" His Majesty the King of Denmark acted in all
and good will. copious showers of rain.
cultural interest, and scarcely a day passed without
doubtlessly contrary to his wishes and against his own free
" For it is fact that his Majesty only on the 28th Jan., BRITISH. GUIANA.
1848, pronounced in a solemn decree the promise that no- __ _
thing should be altered in the existing connection of the The Iluyal Gazelle (George Town, Demerara), in
duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. its "Review for Home Renders," says:
"It is the fact that his Mejesty'spredecessor on the throne, We are obliged to commence our present review by
and making a fresh complaint respecting the irregularities of
canned
the Royal Mail steamers. Ihe mail was duo here on
futhteer,
Inc, Kdientglarits to the
a'l
augustll. o
Dn ietthe that he
dll4 notfl
Tuesday last, but up to the present moment there arc no
signs at it.
Diet accepted the solemn promise thus given, founding upon
tthhuentfuhethoyfo fin"Hoinghteainhy steihthantgheatinef thseehriteltatttiitign ;s
and
micthh
at unitethe
Since the date of our last review, the 10th init., the
it, with the reservation of its competency, the federal rc.o- colony has been tranquil. This happy state of things is, no
lotion of the lith Srpt., 1840, for the maintenance of the doubt, attributable, in a great measure, to the popuiurity of
legitimate law cf succession and other laws of the Duchies. the administration, of our present ruler, Governor Darkly.
It is further the fact that the fundamental law of the The Court of Policy met at three o'clock this afternoon,
permits
hoer
introductionll en rk, the f D. Limn issthricroti
,yea law,lformof
least
ou of
tiatull: and a "grim" of the contract for steam communication to
I Berbiee and Essequebo, signed by all the parties with the
tion such as at present exists in Denmark. exception of his honour the highelicritf, one of the committee,
"It is finally the fact that Art. '2O of 01.2 Danish royal law who is out of town, 'sus handed in by the registrar's sworn
decrees, that whenever anything shill be obtained from a clerk. Mr. Forster. It included the alterations which had
cs
King of Denmark calculated to lessen or destroy the abso- been proposed at the previous meeting. The contract was
ratified and confirmed, end a notarial copy of it ordered to
hlutitteedsoevtereehigntaihpeod7tr ofsh shall be
monarch,ceetidetenod muaLtitera
be placed on the minutes. The governor brought to the
done, and that those who succeeded in cluing so shall be re- notice of the court the circumstance of their being two
gardt!el as insulting majesty, and traitors. howe purno:
vessels in the river with immigrants from St. Michael's, fee
" If, therefore, it ieimpossilde for his Majesty the King whom bounty woe claimed; but the immigration agent-
general reported that a very small proportion only of these
toife
rtDectutm ay .
trekm voluntarilyet.oitt
th
ha i
tv e
inest.Dabelii,smherilk
"hoer ctoonshtiat,tre-
people were agricultural labourers. This report, however,
was contradicted to a certain extent by a certificate front tho
Portuguese consul, awl by a memorial from the CU1131111.A3
giderenrtbedy Ifiroismaighuisstofwatnherw;litn'ihne pwroaTtirriveaundto
popular movement, which was a criminal insurrection, it is
fdro. ms ,
bt 'prat
of one of the vessels, Messrs. Mayfair, Allen, and Co. After
impossible that that can be insurrection which was done by sonic conversation it was decided that the court would not
the duchies with the consent of all the governments of Ger- consent to the payment of bounty on any immigrants other
than agricultural labourers; and a comniittee, consisting of
many, and under the protection of the Germanic confedera-
tion against the siolent changes made in Copenhagen. The the elective members of the court, or any two of them, was
appointed to gu on board and examine the people in company
conduct of the august Diet of the confederation, and of the
sovereigns of Germany in these events more particularly, with the immigration ageut-general. The court then ad
excludes the possibility of casting upon them the accuse journed to Monday week, ith proximo.
flint of insurrection. The colonists were gratified to learn, on the arrival of the
last packet, that the directors of the Demerara It eilway
" The august Diet of the confederation acknowledged the
Compauy in London had sent out instructions to their ma-
totvetrnhemehnete,(.st.ehe
rlS:tactitehf:nitecerscolifaftth)e whichti constitutedofte
uagiug engineer iu the colony, Mr. Manifold, to proceed
meat with the line as far as the terminus originally contemplated,
immediately after is installation,preteetien and dee.cleatdredisthtoath,go.
the village of Mahuica. Previously to the receipt of these
fvornd
either in the nrmistices of the 'Stith of August, 1848, and of instructions, it had been arranged that the railway should
the 10th, of July, 1819, or in the peace of the 2nd of Ju.ll-; only be carried as far as a place called Victoria, several
1830, and the explanatory memorial and protocol wine miles short of the former village. We entertain little doubt
accompanied it, which acknowledged the right of the crown ourselves that in coining to this resolution, the directors
of Denmark to stigmatism as insurrection the occurrences in have not only acted honourably, but prudently; because,
the duchies since 1818. If, notwithstanding, his Majesty the while Victoria is the centre of nothing in particular cxci pt
king, iu his royal patent of the 10th of May, speaks of in- a few houses, Mahuica is the natural entrepot of a large and
surrection and declares me to have been concerned is it, I important district, comprehending the entire of what may be
tan only see in it the continued unweakened influence over called the grazing district of British Guiana. By terminating
, his Majesty the king of those persons who induced him, in the line, therefore, ut Muletica, the directors may calculate
Morel, 1848, to destroy tire Danish fundamental law which on commanding the whole traffic of the surrounding ills-
had existed with unshaken validity more than 200 year, triet, including the droves of cattle constantly sent down to
to abolish the ancient rights of the Duchies, and to consider supply the markets of Georgetown. It is understood that,
as nothing the solemn promise given to the august Diet of as soon as the dry season sets in, Mr. Manifold will com-
the Gerinanie confederation. =nee operations on the line between Victoria and Mahaica.
" I theref.,r,•: w4ninly protest against the sccusatioa and We regret to say that early in the morning of the 22nd
its consequences contained in the royal patent of the 10th instant, a valuable /lieges' logic, on plantation Montrose,
of May, living in the conviction that a time will come in east coast of Demerara, was totally destroyed by fire. Thu
which his Majesty of Denmark will not refuse me a proper origin of this destructive calamity has not yet been f,cer-
satisfaction.—Given under my ducal hand and seal. tamed. Another logic in the immediate vicinity was liar-
"C it ILI,TIAN Annear, buke of Seitle.wig-Holstein. rowly saved.
" Nicustadten, the 22d of June, 18.31." The weather during the fortnight has been excessively
This protest was accompanies) by a petition, bearing the rainy. There are sonic apparent signs of its won breaking
same date, praying the Diet to interfere to procure the up ; at which, should it prove to be the case, the planters,
restoration of the estates of the duke in the island of Aiwa generally speaking, will not be sorry. In coneepaeute of
and in Suede. it, which have been sequestrated by the the rains, sugar-makiug for the present has entirely ceased.
Danish government B 3 the property of an insurgent.
The Gotha conferences respecting a law of settlement 'J ItINIDAD.
have terminated. The representatives of eighteen German The latest dates from this island mention that
governments have ugreett to a draft of a treaty, according heavy showers had fallen, and the rainy season had
to the provisions of which each of the contracting states
set in with appearances of unusual severity. The
agree, when called upon, to receive:persons born its subjects,
though front lung absence or other causes they may have lost Port of Spaiu G «:ctte, of June 17, says :
their civil rights, and if they have not acquired them in any The sugar crop of 18.51 may be 110 w• said to have been
other. In cases of individuals not natives of any contracting duly reaped in. Mere and there, where the estate being
state, their settlement to be considered in that state in which near to the sea, there is assurance of being able to get the
they have last resided five years. It will be seen at once that sugar to the shipping place, u few more hogsheads arc being
the conferences dealt with the political and nut the social made by planters belated in their arrangements; but thu
law of settlement, and have sat merely to decide into what sugar thus made must be so mere a trifle as not to present
state non-citirens of either shall lee expelled, whenever such any obstacle to making a computation of the whole crop sent
a step may be necessary. away,afloat,and in course of shipment. Very good judges c sti-
The insurrection and riots at Ilicillingin, in Wirtemberg, mate the totality at 30,000 hogsheads —as large a crop
in June 1819, in which one of the five democratic regents as we have ever made, hut one which we see no guest reset
was concerned, arc now before the assizes at Ludwigsburg. for doubting will be maintained, if not surpassed,in any fir-
Nineteen individuals, more or less concerned on the occa• ture year. Trinidad may safely, therefore, take rank from
sion, including Becker (the regent alluded to), were put henceforth as a 30,000 hogshead colony ; and, seeing the
upon their trial on Thursday last. The trial is expected to large proportion of hogsheads of 40. inch truss, made this
last several days. year, and the very considerable number of 12's, the whole
crop may be taken as an average of 10-inch truss.
The Soo Fernando Gitr..t.'e, after complaining of
the scarcity of labour in many districts of the island,
says :—" The wet season loss now completely set in;
abundant rains are causing the canes to spring up
with great rapidity."
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
The St. Lucia Palladium says:
The week has been one of alternate sun and rain, sonic
good soaking showers having fallen pretty genemlly through-
out the island. Sugar making is still going on, and a goodly
quantity has been already turned off. Of the eresent crop,
there have been already shipped 2,733 hhds., 140 trs., 1,031
brls. sugar, and 213 puncheons molasses ; and there aro
several vessels in the harbour taking in cargo.
At Martinique, heavy rains had been succeeded by
line sunny weather. Admiral Vaillant had addressed
the colonists on taking possession of his post as Go-
vernor-general.
From St. Thomas, we learn that the Great Western
had taken out the new Governor, Fedesen. Ole is the
fourth governor the island has had within four years.)

ITALY.

[For markets see last page.]

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF TILE EUROPA.

At noon yesterday the British and North Ameri-
can Itoyal Mail steam-ship Europa, Captain Lott,
arrived in the Mersey from Boston and Halifax,
having left the former port at 1.33 p.m. on the I.lth
inst., and at Halifax she was detained for fourteen
horns by u dense fog.
She brings 124 passengers, 580,000 dollars in
specie on freight, a good average cargo, and the
usual mails from the United States, Canada, New-
foundland, &c. . . _

The general and political intelligence by this ar-
rival is again comparatively unimportant. Agc.in
there is no telegraphic despatch front New York to
Halifax; this omission mostly occurs when the
mail is one of the British line of steamers.
The Roval Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Lang,
which left Liverpool on the 28th ult., had arrivEd
out at Halifax on the ith inst., at 20 minutes past 2
in the morning, and sailed fur Boston in two hours
afterwards. 'this is considered a very rapid run.
The United States Mail steam-ship Empire City
arrived at New York from ('hagres, on the oth inst.,
with the Californian mails, 375 passengers, and a
million and a half of gold dust.
_ _ _

The United States sitlail steam-ship Georgia, front
Havannah, on the 2nd inst., arrived at New York
on the 7th, making the passage in four days and
three hours. At the tune of her departure the
steam-ship Falcon, front Chagres, with 3t,i2 rs-
sengers, was at Havannah, and about to sail for Nov
Orleans. _ _ .

The screw steam-ship City of Glasgow had arrived
at Philadelphia on the sth, having been detained 41
hours off New York, owing to a number of the
wooden pinions of the driving-wheel giving way.
The American steam-ship Lafayette, Captain Stod-
dard, of the Philadelphia and Liverpool line, put
into New York on the morning of the 7th instant ter
repairs. She left Liverpool on the 17th of June, but
encountered heavy head seas with strong westerly
winds during the entire passage. On the 22nd ult.,
while repairing her engine, the steam-ship Hermann
passed, about four o'clock, p.m. At five o'clock the
Lafayette started her engine, overtook and passed
the Hermann in 1at..10 16 N. On the 29th, in lat.
43 long. 49, at six o'clock, p.m., while in a thick fog,
the Lafayette came into collision with the Brit6h
brig Jane, Captain Tickle, 21 days from Quebec, for
Maryport, with a cargo of lumber. The vessel sunk
at once, but the captain and crew were saved. Tho
Lafayette lost her bowsprit and jib-boom, broke her
cutwater and three flanges of the propeller. The brig
at the time was running before the wind, with her
studding-sails set below and aloft.
At AS ashington, the fourth of July was selected
for laying the corner-stone of the proposed enlatlv•
went of the capitol of the United States. A great
concourse of strangers was present, and the cerc-
• monies exciterl4eneral interest. A procession was
formed, composed of various military, benevolent,
literary, and other associations, the President of the
• United States, and the heads of the different depart-
. ments of government, the officers of the army and
navy, representatives of foreign nations, and an im-
mense number of citizens from all parts of the union
l The ceremony of laying the corner-stone was per-
formed by President -Fillmore, after which an oration
, was delivered by Daniel Webster, in which he gave
an eloquent exposition of the principles of the Arne-