The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-06 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

In addition to the 'libel-n'B, whose arrival at Li-
verpool was re portc I 3 citerday, the American Ocean
Mail Company's steamer, Washington, arrive,l off
Cowes psterdsy afterno •n, en route to Bremen. Her
'nails end palpengers ti.r England and France were
transhipped into a small steamer, and conveyed to
Southampton.
The NV ashington left New York rn the 21st of May,
and consequently the intellige: she brings is of one
day earner date than that convey. d from tte Fame
city by the Hibernia, which brought New York
papers dated the 22nd of May.
Oar correspnndont gives the particulars of

THE INUNDATION AT NEW ORLEANS AND
THE FIRE AT ST. LOUIS.
NEW YORK, MAY 22
"Order reigns" in New York. Since my last, no
more disturbances have ditcampred our nerves or in-
tcrtu, ttel our quiet. Previous to his departure from
Baton, Mr. Mseresdy, through some friends there,
publish( d a card, in whivh he fully exculpates liMmelf
from even the suspicion of baying had anything to
do with the Opera House riot. So far from it, he was

quite indispoe;d to appear at all, and would not if he
had consulted his own feelings. On the other hind,
Mr. Forrest has sank in the estimation of the judi-
cious, aid his own engagement at the Br. away
Theatre was a complete failure. Indeed, he did not
conclude it; and it is probable that he will never
again have an audience of any size to witness his
p rfermencee. It is said be imecediately re-
paired to his country seat on the Hudson,
and discharged all his workmen who were
completing his stveneoeered residence. The
city authorities showed such determina'ion to
prevent any further outbreak, that no farther a'tempt
was made by the mob to attack the building, which,
for various causes, had become eo " disgracions" in
their eyes. But, while one excitement has gone by,
others have arisen. The cholera has been traversing
th line of our western river, carrying off large num-
bers of persocs, and threatening to extend its ravages.
Our own city, during the last week, was thrown into
contusion by the announcement of the arrival of the
diseate among us, in a locality which tas long been
the terror and disgrace of the town. There is a cer-
tain place where, by the intersection of a number of
streets, five points ate mode, end hence tee fact has
become synonymous with the name. Here, in rows
of miserable buildings of every kind, with cellars
end sub-cellars, far below the reach of sun
or air, are clustered drinking end dancing rooms,
apartments for night lodgers' brothels, and negro
shops, occupied by thousands ef the dirtiest and most
depraved of our population, where robber'es and
murders are frequent, and where the unwary are en-
trance to their ruin. No words of mice seen express
.11, condition of these residences, if such a term may
be shed, or the scones which occur there by day and
by eight. Afe or days since it was disc meted that
some sudden deaths bad metered there by cholera.
Tre faculty disagre e as to the character of the al-
cease, but quite a r died with the usual symp-
toms and pre moreeories. A large number was found
huddle.' together in one of these duck, damp, and
pestiferous apartments below ti c ground, some were
dead, some were dying, and all were e ittiout food or
bed clothing. The authorities removed the sick ts a
temporary hoepital, and dr-eve out the survivors. The
place was cleamed and disinfectee. We had two new
cases yesterday, hut the alarm seems to have sub ides!.
lint the rumours had the effect for a time to 'unapt,
business, and to cease the most gleemy sppechensions.
While this was affecting the public mind, news
reached us that a breach had occurred in the levees,
which keep out the waters of the Mississipi from the
plantations around New Orleans, and the city itself.
It began to be feared that the whole town would be
inundated, it not dst Dyed. The water had already
reacted some parts of it, and the inhabitatite were
changing their quot rs. The wily remedy was that
used on such ocemeone, to call out the whole foree of
the el eve population, sled cot them at smile in driving
pees, filling up eitle brush wood and with earth. eh°
last rumour was to the effect that the seen use
'was increasing, argil that the city could re-
ceive much farther injury. The relations of New
Orleans web New Yerk are such that injury
to teat city, is injury doue to this. It is to be hoped
that we have beard the worst. It is, however, un-
doubtedly true that valuable crops of tobacco have
bee n ire parable, injured.
Our telegraphic dee etches yesterday from New
Orleans are of an alarming characte r. About 300
houses were surrounded by water, and thousands of
acres adjoining cove:flowed. The levee tied net been
there' up, though thousands of workmen were busy
in the oetempt. In short, the most fearful anticipa-
tions seemed about to he reuhr;,d.
I refer you for particulars to papers sent by this
steamer. I cannot well node...teed how far they tiny
he interesting to your re tlers. We in this cowry
pore ever your local sewn with undiminishing at-
tention.
While this melancholy news was coming to us by
telegraph, we were ustewided ts hear that the city of
S. Lem& destired to hccome the greatest inland city
of Amulet, was niee ty de trey.el Ly fire.
On the evening of the 17th inst., a steamer called
the White Come named after seine Indian chief, took
fire at the head of the lauding, the wind blowing
a gale from the role h e•.'. It seen communicat dto
others ice the virinity, add in a dime time twenty six
others took fire, and tee while were destroyed. From
those the flames spread to the warehotees and
stems, and were not quenched Ilea., the
next day, but tot before ono half of the
riceeet part of the city was destroyed. For
more than a mile in eet.set along the river. and about
half a mile back front it, every thing combustible was
destroyed. Among the buildings lost were five
banking houses, dine newsparer establishments,
every insurance dike, and the wheete number swept
away was 300. Many lives were lost, and the value
of the property annihilated is estimate d at five mil-
-1.'6011 of dollars. The value of the steamboat props ley
is estimated at more than half a million of dollars.
The insurance effected is comparatively small. On
the very same day the flout jailing city of Milwankie
in Wisconsin, was also in flames, and buildings and
property worth 60,000 de liars were also destroyed.
But my list of calamities is not yet concluded.
On the very same night of the same day that St.
Louis and Milwankie were on fire, and New Orleans
threaten( d with destruction by water, one dour large
and el. gent steamers, the Empire, plying between
this city and Albany, was ran into by a schroecr
under sail, and received so mach damage that she
sank in a few minutes. She was loaded with pas-
sengers, many of whom had retired to their berths for
the night. Fortunately another s'esincr was near,
and coming alongside, rescued all those wbo were
ale to reach the upper-deck. Many of the passengers
who in their terror eai thrown themselves overboard,
were picked up by bean; from the share, while others
wets lost. The number who perish, d has not yet
been fully ascertained, and will not be until the
vessel is raised.
The Hudson River ie crowded with vessels, and
though it is deep and wide, yet to navigate it with
steamers 300 feet long, moving at the rate of 20 miles
lan hour, requires *kill and courage. A well-known
pilot, belonging to the steamer Isa.c Newton, of
whom I was making some inquiries on this subject,
said to me: " Sir, you know not what a load there is
at my heart when I know my vessel hes on board
four or five hundred of the best people of the land,
and I have to find nay way in a deck night around
the se points and through those highlands. No man
can tell how I feel when I think of this as I stand at
the wheel, straining my eyes to mark the headlands
he , and to catch the distant leghtse'

COLONIAL.

BRITIS'i NORTH AMERICA.
CANADA.—There is nothing of moment from this
province. The antagonist parties have fallen back
upon the cocstitutioncl and customary practice of
holding rival meetu ga and voting antagonistic
addressee. The opposition seem bard pressed for a
decent show of 'public demonstrations. They make
as much of a burning in effigy by a parcel of school-
boys as of a public meeting, and record at length tne
adjourned meetings of acme Scotch club to deliberate
whether after expelling Lord Elgin, they ought to
refund his subscription. The final result of their de-
liberations was a resolve to keep the money " t
would be uncivil to offer it bat." 4
gentlemen have all along been aux. igirsZ,,f
to hurt Lord Elgin's feelings that ill pt .;a;
I of delicacy cannot fail to be duly appery
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Sherwood the mole hss varied the ceremony of burn-
ing Lord Elgin's effigy —they drowned it. On the
13th of May, Culotel O. di cla•ed in the Rouse
of
Assembly, that "if the Qu co gave her arena to the
fralmilios lows] bit, it would absolve every British
inhabitant from his oath of allegiance.* Mr. Solicitor
Blake, in reply, called upon the house to mark theta
words "He would not mention ammo, but there
were toms who might be obliged to answer to their
name in the, criminal calendar, f having trans-
mitted intelligence by teiegraph as to how many
thosand men could be brought from different parts of
Canada.*

INDIA.—ESCAPE OF THE RANEE Of LAHORE
A Beans papa states t►at the Ernes Chards Hoonwur,
Lenore, seemed Lona her guards, and the fortraa of Chum:,
daring the might of Redureday vie 18th of April. No par.
Waders of her escape have transpired, but the native neon
is that she Milord two of the elms of her guard, who aided
her sad escaped with her, it is believed towards the hills of
Yinaporet et Rewah. Alter the capture of the slave• girl.
acme three weeks back. in the city of Donates, t►e Lunen
was taken to the fort of Chaser and confined there, under a
special detaehmest of the 65th regiment native Wanner
eomutanded by au European akar of hoar at and intelli-
rnes. Bat it has been remark das singular that a detach-
ent from the same regiment of which the guard was
scenposed, trees whom antody the slave girl escaped, should
have been chosen to guard the Ranee in the fort of Chute r.
Collation with the gaa:d was generally suspected in the first
iastance ; and a court of itsuiry sifted the matter, but found
nothing to aiming& any of the guard.