The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-08 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.

MPORTANT FROM SPAIN.
NARVAEZ, PRIME MINISTER.

The following important announcement appeared in
the Moniteur Parinem of Wednesday night.
The French government has received, by a tele-
graphic despatch, dated Madrid, Oct. 4, the news that
her Majesty Queen Isabella has appointed a new
=inhere, of which the following is the composition :
President of the Council and Minister for Foreign
Affairs, General Narvaes.
Minister of the Interior, M. Seriatim
Minister of Finance, M. Orlando.
Minister of Public Instruction, M. Roe de Olano.
Minister of War, M. Cordova.
The ordinance which constitutes the new ministry
was published in the Gettite el the 4th.
Madrid is perfectly tranquil.

We yesterday announced the arrival at South-
ampton of the Royal Mail Company's steamer Te'jot,
Capt. May, with the West India and Mexican mails,
under the charge of Lieut. J. Densten, Admiralty
agent. She brings accounts from Tampico to the
26th August; Vera Cruz, Ist ; Puerto Cabello, and
St. J ago de Cuba, 3rd ; Demerara, 4th; Trinidad, ,sth ;
Tobago, 6th; La Guayra, 7th; Barbadnes and Ja-
maica, Bth; Grenada, 9th; Jacmel, St. Vin-
cent, and St. Lucia, 10th ; Havanna, Martinique,
DeMnique, and Guadaloupe, 11th ; Puerto Rico,
Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts, 12th ;
Nassau, and Tortola, 13th ; St. Thomas, 14th ; and
Bermuda, 20th Sept. The Teviot brings 407,630 dots.
on merchants' account, but none for dividends;
71910 z. of plata brute; B,llb. of platina ; 80 bales of
tobacco ; 93 cases of cigars; 40 seroas of cochineal ;
and 49 packages of sundries ; together with the fol-

lowing passengers :
Mr. M. Pardo, wife, and daughter, from Tampico ; hts
Escellency Senor Dun S. Bermudez de Castro, the SpaWallt
minister at Mexico, from Vera Cruz; Mesa, Tolme, Bads-
meow, Ross, F de Castro y Buefo, R. Rozaro, Maurits,
'retries, end Madame Daelay, from Havannah ; Mr. Hutch&
son, from Nicaragua; Lieut. W. H. Stewart, RN. Menem
Nieuman and Plantevince, from Chsgru; Mr. Espinosa.
from Carthagena; Messrs. Santa Maria and Lefevre, from
Santa Martha; Messrs. Mejia, Jarman, and Silva, from
Jamaica; Dr. Maynard and Mr. Hayes, from Barbados's
Dsputy•Assist.-Com. General Beverly (died at sea); Midi,
Simpson, from St. Vincent; Lieut. Carter (Royals), me.
Piekthalla, and Mr. Muir, from Antigua; Mr. Kieroff, from.
St. Thomas's; Dr. Evans, lady, and three children, from
Bermuda.
The Teviot encountered very severe weather on her
homeward voyage since the 27th ult. She left H.IL
ship Persian at Vera Crnz, and two French and
three American corvettes; H.M. surveying
Thunder and Lark, at Bermuda, and also
Growler steamer, from the coast of Atria..
The Royal Mail packet Medway left Havanna,
Sept. 9, for Vera Cruz. The Trent was at Grenada,
bound for Jamaica; the Conway left Grenada. Sept
9, for Trinidad; the Reindeer left Barbados., Sept.
8, for Demerara; the Clyde was at Jamaica, end
would leave for England on the 23rd of Sept. the
Eagle at St. Thomas's the 14th, and the Dee at
Bermuda when the Teviot left. Mr. Ed
Ordnance storekeeper, died on board the Eagle,
was buried at St. Thomas's. Lieut. Miller, R.N., Isie
Admiralty agent on board the Great Western, died
at the hospital, Havannab, August 11:
There is so sews of seemed from oar West India
possemiom. The drought continued at Barbados and
Grenada. At Jamaica the Chamber of Cememsehad
organised a combined movement in aid of the West
India colonies,and by a circular, dispatched to artha-
does, Trinidad, Antigua, St. Vincent, Denmark end
other places, had invited a meeting of tee
from each of the West India islands and heal=
Guinea, to take place at St. Thomas's, in order to
consider the evils to which the British planter was ex-
posed by the effects of fr ee trade on colonial production,
and to devis2, if it be possible, some measure of relief.
General Lambert had left Jamaica to attend a comer
martial. at Nassau. There was a rumour 1W ter
Majesty's ship Alarm was to proceed from Port Boyd'
to take possession of St. Juan di Nicaragua in the
name of his Mosquitian Majesty, and also that hie
Majesty was to be brought to Jamaica to be confirmed
by. the bishop. It was also reported that, previous to
raw to St. Juan de Nicaragua, the Alarm woaht
visit Havannah, a dispute having arisen there re-
lative to some British subjects who had violated the
boundary line on the coast of Cubs in fishing.
From Nassau, it is stated that the 401 flasks or
quicksilver recovered from the wreck of the Tweed,
had been shipped on board the Clyde, to be fore
to Jamaica. The remaining fluke, about 700 is
number, had been recovered by the boats from Skil.
and would, it is presumed, be delivered up oe the per:
ment of the salvage : about 32 dole per flask was pig
at Nassau to the wreckers a day or two previous to
the arrival of the Clyde. All that remained of the
Tweed was that part of the bottoms to which the mss
chinery is attached, under whisk into of the ante
passed between two rocks. Sem pot a/ the ohm
plate had been picked up; bat as =Mob is mit se
the ship's strong-box, containing, it is oappoosd, about
eight hundred pounds sterling.
The Teviot brings intelligence from Vera erns
only three days later than that received by the
Caledonia, rid New York. The American army was
dill three miles from the city of Mexico, awaiting
the result of the negotiations between the commie-
loners and Mr. Trist, who had met at Itzesposako.
The commissioner, were Jose J. Herrera, Moray V&
lames, Bernardo Orieto, and Atristain, all son
is-
tdined for peace. Santa Anna's influence append
to be on the wane. Paredes, as we stated MONO IMO
since, landed from the Teviot at Vera erne es the
14th of Aug. ; and, in consequence of the Amelia-
authorities having done away with all the brew
customs of visiting ships on their arrival, he pond
through the city, and escaped with perfect ow.
While the Teviot was absent at Tampico the Governor
of Vera Craz, thinking he might be censured for his
negligence, endeavoured to lay the blame upon the
captain of the steamer, and forbade his landing as his
return from Tampico. But it so happened that the
captain was the only person in the ship who
was unable to land, having broken his kg
Nome time previously. There was no precise news
thatit

of Paredes; bat . was 'apposed he wee
hying to raise the people agmnst the Americans.
Ste was reported to have reached Guadalaxara. It
was thought that General Valencia would join him,
and great fears were entertained that his arrival
Would seriously embarrass the negotiations for pesos.
At Vera Crux there were about 4,000 troops, and
the mortality therein was very great. Intelligence had
been receivedthere from Matamoros to the 18th Aug.,
to the effect that a wonting party of 27 Texans, com-
manded by Capt. Baylor, ot‘krod out by Col. Abbott,
commandant at Cerralvo, to ewer the country between
that poet and Monterey, had fallen in with a large
body of Mexicans, and had all been killed bat three.
Capt. Baylor left Cerralvo on the Bth, and, following
oat his instructions, visited several ranchos in the
neighbourhood of where recent attacks bad been
made upon trains. With three prisoners whom he
had captured, Capt. Baylor was returning to the main
road, when he found himself surrounded by a large
force of Mexicans, stated at 300, undoubtedly the MIN
force which had attacked the trains previonslLLo
wee completely hemmed in, and the Mezieios
upon his small band, killing many of them at the
discharge of fire-arms. Three of the party elllssiel
their escape by crawling into the chaparral, 1111=
into Certalvo dreadfully lacerated with thorns.
they last saw Capt. Baylor he was wounded and un-
horsed, but still fighting, and only three of his Ma
were in their saddles. They think it impossible that
soy more could have escaped, and do not believe
that the Mexicans made any prisoners. Two
days had elapsed since they got back to Cerralvo, sad
nothing had been heard of any of the rest of the party.
From Jalapa intelligence had been received that
Capt. Walker, with a detachment of his company of

I mounted riflemen, had gene there, and taken some of
the inhabitants petasesrs; bat released them when
they proved to Lis satisfaction that they were not
concerned in the murder of several Americana, pre-
viously committed. He caused, however, two or three
isdividuale to be shot, who were pointed out to him
as the murderers. Car. Walker, then went to
Coatepee, from whence he frightened the guerillas, and
they abandoned it, together with the Mexican
governor of the department of Vera Crna, leaving
everything behind them.
At Tampion sickness was causing a great mortality
amongst all dames. In New Orleans also the fever
was raging. The official list of interments in that
city from the 21st to the 23rd of August showed 119 in
all, of which 84 were of yellow fever. Havannah was
healthy.
By the Teviot we have Valparaiso papers to the
28th of July. Politically they have no intelligence
of interest. The Mercurio of the 27th, in a general
review of affair., resumes the domestic situation is
two lines, thus: "A peace which shows, in tranquil-
lity, an absolute confidence in the future and pro-
sperity."
The project for the construction of a railway
between Santiago and Valparaiso, which had mot
with oonsiderable opposition in the senate, had finally
with the approval of that body, and, it was
believed,fussed
would meet with no obstruction in the House
of Representatives. The exclusive privilege of the
company proposing to make it was to be limited to
thirty years, which, says the Mercurio, "is of
as much value as one hundred years, be-
cause every one has the conviction in Chili,
as well as abroad, that the undertaking will meet
with no competition for more than a century." The
government is to guarantee an interest of 5 per cent.
for ten years upon the capital of six millions of dol-
lars to be expended, with concession of all the mines
and minerals which may be found in the line of way,
exemption from dads ibr all the materials necessary
for the construction of the line, and other advantages
of smaller but sufficient importance.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tiger arrived this day at Southampton, with the
second portion of the last Overland India Mail.

EXTRAORDINARY SIMZURS OF SMUGGLED GOODS
AT TOE SEAT OF A FRENCH Doza.—A seizure of smuggled
goods has been made within the lut few days in the New
Forest, Hants, which, from the rank of the party im.
plicakd, is of a very remarkable character. It appears, that
in consequence of ia(ormation received by the Curtain-house
authorities at Sentlumpton, Meant. Tomlin. and Burt,
two surveying-officers belonging to that port, went to

• . .
Glass Hayes, near Lymingtoo, the seat of the Due
de Stacpool, and attar a lengthened search succeeded
in finding in the cellars eight casks of smuggled
champagne brandy, sad some jars containing other spirits,
the whole of which were seized and secured in the South-
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.03p1;;;6;t0;1117);,;.Tie;inir after raids
that the spirits were brought from Guernsey in the Due do
fitacpool's yacht, the Gipsey Quern, then ling at
Cowes, to which spot they immediately repaired, and
found on board a considerable quantity of smuggled
(,reign goods, which were seized also, together with
the yacht. The greatest secrecy is at present observed
respecting this leisure, but it is rumoured that the officers
have procured evidence to prove that this is not the first
time the Oipsey Queen has been engaged in the contraband
trade. The whole of the goods, together with the yacht,
will doubtless be confiscated, and the owner of the latter
mulcted in heavy penalties, the forfeited bond on the yacht
elan, is 1.0001.

THE FIRM or DE JERSEY AND Co.— Knowing
the confidence reposed in this firm by every great trading and
manufacturing house in Europe, we were astounded at the
announcement of its having suspended payment. This was
, the statement made in this Times of Tuesday last. But that
journal, not satisfied with the bare announcement of the
fact, ventured, we most say very unwisely, to put forward
this private opinion : " By many persons the business of the
house hu long been supposed to have been extended'
beyond the amount warranted by its capital ; and it is, there-
fore, feared that the multi will not prove so favourable as
might have been expected, if the disaster had originated in
some merely temporary circumstances." Now, this exten-
sion of private optnion was as rash as it is unjustifiable. The
result proves that the high character which Messrs. De Jer-
sey end Ca. held in the commercial world has been sustained.
A circular, of which the following is • copy, was last night
submitted to our inspection, and we have great pleasure in
presenting it to our readers: " Manchester, Oct. 5, 1847.
Sir,—Owing to the unexpected stoppage of Messrs. John
Thomas, Son, and Lefevre, London, we are extremely
sorry to inform you that we thought it prudent to suspend
our payments for the present. We are, however, et the same
time happy to state that our means are more than ample to
meet all our engagements, and no time shall belong to liquida-
tion. In a couple of digs we shell be able to lay bran ewe
creditors a seassesswet of ear .
ens. sire, year
obedient servants, Ds JIIIIIIIIT and Co. To —. Such a
letter as the above was only to be expected by all who were
roughly scquainted with the character of the honse.—
Sheel Ins.
TEEd SWINDLER AT MANCHESTER, who bad
assumed the name of the Hen. Charles Walter Fiteslarence,
was brought up yesterday for further examination, when it
was stated that he was not, as he had represented, an officer
of the Ringers, but had formerly been a private in the
Marian on board her Majesty's ship Victoria, whence he
had deserted, and enlisted into another regiment, from which
he had again become a deserter. On Thursday last, it ap-
pears he had gone to Plymouth, where he had introduced
himself to the officen at the garrison as the Hon. J. C.
Clare, and had succeeded in borrowing 91., after which he
went and obtained a gold-mounted whip from a tradesman.
He had also attempted, on false representations, to obtain
about look worth of haberdashery, but had failed, as I. his
attempt here. The magistrates committed him for trial at
the next borough sessions, for obtaining the whip end spurs
from Mr. Hamilton, of Manchester.
A FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.—The Worcester Jour-
' nol says :—A few evenings ago a little girl was peeling along
Broadenreet, when she picked up a small canvass bag, and
finding that there was money in it took it to her mother,who
immediately mentioned the tact to the police. It contained
bank notes sod other securities to the amount of 1,0001.
The crier was immediately employed to announce the finding
of the bag, and the owner was shortly after discovered. We
are pleased to add that he presented the little girl with 1001.,
and also gave the mother 61.
RESULT OF THE HERRING FISHING.—The John
O'Groat Journal says : "We are inclined to think that
the total catch is materially under that of last year. At
Wick, for example, in consequence of the number of boats
being much diminished from that engaged In the fishing in
1846, the catch cannot be less than 16,000 caws tinder that of
last year. The average at Fraserburgh, again, is fully 50
mans under last year—making the catch then other 1.5,000
lei than that of the previous season. It is true that along
the Caithness coast, and at Helmadale, a large quantity of
herrings bas been caught, but certainly not near so much as
to counterbalancethe demeans referred to. Of the general
quality of the fish, so far as Wick is concerned, we can speak
is high terms. Meyer, toe a series of years, has the quality
been so uniformly good nor have the curers ever had a
better oppordmlty of sending their herrings to market in so
excellent a The average never exceeded ten
crans per bod, M soy day ; in general it was only about
five or six--411 OA so glut ever compelled the fish-cnrers to
hurry on the getting and packing of the fish."
Ir4recriol AMONG SHEEP.—To remove all fear
that may have mime in the public mind in consequence of
the resent ors of discard sheep. mid to be foreign, intro- I
duo& Into the medost, as to the timmese d iikr irapcata-
dem, the MIMS oodhoritiot here 10.11111 lortrostions to
do* elbow to mesas ly onoloo d aide and gimp width
ear be borrollsr itopprtol, tae omit el thalr appear.
big to be joeoloi disaraw am to permit them to
tro toortod ottiltoot into ark sonodness by some
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Last walk Am area killed at Camino-house,
sir bats-hood woddor, fire years old, the
eieerns tere 1104.
Biamelforra.--• ambers principally brought
ItomJava sod flossaloo, dott me mostly divided into seven
thou or quell** d whit her oreolsoa and three unclean.
The neat is suit by a assail WM (biroodo esculents), and is
like isinglass, ef a white Wm imilaing to red. The
weight of the BM Is about balsa woo, and la size it is
lupe am • pow egg ; when dry, IMP, sod alien, it is
mom whale dot quality virus otaroillog to oleastion and
times of tilting; if grimed before the birds am fledged or
with eggs, they note scanowl wort valuta& ; if the
birds have MA tiro, dairy me vaulting, Was dirty and
streaked with blood and lbethen. The nests am preenruble
twice a year • the best me band is deep, damp was, which
gave the idle: that they an composed of the opera of fish
or of beetle de men. The quality of birds-nest dstpisids on
the proportion of which the white, gelatinous substance
bears to the red fleshy part ; feathers and other extraneous
matter are mixed up with the texture. Best kind from
Cochin China, and called the "highest snow-white swallow's
nest ;" wholesale price fifty dollars per catty ; retail price
sixty-six dollars per catty. The inner part of the swallow's nest
is a beautiful network, and is said to be spun from
the body of the bird, es that of the cater-
pillar, spider, ite. The entrance into the principal
omen of digestion is furnished with acing of peculiar vessels,
which secrete the material of which the net Is formed. The
method of procuring this extraordinary article of commerce
is solely confined to those accustomed from their youth to
the trade, the nest being only approachable by descent many
hundred feet perpendicular by bamboo ladders over a surg-
ing sea. The extravagant prices given for the nest induce
many to peril their lives for its obtainment. The Chinese
are the only people that use them. The best (or white kind)
bring nearly thrice their weight in silver ; the second quality
1,200 dollars, and the third or dirty kind about 200 dollars.
The principal wt of the beet kind is sent to Pekin for
for use, great labour is
the court use. -The Japanese make no use of them. In pre-
paring them bestowed to remove
every stick or feather ; they are then stewed into a
jelly.
The sale of birds'-nests Is a monopoly with ell the govern.
meats in whose dominions they are found ; it is estimated
that about 244,000 lbs., at a value of 1,263,670 dollar', are
annually emit from the Eastern Archipelago to China. Java
alone sends 27,0001b5., valued at 60,000 dollass.—llontgornery
k Martin's China.

THE DECREASE OP FEVER AND PAIIPERISH in
Manchester is very satisfactory, since food has become
cheaper, and In the former case has been aided no doubt by
the more favourable weather. The number of out-door
paupers relieved last week is 6,321 came, or 14,741 persona
(of whbdt 2,039 cues, or 5,077 persons were Irish), at a cost
of 9091.9 a. 2d.; and this return, as compared with the relief
whoa aloes was at its highest point during the year,
kakis oilman, of 571 English oases, 1,642 Irish cases,
and =I arwaal saris; or a total of 3,035 mesa, and of 6761. in
Me leaf bar decreased to such an extent that
ens of tae two okra hospitals taken has this week been given
up, and km remain in the other orgy 393 patients, of
which di ore conveletoent. The surgeon, in bis weekly
report, stator—" Darla. the last week fever has been more
rapidly daarordat km at any period since its decrease
became wild; and I very much think it is yet far from
lzstmantleimed its lowest point. If employment were as
as k ordinary years, I should look for the speedy
extirsaiso of ink in Manchester es en epidemic ; but under
frdroorkkass, I few it will prevail to a greater or
erteat la wee tans."

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