The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDLY, 5.31 P.M.
The President of the Republic was received with
due honours at Havre yesterday. The ceremonies at
Rouen were much crowded and highly succamful.
At the dinner given at Rouen, the president, in
reply to the toast of the mayor, said:
Gentlemen,—The more I vigil the principal towns of
Frauce, the kookier is my conviction that the country pas-
sable. all the elements of pubiic prosperi'y. What is it,
therefore, which now prevents our prosperity from develoß•
ing itself, and blaring its fruits? Allow me to tell you —it
Is that the leading characteristic of our epxh is to allow
ourselves to be seduced by chimeras lustesd of attaching
ourselves to the reality. Gentlemen, I expressed the same
sentiments in my message. The more evident the evils of so-
ciety are, the more inclined are certain minds to threw them-
selves into the mysticism of theories. But, in reality, what is
required tilt is not to say, adore what you have destroyed, and
destroy what you have adored, for so many centuii. s. The
question is to give to society more calm and more stability,
and, as has been said by a man whom Prance esteems, and
whom you all love here—M. Thiers,—" The true genius of
our epoch animists in simple good sense." It is is more
particularly in this fine cioy of Rouen that good sense pre•
tails, and it is to it that I owe the unanimity of your suf-
frages on the 10th of December ; for, gentlemen, you rightly
luctged me in thinking that the nephew of the man who did
evertyhing to plate moiety on its Katmai basis could never
have an idea of throwing that society into the vague reign of
theories. Thu. gentlemen, lam happy to be We to thank
y.O for the 184,000 votes which you gays me. lam happy
to find myself in this fins city of Rotten, which oontains the
germ of so many. riches ; and I have admired those hills
clothed with the richness of agriculture, and that river bear-
ing the products of our industry. lam not lest struck 11th
the statue of the groat Canaille. Do you know what that
proves to me ? It is that you are not only devoted to the
great Interests of commerce, bat that you also feel an admi-
ralion for all that is noble it letters, in any, and in science.
Gentlemen, I drink to the eitq of Rouen, and I am deep 4
grateful fir the welcome which I have so-day received from
you.

The committee on the proposition of the members
of the Mountain, relative to Hungarian independence,
has unan'mously decided to propose to the assembly
not to take it into consideration.
M.Martin Maillefer,Frenoh consul at Barcelona,has
been named cense' at Palermo, and is replaced in his
former post by M. Herbet, formerly consul in Hol-
land.

The differences between M. Theirs and M. de
Montalembert, on the subject of public assistance,'
have been noticed. They have drawn from M. de
Montalembert a letter in which he contests some ex-
pressions used in the reports given of the proceedings
of the commission. Bat though the differences in
question broke out on the point of charitable
institutions, they have been no lees serious
in the matter of public instruction, when the
same feelings have found themselves in opposition. M.
De Falioux, who, in the matter of education, is fa-
vourable to clerical rule, seems likely to Ebel the
effects of this; and it is reitively stated that, if on
the debate that is to take place, the law of public in-
struction is amended in the sense of the Universita-
Han party, he will give in his resignation. It has
been aid that the financial plans of M. Parry have
raised a strong opposition to them.
The Petrie say/ "We learn that the penalty of
death pronounced on Captain Rigor las just been
commuted to ten years' close imprisonment (reclusion)
and degradation."
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►a Account.

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sad lime, 243; *Demo sad Ilaralass, 130 • sad
B. 101 23; Oestre Ifierasa, 302 30; Bordeaux, ;00 —; arta,
433; Paris sad Otrasboarg, US 75; Tours aed Xsaffs. 805 ; Ideate.
reas sad Troyes, 111. ______ _

tAXAURG, Aro. 10.
The blockade of the riiiilVbe is raised ; upwards
of thirty vowels passed On:haven to-gay. Two
steamers—the Chevy Chase, from Newcastle, and the
Transit, from Hull—osme up to the city this morning,
and several more in the afternoon ; so they must
have passed the Danish men•of-war in the night. One
of the latter, the Bellow, got aground on our shoa's at
the mouth of the river, which is, no doubt, the reason
the said merchantmen were not stopped. Officially
the blockade was to cease to-morrow, when the light-
ermen will have rejoicing.
The proceedings of the Diet at Schleswig on7thinst.
were very intercatin g. It appears Mr. Balemann arrived
just in time from Berlin to turn the tide in favour of
the minority of the committee, the majority of whom
had moved that the Schleswig-Holstein troops were
to remain in Schleswig, while the mincrity proposed
to withdraw them to liolateio. By adopting t-e
ter version, they agreed to the armistice, and it is
expected that the blockade of the eastern porta of
Holstein will now be raised. The question of the
prisoners is still unsettled.

THE UNITED STATES.

(By Electric Telegraph.]

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
FROM +DUN OWN COILONSPONDENT.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 14.
We have just had our usual weekly arrival from
America. 'the Caledonia it the bearer of the &deka
now received, having left Boston on the Ist instant,
and, after a ehort detention at Halifax, to receive
mails and passengers, she arrived in this harbour •
few minutes since. The Halifax dates aro to the 4th
hut.; from the under-mentionedtowes, as annexed:—
Quebec, 27th al; St. Louis and Oncionatti, 28th;
Charleston and Montreal, 29:12; Baltimore and
Washington, 30th ; Philadelphia and New York, 31d
nit.; and Boston, Ist inst.
In addition to her Majesty's mails from the States,
Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Newfoundland, Sze.,
the ledonia has a large number of passerezers.
The Europa, whose limiest at finlike we learned
in the letter received per Niagara, reached New York
on the 27th ; and the Cambria, which sailed hence
on the 21st ultimo fur Boston, had called at and left
Halifax, to complete her voyage previous to the Cale-
donia's arrival at that port.
Previous to the yearly return of the harvest is the
United States, as in our own country, there are al-
ways a number of croakers, who, to se.ve their
own speculative pnrpoee, pnblieh alarming ac-
counts of deficieucie in the bounties or nature ; and
although theme is a great deal of grumbling about
rust, drought, and suddin tend unseasonable rain,
there ie not, in our present ads icest, any cause for stp:
prehension regarding the crop in the New World. That
thin) are deficiencies, and to a large extent, in many
districts is painfully true, but they aro more than
counterbalanced by the glowing accounts from other
localities, b in and bordering on the States. The
wheat and corn crops, the former more espe-ially,
suffer most, but the suffering is very limited, being
chiefly confined to Ohio, Vermor.t, Marne, Indiana, &o.
Father Matthew has been enrolling adhe-
rents to the Mat of total abstinence at lioston. Here,
as at New York and Brorklin' rgeat attention wax
shown him by the official au'horities. A procession
took piece, headed by governor Briggs, and thu rev.
gentleman dined with • number of the moat respect.
able inhabitants.

Some fine sp.cimena of gold have been ex'racts d
from the It9sin Alluntain and Culpepper Mines.
The gold is in the following proportion, viz. r—abiut
20 duller. worth of pure gold for each two pounds
weight of earth. Several specimens of quartz rock,
similar to that brought from Caiifornia, have been
also extracted therefrom.

The 3rd of August (the day appointed by General
Taylor for humiliation and fasting) would be, it was
expected, generally observed throughout the States.
The Dutch Church and Presbyterian Assembly, and
several of the bishop' throughout the Union, as well
as many of the municipal bodes, have published
their approval of the Presidential act in question.
The arrival brings us a fre,h batch of letters in the
American journals on the several subjects which
occupy political attention in the Union ; and the com-
ments of the press upon those which have already
appeared fill a large portion of their spice. As far as
our limited time will allow us to draw an inference
from the position of parties, we are incliaed to believe
that Colonel Benton will be the chief, if not the only
candidate put forward by the democratic and
abolition party in the States. Towards the
object men), of the peculiar distinctive pre-
judices which manifested themselves in the
democratic ranks are being dissipated or kept in abey-
ance, and the free soil and slavery questions are thrift
put forward io the foreground. The injudicious
policy of Calhoun and the slave party, in inviting
their views to the public notice, has been seized upon
and well handled by the opposition ; and, should the
next struggle turn upon the question e f slavery, of
which there is every likelihood, the consequences
must be ruinous to the slave holders, if not actually
dangerous to the unity of the republic.
General Scott's letters in regard to annexation
command very little attention, being looked upon by
the press as having a personal object.
On a continent where all degrees of climate are
experienced, it is not possible for the prevailing epi-
demic to bear a like character from each locality ; bat,
as far as we can judge, there seems to be little if any
abatement of the disease. In fact, since the year
1793, when yellow fever prevailed, and in Philadelphia
alone 6,000 people died from its effects, there never
has been any disease so fatal or so general as the cho-
lera on the present occasion. The number of deaths in
St. Louis and Cincinnati alone cannot be much under
8,000; whilst in the western territories and slave
plantations the ravages are incalculable. It is inex-
plicable how come localities, such as Boston, Pitts-
burgh, &c., have been so slightly visited, seeing that
they are in close proximity to localities where the
disease has manifested Ls& so seriously. Philadel-
phia has suffered considerably; and the boats on the
western rivers present a morality list, in many oases,
of 60 per cent. In New York the average unuaber if
deaths is 100 daily.
We learn that the excitement and bad effects ori-
ginating with the late procession of the Orangemen
rn Canada have not subsided. The utmost rancour
sad hostility was manifested on both si les, and it
was expected that, on the first opportunity, the
French would inflict severe retaliation for the Impru-
dence of the British party. The magistracy there, as
elsewhere, seem to be very eager to let the two partial
join issue ; but it was hoped that Lord Elgin would
immediately discountenance snob proceedings, seeing
that they may prove the pretext for more acts of vio-
lence against the government.
The British League have met at last; the muster-
roll on the first day's meeting numbering only twenty
delegates. They assembled on the 27th ult., and
chose for president the Hun. Mr. Moffat, of Montreal.
Nothing important has as yet transpired in their
proceedings.

Onr advice& by the present mail report commercial busi-
ness generally, in the principal ports, as being fist, which
was attributed to the prevai•ing epidemic. The imports
were large.
Mount Ilautsr.—The market at New York, up to the
departure of the Caledonia, was wth sup,thed, and sone,
could be obtalaed, upon easy term., to any °stout.
£rtEnl^_JN ioot.O:d.• --Aimee continued* pretty fair de-
mand Its Smerivat, weuriuts, end by the present steamer
we hair re;.;ris •JC.l* 3* the i311ollih{; Pennsylvania Pivot,
b 7&; Trautory Nye•, l!fif Unil6.l States' Sizes, fl 1;
ktver, 99.
EXCIUNOLS ranged as follows •—On London,108& to 1081,
a quiet inarkse. On Paris, 6.36. On hamburg, 36 to 351.
On Bremen, 771 to 78. . .

wire low and little doing.
BitIADSTINFS.-10 the market for breadatuffs there had
been but little doing, and prices bad slightly receded. The

fsliewiner wen the sanest rata:—Western Canal SOW, Pr
tassel, 4 does. 76a. to 1 dol.. , steady; Oranessee prime
wiliest, per 4010 e., 1 dol. 21e. to 1 sa. 283 ; 800 Cora
tbers
per 80.
p., 1 dol. Se. tolndian .
baskel,
need
tra bake). 68e. to 600. ; Southern white, per
680. to Os.
la Cotten, the advises taken sat by the Bumps, as well as
the madame! anima:OW &dries, repeals' the stops, bad
Owes a still weird tendency to the eawket ; sad at the
Caledos dewier* the caning rates were. kw New Or-
WSW and Mobile. middling fair to fair, 101 e to 101 e. per lb.
Upload and Florid% middling fair to fair, 910. to 101 e. per
1b —a rise of 1 test.
Provisions was momidl, and little doing.