The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-30 00:00:00

Stt:, the dthy 'axed for CI; pot June
having been postponed five days, on account of the
commencement of the payment having been retarded
by the events which have occurred.
No well informed person here expects that the
struggle Nis yet over. The Assembly is aware that
the fire still smoulders under the ashes. I have
already stated that it is not strictly true that the in-
surgents, in a body or through their chiefs, have
surrendered; none indeed have done so—those who
are now prisoners were captured and only yielded to
force; the rest either fled with their arms, or, hav-
ing thrown down their arms, mingled with the
population, and are now at large and unrecognised.
Other attempts will be made, and that speedily, but
they will be repressed ; there will, however, be
more bloodshed. It is intended by the moderate ma-
jority in the Assembly to shut up all the clubs with-
out distinction and to impose some wholesale restraint
upon the licence of the press : meanwhile the state of
siege will be maintained.
Yesterday about twenty-six carriages of all kinds
were sent from the interior of the capital to
Vin-
cennes containing about 30,000 muskets taken from
the insurgents. The escort, composed of dragoons and
cuirassiers, reached from the bridge of the Tuileries to

Pont Neuf.
Great emotion was excited yesterday nt the corner
of the Rue du Temple. The apothecary's shop at the
corner of that street was surrounded by Gerdes
Mobile. A soldier of that guard had been taken to
the apothecary's, in the hope of saving him, he
being poisoned. Notice was soon sent to all the
chiefs of the Mobile, to put them on their guard
against similar occurrences, which are attributed to
the vengeance of those whom they have subdued.
The judicial inquiry relative to the individuals
incarcerated during the insurrection is continued. As
the number of magistrates is not sufficiently great for
such an emergency, several members of the bar,
officers of the national guard, and others, have been
delegated by the military authorities to interrogate
them and dress the " proves verbaux." The evidence
already obtained shows that on .11C morning of the
23rd, chests of arms and ammunition were sent to
a waggon (ace at I.a Villette, and that
1,300 guns were distributed to the insurgent..
'the friend and associate of Solorier, whose arrest
I mentioned yesterday was engaged in circulating
orders to the emissaries, and distributing papers in-
dicating the plans of the barricades and the names of
the chiefs. 'this man, who was observable in the
clubs by his lofty style of speaking, now appears
much disconcerted. When interrogated he shed
tears.
From the most correct estimates which have been
made it appears that the total number of itaturg. atm
engaged in the lute movement has been 40,0n0.
It has been ascertained that active preparations we re
made by all the leaders fur four days 11 fore the out-
break ; places were assigned at which the various
battalions were to assemble, depots of arms and am-
munition were regularly provided, posts were assigned
to the several commanders, and councils of war were
held daily. Among the eliefs were the commanders
and brigadiers of the ateliers nationaux, the officers
of the late republican guard, whose character and
antecedents caused them to he rejected on its
reorganisation, the privates who had been ex-
pelled from this guard, the late guard of the
mountaineers, some hew deserters and officers of the
Garde Mobile, the heads of the most violent clubs,
the editors of the most furious journals, and those of
the liberated convicts who had exhibited most
capacity.
the attempts to poison the troops have excited the
utmost indignation and horror. I have already ex-
plained that many of the principal thoroughfares and
squares are converted into camps, where the troops
bivouac. The inhabitants frequently send wine and
provisions to those in their immediate neighbourhood.
The late insurgents, who still prowl in large numbers
about the town, and are well supplied with money,
pretend, it is said, to sympathise in the general
gratitude towards the troops who have delivered the
capital, and offer them wine, which, in some eases,
h.s been incautiously accepted, and found to be
poisoned. Fears are ent:rtained that these atrocious
attempts are not unfrequent.
The ..I.fentoria/ de Ron u of yesterday says : " Yes-
terday morning, when the roll of the liberated con-
victs in surrrillartee at Rouen was called over, it was
found that 800 were absent. This is a very signi-
ficant fact."
The Journal du llurre has the following : It ap-
pears certain that the banquet t 5 sous was nothing
less than one vast conspiracy, in which all the gues:s
invited—and they would have been very numerous—
were to be massacred under the pretext of fraternisa-
tion ; all the arms which were in possession of the
insurgents being destined to be used in this frightful
carnage."
M. Firmin Rogier has been appointed envoy extra-
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Belgium if.
Paris, in place of the Prince do Ligne, who has given
in his resignation.
M. Ferdinand Ilarrot has been returned as deputy
to the National Assembly for Algeria.
The Periyord, a journal published in the Dordogne,
near the seat of Marshal Bugeaud, says: " Marshal
Ilugeaud set out for Paris yesterday, in consequence
of a summons to that effect be telegraphic despatch."
On one of the insurgents taken prisoner was found
the following draft of a decree written in pencil :
Art. 1. All the citiz.ns who pay more than 200 fr. in
taxes are deprived of their civil and political rights for
10 years. Art. 2. All the property, both real and
personal, belonging to citizens who have exercised
public functions of any nature since 1815, is confis-
cated. Art. 3. The constitution of France is that of
'793. Art. 1. The army is disbanded.

We have received the Madrid mails of the 2 tth.
The financial difficulties of the government form the
engrossing topic of public discussion.
A Queen's messenger had arrivid with an order
for the retirement of Mr. Otway, keeper of the
archives of the embassy, and his assistants. Mr.
Brackenbury alone remained as consul.

rl'ALY.—The Pirdninntese Onzette of the 21th of
June states that the Sardinian government are about
to contract a loan of 12 millions of livrcs, their budget
for the current year showings deficiency of 31 millions.
The other part of this deficit is to be made up by addi-
taxes.

CoLLISION AND Loss Or LUZ IN THE CHAN-
Nl:L.—Yesterday at the herd office% of the Peninsular and ,
Oriental Stearn-ship Company, in Leadenhall-street, intel-
ligence was rec ived of a very serious collision having
occurred between one of their stupendous sea steamers, the
Canton, and a has ship belonging to London, named the
John Woodholl, Captain Mossop, master. The Canton is
quite a new v, ssel, and only lett Southampton on Sunday
last, to run betwi en Bombay and liong-Kong. The John
WondliaU was from,Lima. She had touched at Cork, and woo
making her way up channel, when, about three o'clock on
Tuesday morning, the Eddystone lighthouse bearing south
about tnirty miles distant, she came in fearful contact with
the Canton. The steamer was immediately brought to, and
Captain Jamieson, her commander, as quickly as possibli
went nn bard the disabled vessel, with a view of ascertaining
her actual condition. H.e bulwarks were found to be car
Tied away, as also her jiii.baom and cut water. Fortunately
she was making but little leakage. The Canton bail her
I jib-boom dsm iged, and it was determined to run her hack to
Southampton, takirg the John W .odhall in tow. During
the excitement, one of the crew el the Caton, named rieb,
in his anxiety to get on board the John Wutathall, and alford
assistance, fell overboard and perished.
ENGLISH AND BE.I.GIAN PILOTS.—Sir,—I am re.
rim !de d to make public n grievance which the pilots of the
kingdom of Great Britain are labouring under, in conse-
quence of the pilots of the kingdom of Belgium not confin-
ing themselvf a to the limits mentioned in the aecompaning
notice of the Belgian consul, and who come and cruise in the
British Channel, as far as to the Isle of Wight, if not as far
as Plymouth. There arc twenty. or more Dutch and Bel-
gian pilot cutters const intly hovering shout Dover, Rams-
gate, Deal, Sandgate, Dungeness, and other places along the
English coast, full of pilots ready to take the bread out of
the mouths of our seamen, who labour hard to gain an
how st living. These vessels, it appears, supply occasionally
(perhaps very often) parties they meet at sea with spirits
and tobacco. in proportion as they do this must they orprive
the revenue of supplies and the tradespeople of dill'. rent
seaports of business. Great excitement exists at this moment
in the minds of our English pilots respecting this matter.
You, sir, understand the method of allaying this excitement
hour than I do, can you help a brave set of men to get
things put on a better footing ? If so, you will receive the
thanks of many in these parts, and give much satisfaction to
Geo. DArliNI•llll.7 —Dover, June 28,1848.—N.8. Evidence
as to the sale of spirits and tobacco may easily be obtained :
my informant is a most respectable Cinque P.,rt pilot. It is
very evident that the Belgian government intended them to
remain cruising on its own coast. If it is said there i, any
error in this statement, I can produce the man, who, in com-
mon with the rest, complains of the tact.
Porrestorm, Jose 29.—The Gleaner, at.-v., Acting
Master and Com. A. Holliston, arrised this morning from liermud i,
whence she sailed on the .14 inst., leaving' hire the Wellesley with
the flag of Vice-Adm. the Bit I of Dundonald, who was to leave about
the Nth inst. for Ilalitax.—The Vesuvius, at., Capt. Austen, from
Halifax, passed the Gleaner outside the Narrows, off Bermuda. The
commander and arise of the Gleaner lett this part on the 3d or Feb. M
the kite, which vessel relieves the GI. aner at bermuda.—The Hast-
ings was inspected to-day by Sir C. Ogle, who went to spithead in the
Lightning steamer.