The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-26 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.

We have receive), by telegraphic despatch from
Cambridge, the state of the poll for the Chancellor-
ship, at half-past Two this afternoon. The num-
bers stood thus :-
11.R.11. Prince Albert
Earl of Pelvis

761
706

Majority for H.R.H. Prince Albert SS

The Marseilles portiou of the last Overland Mail
from India reached town yesterday, and wan delivered
in part last evening, the remainder this morning. It
was brought to Suez by the Peninsular and Oriental
Cumpany's steamer Ilitidostan, together with the fol-
lowing pszeengors :
For -Southampton: Lieut.-Col. Tenannt, Mrs. and Master
Tennant, Mn. Stewart and child, Lieut.-Col. Balder',
C. 8., lady Catharine Bdders and child, Capt. Read, the
Hon. Major West, Capt. Stokes, Capt. Strachan, Major
Archer, lieut. Rogers, Mr. Bayley, Capt. and Mrs.
Wr4 "demi= 44drea 9•14- teiti Mrs. Durand
an two , , Mrs. Major Gnome, Mr. WI. B.
Rawlins, Dr. Finnerty. Mr. Marcus, and Capt. Wat-
son. Fur Sees: Lieut.-CoL Carriery, Mr. Watson, Mr.
E. Deli amen, Mr. Fairholme, Mr. Darby, Rev. 0. Bettan-
ebisi, Mr. Barsotelli, Rev. R. H. Fortescue, Major Yea-
dell. Captain Pinriar, Lieut. Mammal, Dr. and Mu.
Campbell, Capt. Munm, Lieut. Rigoud. Mrs. Postan.s,
Major Thornton, Mr. Gabrielli, Capt. Benny, and Mr.
Lincke. For Malta: Major Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. Bik,
and two children, Mr. Vandeuberghen, Commander
Mends, R.\., and Mr. P. A. Bit. Fur Gibraltar: Senors
I. Yemen's and M. Gil, Spanish Government messengers.

•
By tho packet ship Washington Irving, arrived
yesterday at Liverpool, we have received Boston
papers to the 6th inst., but nothing later from New
York than our previous accounts supplied, the mail
from thence not having arrived when this vessel
sailed. The political news is not important. The
legislature of Massachusetts, on the motion of Mr.
Seaver, of Boston, had given leave to introduce the
following resolutions :
Resolved,—That in the opinion of this legislature the
whole people of this commonwealth are most strongly and
decidedly opposed to any further extension of slavery or in-
voluntary servitude within any of tie states or territories of
this union, and to its existence within any new territory that
may be hereafter acquired by the United States.
Itesolved.—That his Excellency the Governor be re-
quested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolution to the
senators and representatives of the Congress of the United
States for this commonwealth, and to the governors of the
several states of the union. _

Leave having been granted, the resolves were read
and referred to the special committee on so much of
the Governor's message as relates to slavery and the
admission of slave states.

The commercial accounts deserts notice. In cotton prime
were fully szetaia-d, and the sales were only in small lots to
manufacturers. Freights were high. There were several
engagements to Ireland at Bs. for Hour and meal, and 241.
for grain in begs for Cork. Afterwards two vessels were
taken for Newry direct at Be. 3d. To Liverpool Is. for Hone
was paid. Several ships had been chartered at Boston to
load at Philadelphia, with Roar for Liverpool, at 9+. per
barrel. Provi.ions continued in good demand, but princi-
pally for home consumption. In flour and grain the de-
mand for foreign shipment had somewhat declined, in conse-
quence of the high rate of freights.

TATITIT.—A whaler, the Elisabeth, has just arrived
at Ilene, bringing information from Tahiti up to the 12th
November list, one month later than that received in Eng-
land by way of Valparaiso. The Elisabeth brings with her
several officers and sailors belonging to the French Royal
Marines at Tahiti, ten of the latter being wounded. The
report of the captain is anything but confirmatory of the
security a belief in which the French government
appears desirous to propagate at home. The hos-
tilities against the natives had not ccascd when this
meet left; and the aversion which Queen Pomare con-
stantly exhibits towards Admiral Smut, leads to the suppo-
sition that amicable negotiations between her majesty and
that officer are impossible. Previous information to this re-
presented that the English frigate, the Grampus, had been
appointed to convey Queen Poznan to Itaiatta, there to
enter into arrangements with the French governor for
the cessation of hostilities, and demolition of the
fortresses that had been erected for the purpose
of annoying the natives. It appears that in the in-
terval the queen had changed her mind, and has positively
refused to hold any sort of communication with any of
the French authorities, and therefore all prospect of •
rapprocnement is for the present at an end, and is likely
to continue so, until some method of reconciliation
more congenial to the feelings of her Tahitian majesty
be adopted. The particulars brought by the Elisa-
beth show Governor Bruit, finding all his own and his
staffs diplomatic resources powerless to bring the queen to
negociation, employing several English persons to pave the
way for him; but even their entreaties were rejected.
Thnugh the queen is desirous of again taking possession of
her kingdom, she still refuses most determinedly to hold
any communication with Governor Brunt, and, in
pursuance of this determination, the Journal du
Haase states that she has written a letter to
the King of the French, demanding the • 'mires recall, es a
condition of her submission to the terms offered to her. It is
added, that this letter was never forwarded to the king ;
and further, that the Queen Pemsee had communicated to
a French resident, in whom she had great confidence, a
treaty of conciliation, signed by her own hand, and bearing
date the 22nd October, in which the conditions of her entry
into Tahiti are not unacceptable, with the exception of one
clause, to the effect that she shall enter under a new
governor. The Journal du Havre continues, that the news
of the replacing of Admiral Bruat reached Paptiti on the
6th Nov., by the English ship, the Jeannette, bearing de-
spatches from France of the 15th July. The choice has
fallen on M. Larand, already well and advantageously
known to Queen Fenian ; and it is supposed this circum-
stance, if anything can, will tend to an early reconciliation.