The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-21 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

We were enabled yesterday to publish the Presi-
dent's inaugural address to Congresr.
The following are details of the inauguration :
General Taylor reached Wash;ngton about 4 p.m.
on Friday, the 23rd February, and took up his tem-
residence at WellucTi Hotel. On the morn-
rogigthe '26th, the committee appointed on the part
of the senate and representatives to count the votes
of the electoral colleges, waited upon him with the
official announcement of his election. In the
coarse of that day, the President elect, ac-
companied by Mr. Clayton, celled upon Pre-
&dent Polk, at his official residence. Mr. Polk
held his last levee on the evening of Wednesday, and
left tbeWhite House on Saturday, the 3rd of March.
He was to leave Washington with his lady for New
Orleans on the evening of the 6th, and the Secretary
of the Treasury was to accompany him so far.
The inauguration ceremonies took place on Monday
the sth. The doors of the Senate Chamber were
opened at 10 a.m , and the ladies' gallery was imme-
diately filled with the fair sex. The reporters' gal-
lery was also crowded to suffocation. There was
great struggling and pressing, and thousands were
, forced to leave without obtaining an entrance. The
Senate assembled at 11 o'clock, and a resolution was
adopted that Senator Atchison tske the chair. The
new members were then all sworn in, with the excep-
tion of Gen. Shields. A resolution was adopted to
refer Gen. Shields' credentials to the committee
on the judiciary. The Hon. Millard Fill-
more, Vice-President, and George M. Dallas,
' then came in, arm in arm. Mr. Atchison
swore in Mr. Fillmore, who took the chair,
and delivered an eloquent address. All the
justices of the Supreme Court, and about forty mem-
bers of the diplomatic corps, including the at:aches,
then came in, the first occupying fifteen seats in the
area, at the left of the Vice-President, and the latter at
the right. Messrs. Buchanan, Johnson, and Toney,
of the old cabinet, came in and took seats in
front of the diplomatic corps. It was now nearly
12 o'clock, and the President and ex• President
had not made their appurance. Considerable
impatience was manifested until about half-put
12, when the President and ex-President came
in, and occupied seats with George M. Dallas
and R. M. Johnson. President Taylor entered into a
brief conversation with Chief Justice Taw. and
Judge M'Lean. The President then proceeded to the

ess'ern portico, where he delivered the address. The
crowd in the square was immense, and probably
numbered 10,000. There was groat cheering and dis-
charge of cannon before and after the delivery of .the
address. It was agreed dist a daily hour meeting be
held every day at 12 o'clock until otherwise ordered.
General Shields' eligibility will be the first business
before them, after the cabinet nomination.. On
mot;on of Mr. Dayton the Senate then adjourned.
Our New York correspondent has forwarded to us
(by express, after the departure of the mail) the fol-
lowing authentic saternent of the composition of the
new cabinet :

Jahn M. Clayton of Delaware, B.eretaty of State.
William M. Meredith, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the
Thaw.
Thomas H. Ewing, of Ohio, Secretary of the Mom De-
partment.
Wallin B. Preston, of Virginia, Secretary of the Navy.
Jacob Collamer, of Vermont, Postmaster• Genera/.
George W. Crawford, of Georgia, Secretary of War.
Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, Attorney-GeneraL
He adds : " The appointment of Mr. Collamer is a
very judicious one. The state of Vermont has for a
long time been overlooked at Washington."

COLONIAL.