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

CHINA.

HONGKONG, J►W 30.—There has been a better demand
for some of our principal imports during the fortnight prior to the
holidays, and we look for an improved state of trade after the :mom-
mancamant of busineem Money has bean eimnpurauvely euy, and
the Chinese new year has pooped ova without any failures =owl
the native mamba:lw

Morro; bad; mU btly declined, end our quotations are—for Bombay
Ts, 6se 6.11; ieyel and Madras Ts, 7.3 to 7.6. The. stock 76.3 w
Wee. eats* 32,0665i5e lint yam

Con= lanai has improved, end the lower numbers are 1 dol. to
11 doL per pieul better. We quote Noe. 16.21, 22S dots. to 231 dole.;
Noe. 28.32, 27 dole. to 23 dole. ; Nes. 36.42, le do's. to 29 dab.. /Stock
3,6 H whale, sad 2,577 bad bales, against 4,02/ whole, and 2,643 half
bales last per.
T*a.—A dimly business has been dose, both in black and green.
Qtmp kme whamed about two tads ; about 40 chops only remain on
nod them meetly of common descriptions.
Ms.—Abet MO babe Tattler have been taken, at 440 to 460 dole.,
sad about 130 balm meals on the market; no mock of Tarawa.
LonoCLoran—ltese he Men a lair demand and at better prime.
Gray, are quoted 2 dole. 108 to 2 dela. 60e. ; whites, 2 dole. 40e. to

- Weatnans,--Op. etripse.—Comidemile mho et 1 dd. to 1 AIL IS..
Co dre nisonst Isle. Loon els essieled 7 deb. Me. le V asinine.,
II debn ft 9 debt St Omiste doll A St dr& toll au. tor
S. dia. le 115 dela tar Deb&
ow EMIA/41. Plistante private bids mottnos at
ni. OIL, and at vrbielt the Oriental leak has been drawing to a
limited amotutt awe mull Onesenens in bCls nadir Ameri-
ean credits were reported Win Om baler )tt Y. N. to ia lad,
aid hills with shim*, dessmonts bed been *seed at ti lid to
4s. 3d. Considerable mutants attrition are beim sent on to Leaden
Ms the Cape.
Parise 011 071 brocm—Compears bins accepted 21dr. to 117 r. per
IGO dais.
Pastern-31. tic Towage abundant.

NEW ZEALAND.

DREADFUL EARTRQUAKE.-DESTRUCTION
OF WELLINGTON.

By the arrivel of a vessel (the Cilia) at Singapore,
new Zealand papers have been received to the 15th
of November last. The political new', of late of no
great interest, is almost forgotten, and its place in the
public mind taken by a calamitous visitation which
had befallen Wellington, Nelson, and other places,
and had extended hail! to the whole of the New Zea-
land group. The greater part of Wellington and •
portion of Nelson is a heap of ruins, caused by re-
peated shocks of earthquake, which twice or Wipe
threatened destruction to the whole of the inhabi-
tants. Happily, whilst the lose of property has been
universal, human life has been spored, and of a popu-
lation of 5,000 to 6,000 Europeans only one family
perished, notwithstanding that few houses, save those
constructed of wood, escaped the dire calamity. So
far as information at present extends, the catastrophe
appears to have been most violent in the Port Nichol-
son district, to have originated somewhere to the
southward, and to have become more weakened in its
influence as it progressed towards the north and
eastward.
HOBART TOWN.—The Hobert Towa Courier,
Nov. 27, aninnnees the loss of the colonial govern-
ment brig Governor Phillip, on the passage from
Sydney_ to Hobart Town, when sixteen lives were
lost. The brig I,ft Sydney on Oct. 21, having CS
board eighty-five including forty crown pri-
soners. The acci nt occurred on a reef extending to
the eastward of Gull Island; in • few hoursafter
striking the beg went to picots. Lieut. Griffith.,
.i
H.M. 96th Regiment, was drowned in attempting to
swim to the reef. The prieoners knocked down the
place in which they were confined, and gained the
pdlkiebougthwirchouoindaructreytosg;ulbedlobw?osan,Leied.ut.
ThCilreifilstuts
.
vivors endured great saffenng whilst on Gull Island,
the ladies and children being almost denuded of cloth.
lug. The rescued were eye-witnesses of the loss of
**ars, to whom they could render no &mistime.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY, 6 P.M.
After the departure of my despatelus of lest night
the debate upc n the law for the suppression of the
clubs was continued, and was finally adjourned' till to-
day. The two great speeches of the day were those of
M. Jules Fevre in favour of the continuance of the
clubs, and that of the Minister of the Interior for their
suppression. The ministerial project demands the
absolute and unconditional suppression of the clubs.
The committee, to which the project was referred
opposes the absolute suppression, but recommends re-
stnetioas which will render it more difficult to esta-
blish sod maintain such reunions.

It is affirmed that a diplomatic note hue been pre-
•ented to the iovernment at Constantinople by the
representatives uf 011 the European powers (Auttrid
and Russia excepted), protesting against the occupa-
tion of Moldavia and Wallachia by Russian troops,
and demanding their immediate retirement.
The elections begin to engross public attention, both
in the capital and in the provinces. Distention between
the parties are already manifested. The departments
are jealous of the influence claimed by the committees
formed in Paris, and innumerable letters arrive daily
from the provinces protesting against the interference
of the central committees to the exclusion of the local
and provincial committees.
A rise has taken place today at the Bourse, of 75
centimes on the Threes, and nearly a franc Dn the
Fives.
The committee of thirty members, appointed by
the Assembly to prepare the list of candidates for the
council of state, bee concluded its labour,. The most
profound secresy has been observed by it respecting
the names which it will submit to the Assembly. It
is said that most of the membeis of the old conceit
will be proposed.
The committee of finance hu examined this morn-
ing the project of M. Pierre Leroux for the creation.
of aithousend millions in treasury bonds, representing
the taxes. M. P. Leroux is to be called before them
to give explanations.
In the National Assembly to-day, M. Etietne de-
manded urgency fa a project of law as to an allow-
&see for " frail de representation" for the. Vice-
President of the Republic, which was supported by
the Minister of Pudic Works, and which, on a divi-
sion, was voted by 345 against 290.
The order of the day on the project of law as to the
clubs was then taken. The debuts was still proceed-
ing when this dispatch left.
The journals this morning say that. 10 cases of
cholera were declared yesterday at the Hospital de
la Charitk, that several cases bad occurred in the
army, and that about 50 deaths had taken place in
private houses.
new, If Jaen 20.—flaw Lan, —; Three per Onto., 5::
Floe per Cents., 82 80 ; Let Loon, • Fours, —; Belgian
Mee, 1140, —; Do. 1342,
Lo .; Do. Two-Ralf,
Naples Hantest, —•, Bomanan, ; Treasury needs, —.
Rank Phsree, 2233. Mebane en London; 30 days, 23.17 a cash ;90
days, 23.10 orb.
Lammers. Paris and Orleans, —; Perth and Hones,
st.T.i.urgßoart.dand Itrignon
hand bf areeilies,
Boulogne, —; Bordeaux, -4 Natty—.

Wawa U.—Three% 32 amount; after 8a15a,22 7-161 cash.
Mee?, 14 paper; after bolas, 1011. Passives. 31 paper; altar
Ilan, 3 13-14 orb. Coupeue. S. ark of St. YerdLuaid, 34 paper;
Treasury 81114 with Coupoa, 63 cub. Eilltange on Lundua..49 eV.

ITALY.

SARDINIA.—By a decree of the lieutenant-general
of Piedmont in the absence of the king, the students
of the universities are permitted to quit their studies
to join the army.
In the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, on the 15th
inst., the bill authorising the government to endract,
'abroad, a loan of a millions of francs was adoptel, by
.
a maj.ority of 105 t )14.
LOMBARDY.—The following order of the day
was published at Milan, on the 12th inst. :
rs Soldie !—Your most ardent wishes are fulfilled. The
enemy has renounced the armistice. A second time he
stretches out his hand to grasp the crown of Italy. But lot
him be taught that six months have not in any degree less-
ened your fidelity to your emperor and king, or your bravery
in supporting him. Having come forth from the gates of
Vero, a, flying from victory to victory, and driven the enemy
beck within his frontiers, you generously granted him an
armistice. While declaring that he was preparing to make
pacific propositions, he was arming hinuelt fur renewing the
war. We are all armed, and that peace which we generously
(Send his we will again by force in his own capital. Sol.
diets! The conflict will net be beg. It is the same enemy
win in we have beaten at Saint Lucia, Somme Campagna,
Cuatezer, Volta, and before the gates of Milan. God n with
us, for our cause is just! Up, once more, soldiers; follow
your chief, who has grown grey in arms, to war and victory.
I shall be a witness of your exploits. It will be the hat in.
spiting act of my long life al a soldier, if in the capital of a
di-loyal enemy 1 can d, corate the breasts of my brave com-
rades with the insignia of their valour gained by blood and
glory. Let our war-cry then be, " orward, soldiers, to
Turin ! " It is there that we shall find the peace for which
we fight. Long live the Emperor! Our country for ever!
Rszirrier.

GERMANY.
PRUSSIA.—Our correspondent writes ;
BERLIN, Mance 18.
This day, looked forward to with so mach anxiety
by the government, has gene by so far peacefully.
Several thousands of citizens, most of them
with hat-bands of black crape, wero flocking all
day to Friedrickshain, where the victims of the
terrible street-battles of last year aro buried. The
notice of Gen. Wrangel, Intimating that the rules
which, under elate of siege, forbid gatherings of the
people, &c., would be strictly enferce-a, prevented the
formation of a regular procession. The people behaved
quietly, and were not molested by the soldiery, of
whom a considerable force was posted round the spot
of pilgrimage, while strong patrols continually passed
to and from the city.
I have just heard (9 P.m.) a loud report from the
side of Unten den Linden. This single shot, which
has not been succeeded by any more, was, I hear, let
off by a riotously-disposed person close by the statue
of Blucher. No person was hurt by the discharge.
The man, probably a drunkard, was seized imme-
diately by some of the guard posted directly
opposite, and imprisoned. I hear that barricades were
being erected near the Landsberger Thor; but they
were immediately taken by the soldiers, and the
people dispersed. I now hear another discharge, but
no succession of shots. It is now the latest moment
for the post.
AUSTRIA.—From Vienna we bare news to the
16th inst. Intelligence from Hungary states that the
Mohacs post of the 10th inst. had to return to Ofen,
Mohacs and Fanfleirchen being besieged by the Hun-
garians. The Hungarian general Perczol had entered
Pastels about thirty English miles from Ofen, on the
right bank of the Danube, at the head of 10,000
men ; 400 imperial soldiers were driven out of
Foldvar, on the Danube, by the villager peasantry.
The operations on the left bank go on very slowly;
and it seems that the main corps of the Hungarian
army is on the point of being transferred to the right
hank. To spare Perth from a bombardment, the main
attack will be made on ()fen, after the capture of
which, that of Perth must follow.
The irritation in Perth was so great that Windisch-
raiz was obliged to pay 40,000 florins C. M. in
small Austrian bank-notes to the workmen. The
Pesth Commercial Bank wanted to publish a circular
that they would take the Hungarian notes as before,
but were stopped by the same authority. This bank-
note perplexity puts a stop to all trade ; and the
Austrian trade amen are those who in the end suffer
most, as they can neither sell nor cash.
Jellachich had advanced on Szegedin.
The Deutsche Zeitung of Frankrat states that
Austria has declared that, with respect to the Danish
question, it coincides with the views expressed by
Russia and France. The Austrian government have
forwarded a note to the central executive, setting forth
that they have urged the Danish cabinet, through
the Austrian ambassador at Copenhagen, to adopt a
moderate course, and to allow the negotiations in
London for a permanent peace to continue.
FRANKFURT.—It was asserted in this city on
the 17th inst. (on the authority of an answer of the
Prussian government to the last Austrian note), that
the King of Prussia has declared that he will not aet
in opposition to the views entertained by Austria
with reference to the question of the future supremo
head of Germany.

MERCIIANT SEAMEN% SOCIETY. Yesterday,
a quarterly court of the corporation for the relief of
seamen, &e., In the merchant service, was held at their
offices, 25, Birchln-lane, Cornhill. George Lindsay, EN.,
in the chair. The report read by the secretary showed that
the reoeipte of the corporation for the past year, amounted to
25,6681. 7.. and the expenditure to 23,8401. 84., 6d., lensint is
__ Iprl1prl
balance of 1,7151. 18a. 7d. The number of pensipseta et --7-.. Y,,..
the books for London and the out ports, waC1.4812 eeli, f ..
...: •
3,026 women, and 2,589 children. The amounts hitting -
been approved, the court adjourned, and a controtttoe was , . ...A
formed and proceeded to the consideration of tweak pi., ,
sixty applications f9r pepsins and mite C. '..:-' k 0 ;IA
it',. 1...... A k. . J... 4 to
2.74 - 7

EAST INDIA HOUSE.
A quarterly gene ral coart of proprietors of Ent
Nadia stool was held this day, at the onapines hoses, is
Leadenball-street, Sir James Law Lushingtos In the chair.
The minutes el the last wart were rid aid ossfiemed.
The CHAIRMAN said he deeply regretted hiffiiir to
encases to the court the death of Mr. Poysdar, sac of the
nembers of the own of proprietors, a soon worthy and
excellent man, who bad for sassy 7 years past tram an actin
part in their proceedings, p.rticuLri7 in reference to °erten
questions in which he took a more thasepprinforest.
Mr. STRACHAN would tabs that of basting
his humble tastissuay to the merits of assessed gentle.
ass, whom he had down ter many yeses.
Mr. MARRIOTT end several other roprieton vrhe to
the same effete.
The CHAIRMAN acquainted the oonn that certain papars
Ifilative to the late Itsjeh of Sauna bad bees printed, in
of a neelati n of the .Dart of the 7th of February
Crtr stir nen now oa the rr."7 :;,:: . tal;.
VA CHAIRMAN laid that certain papers -
Which had bees aresentod to parliament since the lament
(dart. were also laid on the table of the proprietors. Alen, a
lit of the cepersnanatiose granted since that period.
Cokmel DICKENSON den moved for the production of
espies of all corresposdesee between the court of directors
sad the board of control regarding the booty captured at
Hyderabad. The hos. proprietor, Oar allwling to the man-
na in which that booty had been distributed, enacted to the
correepondence that had takes place on that subject between
Sir Charles Napier and the court of directen, sad mid that
Ike object of his motion was to tan that canesposienco
made public.
The CHAIRMAN submitted to the court whether, ander
all the circumstances, it was wise, expedient, or proper, to
eater into any discussion of the question at the present
moment. (Hear.)
Tito mein we ultimately negatived, only case band being
held up in its favorer.
• motion of Mr. Sonoma, for the production cf all do-
cuments patens between the co:ideal agent of the govern-
ment at Lahore In the years 1844 and 1845, was negatived
by • very lugs majority.
The court then adjoxicclL