The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-26 00:00:00

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HAVAME.
The individual Jut (hada, whom departur fr la New
Orleans caused the aceirwatiou brought there Hellion the
Consul of Spain, having asked permission to co to that
place, after having obtained the pardon that had been offered
him, and being desirous to go there in order tint his ro-
seate may contribute better to establish the trek of the
event, I have not hesitated to deliver to him immediately
the passport, in order that he may to on board of
the brig 8 radon, which is ready to sail to-morrow ; and
also, because from the moment he is pardoned be hoe
*pit to go where he pleases, and more especially to accom-
plish the object which determines him to go. My object
in communicating this to you is for you to notify, if you
judge proper, hisjourney to the proper local authorities in
New Orleans: to setae him the protection which his pecu-
liar position may require, besides that to which, as s Spanish
subject, he is entitled from the consul of her Majesty.
Though I am fully persuaded that at ell time s, a-. 4 in any
event, the laws of your country will shield him zainat all
sorts of malevolence which he may have to fear. and the
private suggestions by which they might atteni:t to influ-
ence his mind. God preserve you many years.
EL CONDE DE .UCOY.
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Havana, August 18,1849. -
Before I forget it let me add that while t.. 0 secret
expedition and the Rey abduction were the ,übjecta
employing the attention of the government here,
these were not less than one hundred Spanish resi-
dents at one hotel in this city, who appear d to take
the liveliest interest in these affairs, if they were not
acti-ely engaged in them.
We have dates from Buenos Ayres to the 20th of
July. There is no news of est2ciat interest. ;liminess
wan quiet. There were 109 vessels in pert, of which
bet six were Americans. Freights were gaoted at
10 dolls. per 2,000 lbs. dry hides, and 6 d.. 111. for
salted; wool, 41 dolls. par foot. The highest price
of doubloons during the week ending July 14 e an 298;
the lowest, 296 to 2961. The Packet, of l'.e 14th,
says:

We have advice' from Chili to the let alt. Valp.o. tiro was
very lively in consequence of the number of ve.3els, with
pusengen, which were calling there every esy on their
way to California, the accounts from which eoetintied to be
of so exciting a nature as to make the gold-treek.ra rather
merry. Toe political horizon of Chili was not altogether
unclouded. The ministry had been compelled to resign,
from the violent opposition they had to contend e'th. The
news from Bolivia represented that republic as 'tin in a very
distracted state. General Beat wu at La Par, and General
Velum, who wu again in the field, occupied Cittquisaca,
where the Congress had taken refuge. A battle was ex-
pected soon to take place. The authorities, acting under
General Baru, had protested against the landing of General
%Myles, and the commander of the French war.reamer,
Coeyte, in which he tame passenger from Valparaiao to Co-
bija, had promised not to allow him to set foot on B Airiest
territo.
The anniversary of the 9th of July, 1816, wht ti the pro-
views composing the Argentine Confederation declared their
absolute independence of Spun and every foreiga domina-
tion, wee celebrated with the astral solemnities.
Wo have also advice, from Yucatan to the 17th
ultimo. The Indiana bad again attacktd liacalar
and, if I understand the information correctly, had
entirely defeated the Yucatecos, who left 800 dead on
tho field. A report was rife at Sisal, which was
rather ludicrous, that the American Colot:el, White,
who raised a regiment for the relief of Yucatan, and
quitted its service in disgust, was raising another, to
return for the purpose of taking vengeance on the
government for its treatment of him and his men.
The retort caused much alarm. Under the pr. cadent'
now established by General Taylor our mai audinic
annexationist, will not dare attempt any Poyant
ahem&

The Atlantic, Railroad is now likely to be
completed to the Canada line. The contrac-
tors have agreed to complete it in three years.
Tnis project, connecting the lower province with the
New England states, is another grapple of iron on
the interests of the Canadians. The navigation of
the bay of St. Lawrence will become of little moment
for all light and valuable goods, and I should not be
surprised if cargoes of heavy goods for Quebec and
Montreal should in future be made up principally at
New York. Why not ? The Montreal men:hint can
be in New York at any time in the year except
winter in two days. He can find large assortments
of British goods in the warehouses ready for re-ship-
ment without payment of duties; he can negotiate
his paper here. or get the best price for his bills on
England. He saves time, money, and labour, by the
operation. I notice that vessels are up for Quebec at
flits port, and I will ascertain for you what kind of
freights are sought by the shippers.
We have had another affair in the episcopal church
of this diocese, which is likely to make some difficulty,
as it involves a principle which it has not hitherto
been attempted to sustain here. I will mention the
circumstances : A highly respectable citizen and mer-
chant, who had for 30 years up to a recent date been
a communicant at St. George's Chapel, and was a
member of many religions and benevolent
arsicia-
tions, was offended at the conduct of his pastor, the
well-known Dr. Tyng, a person of undoubted talent,
and a recent well-known traveller in your country.
The difficulty arose about some secular concerns, and
Mr. Wo illey being a vestryman, opposed the doctor's
measures in relation to the erection of a new and
more elegant edifice, now one of the sights of our city.
The controversy waxed warm. Mr. Woolley had
recourse to the preen, and the end of it was, Mr.
Woolley was refused the communion, if nut excom-
municated. From the decision of his pastor,
he appealed; but before the appeal was con-
sidered and acted on he died. When his
friends applied to a certain episcopal clergyman
to read the burial service over the corpse, he
declined, on the plea that he could not or would not
do so for an excommuraeated person. The public
feeling was shocked at this, and, as soon as the cir-
cumstance became known, and that was immediately,
Dr. Tyng himself requested permission to perform the
service, as did two other clergymen of the low church.
The party who gave offence then endeavoured to re-
trace his steps by some sort of an apology, and thus
the matter stands for the present. It has excited
general indignation.
I believe I wrote you, on ore occasion, of a congre-
gation in this city which had so dwindled away
under the ministrations of a Puseyite, that he was
compelled to leave it. Another instance is rapidly
furnishing proof of this assertion, an instance where
the clergyman has to support himself on his private
means; for though he has a large and elegant church
edifice, he cannot muster more
,than thirty or forty
hearers.
Still another more marked has occurred. A very
fine cathedral-looking church was erected by the ad-
mirers of an eloquent young preacher of good con-
noxious. It may be from conviction, it may be from
inexperience, or from vanity, or unfortunate associa-
tions, that this clergyman undertook to control the
tsnduct of his people not only in church, but far out
of it. He issued a pastoral letter to them of a most
extraordinary character : ho told them not, to marry
out of the church, to give a tenth of their incomes to
its support, to stick to their minister, right or wrong,
as it made no difference to them, to come to church
morning and evening daily to pray, to confess their
sins to him, and to be sure when they took the
sacraments to hold the consecrated bread in the palm
of the hand, not touching it with their fingers. As
everybody in this country converses on religious sub-
jects, this "pastoral" was discussed very largely and
freely. The public and the congregation seemed to
think it was not exactly right " to go it blind" in this
way. Note the result. The furniture and moveables
of the church were sold by the sheriff a few days
since to satisfy an outstanding debt, and it is reduced
to a certainty, that if the rector does not leave the
parish. his congregation will permit the edifice to be
sold for a similar liability.
In connexion with this is another subject which is
beginning to be noticed in the newspapers. It relates
to the Irish journal known here as the Nation, edited
by Mr. *Gee. He asserts that in consequence of
his desire to separate the spiritual from the temporal
power of the Pope, Bishop Hughes has caused his
priests to denounce from their pulpits all those who
subscribe for or read his paper, and that in some of
the parishes the Mass is refused to all such persons.
The Bishop has replied to the charge by saying that
there is a liberty of subscription as well as a liberty
of the press, thereby insinuating that if he can w.
suede people not to subscribe to the Nation, they
have the liberty of adopting his recommendation.
The Groat Western arrived here on Saturday from
Bermuda, which she left on the fith inst. She brought
about 120,000 dole. in specie and gold dust to mer-
chants' account. It is evident that a considerable
amount of this gold dust from California can be
brought by this line of steamers to this city. All
the owners have to do is to put the freight as low as
that charged by the American liners, and there will