The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-29 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

Off MAONETIC TILIOSAYIi
(11011 OUR OWN CORKEAYONDINT.)
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

This evening at 10 o'clock the Royal Mail Steam.
ship Asia, Captain E. G. Lott, arrived in the Merrier.
with the usual mails from the United States and
British North America.

She sailed from New York on the 16th inst., and
has brought, besides the mails, 139 passengers and
450,000 dollars in specie on freight. Passed the
Baltic at midnight on the 16th, from hence on the
2nd inst., and the Royal Mail s'eamer America on
the 27th, off Punnet. The Cambria arrived at Hali-
fax on the 14th.

The Asia has experienced easterly winds on her
homeward passage.

In the Congress, on the 15th, the Post-offioe
Committee reported the bill authorisiog the Secretary
to the Navy to contract with Livingston and
Vanderbilt to carry mails from Southampton and
New York on the same terms as the Cunard line.

There was a terrific hurricane at Philadelphia on
the 12th, causing great injury to property, but no
lives were lost.

Havana dates to April 8 report the island to be
healthy. Sugar and molasses unsettled in price.
Money at New York was active, and the supply
sufficient; paper was in good demand, and the
quantity in the market small. Stocks active; prices
tend dowewards.

The cotton market was animated, and rather
dearer.

In the breadstuff market there wu rather more
doing in flour, which was heavy and lower. Prime
wheat steady, inferior neglected, and price, nominal.
Indian corn unchanged.
Provisions firmer. Sugars active, and a good de•
mand for molasses.

Freights dull and unchanged.
Exchange on London, 9! to 2 ; ditto on Paris,
6.171 to 5.8.20.
The Washington arrived at New York on the 13th
instant.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(By ILICTRIC TELZGRAPH.)

PLYMOUTH, ?dosuAr EVIMING.

Her Majesty'. steamer. Conqueror and Centurion
arrived from Port•meuth to-lay. The London cams it
yesterday. The Avon steam tender bits landed the pen-
sioners who have boon astving in this* vessels this afternoon.

Oar Malta correspondent writes under date of
the 23rd :

Oa the 20th, H.M.S. Tribune left with the Marquis of
Dalbouie, Lady Susan Rosy, and Dr. Grant. The
other members of Lord Daltiousie's suite proceed to Eng-
land via the continent, theta not being roam to secontrao-
date the whole in the Tribune. The Tribune is to be towed
by H.M.S. Furious is far as Oibultar, so that his lordship
may suffer as little as pasitle from the motion of the en-
gime. I regret to say there was no iropr,vement in hie
lordship's leg, wbiele motioned very bad. The Tribune
manned yarns on his em►arking.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 28. APPOINTMENTS.—
Lieutenants (Additi we') F °thorn (1853) and ft, P. Graf-
ham (1854), to the Royal Albert, 121, rceew steam ship, Of
SOO horse power, Medits rrrrrr n stmt's.
Master Two, Ir.
fo sieoonds 5..54p)0,
..toirt,haet pad-
dleAslbbosanf,a44,...adios T. S. Jackson, to ire Calcutta, 84, at Die-
N 8 weaciaenedcl
voopirt ; W. B. Garnett, to the Ramouth, 90, screw steam
ship, of 400-hone power, at Dev.nport ; W. B. Bridges
and F. Bell, to the Royal Albert; F J.Esather, to the Bruns-
wick, SO, earew steam ship, of 400.11 k roe power, at Devon-
port; E. C. G. T. West, to the Pearl, 20, screw stasis
corvette, of 400-horse power, at Wools ich; IL Percy, to
the Amphion, 34, screw steam °erect e. of 300-horse power,
at Sheerness ; C. McLaughlin, t t the Etk, 21, screw Items
corvette, of 200-horse power, at Sh rrrrr ; W. 11. E. 11.
Jetties, to the London, 90, Meriden. aaaaa Station; J. B.
Marries, J. Anderson, and C. E. D3mville, to the Eery-
alu, 61, screw swam frigate, of 400-horse lower, at
Davenport.

It was stated at Southampton yesterday that the
Quits would sootily review the fleet at Spithesd again, to
enable the members of the Houses of Lode and Commons
to witness the review to advantage
The first edition of Victor flogo's " ConteMplae
Menai" was exhausted a' Pars one d.r alter the issue.
Madame Medori, who was in the first instance en-
gaged for twelve nights at tic Greed Opera, Paris, has
tow, we (Go(ignasis) learn, coi.cluded an engsgement foe
two years with the director.
A MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CONSTANTIROPLE.--•
Testerdey a public mewing was NH at Willie's Rooms for
the peep, se of taking measures for the erection of it edifiers
at Coestaaiinopl« ('r ecclesiastical purposee, es a memorial
of the services of tke B b army in ibe late war. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Canshsidd. occupied the chair.
The room was densely crowded. His lint al Highness her-
leg opened the proceedings, reroluiloss in unison with the
abject, of the meeting were moved by Earl Granville, the
Duke of Norfolk, and the But' p of °mord, supported by
Admiral Lyons, the Earl of Elgin, and Mr. Sidney Her-
bert. ItP, A long list of subscriptions was then read by
the Rev. Mr. their, the chaplain-general—the Duke of
CaesWidge, the Duke i f Portland, and Mr. Montague
appearing as downs of 1001. wish. The preswedinp than
temalsatsd.