The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

They bailt schemers almost without materials, with-
out the necessary tools: they replenished their purses by
a theesand ingenious tont nvances tug were never at a
few, and never without hope. The.r presence on the
whams has caused a new set of ideas to string
ap in the shads of the New Gt00440•12f, and trade,
egricelture, and commerce have revived in that
asaatry ander the stimulus of their example. To
give yea an idea of their operations, I will relate a
amie eireamstance. Livirgeten, Wells, and Co., of
this city, early last winter, resolved to establish an
aseveriese wens the isthmus. They *sae-
a hove at Ban Francisco, and plated three
assets between Chains wed Panama to take care of
*lle property. Tasty sent out an iron store house,
sag an ken life-boat, rowing twelve oars, and
sarrying ails to navigate the river. The
baal, though weighing bat 800 pounds, and
drawing bat 8 inches of water, was not able to
sand the river in dry warner. The principal
agent therefore took his opportunity, and sold her to
a party of emigrants at double her cost. These
undertook to carry her across the isthmus.
rthae mule path then in use it would have been
tm-
powible ; so they took her up a branch of the Chime
River slew. ()orgasm, dragged and floated her by
tarns along its bed, then cut her way through a
level forest for a few miles, and launched her .gain in
a small stream which emptied into the Pacific, and
was navigable at certain times of the tide. They all
embarked and arrived safely at Panama. The boat
was afterwards sent op to Ben Francisco, and realised
several thousant dollars profit.
It is now officially announced that General Taylor
ls about to make a visit to the north. The injudicious
conduct of his cabinet has cooled the eathesuism of a
large body of his original supporters. I may be
allowed to say this, who have by no possibility any
favours to ask of him, and yet supported him warmly
from the first. We did expect a high, magnanimous,
patriotic career, bat the men around him seem inca-
pable of appreciating the wants of the country, or the
true public sentiment. Tney have used his name to
cover their private animosities, or to gratify private
friendship ; and they will, if they continue to control
his'personal action, transform an honest, high-minded
man into n scurvy politician. We hope mach, how-
ever. from 0-neral Taylor himself. Ile is said to
perceive the perilous condition into which his cabiect
his led him, and it is quite possible he may dismiss a
portion of it. Of all his secretaries, Mr. Meredith of
the Treasury has been least proscriptive and most
tolerant.
In my last I alluded to the abduction, as was sup-
posed, of a Spaniard, named Rey, by the Spanish
Consul at New Orleans, and of the probable conse-
quences of such a transaction. The proceedings against
the Consul had been very rigorous, and only yester-
day we learned that the American government was
engaged in au examination into the circumstances. A
rumcur was abroad that the home squadron was about
to proceed to Havana to demand the restoration of
Senor Rey. I suggested to you that this might
ho made a pretext for eventual operations against
Cuba, and it was certainly a very pretty quarrel
as it stood. AU these predictions and calculations are
for the present knocked on the head, by the arrival of
the British steamer 'frent,at Mobile, bringing the in-
formation that, when the aforesaid Hey arrived at
Havana, he was transferred to an American vessel,
was then visited by the American consul, who offered
to take him under his protection, and to me him in
edgy outside the harbour. The Senor, however, de-
Blared he came back of his own accord, and our consul,
Col. Campbell, thereupon left him to take care of him-
self. Thus another storm is dissipated, and we most
wait patiently till we can get up a new excitement.
The steamer Trent reports that Havana was un-
usually unhealthy. Her most valuable freight con-
sisted of quicksilver.
The news from Canada presents nothing of much
import. The Canadian League has held its
meeting—Mos ridietarts naseitur. It declares itself
a permanent body, to meet at any time when called
by its officers. The only point made by it was • re-
commendation for the federal union of the British
North American province., the real object of which
is an organization by which the French of the Lower
Canadian province may ho thrown into a perpetual
minority. It is very evident that the English in the
Canadas do not like to give up their personal con-
nexion with the old country. Having made • de-
monstration sufficiently strong to alarm their friends
at home. possibly strong enough to gain some new
legislative protection, they repoee foe a time under
the shadow of the " brave old oak," trusting that its
shadow may never be lees. Sympathy for the Canadas
is with us below par at present.
The address put forth by the League, when ana-
lysed, contains the following assertions :
The Canadians have been unsurpassed in loyalty,
and for this they enjoyed commercial preferences. In
the promulgation of free trade principles England has
lost sight of the interest of her colonies. While the
Canada have consumed a vast amount of British ma-
nufactures, their products have only paid for them at
a tremendous sacrifice.
The legislature of the provinces has, in connexion
with these disastrous etrciunstanom, legalised the
principle of rebellion, and proposed to increase the
public debt by paying the traitors of '37 and '3B.
This led to the formation of the League.
It is essential, then, that a tariff should be adopted
to sustain the industrial clangs, that the public ex-
penditure should not be recklessly aneeonornie.al.
We have a telegraphic from Montreal to-
day announcing the deattil,stiPctiolera, of Col. Fen-
wick, of the Royal Engineers, at Kingston, Upper
Canada. The public health at Montreal is improving.
The effort has been made by. the present ministry
so to arrange the electoral districts as to swamp the
British voters, and to give to the legislative council,
not only a subordinate authority to the Assembly—by
making it the mere echo of that body—but to secure
that subserviency by elevating to it persons of very
doubtful merit.
Farther extension of the League is recommended,
and the following project is est forward :
1. A anion of all tU British provinces.
2. Retrenchment and reform in the public expen-
diture.
3. Protection to home industry.
In this address we read nothing of annexation, or
a dissolution of the connexion with the British crown.
We take it for granted that the disorders which took
plebe in Montreal were only a scarecrow set up in the
Canadian cornfield to frighten the home government.
A fracas occurred at Madame Laborde's concert
room. The French Canadians called for the " Mar-
seilles," and the result was that some of the officers
and civilians drove them out of the hones.

DREADFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
(From the Net, Tort llereid.)
At about a quarter past 8 o'clock on Thursday morning,
Amnst 2nd, as the early train from Philadelphia to this city
had reached Clarksville, about two miles the other sibs at
Princeton, • terrible accident occurred, which has ere this
marled mourning into many families. The beta, as sear
as our rei,orter could learn them meths spot, IMO these:
At the place where the accident ocenr, there is a turn-
out, leading to the bank of the Delaware and Raritan Canal.
For the peones of making this tors-out available, there is,
of sons, • switch, which, when turnedin the proper direc-
tion, will not interfere with the direct progress of the cars,
but which, when occasion requires, will lead the ear or can
off from the direst teach and conduct these, of nocessity, to
the brink of the canal. To guard this switch and to provost
accidents the company employ man, who, with his family,
live near the mot, end whose sole hominess is to see that the
switch is kept In • proper direction. As the cars were pass-
im; this spot yesterday morning, the engineer perceived,
when too late to avoid the accident, that the switch was
tamed the wrong way, and that the ears were feet making
their way for the easel. The engine was immediately
reneged, but the impetus we. too great—the speed,
hellions 30 miles per hour—to t disaster.
Shot to relate, the engine pl headloeg into
the , dragon' after it the platform ear, on wkkh was
the freight sad baggage crates. A tremendous cosenseion,
of wares, ensued, and the first and seemed prompt ears
came in violent contact. To me the expression of a witness
to the terrific scene, they were dovetailed together.
The scene of horror that ensued may be uneffilled, but
cannot be definitely described. Bath OM were Wed with
peseengen, and the bodies tithes. peemagere, of coons, in-
terposed between the eesddsg end analog parts of the
Cite.
The engineer leaped trom his perikine position, and
escaped unhurt; the Inward brakeman fillilined at his
post until the very last moment, when, seeing that he could
do nothing to avert the catastrophe, he also leaped off, and
was injured but slightly.
On testing about, it was found that Mr. William Canova,
of Trenton, superintendent of repairs on the canal, we.
killed, as was also an unknown man, apparently an 'neh-
men, who had taken passage in the second-clew ears. These
an this only two persons who were ascertained to have
been killed out-right.
An inquest wealeell, and the verdict of the jury wee, that
the saddest was caused by the sot of some unknown pence
in turning off the switch. Bach • verdict been heavily on
the oempany, and they offered • reward of 1,000 dole. teethe
detection attain unknown pens.