The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-24 00:00:00

REPORTED HOSTILITIES

BETWEEN

RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.

(By the Eintrie Telegraph Company's Espress.)

HULL, SASUnDAY.—The Transit steamer, from
Ramburgh, has arrived. The editor of the Borsen-
ha Ile writes,t hat the Russian m ister,Cs m phansen, has'
resigned, and intelligence has been received that the
Russian army is ordered to invade the Prussian ter-
ritories. A Berlin paper says,"Certain ioformatioa
has been rveeivt,i that the march of the Russian army
into Prussia will take place within the next few days,
by the way of Czenstochow."

Oar private letters from Bayonne, of the 19th, an-
nounce the arrival thereof Senor hturitz, the Spanish
Ambassador, on his road to Madrid.

LIBERATION OF MR. ERNEST JONEB.—Yesterday
morning, on the learned judge, Mr. Justice Patteson taking
his seat at chambers, 9 rje.ente-inn, sir. Macnamera, the
solicitor of Mr. Ernest Jones, accompanied by the proposed
bail toe he defendant, Mr. John Sewell, who is described as
an uphole'erer, residing at No 2, Now Kent-road, and Mr.
Samuel Ford, boot and shoe-maker, No. 3, New etr. et,
Knightsbridge, appeared before the learned judge for the
purpose of hearing his decision as to their sufficiency, end if
necessary to perfect the rec•.goisances. Mr. Ilayeided ap
petered on the part of the crown, but did not offer any oppo-
sition.—The learned Judge said that since the m itter
was before him on the pr ceding day be had consulted
his learned brother, Mr. Justice Coleridge, before whom the
case first came on, and he understood from him that the
only object of his adjourning the consideration of the pro-
posed bad was to enable the surety, Ford, to consider and
fully explain the nature and value of his property to the ex-
tent of 2501. That being the only reason for the adjourn.
ment, he (the learned judge) was of opinion that Ford had
reasonably satisfied his mind that he was worth property to
that extent, and that the hail was sufficient ; he, thercurr,
directed that the acknowledgments be taken in 2501. each,
and that the defendant Jones be brought up from Newgate
upon the writ of habeas corpus already issued at half-past
oue o'clock that day. The parties then withdrew, end the
necessary instructions having been forwarded to Mr. Cope,
the governor of Newgate, and the habeas lodged, that gem
tleman, wi bout delay, prepared the return to the writ, and
conveyed the defendant to Si rjeante' inn. At three o'clock
Mr. Cope, in person, appeared before tho judge with his
prisoner and alter Mr. Ju.tice ratteson had read the return
he expressed himself satisfied with its form, and directed the
bail to be perfected, and the recognisance s of the defendant
to be taken in 6001., and ordered his immediate r:ischarge.
The acknowledgment of the bait having been taken, and
the recognisances entered into, the defendant was dbeharged.
The reporter adds, the defendant, who appeared to have suf-
fered much front his in' arceration, being very thin and k ale,
was accompanied by several friends, and received their con-
gratulations on his discharge somewhat coldly. He w.es
dressed in his usual dress of black coat and white trousers,
ant hod hanging on his arm his barrister's gown.—The writ
of habeas granted fur Fussell has not yet been issued, notice
of bail only having been Riven, and it is understood it will
rot be issued until the bail are approved.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—NEWPORT, FRIDAY MORNING.
—Accounts have just arrived of a frithtful accident at the
Victoria Ironworks. It appears that the men are lowered
into the iron-pits by machinery, which is of a rather com-
plicated kibd, and require.) much attention. White one
batch, conetstiog of eleven individuals, were &mending
the pit this morning, some injury was suddenly occasioned
to the machinery by which they were lowered. The
balance-chain was snapped, and the poor fellows were at
once precipitated to the bottom of the pit, along with the
frame or " basket " by which they had been descending, and
were all killed.

IMPORTAIION OF CATTLE FROM PORTEGAL.—A
Southampton correspondent Pays : " Two large and powerful
steam. ra are now plying between Oporto and this port, for
the purpose of importing Portuguese. oxen. The ay. rage
cost in P irtugal is about 8/. per head, end they retch here
ab•:ut 20!. per head,—some of the finest 2:31. At first they
were sold in the London market, but a good market has now
been found in Southampton and Portsmouth. In Let the
butchers of those towns h .ve agreed with the ahipvn to
purchase all that are brought over. The bents are in excel-
lent
condition. A short time since Spanish cattle, from Vigo
and Corunna, were imported, but they required fattening
after they were landed, and the speculation failed. It ap
pears that the cattle now brought over are reared by the
Portuguese peasantry. They are brought to the crest to be
shipped in pairs, gentraPy by poor peasant women, and it is
amusing to see the beasts kissed by their drivers and wished
a pleasant voyage to Eegiand. Each vessel br'ngs over
about 160 at a time. The deck is literally covered with
them, tied the saißn run along on their backs to manage the
vessel. It is curious to see them led from the steamers to the
Southam-ston slaughterhouse. They are shorter in the legs
and broader at the shoulders than E..gli‘h oxen, and their
horns are so gigantic that a person who had only been used
to the " aho•t-horns" of this country might imagine them
to belong to creatures of a former geological era. The traffic
in these beasts has excited considerable attention, and some
of the most eminent of the London butchers have visited
Southampton to inqu:ra into it."
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Itz-Vsnciasuos.—From a report just published
it appears that, during the last year, 43,264 men were vac-
cinated in the Prussian army. Of this number 34,264 bore
marks of a former vaccination in a decided manner, 6,403
showed slight marks, and 2,927 with no visible marks.
Amongst those who were vaccinated in the year 1847, there
was within the same period no case of varicella, none of
actual smallpox, and only one of chicken-pea. It is remark-
able that amongst those who were subjected to re-vaccina-
tion there were several who bad had the small-pox before.
yet upon whom the vaccine matter produced the usual
pustules.
FIRE AT ISLINGTON.—Last night a fire broke out
in the pianoforte manufactory belonging to Mr. Grover. si-
tuate in Islington-place, Park-road, Islington, and before an
engine arrived the entire building was envel. Ind in one sheet
of fl ime. When engines had arrived, notwithstanding the
powerful bodies of water scattered over the buildini, the
flames continued to spread rapidly, and it was not until
nearly 12 o'clock that the flames could be extinguished,
when the premises of Mr. Grocer were gutted, the costly
stock of pianofortes reduced to ashes, and the men's working
tools destroyed. Besides which, agreat deal of property was
destroye.l in several of the neighbouring houses. The ma-
jority of the sufferers were insured.

SCO7'LAND.
REFORM MOVEMENT.

CilLA6oOw.—The6lnag O; town council, at a meet-
ing held on Thursday, the 22nd instant, resolved, by a
majority M 19 to 15, to petition parliament in favour of Mr.
Hume's motion for parliamentary reform. A special meet-
ing had been called to consider this question on the pre-
ceeding Monday, but so many members absented themselves,
that a quorum could tot be obtained. The majority in the
diatiion on Thursday were evidently not very hearty in the
cause, but several of them had made such high-soundi
professions to their constituents. that they had no other
' alternative than to rote for Mr. Hume's motion.
DUNFERMLINE, &c.—The petition agreed to at the
public meeting had on the 12th inst., fn support of Mr.
Hume's motion, has received 2,701 signatures, all inhabitants
of the town. The villages in the immediate neighbourhood
preferred sending petitiims from their respective localities ; !
and_petitinns from tie following places have been forwarded
to Mr. J. B. Smith for presentation, along with the Dun-
fermline oar :—Hallieath, 111 signatures ; Croseford, 64 do.;
Crosigetes, 66 do. ; Limekiln', 188 do.; Oakley, 288 do. ;
lordel and Donibristle, 96 dn. ; Torryhurn, 206 On. ; Dun-
fermline, 2,701 do. Total, 3.731. A petition for the same
purpose has been forwarded from the burgh of Inverk. ith-
tag to be present, d by Mr. Smith. A petition for the same
purpose has also been forwarded from the village of Cairney-
hill, signed by about 120, to be presented by Mr. Fergus,
the member for the county.
PERTH.— Since our last (says the Alltertixer) a
number of petitions for a still larger meuure of reform than
we now enjoy, have been forwarded to parlismi nt from thia
place. The two foundries have sent one each; one has
emanated from Mr. Pullar's factory; one from the letter-
prise printers; and other small be lies, beside., have availed
themselves of the privilege of petitiesing in favour of the new
men Inset, which is rapidly adding to its proselytes among
all classes. There was likewise ono frees the eastern
quarter of the town, containing 2,100 .oignatuoeo, and
without the name of a single individual, so far as is known
to the promoters, who had signed any of the others.
Methvenctrtit, and all beyond, including Dovecotlard,
adopted the unusual course of having one of their own on the
present occasion ; but we have not learned the number of
signatures appended to it. All those that we have seen ap-
peared to us to lre very clear, sensible productions, and
written in good feeling, and, as a natural consequence, in
very respectful language. Generally, we believe, they have
been transmitted to Mr. Hume for presentation. We might
further notice, for its extreme singularity, that there has
been no public meeting on the question.