The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-17 00:00:00

tune in Faris. A yard Menementeilarair of shows. and a few LOSS OF THE STEAMER ATLANTIC.
'francs, were all the shams be with him te via the- In the lierwielfor Ezze we find an automat of a
'favoues of the Aside plums Gawp Ws aatesal lade sad eery peleseelhAT @hip •
al. Still, beeswax wen hot fwolleasretnt
elfd mam, It Is with Itolimia of the meet painful nature that we
renownrenowna" WIMUL Re willialif * albligift find ourselves eteminedised to publish the particulars of the
Veni
.Itl I:sanative plasm, and thawed it an all Just oseasiene, till leo ee the ago marimigesat steamer Atlantic, and about
his death, which happened a short time awe. On apsodue forty lives. She bed, semgeratively a small number of pas.
his will it was found to contain a legacy et 400,000 fr. in the Angers. It as bed bees es crowded se she usually has
ootansune of Rhode!. been, the disaster would et mares have been more dreadful
BELOIUSI.-131t1n1SEre, DEC. 13.-Their majes- mid terrible in its Imam The passengen for this ill-
dee the King and Queen will leave Brussels, as ,we hear, on Mad swam, isit Bostearege= five oedosk on Wed-
Tuesday neat, for Paris. Their absence will not be pro- nesday ,'sasses. They ever the Worcester and
above a week. It is said that after the promulgation Norwich Road, and reached Allyn's Point at half-past Il on
"le°l6redlaw, on the promotion of the princes of the royal that night. There they went on baud the Atlantic. She
*family in the army, the Duke of Brabant will enter the left for New York between 12 and 1 o'clock Ca Thursday
' Regimeat d'Elite, and the Count of Flanders the Regiment morning. There were between 70 and 80 persons on
'doe Guides, both with the rank of sublieutenant. in all, including passengers, officers, crew, and servants.
• NETHERLANDS.-The HAGUE, DEC. 8.-His The Atlantic got well underway, and was running along
Excellency the Minister of the Interior has given notice to finely, when the steam-chest exploded and nearly
the persons interested that, conformably with the advertise- at the same moment the wind from the
Arent, the public lottery for drawing 10 shares in the loan of north-east to the north-west, and blew almost a bur-
-950,000 florins, for the constructing of a causeway from Mass- ricane. The steamer was thrown into the midst of dark-
tricht to the frontiers of Guildersland, took place on the 7th ness and confusion, and the air resounded with the cries
of this month. The ten series drawn were, Nos. 6, 162, 165, of the scalded. It was a frightful scene to behold. Captain
196, 198, 203, 418, 636, 735, and 804. Dustan instantly called all hands to the fore-deck, and
DEC. 9.-All the boats except one have now re- ordered them to heave over the anchors, but it was found
Screed, God b 3 praised, in safety, from the English coast to almost impossible for a man to stand on deck, in. come-
Scheveningen. The number of herrings that they have quence of the violence of the gale, the sea continually .
brought is nearly 4i millione; which to more than half amg a breach over her bows. Owing to this, it nearly
'million over last year. The fishery has been very successful. an hour to get out the three anchors. The steamer worked
Only two of the owner are said to have barely covered their hfavily, plunging her bows under at every lure'., and drag-
expences ;the rest have all ample reason to be satisfied. The Mug her anchors. Between the time of ancheinnigtantedeayoi
prices have lately risen. light, it is thought that she over the
about eleven miles. Thu was a terrible time to all on board.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 9.-This morning, there was It The fires were all put out at daylight, on Thursday, and
general meeting of the shareholders of the Dutch Commer-
from that time to the period of going ashore, the passengers
vial Company, in which it was resolved, with the approba- and crew suffered from the intense cold. The only means of
lion of his majesty the king, to prolong the grant to the
keeping warm was to wrap themselves inblanketa, and walk
company of the 31st Dec., 1519, fur a second period of 25
years, that is till the 31st of Dec., 1874. We shall revert in briskly around the steamer. All, at this time, began to look
to their own personal safety. All put on the life preservers
the sequel to the resolution taken by the assembly, and
that the boat was so plentifully supplied with, and prepared
communicate it at length. themselves for any emergency. Some put on one, some
OERMANY.-VIENNA, Dec. 3.-Two days after
we received the intelligence that the well-known Polish in- two, and some four life preservers. The doors, shutters, set
tees, &c., &c., were detached and cut away, for rafts to
'urgent chief Dembinsky, who appeared after the defeat of the drift ashore upon, whenever the steamer should strike.
Oallician nobles at Liss Gore, and had not been heard °rehire, The gale increasin4 in violence, Capt. Dustan, who pie-
has been arrested MU'S He had been kept in concealment
on the estates of an Hungarian nobleman, but had latterly served his self possendon throughout the perilous time,
ordered about 40 tons Or coals to be thrown overboard, in
obtained a passport fir himself and a female, and under a order to lighten the vessel. About noon, on Thursday, the
false name had succeeded in getting as far as Celli, where he smoke pipes, which were very Large and heavy, were ordered
was arrested. to be thrown overboard. This wu'e done, the captain waist-
DECEMBER 6.-The day 'before yesterday the tog, and the steamer was eased for ii short time. After this
Imperial Russian Lieutenant-General Ven Bibikoff, arrived less resistance was offered to the wit:d. The steamer con-
from St. Petersburg with a numerous retinue. He is tined to drift, however, and everything looked terribly
charged with the commission to accompany the earthly hopeless. The danger increased so rapists that between
remains of her Imperial Highness the late Graird-Duchess two and three o'clock Captain Dustan ordered the decks
Maria to St. Petersburg. Her Imperial Highness the to be cleared of all merchandise, of every thing that was in
(Irani Duchess Helen has recovered from her indisposition. the way. Cases of boots, shoes, barrels of flour, stoves,
Our mails from Constantinople have for some time arrived &c., &c., including one package said to contain 7,000 dole.
very irregularly. The mail of the 2-sth of November arrived worth of plate, were thrown overboard. There were six to
here two days after date. eight thousand dollars worth of lace on board, belonging to
Dec. 3.-The Crown Prince of Sweden is gone to one of the passengers, who had previously said that he
Hamburg, having first obtained from Prince Charles and would give the whole to any one who would put hint safely
Princess Louisa the fine promise of granting him the hand ashore. This lace was afterwards seenstrewn along the beach.
of the princess. His royal highness went to the king from All these efforts, however, to save the steamer were uneVail-
Weimar a week ago, and immediately received iris Majesty's ing. No person worked harder than Capt. Leiden, and his
approbation of his intended marriage. The bride, however, passengers and crew. It was fur life or death. After these
is so fire from having recovered from her illness at Genoa, repeated and united efforts had faiLd, all hopes of safety
that the king has lately sent his own physician, privy were over, and all felt desirous and anxious that the steamer
councillor Grimm, to that city,. to take part in the should strike the beach. It was a frightful sight;
consultations of the physicians in attendance on her but the feelings of those on board had been
royal highness. The affairs of Cracow seem to very wrought up to surh a pitch, that a reaction came
much occeupy the attention of our Minister for over them, and they were re-igned to their fate.
Foreign Affairs, and while we can only confirm our About midnight she parted one of her cables, there being
former statements that Russia ver; reluctanil agreed to the tour out, one attached to thirty hundred weight of tuniace
incorporation of the republic, it appears now thscour cabinet bars, and the others to anchors. After this the gale con-
is ready to approximate on certain terms to the western tinued to increase, and now blew a perfect hurricane. She
powers. The protest of Lord Palmerston has already been was driven still nearer the shore, but passed a point that all
received here, and is expressed in unlooked-for mild terms errs eted she would strike upon. She then drifted about
with respect to the Prussian cabinet, whereas the reply to eleven miles more, making in all twenty-two miles, which
the Russian government is said to be very severe. We have occupied about forty-eight hours of terrible uncertainty and
now a contradiction of the report which was purposely spread buff, ring. She then struck, stcra first, on a ledge
that the western governments, or at least one of them, had of rocks on Fisher's Island, when a tremendous sea seemed
been secretly informed beforehand of the intended incorpo- to lilt her up on to the very top of the ledge; so far up, in.
ration. deed,. as almost to throw her over on to the other side.
Dec. 5.-The King of Hanover is said to be on the This was the crisis in the disaster ; it was terrible, and
point of expending a pretty considerable sum (report says heart-rending in the extreme. In five minutes after she
five to six million dollars) in the purchase of landed estates struck she was in piece.. In these five minutes at least
within the Prussian dominions, and that several negotia one-half of those on hoari the Atlantic were taken from
tions have already beets commemed with large estate ownets. time into eternity. &me were drowned, some crushed,
It is however added, that there is danger that the entire and some frozen to death. The screams, the crash, the roar
plan may fall to the ground, as a difference has hitherto sub. of the sea, were dreadful.
misted in regard to the formalities which the King of Ilan- From further accounts we learn that the number of
over, as soon as he shall obtain estates in Prussia, will be persons saved is 37 ; of the crew 24. There were
obliged to observe towards our king, as landowner, and but three female passengers on board--all lost. The
which have been observed by other sovereigns who have new London Ness, of Saturday, gives the number of
possessions in P1115418-for instance, the King of the Nether-
lands, the Duke of Brunswick, the Duke of Dessau, &c. bodies recovered thus far to be 27.
Dec. 9.-4-The bankruptcy of the house of Schil!er THE ELECTIONS.
and Muller, which was made known yesterday, has excited The New York Herald, in a lengthy article on the
a great sensation on 'Change. Their debts amount to elections, tee returns from seventeen States in which
800,000 dollars, of which, as far as in yet known, 80,000 elections
dollars fall upon a house its thiscity. The alarm is increased . Lave been held, and compare, the results
by the apprehension that the blow will not be the only one, with those of' the Presidential election an 1844.-The
since it was supposed, on one hand, that it has some con- following is the table -
flexion with the affair of Cracow ; and on the other, it was AWIDEOATO TOTE OF 1611 AND 16412
1616. 1514.
found extraordinary that the bankrupt house was unable My. INAS. Winer.
to obtain timely assistance from the other influential Dee Abe, 16615. 13. a. 'Abs.
houses of Breslau. N. 11.62614157 If !At 17,145 MISS 17,555 27,100 4,141
ea 30 797 5,104 31,37$ 45,711 4438
HANOVF:R, DEC. 9.-Their Royal Highnesses'. the 'ctn..' ,wer ..... . :Air 97,114 2,744 32,131 WAD 1.953
Crown Prince and Princess, and the Hereditary
.Prince, veneeet MOM 17,014 4,471 24,770 15,041 3,954
7,4'7 7,356 135 7,321 4047 -
arrived here to-day from Celle, by an express train, and litntit% 141" .
... - 47.00 mist -
slighted at the Royal Ernest Palace, which is assigned to marvisint WADI 28,233 - 33.361 33,470 -
their Royal Ilighneeses f•r their future residence. •Fbrrida 2,041 1,831 - 2,655 2,05 -
• Lusoleas - 13103 13,702 -
Letters from the Polish frontier state that the time 31,..,,,,.. - 31,731 41,359 -
in which the kingdom of Poland is to cease is approaching, rremstrime F 7573 195Pur, 51775 1:1,,,g, 1:74,353 3,136
and that it is no •sget that Prince Paekewitsch has orders (sV"ltintla :1111 74;;9311 10:377 ot:oos ra',OL‘ le-Are
on the slightest revolutionary movement to:fire on Warsaw Oh.. ll:.= 1t1:: 10,317 1.1,,73., 141;1r 6,111
from the citadel, and utterly destroy R. 11144%Wert 1 -
N., Yerk 118,627 157 ass 11.x5 531,411 117,MS 13,812
KONIGSBERG, DEC. 1.-With respect to the mar- New re...yr
tier contracted by Dr. Falkson with his wife in England,
the Procurator General has instituted proceedings for de-
claring this marriage between a Jew and a Christian lady
to be null and void. The tribunal has resolved to require
the opinions of the consiatory and of the rabbis how tar a
Jew could comply with the Christian laws of marriage.
Ca teoW, Dec. 2.-It is stated that the Police
department when they expected to idlest John Schubert, at
the barrier of Zwierzyniee, were in the hopes of thereby
discovering an impertant secret. His disappearance has,
however, frustrated their expectation. Report points out
the said John Schubert as die of the ringleaders of the new
conspiracy, which is said to be brooding against the Austrian
government. It might have been inferred that in the pre-
sent state of affairs, every thought of a conspiracy would
have been repeatedu as utterly futile. The report, however,
is so often r, and frequently with such certainty, that
there must apparently he some foundation for it.

-- - -
Totals 763,204 742.101 43,353 141,174 174557 63,113
742,401 1114.174

p►q Maj. .. 21.903

Decrease
It appears from this that the democratic party had • ma-
jority of thirteen thousand four hundred and eleven in the
presidential election of 1814, and that in the same States the
whits have a majority of twenty-ene thousand eight hun-
dred and three in the year 1816, or at the present time—
showing an apparent change in public opinion of
thirty-five thousand two hundred and fourteen votes,
and an apparent whig gain of the same amount.
It may be possible, however, that although the whigs have
undoubtedly gained considerable influeace in the state and
national councils, they have not gained in the popular vote.
It will be perceived that the aggregate vote cast in the same
states in the presidential election of 1844, was one million
nine hundred and ninety-six thousand five hundred and
seventy eight, while in the elections that took place this fall,
the aggregate vote is 1,500,988, showirg a decrease of nearly
half a million of votes. It is generally thought that neither
the democrats nor whigs put forth their whole strength
in state elections. Indeed, it is invariably con-
ceded that the democrats usually fall behind the whigs.
There is another fact apparent from the above table, which
is, that notwithstanding the large decrease in the aggrega.c
vote, the abolition vote in the same number of States, has in-
cress, d some ten thousand.
Congress will meet in a few days, and its ensuing session
will be the most important that ever took place in the United
States, as far as regards the question of slavery. As a mat-
ter of course, a large quantity of southern territory will fall
into our hands by conquest. This territory will accrue to the
United States from the war with Mexico, as indemnit for
the expanses we shall be put to in conquering a pey ace.
The moment the annexation of it is agitated, the
question of slavery will be met, and must be settled ;
and for the purpose of securiag the abolition vote, which,
in the States included in the above table alone, appears to
and 63,383, the whip will take part with th
lae abolitionists,
endeavour to prevent the extension of svery. All this
is very possible, and if this policy be adopted—and we see no
reason to doubt its probability—the accession to the whig
ranks will be considerable, and perhapslaree enough to secure
the election of the Whig candidate for the Presidency in 1848.
This we believe is the object in contemplation, and it will be
effected if possible. Stranger events than this have occurred.
These reflections are suggested by looking at the above
table, and comparing the results of the elections in 1814 and
1816 with the signs of the times. They give preapect of a
stormy session. The administration will be mueb ember-
' rimed, and will need stout hearts and strong arms to defend
it from the assault that will be made on it. Its adherents in
the two houses will have the recent results of the elections
in the several states to stare them in the face, but still this
may not be enough to dismay them. Other inferences may
be drawn from this table.
The Whigs will commence the presidential campaign
with great advantages in their favour ; but it is a matter of
lime doubt whether thee can retain these advantages long
enough to do them any service. They have the faculty of
losing their ground immediately after gaining it. It is sel-
dom that we see them go into a campaign without the lass
of a large number of their forces. But, if they manage their
c it 14 shrewdly an I anxiously, the next President of these
United State., which will include California, New Mexico,
Tamaulipas, &e., &c., will be a Whig.
In commercial affairs there were hardly any alter-
ation since the sailing of the Great Western. No
additional information is afforded respecting the cot-
ton crop. Freights continued to rise, and the price
of provisions to decline ; there was even a hope, from
the state of the weather, that the canals would be
partially opened.
There had been a heavy fall of snow in New York.
Great fears were entertained that the ship Zenobia,
from New York to Liverpool, and laden with flour,
bad been lost.
MARKETS.
From the Cowie' and Is rer of the 30th ult.
Cotton.—The sales to-day rears 1,000 bales —prices are steady at '
this morning's quotations. The 5 des More the 14th inst. are esti-
mated at 11,410 halos. The exports, &c., of Cotton risco the lit of
ri ptember are no follows:
Total exports. To 0 Brit. Receipts. Stock.
This year
last year 154,000 111,000 364,000 213,000
Ye a. before .
Fleur, &l.—All descriptions are lull. 2,500 barrels Orisesee, &c.
sold at Idol. Inc., alth.tigh several li Arlen, ask adol. 311 e.; Michigan,
fal. 12tc. to 3d. 1130.; Fredericksburg was offered at 3d. 23c. ; George
Town, ado!. 371c.2,000 bushels ONO Wheat rold at ldoL 6: ; 1,100
data voudiern mixed tern, 600., weight; 1,3410 ditto Southern Oats,
:to to 31c. 101 barrels Jersey Corn Meal, said at Dlol. 871 c. Receipts
after, via the oath Amt. far the week ending hoe. as.-moodiy.

Dea5.114..... 11,411
11.110.1

Whig :7)::7,W.l le 17 Saw 34.714
a with the Oampei, Mani vole at IN&
it.
The Native vote le estimated st
11.66,1:0
Attnegate vote la 1614
1,50 u,, FIS
1616
.. tt

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
YOUR DAYS LATER FROM AMERICA.
The Acadia, Capt. Harrison, arrived in the Mersey,
a little before 10 o'clock yesterday (Wednesday)
morning, bringing four days later news than that by
the Great Western. She left Boston on the let, and
Halifax on the 3rd inst., and has thus been nearly
16 days on her voyage from the former place, having
to encounter a stroqg east wind nearly the whole of
the voyage. She has brought 52 passengers.
The principal news from Mexico brought by the
Acadia is the capture (if the quietly taking possession
can be so called) of Tampico. We extract the fol-
lowing account of the affair from the New Orleans
Picayune of the 21st ult :
By the arrival of the U. S. steamer Mississippi, Com- I
mender Perry, at the S. W. Pass, news was received in the
city yesterday of the capture of Tampico by the U. S. squa-
dron, on the 14th inst. We announced in yesterday morns
fog's edition of the Picayune the departure of the squadron
from Anton Lizardo upon this expedition, and before the
day was over, the success of the enterprise. The fleet
-ander Commodore Conner, on the 11th and 12th
Oi. the 14th, Commodore Perry crossed the bar, with
P. trel. ponita and Reefer, reinforced
.the Cumberland, Mississippi, reviceton, aud 84. Mare..
_nere was no opposition to the American arms. The town was
surrendered unconditionally, the garrison having been pre-
' - withdrawn. The Mississippi sailed immediately for the
tro ms to garrimn the city. Incoming hither, Com-
'erry touched at the Brazos and despatched a lieu-
General Pattersuo's camp to obtain troops for the
The Mississippi then came to the Belize for the
ject. We learn from proper sources that about one
and fifty men, recruited for the let and third in
will be despatched immediately for Tampico. A de-
ent of these troms had already arrived ; the remainder
tpccte d to-day or to-morrow. Besides these, four COM-
of the new riliment of mounted riflemen, under
'turbidge, will be sent to Tampico as soon as they
They are hourly looked for. Captain Hotzel, of
iartermaster's department, has been despatched to
Range for ordnance and munitions ; and Captain Bar-
of the engineers, will repair directly to Tampico to
intend the erecting and arming of the necessary defences.
ugh the city was taken without the loss of blood,
manifest that it is not to be surrendered without a
before peace is declared. The town is now in pos-
e of the marines and sailors of the fleet, whe cannot be
spared from their chip•. As soon as the place is sat-
' • garrisoned by land f were, the squadron will proceed
r business. A change has came over the fleet, and we
oot of its future usefulness. Many of our naval "In-
regret that Tampico Wt+ surrendered without a blow.
a well enough as it is. We incline to the opinion that
place will become of the utmost consequence to the in-
tended operations upon the interior. The withdrawal of
the Mexican garrison is evidence that Santa Anna is making
preparations for a dem instration upon a large scale in the
direction of San Luia Potosi or Saltillo--more probably at
former.
About 600 men are to be despatched from New
Orleans, to guard the captured city.
'v despatches received at Washington on the 28th
appears that the new administration in Mexico
broken up, and Almonte is going to England.
tta Anna has delivered up the two millions of dol-
, which he took from the conducta. Advices from
mane to the 13th eceived at New Orleans,
to that nothing Iris yet Nov.,l)een done under the letters
marque and naturalization which Mexico has sent
for sale. All accounts confirm the opinion that
Anna is about to concentrate almost all hie
at bra Lois Potosi

1 the voyage. She
1 The principal r
1• Acadia is the cap
can be so called)
lowing account o
Picayune of the
By the arrival o
mender Perry, at t
city yesterday of t
dron, on the 14th
i i log's edition of the
from Anton Lizaw
day was over, th
sailed under Corn
. i inst. Oi. the 14th
we. 0vi.n..., vie.
t r. from the Cumberls
There was nn oPPo
surrendered uncs
viously withdraws
Bali:, for tro ips ti
modore Perry tot
tenant to Genera
garrison. The 11
same object. M
hundred and fifty
fantry, will be d.i
1 mehment of these
are expected to-d
pains of the ni
.
I Major Burbidge
arrive. They a
the Qunrtermast
Baton It.nige for
card, of the eng
..nyerintend the e
Altsough the c
t it is manifest tl
Waggle before
wag m of the MI
well spared from
ciently garrison,
to other business
doubt not of iti
tern regret that
I It is well enom
the place will b
tended operatio
the Mexican ga
preparations fo
direction of Ss
i the former.
About 600
1 . Orleans, to gi
By despatc
tilt., it appeal
! 41
is broken u
Santa Anna I
tars which h
Hexane to I
state that no
iliii.. of marque a]
there for salt
Santa Anna
1 1'face at 6sa
1 ..
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