The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-05 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA.

VILA NCI.OII, Dar. 12, 18.10.
The exttmAive, wealthy, and populous city of San
Freneiscee„ the nowt iniporant and active commercial pert
in the paeine, t. an in it• wry gaped the stamp of sudden I •
growth. It ha. been " kopeck, up** in i hurry.
Ito-
proements take plate so rapidly B. to strike even a resi-
dent h 4413441115 t la, 4. he rct a.m. to hi. home after a •
fortnight'. absence. The barren waste on which, but two
ve ago, half a cloaca meet hoe els could wait:Ay he counted,
is now laid out into crow deal ste .1•, eneamboreel by piles
of VW fril2ll4ll, and teentioug with lily. Splendid brick-
htiihbogs, worthy of a in the fashionaede square. of
London. large framed house., molest wooden shanties,
which the kick of v protectionist wends' overturn, extensive
into IliJIVIIOW.C• all stand sale by side, " pile-mile," ferm-
i., long rows, presenting to the eye of a stranger a strum'
sa.t varied aspect. Parallel wharfs built upon piles (one of
them over 2,3t)feet in length), have been driven into the
waters of the hay, so that the largest ships ran lay along side •
of them these wharfs h tie again been connected by streets
at right *wilts, till on Pile.. and the blocks thus formed are
rapidly tilling up by the erection upon them of large houses,
steins:hotel., ite and by a eiensiderahle number of ships
that have la en stranded or moored, deprived of their mast.,
sad housed over to serve as datewits fur merchandise. Ite-
rod. and touching this part of the town, built boldly
upon the waters, is the thick close fun st of masts and
rigging belonging to the large fleet of vas l•
anehoreel in the port. Dom ns of steamers of all I
stow. shapes, and description., daily plough the waters of I
the hay and of the rivers, conveying pussengers and goods to
and from the cities of the interior. And to all this, exten-
sive additions are being daily, hourly made. A great len-
pro erne nt is also to is neet•cl in the streets: last winter the
traffic had put them into suet, n -t.et.-, that many men and
in ti.' mud and .wished in crossing from one
side to the other. Now all the: streets in the business part
of the town axe overlaid with 3-ittch plank fur the eamagc
RUT, and have been tilted besidea with commodious side
seal kee and covered drains: it is true that the. rsi 0103Ie eleanee
sh, m; partieularlyon Sunday mornings they an, strewed with
old hoots, hats, mats, stockings, flannels, are. fie., which
arc threes n out of the windows by our independent citizen*
Amongst the most striking features of the city are the
restaurants and gambling-houses which exist in Immense
numbers. The whole population take their meals at restau-
rant.; you hare them French, German, English, Italian,
American, and ; the bowies, furniture. proprietors,
servants. and utensils of the latter being importations from
the Celestial empire. With regard to the gambling-house.,
ono side of the Plant is ors-opted by a long row of splendid
_ '••• billiard

bundler.. the upper stories of which are devoted to ,
and refreshment room.; the ikeements firm immense
saloon., most splendidly light and decorated with mirrors
and panting., and furnished with an orchestra, a
bar for the sale of liquor, and a number of small
tables; here, and in the numerous similar establishments,
situateil in all parts of the town, monte, pham, roulette,
and all kinds of yam, are publicly played day and night.
Miner. alb r mouth. ..f privations and successful toil, lose
their le uvy bags of gold dust upon a single card; the la-
bourer, boatmen, teamsters, eke., go to lose or increase their
earnings : the desperate to retriVVe, or sink deeper into
their ditfleulties. N'ou may imagine what the gains of the
proprietors must le. One of th,se house., worth above
1011,001.1 d 01.., has been built for the third time after having
been di stroyed twice by tire, by a man and his wife who
came from .Sydney without a cent. ; the woman has made
the money by n.liing a large WS cowered with numbers,
the one turning uppermost h. ing the winner. Scarcely
week passes without some dispute, when revolvers and
bowie-knives are ionnitiliatviy produced and some one is
killed. The court. do not interfere; the dead man is
burns!, and the survivors continue their game as eagerly as

ever.
The question naturally arises, fmm whence has sufficient
capital bean derived to erect so many buildings and wharfs,
to effect so many wonders in Ran Francisco—for wonders
they assuredly are —whew materials coat an much and la-
bour is or 6 doh,. to io dole, and mechanics wagot at 10 dols.
tol6 a41.1y, and etc rates of interest ito 10 per cent. a
/smith i ronsiderahle a apital has lain brought from all parr,
of the world: many have Men inteeettsful in the mines;
others in trade and land site:lllations; and, last not least,
loony worthies who have received goods in consignment,
hare, instead of remitting, kept the net proceeds and in-
Vested them in prOverly and improvements, with the honest
intention, prhaps, of duly forwarding the funds to the
rightful owners, after they hare made their own fortunes
by the use of them in the mean time. l'onsiderable num-1
brn hare gone too far and limn 'ed ; the consigners
then have suffered, but Sall Francisco has been a gainer by
the inwnosements made with their money.
Sacramento, Rtnektitn, !slarysville, are all Ran Francisca@
on a smaller wale ; llw same gambling, vices, habits, spe-
culations. improvements and rialtos.% in every respect, with
a more g. oral practice of carrying revolvers and conse-
quently tuore frequent rows sod murders.

HEALTH OF LONDON MMHG THE WEEK.

The official report says :—lt appears from the
return for the week ending last Saturday, that the mortality
of London now greeter than is generally observed at this
period of the y. 3r. The 111101 S, which, as shown in last
report. hail risen from 1.0:16 to 1,211, have undergone a
nut very considerable decrease, the total number now bring
1,118. lu the ten virrelamding weeks of Dill-10, there is
no instance in which they equallisl this amount, the two
highest numbers, widish nearly approark it, haring occurred
in 180 and 1819, when they were respectively 1,133 and
1.139. The average of the corresponding week, was 1,03.5,
which, if corrycted for increase of population, becomes
1,1'29: and the 1,148 deaths of last week show an increase
of 19 oa this Litter result.

A rostparittire strtenient of the mortality at different
periods of •how, th.tt the prewnt inereuw uffectA both
young said obi, but op‘cially peewits iu the middle st.ige
of etistenee: - •

_
ftlaa. Death. lAA Death. lathe Average at 10 en...capon&
week. previasa aerk. is weals (1441404
From birth 1 -
to 14.... ••3 •• • • 501
13t060 'Kt .... 413
GOand upward. 23K .... 299

In the zymntie or epidemic dam of diseases, the total
number of death. enumerated in thz present return iA 2'23
whilst the cornsled average is 211. Small-pee was fatal
in 19 casr., nuns', .1 in 341, scarlatina in 19, hooping-rougli,
which still predominate. in this class, not considerably ex-
feed. the aserage, in Mi. lharrh.ea numbers 17 • while to
fever, which happily ha. declined, 31 are aserified. Two
thildnn. A person. of middle age. and 3 who h.ul turned 60
year*. died of influenza; living more than the usual weekly
number at this season.
The widow .4 a soldier died in the Charingserms tub-
ill.triet, at the gnat age of ISt year*. She hail liven mar-
ried thr, r times. and hail Men a widow 20 years
Th.' birth...l 751 Mom and $O7 girls, in all 1,:01 children,
weft- nristered in the week. The average of six corre-
sponding week a in 1845-50 mu 1,479.

BURGLARY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER

AT WINDSOR.

Wt:tosoa, TrESD.Vf.—The medical attendant on
Mr. Tucker and Mr.. Whittaker, having certified Volt his
patient. were sufficiently recovered to give their evidence
relative to the cowardly and atrocious attack on their lives,
the maitedrAtes Phillip., EN., mayor, and Robert
Blunt, Esq.). proceeded yestenlay to the residence of Mr.
Tacker, in Clarcnee-mad, where the prisoner Thomas
_ .

Ash was brought under custody of the borough police. Mr.
Voidse attended on the part of the prosecution, and the
following de's...kiwis were taken :
William Tucker, sworn—On Tuesday night, the ISth
February hot, I went to bed at nine o'clock—the house
was all safe. About one in the night I heard Mrs.
Whittaker screaming murder. I got out of bed to go
to her, and on turning round the end of the bed I was
knocked down. I saw a person first striking Mrs. Whit-
taker, who was in bed bleeding, and on seeing me he struck
me on the head with a kind of iron chisel, and jobbed it
into my neck three times. The chisel now produced is ea-
actly like the one used. Ile hit me with the great end and
jobbed me with the sharp end. I du not know that I should
know the man again, I was so soon down. There was a
second man at the door with a light. When I was knocked
down I got up three times and struggled with the assa.ssin
until I got him out and shut the door. The man in the
presage with the light went hack as I pushed the other
out. I did not see the face of the man in the
mirage. When I put the man out. Mrs. Whittaker got
to the window and called for toner, and the polite soon
arnved. I have known the prisoner, Thomas Ash, none
months. About two months ago he asked me to lend him
11., whirls I refused to do. lam 91 years of age.
In his crow-examination by the prisoner, Mr. Tucker
said. I can swear that you are the man who stood in the
passage with the light. 1
Mrs. Whittaker's testimony was corroborative of that of ,
Mr. Tucker, and Mr. Eurengey, the surgeon who attended
them, described the nature of the wounds indicted.
Rebecca Walker deposed to her lending prisoner a hand-
kerchief similar to the one found on him.
Charles Todd. labourer, Spital, sworn—l have known the
prisoner about a year. Three weeks ago he came to my
father's house, and I went to the Stag and Hounds to have
some beer with him. After we had been drinking, be
beckoned me to come out, and I followed him. On going
down the road he said, " I know a gentleman in the Clois-
tem who has got plenty of money, and I know how to get it ;
all I want is to engage some one to get the servant maid out,
I know her well. I have been at work in the house several
times." And he asked me if I would get her out. He mid
the best plan for me would be to go and say that some
one had sent me to tell her that her brother had broken his
leg that I was to take her down towards the Little Park,
and then give her the slip. I told him I would have no-
thing to do with it at all, and left him.
Esther Barrett swore to having seen the prisoner, with
another man, on the day previous to the robbery, grinding
a chisel.
The prisoner denied all knowledge of the outrage.
He was fully committed to the county gaol at Reading,
to take his trial on a charge of burglary and attempt to
murder, and all the witnesses were bound over to prosecute.
The supposed accomplice, for whose apprehension a re-
ward of 701. has been offered, has not yet been taken. It
has been ascertained that he was an itinerant tinker.

the Court.

The Queen and l'rince Albert, accompanied by
Prince Alfred and the Prince... Helena, took a time in an
carriage and four yesterday. The Equerries in
"
Waiting, Lord
rdAlfred Paget and Colonel llourerie, at-
, tended on horseback. _ _ .

The Duch( ss of Kent, accompanied by Prince 'Victor of
Hohenlohe Langenboarg, sashed the Queen yesterday at
Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her
Majesty and Prince Albert.
Priuee Albin rode out on horMbaek yesterday mornio2,
attended by Colonel Bouverie.
The Print,. of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princesses Alice and Louisa, took their area domed pony
and walking exercise yesterday in the garden of Bucking-
, ham Palace. _

Iler Majesty and Prince Albert Ti4ted the Duchess of
Gloucester at Gloucester House yegenlay evening. The
royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Lord
Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie.
The Earl of Morley has re•lice. d Lord Byron in his duty
ea the Lord in Watling to the Queen; and Lieut.-Colonel
800. A. Nelson Hood has relieved Sir Frederic Storm in
his duty as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.

A deputation to the rommissionen of Raaways, consist-
ing of Mr. Baird, M.l'., Mr. Horn, and Mr. Stuart, from
Wi.haw ; Mr. Graham, from Barrhesd; Mr. Johnston and
Mr. Auld, for Clyde-44sta Mr. Tamard and Mr. Steuart,
for Barnkirk ; and Mr. Lamant, for Oaken) and other
junction+, had in interview with the Commissioners yester-
day at the office of the Board of Trade.
Lord Macdonald had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday at the Home-oftlec. Sir Thoivas Redington had
also an interview with the right hon. gentleman.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re-
venue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday at his official risidence in Downing-
street. . . . . .

.......
Domatehea were received roderday at the Colonial-offire
from the Lord nigh Commioloner of the lonian Wands
and the Governor of Malta.

Despatches were
_sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of the Falkland ['tooth.

A MEETING OF MF.MBERS Or THE Hot-SE OF COM-
MONS took place at I o'clock yesterday,at the official re-
sidence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Down-
ing-street. The meeting having been summoned by
Lord John Russell on Monday evening, one hundred
and seventy members were present. Among the
number were the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, the
Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Marquis of Kil-
dare, the Right Hon. Tennyson D'Eynconrt, Mr.
Brockman, Mr. Duff, Sir Do Lacy Evans, Mr. R.
Fox, Mr. George Carr Glyn, Mr. IL Hawes, Mr. L.
Hepworth. Mr. J. Locke, Mr. W. Marshall, Viscount
Melgund, Lord Alfred Paget, Mr. Somers, Sir Harry
Verney, Hon. C. P. Villiers, Mr. Wukley, Hon. C.
'lowan!, Mr. Tete% Sir IL Ferguson, Lord Marcus
Hill, Mr. It W. Grey, Sir Wm. Clay. Col. lion. It.
Boyle, Mr. J. Abel Smith, Lord F. Gordon Holly-
burton, Captain Townshend, The O'Gorman Mahon,
Mr. Sharman Crawford, Colonel Watkins, Mr.
Bernal Osborne, Sir William Molesworth, Mr.
Pendarves, Sir James Duke, Mr. W. Williams,
Mr. Iticartio, Colonel Homily, Mr. Hodges, Lord
Seymour, Mr. Hollond, Hon.. Wm. Cowper, Lord G.
Paget, Mr. Brotherton, Lord James Stuart, lion. Mr.
Fortescue, Mr. Hustings Russell, Right lion. W. S.
Laseelles, Mr. Gruntley Berkeley, Mr. Mark Philips,
the Solicitor General, Sir IV. Craig, the Earl of Shel-
burne, the Right lion. Sir Wm. Somerville, Mr.
James Wilson, Mr. Bellew, Hon. J. Elliott, Viscount
Ehrington, Mr. Macgregor, Lord Robert Grosvenor,
Mr. Fitzstephen Freneh,Admiral Dundas, Sir Charles
Lemon, Mr. Parker, Lord Enfield, Mr. Rich, Mr.
Cornewall Lewis, and the Right Hon. NV. G. Ilayter.
Lord John Russell was accompanied by Sir George
Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Charles Wood, Sir
' Francis Baring, the Right lion. Henry Labouchere,
and the Right lion. Fox Maule. The conference
, lasted about an hour.

The 101,he of last evening, after announcing the
above, Boys:
Lord JOHN Rt4sr.l.T. first addressed the meeting, and
adverted to the position in which the government
at present aeon& directing the attention of the meet-
ing to the fact, that there existed a powerful and compact
body, at Idioms: head wits a distingutsheil statesman, whose
bond of politiaal union was the reversal in a great measure
of that commercial policy, the beneficial effects of which
the country had so sensibly felt during the last few years.
From the exertion, of that body (if successful) either of
two evils would result—either protection would be restored,
or the country would be thrown into a disastrous state of
agimtion to repel the efforts of the opponents of free-trade.
Under these circumstances he had called them together,

fin- the purpose of seeking a continuance of their supports •
and of a-king them to forego all differences on minor gum-
Grins, in order to seal the success of the commercial policy
which they advocated in common. The noble lord then
ads erted to the papal question, and said, that while adverse
to any unnecessary lie felt bound to go on with
the Eigledastical fishy Bill in a modified form. The plan
proposed by Lird Stanley did not meet his assent, u by refer-
ring the subject to a committee which might last possibly_ for
two years, the feelings of acrimony which prevailed would be
prolonged. This he thought must undesirable, and therefore
was i nil need to dispose of the question at once. With regard to
financial arrangement., he said that the cabinet had not
met since their return to office, hut he hoped when he met
the house on Friday, to be able to make a statement on
that subject, which would be satisfactory. Ilia lordship
concludes', by asking for a contintiance of that generous
support which had been given him for the last two
years—not for the personal object of keeping himself
and hi• colleagues in office, hat for the sake of securing
that which they all lent at heart—the welfare and
prosperity of the country. (The foregoing is necessarily
but an imperfect sketch of the noble lord's observations.)
Messrs. Greene (Kilkenny) and Ouseley Iliggins, severally
remonstrated strongly with the noble lord ou his determina-
tion to persevere with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, which
they pledged themselves to oppose, even at the risk of the
noble lord's government. Ma. Sharman Crawford, the
O'Gorman 31ahut, and Dr. Power (Cork), followed in a
similar strain.
Mr. BEKNAL Osnonmz next addressed the noble lord,
and expressed his intention of supporting the government,
concurring, as he did, generally in his policy, but entreated
him to except Ireland from the operation of the Ecclesiasti-
cal Titles Bal. Sir De Lacy Evans spoke in a similar
spirit. Lord Ebrington, Colonel Itawdon, and several
other hon. members afterwards spoke, and the spirit which
pervaded the meeting (with the exception of the dissent of
the Irish menders present) was one of strong confidence in
and attachment to the policy and principlos of the noble
lord and the government.

(Tram last WOW. Gmetts.)

1)owsmo-writy.E1, MAnen I.—The Queen ham been
graciously pleased to give orders for appointing the Right
lion. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, K.C.8., her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordimry and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
United States of America, to be an Ordinary Member of
the Civil DisiSiOn of the First Class or Knights Grand Cross
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Lord Bloom-
field, CIL, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of all the Russia,
Lord Cowley, C. 8., her Majesty s Plenipotentiary on a
Special Mission at Frankfort, G. Nicholls. Esq., C. 13., late
Secretary to the Poor Lisir Board, the Right Hon. Sir H.
W. W. l't.yinn, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the King of Denmark, the Hon.
W. Temple, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Two Sicilies the
Hon. R. Abereromby, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia, to be
Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Second Class
or Knights Commanders of the said Order. J. M. liMgin-
son, Esq., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
the island of Mauritius, the Hoe. J. D. Bligh, her Ma-
jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
1 to the King of Hanover, It. Southern, F.sq., her Majesty's
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Confederation,
the Right lion. T. Wise, her Majesty's Minister Plenipoten-
tiary totter King of °twee, J. Hudson, EM., her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Emperor of Brazil, O. L. Hodges, Esq., her Majesty's Con-
sul-General in the Cirele of Lower Saxony, and for the
' Free Cities of Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck, and Sir
J. Meek, Knight, late Comptroller of the Victualling and
Transport SCTriee!l in the Admiralty, to be Ordinary Mem-
bcrs of the Civil Division of the Third Class or Compa-
nions of the said Most Honourable Order.

COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
or Sottriortsn mi.—Theodore Wga.h and Vincent Wood
to be cornett Is the West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry
Cr-

'avaliy.

LORD DR LISLE AND I)t•DLET died yesterday af-
ternoon, at the family seat, Penshurst, near Tunbndge,
after an attack of bilious fever of some days• duration.

ARRIVAL OF lICEOARLAN EXILES AT LIVERPOOL
—Tbe Apio, from Constantinople, with 240 Hungarian ex-
iles on board, arrived in the Mersey yesterday. On the
Apio being telegraphed, information was conveyed to the
authorities of the town, and Mr. Dowling, the chief com-
missioner of police, with his officers, is making preparations
to receive the distressed passengers. They will stop at the
Emigrants' Home here.
ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—At the Liverpool
Police Mace on Monday, Philip Bonn, the son of a London
diamond merchant, was brought up in custody charged
with having stolen 30 gold chains, 30 brequet ditto and
here, 26 gold watches, two silver ditto, two mourning rings,
and some money, the property of his father, who was absent
in London. He was *ken into custody on board the
Underwriter' a vessel about to sail for America. He stands
remanded until the arrival of his father, who is hourly ea-
petted in Liverpool.
CITY COVRT OF SEWERQ.—Yesterday the members
assembled numerously at Guild:mil. It was the first meet-
ing under the new commission. Mr. Deputy Peacock was
elected chairman. Mr. Simon was elected medical officer of
health, and the other officers were duly appointed. There
was no business of the least public interest transacted.