The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-04 00:00:00

tendered his resignation—ali the result of a
previous underetandiog. Donna Maria, of coarse,
refused to accept it. The Baron d'Ourem, too, who
bed threatened to call the army to coerce the chamber,
hit that such conduct was improper—he too resigned.
Padre Marcos was pat in requisition by D. Maria.
Went to the baron and prevailed upon his to cau-
lks in °Moe, while Ferdinand, the Zing Cluseeet.
wait to beg &Utah., would not leave the mantry to
the Mete which seemed to be hovering over it—what
meld poor lialdasha do but consent to retain clise,
but upon the express conditke that he should not be
essepelltd to submit to the ordeal of again Saeht
the " infamous majority" in the chamber, as he had
styled it in his letter of resignation; so that whatever
questions may be dared to be asked by an of the in-
famous majority of the chambers, the • •aLer of
Faseign Affairs is to reply to. Thus has ended the
hese at Um reidgnations; as in the beak note affair
sedi the reeignatioam, all was previously concocted that
Minh. and Co. might have more power, but the
unmeant of the collusion we have yet to see.
Yea are already aware of the manner in which this
=del liberty put down the league--a society
to promote the best interests of the
egastry. He has begun to take steps to put down
users pep* mociety—the Oremio Literario—a
=owhisk Besets solely for the discussion of
ebielle. He has, however, met with a
Age is Me dab i abeekte the press. For some
time babas bean imeeetie g the various periodi-
cals which have net bean in hi. favour ; bat, finding
they were all acquitted, be has resorted to the experi-
ment of" packing juries," forming them entirely of
publics functionaries. This he has done in the case of
a ?Alm lite paper—a paper advocating the cause of
the fallen, but opposing the government with a tact
and facility so peculiar that it drew upon it-
self the vengeance of power ; and notwithstanding
that the jury were all government emploges, the
paper was acquitted upon every charge but two, upon
which two charges the jury (government men) Seed
them less than five shillings upon each charge—a floe
that a drunken man would be called upon to pay in
London. This speaks volumes ; but it has been the
means of bringing into repute a legal gentleman of
the name of Carlos Zeferino Pinto Coelho, who made
.so Brougham-like a defence for the editors, that he,
although a Mignelite in principle, will be styled the
. Champion of the Liberty of theYress.
Trade is pa:Lenny at a stand. The Spaniards are
withdrawing their prohibitory laws, which will ruin
every British import merchant resident in Portugal,
while it will redoes the assets of the Portuguese

tteuory incaloulably.
Ex. buy on London, 54 : discount on banknotes,

HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE, Aran 2.—The Staab Courant of
this days says that hie Majesty has accepts d the re-
signation of M. Curtin', as Minister of Justice, ar d
hie appointed M. Wicker. in his Mead. The minister
will commingle his functions on the 4th of June.
It is said that M. Curtius being fully sensible that
his political opinions did not entirely coincide with
those of his Majesty, and that the King while Prince
of Orange entertained certain feelings towards him,
considered it his duty to retire, in ceder that the new
sovereign might not be shackled in Gaming out his
plans.
Nothing is yet known with certainty respecting the
dismiessl of M. Baud, the Minister for the Colonies.
M. Vandersmiasen, the retired °okra of the Indian
army, has invited all tthe officers who fought at
Waterloo, in 1815, to assemble at the Hague on the
181 June, for the purpose of there commemorating,
by suitablefttes on the 17th and 18th,that memorable
day, and also the memory of their illustrious com-
mander, King William IL The King and field
marshal have given great encouragement to the pro-
ject, and have promised to be present.

WEST INDIA MAIL.

The Royal West India Mail packet Trent, Captain
Norton, arrived at Southampton yesterday, and her
mails were landed under the charge of Lieut. John
Brown, R.N., Admiralty agent. The dates received
by this vessel are: —Grey Town, April 25 ; Panama,
April 23; Chagres, April 28; Cartagena, May Itl
La Guava, May 7; Jamaica, May 8; Demerara,'
May 6 ; "Trinidad, May 7 ; Grenada. May 8; Barba-
does, May 10; Antigua, May 12 ; Martinique, May
11 ; Porto Rioo, May 12 ; St. Thomas, May 15.
The weather during the voyage home was particle-
larly fine.
Fifty-seven penmen came home in the Trent,
among whom are:—The Rev. Sir George Craufurd,
Bart, his lady, and family ; Major Moor, 64th Regt ;
Captain Elwyn, R.A., his lady, and amity; Captain
Coorer, of the 88th, and Captaln Mckenzie, of the
77th Regts. ; Lieut. Lovell, RE.; and Ensign Stein-
forth, of the 97th Rest., and his lady.
The freight on baud consists of 937,400 dollars
(from Chagres) ; 797 oz. gold-dust; 4231. 16s. Bd.
British coin; 9,323 five-franc pieces; 260 serons
indigo ; 14 tierces coffee; 20 barrels arrowroot; 14
bales sarsaparilla.
The movements of the West India steam-packets.
as reported by the Trent, are :—the Severn in the
Golf of Mexico; the Tay sailed for the Spanish Main;
the Avon at Demerara; the Reindeer and schooner
Larne at Bt. Thomas's; the Thames at New York ;
and the Teviot gone back to Jamaica with the English
mail of 17th Apra.
From Chagres we learn that during the stay of the
Trent at that place no less than five vessels had
arrived from the United States loaded with emigrants
for California. It was reported that several fatal
eases of cholera had occurred on board of one of them,
and the Aka& had prohibited their landing ; but in
defiance of his injunctions the emigrants armed them-
selves and went ashore without farther opposition.
The mails and specie were delayed twenty-four hours
st Chagres in consequence of an accident to the
steamer Chilli, in the Pacific. At the time the Trent
was there, Chagres presented an unusually gay and
animated appearance. There were numerous tents
and erections visible from the anchorage. The United
States colours were profusely displayed, and every-
thing had the holiday appearance of a race course or
fair. This was, doubtless, destined to change very
speedily. The rainy season was at hand ; for eight
months the place would become a perfect swamp, and
Ifever and ague were sere to make sad havoc with the
unclimatized. "No one," observed; our correspondent,
ela visit Chaves during the rainy season without
so forcibly struck with its likeness to Dickens's
iaadplisn of ' Valley of Eden,' as to imagine the
Sithrincast have visited the place and taken it for his
mei!
Fria Panama we learn that about 3,000 emigrants
ass thine awaiting opportunities to proceed to San
Pinselese, which are not easily met with, as nothing
let small sloops are to be obtained. As much as 300
dears is charged as passage moneywretched for one
sad the vowels are of the most =
tics. Robberies and serious affrays are constantly
occurring between the inhabitinta and the emigrants.
A newspaper, styled the Pasiuse liter, edited by an
American, has just made its welcome. some num-
bers of which our oorresport has seen. They
complain sadly of the extortion the emigrants are
obliged to submit to from the natives, and a threaten-
ing tone is need in them which plainly indicates that
taking into consideration their increasing numbers
and desperate condition, it weak' be wise is the
citizens of Panama to facilitate the transit of these
people to California. Already has blood been shed,
and it is feared that as the funds of the adventurers
decrease there will be found some amongst them who
will not scruple to lay contributions on their neigh-
bours.
JAMAICA.
Our dates from this island are to the Bth of May
inclusive. The legislature was not in session, and
public news there are absolutely none. The Mom-
sag Journal continues to preach the doctrines of free
trade, and even the Dispatch relaxes in its urgesey
tr have protection re-established, and devotes he
energies to enforce the necessity of liberal supplies of
free labour.
A report was in circulation that Sir Charles Gray
was en the eve of leaving Jamaica, and was to be
accorded by Lord Harris. The rumour seems to have
had no better fotutdation than a statement whisk
had reached the island of Lord Elgin's having mike' II
to be recalled from Canada, as amount of his lady's
delicate health. The Jamaicans had believed it, and
jumped at the conclusion that, both Lord Metcalfe
and Lord Elgin having been made governors of Canada
on leaving Jamaica, Sit Charles Gray must follow
the same routine.