The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-15 00:00:00

CANADA.

From British America we learn that the speech pro-
roguing the Canadian parliament represents the revenue
as in a satisfactory state,and refers to the grants for im-
proving the navigation of the St. Lawrence, and to
the reduction of the emigrant tax. Six bills were
reserved for the approval of the Queen, three of
which relate to churches and rectories, two to the
reduction of salaries, and one to the incorporation of
the Fort Erie and Buffalo Suspension Bridge Com-
pany. The reciprocity (petition was left unsettled.
The reductions in the civil list authorised by the im-
perial government have been carried out by the legis-
lature. The salaries of the Chief Justices and that
of the Chancellor arc to be reduced from 4,800 dolt'.
to 3,01.)0 dole. a year, upon the departure of the pre-
sent incumbents from office. The potato rot is pre-
vailing to a great extent in Upper Canada,
Our correspondent writes :
TORONTO, Aro. 30.
Our provincial parliament was prorogued to-day
by Lord Elgin, after the usual manner of this ceremonial,
which is as scar an imitation of the English custom as
possible.
A number of hills have received the royal assent. But
the important question of the scignorial tenure iv postponed
until the next session; or, rather, until next parliament,
I for the session now Expired is tho last of the present podia.

ment.
Lord Elgin is fast gaining popularity ; and, as a some-
what extraordinary fact, he is invited by the people of Mon-
treal, or rather the corporation of the cite, to go with them
to a railroad celebration in Boston. The Montreal news-
papers formerly most virulently opposed to him, now ap-
prove of the imitation.

LIBERATION OF KOSSETII.—By this time, if
Turkish faith has been kept, Kossuth has been liberated,
and is on his way from Kutajah to the Sea of Marmora,
from whence he will be conveyed to the Dardanelles, to
embark most probably for Southampton. Associations are
being organised to give the illustrious Magyar a suitable
reception in England. A correspondent says :—" The Mayor
of Southampton and Mr. Falvey, the editor of the liberal
paper in that town, and who has taken great interest in the
cause of Hungarian freedom, have been inundated with
letters lately from persons in all parts of the kingdom, ask-
ing information about the certainty and period of Kossuth's
arrival in Southampton, apparently from a desire of wit-
nessing his landing in this country. His reception
is likely to be an enthusiastic one." News from
the Levant and from Turkey will be looked for
with the utmost iuterest during the whole of this
mouth. One of the Liverpool screw boats will probably
shortly arrive from Smyrna, and bring word about the
Cuited States steam-frigate Mississippi—whether she is got
into deep water and is able to take Kossuth on board or
not. On the 27th of this month there will be • mail swiss'
from Constantinople, when it will be known whether the
Turkish government has been firm up to the last in lb
determination to liberate the Hungarian chief on the day
appointed. Two of the Peninsular and Oriental Company a
Southampton steamers (the Tagus and Jupiter) wad pan
through the Dardanelles about the time that Kossuth ought
to arrive tlietrie.,andi
almost impossible ofibylrehicorh it
mews toixrc..llicel'adEhnegl:andi
of the actual arrival of the Kutavah captive on the coast of
Asia Minor until the Tagus or -Jupiter reaches England,
unless these vessels get to Malta before the Marseilles por-
tion of the neat Bombay mail is despatched from theses.
If such should be the case, most probably the welcome
news of Kosauth's approach to England will be received
vies France.
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ACCIDENT THROUGH SLEEPING ON A RAILWAY.—
On Friday afternoon, a somewhat singular accident occurred
on the Midland Railway, about halls mile below Chester-
field station, to John Gillard, of Dog Kennels, Chesterfield,
a platelayer in the company's employ. It actin' that he
had sat up during the previous night with one of his
children, who was ill, and about three o'clock in the after-
noon sat down on the down line of rails and fell fast asleep.
A goods train left Chesterfield station directly afterwards,
and some fellow-workmen who were standing a short dis-
tance off, seeing Oillard's danger, shouted to him; the
driver also blew his whistle, but without awaking the an
fortunate man, and the train came upon him, the guard of
the engine striking him under the shoulder, and throwing
him between .the rails, so that the whole of the carriages
passed above him. On being taken up it was ascertained
that his breast bone was broken, and that he had also sus-
tained severe injuries on his head, but though in a dan-
gerous state hopes are entertained of his recovei7.—Derby
Courier.