The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

r, which appeared in the Post, and the circular of the
e committee of the Itypahlittan ,exilce, printed in

BELGIU M.—Buu SULU% Auo. s CHOLERA.
—The Moni:eter of this day publishes • royal ordonnance, •
app iating sanitary comminions in Wend and Nienport, in
ord. r to take steps for guarding alpine.. the innoducion of
cheers into this country. Ship. and °ergots arriving at
any Belgian port from clues in which the eicdereie choler,
prevails, will be considered suspected and subjected to a sani-
tary visit unless the Tenets have been admitted to free
pratique in a country when the sanitary system is actively
enforced. When not previously admitted to pratique the
vessels will be subjected to a quarantine of five days, at the
' expiration of which a second sanitary visit will be made.
I POLYNESIA. SANDWICH ISLANDS. Paws
from the Sandwich Islands to the 6th of May have been
received, and amnia an account of the opening of the legit.
tative assembly, which consists of a house of nobles and a
house of repreeentatives. The speech of the king annouoced
the ratification of a treaty with France, similar to that
already made with England, and also that a treaty had been
cot dueled with the city of Hamburg. With the United
Staten no treaty had yet bees negoctated. An adjustment
regarding a division of lands between the pecule, the
chime, and the crown had been tali: ably effected, and the
speech concluded with a recommendation for a judicious ap-
plication of labour and capital to lance° the export trade off
the islands, an appeal on behalf of popular instruction and
religious toleration, and a statement that the sesurences n-
et ived frees England and France had confirmed his majesty
in the policy of resisting all foreign control in the governe
meat of his kingdom. Two days afterwards the report of the
foreign usinisL r wee preser. ted. Referring to the treaty
with France, it states that the French consul had insisted
on • modification being made to admit the wines et
that country at a duty of only 5 per cent. ad valorem, en the
ground that malt liquors end eider from England had been
admitted at that duty in compliance with • demand from the
British coretil. Under these circumstances the government
hail granted the concession, but at the came time, as it is
their belief that the moral amelioration of the people depends
upon the exclusion of iutoximting drinks, they had armed
• protest, which it mu hoped would have the effect
of inducing "the two great nations who are the
leaders of the civilization of the world " to consent to
a different arrzogement. It is also mentioned that
various disputes between the government and foreign
residents had been satisfactorily settled, although in
the case of cue American claim the government bed been
itiformed that efforts were to be made at Washington to re-
vive it as one of international grievance. Precautionary
stein had, however, been taken to prevent the United States
executive from being misled. The imports of the islands fur
the year ending the 31st of March, 1848, had reached
822.729 dole., being an extraordinary increase over the two
preceding years ; but, in consequence of the filling off in the
number of whale ships frequenting the island, and the ne-
glect of sericulture, the exports had diminished, and were
only 154,265 dole, being a decrees, of 227,183 doh. from the
avenge of the preceding four years, and of 323,035 dole.
front the amount originally estimated.