The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-22 00:00:00

CUBA.

eethor with that which will be eaboaribed
_tho
Vienna bankers to day (the pa:tabu of wain I
shall forward to-isorrow) will me saask now lies
la or 19 milEoos, if 11111 malls walds.
about 30 millions. The Insikk psi& must
however not be allowed to sumo Mao the eleven
millions subscribed within the Noe me really a
voluntary loan. It is true thd looney has not
been exacted by tine from thus whose names are
published u subscribers by tho bask, but there ore
other means of compulsion besides force. Through-
oat the whole of the empire the communal councils of
each city have been informed that unless they took a
rusonable share in the loan they would fall under
the imperial displeasure, and would have themselves
to blame for any unpleasantness that might follow.
In Vienna the communal council has been obliged to
send eirculare round to every house begging for the
government. Benevolent institutions, mechanics
unions have been compelled to advance their funds
by threats of various kinds. They have done so at
a great loss. They do not trust the stability of the
government, and they no sooner obtained the scrip
for their portions of the loan than they disposed of
it in the market at whatever they could get,
preferring the immediate loss of a portion to the
chance of ultimately losing the whole. I myself
heard scrip to the amount of 2,004) fhirins
offered at 20 per cent. discount. Merchants
and tradespeople connected with the government are
of course obliged to subscribe according to their
means, or lose profitable customers. Such is what
Baron Kraus and his colleagues call a voluntary loan,
and what the government journals would have had
the world believe would be taken within the week
and within the empire. Baron kraus certainly is
not fastidious in the means ho employs either
to get money or to effect the exchange in a
favourable manner. lie "bulls and bears" with the
best speculator on 'change. lies last operation was
an attempt to reduce the premium of silver. By
selling forty thousand pounds worth of bills in Lon-
doe, he succeeded in effecting a fall of about fifteen
kretiture per cent. (about fivepence). Silver is now
at 17,1 to premium, and is expected to rise, as the
new loan comes in so slowly. The operations of Baron
Kraus on 'change must form a most curious item in
the tioaucial accounts of the empire; but I very much
fear that they will never be published. It would be
most amusing to learn how often the skiful minister-
speculator is obliged by the changes in the market
to operate against himself, and what his operations
cost the public. The price must be something enor-
mous; but I suppose it is little felt with such a
thriving manufacture of paper money to fall back
upon.
What would your London brokers say to an ex-
change police? Not a mere constable or two cm•
plop:d to keep order nod deter pickpockets, but a
regular commissary, knowing in exchange dodges
and wide awake to the state of the money market,
whose business it is to prevent all transactions calcu-
lated to etteet the market unfavourably to the go.
vernment. What would an English money broker
say or think, if he were politely ree uested by such
an official to suspend his purchases of -bills on London
or Amsterdam, because the premium on silver or
gold would he increased? I am not imagining au
event which might occur, but alluding to a case of
recent occurrence, with the names of the parties con-
cerned in which I am acquainted. Trade of all kinds,
literature, the press, the learned professions, not
even the money market, escapes the inflictions of
martial law.

VIENNA, Sari. 18.
It is stated in several papers that Prince Schwar-
zenberg has followed the Emperor to Verona; but
the statement is untrue. Prince Schwarzenbeq is
still here. Ile remains in Vienna superintending,
not the progress, but the continued entanglement of
the machinery of government. Prince Schwarzen-
berg and Baron kiibeek confer and confer; hun-
dreds of persons arc summoned to advise, and their
@that is not listened to. The promised constitution
is again at a stand-still ; but even if a document be
drawn up and enacted by the Emperor, it must re-
main a dead-letter. Who is to guarantee that it
will be acted upon ? How promises of such a nature
are kept, the world has seen not many weeks ago.
Forty, or perhaps forty-two, million florins is the
amount which had been subscribed to the new loan
up to Tuesday evening. Of that rum eight millions
only has bevn raised by the screw which the govern-
ment has applied to t'.o tradespeople, communal
councils, and benevolent societies. The subscriptions
of the large bankers, which have swelled the amount
already subscribed to forty millions, were not made
until eight o'clock on Tuesday evening—a demonstra-
tion to the Finance Minister how utterly dependent
he is upon the large bankers. The amounts sub-
scribed by the largest houses are as small as
they dared to put their names down for.
Ilothechild has taken 3,750,000 florins (at the present
rate of exchange, about 320,01091.); Sins and Co.
have taken 4,000,000 florins; Anntein and Eskeler,
4,104),000; Wertheinistein and Co., 1,000,000; and
the Communal Council, 3,750,000. Had the bankers
of Vienna ventured to act according to their own
pleasure, they would not have taken a penny. lam
nifonned, too, that so little desirous are the holders
in the new loan, of retaining their shares,
that on Monday scrip was disposed of in the
?coney market at a loos of a half per cent., not-
withstanding the seven and a half per cent. offered
by Baron Kraus, Scarcely
.any silver has been paid
in, though the government Journals assert it has in
large quantities. Notwithstanding the emissive
males of English bills effected by the Finance Mister
to depress the premium on silver, notwithstiodhlg
the amount subscribed to the new loan, while is in
fact much larger than was anticipated by the =oat
knowing, the premium on silver ress yeabsiday
froin 161 and to 171 per cent., lei en ex-
change on London remained perfectly istileary.
A report which I hare bleed empostiel
this new loon, destiny@ to be
only to have it controdidni. 'The 1121111=11@@
are said to have indulged the desired the lifisidirm
Finance, that the now boa alkali swat Wars
found subscribers abased. 1* *illlie aillono of
foreign houses in the list or sabaillbin vidiset their
knowledge or comet. Ile PIM 111•110 then ass
London Louse is said to ban bola mud in this
manner.

'Mere is a fiction connected with this new lean
which also deserves to be mentioned. It is to be
added to the Five per Cent. Metalliques. As the
name this public security bears signifies, the amounts
nixed arc paid in in metallic currency, and the into-
re.% together with the original, promised to be paid
in the saw way. This was adopted immediately
after the bankruptcy. But your readers will readily
suppose that the interest has long ceased to be paid
in tun, and they have already heard that but a very
tmall portion of' silver has been paid in on the new
lean. The whole amount of paper money in circu-
lation in Austria is about five hundred million florins,
not including " Ilypotheken Schein" bills drawn in
advance on the revenue of the imperial domains, salt
mines, &c. _ .

The government officials have commenced taking
the new oath. They swear to be faithful servants to
the Emperor and the state.
General Wrangel passed through Vienna yesterday,
On his way to Verona.
There is a report hem that the English ambassador
has arrived from Naples.
The Emperor has given 10,000 florins for the assist-
ance of the sufferers by the recent inundations in the
neighbourhood of Vicenza.

BERLIN, Scut. 19.
The Brandenburg Diet has given in its report on
the new communal law—a very long documeat— in
answer to the propositions on that subject laid before them
is a 1..), ad:scrip of the government. As might be supposed,
all the ministry's suggestions, with bete and there a very
slight alteration, are adopted.
One of the chief objects the government and the Diet
have in view in revising the communal ordinance is to sever
the rural districts from all city influence in elections for the
Chambers. For this reason, that provision of the
communal law which enacts that small parishes and
astall circles shall form an electoral junction in
"turning lumbers to parliament has been decidedly
rejected by the Diet. This junction might give to little
scattered populations almost the character of towns, and
112 u, prom,. them some real weight in the popular repre-
sentation. Waereas, remaining isolated, they remain under
the intimate of titters. Of the other alterations affecting
the law of election, the principlein raise the qualifications of
thctors. Three yeah dumiciliation in one's own house, in-
stead of one year a lodging, is required to entitle one to
the right of electing, and instead of one and two dollars con-
Intuition to the class tax andthe income tax, three and four
dollars are now to be mule requisite.
These changes may appear alight, but they involve a fun-
damental principle, and really, considering whence they
arise, would effect a fundamental change in the constitution.
Bath subjects belong to legislative and not to barely consul-
tative assemblies.

As to the good that might result from special censulta-
dooms on seek matters, this might be better secured by a
committee or committees of the Chamber than by the ex-
traordinary means it las pleased the Prussian government
to react to. Indeed, the report of the Brandenburg Diet
puts one strongly in mind in its form of a report of a com-
mittee on any question of public interest in the lianas of',
Commons. Bet a committee appointed by the Chamber
could not usurp the authority and the functions of the
Chamber, wad this is what the Diets are exprewly intended
to do.

The Bang has determined, there is no doubt, to have no
rival in the shape of a parliament near the throne. He will
endure no divided authority in the state. A mere veto upon
the resolutions of the Chambers will not satisfy them. Ile
will have no resolutions but his own ; no real legislative
body, but merely consultative assemblies. The Diets arse
the king's committees, and if the Chambers have any will
to be any thing else than an echo of the Diets or their faint
shadows, they will have to contend very ardently for what
they may deem their rights, and by so doing put in peril
their very existence.
The resolute purpose indeed of the government to make
all legislative as well as administrative organs merely an
organisation of the royal will has become so manifest as to
rouse the unwilling resistance of such ultra-tories as M.
Hollweg and of Count Furstenburg, who, in spite of their
exaggerated conservatism, cannot make up their minds to
be quite Russians.
The protests of these two members of the Second Cham-
ber hare created, from their known conservatism, so much
sensation, that the l'reussische Zeitung, contrary to its
usual fe.licy of silence, has devoted a long article to
counteract the impression they have produced. The eir-
eunutance that gives particular weight to these preterits is,
that both M. Hollweg and Count Furstenburg not only
voted hut spoke in the Chamber with great earnestness
against the new Communal Law. Their present opposition
is, therefore, manifestly no party opposition, but has
sprung exclusively from a respect fur law and a toresight of
the con.equences that must eventually result from vio-
lating tenth law and constitution by authority. M.
Hollweg, indeed, declares as much as dna in the following
words :
" This (alluding to the rescript of M. Westphalen) is ap-
parentiv but a small beginning. But the reaction moves
on an inclined plane, and may easily proceed fir beyond
the original intention of its authors into an open breaking
up of all rights. I regret deeply that the government of
his Majesty, by attributing to the Diets functions beyond
their legal limits, has bewildered the conscierwe of the
people, sowed mistrust among them, and, according to all
probability, prepared molts the direct reverse of whet they
Th: se results—the " direct reverse of their design"—the
government neither fears nor foresees; for nearly the whole
of the educated population of Prussia belongs to the bureau-
cracy, all the subordinates of which are dependent entirely
on the government, not merely for their employment, but
fur frequent " gratification.," if they give satisfaction. Yet,
though thus bound by their interests to authority,it is a re-
markable fact, that the minds of this numerous class or
rather population arc not bowed down to their desks and rou-
tine; that though lovers of order and law, they areliberal and
lovers of progress; and that a steadier and certainly a more
enlightened mental rebellion against the present reaction
exists among them than among any other denomination of
Prussian citizens. A small bureaucracy, forming an incon-
siderable minority, is always pettily tyrannical end other.
ridden ; but a bureaucracy that eonstitut. 4 almost a nation,
has a mind of altogether other dimensions. Sr that M.
Hollweg's anticipation may be very well grounded.

UNITED STATES.

Yesterday, about noon, the British and North
American royal mail steam-ship Asia, Capt. Jud-
kins, arrived in the Mersey from New York
direct, which port she lett on the 10th instant at
noon, with the mails from the United States and
British America, eighty passengers, and specie to
the amount of 200,00 W. sterling.
The Asia arrived at New York on her outward
voyage at 3.30 p.m., Aug. 28. On the 16th inst.,
in lat. 39.47, and lon. 37.13, she passed a large
steam-ship, supposed to be the Washington; also
the American -ship liberty, bound west. On the
19th, at 6 a.m., passed the United States steamer
Baltic. The steam-ship Franklin, from Havre, had
arrived out at New York on the Bth inst. ; and
the screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, formerly of
Liverpool, which left San Francisco on the 2nd
July, was to be immediately despatched to Liver-
pool, to take her place in one of the new lines of
screw steam-ships between this port and New York.
In addition to the Cuban news, which will be
found under a special head, the intelligence brought
by the Asia is both copious and important from
various parts of the Union, including Califonda, as well
as Centruland South America, the West Indies,and the
British American provinces. From Mexico and the
Isthmus we have nothing more recent or important
than the intelligence previously received in England.
There was two weeks' later intelligence at New
York from California, reaching to August 1, by the
steam-ship Prometheus from San Juan. The
accounts front the southern mines are satisfactory,
especially in regard to the quartz veins. The burnt
district in San Francisco has again been covered
with houses, during the four weeks that have elapsed
since the fire. Few traces of the conflagration re-
main in the lower part of the city, and the light
wooden buildings that were destroyed arc being re-
placed by substantial erections of brick.
Our dates from Oregon, by the way of San Fran-
cisco, are to July 22. Several skirmishes have taken
plat* between the United States troops and the In
in which the latter were defeated with con-
siderable loss. It was supposed that the Indians
were nut inclined to further hostilities at present,
and the American camp was accordingly broken up.
A terrible storm has visited the southern part of
the United States, particularly along the Gulf of Flo-
rida, and has been very disastrous to the cotton, sugar,)
and tobacco crops. The cotton crop in Alabama had
suffered before the storm from drought, and only
half or two-thirds of a crop was anticipated. The
storm then set in, and raged for twelve hours, de-
stroying the crops in many districts almost entirely.
several parts of Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina,
and Florida have suffered severely.
The effects of the gale in Florida were especially
disastrous. A large amount of property was de-
stroyed, including nearly the whole of the tobacco
mop, and a number of bunts, cotton-sheds, and other
buildings. The corn and cotton crops also sustained
essential damage.
We have dates from Texas to the 22nd ult. The
steam-ship Galveston was lost at sea on the 18th,
when twenty-one hours out from Galveston, on her
way to New Orleans ; no lives were lost.
A new military post has been established on the clear
fork of the Brazos, and large beds of iron ore have
been discovered in the vicinity. It is supposed that
beds of coal, copper, and lead exist in the same lo-
cality.
In New Orleans the Cuban expedition projects are
now entirely abandoned, and there are a great many
liberators in that city without the means of return-
ing to their homes. They demanded money of the
Cuban committee, when sonic disturbance arose and
arrests were made, but nothing serious has occurred
thus far. The police are out in force in case of any
outbreak. _

The United States steamer Vixen sailed from Pen-
sacola on the 3rd inst., to blockade the mouth of the
Mississippi, and intercept any expedition that may
attempt to leave with a view of their invading Cuba.
Frederika Bremer, the Swedish novelist, was to
start for home in the Atlantic, on Saturday, the 20th.
Miss Bremer has been in America some two years,
during which time she has travelled in all the At-
lantic and Mississippi states, and has seen much of
American society and scenery. Soon after her return
she will publish her notes and observations, and
Mary Howitt will translate and publish, at London,
an English edition.
The following is a statement of the immigration
into the port of Ncw York for the last eight months,
as compared with similar returns during the same
period last year. It will be seen that the average
since the month of April has been over one thousand
per day :

. .
1850. l&il.
JIMIATT
February
March
April
May ♦2,816 33,858
June

July 34,446 27,612
August

143,702

Increase tbis year
During the week of September there have been
thirty-four emigrant arrivals at this port, from the
following places in Europe :—Antwerp, 91; Bremen,
725; Bristol, 23; Cardiff, 23; Cork, • 347; Dublin,
210 ; Galway, 153 ; Genoa, 23 ; Glasgow, 182 ; Got-
tenburg, 221; Hamburg, 337; Havre, 802; Liver-
pool, 3,147; London, 894. Total, 7,238.

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z=tbstr.tojeolese ye, Mies Me born
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softie= in :-17alieel Bab Mee; '36, 103 to 1 ; ditto '6!, 110
Will; t. '.7, 1131 be lief ; ditto '66,:l lei to 117 ; ditto '63 sou.
gem. 113 so 11t ; New Tart, am. '31.103l to 101; ditio kn. los; to
Ile ; ditto Fives esam.Mlf, .411. 41 '63, 140 r igg ; ditto Lib
Seem% '37, 111 to 11l ; Mo. they. W. Lkb le let
lir anion Mt wash at ;soon OIL Is ataa Claliforala has
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so 81V.Mii.....L150 tojillitailisommematie, at the takes be this. It.cart s Mit ile ebi, All to 3.111; Ambsim,:lilto 411; liseaborg.
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ell sera at b. ; 0341011. 4d. per bob wei bei. par lb.; mens, N.
To Loons then to bat Ilan doing To BIM. 0. To the ammo
the sins e.ts an quits band
The mossy meta 1• without markedness*. bat If ,albsi
easy. 00056 et the Gradate bonen drawlogagesionig
drab br the Mann tomarrov. She ‘l6l take ineell •istsl
dollen. s larger amiesed than was ambient 01 this WA,Midlia
is la atm.
Thom Is ea boreseed astivity la dry geode. eceiblasd vEm.
dosed deeneens et prim The desire mall ie gnat. The bit,
Ito. ms Maid pan may within aboarbag the Mob
bade imeatimisnall sesenalese In pile, sad prevensdi hies.
i.e.
wiebbenme benk.at the heavy Mee therimzern
asd se io Fenn the trade lobe sie=
ash veleshawso desalt Us is the iminasbetieg db.
Web at Now shish is rehearsed,* Migliss. There Wm.
ut
Moen let bit Tank el WM lim den le hind. 111
Mee The misi M bears Menem NM Mono. le Mr. lin
' Onion bombs.
Man.—The UM Is my mist ; Win. le restsiebd by the
W taiga; seles et Id Mb el a di. So for Pearls aad 3 Ma.
IW. to 0 don 111 s. ho PM.
trrost.—The madliet essidaues to improve, and the demad is
Mr; I,oao baba old isdey at kb adman, staking a total al se. Ise
the Mt three dna.
Pust-a en, iima..—Oar market foe the low grades of Stern sad
Weems roar is • shade hmer. The reeelets et sweat freak
=en set meg is the demad. the bar is fiviglife bangs
a bettor dotard beer4s. sod Yes le nen debit Mr
the Bael. with a geed M flar ai eggoW sew Miami
ratiom . We anion the bat ennui sew Wtlfma ; the mild, 1
y ad.
Omust.-.llaere is a bablesinand lb Wbeek with seen Raw °br-
im ma blew no Mbar lower, the ads em Is freighb Mooring be
marleLasi Wedgy • beteerespert
Parosmas.—Thwe is hers ilmemeir 'IA, but with a better tie.
mead for tbs te.de. Sibs et Lento h., at la d01e.73e. to 13 dots r le.
for sew ms; lb dela Ugh be aid; It dolt be. ore New prime;
lit dab. be. to II dab WM fey all. Beet h way Ms. alas of 830
We, at II deb Da. le It Ms. tor as, smil 11 data. to 11 doh. for
pane. Lan Mb belle deened. *Jae of 400 bob, at Ist. to Die.
Mato alal Mon wary a lebet.
Hoe the myna doll, bat deem; the Mak in am 70.000. The
mire of MIN Oman to held Jam Me eserket ; Ikon Porto Ca-
bello. la Paiblebbb. Mbs. everege, odd at IN, Mimed Is the
ninin, inlitedtmlog water d.
Lomo—lise MAW is very Motmaged., sad yells In leading; 100 tam
elk leek& sehl se arrive as 1 Mb. 4Sb today; 4 dada 40e. le the
pries irked for Aallillll% Mane asks.
LEA INLL—Tbs weeded banne MGM quiet The snobbery We
than they would be. km t
be Moak he provellleatag doss& Prins an far from
kis, and, though is loge. Malden me wancess to erit.
Naval. grousk—The market is nry Min; WI bib rough tar.
matins aid at 3 deb. Vie at which le is vary dm; SAM Nis. apt.
rite, at Use. to 340..ti0ng. IS the knew prin. The sorbet has
&oboist tty lag them dem between ben prte.s. Tar to quiet,
nom Wog here. Baia le wilheat dirge.

SAX FRANCISCO, ACCI. 1, 1851.
The markets generally have assumed a more firm aspect.
Asians, appears cricked cm receipts will be daWsiisi. tisk ani-
ma mminese to be tramemed, beer, bemseen, mere ftlise.today
big Warmer sky. The demont must inseam kr the ketsekr.
*me Is se Immo& tike =Was end ne ere our erabt
saimior ability to puesiers. u s viirdia be Mar of gads
vier v• a. • an •••••••11el. as ser• be Muffins.
Towle vietives Nara* ea kW us mem lady at lower
gelemlem am bakes haw Mum berm
Mai me vnbeet rmy Mier abeelet
Assarsameass Istrusrarri kik mid tiro due acesiderlais.
Imm afar Bans Ism pow a baser, bet webers mare Met 1i
es met
leaanstrms.—Tbe prialpal beam al OW now elk If dots. per
sick et :401W.; Oat • goad dog el Use artbsis Wag is. rho limb of

dtilareat parties, who feel so dispoiltima to hold, purchased en be
made at our quondam. 0 .l.ego ?km is la market in the very hest
of order, meet sad gaud, and Fella at I l data to II dole. Gra& 'reps
Andy, hat flay Is lower, sad quite ahead rot.
acres..—donee our lent Ala article hos been very Arm, es the de.
rani has been very good A good dead of attention to drawn to the
easoufacture of tha enters here. sad will certainly succeed, and have
so inaterunt fa pekes.
rein ran about the n•.
Conn. —5lO mummer nave laa smell way, for actual enerump.
Wm.
Rum boa further admitted, sail from 7 dole. to I dots. Itno been
chained. Una and litre putty are rind better, atinsrchng tithe order
renewed to.
Cason ea.—H, improvement; the market glutted.
tkuomo.—Tbo ',Mak Iv quits ample, and no animation shown.
Costs. —We know of n 'change; the Mock 1. halie.
C0C11.%011 —An oniplc pupply.
Dar Goons.—'flo no has Won rather more firanws, and drills have
gorse up to 121 cents.
Days. LOU DYE Barn—the demand is moderate. and miscella-
aeons 'blamer. ts ate rive to result in 101r+.
FAVOIS ins Psuraon ire in fair demand, and prices remain
steady.
GAUDIN MUDS. —Selling at about I dol. Si yr lb., and stock more
than wanting.
HillDW sex —We haven° pa:titular overplua of stock, but Invoice.
will nor pay, exceid in few cases.
Incoas.—lirsorly has tribes advanced, sad whiskey declined;
whim have not ahemd irecrialiy.
tart pt harness, which tells pretty will.
IA Is sas.—'fbis az Uric has eoW ft ecly, i.nd tome kinds have improved
a

o change o! impedance since our last.
MoLASAM—,tocl large and pews'. Iry g.slar.
taw.—Pirsty and dull. Large quantities, saved from the fires,
are but little aurae for oh.
Onda—Prlces pretty su oily; demand lair.
PAIN to. —ln moderate demand.
Pa.mstors. Demand sign. block heavy, and no prospect of any
speedy clam p,.
&roam,. -Market overstocked for brown, loaf and crushed are not
so much pre•sed un the market.
STATIONARY. Must of antes! an Vent; enough, and general in-
voice. wdt Sc wry uucethain in their results.
src.—Tbi. article remains without any material alteration.
The stock is ample.
Taw-IViee. pre' ty steady, bat the demand for this in .rket to wry
ssodriAte.

sitatear's tora.—To Canton. @bout 190 d.b. for the rue.
Lai ,tra. at' WA.l.B' lit4A. ti 6do per day. Carpenters' wages

are rather beer Chat the? haw bee
Mosers is so wrest demand at the prises bell (5 per emit. per
mouth), ae as latememsess preseat theamehes equal to the biters*.
therein," UM Slid Mil" me Ismer, sad rirme confidence
shown in them.

BALTIMORE, SEPT. 9.
nova.-1,000 bbls. City Mills were disposed of to-day
at SiLW. Gran M without eharee, atat pr"vi tom ate I. atty.

NEW OILLEANS, SF.Pt. 8.

Corrost.—Sales 400 bales, at eaaier prices.
taiddhag at at; good middltnir,
Pmts.—Them data b dullosi o rasa( Mb at 3 dota No. Corn
Was of prime )ellow at toe., and whir* at did

COLONIAL.

CANADA.

The general election in the province of Nova Scotia
for members of parliament has resulted in a majo-
rity for the existing government. The Hon. the
Provincial Seeraary, the Attorney-General, and
Financial Secretary, leading members of the cabinet,
have been re-elcved. The first gentleman, Hon.
Mr. Howe, was returned for Cumberland County
without opposition. lion. Mr. 111elicagney was de-
feated. Several counties have partially or totally
changed siacs in polities since the last election.
The members returned stand 32 or 33 to 19—four
seats doubtful. It is probable that when all are
heard from and one or two scats under protest are
determined upon, the liberals will have their old
majority, seven—possibly nine.
The construction of the railway from Halifax to
Portland, and through New Brunswick to Quebec,,
may be considered as secured. That question has
been one of the prominent points in the election—
the liberals being in favour of, and the conservatives
opposed to it.
The removal of the paraphernalia of the Canadian
government from Toronto to Quebec has been
commenced.
CENTRAL. AMERICA. _

The civil war which from our last previous advices
seemed inevitable in Nicaragua, has at last broken
out. According to one report, all the members of
the government have been shot, by order of the
general. Another report says that they were
banished from the country and sent on board a vessel
just sailing from ltealejo for California. During the
time in which this happened, the Cameras (Congress)
were assembled in extraordinary session at Managua.
When the news arrived, they elected a new Director
Supremo, and then dispersed. The elected is Don
Jose dci Montenegro, a man whose state of health
makes him unfit for the exertions of so dangerous a
position. At Leon,
_another Director Supremo appears
to have been elected, and the name of Senor Abauoza,
a member of the Senate, is mentioned. The report
says that the general is marching his army against
Grenada, the main seat of the 'f imbue° party.
CHILI.

Our dates from Valparaiso arc to the 27th July.
The event of chief importance is the presidential
election, which resulted in the choice of Don Manuel
Moutt, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His
competitor was General Cruz. A severe storm in the
early part of August did considerable damage to the
shipping in Valparaiso. The Santiago railroad was
to have been commenced on the 18th September, and
the Copiapo railroad was to have been opened dur-
ing the month.
The British mail steamer New Granada, Joy com-
mander, with 8,000,000 dole in silver bullion on
freight, arrived at Valparaiso.
ECUADOR.
From Ecuador we have intelligence of a revolution
in favour of General Urbina, and the banishment of
President Novoa. The president having left Quito,
the capital, on the 17th July, to visit his family at
Guayaquil, the administration of the government
was seized by General Urbina, who is now at the
head of affairs. Great dissatisfaction exists among
the friends of President Novoa and his family,
although there is no doubt of his personal safety.
WEST INDIES.
The gale which swept over Florida with such fury
on the 22nd August, extended south to the West
Indies. The steam-ship Georgia encountered it on
the 28th, in the Maraquana Passage, on her outward
voyage to Jamaica and Chagres, from this port. It
is described as a terrible gale. She lay to upwards
of forty hours ender the lee of the island, but all her
sails were blown away, and her topsail yard was lost.
The Georgia, after the gale, made several feet of
water before she put into Jamaica. The British
Royal Mail steamer Great Western, on her way to
St. Thomas, met the hurricane in the Mona Pas-
sage. She was thrown on her beam-ends, struck
by several heavy seas, which carried away her
wheel-house, and was several hours in im-
minent danger of being lost. She was greatly
damaged. the loss of vessels and lives in the
West Indies, by. wrecks, it is expected, is very
great. The hurricane was felt at Jamaica, but not
so severely as in other islands, so far as informa-
tion has been received. The island of Porto Rico
has suffered greatly. Mast of the plantations are
utterly ruined beyond resuscitation for one or two
years. Thousands of cattle and horses and other
animals were killed, and many persons lost their
lives. The plains were inundated, and in the vici-
nity of the mountains worked into immense gul-
lies, by the force of the torrents. A gentleman
who visited the mountains on Porto Rico, to view
the surrounding country of one of the most fertile
regions, describes it as one entire scene of de-
struction and desolation, by the winds and waters.

KINosToN. JAMAICA, AVO. 27.
Flour : New Baltimore, 32c. to 340. per biol. • old flour
of naked brands offered et 20e. to 20.. Leal : New, 101. per bbi. ;
rock ample. Rios : Nothing is being dosse In the low qua-
lities of Carolina. Butter : There is not any Morriss& of good
quality at market. Brood Pilot Is scarce; some Baltimore
C. offered at IW. ; crackers are Inactive at Ito. per bbl. Can-
dles ere inactive, 34d. per lb. Meese: Bust D. 0., 10d. to ltd. per
lb.; very small parcels sly oorismand the latter gime. barn-
ber : White pine is to abundant supply end em ill inquiry ; may be
quiet 72e, to re. par 1.000 feet; cedar eltleiree, 201. to 914. pm I
1,000, meoedb, %quality. Beef Americas fatally," 44a. to 41s.
per half.ol4. Car : Amerksa, 3s. ed. to se 9d. per bushel, rimattUr.
Oil : Cod, In Id., but is not far risk demand. Lard: American la
as.:
.ree, and taken at 7d. to t 44. per lb. Pork
actßoe sales of mess are
=.ed cc Ma. par bbL; we have heard myth's' of
Hems: Westphalia are held at 9d.: no operations In
American. Gold : Colombian doubloons are worth 3to 31, and Arm-
enia mid Ito 14 per amt. prem. Tobaco tbreadirb is vary doll,
at 104 d. per lb.; a parcel of 20 bass sixteens changed beads at that
AM*.

JACQUES FOUQUET, who was condemned to death
for the murder of a man named Derbyshire, at Jersey, has,
as we before stated, been respited for a fortnight, in order
to give time for a careful consideration of his case, and the 11
perusal of the voluminous depositions and the very nume-
-1
rous petitions on his behalf. We now learn that the result
of the inquiry is, that the sentence of death is commuted
to transportation for life. It appears that the verdict of
the Jersey jury was, that he was more guilty than inno-
cent—plus coupaele qu' innocent—which, in the practice
of Channel Island law, is somewhat equivalent to the
Frisch finding of murder under extenuating circus-
steams, which was the verdict in the celebrated case of
Madame Large. It appeared further that the deceased
(Derbyshire) had come to Fouquet's house for the purpose
of mammies frequently, and on the occasion of his death
had used *mats of violence against Fouquet, and also
ssl"aiefoilithintha.dasessill:ll7olll=:7"4"--1.• who ....a""..,r7......."Tlty,ellea:ltgintiu:foalrfvhoohisiuum;
sees, and thalimarreas yeellefir pressured in his favour.

EXECUTION OF LOPEZ.
The mail steam-ship Empire City, Captain John
Tanner commander, which arrived at Now York pre-
vious to the sailing of the Asia, brings news from
New Orleans and Havannah of the final destruction
of the American svmpathisers iu Cuba. The Empire
City left Havanntai on the Ist inst.; at that date the
capital had been the scene of jubilee and rejoicing
for the three days previous, owing to the capture of
General Lopez and his forces. When the news
reached Havanuah Hags were hoisted, guns tired, and
at night buildings were illuminated and torch-light
processions formed.
It seems that Lopez was taken in the interior,
wandering alone—nearly exhausted from fatigue and
hunger. He asked for something to eat at a farm-
house, and permission to lay down ; while asleep he
was bound and made prisoner. Of his followers, 155
are now imprisoned, and are to be sent to Spain for
ten years' confinement. These men say their suffer-
ings before taken were intense. For several days
they lived on the haves of trees, and the last meat
they ate was the horse of General Lopez. They had
no arms when taken. The remainder of the party
have either been shot or have perished from hunger.
The sti &niers Habanero, Almendares, Pismo, and
Isabella Cutholica, were, on Aug. 31, despatched to
Bahia Honda and Muriel to bring up the troops, pre-

paratory to the execution of Lopi..z.
Lopez was yorrotril on Monday morning, Sept. 1,
at 7 o'clock. The scene of execution was at the

" Punta," opposite the " Moro." There were assem-'i
bled from eight to ten thousand troops, and as many
citizens. A few minutes before 7 o clock Lopez was
brought forward, and ascended the platform with a
firm and steady step. Facing the multitude, he
made a stunt speech, and his last words were, "I
die for my beloved Cuba."
He then took his scat—the machine was adjusted;
at the first twist of the screw his head dropped for-
We quote ward—and he was dead.

Thus ended the career of General Lopez, so long
the dread and terror of the Cuban authorities.

In no instance (the prisoners say) have the Creoles
of the island manifested the least disposition to join
them. The excitement inllavannalys fast subsiding

;Mee the annihilation of Lopez and his forces.
There are killed and wounded of the Spanish
troops 2,0(N) during engagements with the sympa- •
thisers,-1,500 killed and 500 wounded.
In every engagement with Lopez the troops are
said to have suffered severe loss.
General Enna, the bravest officer in the army,
was shot while leading a charge at the head of a
small squadron of cavalry. lie was second in com-
mand to Concha. At that charge every man was
shot down. _ _

Official despatches had been received at Washing-
ton, front Commodore Platt, of the United States ship
Albany. It appears that that officer, in reply
to a request from hint that he might be permitted to
visit the Americans who accompanied Lopez's expe-
dition, and who had surrendered or been captured,
and brought into Havannah, received the following
letter front the captain-general:
(Translation.)
lIAVANNAU, Aug. 27, 18.51.
Sir' —I have received the letter which you addressed to
me thisday.soliciting my permission to hold an interview with
the prisoners who have been orought to this port, and atm
formed a portion of the invading expedition which attacked
this island. I inform you, in reply, that I order the com-
mander of her Majesty s frigate Esperanza, on board of
which the prisoners are, to admit you, at any hour at which
you may present you nielf to hold the desired interview, with
permission is remain with the prisoners so long as you may
find it convenient ; and I avail myself of this occasion to
assure you of the esteem to which your noble conduct and
frank and honourable character entitle you from me. I am,
therefore, with all respect, your obedient servant, &c.,
Joan ow LA CONCHA.
C. J. Platt. Esq., commanding United States sloop-
of-war Albany, and senior officer of the naval
forces of the United States in this port.

Availing himself of this permission, Capt. Platt,
accompanied by Lieut. William Rogers Taylor, vi-
sited the prisou in which these unfortunate men were
confined, and received from them a narrative of the
fatal expedition, which he reduced to writing as
follows :

The followers of Lopez having been entirely dispersed,
and a number of prisoners reported as brought to this place
on the 27th ult., I addressed a letter to the captain• general,
requesting permission to hold an interview with any Ame-
ricans who might be among them. This permission was
readily accorded in a reply, which is enclosed. The inter-
view was postponed until the morning of the 30th, the pri-
soners having in the meantime been transferred to the
castle of the Punta, end some accessions having been made
to their number. The commandant of the castle in-
formed me that the whole number of prisoners was fifty-
seven, of whom about thirty or thirty-five were Americans,
as we learned from themselves. This officer was present
throughout the interview. Another gentleman, who wee
introduced as inspector of prisons, came in during its con-
tinuance, and reneuned until its close. The prisoners were
heavily ironed, were clad in a prison uniform, and had
their hair closely cut. They were confiued in an arched
gallery, to which access was bad through two grated doors,
the inner one being entirely of iron. In the little ante-
room between the two doors lay the garmen's worn by the
prisoners at the time of their confinement. On our entrance
the Americans were ordered to advance to the front, and
all foreigners were sent to the either end of the cell. In-
quiry being made for the officers, the following presented
themselves, viz.: James A. Kelly, of New Orleans, for-
merly of Bayou'Sara, who held the rank of captain in the
expedition ; Robert 111. Grider, of New Orleans, a native of
Kentueky,a lieutenant in the same; J. D. Baker, of —, also
a lieutenant; no other officer of the expedition presented him-
self. They were informed that I bad obtained permission to
visit them, and that my object was to obtain from them any
information they might choose to give, which would be for-
warded to the government of the United States, and per. I
haps might be the means of deterring others of our country-
men front placing themselves in the same deplorable situa-
tion. They were told distinctly that they were in the
power of the Spanish government, and that nothing could
be done for them as Americans, inasmuch as the Pre-
sident's proclamation bad declared that any person
joining an invading force would thereby forfeit
the protection of the government of the United
States. This was said to prevent their forming any
false hopes from my visit. The information obtained was
given in the presence of the entire party by the
aforesaid officers, and being uncontradieted by any
of them, may be regarded as the testimony of the
whole. They stated that the expedition sailed from New
Orleans in the steamer Pampero. They were not sure
of the exact number composing it, but thought it was
four hundred and eighty-seven ; that it certainly did not
amount to five hundred. Before landing in Cuba they
anchored near Key West, where they remained several
hours, and were visited by some citizens of that place.
They landed in Cuba about two o'clock of the morning of
the 12th August. Their first fight took place on the 13th.
From that period they hail lost all recollection of dates.
They had five engagements, but could not tell how many
of their number had been killed. They were armed with
sondemned muskets—had no rifles; but many individuals
llai revolvers and knives. They brought with them eighty
thousand cartridges, and captured many more after land-
ing. They had no artillery. Soon after landing they
found they had been deceived, and became anxious to re-
turn home. They had been informed before sailing that
fourteen towns were in possession of the " patriots " (to me
their own language), and that the whole island was in a
state of revolution. They suppose that the fifty menam
Lured with Colonel Crittenden were endeavouring to n
their escape. They so infer, from the fact that they were
all dispirited by the reception they met with, and disgusted,
as they said, with the "lies and deception" practised towards
them. The country people generally fled at their approach,
and none joined them. `Vern out with hunger and fatigue,
the ram composing this body threw away their arms a week
or ten days previously—they could not distinctly remem-
ber when. They had not at that time heard of the offer of
life to such aswould give themselves up, but their intention
was to throw themselves upon the mercy of the Spanish
government. They did not come in altogether, but in small
parties, and at different times. They had subsisted chiefly
upon fruit, and the last meat that some of them had eaten
was a portion of their general's horse. There was no lack
of ammunition when they threw away their arms, though
much of what they brought had been damaged by run.
Lieutenant Grider stated that he carried a musket, though
an officer, and that he had twenty-eight rounds of cart-
ridges in his box when he threw it way. Captain Kelly
stated that the editor of the New Orleans Delta, Mr. Sigur,
was instrumental in persuading him to join the expedition,
having addressed him personally upon the subject. lie has
reason to believe that he persuaded many others also. The
whole party manifested much indignation towards General
Lopez and Mr. Surer' and many of them asserted that it
would be worse for the latter if they should live to re-
turn home. On being told that General Lopezirs crowd.
They a cry of joy and exultation ran throng ro wdn
Theyy stated that Lopez was chief of the expedition.
killed on the 12th. Colonel Wm. Scott Haynes,hsir best belief he
Ten-
nessee, was another leader. According to.
their
Colonel Crittenden had been
was still In the moun •he war with
Meer of the United States army chain:
Colonel Doweeman was second in command, aonfd
Twooas.
an 0
tent-general, was
imperfect a narrative has been ls
matter of regret that so
excitement
of
ob-
tained from these unfortunate men. In the ea
wounded Pn gs ownhtheatclt3eath." at:it
of the eagerness of all to give.i.a.
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commandant of wteth;
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the moment uAt manyHungar fooartallinslaspyeak.at once ; and to somo clues-
At the request of the °ells:7:2'llth:
p • ners were asked if they had had the benefit of me•
aieal attendance since their confinement. They replied
tions it was difficult to