The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

The Kansas Free State Legislature organised at
Topeka on the 4th instant. Mr. Robinson (governor)
in his message counsels entire obedience to the
federal authority. The legislature was subsequently
removed to Lawrence, and it is said the members
are not inclined to follow the pacific course recom-
mended by their chief. Everything wee quiet at last
accounts, bat as outbreak was auticipa•ed at any
moment. Rifles and C/0000, intended for the free
state men, had been captured at Lexington. Go-
vernor Shannon was on his way to Lawrence. It
was supposed that he would direct the Marshal to
arrest the members of the legislature and state offi-
cers for treason.

A piece of intelligence which for the moment had
eupers.ded the English difficulty, the LUAU strug-
gle, and the presidential contest, was received at New
York on the 13th inst. The filibuster General
Walker has seized the boats of the Nic traria Transit
Company, annulled their charter, and granted a new
charter to another company. The Atto York Daily
Valet says on the subject :

Welke?' seizure of ;ie boats of the Transit Comyany,
annulling their charter end granting e new one to one of
his friends, has created a greater excitement in Wail-street,
among stockjobb.rs, than any (milt of the past tea years.
Whatever the motives of General Walk. r may be in his lest
vaapade, we can hardly believe that be has gone to work in
a thoughtless meaner, and involved himself in a scrape
which will armee' the isterferenco of this country c r Great
Britain. Be cannot be to mad as to dream of defying the
plitee of the United Butte, or of znakiag it a point of
htmour with this goveramcnt to interfere to protect the
rights of our citizens. Whatever his motives or expectations
may be, be has succeeded, by his audacious ratvocoesU, for
a while at lent, to diverting puhlic attention fro n our diffi-
culties with Borland. The 011u113 assigned by Walker for
his conduct is the failure of th. Transit Company to fulfil
their engagements, but his error consists in his not resettles
to the stipulated mesas of redeem in such an emergency,
which were, according to toe chart r tithe company, to is, r
the matter in dispute to a corneal/reins of arbi-
tration ; and, unless he hat awed in compliance
with the wishes of our government, he has laid
himself liable to being take. in hand by this c itattry and
Grist Britian, both being bound by the Cayt,o-BCwer
treaty ti protect the company in the rt.)", cstbn of their
business. As the afar now st Lode, it presents a very pen-
sling aspect for the public, the movements of the Nicara-
guan dictator being S) invo:vr d with immense stoclijabbiog
operations in Well-strut, and the private speculation of et
mans er of advent . Walker's °llan, tie Nicaraguan
newspaper, asserts that he was induced to deprive the
Transit Company of their charter because the company was
mann led by Messrs. Aspinwall and Vanderbbt,who wonted
to ruin the moats far the sake of raising the stock of
the Parma railroad, to enable them to all out at
a profit. Without this new difficulty with the Transit Com-
pany General Walker appears to have work enough on hie
bands already, sad he must bay* a genius for overcoming
difficeltiel whirls will make him the fcremost man of the
time if h, can succeed in quieting his battle ccighbours—in
keeping hie rival, Colonel Kinsey, at bay—in quelling dc-
meatier insiarrecions7asd in fighting his plelrful adv. t-

amiss of the Transit Company. Perhaps tto general' is
growing tired of he p.wition, and is looking out f,r a new
field of etterpriae, and &sine to abdicate with Mai. If
sack be his intentiocs, ha will be likely to conned to his
entire satisfaction.

It is stated that Costa Rica and Guatemala have
made common cause &vault Walker, and that a force
of 5,000 troops from Costa Rica was on the march to
attack the post at Castilla Rapids, which was de-
fended by a single company only.
Captain Wm. O'Brien was arrested and taken to
Philadelphia by a United States marshal, was exa-
mined before the United States Commissioner, charged
with attempting to violate the neutrality laws by en-
listing men foe General Walker's army in Nicaragua,
and discharged, the proof being insufficient to sustain
the charge alleged against him.
Twenty-eight thousaad bales of cotton on storage
in the lower cotton press at New Orleans, were de-
stroyed by fire on the morning of the ith inst.

The New York Chamber of Commerce have memo-
rialieed Congress that two small frigates be sent to
the China Seas, to protect American merchantmen
from the depredations of the pirates, who recently
have become very bold, and have done no little damage
to oommeios in those seas.

Californian *deices to March 20 have been re•
mired, and about half a million of dollars in gold
dust. The general news is unimportant. The mar-
kets have slightly improved, and the mines were
yielding largely.
The Indian disturbances continued. The war pro-
mimes to prove an expensive one to the general go-
vernment. The Governorof Oregon has already issued
4,000,000 dots. in scrip to defray the expenses of call-
ing out volunteers to fight the savages.

Havaunah advice, of the 9:h inst. contain nothing
of importance of a political character. Copious rains
had bads beneficial effect on the growing sugar cane.
Advice. from Vera Cruz to the 25th ult. report the
death of Haro y Tamires, at Puebla, which event will
put an end to the revolutionary movement headed by
him. At Vera Crus, ten of t►e Parsons engaged in
the revolt of the garrison of the castle had been con-
demned to death.

The circulation of carriages basing. according to
ancient swage. been prohibited in the streets of Madrid,
between sit o'clock on the atoning of Holy Thursday and
the suns hour on the following lia'arday, the Aland' has
ordered the Infant Don Francisco, aid the Ministers Za-
hale, and Escoevra, to pay a toe of 660 reale racb, ke
bevies broken the law.