The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-26 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM SHIP EUROPA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

This afternoon, about 2 o'clock, the Royal Mail
steam ship Europa, Captain Lang, arrived in the
Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States
and British North America, in charge of Lieutenant
Boyce, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Europa left
Boston on the 14th, and Halifax early on the 16thl
inst., and, besides the mails, has brought 170,000
dollars in specie on freight, and about 80 passengers.
The Cunard screw steam ship Taurus, from hence,
via Boston, arrived at New York on the 12th inst.
The yellow fever at New Orleans continued to
abate in virulence, and the daily deaths from the
pestilence had decreased to 50. At Mobile, how-
ever, the disease was on the increase, the rate of
mortality having reached 50 per day.
Intelligence from Mexico announces that the re-
action against Santa Anna had become formidable,
several states having openly pronounced against
him.

From the fishing grounds we learn that five offend-
ing schooners had been captured by the British
cruizer on the Banks, but that there was some proba-
bility of their shortly being released.
The United States steamship Illinois had arrived
at New York with nearly 1,000,000 dole. worth of
gold ddst. Her news is not of later date than brought
by the Star of the West.
Business generally was brisk at New York at the
latest date.

A slight change for the better is reported in mone-
tary affairs at New York. During the week previ-
ous to the sailing of the packet money had become
easier. The stock market had exhibited much
firmness.

In cotton there was but little doing. Holders,
however, did not press sales, and quotations ruled u

follows :—New Orleans and Mobile mid fair to fair,
12tc. to 13c. per lb.; Uplands mid fair to fair, 111 c.
to 121 c.

The cotton crop of the past year has been estimated
at 3,300,000 bales.
The market for breadstuffo was rather quiet, and
not many transactions reported. Holders were wait-
ing for further advices from England.
The following were tho prices current:—Weatern

Canal flour, 6 dole. 371 e. to 6 dole. 50c. per brl.,
steady; Genneesce prime wheat, 1 dol. 46c. to 1 dol.
48e. per 66 lbs.; Indian corn, round yellow, 82c. to
84c., steady; ditto, Southern white, 82c. to Mc. per
bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dole. 75e. to 3 dole. 87le. per
barrel.

A brisk business was being transacted in the pro-
vision market at former prices.
At the steamer's departure the asking rates for
freight were :—Flour to Liverpool, 3s. to 3s. 3d. per
barrel; grain, 91d. to 1011. per bushel; cotton, Id. to
5-11" id. per lb. _

Exchange on London was not well sustained at
1091 to 1091; Paris, 5.131 to 5.16 ; Hamburg, 36 to
361; Bremen, 791 to 791.

GREECE.

From prudential motives, the King of Greece has
ordered that no passports for Turkey shall be grunted
to his subjects, except to merchants having pressing
aura there.

GERMANY.

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Letters from Vienna of the 19th state that there
was again a project of reducing the army. On the
let of October the companies of infantry were to ho
reduced, some from 180 to 120 men, and others from
120 to 100 men. Our correspondent remarks that
the statement is most likely put forward merely to
facilitate a new loan, which is again under discussion.

:NING, IiBPTEMBER 26, 1853. :rf.-:•

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The startling announcement that the British and
French fleets had left Besika Bay for the Dardanelles
was made on Saturday, under circumstances calcu-
lated to excite alarm. But beyond the fact that at
the Sultan's wish two ships had been sent front
each fleet for Constantinople, nothing seems eer-
tainly known. We are not informed that any Bri-
tish or French subject has been injured, or so much
as menaced. At the latest date of which we have
certain iutelligence, the 12th inst., no danger to the
I perrons or property of French or Englishmen was
apprehended. A strong feeling was prevalent, and
much disappointment was expressed, at the seeming
alrndonment of the Porte by the two western powers,
but no attack on their subjects was thought of. The
despatch before mentioned concludes : "It is ex-
pected that, to strengthen the hands of the peace
party, the Minister of War will be dismissed, and
that the fleets will he invited to make a demonstra-
tion in the sea of Marmara." If, therefore, in asking I
for the presence of English and French ships at Con-
stantinople, the Porte has chosen to assign the pro-
tection of Europeans as a reason for his request, it is
fair to remember that, while negotiations of any
kind are pending, policy dictates that any appeal to
material aid should be made in the form least offen-
sive to the opposite side.
Our naval correspondent at Woolwich writes that
the Lords of the Admiralty have ordered a return
of the number of non-commissioned officers and men
of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines fit for
duty and for embarkation if required.
The telegraph informs us that the Czar is with'
the Emperor of Austria at Olmutz. The Grand
Duke Alexander is his eldest son and is thirty-five
years of age; the Grand Duke Nicholas is younger,
by thirteen years. Field Marshal Prince Paskie-
witch, Count Neaselrode, and Baron Meyendnrff
were to meet at Olmutz, which would then contain
the principal members of the imperial family with
three of its chiefest servants.
The Croustade Gazette repeats the tidings of a
westward movememt of the Itossians in Wallachia.'
The camp in the neighbourhood of Bucharest, it is
said, is abandoned, and another has been formed
hi;,lier up the Danube. From all that appears this
movement is only the natural consequence of an
event announced a fortnight ago—the entrance of
troops of a third army corps into Moldo-Walla-
chin from the east. It has been followed by a
corresponding movement of the Ottoman forces,
troops having left Rustschuk and encamped over
against the Russians.
A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 15th, states
that the disposition of Omer niche's fames had led
Prince Gortschakoff to make a new distribution of
his troops. The 40,000 men of the fourth army
corps were to take up an echeloned position on the
Danube, from Bucharest to Calafat by Krajowa.
40,000 new troops were elso to be introduced into
Moldo-Wallachia. In the opinion of the writer the
Russians intended to cross the Danube near Widdin.

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A correspondent, dating Shursha (Guirgewo in
Wallachia), Sept. 9th, says the Turks have now
placed the entire line of the Danube in a state of
defence, and believe themselves prepared for every
eventuality. At every depression of the shore, forts
and batteries and tents are to be seen. Wherever a
gun can be placed to advantage, there it points
towards the Russians. Reckoning the pieces of the
numerous forts the Turks are superior to the Russians
in the number of their guns. The Tugs appear to
remember very well that in 1828 the passage of the
Danube was made at Silistria ; for twelve miles along
the river mounted videttes ride up and down ready
to signalise the first movement on the left bank.
The story of the Ulemas, and the alternative—war
or abdication—which they were said to have pre-
sented to the Sultan, proves to be, as we indicated
on its first appearance, an adventurous fiction, an
attempt to find a body and acts for that spirit of un-
easiness which is known to reign among the
Osmanli. of Constantinople.
A letter from Vienna in the German Journal of
Frankfort says : " We are assured that the Russian
consul at Bucharest asked the administration of the

steam boats to place at the disposal of the Russian
army in the Principalities a great number of steamers.
But the directors, after having deliberated, have de-
termined not to grant the demand. They have re-
solved, on the contrary, that from the present they
will, on account of the state of the Danube, entirely
suspend the voyages to Semlin."
A letter from Bucharest, of the 7th, gives some
fresh details of the state of affairs. The Russians,
as has been before mentioned, had established a
military intendance in that town; the Count de
Rodetberg, who is placed at the bead of the service,
had just arrived. He is charged with the whole
management of the expeditionary corps. He com-
menced his functions by ordering the arrest of
several druggists and employes of the military
administration, on a charge of having given to the
troops bad medicine and bad food. He is to visit
the different points occupied by the Russian army,
and afterwards proceed to Jassy.
A letter from Sorvia, of the sth, announces the
appointment of Izzet Pacha as governor of Belgrade.
This nomination is said to be generally approved.
Izzet Pacha was formerly governor of Tripoli.
The Pays, of Saturday, publishes an article which
pt.iceeda on the assumption that France and England
will abandon Turkey. We give the following extract
from the article of the Pays, solely on account of
its reputed connexion with the French government :
The conflict, instead of referring to treaties and the
interests of all states, will only refer to quarrels between
governments on each bank of the Black Sea. Thus there
is now a certain result, and it is this—the Eastern question
has become complicated, but it has become narrowed also;
and as peace seems to become more difficult between Russia
and Turkey, European war bounties mere impassible. Rus-
sia, in fact, who has accepted the note of Vienna, has her-
self laid down limits for her ambition. What she desires
is that note, that is to say, a simple moral satisfaction.
If she cannot obtain it by negotiation she will obtain it by
force. After having imprudently crossed the Pruth, she will
not rectum it disgracefully, carrying with her the humilia-
tion of the enterprise. But should she be victorious even
up to the banks of the Danube, she cannot exact or take
more. If she did she would be condemned by her most
formal engagements, her most authentic declaratites; she
would find herself stopped by the hand of coalesced Europe.
The adhesion of Russia to the European conference has,
therefore, set aside any chance of conflict between that
power and the Western states, anti especially with France
and England. Such is the great result which arises from
the situation, as i, has been established by the respective
acts of the interested partite.

who in his eternal degrees has chosen you for this sub:ime
VOCatiOD, give yea grace to accomplish it. Such, in the
sincerity of war hearts, are our wishes for your Ma-
jesty, sa for the noble princess licit( d to you,
and whe, by her virtues, her charity. and the charms
she shed. upon the intherisl throne is the gentle and
powerful auxiliary of this greet work. Sire, we irlat.re
?nu as a man, we venerate you as a prince, but as the
instrument of the immense benefits of God, we love and
bless you.
Telegraphic despatches announce the successive
arrival of the imperial party at Douai, Valenciennes,
and Lille.
The ocean squadron has received orders to sail for
the northern coast, and to anchor, =rending as the
weather may prove most favourable, either at Dun-
kirk, Boulogne, or Calais, so that the Emperor may
have an opportunity of inspecting the vewly formed
squadron at one or other of those ports
Several German journals have this week been
seized at the Post-office on account of lettere from
Paris correspondents asserting that Louis Napoleon
! seriously contemplates the annexation of 'Bel-
-1 giutn to France. Designs of this kind have
lao repeatedly been attributed to the Emperor that
the public pay no more attention to the reports than
they did before the coup (Tetra of December to the
innumerable warnings of his intention to destroy the
republic. It is scarcely to be doubted that the an-
nexation of Belgium is one of the many schemes that
lie perdue in the breast of the French Emperor.
No one aupposes that the recent pamphlet on that
subject, which attracted so much attention, was the
work of an amateur. At the present moment, how
ever, when the overwhelming c Jr n question prohibits
all wanton expenditure, and the evident indisposition
to show a bold front to the eastern difficulty indicates
a desire for peace, there is nothing to confirm the
stories of the German newspapers, unless it Ne the
anxiety shown to suppress them. The papers to
which I allude are not obscure prints. Among the
journals seized arc the Gazette de Breslau, the Ga-
zette de Leipsick, the Gazette d'Angsburg, an: the
Gazette de Cologne. These journals having been
seized, I have not had an opportunity of reading thei
articles, but it is said they are very explicit, and give
scraps of conversation on the part of eminent per-
sonages, whose names are mentioned.
I Lind the impression which 1 mentioned yester-
, day as prevailing at the Ottoman Embassy, that the
telegraphic despatch from 'Trieste, speaking of what
may be justly termed a revolt of the llemas, was not
authentic, confirmed by the following paragraph in
the Patric of last evening:
A telegraphic despatch from Turkey, by way of Trieste,
has lately heed published, in which it was sod that the'
tiletnas had made a most serious demonstration t *wards the
Sultan. All the intelligence front Constantinople permits
us to affirm that this news is entirely unfounded.
The decree throwing open the ports, at a nominal
duty,to foreign cattle, and diminishing theduty on salt
meat has not yet produced any sensible effect in
Paris, and I have not heard of any consequential
diminution in the price of the meat in the depart-
ments, except at Clermont, in the Puy de Dome,
where the butchers lowered their prices one setts
the pound, the moment the decree was known.
It is curious that the first effect of the de-
cree removing the impediments to the importa-
tion of meat should have been made apparent
in the very centre of France, at a spot far removed
from communication with the foreigner. The corn
and flour market in Paris remains stationary. Prices
do not give way, but there is no manifest tench ncy to
a rise. It is reported that wheat has fallen 20 per
cent. at Odessa, but this extraordinary diminution is
entirely owing to the difficulty of finding vessels to
export the commodity. At the market of Monti-
, vilifiers, near Havre, on Thursday, there was a full of
2f. 89c. per hectolitre in wheat ; and yesterday the
price of bread fell at Havre 10c. the six kilos. On
the other hand, at Rouen bread has risen 2 centimes
and corn 32c. Bread is at this moment 13 centimes
the pound dearer at Rouen than at Paris. Such are
the anomalies of the artificial system now prevalent.
The Gazette du Midi, a Nlarbeil'es journal, has re-
ceived a warning for an article discussing the merits
of the port of "La Joliette." The prefect of the
Bonches du Rhone says it is not to be endured that a
newspaper should write articles which may have the
effect of inducing captains of merchantmen to go to
another port than Marseilles. This is quite con-
formable to the policy of the government, as illus-
trated by the recent warning given to the Constitu-
tionnel. The press is to be interdicted from express-
ing an opinion as to the comparative merits of any
public or private enterprise. The pretext for this is
an anxiety to prevent the public from being misled ;
but the real motive is that speculative schemes in which
parties connected with government are interested,
may not be injured by rivals. There is no doubt
that in the case of the Constitution/le/, M. Mires, a
stock jobber, sought an opportunity to puff his own
wares, and this was one of the advantages he
expected when he bought out Dr. Peron, upon
condition of giving an unconditional support to the
government. He feels himself very ill used,
and as I hear, expresses himself more vexed
at the " warning " than at the loss of the
half million consequent upon the suppression
of his Never. and Marseilles credit jinacier scheme.
Some people affect to admire the Minister of the In-
terior for out equal justice to friends and
lenemies- But this is a poor excuse for the vicious
principle which dictates the recent warnings. It is I
DOW proclaimed that great public questions, open to
=oh difference of opinion, and requiring much evi-
dence for their satisfactory solution cannot safely be
discussed by the press. A Boulogne or Calais journal
cannot sum up the arguments in favour of carrying
the mails by one or the other stations without incur-
ring the danger of a warning 'bald its article not
happen to please the prefect.
M. Guerineau, the surgeon to the Orleans Railway
Company, has written to the papers, in order to
relieve the alarm felt by the friends f the persons
hart by the late accident, a letter giving au account
of their present condition. He states that all the
wounded are out of danger. The loss of life was con-
fined to the servants of the company, of whom six
were killed. Several of the passengers who suffered
have already resumed their journey. The remainder
are stated to be doing well. The only English sub-
ject who was hurt, Mr. Robert Graham, a Scotch
gentleman, received wounds in his head, which so
far healed he was able to proceed to Paris after
48 hours' rest.
The following telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna,
Thursday, Sept. 22, has been received:
A telegraphic despatch from Warsaw announces that the
Emperor of Russia will arrive at Olmutc, on Saturday, the
24th, aecnmpanied by the Grand Duke the heir apparent,
the Grand Duke Nicholas, Prince Paskiewitsth, Count
Orloff, Generals Lieven, Adlerberg, and Orumwald, Chan-
cellor Count de Nesaelrode Baron deMeyendorff, and the
Secretary to the Embassy, Baronl Mobrenheim. The Prince
of Prussia is expected at the Camp of Olmutz on the 23rd.

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, FRIDAY,

The labours of the Statistical Congress were
brought yesterday to a close, and the chief members
dined in the evening with the Kiag and royal
family. This day, the 23rd anniversary of the
Belgian revolution, a solemn funeral service was
performed in the collegiate church of Sainte Gudule,
so memoriam of the patriots who fell in 1830, whilst
fighting against the Dutch. A large cola/it/pie,
covered with laurel wreaths, and with the dresses of
i some of the victims, was raised in the transept,
' and a guard of honour was posted near it. All the
cabinet ministers were present; but the only mem-
bers of the diplomatic corps who attended was Mr.
Siebels, the United States chargt d'affaires, and M.
(Haverty, the Turkish charge d'affaires pro tem. The
pr.( sauce of those two gentlemen—under all the cir-
cumstances attending the Eastern question—excited
nut a little attention.

The King of Holland has chosen Heer Bored Van
Hogdanden as President of the Second Chamber of
the States General. _ _

The Russian ambassador at the Hague, the Baron
von Maltels, now absent on leave, will bc shortly re-
placed. The Baron is a convert to the Roman ca-
tholic religion, and as converts aro generally very
zcaloos, he gave no slight encouragement to the late
cabinet—the Thorbecke one—in its attempt to re-es-
tablish the Roman catholic hierarchy in Holland.
Such conduct gave,of cuurse,offencc to the Dutch court
and the new ministry ; and hence the moral necessity,
on the part of the Russian government, to give the
Baron von Maltels leave of übsenco as a preliminary
step to his recall.
Tile Brussels corn markt t this day was only scan-
tily supplied, and the high prices were maintained.
There has been a further rise in Turves, Eccelso, Re-
naix, St. Nicholas, and Thoront.