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

the owenaey.'

The Dario and Cbtufitutiestwl are carrying on a
dispute u to the order in which the plenipotentiaries
sit at the Conran table. They are both so positive
that the fair inform, to be drawn by a bystander is
that neither cd them knows. One et then argies that,
inasmuch as the table is round, there sin be no Few
dames at all; but this rooming eases to cooloand a
nand table with& round robin. What madame at the
table is spoken ot, the pendent of Count Walewski,
the chairman, is the pent de &pert ; and in this point
of view it sante* make any dilemma whether he
sits at the hoed of a square table or el one with the
swam reunded off.

Tim Ocarina eat today for Use third time.
The Prom sober that &bomb the Remiss
joanta4 the Nord, of Brunie, is prohibited from
befog breaglit hate Fromm certain privibpd
jeers& (the Cbsseitutimucel. for one) appear to
receive it.

A pond diaper wee given at the Palate of the
Tuileries as Thursday maim at whisk Count Orloff
and the Grand Vizier Aali Pada were present. On
rising from the table their Majesties sad their guests
went to the Oder% de Diane, where a theatrical
representation eras gives. The enbmtabuomit was
somposed of a proverb fir two eharesten, by Moe.
daysax-Sabarier and M. Lefort, mad of the " Deux
Armless." played by Potboiler and Prediet. This
semis est:mimosa very mesh amused the company
pretest. After the reptesestation their Majesties
and party returned to the sal* where a bast was
arranged, and it wee remarked that the Emperor
conversed with Count Orloff far half en hoar.

Another comert-speedaele will be given at the
Tuileries tomorrow evening. in honour of the
pisaipotentiarieu
The Priem and Prisms Capita received peter.
day, at the Hotel da Loam. the Hari sad Counties
el Clireadest.
Under the head of Visage, lob. 26, the OUr-
PoitrAboitio•Zeittaig of Frsalrima publishes the iol-
lowiag news, which, if this, is highly important :

. .
Tlmieineetien of Nis,lila wee salved even before the
mereremee were rinsed. TIM town will be mither a
military pert tier a military ormael. ♦ (away called the
" Unitas ergaahat oa the same system.. the
Aimee& Lloyds, will be witabliebed et 0de..., earl he
&clime ere to be et Niaolelel The verde la be tom
striated them em le navigate the Brag, the Magyar, the
Black ISee, sad the Mealiterreseen.

Ia repiatlng the above wows the Gorman Journal
qf Fr ore adds: *The importaase of this sews is
impnesibk to be ovededied. Niookis( will se lowpr
b• a war Peet. a Imeidtkee aresisal, bat its establish-
ments will am he destreyed."
At the Beane the settlemeat I. the Bete was
sada oa very bad term The raise tar carrying
over were erionsoar. The 'Threes tell 30e. far *oak
sad 200. for aosoust, dada, at 72.60 and 72.60. The
market was a little firmer at the ekes thaw it had
has.. Railways nee a true or two. Cr6dit
lice rem 2.60.

A femoral service woo perforated this amain in
the Greek *honk ia the Rae Berry, in commmereeta-
ties of the late Cur Nish*lam, who died es this day
twelvemweth.
The alma exhibition of melon elide. whisk
was to have beam holden is tie mew Imam die
ear, will mot take pipes time, the building not
Wag aossidered wain* dry.

ITALY.

(rsom ova owl WSJ

lOU & Fn. U.
The Marquis Ciasidesi, a Imam esbjest by birth,
bat Pheasants by intinliesties, well knows in
tinkering world by Ws talented weeks es esaten-
pwiey Lonna Watery, is sew is Bens. Oa his
mini be was mated apes by a bevy of polies agents,
her min his waning to lean the sky in tweaty-
her hem, bet the spirited reply of the Fishman*
savoy, who declared that be would take down his
arms and lag if sash a menace was carried oat, his
peceared for the Marquis permission to proles; his
impart without farther iodination in the Eternal
City.
Now that Queen Christina of Spain bee &daughter
married tea Ronan prim, it is stated that she in-
tends to vest a considerable sum of many in the in.
&Mid enterprises of this country; and the first sae
to which her Majesty's millions of Spanish dollars
are to be applied is soalidently declared to be the line
of railway from Rome to the seaport of Civita
Vecchia. Pre ' are being harried on at the
Del Drage P for the reception of the young
prime and ids royal bride.
The fined Derma artist, Cornelius, has just cow
plotted a work which has *sapid bin for sow
years is this chi. It is a Mature repainting the
Last Judgment, and is to be executed in fresco at
Berlin, in the church attached to the senstery of
the royal family of Prussia, in colossal dimensions,
the total height of the imposition being ninety.
six feet, and that of the principal figures seventeen
feet. The artist has treated the dilicalt subject with
peat power and skill, and has introduced one has-
dred and twenty-eight fiestas in every possible
varisigifgrespng. Without going Into the end-
less deal alludes* contained is the picture, it
will su to say that it Is • noble work and well
adazototo add to the artist's already great renown.
on Linden, 489 j; Bona* Consols, 88.

A SYMPTOM or PtAos.--Ilte Invalid* Roue Sa-
muels riot it wal se holier be as sashuively military
josrsal. Is Wass it wi'l instals Waldo ,1 totieke,
mil tin sews asS betas likely to be of seilloteat iabetrot to
its rodeo.

A letter frets St. Petersburg ewe that the popala.
fly of M U.. Begdaaoll, Um Mad do tome at the leading
Unsure. to mesh kamsasad hy the knowledge of the bet that
shit refused, when at Park is dame at the Oriel Opera at
the repreeretatiee gives to etlattrate the esti, of the
Allies lute Ilebeateptl.

INDIA.

We have received our despatches by the Overland
Mail. The dates ars those given in oar Trieste tele-
graphic despatch on Friday.

The 1011016 og i■ from the summary of the Bombay
Timm of Feb. 2 :

The put fortnight, we regret to say, lures no
room for oar customary complaint of want of warlike
intelligence, and though the British empire in the
East enjoys undisturbed repose, there are serious
disquietudes somewhat beyond the limits of its
border, and we have at present ships of war on hos-
tile mission both in the Red Bea and Persian Gulf.
On the 14th instant the Queen steamer was de-
epatebed to Jaddab, to afford protection to the French
and English eoneals in the southern ports of Arabia,
and to endeavour to suppress the contest there threat-
ened betwixt the Turks and Arabs.

From time immemorial a flourishing trade in slaves
has prevailed betwixt the chief plane on the Arabiaa
and African shores. Maasowah, a town of between
3,000 and 4,000 population, is the chief point at ex-
port. Sometimes se many as a thousand slues are
to be found here together, ready for shipment in
vessels of some twenty-five tone for Jeddah, on
the opposite coast ; about a fourth part of
them are believed to di* of sickness, or perish
by their own hands oa the way. They consist chiefly
of Gallas, who are smart, clever, and faithful. Men
at the age of twenty-five fetch from 30 to 40 dollars,
a good-looking girl for the hareem fetching about
double this. Next to theme are the Abyssinians, for
the most part Christians after ashort, entrapped into
slavery bp the Mainmast's who inhabit the borders
of Abyssinia between the mountains and the See j
they are sold by nation, the auctioneer receiving a
dollar per head, the government raising besides a tax
of about as much more. There need to be about
two thousand slaves sold annually at Mamowah, of
whom one-half were Christians. Some months sines
the Sultan, formerly the great protector of the slave
trade, issued orders to the Turkish authorities at
Jeddah and Mecca for its suppression 1 the order was
seat by the Pasha of Jeddah to the Lahmukun
of Mecca, who having referred the matter to the
Cadi, it was proclaimed as imperial, and to be impli-
citly obeyed. The Ulemshs and inhabitants on this
proceeded to the Court of Justin to demand on what
authority the abolition of slavery had been ordered.
On the finnan of the Sultan being quoted, it was de-
sound by them as apposed to the Koran, and the
Cadi being attacked, escaped with his life, and with
difficulty found refuge in the sanctuary. The Leh-
mann having Ceeee SO his rescue, the order WY reed
a second time, but treated with such morn that via-
Enos immediately ensued, and numbste were wounded
oa both sides. The troops having fired at the Muezzin,
and shot the priest as he went up to prayer, a hauls
followed betwixt them and the townspeople, in
which about a kindred of the latter fell, when
• general rising all atoned immediately ensued. The
troops were compelled to retreat, and were
beleaguered in the fort Abd-el-Montalib, a maim-
tent at Tait cue in high authority, at this time
arrived at Mecca, and almost immediately after
Resehid Paella reached from Constantinople with
instructions from the Porte to seise him and send
him to the capita/. Sherif Naar was appointed to
set in his Mee& until the nomination of ha @sponsor,
Mahound-bin-Awn. A similar amount of excite-
ment, and from the mate cause, had arisen at Jeddah,
and both places are now in a state of siege. Mean-
while the people told the authorities that as the laws
relating to slavery were founded on the Koran, they
meet remain unaltered j and that as the Sultan, who
had been always hitherto the mast strenuous defender
and vigorous promoter/ of slavery in them parts,
must doubtless on the present occasion have been
moved by his allies, the French and English, the
flags of these nations mast be pulled down
and their representatives expelled. The Paeha of
Arida, taking the consul under his_pretestios, pro-
posed referring the question to the Porte, when the
multitude declared that unless their wishes were com-
plied with instantly, they would take the matter into
their own hands.
Intelligence of Mr. Murray's dispute with the go-
vernment of Persia reached Bombay on the 16th
January, by the Bensinunia, which had been on a
cruise to the Oak, copies of the correspondeses hay-
ing been forwarded to the Bombay government by
the unbessedor, with a request ilse the immediate
despatch of a steamer to Bashers. The Assay.,
Ajdaha, Semiramis, and Victoria stemma sad Clive
sloop of war, were ordered to be got in instant readi-
ness for me. Extensive supplies were said to have
been ordered from the sennimariat, sad • land
fore, was spoken of as under orders. Much of this
turned out to be e the Ajdaha and Vitt-
toria, which left forth, Gulf on the evening of the
19th with 60 artillerymen on board to work the
guns, being the only force despatched or in ontem-
platioa. It es difficult indeed to discover what service
even they can perform ; such vessels cannot get
within four miles of Bahia for want of water.

Within our own donsinloas tranquillity is nearly
universal ; and ths cold season runs on towards its
doss without any foray or sot of violent* as oar
borders.

'hoops continue to anwelate at Cawapors, sad
arrengements advance steadily and trangellly foe
the snaszatioa of °ode. We have ocarealy say ad.
ditioaal particulars oa the widest trims our last, bat
there sera no appreheasioa of oar wishes being
resisted.od. or of the ooserrease of sealiet or shetbilwg
of blo
Although the Boatel dieturieseee se kluges wear
the eheraeter of as iseirrestkes, the sesetry
cos-
dew far free qpiet. li. came of violence have 00.
carted, bat the pees is the dietarbed distriets seem
Warms& sod limmtidsd. aad ale Wing with their
pods sod chattels is little bands to the southward—
* NUM la well to be Wire where or for what sad.

Ifir Mama Goan has taken a flog leave of the
Bawl truty. at tho cosolasioa of • fin years' ad-

I Sok has of late beams the state of our financial
setsegemeate, that Ave per cent. paper has goes
Muss le 99, and fear pet seat. to 83, from the eon-
whilst sessile the monied Glasses that we shall
same maraca; discloser, se we did last year, whoa
least expecting it, that there is not as meek oak is
the Tressia7 as will suet the charges of the mouth,
so that a sac per cont. loan mast ea the instant be
impessised. Mr. From Coaimissicser of Ileiade,peo-
seeds as aisle leave by this day's steamer to Ragland,
Colossi lan Jacob, of the Irregular Horse. occupy-
lag Ws Oise daring bigamies*.
Our prospective Governor-Geueral, Lord Oanning,
is at peessat sojourning amongst as, having arrived
from bees by the Perces on the 28th ult. He was
received in great state at a landing place prepared
on purpose in the dockyard, but too late in the even-
ing tome about him. The arrangements were alto-
gether new, all previous Governors having disem-
barked at the Apollo Pier, one of the finest landing
places in India. A grand levee occurred on the
301 h, followed by a native Durbar.
On the 31st his lordship visited the eaves of Ken-
retry, in Balertte, examined the Veber Hills, and
staged the day by performing in state the ceremony
of turning the first god of our projected waterworks.
Re leaves on the 6th, taking Madras in his way to
Calcutta. and will assume office about the Ist March.
The Marquis of Dalhousie continues at Calcutta,
winding up the arrangements at the ekes of his
adminictratioe.

We intimated four months since the commencement
of splaying operations at Mr. Landon'. cotton factory
at Broach. The yarns have now come to the market,
and are spoken of in terms of the highest commenda-
tion. Though made, we believe, exclusively of short
staple Broach cotton, they fetch in the market nearly
tea per cont. more than Manchester yarn of the some
designation, and orders have in consequence already
been received sufficient to keep the factory in constant
work for the next four months.

The weather continue cool and agreeable.
There is a great tightams in the money market,
sad stocks of all description have depreciated in
value. The state of the import market matinees to
be very dimouragieg. Freights have suddenly and
rapidly advaaced.

CASVALTIIIII DT DIATM IR TIM MINT 01 IXDIA.
Briestiey.—At Aden. 03 the 27th Drawbar. 1866. Eitaten
A. J. W. Memnon. 18th Native forestry. ant Limatenaat
Brown, her Ilejrety'r 861 b, who were accidentally drowsed
by the eiipelsiog of • boat.
B KWh.. us the 13th hastily, Colossi Dons*
Invalid Esublialisese.

THE UNITED STATES.

(mom out. owe(

LIVERPOOL, SrCDAT.
This morning the United States Mail steam-ship
Quaker City, Captain Stufeldt, which left New York
on the 16th ult., and the Royal Mail steam-ship
Persia, Captain Judkins, from the same port, arrived
in the Mersey, bringing dates thence to the 20th ult.,
with the usual mails from British North America,
The Quaker City had eight passengers, but no
specie; the Persia, 145 passengers, and 700,000 do's.
in specie ow freight.

W. regret to have to report that up to the doper.
Lure of the steamers nothing had been beard of the
Pacific. The Arctic had been despatched in search
of her, and had to put into Halifax on the 18th, with
bar machinery damaged.
The Royal Mail steamer Canada, from hence on
the 22nd ult., arrived off Halifax on the 19th ult.
On the 13th the debate on the Central American
question was resumed in the Senate, by Mr. Wilson,
who ridiculed the idea of war with England, said
be had no tears that the administration would em.
bark in such an enterprise, and hoped that the Clay.
ton.Bulwer treaty would be declared cull and void:
Mr. Dallas, the new American Minister, will leave
New York on the 6th inst. for London.

The Canadian Parliament was opened at Toronto
on the 18th February.
The California mails have arrived, with advice. to
6th February, bringing to New York one million
dollars in gold dust and specie. Business was more
deputed than it had been for some months. The
mining intelligence favourable. The farmers are
making grout preparations for sowing an unusual
quantity during the coming season.
Advioea from Panama, bearing date Feb. 5, say
that the Isthmus is perfectly healthy, and trade im-
proving.
Havana dates are to the 13th Feb., and report that
the constant rainy season had Injured the sugar
crops, and that the government had issued a decree
encouraging the cultivation of tobacco.
According to Mexican advice' Comonfort was about
to despatch 7,000 meo against Puebla.
Money and stocks at New York were favourably
affected by the English pacific news. Capital we.
plentiful, and demand active; first-class paper easily
negotiated at 91c. to 91c. Stocks tended upwards.
Exchange on London. 109/ to 91; Paris, 6.1E1 to
6.221.

The ootton market less animated, without change in
1 pries, holders waiting Canada news.
Wheat without change; fionr lower.
There was a moderate request in the provision
market, except for lard, which was firmer.
Freights had moderate engagements at steady
prices.

AUSTRALIA.

01,10110IIIL OWN

LIVERPOOL, Sonnay.
This day the Royal Mail Packet James Baines,
Captain M'Doanell, belonging to the Black Ball
line, arrived off this port. She sailed from Melbourne
2Sth November. She has brought, besides the mails,
200 passengers, 100,000 ounces of gold, about 2,000
bales wool, and 3,000 bags copper ore.
The Lightning, from hence, arrived out at Mel..
bourne November 25.

The Melbourne wool sales were well attended, and
satisfactory prices realised.
Gold had declined in pries 6d. per ounce, owing to
the Bank fixing the rate of exchange at par.
The labour market at Melbourne was improving.
Agricultural labour was in demand at very rezone.
reties price!.
Bich specimens of copper ore bad been found at
Mount Black Wood at the depth of 46 feet, containing
3 oarless of gold to the ton.
The last escort to Melbourne brought 67,000
ounces gold, worth 755. per ounce.
Tallow 401. to 421. per ton. Hides inactive, and
pries. nominal
eirfldney dates are to Nov. 21. In the commercial
great dulness prevailed. In the interior the
demand was pretty brisk, and anticipations regard-
ing the future favourable.
The Sea Nymph and the Elizabeth, from London,
IMO at Hobart Town ; the Indian, from Hartlepool,
at Adelaide; Auguste and Molina, from London, at
Melbourne.

The Admiral was to sail from Melbourne for Lon-
don ea December 1; the Statesman and Blackman
were to leave oo the 20th; and the Emma, for Liver.
pool, December 10.