The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-30 00:00:00

THE LEVANT.

By the Levant mail we have received the journals
and despatches of our,correspondents from Constan-
tinople to the 16th, from Athens to the 18th, and from
Malta to the 22nd.
Another ministerial modification had taken place at
the Porte. Reschid Pacha was named grand vizier;
Ali Pacba, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Rifaat
Pacha, President of the Council of Justice.
The cholera still prevailed ; there were about 100
cases a day. The epidemic had also appeared at Tre-
bisonde, from which almoet the whole population fled.
Letters from Persia mention the defeat of the royal
troops by the insurgents of Khorassan.
The Porte had recognised the new cons' itotion of i
Wallachia, greatly to the joy of the inhabitants of
Bucharest, and no doubt to the discomfiture of Russia ;1
this joy, however, was dashed considerably by the
entry into the principality of a Turkish force which
had occupied Giurgevo. The provisional government
have protested.
In Poland the grain crops were abundant ; middling
in Bi asarabia ; and entirely lost in the Crimea.
Our Athens letters announce the discovery of pub-
lic robbery, on a colossal stale, by the late Culetti, the
proterie of M. Guizot. The property of the defunct
minister was sequestrated to indemnify the state. The
amount of public money entrusted to him fur the pur-
chase of arms and a variety of other purposes, and
appropriated by him to his own use, was said to
amount to no Kra than 130,000 drachms.

The cholera had not yet decidedly appeared in
Greece, but was spoken of.
Kicg Otho had had a fell from his horse, but was
recovered. Sir Edmund Lyons had also completely
recovered from his fall. . _

From Malta we learn that apprehensions of
cholera were beginning seriously to be felt, and sani-
tary measures were being already taken. 'the
quarantine had also been extended to vessels from
Greece and Egypt. H.M. suamer Hecate left
Malta on the 15th, for Naples, with despatches.

UNITED STATES.
(By the Electric Trlehroph Company's Erprcee.)

The America arrived this morning, having left
New York on the IGth, and Halifax on the 19th.
She brings no specie. Heavy weather was
the cause of her detention. The United States
Congress adjourned on the 14th, after a
session of eight months and a half. A propo-
sition, submitted by the President of the United
States to the senate, for their advice rela-
tive to the purchase, for a gross sum, of
all property aid rights of the Hudson Bay
Company v. ithin the limits of Oregon was passed
over for want of time. Among the latest acts of
the legislature, and one which has received the
President's signature, was a bill providing
for the government of Oregon. The circumstance
ich give interest to the bill is, that it emboaies, in
respect to that territory, the provisions of the
famous ordinance of 1787, which forbids slavery
for ever in the territories north-west of the
Ohio. A
_strenuous crntest took place in the

Senate especially to exclude the provision, but the
bill was passed, and is now law, with the clause pro-
hibiting slavery within the borders of Oregon.
Accounts from Mexico present no new feature.
Paredes, although overthrown by Bustamente, has
escaped capture, and was still at large. The weather
continues fine. The wheat harvest has been got in,
in fair order. Indian corn promises most abundantly.
The flour and grain markets are all comparatively
dull at this season. Prices are film, with a tendency
to advance. The new cotton crop comes in slowly.
Prices have a downward tendency. The Money Market
is tranquil. Bills on London, 109 i to I. In the
foreign exchanges rates tend downwards. United
.`.testes Sixes, of 62 and 63, 1041 to a ; Fives, of 33,
93 to 931; Treasury Sixes, 1041. to 1041.

LOUIS BLANC left Dover this morning by the
8 a.m. express train for London.

STATE OF THE WIND AND WEATHER.
WEDNESDAY, Minuet 30.
AT NINE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING the wind and
weather at the undermentioned placer were es I ollows :
CHELMSFORD W. Fine.
COLCHESTER W S.W. Fine.
DERIVE N.E. by N. Fine.
OLOUCEST BE E.S.E. Fine.
GLASGOW S.W. Fine.
GOSPORT W.N.W. Fine.
HERTFORD N. Fine.
Rum. W.S.W. Fine.
Liens W. Fine.
LEICESTER W. Fine.
LEITH W. Fine.
LINCOLN B. Fine.
Livearoor, N W. Fine.
LONDON W. Fine.
LOWESTOPPE W. Cloudy.
MANCHESTER S.E. Cloudy.
id ASBOROUOIL W. Fine.
NEWCASTLE S. S. W. Fine.
NEWMARKET W. Fine.
Noßwicir W. Very Fine.
NORMANTON S.W. by 8. Very Fine.
NOTTINGHAM W. Fine.
P ET ERBOROUOIT N.B. Fine.
PooLe W. Fine.
PORTSMOUTH W.N.W. Fine.
RUGBY S. Very Fine.
SOUTHAMPTON N.W. Fine.
YARMOUTH W. Fine.
YORK N.W. Fine.

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[The state of the weather for the next two months must
have such important consequences that we have made ar-
rangements with the Electric Telegraph Company for a
daily report.]

THE ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—Oar Ports-
mouth correspondent, writing under date August 29, says :
" The royal yacht Victoria and Albert will go down to
Cowes this day to receive on board a quantity other Majesty's
baggage, and will then proceed to Woolwich, where she
will await the arrival of her Majesty en route for Aberdeen."
LAUNCH OP HER MAJESTY S FRIGATE DIAMOND,
AT SKSEENESS.—At 11 30 cm. yesterday, the yard gates
at Sheerness were thrown open to the public, who were ad-
mitted to view the launch of the splendid frigate. At 11.5.5
a in., Miss Stewart MacKenzie. daughter of the late Lord
High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, conducted by
Samuel Reed, E.g., master shipwright (under whose super-
intendence the Diamond has been completed), performed the
interesting ceremony of christening, surrounded by a nu-
merous assemblage. After a momentary pause, on the fall of
the dog shores, without the slightest inaccuracy occurring,
this beautiful vessel glided majestically into her destined ele-
ment,amidst the hearty cheers of the assembled multitude, the
full band of the Royal Dockyard Battalion playing the Na-
tional Anthem. This splendid vessel is a complete specimen
of marine architecture in every respect. She is complete for sea
in every respect as far as the fitment of the hull is concerned.
The fillowing distingui.hed officers were present, viz.; Vice-
Admiral The Hon. George Elliott, Commander in-Chief at
the Nore ; Captain George Elliott, of H. M. ship Ocean,
bearing toe Vice-Admiral's flag; Captain Superintendent
David Price, of H. M. Dock-yard ; Captain G. Whitmore,
RE., commandant of garrison and works; Captain
Bowen, 72nd Regiment, in garrison here—The dimensions
of the Diamond are as follows: Length between the perpen-
diculars, 140 ft. ; length of keel for tannage, 113 ft. 4in. ;
breadth, extreme, 42ft. tin. ; breadth for tonnage, 41ft. 10in. ;
breadth moulded, 41 ft. 2in. ; depth in hold, lift. Olio.;
burthen in tons, 1,054. Her armament is as follows:
main cl,ck, 20 guns of 32iba., weighing 45 cat., and Blt. 6in.
long ; quarter-deck, I pivot gun, 8 inch., 9ft. 6in. long ;
and 4 32.bs guns, of 2,5 cwt., and Eft. lorg ; forecastle, 1 pivot
gun of 8 inch, 55 cwt., and 9ft. 6in. long ; and 2 321 b guns,
of 25 cwt.

COMMERCIAL 4. MARKETS. •1
MONEY MARK ET & CITY INTELLIGENCE.
Two o' Clock—The impending operation for raising
two millions by the sale of stock or Exchequer Bills,
and the uncertainty still which will be preferred, appear
to exercise more influence on the stock market than
the change of the weather this morning, which,
so far, is as seasonable, if not as promising, as could
be desired. We have, nevertheless, had Consols
down to 851 to 1. They have since slightly
rallied, however, and now are 851 to 6 both for money
and time, but with little animation in the market,
and dealings on a small scale only. Reduced Threes
are 861 to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
861 to 7. Exchequer Bills are lower, at 265. to
295. premium. Bank Stock, 1961 to 81.
Portuguese and Dutch stocks have been in request
to-day, and we quote prices rather higher in conse-
quence. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 441 to
51 ; the Fours, at 701 to 11. Portuguese, 22 to
3. Spanish Fives remain 121 to 2 ; the Threes, 221
to 3} ; Passive, 3 to 1. Mexican, 161 to 17. Bra-
zilian, 72 to 4. Buenos Ayres, 19 to 22. New Gre-
nada, 111 to 121. Russian, 99 to 101. Belgian,
69 to 72.
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