The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

a symptom of life, it is because France isgoverned by
a policy like that of Louis Philippe and a g
government
like that of M. Guizot.
A great event has been announced for the hun-
dredth-time as likely to take place in Germany. All
the Prussians in Paris, and amongst the rest
d'Arnim affirm that the king of Prussia will, in a short
time, convoke the States General. The importance of.
the event would be increased by the recent confisca-
tion of Cracow. I shall, however, doubt this announce-
ment until the rescript of Frederic William has
0.

MONTREAL, Nov. 11
I ha7e still but little to communicate possessing the
recommeiodation of novelty. The weather is mild for
the time of ;ear, and a late season for the closing of
the navigation is anticipated, with a fair prospect of
escape for the numerous fleet of British commercial
vessels yet lingering its the Si. Lawrence. The trans-
actions in flour are understood to be very numerous
and profitable to the buyers. The government regu-
lations for the sale of the mineral lands on Lakes
Superior and Huron have been promulgated since my
last. They grant these lands in perpetuity upon pay-
ment of 4s. per acre, in blocks of ten square miles,
giving five years for the payment. The
policy of the government, and it is a good
one, is, to attract adventurers with the
means of exploration, under the conviction that
if there is mineral wealth beneath the soil, it will by,
this means be discovered and brought to the surface;
and if not, the sooner it is known the better it will be
both for the government and people of Canada.
Already some heavy companies with capital, and a
formidable list of directors, have been formed, and by
exploration this season have obtained valuable loca-
tions upon veins bearing copper and silver, both
native and combined. The result will be beneficial to
the country, in the introduction of much capital from
foreign parts, and the opening of new channels of
wealth, and a new branch of industry. Considerable
exportations of the ores have been already made to
England from Quebec. Sir George Simpson, the en-
terprising and indefatigable governor of the Hudson's
Bay Company, has just returned from his annual
visit to the extensive northern territories of the com-
pny. He has this year placed 303 British soldiers
ata the settlement of Red River, the most northern
point to which the British flag has yet been
carried, in anticipation of any marauding attempts
on the side of Oregon. The staple of the fur trade of I
this company, the Beaver, is not in the same demand
as heretofore, owing to the prevailing taste fur silk
hats. Of 20,000 beaver skins, brought to market
during the past year, not 200 have been sold. The
projected bridge across the St. Lawrence at Montreal
looks promisingly. The surveys have been made,
and there is an extensive subscription list. The diffi-
culties consist in the great span of the arches, and in
the incredible force that may be brought to bear upon
the piers upon the breaking up of the ice, the entire
solid mass being rent by a sudden burst, or shove, as it is
familiarly termed, produced by the pressure of the
accumulating waters beneath the ice. It is confi-
dently believed that strength of masonry, and the
science of engineering, may confront and defy these
difficulties. Lord Cathcart and family have vacated
.llonklands, and taken up winter quarters in a tavern
is the city, preparatory to the arrival of Lord Elgin.
It is now understood here that his lordship's de-
parture will be somewhat retarded by the matrimonial
engagements into which his lordship is about to enter.
The female society of Canada will heartily welcome
the presence of a lady at the Government House ; and
as well upon personal as political grounds all classes I
will hail the alliance with the family from which the
selection is made. Lord Durham's memory is revered
by many whom he saved from the last penalty of the
law, and by many more who sympathised with them,
bringing himself into difficulties at home, and
actually indeed forfeiting his appointment on ac-
count of the policy which led him to spare.
He is reputed in this country the father of
responsible government, and responsible government
is now the law of the land, the governing principle
proclaimed from the high places of authority, and
received as the most acceptable boon that the govern-
ing power ever conceded to the people. In his cele-
brated report on the affairs of Canada, he paid just
compliments to the French Canadian portion of the
Lower Canada division of the province, although
severely condemning the errors they had committed.
On these grounds, a daughter of that nobleman, and
one already known to the country, will be trebly
welcomed as the presiding domestic genius of the
Government House.

GERMANY.—The CWagne Gazette, in a correspond-
ence from the Elbe, gives the following account of the confer-
ences which preceded the incotporation of Cracow It was
generally supposed, and many persons regarded it as a fact not
to be doubted,thut the French government was not only aware
that there was a project of suppressing the independence of
Cracow, but had even given its consent to it as a sort of
acknowledgment for the indifference manifested by the
northern powers in the affair of the Spanish marriages.
Happily, however, it can be woved that such a supposition is
desual of foundation, and that the cabinet of the Tuileries
wan not only ignorant of it, but was no less astonished at the
act than the Bhelish government itself. The fallowing will
prove it beyond a doubt. When the plenipotentiaries of the
the three northern courts met at Berlin in the month of
April to deliberate on the measures to be taken in conse-
quence of the last insurrection, the first project proposed by ,
the Russian plenipotentiary was the suppression of Cracow. I
The commissaries of the two other powers opposed to that
proposition Articles 6 and 9 of the treaty of Vienna; but I
Russia, far from being deterred by those considerations, in-
tasted on the political necessity of destroying every vestige of
the kingdom of Poland. Austria and Prussia having been I
finally brought to coincide in that opinion, another die-
cussion arose on the manner in which it was to
be accomplished. Austria and Prussia wished to follow
the example given by the conference of London in the affairs
of Belgium, to unite in a similar conference all the powers
subscribers to the treaty of Vienna, and to obtain that change
by legal measures. In the communication made to us, and
which we reproduce, there is here a blank. We are not
told by what means Itussia succeeded in overcoming the
objections of the two other powers, that it was impossible for
three powers to annul the treaty of Vienna. It is, however,
certain that the three plenipotentiaries left Berlin after
coming to a perfect understanding. The date foe carry-
ing out the project was not, however, fixed. The
proposal of Russia to curry it out at once, without
regard to the political state of other countries, was
not followed. At this juncture the dark cloud of
the Spanish marriages appeared on the horizon, and
one of the commissaries proposed that the measure should
he adjourned until the darkness was complete. Tnat
moment arrived sooner and more apropos than they had
dared to hope, for no one will deny that if the entente
cordiale between France and England had not been dis-
turbed, they dared not have a.tempted the incorporation. I
The resolution to take possession of Cracow taken by the
three Courts at Berlin, on the 3rd of May, was solemnly
decreed at Vienna on the 6th of November. The conven-
tions were immediately interchanged, and the work was
commenced. As Austria showed a slight hesitation,
Russia offered to incorporate Cracow with her own
dominions. The act of taking possession followed on
the 16th November, and the intention of the northern
powers was only communicated by the Austrian and Prus-
sian governments to the ambassadors of France and England
on the 14th. Prince Metternich and M. de Kanitz, Mini-
ster for Foreign Affairs of Prussia, made the official commu-
nication to Lord Ponsonby, and to the Marquis de Dalmatic,
Beading to them at the same time the proclamation of Gene-
ral Castiglione. The Cracow affair is, perhaps, the surest
step towards a re-establishment of the entente cordials be-
beta een France and England, which becomes more than
ever a political necessity, owing to the coalition of the three
powers of the north. The peace of Europe depends on a
firm and durable union of the only two great powers which
enjoy liberal institutions."
MUSICAL LIBERTY IY COLOGNE.—The phrase
Viva la Libertis," bi the finale to the first act of
" Don Giovanni," has been struck out by the Cologne
censorship. This has been done before. Even in London,
if we remember right, there was a time when the obnoxious
phrase was replaced by " Viva !"
GREECE—Letters from Athena of the 15th Nov.
state, that the Chambers:were closed on the 12th, by Kanaris,
the Minister of Marine, as M. Coletti was prevented by ill-
ness. Owing to this illness M. Coletti has entrusted the
four portfolios to his colleagues—namely, that of Foreign
Affairs to the Minister of War, Tzavellas ; that of the Inte-
rior to the Minister of Finance, Poniropulos ; that of Justice
to Kanaris. General Kalergis has been placed on the retired
list. Prince Albrecht, of Prussia, was on a tour in the
north of Greece, and was expected at Athens on the 18th.