The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCII

THIS DAY, Four o'C/oek„
By the packet-ship John R. Skiddy, Captain Luce,
arrived at Liverpool from New York, after a remark-
ably short passage of 15 days, 41,4001. in specie has
been received. It appears that the amount of gold
brought by the Caledonia was correctly stated in this
paper in the first instance. It amounted to 156,0001.,
a great portion of it for Manchester use.

Accounts from Bourbon to the 17th September are
to the effect that nothing further had transpired relar
tire to the resumption of commercial relations be-

France andMadagesee.:
were quotes 27f. 50e.

Sir Stratford Canning, depated from this coun-
try to the approaching conference of the Five Powers
iticonnexion with the affairs of Switzerland, reached
Paris on Monday, and subsequently had conferences
with M. Guizot and with the ministers of Russia,
Prussia, and Austria. It is understood that the
mediation of the Five Powers will be offered
to the swiss Diet on the following conditions:-
1. That the Catholic cantons appeal to the
Holy See for counsel on the religious part of the
dispute. 2. That the Diet undertake to protect those
of the cantons whale sovereignty is threatened. 3.
The dissolution of the Sonderbund. 4. General and
reciptocal disarmament. 3. An undertaking not to
infringe or in any respect modify the pact without
the unanimous assent of all the cantons. Should these
points be accepted as the basis of mediation,
then the representatives of the Five Powers will im-
mediately proceed with their work of pacification.
If refused, they will respectively regard the attempt
at mediation as at an end, and resume their several
positions as if no such proposition bad been enter-
tamed, and act according to circumstances. Sir Strat-
ford Canning was to leave Paris yesterday for Neuf-
chatel, which is likely to be the point of reunion for
the representatives of the Five Powers. But, in the
meantime, the cause of the federal government ad-
vances, so that Switzerland will probably have twilled
its own affairs before the proposed conference can
assemble. As elsewhere stated, Schwytz, Uri, and
Underwald have surrendered, and the submission of
the only outstanding canton of the league, Valais, was
momentarily expected. In Lucerne all was tranquil,
and business bad been resumed. On the 27th ult. the
people assembled in the open air to confirm the resolu-
tions arranging their future government Herr Her-
tenstein, formerly I'resident of the Court of Appeal,
but removed by the late government in 1841, moved
that the provisional government of the canton for the
time being should consist of the members of the
existing municipal council (all liberal), with the
addition (in conformity with the provisions of the
constitution of 1811) of two members from each
bailiwick (five in number). This resolution was
carried, but with some signs of disapprobation against
one of the persons named, who was afterwards re-
moved from the list. Dr. Steinger, who was
imprisoned in a miserable dungeon by the dominant
party in 1845, end condemned to death, for having I
been one of the leaders of the Corps Francs, but escaped
eventually by breaking out of his dungeon, then moved
the following resolutions as the basis for the policy of
the future government :
1. That the Jesuits be ordered to quit the canton of
Lucerne within 48 hours.
2. That the members of the Grand Council who had ad-
hered to the Sonderbund (or •eparate league) should be sub-
ject to public accusation, and be held responsible for every-
thing which had resulted from this course of policy.
3. A general amnesty from all who had been implicated
in prosecutions by their acts on the Bth of December, 1844,
and the 31st of March and Ist of April, 1845. (The dates
of the two invasions of the Corps Francs against the fonder-
bond.)
4. That the provisional government take steps for the re-
covery of :he government chests, and also of the corn which
had been seat out of the canton by the late government be-
fore their departure.
6. That all persons comprised within the terms of Art. 3
should be held inadmissible to election in the grand council
of state.
These resolutions were carried by acclamation,
and the meeting separated.

RETURN OF MR. JOITN WILLIAMS, M.P. FOR
MACCLESPLIILD.—DUMER.—The countrymen and fellow-
parishioner' of this hon. gentleman, who is • native of the
principality of Wales, end who hailer some years peat been
an active member of the Marylebone vestry, celebrated his
election yesterday by • banquet at the London Tavern.
About 1.50 of the electors of the borough of Marylebone, and
of the county of Middlesex were present. The chair was
filled by Sir B. Hall,•Bart., M.P., who was suLpirted by Lord
Dudley Stuart, M.P., It. Berr.al Osborne, ~ M.P., G.
Thompson, Esq., M.P. G. Wylde, Esq., M. PP., the Hon.
Lloyd Mostyn, J. Huniffrevs Parry, Erg., Mews. N. Jones,
J. Bradbury, G. Daniel, Deputy Evans, J. B. Thomas, E.
Joseph, etc. Mr. John Williams occupied the seat on the
right of the chairman. The dinner having been disposed of,
the loyal touts of the " Queen," the " Prince of Wake," and
" Prince Albert," were ven in succession, and duly
responded to; after which, the Chairman rose to
propose the health of Mr. John Williams, M.P.,
whom present honourable position proved that the highest
stations in the state were In this country open to all men who
combined intellect with integrity. In his capacity as a Lon-
don trader, the boo. member had obtained a character for
high honesty of purpise, and whether, in the new and larger
sphere in which his talents would henceforth be exercised, his
opinions, were right or wrong, that they would be conscien-
tiously carried out, there could be no doubt. The toast having
been drunk with due honours, Mr. J. Williams returned
thanks. He trusted his conduct,whether ass member ofparlia-
meet, or as an humble individual, a native of the principality
of Wales, would deserve the honour which had been given
to him that day. He war not the only one present whose
career proved that it was possible for tnn humblest and the
lowliest, by a life of honesty and integrity, to arrive at the
highest and most influential positions. He knew many who,
like himself, had commenced the world with no other espies]
than the blessing of a widowed mother—who had risen to
fortune, rank, and position. He felt greatly indebted to the
electors of Macclesfield, many of whom would have
been present had they known of the meeting, but, until
lately, he himself understood it was to have been
• convivial party confined to a few Welshmen. The health'
of Mr. R. Osborne, M.P., and the electors of Middlesex, and
Mr. George Thompson, M.P., and the electors of the Tower
Hamlets, were then scverally given by the chair, and res-
ponded to by the hon. members named. The latter hon.
gentleman, after congratulatieg the hon. member for Mac-
clesfield on the high position ho had attained, said he was
not one of those who would disparage the claims of family and
birth, but be was rather one who would wish to see aristocratic
position combined with high intellect and unsullied virtue.
He was a lever of the aristocracy of virtue and intellect, and
he rejoiced when he saw those qualifications combined with
high birth. But it was an auspicious sign of the times that
the aristocracy of virtue and intellect, even when unac-
companied by high birth, was recognised, se in the case of the
hon. member for Macclesfield, and many others at the late
election. In proposing the health of " Lord Dudley Stuart
and the Electors of Marylebone," he took the opportunity of
acknowledging the important services the noble lord had
rendered to the clue of liberty and humanity, and his well-
directed efforts to ameliorate the condition of a people, who
were all but deprived of their nationality hr the oppressive
acts of a great northern power.—Lord D. Stuart returned
thanks.—Several other toasts veers drank, and at rather a
late hoar the company separated.
ARREST OF MURDERERS.—Two policemen from
the county of Limerick, succeeded in arresting in this city,
on Thursday, two heathen named John and Michael
Sullivan. charged with being concerned in an attempt to
murder Mr. Charles Conyers, of Castletown Conyers, in the
county of Limerick, and his lady, on their return home from
church on Sunday, the 6th of Jane last. It appears that an
aged man named Sullivan held a farm at Ahalow from Mr.
Conyers, to whom he owed three years' rent. Notice to
gait having been served, Sullivaa's three sons and the others
entered into a conspiracy to murder Mr. Conyers and his
Lily, and on the Sunday one of the sons, David Sullivan,
with the others, lay in wait for them, and fired at them as
they passed, but fortunately without effect. In September,
evidence having been obtained against David, he was
arrested, and his two brothers, having Bad, were about to
sell or Americo, when ospoored.—Cork Conattation.