The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-04 00:00:00

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nine months of the. year the les anienthed
2,358,000 metrical being 41, awe More Man In
1846, and nearly the' shoe In 1844. imports of Omit-
nons seeds have heen'affeelehl by the d tasiffef lest yew
They were in. MIA Witt the ter. , in linseed 3IT,000.•
quintals, in sesame 192,000 gifted', and in the other Meth
u 5,000 quintals. The protective tariff has brought in 1845
in linseed to 134,000 quintals, in sesame to 95,000 quintets,
and in the other seeds to 9,000 'teethe. Consequently, it
has reduced the linseed by two-thirds, the sesame hy one-
half, and the other seeds by five-meths.".
FREE TRADE Di PARIB.—A rometaadof the mem-
bers of the Paris Free-trade Society was on the let, for
the purpose of electing a committee sal °Seers. Amongst the
*rune elected are M. Boron, the dimmer-1n -chie fof the Ha:-
=establishment at Boulognemsr-Yes; M. Koachlin,
ant cotton-spinner at Mathew, • M. Ortolan, pro-
/savor of the Ecole de
.Droit at Paris ; 'sad M. Lem/ Lo-
am. M. d'Eichtal was chosen treasons. M. Anison-Da-
purr= read to the meeting a letter fees M. Beeson, wider
whose direction the factory at Boulogne, which was needy
es the point of ruin, has become highly peesperous,
dot he now employs 1,800 persona, sad rime to the
auto of the society, because he believes that it is his intend,
as a manufacturer, to do so.
A communication by steam-paebet is about to be
estsblished between Rouen and Dunkirk.
SPAIN. —DISTRIBUTION OP HONOURS AT THE
ROYAL MARRIAGES.—The Queen of Speer: on the occasion
of the marriages of h erself and her lister, ham invested General
Athalin with the grand cordon of the ordered' St. Ferdinand ;
Colonel Merry, aide-de-camp of the Duke de Montpensier,
with that of Isabella the Catholic ; Lieut.-Col. Juba, aide-de-
camp to the Duke d'Aumale, erith the star of grand officer of
the order of St. Ferdinand ; Commanded" de Beaufort and
Fiereck, orderly officers, and Meshy. Caviller Fleury and de
Latour, private secretaries of their Royal Highnesses., with the
star of grand officer of the order of Charles 111., and Dr.
Pasquier with themes of thereon order.
SWITZERLAND.—Zusacrt, Ocr. 30.—The go-
vernment of Lucerne has given notice to the cantonal
government that it will not recognise the new government
of Geneva, and expressed a hope that all the cantons friendly
to order will follow this example. We read in a letter from
Altorff, in the canton of Uri, of the 26th ult., " The Reuss
has just overflowed its banks, and inundated the vast valley
of Reuss, in which there are 11 villages. The tocsin is now
sounding for succour." On the news received that Wur-
temberg, Bavaria, and Baden had imposed a high duty on
the exportation of corn, the Vorort assembled, and it was
decided to send a commission to demand a repeal, or at least
a modification, of the order.
SICILY.—GREAT IRCNDATION.—PALERM 0, OCT. S.
On the night of the 30th of September, a tempest of wind
and ruin ravaged the Melazzo and Marsala. A terrible flood
ravaged the former town. The inhabitants were surprised
in their sleep ; trees, sheds, and houses were carried away,
and a hundred persons perished. At Marsala eight live.,
have been lost. The mail courier between Marsala and
Trapani was overtaken by the storm and perished.
GEKMANY.—VIENNA, Ocr. 23.—The accounts
received from Ofen of the health of the Arch-Duke Palatine
continue to be satisfactory. The last, dated Oct. 24th,
says The 'convalescence of his Imperial Highness
is going on rapidly (signed) Stahly and Weeder.' The
Grand-Duke Michael of Russia is still at Vienna, as the
health of his daughter, the Grand Duchess Mary, causes
great anxiety. A great sensation has been caused at Pesth,
by the flight of M. Paul Szabo, the director of the Hun-
garian trading company. He left liabilities toa large amount.
The fluctuations on the Vienna bourse still continue; in the
evening of the 25th a alight rise took place.
In the Carlsruhe Gazette of the 30th, it is stated,
that the powers of the North will join Great Britain in
demanding of France a declaration in favour of the exact
and legal obeervance of the Treaty of Utrecht. There is no
rupture of the general peace; and the fall which German
securities and railway shares have sustained must be ascribed
to the scarcity of money and the disturbance' in Switzerland.
The news of a loan of 40,000,000fi. has made an
unfavourable impression on the Vienna bourse. The Baron
Saloman Rothe:hie is expected at Vienna in November,
and the financial operation will then take place immediately.
TURKEY.—Letters from Constantinople of the
16th ult. state that the inauguration of the military school
took place on the 15th with great solemnity, in presence of
the Sultan, the Grand Vizier, the Seraskier, and all the
ministers being placed on the left and the tilemas on the
right. A black board for the pupils to work problems on,
a globe, some instruments of natural philosophy, and tables,
ai which were displayed some specimens of minerals, and
en apparatus for producing hydrogen gas, occupied the
[Notre of the room. Opposite the Sultan were seen Emin
Paths, the President of the Council of War, and the seve-
ral professors, amongst whom were Messrs. Magma, Mon-
ginot, and Dupreuil, three French officers lately received
into the Sultan's service. On the arrival of the Sultan,
according to custom, a sacrifice of four sheep was made,
and then an imau recited prayers suitable to the occasion.
The examination of puyils afterwards took place, end
was conducted in Turkish. Six were interrogated, and
answered very satisfactorily. Dervich Effendi then exhibited
some chemical experiments, and after a short explanation on
the subject of aerostation, sent off before the Sultan a small'
balloon filled with hydrogen gas. The ceremony then con-
cluded. M. Wien Barret, who had just arrived from
Alexandria, was present at the ceremony. The Sultan in-
tends, it is said, to construct a railroad from Constantinople
to St. Stephanis, a village at a short distance, in the direction
of the sea of Marmon,. This, however, is only by way of ex-
periment. Now that the evolutions of the fleet aro nearly
over, we thinkiit right to remark that his Highness Moham-
med Ali Pacha has practised to a wide extent, in all the places
which he has visited, the principles which actuate the
government of the Sultan. He has everywhere received the
chief inhabitants with perfect kindness, and a spirit of toler-
ance which filled the people with joy. He has not forgotten
the poor. At Salonica he gave 60,000 piastres to the poor,
2,500 to the Greek school, and 50 to each prisoner ; and, in
passing before the palace of the Greek bishop, he fired a
salute of 11 guns. I rince Luitpold of Bavaria is still here
visiting all the public establishments and curiosities

TILE LEVANT MAlL.—Athices have been re-
ceived from Constantinople to the 17th, and from Athens to
the 20th Oct. At Athens, the Chamber of Deputies had
concluded the discussion upon the budget. Upon the pro-
posal of the Minister of Finance it was resolved that no
change would be made, but that things should remain in the
same footing as last year. From the account of the budget
published by the Atliens press, it would appear that the
revenue of the present year is estimated at 14,673,580
drachmas, which, with a sum of 3,835,473 drachmas, put
down under the title of Advance of the Powers, gives the
whole receipts at 18,409,053 drachmas. The expendi-
ture is calculated at 14,013,140 drachmas, and, adding
3,836,473 drachmae for the service of the loan, a sum
is obtained of 17,848,613 drachmas, which, if compared
with the receipts, gives a surplus of 560,420 drachmas.
The opposition journals, however, deny in into the exacti-
tude of these figures, and adduce calculations to prove that,
in place of a surplus, the year 1846, if compared with 1843,
will show a diminution of not less than 1,113,373 drachmas.
The following is an extract of a private letter from Athens
of the above date:—" The great subject of conversation
here is the refusal of the government to accord funeral
honours befitting his rank as a military man to General
Londe'. A petition, signed by some of the chief members
of the two Chambers, the professors of law at the University
of Athens, and other persons of note, has been prepared with
a view to its being presented to the Council of Ministers. This
document was taken by one of the brothers of the deceased, and
his brother-in-law, to M. Coletti's house, but he refused to
receive them, declaring that he was ill. They then pro-
ceeded to the residence of M. Poniropoulos, the Minister of
Finance, and he proposed to lay it before the Council of Mi-
nisters. Six days have elapsed since then, and nothing is
yet known of what has been decided on. Of general news
we have scarcely any here. Letters from the interior of the
country bring sad accounts of violence and robbery com-
mitted there by bands of brigands ; and in more than one
case these ruffians have used the torture of boffins oil to
force persons, reputed wealthy, to reveal where they had hid
their money. Several cases of piracy have also occurred in
the Gulf of Prevesa. In fact the internal police of the king-
dom appears to be anything but satisfactory."—Accounts
from Alexandria state that the Nile began to subside but
not until after great damage had been done. Trade, sow-
ever, had continued to be marked by the greatest activity,
the want of ships being more and more felt every day.
ALGIERS.—We have advices from Oran up to
the 25th ult. On the 21st a body of troops left Oran in the
direction of Sidi-Bel Abbe, ; some anxiety was felt as to the
cause of this sudden movement, and a report was spread that
a grand rani& had been made on the 0-Slimaus ; that a body
of cavalry had made its appearance between Oran and
Tlemcen, and that the territory of the latter town was se-
riously menaced. The news received that the Emir pro-
jected a lassie in the Sahara, on the Hymiaues Cheraw',
I made the report be credited. The Maia Angads of Morocco,
Ito the number of 400 horsemen, were on the move, Near
Tlemcen' Bou-Maas was endeavouring to rouse the Beni-
SIIOU4 and the Beni-Bou-Saida; and an attack on Tlemcen
was not thought improbable. The rainy season had com-
menced.