The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

iralolfetter of the prele't
hire, whose duties are strictly commercial and in no of theninntAgueloifiattfoia,vile, that the council °Nate of t
oeeff?ci°at ting, per interim,ln thea ontieo
bishop of Milan, to he circulated *throudielodetetrimAleS
counteract the excellent intentions of his superior; ordering public prayer,. in favor of the Segissogf I:'' --"ei,„,
hass e
dn otphaertsii
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and, by this proceeding, the person to whom I refer L''EUttle. Ausia has threatened the cantons of tthe,c t,---e
reavirntt diplomatic,
dlomuantid4 mnsanwifelltilsuzehto
has not only in a very great measure thwarted the and Tessin tot prohibitp, the subjecte of those cantons 't
!te.fm—a.
policy which it appears our government has decided
authorisedyllfne.:74l.oylnt ln_ y,.
the tobranediatioinf t.!.eyf furnished trestlO-t;
upon pursuing during the present struggle, but has `against the league of Lucerne. The govele'c-ci"P"` " nwt4
encouraged others to manifest such opinions, and to has just expel', d a political refugee from its inen.ir,ey, or Zwidi
commit such overt acts, as will, in the event of individu ,1, a Prussian, named Heinzen, hadeelettrtc"4l'em's,,b.,
Das Antas's success, deprive them very justly of out to the ohoattentin of the Swise authorities by thz:gßY -,,,..."
the protection of their own flag. Were I not per- gonvernti Germany 7, as
anvirthpublishe at Zurich Ind spe4`
sonally cognisant of the truth of what I here state 1 "1 n_g
" The German Tribumnals.''og;Tedtrxi'ioefil a ''''''''
entwel
should abstain from all reference to the subject; bat nounced against him gas, that ho had viougdjtuhdegtuent pro.
'''nditi
under the actual eirva'..".;:auces of the county) ; ',?fwM i under which isolitial refugees obtain a I'-, ,I c'e4
ff slltel, is
it right to make the allusions which I have one. It 1 Switzerland.
is hardly to be credited to what an extent party feel- GERMANY. AUSTRIA. STORMS. Storm
ing rages amongst certain classes here. If it were i weather seems to prevail everywhere. Aleut'. from Els,
the Portuguese themselves who entered violently into I teintnfuer.t,,edoaf
ntuh:innOtsh
billi,,n_.. i''
k..enuthiaj, says: Ye.teeday
the contest of words respecting the existing state of of the year. Whilst oammewnonw,asraita.st„unauiral at thisseaseP
things there would be little to wonder at: the marvel storm of thunder and lightning burst over; thegettu'e 4 terrible
is to see them utterly apathetic on the subject, whilst I the greatest cousternation. It was accompaniedulsPaealtZ
foreigners and aliens alone express their sentiments lof earthquake. Similar thunderstorm, have be,•
with the utmost asperity, sparing neither abuse nor in France and Ittalt A litter from Angers, of th,"27ditt.
similar storm over that city , the sten;
threats in denouncing the acts and opinions of the was equally'rilfleit ;,1 a evert. The wind was so high
Septembrist party. Loire resembled the sea more than a river, dthath,, tall:
'rho activity of the latter, however, does not in any parture of the steamer was delayed. It is femeilu" at' in- ~,,-:
degree diminish, as may be seen in ie accompanying . accidents have taken place on the river • th . ''' ---,
newspaper which they have published. All the efforts I known to have gone down. , re- beats are
of the police of the capital have failed in suppressing I CAPE DE VEItDE ISLANDS.—A
these manifestations. And although the columns of ceivityththejdittldtosz state that these islands were antgert"ne
the Spectre (the name of their new jourhal) may con- twelve to "elutes. ,n its ate ehteettilr tfi Bona Vista, where tro;
Min much doubtful matter, they afford abundant left there by the tudiatunate Eclair.
evidence daily, from the fern
evidence of vigour, energy, and courage, in printing BORNEO.—The .3bosftear des I
under the very noses of the authorities an interdicted (Dutch newspaper) has published a • ides f trirn, ales
n intereetiu • notice ef
and highly inflammatory sheet. the kingdom of klangermassin (Borneo), writt .- by
In a recent communication, 1 believe I referred with Van der Copellen, aide-de-camp to the governo'." e Behg'of
some surprise to a sentiment expressed by the Duchess the Dutch host liid'a Islands. A short sumnragn`gol-lale he
of Terceira, relative tn the conditions upon which the ditvldreserivothoreurerdciatterresu.t
alitt:tesrnel; it appears, was at may
Duke of Palmella recommended the release of her and Boerne.' ;it is from the latter thaenttZnatassiname , Litecadmia,
husband from prison. I have reason to believe that been given to the whole island. The etaetegof L.sekk's r.....,"h1s
an injustice was done to the duchess, and that her was founded by one Ampoedjatmaka, see of a merchant 1--t .11.
most ardent wish is to see the duke released, upon Coromandel, whose family continued to. govern the soil fore
the express understanding that he ii permitted to sevefirstilleiancoermatmio,orec,ivaintiiintle664, the period when the hovel
proceed to England, there to abide the result of the prince was at that' time callrgeSurultalitt it.
L'''
reign
struggle, without taking any part in it. Moreover, een passed between him and Said. A treaty
it is with much regret, though without any hesitation, which the former, however, at the inslitte.'d?ete, :
that I mention a fact which has come to my know- the Portuguese, then the rivals of thet t 11) tel.-
ledge, namely, that since the imprisonment of the did keep faithlul. These first relations wen: thereforeu of
Duke of Terceira, there has not been manifested Tilaons of importance.
uncle,
Saidwittlniednututstide left,e hie eon unite, the guard.
on the part of the court the slightest sympathy the throne with the title of Sultanatthilill.'",•rwhar.l ascended
for the natural apprehensions of his wife ; distinguished for his hatred to Europeans •he L''' 'lute w:
but this lady has been left without even an inquiry or self with the English,who came for cargoes to Ba',4giserma.hi'sn;
a message of condolence, or expression of regret, they
succeeded in expelling the Dutch from the i.,..1.1, where
during the whole of theca,
anxious time that she must sonyilitadtorece,naillyi,hestablished themselves. The i.e.elisit then
necessarily have passed since the capture and impri- briefg periodes it a factory on the coast; ~..t after g
was plundered in 1707 by toe n •
sonment of her husband. H • who were acting under the orders of the Sultan. d natives
P.S.—A letter, addressed by the Count Boman to inhabitants massacred. The Sultan did net 1,,,e,•'•' survive
• the
one of his confidants in this city, has come under 7 this cruel act. He was succeeded by his son Sultan TehuTd,
observation ; and although I accept its statements wi tuiritelre r whoseat reign the Dutch East India Company renewed
considerable hesitation and reserve,l cannot altogether pany obtainesedofthe:mmmoeneeoe iithofliatfirm'ashig. Thecorn.
feel justified in refusing credence to them, as they are short time later, by aP°ii.ew contract,ce :Lad' ' andls a
entirely conformable to what I have said above re- monopoly of pepper was given to them exclusive
uievti
specting the movements of the two forces, anti, more- as permission to erect a foet at Tabeni,,, and a
over, he writes to a person to whom it is of most ttory. in the Island of Tates. In return tor these
importance, next to himself, that the truth should be against his
the company engaged to assist the Sultan
his enemies. At the death of Tahmid, his sco,
known. Tamaid, mounted the throne. His reign was disturbed
Bomfin states that, on the 10th instant, Major by the rebellion of the inferior chiefs. The Sultan
Bucto Valdez's force encountered the column under 1
c aimed. the assistance of this company n quell the
Lapa; that the first attack was made by the guerillas insurrection,viieil and iu
promisedls6 a treatya was nedluded, in
and irregulars commanded by his own son, who had lea. The rebellionw w••as quelled,.
assistance both by land and
the worst of it at first, and retreated to the Castle of services the company received under their rte ms's::te:4fizfonrtytiltehlz
Gwent, when he himself brought up a reserve, and Provinces called Passer, Koetei, Berea, and Kott,e Wariequie.
compelled the enemy to retire with the loss of many The Sultan died, leaving two eons, the eldest of whom,
men on both sides, and on that of the Queen's forces italhemnidl by name, succeeded hint. Revolts Lying again
of a field-officer killed. The subsequent movement coMparly, Whwoeagreapinut down with the assistance of
ces .the Dutch
of Freiro and Lapa towards the main body of At last in; 1787 the company obtainedgral of Dane:rwerai, ..-1 ' atrt'at,owrit'•
Saldanha's force may have been occasioned by had usurped his brother's place, the sovereignty or the whole
this affair, which, if not truly represented, is .
ikingdom, he remaining nominally at its head, euel holding
at least rraisemhlable. In fact, it accords in the main h•ison.ln• as hereditary e
fi
Underf tlh'heisaNrince left the FaCCP,SiOD to
with the statements made by Colonel Lapa respecting General Daendels, the establishmentis of Tate e(tiver
the skirmish. With respect to Bomfin's expected doneel in 1809; but the real rights of the U.J.,.crincenni
,appearance at Torres Vedras, I may add that a courier were not thereby given up. The Eng e.h, when
from one of the authorities of that place arrived at they occupied the Dutch pooessions in India, re.
ilgarden(.,zi andttle seuiptien idsesici their authority
by qorernor•Geu. I eiendels as
Lisbon yesterday morning, bringing information to
in 1812 by •„,wtreaties
the government which precisely accords with that with the Sultan of Be ngerma sin. Finally, Is h, n Ileland
which I have already stated. recovered possession of her colonies, in 1816, Borneo New
8 a.st.—Since I closed my despatch I have received again in he same relation to Holland as before. Poses.
the following report of the movements of the Queen's Bien was therefore taken, not, however, without some oppo.
army which took place yesterday. They were rigtimolf(rrntnheteldcija•rmbreanfcohtof, the reigning fatn.:y. Affairs
brought down by the steam-boat which left Villa Nova island by the English, unil`t'ifegelleath eo;lfleetne'l,:n'gredis thee
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, the 19th. Adam succeeded him, and is still in existence .•he is welleo
" CARTAXO, Nov. 19. known for his kindness, and the favour he Mears shows to
"A brigade of troops, composed of the 16th infantry the Dutch. Fresh treaties were catered lute with the
and the Ist and Bth Cacadores (rifle corps), leaving princes, and amongst other stipulatioos, that of balding
their knapsacks together with the heavy bagga,se, anir,,tlitrfort at Nlarabahan was determined upon. The ran.
between the prince and the Dutch are now cstatlished
left this morning at three o'clock, accompanied %y on ° a'durabl e footing.
600 cavalry. At 4 o'clock, A.M., they were followed
by the remaining forces, composed of the Ist, 4th,
and Bth infantry, the grenadiers of the guard, a com-
pany of sappers, and 8 field-pieces, besides Congieve
rockets. 'Marshal Duke of Saldanha left Cartaxo
himself at 7 A.M. for Aleoentre, where he was to stay
for the night. Another division under General
Mesquite, composed of the 9th and 14th infantry,
three field-pieces, and seventy-four cavalry, started
from Cartaxo for Azambuja, with orders to take up
a position at Alhandra, midway between Lisbon and
Santarem.
The foregoing is, I believe, quite correct.
I am not so sure about what follows, which is con-
veyed to me through the same medium. Not that I
suspect intentional misinformation • but that the
accounts of Das Antas's and Bowfin's movements
vary according to the sources from which they come.
"The forces under General Conde I)as Antes at
Santarem consist of the 7th and 12th infantry, and
the 2nd and 7th Cacadores.
" The division of Bomfin was at Sanjermlial (near
Cadaval). It consists of the 2nd and 6th, and part
of the 14th and 9th infantry, the sth and 6th
Cacadores, 4 field pieces, and 200 cavalry, of which
about 60 are regulars. Independently of these, there
are two corps of irregular troops, or guerillas, under
the command of Don Jaime and Don Ferdinand of
Villa Real. The Conde Nlonzinho de Albuquerque
commands also under Bomfin, whose whole force
amounts to 3,000 men and upwards."
The position assigned to Bomfin accords very
nearly to that in which he is supposed to have been
according to the accounts from Torres Vedras. IL*

INDIA.

By the Overland Mail, we have the following from
our own correspondent :
BOMBAY, Nov. le.
At the date of my last, Brigadier Whi tler's farce
was encamped at Kullsowal on the left bank of the
Chenaub river. They moved six miles down on the
21st, to a place better adapted for fording, and on the
following morning crossed the river—an operation
found to be anything but easy of accomplishment.
Here the force was ordered to remain till further
orders, keeping everything in readiness for a start at
a moment's notice. On the 30th or 314 Brigadier
Wheeler received instructions to advance in the direct
tion of Bheembur, the pass leading into Cashmere.
Sir John Littler's force* quitted Lahore on the 15th
October, in progress to form a junction with that
under Brigadier Wheeler. They reached Seealkett
on the 21st. The country for two or three marches
before reaching the fort of that name, is described u
exceedingly well cultivated, with a good sprinkling
of substantial villages—surpassing, if anything, any
to be seen in our own provinces. The town had bees
a handsome one, but was in a ruinous condition. A
correspondent of the Delhi Gazette says
It is a curious old place, and possesses some of the meet
picturesque scenery in Upper India, resembling that of the
Lihoon more than any other part. The country is es.
tremely rich and productive, well wooded and watered, and
ought to be a very land of promise,' were it in proper
bands. The people aro exceedingly civil, and iadined to
assist in every way in their power in the procuring of nip.
plies, forage, &c. Grain is the only scarce grain, sad con-
sequently dear. The fort of Scealkote stands to the south-
ward of the town, and is of very ancient date, having
been constituted a stronghold some seventeen or eighteen
hundred years ago. Against any but scientific assailants
it might offer a very fair defence."
The inhabitants, chiefly 'Alghomedans, were ex-
tremely civil and obliging, and freely supplied our
men with everything they wished tnr. Here they
remained till the 26th, on which day they marched
for Kala, and on the 27th reached hulloom al on the
left bank of the Chenaub. Brigadier Wheeler's force
was encamped on the opposite bank, a few miles lower
down. The Brigadier and his staff crossed over, and
were on the ground to receive Sir John Littler, who
the following day paid a visit to the force on the
right bank. On the 30th the General again crossed
the river to inspect Brigadier Wheeler's troops: he
was on this occasion attended by the whole of his
staff and a number of the officers of his brigade. Sir
John was highly pleased with the discipline and ap-
pearance of the brigade, and ordered that they should
move forward the following day, the brigade sailer Co!.
Iluish crossing to take up their position. Wheelers
brigade accordingly broke grouna on the 31st October,
which is the last account received from his camp.
Huish's brigade began crossing the same day. Ths
division head-quarters, 12th N. 1., sth troop Ist bri-
gade Horse Artillery, crossed on that day; and the
2nd company 6th battalion Foot Artillery with No. 9
light field battery attached, had crossed, and the 42nd
N.I. were in the act of crossing, when an order Wse
received by them to march back to Kulloowal—it
' was supposed on Sir John Littler having received
satisfactory accounts from our political agent, Colonel
Lawrence, who it was reported in camp had finally
adjusted the differences existing betwixt Maharsis
Goolaub Singh and Sheikh Emaum-ood-Been
probably the insurgent chief had arrived In
their camp, as a letter of the '29th bad been
received in General Littler's camp from Colonel
Lawrence, intimating his belief that the Sheikh
would come in the following day, the 30th. Wheekr
force wculd of course have received orders to halt
also ; he had probably not gone further than two
marches at most from the Chenaub. Should matters
be thus settled, it was expected that the Julia's:bin
and Lahore brigades—Wheeler's and Iluish's—would
return immediately, the latter taking the route by
Wuzzeerabad.
The combined forces of 'f ej Singh front Lahore and
Goolaub Singh from Jamoo efficted a junction on the
18th Oct., at Naoshem, on which date they were
joined by Colonel Lawrence, from Lahore, Lis male.
• A troop of horse and Nan, of foot artillery, a detachMe4t
Rappers and miner, the 80th (gueer:i), 12th, 45th, and 42nd
and a wing of irregular cavalry, under Brigadier

BELGIUM.—BaussgLs, Dac. 27. —The opponents
of the treaty of commerce between Belgium and France
(agreed to in July, 1842, and renewed in Dec., 1845), refer
now, in justification of their hostility to it, to the recently
published accounts of the exportations of the former country
and of the importations of the latter. The official statistics
of both kingdoms prove that, during the last few years,
there has been a considerable decrease in the quantity of
Belgian threads and linens imported into France; a decrease
accompanied also (to make matters worse for Belgium), by a
considerable reduction in the price of the above articles.
There can be no doubt that the treaty with France has, on
the whole, worked prejudicially for this country, the only
redeeming point being that the two Flanders, the most dis-
tressed portions of Belgium, derive some advantage from
having so near a market as France for their linens. The
French journals appear to be thoroughly cognisant of the desti-
tution prevailing in the two Belgian provinces just referred to,
and also of the moral impossibility on the put of the Belgian
government, on that account, to denounce the commercial
treaty in question. They have, therefore, displayed much
ill-humour at the resolution of the Town Council of Brussels
to raise the octroi duties on French brandies—a resolution,
however, which the government has refused to ratify,
through fear of offending France, although there is no sti-
pulation in the treaty is favour of those liquors. Some of
the English residents in Belgium intend to give, on next
Tuesday, a farewell dinner to Sir Hamilton Seymour,
the late British minister at this Court, who has
been recently appointed to a similar post at Lisbon.
It is expected that the Marquis of Westmeath will preside
on the occasion.—Considerable anxiety is felt by all the
lovers of art respecting the condition of Rubens's celebrated
"Descent from the Cross," in the Cathedral of Antwerp.
According to the recently-expressed opinion of the director
of the Museum at Berlin, the painting will be entirely spoilt
in a year's time, unless it be restored. It appears that a
portion of the colouring is almost falling from the canvass.
—The Bru-sels papers of this day announce the sudden
death at Athens, on the 9th inst., of M. Rodenbacb, the
Belgian Charge; d'Affaires at that court.—The .Voniteur of
this morning publishes a royal decree, dated Paris, Dec. 24,
sanctioning the budget of the public debt for the year 1847.
It is fixed at 31,625,337 f. 68e.
SIVITZEItLAND.—BERNE.—The new federal
directory of Switzerland will enter on its duties under ill-
boding auspices. In presence of an immense deficit, which
it will be necessary to cover, at least in part, by an extra tax
on property, the government will have to set to work witk
the greatest prudence and skill to weather the storm which is
gathering. The scourge of famine and the rapid strides of
poverty, amongst a people formerly so flourishing, have come
to add to the elements of disorder already stamped on the
country by the contentions of political factions. The
English legation is still at Berne. This fact is regarded as
an anticipated protestation against any attempt of inter-
ference on the part of the other powers, although in
two or three circumstances lately the British ambu.
sailor has given proofs of discontent to the authorities of
Berne fur causes purely of a personal nature, and has
threatened more than once to transfer his residence to
Zurich. The Radical press in Switzerland evinces great
anxiety at what is taking place in the canton of Tesain.
Austria,
it seems, is striving hard to separate that canton
from the radical party. A fact which testifies to the moues