The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-27 00:00:00

1,950 discount. Exchange on London, 30 days, 641 4; 90
don 56. OPORTO, JULY 30.
The General, Don Manuel de la Concha, left this
city the night before last fur Spaia. The liberal party rye
gret his departure, for while he was here the people enjoyed
some security ; whenever any complaint was made to him of
abuse of power on the pert of the Queen's authorities he
tried immediteely, and with succest, to remove the evil, and
thus he acquired considerable popularity among that class
which might have looked at him as one of their oppressors.
I fully suspect that diplomacy was at the bottom of his
amiable conduct. He invited to his table Joi.e da Silva Passes,
jare Vice-Preaident of the Junta, his beJther, !deflect da
sun pus" and other leading men connected with the
Name jams he entertained likewise the directors of all com-
mercial compeniee, and I know that in convereetion the
question of the union of the peninsula was broached by some
of his aides-denamp.
The Duke of Saldanha has also left this city for Lisbon
rather abruptly--anne say in consequence of the Cabral
party trying to wrest the power from his hands ; others
evert that he was called to re-organise the ministry. The
truth will soon be known, we hope.
The CON alistas, who were not able to get admission to the
ball which took place the night before tile departure of the
duke at the Assembla Portuense, in honour of his excel-
lency, amused themselves, aided by the brave soldiers of the
Queen, in breaking the es of the liberals who hd the
imprudence to pass near the neighbourhood of thea room.
Frequent scenes of this kind would occur if all the Spanish
poops were to return to their country ; but, fortunately, five
battalions of infantry, Ilk cavalry, and sit mountain pieces
of artillery remain at Oporto, commanded by General
Betties, anti, it is said, they will stay here three months.
The account* from Alto Douro are unfavourable; never-
theless, the casts rly wind ha.. during the last few days,
burnt" the grapes considerably ; and it is asserted that in
'erne parts of the wine district a quarter part Iris been de-
stroyed by the heat. Ihe Indian cora, which app, erect so
promising, will be quite a failure, should this hot anti dry
weather continue. The 'hipping of wine for England con-
tinues brisk, nod the freights hold at 501. per ton.

FRANCE.—PRF.SS PRCiSECUTIONS.—M. Cartagne,
grant, and M. Antony Milray, ri,dacteur of the Democratic
prk-ifigar,rummaned at the ('our d'Assisse fir debt de passe,
applied for a postponement, on the ground of the inability of
their counsel to attend. Their counsel would not retina to
Paris until the end of September. The attorney-general
strongly opposedi the poteponensent, and the court went with
him. M Cartagne and Mlray then declined pleading,
end retired. The other business having been disposed of their
me was again called on. M. Bresson, the attorney-general,
stated that M.M.Cartagne and Menu were prosecuted fur
a delinquency outraging public morality. The latter
as the author of the articles condemned, and the f enter
as laving signed the two numbers of the papers in which the y
appeared. M. Milroy had declared that, although the two
numbers were pigged by M. Cartagne, that gentleman had
not lately had the immediate management of the journal in
his Ith..ds, and that he was not cognisant of the contents of
the two numbers that had been seized ; that the manuscript
and illustrations had been seen and objected to by him, that
he required them to be modified, that the alterations bad
been in some sort agreed upon, and that it was not until
after such alterations had been made that the publication
took place. The court would have to judge whether it were
possible to admit that a portion of what was objectionalde
in the articles and illustrations had been suppressed. The jour-
nal was divided into the political department and the /twine.
toes. Doubtless the journalists though t that much would be per-
mitted them in this latter department ; but it seemed to the
authorities that in the two numbers in question they had
exceeded al bounds. They seemed to have collected
Innen. of the most licentious character, and most injurious
ynuth and to manners generally. After reading the prin-
cipal passages in the two cendemned articles, the attorney-
general went on to remind the jury that they had frequently
to reprises the publication of engravings, calculated to esreupt
manners; but they must recollect that the writer could alto
offer to the eyt a of his readers scenes of the most dangerous
kind.—The court then passed sentence,—" That M. Car-
twee being guilty of an outrage against public morals, in
having published in the journal of which he is gt,rani,
an article entitled ' I.a d'art des Femmes,' and Anthony
Nem being his accomplice, they are, in accordance with
Articles 8 of the law of Meg, 1819, and GO of the Penal
Code, sentenced each to six months' imprisonment, and a
fine of 300 francs, together with the expenses of the trial.
The imprisonment to take place within a year."
PRUSSIA.—It was stipulated by the convention
of the 31st March, 1831, that the central commission for the
navigation of the Rhine should be bound to present annually
to each of the states bordering on the river a statistical re-
port of the commerce and navigatien on the Rhine. It was
In 1836 that they succeeded in getting the first report ; since
that time one has been pro eented each year to the respective
governments. In its number of Thursday last the commer-
cial official organ of Prussia publishes a statement of the
commerce of the Rine, from 1835 dawn to the commence-
ment of 1846. Thin statement contains some interesting
data ea to the history of the revenue of this river and its ad-
ministration, especially with regard to the toll, from the
time of the German empire down to our day. The number
of l'ruaian boats in this line of traffic has increased between ,
1835 and 1840 from 276 to 916 ; of these 19 were steamers.
In 1845 the number of Prussian steamers was 31, of which
23 belonged to the Cologne Company, end 8 to that of
Dusseldorf. The number of passengers conveyed by the first
of these companies, in 1845, was 680,000; by the second,
231,000. The number of passengers conveyed by the beats
of the Cologne Company had increased, in 1843, to 620,000;
hut it has subsequently decreased, in consequence of the COM-
petithin raised by the opening of the railroads from Mann
beim to Strasbourg, and from Bonn to Cologne. The Due.
alder( Company has suffered a like decrease from the open-
ing of the Belgian and Rhine Railway.
SAXONY.—LEIPSIG, AUG. 16.—The abundant
harvest is now almost all gathered in ; and as for the potato
disease, which in many parts of Germany is said to follow
like a spectre in the very steps of the magnificent harvest, we
know nothing whatever of it here. The price of corn has
again fallen in this market ; but in our mountain district*
the high price is still maintained. On the whole the price
of provisions has never been so high in this town an else
where, because there has always been a plentiful supply of
work. The great number of public buildings which are now
in the course of erection have given employment, more espe-
cially to that class of mesons who live tram hand to mouth,
and to whom the last winter was more especially trying than
to any other class.