The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-05 00:00:00

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", MAY 5, 1849. [THREEPENCE.

in a new ministry, to be formed under his auspices
jointly with Pioelli, and, it is thought, to the exclu-
sion of the obnoxious Delascay. It this combination
be realised, as it very probably will, public tranquil-
lity will not be disturbed, and the country will wait
Patiently the rush of events. I will write as soon as
I learn the progress made in this matter.
TUSCANY.—The news from Leghorn is to the
26th eh., at which time the ezemordinary coattibu-
does levied on trade were atilt being rebtedinud the
defines and all kept up. The committee of public
delsoce, says the /owed des Darts, is composed of
masterinescao and smiths, end ameapt the latter is
Wire, captain of the Leghorn civic artillery. Ca-
ligon has caused an entrenchment to be formed in ,
front of the town, between Lame sad Campo Santo.
He wished to arm this outwork, and was bringing
thither a 24-pounder, bet the people refused to
allow him to do so, fearing treason. It has been
stated that the Lombards in the service of Piedmont
had been embarked at Cbiavari for Cirite Vetchis, on
board several vanes ; that one of these ships, which
had arrived in that port at the same time as the
French, had been ammo, and that two others, which
were met at bad bees wailed twenty leagues from
Ovita, and left free on the coast. It is now added
that a Sardinian corvette arrived on the 24th at
Leghorn, with the order not to allow the Lombards
to disembark there should they present themselves.

LOMBARDL—A letter from Brescia, of the 27thl
ult., announce* the death of Fiad-Marsball Nugent,
is acuminates of the amputation of his leg. His
Amaral was disturbed by • popelar emasee, which it
was Salmi atemeary to quell Icy the Upset.
At Milan, as the 19th alt., Prince Charles t3arar-"--
zenburg was named governor of the town.

GERMANY.

Dates from Vienna me to the 30th ult.

AUSTRIA.—It is positively asserted by the Si-
lesiars Casette of Breslau, that the Russian troops were
to enter Cracow on the let instant, and that the Prus-
sian government had given permission to them to
c having
Silesia on their way to Austria, orders
been oonveyed by telegraph, to the directors
of the Upper Silesian Railway, to make the necessary
preparanons. The mare journal adds, that the latest
ustalligetce from Vienna was to the effect that the
Hungarians had crossed the Danube and taken Raab.
By this movement they have cut off the communion-
den between Jellsohich and the main body of the
bm&nafortes.
iDeuteeles Reform of Berlin asserts that Kos-
suth has issued a proclamation, setting forth the inde-
pendence of Hungary and of its annexe parka, and its
renunciation of the dynasty of Hapsburg-Lorraine.
The Vienna correspondent of the above (always •
well-informed one) states that, in the Rumian mani-
festo which will shortly appear, the Emperor Nicholas
will declare that be sees in the Hungarian insur-
rection the first phase of a Polish insurrection ;
that his intervention in Austria is dictated by

his own interests, that he has no views of aggrandise-
ment, and that be will defray all the expenses of his
troops. Other accounts from Vienne, however, up to
the 30th nit., raise doubts u to the erection that
Russian assist's°e is quite near at hand. It appears
that the head-quarters of the imperialists are at
CEdenburg.
In Pestb, Koseuth's partisans had been restored to
power, and the Magyar national guard called out. A
new Vienna journal asserts that the imperialists have
regsiaed Neaten.

FRANSFORT.—We have intelligence to May 2.
The olBoial journal contradicts the statement that
the Premiss government have recalled the Prussian
deputies to the National Assembly. Herr Von
Behmerling has left far Olmutz.
The Saxon, Bavarian, and Hanoverian members of
the National Assembly have forwarded energetic
addressee to their countrymen, urging them to make
all possible legal demonstrations in favour of the
German constitution.

BARONY.—Three of the ministers have resigned,
in senses:pence of the refusal of the king to acknow-
ledge the constitution for Germany. The municipal
ansborities al Leipzio have drawn up an address to
the king, expressing dissatisfaction at the dissolution
of the Second Chamber, particularly as such a step
was taken in opposition to the decision of the Frank-
fort National Assembly. Intense excitement prevails
throughout Saxony.

COLOGNE —From this city our data are to
May 4. It was rumoured that Prince Windischgritz
had arrived there en route for Loudon.

RUSSIAN CORN.—According to the Konigsburg
Gazette, immease quantities of corn will be expected
this year from Russia. All the depots are foll.

UNITED STATES.

The Hermann, United States mail steamer, arrived
off Cowes last night, with dates from New York
to the 20th ult., three days later than those brought
by the Niagara. The papers contain no intelligence
wrath transcribing which is not contained in the fol-
lowing letter of oar correspondent :

NEW YORK, Arm 20.
The arrival of the Europa, whose news was tele-
graphed, by the way of St. John's and Boston, about
twenty hours in advance, has put us in possession of
the triumph of Radetsky and the fall of Charles
Albert, with the probable return of Pius to Rome.
All this excites the deepest regret. If there is one
power more than another whose policy
.is hateful to
the American people, it is that of Austria. The dun-
geons which held Lafayette and Sylvio Pellioo, will
now contain some new martyrs to liberty, and " the
knife follow where the pincers tear."
The Hermann milt to-day, having been got reedy
in an uncommonly short time, carrying only a mode-
rate freight and a small number of passenger'. The
Niagara, on the contrary, was crowded, and will make
a profitable voyage. Since my letters by her I have
some interesting particulars by the intermediate
mails. A despatch has been received at Washington
from San Francisco, dated the 20th of February last.
It appears that there has been a_ great sickness and
an unusual mortality among the Californian emigrant'.
The weather has been severe, and the sufferings of
the people intense. Commodore Jones, of the Ameri-
can squadron, was engaged in making a survey of the
bay of San Francis* and the S torment° river,
heading the expedition for that purpoee in person.
Bat the most astounding information is from the
Sandwich Islands. Upwards of ten thousand of the
natives have recently been carried off by that singular
disease the measles. It seems to have broken out in
January, a month in which its appearance as an
epidemic generally takes place. As medical men
under these circumstances rarely look for the termi-
nation of the contagion until May, we expect to
hear more of its duolating progress • and we
consider that the effects of the diseasein this form are
to be found afterwards in the shape of consumption
and general debility, it would almost seem as if the
native races were to be swept away, in order that the
whites might take possession of the islands to fulfil
some destiny connected with the new order of things
on the casts of the Pacific Ocean.

We learn that the United States government ban
sent out instructions to General Smith to exercise as
wide an authority as possible in governing California,
and to maintein order under his military authority
until a taritaial government is established. Emigra-
tion that way has evidently been checked. The steamer
Crescent City sailed on the 17th with about 163 w-
veneers, and the Falcon went off to-day with about
half that number. From the Isthmus itself we have
nothing later than you already know.
From Mexico we have a few days' later intelligence,
by the way of New Orleans. It appears that its
congress hu made a donation of 25,000 dole. to the
Pope. The subject of the protocol was taken up on
the motion of General Almoute, formerly minister to
the United States, and debated in secret. This gen-
tleman, who was rather a favourite in this country,
and was always treated with great kindness wherever
be went, returned home one of our bitterest enemies.
Ile still seems resolved t, make as much trouble u

be cam Mame is one very striking' grow
tam, however, of the failure of his attempt to
get up a rupture between the two countries,
k the fact that a hill has been taken up end
Citin the Mexican Senate, authorising a
y the president of 1,500,000 dole., the same to
be a lien on the instalment of the indemnity due from
dm United States in May next to Mexico, and
illissating to three millions of dollars. Now the
Misisans very well know that if they do not behave
themselves very quietly, the indemnity will not be
geld; and moreover, no capitalist will advance to the,
I government on that murky, unless it gives sufficient
guarantee to let the protocol alone and keep the p•aco. I
We learn from Mexico that the mite to the Pacific
known as the Tehuantepec route is being improved by
a large body of workman; and, by the latter part ot
the summer, all the portion of the distance to be
crossed by landoarriage will be so far worked sad
prepared as to admit the rapid movement of post-
coaches. This leads me to the consideration eta
kindred topic, to which I alluded in my last
letter. A Spanish paper, published in this
city, called La Crimea, says that Nicaragua
bee appointed Don Francisco Cabello minister pleni-
ratoary to the court of St. James's, and calls on the
l States to beware, as the Mosquito country
may, by this movement, become a colony of Great
Britain. It is well known that a number of British
=itsfor a quantity of rain, obtained a smut of
ierritory from a person called the Mosquito
Xing, and this it has been attempted, as we under-
to transfor to your government. Now the
boundary line between New Grenada and Guatemala
is still unsettled, and serious difficulties are likely to
smear if the territory, held in common since the
treaty of 1828, is likely to be diminished in quantity
and commercial importance. I busies that if
Menges has appointed a minister it is not to sur-
mise the Mosquito country, but to remonstrate
nosiest the permitted anomaly of its present
peaks. And now I will let you into a
dale Slink sot derived from any improper
mom let which I deduce with perfect oar-
*slaty from facts I know. An American gentleman
is sow in Nicaragua argoolating for the right of way.
eneemoes capital, and is in very
circumstances to make an impression.
The Guatemalan minister at Washington is highly in
flavour of the plan on foot, and I assure you that if
talent, skill, and capital can secure that right for the
parties in this city who have made all these arrange-
ments, they will be secured.
We have an arrival here front Porto Cabello,
Venezuela, in 26 days. The war steamer Libertador
was to sail on the 14th of this month for the isle
Blanca, to capture some military stores belonging
to General Paez's party. A distinguished member of
the Holm of Representatives from Guarico was mur-
dered in his own house, when preparing to set out for
Carnets. His name was Oregano Menda. General
Pares movements were not known, nor his in-
tentions.

Our political affairs are not varying their upect in
any great degree. General Taylor throws the re-
aponribili of
ifppointmenta almost entirely on his
heads of ents. As some of these gentlemen
are pretty h politicians, they occasionally step
over the line which the general marked out for them.
I notice, however, that public opinion is not without
its influence even on these persons, and they have
been compelled to pause several times in their plan
of operations. General Taylor's administration has
by no means pursued a proscriptive policy as yet, and
probably will not. Hie cabinet know his integrity of
character and firmness of purpose, and they would
not dare trifle with him, even tf they were disposed
to do so. The president has recalled our minister
from Stockholm. It is believed he has disgraced
himself and his country by smuggling goods under the
diplomatic seal.
Very few important appointments have been made
as yet. Some anxiety is manifested here as to the
collectorship and postoffice, but no one positively
knows anything about it.
Mr. Jaudon, formerly connected with the Bank of
the United States, and well known in London, is
about to establish a basking-house, and become the
broker of the frovernment This is an innovation in
our public affairs, introduced under democratic sway
since the destruction of the United States Bank. It
is an admission of the fact that the secretary of the
treasury requires a fiscal sent. The government must
bare a broker to moist it in its daily operations. Cor-
coran and Riggs, of Washington, have made a large
fortune by having this position. For example, it
was usual for the presidents and secretaries to keep
their fends with these gentlemen, and to draw
cheques on them for their personal expenses.
It was usual for Mr. Walker to advise with
and consult them as to the disposition of the
government stocky, the state of the treasury, the best
mode of remitting money, &c., and with this intimacy
they were always able to take advantage of their
knowledge. Of their commissions they were sure,
and they always were ready to enter the market at
the right time. Mr. Jaudon proposes to occupy their
position.
The ship Angelique sails in a few days with a large
number of young women, of respectable families, for
San Francisco, ostensibly as school teachers and
religions missionaries. They go out under the lead of
Mrs. Farnham, a female somewhat known for her
public efforts in the Fry school. We presume they
will find the lasso of matrimony ready for the whole
of them. We think their pretty necks will not dis-
dain the noose, albeit it be not made of silk.
We have nothing later from Canada; but under-
stand that the spirit of annexation hourly gains
streogth.
Oar weather is exceedingly cold, and the mercury
has steed below 32 degrees for several days, much to
the injury of vegetation. Oar spring is very backward,
and though green peas have made their appearance
on our tables from the South, we are told we shall
have no peaches.
P.S.—We have just received advice, from San
Francisco to the lst of March. The California
steamer had arrived from Panama, but it was not
known when the would return, for the want of coals.
The winter had been severe, but gold was abundant.