The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 17, 1848.

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.—We have received the German papers,
including those from Berlin of the 14th. As we
stated yesterday, the excitement in the capital, ceased
by the proposed recall of the Prince of Prussia, is very
great. The excitement at Cologne was no less great.
AUSTRIA.—'fhe emperor has filled up the two
new ministries of public works and commerce and
industry by the appointment to the latter of Baron
von Dohtheir, and to the former of Court Councillor
A. von Baumgartner.
Vienna continued quiet, and the late turbulent
manifestations+ seemed to have roused the spirit of the
more moderate and intelligent chums, showing the
necessity of putting a stop to such scenes, if they de-
sire not to see the state plunged into the very vortex
of communism.

UNITED STATES- MEXICO.

The Acadia, which lett Boston on the 3rd, and
Halifax on the sth, arrived at Liverpool yesterday.
The Britannia was leaving Halifax for Boston when
the Acadia reached. The Acadia brings dates from
New York, May 2; New Orleans, to the 23rd;
Mexico, 13th; aod Vera Cruz, 10th of April; and
47,000/. in specie, and amongst the passengers Sir W.
Celebrooke, lute Governor of New Brunswick, and

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At New York the fears of a chartist revolution in
London amounted to a panic. The city. almost
worked itself into the expectation of a chartist revo-
lution in England, and serious injury would have
beta done in the mercantile, or more especially the
cotton community, if the America steamer had made
a long passage. Luckily she went across in the on-
prt cedented space of thirteen days. As it
was, advances were not obtainable on consign-
ments of cotton to Liverpool. Southern drafts against
cheap cotton were refused acceptance—credits were
cancelled by telegraph —trade with England was
almost brought to a dead stand, and middling cotton
fell to Si, and fair to 61 to 6 cents., or even lower in
some cases. Hut the arrival of the America dissipated
the alarm.
The New York Courier says :
The arrival at our port on Saturday of the fine new
steamer America relieved very deep anxieties which pre-
vailed here relative to the probable issue of the
great Chartist demonstration of April the 10th, of the
preparations for which we had adrices by the pre-
ceding steamer. So great was the apprehension felt lest
s .me disturbance sod confusion should ensue from the
demonstration, that for some days before the arrival of the
America, little or no business was attempted tither in ship•
meats to England or in the sac of hills of exchange. The
entire dissipation of thsse fears was most satisfactory, and
business will resume its wonted course—in so far at least as
the low prices on the other side may prompt to make ship-
ments,

There is little news from M' xico. The report of
the battle near Chihuahua is confirmed ries the city of
Mexico. The engagement lasted all day, and the
loss is supposed large on both sides. Many Mexican
officers had been taken prisoners.
The United States commissioners with the ratified
treaty, have reached, one of them the city of Mexico,
and the other Vera Cruz. They are to bring their
mission to a close peremptorily by the first of
June; so that Mexican diplomacy will not be
permitted to waste time by interposing delays.
Santa Anna has left the country for ever, according to
his own account. The condition of the peninsula of
Yucatan is very deplorable ; and the government of
the United States has been solicited to annex it to the
union.
A new constitution for the state of Illinois having
been lately framed by a convention called fur the
purpose, and submitted to the people for their ap-
proval, it was approval. Annexed to and forming
part of this fundamental law was this provision :
Art. 15. There shall be annually sunned and collected, in
the sum- manner as other state re venue may be assessed
and collected, a tax of two mills upon each dollar's worth of
taxable property, in addition to all other taxes, to be applied
as fellows—vir , the fund so created shall be kept separate,
nod shall 'namely, on the fleet day of January, be appor-
tioned and pail ov r pro rats upon all such state indebted-
ness, otlu r than the canal and school indebtedness, as may for
that purpose b•": presented by the holders of the same to be
entered es credits upon and to that extent in extinguish-
ment of the principal of mad indebtedness.
This article was directed to be separately submitted,
so that the vote should be given understandingly and
upon the merits. " This is a fact (says the Caurier
and Enquirer) which may, we trust, attract the at-
tention and respectful notice of the European press,
for it is a rare instance we apprehend—if not solitary
—in which the taxpayers have been directly invited
to assent to a tax upon themselves to pay bygone
debts." The total number of votes cast on this article
was 71,507, and the majority in its favour was 10,474.
What the precise amount may be of the debt Of
Illinois, to which this two mill tax is applicable, we
find it impossible to ascertain. The exchange of old
bonds for new is not yet completed, and, moreover,
what are familiarly known as the Stebbins and
McAllister bonds are excepted from the debt.
MONEY MARKET.
Naw YORK, May 2.—Bills on Loudon are held at 111
for 60 days. For the continent no bilis are offering. Meng
with us is easy, and the banks strong ; and notwithstanding
the export of specie from this port, which from the Ist
January to 20:h April amounted to within • fraction
of four milhan dollars, and which will be increased
by the sum that the Acadia will carry out,
estimated at about 240,000 dollars, the banks are
replenithed steadily by coin flowing in from the interior.
As in the course of six or seven weeks an additional sum of
16,000,000 U. B. Sixes is to be thrown upon the market—
the new government loan for which bads are invited to
Saturday, June 27—it does not seem probable that any con-
siderable rise can occur here, unless a large and sudden de-
mand from Europe should spring up for these stocks. The
securities of the states are now almost without exception
perfectly reliable. In the state of Illinois, heretofore dn.
credited by non payment of her debts, the people of the state
have declared their willingness to be taxed for the discharge
of the state debt.
COMMERCIAL.

Corron.—The receipts gala upon last year fall off eons
timed with ISIS and 1855. New Orleans kar already parsed the
million and Mobile the 40.000 holes oldish were the limits of so many
estimates of this crop. The esteem° deprreetion of prices is becoming
a serious matter, anti we rhould lope would be nom check to the
extent of future receipt& Freight of cotton to Liverpool one-eight
to flue thirsty ACCOIIIIA of a penny per lb. Exchange being bigh,
ootton can now be placed in England at a lower price we think than
we ever knew before.
IiItEAIMTUFFu —Since the departure of the iiihernia the
flour market has been in a quiet state, and A light etockpriori. ranging
from 6 dots. to 124 dui& ter the comment brands of Western and
OCIICAOe. to 6 dole. 250. to 6 dots. 374 c. for the better kinds;
imltiniore, Georgetown,
flour=Oandria, bringing 6 dole.
1240. to 6 dole. 23e. Rye mils elowly at 3 dole. 53e. to 3 dole.
Si e. Indian meal has declined to 2 dais. 371 e. for Jersey.
Wheat is held at 130. to 136 c. (or Ohio, and 1370. to 140 c. foe Genesee
white, with sales. ((ye, as wanted by distiller, brings 72c. to 74e.
osta, lie. to 47c. Batley, 83c. to %c. Indian Corn has sold freely at
55e. to 54c. for Jersey yellow and white. and He. to 52e. for mixed
southern, with some speculative sales at 51c. to 53e. for western.

el: court.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Prince of Pinsk s, the Prince of Wales, and the I'rincess
Royal, left Buckingham Palace at half past four o'clock
yesterday afternoon Inc the East India Docks, for the pur-
pose of inspecting the Clunese junk. After inspecting the
Chinese junk the august party drove to Victoribeforea-park, and
returned to Buckingham Palace at a quarter eight
o'clock.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta
Bruce, honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre
with her presence yesterday evening.
A Cabinet Council u as held yt aterday afternoon at
the Foreign effile. It was attended by all the ministers in
town. The Council -at two hours.

A deputation on the subii ct of the Audit of Rail-
way Account Bill. eonsieting of Mr. G. Hudson, M.P., Mr.
G. C. Glyn, M.P.. Mr. C. novae'', Mr. Wm. Chaplin,
M.P., Mr. D. Waddington, M P., Mr. Win. Jackson, M.P.,
Mr. B. M. Peto, M P., Mr. Wm. Mordtall, M.P., the Hon.
R. Dutton, Bir J. Simpson, Mr. J. id. Gregor, the lion. C.
Howard, M.P., Bic 1. Morley, and other gentlemen repre-
senting large railway interests, had en interview, yesterday,
with Lord J. Russell and the night lion. IL Labouchere at
the official residence of the nolde lord in Downing.street.
The Governor of the Bank of England had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
A deputation of the Council of Direction of the
Surveyors' Association, consi-ting of Means, Clnutt, Durum,
Richardson, Wood, and Baker, had an interview with Vu-
count Morpeth yifcerday. at the office of her Majesty's Com-
missioners of Wools and Forest., in Whitehall place.
Despatches were went off yesterday evening from
the Culoniainffice for the Govtruora of the West India Co-
lonies. Despatches wet..• also sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office for the Goar,rnor of Gibraltar.

New UNDEB-Sec'RETARY.—Mr. Horatio Wadding-
ton. barrister-at-law, has succeeded Mr. S. March Philipps
at Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, and
tralumoted business yesterday for the Home-office.

(From lost ithe.,t's Gazette.)
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAT 15.—The Queen has been
pleased to approvo. of Sfr Robert Hicks, as Consul at Ler-
wick for his Majesty the Log of Hanover.—The Queen has
alto been pleased to approve of Mr. Gunder Anton Martin
Aas as Consul at Great Grimsby for the Grand Duke of
Meeklenburgh Schwerin.--The Queen has also been pleased
to approve of Mr. James M Dowell, as Consul at Belfast fort
the United Suites of America.