The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-14 00:00:00

above was written, we have received the
following hastily written note from our correspondent
at Rome :
ROME, JAN. 3.
We have had a scene like those that marked the
last years of the reign of Lotus XVI. in Paris. The
mob, headed by Cicerowhack, brought up on the first
day of the year a long demand of rights and conces-
sions, resembling, in wild incoherency, the five points
of your O'Connorite charter. The civic guard, to the
number of 9,000 men, was called out to meet a sup-
posed popular insurrection at the gates of the Qui-
rinal. The doors were barred, and the rain dispersed
the crowd.

Meantime the senator (mayor), Prince Corsini,
went through the streets haranguing the mob. He
told them that the Pope, whom be had just seen, had
said, "/o aon con popolo e per popolo.' A mob ga-
thered round the club of the Circolo Romano, from
the balcony of which the senator addressed the peo-
ple. Sitenzio ! bawled out a brawny fellow, and all
were silent.

" Tell the Pope," said he, " that the people is for
him and with him alone, and that if be listens to the
scoundrels round him (birbanti), if he does not send
them to the right about, this plaything (drawing out
his Roman blade) will do the business." Immense
shouts followed, and they all ultimately dispersed, on
the promise that the Pope would drive through the
Corso publicly, which he has just done, amid im-
mense clamor of applause.
Dun Carlo Tortolia died, as I anticipated, on the
last day of 1847 ; and Cicerowhack's son is in prison
for taking part in the popular triumph for the dis-
comfiture of the Sonderbund.

The Madrid mail of the 7th has arrived. General
Espartero arrived in the capital at four o'clock on
that morning, from St. Sebastian. The government
party were desirous to put an end to the Salamanca
affair. The ultra-moderados, however, continued to
press it forward. Onr letters contain nothing to
countenance the late reports of the indisposition of
the queen. The Erpectador says, however, that
Queen Isabella is going shortly to make a journey to
Andalusia, for change of air. The interpretation put
on this intended movement lean approaching re-union
with General Serrano.

We have received the journals of Constantinople to
the 26th, with letters from Athena to the 20th. The
insurrection which had broken out at Patras was com-
pletely suppressed. The cholera had not absolutely
disappeared at Constantinople, but the cases of it were
extremely rare. The journals are chiefly occupied
with European news.

Since the foregoing was in type, we have received
our Paris express, with intelligence up to last night.
After the departure of the mid-day mail of yester-
day, our correspondent received a mass of correspond-
ence which arrived by the Levant mail, including
letters from onr correspondents at Malta, Constan-
tinople, Athens, Alexandria, &c. Also a detailed
account of the loss of the Avenger, which we annex.
LOSS OF H. M. STEAM-FRIGATE AVENGER.

"We were running," says one of the survivors,
" at the rate of ten knots an hour, from Lisbon to Gibraltar,
bound to Malta, when, on the night of the 20th December,
at four bells (10 o'cloek),in the first watch, the ship suddenly
struck on a reef of rocks. At this moment Captain Napier
was on the paddle-box, talking to the master.
Lieutenant Rooke, one of the survivors, was in his cabin,
in the act of taking off his coat. The gunner (another
survivor) ran on deck in a state of nudity. Imme-
diately she struck, all hands rushed on deck ; as they did so,
she heeled over on her broadside, the mainmast fell
across the paddle-box boat, and no doubt a number of
those engaged in clearing it away, were killed. The crew
appeared completely paralysed ; nothing was heard but now
and then as exclamation, " Oh, God! oh, God ! we.
are all lost." Heavy seas swept over the vessel, and scarcely
a man could retain his hold. The last seen of Lieut. Mar-
ryat was his being washed from his bold, and carried
away, with some twenty more, to leeward. At last,
Lieut. Rooke, the purser, second master, gunner, and
four others, contrived to get into a quarter-boat. Here
Provid. nce interposed to save them ; in lowering the boat
the foremast fall got jammed, and the after one going freely,
the boat bad her stern in water and her bows in the air,
when a jacket belonging to one of the men fortunately got
into the sheave-hole of the after-fall, stopped it, and
enabled them to cut the falls adrift. After pushing off from
the wreck, they endeavoured to regain her, to render such
assistance as was possible, and to pick up any of the'
crew; to:approach her they found impossible. The wind
blew a gale from the southward. The sea was very
high, and breaking completely over her. After remaining
as near as they could get for two hours, they bore away for
Gallas, distant about fourteen miles; an hour after they
had done so, the wind suddenly shifted to the north, and
blew harder than it had done from the 'other quarter.
This compelled them to bear up again, which they did, for
the coast of Barbary. On their way they pawed the
wreck, over which the sea was making awful sweeps. Soon
after daylight they made the coast of Barbary, having run all
night under a small lug-rail, and steered with an oar.
In running the boat in, she grounded on a reef, and all
hands were thrown out ,• the boy, however, refrained the boat,
kept to her, and drifted ashore alive. Of the remainder, only
Lieut. Rooke, the gunner, and steward, were saved. The
others perished in the surf. The Arabs treated them kindly,
dried their clothes, and gave them warm milk. After a repose
they walked 36 miles, till they could procure horses, on which
they rode to Biserta. Here they received every hospi-
tality from the governor and the consuls. A boat took
them to Tunis, whence Sir Themes Reade sent a despatch
to Malta. The Hecate started immediately for the fatal
spot, whither the Bey of Tunis had already sent vessels, but
not a vestige of the wreck remained. It is supposed that,
with the shift of the wind, Ale heeled over into deep
water, and sunk. There are from 30 to 50 fathoms all
round these rocks, which are steep to within a ship's length.
The total number lost is 251". .

Some sensation was excited yesterday morning in
the Passage de l'Opera among the stock-jobbers, by a
report that the King was taken ill on Wednesday
whilst at dinner, and was obliged to be bled. The
Three per Cents. fell to 741 r. 40c., but towards the
afternoon had recovered to 74fr. 30c. to SOc. It
apppeared on inquiry that there was not the slightest
truth in this report; his Majesty had for a few days
been labouring under a cold, the effects of which
were so slight as not to prevent him from attending.
a Cabinet council held yesterday.
PAWN Jon. 13.—New Loan, 76 25; Three per Cents, 74 50; Fires
116 45; Fours, 100; Belgian Fives, 1840, 99; Do. 1841, 991; pour-
and-a-Half, —; Threes, —; Naples Rents, 102; Roman Loan, 9a;
Treasury Bands, 44 1 ; Bank Shares, 31 90. Exchange on London
(sight), 25 624.
Kul wsys.—Paris and Orleans, 1,183 75; Paris and Rouen, 893 75;
Avignon and ?amines, 555; North, 531 25.

Letters received by the Madrid mail of the 7th say
that the appearance of the Queen on the occasion of
the reception at the palace on theft* des Rois (6th),
was such as to disprove the rumours which were in
circulation as to the state of her health. Her Majesty
appeared perfectly well.
MAD." Jan. 7.—T6ree per Cents., 271 at 50 days, 2431 for MA ;
Four per Cents., 15 ; Five per Cents., 151 paper, 151 each ; Perin's,
5 paper. 41 cad,. C.oupons, cash. Beak of St. Ferdinand, 122 rah.
Bank of t.S Isabella, Lydian,' on London, 48 30.100.

A STATUE is about to be erected at Hull in honour
of that upright patriot and able man, Andrew Marvel, who
represented that town in parliament during the reign of
Charles 11.