The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-02 00:00:00

SOUTH ANI ERICA.

The latest advice.,, from Buenos Ayres confirm tho
news already published. In the Brazilian province
of Rio Grande, on the eastern frontier, 12.,000 troops
of the line are collected, and 8,000 national guards
are under arms. Paraguay is also arming, and
18,000 men are ready to march against Buenos
Ayres. The hatred for Rosa,, which existed in all
these countries has no doubt exaggerated the charac-
ter of the preparations. Brazil, Paraguay, Entre-
Rios, and the Oriental States are all combined against
him, and it is with a view of extricating hmself
front the difficulty that he has offered his resignation
to the legislature of Buenos Ayres.
The yellow fever was very prevalent among the
shipping at ltio Janeiro, at our last dates front that
port, reaching to March 31.
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

.....
Advices from the Sandwich Islands report aggres-
sions on the part of the French authorities, who con-
tinue to demand the repeal of the duty on wines and
brandies—the original cause of the misunderstanding.
In connexion with this, they now claim a scat in the
cabinet of King Kainahanialia--a sharing of the
funds devoted by the government to the support of
religion between the French and American mission-
aries, and the use of the French language in all the
official correspondence between the two governments.
In case of non-compliance with these demands by the
"40th of March, the French threatened to seize the
fortress, and blockade the port. The government
protested against the imposition, and declared that,
if attacked, they would appeal to the protection o
the American flag. The hew Yurk /feral[! says:
We cannot view this subject with indifference. The
Sandwich Islands are important to the United States, and
would form that ground in the great Pacific which it will
be necessary fur the United States to occupy at an early
day, as a kind of half-way house between California and
India and China. We trust our government will not ne-
glect this momentous subject. We give a very full account
of all that pertains to the history of the French disposition
to blockade the principal port, and we commend the whole
to the careful perusal of our intelligent readers, who cannot
but be interested in a subject which may lead to very se-
rious consequences, and possibly to a war with France.
CAN.kI)A.

The Canadian parliament met at Toronto on May
20. The governor, in his speech, stated that the
revenue from customs and canals is increasing; that
the change in the imperial navigation laws has in-
creased foreign shipping in the Canadian ports, and
that the Emigration Act has been complained of as
being unfavourable to our import trade. The new
postage law has considerably increased correspon-
dence. The arbitrators appointed to ben le the
boundary dispute with New Brunswick have re-
ported; a measure will be introduced for reducing
the civil list, and an increase in parliamentary repre-
sentation as recommended; also amendments in the
school and municipal laws of Lower Canada. W. L.
Mackenzie took the oaths and his scat. Notice was
given of bills for fixing the time for meeting of par-
liament and for establishing courts of conciliation.
The government are in favour of proposing that
Canada shall extend her aid to the railway. The
announcement of the intended withdrawal of the
troops has been received with few expressions of
regret, except by the Montreal guards. Since the
Fugitive Slave Law went into operation, the number
of annexationists has materially decreased. The idea
of an independent northern empire, consisting of the
British provinces, and the territory now held by the
' Hudson's Bay Company, in a federal union, is flout-
ing in many minds, and, according to the New York
papers, it would not be surprising if it should pre-
vail to a considerable extent. The episcopal church