The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-02 00:00:00

GREYTOWN-RETURN OF WALKER.

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ORBYTOWN, MOSQUITO, Die. 1, 1857.
I little thought, when I wrote you last, that I
should again have to chronicle so soon doings of the
Filibusters in this country. The stoppage of the
California line by this route has cut off direct com-
munication with the States, and it has been but
occasionally that we have heard of General Walker
since his capitulation at Rivas in May last. American
papers have asserted for some time that he was
organising another expedition to reconquer Ni-
magas ; but we doubted whether, after his pre-
vious miserable failure, he could raise either money
or men ; or, if he succeeded in that, whether the go-
vernment at Washington would permit them to
leave the States.

Oa 24th ult. an American steamship was observed
steaming slowly off the harbour, near enough to see
what ships were inside ; she then made away to the
south. It was immediately surmised that the Fili-
busters were aboard, and that they would attempt
landing at the mouth of the Colorado (a branch of
the San Juan). This turned out to be correct, for
next morning the steamship Fashion came in and
moored to the Company's wharf, and at once com-
menced discharging men, though none but the crew
were on the deck as she steamed up the harbour
past the man-of-war. Chief among the notables
was his all-serene highness General William Walker,
the grey-eyed manifest-destiny man.
It appears that on finding an American war vessel
here, Walker went down to the Colorado, intending
(I presume) to land all his force there. About fifty
men, and some provisions, are said to have disem-
barked before the danger of the surf, combined with
sharks and alligators, put an end to that, and they
made for this port, to try and land the balance here.
The men were kept below until the anchor was
down, and they then went ashore in treble quick time,
to the number of some 160.

Captain Chatard, of the United States corvette
Saratoga, has been called upon more than once to
check the natural propensities of these gentlemen for
other people's property, and he has told them, in
very plain terms, that they must behave themselves.
Captain Chatard will (I believe) prevent either the
ship or the Filibusters from leaving the port until
he receives instructions from Commodore Paulding,
in the Wabash, at Colon.

The Filibusters are daily expecting the balance
of their men in the steam-ship Quaker City, and a
schooner, under the command of Gen. Hentungeen.
General Walker, on landing, established himself at
the Company's buildings, and imagined himself
"monarch of all he surveyed ;" but as Scott, the agent,
did not admire or approve of this, he was requested
rather peremptorily to remove. He now occupies a
small shanty as his headquarters, and the men have
ousted some miserable Indians from their open huts
on the beach, to obtain shelter.
_ _ _

Lord Palmerston said that though he could not
protect us from being bombarded, he would protect
the sovereignty of the soil. What will he do, now
that Walker has hoisted his flag at two places on the
opposite side of the harbour P—the staffs placed deep
in the sand, and the flags run up and down by fire
of run and beat of drum.
We have no English man-of-war here ; of course,
there never is when it is most required ; but it is
very fortunate for us that there is a United States
vessel here.

Tho miserable natives of the really beautiful State
of Nicaragua, having been fighting amongst them-
selves ever since Walker left, and now at war with
Costa Rica, are, of course, totally unprepared to
offer any organised resistance of any account.
Should Walker's reinforcements arrive to the num-
ber expected, the country will fall an easy prey to
his arms ; and if Walker will only act in the splint of
the age, it will perhaps be the best thing that can
happen to them.

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES PROM CAGLIARI.—
Strong representations having been made of the delay. in
the transmission of the Indian telegraphic despatches from
Cagliari to this country, the French and Sardinian govera-
inertia caused searching investigations to he made into the
conduct of the dada at Conics and Sardinia. It was dis-
covered that a menage was delayed seven hours at Sassari,
and fifteen hours at Bonifeoclo, and in consequence nnaly
the whole Eta in Cornea bee been replaced by the French
government, and several clerks have been dismissed in S.r-
dinia. The French government has also directed that some
of their officials shall be employed solely on the English
business, and Englishmen will be sent to Spezzia end Cag-
lieri to secure the instant transmission of the government
despatches. It is hoped that by these means the vexatious
and causeless delay hitherto experienced will be for the
future obviated. The submarine line from Cagliari to Malta
end Corfu was thr..wn open to the public yesterday,—/bess
THE OVERLAND ROOTS TO INDIA.—WO have
nedvei by the hme Bombay mail as exemplification of the
paramount advantage of the adoption of the overland route
for the tratumission of troop. to India. Within ix weeks
after the first draft of troops left England for Bombay, eta I
Egypt, a company of the Royal Engineers, forming part of
it, iled actually taken the field with the force oonunesded by I
Major Raines 96th Regiment, which left Bombay on the
22nd November for the Gulf of Catch, and they as, sow
fully orcapled against the rebel* In the disturbed parts of
Idelers.—Urrifed Service Gametto.

NEW METROPOLITAN POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
—Yesterday a new and important alteration in the postal
ermagements for the facility of letter deliveries throughout
the North-Wsstern district of the metropolis came into ope-
ration, by direction of her Maiesty's Postmaster-General,
bring the mtalitishmeat of a seismal office for the entire
North-Westeradistrice. This establishment, which manias
• seenerer sod perfectly separate staff, Me been erected at
great expense in Erersholt-stiect, Oakley-square, St. Pan-
cras. It le very capacious, situated jw at the entranoe to
Camden-town, and as nearly central as possible in the North.
Wistarn district. The effect of this new system is stated to
be that all the letters posted in and belonging to the district
will find their way to this central office, fmto which, having
int been duly sorted, they will be delivered direct with-
out having, as beretriors, to travel to St. Martin'.-le-Grand,
and then back again to the district in which the Were are
posteed. The result to be obtained by the establishment of
thes central district cams is that all letters within the dis-
trict will be delivered two hours earlier every post then they
were under the old system. Should the new plea be feted
to work well, of which there is bat little deals, it is under-
stood to be the intention of the Poet-odlo• sathorities to es-
tablish a similar central depot In every petal district of the
metropolis. The establishment Is abo a mural odtoe for
ganaral poet kitten op tea later hear than flee o'clock.
BELGLAM CUSTOM. DUTIEII.--BOARD OF TRADE,
Warrznam, Jew. I.—Tha Honourable the Lards
tithe Committee of Privy Cemoll fx Trade and Plantations
hen received, through the Ilearentry et State for Feedgn
Affairs, a wageotil uLdescatek tram her Mitiesty's Weida, et
Brussels, se the Impart dada, on mile, doh,
and toberce : I If. pre 100 Woe. Flah.—He=
all kind., If. per 100 kilos.; lehrems, lakes tram
bed., 61. per 100 idles. ; others, 121. per 100 hike.;
taken from aa.ional bele lit. par 100Hiaa. ; othere,VlA
100 kilos.; dried plaice. IL pet 100 kilos. stockfish, ifj
103 Vice. Tobeem.—Unaseaafettured : In leaf or rat
per 100 kilos.; etas, H. per 100 kilos. Manuter
Cigars. 21i1. per 100 kilos.; other mazinfacimed tobacco, &W.
per 100 kilos.—Ossear.

SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.
The vacancy so suddenly caused in the re
tation of South Northamptonshire has set the op parties
of the constituency upon organising their forces or • contest.
The signal defeat of the weaker conservative candidate last
sp
ring makes It improbable that the liberals of this division
acquiesce in • return to that exclusion from represen-
tation to which, before that event, they submitted so many
yeah. At the same time it is notorious that the success of
Lord Althorp was, in great measure, due to a number of cir-
cumstances which it would not be easy to combine In favour
of a socomeor. His lordship was the eldest son of a house ti
great territorial influence. Being personally popular with all
parties, he conciliated a large number of votes which, ordi-
narily, would be given to the conservatives, and he was able
to deploy ca the days of polling a wealth of me.
terial resources which made a powerful local im
PTIMIIOII at the time, and the cost of which after-
math; made his lordship. doubtless, one of the Mil
=Robert
those who in the House of Commons voted for lord
Grosvenor's bill for diminishing expenses at eiectioae,
The expenditure by which his lordships mows was secured
was frigbthd, and since the accounts of the auditor have been
have been the subject of pointed public remark.
Cilsiteet party are now quite awake to their duty, and ta
the person of Lord Henley have a candidate well qua/died to
fight their battle. His lordship (who is a mamber of the
Irish peerage) has taken of late years • considerable share is
the affairs of the liberal party both in the town and county.
In politics he goes farther than most candidates of his order;
for instance, he suppoe4 the ballot, end would relieve dis-
senters from church rates. He is accordingly a favourite with
the town populations, and would p.ll a very large proportion
of the freehoklen. His lordship has been prosecuting a can-
vass during the week, and we believe has reason to be well
raided with his reßtion. If the election is to be carried
out without an a to undue influences, there is every
reason to expect Henley's success.
We do not hear of • tory candidate, although there is con-
siderable excitement in that camp. That general sense of
abandonment and distraction, that decay of faith in their
omen and that want of confidence in their leaders which are
on all sides inducing depression and listlessness among
conservatives, are very prevalent in Northamptonshire, as the
late elections in each division have shown. Many of the
gentry who a few years ago supported Lord Derby and his
party, avow their preference for Lord Palmerston, on the
ground that conservatism has more to gain from • minister
able and willing to bead control, and check the liberal party,
than from an opposition statesman, too feeble to ream
popular tendencies. With • Reform Bill impending, it is
moreover probable that the seat now vacant will not long be
held by any one, while the . prospect of the same measure
renders the present composition of the constituency an unsafe
basis for operations calculated upon the remoter future.
These considerations make it improbable that a serious and
successful opposition will be offered to Lord Henley, although
It is not unlikely that he may have a competitor at the poll.

vAaANciss, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMO-
TIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

The Foreign Department : Mr. Henry Hart
Davis has been appointed a Queen's messenger on foreign
eervies.—The Dockyards : The situation of master sail-
maker, Davenport Dockyard, has become vacant by the re-
tirement of Mr. P. Hakim. Salary 2001. • year. Mr. John
Mills, the master attendant, Devunport Dockyard, will re-
tire on the 31st March, per Admiralty order of the 22nd Dec.
last. Mr. William Wheeler, R.N., has been appointed
master attendant of the Royal William Victualling Yard,
Plymouth, vice Mr. Roberta, deceased.—Legal Department
The Non. William Augustus Tollemache has been appointed
Messmer of the Kent County Court, vacant by the death of
Mr. Coppock.—lnland Revenue Department : Mr. H, S.
Hodgson, surveyor of taxes, has been promoted from Sae.
bury to the City of London, for land and assessed tame
only. Mr. William Smiles, surveyor of taxes,
has been promoted from Yeovil to Salisbury. Mr.
Richard Kennedy surveyor of taxes, has been promoted
from Melton Mowbray to Yeovil. Mr. J. Ferguson. en.
veyor of taxes. has been promoted from Bristol to Melton
Mowbray. East Indies Mr. W. Grey has been appointed
to officiate as junior secretary to the Board of Revenue, Ben-
gal. Mr. J. Mackenzie has been appointed • deputy-magie-
trate and collector in Behar. Mr. W. Davy has been sp.
pointed a deputy-magistrate and collector in Bardwen. Mr.
C B. Saunders has been appointed to officiate as commis:
sioner of the Delhi division and agent of the Lieutenant-
Governor of the North-West Provinces, in the room of Mr.
Breathed. deceased. Mr. C. J. H. Richardson has bee:rius
pointed ajoint-nsegistrate and deputy-collector, flat
vide Johnston, deceased. Mr. .1. Suwon has been appoin
a joint-magistrate and deputy-collector, second `rode; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel H. B. Turner has been appointed acting chief
engineer of public works at the Bombay Presideney.—Ciar
&rein Geeetle.

A POET-PIUNcE.—" The Royal Academy of
Stockholm," says a letter from that city, "has just awarded
• prize to Prince Oscar, the author of • poem on the
Swedish fleet The sitting was attended by the Quiet
Mother, the Prises Regent, and all the other members of
the royal fail . Prince Oscar received the prize from tka
heads of the l t, who addressed his royal highness se
follows : = Noble Prince I when the Academy heard he
the first time the sounds which appear to so wall
reflect the soul of the poet whom it at once is.
eelluteed es a son of the ocean, it did not forme
that the =known poet, who bad modestly taken his piece in
the maks with the other competitors, wore a princely crown.
Half • century ham elapsed since a King of Sweden
(Gustavus III.) acquired in this very place the academy.
palm. The academ will with gratitude preserve them re-
miniscences, unparalleled in the annals of a Literary eoclety;
and it congratulates itself on being able to add to the Dam.
of Soendinavian poets one who has been long dear to the
hearts of the Swedish people. On the following day, the
Prince dined with Baron de Beekow' the secretary of the
academy, who proposed the health of the Prince, which wth
drunk with loud applause."
ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AT THE CHF
Toms.—The principal, of each department received Metro".
lons to allow as many officials as could be spared the whole,
of last Saturday, so that merely a sufficient staff was is
attendance to transact urgent coma of business. The slq
will, it is hoped, be a precedent for continuing the saw/
arrangement upon every Saturday until the Saturday bele
holiday shall become, as it no doubt will be, a meaeral
This reform is only a matter of time, as ENO
homes of business already grant the boon to their
It would be one of the most popular, useful, philaPn=
and rational arrangements any government could affect.—
Sereiee &setts. _ _

•
GREAT FIGHT WITH A BEAR.—A large bear,
weighing 300 pounds. was killed after a hard battle on the
17th ult., near Port Rowan. The particulars ore as follow:—
Two men struck • bear track near Houghton Centre, end
they decided to follow it up, end if gpaammble to kill the bar.
So, each armed with a rifle and teeolrer. carrying their pre-
visions on their backs, started on their trail. -The chased
the bear for a length of time from Houghton into Welsher
ham, when the bear, nearly exhausted, found his way into s
place where a party of lumbermen were at work, and sop-.
posing this • safe retreat, prepared to rest for awhile. How.
ever in a short time the bunters' dogs came up, ad
the old beer, not feeling in the mood to mom
off, etraightway pitched battle with them. One d
the lumbarnen, teeing • good opportunity, stank
the bear with his axe and broke one of his hint
lege. The beer became enraged at this, and turned on the
men, who again lifted hie axe, but in doing so clipped end
fell helpless to the ground. His comrades seeing ha dengr
rushed to the spot, attacked the beer with their axes, but dii
not succeed in killing him until he bad bitten the man twice
nu the left leg—once below and once above the knee—and
then seized him by the breast, but as it luckily happened the
man had his mittens inside of his coat, and his coat Wag
loose, the Lear, instead of biting the man, had his month
full of cloth and buckskin. By this time they had succeeded
in despatching the monster, and the man who by his mah-
atma came so near lowing his life wss released hom the heal
firm clutch. The bunters then came up end paid the lom.
berrnen 10 doll. and took the bear. The lumberman is my
badly hurt, bat will doubtless rooover • be will at all events
be laid up for the remainder of the winter.—Morning Boar
(Canadian paper).
Two I.oragh IN TIM DELHI CAMPAIGN.—Major
Jacob and Captain Spike were both mortally wounded ; lei
it ray be not nabseenting to pay • tribute, small though It
be, yet due to the brava Jacob was an officer of goad
experience, having been present through the Cabul and IS*
ledge campaigns with his corps, and was subsegnently ra•
gaged on the frontier In command of a regiment of hem.
I He wee in the prime of life, quiet and gentlemanly it ner
net, kind to • degree, yet firm. He was loved by the meal
and the officers looked to him se a Mead. The greet per
hairy of Major Jamb was, I should say exeeeding coolers I
action ; and, riding as he did at the head of his urn on
white horse, how be escaped so long wan to us a mane d
wonder. His temperament fitted him admirably for the ear
mend of men, and in action enabled him to take admattill
of any oversight on the part of the enemy. &Mimi Mt
look no with trodden°e to inch a kale, and no Irani" the
mod the let looked up to him. Long will he be roter,
hired in Ms arm he loved so well ; and sever 1.1
a better soldier command the let Faillient. 'Cap'
tain Spoke. 65th N. 1., joined shortly dim Ur baled
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THE POLICE COURTS.

THIS DAY.