The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-25 00:00:00

F, OCTOBER

LAIESTTINTELLIGACE.
:ply UNITED STATE 4

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LIVISPOOL. KompAY Molurnro.

The steamer Arabia, which left New York early
on the morning of the 14th inst., has arrived, bring-
ing 82 passengers and 463,18.5 dollars in specie.
The steamer City of Baltimore had arrived out at
New York on the 12th ; and on this 14th the Arabia
rased the steamers North Star, Indian Empire, and
Africa, all bound in.

Elections for memben of Congress and state dh-
ows had been held in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
sad lowa, and the returns, as far as received, were
infavonzable to the dements.

The American treaty with China had reached
Washington. It is substantially the same u here-
tofore published.
General Cass wu again suffering from severe in-
disposition.
The electrician sent oat by the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company at Newfoundland, left St. John's for
Trinity Bay on the 11th, and it is therefore pre-
aimed that he reached the terminus in season to com-
mence operations on the preconoerted day, the 12th.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company are said to have
sold their valuable lead mines in Newfoundland for
200,000 dollars. The metal was plentiful, and said
ts be equal to any in the world.

The first overland mail from San Francisco
reached St. Louis in twenty-three days, whence the
news was immediately telegraphed to New York,
thus beating the steamers. The California news is
I= impo rta n t .

The water at Fraser River was MO high for
mining. &sinew was much depressed in Victoria.
The yellow fever showed little abatement at New
Orissa, end Savannah.

Interesting Mexican news is received era
Havaanah. The steamer bad arrived at the port
from Vera Cruz on the 3rd lust. A courier arrived
there that morning from the city of Mexico, stating
that Viadaurri had been defeated by General
Miramon, near St. Louis, and that the General
had captured a thousand prisoners and several
pieces of artillery. At eight o'clock the same
morning a courier arrived at Vera Cruz, stating
that Viadaurri had defeated Miramon, and that
the latter had blown out his brains in despair.
The Solent also brought news from Tampico.

Governor Garza had levied a oontribution on all
foreigners to the amount of 100,000 dollars. On
failing to raise the same, he imprisoned a number
of Spaniards and Americans for thirty-eight hours.
allowing them nothing to eat or drink. They were
finally released on a promise to pay the amount, and
a number fled to the nearest station. The Spanish
Consul took refuge in a Spanish Teasel et war at
Tampico, while his family went on board the Solent,
and were landed at Havannah. The important
despatches are on their way to Washington from
the Spanish Consul, and the American Minister
would sail from Vera Crus on the 18th, for the
United States.

On the way from the city of Mexico the diligence
was attacked by robbers ; three of them were shot
by the diligence party, who escaped uninjured.
At Havannah sugars were quiet and declining.
The New York stock market had Inca active and
buoyant, but a slight reaction occurred towards the
dose, and the quotations were: New York Central
Eighths, 81; Erie, 161; ditto, First Mortgage, 98 ;
New York Central Size', 93 ; Illinois Central, 73 ;
ditto Bonds. 89; Panama, 117 j; Reading, 60;
Michigaa Central, Me.
Sterling Exchange—Moderate basilicas, at 1091

to 110, noise instanies taking 108.
Money market unchanged. New York Banks
had gained over 600,000 dollars in specie.
Neill, Brothers, and Co.'scotton circular reports con-
siderable activity in all the various markets during
the week, chiefly on French and continental sooostat,
and for the home trade. Liberal receipts at the
ports, however, had kept the /markets firmly sup-
plied, and as the demand had Men off towards the
close of the week, a lower range of prices had been
submitted to. Exports to Great Brite;ti continued
on a low scale, there being few English buyers yet
in the market. The weather for picking had been
floe, and planters were securing their crops in good
order.

Flour cheaper for common, but steady for good.
Wheat esker. Corn unchanged. Coffee, sugar, and
naval stores quiet. Pork heavy. Beef steady.
Tobacco firm, and tending upwards. Freights gar
rally unchanged.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

END OF THE PORTUGUESE DIFFICULTY.

011011 Or*

PARIS. SIMPLY Evuura.

Th. Portuguese diftlealty is, far the moment at
lout, sada i bat not precisely in the form repre-
sented by the French journals. The despatch con-
veying the important news is thee printed by the
Pattie :

LISBON, 00T. U

Tha altar of tb. Charles Otago is to-missasd. Tb.
Portman, gammen* rooms fhb able aad obsess the
estasia. The fadeout*, will trs paid without rosans to
artaltrafisa. AU is Gem

The Petrie adds—P We publish this despatch sub-
ject to allreseres as to the additions of the arraage-
meats mode between the two governments." I am,
however, enabled to state that the government is
not aware that the secondary, I will add the miser-
able, question of the amount of the indemnity is
comprised in the settlement at meant made. In
confirmation of this I may state that the Pays
avoids publishing the text of the despatch above
given, and says simply that the Portuguese govern-
ment has delivered up the ship and set the captain
at liberty. Bet a fact which is really important,
and which I state positively from certain know.
ledge, is that the official despatch contains the
weeds • Portugal Protests.' The meaning of this
dippremed phrase in the published despatch is, that
Portugal, having no means of preventing the French
ships from bombarding Lisbon, yields to force, but
maintains that she is morally in the right, and
appeals to the public opinion of the civilised world.
This is a melaueholy precedent, after the treaty of
Paris had been supposed to lay down the principle
that force alone should not in future decide differ-
ences between nations. A question surfeits itself
which, in the present imperfect state of information
en the subject, I cannot attempt to go into—
I how far it is consistent with the honour of
England to allow an ally whom she is bound
by treaty to protect to yield to force, if we think
that she has right on her side ? But we in Paris
really do not know yet, although the news has hem
sent three or four times by telegraph, whether the
Channel feet has sailed for Lisbon or not ; and still
lees do we know what its orders may have been.
Meanwhile the French government journal sing a
load " 0 be joyful!" over the • mutilated despatch.
They assume that Don Pedro has disavowed the
ads of his colonial agents, and praise him fit his