The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

(DT DILITIIII AID INAONNTIC rinsimAni.)
(7101 001 OWN COADZSPONDIXT.)

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

The British and North American Royal Mail
steam-ship Canada, Capt. W. J. C. Lang, arrived in
the Mersey this morning, with advises from New
York to the 29th ult. ; Boston, 30th ; and Halifax,
let inst. inclusive. The Canada brought 73 pas-
sengers, and 770,000 dole. in specie.
The Canada passed the Niagara on the let instant
off Halifax.

General Walker's expedition had been entirely
broken up, and the General arrested, which caused
much excitement on the question in Washington.
The Mobile end New Orleans steam-ship Northern
Light had arrived with Californian advices to
December 6, and with upwards of 2,000,000 dollars
in gold. The rain had fallen plentifully, and the
mining operation was progressing satisfactorily.
Commercial affairs drill, and the money market was
without animation.

We have Havannah advice' to the 23rd alt.
Sugars remain firm. Freights inactive. The slave
trade quits active.
Mexico, Dec. 17. Another revolution had
broken out in the garrison of Zacugba, and Vera
Cruz had renounced against the government of Co.
monfort, and expected that other states would
follow.

A steam-ship, supposed to be the Arago, passed
Cape Race December 28.
At the Quebec. elections serious riots occurred;
three persons were killed, and many more were in-

jured. The ministerialista have over two thousand
majority.
The money market is in better tone, and eaaier.
Stocks dull and lower, especially railway shares.
Cotton drooping and dull. Uplands quoted at
from 9c. to 91c. per lb.
Breadstes quiet, except Indian corn, which was
steady in value.
The provision market firm.
Freights to Liverpool dull. Flour, 2c. per barrel;
grain, 6d. per bushel, in bulk.
At New Orleans, on the 28th December, cotton
closed stiffer, at previous rates.
Exchange on London, 1041 to 106.

OUTWARD INDIAN 141Am8.--The second despatch
of Indian mails rid Marseille* minas the commencement of

the weekly

took place on Saturday evening,

letters and newspapers being forwarded to China end ail
parts of India, except Bombay sad a Foam of the Bombay
presidency. The next mails for Bombay, Calcutta, Madras,
and all other stations of India, except Penang and Singapore,
will be made up to-morrow (Tuesday) morning, to accom-
pany the Australian mails, eid Southampton, es far as Sum:
and for the above places, rid Husain, mails will leave an
the evening of the 18th hut, as the 17th falls on Sunday.
THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, BATOR.
DAY.—The British and North Amorkon Royal Mail steam-
ship Europa, Captain John Leitch, soiled from the Hiram
at 8 p.m. to-day for New York with the United Stales and
Canadian mails, 40 ra, and a full cargo of merchan-
dise on freight or to her departure copies of all the
morning journals were placed on board the Europa by
Hamm Willmar and Smith for the press, news-rooms, and
public institutions of the Western Continent.
THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—The screw-eteam-
ship Powerful, W. H. Barnwell, commander (bslonginc to
the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company), arrived
in the Victoria (London) Dock, on Friday evening last, from
the West Coast of Africa, having a full cow, oonsistMg of
803 auks of oil, 249 bales cotton, 85 tons camwood, sundry
packages of ivory, and 725 ounces of gold dust. Several
and some shipwrecked mariners from Fernando
rlrgeul errtred is bar.

or FORRIGNERs.—On Friday
lee a number of Italians were landed st Liverpool from the
screw-steamer Andes, having been forwarded at the expense.
ofaaoeleyin Conatentbsoplecalkd the" Weer& Biseteurs.'
The mai boded under the impression—firmed in cons-
gases of ametions reed, by the persona who shipped them
—that means would readily be found at Liverpool to enable
them to emigrate to Australia or America, as they were all
furnished with passports by the various consuls. On land.
lug they proceeded to the office of the Liverpool " Society
for the Aid of Foreigners in Distress," where, however, they
were told that It waa lincelble to deal with such a large
number of man, (sixteen. The society, it appears, did once
aid a similar number toleave the country, and it is feared
that that act of benevolence has been made the pretext for
sending another batch. The unfortunate foreigner', who ere
for the most part political refugees were accompanied by Mr.
Samuelson, the acting secretary of the society, to the Stipen-
diary-magistrate, (Mr. Mansflaid,) who sent an officer with
them to the Workhouse where they will be temporarily pro-
vided &v.—Liverpool .11hiets.
TnE CayrrAL PALACE POLL.—The result of the
poll for the four additional (Emden of the Crystal Palace
was made known on Saturday by the scrutineers ano&hd
st the hat meeting of the shareholder. The sucees en.
Mate. are Captain Walter, brother of Mr. John Walter,
M.P.; Mr. Bicknell, anvils-law of David Roberts, R.A.;
Mr. England, of New-cross; and Mr. Horsley, who was one
of the moat salve members of the committee of investigation
appointed by the shareholders. The number of vote were :
For Captain Walter, 96,203; Mr. Bicknell, 82,380; Mr.
England, 60,088; and Mr. Horsley, 73,866. The Christmas
revels were limi to a very sanafactory close yesterday.
It is understood that the company have netted about 2,0001.
on the new attraction/. This Is a remit which will no doubt
be satidectory to shareholders who, having tested the non-
paying character of 11DO-1111 attrections, are naturally 11111101111
to obtain from "roundabouts," "Punch and Judy"
, and
" deicing bears," that return for their investment which is
denied to them by the more legitimate objects of ancient and
modern art.— Mercer. _ .

HILARY Taitm.—To-day (Monday) Hilary term
whoa the law and equity courts will resume their
=slrille snows In the courts are not conaidetable. Is
the common law courts, the number is 131, consisting of 60
rules in *be Quota's Bench, 37 in the Common Pleas, and
44 in the Exchequer. With regard to the Court of Chan-
cery, the arrears ere sot numrous, but the larger number
are bean Viee-Chancellor Wood, Irbith wises from a air-
°mutant., et which the profession oomplain. A nolicitor
marks on his petition or bill the judge to whom the mantis
to be referred, and Vioe-Chancellor Wood has the
number of matters entered before him. It is Eat
all mos should be allotted to the several judges of the Coat
d Chancery in rotation ; and such a rule would, it
I. eetid-
paW, be productive of conekkeshis basalt to the verbs,
suitors in the court. _ _ _

P011:71/8IT OFLOILD CAMPBELL—The Lord Chief.
Justin of Sagisados the masks of his recent visit to
Bdiabergh, esslesesd the oty, long wished for, we
believe, of *Sag to the of the Royal Scottish
4cadcany foe Ws parte& and elthough Sir John Watson
Gordon wee rather limited as to time, still, from the One light
which during the sittings, and the pa..
donee rie7lre layMarampbell, who proved an excellent
and =tiring sitter, the portrait (a half-lea) was completed
in a few days, sod it la not only a capital laumeas but a first-
rate @psalmist Sir John's artistiotalent. Though the selection
of the giant to immure the portrait of the distinguished
sate wee say to be smoldered as a lilting tribute to
his past repntatioa, still, even in that limited
ems, it Meet Metes on Scottish sit, and will, we feel
amine4 be
_Awed with Whigs of ptoadon not only by
his Wawa, bet by the public generally who
tab ea laMeet in seek metes. The portrait, we under-
stand. to kkedsd hr the wit ezhithion of the Royal Ars-
thrity. Besides this et the Lord Chief Justice, we observed
in the pedisiste dm& ea admirable full-length al Oa
se Dallimmis, and a truthful and characteristic half-
,
111.61 Profane Olimpeon—free from the magmatic*
pookdis hetamed portraits of that eminent phyeiciau.—
Scotism&
EXTENSIVE CONTLAORATION IN SOUTH AOO.
TRALTA.—Tha must deetraosive fire that kw ever takes
to South Australia scoured an the 9th November, at rat
Adelaide. It broke out to the shop of Mr. Scarfs, km-
monger, North-parade, aboutobcA and speedily sprite
till the entire block of shop end houses, wooden and briars
from Medley's Port Hotel to Turner's, the oh*.
"ralterdij backwards far as Nile-street, was cossameds
Tb• banding dookoyol cookpriso throe hook, twelve shops
*Ws. troszookin, and general dealers), one beak (branch
of the Ukoa), Ekon =Una, two stables, and various out-
buildings, The total lose ie estimated by the Smith Isar*.
lan
_Aquifer et 100,0001. and by the .14klaidis rims od
260,0001--tba
ogres: jostles uslasorod. No leo woo bk.
ace estionelnat by any ans. The Are maims we
of se nee at all la ehsokf ag the !be; the little water that
setald be got wee wasted y leaky hoes —.Aststrelims wi
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