The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-20 00:00:00

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Meek Wendel ao • pwlMiss from the National Rohr.
Menioeien. Sir Iseilas Wehrle, met being able to atteed.
Thee. fikelorme. leg" sad eliter leading reformers, won per
seat. AWs of Woke to the seemhare far their past esa-
doet was wiled by oesiessitlea.
DRAMAS or MARTIN Mss.—BITRAORDWART
Coors.—/Lboat Mahe swathe are that 'suasive tram of
land, aw Melforl, booms se Martis Mere, was amiss&
la poet thie psnd has bees frequently mike waste
jig r nesthe Isogatior, rad was tam imemile of
proditable eideleatim. •The daises. eisalesel b. Ise Be.
amities ef many hawked wee sflmil, •*d ',
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this peer has *Mal mat eathlhalsiy amp of oats,
W. Prom or idob, of Ws realiesod lead two rom%
the Magma taralpa mese head to mash* of only 416 Mak
without data taps cramp roots, Mae averaging lOilbe. es*
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altegeMen messewdoeirehest bar stews eon, sat le. •
Mary seepellower. The seep ef cats also (of whisk the,.
ware.alreeMlSO mearlilds last season) was also alniefande
and tlte oats ass tuning out of good quallty.—Preogete
Gwardies.

, I.II#II,T,ED STATES.
rex By-Ate rariast sight at Liverpool of the United
ilOttes ma ', steamship Atlantic, Captain West, we
ars in of ono. day's later inte.llgence from the
UMW statos and deli Britimh colonial possessions.
else beim dater from New York to the 7.h
Dec. ~ •
The sassamillip-Asia, which sailed from this port
on the 23rfelthno, had arrived oat at New York.
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Another, large importation of gold-dust had been
reativedsiNew-Tork from CaHernia by the steam-
ship Georgia. The amount received was two-and-n-
-half million of dollars I and one-and-a•half million
dollars were at the way I. the steamer Cnerokee.
The brig Union hen arrived at New Orleans, vtith
200M00 dole. gold in freight and 160 passengers, from
Yen Crua.
We regret to state that the advice, per the Georgia,
as far as relates to the health of the mining and other
population, are very unfavourable. The cholera had
not abated its virulence. The number of deaths in
Sacramento city for the week ending October 26
was ninety. This was considered a large mortality
in proportion to the amount of population.
The steam-ship enamors had beret her boiler at
San Francisco, causing a lots of 75 to 100 lives.
The message of the Governor of Texas states that
he anticipated the passage of the Boundary bill by
Congress (the passage of the bill was announced in
our last advice') bat regrets that Congress was not
more specific in defining the mode of ascertaining and
making known at the federal treasury the amount of
debt for which the 5 millions of stock are to be retained,
or had not deemed the relinquishm int, by the state, of
all liability on the part of the United States, as suffi-
cient guarantee. Ile considers that the creditors of
Texas must look to the United States, and not to
Texas, for the settlement of her claims. In regard to
the bonds issued by the late republic for double the
amount of the original contracts, be thinks that be-
tween pnvate individuals such would be void on ac-
count of usury. Ile, however, reessomends that govern-
ment should certainly pay to its creditors the full
amount of benefits received, and interest on the
amount from the time when it should have been paid.
Ile also recommends that a law be passed, requiring
all creditors holding claims against the late republic
of Texas, and for which revenues arising from impost
duties were specially pledged, to file releases in favour
of the United States, in respect to said claims, with
the comptroller of the state within a specified time •,
and in default thereof, their claims upon the United
States, for the liability of the said debts, growing out
of the transfer of revenue, under the articles of annexa-
tion, shall be considered as waived.
Rumours of a proposition for the purchase of Ceiba
by the cabinet of Great Britain were current at Wash-
ington, but received no credit. Great anxiety pre-
vailed in the capital regarding the proposed policy of
South Carolina and Mississippi touching the question
of the secession.

There is nothing important from Congress or the
United States generally.
A large hospital for the insane, at Augusta (Maine),
was destroyed by fire on the 4th, and at least 28 of the
lunatics perished in the flames. It is supposed that
the fire was occasioned by a defeat in the chimney.
Some of the lunatics gave the alarm u soon as the
fire was discovered, but the keepers, supposing the
noise to be the accustomed ravings, gave no heed to
them until they discoveredthat the building was filling
with smoke. With but few exceptions, all those lost
were incurable, and it is believed that most of them
died from suffocation. It is estimated that the da-
mage dune to the hospital can be repaired for 50,000
dollar.. The entire building, and seven others, were
destroyed. Those who perished were all males. Those
in the female galleries were all saved. Much diffi-
culty was experienced in removing the insane, some
of whom had to be forced out of the building. Others,
after being put out, would rash back. One poor fel-
low, after being twice taken away, ran back to his
gallery and perished. There were 124 inmates of the
hospital, of whom, we are informed, some 79 melee
occupied the wings in which the fire raged. Large
numbers of the inmates were necessarily turned loose
at once, and were wandering at random. Many others
were taken to the jail, to the alms-house, and to the
dwellings of the citizens.
The following account, from a New York paper,
wee written before all the above facts (received in
New York by electric telegraph) were known :
An we write (Wednesday morning, Dec. 4,) the
noble structure for the tocommodation of the insane,
erected by the State (aided by private munificeoce),
at an expense of more than 200,000 dole. is burning.
Already the entire south wings are a complete ruin;
all above the second story of the central section is is
the same condition, and the remainder is in imminent
hazard of being entirely destroyed. The fire was
first discovered this morning, between two or three
o'clock. It is supposed to have originated in the air
chamber contiguous to the furnace in the old south
wing (situated between the central section and the
new south wing). There are but few dwellings in
the vicinity of the hospital, and a considerable time
elspsed before the alarm of fire was communicated i
to many of oar citizens. Unfortunately the engine
belonging to the city was not in working
condition, having a day or two since been taken to
pikes for repairs. The arsenal engine went to the
I lenens as early as practicable, and the Hallowell en-
egnes were prompt, but the latter were three miles
Alm the fire, and did not get into play until six
tieloct, and bee, there being no adequate supply of
water, they had to work from the river, a quarter of
a mile distant, and more than two hundred feet below
the elevation of the hospital. The fire got beyond
control before our people were aware of the exist-
,ance of it. The first efforts of the °Moen and attend-
setts were divided between attempts to stay the flames
and to rescue the inmutes. The last was eeriomfy
I.2lnedado and in =by instances rendered impossible
by‘the deal* issue of gas and smoke proceeding from
the air chamber through the flues of the galleries.
Henry Jones, an attendant, was the only sane person
who perished ; he was endeavouring to rescue those
under his charge. Another of the attendants, James
P. Weeks, was seriously injured in attempting to
resew those under his charge, and it I. doubtful
whether be will recover."