The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-04 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Europa, Gpt. Loci, arrived at Liverpool/m-
-oral morning at half-past 9, with d ites from Now
York to the 23:d nit. See brings 80 passengers, and
specie to the amount of 800,000 dole.
The steamship Asia, Captain indkinse which left
this harbour on the 12th nit., had arrived at New
York. Her passage across the ocean occupied 11
dere
The intelligence, so far as relates to the political
woad, is very meagre, and possesses little interest for
European readers.
The fugitive slave excitement continued in the
Staten The Pennsylvanian Abolition Convention had
held a meeting, at which Frederick Douglas and other
coloured persons were expected to speak, but, bearing
that persons claiming them as fugitive gives were
in pursuit, they had to decamp. The papers are
filled with details of suits at law for the recovery of
heave slaves.
We take the following example of amiss fa Philo,
deiphia fres the New York Weekly Trainee:
The alleged fugitive was as industrious, orderly bleak
an, seined fa tM humble vocation of a hod curter. He
was armed while go:ag to hie work in the afternoon,
sad WSW sseretly earned riC to vie Sorrel& Court-
room, after mart bolus, when be woe baked up,
seasomy with the kedge, marshal, inferior cf-
tom, sad Mrs. Meryl .ouen, who clamed him as their
;infinity. Fortisainely. lea &tontine was made kaiowa
by same bled (need to several gentlemes maseeted
with the old Atirlitios &misty, two of whom being
Quakers, immediately west he the inert-room tad
obtained an entrains. They urged upon the judge the do-
fmadam emaiition of the poor Mask, sad asked for a pew
peasment el the saes until the seat manioc, far the pur-
pose of providiog essneid, teselmany, to. The Judge,
Meath he ezpromed himself very merely graft's the she-
biteable, agreed to We rewash!, noses; gad the ease
was aessedlagly pestpseed, much to Ille elleoppelicalsent of
the clefs ate. Oa the 1•11ewleg imeashog the parties ap-
peared seder different eireometmose.
David Peal Bowe end Charles Gibbose, &qrs., two .1
the best lawyer, Philadelphia, freely misdated their sot
VICO M coons.) for the negro, while Dome twenty el ear
moat regrettable Golan I.IWZOBIS, mwtly members of the
old aboliticia &clay (of which you will remember Basis-
ins Franklin was the first prendeat), appeared and took
their Mali within the her of the snort, to see that Janie.
was dans. The grave and dirrolloo deportment of thaw
ellomou pave a to& to the proceodiomi which made its
ett4lioll 'miens and impasse. Toe lawyers coateated army
itch of ground la the m st ingrate.. sod nuaiterly
'lt.y showed glaring raformality la the allidatitt sport
etch the anew was Side, and seemed the evidesee of
it, identity el the rasa wilt attl,al assess, mad the
CP. wee made to appear as lame mid digmtive. The
ti. leaden sew begged for time to make out a clearer
ice, whisk the court refused, on the paled that they had
kid time mough, sod mime, r note eft& jails or the stale
could receive to. man, thus rendering the marshal liable for
his safe keepimg, • responsibility which he wee sot willing to
tate : The man was accordingly discharged. Daring the
wvi an immerse crowd of coloured penises had assembled
*stride of use baddir g (which, by the bye, was theism. bass
sib b the declarat:oa of independenee had isened), and had
tome deeply suited, though they bed remained quiet.
The end sews acs anaouoaed to them by the waving of a
hasdkerchief from the window, upon which signal
they set up a shout which wee tremendous.
A perry of thirteen fugitive slaves passed through
Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, on the 18th October, en
node for Canada. The next day they were followed
by two iadiridunla, who, engaging the 'instance of
a constable, foil wed on in their pursuit. The pur-
suers succeeded in overtaking the alarm at Wilke-
bane; but, owing to the stroog expression of feeling
manifested by the people in their &roar, they were
forced to beet a hasty retreat The palatable was
icdtwed to follow theta, under the impression that
they were hans thieves, but on learning otherwise he
refund to render any further co-operation.
A citizen of New York holds a hundred acres of
sure hoot land situated in the vicinity of New York,
at the disfaiition of Kossuth, provided he should come
to this country and will accept the present.
Despatches had bsn noeived at Washisgton front
the commander of ttp Amsrican Antic Expedition ;
e.e do.patchee are dab d off Pert Lerpnlrt, August
22. (In the 19 h they fell in with the vessels under
the chants of C. plain Patsy, ard on the 21st with
the Felix, Sir J.

The Je'llay laud e vehement coerequent upon the
reeecet of too sweet 1012ititlehil am-nfat ua (says a
letter in the Drtitu Tribune, dated Philadelphia, Oct.

• • -
1;) is u great hers, when she liras proved nee foot
upon the whets at N. tv York. Last night crowds
gathered round JUL", HO el to catch a glimpse of
her. Is fur, toe " pelpsus" made so much noise that
knee tretulimg.: asked une of the iimi.ri.•ora if the
pvatife were gunk to uttoc't the hotel, and she was
only reassured whet a truth at to present told her that
it woe only the nattiest et••••itiort of Americans, and
was perfectly harmless.
From Kings or', Jr.risica, we have advice, to the
13:b ult. thx deaths tt :rn cholera had occurred at
For: Royal and one a* Kingston. In reference to
Ithaican affairs the T ihune says that beforo the
close of the extra sr.sioo of Congress a great redac-
t.* would be made in the tariff, and that prohibitions
on ration* articles would be abolished. By the ad-
vice* from fort-an-Prins we learn that there was
every probability of a war of extermination between
the Itaytians and Dominicans.
It was reported at Panama that &revolution, headed
by General Flores, was about to be attempted against
the republic of Grenada.
We learn from Cincinnatti that on the 21st uIL an
officer from Glasgow, Sootland, arrested a person who
some short time ponce absconded from one of the Glsa-
tow barks ; 1,100 dollars were recovered, and he was
do.clarged from custody.
'There had been numerous arrivals at New York,
11- which we her., advice@ front California to the 16th
or September. The Crescent City arrived at New
rk on the 18th ult., with a large number of pas-
seniors and 1,222,600 dollars at gold-dust the
Ke.niratnueseee was at Panama, with 1,000,000
doatirs in gold-dust; the steam-ship Philadelphia
err red at New York on the 19th alt., with about
1.14,0,100 dollars in gold-dust, on freight and in the
hAi:ds of paueogers; and on the 22nd the Ohio
arrived st the emir port, bringing a large amount of
specie belonging to pusengers; on the 22nd the
Pacific reached New Orleans with 800,000 dollars in
gold-dust.

From our Californian advice. we learn that a, finan-
cial crisis 111.3 been . xperienced in consequence of the
failure of on.• of the moat extensive banking and trading
houses, which was followed by a suspension on the
part of two other houses and one private banker.
This created a ran upon all the other banking homes,
but which, excepting in one instance, was successfully
met, tending greatly to a renewal of confidence. Au
expeditim up the Klamath and Umpqua rivers had
resulted in the discovery of rich gold -mines. From
the mites oar accounts are confiectiar, although of
an encouraging elleareater. I. San Francisco ice-
prorements are very rapidly made; handsome four-
eery brick houses hoeing in many instances sprang
cep in the district recently destroyed by In, and the
streets were wader process of draining, dec.
Price of geld-daft 16 dole. to 18 dols. 33e. Ex-
change on ow, 30 days, 4 dole. 880. per pound.
Tee number of emigrants whom now were re-
gistered at Fart Laramie, Jaw le, as the way to
California amounted to 26,000 men, women, and
children. The sufferings endured at the mate were
of the most severe kind. The reports from the
mining districts continue to be favourohla New die-
serene, are frequently !made of a • character.
Or, Nelson's Creek minas RIM av about a
half *awe per day. Men are hired at a rate of were
varying from six to eight dollars.
Itch dry diggius have been discovered between
&IMO'S Creek and the mouth of Bath Creek, which
empties into the Sacramento. The spot where the
richest diggings exist is *boat 80 reis la=
4.) is width. The dirt has lobo model a ~. .
.ic distance, but repays those bailie two to
ttree ounces daily. This appears to hoe-
Ix en the bed of the river, and the geld hire
- ter). coma and bright.
i ticly all the Peruvians, or, se they erelaovn, lacwn, Chilians, have left the semidry ibrittadr"A
Leave. The prescriptive course premed who
l'"igters, many of them Limos's. aad
4, has compelled them to leave a lear=M
"
Prriid anything bat a le 001 to gees. Fear-
1,. that many of their would be destitute of
~ fteess to return, the goring bibusted
phiE
'kir meal te pew the , lbw mho
~
•Iters enable to is do hem =4101:11 • , A
Aottsett has aseordbgly .
doh. ia
a.. Plind•••18117. 8114.71k8 Os Winkle
---s there are net more than MMus or Pe.
tutus in the espy. All Who TO WI eatartala
wmost hoe& haling, against Amelia's', and those
our *swim. who are thews la thab way
Irill hi" r=wo fear, to learn that they are a
r
rs,„,vengefol
,and do not forget Injuries. The
oom= government are highly indignant at the

treatment their subjects have received, and will =-
quest' nimbly represent their griev►nces at Wash-
ington.
The &menet' from Oregon resent a flattering
description of the spirit of improvement and progress
which generally prevails. (Leen*: Gaines was re-
oeived on his snivel with every manifestation of
respect and hospitality.
A general Indian war is anticipated in Texas. The
depredations by tbir Indians near Saliva are extensive.
Two daughters of a Garman were taken off by them.
The Boundary Commission had reached San Antonio.
We have intelligence from Yoga= and Gnatc•nala
to the 28th alt. The mietending partiesM Yucatan
have recommenced hostilities with great vigour. The
Spaniards have been attacked by the Indians from
the interior, and driven from the several town. The
prospect of peat* is ;more distant than ever. It is
thought that the country will become the arena for
scenes of similar strife and turmoil with those which
ham before agitated the different stem of Central
America. The Indians are far mom numerous than
the Spaniards, and there is every reason to fear that
they will pin the ascendancy. In Guatemala the
appearascits were more favourable. Confident* is
owe more restored, and business is taking its usual
NUM.

h is annonnoed on good authority from the Oils
country, on the proposed boundary line between the
tatted States and Mexioo, that there is gold on both
sides the Oils. A great rash of emigration to that
point is anticipated.
It is said that before the clew of the extra session
of the Mexican congress a great redaction will be
made in the tariff, and that prohibitions on various
wicks will be taken off. A body of troops had left
Matamoros for San Luis Potosi, with refereses, no
doebt, to the threatened presidential revolution.

Ws (]Vas Pah Wesel, iforsal) Iwo rosolosrpefeste &d-
-ole« from Port-au Priam, of the WO sla. MN* iseisers •
War se ortermlustios bourses the Eirtiess sad Damisimas,
so that boesdhel Mead. Ws Imes that tlis mutts** bo
MAU Illeshelse mil Os tosakans Ina to expire es the
oat that feeleseise mos alirmies as army to resew
dm war. Witless* osr Harttes• will at-
tempt • Moody macrame of tiss Dasisisms. The war is to
cosmoses atm cow mouths smite hum the entireties of
the armistioe.

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calm. Sid mis imaa tamm nag la some ateat arum this last
LPl.lrB Sir Ithd.:•."m`hr 101 rata
for red sad
mlaibong rye emit Ss lama he rad ad mad Ma; la mats. to
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man. Xy•• &as ar i.aaY. at 10a. Pang of sold graft le
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`rar=est tad admin, as
further reports a early lisit WolinlM witaltsva i assay
bolder. from Um market _ _ _ _

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ore madded by Ps nigh* ell tee elida The Sher sgeslitles bays
further ademeggh wdr mewr asulteee 14. to VA for gees end
eighths; aid eitemeasieedidee Orre le wee ter bee bete. toe.
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steed iIIITOWIS of eed* steel teeth SI dia. itapostha.
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easy. repeessets, 10,041 ban & d Soar, st I&; 1,0.0 Imes of
ebefte, 7s 6d. Orate sea be at Sad. le 41. °Mos Is le.;
use, 3 dots. to dol.. lb SW bike of eettaa were
&Spred, at e. ; and him sued St TO iattirdaid, 000
tierese of 'Joe. at Us. _ _ _ _

—gel; ohiiisis: OM. 32.-.-Oettes is irs ; the sales y es.
to day Wag 1N001.114 at IN a is! be saiddllag, Sad 141 rue h.

THE BRAZILS.

FAutovra, Nov. 2.—Her Majesty's picket Pm-
guin, Lieut. Leslie, from Rio Janeiro Sept. 10, Bahia
28, Pernambocoo Oct. 2, arrived this evening. Freight
about 15 0001. , . _ _

We are happy to state that the several ports of the
Brazils are declared to be free from disesee, and that
clean bills of health are dispensed with.
The following packet, the Express, had not arrived
at Rio when the Penguin sailed. Exchange-28i to
29. Btosk-841 to 86.
Tea Currotte.-137 decree of 30th :sly last, the tight of
determining the value of merchandise subject to ad valorem
duty, if entered for °assumption, is vested in the investor
of lb. custom,. Setting amide, for the present, the inequita.
Mite of the decree, we feel justilled in stating, that although
Dr. Ferris may be a sound lawyer, we may be permitted to
doubt the possibility of bb being quite so conversant with
the value of every description el merchandise subject to
art vaftwein ditty.

THE HARPLEY EMIGRANT SHIP.