The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1850.

CALIFORNIA.

it be eons.

A cerresposamt slob es the gold from
tan adventurer who has tried lie Mad of :
San Treasist" Dee. 29, 1849.
Of COWIN you must have heard threat* ether channels
of my departure for this place. Mr. W., the American
econeril, got me the chance of coming to Califersia tree. I
was off in a crack ; very geed memo of 71 days. Anhed
here in May, about She 416.- Terribly disappointed la
selling ley drugs here • MGM set gst rid of them at arty
prim; determined an ;idling die mimes height a mule and
11'6,14a poop,* of bisaltalk da pet, Is, saddle base, toss
sew. het., and stetted MI6 a perms tens same Itina —, in
the same stip. This journey ors misdeed mderyment--lirs*,
to get out of the horrid emdesdag wind saddest of Sas
Promisee, and them the delightlal daily chasm of 'emery.
lo San Prosaism it begins to blow about 10 or 11 a.m., • m-
auler burster and statism* generally till sew-down, /yea,
ears, mad hair are all leaded with dast, it meatretes
teats and wooden homey and at mesh the food
is loaded with °bamboo pepper • and all or al-
most all are affected with ottani on fleet loading,
which is very severe and obstinate. So meek for the sum-1
user months. In winter the rains prevail, steady mostant,l
and heavy ; the wind finds quarters elsewhere, come
qusatly mud is in abundance, and boots are up-60 or 60
dollen for • pair of stout baste to reach to till kam is now a
fair price as the market stands.
Two days' rids brought me to quite another climate, hot,
sumbiuy weather. I traveled over luxuriant Sete, paddies
plaice, barren prairies, then beastlfsl hill and valley, with
rich verdure and fat cattle, and horses in the low lords, and
wild oats covering the hills ; swam the mules across the
rivers, forded strasso camped on the ground, cooked at our
ramp fire, and was trite mom all care. We
ware generally saluted at sight with the yell
of a pack of kiotee (votive dogs); a sort of any
dog. wolf, wolves, foxes, deer, badgers, bares, rabbits, quail,
&a , were plenty. One well seemed to take a liking to me
and followed at gawp trot. I stopped and presented my
rifle, and my friend was off like a rocket—the very daft.
germs grizzly bear sliver 0/011Nd us. Further up the country
we rods through lofty tress, with esouutain ar.d ravine, and
pleas, and all sorts of ups and downs, camping wherever we
could procure water. The trees are magnificent, and the
veriatim of piss are in all their glories large and lofty. It
was wild beautiful nature. At last I fell seek, as
almost all do on their arrival at the f' diggine,"
on the banks of the river Yuboh ;—got' well, then
another ao,—got better, ditto ones more got better and deter-
mined to give up. I mast tell you the fats of my poor black
favourite faithful dog D.sh. 1 brought him with me, end
he died, poor fallow, on the arid pleats on tl,e journey for
want of water, and ornameata with his hide some billion
who took a fancy t> his beautiful coat. So math for solos
to the diggins. Quite another story coming back. Plenty
of rain, and lets of mire and wa er ; coming into amp
wet through; no means of drying; sleeping on the
wet ground; wading up to the middle is water, and
crossing rapids and bogs flooded by the continued rains. One
sight I spent, amidst a hareems of wind and rain, in the
hollow of a tree, giving on my blankets, and wrapped
in my old cloak ; the rest I resorted a nouse' and slept in a
pigstye, pigs eoateudirg in the plebe for their rights; I how-
ever bad the beet of it, and held my position by means of a
good stick, amid grunt, of die ipprobation from the swine.
For weeks I took my clothes off ; my hair has not
nem cut for ten months ; and I have not mid a razor dam
Joao ; fan,' what a picture. I am now pretty well, and
sail to-morrow for the Sandwich Islands to recruit. I will
writ: you more from Clem jai, S.

Prince Frederick of Hesse visited the Quin yes-
archly at Barkloglutaa-paleer.
Prime Albert rode out on honebsok, attended by 001012 d
Bo aerie, yesterday
Her Meisel east *Prises Albert hoewnered the pAratanot
of the Frew* Plays with their preeisee yesterday evening.
The royal rake rosebud or the Viseeeatem Jocelyn, Han.
Flora Macdonald, Lord Duffer* Lord Alfred Part, and
Colossi B 'erode
Ms Prime of Wale', Prises Alfred, the Prism. Royal,
the Primus* Abs, the Prisons Helios, sad the Prioress
Lanha, leek their assustosad eserelee yesterday la the
garden of Beeklashaaapaleee

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Fo-
reign oMoe. lips, attend. d by Lord John Itessell. the
Marquis of Lansdowne, the Bari of Mato, B.r Gems Grey,
Vissoant Palatenton, Hui Grey, the Chancellor of the
Ezuhiquer, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. H. Labatt
ahem, the Marqsis of Clanricarde, the Richt Hon. Fox
Mauls, sad other ministers. The Lord Chaatiellor was
absent, Wag still iadispoe d, but the noble sad learned lord
was mush trotter yesterday. The counsel sat two beam
Tim American Minister had an iaterview with
Bari Oey yesterday at the Colonial-cake. Mr. 111111115 Pim
had alacirsa interview with his lordship yesterday.
The Committee on the Animal Kingdom of the
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday at the
New Palter of Westminster. There were present Lord
Stanley, Professor Owen, Proressvr B. Forbes. and Profemar
Hofmann. Mr. Dar attended on the part of the executive
committee.

Committee of the Privy Council ett
yest !May, and heard Rawson's Petition for an extension of
Noble's Patent. neve. was adjourned. The lords pre-
sent were Lord Brougham. the Master of the Rd 4 the
Chancellor of the Darby of Cornwall, and the Judge of the
Help Court of Adtobralty.

GRAND BALL AND SUPPER AT THE MANSION
HOOBl —Last night the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoras
gam a ball and supper to the younger branches of the fami-
lies of the memben of the Court of Common Couneil. It
wu the third ball of the present mayoralty. The company
ecumiated of between 600 and 700 young penes &