The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-24 00:00:00

! place—firstwas reported that the following entshad
, that a number of Americans t kt°ll Cardenas bad been executed at Havant. t.fait
could not very well help or complain of. Next— ‘"
the Albany and Germantown had intereepte4 overhauled a Spanish man of war which had
0:tot A
number of Americans, at a place which 41„"
doubt the intentions of the party captured, end about to proneed to hostilities for their rsegut-,l°
when the American
.steamer Saranac, Capt. Tartfii,
came up, and by his advice, Capt. Rendolth
Albany, was induced not to mske the attack: I inclined to think that Cipt. Randolph would hi—
boss ufied by the orders he had received fest, the
Secretaryry of State, whams attarked the Spaniard k doubtless, Capt. Tetnall reflected that this nus2C. have complicated our affairs with Spain much to,'D',
injury. We have always resisted the right of warti under any pretext whatever. If the Spanish mit,
war had any:Americans on board, that fact could "
have been ascertained by a search. Copt.
Tatp
therefore, without doubt concluded it wu best e, '
the Spaniard go into port, and to follow her theret
with the requisition of our government. If
to be resorted to it will be with a better fee alter'
e e
refusal of liberation on the part of the R'lekrrmii.
general, and as oar home squadron is rapidly nit.
centrating at Havana, and the Spanigh minister has
advised the Count Alcoz to yield Nom. demerit, it
is
probable that Capt. Denali has acted for the bee, it
was, however, also rumoured that our conhul,
Campbell, had been imprisoned, and also ti.e
fornia passengers on board the Ohio.
Yesterday these rumours were in part contredieltt
and it is impossible at this mome.t to say which are
true. Several telegraphic despatches were attired is
the course of the day, and t is very certain cab,*
meetings were held on Sunday. The start' that the
American Consul was imprisoned was d
The statement of the capture of the brig itvls, keed
from this port to Chaves, with CEL!:rOetil pee.t.pri
on board, is believed. The Serer ac is exp.c.l,4 ,auey
,
at Norfolk fur fresh orders, and in the intact..ee
public esteem the probability of a rupture situ Spain
very great.
From Waehing'on we have nothirg very impor.
tent. The last opi .ion teems to be that M. tsi'l
bill will pass the senate, and Gereral Taal pica
find favour with a majaity of the hoes;'. It so there
will be committees to c mfer, for the porpo.e ef ad.
justment. The proceedirgs of the Na•h%il:e etteen.
lion are so moderate, that it is now settled that sone
kind of an arrangement will he made. The roeven-
tion seem to thick that the Nlis,ouri lire eboaid be
the basis of comprowiee ; and this having once re-
ceived the sanction of the peop.e, appears 'o have
much in its f..vour now. I 11E1 adhere to my
opinion that the storm will blow rarer.
The Post.oflice Committee in the senate has intro-
duced a bill for the further reduction of postage, wAh
the following provisos.
Sae. 1. ,felt ounce letters, two att.. f,r any distance
within the United States, if prepaid, and bye cent.. if eat
prepaid.
Sec. 3. Newspapers same .a at fresnt. Hen4.bi Is tole
citBieses..a2 r
t.
one
erocveindtu fpeorr
letter,lo:as of de f
repapcts, and cur
i:;I
charged as letters.
Sea. 4. Franking privilege abolished. Expenses e!
Congressional matter to b..cargea to the C mtir gent
and paid out of it.
its to drtia.::pon het Trta
suryBecfo.rs.delflshecienPcmietsm,uanedeerr-Gcenrtser'llut

is la-2e

Ooe of the difficulties attending our mail seralce
the franking privilege of our members of Cmgr.
The documents transmittal by them during a si!.:d
Congress weigh upwards cf one mil on three L. 7.•
dred the neand pounds. This is c deui weight 0r...A
Post-office deputment. The question arises wh-t!.cr
it is best to continue this franking privilege. a •
tically, f,-w of these documents are ever read by ti.,.?
constituents. The reason is obvious. The Presider..
message is published in all the tewsparers, as a tn.....
ter of course, and is read in every part of the Un....d
States for weeks, if tut ninths bef re, as a Corlett,
sional document, it is printed. Yet it is very
nous when the auxiliary reports of the departme:..s
are combined with it. S 3 every other inipraL-
Cmeressional document is published in th- news.
papers long before the official publication raih. S
appearance. The forwarding of these y
members of Coogress is therefore in fact eatirtiy
and is merely an artifice of the poli.ie.an. .t me©•
tar of Congress sends a franked document to aYnost
[ every one of his constituents, bmause it eares him the
trouble of writing letters; it remi.,cls co•,rs at
homo that he has not forotton them. a.".,14: !le :1
become a great man, but the cry.stitueney stow
1 about the subject in question, and have mule ep their
minds about it long bet we they receive the frank.
I consider, therefore, this part of the mail °err
I might be reformed.
The late news from Panama is of a rather more in-
teresting character than ususl. A r.ot °marred.
larising out of the arrest of a native I.‘‘)y tot robbery.
The natives, instigated by Lis cries was aIN
to be hung, attacked the Auurieu.s. and etoda:

deat's ensued on bath sides. 'f hroul.tn the intervih
tion of the American mud (aided by the &nee ex
ertiona of the govercor) the riot WWI quelled, I,is co',
with au t st rious apprehinaions that dist urbane, 4 u.
continue.

We have information from Washington that
City, upon whom all eye s in this country are a-
sent turned, was attacked on Su :day by biliou.
the s. and serious apprelunsicnswere e.:tertain

to biar.corery. I.La Beata at this t;m3 would bt
really a public calamity.
A senator ha. been appointed from S ‘teb i.
in place of Mr. Elmore, deceased. Inn Ir., tonb::::is
a Mr. Barnwell, an accom.ilislAcd I:v!.i.otur• t r
many years Presidin; of the C..4:tge et ZNA.h
Carclina. _ .