The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-31 00:00:00

t'zt '•.,`SeII7I:IL AMERICA.
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*was, has redgesol • gewildesey, and rAIS to Eames,
with • view to study the kesdludmie el the Old World, sad
at the seam time poeseste ski welfare cif hie sea ,by
laying ple - reelleNele 10 oismonsrsiod sad
eetermire.
Upon his departure from the espied (fies Jost), for the
pert
.oi emberhadea 4fissquiews), the hate prandent was
amempanied ea dm reed Orr several knees by an the
zombi* of the espied °teem/ shade a Joendtod !pinion.
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see limed :-1. Religious teisendom, without Mt, hiadmalle,
ar condition imposed them use pmisesieg Reuse
Catholides. I. The granted 19 et Wpm of
beaming materalliesd, awleying the miss niltrantagse as
natlmehers *beim, apes anal, espresolag their wish m
become so before a oasgiateals. 3. fin sad date Male
for ma abolished under themoessed
The state of Omni Zia k &nem meet ef Pasaine, as the .
greet beerier dividing the Adana and Peelle Gomm Its
tornados extend from 8 deg. to 11 deg. 16 min. N. sad
from 81 deg. 49 mi.. to 86 deg. 40.1.. beg. W. of firma-
wit*. It mufti= from 2,500 m 3,000 Ellin legume. It is
bounded es the N.B. by the Anemia, on the 8.8. by the
Pacific,. Its eastern boundary extends to we point south of
the bland &bid the lima& de Veniguee, en the Atlantic,
and from theme in a right Ilse to the mouth of the river
Chhiqui on the PaMfie, terminating at Cape Buries. This
lice (was the frostier of New Granada. On the N. sod
W. It is bounded by the river Sim Juan de Nicaragua, and
the shores of the L•ke of Nearagua from Fort 810 Carlos
to the embouchure of La Fier, on the Pacific, sad from
theses by a straight line traversing the isthmus in the
direction of that embouchure, which line marks the frontier
of the state of Nicaragua. Population by the last census
(1848), 100,184.
The commeste, of this country is chiefly carried on with
Great Britain In British bottoms. During the years 1848-9
the arrivals at Punta Arenas amounted to 70 ships, with •
total of 7,188 tons of merchandise. The development of
oommerce is at present paralysed by the long and expensive
voyage round Cape Horn, as many of the productions of
Costa Rica, fitting for the markets of Europe, cannot bear
the heavy charges on exportation by that route. The exper-
tatioes In 1848 amounted to:150,000 quintals of coffee, 10,000
hides • eonaiderable quantity of seotner-o'pearl, wasps' illa
and sire-wood, and • small lot of pearls from Golfo Dulce
and Soya. The state of Nicaragua se wholly supplied with
tobacco from Costa Rica ; tortoise-shell is also exported in
oossidtrable quantities. The *usual value of importations
amounts to 1,094,000 of dollen, including 200,000 dollars
from Nicaragua.
Some gold mines are now being worked, and there are
many others of copper exceedingly rich, of coal, nickel, zinc,
iron, and lead mixed with silver, but they are neglected for
want of capital.
Traffic is at present carried on by the port of Punta Arenas,
on the Pacific Ocean, to which port a good carriage-road
has been completed from the capital, a distance of 22 mile..
Obstacles which would have deterred a less patriotic adminis.
Intim from the undertaking ware surmounted by President
IV
(Intro in the coustroction of this road—for and 112090-
talus atteining an elevation of 4,500 feet, we tat throustb ;
deep ravines and impetuous torrent. were over me, and five
excellent stone bridges thrown across the route, at an expense
of 150,000 dole.
But the eonstruction of a carriage.road from the capital to
the river liarapiqui—a tri'miary of the San Juan, running
into the Atlantis—is the great desideratum of the govern.
meat end the people of Costa Bin, for by this road the
whole of the produce of the country would be sap-rted, in.
stead of by the tedious and expenses way of the Cape. The
distance from the capital to the point of embaskvtion on the
13 traptqui is but 66 miles along the simmeities of the moun-
tains and valleys. From this point of emharkation to the
port of San Joan (Grey-town) the distance is 45 miles. This
diatanoe in pulled is boats ia 12 hours; loaded craft tat
two days to 11411111, ascending the river from Grey-town.
It is said that this is the principal motive of General
Castro's visit to Europe.