The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

CANADA.

Oar Toronto correspondent writes as follows :
" On the day of the prorogation of the provincial
parliament the council chamber was crowded by the
fair lathes of Buffalo, many of whom I believe had
never before seen the vice-regal ceremony.
" A new feature in the speech is the complimentary
allusion to the people of Suffrlo, and which, I think,
is well. As far as I have yet seen, the whole country
has spoken in loud approbation of the late interchange
of national civilities in this city.
" Some of the bills sanctioned by the Governor.
General are of the highest importatice to this province.
I may particularly mention the Banking Bill, and the
Currency BilL These merit that I should take
another occasion to dwell on them at greater Length.
"Lord Elgin proceeds to-day one tour of the Upper
Lakes, and I believe his Countess sets out for Staten
Island (New York) for the purpose of sea bathing.
" Therumourof Lord Elgin's recall, and the appoint.
ment of Lord Harris in his stead, Las been again got
up, but the ministerial organ denies that there is any
teeth in it.

"Our harvest is being got in; but the basineal
season has not commenced.
"The weather at this period it this city is besuti.
fully pleasant. The atmosphere is clear, bright, and
I cool."

THE BRAZILS.

The New Y6rk Herald publishes a let!er from Rio
Janeiro, dated 6th Jalv, which contains the following
account of the proceedings of English cruisers on the
coast of Brazil, and their consequences:
Within the put fortnight her Britannic Maje-ty's steamer,
of war Sharpshooter and Cormorant, on this sts•ion, haus
endeavoured to prove the nuts, ity of their mission, and to
give support to the ministry at home, as moll as also to in.
rich themselves from a sours of plunder which circuit-
manes at home seem to give signs that they must, ere loner,
be deprived of, and hays been most industriously 'ngaged in
nixing and burning a large number of Brssilian vessels, and,
in many instances, within gunfire of the Brsaidan forte,
under pretence of their beteg engaged in the biome trade,
sad it is well ascertained that, in many imams, the
ewesels they have seized here been lawfully engaged
in the commerce of this country, and had not the
remotest connexion with the slave trade. However,
it is strongly asserted that John Bull ia deter-
mined to compel poor Brasil to take ins manu-
factures at a duty of fifteen per cent. Leveed of thirty, and
that, as a means to en end, she will oppreu her commerce,.
Last week, a small smack, of some thirty or forty tons, and
which hail been trading as a freighter between this Fort and
Cape Prio for the past twenty lean, was going out of the
harbour and was seized and burned by the Shdpshooter.
Since then the Chamber of Deputise, having no other means
of retaliation, have passed a law, by a unanimous vote, ins.
peeing an additional duty of ,ixty per cent., making the
whole duty ninety per cent. on British_ goods, to take effect
in three months. This morning, Intelligence readied hers
that H. B. M. steamer of war Cormorant, had en.
tend the harbour of Paransgna, a port some three
hundred miles south of this, aad boarded, and set
fire to I Brarilian vessels, and taking two others in
tow, attempted to go out of the harbour, who n she was fired
upon from the fort, and two men were killed. Urea this
the Cormorant let go her prizes and returned the fire upon
the fort, which she soon demolished to the ground, and again
taking her prizes in tow, proeeeded to en, and arrived at
this port this morning. The Binsiiiane are onsiderably =-
aspirated at these movements, and It is said placard. have
been stuck up around the town, calling upon the
_people to
Extersusinto dos Ingre:es--., Kill the itnalish." It is said,
by some, that Mr. Hudson, H. B. M. Charge d'Affaires, dis-
owns these aggrearions, and, c .nsiquently, thus t has not
had his passports tendered to him ; tut, after the news of to-
day, we must expect some important mai*. however, thus
far, poor Brazil has had to y;el.l to every outrag and insult
which England has seen fit to irnm,c urn her. There is
no doubt bet Brasil is bad enough, and the many of bar
legigetors have acted with more or loss duplicity with Great
Britain; yet, rituated as this errantry is, st is ilafictilt for
Brasil to put down the slave trade, and yet it is to, humiii-
acing for her to allow foreign nations to enter harbour
and porta, and assume the jurisdiction of her own laws,
which she justly claims the right to exercise herself, in her
owa way.