The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-24 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Assyrian, forShanshae, April lat. 14 N., lon. 20W.
Edwin ?lye (American sldp,, from Calcutta for London, April 9,
lat. 3 ti N., lon. 21.4 W.
Ellentanner, from London for New Zealand, April 4, lat. 1: 5.
lon 33 W
•..._ _ . . .

Her Majesty (shipi, from Kurraehee for London, May 1, lat. 32J
N., lon. 3440 W.
Marchioness of Anglesea, fur Hong Kong, Feb. 25, lat. 24 S,
lon 12 F..
Marian, from Clyde for Port Philip, April 20, lat. 1 A., lon. 26 lt,
Itonekton. for Calcutta, lat. 10 N., lon. 86
Natoli& (shlp„ from Bombay for Liverpool, May D. lat. 61.18 .
lon. 10.20 W.
Typhoon, April 5, lat. 16, lon. 36 W.
Wudield Scutt, April 16, lat. 3 N., lon. 46 W.

THE SYRIAN SQUADROW.—A telegraphic despatch
from Toulon says :—"The experimental squadron has left
for the coast of Syria. It is composad of the screw liner
Bretagne, bearing the Bag of Vice-Admiral Lebarbier de
Tioan, the commandanc.inahiet ; the Algeciras, steam liner,
with ihe flag of Itear-Admiral Paris • the Donawertb, bear-
ing that of Rear-Admiral Chupart!, and the steam linen
Bylaws, Saint Louis, Footway, and Redontable, sod the
steam corvette Caton. The screw transports Aube, Finis-
tire and Arnasone accompany the squadron. The steam
frigites Vsuban and Cacique left, as is knows, on the 166 ;
the Moselle on the lßtb, with a cargo of coal on board he
the supply of the Beet ; and the Descartes, steam frigate,
and the steam transport Ariige on the 19th, all for the
same destination, as has been already mentioned. The em-
barkation of the troops and stores will commence on the
30th, and the vessel' with the troops on board will leave se
the 4th for Toulon with the whole of the expeditienarl
corps. The squadron, it is known, will remain on the COW
of Syria for the protection of the Christians."
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a century ago—in 1775—there existed in the United awes
34 newspapers ; in 1800 we find they had increased to 29c.
1830 to 1,000 ' • whilst in 1860 the total was 5,253. tit nose
about 300 are daily papers—some having both morning nal
evening editions-72 of which are published in New York,
35 in Pennsylvania, 32 in Ohio, 28 in Illinois, 2,lin Indiana,
22 in Massachusetts, IR in Missouri, 17 in California, and
in New Jersey. The dailies laving the largest circubtion
are the New York Times, Tribune, and Nereid, sal
of them distributing over 60,000 copies per dom.
Of the weekly papers 613 are publialal 111 Nev
York, 407 in 363 in Pennsylvania, 340
Ohio, and n.,/ in Indiana. 114 weeklies ere published in
New York city ;65 in Boston ;44 in Philadelphia :c3 m
San Francisco ; and 32 in Cincinnati. In the Southern sad
South-Western States the number is not only considerA4v
smaller, but is much less in proportion to the ...kr a
inhabitants. The commercial and manufacturing pelt.
of the Eastern. Middle, and Western Statet, all have tbie
daily, triweekly, or weekly papers, either metropolitan e
provincial, while in the planting districts only the biter
conditioned inhabitants are patrons of the press. 1K thee
five thousand and odd journals, 324 are devoted to rehgrl
topics; 253 are printed in German, 16 in French, 0
Welch, 4ie Spam* 3in Italian, and 2 in the bweds4
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