The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-31 00:00:00

SPAIN.

A Madrid letter of the 25th states that the Senate
and the Chamber of Deputies would bold their first
preparatory sitting on the 29th. M. Cortese° would,
et was expected, be elected President of the Chamber
of Deputies. Lord Howden, the English minister,
had requested that the plan proposed for the eettle.
meet of the foreign debt should be shown to him be-
fore it should be presented to the Cortes.
MADRID, OCT. 2.5 —Three per Cents., 24 11-16 ; after
Bolas, 341 11-16 cash, 341 paper. Four per Cents., 131. Firs
per Cents., 134 cash ; after Bolas, 13$ paper, 134 cash.
Coupons, 74 cash. Passives, 31 cash. Bank of St. Ferdi-
nand. 96 cask. Pluissete ea London. 60.30

AUTHENTIC CRAMS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS.—
We lately called attention to the mischievous conse-
quences of the neglect on the part of shipowners and
muters in not providing themselves with the beat and
moat recent charts and sailing directions. With a
view to aid such sa oontemplate amendment in this
respect, we propose to publish from time to time lists
of recent publications in this department. The fol-
lowing charts and books have been published by the
Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty in the course
of October :
Holyhead New Harbour, J. M. Rend•l, C.E , 1850.
River Clyde. Scotland from Greenock to Dumbarton, Capt.
Robinson, 8.N., 1846. Ditto from Dumbarton to Glasgow,
Captain Robinson. Isles of Arran, Galway Bay, Ireland,
Com. G. A. Bedford, R.N., 1849. Southall or Grand
River, Prince Edward lead, Copt. Bayfield, R.N., 1843.
Quoddy Head to Caps L.preau, New Brunswick, Captain
W. F. W. Owen. R.N., 1848. Road Harbour, Tortola
Island, Lieut. O. B. Lawrence, R.N., 1848. Great Bahama
Bak, sheet 2, Captains Once, Barnett, and Smith, R.N.,
1836 to 1843. Onytown Harbour, Mosquitia Coast, Com.
Nollotb, R.N., 18.60. Chiechorro Bank and Anchorages,
Honduras, Capt. Barnett, R.N ,1839. Port Alhany (north-
east coast of Australia), Captain 0. Staley, B. N., additions
to 1860. Western Entrance to Endeavour Strait, Torres
Strait, addition to 1849. Kara Is'and, New Zealand,
Captain Stokes, R N., additions to 1850. The Seaman's
' Guide round Java, Baron Melvin of Cunha, and round the
Islands cut of Java, by Lieut. H. D. A. Smith Dutch, R.N.,
1860. South American D rations' second edition, Captains
P. P. King and Fie Roy, R N., 1850. To find the Lati-
tude by an Altitude of the Polar Star, at any hour in the
Northern Hemisphere, William Salmon, naval instructor,
EX., 1860
THE FRENCH FLEET IN TORBAY. The French
der, oessisting of Brigham easels and one 'crew steam
lessel, anchored in roads between 2 and 3 o'clock
an tbs afternoon of Monday, and on Tuesday were still at an-
ise about two miles from Berry Head. Captain Storey, of
the coot guard service, boarded the admiral's ship on Mon-
day, at 4 30 p.m., and ascertained that the fleet were from
Cherbourg, and bound to Brest, and that they put in
from stress of weather, although the wind at the time was
due north and moderate. The fleet consists of six lineef-
battle ships and one steam frigate, under the command of
Admiral Duchesnes, in the Friedland, and a viceedmiral.
The two admirals' ships ors three deckers, and the other four
sailing ships two deckles.—The Beet got under weigh during
Tuesday afternoon, and were all standing to the westward
under single-reefed toped* topgallant-sans, jib, spanker,
he., at 4 o'clock p.m. At 6 pm. they were not in sight.
The French admiral very kindly allowed all who applied
permission to go on board, and numbers availed themselves
of his Undone.
THE WIDOW OF THE LATE LIEUT. WAOHORN.—
The committee for the management of the Bombay steam
fend have presented the widow of the late Lieut. Weghorn,
through their agents in this country, with a government
annuity of 251. for the remainder of her life, out of the un.
appropriated balance of the fund in their hands. This fund
was constituted by the proceeds of a public subscription at
Bombay in 1833 for the purpose of promoting the great
objsct of steam communication with England, and the
amount raised has been appropriated from time to timb in
aceardante with that dada.
PASSENGERS BY THE INDllB.—Our Southampton
correspondent writes : Among the passengers on board the
Lau, which arrived on Saturday at Southampton with the
India mad, was Mr. James Malcolm, a native of Collages.
Twenty-two
Tom ago he landed as a young emigrant at
Van Diemen's Land with 601. In his pocket. Fifteen
year. ago he mead over to Port Philip, when there were
only two huts in that now flourishing colony ; and there he
has ?goateed ever sines. He is the largest individual sheep
farmer in the colony, being the owner of 30,000 sheep, and
land sufacient, reckoning as he does an acre to a sheep, to
feed 60,000. He is now worth 3,0001. a year. His visit
to England is to see the old country ones more,
when he pupates to pass the remainder of his
life in South Australia. In hardihood and tagacity
he seems the bean ideal of an emigrant and colonist.
In manliness, heartiness, and peculiarity of meaner, he is
jut auk a character as Dandle Dinelont, so admirably
draws by Scott in one of the Waterloo novels. Mr. Mai-
toolm took an sane part in the separation of Port Philip
from Sydney ; bat he states that he and his fellow oolonists
would not have cared to have separated territorially, it they
could have done so financially. Their objection was to see
the funds raised by themselves appropriated too exclude*
Ito the improvement of Sydney. He is an admirer of Dr. Lag,
and thinks the doctor has been of service by his agitation
to the colonists. He treats, however, the pet idea of Dr.
Lag, about separating from the mother country, as
taloa He appears to think that Port Philip will ulti•
lately b• the capital of Southern Australia, on account of its
being more astral than Sydney. Its rise and progress has
been more rapid than the latter place. He was 40 days in
meshing Madras from Sydney, by way of Tones Straits; and
he has bean about three months resellics Southampton from
Port Philip. Mr. Maloolus Is a most intelligent gentleman and
is well acquainted with European affairs, He shook hinds
heartily with his fellow passengers on leaving the Indus,
and promised them a hearty welcome if they ever visited
him in Port Philip. He was a great favourite au board on
account of his shrewdness and originality. That was only
one thing that vexed him on his voyage, and It was this—he
bought a gold chain a., it turned out a brass
one. The Port Philip wield heartily laugh, he was
certain, if they ever eat that Jimmy Malcolm had
been outwitted. Among the puesereee, shoo, by. the Indus,
was Captain Fagan, whet was easkfteal from the army on
account of his teassaboas with the Hague bank. Teal
Tenlugton was 'red to coma bane fa her, but it is I
now that iertiehip intends te retina to England
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