The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-17 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF- THE GREAT DRITALN AND
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HUMBOLDT STEAMERS.

Last evening two arrivals from the United States
WA place, that of the Griot Britain steam-ship
(Captain Matthews), at Liverpool, and of the Hum-1
C.iptain Lines). at Criers, on her way to I
wore. The latter Walk I has brought 150 opocii.
r-. :101 I ,Meta
to the value oil font hundred thousand
met.. nit thi et. hundred and six thou...oil
~0. 1.0:.11U:l. T 11: Great 111it.tin blings lot
porstr.,ers. Each vessel left New lurk on the sth
inst.. the Great Britain making:, the voyage within
II dap, and the Humboldt in II days one hour.
The papers were still occupied with the proceedings
of diet...mentions for the selection of Presidential
randhlattw,, almost to the exclusion of every other
topic. It is very curious, and not a little instructive,
to Lew the struggle from this distance ; nut less than
thirts-six ballots had been taken in the Ihinmeratic
t',•Bl. mina to determine which should be the candi-
date to "run' on that side of the political chariot.
On the Last weasion, the numbers s'ood thus: Cass,
122; 'king:aro, 13: Murev, SS; Name, 30;
Buchanan, 2•4; Houston, 5; BUtler, 1 ; Dickenson, I.
irginii and New Hampshire voted for Prime. The
whole number of votes was 2M(, and the number
necessary to make a choice was 192. Should Cass be
nominated, anti eventually succeed to the presidenti
chair. notate of the old european governments may
prepai e f it trouble.
On the nth the Contention adjourned, but it was
expected that the democratic candidate would be
nominated on the sth. There mere nil bitter oppo-
nents of ('as and unless they falter, his election
was pronounced ianissisible.
fhc whigs throughout the country were beginning
to in MC with 111.1Vrity. The Democratic National
('onvintion had set them all in motion. The Maine
Convention, which met on Thursday. was very en•
thaitiastie in the cause of General Scott, and selected
delegatis to advocate his interests in the nominating
convention.
The en scent City and the Empire City steamships
arrived at New York on the ith inst., with the Ca-
lifornia mails and a million and a half of dollars in
specie, but the advice, had been unticipated by the
previous arrival of the United States steamer and
the Northern Light.
In the Senate, a resolution had been passed calling
fur the correspondence beeween the Ainitrian minister
and the Secretary of State.
The House of Representatives had been petitioned
to establish a mint at New York. Since the annexa.
thin of California, 90,000,000 of gold dust had been
land, d at that port.
Governor Martin. of New Hampshire, had espoused
the cause of Kossuth.

Eight ocean steamers left New York on the sth.
Er to the South Pacific we learn that the Chain
Corts& was to open on the let June. Aquedu
columned in a Terc disturbcd state. and a war with
Peru was confidently looked for. The movements of
Flores were uncertain. _

'l•nere are adeices from Guayaquil to the Ist ult.
That city, up to that time, had not been assaulted by
Gen. Flores. It was expected that he would soon
coulawn..e active operations. The government of
Ecuatlor had made extensive arrangements to repel
any attack, and the issue of the altair was doubtful.
It is stilted that some of Flores' men were deserting
him. One British and one American ship-of-war
were at Guayaquil, and had offered their services to
the Ecuador government. Ecuador war in a dis-
turbed state, and war was likely to be declared
agaicst Peru, the President declaring in a procla-
mation that after defeating Flores he would march
to indict exemplary punishment on Peru.
The Neer I,,rk II rald says :

The last intelligence Iron Mexico, by way of New Or-
Maus. indicates that Mr. Moo, a contractor well known for
hi- enterprise, in Cincinnati, Washingten, and New York,
has proem.. d the introduction of • bill into the Mexican
Corigr ss, gran ing to him the right to construct • rail-
way or card sere*. the Tehuantepec route, and that • bill
ha; already passed one of the branches of the Mexican le.
gislature, with the prospect of its passing the Senate and
them recutiscas due precise of time. Probably there is •
good deal of fonodationt w this statement, so far wits bring
witroduced into the Mexican legislature, and pressed upon
Mexican staternen,by Mr..Sloo; but we have not tbe slightest
idea, atter seeing the mistime in which the grant made to
Garay was treated, that Mr. Stoo's prospects of sucrose
Sr. any stronger or better. Mr. Sloo is well known in
New York nal Washington. Ile is an enterprising man,
had of all new achemes and novel speculations, and has
been long acquainted with the modes of introducing them
in Congress at Washington, and recommending them both
to the legislative and executive suthorities. Ile has been
successful in a good rimy of these enterprises in this
country; but we doubt whether ho will succeed at all in
the project he entertains with respect to Mexico. The prin-
cipal obstruct:on to the BUM.* of Mr. Sloo's plan in acquit-
leg • righil to construct • railroad or canal seen,, the Tw
huantepre route. will Arise from the necessities of the Mexi-
can government, the poverty of their treasury, the interests
in conflict with such a measure, and the influences of
the clerical and British residents esereised in an
opposite direction. Mr. Sloo is a roan of not much
resources in point of money, while the Mexican
government want money, and will *Goo want it still more
greseingle. They have been living on the indemnity paid
the 'jolted States, living. as it were, front hand to month,
sines the expiration of the Mexican war, two or three years
ago. They may he said to be pensioners of this republic,
and they find it /tansy to sustain their government by rely
lag on the treasury of the United States, that we rather
Inspect the President and Congress of Mesiect will prefer
to give the government of this country a grant of way by
the Tehuantepec route, on the payment of a logo sum of
money, rather than trust to any individual enterprise inch
r that presented by Mr. Moo, whose resources cannot cer-
tainly be compared with the treasury of the United States.
The Northern Light, with late advioes from Cali-
bruin' arrived on Vil'edneeday afternoon,l one 2nd.
She brings eighteen days later news. The intelli-
gence is not of much consequence. Affairs in Cali-
fornia are becoming more settled and substantial.
Wages were nearer the level of those paid in the
Atlantic city. Drinks were advertised at twenty-
fivc cents, with • lunch thrown in. The accounts
from the mines are very meagre, but not tinfavour-
Wt. TEis legislature bad adjourned, after passing
• list of laws equal in length to, and perhaps of more
imprrtanee than, those that mark the close of • le-
gislative body in New York or New England.
A gentleman residing at Sherlock's Creek, about
six miles from Agea Trio, any. that the country
around Sherlock's haa not been thoroughly prospected
as yet. Men who work, he says, can make from
$ dole. to In dole. per day; but many are not satis-
fied with that. Messrs. Talbot and Co. were about
to prospect the bank of the creek, in deep diggings,
which, it was supposed, was risk.
A letter, dated Onion Valls,. April 30, sa
Teem is a very good sight he three or her leeid
morn in this region, say an trios Wile Mind j ad
even hare, at this very pleas, a ampsay lest hi tank ore
2,603 dote. In • very short ima,Ril were &Mei to goal, am
smount of the early mow. Odom Valley Creek h hem
twelve to Mesa mike heStki astaiLlas bees worked bat
very lint. Pow Mein % Croak, Slate Reath,
Oihina's of reatiber River, imam
Creak. gad ie •fteolt, are all iris homedkiht
aity, and aB but lamkaa Omit are midis is miss of this
Mori and at the puma( these Barham mmaprlse the sweet
amt lust Ia Calimak ; reed as a* old mime, having been
in the sasuatoiss more than two years, I would advise
Mote Mikis' to try their look eit minim tomato thole way
eat of your fusty, vonsonitohimasof plats him ieso the
pan salubrious sir of the meuation. whom they as see
the whole of the " elephant,'• sad ism thskposekete with
me to boot. Wages in this rosier MI in aim per day ;
bet ma cow= will sot look at that him Ow •
man can live well hers, if le bare kimaalß, he it et MI
cents. per day, at prices provisions am am la moral
17c - pork, 25c. ; hams, 35e. • hist reek se seta
Accounts from Dorris:trine dole thee the "big
strike" up the South Pork hes turned out a reality,
if 1,000 dollars a day as be so oteridered. Some
to w diggings have been strock on the North Fork,
sad are paying well.
From the corrcepordeese of the Seereieseto Union
we learn that the espoidee of dr Odors gold
dieser' has commenced in des isterior. The follow-
ing to the letter
Mormon Bar, North Pork of the American River—
Sunday, May 2, 18.5.2.—The oaollommet In regard to the
t:i.inew is rapidly extendlnAirsillag the basks or the North
irk of the Almeria. mei " elpulaioos are
taking place. This rim sixty American ranged
Con the river some Ise* sea us eking off two hundred,
tartly removing their tenor alajapy respecting their PSe
ants awl property, except ceps ems hagamse, whoa • Coleelli
armed inclined to be " eireopuses." his made
v.., thrown into the river. The saes ewer sly rased
to proceed en moue to Him ghee Ise this sheassisos
.art measum with the MIMS there le start " ammo
fur hundred located at that pines. A band of resin is
:mowed to accompany the ospedition. The i5...2..L.,2e
trauz. awl anythind bet ressesiet. that pelf-
a, • Rust law of nature must sad ail be entorostl
.1 not be well for your city government to take 11911119 mike
the subject, fur you will certainly have a Sort et then,
Yra shove and below you see,. There is but owe sputatower the miners in regard to the proposed monopolies led
''rooristion of Chinese into the Lass, and nearly all of the
41,ty or ninety thousand American miners are fully deter-

mined to submit no longer to hare the public lands robbed
of their only treasure.
The Marysville !tenth: says :
At a large meeting of American miners of Foster's and
Atchiaon's ham I.cld at the El Dorado lintel, on the 27th
of April, to take into consideration the propriety of ea-
ll., g the Chinese, on aecount of their insolent and over-
bearing conduct—on motion, C. S. Mono was called to tho
chair, and Thomas I'. Dryer appointed secretary.
The hollowing tor-amlobo and re-oluttons were adopted:
Whereas, large numb reel f oreigner.o, en 1 Chinese espe-
cially, are os,reunning and occupying a large portion of
the mining lands in this rieinity, to the injury snot ilisad•
suit ul Aoner.ean ei.izen• ; snot, whereas, we hold the
the miner ii lsod• of California, by. right, should ',along to,
and he held solely by American cotisens; therefore,
Resolved—That after the first day of May next, no China-
man shall be allowed to hull soy muting claim on Foster's
or Atchison's bar.

Thos. P. timer offered the following, which was adopted
unanintoudy :
Re*deed—That the Chine.e he required by the American
mutters to manse the ranch by Monday neat; and that a
cnnonittee of ail be appointed to comnsuuicate to them the
action of this meeting.
Important news had been received from South
Califonna. A battle with the Indians had taken
place, and their chief killed.
The steam-ship Lints arrived at Panama from Val-
pantie° with adsiotis to the 30th of April, and
600,000 dubs. in speck. Nothing of importance bud
transpired since last &deices. The commercial ac-
counts continued extremely flattering.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Now Yoko, 'egg 1.
We have no alteration to notice of any importance,
either in the money or stuck market. United States
Securities, State Stocks, and all solid stocks, bonds, and
pecurities continue in demand fur investment both by home
capitalists and Europeans.
Speculative stocks are neglect.% the ruling rates being
too high for much action. The demand far exchange for
the steamers Ilumhol It and Omit Britain has been gond.
Sterling sold at 1091 to 1101, atoptly at 110 j to 1101 for
bankers' bills. Paris, 3.14 to 1 171. Amsterdam, 40t to
It. Frankfort, 14 to 401. llaanburgli, 361 to 361. Bre-
men, 79j to 79j.
The reccipta of gold by the Crescent City and other
arrivals have given a little more stimulus to the money
market, the effect of which must soon he lelt in the value of
good dividend paying sentries as well as el kinds of real
property. In the discount market the rates foe Ist class
s:goatur.s continue extremely low, while the amount of
business transacted is limited, from the great scarcity of
paZrn Money on call has been placed as low as 31 per cent , and
loans on time at 3;c. to 4c.
Astir., • —Put ashes continue to arrive freely, and to meet
with a ready sale at 41, at which rate there is an active de-
mand for export. The sales of the week comprise 1410 bar-
rel.. Pearl ashes are taken fur home use at fic. to 6jc., with
sales of 200 bhl..
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Curios.—There bas been very little disposition shown
for the p ist three days either to buy or sell, though sake
have he.. made at a decline of a . from the current rates of
lut week. Holders are cenerally as unwilling to meet that
decline as buyers are; in fact we have had no market, and
our quotations must be oomidered nominal. Sales far three
days, 2,000 bales.

Atlantic. Florida. Oull.1;;Ia.
Interior
Ord. low to cord 9to tl ... 0M b. ... ato 91
311.1. ovriorocal
NW. lair to fair .. 10 to 101 ... 10 to - 104 to 114
FoUrfair toroxldo. - to - - to - - to -
Ftuen.-We have no material change to notice in the
rates for this article. The daily supplies are moderate fur
the season, and the demand for Eastern markets and the
usual home trade are sufficient to prevent any accumula-
tion. The late advance is freights to England Ins checked
the inquiry for export. We quote common to straight
state brands, at 4 del.. 61e. to 4 dubs. 121 c.; Ohio,
4 dole. :84c. to 4 dub 21e. ; mixed to fancy Michigan and
Indiana, 4 dole. 6:e. to 4 dols. 371 e. Canadian has been in
request for export to British provinces, at 4 deli. 61c. to
4 dole. 121 c., in bond. Southern is in rather light stock,
and for the common kinds there is but little demand. Bel-
timore, Alexandria. l'ittsburgh, and Georgetown brands
are selling 4 dola. 311 c. to 4 dole. 50c. 01 Richmond city
mills the market is bare-the last sales were made at
6 duls. 25c. to 6 dale 50c. Rye flour remains 3 dole •21. re.
to 3 dole. 311 e. ; and corn meal, 3 doh. 184 e. to 3 dots. 25c.
for Jersey.
GAM:V.-The market is quite firm fur Wheat, the sup.
plies are ligt.t, and holders show but little disposition to
sell except at full rates. Among the sales of the week we
notice 12,000 bush. Canadian at 98e. to 100 c. in bond;
5,700 do. Gennessee, at 114 e. to 115 e. for prime white, and
106 c. to 110 c. for ordinary to fine ; 10,000 bush. white Ohio
and Michigan, 100 c. to 1011 e.; 2,600 bush. red Ohio, 931 e.
lye remains scarce' and is wanted for home use, at 76e. to
, is.; the export trade has ceased. Oats are rather dull, at
12e. to 41e. for good State • Jersey and Southern air no-
minal. There is • fair deemlna for corn, and sound ship-
ping quality is seam and wonted; of the inferior and
heated description the supply is large, and prices favour the
buyer; the closing rates aro 54e. to 59e. for inferior, and
61e. to 63c. for mixed Western and Southern white and
yellow.
NAVAL STORIn.-Sales of north country rough turpentine
were made early in the week at 3 dole. SOe. ; since then the
market has been heavy and inactive. Common rosin
I dol. 3.5 e. to I dol. 371 e. ; white rosin, 3 dots. to 5 dole.;
the article Is scarce ; a strictly prime article brought 0 dole.
Spirits of turpentine brings Co pith but few sales.
PitoVlsluNS.-The stock of pork is comparatively light,
with a good demand for consumption. Sales of mess have
been made from 17 dole. 94e. to 181 dole., but at the den
there web none to be had less than 18 dole. l'rime, 161 dole.
to 161 ; rump, 16 doll. to 161 dole. Clear is held firmly at
191 dole. Lard firm, stock light; *ales from 94e. to 10c.
Grease, 7c. to 81e.; keg lard, lie. to 111 e. Cut meats are
dull. Sellers are not crowding their stocks. Hams, 9e. to
94c.; smoked hams, 10e. to 12c. ; shoulders, 84c. to 10e. ;
sides, 10e. to 101 e. Beef, stock light ; 10 dole. to 134 dole.
for mess, and 6 doh. to 774 dots. for prime. Prime mess,
181 dole. to 19 dots.; beef hams, 5 doll. to 61 dela.; smoked
beef, 91e to 10e. Butter, Western Dairy, 16c. to lk. ;
Orange County, 20c. to 22e. Cheese. 7e. to Be.
FRSIORTS to Liverpool are dull. Cotton Id. Flour and
meal, Is. Grain, 31d. to 4d. Heavy goods, 12s. 6d. to 15e.
To London: Flour. Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. Navel stores, 2s.
Heavy gook, 17s. 6d. to 30s. Beef in Heroes, 3s. 6d. to 4s.
To Havre: Cotton, 5 1.16 e. to le. Ashes, 5 dole. to 8 dole.
Rice and Bark, 8 doh. Whalebone, Ic. To Antwerp :
Ashes, 17s. 6d. To California, 45e. to 60e.

NSW OiLLIANS, hart 4, NOON.
Two thousand bales of cettoo have been sold to-day, at a
decline ince the Asia's arrival of 0 co lower qualities,
but good 'middling is seam, and quoted 10e. to 101 e. Wes-
tern leaf tobacco advanced smother ie. during the week.

ALBANY, urn 4.
Receipts of the past 24 hears :—Floor, 11,000 brie. ;
wheat, 4,000 bushels; eon, 26,000 bushels. Tlw tulles of
BOW have bees 2,000 bele, at termer rates. Wheat, Ows-
pewee, sell at llbe. ; oats, 421 e. • and eon' 69e. for mixed
western, awd 62e. palm wumed; wit% ides of 10000 bushels
lead 200 bele. Whiskey sold at 21a.