The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-29 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.-CANIth
The Hibernia, Capt. Stone, arrived at
Nyeate:irmda.oydwd,ithbavflivnegdlaeyrtsNlastewr'yodatrez tlisson
Halifax on the 17th inst.
The Hibernia reports the arrival at Boort th
Cambria and the America, which left that sa
tpnetis
3rd November, had called at Halifax prrviets, so,"
Hibernia's arrival there, end soiled onwardsYork.
ph
The news from the States is not nearly s sm,
taut as that from the shores and islands of the iT'sst4
and from South America.
The misunderstanding of the Washirgim
with that of France still hangs in doubt. 11.
, has returned to France in the Bavaria. Ifs ±
attended to the ship by about thirty Finch
gesZ
men, chi, fly personal friendv. His suwavr s.
raid, is to be M. de MuntholT", a pets alraed;:
the country, as French consul at Riehnoedg
ginia. 0.. e thing is certain, the cabinet at Iti‘
ton has recently been he g al d frequently is
and it is said that the subject of their discus ea l;
been, whether the diffi,uhres of the pote,i„
shall be settled by reop: zing the tobacco and , Easels
claims, new committed to the charge ofties htf,,
named M. de Montbolon. It is further said the
de Tocqueville has written a letter, throtgr, SLR,
in which he demands an cap logy for c,rs„in 417;
Lions made to him by Mr. Clat ton in his lees. si
September 8. These the cabinet have rem
retract or modify.
The result of the election, so far as there a clot„
and members of the Senate are monied, is
pretty well settled. The Stowe gains 17 iihisssisi
16 democrats, but the Assembly is yet in abte.
Fifty-four counties are heard from, which girt pea
party 60 members, and there ore yet five west,
whence no returns have errived, which were wirely
represented in the last legislature by whige; bet, d
the democrat. gain in three as in the couetwelsed,
reported from, they will have a msjority.
" On a general view of our public affairs" argot
New York correspondent, "it may be said the el
country is exceedingly prosperous. 'fare adraeees,
cotton is worth mere, for the time being, dusty
California gold. Our stocks of wheat, care, 'Aim
of provis:ous, are abundant, and equal to ail
mead. There is a general spirit of set.Tity stew,
and the people at larssie were never more cootentefe
happy."
The unnexation question is still the exciter VIA
in Canada. The American League met r truata
Nearly 80 members were present, and fir. Moffit, a
wealthy Meutreal merchant, presided. Ile Qty.
hall, a plum in which political meetinga s. re seta
before allowed to be held, was occupied by ties,
Whatever may have been the original objtetaottle
league, and whatever its loyalty, it is i.oe boldly
asserted that the views of it. members have very
much ch..mftd:

The r eet:lution in favour of an elevive Hooted
Lords was the subject of discussion. It was tetts
be the test, and excited a good deal of in•cor, lad
lasted all day. An amendment negteivicg theme.
lotion was lost. Mr. Benjamin, a Jew, moved u
omendment admitting the faulty character of the
present system of appointing the Upper lloase, atri
proposes as a remedy that the number of Lords to
fixed at halt the number of the Lower lieup,
ing, iu faet, the prerogative of the crown, as at pent
exercised. This was a sort of compromise, Wes
carried by a bare majority, a few ot the Wain ix
favour ot the eh ctive principle giving up their Yew
apparently through fear of going too far at once.
The an nexationists of Montreal, notwii hstrodiag all
this, held a meeting in that city on the Bth lest It
was, however, considered a failure. 0;.ly 200
were present, and the men of influence exp recitals
there were earwig the missing. The speech,' errs
not violent, they were rather deprecatory than bra
o:te speaker said if the Queen would hot let theft
live and earn tneir living, then was no more to be
said. Submission was all that was left them. Gnat
profesaiohe of loyalty were made on all
wealthy Frerchmeu were at the mAtirg, t.or many if
the leading British merchants, nevertheless than ohs
were there adopted the following raolatiorta:

Moved '•y linph Taylor, Esq. ; seconded by Jacob Draitt,
Egg., M.P.--"That it is exeedient, antler tte .vdi that
sffit•t cur caurn try and he depression et item& rid inviter,
that all an raved by a d. sire for its welter. should associate
with a re to the att in anent of a remedy, and wv do, Mere-
fore, form °tarsi vas into an assxciation forthttparpseandto
promote the s cial anieliorativn of Caned.; and we adopt
the a :ntimsr.ta • f the ' Addr:sv to the People of Canada'
publivh..l in the jour ala of the city in Oetotur IRA "
M Ted by ii. helm a, E-q., hi P., seconded by Wm. Not.
son, Esq : fhatoureratetolonialdependanceeantnlyba
prolun,tt d at the sacrifice of our mat valuab!e inurnts, ui
that this mict,ng considers the wad, eomm•"eiil, and pth
tieal difßculti•s of Cs, ed., and fe. ling the wet, ht of tat
I evils that oppress our rociel, btli,ves that the ouly gnat.
able ma. asure c ipsble of permiwently improving our mei.
tion, consist, in a peaceable eeparsciou from Grunt ibie4,
with her consent, and the annexation of Canada to thsUailed
States of A. erica." _ .

blov‘ dby It Mackay, seconded by A. A Did:
" That the name of our associstio4 shall be, 'lse Az-
nexatiln A•soci►:ion or Montreal.' " - .

Mov ti by J...bn Rosa., seconded by M. Lab rge: "Tut
we bind curator./ it toward each tiller (burying ;n Wino all
part distension-) cordially to el-operate in mach !sand sal
c.-nstitutidual means as may best promote the oljals el tts
association, std we invite the people of Canada 1,1301111 to
form similar sasociations in the same fraternal spirit."
The Governor-General still remains at the Fills
He has el terniine d to remove from their commends
alt the militia offic,rs who have signed env p.pel is
favour of annexation. Magistrates who hen gives
similar effeuce are also to be removed.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
COTTON.
(Prom Talcott's Circular.)
New Youx, Nov. 13 —The sales since our Its' pet KS'
rope, amount to 13,160 bales. A large proportion of this buseiewhao
been for home use, it being the period when the northern Nimes
purchase their winter stocks. On receipt of the Iliberntu's Wenn
prices advanced I to (e, and the market was buoyant; but tite*
ceirers at cotton from Charleston and Savannah acting under p vairs
instructions per telegraph to sell, pressed sales, and the imprevoneat
noticed was soon lost, Southern owners doubtless sett d under the
impression that prices had advanced here materially, bet rivi-lt they
instructious without a saving clause, their 'grins had no linens.
re ti but is sell. Meanwhile southern markets bane virulent, sad
the latest dates maintained their position, Mir beino if e. in
Charleston on the 10th instant, and middling 101 e. In Mobile oaths
Bth. The Cambria's .deices were partially received by kV*
on Saturday, the 10th inst. Spinners and exporters co the raetpt
bought freely, sales to the extent of 3,e03 bales being rend i
very felt rates. On Monday 1,000 bales were sold, sod to,iay 1,104
the market closing steady at the annexed quotations, which ate tas
same as those 'detest per Europa.
Gaowino Cliop.—Ste notice per Europa, 6th Instant, the repel.ti
killing inlet in South Carolina. Later advice. sstisfy us that me".
Jured, if any, have been confined to the highlands f South 1.,,c0111
and Georgia. The benefits, however, resulting to the crop fro= th,
fine weather which has prevailed during the picking season, ate sew,
we think, as much exaggerated by those who estimate the pet d
23 to 2,400,000 bales, as were the injuries sustained ny rains :meet
and worms, during the summer mouths, by Hume who &mind eili•
mates of 1,500,0 0 balm. Yet such estimates have exerted an Whew'
here. When prices rate at 10c. or over, the public mild is nry
sensitive; [rake light as air will change the current of public
and an Increase of estimates, with the bare menaiL9ice6l
probability, Is snfildent to cheek the dispaitna to 00*
late. When we advised tie estimate of 2,100;00 hales, we this
stated that it would be realised "with a good picking series sidles
frost." We are therefore not now prepared to adapt haeily say
materially increased opinion. The only increase which we loot ft
shouhl frost not occur until the let of Ocember, thus Wig tia
mecositi growth time to mature, is in the Atlantic States and inceins
and we should then change oar figures by adopting 700,0 .0 Ow tits
former and 200,000 for the latter. With regard to Ata.Wes,
slum, Mieeleslppi, Arkansas and Texas, as the ravages tu ihoseStses
resulted from the worm, we believe the ince,: ase in the lir .duct salt'
Mg from the fine weather now prevailing, to he altogether over-rated.
Whim the plant was stripped by the worm of its leaves and Win it
was beyond the reach of material benefit from anopen VA rein'',
from an early frost. Aware of these facts, factors at New Orlelgl
and Mobile still adhere to tleir previous estimates of 1.10,04
former and 400,000 for the latter. These figures wok' 111"
tw
following result :

New Orleans and Texas 900 000
Mobil
4470,0
Florida .
Atlantio Stasi »..».....»

MOO
But the early receipts at the porta will, we are assured, V—
..une
effect desired by those advising extravagant estimate!, an
d a
will be used to support them, we would call your att, nucia to
point. Planters, at present prices, will use every exertion to mIT_
their crops, and we abould not surprised In Jana sy to see tick';
ceipte of the ports equal to or in excess of those of last smog.,
even asierted that two-thirds or three-fourths of the crow be Atllc_f
States will be received within ninety days. To show the (4470 7i
mates deduced from early receipts, ws would refer rid to
tha
2:17, 1447, which at compared with the time period 01,7,7;
a decrease 0(93,337 bales, and yet the crop of Ist7
2,317,000 bales whereas that of 1846 was only 1,774,e00. Tbc
1143811011 compares more closely with that of 1816 than any wow=
record, except that sidling frost occurred that year on the 19.1.7.
avel 21st of October, in the Atlantic States lligh prices rola. l_ta,
early and heavy receipts, and consequently increased ertimattnt
exceeded the agaTegate yield in the average 500,009
gall to the maintenance or further advance in prices on thi!
are now dependent on foreign markets and are ireparrd to fee
lead of Liverpool. Our respective pa-itions are now revere I.
..71
diminishing stocks we kept 22d. per lb. in adv:uwe from leas
,7,71
October. The Improvement in trade and the it isms en 1"; T:
equal to that in the raw material) has at length authorised t0!...7„,i.
eat rates here paid, (which at the time were deoniureda,
gent an* speculative,) and confirmed the views er= ccripg
which were simply based on a supply ins lequ tte to
the wants of a vast and increasing constenleirom
the same views we can not until the
is actually reduced In the rats of supply, even assuming tl,,er,;-at
estimate of the crop, believe that prices have yet readied we ~fikk
point, although we aro prepared to tee mslerste rates r, "ioey,
side, while the receipts of the incoming crop satins lo,,fLror.
and abroad fluctuate until the extent of th, croP e;;;, it
!...ine I. To nude 2,200,000 bales iriflt,o for the supply omug
would b., necwary to reduce the actual consumption of '4.71006
tram 24000 Wks pa week, thi prowl rater 21Ples