The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-25 00:00:00

Letters from Frankfort notice a decline in the Aus-
trian Five per Cent. Metalliques, whilst the Four per ;
CeLts.,Threeper Cents.,andTvro-and-a-Halfpereente.
ditto were done at a shade advance. Russian and
Primal= stock were wi•hout variation.
The commercial advice' from Manilla, which extend
to the 15th May, are at length somewhat more ea- '
coursging as respects imports than they had been for
several previous mails. A good portion of the heavy 1,
stocks of ehirtiogs and knmbayas had been disposed of
during the month at rather better prices, the dealers
having been at length obliged to submit rather better
rates demanded by the importer. The stocks
of American Domestics webs very heavy
and the prices offered were for 4() inch, 21 dole. ;
29-inch, 24 dole.; drills, 21 dols. The accounts re-
caved from Europe had given en impulse to the
demand for sugar and hemp, the two great staples of
the island. Current sugar had been bought as high
as 31 dole., but at the departure of the mail it was
not quite so firm. Taal sugar, for the Sydney
market, bad been bought at dols. to
dole., and Zebu for Europe at 2 dols. The
demand for hemp for the United States also'
was very active, and the prices had advanced to
3 dole. to 51 dole. for unscrewed to arrive, at which it
could with d fficulty be obtained. The rates of
freight to England were, according to the last engage-
ments, 31. 10a. for sugar and 41. 10s. to 51. for hemp
per 20 cwt. net. The exchange on London was 4s. id.
for four months' and Is. 14d. per dollar for six months'
sight. Coffee, of which there is scarcely ever any quan-
tity at market, and of which the supplies are falling
off annuely, was quoted at 7 dole. Sapan wood
11 dole. for good quality.
At Batavia the market for imports was dull, the
stocks being very heavy fir most descriptions of cot-
ton manufactures. Sugar and coffee were improving
in price, and it was generally believed that the sugar
crop this year would be rather under the quantity
yielded in 1848. Freights to England were quoted
at 21. 10e. to 31., and the exchange on London 13
guilders per pound sterling. It was reported at Batavia
that the Rajah of Karang Assam had been killed by
his eubjects, who then submitted to the Dutch govern-
ment. Much sickness prevailed amongst the Dutch
troops at Bally.
Tte following extract from the Singapore Free
Press relative to the talked of Dutch expedition to
New Guinea, ev ll be read with interest by all who
have watched the proceedings of the Dutch in the
Indian Seas :
An expedition, it is said, will be shortly despatched to
New Guinea, the commissioner being Mr. Gronovius, the
gentleman under whose auspice. Sulu was attacked last year.
Teis expedition, it seems, is intended to serve an mark that
no port of say claims made at any time on New Guinea, or
the islands adjacent, Las been given up, the English, as
usual, being supposed to have east a longing eye upon this
I most tempting portion of their neighbour's goods!
THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoct.

The English funds are agsin depressed this morn-
ing. Consols were first marked at 93, when they
declined 1, and are at present quoted at 924 to I for
money, and 92/ to I for account The Three per
Cents. Reduced were done at 93 and 921. The
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 931 and Exche-
quer Bills were negotiated at 475. and 495. Bank
Dock, at 1991.
In foreign securities the business continues limited.
Russian were done at a decline of 1 per cent. Other
stocks remain about the same. The following is the
business of the morning:—Brazilian Bonds, at 84.
Buenos Ayres, at 44:. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., at 314 and 1; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates,
at 801. Grenade, at 16. Mexican, ex coupons, at 27.
Portuguese, at 301. Russian, at 1051 and 5. Spanish
Five per Cents., at 181 and I.
The French funds closed yesterday, at Paris : The
Three per Cents., at 52.80 ; and the Five per Cents.,
at 87J5, being a decline of 33 cents in the former
case, and of 50 cents. in the latter, on the previous
day's quotation..