The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-18 00:00:00

member has taken up the subject, will have the effect
of preventing for the future any unnecessary delay
in the production of documents so important to the
public, and to the commercial interests of the country
especially.
the date of the last accounts from Buenos Ayres
there were 168 merchant vessels (equal to 34,974
tons) is port, distributed as fullowy:—National, 5 ;
British, 41 (t qual to 8,603 tons) ; North American,
20; Danish, 12; Frerch, 13; Italian, 14; Bremen, 6;
Belgian, 4; Swedish, 3; Prussian, 4; other countriee,7.
According to some new customs regulations in the
Brazils, the following articles are to be subject to ad
&arms duties
Passengers' effects, other than new, which are not free of
duty. Dam-igtol merchandise, and recognised as such, by
survey. Samples of merchandise, when their value shall not
exceed 100 dollars. Men hsudiee transhipped, re.shipped, or
re-exported. Merchandise subject only to per cent. clear-
ance charge.
By the same regulations it is decland
Merchandise considered undervalued may be detained, by 70
specified oilcan. Such detention shall not be valid unless el
confirmed by a beard of commissionen. As respects men- 20
chandise intended for reshipment, the same regulations shall
be observed u in regard to entry. to
From Venezuela we learn that the congress have
decreed that 10
An extraordinary duty shall be levied for the term of two cal
years, as follows i—M,rchandies are go, ds which shall be 30
imported from foreign ports through either of the custom-
houses of the republic, shall pay a duty of 10 per cent. ad
valorem, on such as are already chargeable with duty, ter 15 30
per cent. ad ta:orem on such as are duty free. The amount ,„,..2°
of this duty shall be paid in ash when it doss not exceed `74,
400 dollars, or within 30 days when it exceeds that amount. 7,
The duties to commence on the Ist of Jane with regard to so
the cemmsrce of the West India Islands, and from the let of lit
July next with regard to the commerce of the United States to
and Rue pe. National prat:unions and manufactures, r„
which, after the puilication o' this law, shall be exported to Se
foreign parts from whats- ever port of the ri public, shall pay 23
a i'uty of 6 p‘r cut. ad valorem. From Ors are excepted Is
coffee, cottun, and the products of the sugar one, which 3;
shall pay only 3p r cent. ad valorem ; gold, which shall pay Pt-
-1 per cent., and Wyo. 2 per cent. Cattle of all hinds dug
free.
According to the last adrices from Havre, the ac- se
counts received by the New York packet bad given gi
some to the cotton market, and sales had .;.5
taken place to the extent of 1,341 bales on 'Wednes-
day, and 1,104 bales on Thursday at improved pric a, :0
the best description sold of New Orleans having u
realised 82 francs, duty paid. The market con- I:,
tinned very firm.
'lone uns.ttled state of the continent continues to 25
have a depreesMg influence on the clonial produce ri
market is Mincing-lane, and which bay been par- ss
Soda, ly felt curing the wick It is computed that I:4
not has than Porn 3,000 to 3,500 tois of sugar alone 12,
are at present yin;; on board vetoes in our cutports su
waiting to t .ke the first advantage of the raising of too
the blockade if the Elbe. Swear, more than 60
any other a'ticic, has suffered from these t
causes, and with a decreased d' mend the market has too
closed heavily at a decline of fully 6L under last 5203
we. k's quot Aions. Two floating cargoes of brown 20
Bahia were sold at 215., which constitute the princi- 17
pal item for export during the week. Coffee, on the 62°,5
other hand, has been Ceely purchased at an advance 121
ef le. to Is. 6d., chiefly for export. Tea continues N,
dull, owing, in a gr. at measure, to the public sale de- too
dared for next Tuesdey, when 18,000 packages will rO3!
he brought forward. For rice the prices rule very 20
low, which d .es net appear to tette any • ffect in el
attracting consumers. Saltpetre has also become It
a shade lower, and part only of the 4,700 so
bugs acre! for sale found purchasers, but at
reduced rates. Lac dye, under reduced etocks, con- au'
tinuea to support the recent advance in price. Metals 2.!
generally are depressed, and the prices are lower with
the exception of speller, which is firmer, and hotter at.
rates requirei. Tne accounts from Liverpool of the
state of the cotton market confirm the advance no- so
tired in our last week's suminalr, and although the 6!
demand was rot so brisk on Thursday and Friday as a,
during the early part of the week, still the quotations so
remain unaltt red. The sales during the week
amounted to 40,690 bake. as
The following table shows the extreme prices at
which busies as was dune in railway shares during the so
week now terminated :
Highest.
30 Abierleen
20 Binning hum and Oxford Junction .. 25
90 Bristol and Exeter
10 Caleduni
20 Eastern Counties a
50 Edinburgh and Wargo, -....... 42
20 Great Northern
100 Crest Nat, of England 132
100 Great Western 7:91
SO Hull and Selby 97
91 Lancashire and I(4:Friuli's 43
30 Leeds and Bradford
124 Loudon and liLseitivall
50 London, Br Ogee, and Oath Coast so
124 Loudon and Greenlet.%
100 London and North Western 126
50 Lond.di and South Western
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100 Norfolk ...
25 North British .... ....... • ..... ..... ...... 1
171 North stadsolleins l2l ....... ...
33 South Fasters
3$ South Wales l 6
45 n Ms. Somerset and Weymouth..... 314
25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 2t
60 York and North II kiland
The following calculations show the rate per cent.
per annum yielded by the various securities cited at
the average of the prices which ruled this day.
Where the asterisk (•) is plactd, it is to be under-
stood that the share rate of dividend is less the in-
come-tax :
Three per Cent. Consols...average price 911 yield per mat.ES 5 7 rl
7 Mee per Cent. Reduced
Three-and-a-Q.Later per Cents 92 . 3 10 6
B ,nk Stock (die. 9 per cent)
=Bills (int. 2d. per day)
and Yorkshire Railway • 10
(dividend 5 per cent.)
Great Western. (div. 6 id.)
London and South Western. (div.s lb) 351 ~ 7 010 00
London and Brighton* (div. 4 3-5 id.) sci .. 65 2 20
London and North Wastans• (die. 7id ) 127 is 510 21 12
Midland. (die. S id.)
York and North Midland* (div. 6 bl.) 32 - 9 7 6 gg
York, Neweestie, and Barwick* (dlv. 555
201 .4 7 4 Of 30