The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-23 00:00:00

whole, commerce, navigation, and industry have been carried
es with activity, but the results obtained have not been
sally Givourable for all, on account of circumstances which
:ye also, to other parts, exercised a pernicious influence.
The recent increase in the exportation of some articles of the
edoee of our soil, will, if continued, be of great advantage
f",;- agriculture and commerce. The misfortunes which
may have been
.occasioned by the bad crops of one of
the yriocipal articles of food have been alleviated be-
ond expectations by the providential mildess of the
es well as by the measures Aiken n
in common
with yourselves, and the praiseworthy abets of cha-
rithhis persons. Now that the crops of that and
other articles of food have been also less abundant this year
than usual, it is necessary to maintain in force, pro tens., the
legislative dispositions for encouraging the importation of
srovisions dirt nd to that objectsuccessive rise in our rivers, and
the high aa-floods and violent storms, caused considerable
damage best winter for which a remedy must be found. The
various measures employed for the re-establishment of the
finances of the state have been fully carried out. They have
not only answered the expectations held out, but even cur-
hem. In the present session, your co-operation will
be required in fixing the budget, and in voting the ways and
means for the next two years, as 7/ell as various measures for
the further order and simplification of the management of
the Miauces of the state. The improvement of our coinage
has made remarkable progress, inasmuch as hopes may be
held out that the task will soon be terminated. Other
ereengements, however,
.are still required to place our
monetary system on. a sited basis. I trust that they may
be laid before you in. the coon of the present session.
Projects of law cts.ritaining the entire penal code will be also
laid before you this session. In drawing up those hills atten-
tion has been paid to the observations which, in the last as
well as in the preceding session, were made to the govern-
ment. As soon as I shall have approved of the propositions
which will shortly be made to me respecting the internal
government of the country, and the execution of the sixth
article of the fundamental law, the projects of law concerning
them shall be laid before you. Without having enumerated
to you the other projects of law which will be submitted to
your examination, you will already see that this session will
be marked by important works. Noble and puissant Sirs,
we ought all to have only one asset before our eyes—via.,
the true welfare of our fatherland. In order to attain that
object, we shall, assuredly, have need of all our united ef-
forts; and we must not allow ourselves to be turned away
from it by any consideration. May the Almighty support
our efforts, and,through tits of our labours, shed his
blessings over the Netherlanhe fruds !"

AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. —The Great
Western is unchrsteod to have sustained no other damage
beyond Matto her paddle-box, in the late gale. There is little
doubt but that she would leave New York on her appointed
day, the Bth. This makes her fourteen days at sea to-lay,
and her arrival is hourly expected ; her intelligence will be
later from New York than the Cumbria supplied.

COLONIAL.
NEW ZEALAND.

MINES.—The ores of the northern part of the north
island of the New Zealand group, if judiciously managed,
may yet rival those of South Australia. Letters have been
received by the directors of the North British Australasian
Company, from their local manager, dated Kawau, the 17th
of April last, from which the following is en extract :
"'llse miners ant sinking a new shaft, and the appearance of the
are is splendid. They have been putting out lately at the rate of ten
to twelve tons per day, and have sent to Sydney, for shipment, 100
teas, besides some sent a short time before ;say 200 tons). A vessel
Se to leave New Zealand in the month of July; we have already
shipped eighty tons, and expect to get fifty to eighty more sent by
her, at the rate of 30s. per ton to London."
Kawau is, we believe, the island Kawhaw, of Arrow-
smith's map: off Manakana, on the west aide of the estuary
of the Thames, on the same parallel of latitude as the open-
ing between the south point of the Barrier island and Cape
Colville. Kawau is six to seven miles in length, and one to
four miles in breadth. It has a safe harbour with good
anchor ground, and water enough to float a vessel of any size.
It is the property of the North British Australasian Company.
Their manager, about two years ago, discovered great quanti-
ties of copper ore on the island. A cargo sent home sold,
at Swansea, on the 27th August, 1845, for about 201. per
ton ; since that time 425 tons have been received, averaging
about W. Its, sd. per ton. These ores were not selected by
a miner. The directors engaged Mr. Ninnis, an experienced
mining captain, who arrived at Kawau about the beginning
of the present year. By the 11th of March he bad
set eight men to o ark on a very rich lode of
ore, and an assaying-house was ready fur use about
the same time. The result of numerous assays has been an
average of frain 20 to 23 per cent ; some parcels wore as high
as 50 per cent. It is to these operations that the manager's
letter, quoted above, rebates : the miner's report is daily ex-
pected. The cargoes hitherto received have been sent by
way of Sydney, at an expense for working and freight of 61.
per ton: from New Zealand direct the freight will not exceed
X/s. per ton ; it will be brought as ballast. The North
British Australasian Company was formed in 1839 for the
purpose of instating capital in land and other property in the
Australian colonies. Besides the island of Kawau and its
mines, the company possess from 12,000 to 15,000 acres of
land in Australia, 30,000 sheep, about 2,000 head of cattle,
with horses, &e. They have this season received about 230
bags or bales of wool, producing about 3,000/. The shares
were selling in the Aberdeen market on the 10th instant.,
at 1!. Gs. od., or Gs. &I. premium.