The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-09 00:00:00

MEETING AT CRANBROOK.

(Abridged from the Maidetene Gazette.)
A very numerous meeting of the hop-growers of
the Weald of Kent was held at the George Inn, Cranbrook,
on Wednesday last, convened to take into consideration
" The propriety of petitioning parliament to repeal the excise
duty on home-grown hops.
Edward !limey, Esq., took the chair.
Mr. Neve moved a resolution to the effect that the hop
duty was unjust in principle and oppressive in operation.
—Mr. Hague seconded the motion.
Captain l'atteoson had much pleasure in moving a resolu-
tion that a memorial, signed by the chairman on behalf of
the meeting, be presented to the Lords of the Treasury to
that effect. (Cheers.)
Mr. Springett seconded the motion.
Mr. Willis yes of opinion that the course they, should
rime was to get rid of the home duty, and, if pos-
sible, retain some small portion of the protective duty. At
all events, they would run no great hazard if both WO/0 re-
pealed. (Cheers.)
Mr. Wickham said he was sure they had ne reason to find
fault with the duty. The price of hops for many years before
this had averaged 61 per cwt. If the duty were taken off,
foreign hops would some in, and the prices would be very
much lower than it had ever been yet.
Mr. Bucklend said he had recently had • letter
from his brother, Mr. George Buckland, now in
Canada, who slated that they grew their hope superior
to those in the Weald of Kent—a superior sort of Golding ;
but the difficulty they found was in picking and polling.
They had plenty of wood ; but it was not suitable. Again,
the price:was no temptation to send Hops here, ar, when the
price bete was 605., they were making in New York 80s.
Even in Canada they were worth from 9d. to Is. per lb. He
had similar information from a brother in Ohio. Some bales
were last year sent to this country, but they could not come
into the British market, on account of the 465. customs duty,

sad they were re-expe;ted.
The resolution was then put, and two hands oaly was
held up against it. though several others were neutral.

TOTAL WRECK OF TilE PIICENIX, OF
GREENOCK, AND ALL THE CREW LOST.
We regret to have to atmounce the total wreck of
the brig Phamix, Capt. Kerr, a tine vessel, not more than 16
or 17 months old, the property of Messrs. James Hunter
and Co., of this town. She was bound from Bahia for the
Clyde, with a cargo of sugar, and hod put into the Cove
~f Cork for orders. She left Cove on the 3rd instant,
but had not proceeded far, when it came on to blow
tremendous gale from the S. S. W., accompanied with
rain; and it is presumed that the Phmnia was run-
ning back for the harbour when she struck the rocks on the
western shore, outside the point which is opposite the light-
house. The vessel has gone entirely to pieces, and there is
no trace of her crew, from which it is conjectured that they
must all have perished. A piece of the stir°, with the name
Phoenix oa it, has been picked up, and a portion of the
cargo. The exact number of the Crew is nut yet known;
but they would likely be from 12 to 14 hands, and there is
only one of them known to have belonged to Greenock.
Captain Kerr's wire died some time ego, and he has loft no
family.—North Bril49h Mail.

THE. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—The follow-
ing a army of the bulletin issued this morning : Lam-
beth Palace, Feb. 9, 1813, 9 Grace has had some
hours of bleep during the night, and is not weak. r to.day.—
(Signed) ItonEuT FSHOUtION, M.D.; CHAKLEd
COLLAH-
BELL, Surgeon."
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DEATH OY MAJOR-GENERAL EVAN9.—This officer,
for so many years connected with the Honourable East
India Company's service, died on the 7th instant, at his re
sidence in Hp!e Park tquare, aged 65 years. He was
Colonel of the 37th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry.

NAVIGATION LAWB.—The sailors' procession, to
which we Dave elsewhere alluded, has pawed up the river.

COM.IIERCIAL k MARKETS.

MONEY MARK ET Sc CITY INTELLIGENCE.

Wrzar,

Two o 'Clock.—We remain still without any active'
movement in public securities. The steadiness of
the market and of prices is however so farsatisfactory,
as it may be accepted in proof of the absence of any
more particular causes of derangement, either in
money or commercial affairs, than what may be as-
signed exclusively to the general contraction of basi-
lic/01 in this and other countries. To this contraction
indeed is to be mainly ascribed the present plethora of
unemployed money in the hands of bankers, discount
brokers, and jobbing capitalists. Console are now
89; to for money, and 89; to 4 for account, say I
improvement upon tEe quotations which have
been ruling all the morning in • market
remarkably quiescent. Reduced Threes are 89;
to 4. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 901, to 1.
March Exchequer Bills are in decline at 21s. to 245.;
the June bills at 240. to 295. premium. Bank Stock,
200 to 202.
In foreign securities we are almost without the
slightest change. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents.
are quoted 54 to ; the Fours, 8. to 6. Russian,
109 to 111. Spanish Fives, 211 to 2; the Threes,
at 32 to 5; Passive, sto Portuguese, 26 to 7.
Mexican,lBl to 19. Ecuador, 3; to New Grenada,
19! 201. Venezuela, 38 to 40.
London and Westminster Joint Stock Bank Shares
are inquired for, and in demand at 5 to 5} premium.
It is stated from Frankfort, under date of the 3rd
instant, that a meeting of the creditors of Messrs.
Flersheim had been held the day before, at which a
balance-sheet was produced, showing that the liabili-
ties amounted to four millions of florins, andthe assets,
including the crediteat the charge of the manufacturing
concerns of Von Haber and Cu., were not below that
amount, so that when the house of Von Haber
should be able to arrange their affairs, there was
resukal to hope that Messrs. Flersheim would he in a
position to offer to their creditors a satisfactory
arrangement.
ENO 1.1,41 FUNDS.
Cank Stock. 200 2 13t par Cente., PB4 t
3pa Ct. Red. Anne., $94 I EI,IICQUI? BHP. March, 11.. to
3 por Lt. Come. .s me.. b9r I 245. p.; June, 94e. to :tw.
3 per Ct. Coos. for Ac.. eh II
VORNION
3 per Ct. Atpertnn Ronde, 94 ti
41 per Ct. Itelz.ltuade, di 91
21 per Cent. ditto.
o per Ct. lintrlll Ot Nde., 53 II
Ditto New. :5 8
6tf (111111rDLYre, ;1%." 333
tto Coltonb De.. 114,,
Coltunbian 4.,pr010r WI, 35 t
21 Per C per C
t. Dte.el 14 D. Daniett D.. 235 45
. SI
4 rue Ct. Cert.. Dotek.

RAILWAYS.—The mar
day, but without any
Rrightons are 37A to 3S.
15i to 13i discount. Nortl
and Somerset, 13 to 11 di
a to 1 premium.
PALES EFFECTED UP TO To
Yesterday's priers w
Aberdeen, 972
Csledonitus, 331
E. Counties, In
Do. Ext. 3 per Cent., No. 1,2 p
Do. Do. No. 2. 2 f p
Gt. Northern. 42
Yin. Lon. & York Est..
Gt. N. of England New 131., 242
/fired Western, 103
11101 & Selby, 103
Ips. k Bury :st Edmund's, 6j
Lane. St Carlisle, 33
Lane. and Yorkshire Fifths, 62
Do. Sixteenths, 61 t
Do. Pres. & Wyte Halves, B, 1
Leeds and Bradford. 96
Lon., k A. Coast. el tti
Do. ConnoL Elghtlitt, 46
Loo. & N. Western, 141
Do. Qrs., L. and B, 33
Do. Qrs. New,
Do. Fifths, 10
Do. 10E, 31. and IL, A,1102
Da. do. B,
Lan. & S. 'Western, 33
On. Tenths, Coo, 43
N. British, 27

FUNDS.
1 per Cent. Grande Da.. 194 201
Granada Deferred 3
5 per CI Mellow, Is 4, 134 19
per CL Perurien Bd.. 35 41
Portueueee Cony. Me, 26 7
6 per CI. Rueden Ade.. 159 11
Dltto Spaniel, IWo.. 211 4
3 per Ct. Spenieh Dd.., 311 24 •
SreuPeh Deferred 8d... 12 13
Stasoi...h P311.41%0
per Ct. Venerpele lkts.. 38 =•
Vt.mezuels Deferred We.. 10 11

-ket for shares is firmer to-
advance of importance.
Chc.iter and Holyhead,
h British, flatter. Wilts
iscount. North Stafford?,

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LIVIMPOtIL SAL
The nas,ket mg3in very
irk., Lan., and Cheeda.
Si d
1)0 late C. &_B., ICS

10 THIS DAT IN LONDON.
ill he found in last page.}
Midland, 115 14
Do. Of. ah., 45
Do. Burn. and Derby,
110. Cone. Bristol and &rm. 6
per Cent., 125
Norfolk Eaten., 5 per Ct., 141
Do. Uttar. 51 per Ct., 51
N. Staffordshire, 101
Def., Wore., & Wolv., 201
Shrews. N Chester Pref., 11
S. E. and Dover, 301
Do. Third. No. 4, 6 1
6. Wales, 101
Took, Newe., & rer., 35
Do. Eaten. No. };York & New.;,
191 1
Do. do. N 0.2 ;New. and Ike:,
U.N.E.
Do. U.N.E. Fur. er Pref., 101 1
York SE N. Mid., 751 6
I Do. Pref., 151
Do. E. & W. Riding. En., 351
Boulogne & Amiens, 131
Orleans & Bordeaux, S
Bourn & Havre, 171
Sambre ant Meure, 01

Couotto, IS;
Ot.Nottbern, 6 d
Gt. st Mort 111.. b., 1! r
LM%. &York. ,late M.& B. Fifths.),

tg Halres, late L. ar.d 8., 8 d
Leeds and Donn Haire., 2i d_

MANcHES:rIR

SS. Fsear4ar 4.
quiet to-dae.
I,L, 4
Lon. and N. West., Re
Do. New Qrs., 5; 5 p
Shef.,k Lin. Qrs., No. I,lp
po. pref.. j p Par
Midland 4' /. ad, 454
Do Halves, 1 4
A. E. and Dover, N 0.4, 11 d
York, Nene., and Ber.
Pia.), 2 p
ILES, FEBRVAJIT 8.
There was a fair amount tit
closed flit.
Man., Shaft, and Lin. Pref., p
1-16 p
North Staffordshire, 11.18 9-16 p
Osf .wor., & Woto., 14j d
Seot:ish Central, 30
Shrews, and Etc. (A). 3 d
S. East. and Dover. 31i
Do. No. 4, 1 9.16 d
Pianism' 6.
0:. Northern, 44 41. N. 94.
North Western, 1
,LE°.
l Mr

Prima were rather lower.
business lore, but the market
Dirk., Lane.. a: Cb. le., S 7-16 d
F.. Anglian Near Pref., 35
F.. Counties, 131
Gt. Northern, 6 d
Lan. and York. Fifths, 4 7.16 p
Do. Ferteetths, 65
Do. 321. late Fs, 44 d
Do. (W.R.U.), 2 2-161 d
TORK SALES
York, Newt., & Der. listen., Na. 2
(lat. Now Der.), 134
Do. G.N.E.Pur , 101 101. 85.9 d.
01.4.C0W S
Caledonian New, 140.
(Has., Kihms., 8, Ayr, 991. lis. rxt.
I 100

FILSETAIIT 7.
en. & Soldtad.roa, 6*. &J.
&
N. British Thirds, 425. 6d.