The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

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The royal ma 1 steam-ship Canada, Captain Ind-
kiss, after a rapid plumage arrow the Atlantic, arrived
at Liverpool this morning.
Thu Canada sailed from New York on the 30th
ultimo, and, aft,r calling at Halifax to receive
the mails and passenger., sailed therefrom on
the 2nd inst. She reports the arrival of the Caledonia
at Boston on the 26th ult., after a passage of 131
days. The Canada brings the usual weekly mails
from the United States and all the British North
American provinces.
The dates he this arrival are:—New York, May
30 ; Ph.ladelohia, May 30; Baltimore, Boston, Wash-
ington end Charleston, May 29 ; *bile, May '113;
New Orleans. M ty 27 ; St. Louis, May 26; Ciucinnatti,
May 26 ; Montreal, May 28 ; Halifax, June 2.
It was said that the loss occasioned by the fire at
Bt. Louis wi'l not exceed 3,000,000 dole., and that
of this at least 2,003,000 dols. woe insured.
The New York Weekly Herald says :
The steamship Southerner, C train Barry, arrived yeller-
morning from Caarleston, whence she sailed on Saturday
Amens her parer Ira is Lient. Edw. F. Beale, of the
United Stater navy. He left San Fascism) on the 14.11 of
April, in the steamer Oregon. and arrived at Sas Bias on the
22nd, where he remained Sr. days sosiirg. He lett San
Bias on the 27th, and arrived at Panama on the 6th of May,
at 9 rt x , aft. r touching at Acapulco for water.
On the 7th he arrived at and 1-1 t Clair's, in the barque
Florida. and arrived at New Orleans on the 21st. Thence
he took the mail route to Char'retos, and thence wane to
this city. In the Swithrruer, thus performing the pipette
from San Fraseitca to New York is 44 Or, the quickest
trio ea record. II- crossed the Whams in 17 hours
The arrival of Lent. &We, kipping with him a lump of
gold weighing eight pounds, threw Wall•areet into a state
of the "matt eiciresa at and delight. The house was cur-
rounded with crowds of eager brokers and merchant", all
carious to catch a glimpse of the Wit pesad lump. There
was an 'Edda' about it. There was the pure gold, (rah
teem BID gado. No geld over wrested more attention, or
was more cov-red, than that lump.
Up to the latest date from New Orleans no
progress had been wade towards stopping the
great crevaste, although the efforts were being
vigorously continued. The water was still on the
rise, and the flood had extended to within' four
squares of the river am Carondelet-street Bt. Charles-
Asset was seriously menaced. The water in Bayou-
street and Julia-street was bat three inches lower
than the great inundation of 1831.
Great fears were apprehended of the levee breaking
aim the New Carat
Theme is no mention made of cholera, which, how-
ever, was ra. leg in Bt. Louis.
The sews from New York itself is unimportant.
The mail steamers California and Oregon had re-
turned to Panama. At least half a million of dollen
in gild h d been brought by these two steamers to
Panama. At San Francisco gold was more abundant
than was ever supposed. and the most extraysgant
reports of the richness of the gold region wen re-
garded as mod• rate ea:events piths fact.
A convention to form a state corstitution was Iwo-
to he held on the Islet August nest No
rortsa t Ml= to be entertained that Celifornia wl.l
at owe be admitted into the Union as a eovereign
state.
The price of goads had declined considerably, in
coommuence of the stocks in hand.
Sir Benjamin D'Urban, commander of her Majesty's
farces in British North America, died at Montreal, on
the 26th olt.
News from Montreal, to May 28, states that the
loss of the ship Maria, from Limerick, Ireland, is
confirmed; three of the sow, and nine out of the
11l passer gem, was sawed.

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