The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

to the prima/grain, to the approach of thee= maws and to the/Ml
di 'position the gorensenent is supposed to entertain towards**
railway oomioniee, and the constant increase of receipts oa Me
procipsl hoes ; on the other hand, fears are entertsintd u to the
!crate of mot harrest, sad the precarious situation of the Larks
te..rket, where &coconut SM hr taken place, causes great Sans
It Hume oleo he taken into armidendlon that the present prime are
not than whet. so to say,desoled the limits of speculation either be
a faller the he many years, and a consequent erobarnia-nisat is
Mt on the soarbot nit hot cetteed • notable diminution of
Madam for the hot two maths. sod there It. a more opts
thestere, to the Int movement in either direreisst.
• crest doel depends apes the weather for the young crops,
or the eitnatkea of the Legacies market, which is ointimate!,
cotriectrd with that of Parts, and it Is greatly to be desired that the
government end the chamber, will lorry on the great public works
whi c h are under construction • suflideney of employment can alone
.

Teo de tbe lass :dew of thO loot hari'est. Ills so mace the
rate of'certain railway =agonies which is at stake, bat rather the
Interims of • multitude of merchant% small 'landed proprietor; and
othi cs who titer inverted their capital In thews new entermime, and
the hie of thourands of hands whose daily breed depends upon the
eantinuance of these works. The credit of the Mate is au intimately
eonaeoted with the financial niece.. of the railways that it could net
eupp rt the blow if a simultaneous amelioration In the prospects of
the companies did not follow. It is therefore with most anxiety that
prop. ietor• OA well as shareholders await the projects which the go-
vernment will shortly submit to the chambers in the interests of the
railways.
litto Int Jammoo, Pas. 14.—The following was the date of exchange
M rya pct. Moderate amounts were almost daily pound upon Lon-
don= leg to I, until the Mk the me of the departure of the steamer
Mee worth, when Widnes. was done at 29. When the Seagull was
sewsweeed to sail on the 14th, the market opened at 281, and large
swam we negotiated at SI and at 284, the latter the nearer quota-
et the close of business; and cot the 12th the last quotation was
I. - Altogether, about 190,0001. had parsed on louden, 340,000
haw on Paris at 334.0, and 30,000 from of indirect bills at 320 to
328. Moderate amounts on Hamburg rat 610 Discards con-
tinue to rule at 74, at which rate the demand hod been
brisk. Stork, which opened at 84, had declined to 83 and
; the soles had been extensive, and the market cloned Sat In
specie a moderate banner was done. Spanish doubloon.,,
to dole. :10,000 ; Patriot, dole., 29,200 to dole. 29,400 ; Spanish
1,950 to dole. 2,040. Export of coffee since let of Feb. :.-Africa, 10 '
to
s;
/tam rp, 8,748; Boston, 3,257 ; Cape of Good Hope, 1,440;
Oipenhacen, 7.113; Genoa, 1,197 ; Ilamborgh, 4,579; New Orleans,
4,200; New York, 7,288; Stockholm, 3,205. Washed coffee was
quoted at 395. 3d. per cwt on baud; superior, 31e. ; first good,
22e. ; ordinary, 275. Id. Preigbts to the channel, 525. dd. to 55e.

=plea, of pardoning and taking atranskr froThtheGloseen„
Dean Forest Milne Company of that portion of the railway en";
from the Grange to Harlot Farm, oft paying the
to that company of obtaining the act, and cite, to n.tten
railway entirely at the expense of the Sunni Wales Gralprail
chairman stated, that this portion of the railway, about Apennines length, wsa, in fact, the completion of the South Wale. line up ia
Glooneater end Forest of Dean Hallway. A reeolution ass.:
authorising the directors to complete the purthme, and enter
tutaissary arrangements for the purpose. tn
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. NOHTIIERN Con
• Umos.—lt to said that the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Splaylen%
pony are trying to negotiate with *hie vornpany for ita
no that they may be enabled to connect themeelven utle-„z7
trlth the Nast Oast of England, which is without doubt as
theta.
EAST AND WEST YORKAHIRE.—T he first stone of
viaduct over the river Nidd, in connexion with this line, vas i;
with great solemnity on Monday last.
Hovel* AND HAVU6.—Some excitement woe can*
Rouen on Sunday by the train due at five minutes to six to ,h
three quarters of an holligiebind its time. An engine si.s.Ean
to lend ambiance in ease of any accident, but fortunately .67,
required. la positing the viaduct of Itatentin the vibration...4W
ladder left leaning maim* a wall to fall. It feU across the as
under the wheel. of the first earflap., which woo, of count, 5,43
the raj!. The ptitude with which the engine woo stoppsd „.7
vented any dent, and the passenger* escaped with the del".

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
PRODUCL.-61sucsuo.kmas, Ansa 7.—Duty pa al nor
principal ports of England and Scotland to lash week,
.424,7
cwt., showing an ezenis of 228,131 cwt. upnu the eorreapoigbe,„„
last year. The market anu well supplied with Wog hpb,
lin rters submitted to t decline of lid., and buyers am 1,1,712.,
khda, chiefly reftning qualities. About half of the lAN
Mauritius were withdrawn to auppurt prima, and the mashies ide
heavily, chiefly 43a. lid., 49a. ftd. lkngal :early all bought it,
refusing to give previous rates. Refined dull; lumps, 6k,
Coffee isactive, no alteration in prime.—Bice; A large Wu..
been dew by p.rivate contert, at 141. to Ia advance update*
public sale pr • and the impurter of the 1,200 bar of gei=
Bengal withdrew them at the high peke. of 17a. Gd.,
dull, and prices partly nominal.—Cotton Inactive.—Tallow
dull, 49A. Gd.—To The monthly reports state that a fWI Maw
of bitAincsa ha* been done, and prices are looking up, pbe
bon been partly gpeettlative, founded upon the increased cost cited&
which la likely to root for a long time.—Tea atenly. Dudes e 521.3
tea in 1847 to last week London, 6,563.8891ba.; LiverGool,l46l"
the.; Bristol, 188,7441 M.; Hull, 63,112141t0. ; 494,18113,
18 total, 8,
773,30916 a; nee time in 1826, 8,391,2781b5.; llpsß
2,231

COTTON.—Lrmatroot, Aran 7.—The market to,lay wm
and the tale. were 1,000 bates, 1,000 on apreulation.
IRONMASTEIin. QUARTERLY MEETlNG.—Wotniessart‘
Weronomar Evesiso.—The meond serial of the quarterly memo,
the imiunasters of South nhaffondshire for the current year comas;
here today. There was a very nurorrome atteneaace of ttao, is„
gaged in the trade. It has been already reported in this Motu de
martmg held last week at Dudley, a ondition; ea Za.Ctialg "paged to ahem to existing priors it was Mood
baby that ma elksalmnamees rendering it anemia., to Moot
resolve had allialled_ j It therefore only awaits confirmation a 0,
at Birathmkam to-morrow. It is proper, b 00,,, paw
7.7.thceiZ,..fgned for this resolution as declared today: item,
that the Emmet he Iron still continues good, without being eartog,
sr ggmaggiggs, but sufficiently mi to enable a maistemate a
menet
ma= perhaps, smongsit those smaller makers ege
ay sometime dunog the quarter. For mu-
Maimed ken k was represented that there seas a very good saw,
sad as a nommary oonvequenor its price Ls well sustaisaL Rich
Itakehilse bars nay be ►quoted at 10/., boom 101. lOs, tot gib
OMR boa 110, 10a. A few months ago, It was maim
that Ima had reached its maximum price; the mom
gift of trade goes very far to confirm this. (i.e woe
et isagreaditlea at the meeting to-day km been he
remit
skysandltios of the manufacturing sad moi,
at dm distrist; wither in there anything of bulimia.*
dis owned prosperity. An abundance of orders for eserytklag b
on hamd, asw weeks am swinging up throughout the mart
aliment OW. Perks" however, no better proof could be offend el
the alriaaars of the foregoing, than the fact that, of the many pa.
soft MU have formerly mild their amounts on quarter-day by um
ad mg, .ha ve, to-day, departed from the multi part* mi
pill ON* imitea

P Aran 6.—Cons,—The intelitgellet received from Bets
Y set rto favourable an for some days previously. him
mew memdligly Mos in most whets, and bud even Mania eme;
at Bromele ttrinotatiems war a Aide higher, and at Ccurtray fire
Wdm freer HY. to Mt. tbe Mate. Oats In described as bemoana
lurk asembt Mr. In offte Trench markets also • greagra.
paw atikownes• Is and in mane a movementof advamelse
spin sanseiOwe Yregreeented as het ill supplied. la tie
ankle@ ef Parley Tab. My Ham 2 fr.; and at Etampei
Oils, balk Impatient starkete, an great a lemma existed r •
render a speedy advasse mama a certainty. At Beauvais, Norm ay
MembegOle, the dee ls shoat I fr. Use Melo, and at Negmt-loPaten,
3 fr. • et Hials- also prices are exceedingly 4m. In the north, Min
eiseise la fewer about I fr., and Arras 2 fr.; but at Dime a rim
Me. Wtaken place. At Hance, dour teat the previous quotient
witk few @Mere. The following places have main experimeed a Id:
—lll3mssOntlerght, 2 or.; Bray, 4 fr.; Lagny, I fr. SO e. ; MOPtera.,
Me. • Hhirtres, 2 fr. ; demean, 2 fr. 70 c. ; end Pain.* I fr. 90e.
the list limn Irs been a reaction upwards; Chateemomm fir
ram) bes tisestem 30c. to Hr. the Meta.; Briar (Pdaineat4loire,
Ser.. and Balsa M. 73e. In Champagne the fall is deeded!
Heeled ; the advMes)etalved Man Troyes, Areieaur-Aube, ant tar.
eur.Auhr, all epee im this point ; at dinishurg prices are atom lb.
higher. In the Perim market yesterday pnera were exceedingly Ira.
Hour was move i demand, and toes ogered. 'Very little business
doing, and prime manot be mid to bare undergone any alteration