The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-04 00:00:00

—with six Maritime Arsb chiefs, for the ;oppress'

of the slave trade, by vessels belonging to am, from
the African coast or elsewhere. The names of then
chiefs are :—Sheik Sultan bin Suggur, chief of Ras-
el-Rhymah and Shargah ; Sheik Abdoola bin Rashid,
chief of Amulgavine ; Sheik Azeez bin Raschid, chief
of Ejman ; Sheik Muktoom bin Buyte, chief of De-
baye ; Sheik Saeed bin Tamoon, chief of Aboothabee ;
and Sheik Mahomed bin Khuleefa, chief of Bahrein.
The Goomsoor country remains in the same unsa-
tisfactory state.
An attempt was made at the end of September to

seize the person of the notorious chief, Cholera Bisseye,
but he got early notice of the movement of the de-
tachment sent against him, and escaped. It is said
that a force is to be sent from Madras to control a
refractory rajah in the direction of the Goomsoor
country.
From Affghanistan the news is not of interest.
Poet Mohammed is employed in settling the disputes
amongst his sone. The new Vizier, Haider Khan,
has made some changes in the pay of the troops, sad
introduced men of an inferior class into the esrvira.

Our advicee from Alexandria, which aro iiithe
22nd ult., state that the last steamer frompopitg*

nople brought to Mehemet Ali Pacha a froth
of the Sultan's favour, giving him authoeity le
sent the decoration of the Nichan 'filcher, an
of merit, to all those to whom the Viceroy may feel'
inclined to grant a token of his good-will.
It was generally supposed that the French Count-
General, M. A. Barret, would be amongst the first to
receive Mehemet Ali's decoration.
The crops of Egyptian produce taken in last
April and May were rapidly coming down to Alex-
andria from the Upper Country. They are generally
short, and that of wheat in particular was de-
ficient. Prices were quite nominal, holders prefer-
ring to ship on their own account rather than submit
to a reduction. There were consequently very few
tellidllol3oll6. In cotton nothing had been done for
sew thew The exchanges were looking up. Lon-
don was rota at 991 i plasters to the pound sterling;
coins, and sovereigns in particular, were in
sign coins,
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Iladdington left Suez on the 10th alt for Ceylon,
Madras, and Calcutta. with 184

V, DEC. 4, 1847. [:

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
ENGLAND.
A Monthly Council was held at the society's
in Hanover-square, on Wednesday lest, the let of
bet, his grace the Duke of Richmond, 8.G., in the
follow now members were elected John Maurice
Raeklanaa, Roes, Herefordshire ; John Cooke
, New Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire; James Smith,
W t,Lineoloshire ; Christopher Percy Soulsby, Melton,
Iforinhire • Baton Edmund Rees, Carhw ; Richard Reeve,
Noughgtoi;, wensfurd, Northampton; Rev. F. Woodyeer,
Mton,Peatednot,Yorkshire ; F. Stanford, Houghbridge
roat Oakley Essex • J. Wilson, The Howe, li.endsl;
Ellie Chadwick, inddlestOn-court, Leominster, Hereford-
shire; Lord Yinneird, Roesie-priory, Inehture, Perthshire;
CheriesSt•phens, Reading, Berkshire; William N. Gardener,
W Wolk ; Charles Atkinson, Broughton, Connell,
; Matthew Berridge, Inganby, Leicester ,J. A.
, M.P., Coptfold-hall, Ingatestone, Ewen; John
Bury St. Edmund's; J. /towel Blood,
'Zen ; Elev. John Birch Reynardson, Holywell.
, Lincolnshire; W. W. Hooke, W •e, Ly•
misse,Honts ; Peter Williams, fliarberwen, Anglesey;
W. B. Newberrier, St. Alban's, Herta ; Frede-
rickligtr, Whitehall-place, London; Browolow Wynne
G Wynne, arthewin, Abergele, D.rabighshire ; Thomas
--e.Delsrioh, Surrey; Lon' Milford Pietas nude Ha-
.,