The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

with a quiet aged. The tremaikeks reach 3,600 bake,
that :

Upland eel Tier. Mobile and N.Or.
2,100 balm !Me bales.
Ordinary to pond ordinary ll to 11 ... 11 to
Middling to peed middling II to 111 ... 111 to t 2
Middling fair to fair
=1414 to gocd 13 to 14 ... 14 to 14
• total for the week of 9, bales.
The arrivals have been . From Florida, 1,236 bales;
2
Georgie, 1,049 ; South Carolina, 403 ; North Carolina, 84.--
Total, ,778. Total import from the Ist to the 30th ult.,
21,431 bales. Export from the let to the 27th of April,
4,726 bales. Export front the United States: Since the let
of September lest, 800,703 bales ; same time last year, 960,635.
FLoon.- -The market here for Weetem Flour since our
lest has been dull, and, although the stock is reduced very '
low, some holders, in view of the opening of canal nariga.
tan, have evinced an anxiety to realise, and prices have be-
come unsettled, and lower rates accepted. Geneuce and •
Troy cannot be quoted over 7 dots. 75c., and some has been
sold for 124 e. less ' • Michigan and Ohio, command, in small
lots, 7 dolt. 50e. to 7 dolt. 621 e.; 900 barrels New Orleans
at these rates; and 800 Ohio, rio Philadelphia, 7 doh. 375 e.
to 7 dois..soc. To arrive, there ham been a good demand, and
we notice sales of 4,000 barrels, in May, at 6 dole. 375 to 6
dole. 60e.. the lower rate for mixed Michigan ; 4,000 in June,
6 dole. to 6 dots. 26e. •, 3,000 in July, 6 dolt. ; 1,000 in
August, 7 dot*. 75c. ; and 1,000 on or before September 1, at
the option of the seller, at the same price. Southern
Is inactive, and prices gradually recede. The sales
SRO 3,000 to 3,500 barrels of Alexandria, George
hewn, and Richmond County, at 7 dols 374 e. to 7 dols.
llla; and 300 Richmond City Mills, about 8 dole. 50c.
Rye flour sells slowly at 5 dela. to 6 dolt- 12e. Higher rates
befog demanded far corn meal, the market is quiet. 3,000
barrels of Jersey, part to arrive coon, sold at 4 dols. 60c. to
4 dolt. 665 e. 1,060, in all May, 4 dole. 25c. ; 3,000 Western,
in June and July, on private terms; and 100 puncheons of
braudywine, 22 dole. cash. Export, from the lot to the 27th
of April Wheat flour, 90, 379 barrels.
GItAIN.-There is no wheat hare. To arrive in May,
12,000 bushels of Genesee. sold at 1 dol. 60c. to 1 del. 55e ;
and 10,000 of white Ohio, 1 dol. 40c., cash. Northern [TO
has been dull, but the market is now, perhaps, a little firmer;
5,000 bushels sold is lots, at 92e. to 95c. A small lot of
barley brought 72e. ,• the last sale to arrive was for early in
May, at 70c. cash. Northern oats are in less request, and the
stock accumulates; the ckuotation at the cicse is 60c. to 5'2c.,
at which 5,000 bu,hels uava been disposed of; end 2.300
Southern, at 47e. The supply of corn here is not large, but
theastunwerao the deems& the mikket retaining tta firm-
ness; the entes are MAIO .bashels northern and Jersey
yellow, at 950. to 97c., with I.ooolersey, fur store, at 1 dol. ;
10,000 southern yellow, at 950. to 96c. ; and 16,000 white
and mixed ditto, 92x. to 91c. To arrive the sales have been
large, say 150,000 bushels, partly OR terms not made public,
including in part the May delivery, at 80e. to 8.50., end June
and July at 75c. to 761 c. Beans are in good demand, and
conaidrrable sales have been made within our range. 000
bags of black-eyed peas sold part at 2 dole. 37c. per bag of
two bushels.-Exports from the let to the 27th of April :
Corn, 1,0.52,042 bushels ; wheat, 55,490 ; rye, 44,288 ; bar-
ley, 8,183; oats, 89,118.
PRovivioNs,-Old Ohio pork since our last has been very
quiet, and yesterday the market was dull. We know of no
sales worth reporting; about 1,000 barrels sour prime
brought 11 dole. 375 e. to 11 dols. 50c. ; and 250 new mess, to
arrive, 16 doll. 375 c. to 16 dols. 50 c. Beef is inactive , 100
barrels city prime sold at 9 doll. 25c. ; 200 mess, 12 dolt. ;
and 175 tierces prime mess, a few days since, '2O dole. Ohio
lard is in good demand, and prime in barrels readily com-
mands 10c. ; and in kegs, 100 e. ; at these, with some No. 2
in barrels, at 91 to 91, the sales are 1,600 kegs, and 600 to
to 700 barrels since our last. Pickled meats are firm ; 106
tierces Western hams sold at 81c.; and 60 hogsheads,
shoulders, in elrr salt, 64c. New butter sells, on arrival, at
20c. to 72c. for western dairy, and 25e. to 26c. for Orange
county. Export from April 1 to 27 :-Beef, 2,618 barrels;
pork, 5,009; lard, 15,366 kegs.
Rice.-The transactions have been to a very fair extent
since our last Saturday's report, and prices are fully main-
tained. The sales amount to about 800 tierces of all descrip-
tions, at 3 dole 50c. for ordinary, to 4 deli. 621 c. for good.
The stock having been considerably reduced, holders arc
firm at our quotations, which we do not vary.
Tonacco.-We notice a pretty good demand, and sales,
since our last, of 175 hogsheads. Virginia and Kentucky,
at 24e. to file. ; 550 cases of Connecticut and Pennsylvania
seed leaf, part Sle. to 103 c. ; 27 Florida, at 6c. to 15c. ; and
200 Connecticut, for export, on terms not made public.
IntiN.-We have no new feature to notice in the market,
except that holders of Scotch pig are much firmer, rind some
are now asking advanced rates. 200 tons common Swedish
sold on private terms.
FRBIOIiTd.-The market remains very unsettled, and
rather lower rates have been accepted. Some eight or ten
British vessels have left, or are about to leave for Quebec, to
engage in the timber trade. To Ireland, London, and the
Continent there is but little going forward, and quotations are
nominal. To Liserpool we notice small engagements in
American and British vessels of flour and meal, at Ss. per
barrel ; resin, 3s. to 3s. Cal.; tar, 4s. 6d.; leather. Id. per lb. ;
300 caeks spirits of turpentine, at 20. per gall, &c. A Bri-
' tish ship was taken up to load heavy goods, at Boston, for
London, at 15s. per ton.
To LONDON. -Flour, 4s. to 4s. 61. per barrel ; turpentine
(North country), 4s. 6d. per barrel; spirits of turpentine
(2.52 gallon.), 60s. per barrel ; measurement goods, •40s. to
465. per ton ; heavy goode, 60s. per ton ; cheese, 60s. per
ton ; beef (3041 b to 3301 b.), 10s. per tierce beef and pork,
Bs, per barrel; corn and wheat, 16d. per bushel; oats and
barley. 13d. to 16d. per bushel.
TO'HAN as. -Cotton (square and round bales), le. to lc.
per 1b..; four, 1 del. per barrel ; ashes, 8 dols. to 10 1441, per I
too ; rise, 12 dole. per too ; whalebone, le. per lb. ; tallow,
lard, &c., 4c. per lb. ; grain (in bags), 30e. to 35e. per bushel.
PRILADILTRIA, APII/L 30, r.m.-Cotton is firm, with
males of 300 bales of Uplands and New Orleans, at 13 to 131.
Flour is in moderate request, and holders demand 7 dolt. per
barrel for good brands ; some extra brands sold at that, 1,000
barrels of corn meal sold at 4 dols. 374 c., and 300 barrels at
4 dole. 26e. Rye flour sold at 4 dole. 875 c. ; 7,000 bushels of
good red wheat sold at 157, and white at 162 ; 3,000 bushels
of corn sold at 93c.. and 2,600 bushels of oats at 514. 23,700
barrels of flour, 59,362 bushels of wheat, 3.5,327 bushels of
corn, and 18,177 barrels of corn meal, were exported from
Philadelphia last week, principally to Europe.
BILLTIKORE, At art. 30, Y.M.-The floor market COn-
*MO dull and unsettled. I note a sale yesterday morning, in
s.ollsts, of 200 barrels each, at 6 dots. 72c., and about 600
barrels Susquehanna brands at 6 doh. 75e. There are
buyers, only to a moderate extent, of flour at 6 dots. 76e.
Some are unwilling to offer mere than 6 dolt. 621 c. Holders
are rather anxious to operate at 6 dole. 75e. Nothing of
moment doing in City Mills. Small sales of some 400 barrels,
at 6 doh. 874 c., and 100 barrels, yesterday, at 6 dolt. 75e. Corn
Mal is very dull, and can be had at 4 dole. 371 c.

By an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope we have
papers to the 28th March. The Frontier 7Yrnes states
that a Burgher force had been ordered to assemble at
Fort Peddie, and that in the meantime steps were
being taken to strengthen the defences of the colony.
The important station of Riebeek had been garrisoned
by a military force. Various new positions in the
Field-cornetcy of Fiah River had lately been occupied,
and a post would be immediately established at New
Year's River. It adds "So far, then, as much seems
to have been done, under the new order of things,
as could be expected. But his excellency must exa-
mine well the tools with which he works. If any of
these should be found to be rusty, or crooked, or
worn out, or unserviceable from any other cause, they
mast be put aside instantly, or the whole work may be
spoilt."
Sir Henry Pottinger, according to advises received
in Cape Town, from the frontier, was nearly ready
and about to eater upon active operations against the
Chief Pato and such other parties of Kaffirs as should
not make their submission and restore their plunder.
Some distressing accidents, with loss of lives, by
boats being capsized, at the Fish and St. John's
rivers, in the eastern province, had occurred.
In ono case the boats, upset by the violence
of the surf, were employed in landing goods
from the Ann schooner, in Waterloo Bay ; but a
more distressing occurrence still is reported, in the
loss of another emigrant ship, called the Gilbert Hen-
derson, about which the following details are given in
the South African Advertiser :
Another emigrant ship (the Gilbert Henderson) has gone
ashore in Algoa Bay, in a "brisk gale," says the
report. When this Teasel was in Table Bay, certain
shippers by her, or their agents, applied to the Marine
Insurance Company to underwrite part of her cargo destined
for Port Elizabeth. The company, with great and com-
mendable prudence, employed Captain Bence to examine,
and report upon her ground-tackle, amongst other:things, and
that gentleman reported unfavourably. The company,
therefore, refused to accept the risk. The event liu justified
their judgment and proceedings. But what is to be said
of the parties who send out emigrant ships to
this colony so shamefully unprovided . This is the
second that has been lost within these few months
hom the same cause,—the Galatia, in Moose' Bay, and the
Gilbert Henderson, in Algoa Bay. Aid what is to be said
of the London surveyors ? • • • From this cause the
character of the bays in this colony has often suffered. Ex-
posures like this are designed to rectify this abuse."
The directors of the Eastern Province Bank had
obtained an interview with Sir Henry Pottinger,
for the purpose of laying before him the difficulties
under which the mercantile community were
labouring in consequence of the scarcity of
the circulating medium, and of entreating him
to afford them some assistance by causing
a currency of some kind to be created to meet the
emergency of the case. His excellency observed
that it was out of his power to make any
laws affecting the currency, and that, to enable him to
take any step of the kind, he would require the sanc•
tion of an act of parliament. It was suggested that
that the evil might be materially lessened by causing
commissariat drafts to be a legal tender. This course,
however, Sir Henry did not think himself at liberty
to take, as it would be in fact creating a species of
currency. His excellency also stated that he had
reason to believed that a considerably quantity of
specie was on the way nut to the colony, by which
the difficulties felt by the mercantile classes would be
relieved.
In the Magistrates' Court at Graham's-town, Mr.
Jervis, on behalf of the Chief Pato, obtained leave to
institute a criminal proceeding against the editor,
printer, and publisher of the Colonial Times, for a