The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-18 00:00:00

sod the cortegeret nen a•tun ot inclebte tonnage in the river, the
wile et the export nylon have been antAdent to twat Amato
le Or clef, end the teal se/ to to advance.

Omera.—TM numbs* for Ini.--Metst has bete rather creel
inaaOne the month, and °perukes blue been somewhat below
weep extent. lets soat/nae steady.
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tams boolasas lees transa'Mcted this
raul *a metal • bedew appearance. ot* within
Ciurfsw days It Ms bola Mien lid. Hoop sad lb* seetiaus
Ilemek2Ths slide oms labia ears start and prim bare
dernald. 111010.aow cased st C. Pa tali to 10 or •11.: sales are
seenseed:—Wir ask. at On's Be. IN le la per md. Lasts* • small
dears elsenalle. asks. 1,504 rd.. at 9.1.
/nom—We bays oust Ited melt dalag ander Ode Ms; sad prices
_lea be galled at ear kmervitarss. rah el liatedala
tat Co.'s Pa 14 pit
I • ,Nossulasioa—lle: market realm without aslirlty. The trios
imaib•d tierat math are : 41 Imes at Ces la 44 le 44.3 per
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alb:tat baits. Mb se sauseVeorwna.
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at ladasee 1.5 bow deM/111811447 sari. Oen haw woll esa.
arra. Nub ea. agelbse:ssirenszokytia bow.
latelkes Pat tie Pp of winema phonon reels vollmero ,
dial• they earn: alb& TM wow of enamel
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law bawd et le KM Mai *wry at Weft. II PM
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Is upwards es Wei Awe.
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period :—e Ossintsw Omni% at to MN per aro;
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the whets usseth, sod pleshselsss wdl sispestaL The beaky
cols sod piens. walk.
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et ids= I. hose We WIN the auft—essisty. t,M wk. at
to te per Ws
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=We Or Ws NSW in the Woe mask but West, • Wade het.
kg dessiiie. =not to One. ad rises hen met eased.
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be abeam eye hes boss usimishei Loeb es hisprevel dwasol
Is waft br those soft
penes.!—, The berth gisseruseet ode at Ow sews woe hsid ea the
111th leslue wise prless haw ItestualeL Our ittatbas
woes NSW l'etsspor dad, bat are saw haus ton* torn fooor EaUss.
HONG KONG.
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FIB. 27 . —ng INgiiiiiiiiii-ViiiiiMiNit =did, which
ke,
My gal Woad Is sir bal, is Sim abornal tor Se mdse.
proeurd le gingismool et the tatervia. laws the Is.
Oselabdodr Oa awl Ss Effealars tio dessor,
et Ibioup ea So ITS Wad, le relleas to the
el tba abe odes of Codes Semi Illite Is
of sok • bir Solana Ye ban ere @sty la dte
bat Se pladpl Seisms mu batibiblak and tbelemdb
hos elbodist Or end bilis
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rails Ouraidades ant, as bealtayli. I 4 090 4; Rind h.
I 207 II; Nair ea, I to 7 4. The soak mesa to MON lais
wind %NOM= lad wee.
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doii. le Ili Ids I lift 1141, II air. is iiis.l Pi& MA 20
dots. NS di. Ma, "JO, Stria Nrl Ire ids 'sabot
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pp. awl Ole Pena of Sallo. et a &eine ror taiseat pay,
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Loss llua.--1in774 7 ada. N e.; war*, I deb. II e. to
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of amerra is maul r aloft 10,11 a alma, sobeet about 10,000
chats laa year, wad pel la the aurba.
Sua.—Se oda typie Reek-11111 lake UMW, sal about 100
Slymema.
Szcsasea ea llnalmal amilmama at la. 041. for Oriental Beek and
Sta.aleme pried, mar. Oa Mk, *wears accepted bllle have
boa doam a lit ti paint.
Twaonse, $l. 3e. Several vends laws left far India seeking.

INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
SINGAPORE.
Oar correspondent at Singapore notices that
little el public interest had transpired at that
station since the departure of the previous mail.
Business at last dates (Mach 7) was very dull
in consequence of its being a bad junk teeny.
A graving-dock wu about to be constructed at
Pule Brant, a smell islet, two miles distant from
Singapore town. A company had been formed foe
the purpose, and one share remained untaken. The
establishment of a dock at Singapore will be a Feat
desideratum to the shipping interest. Captain Rigby,
of the ship Fake Rehabs), we observe, had arrived
at Singspore, where he gave particulars of the loss of
his ship by fire (the supposed work of the crew), in
the Bay of Bengal No leas than twenty-nine lives
rises= to the cat
lc. of the The
otraitsng lett7elrtnes from
11 details the melancholy occurrence :
27.01: the 19th of January, 1849, the ship Fain Ro-
bing of Bombay, J. Rigby commander, bound fcr Calcutta,
IS Its Wee. 23min. N., long by chros, 83 deg. 21 min. E.,
st & U pas. took fire in the fore-part of the vessel ; all at-
bonne to eatingidsh the Ire being of no avail, endeavours
wen mode to get the tae;-boat out, but owing to the die.
drakes* et the erew this could not be accomplished. Tree
emoder.beats were then lowered. The Jolty-`jest
big takes then us by eight of the crew, the .otter
eine rensissi. At 5 45 the fire was raging with
fkr as the
leis ju t with great diScalty we got, the big,
boat At 8 the Sr. melte a** cabin,
tararreeptein and sirs went over the quarter into the
saw, pitinup as sky et the crew as the boat would
add, end pel In ass N the wink. We head there were
aseried la the satin. -Ask feu paw se maw
eat Elk if blind. We ONTO. by the wreck wllO, then
- sway tow aerthwara, Is kw' el "swag c. 0.,.
AS seas a. the lidewlel d'ty, ea session el the orewdsti
etre if the best, we ma away to the eethruth ends, Puy
• =Wen ad thine *heti up by • ship been le the
We erptviamed pen vatheing teeth the heat
el the se% end ken thirst, basing been at one viewers
ef water per thliaseestaythe afght gibe Uri we were Odin
rat ship Cep. lleinet, hen Cabers te
wits,essiniki the lady pienepers on board,
is way ardsiones list kyle lis power, enselaily
to us ringed &dim whidt wears wry grate-
In eierethil The sane mein we were
Ins•
ihered to the bunts lireperes, et sass_
Captain
front Bombay, boned to Chin. who tiered es with
every Widens. Oa the thei el Felwaszy we were leaded
at Batavia. On the ef eves4t the 96th we were sent en
board the Ban* nail kr ingspare, sad arrived
kers ea the ird. Lc S
, - Joni% LIM.
The Straits The also contains an account of a
piratical visit made by a Spanish brigantine, near
'Trinidad, on the bargee Kestrel, hem Leaden to Sin-
of whisk
lbw( whisk the following is an entreat from the
mink light nods, OM rot* ; a napkins-
nen ea the ttud been ,: 6
amissid:the mid ven2We down wpm us, having hoisted
deelsers, sod and a gee amen ear hew ; the cap-
on n*Mks it rosiest aheaven" mile ail mil, when
she • tenni in, ail legsd an to hunk, end send
ear beta en bend. Oa tilwria serve
mesd ziang her with
VekT=tbilesistels pink so err the best ea
as she was nem din we add esslead
with, net bads( say qua ea ask. Oa the
shin .ices'. flgalime CO he was Arden with
sir mace. They nanny; ear hest thenisheks toria=
well erne' ; es sewing ea bend they tea •
enmity esfaxelserree, oar enter's nem Oen. liessakee
inthensith spy glen, si may mei
=se they wadi ; abeam want per lithe cue's
reales. Afar tai then, they ea
bad nil ditherrene beat, Ode ienthed, with
then /dm loon an nem% whth the
ties S. Wake n& thin dl the shwa they At
dr the wither links •
wee Inn the Orem bed sp :iisisge=B"4.adsguel
parbie and reed to the LW. opposed is the
abeam to have between forty and fifty nth en bird;
the wind poked Mask, with billet bind, diet 1119 teas
herilik. beaks a kith* krented en , beil sk
MEWLi maid-
wagging dike offiar toms
OIL UM 5.. keg. wao
LABUAN.
Our &Moss tiros this colony extend Is the 15th al
Itsbnary. Mask of the dolmas hod abstsk sal the
prevailing sins bed net anansetl a skim typo. - It

would appear that Sir James Broke had at last dit-
oovered, stint we have so frequently urged, that
Lehman was eminently adapted for a ravel dept, but
not waited foe a colony, as trade could not be forced
ito this channel, but [Wowed its old cosine to
Singapore or Marassar. It is pretty well understood
that a second application foe a parliamentary grant
will be met by strong opposition on the snore of usc-
lees expenditaro of public money. To meet the diffi-
culty we hear Sir James Brooke has written to the
Colonial-emus to redoes the e.tablisiumeat by lopping
off the lieutenant-governorship and office of maw-
attendant, military surgeon, &c., very properly oat-
lancing with himself by suggesting that his own
salary be lessened by 4001. per annum. Such an in-
stance of liberal/Ilia just what might have been ex-
ted from the 'eh of Sarawak. atntidering the
heavier duties which would in consequence devolve
on the colonial secretary and the surveyor, Sir James
suggests an augmentation of 501. to their respective
solstice. But what more than all serves to cripple I
the energies of the new settlement is the peculiar
hauteur assumed by the lieutenant-governor, who
ventures to dictate to his excellency the governor.
At the date of our last &deices Sir James Brooke
had quitted Labnan for his own territory o! Sarawak,
where be will remain to complete the installation
of his nephew as his successor to the R 4 of
Sarawak. Before his departure from Labuan, Sir
James suggested the nomination of Mr. Sur-
veyor-Gaeral Scott as extraordinary member of the
council. The lient-governor insisted that the nomi-
nation of an extraordinary member appertained to
Mandl, and as he could not be reasoned into the im-1
propriety of orgies such pretensions, Sir James de-
clared the @Blimp of the Council in abeyance until his
return, in the meantime re'erring the paint at issue
to the Coleidelalace, in Downing-street. Need we
wonder that does not answer the expectations
formed at its establishment, when the temper of even
Sir James Brooke, one of the most patient of men, is
tried by the croes purposes of a lieut-governor who,
instead of aiding in the advancement of the cslony,
hampers the &e au. and his own benefactor. Such
a state of things comet long continue. The lieut.-
governor may disgust a master-attendant, and cease
him to resign the purl, bat Sir James's object, the
ioration of the condition of the tribes of Borneo
tad the Archipelago, is too near his heart to permit
the attempts of his deputyto divert his attent'oe from
his pursuits. Should the reductions suggested be
adopted, the removal of the lieut.-governor would
follow u a matter of course; and the expenses of the
colony being brought down to a modest level, the
chamois of ultimate success will increase in alas=
trial ratio. We repeat, as a naval depot,
posisems advantages which cannot be overrated. A
serge of coal had been sent to Singapore, to semetain
its value, by placing it in the market.
We may mention that about June or July next. Sir
Janes Brooke proposes to send an expedition to &so-
den the &karma prates, who have become trouble-
's's', of late.

JAVA.

Advice@ from listavir:tOi;bruary 27th, notice the
approaching expedition to Bally u the all-engrossing
topic of internat. The expedition was to have left
on February 24th, but the arrangements not having
been completed, it will not leave un'il the 16th of
March. Every preparation is being made to ensure
anal neves, and to ensure the complete subjugation
of the island. The commander of the late expedi-
tion which was so signally defeated bag been recalled
to Holland, and Cleseral Van der Wyck proceeds
I overland to meet the complaints male against him,
but which he attributes to the governor-general.
Overdoodings have been very general throughout
Netherlands India ; many of the rice, swar, and
spice plantations have been destroyed, and several
lives lost.

COLONIAL.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
By way of Singapore, Adelaide journals have been
received to the middle of January. On December
22nd a government land sale was held at the Court
House, which was well attended, when 4,659 acres of
enbarban and country lots were sold for a total sum
of 5,6581. 9s. At this land sale the trustees of the
Mount Remarkable Mining Company secured, for
1701., the little peninsula of 100 ecres at Port Ow-
main, near the head of Spencer's Gall The obi
which spread over the mining interest for a time had
been dispelled; public confidence was again re-
stored. At the beginning of January, 1849, Burrs
Burrs shares sold at 1251. to 1201. Money, which
had been for some weeks scarce in the colony, was
again becoming plentiful.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
By way of Singapore we have received accounts
from Swan River, Western Australia, to the 15th of
December. The affairs of this colony become daily
more interesting, from the circumstance of its con-
tinued decline under the unfostering hand of the
Colocial-ogee. The first settlers have either left it er
are on the point of doing so for South Australia, i
where there exists a better prospect. The &whale(
importance of the Swan is hurried by the expense el
its governmental administration, and notwithstanding
the praiseworthy exertions of the new governor, Cap-
tain Fitsgseald, the consequetees of previous mis-
management are too strongly marked to be erased
now. On Nov. 7th, the Right Rae. Dr. Short, bishop
of the diocese, arrived at Fremantle, accompanied by
Archdeacon Hale, and others of the clergy, on a
diocesan visit. On the 16th the bishop consecrated
the church of St. John, at Perth. The bishop had
visited the York and Toodyay districts, and expressed
his surprise at the country he visited, it being far
beyond what he had been led to believe by the state-
ment* made to him by some friends of the colony,
whom he had seen at South Australia. In his address
to the settlers bin lordship reproved them for their dis-
rantent, observing that the houses, manner of living,
and many advantages which they poseem, were far
beyond
aarelhhtea=tnAtain witnessed among
agri-
culturists,
for the transport of pasungees, once a month, had
been established between Freemantie mid Albany,
which being the first attempt in the colony of a line
of road of any. length, it is looked to as a precursor
for the attempting of roads in other parts of the colony.
The crops of wheat are represented as very favour-
able, more grain being grown than in the previous
year. Such is the abundance of available land for
agricultural purposes that allotments may be obtained
quite free. In the Inquirer, Nov. 15th, a Mr. Tur-
ner advertises to grant fifty acres of freehold lands on
the banks of the Blackwood River, Port Avesta, to
any industrious agriculturist, with a wife and family.
And if these were not sufficient inducements, Mr.
Turner throws into the scale " one or more cows, with
right of pestling* on adjoining lands, in will givel
one-fourth of the increase at the expiration of four
years." What will our readers think of the prospects
of Wester Australia, when we assure them that, up
to December 15,1848, so advantageous an offer was i
Mr. Turner,. however, is only one of a
lugulg=of leaded proprietors who would willingly
sive away sae-half their land for cultivation, in the
hope of selling the other portion even at low rates.l
And yet the colonists of the Swan are continually
wad* eat exploring
cos
in search of pasturage
Mb, el which the much deficient. Onel
it thus exploring parties, under Mr. A. Gregory,
sued hem the northward on Nov. 12, with great
seems, having dissevered a large tract of fine fertile
=din the neighbourhood of Champion lley,
to contain 300,000 to 400,000 acme laic
maim to that of the York district. The
e
made their way as ftr as the 27th degresci2=
latitude, and would have penetrated to Shades ley
bat foe the quantity of arab and the jaded ellaihist
of the cattle. The large tract was discovered on
Bowes River. The Murchison was explored for a
distance of 110 nines from its month, but was not
navigable for more than ix miles. During the ex-
ploration now under moths =ay indications of coal
wore observed, and plunder sad several garnets ob.
Wald. The land is stated to be
admirably adagl Ikw temp, and Mr. L. Barges, who
espoildoe, intends applying for a
= limos them In our columns we
have bad fugue! OCMINIOS to mention the at-
tempted mining spardeas of this colony, and
we issatiosed that swim= Of ores had been
est is addle kr sasinadsla The report received
Y of the Mg pesaiggg eberwater, sad smelt as will,
se deaht, mearege sidebar operation ea a ern.
serserate oda ism the report we Ism that a
of edpitaretef lady's Med. skier la silver
=hry lead NO Jet bead in Beath Avelsalla. and
that ealgarard et due 111111 everywhere Mad la on-
*seat alith dhis 'Aida, Owe quires at a

guide, they may lead to a lode which, it of a regular
lied, would disclose a very rich silver mine ; but the
report recommends a careful and scientific examina-
tion of the surface specimens, and the stratiticatlon
of the rock. where such minerals are found,
as the best means of perfecting discoveries*.
The attention of the colonists of late has been
directed to the culture of the vine; the offerings of
Bacchus are deemed a panacea for all the evils of the
settlement, and, judging trom the experiments made,
there is a good prospect of Western Australis, like
tte Cape, becoming a wine-producing country. On
Novemb:r Bth there was a special meeting of the
Vineyard Society, to consider the report of the com-
mittee on the subject of distillation; that report re-
commended five acres of vineyard as giv:ng a qualifi-
cation to distil, without say reference to the number
of vines grown.
Since writing the above we have received, per John
Begabaw, arrived at Singapore, accounts from West-
ern Australia to the 31st January, 1849. We are
thus enabled to give news from that colony down
to a later date than has Wore been known. The
Lord Bishop of Melaide preached his farewell ser-
mon at Perth on Christmas-day, and on the 27th pro-
ceeded in the Champion to the outporte, en route to
Adelaide. The Perth and Freemantle journals speak
in high term; of the benefictl effects of this first dio-
cesan visitation, and his lordship appears to have
gained the good wishes of the community. His ex-
cellency the governor, while visiting the northward,
was violently attacked by a band of determined na-
tives, who sought to murder the whole party; they
were providentially saved. From some population
returns, compiled by Mr. Stone, the number of adult
males in Western Australia is set down at 2,357 in
1848, against 2,320 in 1843; but since the latter year
131 Parkhurst boys and 61 Chinese had been intro-
duced into the colony. The following accounts show
the condition of the colony at the close of the year
1818: Stock, h0r5ee,2,095; hornedcattle, 10,919 ;sheep,
141,123; swine, 2,287; goats, 1,431. Crops:
Wheat, sores, 3,3101 ; barley, 672 ; oats, 133/ ; rye,
100 f ; maize, 3814 potatoes, 1201; vine-yard, 114 ;
olive-yard, 10 ; kitchen garden, 244; green crops,
2,3201. 'Vaned grain, flour, &0., imported, 8,8231. ;
tons of sandalwood exported, 1,319. The Perth
Ingvtirer, Jan,loth, announces the discovery acted,
as well as of a mineral considered to be plumbsgo.
Them discoveries were made in the neighbourhood of
King Gemv's Sound. The coal is described as con-
sisting of three kinds, massive anthracite, slaty an-
thracate,and common anthracite, or glance coal. This
discovery, the colonists hope, will induce steamers to
cal in at the Sound fur a supply, but the Inquirer
leaves us quite in the dark as to the dip or thickness
of the stratum, and thereby enabling oneto conjecture
the quantity. Dr. Maiden, the calonial secretary, is
a passenger by the Emperor of China, bound to Lon-
don; the soling appointment has been filled up by
the nomination of R. IL Bland, Eq., the governoes
private secretary. At a half-yearly meeting ef the
shareholders of the Western Australian Bask,
on Jan. 10th, it was stated that, notwith-
standing the general depression of trade, the
affairs of the beak were most prosperous. A
dividend, at the rate of 121 per cent., was declared.
The government Gazette, Jan. 23rd, contains an ab-
stract of the quarterly receipts and disbursemeets
for the colony to Dec. 31, 1848. The revenue is set
down at 2,4701. 19s. 5d., and the expenditure at
4,2801. 19s. 11d., of which sum 1,6211. 14s. ld. was
from the parliamentary grant. It was in agitation to
make the Swan a pmal settlement—at least some of
the influential settlers who have quitted it for South
Australia, and are desirous to dispose of their lands,
are solicitous for it. A meeting was convened by the
sheriff, to take place at Perth on Feb. 23rd, to consi-
der the propriety of requesting the home government
to meet the demand for labour by making Western
Australia a penal settlement. Opinion was much di-
vided on the subject. So early as the 23rd December
last, a public 'nesting, held at Bank, declared its una-
nimous conviction " That after an experience of many
(20) years, it is the opinion of this meeting that the
known portion of the colony of Western Australia is
incapable of supporting itself without the aid of
Great Britain," and that aid was petitioned for as
abovementioned. Both the Swan River journalists
are opposed to the proposed meamue.

NEW ZEALAND.
By way of Sydney, we have Auckland papers to
the 16th November.
Daring the period ilea earthquakes in the southern
sta'es there was much rain and violent winds in Auck-
land, but no earthquake.
The investiture et his excellency the governor-in-
chief with the Order of the Bath was appointed to
take place within the grounds of the late Government-
house, on Saturday, the Bth November. A brilliant
celebration of the interesting ceremony was antici-
pated.