The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

Naw ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
(Aadmilatiog to that of Liverpool.)

Inferior
Ordinary
Middling --- 7 Good Fair
Good Middling

We have annexed very full extracts from lettem and papers
received within the last few days from the cotton-growing
sections of the emuttry, for the purpose of enabling those
interested to judge as correctly as possible of the extent and
nature of the injury to the growing plant.

From Canada we learn that Earl Cathcart the

Governor-General is about to return to England.
The Canadian harvest haabecn a full average, and will
afford large quantities for shipment to this conntry.
The latest Montreal Gazette alluding to the Gover-
nor-General's return says—

" As the subjeet has been freely alluded to by several o
our contemporaries, we are perhaps not premature in stating
that his Excellency the Earl of Cathcart retires, at an early
period, frees the government of this P7eVilitlig. We are un-
able to communicate any authentic information as to who
is likely to be his Lordship's successor."

The various boards of trade arc petitioning the Queen for
relief from the operation of the laws requiring the carrying
trade of Canadian produce to and from British possessions, to
be performed in British ships. The rates of freight, they
urge, are so much higher through the St. Lawrence
than by way of New York, that they find it impossible
to sustain the competition. Large quantities of flour
from the western province have been shipped during the
past season to Montreal, and the holders, finding it
impossible to send it to Europe upon terms of competition
with flour that leaves New York, have been reduced to the
verge of bankruptcy. The memorial says that the farmers
of Canada are convinced that, now that protection has been
withdrawn from their products, they will he forced into the
new channels of trade which their republican neighbours
are so rapidly opening. Heavy debt has also been incurred
by the people of Canada in the construction of canals; and
if the provincial trade is to be forced out of these channels,
this debt will become a heavy weight upon the resources of
the country.
The petitioners further urge the feu sustained by the pro-
tective duties imposed upon estate of British manufacture ;
and they look with confidence to the present administration
for their repeal. They ask, therefore, the repeal of the navi-
gation laws, the repent of these psotective duties, and the
relief of the province from the burden of the public debt.
These are large demands, and yet it is daily becoming evi-
dent that they are sustained by a large and increasing party
is both sections of the province.
Great anxiety is felt for the appointment of a new Go-
vernor. Earl Cathcart, it is generally understood, is to
return home. Rumour goes so far as to designate his sue-
minim but nothing authentic is known in regard to this
matter.
The proprietors have resolved to proceed with the
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad. It is hoped that the
exhibit which has been made of the affairs of the company
will encourage the English stockholders. The directors
believe that they have 5,364 shares, or 268,0001., which can
be made available for the commencement of the work. Ad.
vertisements have been published for contracts and work-
men.
Trade is dull, and a very poor business prospect for the
coming autumn.
The Hon. R. Pakenham, British Minister to the L'aited
States, is now in Quebec.