The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-28 00:00:00

RIOT AND LOSS OF LIFE IN
NEW YORK.

By the arrival at Liverpool early this morning of
the British and North-American Royal Mail steam-
ship America, Capt. Harrison, we are placed in posses-
sion of one week's 'e'er intelligence from the United
States and British North America. The America left

New York on the 18th, and Halifu an the 19th inst
She brings 120 passengers. Tte Canada steam-ship,
wh:ch left Liverpool on the sth, was passed by the
America within four hours' sail of New York.
By this arrival we learn that a trifling riot had
taken Out in Montreal on the 11th inst., but was
eventually suppressed, without loss of life.
Quietness still prevails throughout Cacada, though
the excitement has not subsided.

Thesaac---cratron known—as the British-American
League is increasing rapidly in point of numbers, and
branches are being formed in the upper prov:nce.
Sir Allan MtNab had been appointed special agent
to proceed to England and urge the berm government
to disallow the Rebellion Bill and recall Lord Elgin,
"as the only method by which British dominion in
Canada can be maintained."
A sericus riot had taken place, on the
10th instant, at the Astorlace Opera, in New
York, originating in a dispute between Mr.
Macready, the English, and Mr. Forrest, the Ameri-
can. 'ragedian. So alarming did the riot become,
that the militia eventually fired upon the
ptople, twenty of whom were killed and many
others severely wounded. The mob had fired the
theatre, but were prevented by the soldiers and police
from destroying the building.
Mr. Macready subsequently took his departure for
Beet3n. _ _

Late Mexican papers state that General Don P.
Garcia Conde. commissioner to run the boundary line
on the part of Mexico, had left San Francisco for the
purpose of meeting a commissioner from the United
States furnished with ratims for one year.
In the province of Sonora, the depredations of the
Indians are stated to be horrible. The Governor ofi
Vera Cruz had given orders for the organisation of a
special force between that place and the National-
bridge, fir the protection of travellers.
The diligences between Vera Cruz and the city of
Mexico had been attacked by robbers on the 15th of
April, near a place called Plan del Rio. Among the
occupants Charles M. Bugbec, of New York, was
mortally wounded. The rubbers were finally repulsed.
At the time of the steamer's departure, business
was exhibiting marked signs of improvement, and
it was expected that trade would soon be consider-
ably better.
The money market at New York, since the depar-
ture of the previous steamer, had been very easy ;
money was plentiful, and could be ob'sined at very
moderate ra•,s.
BREADSTCYES.-In the brcadetuffs market prints
had given way, owing to advice% by previous steamer
from England. There was little disposition to pur-
chase, at the following rates : Western Canal flour,
per barrel, 4 dole. 30e. to 4 dole. 62;e. ; Gennessee
prime Wheat, per 601b5., 1 dol. 20c. to 1 dol. 22c.
southern wheat, 1 dol. 4c. to 1 dol. 6a; Indian corn,
round yellow, per bushel, GOe. to 62c., s'erdy ;
southern whi.e, 58e. to GOc. ; flat yellow, 60c.; Indian
mesl, pi r barrel, 2 dole. 871 e. to 3 dole.
COTTON.-The cotton market at New York was in-
active, and prices were very fiebly maintained. No
actual decline, however, is reported, the following
being quotations :-Upland and Florida: Middling
fair to fair, 71,c. to 74c. Mobile, Nov Orleans, and
Texas : Middling fair to fair, 7e. to Sc.
ASHES continue in hit demand, with sales of 150
bbls. Pots, at 5 dole. 56;e. Pearls arc dull, at
5 dole. .7) OC.
WHISKEY.-The market is easier, atd the sales are
300 bble. Prison, at 201 e. to 21c., and 23 Drudge at
2Ui;.;. Ohio is bele' at 21/4c,
Pacivislores.-The market is quite heavy for pork,
and -quotations are drooping. Sales of the defy are
1,000 bble. st 10 dole. 61e. to 10 dole. 12,1 e. for mete,
and 8 dole. 23e. to 8 dole. 44e. for prime. The latter
figure for an extra article. Of prime mete 70 bbl,.
sold at 10 dole. 23c. In beef 100 bble. sold at 11dols.
to 11 dela 50e. for country and city, and 100 ter.
prime mess on priva'e terms. The demand for lard
is active and market very firm, with an upward ten-
dency. Sales, 900 bbl'. and tee. at .ne. for grease,
6c. Ur common, 31e. to 6 9-16 e. for prime, and 1,000
kegs at 7e. to 7.1.7 e. In cut meats the tales are 250
hhds. hams (dry-salted), at 4c. to 5c.; and 200
barrels shoulders, at 3;c. to le.
EXCHANGF.S : On London was at 1081 to 1081,
quite steady ; on Paris, 5.23., demand fair; on
Hamburg, 341 to 35; on Bremen, 78; to 781.
FREIGHTS remain unchanged eines departure of
Cambria, as follows : To Liverpool, cotton, square
bales, per lb., 3 164. to d.; flour and meal, Is. 9d. to
2s. per barrel ; corn, in hags and bulk, per bushel,
61d. to 7d. To Ilavre : Cotter, square bales, per lb.,
id. to Id.

ST. Pang CATHEDRALe..-Yesterdny arsernoOn her
Majesty's Judges, with the Lord Mayor, attended by the
Rev. S. R. Cattley, the aldermen, the recorder, the sheriffs. I
the under-sheriffs, and the city officers, joined in divine ser-
vice in St. Paul's Cathedral ; the sermon was preached by
the Hon. and Rev. Montagu Villiers. Tuesday morning,
being the anriversary of the restoration of the Royal Family,
the sermon will be preached by the Lord Mayor's chaplain.
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIBTY.—The exhibition, on
Saturday last, of American plants exclusively, was a new
&stare in the botanic shows of this society. The arrange-
' meats were on a scale hitherto unrivalled. The immense
tent under which the collections are grouped CM!? about an
acre of ground, and the plants themselves are estimated to
be worth upwards of 7,0001. The late unfavourable weather
prevented the scene from being so gay in colour as was
anticipated ; however, a week will expand the whole into a
blazing mass of timer, and the many who delight in flori-
cu!tural expositions may promi.e themselves a rich treat on
Saturday next, when the collections will be again submitted
to the inspection of the public. The plants thus brought
together are the property of five of the most celebrated
nurserymen Mr. Hosea Waterer, of Knapp-hill, near
Worthing; Mr. John Waterer, of Bagshot ; Messrs. J.
and C. Lee, of Rammer:mith ; Messrs. Standish and
Noble, of Bagshot; and Mr. Baker, of Bseshot ; and the
mode of exhibiting them is entirely different from that
hitherto adopted at floral shows. The shrub. have been
planted out into the soil, where they will remain tinier
canopy until the end of July, thus giving a character of
permanence and a garden-lib ap ce, which is far more
pleasing than even the mostrichly stocked of the usual
exhibitions. Of the collections it may be said lly
that it would be extremely unfair to cri•icise minutely while
they are yet so backward in bloom. That of Meters. Stan.
dish and Noble is .t present the mat remarkable for the great
number of highly-coloured new varieties; among the plants
in this collection may be noticed as nmsessing particular
interest for the public, though not as florist plant*, a Tax-
odium from California, called there " redwood," and said to
grow on the harden of its native Sacraments to the height
of 270 feet. It was in cutting down these trees for timber
that Mr. Marshall made the first discovery of the gold.
There were else several specimens of the Cryptomeria
Japonica, mentioned by Fortune, the botanic +1 traveller, as
supplying the Chinese with the tie' poles pl ,ced before
their residences to denote the respective rank of the inmates.
The gems of the collection were newel rhododendrons of
the kind Blandyanum, a cross between an American and
*Himalayan species, the result products's a very magnifi-
cently coloured flower of the deepest red. These who have
visited Waterer's beautiful exhibition at Chelsea In former
yeas may form some conception of the splendid effect of a
collection of similar plants of at least five times the extent,
distributed with great skill and taste over a surface expressly
prepared for the purpose. A new seedling rhedodendlon,
called Midas, raised by Messrs. F. and C. Lee, of Hammer-
smith, was greatly admired. The collections exhibited by
Mr. Hosea Waterer, of Knapp-hill, Mr. John Waterer, of
Bagshot, and Mr. Baker, of Bagshot, contained many suillau
in full bloom, and a vast variety of fiemt plants, which I
cannot fail to constitute a great a at the ensuing ex-
hibition on Saturday. The made was well sustained by the
hands of the Royal HMI Guards and the let Life Guards,
and the assemblage, which was very numerous, separated
highly delighted with the result of the day's amusement.
ROBBERY AT JUDOEfe Cams26ats.-04 Saturday
considerable surprise was gamed saw. the members of the
legal orefssmisa, ia of • report that the Rube-
pier Chemins In s iaa bed tees broken into, and
a quantity etelesey endetieirmperty dem* velneekdat
theretraw Pam thyme luthsbedby the polies authori-
ties, It sewn that some pgrep_ acquainted with the
mutt have lep.. 'Omit in some part of the
building and and during the night sueseeded in forcing open the
various desks, drawers and ether aspedtories, him whisk
I about SL be silver we taken, Migelber with Ike seals end
other *SPIV inksesin W the inifes elselia The
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REPRESENTATION OF SOUTEI HANTS.—A rumour is
current in this part of the country that one of our county
representatives contemplates an early retirement from par-
liament with a view to t protracted residence on the conti-
nent. It behoves the liberals of South Ilan, to be up.n
their guard against any such private arrangement amongst
s few latullords, as that by which the representation of the
northern division has lately been handed over from the for
me, memb•r to his successor, without regard to the views or
wishes of the represented." To render any soch ma-
scrum unsucersatnl, there should be immediate concert '
amongst the independent and liberal electors throughout the
division.—Hauls Independent.
BELL STEAM GAUGE.—An ingenious application of
electricity has been made by Mr. Arthur Dunn, by means of
which signah are given that indicate the pressure of steam
in the bailer of an engine. Tubes being filled with mercury
are made pert of a galvanic circuit—and connected with
bells as the mercury rises from increasing pressure in the
boiler ; the circuit is thus completed, and the bells teepee-
lively rung indicate the amount of pressure. In this way
attention is called to the condition of the steam the moment
it exceeis its ordinary and safe working condition.—
Athesecuin.

MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY EVENING.
A farther rise in the French funds being an-
nounced this morning, a beneficial effect was produced
on the prices of the English funds, and the improve-
ment we have noticed for the last two days was more
marked to-day. Consols oyened at 911 to 1, and
after some slight fluctuations throughout the day, they
left off, buyers at 91. The Three per Cents. Re-
duced were done at 891 and 90, and the New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 901, 1, and I.
Exchequer Bills were done at 445. to 48e. premium,
which is a slight improvement on yesterday's prices,
and India Bonds at 71s. premium.
In Bank Stock a.d India Stock there was nothing
dote to-day.
In the foreign securities there was an exceedingly
small business done. Russian and Dutch stocks la-
ther improved upon yesterday's quotations, the official
lists report the following transactions: Chilian Three
per Cent. Bonds at 52; Danish Fives at 93 ; Equador
at 31; Mexican at 301, 30, 301, and 301, with
coupons, and at 281, 271, and 28/ ex coupons; Rus-
sian at 1011 and 102; Spanish Five per Cents., Ao.
tire, at 151 and 181 ; and the Passives at 34. Dutch
Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents. at 481 and 481; and the
Four-per-Cent. Certificates at 75.
The discount market remains unchanged through-
out the week. Money is very easy and abundant;
. though there is rather more employment for it within
the last few days.
The remittances to India in the bills of the East
, India Company upon their several treasuries from the
7th to the 23ra inst., the interval between the depar-
ture of the last two mails is as follows :

72.361 19 4
f 10,32 G 1 7
100 0 0

On Bentral, at 12.104. pi rupee
th Stadran
On Bombay

Total .Caß,Ost 0 II
The entire amount of remittances to India through
this medium from the 7th of January last to the 23rd
inst. being 1,218,89 W. Os. Gd.
In reviewing the state of the markets in Mincing-
lane for colonial produce during the past week we
are again enabled to report a very satisfactory de-
mand, and rather improved prices in the saes
of sugar. This article may now be considered
to have advanced from 3e. to 4s. per cwt. from
the lowest point, and the sales of the week, which
have been large, show a decided dispesition to !rap-
port that advance.
Coffee has not been quite so well supported.
Siltpetre and rice are likewise heavier. Indigo has
been very quiet since the public sale, and se the
period of the next sales is now fixed, it is probable
that it will not command attention in 'he interval.
The public sales of tea, which began on the 17th ice'.,
when 25,000 packages were offered, fermi-
net d on Tuesday with about 10,000 packages
slid at rather easier rates for greens, and mss!
descriptions of bleo, s, with the exception of common
congous, and the fine medium kinds, a few of the old
seasons congous and fair to good s-uelinnes, all of
which maintained previous prices. The deliveries of
this article continue on a very satisfactory scale, the
quantity being 15,025,7101 be. to Pith inst., against
13,891,808 lbs. in the same period of last year, the
exported and quantity cent coastwise being 4,533,728
against 3,811,921 lbs. in the same period last
year.
The following caiculations show the rate peasant.
' p r annum yielded by the various securities cited at
the average of the prices which ruled this day.
Where the asteri-k (') is pieced, it is to be wider-
t stood that the *hare rate of dividend is less the in-
oome-tiue

Throe per Cent. Conseisl mese prise Sl' :5•14 per test. £3 5 77
Tkreeportkin. niritui.. ' s9ll N 6 6 9
Ttros.aad.6.44aarter per °mitt...
w
Sank Stwk (thy. 9 per cent.)
izeheotter Bill. (htt. hi. ncr d.,)
Linea/411re and Vorluhino ltailway •
(dal-deed 3 per amt.)
_ _
Great Wort. ra• (.Im. 6 id.) ..... .....
LcotrAt sni wrath Wanes .(dlw. 8 id ) 84
Loiulon sod Remittal .(dlr.4 34 W.) s6
London and North Willillf Ndlv.; id ) 123
Illdlan4 •;•11,. 5 id.)
Toth and North Midland (dia. G id.), 3O
York, Newesatla, sod Berwick .(air
6 td.)
The public sales of wool have pr7grersed st7adily
throughout the week, the prices of the February
sales being very fairly maintained.

sr 7 3 2
A 712 10
* 7 7 0,
a 6 7 th
• b 12 9
M 7 9 3
* 10 U 0

18RODIEN1 BaNattury'r. —lt is generally reported
that further dividend will ehnrey be declared. The sum
of 33,0001. Lin band.—Hants Telegraph.

TIIIS DAY.

Two O'cLoex.
Tho English funds have been very steady this
morning. Consols opened at 914 to 1, and are now
quotel 91 1,, sellers. The Three per Cents. Reduced are
quoted 891 to 90; and the New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Ceats. at 90?, to Bank Stock is quoted 1931
to 5 ; and Exchequer Bitle, at 43.. to 46e. premium.
In the foreign market there is very little doing, and
•
pride aro generally quoted rather
stock is rather firmer, and in the few dealings of the
morning marks higher thsn on Saturday. Brazilian
Bonds are quot. d 77 to 79. Buenos Ayres, 35 to 7.
Chitin°, 90 to 3. Equador, 31 to I. Mexican, 271
to 281, ex coupons. Danish, 66 to 8. Portuguese
Converted, nt 26 to 8. Spanish Five per Cents.
Actives at 15,1 to 161; the Three per Cents. at 32;
to I. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 48 to
9 ; and the Four per Cents. at 75 to 76.

EN OLlfill TURD&
Rank Rtoet, 1934 6 I g 4 17.2 r e.ettacim9, i
Cote. for m A, 911 I
3 per Ct. Red. Anna., Bo' t. 4
3 par Ct. Wm. Atom., ~,14 ! 1 kzaboquar MK Juoe:43l. to 465.
VOREIGN YU7ID3.
6 par Ct AtUltriAll Rood., 1 per et Grenada SW, 16 11
4i per Ct. Rely. Honda. 74 it Crewels Dorerrod Rd... 3 4
2i per Cent ditto, 6 par et Met.. 1844 273 86
6 per et ltraztlion Bda., 719 6 per Ct. Pe-orlon Mo.. CO 3
Ditto New, 76 8 Portoumem Cour., 26 8
4 per Cl. Buenos Arra Rda, 33 ? 6mp et. Row. 1611..1013
Ditto Chilton Ms . 90 3 Ditto Spor,l4 Rd... 161 143
Ditto Colunib. Def. Ads— 3 per Ct. lipleioh WU , 32$ f
Cohn& llot I:qturt..r WS., 761 ftponirti Deorrod
meta Isla.
S2.lpar Ct. Dooldt Rda., 508 Ditto Padre itd0..30
par et Dutch Rd.., 44 9 6
3 Ct. I o.M$
4 pm 00. Dot& Wig.. 75 Yamamoto Di:Cured Mo. I 6