The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-29 00:00:00

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M. MARSHALL, CAIN °Wier.

517 GAR.— Tint Arrason Purr or Sousa, the produee of the
Beulah poilei.n.eiionii in America, computed from the Marna made in
the wel, virtue the 26th day of January, 1647, is 38..3 d. per met
sup.% the pruritic< of the Malaita .% is 36.. Pld. per crg auger, the
produce of the E,.t India.% i• 36u id. per ern. ilte avenge prim
of Um three harping dirorrlptioce, Jointly, t. 36e. Mild. per cut.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY. Four o'Clock.

In the Howe of Lords, yesterday, the business was
limited to the presentation of petitions, and a conver-
sation on the subject of poor-laws for Ireland and the
Mavnooth Grant.
In thi. House of Commons, Mr. T. D NCOM BE
moved for a select committee to inquire into the treat-
ment of convicts on board the hulks at Woolwich,
which proposition, after some discussion, was rejected
by a majority of 77. Mr. FERRAND brought forward
a motion for a select committee to inquire into the
conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, which, after
a debate. was withdrawn. Mr. HUME also, at the sug-
gestion of the Secretary of the Admiralty, withdrew
his motion in reference to corporal punishments on
board her Majesty's ship Amazon. The Brewing
from Sugar Bill was read a second time ; and the
Buckwheat, Bc., Importation Bill went through
committee.

Our file* of South Australian journals, received
this morning, extend to the 15th of August. The
attention of the colonists was principally engaged with
matters which must have an important influence in
advanciag the prosperity of our Australian possessions.
The settlers at Adelaide were about co-operating
with the authorities of Western Australia, in ar-
ranging a system of packet communication, to
eamect the British colonies with the mother coun-
ty, by extending to the former the line of overland
communication which is at present carried on be-
tween this country and Batavia. "In furtherance of
this determination," says the Register, " the legisla-
tive council has voted the expenses, and the govern-
ment ,liooner Champion has been employed to carry
Mr. Singleton to Batavia, where he will endeavour
to make euituble arrangements with the Dutch
governmi vit, such arrangements being intended
to intiutlt, not only the conveyance of Perth or
other Australian mails from Singapore to Ba-
tavia, the capital of Java, but to forward them
to Angier Point, in that island, where it is intended
to land and take on board the mails entrusted to such
conveyance to and from Australia. Persons fully
competent to give an opinion have pronounced upon
the possibility of English overland mails addressed to
the capital of Western Australia being received there
in 50 days, provided the Champion, or a fast-sailing
packet shall be, as intended, at Angier Point, awaiting
the arrival of the mails. But the efforts of Col. Clarke 's
government do not stop here, even at present. The
Champion takes Mr. Singleton from Batavia to Calcutta,
for the purpose of his making the needful arrange-
ments with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet
Company ; and, if found necessary, to induce them to
form a bninch line from Singapore to Batavia, Angier
Point. or otherwise."
The moat important information respecting mineral
operations is the following, from the Adelaide 06-
serrrr

- . .
The intendid meeting of the (incipient) smelting com-
pany took place at Payne's Hotel, on Wednesday, but as the
proceedings will, in all probability, come officially Wore
the public in our next, we shall only advert to the meeting
Ingeneral terms. The proposed initiatory attempt will cost
1,200/., and of this 7501. may be considered as engaged for ;
the South Australian Company, the Montacute Company,
Hon. Capt. Ilagot, the Adelaide Mining Company, and the
Parringa Conapany, being among the aerial subscribers,
besides several highly respectable individuals. But other
Mining companies and gentlemen have expressed a wish
to act in furtherance of the undertaking, and there
canine be a doubt of its being carried out. The only matter
of surprise is that the subscription list is not filled to over-'
lowing. We hive carefully examined the arguments in
favour of tiling the smelting establishment at once or event-
ually 4 some central point of the harbour, affording the
nqui•ite aeceasibility by land and water, where the ores
from the mines and the prepared fuel from Kangaroo Island
or Yorlsc's l'euinauls might be brought together. The quan-
tities of wont fit fur making coal both on the peninsula
and the island are immense, and, an the removal of the
superfluous timber would be beneficial rather than injurious,
there can be no doubt of the readiness of the local govern-
ment te grant sufficient timber-cutting licenses upon equitable
linos; but upon the enhject of the cost of conveyance there
are ill. founds) doubts and a great lack of information. The
feet is, we have at present no coasting craft in this colony fit
for sui 11 u purpose, and, to effect the transit advantageously,
properly adapted craft must be obtained, or rather built, and
the to's of conveyance will then be found moderate enough,
as we ..:e *cry well prepared to show. We can see nothing
to Pr sent the sways!' of copper smelting by charcoal, as pro-
posed by Dr. Davy, and shall regard a prompt adoption of
the preliminary measures recommended by him as another
highly s irtunate event for this now fortunate and wealthy
094c.y. New facts, favourable to the proposed
caner smelting in this province are almost mo-
mentarily rowing to light, and amongst them we may men-
tion that a new and vast store of wood fuel has presented
itoff erne at hand, and almost instantly available ; and the '
desirableness of colonial wood charcoal as a strong fuel is
proved by its friliient and extensive use in Sydney, notwith-
'Norio,: the vicinity of the productive coal pits of the
Hunt( r.

By the steam,? Tage, arrived at Marseilles, with
'emu' `, !rum Algiers to the 20th, we learn that the
Preach have had 130 men killed and wounded in the
heti° a ill; the Ouled Djellal tribe of Arabs. The
",* ..1/Orien (official print) contains the details
of the affair, the principal of which are as follows :
" 4,41 Herbillon quitted Betna on the sth, and was
met at El.Ontaya by the Commander de St. Germain.
They (metald together to the oasis of the Sahara, where
the recent approach of Bou Mara had seemed to have
shaken the friendly sentiments formerly expressed in favour
of M. 'le Kt. Germain. They were received amicably
"enoughtin Sidi.Khalled tribe on the 10th ; but very
diffirene was the nature of their reception by that of the
%led Dj, 1;a1, who bad just received a visit from the Cherif.
‘• •ri obliged to penetrate by force and arms into the
oak. oh the latter and lay siege to a mosque. Thy battle
beim, in the afternoon, and only ended at nightfall, sod re-
mind in the subjection of the Ouled-Djellal. Although the
Prtit a:e not known, the loss on both sides was eon-
siderah:.,