The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-09 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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Nnw Yong, Fan. 23.
MONIT.—The market closed lower for sterling, with but
• moderate amount of transactions. All the leading bankers
were drawing freely at 10f, and some at 10 per cent. First
class commercial bills were sold at 01 per cent. The im-
porters are too busy paying up duties to remit largely by
this steamer. There was an increased supply of mercantile
and southern bills on the market, giving an impression that
exchange may decline somewhat, which feeling also tended
to check remittances. Francs, 5 12f to 5 Ilf.
Corrox —The market here is unsettled and quotations
nominal, closing as annexed, with sales for the past three
days of 2,000 bales :
MIXT IXVISPOOL CLAMIFICAM3V.
New Worm Other
sad Tow. Galt Ports. Atlantic.
Inferior OOO3. - DOM.

Low to good ord lll to 9 Itj 9 51T449
Low to good mid 9to ley 9 to tel 9to 10
Slid. fair to Mir Il to 19 101 to 11 101 to It
Freight to tresrpool—Entragemnits at 3.16 d.
BILEADSTUYIti.-111 breadstuffs there hes been but little
done, and prices are quoted lower, Western Canal flour
being quoted at 6 dole. to 5 dole. 120. steady ; Indian meal,
3 dole. 371 e. to 3 dole. Me.
PU011610:45 had been in good demand, and prices pretty
steady.
FRIBIGHTB.—With a better supply of vessels the engage-
ments of the last fortnight have been on easier terms, but
ct the close of business yesterday there was less roam, and
the rates asked were—to Liverpool, 21. 9d. to 3e. per barrel
on flour, and Bd. per bushel on grain; London, 3s. ditto,
and Bd. to 9d. ditto ; Glasgow, 3s. 3d. ditto, an€l9d. ditto.

TIIE WEST INDIA MAILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE ORINOCO.
Yesterday evening the Royal West India mail-
packet Orinoco, Captain Horst, arrived at South-
ampton and landed her mails under the charge of
Lieut. Dennehy, ILN., Admiralty agent. The dates
of her mails are :—Vera Cruz, ,th Feb. ; Tampico,
10th ; Havana, 15th ; Jamaica, 12th ; Demerara,
23th ; Trinidad, 11th ; Barbadoes, 13th ; Antigua,
12th ; Martinique, 12th ; Grenada, 11th; Porto
Rico, 13th ; St. Thomas, 21st ; La Claps, 9th.
The Orinoco brings 50 passengers, among whom
are :—Captain Harnett and ensign Laughlin, 2nd
West India Regiment ; Lieut. Cromartie, R.N., Mr.
Strutt and Mr. Poison (and wife), stipendiary magis-
trates ; Mrs. (Consul) Lloyd, from Bolivia; Messrs.
Carrington, Esterby, Rev. Mr. Osborne (died 27th
Feb.), Mr. Ar:nstrong, Miss Barton, Mr. Loparano,
and sundry other foreigners.
The freight on board consists of 1,413,106 dole.
from various places ; 45,000 dole. are on account of
the Mexican dividends ; 340 serous of cochineal, 4
perms of Jalap, •11 wrong of indigo, 9 cases of balsam
Tutu ; pearls, value 3,500 dole, ; 102 bales tobacco,
69 large cases cigars, 3 bags pimento, 79 bales sarsa-
parilla, 9 boxes beeswax, 26 kegs ginger.
The yellow fever had nearly disappeared in the
islands and Royal Mail steam-packets, as also in her
Majesty's ship Dauntless.

MEXICO.
The Orinoco brings news from Vera Cruz down
to the 7th of February. The Mexican Republic was
in a greater state of anarchy than ever. President
Ceballos, who followed General Arista in the govern.
ment, had dissolved the congress by force of arms,
while they were occupied with his trial for high
treason, in having proposed to change the constitu-
tion of the country. The despised and fugitive con-
gress assembled in a secret place, and declaring Ce-
ballos a traitor, named as president of the republic
Mr. Mugica, the governor of the state of Puebla;
but he declined in consequence of some other
states having already recognised Ceballos. The
ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico, however, would
not recognise him and on the ith of February
the inhabitants of Vera Cruz declared themselves in
favour of General Santa Anna, and sent a deputa-
tion to Cartagena to call him back to his country.
The principal reason that Vera Cruz declared against
Ceballos is, that they do not believe that he will sus-
tain the lowering of the duties and taking off of
many prohibitions. Tampico is of the same way ot
thinking. It must be expected that Ceballos will
have taken measures to declare these ports shut and
not allow the entering of goods from them into the
interior. However, hie energy in having dissolved
the con ;retie, had given satisfaction to the richer part
of the inhabitants; he will not be able to count upon
the aid of the commerce, as he had not taken off the
high duties in the interior, which, under the deno-
mination of an 8 per cent. equals 40 to 50 per
cent. on the value of prints from England, and
which duty had been lowered by the revolution in
Guadalagara at once to 3 per cent.
'f he trade in the capital of Mexico, and in all the
places in the interior, in consequence, was null—as,
besides, there was no circulation of money, the
governments for many months having only paid a
trifle to the employes, notwithstanding they had
deprived already the creditors of the interior debt
of the mortgage they had on the import duties,
which brought these six per cent, bonds down to the
scandalous price of 10 per cent., whose value, 12
years ago, had been 50 to GO per cent.
The Orinocco brings 45,000 dole. for the Mexican
bondholders, as the revolutionary parties in Vera Cruz
and Tampico, until then, had respected the different
mortgages on their custom-houses.