The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-30 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

CANA i.I..—iONTREAL, SEPT. 13.—Since the
departure o the last Boston steamer for England, the poli-
tical surfi,c has been unruffled ; but there is a deep under-
=rent of public opinion, which will produce, ere long, im-
portant rt •Ulti to the country. The decided progress that
liberal epo.mns ars making in the mother country, and the
equally rxpil strides with which thoy march in Nova Scotia
—both evinced in the ;recent elections —produce a corre-
sponding , if, et here. Never was the reform party so buoyant
with the hole of success. The mortality at the emigrant
sheds was fisted ; still, the diminution was nearly as much
attributail, to want of material on which to work, as to ge-
neral improvement of health. The daily rate of mortality
varied from twelve to twenty-four. The offices of Adjutant
General and Solicitor-General East were still unfilled. Some

rumours the appointment of W. K. M'Cord, Esq.,
of Queb, e. to the otfice of Solicitor-General East,
had been afloat, but they had died away. The
Canada ;, ,zette of the 11th, contains a proclamation'
proroguinir the provincial parliament pro forma from the
6th of Sept. mber to the 16th of October. The serious fall
in brae& oda in Britain was likely to produce very heavy
losses in Montreal. The merchants have been serious sa-
fe/en by ,ho panic in the money market in England; their
property ha. been sacrificed, at the most unfavourable time,
to meet engagements of their correspondents, who,
having I .dscil up their means in speculations of their own,
raise fund', toile veil mate, from the shipments of thee;
Canadian e.,rrespondents. Much gloom, of course, pervaded
the comm-rcial atmosphere ; and it wes to be apprehended
that many who, a short time since, were possessed of con-
siderable wealth, might find their wealth crumble away.
The harrot was most abundant; but prices did not keep
pace in their downward tendency with those in Britain.
The opinion was generally prevalent that there would be
required for the consumption of the inhabitants of the
British isl, •• during the next twelve montha—however pro-
ductive their harvest may have been—a large quantity of
foreign grin; and, if so, it would have to be procured at
prices sufficiently high to remunerate the grower here,
which thy present prices in Britain decidedly would not.
The mart.' • were in a depressed state, the whole holiness
done in t 1.,. fortnight not being worth mentioning.
ST. A • DREW S AND QUEBEC RAILROAD.—Captain
Robinson arrived at St. Andrew's on his return from Ragland,
and was warmly received by the people of that town. On
the day after his arrival a protracted meeting of the
board of directors was held, when Captain Robinson's report
wss cowidered highly satisfactory, and resolutions passed
anthorisinr the immediate employment of an engineer, and
the commencement of the work. A vote of thanks was also
passed to Captain Robinson and H. li. Paley, Esq. An ex.
parienced engineer was expected to arrive shortly from the
tinted States, with one or more assistants.
CORNW.\ LL.—TORNADO.--li. severe tornado struck
the town of Cornwall on the sth of September, about four
o'clock in the afternoon. It lasted but a few minutes, but
did an infinite deal of damage during that short time. It
unroofed shout thirty houses, threw down many outhouses,
killed some cattle, and, what is worse than all, drove a poor
girl into the canal, where she was unfortunately drowned.
Nearly at the same time a large water-spout discharged itself
at the head of the Long Sault.
PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.—Mratontat To
run Guy LRNOIt-GENERAL.—The Charlotte-town Islander

of the 2nd inst. says—" A memorial to hi► excelleng the '
Earl of Elgin, explanatory of the present state of affairs in
this colony with reference to the lieutenant-governor, was
duly signed and forwarded to his lordship on Saturday
morning last. /as the intended departure of Sir Henry
Huntley was never officially announced, and the fact was
only generally known just as the Electra was about to sail,
it was found impossible to furnish the lieutenant governor
with a espy of the same, he having left the Wand without
any joublic notification.
NEW BRUNSWICK.—Mon PRICE OF LABOUR.
—Notwithttanding the immense number of emigrants that
have come to S t. John's this season, labourers' wages are almost
extortionate. We are informed (says the St. John's News)
that the very toorest hands get 6s a day, while better ones
get as high as is. 6d., and even 10s. in loading ►hips. They
are the molt stiff and independent persons we have amongst
us. You cannot get one of them to move from the head of
the market-wharf for leas than ls. 3d. per hour. Some de-
mand as high as ls. 6d.