The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY, Four o'C7ock.
The United States papers, received yesterday, have
news from Buenas Apes to the sth, and Monte
Video to the 13th April. The following is from
the New York Journal of Commerce :
The blockade of Buenos Ayres by the English and French
squadrons continued, but all active operations against the
Argentine government had ceased. The country was quirt,
in possession of the troops under President Oribo. The
inhabitants of Monte Video were daily expecting the arrival
of the English and French envoys sent out to supersede
Ouseley and Deffsudis, when it was thought that President
Oribe would assume the government with their consent.
In anticipation of this event, the most influential of the
opponentsto President Oribe had taken measures to promptly
remove with their property to Brazil. All provisions were
very dear, and fresh beef was only received from the Rio
Grande.

It may be well, for the information of merchants
' and others interested, to notice that the rates of
established by the United States government,
rovaXettersandpackages dispatched by the new Ame-
rican steam mail packet line to Europe are as follow :
Upon all letters and packages not exceeding half-an-
ounce in weight, 24 cents; over half-an-ounce and under
one ounce, 48 cents.; for every additional half-ounce,
1.5 cents.; for every letter, newspaper, pamphlet, and
price-current, 3 cents. There appears an obscurity
or mistake about the latter charge of 3 cents., as re-
spects letters, which are before said to be chargeable
24 cents. under the half-ounce, but we give it as
a correct copy from the original notice in the
papers. These rates apply solely to the sea postage.
All despatches from the interior or from other parts
to the port of departure are chargeable in addition
with the usual rates of internal postage. The Ame-
rican steamers will leave all "mailable matter" for
the United Kingdom at the post office in Cowes or
Coathampton ; all for France, the Netherlands, Bel-
gium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Africa will be sent
to Havre ; and a separate bag will be made up
for Hamburg, and delivered at Bremen-Haven. The
postage is to be prepaid, as no arrangements have
been yet concluded between the poet-offices of the
countries mentioned and the United States. Prepay-
ment will not be required upon dispatches for other
parts of Europe, bat the unpaid portages will be
collected by the Bremen post-office for the United
States government.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
BERKSHIRE.—The wheat has wonder...lllly thrown
out tiller., and to the eye this crop is nearly everywhere
bulking beautiful, but it dove not so well bear a close maw.
lion, much of it being too thin in the plant and too full of
weeds. Everyone is making sure of an abundant crop of ,
wheat, but we have lived long enough to know that all is not
gold that glitters ; and we must confess that we have our
fears, for the plant bu grown too rapidly, and has a great I
deal too much flag, and, from its rapid growth, is very weak
in the stem. It is only continual hot, dry, calm weather that
will make the present crop of wheat a good one. Most of
the late-sown wheat has now springing up amongst it an im-
.nense quantity of weeds, particularly of red poppy and
charlock ; sod as the rapid growth of the wheat prevents the
further use of the hoe, the weeds and all must grow together
until harvest, and it is not probable that a crop smothered
and choaked up with so many weeds will be a good one.
A few piaces of wheat, in peculiar situations, are
beginning to burst into ear, but the greater part
will not be out for two weeks. The barley is looking well,
and some that was sown early will be ripe before the wheat;
but the barley, like the wheat, mini's, in our opinion, too
much flag, and the first rain that comes will beat it down.
Oats also look well and promise to be • bulky crop. Beans
and Peas look well, and it has been a Most excellent time to
hoe and cleanse them. The winter vetches have lately much
improved, but they are generally full of weeds, and not
likely to be a good crop. Many of the potatoes are now
coming up, and at present are looking very well, and we see
no amarancs of the disease ; but as that was the case lut
year until about the middle of July, we con place no sort of
dependence in thresent looks. A vast deal of land has
been cleaned and benught into a good state of cultivation for