The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA AND CITY OF

(FROML OUR OWN CORRUPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
This forenoon the royal Mail Steam ship Niagara,
Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey with the usual
mails from the United States and British North
America. The Niagara sailed from Boston on the
11th inst., and has brought, besides the mails, about
sixty passengers and 100,000 dollars in specie on
freight.
The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's screw
steam ship City of Manchester, Captain Robert
Leitch, also arrived at our port at a very early hour
this morning from Philadelphia, which port she left
on the sth inst. She has brought about thirty pas-
sengers and 130,000 dollars in specie on freight.
The Bremen and New York mail steam ship
Germania, arrived at New York from Bremen on
the Bth inst.
The political intelligence from the United States
by this arrival is unimportant.
Mr. Crampton is said to have had a long interview
with President Pierce, in the course of which the
former gentleman positively denied that there was
any truth in the rumours that the British govern-
ment was engaged in any scheme to substitute the
apprenticeship system for slavery in Cuba.
We have telegraphic advice., however, from New
Orleans of Californian news. The mail steamer,
Daniel Webster, had arrived from St. Juan at New
Orleans, en route to New York, with San Francisco
dates to the 16th ult., and gold dust to the value of
2,500,000 dole.
Several political arrests—some say as many as 18 John Mitchell, the Irish exile, who had effected
—have been lately made at Dijon. The affair at his escape from Van Diemen's Land, had arrived via
Tours seems likely to rival the importance of the the Sandwich Islands.
Opera Comique plot. The confession recently made There is news that Sonora had been burned on the
by one of the persons arrested there has led to the 3rd ult.
discovery at the residence of one of the accused of The Californian markets were depressed; but the
1,200 musket balls concealed in stone beer-bottles. intelligence from the mining districts continues of the
The cannon lately discovered in the cellar at Veretz same encouraging character as heretofore reported.
are more formidable than was at first supposed. According to advice. from Havaenah to the 29th
They are composed of a tube of cast-iron, covered ult. the Cuban planters had been thrown into a great
with wood, and then encircled with iron hoops, and state of excitement in consequence of the rumours,
appear to be so solid that they might be used with relative to England's project to Atricanize the island
considerable effect. Several domiciliary visits have by abolishing slavery, through the apprenticeship
lately been made at Douai, and amongst them one system. Six more American seamen had been ar-
ta the house of M Anthony Theurer, the ex-repre- rested and lodged in prison, on a charge of having
aentative. The reason for this proceeding has not been engaged on board the barque Jasper, which
transpired. According to accounts received to-day, the authorities allege was concerned in the slave
there is a rood deal of excitement in many of the trade.
provinces, but I apprehend, as far as outward demon- The Interooeanic Railroad surveying party have
strations of discontent go, the dearness of provisions discovered a new route, through Honduras, which
is the sole cause of them. At Perigueux inflammatory will enable persons going from New York to reach
placards have been posted. I hear that at Limoges the California seven days earlier than by the way of
troops were ordered to be in readiness to act at a Panama. The route is represented as straight, dry
moment's notice, and a Bourse report, not of course and nearly level, and passes through rich silver and
deserving of much credit, goes so far ae to sav that other mines.
barricades have been made at Lyons. At *Gasny News from Vein Cruz to the 21st ult. announces
(Eure) last week, four seditious placards were torn that the recent battle between the Yucatan revolu-
down by the police. One of them was in verse, and tionista and the Mexican troops lasted eight days,
proclaimed the sovereignty of the Uapets. Great and that large numbers of the former had tied to the
complaints are made at Lyons that the Emperor's mountains. Accounts of horrible Indian barbarities
image i habitually defaced upon the copper coinage, on the homier continue to be received.
and according to a communicated note in the Cour- Business generally was dull at New York, and
ear de Lywi it is probable that a decree will be money continued very tight. Although stocks had
issued, declaring detated money not a legal tender. advanced in value, they were subject to a good deal
The united chamber of the Court of Caseation met of unsteadiness.
to-day to decide in the last resort the important
In the New York cotton market there had been a
!question raised in the case of the '• foreign corm. fair amount of bu4ness transacted, and former quo-
pondents," as to the right of the prefect of police to tations were steadily maintained. The following
hreak open letters at the post-attire. (*towel& of fifty were the rates on the day of the departure of the
judges took their seats in scarlet robes. The
ego- musk:---New Orleans and Mobile, Mid. lair to fair,
ments were not concluded when the court rose.
M. Guizot has just arrived in Pat is. 111 e. to per ;Uplands, Mid fair to fair, 11c.
TUE Seaman GOVERNNIF:ST has decided on a to
vast system of railways, the erscuti..n of which will be It is announced that Prince Napoleon Bonaparte In the market fur Breadstuffs the advance caused
contided to an English company. The government has
formally interdicted the Mormons from publicly performing will shortly go to Turin to return the visit of the by the English advice., per the Africa, had heel
their worship la Norway. Duke of Genoa. checked by the tightness in the money market. The

A portion of the French fleet has entered the Black
Sea.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nos 12.
A portion of the English fleet has mailed into the
Black Sea.

Accounts from Erzrnm of the 29th ult., state that
a column of Russian troops on the march to rein-
force the garrison of Poli, had been surprised by the
snow and was blocked up in one of the defiles near
Kars. It was, therefore, thought probable that this
place must soon surrender.

quotations of the different articles in this market, on
Ithe departure of the steamer, were as follow :
Western Canal flour, 6.871 dole. to 7 dole per brl.,
steady; Gennessee prime wheat 1.78 dots. to 1.80
dole. per 601ba.; Indian corn, round yellow, 80c. to
82c. per bushel, barely supported; Indian corn,
southern white, 80c. to 82c. per bushel.
Bet little business had been doing in the provision
market, bat late rates were steadily maintained.
Freights continue to rule much the same as they
have done for some time past. At the departure of
the steamer the asking rates were: Flour, to Liver-
pool, 3s. 9d. to 4s. per brl.; grain, Is. 01d. to Is. id.
per bushel; cotton, 3-16 d. to Id. per lb.; cotton, to
Havre, Ic. to lc. per lb.
Exchange on London was quoted at 1091 is 1091,
but at these figures was not well sustained ; Paris,
6.121 to 5.15 ; Hamburg, 361 to 37; Bremen, 801
to 801.

The United States steamer Hermann arrived at
Southampton, on her way to Bremen, on Saturday.
She left New York on the bth inst. Amongst her
was specie to the value of nearly 350,000
41d= for England and 210,000 dollars for France.