The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-20 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

LONDONDERRY, TUESDAY Mow.
The Montreal Ocean Company's steamer Cana-
dian, Captain Graham, from Portland (Maine) on
the 9th mat., has arrived and landed all mails ex-
cept those for Liverpool.
The steamships Bremen and North Briton had
arrived out, The United States mail steamer
Adriatic was to sail from New York on the 13th in
the place of the Australasian.
The Louisiana Convention had passed an ordi-
nance transferring to the Southern government the
sum of 636 dole. from the amount of customs mo-
nies seized at New Orleans.

General Beauregard had been despatched by the
Southern government to take the command of
Charleston. He had arrived at his poet, and had
expressed his confidence that Fort Sumpter would
be reduced.

The Governor of Georgia had released the barque
Adjuster, which he recently seized.
The Senate had confirmed the appointment of
Mr. Judd, as minister to Berlin, and of Mr. Kreis-
senan, as secretary of legation. No other appoint-
ments had yet made.
The collection of the revenue, and the reinforc-
ing of Fort Sumpter, had nor yet engaged the atten-
tion of the cabinet.

It was reported that Fort Brown in Texas bad
surrendered.

Advices from Pensacola state that sandbag bat-
teries hat been constructed on the east side of Fort
Picking.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
NEW YORK, MARCH 8.
Stocks heavy. Cotton : Sales to-day, 1,500 bales ; mid-
dlieg upland, 11 ac. Flour quiet. Wheat and corn steady.
Provisions inactive,ibut [steady. Whisky lower. Freights
to Liverpool firm.
MOBILE, MARCH 8.
Sales of cotton to.day, 5,500 bales; middling, 10c. toile.
Sales of the week, 11,500 bales ; export, 9,0(10 bales ; stock,
10,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool. 1.
BALTIMORE, Masai 8.
Flour boa declined 12c.
(LATEST aT TILIORAPH.)
NEW YORK, MARCH 9.
The Priem Albert arrived at St. John's to-day. The
Edinburgh has sailed for Liverpool.
Stocks dull. Erie, ; Illinois Central, 80; New York
Central, 78f. Cotton firm. Breadstuff' and provisions
unchanged.
NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 7.
Sales of cotton, 30,000 bales ; middling, Hie. to Ilfc.
SOUTHAMPTON, WIDNIADAY.
The North German Lloyds steamer New York,
sailing to-day for New York, takes out 120,000 dole.
in specie, from Bremen, and 350,000(r. from Havre.
SOUTHAMPTON, Winnisiinsr.
The Hamburg and American Company's 'teenier
Borussia, which sailed to-day for New York, took
10,000/. in specie from England and 9,7501. from
Havre.

SOUTH AMERICAN MAIL.
LISBON, %mica 19.
The Messageries Imperiales steamer B4arn, from
Rio Janeiro on the 20th ult., arrived here at
3 o'clock this morning.
Exchange on London was quoted 25k, 28. Coffee,
good first, 6,000 to 6,100. Shipments since the
departure of the English steamer 112,000 bags,
including 44,500 for the Channel; stock, 40,000
bag..
At Bahia, on the 29th ult., Exchange on London
was quoted 261 to 24. Cotton, 8,000 to 8,400
reis per arroba. At Pernambuco, on the Ist inst.,
Exchange was quoted 26) to 261. Sugar (brown),
2,000 to 2,500 reie. White, 3,000 to 4,200 rein per
arroba.

EXPORT OF SPECIE.
SOUTHAMPTON, 'Gam 20.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Masailia, sailing henoe to-day, takes out :-
8"611341116, 2,7901. ; bar silver, 45,5201. ; dollars,
60,0811. ; gold cow, 15,7971. ; and jewels, gold
thread, &c., 5,6951.