The Express. — London, England, 1862-01-15 00:00:00

ONO. MOTH AND 00.2 PURE EXTRACT of CALVES' FEET, Far landlia and Wham Van Road In IL. U. and a n Weta, 2o All i tarata, r poem% Rd MANUFACTORY, S. RasaMdl. W. ratEICOND-HAND PIANOFORTES. CILAKIX, ELM sod WOOD bove bogs ra t sesd-11114 Plossiensb by Ye spa mibried wilawrb Ils yolissi.-61. lloosibWeet. Elie erpreoo. TO CORRIESPOWDINTIC dmilesmele Wended for Isperre - London Zwerdaw Meet be at the office, le. bourerierareet, by Two : a gli as IM dy of pobileatioa. HAYMARKET. Tntn EMMA. THE DOEILYEDION. Mania Buelistne, L Minas, sad Howe . Mrs. Plicadniam and Mins Jane Cm:en. And LIME MISA DUFFEY AND LIIfLA BOY BLUE; Sr. Uarloantin and Old Daddy Lumley. Lynne Loclercµ. ie. ; PRI NClthr& TRte Tvrinto, PLAYING Win fees —And the Grand Pantmime. N it rrmitirroN AND lila CAT ; Or. Harlequin K uat Rollywoblini and the iterates of Good lhosour. Mews. J. Lauri. ittililyard, and Pstde Corollas Adam — sr MEWL Thu imam A INONDIZIUL WOMAN. naent AND ANDROMIDA: or. The Maid sad the lioneter. MAWS. Y. Melibeer. Behaare, ead Robbie; Maks. Tialheri. Terry.—Assi TitiIOALDING SCHOOL—Oemaieboe at =TARIM. Two ITOMA TM Pootootoo, 711 LINO OT rat CUZEt Yn. & Moon. A. Roby, 1. Lode, Moboas, ►be Cantrell.) MEMO; MUG. 0. Mogbas, Ma W. Crosby& .-A124 Thll DARK CLCOlD.—Commomi N. MON WAVER AT LOlOO3l IMAM DAT—Mados a. ma.... Mamma ea Tommisem — ill IL Ma Mtwara 11 LONDON, WEDNISDAY, JAN. 15. Wu's we take rep an Auah•lian newspaper we behold, as in • mirror, the multiplied and ex panded ilatafjo of Old England, and of all the mani. fold activities and energies of English public life and popular enterprise. There, on the hem and fringe of a sea girt continent we me the venerable organisms of English polity and English society bunting into a second youth, with all the ex uberance and all the redundant vigour et a people proud of its beginnings and sure of its destinies. There we see the Crown, the Parliament, the press, all the living forces of freedom at high pressure and half speed. It is then we i.e what British Democracy, the bugbear of pedants and cynical triflers at home, becomes, at its worst or at its best, in a fair nntrodden Geld. Coarse, loud, reckless, extravagant it may be, foe it is youth, but thoroughly in earnest, business-like, and practical in all its aims, full of serious purposes, and of the instincts of law and order. It is difficult at this distance and in this Old World, even to conceive the thought that those busy and crowded cities abounding with tumultuous and restless life, those magnificent bays and harbours thronged with ships, those inexhaustible gold fields, those bdund leas pastures, are, or were yesterday, but the strip and border of an immense unexplored region of wilderness, mountain, plain, andforest, peopled, if peopled at all, by a few scattered and starving savages, a degree more human than the ape, be side whom our own ancestors of CALIWI'S era were a civilized and polished race. Yet such is the fact, as we are painfully reminded by the last mail from South Australia. It brings us melancholy tidings of the fate of a band of those devoted martyrs of discovery, who lay down their lives, literally most freely may it be said, in the ser vice of the human race. From time to time since last summer our readers may have remarked the anxious tone in which the Exploring Expedition which had set out from tho capital of Victoria to penetrate, and, if possible, to traverse, the vast unknown interior of that continent from south to north, was mentioned in all the public journals and letters from the colony. In the last days of July one of the expedition' had returned to Melbourne and reported that nothing had been beard of Mr. Bonus, the leader of the explorers, since the 16th of December, 1860, the day on which be had started from Cooper's Creek for the Gulf of Carpentaria, accompanied by Mewl. WiLlo, Ku o, and OW, and leaving the rest of the party under the charge of Mr. Bases, at Cooper's Creek. Another "contingent party," under Mr. Watour, bad moved from the Darling River to Cooper's Creek, enduring extreme hardships and privations from drought, from sickness, and from attacks of the natives. Four of Mr. Warowr's company had perished at intervals by the way from sheer ex• haustion, and the survivors were just saved by a fall of rain from the most terrible of all linger ing deaths in the desert. Mr. Bays had re mained for eighteen weeks at the depot of Cooper's Creek after the departure of Mr. Bunas's expedition northward into the interior, and had then been compelled by the death of one of his party to return to Melbourne, leaving what provisions and cattle he could span in depOt for the explorers. Mr. Bynum bad expressed an opinion that ho should reach the northern coast and be beck to the depot at Cooper's Crock within three months at moat, and all his party had taken their departure in excel lent health and spirits. Mr. Beaus feared that Mr. Biliar's expedition had stuck fast from want of water and exhaustion. On the receipt of his report the Committee at Melbourne lost no time in taking measures for the relief of the lost explorers. Mr. ALIZID WILLIAX Howls; distinguished for his energy and ability in the con duct of previous expeditions, and who had rendered inestimable service to the colony by his examina tions of pasture lands and .gold fields, had already returned from Cooper's Creek, and was now despatched by the Exploration Committee, under the auspices of the Government, re-equipped and strengthened in men and materials, while another party was sent off to make for the Albert River, and a coast party was also organized by the go vernment. Mr. Howrrr was moat liberally fugoished with every resource by the Committee, and his party, consisting of four only, but ad mirably selected, set out on the 20th of June for Cooper's Creek with despatches for Mr. Bola; and stores for the parties at the depUts. From the beginning of July till the 2nd of November nothing more was heard of the original exploration party or of the contingents, or of Mr. Howirr's expedition of search. On that day the news reached Melbourne of the arrival at Sandhurst of despatches from Mr. HownT, announcing the sad fate of the explorers. In the long martyrology of discoverers by land and sea, there is no nobler or MOM affecting story than this of the suffering and death of an Irishman whose name will be remembered in the annals of Australia until the name of the mother-land is forgotten. If anything could add poignancy and bitterness to the loss of those brave and devoted men, it would be the simple fact that they died on their return to the point of departure, having successfully at tained the object of their expedition, having actually crossed the Australian continent, and struck the waters of the northern coast. The men who have attempted this terrible task before, and died in the attempt, would make up a little army. No forlorn hope that ever stormed a breach and fell in the arms of victory ever died a more heroic L death than this to which the immure heglinees of the desert and the eternal skies bore silent and most solemn witness l Perhaps when the old world is a little older and civilisation a century or two nacre ady.nced, mankind will recognise other heroes than successful soldiers, and other battle-fields than those of blood, rapine, and devastation. What is the pomp, the charlatanism, the frippery of war, with its splendid rage and its intoxicationg fumes of glory, compared with the proud yet modest self-devotion of men whose solitary graves are the landmarks of wealthy and populous empires yet to be 1 Talk of the romance of war, the delight of battle, the chivalry of the camp, the brilliant spectacles and entrancing pageantries—the trade or tournament of Kings, the recreation or profession of aristocracies, the folly or the servitude of peoples I Far may be the day when humanity will put the heroes of bloodless and tearless triumphs on the pedestals now occupied by great swordsmen and strategists; but if contempt for all that is vulgar, mean, and trivial in the pleasures and business of cities, if the conse cration of life to the purest objects, if an ever joyous welcome to sufferings and dangers, a constant fortitude and yet a calm submission, and a resolute acceptance of the inevitable end, and a serene persistence in the long day's work till the night comes " in which no man can work :"—if this is the life and death of true heroes, Australia may begin her hero-worship where other and older Le end it. ----- There is a touching parallel between this last exploring expedition aeron Australia and the lest Polar expedition. iLLKILIN and his com rades died one by ooe all bat in sight of the long-sought sea. BURKE and his comrades of the Australian exploration sunk one by one under ]blips and privations, succumbed after their peat object was attained. They had crossed a and stony desert into a " well - greased parchedi well-watered country" beyond, and had pensitsted from sea to sea. It was on their re tons to the point of their departure, and when Anon within hail of the settled districts, that they succumbed ; their scanty supplies exhausted, their camels and horses broken down, killed, and eaten; themselves reduced to akin and bone, mere shadows of the men who bad started full of hope and courage. First one sank and died, the others struggled on, but too weak to trace distinctly their returning track, and while searching parties were making ready at Melbourne, the leader of the ex plorers and another of hie comrades were slowly dying. Of the three who parted for • while to seek for provisions from the natives, one returned companionless, and was finally discovered almost at the point of death by Mr. Howrrr. It is impossible to read without emotion the last simple records of these enduring men. "We " reached the shores of Carpentaria," writes Mr. Boats, " on February 11th, 1861. Terribly die " appointed at findiitg the party here gone." These are the last words of • man dying of hunger. " The party here gone" were the depot party whom the explorers had expected to find at Cooper's Creek, on their return. When these last words were written, the depot party Wan within 14 miles, having only left the station that very day 1 The one survivor was living among the natives and well treated. It is, indeed, • deeply tragic but inspiring story, and it speaks well for the " Democracy " of Victoria that they re ceived the news of the fate of these explorers with as profound a sorrow as if the men had fallen amidst heaps of slain to the sound of drums and trumpets. In the Legislative Assembly at Melbourne, the Ministers immediately announced their in tention to ask for a vote for the erec tion of a monument to their memory. The Leader of the Oppoetion moved, and the Secre tary of State seconded the motion, that the remains of the martyrs should be brought to the capital and honoured with a national funeral. We hope we shall be pardoned by our classical readers if we augur well of a Democracy that can pay such honours to such heroes. ebe Court. -4- OSBORNE, JAI. 14. Lieutenant-Colonel Reppel has succeeded Cap tain G. Grey as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. TM Rev. Dr. Gable had an interview with Secretary fir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office, to present an Wenn of condolence to the Queen on the death of the Prince Consort, from the consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church of London, Audtinfriars, established by royal charter al Sing Edward VI. Her Majesty's Commisaioners for the International HAl hitt= of 1862 held a meeting at their onion in the Strand, yesterday. Despatched' were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Wands. sad from the governors of the Wait India colonies. :1“i„ MEMORIAL TO THE LATE PRINCE OONBORT. The following is the committee appointed at the Mansicuphoaso meeting yesterday, to carry into effect the resoldtione :—The Right Roo. the Lord Mayor president and treasurer of the food: Lord Stratfor d de Radcliffe, the _ _ _ Bishop of London, Baroa Retbaddid, ILP, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Westin Weixl,lLP., Mr. T. Sankey, M.P., Hr. Thomas Bering, IL P., Mr. Abel smith, the Hem George Donnas, Q. 0., M.P., Hos. A. Rhumb* ILP., Mr. B. G. fileaith, M.P., Mr. G. Cubit*, 111. P., Mr. B. Grepoa, IL P., Hr. Joseph Bolas; IL P.. Mr. W. Mornay, ILP.. Akissmea asionsas, M.P., Mr. G. Moffatt, 3LP., Sir Morton Pete, M.P., the Dean of St. Her T. Philippe, Bart., Sr Moen Moste6ore, the Recorder, the Common &rime, Mr. Sheriff Cosksrell, Mr. Illasriff W. H. Twentyman, Alderman Sir F. G. Moos, Alderman Rose, Alderman Phillips, Alderman Gabriel, the Rev. IL Gibbs (chaplain to the Lord Mayor), Mr. Hoary Cele, C. 8., Mr. John Dillon, Mr. J. J. Frith, Mr. P. Le Neve Foster, Mr. Harry Chester, Mr. W. H. Batik* Mr. B. Mosley. Mr. H. °hum, Mr. R. N. Faitsr, Mr. George God. see, Mr. R. N. Phillips, Mr. W. This, Mr. 0. Hill, Mr. T. Bopwith, Mr. H. Roberts, Mr. P. Grmm, Mr. Aka:ander. Mr. Fester White, Mr. W. Spottiewoods, awl Mr. J. Aker. It is stated that his Royal Ifigitatee the Prince of Wales will leave England for the Levant rid Trieste, about the 13th or 14th of next math, and that his stay in the East will extend over about four mouths. It vas witicipated that the prinoe would have taken the most pro. allaaaa Part la the inauguratioo of the Great Exhibition, but, under the above arrangement, it is not probable that be will return to this country for some weeks after that event shall have taken place. The Admiralty yacht *horns is about to proceed to the Mediterranean, to be at the Palace at Wanes dirpowd during his tour. The Earl of Shelburne has arrived at Lansdowne Howe from Bowood. _ . The Earl of Sefton has left The Grove, Watford, Herta, for Croxteth Park, Inaesshire. The Counter of Craven and the Ladies Craven have arrived in town front visiting the Furl and Countess of Clarendon, at The Grove, Watford. Viscount Pevenaey arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, as Monday, from the Comtiessit. Lord and Lady Cremona come to town on Satur day oast, from tbsir mat In Inked, for the season. We read in the Pod :—" Several of our contem poraries have stated that the expanse of our prows- Om fora posillge war with Americo have out four or firs I maim stet*. In believe it will be found that the oiwonat is mei leo* to ozessel two minima" The death el Master Tandy, taring master in obsimory at Dabils. Is owawawssa. The appointment is in the gift a/ the Lord Chawaller d Irefand, and is worth OW. a year. ,LSLTEB' „ (=Tie 712341LA1te AMERICA. NEW YORK, Dac. Si, EVEIIIIO. tPer Amato, eat Quesastemt) The excitement here in relation to the Trent question has materially subsided. The main point, namely, the surrender of the commissioners, being determined on, the settlement has been received by the people with a feeling of congratulation that a war with England has been averted; and, although perhaps in the Western States the surrender may not meet with the full approbation of the public, there is no doubt now that matters at home are becoming so serious that the subject of a foreign war will be dismissed from men's minds. The financial condition of the country isbecoming critical, and the New York journals are taking the matter up in a serious tone, and Congress is urged to peas direct tax bills sufficient to meet the national expenditure. The Washington corn:Ton- I dent of the New York World writes as follows 1 (under date Deo. 30.) : The empasion of specie payments by the banks is 'a matter which cameo profound uneasiness in all circles here outside of those engaged in purely speculative ventures. With the country full of gold, with exchanges in our favour. with business relatively prosperous, with all the industrial activities of the North in full operation, notwithstanding the war, it is felt to be • serious discredit to the country that the bank' have been forced into • premature rumen. non of specie payments. Napoleon, it is reasoned, succeeded in conducting the most gigantic were of modern times with out any such disaster occurring, although Frame when he &stemmed the reins of power bad gone through the horrors of an exclusively paper currency, and was, in the opinion of England, in no position to carry on a great war. And yet, by wise management and an opportune financial policy, Na poleon succeeded in conducting military operations on an enormous scale, without adding materially to the debt of France, and without resorting to paper money. In the balance of exchange bad been against this country, if we had been drained of our gold, if the energies of the nation had been impaired by • lam sad devastating war, there would have been some reason, so it is argued here, for this step. But nothing except the sheerest mismanagement could have brought this digester upon us at this time. With every disposition on the part of the monied men of the country to sustain the burden of the war, Congress has failed to devise the ways and means to conduct the financial operations of the government succowfully. The true policy bas been re posedly pointed oat by Secretary Chain It was simply taxation sufficient to pay the interest on the debt con fractal, establish a sinking fend, and provide for the 'cur rent expenses of the government. There is • bitter feeling here at the non-action of Congas in this vital matter, of an much importance to the nation as the 'abject of • war with England. Had the month which has been spent in idle discussions on irrelevant topics been devoted to the maturing of bills looking to • heavy taxation, this evil day would have been postponed indefinitely. The Com mittee of Ways and Means, it is now acknowledged, is unfortunate in its composition. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, its chainraa, is an effective speaker, and is an excellent friend of the siown•tralden African. He is poem:Mot very &aided ens eictious reprdiog the status of the negro, and is tolmahly well Warmed in the tariff diseensiora of twenty. fins yens sines. But is is not pretended by any of his friends that he understands even the alphabet of financial sauces. It is unfortunate at this time that News. Chase sad Reams are not personally on good terms..Yeasss. Clues. Feeseaden, sad Morrill have been in repeated con sultans= en financial meat:urea. It is crisis also that the present Cower has not developed as yet any remarkable, if it has say ordinary, &uncial genius. It may be that now, the extent of the mischief being understood, the chasm yawing before UM, Congress may be able to devote some time to this most important matter. A vigorous eye. team of taxation, looking to the raising of two hundred mil • lions of dollars yearly, will give • new lease of life to the nation, and nothing but that will enable us to carry on this was with credit to the country. Au exclusively piper currency has already all but destroyed! the Southern stater It will have the same effect upoo the North, if persisted in. The following bill for abolishing Southern ports of entry was introduced in the House of Represen tatives, Dec. 30, by Mr. Stevens, on leave : 1. That all laws or parts of lam cresting or establishing porta of entry or delivery in say state in rebellion be, and the same are hereby, repealed., 2. Hereafter no vessel, either foreign or domestic, except such as belong to or are employed by the government of the United Statm, shall enter or leave any of the mid ports unless driven there by stress of weather. 3. If any vessel shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this act, the said vessel, cargo, and everything appertaining thereto, shall be forfeited—the one-half to go to the captors, and the other half to the United States ; and every person is hereby authorised to mike each seizure, and saptain or commander of the vessel shall be fined not exceeding 500 dollars. 4. The said vessel and cargo may be seized at any plasm at sea, or in any port, and the goods may be taken wherever found, either on land or water. 5. The proceeds shall be divided among the captors as- I cording to the law now regulating prim. & The shipand cargo may be tried, as well as the deem, in say mart of the United States into whose jarhdidiss the ems may be taken. 7. The states now in rebellion are Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Tenn. Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arks:non If say other states should hereafter become rebellions, the Presi dent shall proclaim the fact, and the provisions of this act shall then apply to such state or states. 8. The President shall have power to declare any har bour or harbours porta of entry, when, in his judgment, it shall be expedient. The New York Tribune publishes the following : Thos true history of the Trent affair et Washington is briefly this. At the first Cabinet meeting held after the seizure of Slidell end Mason the President expressed himself in favour of restoring them totals protection of the British Bag, if it should be demanded. He said it was doubtful lf the mune of Captain Wilkes could be justified by inter national law; and that, at all events, he could cot afford to have two wars on his hands at the same time. Attornev-General Bates echoed this opinion. He thought the seizure unjustifiable, and was in favour of giving up the men upon demand. Secretary Seward was non-committal. The other mem bers of the pithiest disagreed with Mr. Lincoln positively, and Secretary Chem argued forcibly and with warmth that the course recommended by the President would be dishonourable to the Coiled States as • nation. Thus matters stood until the first belligerent note from England. No feather discussions took place, nor was the question Mak mooted in Cabinet until Christmas-day. So despatch from Earl Russell to Lord Lyons was de ' Wend at the State department on Saturday, as we tele embed the next day, and Mr. Seward immediately went to work on his reply. Bememberingthe views of the cabinet pre viously expressed. Mr. Lincoln was not in haste to call them together. One meting was adjourned to prevent proms. Inr• dissaassi, sad another on the regular day did WA& ;bow The first was on Christmas-day, and after Teed Arm bad made his commonicatioe. Immediately M. Theuveners despatch bad been delivered, Seward's reply was read to the Council, in • session prolonged for rave hours. The despatch of M.Thouvenel bad convinced the opponents id the policy of surrender, that the public) opinion of Europe would sustain England, and it was used to secure unanimity h that policy. Mr. Seward's despatch, however, was subjected to much oettionts. Many alterations and modifications were geed. The next day a revised copy was read to the offisennaleshioet meting—forther changes were suggested, ma a. isepetch as a whole was not approved sad adopted mita Friday morning. NEW TOM, JAL S. Mows. Mason and Slidell and their secretaries embarked on the let instant, at Providence Town, on board the British steamer Rinaldo, for England. Their departure caused scarcely any excitement. The comments of the New York press on the subject are unimportant. The uneasy feeling in the public mind in regard to the relations with England still continue. The ,xaiLk :stiAT t!rgw, \I .ANTIA: bejttre. nt tone of thelinglish pram and warlike ,pesparationa have caused impression to gain ground that England dill shortly make the subject of the blockade, or the fact of vessels being sank in Southern harbours, a pretext for war kith America. The Senate has agreed to Mr. Sumner's reso lution, asking the President to transmit to the Senate all the correspondence which has taken place since the Paris Congress in relation to neutral and belligerent right& upon the ocean. It is reported that a strong effort will be made to repeal the Canadian reciprocity act. _ _ Geireral M'Clellan'e health has much improved. A Federal steamer has been despatched to the coast of Europe for the protection of American commerce. Others are expected to leave shortly. The New York Chamber of Commerce has re monstrated against the instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury regarding the immediate action of the new tariff. LATRfft BY TELEGRAPH TO PORTLAND. NEW YORK, Jar. 4. The New York Tribune states that Mews. Mason and Slidell will only proceed to Halifax in the British steamer Rinaldo, and that from Halifax they will proceed to Europe in the next Cunard steamer. The New York press generally consider that there will be no American interference in Mexican affairs, unless a permanent Spanish occupation should be attempted. _ _ The financial Plans of the Federal Government attract much attention. The press continue to urge heavy taxation as the only legitimate means of relief. _ . Active measures continue to be taken in Canada for the formation of effective volunteer corps. The New York press is again speculating on an early advance of the Federal army. The Confederates in Kentucky have destroyed a large portion of the railway between Louisville and Nashville. The Charleston Mercury states that a large Federal force had landed on North Edisto, and seised the railway station and some war vessels. It is reported at Ship Island that Fort Pickens opened fire on Pensacola on the Ist inst. The re sult is unknown. A destructive fire has taken place at Richmond. The steamer Asia has arrived out. The Bohemian passed Cape Race on the 3rd. The Persia will sail from Halifax for Liverpool on the 6th inst. COILIOMCIAL DITELLIGENCS. NEW YORK, JAI. 4. Exchange : Bankers' bMs, 113 ; gold, 2 par cent. premium. Stocks firm and active. New York Central, 80. Illinois 62. Erie, 321. Cotton quiet, but firm. BreListuffs and corn steady. LONDONDERRY, JAL 15. The Canadian screwateamee Nova Scotian, which arrived here this morning from Portland, brought 40,000 dole. in specie. THE SPANISH EXPEDITION TO MEXICO. NEW YOWL, JAN. 3, Avrianoon. (per Nova Boot* via Portland sad Londonderry.) The Spanish steamer Francis Asia arrived at Havannah on the 28th ult. She reports that the Spanish expedition arrived at Vera Crux on the Bth, and that the Governor of that city bad 24 hours to decide if he would abandon it. The Governor replied that he bad instructions to aban don the city as soon as he perceived that he could not resist the force brought against it, and then I I with the troops withdrew to the interi or. 4 On the 17th the Spanish troops disembarked, and ' hoisted the Spanish flag on the fortress of San Juan Olio& and in the principal squares of Vera Cruz. One hundred guns were found in San Juan Mos. The Diario Marina says that the municipal authorities and the people of Vera Grim received 4 the Spaniards with shouts of welcome. The Governor, before evacuating the city, issued a proclamation forbidding all communication with or supplies being given to the Spaniards, and de claring that all Mexicans who failed to take up arms in defence of Mexico, or who remained in the Spanish army, would be treated as traitors. The Spanish Commander, Gossett, on binding, Wad a stirring address to the troops, in which he rem " Your mission has only now commenoed. It will only be finished when all Spain can say these are the troop* who have avenged in Mexico the insults offered to the Spanish flag I and have again won the affection of those who in other days were our brothers." Commander Garnett also issued a proclamation to the inhabitants, which says :—" The Spanish troops come with no mission of conquest. They come solely to demand satisfaction for non-fulfil ment of treaties and for violence committed against Spaniards, and to obtain guarantees against the repetition of similar outrages. Peaceful inhabitants will receive protection, but disturbers of order will be tried by a military commission." Commander Claseett urges the inhabitants to re turn to their occupations ; and gays be is confident that the greatest satisfaction to the Spanish army, after having fulfilled the minion of the Queen, will be to return to Spain with the certainty of having merited the affection of the Mexicans. The frigates Guerria, Ardenti, Mamma, and Astrio arrived at Havannah on the 27th ult., under the command of Admiral Is Gravibre. General Prim arrived at Havannah on the 23rd, and was received with intense enthusiasm. The city was illuminated and the streets festooned with flags. The British steamer Spiteful arrived at Havannah on the 27th, with despatches for Commodore Dun lop. It is rumoured that these despatches have reference to the American imbroglio. ITALY. OALWAT VALIUM* DOV=__ A Turin letter of the 12th says : The King returned yesterday from the palace at which be resides, in order to receive the Prince of Swedes. who i. basted with great distinction. An official reception was given him, and all the praises was under arms. lAA even ing his royal highness we. present at a representation at the French Theatre. Father Peaseglia I. about to publish& mealy journal, in which he will develop his idea. lie hsa a setae number of adherents among the lower clergy, aisdpsr bspsimmyothenwhudare notshow themeless. ThsArsmonio repiesolice him with walking in the streets in a Wail dress. I The feat is that I have seen him wearing • plain brown frock wet, which is perhaps laical, but oreistaly not gay or faahionable. The Opinion of Turin states that Prince Oscar received, on the 10th, the visite of the Ministers, after which he partook of a splendid entertain ment at court, the Swedish Minister and the chief dignitaries of the state being among the guests. The Syndic and the Municipal Junta of Turin had the honour of an audience of his royal highness. RUSSIA. The Nord publishes the following : °wheelers frees 8t .Pewneburg give an aeoonnt at the pressat state of different quietism" of latessel reform. A coneolatory fact to be mentioned is that all the enlightened pert of the nobility applaud the efforts of the Susi= pew Nam. WAS tea. WOO LIM ale INSInOi 29.94 MIDSOIIIIAiI 19.9) Formic .. 19.8S :MN .. silli ti LW. &L W. 5.R. S.L W. &&11. 8.5.1, &W. N. N. W. NA. N.Z. RNA 1.N.1. NICK N.N.I. NICK MMUS 111 11110112. MOM= sou N. Bettalm—N So W. sad LLW.. LW.toN. W. amd N. moderate, omorritt. dente, re* a or mow. Ireland—N to W.sod 8., *caw. 8.8. W. to W. and N.. loodorotr tutor. Central — N. to W . and to B.&S, N.W. to N.H. and E., light, vestal:M. fresh to moderate. moderate. I. Cos—N.H. to B.E. mid N. to E. and LE., fresh to too. &It. IL. fresh to moderate, derma Ez;i. & Yagand—N.N W.toN.E. and LIM. to 1.7.8 and to &Y... L, dooms to moderato, rainy. and ate. 11.11WILSION. I 11.—Disensisr esereetsd est sadosid to SS dig. at man sr fwd: auk It et verikal do, cassias out one-hundredth at sa Indi • sad sash le Am., above 32 dm, canving fastissa i—lsposed thermometer ler g leds. IL—lialdses4 bulb for evaporation and dew aD.—littadion al wind ;tram — two potato kit of nag -11.--fares (I to 111—astirasted). C.—Cloud (I to 9). ..I.— : 1,, bboo der : o. daub (detached) : f, dos : h, blial : 1. l l= v±s.=%reirratato elli i .iiret ; it. meow ; sr in" so ball, Wawa bet report, in incises slid desissair. & Oita lAi 1862. Whicit" ash for the extension of certain privileges .♦jopad by the nobility to the other classes of the with" prtionkay m reprds the right of baking' part in local administration and juriedie tion, wbleh ft is wished to render as independent as pos sible. The Ruseian nobility, moreover, hitherto exempt from taxation, already have amongst them ► number of persons who oomprehend that it is of the highest interest that the nobles should, in that respect, be amimilatedio the other 41111140 of society. The mine letters confirm the new, al the appointment of M. Golovine to the post of memeging director of the Ministry of Public Instruction. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.: IFIVENIDAY. JAIIIIMAZT 15, $ 1,./L rim REPRESENTATION OF LINCOLN. LINCOLN, TURMAS Emma. Another vacancy has occurred in the representa tion of this city, the Komi sill°s the proroption of Mc. G. F. Haag% the liberal member for Clirty,l t. having resolved as intimation that, is the even t ci a general election, he would's all probability be rejects d by bk constituents, has tweed au tames to tbe burgesses of Grimsby. Party this userahm, the Liberal Association honed a hand-bill requesting the eloalsre to MKTG their I votes far Mr. J. Hind. Palmer, a ebeassay innister, who has twice unenccessfnlly contested the city la oppodtier to the late Major Bibthorps sad Yr. Hesesge. Hz Palmer arrived in the city this aftersoom sad was met at tbe station by a large amber of siesta,, sad aonsiselsts. He at own, acceerpeated by a large body of mpertme, pro ceeded to canvass the electors. Xr. Wis-Boore hes ales lamed an add's', and be will wait upon the electors to-morrow. Both parties are confident of succem TSB WINDHAM LUNACY COMMISSION, (THIS DAT.) --4,-- TWENTY•FOURTH DAY. Mel inquiry under this commission was resumed thin morning at the Seesions-honse, Westminster, before Kr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., and a special jury. The examination at Kr. Freebeidge, the witness whose 'Jettisons was interrupted by the adjournment of the court, was then proceeded with ; alter which, Mr. C. Robinson, one al the firm of Robinson and Co., of 14, Mark-lane, was examined. "EARFUL ESPLOSION.-POUR MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED. A terrific explosion, attended with fatal remelt!, on • large male, took plan. on Monday moroiscr,, about halt. Tea eleven o'clock, at • kern owned by Mr. Dunmore, of Menton Wyville, Leicestershire. A. steam threshing machine was at work, belonging toa person named Butcher. Prom the particulars at present supplied, it would appear that the amine or boiler was rather out of coodition, end that several men, including the engine -driver, were wrapping a pipe that leaked, through which the y was conveyed to the boiler, when suddenly the boiler exploded with an appalling report. The scene that ensued is beyond the power of the pen to describe. One of the poor fellows was literally blown to atoms, his head being found in one place and his legs in soother while the three other men killed presented a sic:teeing spectacle, beinul o t r c!ingly m bia The names of three of them are, Woolman, aped 80 ; William Wool man, • lino young f ellow , aged 24 ; and 'William Lee, aged 23. All of them were married. The boiler was torn to fragments, pieces lying in many and onions directions. One of the men killed was discovered hedged between the wheels of the engine carriage. When extricated he was net quite dead, and a larp fracture in the skull, through which the brain protruded, was noticed. The poor fellow's moans were of the meat harrowing :kind, but he soon expired. Three men who have not been Med are fearfally mangled ; me of them is not expected to survive. Such a able catastrophe has not happened in the neighbourhood before. TM deepest distress and melancholy are ems over the entire vilhp of Mouton. Censure is deserved by some party without doubt, as no steam pep was diked to the mileage that it is 1144 exnctly known whether the boiler through having generated too ranch steam, or the . ' =Plods' being defective. The Paris Moniker reports that, according to recent letter from America, the fire at Charleston continued its ravages, "being kept up by the negroes," and that the whole city bad become a heap of ruins, the public build ings, private mansions, linden the riches of a town of 80,000 inhabitants, having ceased to exist. These sad details, the ifouiteut very justly adds, require confirmation. We have found none as yet is the recent advises from the States. The Annuaire Eneyelopidique gives the following statistics relating to suicides in France :—" The number in the course of last year was 3,890, averaging more than 10 • day. Of these, 842 were females, and 3,057 melee ;16 were children under 15 yeas of age ; 38 man and U IMAM IMO 90 and upwards. The majority were between 40 sad 60 years of age. Suicides are most frequent in April, May, June, end July. The means of death were—hanging and drowning, in 2,833 cases ; suffocation with charcoal, 271; shooting with guns, 206 ; with pistols, 189 ; cutting Instruments, 153 ; jumping from high buildings, 110 ; poison, 93. In 44 cases the mode of death is not specified." A. correspondent at Florence writes :—" In Florence there dwells as elderly and eccentric Englishman, with several hundreds per annum and • deficiency of common sense. This gentleman first turned catholic, and then mesmerist. A woman who was his ' medium' having died, his confessor supplied him with another, • medium in direct communication with the Blessed Virgin, by means of whom not only was the mesmerist able to perform all aorta of wonders, but he also reeeived several warnings from the same Divine source, and menials, most of which had a tendency to alienate the good gentleman's property from his family for the benefit of a certain jesuitical institution." By royal decree, a great national library is to be established at Florence, the foundation of which is to be laid by the union of the two celebrated collections known as the " Keels headline and the Palmitin'. The former, now in the Uffisii Palace, consists of more than 175,000 printed and 12,000 manuscript works, the earlier part of which were collected by the old goldsmith from which the library takes his name, and who was called " Halluo Inworum," from the fact that he read every book he houtht Isrrasertso MEMORIAL or WILBERFORCE, Mg I PRILLETHHOPIEL—A eery handsome stone seat has within the last few days been placed in Holwood•park, Hatay Kent, by penning= of Lord Oranworth (late Lord Oboe. teller). ate memorial to Hr. Wilberforce, the great champion of negro emancipation. The seat is of Forret of Dean 40014 and bee been erected et the cost of Earl Stanhope. The obkiet of the memorial will be gathered from the following inessiphom engraved apm it, and which is takee from Kr. Wilberforee's diary, 17 88 :—" At With, I well remember, after a ooneereatiom with Mr. Pitt is the open sir, at the root of ea old tree at Holwocd, just above the steep decent to the Vale of Heston, I resolved to give notice ow a at occasion in tee Hones of Commies, of my intention to kin forward the abolition of the AIM trade." Thema ie pissed neemmahl• at the foot of the old oak beeeMh which this comversation took place, and is intended ter the se el the ellt ...._ Lord and lady Oreswesilwale Berl p i t ojegehib tOese the Hon. 0. fiessiape, sad Ohm indt " ,, wore paws* et the sougistieN aril Seek the petal interest laths nestwebL—Lads Ktrattry. Psorosso Brim Haar Oommtaticermi rot TEI BEI/3RM /LAILMAE-21b• sad South OsaslCkes te Swab arid res= mi their trios el !al ream Ps hi = pleases lis esoftsassies el Itessas tad thoos col Fames end the Cliassel lasso's, under the supervivion of the Baia et Trade. LAM INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY.) 00IIRT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. pecan the Judy Ordinary.) 11001211 AND AIDIZWS v. 00 - ODENOUGH AID MEWL- DEXIMILEIL. The testator, Mr. Joseph Goodenough, of Godmandone, Dometabire, died on the 13th of November, 1880, having made two wills, dated the 30th of June, 1888, and the 15th of April, 1859. By the former instrument be gave his eon Stephen a life interest in the sum of 10,0001., alleging, as a reason for the smallness of the hapset, that he (the eon) wee • bachelor, and had property of his own. The residue, which amounted to 15,0001. or 20,0001. (besides the remainder of his son's le gacy ) he vs to his godnen, George Henry Roger', and to Mary Henry Rogers. rty the wood will he made an mMk substantially similar ; but by a codicil essouted an irre sigeequent year (1860), he referred, as was alleged, by mis take, to the former will, which was at that time.destroyed. Ths question that now arose for the court to determine was the effect of this reference. Mr. X. Smith, Q. 0., and Dr. Spinks appeared for the szesuton ; the Solicitor-General and Dr. Middleton for the Rogan, who had intervened ; Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks for the son, who disputed both wills. [The awe was proceeding when we went to prose. J THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. NOW TO On UP • Flax IS TO! CITY. Mortis Mars, who had been rem: metal upon a charge cf playing cards by false preteens, but which charge = LI M nurse of the former examination assumed the character of larceny,Veras brought before the magistrate for farther examination on that and several similar charges. Mr. G. Lewis, of Ely-plan, conducted the prosecution for Stubbs's Trade Protection Society ; and Mr. E. Lewis, of Mariboroughatreet, defended the prisoner. Mr. G. Lewis said that since the remand it bad been discovered that the prisoner and another man, named Kerl ing, now in custody, had been carrying on • most exten sive system of fraud, and it was proposed to iodict them jointly for conspiracy. At the house in St. Mary-axe, where they carried on business nominally as merchants sad commission agents, but really as obtainers of goods by fraud and larceny, one of the officers had found the diary of the " firm " for the entire year 186 L He would at present drew attention specially to the period during which they figured as Anderson, Martin, and CO., of St. Mary-axe, theentrite being remarkably *ailment as to the mode in which they commenced business :—"Nov. 13.—Get possession this &yet St. Mary-axe. 1. Qr. owt. wale, and fire wood, 6d. 14th. Newspaper commences, 3e. a month 1 seek of coals, 3s. 2d. ; hall plate for door, 6s. 6d. 16 th. Kelly, to put name in Directory for '62." A few days later there is an entry to the effect that the each of coals was at last paid for, but there is no indication of tho poor man who trusted them with the quarter cwt. ever getting his mosey. There were throughout the book neunerousentries of acceptences of bllls and of goods being " got' from %redeem's, and property being pawned, but no reference whatever to any sort of legitimate business transactions. Than wee an entry of the obtaining of the gross of peeks of playing cards from the prosecutors, Moms. Steer and 00., and also of a gnus from Messrs. Reynolds and Co., and the sale of both to • person named Somers. Mr. Newbury, who had attended for Mr. Steer, gave up the conduct of the case to Mr. Lewis, who undertook the prosecution upon all charges. Julius George Somers (a Jew), cf Hounsditch, wholesale stationer, we then sworn. He said that be knew prisoner as a member of the firm of Anderson, Martin, and Co. He modernised the prisoner to be Anderson. Had bought the twelve dorm pans of cards now produced from the pri soner's partner. At thim moment a little withered, equalictlooking old man, 'who mid his name was James Williams Ilerlinua de s bought in by the policeda placed in the dock Share. Mr. Lewis—ls this the other member of the firm! The winess appeared somewhat disconcerted at this quo- Son, to which be replied in the affirmative, amidst general laughter, in which Share joined with evident relish. The witness said both the prisoners were better dressed then than they now appeared. Kerling asked 81. for the cards, and witness gave 71., for which Kerling gave a receipt. That was 4s. less than the amount of the stamp duty. It was as much as the mats were worth, as the card-playing season was over. He believed Anderson, Martin, and CO., to be a respectable firm. The witness, who exhibited great reluctance to enter into details, was somewhat sharply questioned by Mr. Lewis, and complained of being " inoweremined." Mr. Lewis retorted by stioagly censuring the conchal et the witness in buying sew cards at less than the stamp duty, n• prisoners were remade& lIIVAL .-DIBGRACUITL COIRDUCV. Josue Beresdot coachman in the employ of Mr. Antill, undertaker, of dodcteteeet and elsewhere, appeared before Yr. Barker to mower the complaint of Mr. William Titford, who charged the defendant with driving a home and hearse on the Archway-rod, Islington, furiotudy and to the ootenton dope at the passengers in the said tbor - 4 - 46 . 6. Tim the ',Wave of the complainant, who carries oa boslieses as an undertaker next door to the defendant's wales, in Juddoinen,_Brunewick-equare, it appeared Mar cm the alter.. at Wednesday, the Bth inst., he was relensing been thentehley Cemetery, along with his coach am his see, ad illve mourners in the coach. When they UM list smastery klesesehman drove vary steadily, and on the read passed the defendant, who was driving • "Ingle horn sad helm. At that time the defendant's hone was walking. When he (complainant) had pro- ceeded about two miles on the road, at a steady pace (some of the witnesses put it at between four "'Alive miles an hour.hat none exceeded six) and had passed through the Archway-road toll gate, he heard something coming behind at a most furious pace, and on looking round saw the defendant lashisgkie horse, which wee then going at the rate of about 12 miles an hour. At this time some carte laden with manure were panne up the read, so he directed his coachman to poll in aloes to the tread side. This he did. but had hardly afteeeeded in doing so before the deloudent's hearse caught the wheels of his (complainant's) coach with much fare" that ft drove the horses on the foot-path, and broke the tram sad the Mad part of the carriage. The par ties in and at the coach were upset and very much frightened, and it was quite a wonder that no limbs were broken or no lives lost. The defendant did not stop to see what damage he had done, but drove off at a furious por, and it was some time before he (Mr. Titford) could procure a cab to take tini mourners to their rieldeina As this was not the tint time that the der fondest had behaved in an Im prop er manner, he had de termined to take the present proceedings , and ehould bring an action against the defendant's master for the damages done to the mourning coach. Witasmes having been called who fully bore out the above, The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that he wee driving at a steady pace, and that be war not the cause st the accident. He called witnesses who failed to wove hie statement ; sad one of them, on being cram- examined, said that the defend's% bad come to him the night before to ask him to come up to the court to state what lie bad, although he oonld not swear exactly how the accident happened. Mr. Barker said he considered the case fully proved and thought the conduct of the defendant moat reprehensible. He then fined the defendant 41. and costa. or, in default, • month's imprisonment with hard labour in the Howe of Correction. The Ana was paid. ME. LEATRAX, M.P.-T . km. member for Huddersfield, Mr. E. A. Latham. ebbed his constituents Mt night, and in thee:nuns of a Mg address reviewed the session of 1860-1, and gave his views es the moot difficulty with America. He vindicated the charartor of the people of the Northern States, in their war with the South, and Whilst expressing coneurreuee in the course taken by the English government in vindication of the right of asylum, he dwelt with pleasure on the spirit which the Federal Government bad shown in cow:lading the demands of Eng land. REPRESENTATION OF OXFORDSIIIRIi. —A meeting of Sir Henry Daahwood's sipparters on Monday has been followed by the best possible results, sad from all parts of the country we have reports of the rapid progress of his cause. Although the Mends of Colonel Fano had zealously reported Sir Henry's retirement throughout the county, we fled the statement was not credited by these acquainted with the artifices of a weak enemy. 'Wu regret to learn that the course pursued by some of the country gentlemen who first solicited Sir Henry to come out is likely to lead to • great split in the county, as those who consider their word their bond cannot reconcile the condone' the former with their volition in society. Sir Henry visited Theme rider day (Tuesday), and although the district was genersEt thought to he the stronghold of Colonel Fine, he receind SistOSSONI Of support far beyond his eincebttione. Tan REPRESENTATION op Yr t. x. The announcement of Mr. it. A. Cross, M.P. for Preston, that he does not intend to offer himself for re-election on the dissolution of the present parliameet, besides setting the liberals on the move, has stirred the conservatives to action. Only one gentleman has been mentioned hitherto in conservative aireles,—vim Mr. Robert T. Parker, the guild mayor of the borough. This gentleman has a lready represented Preston in the legislature, and is named by the cosservatins as eminently St for the honour of again being retuned, sot may os account of his extended knowisdp of stattsre pertaining to the office to which it is proposed by his Mesh to raise hint, but also, sad chimer becasee of Ms intimate acquaintance with the local eiroutustesese sad seemdtles of the town of Prudes. The tries& of the Gaited Kingdom Alliance have altered timir Mantles et soliciting the hon. secre tary of Mt body (Mr. flamal Pipe) to stand, on the ground that Yr. Melly will sulleisstly represent the temperance principle. • 0/VDa The a held ,sae Altar Them The for • all tl. bank sun oft t of rate such I .rt off of th ter ft 14,37 311. t Oat • it at deai he eepi 6rml ire 1 the owl .jag mace 6d. 186 fie * ads, oUA h is Pr ery the am k, tote yc ceD nal thi ac : Al an la it 6c 6d. no 10 I OC4 .01 • fib at r. . e •P n e fi a r P. to IL id ad e. of or ita he ity pie ohs ad ag• ing Pea Irt• hit uiy we Aid hSt mho 0 • nrd nth ter ally sad rho rho that the the veto art° the