The Express. — London, England, 1861-05-09 00:00:00

p THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, MAL TATESTINTELLIGENCE.EXPRETS FROM PARIS. HAitxoNiums—NlW MODZL. camas. WALL ssil Os. 01. liqpii4lnia. LOMELI HYDROSTATIC WA and CON= PEICOLATOIL —I to 100,000 ma, drug iM bell.t. la • sooosol Wog ming MAO oold. Prom U. lhorywhoro. Proopociaosmi trw. COLLIS. wok N Comowoloust. LC. gfte erfreoss. tnimedled Oar "The Itzprems " Leedom lleuis Z iall ors be at the aka. 14 beavedwittesi. bs Tin as as or et pableatisa. MA t 1111•1111LST. TEM Erring. %LACK SHIULF. Seam Ilrelkskee, Vilbanaee.l Hone . Men C Veen, Mn WYklr, Mn. Mn.Poynter. and !It*. Lowell—And Tat MILLILIt AND 1414 311`1.—Commence at 7. PRINCIIIIII. TIM Manse, Ipor PLY Metes . R. Veda, Ryder. H and IF Matthews : Mama Heath and C. ILedesrq —AM NI WAXY rUlt'h WILMA. lisms. Meniend. Meadows. and Srlddiculabe . Mum bantil ••41 Mn. Waage& . JAMBS. Two . r h osLAW LAM& Mon. ream AWIW. lislimers: Tww—A SCUP Or PAPE& Kerr& A awl bow: Ms MirMN sad lbs. A. TILL 'ACM Of PULLlOD...lhomsousaihmilles.WlTlL Tr ikai rilM. INIALILLA TIN lORTONIMILER ilksiaar.—ii NTllllll.il IMWOH ibirlais - bs U gh Weroist.—,WISOLL M Y tICU.I V A Y : Of, towists ligkokeit. Mt. IL lam •lON WAIIIIII AT LOAM NUM T --Nareass& ripe'.... Myra" lb. Alla Tworaeir —Mariam Maiswa. IA MA LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 9. IT la • rare thing to see • kindred people, speaking our language, and brought up in our tra ditions, eater upon • conflict which is to determine whether they shall make good their ancient Isliertiss‘or yield themselves to ► military despotism and • state of society in which the modern intellect and spirit are to be kept in order by worn•out insti tutions. It is probable that no man in England doubts which will be the issue ; but, whichever it be, it is instructive to note, by the aid of a copious correspondence, what the citizens are doing in the various parts of the country on the verge of the struggle. The battle of Lexington, of 86 years ago— the skirmish in which the first blood of the revolutionary war was shed—has been hitherto commemorated on its anniversary more diligently and warmly in New England than beyond it ; but this year it was devoutly remembered throughout the Free States, and even in Washington. It was • day which will not be forgotten, on this side the grave, by old man or young child ; for nothing like it has been witnessed by any living generation in America. Beginning at the centre, what was the aspect of Washington on the 19th of April II The tone of confidence was lower than on the next day, for it was uncertain how many troops would come from the North, and how soon, while rumours of attacks ou all hands grew fiercer and came faster, in proportion to the alarm. At the great hotels where everybody boards, the mood of the moment is infectious, and usually becomes extravagant. At one "otel everybody was soared, expecting to bear the tramp of invaders before any adequate defence was ready ; while at another everybody was sure that loyalty would easily conquer rebellion and treachery ; and groups of the enthusiastic went out to see the shows of the streets, and admire the perspective of Penn sylvania-avenue. High above all was the Capitol— not deserted because Congress was not sitting, but echoing with the clang and rattle of arms, and bristling with sentinels. The interior was a-glow with fires and lights, and occupied by one of the first regiments which had arrived. At the railway stations messengers were crowding in to hear any news of coming troops. Trembling ladies were taking their seats in departing trains in batches, their husbands sending them awry ; and, on the other hand, ladies were arriving with their hus bands—not afraid of encountering the risks ; but few were arriving in comparison with those de parting. Scarcely a palmetto flag or other Southern emblem was by that time shown anywhere ; but there was a strong impatience for martial law to be proclaimed, that the capital might be weeded of traitors. Meantime the telegraph was wall watched, and means were at hand for arresting anyone who might attempt to send news south wards. The Treasury clerks were summoned to a man to take the oath of allegiance, that depart ment having lost its character for loyalty. The PRZZIDEXT and his Cabinet were witting in soused for hours ; and there was • crew of patient watchers outside, conveying intelligence of every messenger who pained out or is, and every despatch that they fancied they saw carried, and every guess made as to what the despatches might contain. Where next f To Richmond t There seems to have been more darkness and confusion there than at say other point in the whole country. On the whole, the belief seems to be that, at that time, about three-fourths of the population of Virginia were opposed to Secession, and that a not much lonelier number was disposed to be heartily loyal to the Cuion. The phenomena were keenly marked and carefully reported. The magistrates wore an air of mystery, sod talked of a majority ell 46 for Secession ; but were not believed. Every 111111 of Northern birth or connexions was leaving in heels ; and a firm width hung out Seismal= edam took the opportunity of advertising that it eepsdisted all its debts to Northern men. Money was se scarce that boluses was at a stand. The ethane were in dread of the two thousand free engross belonging to the city, and of some anti slavery effort from the western part of the State. The delay of • month in submitting the genii= of Secession to the people was con sidered suspicious ; and those who dared speak were saying that it would be treason to the Stale if the authorities should abet any attempt against Washington before the choice of a side had been offered to the people. At Norfolk there was great bustle about sinking a vessel in the ship chiliad, which would have to be taken up again on requisition within a few hours. Surveyors were busy, meantime, on the Virginia shore of the Potomac, planning batteries which should pre vent seems by that channel to Washington. North Carolina is usually the dullest State of the 17nicsa, bat it is wild with excitement now. Linos of citizens were drawing the guns which had come from Charleston to Fort Wilmington, and troops were marching upon the forts from all parts of the State. The free negroes were more than watched: they were pressed ; and pegs of them ware com pelled to work on the fortifications, under a vigi lant guard. The question was, not of ordering away all Northern saws, who were going by every train, but of hanging, in full view, one or two pro aliment citizens of Union politics. For the life of one gentleman in particular there Wen grave fears, though no avowal of secession had yet been made. Down the whole lin' • of seaboard States, south of Maryland, there were prevalent delusiona, pro bably derived from Charleston, which were opera ting strongly on the popular temper end manners. There was a sincere and general bad that OM sem of the Free States could not and would not really fight ; that they have no bodily etrength, no spirit, and no courage, because they are work ing men in one way or another ; end the Southern notion of • working man is that be is skeish. Much of the foolhardinem of the Secession to is accounted for by this delusion. Another notion is, that agitators are everywhere tampering with the aggroes ; and day by day the expectation grows clearer and stronger of • general negro rising. To other people it seems probable that there will be no general rising, because such an arrangement is beyond the reach of anybody ; but that there will be JOHN 141..,WNS penetrating every Slave State, and bidding the negroes run, is the first thing to be expected after the outbreak of war. Hitherto the charge of any tamper ing with the slaves by Northern Aboli tionists has been simply false and absurd ; but the time will have arrived for, not secret tampering, but open liberation, if the two sections arrive at measuring forces. Passing round by the Southern shores, we see that everywhere the wildest fans, ticism was raging. Not for self-defence, but in crusading spirit, the Secession party was preparing for the march—Methodist and other clergymen marching at their head, holding the rank of cap tains, and proclaiming the scriptural institution of slavery as their watchword. In Alabama, detach ments of labourers swarmed down from the in terior, to strengthen the harbour defences of Mo bde. Turning up the Mississippi, we come upon • stone which speaks for itself. Two North- Western farmers had come down to Natchez with their boatload of corn, and discharged their cargo on the wharf. The Vigilance Committee of the town were down upon them at once, to inquire their poli tics. The simple fellows answered by waving their hate for I.:scuts ; and in the shortest possible time, their bodies were swinging from two trees on the opposite shore, where they were a conspicuous object to steamboat passengers, going up or down. This is not the way for the hungering river-States to get corn from the North-West. There and everywhere through the whole range, there was a strong party of Union men, heart wrung and inwardly raging at what wee done ; strong. we say, in regard to numbers, but utterly weak from terror. In the midst of the general hubbub they were secluding themselves at home, or arranging, in secret consultation, how long they should wait before they should attempt to assert their political free will. As for the Free States, they are in the first en joyment of their new liberty of utterance, their new patriotism, their new harmony. All party differences are at an end for the time, and the wranglers of the day before were that day marching shoulder to shoulder. Among the incidents were the formation of a oast guard for Massachusetts Bay—a provision which has • ring of the last century in it. In New York, and other chief cities, there were movements to ensure a con tinuance of pay to all clerks who should volunteer for the war ; to induce life insurance offices to re move, for the occasion, the prohibition of risk in warfare ; to form a naval brigade in emulation of the British one ; and to institute a Patriotic Fund. COLT'S Company had issued an Ordi/LISICS to sell no revolvers to the South or Southern applicants. Students were singing Union songs in the streets : *Aims of fifty and upwards were forming themselves into volunteer garrisons to defend their towns while their sons marched away. Wealthy merobants were offering their ships, houses, and funds to the Federal Govern ment. Nurses were advertising their willingness to attend the wounded. Tailor', and women with sewing-machines, were toiling day and night to provide outfits for the troops. Church bells were chiming stirring airs or moving old psalm tunes ; and the national flag was flying from every steeple, and flapping in every street, and fluttering from every green hill top in rural New England. Ladies displayed the tricolour in their dress, and gentle men wore it in cockades. In the great squares of the cities cheers were going up all day long as the regiments marched through from Northern die tricts ; and in solemn churches in quiet back streets the voice of the preacher told to awe stricken hearers bow the warnings of the Apoca lypse were now to be fulfilled. The change is in some respects great since the day of the Battle of Lexington ; but there are points of resemblance which will make this parti cedar anniversary memorable and heart-stirring, in all future time, to those who witnessed it. Before it closed, blood had been shed, not in battle, but yet for the cause of the country. It was the day of the riot at Baltimore, when the citizens in their houses were loyal, and the mob in the streets all for rebellion. At Lexington the skirmish was ignoble and unwished for, but great consequences ensued. It may be so *pia. THg INDIAN FAMINE RICLIC7 Ft/MM.—The total amount remitted by the Laud Mayor is aid of the lath= Panties Relief Tiled sp to Let miming wee seedy 10.0001. The subscriptions tholes yesterday amounted to about 1,3001., Melodies 1001. from Earl fritawilliam sad • far. • isstabossit of 901)i. from Blackburn. Ftsmistee' PIUNISRVATION ANADCIATION. —An ad jimmied meeting of the members of this seely•fornied rem adios was bald yesterday at th e Theteherbboues INteuddi Bt. Jameismreet, ler the purpose of taking into considers ties • elide of rules and :opiate= whisk had bees draws up by • provisional eonmettse appointed sr the mestiss IMs week Lord thiless, president of the ammistion, tea the chair. Mr. Pram* the seeretary, bevies reed the mbestes of the lot smiting, the chairman thus mo wed the rules serisths„ widths were adopted with • few verbal ellerslismk end of which the following is • held elleaset r—The essedstien w sonsiot of hie, ordiesry, red bastamay mershere, • payment of 101. 10s. sesstitedass • Mk =mbar ; erdissey seembses to y le. item asesse. Ilsbenriptione te_ be pal in mimeos dm so the ef May. Geoceml metier to to held twice raiser. The *sole sentemploted by Ms eseseistioo en—te repwwt the &bides of the sort and /Mee of the Ueded se es to imereme the soppily of tick preosseins the therusties of itheries from the the employment of 'whim'? sad seethe& et peithedidol to the betenete of the thiewies ; the pelieting iii;* of 3411111111 ; the espethetion of menesmomble mot of ebesnenes of repos else* times while the I.k are breeding ; sad te or anew by an pessible meens the psethise and prointhisike of the era ef piesistheme The Mama reported Mat Mr. • SEM bed sameeded Y laths a suitable TOM is whisk to bald Wet mosthrepa deem weifse badmen bathos be.. is — -d, inebeding mese of Web to the essemittee and rishmok ns& whisk wens suilebly sekeseledsed. the merseing adjour AIII;XIATION roe THE Rzuwr or nu nut Awo Miss.—The annual meeting rd this smociatka was held yve.erday in the lecture thratre of the PolytecLuic In. stitation, Regeet-street —Lord :ogertra, N.P., ill the chair. The Secretary read the ort, which gave a very interesting deerriptios of the proceWiege of the society, but regetted that from the low state of the feed' they had lost the sec• vises of one of their ablest missionaries, Yr. Rind, who had been with them for 31 years. It was, however, hoped that the liberality of the public would enable the society again to even Welt ef that gestlernan's services . They had them districts to look after, and funds were greatly required. It wee exasidered that although the income from subscriptions end dimations had been abi.ut the mme as last year, it would have beep lamer had not the flow of benevolence been di ' meted by the raisin of funds for building the chapel, hr. The adoption of the report was moved by Lord Ebury, weeded by the Right on. Joseph Napier, and carried. Mem. Whateley, IL Miler, Rev. Mr. Smith, and others, bawls( add-eased the meeting, a vote of thanks to the chair man concluded the meeting. An interesting feature in the lop was the interpretation, by the clerical secretary, rth e T d deal and dumb portion of the audience of what wee pawing by the means of the dumb alphebet. The twelfth anniversary meeting of the society for establishing and maintaining missions is connexion with the saahlished church for the convey ion of the Roman catholics of Ireland was held yesterdey at St. James's. hall. The Bishop of Ripoo, the Rev. W. Tate, of Rugby. Rev. W. C. Pluukett, Rev. A. Drake , Majeelleseral Alixander, aod many other prominent supporters of the missioes wan upon the platform. Cbt Court. WHITS LODGE. RICRICOMNPABIC, lln IL . Her ihkisety and the Prince Common drove out yesterday wissains, and itt the aftlisoosrjter Majesty spin went out Melo& acfewspauied Helms and Princes, Louise. - The Prince Consort rode on horsebeek. attended by Major du Plat, and visited the Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows at Kiugston•on•Thams. Prime Arthur and Prince Leopold, Mteoded by Major Elphinstone, visited her Majesty, and returned to London. Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1862 have received information that the following arrangements have been made in foreign countries to reprinest the inte rests of intending exhibitor,. Portugal —A commission bas been formed, of which his Majesty the King Dom Fernando IL is president, and Counsellor Jeaquim Lusher, directorgenenl of the De partment of Commerce and Manufactures, is secretary. Belgium. —A conuniesion of eighteen influential gentle men has been formed, of which Lenient Dulien, chef de bureau an ministers de l'interieur, in the secretary. Wortemburg. —Doctor von Steinbels, director of theC'entonl Board of Commerce and Industry, will repeverent this state. In Baden.—The Grand Ducal Department of Commerce glanders Ministerium). In Hess Crawl.—The Commission Electorate of Com merce and Industry at Cassel. In Labeck.—Tie Town Office, Stadt Amt, will act m Her Majesty's Commissioners held a meeting at their offices in the Strand yesterday. A deputatioo, consisting of Sir B. Grogan, Bart., Mr. li'Mahon, M.P., Mr. Sumoll, Mayor of Wexford; Mr. Walker, deputy-lieutenant county of Wexford ; Alderman Green, Aldermen Sheen, Dr. Madan, Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Waddy, had an interview with the Bight 800. PrederieJt Peel, yesterday, at the Trteaury. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of the Falklaad Islands and Canada. AMERICA. (iv rs. szvria's mass.) - NEW YORK, Ana 26, 2 r 44 (Per North Briton vie Londonderry.) . Four New York regiments have arrived at Washington. The capital is supposed to be strong enough to resist any attack. The route from Annapolis to Washington is kept open by federal troops. The Baltimore railroad communication is still interrupted. Fort Smith, in Arkansas, with property of the estimated value of 800,000 dole., has been taken by the state troops. The confederate flag has been hoisted on the fort. The governor of New York has made a call for twenty-one additional regiments. The public buildings in Washington have been barricaded. The governor of Delaware has responded to Pre sident Lincoln's call for troops. (most otia cent coaassrosnswr.) PARIS, WIDNIIISDAY EVINING. • The evening papers state, in their "Latest News," that the French and English cabinets have agreed to tender their good offices to the German Diet for the settlement of the question of the duchies. The same journals are furnished with a paragraph making a great fuss about the military preparations going on, at Malta. The Bourse continues dull, and, so far from re covering the fall of yesterday, has sustained a fur ther decline. The Reute fell 5c., both for cash and account, dosing at 69fr. 25c. and 69fr. 20c. Me ttler fell 31r. 75c. The Southern Railway rose sfr. and Lyons lfr. 25c., but the other lines fell from lfr. 25c. to 2fr. 50c. The Caisse Mires recovered from 82fr. 50c. to 82fr. 65c. The Syrian question is still unsettled ; the possible occupation of St. Jean d'Acre by the English is much talked of. To morrow being Ascension-day there will be no Bourse. The Opinion Nationale regrets to see a journal like the Debate countenancing the Spanish usurpa tion of San Domingo. In consequence of the abuses of the protectoral authority, brought to light in a particularly strik ing manner by the Corps Legielatif in the .course of their inquiries into the recent elections in Savoy, M. de Persignythae addressed a circular to the prefects defining their duties—and, it is to be hoped, enjoining them to interfere less than they have hitherto been in the habit of doing. The Pharr de la Loire of Nantes says (but wo have not yet heard the news in Paris on any other authority) that the privilege long since granted to Englishmen, of entering Prance without a pass port, is now extended to Swedes and Norwegians. Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris, from his newly-acquired property, the Prangins estate, in Switzerland. The French Academy has not yet been able to award the Emperor's prize of 20,000 fr. At an ad journed meeting yesterday the following close di vision took place :—For Jules Simon, 7 ; George Sand, 6 ; Henri Martin, 6. Neither name having rallied such a majority as the rules require, the election is again adjourned. M. Thomas Garcia, a wealthy member of the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, was going along the Rue Rivoli yesterday in a carriage, when, finding the way blocked up by a press of vehicles, he feared an accident and jumped out. In so doing be dropped a pocket-book containing 60,000 fr. in bank notes, and a letter of credit for 200,000 fr. The pocket-book, with its valuable contents, was picked up by a sergent-de-ville named Louis Bordel, who took it to the commissary of police, by whom it was restored to the owner. A new pamphlet by M. Veuillot, with the catch ing title of " Waterloo," is advertised to come out this week. The art of puffing is assiduously cultivated in England, but I think the French continue to beat us in it. Here is an instance :—A young lady of the Faubourg St. Germain, named Mdlle. doubtless belonging to a rich family, is about to be married, and the maker of her wedding dresses bap found means to get the following paragraph inserted in the Patric : Tbs Viseountem de Removals requests us to announce that she hes mesa, in the house of Lebow). and Henneveu, 56, Rue du Bas, MIL Meioulle's trousseau, and that she will write as amount of ft in her next " Courrier de la Mode." The troumeau will be exhibited to the public oa May 10 sad IL Happy French shopkeepers ! Where will you find in London a viscountess who will sign her name to a long description of one particular young lady's dresses ; and where will you find a young lady just going to be married who will ask the vulgar million to come and inspect her crinoline, stays, and petticoats 'I Mr. Cobden has arrived in Paris, and alighted at the Hotel Maurice. IBR ANNUITY OP HER ROYAL HIGHNESS TEE PRINCESS ALICE. The following is the bill brought in the House of Commons by Mr. 'limey, Viscount Palmerston, and the Chancellor of the Eschequer, to enable her Majesty to settle an annuity as her Royal Highness the Priam, Alice Maud Mary : "Most Oracle= Sovereign, " We, year Majesty's most dutiful and loyal =b led@ the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain sad Ireland in Pertained assembled, basin taken into consideration your Majesty's most gradoes umudge, that your Majesty has agreed to a marriage proposed between her Royal Highness the Princess Alice Maud Mary and his Grand Ducal Highness Pride Freddie William Louis of Hesse, do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted : and be it enacted by the Queen's mod excellent Majesty, by and with the advice sod ecesernt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Com mas in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the mum as follows : "It shall be kwful for her Majesty, by,lettere patent ander the Great Beal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to grant unto her Royal Highness the Princess Alice Mend Mary, or to such persons am her Ma jesty thinks fit, to be named in such letters patent, in trust or for the we of her royal highness, an annuity of Mx thou sand pounds, to be settled on her royal highnem for life, In such manner es her Majesty thinks proper, such annuity to commence from the date al the marriage of her royal highness with his Grand Ducal Highness Prince Frederick William Louis of HMO, to be free front all taxes, amesrments, and charges, and to be paid quarterly on the sth day of January, the sth day of April, the sth day of July, sod the 10th day of October; the first payment to be made on such of the said quarterly days as happens neat after the said marriage of such portion of the said annuity as may have accrued between the date of such marriage and such quarterly day, and a proportionate part to be payable for the period from the last quarterly day of payment to the day of the deter mination thereof. The above annuity shall be charged oa and be payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, after paying or reserving sufficient to pay such sums es m►y have been directed to be paid out of the said fund by former acts of parliament, but with preference to all other payments Thick may be hereafter charged on the mid fund." According to the present arrangements, her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the royal family will Mks their departure from the White HMO, Riclimund, on the 17th or 18111 of the present month. The court will am retires to Osborne, where it is her Majesty's intention to remain until, a few days after bet birthday, the 24th inst., and then return either to Windsor Comae or Buckingham Palace. The Karl of Roselyn and Indy Harriet St. Clair have salved at Claridges Hotel, from Dysart House, N.B. Indy and Mies ciertrude Graham have arrived in Parkatrail, from the Cloatissot. The Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlet has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jortmys4dreet, bast Capped Hell, Tott•tidge. The Count de Jame has arrived at Claridge's Rotel frees Paris. The Countess of Derby gave her second recep tion last night at the family mamion in St. Jernes'saquare. A numerous and brilliant company grimed her ladyship's Moons by their presence. Previously to the assembly the earl end countess entertained at dinner the Farl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Mantes, of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope. the Countess of Donoughtnore, Viscount Hood, Lord and Lady Colville, Lord George G. Llama, Hon. F. Lygoe, Has. Sweeny Egoism, Colonel the Hoe. W. P. sad Lady Emma Talbot, Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont, Mr. Leslie, &c. The Malta Times of the 2ed says :—" We regret to state that an widest of • serious nature °warred LA week to Miss Clementine Ls Marchaat, third daughter of his Excellency the Governor. Whilst descending some stain on the Palace Tower she fell backwards over the parapet from • height of about fifteen feet, and was picked up insensible. It is gratifring to be able to announce that the young lady is now perfectly recovered from the severe shock sustained by the &0." Hiss Louisa kyle mad Mr. Harrison have com pletely seconded la recosoilier Dahlia to the English opem, which, if we stay judge from the erowded sod feehiceable atteedsues at the Theatre Royal, sad the ap plause elicited by the performaoces, promises to rival the Wise opera is popularity. The Lord-Lieutenant, with a dielieguiehed pal*, bee twice hammed the performamee with his proems. The committee formed far the freer opening of the Dublin Botanic Gardens have received a letter written by direction of the Lords of the Committee of Council on liducatioa, stating that they had expressed their amour seam in the opinion of the Lord-Lieutenant that the Glen mein Gardens should be open on Sundays, after the hours of public worahip, in the none way as the prams at Kew ' sad Hampton Court are, and that they had *ailed their ' views accordingly to the Royal Dahlia Society. The com mittee, however, warn their fellow-cltisens that extraordi nary sillorte are being made against the opening, and it is ramble that the opposition will appeal to the Houma of ammo% " parading all the signature, they can obtain, and ming all their influence to iodate members of parlia ment to sustain the present system of vexatious sad cam sive exclusion." The meeting of the select committee on metropo lis keel taxation is postponed till /hearty nark Mr. Norris on Tuesday next will more for a sleet committee to inquire into the sleet of the law re latiag to the free importation of foreign paper, w►ilst rap (the raw material for piper) are entirely prohibited, or sub jected to a heavy export duty, in all those foreign coun tries which compete here with our home producers; and also to inquire what stops sac be takes or provision made whereby a system of free trade in the raw material can be rendered co-existent with that in the manufactured article, or otherwise to put the English papermaksr on an equal footing with his foreign competitor. The first detailed annual report of the Registrar /Newel of births, deaths, sad marriages in !Scotland, forming a bine book of 228 pages, was issued this morning. Report/5 received from her Majesty's consuls re lating to the °Dedham of Christians is Turkey bare been presented to both Houses of Partiainswt, and were issued this raorniag with the parilsrawintsp wawa LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO PORTLAND. NEW YORK, Ana 2T. The steamahipe Fulton and Glasgow have sailed for Europe ; the former with despatches for the British government. The federal government is chartering all the available steamers for transports and gunboats. The hteamor Kedar has been chartered. The union sentiment in Maryland is arousing. In some parts the people threaten to hang their representatives if they vote for secession. The southern troops are reported to be marching on Washington in detachments. Planting is neglected in the south. The growing crops are in danger from want of cultivation. The North Briton left Portland, Maine, on the 27th ult. She passed the United Kingdom on the 6th inst. INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Aran. 27. The stock market is firm. The following are West q;ota... Eons Central, 57j ; Brig 21 ; New Yerk Central, 731. Exchange on London, 106 to 1054. Cotton arm ; middling upland', 14c. Breadetuffs advancing. Provisions quiet. Beef firmer. NEW ORLEANS, Ann 26. Cotton nominal ; middling , lla to 111 c. Freight, ld• per lb. Exchange unsaleable. THE *A MASBACRE OF FIFTY KAHOMMEDANS. The Thibets of this day contains the following telegraphic despatch : "IIIitAJZVO, Nat 6. " The Christiana have broken the arrangemes t which was made with regard to the blockade of Nicludch. They attacked • convoy in the defiles, and massacred fifty Mussulmans. The consuls have remained at Nichsich to tranquillise the population, but the position of things is very cri tical. Bosnia is tranquil" Worms's tumult.) MARSEILLES, MAY 9. Advice. received here from Constantinople to the let inst. state that Omer racha would leave the following week for Bosnia, accompanied by a delegation composed of one attach 4 from each embassy of the great powers. A French steamer had proceeded to Beyront to bring back the international commission to Con stantinople. Prince Garatachanin, who was in Constantinople on a special mission from Berria, claimed from the Port hereditary rights for the reigning family of Obrenovitnoh. ITALY. By • decree of the bib the Bing of Italy has confirmed Lieut.-Generals Cations, Medici, Bizio, Turr, and Birtori, sp also Major-General Racal, in the ranks they held in the corps of Italian ♦olun teen. By another decree Lieut.-General Bizio is appointed a member of the committee for consider ing the claims of the caws of that corps, in lien of Lieut.-General Coven. The Turin Gazette states that the Marquis de Torreares is charged to fulfil a diplomatic* miasion to the courts of Sweden and Denmark to announce the establishment of the kingdom of Italy. TURIN, MAT 9. Prince Carignan and the Chevalier de Nigro, are shortly expected at Turin. The appointment of the Commander de Martino as Lieutenant of the King at Naples, has been decided upon. He will soon proceed thither. NAPLES, 11.iy 8. Yesterday about 200 Bourbon soldiers were defeated by the National Guard at a village near Capua. They are now surrounded at Caserta Vecchia and Marroni by the National Guard and a detachment of Bereaglieri. MIIRDXII, OF COUNT MIMI. PESTS, MAT 8. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House, M. Ohycsy, the President, confirmed the mournful tidings which had circulated in this city, that Count Teleki had been found murdered in his re sidence. The house, on this announcement, raised a cry of despair, and several ladies in tho galleries were carried away fainting. M. Desk, in a voice nearly stilled by emotion, proposed that the sittings of the house should be adjourned until Monday next. The city is highly excited. It is alkyd that Count Teleki committed suicide, but this statement is doubted. POLAND. THORN, NAT 8. Extraordinary sittings of the Council of State have taken place for several days past at Warsaw, on account of some peasants having refused to per form the forced labour required of them. The latest news announces that in some districts, however, the peasant. are less refractory. FRANCS. PARIS. ItAy 8, EVENING. In to-day's sitting of the Corps Leeslatif several members of the committee on the Treaty of Commerce complained of the manner in which the government was proceeding in reference to the duties on the exportation of raga and drills, as the duties edablished by the Franco-Belgian Treaty of Commerce did away with the amendments pro- posed by the committee. Several government bills were laid on the table, one of which was for opening a credit of 46 million franca for great works of public utility, and another for issuing bonds, amounting to 104 million francs, repayable in thirty years. HUNGARY. The date of affairs in Hungary has just assumed a more gloomy aspect. The speech from the throne, which excited so much enthusiasm in the German and Sclavoniau countries, and which was so well received by the Council of the Empire in the sense of unity and monarchy, has for that very reason produced an angry feeling in Hungary-.a separatist country par excellence. Fears of • rap ture are apparent in every line of the letters re ceived from Peeth, and the fact cannot be con cealed that the revolutionary party are again gain ing ground. The Hungarian journal Maggyar Orstag makes the following remarks on the Empe ror Francis Joseph's speech : The language used has rapidly dispelled all the hopes of these who looked for it as • sign of peace. The days of trial have returned for Hungary, but if the present moment is decisive for her, the let May is still more aceious in 14 COONaI mences for the monarchy. It is • perilous thing, the struggle which Austria commences against a right founded es history, and against compacts reciprocally consented to ; it is • serious combat—that which is only justified by a wish to break all those arrangements, and, by rejecting all con ciliatory feelings, remove all respect for the law. The Maggyar-Sajto expresses itself as follows on the same subject : We do not deceive ourselves in thinking that the passages in the speech from the throne on the representation of Hun gary, Croatia, and Traneylvania, compared with those which renew* the vote of the budget and the administrative arid military laws to the Reichsrath, composed as it is at present, signify that everything will remain at the Game point, and that Heron de Sobmerling, in spite of ell that he could do, was net able to obtain that the representation of those three countries should be declared so as ultimatum. PRUSSIA. In the discussion in the Chamber of Nobles at Berlin on the Land Tax Bill, the Minister of War recommended its adoption " out of sympathy for the Chamber, whose existence he wished to see secured." Art. 3, which fixes the Ist January, Isar) as the date when the measure will come into operation, was adopted by 107 votes to 92. The Bed(petulance Beige rwyf :—" A report of great hoporteoce was current yesterday in Paris. The govern. meet, it is said, with a view to develops the moral re. sources of France and to enlist auxiliaries against the clergy, intends to complete its decree of the 22nd of November, 1860, by a series of measures which will modify in a liberal sense the laws on the press. Another rumour states that a treaty offensive and defensive has been concluded betweeo France end Italy,which will lead to the renewal of diplomatic relations between both countries. The discussion on the occu pation of Syria is to come on on Monday next. Whatever be the result, it is doubtful whether it will have much influeoce on the resolutions of the government, which is bound by its engagement. to Ecgland, and if the latter power insists on their being fulfilled, France must either comply or assume the responsibility of whatever consequences may arise. The proposal of • joint occupation by France, Englaral, and Sardinia, having been rejected is Londoo, it is said that the French will not retire—that they will re main at Sweat and in the Lebsoon—that the English will occupy St. Jean d'Acre with 8,000 troops drawn from Malta, and that • communication to this effect was made yesterday by Lord Cowley to IL Thouvenel." " The diorriais di Emma," says the Prase, " seems quite melancholy as it sums up the total amount of Peter's Pence. It is impossible to conceal the fact that the =0 realises of catholic's, so much rousted by the reactioniat journals, ar• very decided patinaes of economy ; as some thing less than three millions of Roman sigma is the atessure of their generosity. ' That sum,' gloomily observes the Oiornak, •is altogether insufficient to carry on • cavil war.' " THE BRITISH MUSEUM. The estimate of the sum required to defray the &arks and expenses of the British Museum, including the amount required for buildings, furniture, fittings, fit., foe the year ending 31st March, 1862, is 100,4141. The total number of persons admitted to view the general collectious, exclusive of readers, was 334,089 in 1835 ; 361,714 in 18.16; 621,034 in 1857; 519,565 in 1858; 517,895 in 1859; and 536,939 in 1860. The visitors to the reading room have in. creased from 53,567 in 1855, to 127,763 in 1860. Last year there were 5,339 more readers than in 1859. The average last year was 437 readers per day ; each reader consulting, on an awake, nine volumes per day. The number of volumes added to the library last year amounts to 30,949, including mask, maps, and newspapers. The total number of articles received, including broadsides, ballads, and various mis cellaneous pieces, is 78,071, of which 419 were received under the international copyright treaties. The additions made to the manuscript department in the course of the year are as follows :—To the general collection : MSS., 816; original charters and rolls, 90; original seals and Myra'. lions, 34. To the Egerton collection : MSS., 32. The departments of antiquities and geology h►ve is. ceived numerous and remarkable acquisitions. The total number of additions made to the departments of zoology, geology, and mineralogy, during the past year, is above 45,250. Professor Owen observes, "Present knowledge of the manifold works of nature, and present opportunities of acquiring the rarer examples thereof, do not support the expectation that the need of increased owe for their public exhibition will become lees in a few years ; the vast proportion of the unknown to be known In nature, and the diversity and extent of the un explored parts of the world, rather impress the belief that future additions will accrue to the natural history depart ments in an equal or increasing ratio for some years to come." LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIIITY.-(THIS DAY.) The anniveraary meeting of this society wee held to-day at Exeter Hall, Mr. E. Sawn, M.P., • Long before the hour flied for the commencement of proceedings, namely 10 o'clock, the ball was densely crowded. On the P latform were Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Bir Culling Eardley, Mr. C. E. Mndie, Mr. Edward Swami, Mr. J. Snow, do. ; the Reve. Thomas Blaney, Dr. Halley, John Graham Dr. Campbell, Dr. Tic'. men, Dr. Hewlett, J. Stoughton, John Alexander, Andrew Reed, Dr. Lockhart, T. Aveling, E. trout, Newman Hall, J. H. Wilson,;:. lei ler, George Ginith, Dr. A. M. Brows, K John BeeAllan , sley, Allen, he. Miall, J. Kennedy, G. Smith, H The QUITMAN in his opening address stated that the total number of missiouaries now employed by the WC*, was 153, and that the directors intended to send out 15 add. Waal missionaries to India and China in the course of the year. Adman to the disturbed condition of Mus g l iZteates, be said Wire was reason to apprehend thgt the American minims in various parts of the world would gruffer financially in consequent*, and be expremedi hope that if an appeal for assistance were made by the American miss ionary societies to Christians in this country, that appeal would be liberally met. Hia roma/1m on We point elicited a sordid response from the meeting. Prom the report, which, in consequence of the indlaptel. tine of Dr. Tillman, one of the secretaries, was read by the R . Henry Alkali, it appeared that the total inc om e of the year, ordinary and , was 85,3631. 7s. 3d., sad the total expenditure 81,1 Os. "In the income of the WO years it was eisenvi, " in addition to special contributisee for India sad China, amounting to upwards of 13,0004 there wee she ieciaded the munificent reversionary gift of 9,500 /. from a deceased friend, making a total of 22,5001„ which most be regarded as s eatery to the ordinary income, which was 75,228/. making During the put year the various eentributions for pecial objects have not greatly exceeded 10,0001. ; bat, with this deduction, the ordinary income of the year exceeds that of the year pre acct The Mort wee adopted, sad resolutions lo accordance with it were afterwards tarried. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL DANZ OP ENGLAND. (THIS DAY.) This morning the annual general meeting at proprietors was held at the company's hones, hi pit gets-street ; M. LAMS took the chair, ea the indica of Lind Limit Brut., M.P., essouled by Mr. K. - The following report was adopted :—" Since last the directoes, in consequence of the Mem of the n ita: bank of Yawn. Edgard and Co., of Poole and Ringwood. have opened • branch at the latter place, under the meet of Mr. Chapple, who conducted Maws. • business at Rin gw ood, for • long period previous to their stoppage. The directors are happy to state that the branch thus opened at Ringwood has met with the general rapport of the customers of Wawa Ledge:Ws beak. The event just referred to has led also to • owaiderable awes ion of business at the oompany's branch at Amis. During the put year • Income:on of circumstances of • political and financial character caused considerable fine. tuations in the money market. In January the rate of interest was A per cent., but owing to a renewal of the export of silver to the east, and some Internal monetali disturbance, the rate gradually advanced, wall in April it reached five per cent. A reaction, bow. ever, shortly .afterwards occurred, and in Nei the rate stood at four per cent., at which point remained until September, when • foreign demand fo n = and the certainty of • deficient harvest, once more e the value of money. In November the rate stood at 6 pse cent., but a reduction to 5 per cent. again took place Wore the close of the year. Notwithstanding the checks given to commerce by the uncertainty as to the future course of We money market, the war in the South of Italy and in China, and the social dimpling in America--the year 1880, although not without mews in some branches of trade, may be characterised as one of considerable commercial prosperity. Owing to the activity in trade, and the can =Meal are y hif l a i ppy rat of interest just adverted to, the that the business of the cone piny for the past year was both large and profitable, cif which the statement of accounts that they have now the pleasure to submit to the meeting will, they ho be considered as affording pacifying evidence. 1 • an. I—Rest, or undivided profit+, at 31st December, 1859, as exhibited at annual meeting in May, 1460, 265,0151. Is. 7d., lea: bonne declared and paid in cash in 1860, out of this amount, 42,0001. ; ditto added to share capital, 193,0001. —182,0001. ; reserve fond set apart in government's:Mama 103,0151. 3s. Id. Dec. 31, net profits of 1860, after meths allowance for bad and doubtful debts, and paying a bagel of 10 per cent. to of/logra, 141,8001., making ‘244,81.51. 3s. Id. Deduct dividend on cowpony's stock for Inns, 1610. 26,0001. • ditto, December, 1860, paid January, 1861. 28,8001.L52,8001. Os. Od., leaving 192,015/. 3e, 7d. Out of the profits of last year, the directors propose declare, in addition to the half-yearly dividend paid to the proprietors above natal, • bonus of 10 per cent., making the division of profit in 1860 in all 18 per cent. upon the whole of the paul•up capital of the company, free of income tax. After deduction of the bonne and the two baffles:ly dividends, there will remain the sum of 17,0001. to be added to the reserve fund, which will then stand at 120,015/. 3a 7d. With • view to • more equal distribution of the profit. cf the bank half-yearly, it is the intention of the directors to pay a bonus in future in January, along with the half. ye•rly . dividend, when the state of the bank's affairs justifies them in doing so. Appreciating the seal and diligence al the diners of the company, the directors have awarded there • bonus of 10 per cent. upon their salaries for last year. And in accordance with the wishes expremed at the last annual ge neral meeting of the proprietors, and in consider:woe of the very prosperous condition of the company's affairs, the directors ham, by • unanimous resolution, pretrotei Idr. Daniel Robertson, the general manager, with the sus of 2,8004, as • spe cial acknowledgment of his Wag and valuable services." - iice — rntirii - z directors were re-elected, and Mr. Homy wee &man to a vacant seat. The Paris correspondent of the . Lid/peados.% nays :—" A piece of news which bears upon politics on their tenderest point is the immediate appearance of a week which has beg been oontemplated by hi. Proudhoo. ruder the title of Pak at la °lmre,' this rough ILO powerful writer has, within the last two years, composed a complete theory on the right of nations. The double question el peace and war, which has such a deep interest at the present moment, is examined historically and philoaophically by the author, who is preparing to return to France." Advice!' from Cadiz state that the Empress of Austria disembarked from the royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert at that port early in the morning of the Ist instant, notwithstanding that it was blowing a south-sad gale at the time. The Empress was conveyed from the yacht to the shore in the royal barge, which was in chants of Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman. The Empress. ac cording to the then arrangemeuta, would proceed to Seville. The Osborne paddle yacht arrived at Cadia 11 hours dim the Victoria and Albert. The Bartolemo Dias, 21-gna screw oorvette,with his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto on board, did sot arrive at Cadiz until 21 hoots after the Victoria and Albert. All three of the vessels, it will be remembered, left Madeira for Cadiz at the same time. The health of the Empress is stated to have bees materially improved by her visit to Madeira. _ _ The weather continues very coil for the season, in every part of Europe. The aocounte received from Nice Mate that out Monday snow tell on the mouotaine um Nice ; at Rome on the eame day there was heavy bail and rain, acoompenied by thunder and violent gales ; sad 4 Brussels likewise a fall of hail. vas the &I thus dates. he .e, Sart *oe at War. the 8. T 153 h. A, that 1 % , ,„ krEL 4 -- n;, via , ihrima