The Express. — London, England, 1861-09-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1861. SIIOOIID-H•ND PIA NOFOR T E S. i For the half year, th ere for e , th e f o ll ow i ng resu lt s asised.lind BRAM 4 co- b.., a W I . se.nua. " of y tllll Mimi rstoeme 4 makers. st I are presented in this branch of the import trade, ens* subissi gekm— . liseset amt. Increase in imports of wheat .1:6,7004,...15 other gram flour T.OYSICL'S HYDROSTATIC) TIA airioo7l23 MAI ITACOLATOJL —1 to 100,000 cam draw sall1: : alaiMoot. Great awslas. ot.ooo sold. I root M. ITlmat km —J. CuLLIA, wag, 9%, caaassatresk 11 . 111110 N, Weaved 4809. 984 lootatainot. W. 1:9,8: 'Z,:419 ght erortos. Here is a foreign outlay of nearly ten millions sterling in six months over sad above what we spent in the same period of last year ; and herein is the root of our recent financial difficulties. Atin!mAßE TOM Prying°, PACCAR!, AND ARIADWIL Mae L. Lerirmi. THE AOrf %. N. rirs. Iftekstamr, C. Mathew., rod 4'o°lo.° : Pr . C i Illawllllar° —PAT PIA v. CLAI FEU. —Asol 111 111 ANA NI/A WiI.INT.-4,Ximmagm al I. As long as this stupendous foreign expenditure went on there could be nothing but a flow of gold from this country, and a tight and dear money market. Before any improvement could occur there must be a check to the imports. That check has been given. The figures which we will next submit, and which give the values for the single month of June, present a marked difference from those last cited. The imports of wheat sere as follows : June, 140 1:1,1:V01 „ PM* 1,121,463 „ 1861 1,36:053 1 he increase over last year was only 243,6901., whilst there waa actually a decrease of 342,018 f., compared with June, 1859. The month's imports of barley, oats, beans, peas, and Indian corn were : Jane, 1559 L'31(7,917 „ 1544 1 :NM MI 1,132,452 This shows a decrease of 72,331 f. comp red with last year. Finally, the month's imports of flour wore : Jose, 1891 t457,4+11 „ „ 11461 102,8143 The increase compared with last year is 84,58:4. The ►ummary of the month's trade in bread stuffs steads, therefore, as follows, comparatively with last year : Incr;sas in imports of wheat 1243,600 do. du. flour Cr 204,275 Deduct decrease in other genie Leaving the oat increams only These few figures show that, whereas in the first six months of the present year we imported 9,143:i,3191. more of grain and flour than in the seine period of last year, being an average ewes' of 1,6:19,2191. • month, the excess in Jime—the last of those six montlis--wu reduced to 255,944/. Nothing could exhibit more conclusively the dimi nution in the grain pressure. We have now fairly thrown the bad harvest of 1860 behind us, and have emerged from the distress which it occasioned. The swiftness with which a great fall in the rates of discount has followed the slackening in the imports of food illustrates strikingly the value of these statistics as • financial index, and throws into strong relief the disgraceful dilatoriness which prevails in the public offices. It is not until the very end of August that they furnish information of the quantities imported in July, whilst as re gards the value of the imports—a lioirt of great interest—the latest figures rendered refer only to the month of June, being close upon two months old ! Verily, there is a broom wanted, both by the personnel and by the system. The returns of the values of imports, if furnished promptly, would enable the commercial and financial commu nity to read the future of the money market, whereas under the existing system they merely come in time to shed • light upon a pest event. They tell ua on the present occasion not that the value of money is likely to fall, but why it has fallen. As regards the quantities of grain imported in July, the latest month reported upon, there is nothing in the official statistics to invalidate the hopeful inferences suggested by the foregoing figures, for, although the wheat imported in July was as much aa 703,342 quarters, against 509,358 in July, 1860, and the flour imported amounted to 778,411 ewts., against 467,519 in the same month of last year, the imports of other kinds of grain fell to 755,981 qrs., against 1,105,776 las.. year. Consequently, it may be said that the import& during July continued upon a diminished scale. Hitherto, we have only examined the imports of grain and flour, because it is chiefly to the ex pansion of the trade in those articles that our We financial straits were attributable. But the gene.sl returns of imports suggest still more hopeful con clusions. Our readers have seen that the mouths of June and July have been marked by imports of grain in a reduced ratio. Yet the amount of those imports was still somewhat larger than in the same months of the previous year. But the general returns of imports for June present a marked improvement, inasmuch as they show an aggregate cons;derably less than for the same period of last year. The figures, which, be it re membered, include grain and flour, speak for them selves : DI PORTA OF ALL =MI PLATED AIRTICL VA. June, Ix'.9 „ 1860 „ 1461 - - . , There was a decrees of 1,465,3381. compared with last year—a fact which shows that, whilst importing a somewhat increased quantity of grain, we contented ourselves with a greatly reduced qtiantqy of many other ankles. The difference Leconte* very striking if we contrast with this evi dence of economy the proofs of our extravagant expenditure for the first au months of the present year, as shown below : MIMS Or ALL Ieft'IMIAI7D AR7WLIdt. Bix moths et I$M 1880 1861 The mere increase in our consumption or pur chase of foreign and colonial commodities was 6,897,143/. compared with 1880, and no less than 21,450,812/. compared with 1859. A trade of this character means of course a high value of money. We will only remark further that the promptitude with which retrenchment in our im ports in June, July, and August has been followed by an accumulation of gold in the Bank of Eng land and by a fall of 2 per cent. in the rates of interest, confirms our view respecting the great value attaching to the statistics of this branch of trade, since it indicates that the nation pays for its imports for the most part in ready money. Our cash reserves ran low until June, but, almost instantaneously with the reduction in the import trade, they began to accumulate again. These are all the characteristics of a ready money busi ness. lu exporting, we have, to a great extent, to give credit ; in importing, we have to pay cash. The immediate inference is satisfactory, since it would appear that we do not owe the foreigner for any portion of the huge amount of produce which we have lately taken from him. The interest which attaches at present to cotton statistics warrants our drawing a little further upon the Board of Trade returns. In the first six months of the present year the value of the im ports of cotton was as follows : - Cotton Imported six months of VW.. V 7,407,851 Ditto ditto DM.. 24,501,978 Ditto ditto 1861.. 23009,532 This comparison tends to show that the cotton dearth is still prospective. It seems strange for us to be alarmed for the lack of an article of which we hare received twenty-three millions' sterling worth in six months, but what greater testimony could be borne to the stupendous pro portions of this department of the national busi ness? It is not the present condition of the cotton supply, but its prospects, that trouble the manufacturing interest. In the single month of June, although we received 857,144/. of East India descriptions, against only 308,7971. in June, 1860, the total imports of cotton exhibited a marked falling-off, being as follows : Cotton imported, Jnas,lBs9 £.1.:1163,621 Ditto do. 1860 7,7511,080 Ditto do. HSU 4,600,621 The decrease is explained by the curtailment of the supply from America, whence the receipts were : American cotton impo rted June, lari9 E1,91C1,454 Do. 1860 .... 5,089,971 Do. do. 1861 .... 3,46:peti The imports of cotton in July were not of a character to excite alarm, being : t 'Awe imported July, 18.19 .... 1,417,767 ma do. do. 11160. 621,0(15 „ do. do. 1681 .... 1,253,865 „ Of the above quantity 840,084 cwts. came from America, against 701,182 in July, 1860, and 1,199,967 in July, 1859, whilst the receipts of East Indian were again good, being 349,028 cwts. against 84,088 in July, 1860, and 173,538 in July, 1839. If cotton is rising to a price at which " short time " and • partial closing of mills must be resorted to, it is some consolation to reflect that this is done chiefly as a matter of precaution, and that it is the beat pomible means of securing a remedy. U'l /M3l I SSIONS WITHOUT PURCHASE. Price's army. Also, that secessionists under Col. Staples had gathered in considerable force in Pettis and Johnson counties, and had taken military pos session of Warrensburg in Johnson, and George town and Sedlia in Pettis counties. Squads and companies of men were constantly leav ing the northern counties, and pushing south ward to join the States forces. General Price bad issued a proclamation at Springfield (51o.), threaten ing punishment to all who recognised the State Provisional Government, and saying that the Home Guard would be treated as enemies to the Southern Confederacy. The Federal forces in Missouri had arrived at Rolla. A dispatch, dated Bt. Louis, August 20, says :—" The town of Commerce, 40 miles above Cairo, which was taken by a battery planted by the secessionists, was retaken last night by 600 troops sentdown from Cape I; irardeau, by order of General Fremont. The rebels made no stand, but retreated with their battery on the approach of our troop.. Their number was about 150 infantry and 150 cavalry." It is reported that Major Lynd, of the 7th Infantry, had surrendered, with 500 troops, in New Mexico, to the rebels, without firing a gun. He abandoned Fort Fillmore on the 28th July, and marched towards Fort Staunton, 18 miles from Fort Fillmore. He surrendered his whole com mand. There wan an engagement on the 19th, near Charleston (Mo.), between a Foderal force, 250 strong, cousisting of the 22nd Illinois Regiment, under Colonel Doherty, accompanied by Lieut.- Colonel Rawson, of the 11th Illinois Regiment, and a Confederate force, estimated at 000 or 700, commanded by Colonel Hunter, of Jeff. Thompson's army. The Federal troops were, it is asserted, victorious, routing the enemy, killing forty, and taking seventeen prisoners. Captain Noleman, with fifty mounted men, left Bird Point the same evening for Charleston, to join the forces under Colonel Doherty, but failed to form a junction. They met a party of Con federates, about 100 strong, and gave them battle, killing two. They also took 33 prisoners, and captured 35 horses, without the loss of a man. Advioe.3 overland from California are to the 10th of August from San Francisco. The markets were quiet anJ steady. The steamer Sonora left Fran cisco for Panama on the 10th, with 858,000 dollars in specie. A destructive fire had taken place in Sonora. Prince Napoleon hail gone to Lake Superior. COMMERCIAL NEW YORK (v Rada:), AUtillET 22, EVENING. The money market is easy. Sterling Exchange, bankers' bills, 1071 ; commercial, lON. Bread stuffs steady : winter red wheat, 1 dol. 28c.; Chi cago spring, 1 dol. 08c.; extra state flour, 4 doL 60c. Indian corn, mixed Western, 48c. Coffee quiet but firm. Lard and tallow steady. Freights to Liverpool : flour, 2s. od.; wheat, 10(1. BRITAWBIA. ETEMPII, TITS f7REATF LANDO:I.—NM:Iint by W, N . %do. y. —lll • litth Art of JANE AlloßE. Mn..l ar. cold mod Mn. R. H a mer.—T,. .elude with THE GU' T TWINS. Itcyspolde lirummowt—tumineut .2 at Q. 111011 r:\TCR AT LONDON OR rnoß. Tam D AT Ob. Om— Memo°, AA. SAL To sessow —ll,rumg. SISUL Alesnowa. ill. lob LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 2. TO OGR RIADERS. - -•- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A !ate edition of this &press v publi,hed every eveubts tiering tha racing 1141/OD, cuorainiug the results of the drys masa. Tile appointment of Lord Mowee as flovernor ffeneml of and the despatch of an addi tional brigade of troops numbering some 2,500 men to that province, naturally challenge atten tion. What, the peculiar qualifications of the Irish Viscount may be for the office to which he has been appointed it is impossible to say. Ac cording to the opinion of many, the first essential for a Colonial floveinor is hereditary rank and high social position in the mother country. An Irish Viscount is scartely equal in rank to an English Itar•on with a scat in the Douse of Lords. lint probably those who estimate the merits of Governors-If:uncial by their station will consider the present appointment by no means unsatis factory. It may be that the new Governor- Genseal will prove himself as able in the iiiiiname sent of Canada as his predecessors, Lord Leas or Lord Mar sLis, though it would be difficult for the most friendly critic to detect in his Parliamentary career any indica tions of extraordinary merit. It is true that the nobleman in 'testate' has scarcely been allowed the opportunity of exhibiting his statesmanlike veiling& Without unfairly depreciating the abi bty of a man who can vote steadily with his party, and can perform the duties of a Junior Lord of the Treasury, it can scarcely be assumed that the mast who shows lomat( able to fulfil these duties aboukl &bribe aulutofill the office of Governor-Ge neral of a great Province. A Governor-fleneral is a great officer. He is, in fact, the constitutional monarch of 3,000,000 of men. And the whole history of Canada—particularly the transac tions of last autumn—is enough to show the dif ficulties which beset the path of an impartial Vice roy. Perhaps Lord Illosee powerless a store of political sagacity equal to every emergency. Time must show. t►r perhaps Lord PALNFIIIITON may have found it necessary, in order to keep his party together, to reward his stanch supporters with valuable appointioeuts such as that in question. lint must assuredly if able men are necessary for ruling our colonial empire, the great prises of the service ought to be bestowed upon very different principles. In the colonial, as in other professions, there should be promotion. It cannot be supposed that men of real ability will submit to be exiled from home, and to spend sours of the best years of their life in some dreary settle mcnt without reasonable prospect of improving their position by being transferred to a higher sphere of duty. The histories of Lord Mir stir. and of Lord ELGIN show that success in 000 colonial government is no unfair teat of probable success in another, and the importance of advancing those who have achieved success can scarcely be exaggerated. It would be unjust to condemn a man before he has been tried. The Duke of Newesirrui may have means of knowing the merits of Lord Monet: which are certainly beyond the reach of the public. It is from no anticipation of failure that the appointment in question should meet with condemnation, but it is because it violates that principle of promotion which is essential to maintain the efficiency of the Colonial service. Tux difficulties which prevailed in the money market dnr;ng a period of nine or ten months, and which were occasioned principally by the inor dinate scale of our imports, have vanished now that the cause is partially obviated. It seems to us that the statistics of trade are a good deal mis. interpreted. Attention is concentrated upon the statements relating to exports, whereas far more importance attaches really to those relating to imports. The former have a comparatively remote, the latter an immediate, bearing upon the money market. To illustrate this—if we send five mil lions worth of goods to India or Australia, the immediate effect is that that amount of bills is thrown upon the discount market, causing a some what increased demand for money, but, probably, no pressure ; but if we import five millions worth of corn, the immediate effect is the exportation of nearly that amount of gold, and a very serious de rangement of the whole system of finance, of which a considerable rise in the rates of interest is one of the most prominent features. To under stand the phenomena of the money market, and to arrive at correct conclusions respecting its pro bable course, it is really only necessary to concen trate attention upon the progress of our foreign expenditure. Commercial matters may be re duced to a very simple and intelligible form : the outlay of a nation is regulated by the same in fluences and attended with the same effects as that of a family or individual. If Paterfamilias is suddenly called upon to make a large and unex pected outlay, his immediate means will run short. If a nation, which is merely an aggregation of families, is suddenly brought under the necessity of buying grain to an unusual extent, the effect is the Now, during the last nine months, we have been spending an enormous sum abroad for grain and flour, with the financial consequences that were naturally •to be expected. For the aix months ending the 30th of June in the last three years, the imports of wheat were as follows, as stated in the returns published on last Friday : Ike mouths of IA.SO 5.4.712,5.10 Peio 10,:44,W The incre..es over last par Was no less than 6,788,5551. Of barley, oats, boo; pos i , mod Indian corn, the six months' imparts wee : _ _ _ Six motto of ireo 1,2,511/170 „ MOO 4,111.619 IMI 5.104.534 The inereaee over last year was 1,217,9151. The Imports of Sour were : Six ax.niti of IN* s,l,6dosts moo 1.16.9.7u6 PIM tesivise The increase over last year was 1,828,8491. MRNORANDIIII. Horse-()Darla, typist 26. . - It has been decided by the Getters' Commanding in-tbiel, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, that henceforward all candidates fur commissions without purchase, shall be required to pars through the Royal Military College ; but the claims of them gentlemen who have already been noted prior to this date, u appli• cants for appuintmentawithout purchase will he recognised, and coosidert.l so far as the very limited m acs at his Royal Highness'. disposal will allow.—W. FORISTE; military secretary. CU Court. MUCKROK , i, KILL.UtNEY, GUNT 30. The Queen, with the Prince Consort, the Princo of Wales, Princess .Dice, Princess Helena, and Prince Alfred, left Muckroas at • quarter past 12 o'clock yesterday, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, Miss Hildyard, Earl Granville, Viscount Sydney, Major• General the Hon. R. Brace, Lieutenant• General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hoe. Sir Charles Phipps, Lieutenant•Cokeel Keppel, Major Du Plat, Major Cowell, and Dr. Jeuner. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, the Misses Herbert, sad Lord Car tierces', also attended her Majesty to the Railway Station, where a large party of the nobility and gentry of the neigh. bourheod were assembled to take leave of her Majesty. The royal train left the Killarney station at a few minutes past one, amidst the amens of the large assem blage. At the Kingsbridge station, Dublin, her Majesty was received by the Lord Lieutenant. The queen entered one of the royal carriage. and proceeded through the principal streets of Dublin, which were densely crowded, to the Westland row Station. In the carriage with her Majesty were the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, and the Lord Lieutenant. ID the carriages that followed were the Prince of Wales, Princess Helena, Prince Alfred, and the ladies and gentle. inest in attendance. Upoo bee arrival at Kingstown her Majesty was received by Sir Robert and Lady Peel, General Sir George Brown, sod the members of the household of the Lonl•l.ieuteoant. The Prince of Wales, attecded by Major-General she Hon. It. Bruce, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, and his Excel. lency the Lord-Lieutenant, with his aiderleeemp in waiting, remained to dinner with her Majesty, and returned to Dab. lin at halt-past 10 o'clock. The royal yacht got under wench at a little after 4 o'clock this morning, and united at Holyhead after a passage of about four hours. Despatches from the Lard Thigh lonian Islands were received ea Saturday at the Colonial odice. Deepatzlies were sant to the Governors of Canada, the West Indies, the Bahamas, end British Columbia. of the PRINCE ALBERT AND PRINCE ALFR2D AT CARNARVON. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with Prince Alfred, acoompanied by Uri Granville and the Hoe. Colonel Phipps, waived neexpectedly at Carnsrvon from Holyhead by a special train, about 1 o'clock, on Friday last. The royal party paid a short visit to the venerable mile, in which the first Prince of Wales was born, and then passed on to Reldgelsrt, reaming at 5.11 Owing to the hurried nature of the visit, the authorities were not made acquainted with the first arrival of the party, bat upon their return from Beddgelert, they were received at the 'tattoo by the mayor of the borough, Mr. Llewelyn Turner, who was introduced to the prince by Colonel Phipps. The mayor expressed his regret that be bed sot bees aware of Om royal visit is time to receive their royal bigbassess and to show them the meek, explaining that be was out yachting with Colonel Sir Joho Jones, awl arrived ashore too late. Prince Albert said the mayor wee free from all blame, as the visit was so harried that it was hardly to be expected that any preparation should have been made. The mayor, who is ales the Commodore of the Royal Welsh Yacht Club, then drecrlbed to his royal highness the priecipal features of the race for the cup presented by his Royal Highness the Prison of Wales, which was woo by the Cecilia yacht on the previous day; after which the Mayor d Caniervon pre. seated the Mayor of Pwllheli. The royal party then de puted by special train under a salute of Ft guns fired from the brass field pieces belonging to the corporation. Should public rumour prove true, her Majesty is not without intentions of again and often honouring Ire land with a visit, fir that many-tongued agency has already assigned her a site for a royal residence in the most pie. kremlin' part of Muckrivw demesne. Lord Palmerston has returned to Walmer Castle. Earl Russell has arrived at Abergeldie. Mr. Milner Gibson is staying in &Miami, where also Sir Charles Wood is ex pected to arrive. The other members of the cabinet are also out of town, but Lord Granville is expected to arrive in the metropolis from Ireland. On Friday evening the Due de Nemouts, the Prince de Joinedle, the Due D'Aumale, the, Doc de Char tres, and tbo Due de Montpenaier, arrived in Liverpool, and proceeded to the AdelpLi Hotel, where apartments had been prepared for them. As their visit Wllll quite private and unexpected they were out called epos by the mayor or other local authorities. Early on Saturday morning they went on hoard the Creat Eastern, whore they were received by Captain Cawkitt and Mr. Searle, who conducted them over the vessel, with whom rnagaifioeoce and splendid proportions the visitors appeared much impressed. In the afternoon the Prince de Joinville, the Count de Paris, and the Due de Chartres sailed in the Attic*, Cunard steamer, for New York, accompanied by Captain Norio, two seers taries, a medical man, sod dye servant.. The other :nem. hers of the family returned to Loudon by the 3.40 train. During their stay in Liverpool the princes were attended by M. K. Victor, interpreter to the Liverpool mid New York Steam Navigation Company. . . It affords ua much pleasure to stay that the re ported Jodi/position of the Counter de Neuilly (the widow of Louis Philippe) is destitute of foundation. A rumour was prevalent before the es-Queen's visit to Worthing, but no doubt her sojourn at that watering place was beneficial. Since the Countess de Neuilly returned to Claremont about ten days sines she has enjoyed the beet health. At an early boor on Saturday morning his Royal Highnees the Ponce de Joinville and his son left Claremont for America. It is understood that the youthful prince goes to Ame rica to embrace the naval service. The Bishop of London visited Basle last week, arid also Lucerne. We believe that his lordship's tour OD the tleotinent is likely to extend over soon weeks. A marriage will shortly take place between Major the Hoe. James C. Dormer, second era of the Lord Donner, sod Ella, only (laughter of Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., sod widow of the late Robert Cutler Forenoon, PA., of Craiedarroch. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. The British and North American Royal Mail 'steamship Europa, Anderson, commander, arrival in the Mersey yesterday, about noon, with advice's from Boston to the 21st, Halifax to the 22nd, and telegraphic advice-4 from New York to the evening of the 22nd ultimo. tihe brought seventy-four passengers. The steamships Canada, from Liverpool, had arrived at Halifax on the 21st ; the Bremen, from Bremen, at New York on the 19th ; the Bohemian, heuee, off Father Point on the 18th ; the City of Washington, bent*, off Cape Race on the 2Jrd, and Teutonia on the 24th ultimo. The subject of an exchange of prisoners, 2,0(M) of whom were in custody of the Federal authorities, was found to he a serious embarrassment. The state department had given notice that no person would be allowed to go abroad from a port of the United States without a passport, either from the department or countersigned by the Secretary of State. Nor will any person be allowed to land in the United States without a passport after this regulation shall become known abroad. General Scott hiu: issued a general order uniting the military departments of Washington and North-eastern Virginia, including Maryland as far as Bladensburgb, into one department to be called the department of the Potomac, and to be under the control of General M'Clellan, who is ordered to proceed to organise the troops in the department in divisions and independent brigades. Apprehensions being entertained of au advance of the Confederates upon Washington or Maryland, the war department has made a requisition upon the governors of ten of the northern states to forward, without delay, to the capital all the enrolled troops, whether armed, equipped, uni formed, or not. It was thought that the Confederates purposed using a large force—which, it appeared, had been concentrating for a long time in Maryland—to cut off the connexion by railroad and land between Baltimore and Philadelphia, while Generals Beau regard and Johnston advanced on Washington from the Virginia side. This movement, it was sup posed, was to be accomplished by the transport of troops on launches and flats, a large number of which had, it appeared, been concentrated in the vicinity of Aquia creek, despite the boasted watch fulness of the Potomac flotilla. It had also been discovered that several formidable batteries had been constructed by the rebels, not only on the shores of Aquia and Potomac creeks, but on the Maryland side of the river, st Mineral Point. Thu privateer Jeff. Davis was at St. John's, Porto Rico, on the 27th of July, and was allowed to water. The privateer Echo was cruising on the Turks Island Passage. The barque Joseph Max well, of Philadelphia, was captured off Porto Cabello, by the C. S. steamer Sumter, on the 27th of July, and a prize crew placed on board, who, after being ordered away from Cienfuegos, ran the barque ashore in the vicinity. The cargo was sold at Cienfuegos. The privateer Jeff. Davis has captured the barque Alvarado, from Cape Town, for Boston, and the brig Santa Clara, from Porto Rico, for Boston. The schooner Windward was captured by the Jeff. Davis ou the 4th ultimo, in lat. 28 lon. 67. The barques Glen and Rowena, and schooner Mary Alice, prise;, had been towed Igo Charleston. The Philadelphia Ledger neaten that the brig Herald, capture.' by a Federal cruiser, mid claimed by Lord Lyons as a British vessel, had, on exami nation, been proved to belong to America, and that consequently the order for her release had been withdrawn. A similar attempt to prove that the General Parkhill was a British ship had also failed, and she was sold. The New York Tribune announces, "on the high est authority," that "not one government in Europe has remonstrated against the closing of the rebel ports ; but is it not equally true that there is not a government in Europe that would not run a paper blockade of those ports t At this moment the commercial cupidity of England, France, and Germany is penetrating the inlets of the whole coast of North Carolina with cargoes of goods in shallow vessels." Commander Hickey, of MRS. Gladiator, had complained to Commodore Striugham that the blockade was left open at the entrance to Cape Fear river, Wilmington, Beaufort, and Ocracoke Inlet to Pamlico Sound. The offices of the Eastern (Pennsylvania) Sentinel had been gutted, because the editor was opposed to the war. Mr. Johnson, a representative in Con gress from that district, was burnt in cagy, and he himself compelled to show his colours. Ambrose L. Kimball, nominal editor and proprietor of the Lases County Democrat, was taken from his house in Haverhill, by a mob of several hundred citizens, led down to the centre of the town, made to strip himself of hie clothing, and then coated with tar,and afterwards covered with feathers. He was then placed astride a rail, ridden round town and over to Bradford, then brought back and made to kneel before the crowd and promise that he would print no more articles "against the North—so help me God." He was then escorted home, and the crowd giving three cheers quietly dispersed. Mr. Serrill, who was arrested on his arrival in I the Persia, having in his possession a considerable sum of money alleged to be intended for the use of the Confederate government, had been removed from civil to military jutisdiction, and is now confined iu Fort Lafayette. He was to have had an examination before the United States commis sioner, but a despatch was received from Washing ton advising the transfer, and he was accordingly taken down. A despatch from Philadelphia an nounces the arrest, by order of the government, of Pierce Butler, and that he was also to be imprisoned in Fort Lafayette. The cause of his arrest does not appear. The only mention we see of Mr. Muir is the following from the New York I Tribune, dated Washington, August 18 :—" The despatches and funds intrusted to Muir are in the state department. Both are interesting. Muir's lawyer and friends, with promptitude, if not dis cretion, begged early on Saturday morning for his release, when the evidence against hint had not even been examined. They left Mr. Sewanl's presence in anything but high spirits." A steamer from St. Louis, going southward, was fired into by the Confederates at Commerce (Mo.), about the 19th, and sunk. Three hundred pas sengers were taken prisoners. In an engagement at Mesilla, between a body of Federal troops and 700 Confederates under Captain Baylor, Captain M'Miely and Lieutenant Brooks, of the Federal army, were wounded and two Confederates killed. Night stopped the engagement. The Texans were remaining in Mesilla, and the Federal forces going to Fort Fillmore, 100 miles distant. From Jefferson city (Missouri, under date Aug. 20, we learn that information bad been received that Warsaw, Bolivar, and Oceola, points in the south-west, had been occupied by portions of POLAND. The troops have disappeared from the streets and public places of Warsaw, but they are building block houses at different points, and especially in Castle place. The Polish officers in the Russian service are to be sent to the distant parts of the empire. Twenty-two new prisoners have been sent off to the fortress of Modliu. The arrest of four priests pro duced a conflict at Ostrolenka, in which several persons were seriously wounded. Fresh arrests have taken place at Warsaw and in the provinces. The Committee of Inquiry has for President Colonel Lek:lite, formerly head of the secret police. Active search is made for the writers and printers of the clandestine sheet the Vigie. The last number announced a grand national fête for Sept. 12, anniversary of the deliverance of Vienna by Sobieski, the ingratitude of Austria rendering the day one still dearer to the Poles. RUSSIA. The latest advises regarding the financial position of Russia continue bad. Silver is with difficulty to be obtained, and the present issue is in a depre ciated currency of 72 parts tine to the 84 of the old currency. General business is very dull, and the chief subject of conversation is the probable effect of the emancipation of the serfs. The most gloomy result is predicted by some, while those favourable to the scheme, and who look for much eventual good, speak of great intermediate diffi culties. The harvest in Central Russia is pour. The Nishni fair commenced on the 12th of August, but the attendance was net good, and it was anticipated that it would pass badly. After the Ist of January, 1862, there is to be an alteration of the duties on tea. Thu pre sent duties for overland tea are 75 and 40 kopecks per Russian lb., according to quality. These are to be reduced to 25 and 15 kopecks, while the duties for tea introduced by sea to St. Peters burg are to be 60 stud 30 kopecks per Russian lb. Notwithstanding the difference of duty, it is anti cipated that tea from England via St. Petersburg will come cheaper than the overland tea, and this fear was influencing the sale of tea at the Nishni fair. About 12,000,0001 b. of tea are said to be sent via Kiachta annually, partly by caravan and partly by boat, and are usually six mouths on the road. The railway from Moscow to Vladimir, about half the distance, is now open. The remain_ lug 220 vents, or 130 miles, are in course of con struction, and if funds were available might be completed for the fair next year. There is good steam communication on the Volga, as also on the Caspian Sea. (wines mammals.) FRANCE PARIS, Sort I. The Monifetir of to-day announces the following changes in the diplomatic corps : "The Marquis de Lavalette is appointed Am bassador at Rome, replacing the Duke de Gram mont, who goes to Vienna. " The Marquis de Mouldier is appointed to re place the Marquis de Lavalette at Constantinople." M. Mires and Count Simeon have lodged an appeal at the Court of Cassation. l'Aßlfi. Bur. 1. Mr. Odo Russell has arrived hero from Ger many. Re will leave to-morrow for London. PARIS, Artuar 31. The Patrie of this evening publishes a despatch dated Rowe, 30th August, announcing thus tran quillity continued to prevail there, and that the relations of the French with the Papal authorities were satisfactory. The Pays says :—" Thu deputies sent from Fin land to Stockholm, to demand its separation front Russia, have been arrested by the Russian authori ties on a charge of treason." ITALY. TURIN, flan. 2. It is rumoured that Signor Celestiner Bianchi has been appointed Secretary-General of the Interior, in the place of Signor Borrower,. General Cugia hu resigned. TURIN, Amon 31. News has been received here from Naples an nouncing that the brigands had been beaten and dispersed at several points, and that their numbers were sensibly diminishing. There was every reason to hope that brigandage would be shortly repressed. Signor Miughetti ha, tendered Lis rvisignati,m, which has not yet been accepted. M. Benedetti, the new French Minister Plenipo tentiary, bag been formally received in audience by the King. SPAIN. . . MADRID, Silt I. General March lee bas been s e nt t o Biarritz to com pliment the Emperor in the name of Queen Isabella, President Geffrard, of Hayti, has paid the dannity demanded by Spain. HUNGARY. Ptsrn. fir r. I. The municipality has resolved that, in the event of its dissolution by the government, the muni cipal officers shall oontinue to perform their func tions until eocreive measures are employed against them. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Sept. 2: OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND AUS TRALIAN MAILS. _ _ The Pore, from Southampton on the 20th, reached Malta at noon on the 29th nit., and left at 10 p.m. for Alexandria. The Massilia, from Marseilles on the 2Sth, arrived at Malta at midnight on the 30th, and left at six the next morning for Alexandria. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (MON OUR ow CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY ETMONG. The brochure named in ono of the English journals of yesterday, "The Emperor, Rome, and the Kiug of Italy," has not been ushered forth with any of that flourishing of trumpets which has wsuallyannounced the La Ginirronniere pamphlets. Its title is highly catchpenny, but I do not find that it has excited much attention, or that public opinion assigns to it any high origin. The Prase "Nothing induces us to share the opinion of the Times that this brochure is semi-official ; but be it so or nut, the conclusions arrived at are per. fectly in luirniony with public opinion." It will be Hoeft that the cabinet of Victor Eta. manual accepts, with apparent good grace, the "modification" imposed upon it by the powerful friend of Italy. The changes announced are, I believe, none the less certain for being carried out gradually. Baron Ricasoli for the moment takes the portfolio of the interior, without giving up that of foreign affairs. This will be merely a state of transition preparatory to the handing over of the foreign office to M. Arose. Since what is to be done must be done, it will be done quietly, and as a matter of course. The dignity of Victor Em manuel will be saved, and scandal have nothing to lay hold on. There is an astute and calm pru dence in these high-souled hot-blooded Italians which is something marvellous. We learn, from the Progrie of Lyons, that M. Fabiani has been condemned to three mouths' imprisonment and 100 fr. fine for defamation. The Moods chuckles over the disasters of the great republic. "We are assisting," it says, "at the dissolution of partnership of the firm of Washington, Franklin, and Co., founded eighty years ago for the exploilatiwe of philanthropic principles. In a few days the affairs of that too famous house must be wound up." The Jltns des Mondes regrets the result of this civil war, the possible failure of the "scheme of a society ooustructed by human reason." Tho phrase "human reason" is abhorrent to the ultramontano organ, which vents its joy at the prospect of the speedy breaking up of the mon strous incarnation of liberalism and philosophism, based thereupon, instead of upon "religion." "Frankly, now," says M. Coquille, "your philo• sophers are no great bands at founding states. But look at the work of Clovis ; it yet lasts, while that of William and his Normans is aa solid u ever." The same writer then sums up the Cinque Ports proceedings : Lord Palmerston, having appointed himself Warden of the Cinque Porta, has been making on the occasion of his installation a speech half friendly to us while at the gams time advising his countrymen to Usrtify their coasts, and s 4 custom themselves to the use of arms. He availed himself of the opportunity to assure them that they are the fast nation iu the wild. It was an after-dinner assurance, and it highly delighted his audience. Admiral Desfossis, President of the Council. General of Finiathre, has addressed a somewhat in. discreet speech to that body. He first declare that at Rome the French flag "covers with its protecting shadow the temporal power of the august chief of catholicity." Be then goes out of his way to shake his fist at England. "Statesmen and ministers of a fort iga nation which calls itself our ally have of late not been sparing in accusations against us as boa.tfal as they are ridicuoualy false. But to men who thus deceive their country to swell a budget and sham ship-building, France only opposes scorn and contempt." The admiral will be canonised by ills ultramontane and reactionary journals. A communication from Biarritz Mates that tix Emperor and Imperial Princo's arrival at that place hare attracted crowds of strangers. It u iMpOSSIbIe to get aIA at any price. Bathing in fancy oostumes appears to b.• main amusement of the visitors. The Empress ha .010 ordered this year preparations to be made for the Colltlol l 6 - tioll of bull fighting at Bayonne. _ . The Paris correspondent of the /w/ipemi.i. , rt says :--" M. Guizot is preparing for publication a work on Italy. The former chief of the doctrinaire pally, wle, has learned nothing from event., would endeavour to ahoy that the policy pursued toward. Italy, from I:414 to Ift Pt, by the governments of the restoration and of July, was the only national and truly French policy. What has been attempted in Italy from the latter period is a medley of ...ohne.' and loose doctrines, in which German and Italian interests are mixed up with the aspiration.. of demagogy and dimnler. ID a wont, according to M. Ginza, the n.itionni tend. tvies to unity and revolution, which are supported by the ito• vernment of the Emperor in Italy, are contrary to the views which hare always prevailed in the great epochs of French history." We read in Calif;tuba, " Another of therm• fear ful accidents caused by the extremely inflammable mttue of mdies summer toilets occurred in Paris the de.; be fore yesterday. A foreign lady, 'diving at so 1. tel in the Rue Hyacinthe St. Ronort, was preparing tes for two female friends who Ind called to see her. when one of her sleeves caught fire from a sIXTiI lamp on the table, and all her dress was immediately is blase. Her two friends rushed out of the room, crying lee help, which it wit impossible for themselves to nodes The waiters of the hotel were instantly on the spot, dal before they could extinguish the flames the unfortmsts lady was so dreadfully burnt that she expired the rest morning sifter dreadful sufferings" A remarkable accident occurred to the night ex press train from Bordeaux to Paris on the 27th to Vtb. by which the whole of the baggage of a very largo train, Pr , '" cipally from Bayonne and the South, was consumed by rim Thefewroon in which it was pecked was fortunately lb , laat carriage of the train, and was rapidly detached, or 104 of life might have been added to loss of property, which said to be very considerable, one Spanish family having many valuables with them. No account could be given b 1 the guard of the origin of the fire, except that prefab!! there were lucifermiatches in some of the baggage, abicb hail fallen on the floor. Father Giacomo, Count Cavour's confessor, 110 been appointed one of the King of Italy. private alwnaert l or chaplains. Protest howover of Venice Rome am meat of y OW thou a nun wl from you you, your I MAZ. honmire loud 1 tenual proveme trine the intereet and (wit the gore purposei the wo nation repuldie met um] intereatd become tuent