The Express. — London, England, 1861-11-28 00:00:00

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TIIEB. /A 11DI NG NCIWOL. Moms. O. Vining, Owlv , . Belm.rw Miss Herbert udMta t. Mattison —Cuswornce at 7i. NIUTAKiI lA. Tao Cyrillic, THE RA NDIr QUICf. Mini Claytoo.— tx..tapl.--froupc of Dogs an.l Moab," —M. Man. Ydlle. C. . 4 trphan —Mr J. Plumptou. Taff WIDOW S SON. lbs. N. Law. - COUItIACIOCC u S. MOIL WATER AT LONDON WOOL Tam liii:llWri4na7lol: To-issmow —Monolog. Ailivimos, nu. 3t us. - - - - - WNDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 28. THE American Government is surely the most unfortunate of governments, or else the most san guine. An officer of the Federal Navy has struck • better blow for the rebel cause than either General BEM KLEARD or JOHNSMN has yet been able to do. There is rejoicing on board the Nashville, and if Messrs. YANCEY and DeDLEY MANN did not feast their friends last night they missed a fine opportunity. The ness by the La Plata, which we publish to-day, will raise the spirits of the whole South. The United States Government— for, until the act is disavowed and atoned for, on it must fall the responsibility—has struck its best friend in the face, • friend that never yet when •mitten on tho loft cheek turned the right for • second blow. On the Rth instant, the Royal Mail Company's steamer Trent was performing the voyage between Havanna!' and the Danish island of St. Thomas, having on board Mr. 81102 u. and Mr. klasors, Com missioners from Mr. JZIFISMOII Davvi, on their way to this country. la passing through the Old Bahama Channel she was met by the United States war steamer San Jacinto, which fired first a round shot and then a shell across her bows, and thus brought her to. An officer of the war steamer, Lieutenant FAIII/AX, thereupon put off in a boat with ten men, boarded the Trent, and demanded her list of parmengem, which was of course refused. He then stated that he had reliable information that Mr. Suosz.t. and Mr. Mahon, with their secretaries, Mr. Eustis and Mr. Macratians, were on board, and demanded that they should be given up. This request Cap. Lin Mom, of the Trent, peremptorily rejected, utterly denying the right of the Federal capers to take any person from ander the British flag. It is very likely that, had Lieutenant Fate rxx received no assistance in this conjuncture, he would have been without the means of identifying the objects of his search, and would haws had to depart unmanned. The Confederate Commissioners, however, preferred to announce themselves, and having done so, formally claimed the protection of the British flag. Had Lieutenant Palsraz now donated from his attempt, a gross outrage would have been com mitted ; but he went further. Waving his band to his ship, be summoned a force of 30 marines and 60 sailors, who leaped on board the Trent cutlass in hand ; and seized the Commitsioners by main force. Against this violent and arbitrary act Commander Wu-name, of her Muserr's Navy, acting as Admiralty agent of the Trent, protested in solemn terms : "In this ship," he said, " I am the re " presentative of her Ma ten's Government, " and I call upon the officers and pariengets " peanut to witness, that, in the name of the " British Government, I distinctly denounce this " as an illegal act, an act in violation of inter " national law, an set, indeed, of wanton piracy, " which had we the means of defence you would " not dare to attempt." The remote consequences of this act we shall not attempt to predict. Enough for the present that it is one which will make it the duty of oar Government to insist on ample, complete, and immediate satisfaction. Its wanton folly bids us hope that Lieutenant Fziarsx was acting without instructions, and that the Washington Cabinet will no sooner learn what has taken place in the Bahama Channel than it will disavow the act, restore Messrs. Marx and SLID/GIL, and tender the fullest apology. Nothing short of this reparation can be accepted. Until there has been time to receive news from Washington, we feel bound to believe that the seizure of passengers on board the Trent was an act as much in excess of duty as it wee in vide lion of public ►aw. No Government should know better than that of the United States the lines which separate the rightsof belligerents and neutrals respectively. While this war lasts we must submit to have our mercantile vessels stopped on the high seas by both parties in search of contraband. Had Lieutenant Fus►u Qualified himself to demand ing Mr. Slainni.'s despatches, and taken them off, we must have acquiesced in hie visit as one of the disagreeable occurrences incident to a voyage in the neighbourhood of contending foes. But the seizure of persons stands on a different footing. In the eyes of Mr. Szwamo, Messrs. &wan and MIOWN are rebels ; in our eyes they are simply passengers. And the Washington Government may rest assured we shall no more permit it to take its rebels out of our vessels than we should concede a similar right to Austria, or Russia. The circumstances of this event still more strongly compel us to disbelieve, in the absence of direct evidence, that this aggression was ordered by the United States Government. The Cabinet at Washington knows perfectly well that it cannot act in this fashion with impunity. In fact at this moment its cause lies at our mercy. We could with ease remove that severe pressure which it exerts on the South by means of its blockade, and on which, far more than on the sword, it relies for succor. We could open all the Southern ports at once to receive gold, and commodities, and muni tions of war, in return for cotton. And if need were, wo could at small cost find abundant occupation for all the San Jaciutos they could muster, and for half the army of the Potomac into the bargain. We have given no provocation for this outrage. The COMM of our Government has been uniformly forbearing and considerate. Lord l'sxxxacrotes high spirit has manifested itself only in magnanimity. No Minister could have avoided more anxiously all that could fairly give adsnes, sr when occasions for remonstrance have arias, as in the recast imprisonment of British subjects, have borne hint. r THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, lB6l. self with more patience. And for what object should the United States Government risk a rup ture with this country t For the miserable grati fication of getting the persons of two of its adversa ries into its power. The Washington Cabinet has shown itself sufficiently imbecile, but to authorise the forcible arrest of gentlemen under the protec tion of the British flag would be nothing less than madness. Incidents like these are irritating, but the Bri tish people have the satafaction of knowing that their affairs are under firm guidance. With the irascible Earl of Diner or the fussy Lord leLiutse silty in power, wo might well be concerned for the interests of peace at a time like this. But from the present Government we may expect energy without precipitancy, and prudence without weakness. Their course is tolerably clear; and it will be for the Government of the United States to determine what shall be the future relations of the two countries. CAPTURE OF THE CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS. The following narrative of the circumstances at tending the boarding of the Trent is from the pen of the purser of the vessel : I hasten to forward you some particulars of the porous outrage committed to-day against the English flag by the United States' staainsloop San Jacinto, Captain Wilk*. You have probably heard how, some three weeks ego, the little steamer Theodora, having on board the com massiooers sent by the Confederate States of America to London and Paris, ran the blockade at Charleston, arriv ing adnly in Savannah. Once arrived there, they of course imagined that on neutral territory they were perfectly free and safe from all molestation, and therefore made no attempt to conceal their name', position, and intended movements. Mr. Midstl the commissioner for Paris, was accompanied by hi s wife,. me, and three daughters, and also by his secretary, Mr. G. Eustis, with his wife ; Mr. Mama, the commissioner for England, being accompanied by his secretary, Mr. M'Far load. It was well known in Savannah that berths were booked for the whole party to proceed by this steamer to Si. Thema, there to join the homeward West LAM mail steamship for Southampton. They accordingly embarked yesterday morning, trusting to receive the same protection under the English flag which they had already received from that of Spain. We left Savannah yesterday morning at S. This morn. lag. about half-pad 11, we observed a large steamship ahead, and ea a nearer approach found she was hove to, evidently awaiting us. We were then in the narrowest part of the Bahama Channel, abreast of Paredon Grande lighthouse. As mon as we were well within range, we had the first intimation of her nationality and intentions by a mond shot being fired acmes our bow., and at the mime moment by her showing American colours. We were now meickatly mar to observe that all her porta WNW open, pas run out, and mew at their stations. On a still nearer approach she fired a shell from a swivel gun of large sabre oe her forecastle, which passed within a few yards of the ship, bursting about a hundred yards to leeward. We were now within hail, when Captain Moir, commanding this ship, asked the American what be meant by stopping W skip, and why he did so by firing shaded gam, contrary to semi sachem. The reply was that be wished to seed a beat cm beard of us. This was immediately followed by a lest paging off from the side of the San Jadeite, eostaiaing between 20 sad 30 men, heavily armed, rise the carammil of the first lientenaat, who ease up me the qsarterdeek, and, after asking for Captain Moir, demanded a list of pamengers. As his ' right of emelt' was denied, the Infaresatice required was, of soars% peremptorily refund. He then staled that he bad Woe =Woo that Mama Slidell, Mama, legreia sad Mlarkard Irmo on board, sad demanded that they should be given sp. 'Phi alms being indignerady mimed, Mr. Slidell him self sante forward, and sea that the fear gentlemen named sire then before Wm, bat egmealed he the British Sag, under which they were WILL fee protection. The 1 . 1••• liment said that his orders wen to take them on bead the Sea Josiah) by Sores it they would net surreader. flu Neu walked to the side of the drip end waved his lead ; laumsdintelg three mere heavily armed boats plashed elf and enneweded the drip, and the party el Mule= who mass is the Bret bast same up and took pemseelea of the cpmeter-deek ; these, however, be ordered dews ea the easiedeek to take charge of the gangway pada Captain Williams, 8.5., the aaval neat in charge at t.: mils, who mess of /eaves present daring this inter view, them, kilos same of bar Maimity, he being the only person on based Already reprimands( her, made a vehement protestation egged this piratical set. During the whale., of this time the San Jacinto was shout 200 yards distant Lem as on the port beans, her lweeidde gees whisk were all manned, directly bearing . se. Aay open remise, sees to mesh a force was of MOM lhopoloos, although, from the load sad repeated OWN• which bellewell Oacesie Willtunespeeesdatten. and elle wee joked is by every ON, eilbilliareplkood the IpMallele 111.11111. gated on the quelreAlerk, arm of all gathers, sad from the malinger! fleshed IMO le resist to the last, I have se deala but that we, pees would lave joined hewn and OW in the stash had INROMBINSIAW amt levee the Wet bleb as weir hominid mak irks wisheibresseciserwriansas, sesnsintisenly give,swilllwaslbaidteeemidusdlsishni table /Wye( MartemeillblsposlellaeisleeMhsibrhy hanisentbepathselt mast This wee does, sedating's. Ma NOW to Saar mile le memo some few lingo clothing. A most hesaftending same sow took pleas between Mr. Slidell his eldest deughter—re noble gM devoted is her father—and the liredgeewt It would require a far more able pen than mho, to dimssibe how, with dashing eyes sad quivering lips, she threw herself in the doorway of the wadi where her father was resolved to defend ham with her We, till, on the order being given to the Marines to ad. vanes, which they did, with bayonets pointed at this pest eislosooloos girl, her father ended the painful scene by m ewl( from the cabin by a window, when be was immedi ately seised by the Marines and boa vied into the boat, call ing est to Captain Moir as he left that be held him and his government reaponable for this outrage. If further proof were required of the meanness and cowardly bellyiter in the line of conduct pursued by the captain of the San Jacinto, I may remark, first, that on being asked if they would have committed this outrage if we had been a manor-war, they replied, " Certainly not," said, secondly, that Captain Wilke loot an ord r for Captain Moir to go on board his ship, and a second for Captain Moir to move the Trent closer to the San Jacinto. Of course, not the slightest nodes was taken of either order, nor did thzy attempt to enforce them. —I am, din, your obedient servant, rite Pouts or tat LUNT. Borg Mail Steamship Treat, ate, Nov. 8. Immediately the La Plats was announced at the Needles, Captain Pegrim, of the Nashville, Confe derate steamer, proceeded in a steam tug to meet her in the river, for the purpose of receiving Mesas. Slidell and Mason. Captain Pegrim was not at all surprised to find that they had been forcibly takes from the British mail steamer, having before stated that he was aware that it was the intention of the United Staten government to do so. Captain Pegrim took charge of Mrs.l Slidell and family, also of Mrs. Eustis, and after having entertained them on board the Naahville, saw them safely off by the three o'clock train for London. It is stated that the Americans, while on board the mail steamer Trent, behaved in a very violent manner. The statement more particularly men tions that while Mr. Slidell was in his cabin with Mrs. Slidell, arranging his private &c., the first lieutenant of the San S I li a r tO endeavoured to force the cabin door. Yin Slidell was at the door protecting any intru ion upon bar father, and Lieutenant Fair fax then endeavoured to forcibly remove her, whereupon Mies Slidell slapped him in the face. Lieutenant Fairfax then ordered one of the twines to charge her with open bayonet, which command was immediately obeyed, and would have no doubt resulted seriously to Mire Slidell had not Commander Williams struck the marine and his bayonet to the ground, and protected the young It is stated that the Hansa, which sails to-morrow at 10 Lux for New York, has taken on board an immense quantity et muskets and other warlike stores for the Federal government. The following description of the departure of the Confederate muudetars, Mears. Slidell and Mason, from Charleston, is from the Charleston Mercury of Oct. 31 :—" The commissioners having resolved to make the venture of running the blockade of Charleston, after mature consideration 'sleeted for the experiment the staunch and swift little steamer Theodora. The prepara tions having been completed, they embarked a little before midnight on Friday, Oct. 11. The party of passengers who were starting on this very unusual and somewhat hazardous trip consisted of the following persons :—Hon. J. M. Mason, of Virginia ; Mr. Macfarlane (secretary to Mr. Mr 800, Hon. John Slidell, of Louisiana Mrs. Sli dell, Miss Mathilde Slidell, Miss Rosin. Slidell, Mr. Eustis (secretary to Mr. Slidell), Mrs. Eustis, who is a daughter of Mr. Corcoran, the Washington banker, now a prisoner in Fort Lafayette ; Colonel Le Mat, of Louisiana ; and several other gentlemen. The night was pitch dark, and about midnight a light rain began to fall, which rendered the chances of being detected by the blockaders exceedingly slight. At one o'clock on Saturday morning the cables of the Theodore were ' loosened, and she glided down the harbour. As the steamer passed Fort Sumter every light on board was extinguished, and away she went, right through the fingers of the blockaders, far out to sea. On the evening of the 11th she reached Nassau in safety, where, had the opportunity been • favourable one, the commissioners would have disembarked ; but on inquiring they ascertained that the English 'teenier connecting with that point touched at New York. However gratifying a sight of New York might have been under other circumstances, the commissioners deter mined in this instance to forego the pleasure, so the Theodore left Nassau and steamed away to wards Cuba. On the 16th inst. she arrived at Cardenas, where the commissioners landed." c court. WINDSOR CASTLE, NOT. W.' The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and PAWNS of Leiniogen, drove out this morning in a canine and four, attended by Major•Oeneral Seymour. Her Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhi bition of 1862 held a meeting at their offices in the Strand yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. The Lord Justice Turner gave judgment on a peti tion from Bengal for discharge of order, " Mohun Loll Sookul v. Lebec Does Dutt and others." An appeal from Bengal, "Joykurrun Laid v. Moduarain Sing," was com menced. Despatcher were sent yesterday from the Colonial-Mem to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian lolanda, and to the Governor of Canada. PRINCZ ALFRED.—By a private letter received in this town (says the Brighton Gazette) from Halifax, Nova Scotia, dated 10th November, we learn that Prince Alfred has prolonged his stay at that settlement• longer than was expected. The letter states that ilia royal highness and four midshipmen took tea at the Oorernment•bouae en the 9th, and that his royal highests was to sail on U.:. 16th for the south. --- Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridgo. entertained her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary at diener last evening at Gloucester House. A select circle was invited to meet their royal highnesses. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downahire and Colonel the Hon. A. N. and Lady Mary Hood have arrived at Grendon Hall, Warwickshire, in order to be present at the funeral of the late Lady Charlotte Chetwynd, which is to take plane to-morrow at Grendon Church. The Earl of Clanwillimn has left Belgrave-square for Brighton. Lord arid Lady Sondes and the Hon. Miss Mille* hare left Brighton for their seat, Elks= Hall, Norfolk. Lord and Lady Hawarden have arrived at Wallace'. Hotel, St. George's-Own, from Ireland. Baroness Lionel de Rothschild and Miss de Both•child arrived at Gunnersbary-park a few days Awe from the Continent. At 8, Great Cumberland-street, on Tuesday, the Lady Agnes Hylton Jolliffe pm birth to a son, stillborn. ♦ conference on the education question was held at the London Coffee-hostea, yesterday. The chair wee oc cupied by Mr. Barney IL.P., who was supported by muy mfvotrees of the voluntary system. Sir &Y. Polo, M.P., Mr. ma, Mr. 8. Morley, the Rte. J. H. Hinton, and Yr. Richard, were among the gentlemen who took part in the proceeding,. The resolutions declared that the na tional system was a welly failure, end had created a great central establishment which was unable to ceps with the details of the thousands of schools entrusted to its super- vision ; that it encourages parents to rely upon the state, to the neglect of their own duties; and that the revenues from charitable endowments, if properly applied, would render grants of public money unnemweary. _ _ _ _ The University of Tubingen, Wurtemberg, has coofetred co Mr. Lwow Levi, F.8.A., F. 5.8., barriateuat law, PrelMar of Commercial Law hi Kieg's Collars, London, author of "Commercial Law of the World," and spat of the Royal Central Baud of Trade and Industry of Wortembeng, the degree of Loam of Iloosomioal and Political daemon Cm or LONDON COUNCIL —Tbis evening, Mr. J. H. Pepper, F.R.S., &c, of the Polytechnic Institutioc, will deliver a lecture at the above college on " Ventila toe." The chair will be taken by Sir R. W. Carden, at 8 o'clock precisely. Sr. PAUL'. CATHEDRAL—The Bishop of London hisapporated the following gentlemen to be the special in St. Peers Cathedral duds, the month of De 'amber :—Sunday, December 8, the Rev. William Henry Mikan. M.A., of Christ ()burgh, Oxford, Rector of St. Aug ice and St. Faith ; &today, December 15, the Vex. William Browne, iXL Archdeacon of Bath, Pro fessor of Clerical Literature n King's College, London • Sedgy, December 22, the Rev. Charles Browne Dalton: M.A., d Wadham Collage, Oxford, Incumbent of St. Illeliedb, Highgate ; Sen&y, December 29, the Rev. Wil liam Gilson Humphry , 8.D., of Trinity College, Cam bridge, Vicar of St. Martin's-ia-thinFiekle. The Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's will preach on the Ist of December, being Advent Sunday, and on Wednesday, the 25th, being Christmas Day. Wasrmtnirrna Baroot.—By recent arrangements * llte Studentships and Scholarships at Christ Church, Ox ford, and Trinity College, Cambridge, to which the Queen's scholars of St. Peter's Collage, Westminster, are annually eligible, have been thus settled .—Three junior student ships* at Christ Church, Oxford, tumble for seven years ; total annual value, 1213. each. Three exhibitions at ?deity College, Cambridge, tenable until the holder be of studio' for his B.A. degree ; manual value, 40f. each. The Sainwase's bequest (shoat 70/.) is also divided among thus exhibitioners in . their bed year. Tbe vase el Christ Church studentships has now been in creased by Dr. Oirey's benefaction, on Mrs. Carey's decease. This provides a sum of 6COI. a year to be divided by the Dean and Canoes, at the annual audit, in sums d not less than 801. nor more than 1001., among snob Westm;nster student, as shall have kept thirty weeks' residence within the year, and shell appear most to need assistance by rea ms ci poverty, or to deserve It by TeMOO al ladastay and diligeues. There is a preference to the sons of clergymen or Aces sewed is the study of theology. Besides the :a there Sr., open to the who school except such Queen's scholars as may be elated to Christ Church, exhibitions at any college of the University of Oxford or Cambridge, payable on certificates of nsideaa and good conduct from he head and tutor of the college—two from bequest of Dr. Triplett, tenable for three years, annual vela, 301. midi,. one from gift of Mr. Thomas, tenable for two yam, mind value 401. Any of thee. may be withheld in default of de , gravies candidates. There is a surplus from Dr. Triplett's bequest, out of which granities may be awarded in oases al special nierit. Tits Count or CHANCTILY.—On the Srst day of the sittings after Michaelmas TOM commencing on Toms day, Desembsr 3, the Lord Lliaecellor will sit at Lincoln's inn. and take the first seal ; sipped motions, and appeals; on Thursday, December 12, the sewed seal; on Thursday, December 12, the third seal, sad on the List day, Saterday, December 21, petitions and appeals. The Lords Justices Wi'l sit at Lincoln's-inn on December 3, and take the MI seal and motions • the sewed and third seals the mese days as the Lord Chancellor, and petitions in lamely sad bask raptcy on Fridays. The days, if any, on which the Lords Justices shall be engaged in the full court or at theJorMaial Committee of the Privy Coiled' am excepted. The Raster at the Rolls sad Vice-Chancellers Kindersky. Swart, ad Wood will take the first sad and motion on Tuesday, De cember 3. Any CILIUM intended to be heard before the ViceCbsucePors as short causes must be so marked at least one clear day before they can be put in the paper for heating. Unopposed petitions must be presented and copies left with the secretary of the Master of the Rolls on re be fore the Thuralay preceding the Saturday ce which it is intended they should be heard, and any causes intended to he heard vs short causes must be so marked before they can be pat in the paper for barbs' am dear day. A WILLINUTON Morrungtor.—We understand Wei tree i i ;toshitante of the town of Wellington, Somerset, have set to work with an earnestness and VW highly corn mendulooabl, in the eandpra,eineetref their wor:hy, to town, of a raisefundesulc;ehant.dione for t h e i ar monument to the memory of hie Grace the late Duke of Wellington, in aid of which we believe an earnest appal is to be made to the country for fonds sufficient to cover the expanse of such a memorialise will do honour to the memory of so illustrious and great a man, of whom Eogland will be ever proud to boast. We cannot believe that each an ap peal will be made in vain, but lank forward to a hearty re sponse to so truly noble a call. The design is, we are in formed, a work of very high art, by John Gibbs, EN., of Oxford, the architect who so ably designc.l the receutly erected beautiful cross at Bradbury in honour of the mar riage of the Princess Royal of England with the Prince of Prussia.—Sherforne Jaunted. LITIDOAT STRVICINL —CANTLZTOWN, LILT or Max, Nov. 26.—During the very heavy gale that blew on this and yesterday the lifeboat on this station, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was instrumental, in a tremendous surf, in rescuing the crew of five persons from the schooner Elam A no, from Whitehaven, and of Dublin. The master of the schooner states :—" The gale increasing with great violence, 1 found my vessel dragging fast. Hoisted signals of distress about 3.30 p.m. on Monday ; vessel still, dragging with three anchors down. Got the boat out ready to leave her, having placed clothing, &c., in the boat. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution came alongside in answer to a signal of distress about 4.15, and myself and crew (five ia all) got into beer Not knowing how things might turn out, I was very Mto betaken off the vessel, it being asset ;m -il the storm continued, that eke woad have bees wrecked, iu which cam the only mesas et escape would have been by our own boat, sad as we could not hive pulled her whia the wind, we should have had to lam' to leewar as a rooky obese. which eould only have been done with great dew. timed) CIIIINToPINIt LITTLE." This saleable lifeboat been the means, during the past few yam of remain the following shipwrecked crews Jsbes of Gree nock, 4 ; Wpm. Quese of the Isle, 4 ; brig Oirreisiages of Amadei, 3 ; barque Ohio of Liverpool, 4 ; lugger Nimrod d Castletown, 3 ; and schooner llen Ann of Dublin, 5 ; total, 23. Cl/TOTAL PALACIL ONN SMILING DAT, WIIDINSINIT, Nov. 27.—Admisnioes es payment, 467 ; ditto by season tickets, 764 ; total visitors, 1,231. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH FINANCES. The following appears in a Paris letter to the Nord of to-day : The bill before the Senate and the proposed amend meats attributed to some members of the Senate form the general topic of conversation. This proposal ex cites great opposition, and people are all at once din. mayed at this radical measure, which has completely deprived the government of the means of meet ing, without assembling the Legislative Corps, one of those sudden eventualities which politics may produce at the most unexpected moment. A good deal is said about the power which would be exceptionally accorded to the Ministers of War and Marine of lending themselves money. But would that be very practicable, seeing that when the one wants money the other requires it no km! Mention is also made of a fixed stun which would be voted annually by the Corps Legislatif, and which would I serve as a first resource in case of war, so as to admit of action before the convocation of the Chamber. But the Chamber will then be placed in the most singular situation. It would be aseembled in order that it might beaked to meet the charges of • war which had been oommeoced, and to which it would not then be able to offer opposition. Where would be its free judgment! There are in this very groat difficulties, which cannot fail to strike the Senate, and to render the discussions of thin great body in the state ex ceedingly interesting. All that I know is, that the Empe al. is Slimly determined to pursue the course which he has tresod out, and escape entirely from the perils of extra ordinary credits. Marshal 'Landon is one of the moat ardent promoters of sh e financial reforms, and if, as so many journals desire, he does not consent to what is wrongly' termed •disatmament, we may rest assured that be will muiilply the furloughs to obtain a similar recall, and that hn will neg. lent nothing in the way of economy. In the naval department there is • wish to 110300Mi11114 but there is very serious talk of the definitive augmentation of the offioers, whose inefficiency has been again shown by the Mexican expedition. This is spoken of openly in the im perial forts. It would lead to the creation of four new vice.admirals and nine rear-admirals. A seoood regiment of artillery and a fifth of Intently would also be formed. (atones nasaimis.) FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. SS. The Moniteur of to-day rays:—" The Emperor, by his memorable acts of the month of November, 1880 and 1861, has spontaneously rendered homage to the principle of the perfectibility of the Constitution, but as the journals are criticising and discussing the Constitution, it becomes neces sary to remind them that the Constitution must remain independent' of any discussion, and that the law on the press protects it against all attacks of which it might become the object." TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO. RAGUSA, Nov. 28. The news that the Turks were victorious at ficharitza and Kolaschin is confirmed. Tranquillity prevails at Trebigne. Six more battalions of regular Turkish troops are expected to arrive there. ALEXANDRIA. Nov. 2L Advioes received here from Beyrout state that, in consequence of disturbances in the Lebanon, Fuad Pacha, on the demand of Daoud Pasha, has ordered the arrest of Joseph Karram. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nos' ova ant PARIS, WZDAIIIDAY Evanro. The " black man " has been round to the journals to say that the government will not allow any further discussion on the subject of constitutional reform. Of course it will continue to be officially affirmed, as heretofore, that the " censure " does not exist in France. As to M. Fould's new financial measures, I be lieve it may be 11104 truly said that he does not at present know himself what they will be. He works fifteen hours a day, and sees a great many people, to whose suggestions be attentively listens. I am told that he has even sent for M. Forced°, the writer who received a warning for his financial article in the Revue des Deux Monde,. M. Forcade is said to have given a decided opinion that nothing but a loan or a substantial reduction in the army can put things straight. Of course a loan is what we must come to. All domestic news is merged in the excitement occasioned by rumours from London that the urea of the Confederate Commissioners, MM. Mason and Slidell, on board the English mail packet Trent, will lead to a rupture between England and the United States. The above news produced a panic at the close of the Bourse. Rente fell 16c. for cash and 30c. for account, closing at 69fr. 750. and 691 r. 80c. Mobilier fell ear. 75c., and the Italian Loan 25c. Railways were not much affected by the panic, which came on too rapidly to influence the few transactions effected in them. After Bourse hours, it being reported that Con sols had fallen I, business was done in the Brute as low as 09fr. 500. The Constitutionnet, seeking, like all the govern ment journals, to fritter away M. Fould's report to nothing, and to find excuses for continued prodi gality, is delighted with the blunting Star for pro claiming that England spends more money than France. It greatly objects, however, to the form in which the London liberal admirer of French despotism institutes its comparison. The Star, thinking greatly to gratify the French government, says :—" France spends • great deal of money 1 without the consent of the legislature, and England spends more with such consent." Oh no ! cries the Const►tutionael, the French government has never spent money without the consent of the legislature ; that consent, on the contrary, was " complete and deliberate." M. Fould, you will remember, admitted that the control of the Corps Legislatif, under the system which his been supposed to have been abolished ou Nov. 15, was " almost illusory." The present observations of the Constituttionnel,therefore, are hiely reactionary. M. Fould said that Europe was alarmed at the power of the Emperor to dispose of the resources of France by his single will ; the Cunstitutionnel now calls the Star to warranty that parliamentary government is of no use, and thereby—but that is of small matter --contradicts its own argument, that parliamentary control in France has never ceased to be effective. The small English school of sympathisers with imperial institutions may see from this instance that they must pitch their enthusiasm very high if they would have their homage graciously accepted on this side of the water. A judge of the Court of Accounts, M. F—, is to be tried on Friday on a charge of "promul gating false news." M. Chaix d'Est Ange prose cutes, and M. Dufaure defends. This announce ment reminds me of the burden of a song much in vogue at the time of the conflict between the House of Commons and the Sheriffs of London : " The times is a mending, When 'steed of the sending, The judges is going to poL" The Pays has "reason to know that the affair of the Valley of Dapper is about to receive a soln tion of a nature at once to &iti,fy the national amour propre of Switzerland and the interests of France." That would certainly be a capital solu tion ; let us hope that the Pays is well informed. An engineer of the Northern Railway and two poiutsmen were tried to-day fur negligence on the occasion of the serious accident which occurred in December last. Being found guilty they were sentenced, the engineer to three months' and the pointamen to a year's imprisonment. M. Lachaud, in defending the prisoners, observed that after all that is said of the danger of railway travelling, the fact is that more people are killed in common carriages in Paris alone in one year than on all the railways in France in the course of ten years. Telegraphic news arrived this evening states that a trial of great local interest, which has been going for several days at Riom, in which a hoi m i er and his wife, and a young woman, were accused of secreting a Jewess, named Sarah Meyer, in various convents, with a view to convert her against the will of her parents, has terminated in the acquittal of all parties. General Sir Hope and Lady Grant, with the officers of his staff, have arrived at the Hotel Bristol, on his way to India. Sir Anthony Rothschild has left the same hotel. The Countess de Morny was the day before yesterday safely delivered of a son, and is going on most favourably. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) ThaUDAT, NOTRIMIMI 2/, 8 LL & 12. X & N. 0. L 8 —— Huai &Mo= Lam 19.74 SI 36 N.W. 2 b 2 823w10.2 19.74 SD 86 W.S.W. 4 b 1 £ll1011141 l Mum Lamm sa 16 11 W. N.W. 1 b S 16.66962 8043392094 i lO. 30 36 W.R.W. 2 b 2 Lfroarockb 11 .91 88 16 B.&E. 2 C 2 VAIJOMA M.92 so 17 W.S.W. 1 b 3 QVIENS2Oa.I L29.96 II $7 N.W. 8 f 1 lassos?, ‘22.26 U Si N.W. 1 at 2 Loam! - t - Dover; 49.96 41 40 N. 9 2 1 Poluilool2l :29.90 44 42 KN.& 9 f 1 Normals 129.91 4.2 62 W. 8 r 2 ltuttourit 19.98 61 60 N. 6 t 1 !Mum 90.01 1$ 48 W.N.W. 8 4 1 IZ7taI!LTIW(. 16.—D1reaskr eame439l and Wooed to 12 deg. at ram NS Isysi ; smelt 10 Hatt, et lertloal rise, cawing about eae-bandesele al ati loch ollatl991; and each 10 dal., above 62 00 0 ., causing . _ _ B.—Barometer and rechwed to 82 deg. at laws sea level ; each 10 v . " vertical rise, cawing about one-hundredth at an loch dlmh, • sod each 10 dog., above $2 deg., catalog smarty three-bona. its Imam. 111.—Exponed thermometer In glade. 11.-1110.1• M bulb (for evaporation and dew point). D.--Dtroeliew et wtod (trae—two kft of wog -I.—roroe (1 to 12—eattotated). C.—Cloud (1 to 9). L Initiate : b, blue sky c, clouds (detached): t, tcg; h, bail; Ililbtotog ; m misty :hazy) o, overcoat (dull) r, rala ;e, scow; thunder. 8.-Bea, disturbance 11 to 9). L—Calm. PREVIOUS TO TRI IMPORT. P103A11.1 111011 SATURDAY. x. Britain-3.5. W. to N.W.— S.W. to S.W.—Strong to &sob. Strang to moderate, tome rata. Ireland—N.N.W. to W. and LW. MS.—Moderate, One. &S.W.—Moderato, fine. Z. Coast—S.W. to S.W.—Fresh Varlable.—Plne, to moderate. flee. & land—W.Bas to & and Z. Partible to N.E.—Moderato, to N.V.—Moderate, amoral& Sae. It west, EITENSITI CONPLAGAAPIOB IN PIMLICO. (THIS DAY.) At an early hour this morning a lire broke out in the qualms of Yews. Holland and Boor, cabinet makers, Damehigh-greet. Pimlico. At a quarter past 1 polieweenetable Blundell, 96 B, observed lames low tog from the timber yard, and he at once gave the alarm, and in a very short time after the outbreak serial engines were in at- Madames. The Ames spread with great mei dity, and the premier, emulating of a swim of work- shops three stories high, 00 feet long, end 30 wide, extend ing from ltaoelagh.etreet to Belgrave-strcet, were soon ooe mem of lame. At 2,30 the building was ratted, sad valuable property to the extent of 30,003 f., consisting of costly moist, tables, bookcases, &c., was destroyed, nearly the whole of the furniture intended for the Grosvenor Hotel being mamma& At 4.30 the fire, owing to the exertions of the firemen, was got under, but up to the present time (3 o'clock) it is smouldering. The Maws. Holland are partly insured, but not to the full extent of their lose. The bunkum in the meantime will not be impeded, as it will be carried on at the other works of the firm. The lavage et the timberyard is somewhat considerable. At the commencement of the fire a number of valtukble bones wen saved. The following is the official report of the damage, re turned by Captain Shaw: "Upper Ranelaghetreet, Pimlico, Messrs. Holland and Soda, cabinet makers and upholsterers, four ranges of buildiags of two stories high, used for manufacturing pur poses, burned down, timber in yard damaged by fire, back of house by Sr. and contents by removal ; the first portion of the premises were insured in the Norwich Coke and West of England Fire-Aloes, and the latter part in the Union and Globe. The Sr. was extinguished by engines— one of the district of brigade, two of B, four of C, one of D, the land steam engine, and those of the parish, Hodge% Distillery, and Elliot and Wateey's Brewery. The seas of fire unknown • the Chelsea Company's WSW 20 minutes' late. N 0.20 a., Eliza Emily Gore (private), back win dows burned out, and contents severely damaged by re moval, arc. ; insurance unknown. N 0.21 do., Mr.H.Thuidr, loriginghouse-keeper, seriously damagedby fire and removal, the back windows bunted out; contents insured in the County Fire-office. No. 22 ditto, Mr. W. Harris, back front of premises damaged by Sr., and contests b 7 re moval ; contents insured in the imperial Office, building unknown. No. 23 ditto, Mr. W. Bla be y (private), building and contorts similarly damaged; content, insured in the Atlas Fire-office. No. 24, ditto, Mr. Orlando Matthews, back part of the premises burned and contents damaged by removal and water, insurance unknown. No. 34, Lower Belgrave-street, Mr. H. Pearls, cheesemonger, serious damage to contents by water and removal ; supposed to be insured in the Sun Fin-office. No. 35, ditto, Mr. H. E. Knowles, grocer and tea dealer, similar damage ; insured in the Royal Exchange office. No. 36, ditto, Mr. J. Phipps, butcher, build ing and contents damaged by fire sod removal; insured in the Atlas Fire-office. Ditto, Robert Deem, livery stable-keeper, roofs of ccechboimes, stables, and riding ground damaged . by fire and breakage, and contents ; insured i n the Sun. Eaton-row.—Mr. W. Geen, cowkeeper, cow-sheds, Ito., damaged by breakage, &c., and the Mock by hasty removal ; not insured. Noe. 12, 13, and 14, itaselagb-place, let out in tenements, belonging to Mr. Charles Curvell, serious da• mage by water and removal ; contents; not insured." Mr. White, of the County Fire-office ; Mr. Hudson, of the West of England office ; Mr. Vaughan, of the Royal, and Mr. H. White, of the same autos; and also Mr. HodsolL of the Atlas office, were promptly in attendance to take charge of the salvage. THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER NASHVILLE.—It is understood that a oonununication was yesterday received from Earl Russell by Mown. °lnnen, Levis, and Peacheyi of the Old Jewry, in reply to a letter they oddness& to his lordship on Monday, as the solicitors of Captain Nelson. of the Harvey Birch, in which they called attention fa the circumstance that, without his sanction as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the magistrates at South• ampton had refused to accede to an application made by Mr. Peachey, acting for Captain _Nelson, to issue a warrant or summons to Captain Pesgrim, commanding the Nashville, calling upon him, by production of the authority under which be acts, to show cause why he should not de liver up to Captain Nelsen certain property belonging to his owners, which was alleged to be detained on board the Nashville. Mr. Layard, the Under Secretary, writing by the authority of Earl Russell, states that be has no power to give authority to the magistrates either to issue any summons or warrant, or, in fact, to do or to abstain from doing anything in relation to the matter in question, and that his lordship must therefore decline to interfere in it. The fourth series of imperial guests have arrived at Compiegne. The names of the visitors now at the palace are u follow :—The Primus Anna Murat, Count and the Countess do Persigny, M. Billault, the Duke of Atho Marquis of Hertford, Duke of Montrose, Lady Violet Grw ham, Count Frfdfric de Lagrange, Count de Perigord, Duke de la Force, Count de Rayneval, General Count de Mute. bello, Man. Fleury, Coast do LabeiloyCre, Count Leopold Le Bon, Countess Le lice, M. and Mme. de Saul'y. M. sad lbw. 5i,,., Y. Baudry, Y. Berrie, Marquie and Marchioness de Gelliffet, Count and Cosiness d'Aiguesvives, M. Merimisi Y. Viollet-LinDuc, and Y. Alfred Brum. _ _ Madame RiatOri is playing with great atiocess at U. Pstesbara. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The Tiseat observes that unwelcome as the truth may be, it is neverthelees • truth, that we have ourselves established &system of international law which now tells against us. "In high•hasded, and almost despotic manner, we have is former days claimed privileges over neutrals which h►ve at different times banded all the smith= powers of the world against us. We have insistivi even upon stopping the ships of war of neutral nations and taking British subjects out of them ; and as iostanoe is given by Jefferson in his ' Memoirs' in which two nephews of Washington were improved by our cruisers se they were returning from Europe, and placed as common stamen under the discipline of ships of war. We have always been the attenuate &Amgen of the rights of belligerents over neutrals, and the decisions of our courts of law, as they must now be cited by our law officers, have been in confirmation of these unreasonable claims, which have called into being con federations and armed neutralities against us, and which have always :men modified is practice when we were not supreme in our dominion at ass. Owing to these facts the authorities which may be cited on this question are too numerous and too uniform as to the right of search by bel ligerent ships of war over neutral merchant newts to be disputed." After quoting some authorities, the Timm adds:-" If we bad recognised the Confederate States we apprehend that we should have been per fectlyjustilled in taking these ambassadors on board our own vends of war and bringing them to England without la say way forfeiting our character u neutrals. Bat, even if it were necessary to admit that these gentian= were fa • belligerent or contraband character on board the &le= vessii, it is, we believe, the opinion of very swine= jurists SAM this was not • question to be adjudicated = by • asral officer sad four boats' crews. The lags! came would hove Bess to take the ship itself into port and to ask for bet condemnation, or for the oondemnatioa of the pueengere, la • Court of Admiralty. The result might, no doubt, have been the same, but If the proceeding was irresular we have surely • right to dean= the then prisoners gag be to stored. When sore tremendous interests are at stake we feel deeply the responsibility of diecuming • question like this.. Our tint duty is to calm—certainly not to inflame— the pastel indignation which will bs felt in these islands as the news is told We cannot yet believe, although the I evidence is strong, that it is the fired determination of the government of the Norther r States to force • quarrel upon the powers of Europe. We hope, therefore, that our people will not meet this provocation with an outburst of =nicer, or rush to reseotment without fu'l consideration of all the bearings of the cue." The Poet rays : "Our own opinion is that the Federal government had a Bpi right to stop the Treat and to edge upon eostrahand of war, under which Maids% we Wien, ileapatches be keens to the mosey are isdaded. Bodin soli despatelme Were merehed for, per, indeed, did the Trial away say. ?oar passengers only, who bore no ofileial thareder, were token out at the ship. We thine that this proceeditig was not aseerding to international law. The opinion of the law diem will, however, very shortly decide this queens. It we are right, the British were. mot will dearly be entitled to reparation and apology, sad ao reparation could be emnplete without the restitution of the peasmopme taken from under our flay If we are wrong, at worse we shall have to submit to the law. But we Malt sot the is. keenly feel an agreed which mast prove to as bow little the Federal government appreciate the ondoey, discretion, and generosity with which we have invariably said." The Marreicarrer Amorist" of tads,' quotes liberally from " Pbillirnore s International LAW,' not to illustrate the wiliest of the proceeding which has roused so much British indignation. " for that we seriously doubt," bet to prom its strict legality. If anything (says our con.' teerporary) eau be construed into an infraction of inter antlered law and the Queen's proclamation, it Is certainly the carrying of the despatches and the agents of the Our federate Government. The /Issuainri. "The captain of the Trent has been guilty of en illepl act. He cannot take shelter in ignorance. He knew well the real character of his pamengen ; be took them on bawd at his own risk, and be mad bear the consequences. L stele( law the vessel was liable to forfeiture, but the American commander forbore to exercise his extreme rights. Instead of making dogmatic assertions, we have preferred to give our readers the aid of one of the highest existing authorities, and thus enable them to verify oar conclusions for themselves. When they shall have carefully weighed the whole question, they will, we essadently anticipate, share in our opinion that this ocienrrwees, however much it may be deplored, involves not the slightest violation of international law ; that the Amulet's, have ooly dune precisely what, in similar cir cumstances, we should hare done ourselves, and that the duty of intelligent taus is to do their best towards allaying an irrational excitement, founded on no principle, and sus- Warble by no 'transmit., which might otherwise lead to the meet eshusitous consequences." 11a Lerw ;r ac y, / that asi attempt to maks oat the Commissioners of a rebel government at contraband se war is absurd. "No possible definition of oontr►►and of war can include them. They are just in the same post• tine se ordinary rebels, and so long as they are under the protection of a foreign sag, their seizure is as much an outrage upon that flag as the seizure of the Duke LrEogbien by Napoleon in neutral territory was an outrage upou the right. of the Orsod Duke of Baden. It is exactly as if a forcible seizure of an American rebel were made by American troops in an English town. If President Lincoln ware to demand the surrender of Commissioner Yancey by the British government, ►nd were to send over Imps to seise him in his house and carry him oil to an American vessel, the outrage on international law would be M greater than it is now. It is right that England should know and feel how she has been insulted. It is right that mafiosol feeling should be plainly mandated, se it is sure to be, upon the outrage just offered. It is right that all classes should join in demanding of the British goveroment imams and promptitude in such a crisis, and should join to support the British government in the measures it may take to insure reparation." We (Canadian News) believe we are correct in say ing that the whole of the mail matter in the North Briton wog loved, although memo portions of it were so damaged as to be airiest illegible. Many of our papers Metalled to the length el time the moil room must have Imo under water lakes the bap were saved. The liast;ilton Spectator (ministerial) says :—" It is susessusd that his Ezoellenoy the Governor-Genend bl inds making a tour of Upper Canada shortly. The in humation susses through the QueGec Chronicle, and our I seeisesperary is likely to be well informed upon the alib is*. 'Whoa Lord Maack doss visit the West, he will be !emirs:Lb, the Martian ealgistulatioas by all pieties." lai IA Pr ro