The Express. — London, England, 1861-11-21 00:00:00

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MailAsirs: ME% 11 1 . Mattkawt--Comenerat 74. IIITAWNIA. UM MEM TIE Mr. James Holloway amid Min. S. laa► -I•Mard. -Tampa of Day sad Mosby& —M. UMW. - Mai. C. lauteme.-4. llamoaaa. - And THE WYLIAL or 7111 GOLDIN AAR T.—Camaro' at 61. MOE WM= At 1,03/DON 11111201. UM blit.4lllsefts S. ilia...— Arar•••11. 441. 15s. 16■111184/—iliseing Y. ifts..... Altaswah. 46. Um =WON, THITRBDii, HOP 2L TO OUR =MIR& SPORTING DITILLIGENCE. A !ate edition of the Express is published every evening during the racing season, containing the results of the day's races. Tame can be no doubt the!, during the present American crisis, the conduct of Earl Ruseat.L as Foreign Minister has been marked by singular discretion and impartiality. Nor would it be just to withhold from the Passim, and our representative at Washington, the praise to which they are fairly entitled for having given the most loyal support to the policyof the Foaxiox MININTLIL. Some things may have been done which it might have been better to have left undone, but it is impossible to deny that the principles of neu trality have been maintained throughout this terrible contest with dignified consistency. Unfor tunately, there is a class of persons in America, re presented by the New York Herald, who, having started as vehement advocates of secession, are now endeavouring to persuade people of their sincere loyalty to the Constitution by frantic abuse of England. On the other hand, there is a considerable party in this country which, professing a nominal neutrality, desires at heart the success of the South, in the insane hope that that success and the disruption of the American Union will indefinitely postpone those political reforms which must seri ously endanger their present monopoly of power. In the present temper of the people of this coun try it is a difficult teak to persuade them that the New Yost Herold does not represent the genuine public opinion of America. That journal, no doubt, enjoys the advantage of an enormous circu lation—every one buys it, every one reads it—but if any foreigner supposes that the key to the policy of the American Cabinet is to be found in the columns of that journal he is grievously mis taken. To many, it may seem strange that a whole population should employ their time in reading opinions with which they have no sym pathy, or that those who conduct it should And it profitable to advocate opinions which are at vari ance with public feeling. It should be ob served, however, that it is not the political prin ciples foe which the New York Herald is read. There is a mans of gossip, and a power exhibited of producing " sensation-articles " which snits the genius of the reeding public in America. But the sodden change of opinion which this very journal was leveed to accomplish as soon as the war be. came serious, proves that American opinion is not directed by any such unprincipled guides. It is, indeed, of the utmost importance that the fact should be thoroughly understood by the people of this country, in order that they may estimate at their true value " the " falsehoods," " slanders," and " menaces" which have undoubtedly appeared from time to time in the columns of such journals as the New Yuri Herald and others of the same stamp. Hitherto it has been found convenient in some influential quarters to ignore this peculiarity of American journalism. It is satisfactory, therefore, to observe that the Special Correspondent of a leading contem porary has been obliged to correct this mischievous mistake, and to warn the people in this country against supposing " that these one or two journals " really exercise the smallest influence over the " public opinion of the United States." Thus, after alluding to the fact that some American papers have threatened that the first consequences of victory on the part of the United States would be a war against Canada, he says :—" It may "be as well, in the interests of truth, to " say that there is not a respectable citizen "of the United States who does not utterly dis " avow such doctrines, and who does not repudiate " the idea that the smallest weight should be at " tached to the words of the paltry creatures " whose frantic cries and feigned passion attract " crowds around them, just as a begging Fakir " assembles the multitudes in an Indian fair by " his yells and contortions in order to get half "pence." Again : "Let it be well under " stood, that the mess of the citizens dues ap " preMate and comprehend the justice mist purity " of the motives of our position in this contest ; " and if they are vindicated in the end the " alliance between the two countries will be " placed on a broader and surer basis than it ever " rested upon.'' These are the views which have been advocated in our own pages during the whole of the present crisis, but now confirmed byawiteirms upon the spot, and published in the same columns where the most reckless accusations have been made against the justice and impartiality of the whole American people. Indications have not been wanting that the leading minds in America were superior to the vulgar prejudices of the mob and their meanest flatterers; but our contemporary is to be congratulated upon having admitted into its columns opinions which, although they have the merit of being both just and accurate, are strangely inconsistent with those which it has hitherto expressed. Bat the lesson which their Special Correspcodsut has read to his friends does not atop here. Of late it has become the fashion to insist that slavery, has nothing to do with the present civil war. Ac cording to some, the sole object of the North in continuing the contest is conquest and dominion. They care nothing for thu fate of Demote or octo roons --what they do care for is to gratify their ambition by reasserting their sway over the whole of the Southern Confederation. Aooordiug to this theory the slaves have no interest in the struggle: ' it is a mere dispute between the whites of the Northern States and the whites of the Southern , States as to which of them shall henceforth 611 the Cabinet seats at Washington, and share the spoils of office. At the time of Mr. Liscowes elec tion, indeed, this theory was never dreamed of. It is notorious matter of history that Slavery was the bone of contention, and so it was understood by the whole civilized world. According to others, however, it is a question of Tariff. The Southerners are contending for inde pendence in order to establish complete freedom of commerce. Now let us hear the Special Cor respondent we have quoted, on both these points. He is on the spot, he is no doubt well versed in the leading columns of the journal he repro• sents he has of course no interest in advocating opinions absolutely inconsistent with those of his patrons—and what does he say! " It may be easy," he observes, "to say this is a " war of tariffs, of opposing interests, of free " trade against protection ; but, after all, the " tariffs, the interests, and the commercial policies " of the North and of the South rest upon the " difference between free labour and slave labour " and their products. It is supposed here that " the Conservative party in England are " disposed to sympathise with the South. "If so, it cannot be because the South has " adopted Free Trade' as its motto so much as " that, because the South, if successful, will deal " a death wound to Republican institutions. The " Liberals, who are believed to sympathise with " the Northern States, are in etrangealliance with " the most determined Protectionists in the " world : but underneath all this, as I have said " before, rests the stratum of slavery, and the " fight will reach it at last." It would not be easy to express in stronger lan guage the opinion so often expressed in these columns, that slavery lies at the root of the pre sent contest. And however difficult the Cabinet at Washington may find it to handle this most delicate subject, the time must come when it can no longer be avoided. In the meantime it Is important to note that even those public writers who would fain have changed the character of this great contest and ignored its real issues, are compelled to confess that Slavery, and nothing but Slavery, lies at the bottom of the dispute. Nor, perhaps, is it leas important to observe that even to the eye of the Special Correspondent the real motives which prompt the sympathies of the political parties in this country are tho roughly appreciated. It may be very well for British Tories and Conservatives to pretend that in sympathiaing with the South they are sympa thising not with Slavery but with Free Trade. Those who have mixed in ordinary society know the hollowness of such a plea ; and the Americans know it too. To those who cherish aristocratic privitege and hate popular power the fall of the great Western Republic is a spectacle much more attractive than the progress of free trade. Hitherto the prosperity of the United States was a continua! menace to their monopoly of political power ; and to see that prosperity rudely blasted by a popular rebellion, is the very fulfilment of their fondest hopes. Ptiarro opinion in England is too well ro quainted with the propensity of French Imperialism to sudden transformations and theatrical sur prises, to mistake • financial collapse which was inevitable for • political conversion which is im possible. The Ethiopian has not yet changed his skin, and the Empire is not yet Peace. Every form of government, like every human institution, has qualities which account for its being, and for whatever chances of duration it possesses; but then is always a leaning on one side or the other, and in the absence of any residing force, whichever way the fabric leans it will sooner or later fall. The leaning o: French Imperialism is certainly not on the Bide of peace, liberty, or economy. These are the characteiistics of • limited and responsible government, in which the civil element prevails, and under which men say the thing they will ; not of • gove-nment all the forces of which are practically centred in one 1111111'11 sovereign caprice, and which has ix hun dred thousand bayonets to keep from rusting. It is amusing and edifying enough to see an all bat omnipotent ruler making his people • parker in his difficulties, and generously giving the-4 full leave to pay his debt 3. The reclaimed prodigal is not too nicely judged ; only in the p-eeent case it is the family that has eaten the husks, while the prodigal has been devourins any number of fatted calves. A new loan ii only a calf the more added to that considerable consump tion of cattle. The commerc4l and mercantile world, then, is willing to take the recent peni tential litanies in France for what they are worth, and, as in charity bound, to bops all things and believe all things, and to expect nothing but • loan. What new spirit M. Formi'a Ali/noire, and the return to office of a discarded Minister " through • triumphal arch," may infuse into the deliberations of the Senate and the debates of the Corps lAtipslatif, is an interesting problem. It may be that the friendly openness of M. Forza, and the generous humility of his master may have so disarmed the independent criticism of the Chambers that even hoati'e voices will join the thorns of gratitude for favours to come, and a Budget in which "the Un*oreesen" will form the largest chapter will be voted with acclama tion, if not with tears of trustful devotion. The members of the Imperial Chambers are men of feeling as well as men of figures, and as cold lookers on we are disposed to tremble for the rigour of their con•rences in the face o: such an affecting appeal to the tenderness of their hearts. It may be well to beware of exaggerating the influence of the financial situation, as discloned by M. FOCLD, upon the future course of the Empire. The new MLNIATER of FINANCZ, beyond all question, is a man o: peace, e business, and o 7 modem:ion, and we are loth to apprehend that as soon as he has completed the operation for which he is called in his occupation will be gone. But to frighten the patient is not to cure • disease so deepseated as the Smirch,' disorde- of the Emp're ; and here we have a p-tient who is probably not half as frightened as ho looks. The most shameless spendthr"l becomes the most unblushing insolvent, and the heir to large estates will sell his very soul to any lawyer who will find him in pocket money when he has made havoc of all his " expectations." It is obvious that M. FOCLO must make a solitude of the Imperial palaces and purlieu: before he can cut or cauterize away the rank disease that has preyed on the vitals of France for the last ten years. Perhaps he will be content to have facili tated by his Memorial and his measures an indis pensable transaction, and administered some passing relief to the public mind in • difficult and dangerous *MOM How, them, will the political situation of the Em pire at home and abroad be affected by this con fession of sins followed by the customary form of absolution T At home it may be imagined that the prestige of the Government will suffer ; the silent and invisible censorship of opinion will be come mono and more vigilant and northing ; public speech will wax bolder and bolder ; and the Empire will cease to be considered even by the timorous and selfish classes a necessary evil. To argue thus is to know very little of our neigh bours in the mass, or of the Government which sways by pandering to all follies and all passions, or of the magnificent resources of the land, the industry, and the labour of France. The EMPUOZ must and will find means of suppressing Socialistic theories by converting them into realities at the cost of the State. He must and will find bread and pay, and shows, for the population that subsists on public works. He must go on pulling down and building up streets, and piercing strategic roads through the cities. He must be a second Provi dence, against whom neither the inclemency of the seasons nor the visitations of nature, neither drought nor dearth nor inundations can prevail. Imperialism must live and move and have its being in • vast army trained and taught to worship the hereditary saintship of NAPOLEON, and to regard all Europe as its camp of glory. To suppose a sincere reduction of the French army under the Empire is to suppose that it is not the one great object of the Emperor of the Emma to keep his throne. Without seeking to disparage, therefore, the good intentions of M. FOITLD, it may be prudent to hold our congratulations in reserve. But there is yet another consideration which appears to impose re• straint upon our hopes, and that is the foreign policy of the Empire. It is pleasant to anticipate a time when the foreign policy of the Empire will not be of • nature to excite the attentive anxiety of Europe. But this unrest which swells the armaments and •the ' estimates of neighbouring Powers is not simply a Napoleonic tradition ; it is the menu of Napoleoniam. The substance of M. Fouizes Memorial was evidently known to his Imperial Muter many weeks since, and the calculations 1 1 upon which it is based cannot but have been long familiar to that mysterious mind. Yet there is reason to believe that, after holding out all manner of half-hopes to half-a-dozen nationalities, the arbiter of Europe, having the fear of M. FOULD before his eyes, had silently premeditated another Villa Franca disappointment before M. liarazzr arrived in Paris. Here indeed arises a serious reflection. The Empire at pre sent is assuredly not rich enough to pay for its own glory, and there is only one country in the world that could repay on the spot the cost of a victorious campaign ; and that is precisely the country which is the least favourable object of aggression. A financial crisis is no specific against war; and "the might " e evil dreams " arising from domestic diffi culties, is apt to drive crowned heads into the field. Now, without actually rushing into war, cannot some active employment be found for • restless army t Occupation and moral influence are all that the soldiers of • Liberator ask from their brethren "of the Latin race." If report speaks truly, it is to some arrangement of this l'nd that M. RAM= has lent an ear. France would thus combine the advantages of peace and war, and Italy would fill up the measure of her obligations by serving as the wash-pot of the Empire. We shall see what the Italians have to say to this part of the new Imperial programme. The financial advice§ from Paris state that it is uoderetood Y. ?mild called before him ou Tuesday the flyndicat of the Arcata de Cheap, and intimated that he does not 'mama taxing any lea for the present. He is a ls o reported to have mid that, in hie opiates, the measures about to be takes will inspire enflkient confidenoe to suable the latatedlate waits of the trtasury to be supplied through the heaths debt. The Bourse ato be opined gratuitously at the end of the year, sad the tourniquets removed. The shasetione tag as the transfer of shire property, which pro. dear may 340,C00/. per ►mmum, is likewise to be abolished or modified. The minister further mentioned that within thaw few days then has beat a ocanoseoemsat of a ratans of silver to the Busk at Prlkooll. A Paris letter says:—" On Monday evening the pascal rehearsal at the Grand Opera, Paris, with full decoestions, scenery, and onetnnees, took place, of the sew ballet, Vie Star of Aft:mins. The stalls, parterre, and balcony were Fled by a very select anivethe specially invited to witness this new piece, which bee completely eneeeeded ; and the performers were warmly applauded by those present, amongst whom was Rossini, who sat in the premier kg nest the stage. At the end of the entr'aete, thrm blows were given from behind the scenes. The cur tain however, did not rise, but the orchestra nn. develood the signal, and muck up with as adse-able effect the overture to Guillaume Tell, the verve and animation of which were considerably ea. hawed by the composer's presence. The whole ham listened with a breathless silence, and then followed the bassos and slapping of hands, which were succeeded by all rising sad mying repeatedly Viva Rossini !' Rossini in his tore arose, evidently much affected by this warm and spontaneous tribute to hie genius, and strove by low bows to aeksowledge the ovation. M. Mphonse Royer, when the ovation had siabsided into something that remotely approached a calm, came forward and thanked, in the name of the composer, the house and ' chef d'orchestre for the demonstration they had made, and expressed to Rossini hie sympathy and admiration for him, as well as his regret for the inaction to which he has voluntarily condemned the genies of mimic dweVing in lyrn." A Turin letter in the Constiteti4 " Much has been said about the discord which exists between General Cialdioi and the ministry ; the facts of the case are these :—Kiog Victor Emmanuel, feeling surprised that the ministers did not propose morns great recompense for the services which the general had rendered in Naples, an nounced to the council his intention of giving him the Grand Collar of the Annum:tido, which is the highest distinc tion that could be conferred, being equicilent to the English Garter. The ministry were unanimous in respectildly expres sing their disapprobation of such an act, and even went so far as to make it a cabinet question. General C laldlol heard a few days after of what had taken place, and imme diately resigned the command of the 4th corps darftic. The resignation was accepted, but he will hold himself in mediums to return in be event of a change of ministry or of Italy requiring his savvier." RaYll : The O ffi cial O azetk of Turin publishes a royal decree, aro/pais/mg the liatnlica of young mes instituted at Palermo by Geasral Garibaldi in June, 1860, trader the name of "Institute Militaire Garibaldi." By this decree, the battalion in timed= is to comprise 5C3 pupil", divided into four oompanias, aad is to be amiutilated, as regards instruction, to the battalion of soldiers' SODS at Raeoceigi. ' " A painful scene preceded the delivery of the government into the hands of the Bing-Regent of Portugal. The members of the Council of State having been admitted into the chamber of the deceased king, kissed the scarcely cold hand of the young sovereign. The pose-niortra& exa mination took place on the 13th, and the opinion given was that his Majesty had expired from a violent attack of fever, caused by the miasma arising from the menthe In the neighbourhood of the capital. According to the New York accounts this week, the shipments of grain from that port during the month' of October had been of unpreosdooted magnitude, those of wheat and flour alone being worth more than a million and • half sterling. The imports of manufactured goods during the same period had been only 400,0001., against 1,103,0001. in the corresponding month of last year, and even of this total about half *melded of woollen goods bought for army purposes. Nearly all the markets were now drained of produce, and many bookers and merchants were looking anxiously to the effects to be witnessed when the ship. meats of breadstuff', as world soon be the case, are re amed to moderate proportions. In the last woo unto from California it is stated that the amount at silver now produced is that shit* is estimated at 1,200,0 CY. per annum. Petitions to the Governor-General of India, praying that the press and the publics may be admitted to the debates of the New Legislative Council, have been pre• stinted is Calcutta by the Landholders' and Commercial Association, the Calcutta Trades' Association, and the British Indian Association ; and a similar petition is to be presented by the Chamber of Commenso. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1861. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. THE COTTON SUPPLY. REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT COM- MISSIONER. Bombay journals of October 28 have been re ceived this morning. Arrangements were in progress for the relinquish ment of office in January next of his Excellency Sir George Clerk, Governor of Bombay. The Governor-General was to leave Calcutta for Allahabad and Agra on the 24th inst. The Commander-in-Chief is forming his camp at Jullundur, whence he will march to make his military inspection of the Punjaub. The Governor-General has officially notified that all claims to prise money on account of booty cap tured at Delhi, Lucknow, and in Pegu, must be submitted by the 31st December, 1861, after which no claims will be received. The Hon. Mr. Frere has returned from Bedas hewghnr, whither he went to meet the Governor of Madras, on the subject of the transfer of North Cann to the Bombay Presidency. Sir Win. Deni son (says the Bombay Saturday Review) in his in terview with the representative of the government of Bombay, is understood to have stated that his council is unanimously opposed to the transfer of North Carters, and that he himself doss not feel justified in running counter to the opinion of his responsible and experienced colleagues. Cholera is making fearful ravages in Cabool ; the average mortality from this scourge is said to be three hundred daily. Amongst its victims is Sirdar Peer Mahomed Khan, brother of the Ameer of Cabool. Major A. H. Curtis, of the Bombay Staff Corps, has been gazetted as Commanding Officer of the Bombay Volunteer Rifles, vice Colonel G. H. Roberts. The government have granted 100 acres of land in Umritsur to Mr. H. Cope for the purpose of experiments on the cultivation of flax and rearing of silk-worms. Mr. Cecil Beadon will succeed Mr. J. P. Grant in the government of Bengal. By means of the electric telegraph we have ad vices from Calcutta to Oct. 25. Lord Canning has published important resolutions regarding the abso lute sale of waste lands and the redemption of land revenue. There is to be no reserve of special rights to government on condition of clearance and cultivation. The grants are not to exceed three thousand acres. The price of unaseessed lands is not to be above two and a half rupees ; lands free from jungle not to be above five rupees. These rates to rule for five years. Parties redeeming land revenue will be entirely free to follow their own course with land redeemed. The Calcutta Eng/Watson, of October 17, says : We have for this mail, and shall have for the sUcceediog cue, absolutely nothing to report in say matters of com merce, for our annual holiday is upon as; all public often, beaks, and commercial houses an closed, and sio kiss. transactions ive possible for yet another tea Jaye to come. The amounte from up country are all full of rain, and nothing but rain— that is, whet cur letters can reach us—for in malty plains aommunicatioes ere so seriously interrupted se to reader the arrival of the deka grit, a matter of hap-bawd. Here, however, we mess to have mini nearly, if not quite, to the end of the rains, and may look forward to the commoner meet of the dry, tuid, a little later, the cold eseses. PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter, of Monday, says that the Chamber is not to be asked for the expenses of the late coronation. The King will pay them out of his private purse, and for this purpose will effect • loan of 2,000,000 thalers. POLAND. The Drestkn Journal contains accounts from Warsaw, which state that the arrest of the Canon Ilialobrzeski, which took place on the night of the 13th, has produced a great sensation. After the late death of the archbishop, the canon was ap pointed administrator of the diocese of Warsaw, and it was he who ordered the churches to be closed. He is now a prisoner in the citadel, where are also confined the Jewish rabbis of the city. The following circular has been addressed, by the military chief of the district of Gostyn, to the mayors of the communes : born, Nov. It has come to the knowledge of the Lieutenant of the kingdom of Poland, that, in spite of the declaration of the slate of siege, in many districts agitation and the sing ing of rerolutionary brans continues in the churches, and that it is chiefly women of the rich and the middle classes who are moat guilty. Consequently the Lieutenant of the kingdom has deigned to decree that some buildings sufficiently large be set apart for ladies of the upper classes who are arrested for violating th e rules relating to the state of siege. (szonies J. SWIRCIMBII , , Chief of the Diettiot of Gas Lyn. IOPENING OF THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. TURIN, Nov. 20, Eviwnro. _ The Italian parliament was re-opened to-day. In the Chamber of Deputies Baron Ricaaoli, Pre sident of the Council, explained the present state of the Roman question. He said that he had drawn. up • plan of reconciliation between religion and liberty, and between the state and the church. He had requested the Emperor Napoleon to be come mediator, but, owing to the little disposition to conciliation on the part of the Roman court, the mediation had not been attended with any result. Baron Ricasoli then laid on the table of the house the documents relating to this project of ar rangement. The project contains eleven articles, of which the following is a luminary :—" The Pope and the Cardinals are to preserve their dignity and inviola bility. Full liberty is guaranteed to the Sove reign Pontiff for his acts of divine rights as chief of the church. The Pope is empowered to send nuncii to communicate with the bishops and the faithful, and to convene synods and councils without the intervention of the government. The King of Italy renounces his right in respect of ecclesiastical beLefices. The Italian government also relinquishes all right of interference in the nomination of bishops. The King of Italy will guarantee to:the Pope a certain revenue." - The eleven articles are preceded by an address to the Pope, accompanied by a letter to Cardinal Antonelli, requesting him to give the plan a favourable consideration. A note addressed by Baron Ricasoli to the Che valier di Nigra was also laid on the table of the house. It instructs the Sardinian minister at Paris to request the good offices of France in order to bring this project before the Pope, and says that should the proposals it contains be rejected, the Italian government could not, without difficulty, restrain the impatience of the people who claim Rome as their capital. After the speech of Barou Ricasoli, an animated 1 discussion took place on the state of things in the Neapolitan provinces. The Chamber resolved on discussing the state of things in Naples at the same time as the Roman question. TURIN, Nov. 2L The Opinion of to-day says : "The proposals for the partition of Italy, men tioned by the Daily News, originated with powers who have not the courage to declare themselves either favourable or opposed to Italy, but who would wish to play a part in European politics which their position does not permit them to assume." FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. SI. The Moniteur, in it. bulletin of to-day, says : " The independence Beige amuses its readers with incidents purely imaginary relative to the late ministerial modification, and in its number of the 19th inst. pretends to divulge what has taken place in the councils of the Emperor. " Tbe account given by the independence Beige is entirely false." PARIS Nov. 21,12.25 p.m. It is asserted that the Bank of France will re duce its rate of discount to-day. ARRIVAL OF AN AMERICAN CONFEDE RATE STEAMER AT SOUTHAMPTON. (THIS DAY.) SOUTHAMPTON. TirmuLDAY. _ . ♦ large paddle-steamer, the Nashville, flying the Confederate flag, has just arrived in our river, and landed the captain and the crew of the American ship Harvey Birch. Captain Nelson, of the Harvey Birch, reports having left Havre on Satarday last, the 17th inst., bound for New York, in ballast. On the 19th inst., when in lat. 49.6 N., long. 9.52 W., she was brought to by the Confederate steamer Nashville,Commander Peagrim, late of the United States navy. The Harvey Birch was immediately boarded by the officers and crew of the Nashville, who at once ordered the captain and crew on board the steamer, allowing them to take a few of their effects and fresh provisions. Captain Pea grim then ordered the Harvey Birch to be fired and laid alongside until she was burnt to the water's edge. Captain Nelson is just lauded, with his crew and officers, 29 in all, and immediately placed hi.naelf in communication with Captain Britton, the United States consul at this port. The Nashville is still lying in the river flying the Southern Confederate flag. Captain Nelson says that Commander Peagrim states he has no com mission from the Southern government as a war steamer, and yet declares he is not a privateer. Nov. 21. The following additional particulars have trans pired respecting the steamer. Nashville, which arrived here this morning. No southern Nashville. have arrived by the There are, however, on board a Colonel Peyton and lady. Colonel Peyton appears to have some commission to execute, u he proceeds to London immediately. The Nashville is preparing to oome into dock for re-fitting, having experienced very bad weather since running the blockade at Charleston. Her crew oonsista of English and Irish, who, after ship ment, were compelled to sign other articles. The whole of the crew of the Harvey Birch, with the exception of Captain Nelson and his two offioers, were placed in irons until arriving here. Captain Peagrim endeavoured to make Captain Nelson and his crew take an oath of allegiance to the Confederate government. Captain Peagrim has communicated with Mr. Yancey. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom owe. ono PARIS, WZDNZBDAT EVIIIINO. The Moniteur's " bulletin" now requires to be looked at ; for, mixed up with much trivial and un authentic matter taken from ordinary telegrams and the ordinary politioal gossip of the day, it sometimes contains official declarations of the kind which were formerly published under the mislead ing heading, " non-official part." Of this sort is the following note : Various rumours relative to pretended incidence which are stated to have occurred in connexion with the return to the cabieet of his Excelency M. Mould h►ve been put into circrlation by the foreign press, sod even reproduced In some journals of Paris. Among other things, a letter is stated to have been written on this subject by a former minister of King Louis Philippe's government. But these rumours have no sort of foundation. A more explicit contradiction of the unlikely story of M. Thiers's intervention in the matter of M. Fould, which WAS circulated simultaneously by the Times and the Independence Beige, is con tained in the following letter to the Cuastantionuel, written by M. Thiers's friend, M. Prevost Paradol: My dear M. Veroa,-Bince the journal which you direct has made ita declaration of indepeedence, why make it the echo of that officious prow which, being or pretending to be " inspired," sees " inspiration" in everything that is written ? Admire also the logic of nowsmongera. Accord' iog to the IneUpeisdarice Bdge, it is M. Thiers who, by • letter written to M. Waleweki, led to the adoption of the new financial measures, and even to the ap pointment of M. Fould. On the other band, if the officious press is to be believed, M. Thiers " inspired my article in the Meats, so that he is repreeentediur having recommended the new measures, and at the ammo time as having employed me to attack them. The contradictory assertions of these well•informed people are equally false. K. niers has had nothing whatever to do either with the •ow measures or ray criticism. Re, according to his habit, has remained quietly in his retreat, studying the events of the first empire, and has left me also according to my habit to judge of those of the second in my own way.—Accept, kw., PIANOS? PALDOL. The Temps, in an article repeat•ig the argumenta which were urged last yoar, without effect, in sup port of the proposition that a dissolution of the Corps Legialatif was a logical consequence, indicated by tho liberal declaration of Nov. 24, says : If the preadult Legislative Body, which has distinguished itself much more by absolute devotedness than by fore eight and firmness, is to be maintained, the enemies of the government will not fail to say that Its motive for solemnly renouncing a prerogative (which, in point of fact, was pretty nearly used up by the abuse of it) was simply to obtain from the facile complaisance of • legislature not addicted to opposition • normal budget of vastly augmented proportions. The only way to stifle such suggestions is to give public opinion an opportunity of pronouncing in • general election. And in order that men really worthy to represent the nation should be sent to the Chamber it is essential that the government should give up the system of official candidatures. Let the prefects ewes to issue proclamations which transform independence into sedition ; it is high time to suffer the electors to chaos freely the men who appear to them the most cosmoses and the most indisbtoood ; it is high time that the goose*. swot should cease to control the composition of that body w►ose control at itself is now admitted to be aoaotosaaty. The Sleek, following on the seine side, insist* particularly upon this—that none of the ultra montane members, the Kellen, Plichons, Kolb- Bernardi', and Co., would have been sent to the house had their fanatical opinions been know n , and that they would assuredly be thrown out now. The present Corps Legialatif in no way represents the country, for it was elected under a totally different state of circumstances from that which now exists. It would be impolitic and dangerous, with regard to foreign powers, to convoke an assembly whose sentiments are altogether hostile to the instincts of the country. "An assembly which has foreseen nothing, prevented nothing, and blindly accepted and voted whatever was put before it, is not worthy of the honour of being allowed to hail those reforms which are in them selves the condemnation of its servility." In citing as political symptoms worthy of notice the above observations, I feel it right to add, t o prevent misconception, that in my opinion a new parliament would be no more a just representation of the country than the present one. It would better represent the changes of policy which ne cessity has forced upon the Emperor, but that would be aIL The French liberal journals are constrained to speak of universal suffrage as a reality, but for foreigners, it is essential to a right understanding of the present crisis in France not to forget that it is a sham. The Temps and Sid& do quite right ; it is on their part de bonne guerre to urge a dissolution, because while here and there independent candidates might achieve a victory, and so recruit the gallant phalanx of five now in the house, it would suit the government's present views to turn out very many of its former nomi nees. But as &student of truth, irrespective of the consequences which may be deduced from it, I am persuaded that with the present electoral organisation, all (or almost all) the ultramontanists would be returned again if the Emperor chose to recommend them ; I am equally sure that they would all (or almost all) be thrown out if he pleased to withdraw his favour; and, unfortu nately, I feel by no means sure, that if the govern ment were bona Me to abstain from any inter ference with the elections, the priests would not be able to return their candidates in a great many in stances. No doubt, priestly influence would soon be reduced to legitimate proportions, if a free press, free political associations, and public meetings could take part in the instruction of the people ; but if freedom of election were to be suddenly de clared and acted upon, the priests, as being the only organised body ready for immediate action, would have an immense advantage. At the Bourse the Rents, after considerable fluctuations, left off within a shade of yesterday's price. Mobilier fell 6fr. 25c. In the Italian Loan there was no change. The Lyons Railway fell 6fr., Southern 6fr. 25c., and moat of the other lines Hr. 25c. to 2fr. 50c.; Western, however, rose 6fr. TheConstitutiomiel announces that a new floating iron battery, to be called the Rampart, is ordered at Cherbourg. Admiral Penand arrived at St. Maio a few days ago on a mission which is said by the local journals to be highly important. He is to inspect all the men in the port who are liable to serve in the navy, and to impress upon them—let, the great ad vantages of oompleting their six years' service as soon as possible ; and, 2nd, the pecuniary benefit offered by the decree of June 25, 1861, concerning bounties for re-enlistment. I don't clearly under stand what this may mean, but certainly on the first blush it does not look like reduction in the navy. Prince Napoleon, who was to have gone to Lon don this week to superintend the arrangements for the French part of the Universal Exhibition, has postponed his departure for a few days. General Cialdini has arrived in Paris. M. Ernest Baroche, the son of the President of the Council of State, who went to America some time ago under circumstances which will be re membered, has just returned. It is said that he is to be made a member of the Council of State. The Courier du Di/nowise seems to me on the high road to dissolution. Besides scored-up warn ings and communiques, it has two prosecutions hanging over its head, and the Prefect of Police has just withdrawn the permission which it had, in common with all journals, not under a ban, to be hawked in the streets. :RIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN DUBLIN. TWO CHILDREN BEHEADED BY THEIR FATHER. ZLIGCTRICI TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNEISDLY EVII2IIIIIO. A tragedy, moat terrible in its character, was committed this morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, in Cumberland-street, in this city. A man named /dollen, who had been a waiter in one of the city hotels, but who had been without employment for some time put, and had become reduced in consequence to a state of great distress, having missed some articles of clothing diaposed of by hie wife for the purchase of necessary food. an altercation took place, which resulted in a most garage attack upon the wife and a sister-in-law. The two females smiled made their escape from the house, but had previously received severe injuries. As soon as they had left, the husband (Mollon), in a fit of rage, seized a knife, and rushing madly on his two children nearly severed their heads from their bodies. The murderer was immediately arrested by the police without offering any resistance. (II1( BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY ErzmNG. One of the mar painful tragedies that has occurred in this city for years past was perpetrated this day, at 25, South Cumberlandetreet, between 10 and 11 a.m., and from the circumstances attending it, bee evidently been the work of • madman. The father had boon • waiter in an inn, at Bray, but left his situation in September last. Slow then he has been unable to obtain employment, and consequently was brought to poverty, and had barely suf ficient food to walla for to-day. After having sold the little property they powered, it appears • quarrel arcee between him and his sister•in-law about his shirt collars. He took up a poker and rushed upon her, and inflicted a serious wound on her left temple. She ran from him and fled. His wife interposed, but he turned upon her and most savagely attacked her, cutting her with the poker on the bead sod in several other places. She succeeded ia getting away. Rendered mad at being thwarted in his murderous attack on his sisterdn-law and wife, he took up • knife, and catching bold of the youngest child—a fine lay of two years old—he inflicted a fearful gash across his throat, severing the head almost from the body. He thee erred the other child and cut his throat, but the wooed did not cause instantaneous death. He now appeared to have become conscious of what be had done, and cried out in the most sionimog and frantic manner for help, weeping bit. telly. He was taken into custody and did not offer the least resistance. The older child died shortly after being taken to the hospital. On being brought up at the police.office, the accused was remanded till the following morning. The Calorie Gazette Rays :—" The Bank' of Homburg has recovered all that was gained from it by a certain Spanish gentleman. The latter hu just lust in tum 2,000,000 franca, and has returned home as poor as be was when he came." A letter from Frankfort in the cologne Gazette says :—" We lawn from a good source that the Grand Duke of Home is &Mimed with the difficult position created for him by his ministry, and that he only waits the death of the aged landgrave to abdicate in favour of his nephew. Prime Louis, future husband of the English princess. and to retire to his chateau at Homburg, to live according to his tastes." "A railway locomotive," says the Bombay Ga:elle of October 28, " is actually on the soil of the Punjab. Uzi:motives, tenders, kc., have been laoded at 3looltari sad are cia their road to Lahore. The problem as to the thus of their arrival may be worked out by Profes'i°" l uetaariea from the following data—Distance from Morass to Labrxe, 215 miles ; number of feet in a mile, 5. 210 : average rate of progress of locomotives, &c., 50 feet Per diem. The carriages travel on moveable rails, and are dragged by coolies."