The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-21 00:00:00

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If ordinary commercial calculations go for anything, the American money market, as w e endeavoured to show last week, must improve ; and, as it improves, there wall necessarily be a revival of confidence in com mercial channels. There is little prospect of our blinding our.elves to the threatening points of the present difficulty, for they are forced upon us at every turn. It may be well for the English public to bear in niind that the American press was never yet known to soften down any feature, whether it be gloomy or promising. It is constantly on the watch for materials for creating a sensation. Its prominent error is a proneness to exaggeration. The evidences of this aru.innuniemble, and crop of every batch of American news that comes forward. As straws show which way the wind lbws, one or two trifling points in the recent ac counts illustrate our meaning. What, for exam ple, is in worse taste, or more clearly be trays the wish to make "newspaper capital" out of even the misfortunes of the country, than the trick indulged in by a portion of the influen tial New York press of parading the news from South Carolina in bold type amongst the " Foreign" Intelligence! And with what gusto do the journals recite all the details of the alleged idea of the South Carolinians of attacking by means of rafts Fort Sumter—a fort heavily armed, well garrisoned, and with free communica tiun with the sea ! Such a notion must be derided as mere braggadocio. A press which furnishes food of this description to a sensation-creTing Petite Oil Plifilett English readers if they receive it with due (modification. But, quitting the political ground, which is, in deed, somewhat foreign to our immediate subject, attention may usefully be called to several points which indicate that, however disturbed politics may be, there are already the elements of a finan cial recovery in America. Although unfavourable rumours were circulated on Friday with regard to the American exchange, the letters delivered on Satprday show that it was firm at New York at 1041 to for bankers' bills. This denotes no re trogression. It is the highest price that has been received from New York since the rally set in there. Seine of the writers describe the exchange as " more in favour of America than could have " been expected, considering the large amount "of specie received from England." The rate for the best " commercial " sixty-day bills on London had also recovered to 103 to 104. These rates, we are well aware, will not stop the flow of specie from this side, but they mark a tendency towards • restoration of the exchange market to a less exceptional pusition ; and the continuance of this would cause the shipments of specie from England to slacken materially. The details afforded with regard to the position of the discount market are still more reassuring. Holders of money showed more confidence. Paper which, ten days previously, was "without pur " chasers at 18 to 24 per cent.," is stated in the latest letters to have been "eagerly taken at "9to 10 per cent." Remittances from the in terior were coming forward, after being long frozen up, and contributed to cause the improvement in the Bank returns, indicated by a considerable decrease in the loans and increase in the deposits, and by a still larger increase in the specie. One writer observes :—" It is generally believed that " money will rule at 5 per cent. during the first " quarter of the present year." This view con firms that already expressed in these columns. Again the rise in public securities was of a character denoting still more plainly the belief that the crisis, so far as regards its financial aspect, is at an end. Prices are now much higher in the New York than in the London market. In many instances the rebound amounted to several' per cent. in a single day, even in those stocks which had not been bought up on English account. Tb. unsecured Bonds of the New York and Erie Railroad Company hail risen 10 per cent, within a week. Notwithstanding the difficulties of the Federal I:ovenument, the new loan had risen to 1.1 to 2 per cent. premium, and will doubtless advance much further. Bond fide investments— the best passible criterion of public opinion —were being made upon a large scale. Added to this, trade throughout the Northern and Western States was beginning to recover from its late unnatural congestion. Large shipments of grain and provisions were being made to the Southern states ; and as it was clear that the South will requue to be fed, no matter how de fiant its attitude towards the rest of the Union, such a MAMA of produce bills had suddenly conic forward that at rhicago--one of the moat import ant markets of the interior—the rxehanre on New York had f a ll e n r. per cent. within as many days. We hope our readers will not consider them details tedious, for they go to show, far bettor th a n any mere assertions, that American commerce anal finance are gradually recovering horn the ,1, :!r. of the ror.villsion. Plain of a cha racter to min .: of .ntelliglble dedni.tioca, bah the more valuable just. now because the public bass already had a surfeit of mere opinion. and theo ries, for the most part proved deceptive. The financial paralysis in America caused the strain upon our market to be sudden and heavy : relief in America means, therefore, cheer ful tidings to ourselves. We have reason to believe that a portion of the gold which is now in course of shipment is intended directly for the Southern States, and partly for the New orleans hanks. The pressure for specie in that quarter is easily explained, for a political and social panic always causes some amount of the precious metals to be hoarded. It is very possible that the ill disguised trepidation of the South at the ides of a civil war, with some millions of slaves in the scale against them, may affect our specie reserves in a more direct manner than is imagined by the super ticial observer. But, on the other hand, the secret but deep-felt appreciation among the Southerners of the essential weakness which the slave element imports into their posi tion, will have a v.ist influence towards preventing an armed collision. On this consideration, com bined with that of the purely commercial aptitude and tendencies of the American people, whether in the North or the South, we may surely rest our hopes. The North and the South have alike vast stores of produce which it is imperative for them to sell ; and, as we aro always the largest buyers, trade between England and America cannot long be seriously disturbed. One of the most disquiet ing feature-. for us is the severe check which has nnipiestionably been given to the American demand for our goods. We shall yet feel the effects of this at present one-sided character of our American trade. It is the more fortunate, there fore, that we can discern encouraging features in the American money market and in American trade generally, for the absorption of our goods there will not he resumed upon a satisfactory scale until America is once inure made easy in her pe cuniary circumstances. The return of this period will be accelerated by the fact that the country is full of wealth, and that, but for the existing dissensions, she would probably now be carrying on a trade unprecedented in point both of extent and profit. As helping to restore ease in America, there can be no doubt whatever that the three millions of gold sent from this country have been invested in the most judi cious manner possible for our interest. For the moment we appear to be left compara tively unmolested, in a financial sense, by France. The old difficulties, arising from her improvident expenditure, both at home and abroad, remain, it is true, in full operation. But the managers of the Bank of France are shrewd enough to see that they have had ai much accom modation as is to be got at present out of the Bank of England ; and that if they press any further just now upon that establishment, the directors, whose present attitude is one of the utmost vigilance, will instantly complicate the situation further, so far as France is concerned, by raising the rate of discount afresh. The French Bank are, accordingly, trying elsewhere for the re quired supplies of gold, against an exchange of silver. They have, it is said, found the Bank of Russia willing to accommodate them upon these terms to the extent of a million or a million and a quarter sterling. The arrangement implies some respite to our market, so we must regard it as the best that could be made at the moment, short of the adoption of means for obviating those errors which lie at the root of the present drain upon France. Amongst the manufacturing trades of the United Kingdom the cotton interest, as appears from the accounts relating to the past week, is still the most active, and, all things considered ) the most kiwi:lMß% Industry in this branch con tinues to be fully employed, although the business in the Manchester market has been below the average. Spinners and manufacturers are both looking with anxiety to the progress of affairs in America and to the continued rise in the cotton market. Notwithstanding the absence of demand for that country there is not much com plaint from the woollen interest, but in other dis tricts there is more evidence of slackness. The iron, hardware, hosiery, and silk trades are all more or less depressed. In Staffordshire, Not tinghamshire, Leicestershire and other parts, there are more workpeople out of employment than for some time past. The severe weather, which now, happily, appears to be breaking, hes also pressed painfully upon many out-of-door trades. His Royal Highuesa the Duke of Cambridge and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sass-Weimar, ac• eompsnied by Colonel the Hon. James litedonald, returned to town on Saturday, from visiting the Earl and Counter of Derby at Knowsley Park. Their Royal Highoemen the Duchems of Cam bridge end the Princess Mary will return to St. James's Parse us the 99th inst. from Kew. The Marquix of Lawelowne is expected at Lau.- dowse Howe as the 3rd pi ommu from Bowood. The MarchioneM of Ely has arrived in town from t Continent. The Earl do Grey and Ripou left Calton-gardens oa Saturday, to meet the countess at Newby Hall, York shire. The Counter' Reventlow will leave Remington Palace in a few days fur Parisi, es route to Germany. Lord and Lady Probe have returned to Elton Rail. Northamptonshire, frees visiting her Majesty at Windsor (ant is. Lord and Lady Taunton are expected in town in • few days from their seat in Cambridgeshire. Lord and Lady Herbert of Lea have been enter taiaiag, at Waco House, near Salisbury, ♦t the elms of the past week, General Lord (lyde, Viscount and Viscoun tess Bun•, Lord and Lady Clarence Puget, and the Count Stnelecki. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., and the Earl and oourteee &mere heft on flunkey. The Dnke of Sutherland, stt wu learn frum the Lag aceouuta frum Trentham, continues to improve. The Earl of Derby hex completely recovered from the severe attack of illness under which be was suffering fur mayoral months pant. List week his lordship and the countess entertained a select ein.de of aristocratic friends at Knowsley Hall, among whom were the Earl and Counter of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, Viscount Can terbury, Lord Colville, Lard Stanley, Colonel the Hou. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot, Hon. Miss Wilbraham, Hon. Captain Talbot, Mon. Captain Btaatey, Mir Robert Gerard, Mr. Allen Bathurst, and Mr. C. Leslie. In the course of the week the circle was humoured by the arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and he Royal Highness the Duke of Sams Weiner. The banquet to be given by the liberal members of the Home of Comm. - maunder the prewitlentshipof Lewd Pal merston. to Sir William Hayter, Bart., 11. P., has (says the 04erre r) been axed by the committee for Wednesday, the 27th of Februory, alien a splendid testimonial will be pwe. seated to the right honourable barooet. This compliment from old friends sad colleague' will not be outlined to this proseut members of the lower house, but will comprise those who eat in !ornament at any time during the period when Sir William Hayter tilled the °See of Secretary to the Lords Comammiesers of her Majesty's Treasury. _ _ _ Sir Thmiten Edward Coiebrooke, amt., M P. for Lasarkshire, will, it k said, be selected to More the Adders., la the Hos:sew( Coosasems, is &merit-to the Speech frost the Threw. Berjeaut Tozer, of the Nort.lk Circuit, ha.' been appointed to the vacant Rwersieisbip el Bury St. £d• annris. Mr. Colley Herman Scotland will, it in said, pm tow sucealpii to the vamp"' us glee 110.1t.us by 144 EWA rt by hew, DeCtlow. Cbt Court. WINDSOR CANTLE, Jas. I. There was uo addition to the royal dinner part• yu■terday. The Queen, attended by Lady Mactlocald, walked in the grounds of the Castle this morning. The Prince Consort went to Lomita, attended by Colonel PomponLy. Hia Royal Highness' drove from Paddington to Buckingham Palace, and proeided at a meeting of the finance committee of the Royal Commission for the Echi• bition a 1861, held at 11 o'clock. There were also present —Earl Granville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Y.P., Sir Alexander Spear. man, Hart., Mr. Tbontsui Baring, /LP., Mr. C. W. Bilks, C. 8., Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Edgar Bowriai (sierstary). The meeting broke up at 2 o'clock. The Ducliessof Kent visite' her Majesty and took luncheon. Viscount Palmerston and the Hon. F. and Mrs. Stouor arrived on a visit in the afternooo. The Prince l'onsort, with Prince Arthur, skated in the Home Park in the aftenviion, attended by the Gentlemen in Waiting. Some of the OffiColll in garrison bad tie honour of skating with the Prin,:e. Her Jiajaity's dinner poly included the Princess Alice, the Hum aced Rev. C. L. and Lady Caroline Coartenay, bir James (lab, and the Minters staying in the ('aetle. The band of the Royal Horse Guards played during dinner : IteJoublZ 11% enure. •. Nude Mara '. H.H.H. Ike Doke of Weze Caws. yeedrille. " DiLoreti " reletilea, "Dumps" Valbe leaner. Her Majesty's private band dt ea, t performed in t drawing-room tie Mowing pima : therture . Mendelesohn. Mom., " Hougrads." N. Busks Ernst. Nrpt ty.r. • Les Huguenots" Z e ure r ue. • Mud.. • A 'maim ^ hUNDAT, JAS. 20. - - The Queen and Pripet. Consort, the Primates Alice, Prince Arthur, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in tie Private Chapel. Lord Palmerton and Mrs. F. Stupor were also at the service. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Nan of Witidaor officiated. Mr. Booth, Mr. Lancaster, and Mr. Knowles, a depu. tation from the Lam ashiro and Cheshire Coal Association, with Mr. Hall, parliamentary agent, had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Mauer Gibson, ou Saturday, at the *We of the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Metropolitan Board, on the alib ied of the proposed bill for amending the acts relating to that body, had an interview with Str George C. Lewis, on Saturday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. J. Thwaites (chairman), Mr. W. The, M.P., Mr. A. R. Bristow, M.P., and Mr. E. H. Woolrych, standing counsel of the Baird. The Duke of Newcastle arrived in London on Saturday, from Chunber-park, Nuns. A deputatun, consisting of Rwsr•Admiral Gordon, Captain Farquharson, and Captain Arrow, had 1411 interview an Saturday with the Hight Hoe. T. Milner Gibson. Despatches were received at the Cob.nial•otDcq on Satur day, from the Governors of the West Indies, Australia, Cayks, Hong Kong, Malta, and from the Lord High COO. abalones. of the lonian !daub!. Gesptatches were sent to the Governory of Canada, Halituuas, Australia, Mauritius, Ceylon, Hung Kong, Libman, Malta, and Gibraltar. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT CAMBRIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, SATURDAY EVENING. The town was all alive to-clay by reason of the presence of the Prince, who arrived at Trinity College from Madingley about twelve o'clock, and proceeded to his apartments in the Lodge, where he was received by the Master of the college, the Rev. Dr. WhewelL At this time the joy -hells were ringing from the tower of St. Mary's, flags and banners were exhibited in all directions, and the town was one scene of cariosity and excitement. The Prime was accompanied by the Hon. Major-General Bruce and Captain Grey. So soon as the arrival at Trinity was known, the University authoritim attended in procession to pay their respects to bis royal highness. The Vice-Chancellor (the Hun. and Rev. Dr. Neville, Master of Magdalene Col lege), escorted m usual by the Esquire-Bedels, Dr. Leaping well, of Corpus College, and Mr. Godfrey, of St. John's College, beaded the rorn'gr, which consisted in addition of the Muter. of St. Catherine's (Dr. Plidpotta, Bishop-elect Oi Wvicorier) r 84. Peter's (Dr. Cookies), Trinity Hall (Dr. Gelder!), Miser (Dr. animal% Queens' (Dr. Mr' lips), Sidney (Dr. Phelps), Corpus (Dr. Pulling), Jesus (Dr. Conic), John's (Dr. Hataton), Downing (Dr. Wonky), and Mrs (Dr. Atkisson), also the Rev. the Provost of King's (Dr. Ohm). The Master of Trinity joined the woman is the Lodge. The Registrary of the University (the Rev. Mr. Romilly, of Trinity College), and the Proctors (the Rev. Mr. Brocklebank, of King's College, and the Rev. Mr. Williams, of St. John's College) formed part of the eerie*. All these gentlemen had the honour of being presented to his royal highness, and on their retire ment were succeeded by a deputation front the cooperation of the borough. This latter consisted of the mayor (Mr. Charles Finch Foster), the deputy-mayor (Mr. Elliot Smith), Mr. Councillor Balls, and the town clerk (Mr. C. H. Cooper), attended by the nutombearers and sergeants. The Mayor and his colleagues having been presented to the Prince in due form, the chief magistrate received from Mr. Tows Clerk, and presented to his royal highnem, a copy of an address which had been voted at a full meeting of the council in the moruieg. It was as follows : "To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. "May it please your Royal Highness,—We, her Majesty's loyal and faithful subjects, the mayor, aldermen, and bur gesses of the borough of Cambridge, humbly crave leave to be permitted to offer to your Royal Highness our cemgratu lotions upon your admission us a member of the thuvereity of Cambridge. "We earnestly trust that your Royal Rieman's mu wexion with that ancient and illustrious seminary of sound learning and religious education may be productive of ad vantage to that body, and of entire satisfaction to your Royal Highness. "We beg to add our best wishes for the health and hap. pine. of your Royal Highness.—Given, &c." The Prince graciously acknowledged the receipt of the ad dress and handed it to General Bruce. The deputation then withdrew. Next, the V ice•M aster of Trinity College (the Rev. Profaner Sedgwick) had the honour of being presented to the Prince by the Master. These ceremonies over, his royal highness, accompanied by General Bruce and the Muter of Trinity, entered the Master's carriage, and were driven to Magdalene Lodge ; here the Vice• Chancellor and the Rev. the Regiatiary were in waiting, and the Prinoe was duly matriculated a member of the university, swear ing to maintain the supremacy of the Sovereign, her heir and successors, the church of England as by law estab lished, and the privileges and iuomuuitiesof the university: The royal party then returned to Trinity Ledge, sod they had no sooner retired than a scramble took place amongst Kure fair friendsot the Hon. Mrs. Neville for possession of the pen wherewith his royal highness had signed the maul• culation book. The coveted prize fell to the share of a visitor : it has since been exhibited in triumph, and will doubtless be preserved as a memento. On re-arrival at Trinity, the Prince was formally admitted, in the presence of the Master and Seniors, a member of Trinity College. Lunch was served at Trinity, and at its conclusion, his royal Lighting donned his academicals, and proceeded with the Master to a survey of the principal places and objects of in• terest in the college. The chapel, the hall, and the library were• all visited, Dr. Whewell acting as cicerone. These visits over, the Prince, with a laudable view to recreation threw off the toga, and, accompanied by General Bruce an.l Captain Grey, proceeded to the Tennis Court to enjoy a game or so with the latter. The royal party returned to Madingley about 4 o'clock. etatNeT Cot . Ne:t.—The member"; of the cabinet received illlllllllollN* 011 tiatunlay to attend • Cabinet Council as Friday next, the 25th inst. Moat, if not all, the vainistere are expected to attend the meeting. _ _ _ _ . _ Earl Gri.nville, Lord President of the Privy Council, Las leaned invitations for a grand dinner on &tut-. day, the 2nil of February, at his residence in Bruton-street. The Cabinet tniuisters and the principal officers of the Queen'. household will he the guests. During the meeting the list of the high sheriffs fur the different counties of England and Wales for the present year w ill be arranged, pmt oratory to its being submitted to her Majesty in Council. . . _ The party at Broadlands brook; up an the 24th or :nth inst., aid Lord and Lady Palna•raton retort to town— the Premier to propare for the opening of parlia ment, and the Viscountees to make arrangemmts for the maidim, of Cambridge-hocre to the Ira f at ppm la . VIA ~..va:ut. u fairly isiwuruxal. ECCOND-BAND PIANOFORTE& ILAMEI, DEAL/. and (se. hawa low aiesrtmel el Mad 111thotvrtet by the mad reargued ththeth at post.l) redo, .41 pric, —3ll. Regent-stmet. ST. .IAMES'S HALL RESTAURANT, litegeolutryeS and Pkwa4l.ly. u.t boons. punk" Way" Llquon, at.. kr haillea, Ltdies, awl tnutlemen ML. LIONALE Proprietor. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1861. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE UNITED STATER. THE SECESSION MOVEMENT CONTI NUING. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer City of Manchester, Captain Halcron, from New York on the bth instant, has arrived. She brings 212 passengers and the United States mail, but no specie. She experienced southerly winds throughout the passage. News anticipated. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steam•rbip Canada, from Boston on the 9th and Halifax ou the 10th inst., arrived here at 8 p.m., landed all wails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 8.90 p.m. She brings 843 passengers. The steam-ships America and Palestine, from Liverpool, had arrived out. Advice; from Washington to the Bth inst. state that the government was sending small detach ments of troops to the South. Mr. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, had resigned, on account, it was said, of the despatch of reinforcements for Fort Sumpter. Much distress was reported at Charleston. _ _ The majority at Nov Orleans for immediate se cession was 318. No plan of adjustment had yet been adopted by Congress. Later ad vices from Mexico state that Miramon had been defeated, and had fled. The liberals took possession of the capital on Christmas day. All war was supposed to be ended. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN A t EVDIING, But little change has taken place either 111 money or stocks New York Central* are quoted 78} } ; Illinois, 77 ; Erie, Ai 36 ; Hudson, .16 47.—Exchange inactive at 1014 to Pgt. Bills at three ilk's' sight are quoted at 1064 to 107. Breadstuff' am heavy. Flour closed at decline of sto 10 cents. per barrel : sales, 14,000harrels. Cotton firm : sales, 4,000 tales; Middling Upland, 12g. Provisions stiff. Freight engagement' moderate. NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 8. The cotton market is dull; Middling is quoted up. Freights for cotton to Liverpool, 11-16 d. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX. NEW YORK, .42r. 10. Adrices from Washington state that the Presi dent in his special message throws the responsi bility on Congress, and suggests the restoration of the Missouri compromise. The Star of the West, with reinforcements for Major Anderson, baring been fired into at Charleston, has put to sea without landing the troops. The sloop of war Brooklyn Las sailed for Charleston. The Mississippi Convention has passed an ordi nance for immediate secession. Mr. Seward has accepted the post of premier undn Lincoln. The stock market is dull. The following are the latest quotations :—Erie, 351 ; Illinois, 75 ; New York Central, 714. The cotton market is firm and active ; middling Upland has advanced to 13c. Breadatuffs are slightly higher. Provisions steady. NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 9. Sales of cotton, 20,000 bales middling, Hie. to 12c. QUEENSTOWN, SCYDAT. The Ro)al Mail steamship Arabia arrived here to-day at 4 p.m., embarked mails, and proceeded for New York at 4.15 p.m. All well. THE SYRIAN QUESTION. Thu ladtge> u la)u•e Belg, states that a new propo sition has been made from Paris, to the effect that the Syrian commission shall meet in that capital Were the 15th of February to consider the con tinuance of the French occupation. The Emperor, while declaring himself ready to submit to the do cixion of Europe, relies much upon the influence of discussion to induce the British cabinet not to insist upon the recall of the French expeditionary corps. FRANCE. ma, Iid WAY. The Meli;lesi, in its bulletin of to-day, again denies that the government is in any way respon sible for the political pamphlets which make their appearance daily, and says :—" The government is invested with no power to prevent the publication of books and pamphlets. It would therefore be un just to render it responsible for senseless theories which the good acme of the public stigmatises as being eontrary to the catholic feelings of the country and to the respect due to the Holy Father, in regard to which the policy of the Emperor has always set au example." THE DANISH QUESTION. The following are the proposals made to the Frankfort Diet in the sitting of the 17th instant, relative to the Holstein question. The United Committee proposed that the Diet should decree : 1. That the financial patent of the 25th September, DM, and all the laws consequent thereupon, especially the finan cial law of the 3rd July, 1860, are illegal as long as they have not received the sanction of the Estates of Holstein- Lauenburg. 2. To call for explanations froni the Royal Ducal Govern ment respecting the fulfilment of the prrovi..nriner to be established according to the Federal Decree of the Bth March, 1860. 3. To allow a delay of six weeks to the Royal Ducal Government, after the expiration of which the decree of the 12th August, 1818 (preparations for execution), shall be re sorted to. The Assembly decreed that the deliberation and vote should take place within three weeks from the present date. THE ITALIAN FLEET BEFORE GAETA. TURIN, JAN. 20. Tho Opinion says :—" Francis 11. having re fused the proposals of surrender, the Itliana fleet has replaced the French squadron before Gaeta." The same paper says :—" General La Marmora leaves to-morrow for Berlin, on a special mission to the court of King William I." TURIN. MONDAT, JAR. 21. The Opinione publishes a telegram from Naples, announcing that Admiral Perron° had declared the blockade of Gaeta, and had announced that he would allow the inhabitants a few hours' time to leave the city. The foreign vessels had left the port. It was believed that the bombardment would recomnienoe to-day. BOURBON IN VASION OF THE NEAPOLITAN PROVniCID3. GENOA, SATURDAY. The Currier, Mereantik publishes letters from Naples, dated 15th inst., stating that several thou sand Bourhonians, under the command of General Lovers, had entered the Neapolitan provinces through Roman territory, and defeated the legs numerous Italian force,, near Tagliacozao, compel ling them to retire on Avezzano. . . °corral Sonnaz bad Mt with reinforvementa for Sora. NAPLF" JAL IL The reactionary m9vetnect in the Abrrazi has been 3uppresoted. AT. STRIA. VIENNA, JAY. 20. The official Wisner Zeituag of to-day contains an imperial decree, dated the 18th inst., ordering the emission of a new five per cent. loan of 30,000,0008. at 88. The object of this loan being merely to anticipate the payment of the taxes, the Minister of Finance is to issue the securities in such a manner that a fifth of their amount may be re deemed at a tune, and the tax-collectors are ordered to accept them at par in payment of the taxes for the current year. The Grand Cross of the Order of St. Leopold has been conferred on Prince Richard Metternich. INDIA. BOMBAY, Bic. 27. Great indignation has beeirexp;;;eieciin the Legislative Council at the Mysore grant. Public demonstrations are being got up against it. The right of adoption has at last been explicitly conferred upon the native princes. The collection of the income tax is proceeding quietly, but has hardly commenced. The import trade has been resumed, after six weeks' suspension. THE BOMBAY MAIL MARSEILLES, JAN. 20. The Luke, with the above mail, arrived at Marseilles at 11 a.m. to-day. The mail !eaves for London by special train at 1 p.m. The Manilla, with the heavy portion of the above mail, left Malta at 11 p.m. on the 15th, and may be expected at Southampton on the 24th inst. The Northam brought the mail and 00 passengers to Suez, arriving 'there on the 10th inst. (correct day). OUTWARD MAILS. The Nemesis delivered the Loudon mails of the 4th and 10th of November In Calcutta on the 14th of December. The Singapore and Nubia left Madras for Cal cutta on the 22nd and 26th of December respec tively. The former had on board the London mails of the 12th and 18th of November (extra), and the latter thaw of the 20th and 26th of November. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. '(roox oua OWN CORWPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. Although the latest telegram says that Admiral de Tinan has left Gaeta with the "remainder" of the French fleet, that statement is not understood as contradictory of the prior despatch, according to which the Monette corvette remains there. Her destination, the evening papers say, is to offer an asylum for Francis H. and his family whenever he may require one. The "latest news" of the Prase mentions a rumour, not confirmed in any quarter, that contrary to all anticipation the armistice at Gaeta will be prolonged with a view to further negotiations. A Toulon letter states that M. Langougine, lieutenant in the French navy, is ordered to take out from Bordeaux an iron-cased gunboat, built in that port for the Paella of Egypt. The Patric repeats the affirmation that Said Pacha is going on a pilgrimage to the holy cities, and says there is no truth in the report that he bad given up the pro ject in consequence of the Sultan having threatened to send a provisional viceroy from Constantinople. The Sultan made no such threat, and Ismail Pacha, the next heir to the pachalic of Egypt, will govern without opposition during Said's absence on his religious journey. M. Emile 011ivier has addressed the following letter to the Count de Persiguy : Paris, Jan. 17, 1861. Pd. le Ministre,—Oo the 20th of Deoember last, the Councillor of State charged with the direction of the pram, in acknowledging the receipt of the second letter which I did myself the honour of writing to you to ask for an authorisation to found a political journal, informed me that be would submit the question to you on your return to London. From %kat time to this I have received no intimation whatever on the subject, and I now beg you to pot an end to a state of uncertainty which has lasted long enough. Whatever decision you may come to upon your responsibility, you will, I am sure, M. le Ministre, be of opinion that the most elementary rules of politeness entitle me to have an answer without further delay. This is really not too much (or a deputy of the Seine to expect from a Minister of the Interior. I have the honour to salute you respectfully, EMILE 01.I.MEIL MM. E. 011ivier and Picard, members for Path, write to the Opinion Nationale that many electors in the districts they represent being at a loss to know how to fulfil the formalities requisite to get their names put down upon the Hata, they will be at home from five to six o'clock every day until the revision is terminated, in order to give advice to any elector who may require it. The West India mail just arrived brings the news of the suppression of the Fenner d' Ootre Mer, the moat important journal of the Antilles, for an article complaining of the state of the colonies, and expressing in very bitter terms the belief that when the Emperor knew of their grievances they would be redressed. The following are the reasons given the governor, M. de bfausaion de Cantle. for the suppression of the journal :—" Ist. That the ar ticle contained an attack upon the Emperor, inas much as it spoke of sums of money prodigally ex pended by him in support of foreign causes; 2nd. Au attack upon the French government in alleging that it crushed the colonies under the weight of a ruinous inequality ; and, 3rd. An attack both upon the Minister of the Colonies and the local government, in falsely insi nuating that the Emperor was not sufficiently informed of the situation and wants of the colo nies." The governor, at time of issuing this decree, had not probably heard of the decree of Nov. 24 ; at all events, it is plain that he was not imbued with the spirit of it. Another important fact brought by the same mail is that a government candidate for the council-general of Guadeloupe only gained his election by one vote. Such an instance of the strength and temerity of the oppo sition is unprecedented in the colonies. PARIB, SATURDAY EVRJTXG. The .11 , »iUtPe pnblialies the following note confir matory of the fact that the gre►t Bonaparte case of legitimacy in really to be allowed to come on for trial : Several journals have announced that the Tribunal of Preinire-Instance of the Seine has miller consideration • demand for partition, iu coneequence of the death of Prince Jerome, brought forward by M. Jerome Bonaparte Pater son and his mother against Prince Napoleon, the sole heir at his father. Those journals have entered into incomplete and erroneous esphinations on the subject. The First Chamber of the Tribunal of the Seine has iu fact before it the application alluded to. which aguiu raises the question of the validity of the marriage contracted in America in the year 1 , 10:1 by Prince Jerome—a marriage which was protested against by his niotherenthe3Ventose, An Xlll. ; annulled by two decrees of the Emperor Napoleon 1., and of the II MA :10 Veutsse, An XIIL, end to which two deci sions of the Conseil de Familia Imperial, of the 4th July, 18511, and sth July, 1860, ',dosed all effect, de claring that the union of Mai wax null awl void, and that it could not, even under the circumstances of the ease, permit the applicwit to take the benefit of Arts. 1.111 and AU of the Code Napoleon, attributiml to a nullified marriage the civil e ff ects of marriage wh e n it ham been con tracted in good faith. A memoir, he M. Berner, to which premature publicity has bona given, and on the terms ef which we shall nut give au opition, hos been distributed ; it contains documents, the autheeticitv of which is disputed. B. Alton, the advocate of his imperial highness, lies con fintsl himself to distributing a simple collection of bet ter, and orticial documents counected with the 'disk. Prince Napoleon refused to decline tow competency of the onlitriry trilaumlx, by insolieg the special jarieliction epp;icalde to the imperial f a mitc. In thi..tato of tile sttalle ••• WU of the meet simple prte priety cmon2ende the greatest reserve, :ad irui ewe the necemity of awaiting both the discomiesa, which will completely clear up the question, and the new decision of justice. It is said that in consequence of the above law suit Prince Napoleon's trip to Italy is postponed. The following aiguificant paragraph is going the round of the journals : " M. Dupin is understood to be atudyi ng 6; law of divorce." No doubt but this very old student must study a great deal before be will be able to make out that Mr. Jerome Bonaparte, whom the Mowiteur pleases to call M. Jerome Bonaparte Pater-.on, is not the legitimate son of his father and mother. The Bourse, after a dull day, in the course of which the Bente droppedto 67f.10c., became rather firm at the close ' • the last price both for cash and account was 67f. 25c., being a rise of sc. Mobilier left off at yesterday's quotation. In railways there was scarcely any alteration. I mentioned some time since that the Lyons Railway Company intended to give their second and third class passengers the benefit of the hot tubes which have hitherto been the privilege of the first class. A perfectly successful trial of a new invention for accomplishing this object was made yesterday between Paris and Montergis, in the presence of three government commissioners. By a most ingenious contrivance a portion of the waste steam thrown off after exhausting its motive power upon the engine is introduced into a flexible tube, which extends throughout the train, and is so twisted that every passenger may put his feet upon it. This application of the great French principle of " equahty " is worthy of all praise. The Opinion Nationale has received intelligence, that when the Austrian government heard that. General Klapka was in the Danubian Principali ties, it sent twelve gendarmes, under a Croat cap tain, named Kositevics, with orders to arrest him ; but Klapka, being warned by his friends in time, got out of the way, and is now in all probability out of danger. Some stress is laid upon the circumstance that when the deposed Grand Duke of Tuscany paid a complimentary visit to Berlin the other day , the new King of Prussia accepted fr o m hi m th e order of Saint Joseph of Tuscany. Coupled with the perhaps unnecessarily energetic speeches of the King against revolutionary principles the fact has no doubt a certain importance, and people are the more curious to see what sort of a reception General La Marmora, who has just been sent to Berlin by Victor Emmanuel, will meet with in that capital. Miu,artl, of the Champs Elyares concerts, the son of the great Muaard, is going to London with his orchestra early in February. THE GOTIRNIIIDIT AND TEI NATIONAL EXPRN- Irma& —Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr. Vincent Scully have sent copies to the newspapers of letters which they have returned in reply to the circular respecting the reduction of the national expenditure. Sir De Lacy Evans concurs in the desirableness of a revision of the national taxation and expenditure, with a view to economy; but, he says, " I entirely dissent from its being safe or expedient to disarm this country. I am not so confident as you appear to be of the maintenance of peace in Europe, or of the unaggressive intentions of the Emperor Na. poleon." Moreover, he disapproves of private communi sations to a prime minister intended to influence, by anticipation, public legislation. Mr. Scully also thinks that the reduction of the expenditure craft be effected through pri. rate addresses. Parliament, he thinks, "should at once insist that, unless in exceptional cases, all the annual estimates shall be submitted at an early period, instead of towards the close of each session. The next step should be to appoint a select committee, and ascertain in what respects the national expenditure can be reduced without detriment to the public service. Notices to the above effect stand now in my name, but I should prefer to SO6 them in charge of influential members." A meetiug to promote the repeal of the hop duty Wei held at Canterbury on Saturday. The various speakers, including Mi. Elmsford Hope, Mr. Dodson, M.P., and Lord Holmes&le, M.P., contended strongly that the tax was unjust in principle and peculiarly unfair in its operation. Mr. Hope explained that in order to relieve the Central Association from the imputation of desiring protection they had combined in their agitation the repeal of the import duty upon foreign hope, with the abolition of the duty upon home produce. On Saturday a numerous meeting of the com manding officers of various volunteer regiments in the county of Middlesex, was held at the Volunteer Service Club, for the purpose of adopting an address to Lord Ids Grey on the occasion of his retirement from the office of Under•Secrettry of War. High encomiums having been passed upon Lord de Grey for his services in connexion with the organisation of the volunteer movement, the address was adopted, and a deputation appointed to pre. sent it to his lordship. A banquet of the officers and in..mbers of the 7th Surrey Rifles was held at the London Thvern, ou Saturday night, when a silver bugle was presented to the corps by the ladies of Newington. On the same evening, two bugles were presented to Lord Truro's Hines, in Ilyddleton Islington. It appears from the Afemoht, in the case about to appear before the French courts, that Prince Jerome married a third time ; for by a wia, dated July 6, 1852, he leaves a life annuity to " the Marchioness whom be declares be had " married in pretence of the church," meaning that the religious ceremony only was performed. . A telegram in the Nod gays that the Bank of France has concluded an arrangement with Russia, through the agency of Messrs. Dutfoi and Kiunen, of Paris, and Wyncken, of St. Petersburg, for the exchange of a sum of 30,000,00 W. in gold for the same amount iu silver. The following extraordinary story of the Bishop of Orleans is told by a Paris correspoaleut of the Nod : " P.S.—I open my letter to give you a piece of news, which I should heeititte to mention if I were not iu a position to guarantee its authenticity. Mgr. Dupanloup has just written a letter to the Duke d'Aumale which has produced an immense sensation in the Orleans family. In this letter the celebrated prelate, as I am assured, earnestly recommends the Orionist party to make common cause with the supporters of the church. He predicts the speedy fall of the empire and the restoration of the Orleans &may." Notwithstanding the positive way in which tine tale is given (says our Paris correspondent), I cannot be lieve it, sod feel no doubt that it will be contradicted. The 017TBREAS AT THE CH ATHAM CONVIt7 ESTA LIgIIMENT.—The prompt measures resorted to to crush the recent outbreak among the convicts at the Chatham estab lishment have had the effect of restoring; comparative order within the walls of the prison. Oa Saturday an order arrived at the prison from the Home Secretary, directing that the convict Peters, who lately effected a partial escape, together with Thotuanson and another convict named Burke, who is undergoing sentence of ten years' penal servitude, both of whom had taken a leading part in the late outbreaks, should lie forwarded to the Pentonville establishment, and Bennett, the convict wboee cell Pelee was unlocking when taized, to Ifillhank The four cog. vide were accordingly heavily ironed and handed over to the custody of several warden, fully armed, for removal to Lon don. On their arrival at the London-bridge station. Burke commenced showing signs of insubordination, and dechued lie would proceed no further. The airestsinee of some of the railway police was, however, obtained. and he, with the rest, wax toned into an omnibus, when Burke began mashie! the windows. The warders in charge suc ceeded in fastening his hands behind him, after which he was safely removed to Pentoevilie. During Friday night use of the convicts, named M'C'sliarn, under ' , o u nce of eight years' penal servitude, attempted to make his escape from the cell in which he was confined. The pri mmer was lodged in a cell at the top of the building, and thy method he adopted fur eff.! , :ting his escape was somewhat ingenious. Each of the cells is pro. sided with a piece of perforated ire° about • foot square, and of great strength, which is Mewled into the ceiling for the purposes of ventilation. leCallain appears to have endeavoured to remove this in order to crawl throngli into the air-shaft,ouussiulialyll4thirtniinuofp his sis sheetirou be a t i tea f :l mi to ed aid it pats a lui ll i ner. The iron ventilator, however, defied his efforts to remove it, and the bedding of each convict under' goiug the usual examination the n et t morn i ng th e at tempted weal' was, of course, disem emit, and the convict removed to another oell to await the pueishumat which will be awarded him. Early on Saturday morning another batch of convicts arrived at the pri son fens Millbank, most of them being under seutence of tined servitude for long ',riots. They were all heavily ironed, and by their behaviour were es aloofly of the most desperate air., one of them commencing to smash the glass of the omnibus which cuoveyod them from the Stroud railway swim, to St. Mary's prima. _ _ - - MILTROPOLITAN Fees HOSPITAL, DIVONSIIINI- NuAn. Crrt. —The aggregate number of patiente relieved d•antg the week ewhng .he. 19 e r .4_ v.r,i . ;eal, ; total, 1,321 ; 449 were new cow, I • .d pre .11c (11., the i in tJ hum cafe; fort! thus 42 c uritc theft moth 4 rep feadi turbo whirl plains Del tui Mr, weal( terse Neu Th. He :mom e. PrO; the bm fie tlef.eb 41 3 641