The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-14 00:00:00

THE SURRENDER OE NEW

ORLEANS.

CAPTURE OF FORT MACON•

FRENCH INTERVENTION•

(nsorwee Twisaions.)
NEW YORK, MCI 2, Rums°.
(Per dames City of New York vit. Queenstown.)
The Federal Commander Farragut formally
demanded of the Mayor of New Orleans an un-

qualified surrender of the city on the 26th ult.
He likewise demanded that the Federal flag should

be hoisted on all public buildings, and all Con-
federate flags removed. He requested the mayor
to use his authority to quell any disturbance, and
concluded by saying, " I shall severely punish any
persons committing such outrages as were witnessed
yesterday, by armed men firing upon helpless
women and children, for giving expression to their
pleasure at witnessing the old flag."
The mayor replied that for the sake of the women
and children Gen. Lovell evacuated the city, leav-
ing the administration of affairs to the civil authori-
ties. "To surrender an undefended city," he con-
tinued, "would be an unmeaning ceremony. The
city is yours by power of brutal fore°, not by the
choice or consent of the inhabitants. It is for you to
determine the fate that awaits us here. There is
no man in our midst whose hand or head would
not be paralysed at hoisting a flag not of our own
adoption. You may trust in the honour of the
inhabitants, though you might not count on their
submission to unmerited wrong. Your occupancy
of the city does not transfer the allegiance of the
inhabitants from the government of their choice to
one which they have deliberately repudiated. They
yield the obedience which the conqueror is entitled
to extract from the conquered." •
The Richmond Enquirer says Fort Macon surren-
dered conditionally on the 25th to General Burn-
side, after ten hours' bombardment.
Rumours are current that General Beauregard
has fallen back from Corinth to Memphis.
General Halleck's army is reported to number
160,000 effective troops.
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of
Charles Latbrope as collector at New Orleans.

NEW YORK, MIT 3, Kotsisa.

The latest despatche3 from New Orleans report
the surrender of the city by the mayor. A bat-
talion of Federal marines from the squadron hsd
occupied the city.
General Butlet's forces had landed on Lake
Ponchartrain, and were within a few miles of the
city.

A Cairo despatch seri that the news from Pitts-
burg Landing is of the highest importance, but
its telegraphic transmission is forbidden. Nothing
is known here of the nature of the news.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald affirms that a consultation had taken place
at Washington between the Federal cabinet and the
foreign diplomatic corps. The consultation referred
to the French Minister's visit to Richmond, and
the question of an armistice was discussed. It
was believed that the French Minister since the
occupation of New Orleans had concluded that the
time had arrived when, under the instructions of
the Emperor, he may step forward as mediator.
Also that in consideration of the monopoly of com-
mercial advantages and aid of some kind from the
Southern States in regard to Mexico, the Emperor
Napoleon had agreed to use his influence with the
Federal government to end the war upon terms
securing to the Southern States an independent
nationality, and that if the Federal government
did not accept his mediation, the Emperor would
himself acknowledge the Southern Confederacy.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Times says :—" It is rumoured in Washington that
all the members of Congress from the border slave
states, and many conserv►tive sympathisers from
other states, were considering the propriety of
withdrawing in a body from Congress, thus pre-
cipitating a decision by the people of the whole
country on the radical measures of confiscation
and emancipation."
The House of Representatives had passed strin-
gent regulations empowering the Secretary of the
Treasury to prevent the shipment of goods to fo-
reign porta, whence they are re-shipped to Southern
ports.

The Committee of Ways and Means had reported
an appropriation amounting to 226,000,000 dole.
for the support of the army during the year ending
in June, 1863.
Nothing decisive is reported from Yorktown.
The correspondent of the New York Times ie con-
vinced that twelve hours after General M'Clellan
commences his attack, Yorktown and garrison will
be captured.
A Chicago despatch says that the Federals have
occupied Baton Rouge, near New Orleans.
NEW YORK, Mar 2, Evitoso.
Money abundant ; gold, 21 prem. Exchange
firm and advancing, at 1131 t. Stocks buoyant ;
New York Centrals, 86} ; Illinois, 61} ; Erie, 371.
Cotton inactive ; middling, 28. Flour, good de-
mand for export, and sc. higher. Wheat quiet.
Corn slightly firmer. Provisions steady. Coffee
and sugar, good inquiry. Molasses firm and ad-
vancing.

NEW YORK, MAT 3, ArrERNoON.
(Per Bohemia, by Telormph to Portland and from
Londonderry.)

There is no further news.

The markets are generally unchanged. Railway
stocks are active ; but prices, though having an
upward tendency, have undergone no material
change. Government Coupon Bixea, 1881, are
quoted k prem.

THE " MONITEUR " ON AUSTRIAN
POLITICS.

We read in the correspondence of the Moniteur,
from Munich, respecting the law on ministerial
responsibility presented to the Reicharath :—" The
impression produced by the message on ministerial
responsibility has been most favourable. This act
of noble and gracious condescension on the part of
the throne, while giving a splendid sanction, a
real indisputable guarantee, to the new institu-