The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-12 00:00:00

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

Most of the President's message and all the
secretaries' reports and those of the War and Trea-
sury Departments, had been placed in the bands of
the public printer. Measures will be taken to for-
ward copies of the message and some of the reports
by telegraph to the press in the principal cities, at
the moment the reading of the message commences
in the two houses.

The New York World says that the message will
be conservative in character, and will aim at the
conciliation of all parties and classes in the North.
President Lincoln, it is said, " will repudiate the
factions which would establish the present conflict
upon a sectional basis, and will take strong national
ground upon which democrats and conservative
republicans can have no hesitation to st►nd and
rally. He has been induced to adopt this policy by
Mr. Seward, whose efforts have been to unite in a
common cause the conservatives of all parties, and
to form out of these elements a new party which
will sweep Greeley and the radicals out of exist-
ence."

The principal and most interesting part of the
message will relate to the present condition of the
finances of the country, and to the measures cal-
culated to prevent it from growing worse. To
that effect the President, rumour says, will recom-
mend Congress to stop the issue of any more
greenbacks and of gold interest bearing bonds, and
to find, in the increase of taxes upon real estate
and other property, the means to make the receipts
balance the expenses.

THE PEACE ADDRESS FROM ENGLAND.
Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, &a, &c.
Wubington, D.C., Nov. _'6,1864.
Hon. Sir,—l beg to interns you that I have been de.
pitted to convey to this country an address from the people
of Great Britain and Ireland to the people of the United
States of America. The address was presented to Governor
Seymour, for him to primal through the proper channeL
I wu runested by him to convey it to the President of the
United States, as the authorised channel of communication
between the people of other nations and the people of the
United States of America. May I, therefore, ask the
honour of an opportunity for so doing ?—I am, honourable
air, yours, most obediently, JOSIPH Pall/MI.
To Joseph Parker, Waahington, D.C.

Department of State, Washington, Nov. 26, 1864.
Sir,—Your letter of this date, stating that you an the
bearer of an address from the people of Great Britain and
Ireland to the people of the United States, bee been re-
ceived. Before answering the qusetioa which your letter
contains, it is desirable to be further informed whether you
have authority from the government of Great Britain and
Ireland for the purpose referred to, and whether your
minion has been made blows to the diplomatic agent of

that pvernment accredited to the government of the United
State .—I am, sir, your very obedient servant,

WILLIAM H. Sgsrattn.
Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, &c., laz.
Metropolitan Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Nov. 26, 1864.
Hon. Sir,-1n reply to your letter of today, permit me to
state that the address which I have the honour of being
deputed by the parties signing it to bring to this country,
and containing the sigoatares of some three hundred and
filly thousand of my countrymen—from the peer to the
artisan—is not from the government of Great Britain, nor
from any political party. It is simply an expression of the
earnest desire of the masses of the people of Great Britain
to ear pence again restored to this continent.

Waiting your favour, I am, hon. sir. your, moot
obediently, JOSEPH PARKER.
To Joseph Parker, £.q., Metropolitan Hotel.
Department of State, Washington, Nov., 1864.

Sir,—The government of the United Stater cannot re-
ceive the address which was mentioned in your note of
this morning. Your request for an interview with the
President to present the address is therefore declined.—
I am, sir, your obedient servant,

WILILY H. SEWARD.

The .N a• York Tribune says that the real name of the
bearer of the addrees is Barker, and that he is the noto-
rious Joseph Barker who figured in ALUffielt a few years
ago as au avowed champion of atheism.

TELZGRLML)
THE BANK OF FRANKFORT.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. Dsc. 12.
The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of
discount from $e to 5 per cent.

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAILS.
LIVERPOOL, Dic. 12.

The Royal Mail steamer Athenian, with the
above mails, has arrived here. She brings 21 pas-
sengers, 1,662 ozs. of gold dust, and 5,1101. in specie.
Herdates as follows :—Benin, Oct. 24 ; New Calabar,
Nov. i ; Bonny, i ; Lagos, 10 ; Accra, 12 ; Cape
Coast Castle, 14 ; Cape Palmas, 16 ; Sierra Leone,
21 ; Bathurst,.23 ; Tenerife, Dec. 1; and }Weirs,
Dec. 3.

Dr. Bailie had arrived at Lagos, en route for
England.

Trade was totally stopped at Benin.
All other news unimportant.

(uuus's arses.)
THE ITALIAN SENATE.
TURIN. Dec. 10, Entente.

The Senate to-day voted the bill for the inscrip-
tion on the Book of the Public Debt of a sum of
1,067,000 francs Route in favour of the city of
Turin.

The bill authorising industrial and commercial
companies to establish their chief Cates elsewhere
than at Turin was also passed, as also a bill for the
transfer of the Court of Cessation from Milan to
Turin.

SPAIN.
MADRID, Dze. 10, Evarnrn.

The Corrupondencia announces that the Queen
has accepted the resignation of Senor Llorente, and
adds that the motive for this step on the part of the
minister was a simple question of expediency with
regard to the order of introduction of certain bills
in the next legislature.
Senor Antonio Benavides, nominated Minister of
Foreign Affairs in place of Senor Llorente, bas taken
the oath of allegiance to the Queen.

WEATHER REPORT.-{THIS DAY.)

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