The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

MR. MASON THE CONFEDERATE

COYYIBIIIO2iEE.

The Index, the Loudon organ of Mr. Davis's
government, publishes the text of the letter in
which Mr. Mason announces his intention to leave
England

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24, tipper Seymour-street, Portmancquare,
September 21,156&
Ity laid,—ls a despatch from the neerstary of State of
the Ooefedarate States of America. dated 4th day of August
lan, awl sow just received, I ant Menticted to consider the
minioa which brought me to Fanned seat as sod, and I am
directed to withdraw at ogee from thu country.
The reamed for terminating this mimeos are set forth in
as sanest from tbs despatch, which I hays the Mow to
communicate herewith.

The Pregnant believes that "The government of her
Majesty has determined to &alias the overtures snide
through you for establishing, by treaty, frigidly relations
barroom the two governments,. sod entertains so intention
of rosehriog yaw se the aoreedited minister of this gores..
net OW this British warts

7Ustler eniiiTtancera your °optioned residence
in Lando@ Jo neither pour
to the interests nor cootie-
test with the dignity of this prarensent ; and the Prandeat
thersfere requeete that yea awraidar yaw mei= at an
ead, rad this you withdeow with year monetary from
Lraora"
Having made known to your lordship as icy arrival Dere
the character and purposes of the mission entrusted to me
by my government, I have deemed it doe to =wear! thus
to make knows to the government of her Majesty its terra-
nation, sad that I shall, es direerad, at awe withdraw from
England.-1 bate the honour to be your lordship's very
obedient @errant, (Si= J. M. Kum
Tbe Right Hon. Earl R Ilalarty's
Starahary of State for Fenno Affairs.

Pirstrauric Dratartaf CONIANY.—On Wednes-
day workmen commeweed the necessary excavations in Bey.
mermstreet for the extessiee of the pneumatic deepetch
from the Fusion station of the Lembo ad North-Western
Railway lo the 01,1301 g Past. °Moe io SL liartires.le-Ginied,
and to Maws. Pie Word's depots in Gresham-tweet. The
total arkliticeal diatoms between Easton-square end the
City will be two miles sad • beltl soaking, with the dietanos
between the north-western diatnot post-office mod Easton-
' square, wow In daily °prettily • length of three miles and
a half. noire will be • erielmi heterinediate station at the
Holbert dietriet peetedfiee. opposite the London sod Wed.
raiagor Breath Bank. 11 le Mee is aosteroplatiun to have
• 'Wiwi at Smithfield sad blench lime to Coveatgerdea
and to the Charing-crene Railway and post.offies A 61-
inch tube, Meted of 30-yeah, in sow beiag emetrwited, and
it is espested that the line may he so far compieted for the
leansatimies of the Owlet/ am India fete the City from the
Lowden sad North-Western Railway at that paned.
Tss GitIAT EARTIRN zx AIVOTHZII Smarr.—The
Greenock Adorrtirer publishes the JOllO,lll as as extract
from the private letter of • the Greet Nielsen
in Ism last outward voyage:—••l left Liverpool is 12th
Almost par Great Seisteni for New York, which piece I
modsed en the 96th, after • very mermy and dassitroas
We bad steam bead winds all the way, mid the
sPrilir vies but little curio rolled about fearfully. On the
Math day out. when near Ibis ride of the ocean, eseessewaw
tared • most fearful berricese, emit astbecaperiaandaidesi
sailors in the ship had sever nee the equal eL It came
no shout ail a the orosigar, mod Latta till about mid-
sight. During part of the time we all completely de.
sred of ever owing the ant day ; sod if the storm had
*manned two or three hewn longer we timid have been
dashed so pieose. The groat ship wee towed about su the
waves like a cork. She was eetirely beyond control, mid
lay ia the trough of tbe ssa dasiag the entire storm. It Ras
what is tolled • cyclone'--a deneriptiou of storm very
rarely wee as where except ia the Chiaeee was. Every..
thieg shoat the ship was dashed to elms,
mil sway tbe prawn left all their lu
and some of them severely brut themselves.M
Wed rim had hie leg end arm broken; throe or
fear of the boom ono broke, to Oboes ; ewe of
the bedew buret, filling the ship with hot dem
lin gal* get es fire with Us eaok,strowis upsetting, sad
allewither it was a feerfal time. enough to frighten my see
from wear Om" to tea NAM. We have all reason to feel
thaaktala bowsaw'. it woo a• wet ea very little more
timid have wiled Ilao affair mast We had 23
tea lashed to the whepl all eight trying to lit lb. ship to
theisame. with as Stile semi as • oldld woo Iwo.*
aurrom PoLocat Oira Saur.uro
TIPMII4IV. Rom IL—Madeeieee ea payeteme. 4442:
I dies by isms alba. & fool. 1.220.