The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-10 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAIL

SOUTHAMPTON, Fa. 10.

The Peninsular and Oriental Campany's steamer
Valetta bus arrived here with the above mails, 42 passen-
gers, 1.5001. in specie, and 1,024 packages of cargo, including
raw silk to the value of 80,0001. On the 3rd inst. @bespoke
the steamer Juno steering east, and on the sth the Natoli:la
on the same course. Her Majesty's transport Movers, with
troops and invalids, left Gibraltar oa the 4th for England.
Exchange on London at Gibraltar was quoted 501 for
90 days' sight ; on Paris, 528 ; on Marseilles, 529 ; on
Madrid, 8 days' sight, half premium. Freight& unaltered.

AMERICAN 8111ANZIS DUI TRW WRZL—The
following steamers are doe is Liverpool Oil week s—The
Hiberman, from Portland oe the 31e1 ult., le doe at Loa-
doaderry to-day (Tuesday) ; the Keogaroo (st ), from New
Tort oa the 31m alt., is du* at Queenstown on Wednes-
day ; and the Arabia. from Boston oo the 4th and Halifax
es as oth, duo at Qeeeeetowe oa Baturday.
DRIPATCR Or TEI BRAZIL AND RIVIR PLATZ
NAILIL—The Royal flail Compaoy's emaniehip Parana,
Captain Jellies" riled from South.mpion yesterday, at
3 p.m., with the iseathly mails for Limbos, Cape Verdes.
Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Jaaeire, Manta Video. sad
Buenos Ayres, together with 72 passeagers—iooladisg the
Hera W. Elliott, Dr. Reid, and Rev. R. T. Lowe. The
Parana took oat on freight 10.0001. is sesureigas, for Lisboa:
7.7001. to bar silver, for the Minister of Theses at Rie ;
jewoUsil. 2.4001.; reessk Jewellery, 4.1004; sad
• a very ten step el hese sad Lea manimailles.

ROME.

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ROME, FM 3.
Much has been said and written about English
colonies, but truly there is none more curious than
the English colony in Rome. It has its own cote-
ries, its own artists, its own tradespeople, its own
vehicles, its own horses, its own doctors, its own
Pope. It has pitched on the best situations in the
town, where it pays its own prices and follows its
own ways. That corner of the old Campus Mar-
tins which was furthest from the Capitol, and which
was hemmed in by the Tiber on the one side, and
the Picchu] hill on the other, is the English Ghetto,
where, in the Corso, the Condotti, the Croce, the
Habib)°, the Piazzas di Spagne and del Popolo, and
a few other streets and spaces, the Serpentine, to
use Juvenal's phrase, has long mingled with the
Tibor. Here you may see the best carriages and
horses that Rome can produce, waiting, hour after
hour, to carry the barbarian of the North to gal-
leries where he catches a worse rheumatism than
his native fogs supply, in the pursuit of objects of
art which but too often when found he cannot

or to churches where ho jostles all the
of Rome in Intoning to a service conducted
in a tongue which he does not understand, and
oouched in words which he is bound to identify
with blasphemy and idolatry. In these conjunc-
tures and under these circumstances there is often
to be seen a shade of hesitancy and gloom
on the broad Saxon visage. But there
is one place in Rome, and one opportu-
nity where the observer would pronounce
that, though sleepy, he is perfectly at home. It is
when be is to be seen seated, standing, or kneeling
in the barn outside the Porta del Popolo, which
satisfies at once the proprieties of Papal ascendancy,
and the cravings of British devotion. True, it is
but a barn, and an ugly one. True, it is close to
the abattoirs which, day by day, witness the last
struggles of the unclean beast. True, there
is not a vestige of ecclesiastical finery about
the edifice, or of sweetness in the tones of
the organ, or of solemnity in the old man who
blows the bellows, or of consideration for the wor-
shippers in the fleas which infest the place ; but it
is the English church, and there you may see more
wealth and fashion and beauty than in all Rome
besides. Just now, while preparations are being
made for the Carnival, the Piazza del Popolo is
inconveniently crowded with temporary structures,
among which is to be seen a wild beast caravan
with about half a score very common curiosities,
such as lions, bears, and monkeys. This want of
room makes the jostling of carriages the more
remarkable on a Sunday morning, as the protestant
worshippers all have to *MOO through the open
space in question. Such laces, such bonnets, such
trim exquisites, such smart old gentlemen ! To
each is allotted about eighteen inches of seat,
so that a male devotee between two fe-
males is absolutely overflown by cascades
of crinoline. The service is of the usual
type, slightly high, but so arranged as not to in-
terfere too strongly with the prejudices of the low
church element, which musters strongly, and which,
though it is much given to dolly with the legitimate
scarlet celebrity, does not permit the protestant
chaplain more than a very slight shade of red in
his vestments. Re wise man, well aware that a'
more nasal rite is being; simultaneously performed
at the " American chapel," smothers his predilec-
tions and retains his flock. It is true that westing
tunesof that peculiarly waehed-outdeacription which
high churchmen call Gregorian, and which can all
be imitated, if not surpassed, by striking four con-
igguous notes on the piano or organ at rapid inter,
vale and entirely at random. It is true also that
we hear sermons ou martyrdom, and that a kern
Recordite would see much to denounce in the some-
what miscellaneous library which constitutes one
of the attractions of the place, and which, after
morning service, is crowded by ladies and children
returning books and borrowing others, which are
dispensed by two sour-looking females, who look as
if they had swallowed but could not digest the key
of knowledge. But, after all, the English chapel
at Rome is a very remarkable place, and no nation
except England could show, at such a distance from
home, a congregation like that which Sunday after
Sunday collects within those walls.

AMERICAN AID TO LANCASHIRE-ARRI-

VAL OF THE GEORGE GRISWOLD.

This vessel, which has been for some days
eagerly looked for, arrived yesterday afternoon in the
!foray about half-past 4 o'clock. On rounding the Rock
Lighthouse she was saluted by • discharge of artillery from
the Rock fort, and also from the North fort on the Liver-
pool side. The Griswold was decorated with flags, and wee
towed up by the steamtog Resolute, which bad the Amen-
can flag (stars and striper) flying at the peak. Mr. Brame?.
yacht, with all her bunting out, went to meat the skip out-
side, and accompanied her up the river. Moat of the Arne-
rhurn vowels in port also displayed their national and gene-
ral colours. As the vessel has arrived so late so demon-
atr►tions on the part of the authorities will take place to•
day, but So soon as arrangements can be completed the cap
taro and officers will be invited to St. George's-ball, where
addressee will be promoted. The mayor also intends giving
• banquet at the Town-hall. The Chamber of Commerce
have already adopted an address blooded to embody
the sentiment. of the mercantile community of Liverpool.
The cargo of the George Griswold comprises 13,736 barrels
of flour, 315 bole. of bread, 60 barrels of pork, 167 bags of
core, 175 barrels of breed, 102 boxes of bacon, 3 tiaras of
rice, 2 bags of rice. The contributions on board from the
New York Produce Exchange are 1,500 barrels of flour, 500
barrels of eons, and 50 barrels of pork. The Griswold is a
'inert, he•dseme vessel, and has such buoyancy that though
by carpenter's measurement .he does not exceed 1,280 tons,
she will probably carry 1,600. She was built at Quincy
(Mass.) by Deacon Thomas, , who, it is said, never con-
structed an inferior ship. She is all oak (at least her entire
frame), with top timbers and stanchion of locust, and is
copper bolted throughout. She is 200 feet long, and has
25 feet breadth of beam, 24 feet depth of bold, and two
decks. She has a long fiat floor, with sharp erode, and
is • good sailer. She is provided with double
topsail yards, all handsomely proportioned. Her
sails ere of Scotch hemp canvas, an article
which, in the scarcity and price of cotton,
has taken the place of the Leavy duck made of that
material. It is much softer and more durable, but dose not
bold the wind so well. She has a tank amidships reach.
ing from keelaom to upper deck, which will contain 5,000
pilaw of water. With this exception, the ship has ► clear
bold, and between decks from stem to stern. Her ample
cable and other houses are upon the upper deck. Before
the vessel left New York, • meeting was held on board, and
the treasurer of the executive committee reported the
amount contributed to be over 108,000 dols. There were
two other organizations not reported. There remained in
hand 30,900 dols, in cash, a sum sufficient to inaugurate
another movement similar to this ; and the sums received
by the Corn Escheat'e committee amounted to 20,000 dole. !

Tae AMERICAN Was AND SLAVS/LT.—Yesterday
(Friday) eveoing, a meeting wormed by circular took place
in the Nebo° of the Lecture-hall, Goodnungate, ill this city,
to °onside, the propriety of holding a public meeting to
express its detestation otelavery. and to uphold the prioci.
pie et aon-interventsoo. Amongst those preeeet were the
Rev. Croon Robinson (who presided), Major Meek, the
Rev. T. Myers, the Rev. S. Wainwright, the Rev. 0. V.
!Smith, Dr. Hitching, W. W. Hargrove, Esq., J. Clarke,
Earl.. J. Smith, Esq., J. Holtby, Eaq., J. Spence, Esq., T.
S. Noble. Faq., Mr. Councillor Wales, and Merin. Cooing,
Mosley, Porter, and &seat. After a leagththisd diacusaion
it was unanimously reselved that a requisition be presented
to the Lord Mayor, to •0••••• a meeting ou an early day,
to express its rouviellem that aon.intervention in American
affairs should be the enetimied policy of the government of
this deanery ; mad at the ries time to &Ware its opinion
that this ceinitry hese, with any state where
slavery is the f of hoooestitotioo. A
sub-committee, sateolother the v.fanios Robinson. Major
Meek, mad Mr. Clots, Wks ',pointed for the parpoee of
yam* oat the obis, al the mestiag.— Yore II