The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-05 00:00:00

and General Stuart

is guarding the fords el the Rappahannock.
The North Carolina troops have passed resolu-
tions denouncing the peace party in that State.
Quantrell's guerillas have been disbanded. The
Federale are still pursuing them.
Mayor Opdyke, of New York, has vetoed the
municipal appropriation for drafted men.
The Common Council of New York has resolved
to pass an appropriation over the Mayor's veto.
The firemen and the city militia have sent s com-
mittee to the Mayor requesting an appropriation
for their exemption.
The blockading squadron has destroyed the
British steamer Hebe off New Inlet.

Vessels arriving here report a violent hurricane
along the American coast line from the 18th to the
22nd instant

The Federal brig Bainbridge has foundered ; one
miui only wee saved.

NEW YORK, AuGuerr 26, Woos.

The centre of General Bragg's army in Tenessee
is at Chattanooga, and the left wing at Bolton.
General Buckner has 1,000 men at Cleveland.
Bragga' army numbers 30,000 men.
An explosion has occurred on board a steamer at
Vicksburg, killing 160 men.
Gold 23 per cent, premium.

NEW YORK, AUGUST 26.

The Toronto Leader of to-day announces that a
treasonable plot has been discovered to betray
Canada into the hands of President Lincoln's ad-
ministration. The British consul at New York is
stated to have communicated the facts to his go-
vernment.

It is ascertained from authentic sources that
British official circles here have no knowledge of the
report contained in the Toronto Leader. It is
doubtless a canard.

(By Telegraph to Cape Ram)
NEW YORK, AUGUST 28, Roam:to.

News from Charleston to 24th August, evening,
states that Fort Sumter had been entirely de-
stroyed, but had not surrendered. The Federal
fleet was preparing to move up the harbour. Great
dissatisfaction prevails at the slowness of the

operations of the fleet.
Forts Moulton, Gregs, and Johnston, as well as
the batteries on the Suliven and James's Wands
kept up a steady fire upon the Federals on Morris's
Island, doing, however, little damage.
During the night of the 21st inst. General Gil-
more threw five shells, charged with Greek fire, into
Charleston. General Beauregard protested against
the short time allowed for the removal of women
and children. The British, French, and Spanish
Consuls demanded more time for the removal of
their subjects.
General Gilmore replied by again demanding the
surrender of the forts and public property.
General Beanregard then demanded a trace of
40 hours, which was refused by General Gilmore,
who recommenced shelling the city upon the night
of the 22nd.

The Richmond Examiner says :—" The shelling
of the city and the destruction of 80 houses is of
minor importance if the fortifications and the har-
bour can be held.
Two blockade runners entered Charleston on
the 23rd.

The negotiations.for an exchange of prisoners are

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The refusal of the Confederates to regard negroea
as prisoners of war causes some difficulty.
It is reported that the Confederates will now re-
gard Colonel Streghths as a prisoner of war. The
Federals will place Morgan on the same footing.

The Confederates have banded General Maldor
over to the civil authorities ; the Federal', in con-
sequence, will place a Confederate brigadier-general

in close confinement.

An excited meeting of drafted Germans has been
held in New York, at which the conscription was
denounced as a cruel and inhuman measure, and
organisations were urged against its consequences.
A committee has been appointed to confer with
General Seymour and test the legality of the act.
The Confederate steamer Everglave has been sunk
near Tybee Island. A privateer crew in uniform
was present on board. Several of them were
captured.
Twelve steamers entered Wilmington in five days.
One of them was of 1,500 tons, and pierced for six
guns•

VERY LATEST.

NEW YORK, AUGUST 28, NOON.

A Federal gunboat, arrived at Fortress Monroe
from off Wilmington, reports that the steamer
Florida had arrived at the latter place with intelli-
gence that the Federal' occupied Forts Sumter and
Wagner on the 24th inst.

Galignani announces a curious novelty in the
provinzial theatres of France—opera played without music;
that is, converted into comedies, with spoken dialogue, of
necessity retouched.
The works in the interior of the new hotel in
which the Paris Jockey Club is to be installed are rapidly
advancing towards completion. The new building is
situated at the corner of the Boulevard des Cepucioes and
the Roe Scribe, opposite the western side of the Grand
Hotel. Two carriage 'erotica in the Rue Scribe give
acne' to the house, end ere so arranged a to afford free
ingress and agrees to carriages. The first floor is composed
of 11 large rooms. The large conversation/nom is elliptical,
sad is the only one ornannoted with gilding. The dining-
room is decorated in stew and red Pyrenean marble with
Ink pillar ; style Lords XIV.
MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION OF VOLUNTET.R.S.—
Claims for the musketry isstruction of volunteer, under
the provisions of article 171 of the Volunteer Regulations,
will be formed at the schools of musketry at Hytbe and
Fleetwood, respectively, esi the 19th inst. Officers command-
ing volunteer corps in Scotland, or in Northumberland,
Criorberland,Watuicreland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire,
and the Isle of Man, who wish to send one or more members
to the class at Fleetwood, are requested to transmit their
applications to the War-office not later than the 15th inst.
Officers commanding volunteer corps in the remaining por-
tions of Great Britain may apply for permission toned one
or more member of their corps to the class at Hythe not
later than the 15th nat. The commanding officer's appal.
cation should in each cese be socompenied by a certificate in
the form given in Appendix V. of the Volunteer Regulation
in regard to the volunteer's proficiency in the manual and
platoon exerting, and hie willingness to impart indruetio
to the members of his corps on his return.—M. Mlioano.
—War-offioe, Sept. 4, 1863.
Tug CHANNEL FLEET AT GREENOCK.—The
weather on Wednesday continued favourable for visitors in-
specting the warships, and the number that went out was
larger than on Wednesday. Still, however, the steamer
were far too abundant, and the same bustle and confusion
prevailed, notwitatuding an order issued " that no steamers
should nano at a berth longer than halter-hour."
Amongst other dodges to entice passengers, one Liver-
pool tug-owner engaged a few strolling players, and
made them strike up till one steamer was filled,
when he removed them to another. Shortly after tea a.m.
the fine Belfast mail steamer Wolfe left Greeaock pier with
a select company of ladies and gentlemen, and proceeded out
to the ship, of wars, whore tbvy took on board Admiral
Dawes and the principal officers of the fieet, who were in-
vited to a pleasure cruise round the Kyles of Bute to Ix&
Ranee, by the Mears. Buns, of Glasgow. In the evening
a grand ball came off in the new Town Hall, Greenock, at
which about 150 office', including those of the 41st Regi-
ment, were present, in iddition to a large mein of ladies
and gentlemen belonging to the tows sad neighbourhood.—
Sods/rum.
THE PILCHARD PISMIRE.—The Cornish fisher-
, men have every preen of a good seen. Some of the
bode on Wetlands, sight caught as many as 12 hogsheads.
The Monnt'eßay been ern Monday took alone 300 boyhood&
I Several seises have bees shot in different parts of the nut,
and large captures mode. The fish, generally speaking, are
fin.