The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-16 00:00:00

AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE.

Lard A CHURCHILL salted the Secretary to the
Treasury whether he would object to calicoes the execution
of the recent increase is the rate of postage to Australis
total the colonies had been communicated with as to thew
desire to have a bi.nionthly mail is cosjusetiou with the
Mamie of fin postage rate ?
Mr. F. PEEL said that be would take that course. The
object of the goveramest in proposing so Masses is the rats
of poet."' was partly to rodeos the cost of the Amtraliss
servios and portly to provide melee to defray the exposes of
• second moothly conutiunicatioe. There was a Woes desire
to have a fortnightly mad, but the governmeet hod a itro•l
objection to aak the home for an additional anbeidy. They
had not, in the first instance, proposed soy plan. bemuse
they understood that there was a scheme for providing a
communication by way of Fasasnaiodependent of them. but
that baring two gives up, they bad thought it best to
revert to their original idea ; they would not, however, make
soy alteration till there had bees time for coincevaicaMos
with the colosy.
Lord A. CHURCHILL, wader them cireumatanom, would
not proceed with kis:maim. (Hier, bear.)

BEIZURZ OF BRITISH PROPERTY IN NEW YORK.
Mr. LAIRD asked the Under Secretary of Stale for
Foreign Affairs whether be had received any commusies-
Cons from Lord Lyons in refereace to the seizure (by the
Customs authorities at New York) of a large amount of pro-
perty, including gold coin, bills of exchange, and other slew
ritige. belonging to the firm of Mean. A. Wolf aid Os.,
British merchants at Naomi, N.Y.
Mr. LAYAP.D said that he had received no communica-
tion from Lcid Lyons no the subject ; but he hod seat to
the noble lord a printed statement, which bad been handed
to him, and requested him to report on the matter. He had
also communicated the statement to the law Wham.
PASSPORTS IN ROME.
In answer to Mr. COMALLY,
• Mr. LAYARD said that feu were levied is Rome ea the
vise of all passports. except three of Americo subjects.
The fact was that when the unfortunate civil war broke out
is America, the subjects of the formerly United State..
who now belonged to the so-celled Coefederate States, could
not vet their pancorte sired, unless they were prepared
to subscribe a declaration that they were loyal gabfests of
the United States. Thine persona who refused to do that
could not get pesporta at all ; and Cardinal Astoselli
therefore consented to relieve American subjects frees the
nereenty of obtaining vine : but the case wag entirely as
exceptional one. The fees epos the vises of British abject'
were received by the Roman government ; and the state-
meat of the hon. gentleman the other night which seemed
to imply that the British consul bad some interest is the
matter bad natunil!v given great pain.
Mr. COR BALLY d'savowed any intention to make any
charge against Alr. Severn whatever.

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I. Its dims DMA

LATARD stated tbat bis hoped the Gra* gown-
moos weed do jetties to the pmaisasrs ; and is the bond-
holders tus trusted also that soma satisfactusy ansagsmoat
would be mitered into with them ; bat he did not think her
biology's governs:lest was hosed to interiors between the
government of Grass sad it, private maws.
Amongst the other subjects dimmed on the motion for
supply were the alleged ill-treatment of a pauper lunatic,
in the Clomps' Luaatit Asylum; the niobium, of the
union asamsmest wisorsitesss sad the aeosmity of &statists
their operations ; sad the uswatisbod claims of British sub.
*to OD the goverament al PortugaL