The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

Nampo& id. Additional.]

AMERICA.

The Canadian screw steamer St. David, firm
Quebec on the 13th instant, arrived at Liverpool
yesterday.
A Washington telegram to the New York Com-
mercial A doertuer says the report of Secretary
Stanton's resignation was at least premature, and
the reported resignation of Secretaries Seward,
Blair, and Wells was without foundation.
The following official telegram has been published
in regard to affairs in Mobile :
War Department, Washing ton, Aug. 10, 3 p.m.
To Maier General Dix.

The following roma a the sneers el oar operations
at Mobile, extracted from the Richmond Rograrer d this
roma& ham jest her received by Min dreamer from
Majac.Gewnl Butler :

Mobile, August Bth.
On Friday night, Limit. -Goland Williams, oommandiag
Fort Powell, evacuated and blew up the fat
Yesterday and to-day the enemy are shelling Fort
Minim
Tits people of Mobile are all ready ter thatray. Great
immildwam prevails.

Motile, August 8.
It is painfully humilialiog to &neonate the shameful
serrender of Fort Chins,* nine **cloak this morning, by
Colossi Muir Aideland,"of the Alabama Regimes*.
This powerful work web provisioned foe sin inestbs, Ned
with a garrison of 800 see. He oceniuneinated with the
enemy's Beet by a Sag of trues without the suction of
Gerund Page. General Page inquired by signal what
his purpose was, but received no answer. His attention
was attracted by signal gnus. Page repeatedly telegraphed
" Hold on to your fork* The same night he visited Fort
(Woes, and found Andrew' on board the Tube* fleet, ar-
✓anging the terms of oapitulatioo. He left orders for An-
agram on his rutin not to surrender the fort, end relieved
him of his oninmand. Fort Morgan sou aiptalled this morn-
ing, but no answer was received except the hoisting of the
Yankee Sag over the ramparts of Fort Gaines. Anderson's
conduct is officially pronounced inexplicable and shameful
Despatches just received from General Sheridan report
his forces moving evilest the enemy up the Shenandoah at
fur p.m. General Great reported an explain= of an ord.
name brat yesterday morning loaded with ammunition at
City Court Wharf. Colonel lit*Cook, of General Grant's
staff, was slightly wounded.
No operator's before Atlanta of oonsequence are reported
today.

Portioos of Geoeral Stamm% comma are coatiouiog
to arrive. The total lass will not 'zooid 1,000.
(Signed) F. M. Burros, Beentary of War.
War Department, Washington, August U.

Major-Gensral firths: intelligesoe hie boo re-
mised from Mobilo, azoipt from deserters, who tippet the
°apiary of the city, bat nothing 06014
General Sherman reports all well, and that ha is shelling
Atlanta with 4i-inch sheik
No movement his been made by our forme in frost of
Petersburg. Girona Sheridan has sot base heard from
to-day. E. M. exurroir, fiaaniary of War.
A New York telegram, of the 12th, sap:
_ • _ _

The &witches frOili Admiral Farragat confirm the fact
that it was mammary to being the despatch Moamar. from
New Orleans. They are now, howevor, hourly looked for.
Richmond papers of yesterday say their loss at Fort
Gauss wee 50, and that they lost 60 prisoners there, 'ad aa
&MOODS of stores of all emit It is understood that Demme
gard has less seat to take command of the defames of
Mobile, sad that engineer will certainly show a high ardor
of wait in the kind of work with which he mil be charged,
as has defames of Charleston and Petersburg attest.
The premed position of Sherman's army, however, makes
the mare possession of the city of Mobile a matter of Mbar
importance, and no great solicitads is felt in official
quartos.

At latest advice. the situation before Petersburg
remained unchanged.
The interest, so far as active military operations
go now, centre, in the force under Sheridan, whose
brilliant campaign is represented as going on most
encouragingly.
The New York Post's Washington correspondent
says the reports from the Shenandoah Valley repre-
sent that Sheridan was pursuing the retreating
forces of Early, and there was strong probability
that he would overtake them and toren a battle.

The same correspondent, writing at a later date,
says :

There is moon to baliors thin s battle has beat fought
seer Wincheeter betimes' Gametal Shosiilsies farms sod t►e
main body of the rebel. under General Fatly. Very heavy
eanuonading was beard from that direction at Harpies
Ferry yesterday afternoon, and it was knows that our
forces were aloes arm the rebels.

The New York Tribunes special correspondent
with Sheridan's army sands the following, dated
the 11th :

General Sheriden's command woks camp at HaMown
yesterday, and moved towards Berryville, on the Win-
chester Pike, where it arrived yesterday ahem= without
mach opposition. Irabodee's iamb? *burnished with our
advance from Charleston, but were easily and steadily
drives back. This manna( at daylight we resumed the
marsh, and expected to meet the enemy at Opequan, firs
miles this side of Winch/sitar, when we will either ►ave
battle, or they will retreat down the valley. Martinsburg
bas bean occupied by oar forme. The rebels captued sad
hung Sergeant White, of our scouts, at Martinsburg
yesterday.
New Orleans advice' to the 6th had reached New
York. They contain the following :

General B►oks issued an order on the ?.d inst., enrolling
all the ablabodied eoloured men in the department be-
tween the messed 18 and 40 years of age, the woe to be
pet into mating coloured regiments.
?reimports from Bravo Santiago bad arrived at New
Orleans lads, with troops withdraws from Texas. It wee
reported that the steamer Bob Boy, with 1,000 bales of
cotton, woe captured and burned in Ouchiba river by
Texan guerillas.
A. order wax iaoed by General Canby on the 30th, an-
lethag all chimps in the militia, wed expelling all families
of rebel eoldiera

The Federal gunboats made an expedition up the Greed
Lake oo the 26th ult., and destroyed a large cumber of Hat
boats just completed by the Confederates. Several more in
course of eoustructioa were also destroyed. On the 28th
the emus gunboats destroyed two saw-mills, and captured
two beet loads of valuable timber, and returned to 13erwieic
Bay.

The WC14111131 tweeting at New York on the
evening of the 10th is said to have been the largest
ever held in that city. The number present is va-
riously estimated at from 60,000 to 100,000. Great
enthusiasm was manifested. The following were
the resolutions adopted :
Whereas the line of polic► adopted by the chief magis-
trate of the ration is in opposition to the plain injunctions
of the ocestitutios and his own inaugural declarations, and
ceder the speons plea of military neossaity be has ooze-
: mowed a system of direct 11641,06CillailitS epos the rights of
the States and the people is making arbitrary seeress—is
striking down the freedom of speech and the prim and
abolishing the right of habeas corpus where rebellim does
not exist—ia a fanatical attempt to form an equality, social
and political, between races naturally different—is disfran-
chisement—la bolding the electoral vote of States subject
M ►is pummel anthltim in defiance of the authority of
Congress—and has crested • general distrait of his ability
M carry the sages safely through the arduous condiot in
which it is now engaged
♦nd whereas what is now wanting to mule, this war is
the election of • President who will administer the govern-
ment is the spirit of its founded; and afford as opportunity
for the people of the South to rotors to the Union with
rights under the ormetatation : therefore
Reaelmd,—Theil the only hops fee remedyieg =Mb.
mils is ia • thaw is the admientraties and as denies.
meat of its polity. . .

Rasolved,llla t the salvalke of the country DOw dam&
on the determination of tie people to idea the man of
their Maas. sad k ia incsuabset apse, ma dm paramount
day of mambas of party tenautions to *aro oil &paled
quakes of policy, sad in tits osiontios ot candidatot to ivio

[TWOPENCE

pica the plainly =premed Inaba of the memo the► sae
delegated to regnevest.
Bewilved,—That moms in the shako, in opposition to
the powerful co/obi:Latices of this sthainistratioo, depends
epos the popularity of the candidate with the army, and
the final selection must therefore fall on one of the great
soLbere who has distinguished himself in defence of the
principles upon which the government was founded.
Reeolved,—That is Major-General George B. M'Clellan
we recognise three sterling qualities which characteries the
true patriot, soldier, statesman, and gentleman, and which
will insure an administration alike elevating to the
nation and creditable to the civilisation of the age ; and
while we could not disparage the claims of his brother soL
diem, we but reiterate the voice of the million, which come
upon the wings of the wind from every part of the land,
when we declare him the embodiment of the hopes, es he is
the choice of the American people.
Beeolved—That our sympathies are deeply =HAW far
our brave soldiers in the field, and that we long for the re-
tan of the day when, by ballots instead of bullets, we ma
maintain the constitution and the union, and redoes to our
country the inestimable. Meetings of an honourable pesos.
Reeolved,—That we earnestly recommend the friends of
WOlollan to hold immediate meeting, in every city and
county, and give expression to their views as to his nomina-
tion by the approaching oonventice, or by the people ; and
that they amsmbb in mem imeivestion at Chicago on
Saturday, 27th inst., at 12 icon, to take each action as
may best unite the conservative eismeada is the °wain
rrogini4z.

Clivwrar. PALACE —The Pneumatic Passenger
Tube, a most interesting experimeot in railway propulsice,
will be mimed and a carnage be run this day at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Wotxlin's entertainment will be given in the anmert
room, and the beautiful grounds of Sir Joseph Paxton will
be thrown open to visitors in the afternoon.
Tin HARTLEY Insurers;—The council of the
Hartley Isetitetion at Southampton have received this we*
the residue of the property left to that town by the soma-
Irk gentleman after whom the inetitution is named. This
residue cassette of odds sad cads. Amospt these are some
spade pumas sad guises edited in Charlie IL, James
William 111., Anne, and George I. and 111. retires ; also a
gold coin, weighty; 830 grain*, of Jelin of Portugal, coined
in 1725 ; a medal struck 'boo George 111. recovered from
madness ; several watches, one an old gold me, very thia,
the internal works of which are covered over with glass.
There is also a Smock 'signet of Jose, 1793, sad a pam-
phlet containing a trial of the celebrated George Roes before
Lord Kenyon for employing a publican in a Westminster
electios and tent pay* him. &skim was retained for the
pablioan._

Tits HAlrrwzaz FssnvAL.—Hartwell-park,
iita-
ated is the fertile vale of Aylesbury, is the residence of
Dr. Jobe Lee, Q.C., LL.D., &c. It is one of the mat
beautiful miaow= I/I the county of Buckingham, sad is
rich in historical &moieties. The mansion was erected in
the time of Elizabeth, and in more modern days it was made
celebrated by the death of a French Queen within its walls.
For more then 93 yeas an metal festival or fete has bees
held in the beautiful pounds, and on three OCCAlliela Dr.
Lee has gathered round him many distinguished scholars
and philembropids. This year the " Festival " was held
on Wednesday sad Thursday last, Lad was attended by
some thousands of persons. Music sod rural games are
provided, but the chief attraction was the "speaking'
m advocacy of weal reform. which took piers from •
platform under beautiful tress, in front of which seats
were placed for a thousand or more persons. Oa
Wednesday the moseable De. Lea (now SO yam of age)
opened the proceedisp he • Ingtheeed address. He me
surrounded on the platform by the Rev. Dr. Musa, mt.
TAM Basic*, the Rev. Thomas Prue, vicar of Hook; the
, Res Mr. Clerks of helloed ; the Bev. Mr. Amy, Mr.
Jobe I3e Frain". Mr. Edmund Fry, and a great somber of
other whims). The subjects dwelt upon were very
vaned. Dr. Mamie referred in a speech of some length to
the American war and denonsoed the horrors of slavery.
The Bev. Mr. Dozey touched upoe the evils of intim-
pomace. Elihn Baffin, "the learned blacksmith,' spoke
apse the subject of peace sod ham, brotherhood, sad el-
ranted the formation of fire brigades in opposition to ride
corps. Mr. John De Pram &soused shams" sad
foppery, sad appealed to yews me to cultivate tree aim.
hood ; whilst other speakers ranged from subjeet tq sabMl,
bearing upon the removal of vice sod the happiness of ma.
The festivities each day were cousluded by the meet of a
number of tire balloons. Oa Wedeanday upwards of 3,000
perms were present.

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CHLEING-CEO6B RAILWAY REFRESHMENT Room*
—Om patio's of the extensive pile of Wilding for the
Charing-mom Hotel is now so far completed as to be ready
for catalog in a, few weeks It senorita of a noble zoom on
the ground door in the Villien-street trout comet-Sag wie
the railway ratio°, awl it is to be appropriated to _ree
meat roam. In connexioc with this departmeet the di-
rectors, entertain opium.= which will be amaidered ea
heterodox by some other boards—they think that • refresh-
ment room at a railway statism should be what its sante
implies, sod Not a mockery and a delirium to railway
travellers. We believe that the public will regard with
Do small favour this bold innovation upon a state of thiep
which has already existed too hag. It is strange that it
should have required the experience of so inneY
years to convince sensible mew, se directors of railways
are generally presented to be, of the absurdity of a errant
which condensed trevelleze to the alternative of hunger or
indigeatioo, sod which was alike mischievous to the revenues
of the companies and to the health and comfort of travel-
lers. All this, we are glad tory, is now to be changed ;
brighter days are in dare for the travelrir oak the dead-
Pastern, and let us hope that, their example followed by
other Una, we may soon rehear a complete reform In the
matter of refreohnieet mama The experiment of
good, wholesome, and nutritious food and drink ia=t:
be made at Charing-cross by Matra Spier. and
Pond, who come to us from the Antipodes. Thole geew.
men,who were estaprisieg enough to enrage the tam at
cricketers and took them out to Australia, who have bees
negotiatiog for some time with Mr. Charles Dickens for •
series of readiest in the geld sad wool producing mamas
of Australia, end who, it is rumoured, have demos of •
similar character upon either Mr. Spliqmon or Tom Sayan.
will not, we are assured, be found wooing in the eeterprile
necemary for • railway refrealumet-reons at Charlegarteet.
The same firm have, we believe, also entered into
arraest-
meets with the Leedom, Chatham, and Dover Coefa
the sandy at refreskitteets at all the Maims on tar
laillam
The arrangesneuta made are mutual in character, the emir
ponies =wiring, instead of • fixed rent for the &tallest •
certain percentage of the for receipts, than giving to each
party to the seotraet as lateral ie the armories of the
bureess to be dote, Toe contralto= will endeavour to
attract ortriomen by the quality and price of their goods
supplied, and the companies will seat by giving facilities
for carrying on the buainem—Railwee IVewe.

Ax E TAIIPLZ WORTHY OF INFUTION. —The di-
rectors of the Dubllo end Meath leap in their half=
report AD MOWN* the aatidadory Kett that arum
had Mee made for t►e immediate withdrawal of all the
" Lloyds Heeds dieted*, and that credited to the
extent of nearly 300,0001. bare scentoted to adept dock la
faU satadectirs of their claims.

TRZ BRIJAST RIOTS AND MI ÜBlON.—Whaievw
may Le the immediate tearing of the viola on party polities,
both protestant* mad Roman mtholies ought to find in the
distorieeese a proof of the advantep which Ireland derives
from its iscorporation in the Brit/ash empire. It is stablest
for regret that a doom lives have been loot. sad that tep
Omelet many patients have been provided for in the hospitals
ci Iklfast ; bat, except for the control of the imperial p-
'summit, the squabble of the streets would expend into •
civil war. Before the Isle of Saints can roc:oust:lute itself
moording to Its ideal standard of orthodoxy end
estioselity. it mast rid itself of su obetioate and
pugnacious body of Gaeta of as entirely different
ardor. Repeal and separation would be instantly followed
by • Northern nemeden, and it ie not impossible Hat the
weal laws might be o•es more smarted in Ulster. MAIM-
tiOI3 is a wholly exotic plant is Ireland, and it is oely kept
alive is either antics et the oonittry by an artificial temper-
ature derived from Emulated. The upper classes harm to I
certain extent, adopted English habits of thought, but the
yeomanry and the artistes of the north are still ready to
fight for the debase—sad, if the opportunity ooenrred, fit
the propagation of—their faith. Like the Arctic plaits and
animals which have survived in the mountain chains of the
temperate roes from the glacial epoch. Irish mamma
sane to illeavate the messing of that protestant supremacy
which is now happily extiret—Setseda BCD

The MOltpdit ii 31e,0.—RiPRIEV 6 OP TER
Oretvier.—lt the last Mayo Arises Michael Morrison was
Misted with Mishael Ark for the wilfol murder of Lew.
rime Colgan, at Otetleber. in July of the previews year.
The deceased miss member of the constabulary. mot was
ret groom home from the house of a friend in Csatlebar on
the 22nd of July. 1864 whew be wee overtakes by the pi-
moats, who brutally and wantooly murdered him. by lush-
lug him is the street sad stabbing him in the seek with a
Iced*. Mreviess was found guilty, with a recuaimeadattoa
to merry, bat Berea Daisy -w/mimed him to be hanged as
Tbursdaj. The risoomasendatioa with which the j
sasonipanied their verdk4 has been favourably oossidered
by the Castle aatherities sod the soak is that the cowrie&
baa been ordered to he reprieved.
Arms Sid Birmnro ves R110111:11 ExtrAcr or
thre Imre Aim OLIWIIIIIII to counteract the *tartan sled it
sea water on the belt, sad reader it he.uWnllr sell Prim
le ed., 2s ed., red aa mad. illanieere Toilet Vingeer le Me
Wetly recommemiltd tar Ms delicious aroma and meatier,
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