The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-17 00:00:00

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The American Consul at Matamoros has arrived
at New Orleans. The reason for his expulsion is
said to be the non-recognition of the French and
Austrian authorities in Mexico by the United
States. It is reported that the American flag was
hauled down from the Matamoros Consulate by
Union parties.
General Hurlburt, commanding at New Orleans,
has ordered the temporary suspension of permits
to vessels with merchandise bound for Matamoros.
The New Orleans Bee publishes private letters
from Matamoras to Jan. 30. Mejia and his staff
had visited Brownsville in full uniform, and were
received by General Slaughter with en artillery
salute. Mejia and his staff saluted the Confederate
flag. Mejia said that the Confederacy would soon
be recognised, and invited the Confederates to
Matamoras, promising to salute their flag with 21

guns.
New Orleans papers say that Croajal (I) and
Cortina' were marching upon Matamoros, where
Mejia, with 4,000 troops, was awaiting attack.
Semi-official advises received at Washington
state that Juarez was undisturbed at Chihuahua.

Official Juarist journals announce that the
French prisoners captured at San Pedro are kindly
treated, notwithstanding the rights of the Juarez
government to make claims for retaliation on
account of the atrocities committed upon Mexican
prisoners. In future, prisoners will not be ex-
changed, and their treatment depends upon the
treatment of the Mexican prisoners by the French

LORD AMBRRLEY AT LEEDS,
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LEEDS, UMW MGR.
Another meeting of Leeds electors was held this
maim. Mr. Fredrick Beinis in the chair, at the Muir
hall, which wee crowded.

Lord AMBOLIST, in hie address, said that in hie 6
rough °Mame of hie politial °plaice', much bad been isit
partially incomplete, which had bees 'gamma* dffil
by the criticism of arils loursalits. Ili aphis' mg,
am previously outlined, that he hoped the day would Oft
when it would be posibie for every intelligent and hail
man, whatever the due to which ha belonged, to be ag.
milted to the trembles. The suffrage at pressat smds
so discrimisation, provided persons inhabited house el
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laiwite value. He wee in favour of some edocatimil
quallbeatioa, and thought that this qualification should
be within reach of all, but he would not edam
eafraaebieement upon a body of people miles they
desired it. This principle, he thought, ought to h
taken as the fuodamestal idea of a new Mira
bill. As to honesty, in the preparation of any sew mews
of reform, he would exclude all pusses who comply
bribes or who tampered with voters. Why be hesitated
on Wednesday night about the 61. bill of Mr. Bailees was be.
mime be did not feel prepared for the moment to giro the
pledge required. Moos then be had seen ambers of the
werkiag dames is Leeds, sod wee so satisfied with tbsie
intelligence that if returned to the House of (hamar be
should sow vote for Mr. Balsas' boil. (Apulian.) Rh IseL
ship thus deromsetrated his reams for linty* at this era.
chubs, and his remarks were warmly applauded. Air.
wards, as the ESOPS of Aldan's& KANO Lad Aar
bindery's views stem approved by the meet*, sad he me
invited to stand nee g with Mr. Baines at the sent elm*.
In the liberal interest. The feel* la favour of We lerthilp
wee eathnalastis.

tWe extract from the report of his lordship's .;1
speech which appease is the Leeds Mercury of today GS
pantie which refers mere particularly to Mr. Balsa's Mr
Lord Amberlay saki :—lt was not my wish to speak at GI MI
the present occasion of those points of difference which exit ;',
between myself and your member, Mr. Baines. I shouldlave .;
preferred to my nothing at all about them had it Id
bum for the questions that were asked last night, sae*
the aspect this matter has assumed. At present, hover'', /
it is incumbent upon me to tell you fairly why I hesitated
to give the pledge which was thee demanded. (Chest) ':i
Especially is It incumbent, because I em maul= thatGis
miscmdereGarling was really due to so inadvertence ad mg
own. (Bear.) The electors naturally expected, they ells
entitled to expect, that I should not imitate in giving thd
pledge. Indeed, it hea always been my intention—it ic
my istestion at the meant moment—that if I eireid
be elected to the Roue of Common I would support Mr.
Bainee's bill. (Enthusiastic and prolonged applause.) At
the mine time, ia 'eying that that is my iateatioa et the
present moment, I cannot positively say that in the use.
time my views might not undergo Dome slight chugs.
(laughter, sod " hear, hear.") I have the dimduatme, le
your chairman has said, of being young. It is is MN
respects a disadveatsge, sad especially in out way, bum,
it is impossible for a young man to have studied all phial
questions thoroughly sad completely, sad to have fused
deckled opinions upoa them. (Cheers.) Now, although I
approve in the main of Mr. Baines's bill, there were cable
objections I entertain to the mauve which raised mai*
that amount of doubt in my mind which rendered it dd.
cult for me to eve a positive promise. (Hear, bear.) I
have beea to-day in some parts of this town, Gait* its
houses of those who would be ad :anted under Mr. Bainefee.
franchise —(cheers)—and they appeared to me to be, as tat es
I could judge.very respectable and excellent people, andnek
as I, and I think every other reasonable man, would batik
welcome as an addition to the list of electors. (Reseed
cheers.) But there were others among them inhabilieg
houses below the limit which Mr. Baines's bill would fa,
and I was not prepared to say that even those inhabiting
51. houses might not be perfectly fitted to be added to the
list of electors. ("Beer, hear," and applause.) Ilevisgthel
view, it was a question for me to consider whether its
adoption of Mr. Baines's bill, supposing it to le
adopted, might not render it more difficult le
any sate as extensive and complete measure as 1 Gould
myself bite, (" Hew, hear," and cheer%) No doubt, d
there were no other way of aofranchisinjg the labours
daises, I should bs very glad to waive any persosal objca
time I might feel to that bill, and, rot thinking it mash
the best mariner of fixing the suffrage, I might still sch
in favour of it as the only practical mode of settling flit
question at present. Still, there is no doubt that I do foal very
grave objection. to the kiud of suffrage which now exisa
and which is proposed to be continued in the magas et
Kr. Belies. There are, as I have endeavoured to explele,
very grave reasons why that particular suffrage is nese&
factory, and it would perhaps be the effect of this bill le
confirm that particular suffrage and render it more satiabla
tort' to the people, and thus rather to retard than 'dream
sny of the future changes which both you sad I would pee.
bably desire. (Beer, bear.) However, them chisellere
grave as they are, are not and need not be entirely eta.
elusive.