The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-03 00:00:00

FRANCE AND ROME.

PARIS, MAY 2.
of to-day contains the fol-

low"ingThe: return of General Goyon has provoked
exaggerated suppositions. We believe that the
journals which have looked upon the return of
General Goyon as • serious indication of a change
in Roman affairs, are labouring under a delusion.
We are persuaded that nothing has been changed,
because nothing can be changed in the policy of
the French government towards Boma"

HOLLAND.
AMSTERDAM, MAT 2.
The bank has raised its rate of disoount to 4 per
lent.

INDIA.
BOMBAY, Amur. 12, vie Trews
The Calcutta merchants have petitioned in favour
of, and the Bombay merchants against, the repeal
of the import duties. The g )vernment is said to be
divided on the subject. The majority are for doing
away with the income tax.

21r.iloreha:1basdeclined a seat in the Supreme
Council, on account of ill-health.
The cotton crop in Bombay is shorter, and of
worse quality than that of last year.
Thomas Buckland, attorney of the Supreme
Court of Calcutta, has been sentenced to eight
years' penal servitude for forgery.

Tan Fitirwm in Comm CHlNA.—Admiral Bon-
nard has issued regulations respecting the side of lacds in
the town of Seism. A staff of French telegraph emplopis
have arrived at Saigon. They have brought with them
wires, batteries, and other necessaries for establishing tele-
communication between Mytho, Saigon, Bienhos,
aia, and Cape St. James. The line from Saigon to Bien-
hea will mom be in operation, as most of the posts have
been already laid down. The lighthouse on Cape St.
James is being rapidly constructed, and a lighthouse is am
to be owed on Condors.
TRH Baer= BVILDLNO EDND. The annual
meeting was held at Bloomsbury Chapel on Wednesday,
Sir Morton Pete, M.P.; in the chair. it appeared from the
report read by Mr. J. Benham, the hon. secretary, that the
society is not be • very flourishing
.condition, but that by
the grants of the 19,400/. received since it was established
much good had been dons in the way of liquidating debts
and helpiag to build new chapels. A special appeal stated
that applications for IPANYURICO from 68 churches are
now before the committee, and that 10,0001. are required
to enable them efficiently to waist by • system of loans
in the erection of chapels in the metropolis end other
great towns, where the rapidly-increasing population
renders each ereetloos speeielly desirable. Sir Morton
Peto said he was prepared, en behalf of a few friends, to
state that they were willing to put up four net=
built in • similar style to the Annexe at the In
Exhibition, at an spew of about 6,0001. for the four, sad
also to guarantee the miniaters' salaries for three, four, or
Ave years, provided the Baptist Building Fund would lend
half the money for ten years without interest. He threw
that out es a ;Mileage. The chapels, though costing so
little. would be commodious and everything that could be
wished, and capable of holding 1,100 or 1,200 people each;
and would last twenty years without repairing. The chal-
lenge was understood to be accepted. The Rev. C. H. BU-
TS"' INTIANATIONAL EXHIBITION AND LIFEBOATS. roll, Mr. Meridiem', Mr. Under ill, the Rev. W. G. Lewis.
—lt was stated in the Express, • few days ago that the and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting.
Commissioaen of the International Exhibit3on had at the Tag COVINTRY RIBBON TRADIL—We Binning-
olevsoth hoer allowed a fulleised lifeboat belo4ag to hoes Daily Post) are glad to notice that the eta trade et .
the Royal National Lifeboat Institntioo to be Mmitted Coventry has recently undergone a very seasi e improve.
into the building. That statement was made on tbe antis°. meet, sod even those who nave all along entertained the
moat gloomy forebodings. are beginning to admit that they
iity of one of their auperiotendente of the naval class,
do not altogether despair of that city being in • highly
whose letter of the 23rd April, to an officer of the instita-
ticoa. Meted " that space could be given to • lull'eleed life- as condition once more. It is true that most of
boat in the open court of the eastern annexe, acd that no the factories are not doing very mods, and several
time should be lost in sending her to the building." The of them are soil entirely doom, yea a walk through the
streets of the city in which the weavers principally reticle
lifeboat was accordingly at the Exhibition the next day. On
her arrival there, however, preremptory instruetioas TOM will afford most satidactery information with regard to
given that she was not to be admitted. Through the great em, improved stall of trade. In almost every house
as.d unusual kindness of the Royal Horticultural Society, where Mere is • workshop attached the noise of the
shuttle will be beard, moot conclusively testifying to the
fact that the weavers have no longer mane to complain
that they have got no work to de. It is gratifymg to
andprdtbe lladmirstimiebals, whion.erefullshypelriomliinlYPftthwehaaperwobjbeecetnanotha:EilifißticanitLtmotioub:
learn that this work is chiefly being done in execution of
the refusal of the Commissioners than that portion of the
orders, and not for the accumulation of stock, • practioe
Navel Brigade, 30 or 40 in number, employed at the Exhibi-
tion, and to order to express their appreciation of a vowel, which has heretofore base so detrimental to the intervals
the like of which may poriUy have saved some of them' of the trade. lo short it is admitted on all bands that
'selves from a watery grave, they yesterday subscribed 21. to am& L undergoing a reel and substantial revive!, and the
visits of buyers have of LW been numerous, instead a
purchase a flag to be placed on the lifeboat in the gardens.
GOVIANESSEB' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —A "taw and far hotpoop..whichriediiioodv hoe for m loog
meeting of the subscribers to this institution was held yes. time been the case. With meet terra,. Goatee prams.
tardily at the Hanover-square Rooms ; the Earl of Shrews- con, the subemi In aid of Mat pageant has been emir
bury and Talbot in the chair ; for the purpose of receiving meted by eesteitese of 104 from Sir Joseph paste.,
the report of the board of management and of the militate M.p_ast Divirrit.”—A curious misprint was made
and erhaer sew from the Earl comm.
for 1981, and to elect five annuitants of 201. trout the list el "l'
149 candidates. to addition to the 101. kindly collected for by the Tue. fa printing Tampon's ode. The copy from
the highest unsucunsuccessfulcandidate, the board propose whirl it was plated wee marked for music, and before the
to lesson the disappointment of failure by giving 101. to each wed is the
Us.--
of the next Ave upon the polL The seenetary reed the N And sham and how of Am divine lo
report of the board of management, which was of • very
,4.ted Part neither compositor nor reader
to Deena= 31. Mal, showed: Total receipts, 12,1031. waa Aimee the error—which
9e. 3d.; expenditure, 17,8041. Ws. 3d.; balance in hankers' harlot eutdcieut ••••••••••• to elaborate character, and most satistantory. The oph eaxani a large P was affixed, Blends iog Piano. The wont cons.-
was
reporMuced is all sepias.—Mte Parthenon.
heeds, 5201. 17e. 108 ; provident fund receipts, 19,03111.
fls. 14.; expenditure. 17,8011. 10e. 3d.; balance, 1,2311. GRAT'S-INN Cam.=—The following prelates will
14e. 108.—total, 19,0364 15e. ld., which, with the amount In the chapel of this society at the afternoon services
of receipts oe cash account, made total receipts 31,M1. which sornmeace at Wilma three). on Sundays daring the
14s. The usual complimentary votes of thanks to the present math of HAY. vs., the Blehotta Cashel fc'marr°w,
on the 18th, sod the Bishop of Lis on the 96tIt-
°penalties of managemeat, the auditors, Yrs. Ling, the the Bishop of Limerick on the 11th, e Bishop of fit.Asepl;
Matsui seatelary, were passed.