The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL SO, 1865.

That is a speculation on which we seed not enter.
But supposing it to be correct, hew in the name,
of logic does Mr. Mason strive in the following
outlaws at the conclusion that the crime is "the
" necessary offspring of those scenes of blood-
" shed and murder which have signalised the
" invasion of the South by Northern armies?" If
the assassination of Mr. Latooma was a ne-
cessary conaequence of the war prosecuted
in Southern States by the North, then it
follow' that the real murderer is some in-
censed Southerner. It is not we who say this ;
we merely point out the inevitable conclusion
of Mr. Meson's argument. Looking at the pro-
babilities, we think Mr. MasoN is nearer the
truth this time than when he connects the murder
with Mr. lisnazw JOHNSON'S ambition. In con-
clusion, we would just remark how fully Mr.
MasoN expresses in this statement the anarchical
spirit out of which this war bas grown. Let us
understand what this doctrine of a " necessary"
consequence means ; to affirm of any act of
an intelligent, free, and accountable agent that it
is necessary, is to declare that it is justifiable.
Four years ago, in the judgment of the Southern
leaders, it was necessary that, if beaten at
the ballot-box, they should take up the sword.
Having appealed to the sword, and again lost their
cause, we are now told that assassination is neces-
sary. We see here the same ungovernable temper,
the same perverse wilfulness, which is everywhere
horn of slavery, which rejects every kind of arbi-
trament, which led Mr. Davis, as we saw yester-
day, to pour contempt on fair oonatitutional war-
fare, and to declare his preference for a bloody
fight, and which now refuses to abide the Mine of
that chosen appeal. Englishmen know how to
honour fidelity to principle, constancy in effort,
fortitude in adversity, but they also know how to
distinguish these from malice, bad temper, and the
passions which make all government and all society
impossible, and which they by no means consider
" necessary."

SW 601111.

OSBORNE, APRIL 28.

The Queen walked and drove in the morning
with Princess Louise; and drove out in the afternoon, at.
tended by Lady Caroline Barrington.
Princess Helena and Princess Louise rode on horseback.

A deputation from the corporation of Liverpool had an
interview with Mr. Baring, M.P., at the Home-offlos, yes-
terday, oo .he subject of the Liverpool Gunpowder Rev-
lotion Bill. The deputation was introduced by Mr. !fore-
tell, M.P., and Mr. J. O. Evart, M.P., and consisted of
Mr. Treads A. Clint, Mr. J. G. Livingdon (vice-chairman
of the Chamber of Camera), and Mr. Clarke /topical, sc.
companied by Mr. M.Gowen (deputy town clerk) and Mr.
Thomas Baines.
Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of Canada and the West India
laleodi.
The Hoe. G. E. Cartier and the Hon. A. T. Galt, from
Canada, had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward
Cardwell, at the ColoniaLoffiee, yesterd►y.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Cambridge-
home, on Thursday afternoon, for Brackett Hall, Herts.

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AMERICA.

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ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA.
(VA Roches Foist.)

NEW YORK, Aran. 19, Nowt.
The following are the heads of the news brought
by the China :
President Johnson has made a speech in which,
without defieing his future policy, he announced
his conviction that traitors should receive the
fullest punishment.
Mobile was occupied on the 12th inst.
Sherman has occupied Raleigh. .

Johnstone is reported to be retreating, having
avoided a battle. It is supposed he will surrender.
Stoneman has captured Salisbury, North Ca-
rolina.

Mr. Lincoln's funeral took place to-day.
Mr. Seward's condition is improving. His assassin
is reported to have been arrested.
Gold, 147 g.

NEW YORK. APRIL 19, MORNING.
President Lincoln's funeral takes place at Wash•
ington at noon to-day with great ceremony.
The people will assemble at all the churches
throughout the country at that time, and the
remains will lay in state at the Capitol under a
guard of honour. They will afterwards be carried
in state through New York and Philadelphia,
en route for Springfield, Illinois, where the body
will be buried. The mourning is universal.
Throughout the Northern States public buildings
and private residences are draped with black.
Popular indignation has been re-aroused against
the South, and a cry for severe measures against
the Confederates has arisen.
President Johnson's previous speeches indicate
that he will adopt • severe policy against the
South.
A fuller report of Johnson's inauguration speech
has been published. He said that his past course
in connexion with the rebellion must be regarded as
a iparantee for the future. He felt in the end that
the government would triumph, and the principles
of free government be permanently established.
Yesterday Johnson made a speech in reply
to an address from the inhabitants of Illinois,
in which he said that the government would not
always bear with its enemies ; it was strong not
only to protect but to punish. Let it be engraven
on every heart that treason was a crime, and that
traitors should suffer the penalty. What may be
mercy to individuals were cruelty to the State.
As events occur, and it becomes necessary
for me to act, I shall dispose of each
as it arises, deferring any declaration
or message until it can be written, paragraph by
paragraph, in the light of events as they transpire.
Lafayette Forster succeeds to the Vice-Presi-
dency.
Mr. Seward is much better, and sat up a short
time yesterday. Mr. Frederick Seward is improv-
ing. He has regained consciousness.
30,000 dollars' reward has been offered for the
arrest of Booth and his accomplices. It is believed
that the assassination was the result of a regular
conspiracy.
The Vice-President and other prominent persons
were particularly inquired for on Friday by
suspected persons.
Yesterday a man, supposed to be John Surratt,
of Maryland, who made the attempt on the
life of Mr. Seward was arrested near Washington
and identified by Mr. Seward's servants. He is
now in close confinement.

A resident of Baltimore has confessed to com-
plicity with the assassin, and has been arrested.
Booth, with numerous companions, are be-
lieved to be concealed in Bt. Mary's County,
Maryland. His capture is hourly expected.
All civil, military, and naval officers have bees
ordered to wear mourning for Mr. Lincoln for six
months.

The foreign ministers Lave sent • deputation to
convey to Mrs. Lincoln's family expressions of their
sympathy.
The Governor of New York Las ordered the 20th
inst., which had previously been appointed as a
day of thanksgiving, to be dedicated to the services
appropriate to a season of national bereavement.
The British and French residents of New York
have held • meeting, when resolutions expressive
of deep sympathy were passed.
The greatest order continues throughout the
Northern States.
A universal feeling of sympathy prevails
throughout the British provinces.
The Governor of Nova Scotia announced, on
Saturday, that, in consequence of Mr. Lincoln's
assassination, he would postpone his intended
visit, and recommended the adjournment of the
legislature as a mark of sympathy.
General Dent has permanently superseded Wait,
tel in command at Richmond, and the latter com-
mands at Petersburg.
The order permitting the Virginia legislature to
assemble at Richmond has been rescinded by Gene-
ral Ord, and delegates who had arrived were di-
rected to leave within twelve hours.
General Grant reached Washington on Saturday,
and held • conference with Johnson and the Cabi-
net. Immediately afterwards the arrests of Judge
Campbell and Ex-mayor Mayo, of Richmond, were
ordered.

General Lee has arrived at Richmond, where he
was enthusiastically received both by the Unionists
and Confederates. Lee's farewell order says that
after four years of arduous service, marked by
ursurpassed courage, the army had been compelled
to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
and bad surrendered to avoid useless sacrifice of
life.

It is reported that Itilpatrick's cavalry had captured
the Governor of North Carolina while bearing an
offer from Johnston to deliver up the state to Sher-
man. Johnston was subsequently visited by Davis,
under whose direction the proposition was counter-
manded.

President Davis was reported to have reached
Macon, Georgia, on the 10th.
Butler, who is now in Washiagton, was reported
on Thursday to have resigned ; he has since with-
drawn his resignation and it is supposed that
Johnson will give bim a oommand.
The Confederated have destroyed their navy
yard at Halifax, North Carolina.
General Anderson formally replaced the United
States flag on Fort Sumter on Friday, the 14th,
when the Rev. Ward Beecher and others delivered
patriotic addresses.
General Dix, commanding at New York, has re-
ceived information that an organised band of 150
men were in Csroltoa county, Canada, prepared for
• raid upon Rochester and Ogdensburg.
The New York Herald, in ita correspondence
from the city of Mexico, states that rumours were
current that a large number of Confederates pro•
pose shortly to cross the Rio Grande, and march
to the assistance of Juane.

It is reported that a Federal force has crossed the
Rio Grande, near Pelo Alto, Resacs, and Depalma,
and has destroyed 4,000 bales of cotton which were
stored on Mexican soil.
The Kangaroo, Germania, Baltimore, Belgian,
and Persia, have arrived out.

(►ROM TES " TIM " TIFIJOILLIL
NEW YORK, Ann. 18.

General Canby reports the capture of Spanish
Fort, with 563 prisoners and 30 pieces of artillery,
on the night of the Bth inst., and of the fortifica-
tions of Blakeley, opposite Mobile, with 2,400 pri-
soners and 20 cannon. On the following day the
majority of the garrison of Spanish Fort escaped to
Mobile, across the bay. On the 12th Mobile was
discovered to have been evacuated by the Confede-
rates, and was immediately occupied by the Federals.
Not the slightest enthusiasm has greeted this
event, it being regarded as insignificant in compa-
rison with the calamity to the country in the un-
timely and violent death of President lineoln.
NEW YORK, APIUL 19, 11 A.r.
It has been decided that Mr. Lincoln shall be
interred in Illinois. His remains will be carried
through and laid in state in Philadelphia, New
York, and all the principal cities on the route.
They will reach New York on the 25th.
Secretary Seward and Mr. Frederick Seward are
better, and it is now thought that both will recover.
Mr. William Hunter, who has been for many
years chief clerk in the State Department, has
been appointed Acting Secretary of State pro tern.
A man, named Suratt, who suddenly disappeared
from his home in Washington, has been suspected
of being the assassin of Mr. Seward. The female
members of his family were arrested on Monday
night. While the officers were in his house, a man
disguised and covered with mud entered, and was
also seized. Upon being confronted by Major
Seward and the domestics he was at once recog-
nised by them as the one who made the assault.
Many other arrests have been made in Wash-
ington ; among them a number of the crap/oyes of
Ford's Theatre.
There have also been arrests at Baltimore and
Fortress Monroe—one of whom confessed that he
was privy to a plot to kidnap, but not to murder,
the President, and convey him to the South as •
hostage.
It is reported that it has been discovered that
the plot for the assassination of Friday night in-
cluded the Vice-President, General Grant, and
every member of the Cabinet.
The Washington Republican states that ex-Mayor
Mayo, Judge Campbell, and all the Confederate
officers on parole in Richmond have been arrested,
and will be held prisoners pending the investigation
of the circumstances of the murder of the President.

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FRANCE.

PAR'S, Aram 29.

Prince Murat left yesterday for Nioe in order to
present the condolences of the Emperor and Em-
press to the Czar on account of the deg% of the
Czarewitch.

THE SPANISH CONGRESS.
MADRID, Ann 28, Emu No.

To-day in the Congress Senor Rios Rosas ex-
plained his motion for a parliamentary inquiry
into the events of the 10th inst. He said the
ministry could neither dissolve parliament nor
govern with it.
Sailor Gonzales Bravo stated that he considered
the motion as a censure upon the conduct of the
government, and called upon the majority to reject
it. The proposal was subsequently rejected by 134
against 104 votes.

BELGIUM.