The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-18 00:00:00

lasted of broad pieces, they'll pay with tweed swords.

Then, too, it remains to be seen what effect the
assumption of such a pecuniary load would have
upon the fortunes of the war itself. All hope of
peaceful submission on the part of the South
is gone. Whether the slaves be liberated or not,
the war has to be fought out ; but if the slaves
are to be all paid for, can it be fought
out ? The financial difficulties of this war are
greater than any others, and are already serious ;
the war alone will tax all our resources for some
years to come, and though the real pressure of Mr. ;
Lincoln's scheme of emancipation will not make
itself felt immediately, would it not so seriously
shake public confidence in the future as to bring on
present embarrassment 1
These are the questions of cautious business
men. But Mr. Lincoln answers them all in
a way which I think reveals considerable rhe-
torical skill, by dwelling upon the prospective
growth of the population. This is a theme
of which Americans never tire, and the calculation
of the probable numbers that will people this
continent fifty years hence can never be made be-
fore an American audience without causing every
eye to glow and every bosom to swell. One glance
at the ratio of increase, as given in the census re-
turns, inspires the coldest and most cautious with
boundless hope, and with a confidence that is
almost passion. No debt seems large when placed
aide by side with these magical figures ; no enter-
prise seems impossible for these tremendous mil-
lions which defile before the delighted fancy, free,
united, and prosperous, "the dread and envy" of
the world. And there is certainly a fascination
about the vision from which no man who has a
particle of sympathy with humanity can possibly
save himself. Two hundred millions of English-
speaking men, even as intelligent, as happy, and as
prosperous as the twenty millions of the North have
been, and still hope to be, would be • grand spec-
tacle. And yet all Americans who love their
country and have faith in her destiny see good
things in store for the men of the next century,
such as the men of this can only dream of.

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vents the Chinese paring off inferior brown liras r Intle
weal kinds. Horninnui slr to anooloured, therefore always
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VENTRAL RELIED' FEND. —The total daily rm.
rig* on Monday liere7l7ll., and on Tondo 6,7751. A
letter hem the ilk, 'Pumas Lawaddre Aid Pond Qua
paittee•Mithith so fully were the eommittarkepreteed
with the cuffed of tae &Wised operadms, IS
A4ltwith
duped emu guild eekoofileddellent
froseMemii met Magill the pitteve tandem Mt sr,!•
milk* ta
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=0 with. 4 hater beelines riosived from
login XlllE4ll'l Val II:Pa Shit Witte ri 444 his
lerdeldp wield beau the merle! gaud neiallens the
esidestaf the diameni in the piton Letup% end*, pro-
motion of enininiptises. Lord Sydney remelts, 'illy own
opaline *that the stied in view would be better wired
load seed isilivideal exertions then by any central
Mei Ihe ewes UlMliweer thetas esentA
Meek• ma hen herkereed in ear* aid.*
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m ites strailue SU bit Me* pad • visit to
'Um Wait Way eddreard uwaisigAse.
mb.siminThey the disdishes.dishes.he hed
ta witould in the mates
wen stesa at tie seefial, rod Pala-
bent the eimeseers width bed been pus them sa
,&_.erifsteot
thariltliZlNlAlitet,uowthsamennnitalci
ef Lichfield, mfrireenea te the clergy to his
• mearemessMee pew in adilitiea to appeal. Aron
tit*. se make losee-te-imele collestiou M aid of the
Bad
A d=Z5 given to-day,
patronage, .5 the mews el
Ov2ard ud Pot. in Grervenor-*eat, the premeds of .bier
will be heeded over to the Unmake Relief Faint A
number of eminent artistes, geemoinly gave their pa-
taiteu lerviees for the capagioa.
The concert, Übe given this evening in St. Jamesie
Mall by Mr. Hear, Lugs and his ehoir--eonristing of Webb
=Mewl • melodiu orniapd by Mr. John Thomas thmoudd
Gimais), who, wilt Mesas. J. B. eltattertan, anis Mobgrkg
Troia, and caber eminent harpists, ladies and prillimei„,.
will acomepan the vondiele—rt for the beeeddoilarilbs:
tremed epu of the north- Mr. Leslie eendeeke, end
for thin octagon the " first and mood theta will be
united. The choral attractions of the proposers are
remarkable; and the wet know national Moen, Mies
Edith Wpm, Ulu Cymru Pueraddle). and eim will
vary the performance with some of their most perdu
solos. The members of the National Choral Society vil=
a pond peeformanee of the Neariak on Monday ev
_gaper HA, in aid of the above fund. The bewkspil
charm will umber shout 700 performers. Conduct*, Mr.
G. W. Martin.
WIGAI.—At this week's meeting of the relief
wiewattee. it was reported that the number of eau on the'
books wee 4,502, representing 12,390 persons—an increase
of 179 pima. on the last return. It wee resolved to sup-
plement the 84. per heed from the Lord Mayor, Committee
for a Chrirtmas dinner by 4d. from the funds of the mutat-
tee. Mr. Borrows expressed an opinion that the prima of
idergrmen on the, executive committees had been most
mischievous, and he gave notice of a motion that they be
excluded.
HYDE, &c.—On comparing the return el the
state of medir Sc. the emir is Hyde. Dakinfield, Magma.
in-Langlendale, Wen.* Le., as well as the 'cruet of the
relief given by the deputy chief ooustable, we fwd the very
CZfeet that. in Ulu &dykes, LAU peewee pre-
mirint of work am now employed, while 1,341 more
persons are working full Urea
Pesaro/L-1n the_ Preston union generally an

improvement is okeervable ie trsd Several—manatennere
are eness the hours of labour at their establishments,
and others, whose mills have base standing for many meths,
are making arrangements for resuming work. Mr. Amin,
the chairman of the Westin board of guanine, intimated,
at the weekly meeting of that body, that there was a decided
improvement in the state of the union, and he gave it as
his opinion that they bad seen the worst of the &mess.
During the week ending as Tossday, the guardians re.
Bared in the whole union 9,587 came, including 22,471
persons, at • cost of 1,7631. 10s. Id. In companion with
the preview' week, these statistics show an barman( only
15 is eon • demean of 23 is pereo s relieved, and an
aggregate increase in the aspen item of 361. 7a. 6d. In
comperimon with last week, there had lien • demean in
every department, viz., cans, 3 ; person 73 ; and itzpendi-
tare, 41.2 a Bd. As compared with this time last year,
there is an 110211•110 of 6.249 in oases ; 13,702 in persons re-
hand ; and 1,1511. 9a. 11d. in expeedMre. TUTe are sow
elle.bodin gad female paupers is
rilirtalor of the union, viz. The moor, 2,554 ; stozieyard,
196 ; Harsh, 79 ; Walton, 468 ; Cara Exchange (prestos),
26$ ; New Hall-lane, 251; Knowsley-street School, 470 ;
Mill Hill, 525 ; and Walton Schools, 200. The per cents('
of pauperism in the nice is 204, and the average rate of re-
lief le. 8 4-10 d. per heed. The fever is slightly on the in.
crease again, and there are now more patients of this class
in the Home of Recovery than for the past three or four
weeks.

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NITAL AIND KILITABY.

Amnsaavr, Dia 17.—APPOIVIIIIINTIL —Lieute-
nant J. B. D. Omer. to the Idieboteh.
=4=6A. 0. B. mai, Ahearweter.
t F. W. Jarrett to the Marlborough, Si
=ZL W. Nowa earl A. 0. HID, to the &WO L.
A. H. Haroord, to the limbs ; J. Biaakbern and J. L.
Casvtioy, to the Pylatleo; W. IBL Hanoi sod Z. R. Rot-
he*, to the Nile.
Andes ilmoriolate Aailaat Irsiart - H. G. He* to
tho Oembeelasi ; awl W. Harvey, to Ore Ws, et der-
amroarlsa.

foilsmen% Dem 79.
The Congo*, 41., mew, end the Lk, 21, sorew,
the forme to No. 2 cad the Misr fa No. 7 dock, hove re-
ceived e serebor of additional *Pk, on lye.
Noshed for them to toesiglit forward so opoodly we poi,-
able, b. Lire of Oh* omit in had
The Algiers and Mee, arm lbws, Moe bass nand
from &kepi& the darkest* harbour zooorisp.

Ha 14istres SKIP riligei CONeout.—This
teepaidseeh vessel is supislip "nesapisted t. dock at
Peeskalte pert Ser
elleptiereporeeds
lwas, or inn tarts sad bowsprit,
sreighlig el del hare bum ellesesally
shipped Maws Oar illedatest eanitiset. mike the bane-
sidiria=ahereret Mr. Sesith, bestow& el the
a* tomb sef tam that it has bean re.
esenisolei by the and approved at bthe
42ati= Aim= It
eissideraisis swims el wigwam is linesellweel. harm& se
the regular aiseloare twaished i. thy lest immense, hiked
et jury me. utith would have to bouliseged at the pietas
which obarleiftli imam- AD, the Is Mies at timber
046,11"141•1111 pee N redid ever tee aseneratloo, mew
pretecer sepoopoded its eas la ship.
bow the dritedhlemilla *dm has
boo eat to iirkeebead, to• eupecieteed the kce rceeole
sossisedithl thotpiaes.