The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL COURTESY.

The Hon. Wm. H. Seward has addressed the
following letter to Mr. Harper Twelvetron, who presided at
the Tweet pone rejoicing meeting, held in the Town
Mendota :

Department of State, Washington, Feb. 4, 1862.
Dear bor,-1 acknowledge with sincere pleasure the re-
ception of your letter, of the 17th of January, sod also at
the proc.eeilings of a public meeting which was held on the
llth of that mouth, in the Tower Hamlets, on the subject
of the relations between your country and mine. It :.,...sc72
ratifying to me to be assurer, an I am by those p
hags, that the course which this government has adopted,
in regard to a nutrition of neutral rights in maritime war, u ,
approved by a large and respectable portion of the liritish
public.
The policy of the American people, sir, is a policy of
peace at home, poste abroad, peace with all tuitions, a policy
of freedom for theumelves, of freedom in their extending
empire, ands policy hopeful of, and conducive to the ultimate
freedom of all closers and conditions of men.
Whoever shall wage war against the American people,
will bind themselves obliged not only to commit the tint
wrong, but to -tecome when they eater the cockiest the
enemies, not only of order, peace, end progress, on Woods-
' timid, but of human nature itself.
With many thanks for your peat courtesy, and with best
wi,hes now, as always, for the prosperity sod happiness of
all your couotryoren,-1 hare the Maxim to be, your most
obedient servant, (Btlind) Wu. H. SLIVAID.

They have already begun on the eastern dome.
The twelve main ribs will be painted red and gold,
A bulky supplement to the 7.0n61,4t Ga:ette was bordered with black and white, and relieved with
published yeste4sy. ehatejoing the banker.'many male gilt stars on small lozenge 4 of blue. The top centres
m pursuance of the 7th and BthViet it Tl. will be painted blue, with gold rays, and with
Mariennsrza Umry or ODD Frazows.—An borders of rod and gold. The broad frieze running
interesting asalysis has just been issued of the sickle= end rowel the springing will be coloured blue, with au
mortality experienced in the South London district, from
which it appears that iu the quinquenuium 1856-1860, the inscription in bold gold letters • and the cornice
tow paid f,,, so,. in all the ledges was 10.1151. 4d.• above will be principally in red and gold colour.
for funerals of '!Si members, 2,3151 , sad 149 wive. bad The walls above the arches under the frieze will be
widows of menthols, 1,0121. The net increase in that period, richly ornamented in red panelling. In the four
on the sick and funeral funds, was 9,11110 f. Ss Sid., and the lenalUr compartments will be Europe, Asia, Africa,
1 cast "°olt°l remaining in he". 4-0,1571. 11°. The "' and America, and in the 'mandrils of the large
perinea: embrace. 3kk:10o members, the gross sickness being arches will be medallions, containing figures repre-
zaiso weeks, that at every use, and in grille of five ages,
return is curious as furnishing members with a remarkable at the ends of the nave and transepts will also be
approximation to the expeneuce of the whole unity taken richly ornamented and inscribed with appropriate
fourteen jean since, if "adjusted" by the actuaries; le ends.
although at some ages the figures are higher than in the inieannexe for machinery iu motion—the western
data referred to. A special colunin shows the number of
members initiated to he I,ttn, and soother, those annexe—is rapidly approaching completion, and
who seceded hong 1,371. or nearly 7 per cent. The under the directiou of Captaiu Fowke, its wooden
statement reflects the highest merit on Mr. Runge 's, the
secretory of the district, and it is to be hoped other spanners are painted a pleasing lavender colour.
The excavations going on under part of this court
divisions of the society will follow the good example set _
them. The directors are about to publish the general es- for beer-cellars, in connexion with the French
perience of the whole of the lodge. in the order. suction of the refreshment department, are at pre-
ALARMING FIZZ N CAR INC New CATTLC MARKET. lent nothing inure than a shallow sewer cutting.
Lust night at about 8 o'clock an alarming fire occurred ape. The refreshment rooms are not half finished, and
Wale premises acent to the Crown Tavern, at the top el
the New Cattle Nub* Caledonian•rred, lately in the oc- ---...
the northern half of the building generally is the
pars where the work is the most backward.
1 ettpation of Mr. Tosser, veterinary surgeon, who, it appears.,
had given up the premises, soil left them last week, handing The picture galleries are now in the bands of
them over to fresh °militant*, who took possession on Mon- Mr. Crace and his painters ; and their proportions
iday. The flames were diecovered by a young woman passing and design are very creditable to the architect,
lat the time of the outbreak, who immediately coummui- Captain Towle. The decorations have a tendency
rated with the police on duty, sod the intelligence was ._ decrease their . , .. . . _ few
' forthwith transmitted by the Loudon District Telegraph vo t‘ecreiese their neigut in •appearance, but_ .
! Company to the brigades in Varriogdon and Watling stmts. critics; will have their teeth set on edge by this part
i There were no parochial eugioes on the spot, and it was of the building. The walls are being rapidly
fully 9 o'clock heron, the engines *trivet' upon the spot and painted a sage green as a background for the plc-
fell to ply, and the house by this time being one body of Lures, and the cove is tinted to correspond, the cor-
flame, the efforts of the enginenieu were mainly and SUOMI. _zoos and gaits •.o - .
fully directed to prevent the sprout of the fire to the adja- "' eel g vellum colour, relieved
coat properties, 'me of which, however, was fortunately maroon lines and ornaments. The wall round the
I city a hones is einem The steam land engine shortly arches will also be ornamented, but the general
afterwards arrived, awd ea her appearance the two other en- decoration of these galleries will be necessarily cur-
; glare ceased to play sad " Aced by," as they could Dot obi tailed to allow for the arrangement of the pictures.
; taw water for the hoes. while
and webs up and aessoopolues all thee steasupp m
ly 6rto he-enermit. The gine works The board room of the Horticultural Society is
I howe sad its wawa. ~,,,,,, completely destroyed, sad it I gradually asauming the look of Messrs. Christie and
was nearly 10 eels& before the fire was completely put out. Mansoe's premises, as it is becoming half-tilled with
INCBULV-.—At the last meeting of the French i pictures sent in to the Art Conimittee, for them In
iAcademy of Sciences M. ',foamier read a note, on a most , make their selection from. Modern art is po-
singular occurrence in estreooleY. 'rig., the disappearance 1 lific, and not bashful in showing itself ;
of a nebula discovered by Mr. Hied on the 11th ()etcher, Ibe strange if rejections should nut be numerous.
OW, near a star of the 10th magnitude. It had bees re-acid it will
marked that loth the latter and the nebula were variable. , The arrivals of goods in the building are only in-
iteeently. M. d'Arrsst announced the uatounding fact that creased by some machinery from Switzerland, the
the nebula had disapporxrd. On the 21th ult., M. Leverrier : Newfoundland cargo (described roughly in a former
and M. Checonsas both observed the star, but could not find article), and a oonsignment from Prince Edward's
a uses ei the wibals, although they used • 12h 'gusto- Island. The two last cargoes, and also the first in
rid, sad afterwards i's. of M Foucanles telescopes. At
th. dia.. mr, Iliad bt.eir..ceitatbeg that the °shwa, the building (that from Liberia), were delivered by
I was not to be fousd, sod M. Ooldschmidt has observed the Messrs. Morgan Brothers, the well-known general
same thing. This xcurreans promises to overthrow the merchants, of Bow-lane, City, who are agents for a
limey of Ws& hitherto received. • variety of colonies and foreign powers, and who
IDIMPATCH Or AMIZICAN AND CANADIAN Mallit._. have started two international clubs—one in Arun-
-The li".P°4 146 w Tusk, 684 Pbiledelphie CemPee7• del-street, Strand, and the other at Brompton—for
steamer City of Washisiton was yesterday (Wedisesisy) the
I despatched rrara Lieeepjot f.jar Now yea. with insibi fo, use of their client'. It is well that a respecta-
' the United ewe., thirty _cake pamengers, aad se sped& ble trading-house should take up this general agency
The !bribes and Ifeatreml /LILL North Marva% business, as the country is disgraced when foreign
' '4l be anrailead hiss the 11141", t°4ll, with th• exhibitors are fleeced, as they too often are, on
' Oasiadiaa sod UAW litotes sails.Os Saturday the ..
1 mine occasions.
°saw II'ILL (Ihba will be despatched from 14"17.°1 Two I (the oral ease tional timber
• far New Yeah, with saes fee British North Animas, the . arge slum y 0 1) r )O•
trailed Statee. Behausurs, and Havaunab. wised for the Exhibition) are announced in lIITCHOC4I

as coming from Western Australia and Vancouver's
Island. The ant is UN feet high, and the second
190 feet high, and one at least will be raised by
riggers as a Clog staff in the Horticultural Gardens.
The Vancouver's Island .cargo will he amongst the
last arrivals, as it was shipped late by the
Gloucester.
Natal has sent a large carved sideboard, or
counter, made of all the furniture woods of the
colony. It is ornamented with glared panels, con-
taining maps, meteorological tables, and photo-
mgaphs of the colony, and its shelves, according to
structionsLare to be loaded with samples of native
produce. We shall also have from the same settle-
ment &curious model of a South African waggon,
some valuable specimens of food, oottoo, wool, and
wood, the latter necessarily cut green. This con-
tribution to the Exhibition has arrived at South-
ampton in silty-two cases, besides about thirty
Meeks of wood. Many of these articles are loans
made to the Exhibition on condition of their being
given over to friends ; and the remainder are to be
presented to certain public museums, or sold for the
benefit of the colonial government. The collection
promises to be a fine one of more than eight hun-
dred allies, and it will be divided into raw mate-
rials, mineral substances, specimens illustrative of
Use natural history of the colony, Kaffir medicines,
water-colour drawings, and some curious photo-
graphs d Ellbs.KAffirs.
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Victoria has sent a gilded trophy—representing
in size the gold shipped from that Nation of Aus-
tralia to England since the foundation of the colony.
It has also forwarded working models of quartz-
crushing machines, furniture made of native woods,
satire wines,briintly, sauces, and preserved provi-
sions, sad some models of carriages. As there
were nearly six hundred exhibitors at the local pre-
liminary exhibition, we may expect a good show
from this part of Australia.
The golds from the Mauritius have arrived at
Southampton, and all the consignments from Aus-
tralia ought to be near at hand. Mr. Hewitt, of
Feuehurch-street, has a superb Chinese collection,
specially prepared fur the display ; and the Ceylon
contribution, which is all shipped, promises to far
exceed, in the number and value of the articles,
anything ever sent by that possession to former
exhibitions.
The great road difficult —partly a nightmare—is
not yet solved. The debates last week and this
in the House of Commons promise to kill the pro-
ject of uniting Bayswater to Kensington. Any
plan that threatens to injure Kensington-gardens
is utterly and deservedly unpopular, and the
warmest friend to international exhibitions must be
glad to see it given up. The roads round the Ex-
hibition building are as much in need of reform as
the feeding thoroughfares, and we are glad to learn
that the Commissioners are determined to improve
them. Unless the building is to be turned into a
fortress surrounded by a moat or ditch, the sooner
this reform is begun the better.