The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-03 00:00:00

THE MARQUIS OP HARTINOTOR, H.P.. ON
THE AMERICAN QUESTION.

On Wednesday night Met, at the fifteenth annual
soiree of the Rowtenetall Mechanics' Institution, the Mar-
quis of Hartiogton, IL P. for North Lancashire, took the
opportunity of expressing his sentiments on the American
question. U we look at America we saw (said him lord-
ship) a great country engaged in what would appear to be
an almost hopeless struggle—a war which Y withoat a
redeeming feature. War is always terrible, but it was
Obis that eireumetsnose might arise when it would be
neoeseery for a great principle to be asserted, and a greet
injustice to be redressed. He thought that he must be
very sanguine Weed who can hope to see any
good resulting to the world through the war which
hi new raging. Englishmen Gould not sympathise with
the South who bad withdrawn from the Union, and
had booms traitors and most bitter enemies, because they
bad lost that measure of Jaeges which they once enjoyed.
On the other hood, they amid not sympathise with the
North, for while they prebend to be goveroedby the most
liberal principles which the world ever knew, they were
endeavouring by the most reckless expenditure to bring back
to the Hokin those who were innermost by the most invete-
rate hatred of it ; and he did not think that this was the
pokey which a great nation, calling itself free and
ought to pursue. With respect to slavery, it was only when
the cause appeared to become desperate, that they mined
the abolition my, and therefore in this war we could have
no sympathy ether on the one side or the other. It was
with the Northern States of this nation we were likely to be
drawn into conflict, in consequence of au insult offered to
our deg. He did not believe that this insult was into-
Weal, for it was pretty clear that it was only the ant of an
individual, who took upon himself the sole responsibility,
and if the insult was not planned beforehand, he did not see
why there should be any difficulty about making rapers-
ties. If the insult bad been committed on our aide there
would bare bete the orestiunple reparation made. It might
be that a difficulty would arias in Unsettlement of the ques-
tion, and some bad mentioned arbitration asthe proper mode
of having it solved. He was not disposed in that meeting to
discuss the question of arbitration, but he thought that if
the Americans were not inclined to listen to the nicelmate
demands of England, they would not be likely to &ten to
reason through the intervention of any other Power. if
the American government really wished to make reparation,
it might be dose in a very simple manner, and the English
government would not Mend on any punctilio which our
national honour might we dorsal

Tins Ramos or THZ Irtrornvz SLATZ4.—A rather
important measure was *fleeted in the House of Repro-
matatives yesterday, by the peg of as Ad itligatipt
the prohibitiou of the return of slaves, except to loyal
careers. Although the purge of any acts whatever,
upon the subject, is to be deprecated at the present time,
this may be regarded sa quite conservative under the Cir-
cumstances, awl oar people will be rejoiced if measures
more ultra are sot carried through by the present Congress.
—Now York Bra, Dee. 21.

"As some oilcan of her Majesty's ship Merl-
beenegh,“ saps the Malta finer. " were co the 25th De-
eimehsw, retaining from Cittsi Vecchia after witnessing at the
cathedral at ea early hoar the ceremonies of Christmas day,
they had as altercation with the man who drove the car-
riage, who, it is said, opposed their entering it in numbers
greeter than it was calculated to hold. Unhappily
Mr. Ms, a youth of eighteen, a clerk on hoard the above
wenhii, was slabbed I. the abdomen. This happened
between Chad Amish and Omni Attard, and before
the uatortasses young man arrived in the carriage
at tbe Marine for the purpose of being conveyed en board
his ship, be lost a considerable quantity of blood. The
medical °Moms of the ship were at first at *Moe that the
wound was fatal, but the patient having rallied, be was
after a few hours sent to the naval hospital at Bighi, hopes
Wag entertained that the intestine* have not bees injured.
The coachman, who is supposed to be the delinquent, his
bees arrested. We are happy to state that by the
, account young Mr. Ellis is going on well."

TIM POLICE COMM
(11118 DAY.)

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scojeti to wrJy, Jute Dooley, sad Elias Dorsky, in
seesensw were feud seeend parade of washing
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terto seek pockets.
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proaner keeping watch. They stemma took the
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vpy, .h p. beyieg article,* a pretext for plunder. They
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pleaderuig either shopkeepers or persons buying
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▪ c,ty.,lsJ ; JoAso WNW*, 24 5 weaver, of Bede-
berseeart. St. Lakes; and Jot. Doling, 21, n assetle,
rs, Corn-murk City, were placed at the bar Were Mr.
clurged with reacerog a prisoner front the inso.
tarot I.lhr-coratabia• Jobs Booby*, 9110, sad
maw. end aemalling them io the execution at that
Jaw at tioldwidane, St. Luke's.
lbe prilueffs,_ it was swain; part of a desperate pas
et sh tem. that *test Golden lane. Last night the above
AMa apprehended a prisoner * Golden-lane oil a charge a
and when as the way to the policeatatioe
th.y were beset by a pug of neigh fawn end
t6eve*, wid their prisoner owned flaws them. They
sp,s coptunal the man, bat had not presewisil far before
kit the constables were hawked down sad kicked in a very
Metal Macilaiff. Roth the Mom stated that they were easy
nod hart about the head and body, and they now felt
Pl.' Pla-
it. rigours* defence said, that the constables had
mak mistake, for they were out pronto when the tow
weatilted.
yes I otraeourt sad it wee a cue that he ahead *rid ter
nut it wee set to be allowed that coestables were to he
teased about by a ast of thieves, wises ia the sae-
tvtioa 4 their duty.
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