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

be Court.

OSBORNE, JAL 2.
Prince and Prince= Leininges left Osborne to-day for
London.

Doo Maxima da Camara, the Idamais da Poy, sad Lien-
tenant de dumpy% on • Isla' ion from his Majesty the
Km' of Pcologd. arrived yortorday, and rstarsed to Loo-
do• this nessiog.

The I(areeiwes• dr Ely has wended the Duolmes of
Alla& as lady In Waiting on her Majesty.
Count Glacten arrived on Tarday, and returned to
London yesterday.

A deputation from the New Society of Painters in Water
Colours had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Hoene-oMoe, to present an bumble
'dares of condolence to the Queen. The deputation con.
slated of Mr. Hoary Warren, president ; Mr. Louis Hagbe,
vice-president; Mr. J. H. Mole, treasurer; and Mr. James
Fahey, leentary.

The Duke of Rutland is pasaing the season at
&Avon. Otitis. Ms grace km recovered from tli2 recent
attack of gout.

The Marquis de Chateaurensi
ChM House last evening from Paris.

arrived at Albert

The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have ar-
rived at their rtsislesto is Grosvenor4quare..

FraocesCotantesa Wa"degrees has left Strawbrrry-
►ill, Twickenham, for Dadbrook House, Essex.

Mr. and Lady Elisabeth Adeane have arrived at
their residue* in fiessuore-plane, from a tour of visits.

Mr. Ayrton, M. P. for the Tower Hamlets, will
Wier, his emiatitaenta at the Beaumont institution, Mile-
end road, this emming.

Mr. Samuel Harper, many years a member of the
oesornittee of Lloyd's, u well so of the committee of Lloyd's
Registry Society, hal aeoepted the post of Saperioteodeot
of the washrwritiog business of the tritium]. Marisa In-
genue Company, sad was yesterday elected a director.

With referee ce to the public meeting which had
bees wadded to be held at the Mansion-house on the
subject of a proposed memorial to his late Royal Highness
the Pride Consort, the Lord Mayor doilies that many in.
theential parser who would dais to take part io the mess.
sure are unavoidably shoat from lowa at this season, has
boa advised to postpone the meeting for the cement.
The Tian suggests that an obelisk be raised
to the assay of the Priam Ceased on the site of the
Mood of the Crystal Pekes la Hyde Park. " Except a
few dwarf obelisks la frosted at the interseetioos of
sinets, • little larger than lamp-posts sad sometimes
sneering that purpose, and primp we ought to add an
eccentric church tower a HMO south of the City-road, we
dean panes a Ingle speciosa of that almost uaiversal
Wed. Yet again as entirely intiolles the eye, nothing
eased • primed toter durable. ead meth* is so well
adapted to Ike perpodatlea of a simple feeling or idea.
Whaler it wend be pasollais Is aisle • measibith equal
to the obelisks of lksypt we leave to the segiseers,
bat mod 0101101thn time woad be say deli-
mit,. The shaft of Alszeidele ohms at St.
Petersbesg is 84 fed lag, sad the sissy hi that it was
eat hen • doss 14 fart huger. With the osesive bass it
Awe 154 test high. It was raised to its place within see
bera his of • rot glaslib. sailor darker than our own
Petickesd, brought fns a irony 140 Bala' from IR,
PeCtofirog. Creole is the bet skew for cd-deor wee-
useleAri hasp lee IY isstmessid Vs sober la the smoke
of lasaisa. The esullad vassmeat slows bow sadly the
dims seffiellenersee eiresslor of ea sheilik caa be aim.

Mod Ida idol awl sensiewo nakensa. There is sot •
Ingeller *be dies U.S reign hem Same with a regret
lig& Lesko Y. it way be imM. gnu* illentltute of as a•
Ignowb wild carries tie Wad beak to the begiaoiage of
1111411mila" sad history, mil leagasiu is well with milers
architecture."

EXPUBC.
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LATER tTELLAGANCE.
AMERICA.
ONE DAY'S LATER NEWS.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE NEW YORK PRESS.

The North German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from
New York, on the 21st ult., arrived this morning
at Southampton. She brings 72 passengers, 209,000
dole. for England, and 60,000 dole. for France.
The latest despatches received from Washington
all agree in stating that Lord Lyons has not yet
presented any official demands to Mr. Seward on
the Treat question.
The New York Times and Herald both state that
Messrs. Mason and Slidell will be delivered up to
England.
The New York World states that the gene-
ral impression in Washington is that the
matter will belsmicably settled and adds :—" There
are signs which indicate that the subject will be
referred to the arbitrament of all maritime nations,
but Messrs. Mason and Slidell, will not be sur-
rendered under any ,circumstances. There still
exists a feverish under-current of popular feeling
on the question, but nothing decisive can be ascer-
tained whether Lord Lyons has made any demands
or what the demands are. A strong impression
prevails that the matter will not lead to war."
It is reported that among the papers transmitted
to the Senate on Mexican affairs there is the project
of a treaty between America and Mexico, which
provides that the Federal government shall pay
11,000,000 dollars to Mexico, to be applied to the.
satisfaction of the English and French claims, in
return for the grant to America of commercial pri-
vileges and the right of transit across Mexican ter-
ritory for troops and munitions of war. It is
thought that the Senate will confirm this treaty.
No mention is made of a settlement of the Spanish
claims.

It is stated in Knight's circular that the cotton
from Beaufort will be sold at public auction, and
that the quantity from that city can only be very
limited.

A battle is reported in Missouri, in which
1,300 Confederates, finding themselves surrounded
by the Federal forces, surrendered, with their
baggage and equipments.
Reports are current that the Confederates have
evacuated Galveston.

One hundred and twenty thousand pounds of
Sea Island cotton hays arrived at New York from
Beaufort ; four hundred thousand pounds more are
reported ready to be shipped.
Vice-President Stephens, of the Southern Con-
federacy, is said to be seriously
General Pales' projected Federal expedition from
Beaufort has been abandoned.

(From tie Nat Ter* Timer of Dee. 21.)
. . .

The discussion with which the newspaper pines,
in common with ourselves, indulged upon the seizure
of Messrs. Slidell and Mason on the steamer
Trent, and the approval of the same, were all
based upon the assumption that with the rebel
0111iIIIITIOI were captured their despatches, which
were to be our evidence to vindicate the act.
We stated at the time time that Capt. Wilkes did
not go far enough—that with the rebels and their
despatches he shouljl have brought in the ship con-
veying them, for adjudication in a Court of Admi-
ralty. Unfortunately this was not done, and it
now turn, out that only the persons of the rebels
were taken, while their despatches went forward
in the steamer. Captain Wilkes thus allowed both
the subject matter of adjudication and the proofs
to be presented to ,were it, to escape. It may
be entirely competent for an officer to visit
and search ; and in case articles contraband of
war are found on a ship of a neutral nation, to bring
her into port, But here his authority ends. He is
the bailiff, not the court, His office is purely
ministerial, not judicial Did he not then (from the
best of motives, to be sure) commit a grave over-
sight, leaving us no choice but to make the proper
amends, whatever these may be I No court has
jurisdiction unless the subject matter to be passed
upon is within its reach, so that ita judgments can
take effect either upon persons or property. The
subject here was the steamer or some article con-
traband of war. Were the rebels such I Can
they be adjudicated upon as contraband in a
Court of Admiralty I Is not their offence of a
nature entirely different 1 If, then, we have no
competent proof with which to condemn the ship,
and as she is out of our jurisdiction if we bad,
no judgment in the case can be passed. Are we
not, then, bound to restore matters to their ori-
ginal status, which would involve the return of
the rebel ministers 1

It appears to us as not at all improbable that
such a view of the case was taken by the adminis-
tration from the outset, or as soon as it came to a
full knowledge of the facts, and communicated
it at an early day to the British Minister or
government. Without vouching for it, we
have heard it intimated that such was
the fact. The entire silence of the President
in his Message to Congress, at least indicates that
the ease was not clear of difficulty, or was then a
matter of negotiation. This reticence upon this
subject was • subject of general surprise, not at
all in keeping with the feeling of satisfaction which
everywhere prevailed at the mortification and
punishment inflicted upon two such arrant traitors
and scoundrels.

This view of the case is also in keeping with the
present conduct both of the administration and the
British minister. Nothing from Washington indi-
cates a question impending, involving the peace of
the two nations. Both the government and Lord
Lyons seem to take matters very leisurely and
coolly—in a manner entirely incompatible with
the idea that any real difficulty exists
between them. We are assured even that
Lord Lyons has sent no formal communication to
our government upon the subject. Consequently
no special messenger, bearing important despatches
in the case, could have returned in the steamer.
We may rest assured that the matter is either fully
composed, or is far advanced in this direction.
Mr. Chase's declarations to the Bank officers in
this city were emphatic the them would be no war.
In Sue, we think that a day or two more will prick
the bubble which has thrown our people into such
a state of anxiety and alarm.
(From the New York Nereid of Dee. 21.)
According to our latest advioes from Wash-
ington, all apprehensions of • rupture with
England upon the late affair of the Trent may
be dismissed. Our Cabinet, we are informed,
looking to the absorbing and paramount issue—
the suppression of this Southern rebellion—will
jWd to the present demands of England as the
senditions of her neutrality, even if these de-
mands involve the restoration of Mason and
Slidell to the protection of the British flag, and
a disavowal of and an apology for their seizure
by Captain Wilkes.
In adopting this alternative of submission to,
these peremptory demands, the administration'