The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-22 00:00:00

HUNGARY•

Baron von Beust returns to-day to Vienna. He
paid a visit yesterday to M. Deak.
The sittings of the Hungarian Diet have been
adjourned till the new year. The address in reply
to the Royal rescript will be presented to the
Emperor by the Presidents of both houses.

INDIA.
(13T DIRECT OVERLAND
BOMB TELEGRAPH.)
AY, DEC.. 11, 5.40 P.M.
71b. shirting, 6r. 12a. Cotton quiet. Dhollerah,
260 r. Exchange on London, le. Hid. Freights
ao Liverpool, 20s

CALCUTTA, DEC. 10.
811 b. ahirtings, Br. Ba. 40's mule twist, Ba.
Exchange on London, 2s. Oid. Freights to Eng-
land, 455.

AMERICA.
On ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.
General Sherman has returned to New Orleans,
and Minister Campbell has gone to Monterey.

The Duke of Cambridge went to Woolwich
yesterday to inspect the several departments of the Royal
Military Academy, and as governor of the institution,
to award commissions and prizes to the cadets in accord-
ance with the recommendation of the council of military
education.
In the case of the correspondence referred to
yesterday as having taken place between Mr. De la l'oer
and Sir E. Kennedy, the latter, we fiud from the Dublin
whichhas made an ample apology, and so the ,
threatened to become a very unpleasant one,matter ter-
minates.
The subscriptions received yesterday by the
Mansion-house committee for the relief of the sufferers by
the Lite fearful explosions amounted in round numbers to

3,000/.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Derr. 20.—Th
il
e
Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Counc
for
for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State
the Colonies a notification to the effect that all vessels
arrivg at Malta from Liverpool Or London, and fu hed
within clean bills of health, will be admitted to free
pratique.—Ge:rtte.
Boson OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 20.—The
Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council
for Trade have received a notification from her Majesty's
consul at Ancona to the effect that the quarantine
hitherto in vigour Ilion all arrivals at that place flout
Locdon, Liverpool, and adjacent ports is revoked, and
that all vessels from England with clean bills of health
will receive immediate pratique.- -G0:,.0,
M. GEORGE SHaw LEFEVRE, M.P., min HIS
CONSTITUENTS.—On Thursday evening this isentleman,
who is one of the liberal members for Reading, addressed
about 700 of his constituents in the Town-hall of that
borough, on his recent tour in America. The lion. membhis
er,
who met with a very hearty reception, conducted
audience in imagination through the route he took in
America, and reviewed the present state of society on the
other side of the Atlantic. He said the black population
FOREIGNOFFICE, DEC. 18. —The Queen has been ' was now receiving fair treatment, indeed y;everybod e en-
pleased to approve of Mr. W. J. Whalley as consul at countered seemed an abolitionist, and the peop ale
Grimsby for the Republic of Haiti. The Queen has also Peared to have forgotten that they had ever been
been pleased to approve of Senor F. T. Barry as consul in otherwise. He noticed the apparent prosperity pre-
London for the Republic pro the Equator. The Queen has vailing, as shown by the exterior aspect of the
also been pleased to appve of Don Ernesto Basin as towns he passed through, and remarked upon the
vice-consul at Glasgow for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. large number of churches everywhere met wi•h, although
—Gazette. there was no such thing as state aid in America—an ob-
THE OAKS CATASTROCHE.ARNSLY, FRIDAY servation which was received with a good deal of cheering.
On the whole, Mr. Lefevre took a favourable view of Alike-
VNNG.—For the first time since the explosions of •
riencl: institutions,i and particularly entered into the edu-
Thursday week your correspondent, in company with Mr. ea system, considerableifi interest being
Day, one of the viewers in charge of the place, was allowed Heading just now by e grammar school.scheMe whichted
to visit the scene of the recent terrible catastrophe. On has been set on foot by the present mayor with the view of
reaching the pit-bank everything bespoke the serious
resuscitating an excellent charity which has for years past
character of the explosions of the last few days. In the been allowed toinbecome almost useless to the boys of the
top-gearing of the No. 2 shaft the bell wire V/Rll hanging town, although. former days such men as Talfourd were
in tangled skeins, trailing to the bottom, whilst on the ince t the scholars at the Reading Grammar Se' hooL
ground large pieces of wood! dross, and soot, which had Mr. /Tie ~ address was attentively listened to, and at
been vomited up, lay about in all directions. The report its close • cordial vote of thanks was tendered to the lion.
of to-day, however, is far more cheery than any yet given.' ember
and there ie every prospect that the last resource in such
accidents—the flooding of the whole of the works—will be Ea
THE.A U • t
AT NION OF LONDON.—This moiety has
averted. Eve eking so far leads to the conclusion that just issued its almanack, which will be found to give
infomiation on the constitution and proceedings of
the efforts of the engineers to extinguish the fire by clos-
ublication.
ing the cupola and the No. 1 shaft with dirt will be effec. artistic and scientific bodies not comprised in any other
tual. The report at three o'clock this afternoon states P
that the men have ceased to put any more dross into TELEGRAPH MONOPOLIES.—A bill is before Con-
either of the two shafts, and that puddled clay is to gress to grant certain rights to the American Atlantic Tele-
be put into both No. 1 shalt and the cupola to the graph Company, a corporation organised under the laws of
extent of five yards, so that both will be as this State. If our report may be trusted, this modest corn-
closely sealed up as is possible for them to be. pany asks, and the bill proposes to confer, the exclusive
When the clay is put in No. 1 shaft there will be about use of the entire Atlantic coast witlen the jurisdiction
96 yards filled up from the bottom. At the same time of the United States, for the purpose. of landing a
preparations were made for bratticing off
ease
as which telegraph cable. What mystery is there in this business
goes from the engine-room into No. 2 pit, so as toe exclude of telegraphing that it should kindle the avarice of men
all air from going in. The engincrooni itself bespeaks the into such a flame that they will be satisfied, neither on
serious nature of the explosions, all the steel machinery land or sea, with nothing less than an imme•surable
being covered with a thick coating of rust, whilst layers monopoly ? And what sort of arguments are relied upon
of soot are lying in all directions. Since Wednesday to convince a majority of the repreeentatives of the
three more of those who were brought out of the pit alive people that they should surrender the w. ale sea coast
on Wednesday have died, PO that of the entire number of the Republic into the possession of iodduals eon-
only six are now living, and all of them in a very pre- federated under the title of a telegraph company? We
cartons state. It is now expected that the pit will have shall rejoice to see more les laid down—the more the
to remain sealed up for a considerable time, and months better, for we do not abon the hope of • beneficial
will probably elapse before any effort can be made to open competition between rival Atlantic telegraph corporations
the shafts and recover the bodies. The latter will be • —but this bill would forbid all competition, and leave the
work which will take • considerable time, seeing that all public probably worse served than it is at present, and
the air courses, Mappings, ttc., will have been blown without that hops of redress which we venture still to
down, and the Mr taken, and repairs made step by step. , cherish.—New York Tribune.