The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Java arrived at
Queenstown at 7.30 p.m. yesterday, with 89 pas-
sengers, but no specie. She landed all the mails,
consisting of 131 sacks, and six passengers, and
proceeded for Liverpool at 7.40 p.m. All well.

(Per the Java, via Queenstown.)
NEW YORE, JAx. 1, Evunta.

The Congressional committee of investigation
into the riots at New Orleans throws upon General
Sherman the responsibility of the rioters having
escaped punishment.
A Congressional excursion party, composed
mostly of republicans, are meeting with continued
friendly receptions in the South.
A decision of the Supreme Court has been pub-
lished, declaring trials by military commission,
where martial law is not in force, to be illegaL
The New York Herald asserts that Mr. Camp-
bell has been instructed to renew the attempt to
reach the seat of the Juarez government.
The steamer Don, with Assistant-Secretary Se-
ward and other officials on board, is about to start
on a secret expedition. It is rumoured that
General Grant will accompany it, and that its des-
tination is Mexico.

The 2'ribiens positively declares that James
Stephens is now in New York.

THE ManrraaNANEAN.— Our Malta correspon-
dent, writing on the 6th, says :—" Owing to the absence
of the naval commander-in-chief, Lord C. Paget, who has
left Malta on a visit to Naples, Rear-Admiral H. Kellett,
C.R., is now in command of her Majesty's ships in this
port. The iron-clad steam frigate Resistance, IG, Captain
H. S. Hißyer, took her departure from Malta on the
evening of the 3rd inst. for the Pineus, to relieve the
Arethuu, 35, Captain Macdonald, ordered to return to
Malta. The corvette Cruiser, 5, Commander Singer, left
yesterday for Beyrout, to relieve the Racer, 11. The
English ships of war at present lying at anchor in the
port of Malta are the Victoria, 102; Prince Consort, 35;
Royal Oak, 35 ; Ocean, 26 ; Assurance, 4 ; Tyrian, 2 ;
Cockatrice, 3 ; and Hydra. The American corvette
Canandaigua, 9, which arrived a few days ago from Civita
Vecchia, is still here. In view of the almost entire dis-
appearance of cholera from the neighbouring island of
Sicily, the local board of health has reduced the term of
quarantine for vessels arriving with foul bills of health to
a fortnight. Arrivals from Sicily with clean bills are sub-
jected here to seven days' quarantine. Viscount Emlyn
arrived in Malta yesterday from Southampton in the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria."
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 11.—The Hamburg and
American Company's steamer Germania, due here on Tues-
day, was detained by ice in the Elbe, and only arrived
yesterday. She sailed this afternoon for New York with •
full complement of cabin and steerage passengers, and • '
Large cargo, including French jewellery, value 38,250 fr.
BOARD or TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 10.—The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs • copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's consul at San Jose, reporting that • tonnage
duty of two Teals (one shilling) has been imposed on all
vessels entering the port of Punta Arenee.--Quette.