The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-21 00:00:00

THE CAPE MAIL.

The Union Company's Cape Royal Mail steamship
Saxon, Captain R. Baynton arrived at Plymouth
on Saturday, from Table Bay April 17, at 4 p.m. ;
St. Helena, April 25, at 4 p.m. ; and Ascension,
April 28, at 9 p.m.
The news from Natal is, so far as ecclesiastical matters
are eanoerned, more unsatisfactory than ever. There was
usthinc but wars, and strifes, and wranglings, on every
side. There were appeals to the courts, and interdicts,
and order in reply to them, right and left. The bishop
bad go; the dean interdicted from holding service in the
cathedral on Good Friday morning. The dean, on Enter
Tuesday, at an excited meeting for the election of church.
wardens, became more excited than any one else there, and
emddenly dissolved the assembly, which, however, would
sot be dissolved in obedience to him, and the meeting
vent on amid disreputable uproar and confusion ; hall the
members voted and the other belt refused to have any-
thing to do with the business. An address bad been got
wp to the Metropolitan asking him to cease meddling or
interfering with the diocese at all. A counter address had
been iic4 up to the dean, expressing fullest sympathy, and
aig= energetic aid in his proceedings. A telegram
from Pietermaritzburg just as the steamer was
leaving; stated that the quarrel had at length resolved
itself into • very literal contest about the keys. The court
bad ordered possession of the cathedral to Bishop Colons°,
and having further enjoined the dean to deliver up the
baptismal registry, the Golenaonian party took possession
by forcibly opening the church doors, wrenching off the
locks and substituting their own. The other side then re-
turned the compliment by wrenching off these new locks,
and thus the wrangle was proceeding. The paper war be-
tween Dr. Colenao and the dean was also maintained in
the local proms.
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The Rev. Mr. Fredonz, a missionary, son-in-law of the
Be;. Mr. Moffat, Ben., had met with a sudden and tragic
death in the far interior. A trader named Nelson
had committed a crime for which he was a fugitive
Srom justice, and followed the track of Mr. Fredoux, who
was on a pastoral journey to Morokwain. Mr. Fredoux
had instructions sent to him to arrest Nelson and compel
his return to Motito to receive judgment for his crime.
When called upon to surrender Nelson at first tried the
effect of an apology, but finding that of no avail he shut
himself up in his waggon, threatening to shoot any one
who should come near him. Mr. Fredoux approached the
waggon to remonstrate with him and point out the hope-
lessness of resistance, when, to the horror of snch spectators
as escaped, waggon and bystanders were blown into the air,
and six blackened corpses, including those of Mr. Fre-
don: and Nelson, were stretched on the ground. There
were 1751b5. of gunpowder in Nelson's waggon, and this
he had fired.

ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEw CROSS. —The an-
nual general meeting of the members of this corporation
took place on Saturday last, by the kind permission of the
council, in the Theatre of the Royal United Service Insti-
tution, Whitehall-yard ; Admiral Sir W. Bowles, K.C.E.,
President, in the chair. Amongst those present were—
Admirals Sir T. Hastings, Sir G. Back, W. G. 11. Whish,
][`Hardy, Barnett, Williams, Goldsmith, C.B. ; Captains,
R.N., the Hon. F. Maude and G. A. Bedford ; Colonel
Congdon, R.M., Sir J. Liddell, Dr. W. T. Doraville, RN.;
the Revs. J. C. Connolly, E. Kitson, W. G. Tucker, chap-
lains R.N. ; and Mews. Breaks, R.N., Ellis, R.N., Bar-
ber, Hall, &,c. Mr. Alfred Eames, the secretary, read the
report, which was unanimously adopted, and from
which it appeared that a large extra outlay had to
be met for new steam boilers and enlargement of
boiler-house, plastering and painting pupils' dining-
hall, and painting the whole of the interior quadrangles
and tower, amounting in all to 5151. fie. 2d. Notwith-
standing this unusual outlay, and the high price of provi-
sions, Ac., it had only been found necessary to sell out
sufficient stock to realise 1501., owing to the in.ceaaing
exertions of the secretary in bringing this national insti-
tution under the notice of the well-wishers of the service,
who have answered his appeals by donations to the amount
of 5431. 7a. 9d., including liberal grants from the Merchant
Taylors' Company, and the Salters, Skinners', and Car-
penters' Companies. A legacy of 1001. has been bequeathed
by Captain J. Sykes, R.N., and was invested in Consuls.
The council earnestly solicit support during the present
year, on account of the still increasing price of provisions,
and of the necessity of an outlay of nearly MOI. for Ben-
ham and Sons' new cooking apparatus, to replace the
kitchen ovens, and cauldrons, which, having been in use
since 11444, are obsolete and worn out. The average number
of pupils last year was 212, of whom 156 were sons of
'naval marine officers, paying less than their actual
cost to the institution, and nearly one-third of these were
admitted gratuitously, or on very small rates of payment,
sot exceeding 115/. per annum ; the remaining ni; pupils
were the sons of civilians. During the past year the centre
of the playing field has been levelled anti re-turfed, for the
English pastime of cricket, played with other large public
schools. The report, finally, referred to numerous in-
stances in which the former pupils (nearly 409 of whom
have become subscribers to the school) hail distinguished
themselves in their examinations fur the universities,
Indinn Civil Service, the public hospitals, and espeendly
for the united services, particularising those who had enc.
oesafully competed for the coinmissions and cadetships
placed :it the council's disposal by the Admiralty. \a-
CIIIICICP in the council, b.c., having been filled up, the meet-
ing, terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chair-
man, who was congratulated upon his appointment as
Bear-Admiral of the rafted Kingdom.

MENDIcITV SOCIETY. —The forty-eighth annual I
meeting of this society was held on Saturday, et the
society's rooms, Red Lion-square ; the Marquis of West-
minster in the char. The Assistant Manager read the
-report, from which it appeared that the receipts from all
sources during the year nad been 3,916/. 2s. ail., including i I
a legacy of 1,000!. from the late Mr. E. Mackintosh. A
superannuatior. fund had been established, which was in. I
tended to provide for the society's officers who were no
lone( a able to fulfil their duty, and thus to prevent them
from becoming themselves a burden upon the bene-
volent. The operations of the society showed that in
p, the ,st year 1,038 mendicants had been appriheuded :
and that :aid had been committed, showing an increase,
conilareil with the preceding year, of ant of the former
and 21d of the latter. Some of the parties relieved hail
been Italian boys, who had been apprehended while pur-
suing a system of mendicancy at too instigation of the
peair. pea The. were ultimately sent to their own
country by the assist:awe of the Italian Benevolent :so-
ciety. During the year 51.137 meals had been given away.
and 5,152 subscribers' tickets had been presented at the
office by applicants for relief. In the begging letter de-
partment the number of applications referred for in-
quiry was 3,80, and the :uuount of disbursinicnts on ac-
count of subscribers was 1.3491., showing an increase of
we compared with 1564. These returns manifested
an increaseel activity, and a higher average relief per case
than in soy former year since 1,447. An amount of
18a. had been given through the society during the
year to over 1.000 .begging.letter applicants—about if. Oa.
to each case. The balance-sheet showed a sum of
as subscriptions and donations, the total receipts being, as
already stated, 3.916/. The gross expenditure amounted
to nearly that sum. The report was adopted.
EARL RUSSELL AND MR. BANCROET.—Corre-
"ponder= has been laid before the Amer-lean Congress in
reference to Mr. Bancrofis oration on President Lincoln
delivered some few months since. The following is from
Lord Russell to Mr. Adams :—Cheshem-place, Feb. 8.
Dear Mr. Adains,-1 observe in the Daily we of yester-
day extracts from a speech of Mr. Baneroft, delivered
in the House of Representatives on the 12th instant. In
this speech Mr. haucruft is represented to have said,
referring to the breaking out of the civil war—
" The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
made haste to send word through the palaces of Europe
that the great republic was in its agony ; that the
republic was no snore ; that a headstone was all that re-
mained due by the law of nations to • the late union.'"
As words pronounced on such an occasion and by so emi-
nent a man as Mr. Bancroft may have an effect far beyond
the injury which my personal character might suffer, I
must request you to convey to Mr. Bancroft my denial of
the truth of his allegations, and to refer him to facts of a
totally opposite character. Soon after the news of resist-
ance in arms of the Southern States to the government of
the Union arrived in this country, a member of
the House of Commons stated in his place that the
bubble of republicanism had burst. I replied in the
Lame debate that the bubble of republicanism had not
burst, and that if the curse of slavery still hung about the
United States it was England who had made them the gift
of the poisoned garment which was now their torment.
In fact, I have never had any doubt that, whether the
'United States consented to separation or pursued the war
to extremity, the great Western Republic would remain,
happily for the world, a powerful and independent
republic. As Mr. Bancroft's speech is likely to have very
extensive publicity, I reserve to myself the power of making
public this letter at such time a. 9 I shall judge fit.—l remain,
my dear Mr. Adams, your faithful servant, Ryas :ELL.
In his reply Mr. Bancroft maintains the view expressed in
his oration, and cites in support of it the despatches of
Earl Russell to Earl Cowley and Lord Lyons, Loth
dated May G, 1801. He adds :—" In speaking to the
American Congress of the life and character of Abraham
Lincoln it was my unavoidable duty to refer to the conduct
of the British government toward our country during his
administration, for nothing so wounded his feelings, or
exercised his judgment, or tried his fortitude. I was
asked to address the two Rouses of our Congress, and
those only. When I learned that the British Minister at
Washington was likely to be one of my hearers, I requested
Mr. Seward to advise him not to be present ; and through
another friend I sent him a similar message, which he
received, and perfectly understood.

THE BRINDISL 114, UTE. —We have had the plea
sure of seeing several gentlemen who have lately arrived
from India and Chine by this route, and with some excep-
tions, easily remedied, they describe the steamers between
Alexandria and Brindisi and the whole line of rail through
Italy as most satisfactory. The entire distance from Alex-
andria to London can be performed in six days and a few
hours. The line traverses a moat beautiful country, and,
with the late completion of lines, Rome may now be
reached by a branch from Ancona en route to or from
Brindisi. We shall shortly be able to lay before oar
readers a full report on this most agreeable change in the
routs to the far east.—London end C 741.4 raferapli.