The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Cuba, from New York on the
18th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 10 p.m. yesterday,
with 173 cabin passengers and 175,347 duls. in specie.
After landing all the mails, consisting of 1:.'9 sacks, and 35
passengers, ■be proceeded at 10.90 p.m. for Liverpool; all
well. Her passage only occupied seven days.
(Per the Cuba, via Queenstovrn.)
NEW YORK, Jura 18, ETZKIWG.
The Attorney-General Stanberry las delivered an
opinion that the Southern military district commanders
have no right under the Reconstruction Act to remove
civil officers, executive or judicial, or appoint their suc-
cessors. He says, " Commanders have no right to estab-
lish military courts to try civil cases. This is con-
trary to the Civil Rights Bill, which is still
in force. Civil officers can only be temporarily
I suspended in • case of riot. The military power in
'the South should act as a police force to preserve order
and enforcelexisting laws when neglected by local officials ;
but commanders have no right to declare a new code of
laws, as this assumption of such powers would place them
on an equality with Congress." Attorney-General Stan-
berry then proceeds to repeat his former opinion as to the
extent of disfranchisement, declaring that substantially
the Reconstruction Act only diefrancluses those rebels who
held national, or state, or military, executive, or judicial
office, having taken the oath to support the constitution of
the United States.
It is reported that President Johnson is preparing an
order reinstating the Southern officials recently removed,
and prohibiting their removal for the future. . .

The Cabinet-is said to favour the enforcement of the
Reconstruction Act as interpreted by Attorney-General
Stanberry. Congress will probably reassemble in July.
. .

A new jury hasTheen .worn in on the Surratt triaL 'One
witness deposed that he saw Surratt conversing with
Booth at I•ord's Theatre at Washington previous to the
assassination of Presiuent Lincoln. Surratt successfully
appealed to the court to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses for the defence, Lis means being exhausted.
President Johnson, accompanied by Meese. Seward and
Randall, will start on Monday on a Masonic visit to
Boston.

The Louisiana Republic Convention has adjourned,
after passing resolutions favouring political equality
irrespective of colour and the disfranchisement of rebels.
General Steelman bas been offered a mission to Mexico,
but has declined.

Intelligence received here from Mexico announces the
capture of Campeche by the Republicans on June 1.

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

By the arrival of the above mails we have a(1-
vices from Madras, May 29 ; Hong Kong, May 13 ;
Shanghai, May 3, &c.

CHINA.

A proclamation has been posted up throughout
Canton forbidding the printing of Chinese news-
papers by foreigners. It has put a summary stop
to the existence of a little broadsheet published
under foreign editorship there. This document
purports to be an imperial order transmitted by
the Governor-General of the two Kiangs (Kiang-
tau and Kiantse)to the Governor of Canton.

Branch Poiii-ofiices from Hong Kong are likely
to be opened at all the treaty porta. The Post-
master-General of Hong Kong is on a visit north-
ward for the purpose of ascertaining the practica-
bility of so extending the British postal service.