The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-15 00:00:00

AMERICAN rocmcn.

The Daily News, referring to the division amongst the
republican party in the United States and the junc-
tion of • minority of that party with the Northern
democrats and the South in support of the policy of the
President, observes that the meeting of these sections
held yesterday in Philadelphia tinder the name of the
" National Union Convention," is an event the importance
of which in the present state of American politics it is
hardly possible to exaggerate. The Philadelphia Conven-
tion is called, of course, with a view to the elections of
the ensuing autumn. Its object is to form a new and com-
pact party, and in the name of that party to attempt to
secure • Johnson majority in the fortieth congress.
There can be no question that there are certain
strong elements out of which such a party as this may
possibly be formed. The South will heartily support
it, and the Southern States will, most likely, be very
largely represented in the " big wigwam " at Philadelphia.
Mr. Johnson waits to restore the states at once to their
position before the war. If he suoceeds in this, it will be
entirely owing to the mismanagement of some of the
leaden of the republican party ; but, in the opinion of the
Daily News, it is because Mr. Johnson's policy is pro-
Southern, because the old friends of the South are rally-
ing to its support at Philadelphia, and because it is sure
that the North is still sound at heart on the great quer
tions for which it toned, that it does not believe the
President's confident bid for popular support will he re-
' warded with the success which he and his friends so con-
fidently expect.

THE SHIPPING TRADE OF THE UNITED KENO-
Dnn.—From a parliamentary return issued this morning
we learn that the number of vessels and the tonnage en-
tered inwards and cleared outwards at the twelve princi-
pal ports of the United Kingdom during the year 1865 was
es follows :—Vessels entered inwards, 30,444, tonnage,
9,756,502 ; vessels cleared outward', 26,648, ton-
nage, 8,998,152. The comparative position of London
and Liverpool is es follows :—London vessels entered in-
wards, 11,610, tonnage, 3,646,142 ; vessels cleared out-
wards, 8,093, tonnage, 2,627,809 ; Liverpool vessels en-
tered inwards, 4,827, tonnage, 2,644,821 ; vessels cleared
outwards, 4,425, tonnage, 2,631,827. The aggregate
declared value of British and Irish produce and manu-
factures exported from the 12 ports in 1865 was
144,363,16/6/. In the case of London the amount was
37,009,7181. ; in that of Liverpool, 73,066,7731.
POOR RATES AND PAUPERISM.—From a par-
liamentary paper issued by the Poor-law Board this
morning, it appears that there are at present 14,886
parishes in England and Wales maintaining, or liable to
maintain their own poor—that returns of paupelipm are
revolved weekly in respect to 14,695 of that number ; and
that 191 parishes, incorporated under Gilbert's Act, or
still under the provisions of the 42nd Elizabeth,make nore.
turn of the number of paupers they relieve. The number of
paupers relieved in England and Wales in the fourth week
of May, 1865, was—ln-door, 123,988 ; out-door, 757,806—
total, 878,794 ; the number relieved in the corresponding
week of this year was—ln-door, 121,045; out-door,
727,888—t0ta1, 848,873, shelving a difference between the
two 'wields of 29,921, or 3'4 per cent.
THE PITBLIC DEBT OP THE UNITED STATES.—
Tlre public debt of the United States in 1861, on the Ist of
July, which is the close of their financial year, was only
18,930,7971. In 1862 it had risen to 107,127,369/. ; in 1863
it was 228,915.2461. ; in 1884. 362,643,8521. ; in 1865,
I, 2.682,688,022 dela , or 568,673,6461