The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-13 00:00:00

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Barr. 12.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day ahowa the following changes com-
pared with that of last week :

biomass.
Cash in hand . . . . fr. 8,600,000
Treasury balance . . . 1,700,000
Private accounts . . . 200,000
Dumas&
Bills receivable . .
li ("tea
Advances

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Farr. 12.

The Royal Mail steamship Soot* from New
York, arrived here at 11.90 p.m. to-day, with 84
cabin passengers, and 114,500 dole. in specie. She
landed 12 passengers and 71 sacks of mails, carry-
ing on those for Liverpool and a portion of the
Scotch, and preeeeded at 11.40 p.m. All well.
The Scotia performed the passage in 8 days 7
hours.

(Per the Scotia, via Queenstown).
NEW YORK, Sara. 4,Moalrntc.
President Johnson has issued a proclamation declaring
that whereas the constitution makes him commander-
in-chief of the army and navy, and binds him under a
solemn oath to preserve and defend the constitution,
which vests the national judicial power in the
Supreme Court and subordinate courts ; and whereas
impediments have recently been imposed in North and
South Carolina obstructing the action of the said courts,
and which unlawful pruceedinp will probably be at-
tempted elsewhere, the President therefore warns all
civil and military officers to yield obedience to the laws,
and to assist and sustain the national courts
in exercising their constitutional powers. Act-
ing Attorney-General lirinckley has furnished an
official opinion, justifying the removal of General Sickles
by President Johnson, on the grounds that General Sickles
had been guilty of military insubordination, and had con-
tracted the powers of the judiciary by forcibly preventing
the execution of civil processes in the national circuit
courts of North Carolina.

It is reported that President Johnson will shortly issue
• proclamation largely extending the anumaty to the
Southern rebels. The subject was conaidered at a cabinet
meeting held yesterday.

General Grant has ordered the district commanders to
reappoint no civil officers removed by their predecessors
in command of the military districts.
General Sheridan received on Monday she order relieving
him from the command of the fifth military district.
General Hancock has been granted 30 days' delay in
proceeding to New Orleans, on account of the yellow fever
there.

General Pope hes ordered the elections for the Alabama
convention to be held on the lst of October.

It is reported that the negroes in Northern Texas have
left work and gone into camp ; they are arming and
threaten to administer the local laws themselves.

The Republicans yesterday carried the Vermont election
by a reduced majority.
General Canby has arrived at Charleston.
Yellow fever is raging with great virulence at New
Orleans and Galveston.

The remainder of the Body Guard of the late Emperor
Maximilian left New York on Saturday for London on
board the William Penn according to advice. published
hoax from Mexico.

The British and French Ministers left Vets Crnz on the
18th August.

Two hundred military officers bad been thrown into pri-
son in Mexico for plotting ag►inst Juarez.

THE HAYTIAN REVOLUTION.

Intelligence received here from Hayti to the 12th of
August announces that the revolution which had broken
out in that island had been quelled.

MARLBOROUGH COLLPOZ.—We IWO informed
that scarlatina has recently broke out in this college, and
the matter has assumed so serious en aspect that the boys
are leering for their homes in large numbers until the
disease has diiappeared from the establishment.
THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOPER RAILWAY.

—Yesterday the new act to "arrange " the affairs of the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company was
issued. It contains 52 sections and several schedules.
The misfortunes of the company are detailed in • long
preamble, in which it is declared that, to enable the com-
pany to keep the line open for • truffle and ultimately to
meet its engagements, it is essential that the provisions
set forth should be passed, and that during " the suspense
period" (which by the act is stated to be " 10 years ") all
proceedings and suits should be 'toyed ; that • new
bowl should be constituted, representing the mortgagees
and the shareholders—three of each—end that facilities
should be afforded to effect • general compromise and re-
adjustment of the rights of mortgagees and creditors. The
act proceeds to the creation of debentures, classified as
"A, li, and C," declaring the purpose to which the money
is to be applied and their priority. The constitution of
the board is stated and the application of the money, law
and equity are not to be exercised, save es permitted, and
the p.,wers of the courts are defined over the company.
What the act contemplates is • suspension of proceedings
against the company fur 10 yearsL to enable it to mover
itself and meet its engagements. 'ihe new board will pro-
ceed to work out the intentions implied by the various
enactments; their remuneration is to be 2,0001. a year,
subject to increase, and during the " suspense period" the
other management is to cease.