The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

(REUTER'S TIILEGRAN.) TATIKRRALLIS.—MONDAT.
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF PARIS. The early departures for Cheater had a manifest effect upon
the attendance to-day. As on Saturday the settling was pro.
(Via Roche's Point.) flounced bad, several "accounts" being either non eat or removed
to Chester- for adjt istment. But, considering- If we take the liberty
NEW YORK, APRIL 14, MORNING. of a travestie Upon Horace-that "tit is not the lot of every man
It is semi-officially announced that the State de- ott rmegg?"to w;tia anwarjoarartrt atget,htwbuevtercmtge►
-
pertinent, in view of the Fenian agitation, has client It ma haveii beent deemed by
ththose,,holweh?,:haido d
long since issued orders for the preservation of too any st;rtlinge features.tr The wan,
uZtrlceable traiSaMions
neutrality on the northern borders. being In tnunerion with the throe favourites, who were each
firm at their respective prices. Of Mr. Bennett's horse, how-
The United States gunboat Winoski has been ever, it may be said that he enjoys the confidence of a strung
despatched to Eastport. party, foret.h3=vtry they-through their r
cepting Be=tatinTone bet went In foLl
The British gunboat Pleiades put to sea from , yetl price, powerful
p-1 support failed
h t°mbrntthinge h=ertotlimstiutfrrer
Eastport on the I.2th inst. It is rumoured, appa- was regirded. Of the remainder, Mr. Pitt ti the only animal
rently without any foundation, that her crew had uwpsamthw good hom mucirsit;;.re=qublaintee=rtkl=phectaBtereattghhe.
mutinied.
;et the
That his ilia'.cstiete the
rs will haveity agaairraVirunbyta certain
or their
The Canadian government have received informa- m is beyond a doubt, and this, coupled with the form he
tion that a raid on the Niagara frontier is imminent, The has
tavourietdei for the Lapies hiaDerbyy frisnlinedthlnre:tesZuedyncoon,fiandrge
Roberts opposesbialioney's demonstration against only outsider who showed signs of " coming" in the market was
Vespanan, about whom we saw 500 to -20 taken at the very
New Brunswick. Closing pry:
The President has signed the Loan Bill.
President Johnson has sent a message to Con-
gress embodying a report from Mr. Seward, to the
effect that preparatory measures had been taken
seasonably to send an adequate naval force to the
fishing ground, in order to protect the interests
of American citizens against unlawful violence.
The State department has reason to believe that
there are at present no good grounds to apprehend
a collision, or the necessity for the employment of
force. The attention of the President and the British
government has been directed to the question
whether negotiation and legislation could be advan-
tageously employed to adjust the fisheries question.
These measures are not sufficiently matured to
render it necessary to take congressional action.
Mr. Stewart has introduced a resolution into the
Senate, which has been referred to the reconstruc-
tion committee, proposing a constitutional amend-
ment prohibiting discrimination in matters of civil
right or suffrage among the people on account of
either race, colour, or previous condition of servi-
tude, repudiating the rebel debt, and ignoring all
claims for emancipated slaves. The insurrectionary
States ratifying these conditions to be admitted to
Congress, and the people to be amnestied.
The efforts to remove Mr. Davis on a writ of
Habeas Corpus have been abandoned. The ru-
mours of an amnesty proclamation are denied,
as the President is said to have stated that as
the peace proclamation was simply a delineation
of his policy it did not terminate martial law in
the insurrectionary states.
The municipal elections throughout the country
show increasing democratic strength.
NEW YORK, APRIL 14, MORNING.
Money abundant. Gold, 1261. Exchange on
London, 1351 ; on Paris, 4.182. Stocks steady.
New York Centrals, 512 ; lllinois, 116 ; Erie, 74.
5-20 United States Bonds, 1031. Cotton held
firmly : Middling Upland, 38. Flour firmer, in
moderate demand. Wheat very firm ; corn dull.
Provisions heavy. Coffee and sugar dull. Mo-
lasses steady. Petroleum very dull : crude, 24 ;
refined, 38. The week's receipts of cotton at New
York amount to 11,000 bales.

extra) 3 and off, -
8 to 1 Mr. W. G. Bennett's Dolby, 5 yes, 7st 71b (t)
100 to 9 Mr. It. Kirby's Treasure S yes, Est 61b
(Inc 1011) extra) (t)
8 Mr. .1. Bowes's Barasah, 6 yrs, Set 71b (off, t
100 to 7)
8 Lord Wilton's Sandal, 5 yra, 7st 51b (off, t 100 to 7)
6 Duke of Be-auforta Mr. Pitt, 3 yrs, Oat 13th huff,
t 20 tot)
1 Lord Bateman's Moulsey, 5 yre, Sat 121 b (t)
40 on Redcap and Delight a'.
2 each sign Sandal and Bamph far a place 3)
DEBBY.
2 to 1 net Duke of Beaufort's Rustic tsto 2)
7 to 2 Mr. R. Button's Lord Lyon (t)
100 to IS Mr. C. H. (-Wee's Delight (off, tlBto I)
20 to 1 Lord St. Vincent's Redan it and off)
25 to 1 Marquis of Hastings' Blue Rlband 3)
25 to I Mr. H. Chaplin's Vesparian 3)
50 to 1 Mr. R. C. haylor's Hawthorn 3 freely)
90 to 40 Lord Lyon, for a place (t)
150 to 95 Blue Riband, fora place t)

NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 12.
Cotton firm and active ; low middling, 34 to 36.
MOBILE, APRIL 13.
Cotton, 35 : week's sales, 7,000 bales ; receipts,
5,000; exports, 16,000 ; stocks, 63,000.

40 to
60w
5W

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—IknquAT.
CHESTER CIF.
9 to 4 sot Redcap (t) l2 to 1 &gat Barageh (t)
7 to 2 -- Delight (t) 16 to 1 Mr. Pitt (ott)
7to 1 Dalby toff) 33 to 1 The Lion (off)
10 to 1 Treasure Trove SO to 1 Plat= (off'
)offered ) 50 to 1 Honesty (off)
10 to 1 Sandal (t) 60 to 3 Monkey (off)
DERBY.
2 to 1 agst Rustle (off) 33 to 1 agst Stetter (t)
900 to 90 Lord Lyon A' 33 to 1 blonsrchoi the
16 to 1 Vespasian off, Olen ;t)
9:1 to 1t t) 60 to I Midsummer 0
20 to 1 Delight (t. :t)
22 to 1 Blue itlband 't; 66 to 1 Stratheonan (t
labal anti Military.

WOOLWICH, APRIL 23.

REVIEW OF TROOPS BY THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the field
marshal commanding in chief, attended by officers of his
staff, arrived at Woolwich this morning shortly before
11 o'clock, and was received by a royal salute from the
guns of the Green-hill Battery, the whole of the available
troops in garrison, comprising the batteries of Royal
Horse Artillery, the field batteries, and those of the fifth
and other brigades, having previously assembled on the
common in heavy marching order, with thebands and colours
of the regiment ; and, in consequence of the genial state of
the weather, a large number of spectators were present.
His royal highness, with Major-Genetal Warde, C. 8., com-
mandant ; his aide-de-camp, Captain Williams, and the
garrison staff officers, having inspected the troops, front
and rear, took up a position at the standard, when the
entire force marched past at slow and quick time, the field
batteries at a gallop, and a series of evolutions were subse-
quently carried out in a manner that elicited the marked
approval of his royal highness, who, after visiting some of
the departments, left the garrison about half-past two
o'clock, a second royal salute being fired.

ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.
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The second anniversary dinner under the will of I
the late Mr. T. P. Cooke was held yesterday in the central
hall of the College, Itaybury, near Woking, A large
number of actors and actresses, including Mr. B. Webster
(the master), Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. and
Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Addison, &c., attended ;
and numerous friends of the charity, attracted by the
fine weather, as well as by the interesting nature of the
occasion, went down by the early trains to the pretty
retired building whose foundation-stone was laid
by Prince Albert. The grounds are in beautiful
order, and such visitors as had the time or in-
clination, were shown their peculiar advantages by the
veteran Mr. Campbell, who is the house-steward of the
estate. Mr. T. P. Cooke provided in his will that on every
anniversary of Shakespeare's birthday (which was his own
birthday an well) the college inmates should be provided
with a dinner in the central hall, and that after the re-
past the name of the author who had gained the prize he
left for the competitor who had written the best nautical
drama should be made known. At four o'clock the
healthy and happy looking inmates, with the visitors,
sat down to a liberal dinner provided by Messrs. Spiers
and Pond, under the presidency of Mr. B. Webster, the
master of the college. Thanks to these gentlemen, and
Mr. J. W. Anson, the secretary, the entertainment was of
a very gratifying kind.
After the preliminary toasts, the CHAIRMAN proposed
" Shakespeare's memory," which was drunk in silence,
while his genius was honoured in loud cheers.
After a brief interval, Mr. Webster read the late
Mr. T. P. Cooke's will, which was so technical
and so long, that it succeeded in mystifying those
who had not previously known its provisions. The
master however, rendered it into general accep-
tation, and warmly eulogised the deceased donor, whose
memory he proposed. He then announced that the winner
of the T. P. Cooke prize for the best nautical drama was
Mr. Sloan. From the remarks then and subsequently
made, it appeared that the title of the piece was True Or
the Core; that the drama related to the Spanish
Armada ; that out of 24 plays sent in to the committee,
I six were selected by Mr. Palgrave Simpson; and that
, these were referred to six members of the council, who
found no difficulty in deciding in favour of Mr. Slows.
This gentleman's health was duly drunk, and in response
he made a clever and entertaining speech.
L The health of the family of the late Mr. Cooke were
proposed, and acknowledged by his son-in-law, Mr. Cum-

Mr. ROBERT BELL, in proposing " The Drama," said
the English drama was just now passing through a serious
ordeal, and be recommended those who wished to do more
than toast the memory of Shakespeare to do their best to
keep that immortal dramatist on our stage.
The response to this toast afforded Mr. A. Halliday an
opportunity of making a telling and much-applauded
speech, in which, alter remarking that our dramatists
borrow too much from the French, he pointed out how
slight was the pecuniary remuneration of the writer of
plays as compared with the authors of magazine articles
or three volume novels.
Other and very numerous minor toasts followed.
tinder the direction of Mr. F. Kingsbury a selection of
Shakesperian music was admirably sung by Miss Rose
Henze and Miss Julia Derby (her pupil), and Mr. G. T.
Carter and Mr. E. Murray. The ladies' songs were en-
cored. Mr. Paul Bedford, after the toast of "Mr. Cooke's
Memory," sang Tom Bowling." The master's; health
was enthusiastically drank towards the close of the
meeting.

THE MURDER NEAR STAFFORD.—Mr. William
Morgan, coroner, held an inquest at the Crown Inn, Hyde
Lea, near Stafford, on the body of Ellen Buckley, who
was found murdered in her cottage at Coppenhall, on
Friday evening. under the circumstances already reported.
After hearing the evidence, the coroner said the case was
one of circumstantial evidence ; but from the first suspicion
pointed to John Cooper. On the day of the murder he
suddenly left his employment after dinner, and he was
afterwards seen with a billhook, which he had left at Mrs.
Buckley's, in his hand, so that he must have called there.
The jury, however, must take one thing with another,
and, link by link, form a chain of facts which would enable
them to come to some conclusion. The jury, after having
deliberated for a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder" against John Cooper. Cooper has since
maintained the silence which was his characteristic up to
his remand on Saturday.
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF SHOOTING IN DUB-
LIN.—As briefly stated yesterday, on Saturday evening a
private soldier of the Sth Regiment, named James Maher,
and a baker named Dowling, weie shot, under circum-
stances of great mystery, in Hoe7's public-house, at the
corner of Bonham-street, in the neighbourhood of Thomas-
street, Dublin. It is supposed that the occurrence has
some connexion with the Fenian conspiracy. Both the
men are progressing favourably in hospital, though the
soldier's wounds are of a very severe character. Four per-
sons have been arrested on suspicion in the public-house,
and will be bight before the magistrate at the Head-
offiee this day,„74te
MATIO,OIOIIIAX FAZE HOSPITAL, DEYOWSHIRE-
I ClTT.—Tkeenegate number of patients relieved
during the week April 21, was—medical, 941;
surgical, 569 ; total, 1,51 , of which 496 were new cases.