The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-30 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(Per the City of Paris rid Queenstown.)

NEW YORK JULY 18.
In the House of Representative* hir. Stevens ,i
has introduced • bill providing for the government of the ,
south by three civil commissioners to be appointed by Con- I ,
peas, and to be independent of presidential, military, or
judicial control. The house has paesed • resolution & Ilap- ,
proving of the views expressed in the reoent message of the
President relative to the cost of reconstruction. The ,
Senate has passed the bill providing that no person shall be I
prevented from holding office in the district of Columbia ,
on account of race or colour. The House of Representatives
has paasedaresolution instructing the Judiciary Committee
to inquire into the circumstances of the pardon by
the President of the Confederate General Cameron, who
recently testified for the defence in the trial of Surratt.
The preamble of the resolution declaring that Mr. John-r
son showed sympathy with the assassins of Mr. Lincoln,
by pardoning General Cameron, in order to increase his
credibility as • witness, was struck out. The house haa •
also pasted a resolution calling upon the President to fur-
nish
information regarding any expeditious organising for
intervention in the affairs of Mexico' under the real or
pretended purpose of avenging Maximilisn's death, and
also what steps have been taken to prevent the departure
of such expeditions. It is reported that recruiting for
' volunteers to avenge Maximilian is rapidly progressing in
the South. Intelligence from Mexico published here
announces that Juarez has re-opened the port of Tani-
St°Comes and Canales were open rebellion against
in
ar' z and had declared the State of Tamaulipas inde- '
pendent. Intelligence from Hayti announces that Salnave
has been unanimously elected President of that Republic.
NEW YORK, JULY 20, Moment°.
Yesterday President Johnson returned the Supplemen-
tary Reconstruction Bill to Congress with his veto, re-
iterating the objections contained in his veto to the'.
original bill. He declares the entire bill unconstitutional.
Congress had assumed the Southern State governments to
be illegal, yet bad ordered the military commanders to
appoint of iciali to carry on those governments. Congress
had repeatedly recognised the existence of the Southern
States since the rebellion, by calling upon them as
States to ratify the amendments abolishing slavery
and granting suffrage to the negroes, and by'
confirming the appointments of judges, district
attorneys, and marshals for those States. The
Supreme Court bad recognised the Southern States by
holding district courts in them ; and even the Federal
taxes were levied on the basis of the existence of those
States. Congress was attempting to strip the President
of his constitutional power, by preventing him from
executing his oath of office and enforcing the constitutional
laws. The district commanders were given power rightly I
belonging to the President, whose attempts to exercise
the constitutional power could be defied by his military
subordinates. While he held office be would oppose these
violations of the constitution, which were an evil that
would inevitably sap the foundation of the Federal system;
but the people had the ballot for • remedy.
He had abiding confidence in their patriotism, and he
believed that the rod of despotism would be broken, the I
iron heel of power lifted from the necks of the people, and
the principles of the violated constitution preserved.
Congress immediately passed the supplemental bill over the
veto by 30 against 6 votes in the Senate, and by 100 to
22 in the House of Representatives. During the debate
the prominent radicals demanded the impeachment of
President Johnson. The House of Representatives has
adopted resolutions requesting the President to issue &precis-
nation against the Mexican filibustering, and ordering
committee of inquiry into the execution of Maximilian,
and into the decree issued in October, 1865, proclaiming
all Republican Mexicans outlaws. A resolution intro-1
duced in the house congratulating Mexico upon her re-
cent triumphs over foreign interference has been referred
to the committee on foreign affairs. Advices published
here from Vera Cruz to the 14th inst. announce that
Madame Juarez had arrived there, and was en-
thusiastically received. Juarez had arrived in
the capital, and had declined a re-election for the
Presidency. Nedamri has been shot at Queretaro, and
others had been condemned. The announoement of the
execution of Santa Anna was confirmed. Marquez was
reported to be secreted in the capital ; if captured he was
to be shot. The Austrian frigate Elizabeth wee receiving
refugees on board at Vera Cruz.

INVESTITURE OF THE EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH
WITH THE GARTER.—VIENNA, JULY 26.—Upon delivery of,
the insignia of the Garter to the Emperor of Austria by the'
British plenipotentiaries yesterday, the Marquis of Beth
said—"l appear before your Majesty entrusted by her
Majesty the Queen with the distinguished mission of pre-
senting to your Majesty the insignia of the illustnous
order of the Garter. The Queen has ordered me toexpreas
to your Majesty the sentiment' of sincere friendship and
high esteem she entertains for your Majesty, and to assure
you that she readily avails herself of this opportunity to
confirm the alliance that has oontinually and for so long a
period subsisted between the two countries. For my own
part, I beg your Majesty to grant me permission to
express my deep gratitude for the high distinc-
tion of being commissioned by my sovereign to
be the interpreter of the feelings she personally
entertains towards your Imperial Majesty by entrusting
me with the honourable mission of investing your Majesty
with the insignia of the illustrious order of the Garter."
The Emperor replied :—" M. Is Marquis, in receiving at
your hands the insignia of the illustrious order of the
Garter I desire to confirm the full value I attach to the
assurance of friendship you have just expressed towards
me in the name of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain,
of which I now reoeive so valuable a proof. No wish is
dearer to my heart than to see drawn closer the personal
relations connecting me with a sovereign whose name is
raised so high by the affection and respect of the great
nation at whose head Providence has placed her. Be
good enough, my lord, to convey to her Majesty, your
gracious sovereign, the assurance of my sincere gratitude
for the new proof of friendly feeling you have just delivered
to me, together with the good wishes I shall not cease to I
entertain for the fame and happiness of her Majesty's I
realm. The choice her Majesty has deigned to snake of
you, EL le Marquis, as her representative upon this
solemn occasion has been particularly agreeable to me, and
could only iIiCTSSOS the eatisfaction I feel at the mission
that has been entrusted to your hands."
IMPROVED INDUSTRIAL DWELLINGS COMPANY.—
The report of the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company
,Limited), to be presented at the meeting at the Mansion-
hones on the 3rd of August, states that the total subscribed
capital is now 81,225/. • that six block" of buildings, to
accommodate 108 families are being erected upon the
Britannia-street estate, and that at Greenwich two blocks
of buildings, to accommodate 40 familial, are also very
near completion ; but that the directors have been unable
to proceed with the erection of the contemplated buildings
at Lambeth, in consequence of a defect in the title adduced
by the vendors of the land, which will require to be settled
by a court of law. Further, that an agreement has been
entered into for the purchase of a valuable freehold estate,
comprising nine acres of land at Bethnal-ern, at present
partly
covered by some hundreds of old dilapidated houses
and cottages, and where there is ample opponunity for the
expenditure of from 100,0001. to 150,0001., with the oer•1
panty of profitable returns, and of great benefit to the
district. The whole of the company's dwellings, it is
added, have been fully occupied during the past half-year,
and there is still a constant pressure on the part of appli-
cants for vacancies. A sum of 1,350/. stand, to the credit
of profit and loss, and the usual divided at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum is recommended. The directors
reiterate their conviction of the soundness of the under-
taking.
THE PARDON OF MR. GREENLAND, THE LATE
MANAGER OP THE LEEDS BANKING COMPANY.—A special
meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce was held
yesterday, for the purpose of considering if any and what
steps should be taken with reference to the pardon of
Edward Greenland, the convicted manager of the Leeds
Banking Company. Ur. Darnton Lupton was in
the chair, and there was an influential attendance.
A number of indignation speeches were delivered,
and the following resolutions were adopted :
"That during the past five years there have occurred
many cues of frau.l in the commercial world, which are
greatly calculated to injure the credit and reputation of
the country." "That the frauds proved against Edward
Greenland, late a prisoner in the Leeds County Gaol,
were of a most flagrant kind, and this meeting, having
learnt that a free pardon has been granted to the said
Edward Greenland, is of opinion that the grounds on
which such pardon was granted should be made public."
It was also resolved that a petition be presented to the
House of Commons, praying it to ask that copies of the
correspondence sad memorials having reference to such
pardon be laid before it, and further praying it to bird-
tote an inquiry into all the circumstances %needing the
same. It was also resolved that Lord Cavendish and Sir
F. Crossley be asked to support the same.—Lads Express.