The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-07 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Halifax
and Boston, arrived at Queenstown yesterday at
8.45 p.m., with 137 passengers and 22,702 dole. in
specie. She landed all her mails, consisting of 123
sacks and 13 passengers, and proceeded for Liver-
pool at 9 p.m. All well.

(Per the Ate.)

NEW YORK, APRIL 24, EVENING.

The President has sent to the House of Repre-
sentatives important diplomatic correspondence
relating to Mexico.

On April 6, 1866, M. Drouyn de Lhuys wrote to
K de Montholon that the French government
recognized the desire of the United States to cause
the traditional sentiments of amity between the
two countries to prevail over the divergencies of
governmental relations. France receives with con-
fidence the assurance that the United States will
not prove unfaithful to their promise of non-inter-
vention, and finds therein sufficient guarantee no
! longer to delay the withdrawal of the French forces.
'• The Emperor has decided that his troops should
evacuate Mexico in three detachments—the first in
November next, the second in March, 1867, and
the third in November, 1867.

On March 19 Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Motley,
the American minister at Vienna, acknowledging
the receipt of his communication wherein the latter
announced the probaility that Austria would con-
sent to and permit the levy of 4,000 volunteers for
Mexico. Mr. Motley was instructed emphatically
to protest against such a proceeding, and to state
that in the event of hostilities being prosecuted in
Mexico by Austrian subjects in the manner de-
scribed., the United States will regard it as war be-
tween the republic of Mexico and Austria, and can-
not engage to remain neutral spectators.
On April 16 Mr. Seward again wrote to Mr.
Motley acknowledging the receipt of a despatch
from him informing Mr. Seward that 1,000 Aus-
trians were about to embark for Mexico at Trieste.
Mr. Motley was instructed to inform the Austrian
government that the United States regarded the
despatch of Austrian troops to Mexico while nego-
tiations were pending with serious concern.
The Judiciary Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives has reported adversely to the President's
recommendation to modify the test oath.
. General Foster has informed the Governor of
Florida that the State law, disarming freedmen,
cannot be enforced, the Attorney-General of the
State having declared that law to be unconstitu-
tional. _ _ .

It is reported that the British and American
admirals in Chili= waters have protested against
the bombardment of Valparaiso, and insisted that
permission should be given to remove the women
and children, otherwise they would resist the bom-
bardment by force.
The City of Manchester and America have arrived
out.

NEW YORK, APRIL %, EVENING.

The Senate have passed the bill admitting
Colorado as a State into the Union. The amend-
ment proposed by Mr. Sumner extending the
suffrage to Colorado, without distinction of colour,
was rejected by 27 against 7 votes.
An enthusiastic mass meeting was held at Brook-
lyn last evening, to endorse the policy of Presi-
dent Johnson. General Rousseau, a member of
Congress for Kentucky, warmly sustained Mr.
Johnson, and denounced Thaddeus Stevens as a
miscreant who for partisan purposes opposed the
reconstruction of the Union. _ _

...
General Canby, of New Orleans, has refused to
permit the issue of writs of habeas corpus in cases
of defaulting treasury cotton agents.
Heavy crevasses in the levees on the Mississippi
river threaten the country around New Orleans
with inundation.
Seventy-five additional cases of cholera have
occurred on board the Virginia since her arrival in
quarantine. Twelve deaths took place on Tues-
day.
Dr. Slayter, the Halifax physician who attended
the passengers on the England, has died of cholera
at Halifax, where three other cases are reported.
The Fenian excitement is rapidly abating. Fe-
deral troops guard the bridgo between Calais and
St. Stephens. General Doyle has established his
headquarters at the latter place. The reason
assigned for the release of the Fenian schooner
seized by the Federal authorities is that the vessel
had a regular customs clearance from Portland, and
was properly consigned to Doran Killian, at East-
port. Killian's movements are not stated. It
lis reported that he is endeavouring to orga-
nise a fishing company for the purpose of
bringing about, without a breach of the mu-
; trality laws, a collision between the English
and Americans on the fishing grounds, in hopes of
thereby causing a rupture between the two govern-
ments. Three cases of muskets consigned to pro-
minent Fenian have been seized at Oswego by the
Federal authorities ; also, on Tuesday, the cus-
toms authorities at Eastport seized 100 cases of
arms consigned to Fenian leaders. The Fenian
are all leaving Eastport for Portland, and but one
, British war vessel remains off Campo Bello. Two
companies of Federal artillery arrived at Eastport
on Wednesday. Two Fenian, arrested for firing
at the guard on the bridge of St. Stephen's,
were fined 50 cents. for drunkenness by the Calais