The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY

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little children, then an aid* aisd, thett
Haossorn and last Mr.' Milos/ .Iliossell
The simple story, it •isit by
Mr. Hnasoos's survived* eddlttlite, Mr. co, is
more affecting than the most ingeniously pathetic
eloquence could render it. Foul play was sus-
pected on the part of the Chief ; but though his
oendect throughout was gruel and treacherous, it
seems to be confirmed that it was the fever peculiar
to the country, and not poison, that /ail low
bodies predisposed by weakness and privations
to its fatal ravages. The two assistant mission-
aries managed to escape to the coed with Mr.
Enamor's two orphan children : but the wife of
ens of them—Mrs. Plums—died of fever by the
way. In his letter Mr. Pares expresses his de-
sire to return to the scene of these afflicting trials
as soon as he has placed the orphan children in
safety ; and his devoted fellow-servant, Mr. Moo-
ovine, is equally ready to live and die in
the service of Cann among the heathen.
But we cannot be surprised to find that the Di-
rectors manifest some hesitation in consenting to
the renewal of this mission to the Makololo,
until at least they have ampler information as to
its possibilities. Neither the Mission nor the
Society can be charged with imprudence in au-
thorising and attempting the expedition which
has resulted so calamitously. They had Dr.
Lrvumeroire's sanction, and no grounds
for anticipating the evil dispositions of the Chief
at Linyanti. Still it is difficult to resist the im-
pression that the lives of women and children wen
sacrificed in vain. Such an expedition as this was
one for men, and for men seasoned to the direst
hardships of Abloom travel. We are far from
implying that wives and mothers should have no
part or lot in missionary trials. On the contrary,
we are persuaded that the living presence and ex-
ample of the Christian family is an admirable
"handmaid " to the Gospel among the heathen.
Bat for such an expedition as this to the Makololo
—an expedition of pioneers—the best and bravest
of women could be only an impediment or a danger
the more. Such " Reports " are only too
"telling" at an annual meeting ; they bring tears
even to strong men's eyes ; but the conclusion, whe-
ther of a reasonable faith or of common sense, must
be, that any unavailing risk of life is an imprudence
which a harsher criticism might call an impiety.

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AMERICA. '•
611ZIPAY, MAT SC
The Atlantic Royal Mail sifetnehip Adriatic,
which arrived here this morning, left New York on
the 14th inst., and St. John's on the 18th, thus
having made this passage from the latter place to
Galway in five days and twelve hour.. She brings
363 passengers and the mails.
NEW YORK, MAT 14.
(Per Adriatic via St. John's and Galway.)
The blockade of the Virginia waters is complete.
A precautionary notice has been issued for all
yawls to leave those waters within fifteen days.
Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans will be
blockaded within a week.
The Maryland legislature has adopted a resolu-
tion condemning the war, and discountenancing the
interference of the Federal troops.
Fort WHenry, in Baltimore, has been rein-
forced.
General Butler, with 2,000 troops and a section
of artillery, has taken possession of Baltimore
without resistants,. Martial law has been pro-
claimed in the city.
31,000 Federal troops are now at Waahington.
Virginia has been admitted by the Confederate
Congress in the southern confederacy. The Union
movement is, however, spreading in Virginia.
The number of secession troops atHarper's Ferry
is only 6,000.
The Secretary of the Federal Treasury invites
offers at current rates for the Treasury loan of
9,000,000 dole.
The Kangaroo and the Parana have arrived out.
The Nova Scotian has not yet arrived.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW TORS, MAY 13 (Eviornra).
Exchange se Landow. 1061 to 104. Stocks steady, except
MiNDOUZi Sao* which have falls. to 36i.
Odeon delL Middling Upised, Ufa tolls ; broadens
heavy.

NEW ORLEANS, RAY 11.
Coq= sales today, 4,500 bales. Middling, no. to 11jo.
NSW YORE. liar It
(By Tstsgrape to in.
Stooks aro tending upwards, and more oonikisoce is
gown. Ma, 22i ; Illinois Bow* 96 ; New York Central,
72. Masi sscaritios aro steady.
ST. JOHN'S, Nay 18.
Great election riots have taken plane here. Three
people have been shot. The telegraph wires were
cut, but have been repaired.

SERVIA.
BELGRADE, NAT 23.
Omar Pasha arrived b.re to-day, accompanied
only by Ida mite.

INDIA.
CALCUTTA, Aran.*
By Wows* to Past do Calls).
The duty an sateen twist and yarn has been
reduced to 5 per cent.

THE BOMBAY AND mzprrzn
MAH

SOVIRAMPTON, Ka 24.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta, Captain Field, with the above mails, has
arrived. She brings 139 passengers, four packages
of specie, value not stated ; two (0 bales of silk,
and a general cargo.
She passed the ship Saunders south of Flnisterre,
and also the steamers Derwent and Ceylon.
Advice. from Gibraltar contain nothing of im-
portance.
Exchange on London, 90 days, was quoted 50} to
50111 ; Paris, Mr. 29c. ; Marseilles and Genoa, 630 ;
Madrid, Cadiz, and Seville, par; Malaga, } discount ;
Valencia, } premium ; Barcelona, } premium_
The steamers Stella and Stanley from London,
and the Recta and Albanian from Liverpool, had
arrived at Gibraltar.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(MON Oil OWX

PARIS, TinnumAT Emma.

I mentioned on Tuesday that Murat, among his
many other (masenically) illegal acts, had at-
tempted a coup d'itat, and declared the election of
a %read blaster adjourned. It appears by a report
presented to Prinoe Napoleon to-day by the masonic
delegates that what toek place was as follows
On Tuesday, just as the election was tohave come on,,
Prince Murat, of his own personal authority, and
without the advioe of his meanie oonneil, stuck up •
decree on the grand lodge door, adjourning • public
meeting till Friday, but recommending the brethren
to go on with their work in their bureaux in the
interval. Thereupon the brethren, with • feigned
obedience, resolved that by far the most important
work before them was the election of • Grand
Master, and they proceeded "in their bureaux"
to collect the votes in writing of all the qualified
electors. The result was that out of 140 electors, d 6
votes were polled for Prince Napoleon, and only
44 for Murat. Out of this minority of 44 it is to
be observed that 21 belonged to the Grand Master's
council and 7 were officers on his personal rtaff ; to
that the number of independent votes given for
him was ludicrously small. At the adjourned
public meeting of to-morrow, however, Murat and
his whom' will dispute the legality of Prince
Napoleon's election, and will attempt to put off the
m►tter for six months. I suppose the real decision
between the cousins will rest with the Emperor.
The report on the budget will be prompted VS
the Corps Legislatif to-morrow.
A new and doubtless more liberal law on the
press is before the Council of State, and will pro-
bably come before the Corps Legislatif next week.
There is • talk of anticipating the motions of
MM. Jules Fevre, E. Meier, tic., by repealing the
obnoxious law of public safety.
A great literary, and not only • literary but
a political event, is the publication of • new edi-
tion, fur the first time these fifteen years, of M.
Michelet's work, " Priests, Women, apd Families."
This book, which perhaps more forcibly than any
other demonstrates that nothing but full religious
liberty can counteract the poisonous influence
upon the domestic hearth of rampant popery, is
of course in tho " Index" at Rome, and was till
lately esteemed an impious and revolutionary work
in France. It was long out of print, and the few
second-hand copies that might occasionally be met
with were not seized by the French police. But it
is quite certain that at no time during the six or
seven first years of the empire bill-stickers would
have been allowed, as they are now, to placard
the walls of Perin with announcements in letters
3 feet high, that there was • now edition of "Le
Pretre, La Femme, et La Famine." This placard is
a sign of the times, which points the same way sal
the throwing out of Prince Murat at the masonic
lodge.

The vicar of Availles, near Poitiers, has been
sentenced to two years' imprisonment for an
" offence against the Emperor's person and exciting
hatred between citizens."

The only variation et the Bourse was a rise of
10e. in the Bente, which closed at 69fr. 46c. for
account. In railways there was no change at all ;
they were heavy, the last returns of the receipts not
being very good.

" The general subject of conversation at the pre-
sent moment, at Dijon," says the Journal ds la
Cas d'Or, "in the fight of M. Beason, a notary of