The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-22 00:00:00

" The President of the Confederate States of America.

" To all who shall see Were presents, greeting,
" Know ye that reposing special trust and confidence in
the patriotism, valour, fidelity, and abilities of Robert
B. Pegmm, Ido appoint him a lieutenant in [the navy at
the Confederate States, to rank as such from the 10th day
of June, A.D. 1861.

" He is therefore carefully and diligently to dial:barge
the:duty of lieutenant by doing and performing all manase
of things thereunto belonging, and I do strictly chirp all
of/leers and others under his command to be obedient to his
orders as lieutenant.

" And be is to observe and follow such orders and
directions u from time to time he shall receive from me,
the future President of the Confederate States of America
or the superior officers eat over him, according to the rules
and discipline of war.
" Given under my hand at the city of Richmond, this
20th day of September. in the year of car Lord 1861.
(Signed) "JET/7230N DAVIS.
" By the President,
S. B. MALLART, Secretary of the Navy."

As soon as the captain and crew of the Harvey Birch
were liberated, the former sought protection from the
United States (Federal) Consul, and the crew found shelter
is the Sailors' Home. The mayor of the town awl the
basal packet superintendent at the port boarded the
Nashville on. her arrival in the dock, to maks
the necessary inquiries in order to communicate
with the government. The officers of the Nash-
ville telegraphed to London, and received a number
of telegrams in return. Telegrams also were continually
passing between the government authorities in Southampton
and London. The United States (Federal) Consul also
communicated with London, in order, it is said, to prevent,
if possible, the lauliville from having any sasistance.
The Nashville is only armed with two gum!. It is sup.
posed that the Federal war steamer James Adger, which
recently left Southampton, was in search of the Nashville•
The Arago, a well.armsd Federal mail steamer, is hourly
expected at Southampton.

ALUIDONWINT OF THZ LIVERPOOL SHIP BRITISH
FLAG.—TEE OUR SAVED.—LIVERPOOL, THUKSDAT.—The
late heavy gales appear to bare eztended a long way "cross
the Atlantic, if we are to judge from the accounte which
daily reach us of the number of casualties which have oc-
curred to vessels arriving at different pnrts in England and
Ireland. To-day intelligence reacbed Liverpool to the offset
that the ship Ernst bad arrived at Queenstown, having rist
board the crew of the British Flag, belonging to MC4IIIIII.
Bates, !Bonbon's, and Co., of Liverpool. The British Plug
was a well-known trader between Liverpool and the East
Indies, 1,393 tons burden, and when she left Liverpool bed
oe board 37 men. The vessel left Liverpool on the 6th el
November, and evidently must have been overtaken by the
storms which swept over this country some drys after her
departure, for on the 13th, when in lat. 42 N., bin. 11 W.,
abs was dismaded, sad afterwards &disclosed by the isephiis
sad grew. The intelligence relating to this disaster is sem-
airily brief, but it is gratifying to know that:no lives have
bees lost.

Yesterday morning, the Rev. J. B. Monk, A. 11.,
and the Rev. C. W. Lawrence, respectively the ministers of
the Liverpool corporate churches of St. Gimp and St.
Luke, died slmost simultaneously. Is esseamenes of this
melancholy event flags were hoisted belt-marl during the
day at the two churches and the Tows HalL

WOOLWICH, Nov. 21.
In acoordanoe with Admiralty instructions, the
whole of the artisans and labourers employed at the steam
factory department of this dockyard are now placed upon
short time, which has entaikd much distress upon a ntunoer
of the men. The labourers, many of whom have families
to support, are now receiving but. 10e. 6d. per week.

MALTA. Nov. 16.

On the 11th the Russians gave a grand dfjetinPr
on board their splendid frigate, the Grand Admiral. All
the notabilities of Malta were invited, end west ; the re-
past was the best of its kind. All parties sajwyed them-
selves, and did not leave till late in the smith. The fol-
lowing day, the 12th the officers of the navy and army,
and the members of the Union Club, gave • dinner to the
Russian officers at the Auberge du Provence • 96 sat
down. Admiral Codrington. after dinner, made. • good
speech. He said the Russians and the English had fought
aide by aide, and they bad also fought what each
other, and in both cases their conduct had been
such uto produce mutual esteem. In reply, the Russian
admiral trusted that his limited knowledge of English
would be a eufficient excuse for any inaccuracies he might
be led into, that it gave hitemrct pleasure to bear such an
opinion from the sou of the t admiral who commanded
at Nevarino, and be true that on all future occasions
the Russians and English would, as at Naverino, be fighting
side by aide in the same cause, and there would then be no
fear that they would suc Ned in giving to their foes what
' the Eaglisla call bloody noses (his exact words). The dinner
palmed off very agreeably. The governor gave • dinner to
the Raesian officers on the 14th, and on the 15th the
Russians ipive • dinner to upwards of 100 cm board their
vessel. She left on the 16th.
Some short time ago a telegram was received from Eng-
Lod, directing the police at Malta to stop two individuals
who had taken their pseenge on board the steamer Beta,
from London to Constantitiople, touching at Malta. Ac-
cordingly, on the arrival of the steamer, the police found
the two toclividuals, who, from some technicality, they did not
detain, but they kept their baggage, among which was found
about 130/. in cash and 160/. worth of opera glares. The
names of the two individuals were Chaa Moorheage and
Borg, the first a gentlemanly young Frenchman of about
23 years of age, the other • Maltese. Strange to my
that though fors week both parties were at liberty, neither
attempted to quit the island in soy of the numerous vessels
daily leaving Malta. Sergeant Tanner, of the London De-
tective Police-form, arrived at Malta about • week after the
arrival of the telegram, and the next day arrested both on
the charge of embezzling money and property to the amount
of about 900/. from Mr. Wed, of 35, Ely-place, Holborn.
After some difficulty he succeeded in obtaining the com-
mittal of Moorhange, but had not sufficiest evidence to
obtain the committal of Borg, the Maltese. The property
seized by the police has been banded to Mr. Tanner, who
takes that and his prisoner Moorhange to England in the
Macke% this day.
Her Majesty's ship Terrible left this day.
The supposed American privateer turns out to be the
Welcome, R.. Bohm, of New York, a lawful trader. Her
strange conduct in hanging about Messina was so suspicious
that official information of her probably being • privateer
was sent to all the American consuls in the .Mediterranean.
Since her arrival at Constantinople the captain has been
called upon to give an explanation of his conduct, Rod an
official contradiction of her being • pirate has been sent of
the American easel.

The Mooltai:Wiiithe Indian mile, arrived kers en the
morning of the ltith, and the mail for England leaving on
the same day by the French mall, the Indian news was sent
by her, as the Sultan could not arrive at Malta to proceed
M Mareeillea till the 17th.
. _ . .

—Her Majesti -Algiers sod Apeaselsos jut
arrived.

MR. YANCEY, THE AGENT OP THE SLAVE
CONFEDERACY.

(Prom the Nets York Evening Poet.)

Some days ago we reprinted from the London
Times a letter from Mr. Yancey, in which he denied that
he had ever ••made • moduli for the revival of the slave
trade.* As he u one of the insurgent commissioners now in
England for the purpose of leading public sentiment to favor
the rebels, of course Mr. Yancey must hasten to dear his
skirts of 'abatis which would cause the English people to
view his with disgust and horror; he therefore writes a
flat dialsl

But Mr. Yancey did, to all intents and purposes, ue his
best efforts to came the re-opeunig of the African slave
trade. It ts notorious that Yanoey as the friend and sop-
Etira( L. Y. Sprittt, of South Quolioa, who, when the
ntgoinery *mgrs.' failed to pass • law for importing
African slum, wrote that this, and this alone, was the real
object of the insurrection ; and that if this object was not
gamed, he (fipratt) would "make another rebellion over
their heads."

Mr. Yancey did more than urge a removal of the conati-
tutiooal restrictions against the African slave trade. He
proposed to make the refusal of congress to remove this
prohibition "a cause of separation, and for the extinction
1 the agreement between the amiss and the federal go.
vernment." That is to say, be was determined to have the
African slave trade re-opened by the authority of the
United States congress, or else to " diesolve the Unite."
The convention in which he made this ition was not
far enough advanced for him. It desired dissolution of the
(him mere than the African slave trade. The Rev. Henry
W. Hilliard, of Alabama, replying to Mr. Yanoey'e remarks,
proposed to make " the election of • republican president
&cause for " dimolution." But Mr. Yancey, who evidenly
cared more for the reopeniog of the African slays trails
than for the destruction of the Union, refused this proposi-
tion of Mr. Hilliard's, as making "an inferior issuer and
he took that occasion to pledge himself to the Onion—
& pledge he has riot kept. Mr. Yancey said (in 16681 :
—" I say, with all deference to my colleague (Mr.
Hilliard), that no mote inferior issue could be tendered to
the South upon which we should dissolve the Union than
the loss of an election. If in the contest of 1860 for the
Presidency Seward should receive the legal number of voted
neoesser, to elect him, according to the forms of the con-
stitatios and the law, geutlemen say that then will be the
time to dissolve the Union. It that is made the cause of
disunion I say to them I will go with them, but I will feel
that I am going in the wake of an inferior issue, that there
was a banner over me that is not of see kind I would wish.
When I am asked to raise the dig of revolution against the
constitution, I am asked to do an unconstitutional thing,
aocordieg to the constitution as it now exists. lam asked
to put myself in the position of a rebel, of a traitor ; in
a position where, if the government should succeed
and put rue down in the revolutioa, 1 and my friends can be
arraigned before the Supreme Court of the United States,
and there seuteuced to be hanged fur violating the laws and
constitution of my country. And if I should be asked why
sentence should not be peeled on in., I could not then, as I
can now in reference to past issues, I could not say then,
even to the bloody judges who sit upon the bench, my hands
are guiltless of wrong against the. coostitation of my country,
and I appeal to an enlightened posterity to the judgment of
the world, to vindicite my name and memory, when, as
Emmet said, • My country shell have taken her place once
more amongst the nations of the emits.' "
" Out of his own mouth" Mr. Yancey is condemned.

From an announcement made on Wednesday in
the Commission of the Free Church General Assembl at
Ediuhurgh, it appears that the Lord Advocate intends to
introduce next session a new Education Bill, apparently de-
signed to extend the pariab-school system in Scotland, and
more or lam to supersede the Privy Council grants.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION or
CRUELTY TO ANINALIL—The committee of this society, in
ORiOr to millet the sympathies of large classes, who, though
humus themselves, were not alive to the importance of
the society's operations, solicited the aid of the pulpit, and
with marked success. It is believed that on Sunday last
upwards of 400 sermons were preached on kindness to
animals in various parts of England, more than 130 of which
were given in the metropolis. Letters from various conni-
ptions testify that they have been well received ; partly,
doubtless, from the novelty of the subject, the excellent
opportunity it afforded to dress old truths in • new garb,
and the introduction of facts in science, and arguments in
religion seldom before the miud. An immense number of
WWI designed for all classes were distributed on the omit-
aim', and applications are. we understand, arriving hourly
at the °llse for further supplies. A peculiar feature in this
movement was the abwnee of • collection of money at every
church and chapel. The committee, fearing such collection
would interfere with the success of their efforts, judiciously
relied upon private donations to the uoretary to meet the
expenses. We learn that upwards of 100 clergymen, who
toned the day chosen inconvenient, have promised on a sub-
sequent comic* to prowl' on behalf of the objects of the
' society, which will be duly adverting.