The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-16 00:00:00

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Avower 16.
The North German Lloyd's steamship New York,
with dates from New York of the 3rd inst., has
arrived. She brings 5 passengers for England, 28
for France, and 103 for Bremen, also 1,000 dole.
for the latter port. On the ith, in lat. 43 deg.
26 sec. N., long. 51 deg. 45 sec. W., she passed the
American ship Kiddy Simpson, steering eastward ;
and on the 13th, lat. 49 deg. 45sec. N., long. 16 deg.
25 sec. W., passed the Bremen schooner George,
and American ship William Frothinghamt both
bound to the westward.

Order is being rapidly restored among the army
at and around Washington. The orders of General
McClellan and the active co-operation of Provost-
Marshal Porter have succeeded in gathering in the
stragglers and restoring discipline among the troops.
Congress has taken another bold step in the pro-
secution of the war. The Tariff and Direct Tax
Bill has passed both houses, providing for a
direct tax of twenty millions. The bill imposes a
tax of three per cent, on incomes over 800 dole. per
annum. The duty on sugar is fixed at 2c. a
pound, on coffee at nc., and on tea at 15c.
It having been observed for some few days past
that rebel engineers were making observations
near the Chain-bridge, it was thought possibly
with a view to an attack in that direction, General
McClellan, accompanied by his usual body-guard
of cavalry, who escort him upon all omissions,
visits that vicinity daily, and has made himself
thoroughly acquainted with the entire locality and
its defences. No fears are entertained that the
rebels can assail the capital from that quarter.
A flag of truce, together with two despatches, was
brought yesterday by two or three officers of the
rebel army to a portion of Colonel M'Cunn's
brigade, near Bailey's Cross roads. Lieutenant de
Lacy, of the engineer corps, Thirty-seventh Irish
Rifles, received the rebel officers, and conducted
them to head-quarters, where they were detained,
while Colonel M'Cunn bore their despatches
to Washington. One of them, it ap , was
addressed to General M'Dowell, and reference
to a rumour prevalent in the rebel camp that some
of their officers captured at Bull's Run were to be
hanged. The other despatch was addressed to
General Scott, and the purport of it has not
transpired. It was thought that the whole
embassy was a ruse to obtain information.
From Harrisburg we learn that the entire re-
serve regiment. of Pennsylvania, eleven thousand
of whom have already been sent forward by order
of Gen. McClellan, have been placed under com-
mand of GOD. McCall.

Desp►tches from Springfield, Missouri, inform
us that hundreds of Unionists are flying into that
state from Texas and Arkansas, to avoid the per-
secution of the rebels, and they state that if the
government would only provide t:e-in with arms
the Unionists in these two states would fight for
the constitution and the Union.

No military movements of importance are re-
ported from any of the different points of operation
within the past twenty-four hours.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

VIENNA, Arousr 14, Emmtc.
The Emperor received, in the afternoon of to-
day, the presidents of both chambers of the Hunga-
rian Diet, in the presence of Counts Forgach and
Esterhazy. The Emperor received tho address of
the Diet, and promised an answer as soon as he
had considered its contents.

MONTKNEGRO.

.RAGIISA, AUGUST 13.

Information has arrived here, from Spizza, that
the Montenegrins had taken thirty head of cattle
from the inhabitants of Spizza. On the 11th they
killed fifteen Tarifa who accompanied a provision
vessel from Scutari. The night before, a rising in
Suttering was suppressed by Austrian patrols.

The Espero of Turin says : "Signor Alessandro
Neurone has asked permission of the Austrian government
to publish an Italian journal at Trieste. There are four
journals there published in that Inflamer. ; yet measures
are being taken for the publication of a fifth. The colour of
this last may be inferred from the following answer given
by one of its founder. to the question whether it was to be
printed at Lloyds' establishment—' Neither in that nor in
any other that bears the name of Austrian.'"
A new kind of aerial railway (says Gefignotti)
hits been invented for accelerating the operations of the
workmen in the demolitions at the Tuileries. Four large
iron wires are seised to the windows of the Pavilion de
Fiore, and strongly attached to stakes in the courtyard of
the thus forming an inclined plane. On this runs a
tructalwaictt pullie a, and by means of this apparatus the doors,
window.frames, flooring, and other work and materials are,
as soon se they an taken from their places, sent rapidly and
safely into the court below, by which much time and trouble
ir• saved.

FATAL AFFRAY IN BleuMmt.—A few days since
two men, named Gillis and Jardon, employed in a
menhanician's shop at Verviers. in Belgium, began pima.
ling, when the latter threw some water in the lime of the
former. Oahe, who happened to have a piece of red.hot
iron. which he held by a pincers, in his hand, threw it at
Jordon, and the iron running into his abdomen burst him
in such a horrible manner that he died in a few hours after.
Gillis was arrested and sent to prison, but his agitation and
remorse for what he had done was so great that it was
found necessary to send for medical assistance fur him.—
Galipaaai.