The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1861.

increased his difficulties by the proposal of trying
a national Colonization Society, after a sectional
one had failed (as to its professed objects) during
forty years of expensive and toilsome efforts. The
case is no doubt a perplexing one to deal with, but
some decision must be made—some avowal of a
policy must now be offered ; and the old
hopeless method of compromise has been
again resorted to, under a perfect cer-
tainty of failure. Mr. la N I 'OLN is well
aware that the Northern citizens will not acquire
territory—buy a province outside their own
bounds—for the growers of cotton, rice, and
tobacco to be banished to ; that nobody wants to
send them away ; and that they do not want to go.
It is a known sham—the whole proposal ; but it
may gain time, till events leave no option, or
room for talk of an option how to proceed.
That time must be very near at hand. Before
us, in the columns of Southern journals, lie state-
ments of the duties of good Confederate citizens,
and of the grounds of their duty. They must
drive into the heart of their territory all their
slaves, castle, and pigs, and everything that goes
upon legs ; and they must carry such food as they
have transport for ; but all else must be destroyed.
As the banks in the seaports would sink their
gold in the sea rather than let the invaders
have it, so the planters must destroy their crops
and burn their cotton. But to carry out this
scheme, it is necessary that the negroes should be
either beasts to be driven, in company
with the oxen, mules, hogs, and horses, or people
capable of patriotism and of political guidance.
They happen to be neither. They escape the goad
of the cattle-driver, or run back at night to the
starting place. They come with vast quantities
of provisions for sale ; and they show the invaders
the way to the stores and the granaries. These
people are increasing in numbers largely and
rapidly. The Federal officers must have orders
what to do with them, or must be held harmless
for doing wh►t they think best ; and what they do
not think best is returning them into slavery.
The Paratezirr shows his sense of the need of a
policy by proposing a new scheme. Ho shows his
embarrassment by proposing a scheme which ix
monstrous. He shows by his courting of both
parties that he leaves the matter to be settled by
the strongest. Thus the people of the North have
now the opportunity they have long waited for,
and can prove to the world that they are really
fighting for freedom, and aiming at the abolition
of Slavery.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE INDIA MAIL.

We have received Bombay journals dated Nov.
27, and Calcutta journals dated Nov. 18. There
are also telegraphic advice; from Calcutta to
Nov. 25.

The Cakatta Englishman of Nov. 18 announces
in the following terms the mournful intelligence of
the death of Lady Canning :

it is with the deepest sorrow that we have to announce
the death of Lady Craning, which occurred about half-past
two o'clock this morning. On the day of her arrival
from Darjeeling her ladyship felt symptoms of ill-
ness, which rapidly developed into jungle fever, contracted
it is presumed in her journey through the inalarious swamps
of Purneali. Fears were entertained for her misty, but on
Saturday there was some improvement, and it was hoped
that the danger was passed. But yesterday a relapse put
an end to all hope, and this morning the sad event occurred
which will cause sorrow throughout India, where no lady
has ever secured a deeper respect for her high character, or
a stronger personal regard than that inspired by her graceful
urbanity and amiable disposition. In England, and espe-
cially at the court,which she so long adorned, and where she
was more intimately known, her sad death just on the
point of her intended return will cause deep grief ; and
the sudden and unexpected stroke will not tend to lessen
the disinclin►tion already felt among the governing class to
tempt the climate of India, which has been so fatal of late
among our greatest men, and has net spared the best, the
brightest, and the dearest of their treasures.
Her Excellency Charlotte Stuart, Countess Canning, was
the eldest daughter of Charles Lard Stuart de Rothesay,
was born in 1817, and at the period of her marriage in 1835
was lady of the bedchamber to her Majesty.
The Bombay Times says of the same event
"It is now no longer to be concealed that Lord
Canning occupies a high position in the respect of
this country. The home public will hardly be sur-
prised to learn that the Indian community, official
and non-official, has gone into mourning for three
weeks, in testimony of their sympathy with his
lordship in this distressing bereavement."

The Order of the Star of India was bestowed on
his Highness the Maharajah of Cashmere in full
durbar at Jammoo on the let November.

The cotton crop of Raepore is estimated at 36
millions of lbs. for the present season, or 90,000
bales.

Mr. Cecil Beadon will snowed Mr. J. P. Grant
as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal ; and Mr. Ha-
rington will succeed Mr. Bdinonstone in tho North
Western Provinces, if the latter resign.
Railway operations are being pushed forward
with great energy in different parts of the country.
The country is everywhere yielding a plentiful
harvest.

Mogal Beg, one of the sons of the ox-Emperor of
Delhi, who cut down Mr. Fraser, the resident,
and afterwards took an active part in the general
massacre of Christians at Delhi iu May, 1867, has
been arrested in Scinde, and sent to Delhi to stand
his trial.

Major Patrick Stewart, of the Bengal Engineers,
will succeed Sir William B. O'Shaughoonay as super-
intendent of the new line of telegraphs through
Persia.
The total number of deaths from cholera at
Cabool is reckoned at 7,000.
Loni Canning has expressly declared that, before
leaving India, he will permanently fix the assess-
ment of land revenue m the North Western Pro-
vinces, as each thirty years' settlement falls in
, and is revised.

The Maharajah of Reivah has abolished the
duty ou cotton within his territory, and has issued
a proclamation for the purpose of promoting the
growth of cotton by his subjects.
The Caksitta Englishman reports the markets
during the previous week to have been more than
usually dull, and chiefly characterised by an incli-
nation on the part of some English houses to re-
purchase in the bazaar Manchester cotton goods,
in anticipation of a rise. The continued rain
caused much anxiety, both on account of the rice
crop of Lower Bengal, which should now be fast
ripening under the influence of a genial sun, and
for the cold weather crops of tho upper and lower
provinces.

Freights still continued high, and shipments had,
in coneequenee, been greatly curtailed. It is now
anticipated that the indigo crop will yield fully
64,000 manilas, which is a slight advance on former
calculations.

The news from the interior as to the prospects of
an abundant cotton crop is very enoouragingl;
there is no longer any doubt that a greatly in-
creased area is under cultivation, and that strenu-
ous efforts are being made to provide for more at-
tention being paid to the picking and cleaning of
the staple.

Gold eaul, NS/. 10s. ; silver ditto, 6s. td. ; jeweller!,
watches, Ace., 3171. 3s. 6d. For Melbourne and Sydney—
Sundries, 1,4331. And for Alexandra—Gold coin, 3,00 W.
The lodus took out a moral cargo.

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