The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-29 00:00:00

(Stamped, ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Persia, Captain Jud-
kins, which left New York on the 17th instant,
arrived in the Mersey on Saturday afternoon, rid
Queenstown, where shu called to land mails and
despatches. A telegraphic summary of her news
has already been published.
At the departure of the last mail, it will be re-
membered, General M'Clellan, after his victory
over Colonel Pegram near Rich Mountain, ad-
vanced to Beverly and occupied that place, from
whence lie sent the following despatch to the
government at Washington :
Headquarters, Beverly, Va., July 13, 1861.
I have received from Colonel Pegram proposition. for his
snneadsr, with his officers and the remnant of his com-
mand, say 600 men. They are said to be extremely peni-
tent, and determined never again to take up arms against
the general government. I shall have near 900 to 1,000
prisoners to take care of when Colonel Pegram comes in.
The latest amounts make the loss of the rebels in killed
some 150. G. B. Di'Cuittrii.

General WClellan subsequently reported offi-
cially to the War Department that Colonel Pegram
had surrendered, with (100 Confederates, at Beverly.

The New York Herald of the IGth says :
Another decisive victory ham marked the course of the
Union army in Western Virgfid► The rebel forces under
General Robert S. Garnett, • native of Virginia, and for-
merly &major In the United States army, while retreating
from Laurel Hill to St. George, were overtaken on the lath
instant by General Morris. When within eight miles of
St. George, at a place called Carrick's Ford, the rebels made
a stand, • brisk fight ensued, and they were completely
routed and scattered by the troops of General Morris. While
General Garnett was attempting to rally his men he was struck
through the spine with a ride ball, and fell dead on the road.
Two hundred of the rebels are said to have been killed in
the recent actions in this quarter, a large number wounded,
and more prisoners secured than their captors can take care
of. The flight of the rebels is represented as • most disas-
trous rout. They fled up the Horseshoe Valley, where it is
expected that General Hill will meet them and cut them
off. Forty loads of provisions, all their horses and guns,
fell into the hands of the victors. In his official despatch,
General lit'Clellan describes this battle, which coat only
thirteen killed and forty wounded, as the utter annihilation
of the enemy in Western Virginia, and if General Hill only
fulfils his commander's expressed expectations as faithfully
as General Morris has done, there can be little doubt that
the result is as he describes it.

The British consul at Richmond has laid before the British
minister, Lord Lyons, official documents respecting recent
cases where the blockade of the Chesapeake had been
broken by private individuals by permission of tbe govern-
ment. It appears, from the alleged bets communicated by
the British consul, that pubes have been issued by General
Butler, permitting private individuals and vessels to pass
through the blockade. Copies of these passe., purporting
to bear General Butler's signature, were taken from the
parties, and are among the document:communicated.
Lord Lyons, it is understood, has called the attention of
the government to these facts, sod requestaan explanation.
The questions involved are of the highest impoe4aoe. It
appears that the British agents at the several porta at the
South are keeping • most vigilant watch respecting the
blockaded ports, and it is quite probable they may give us
trouble whenever and pretext or opportunity may occur.

The privateer steamer Sumpter, from New
Orleans, had seized eight vessels belonging to the
Northern States off the southern coast of Ctiba,
seven of which were run into Cienfuegos, and one
was burned off the Island of Pines. The Sumpter
was formerly one of lifiramon's Mexican steamers,
which was seized by the Uuited States at the time
of his bombardment of Vera Cruz. A recapitula-
tion of the number of vessels seized by the seces.
sionista in port and at sea gives a total of 41. It is
stated that the captain.ganeral of Cuba had ordered
the privateer Sumpter to withdraw at once from
Cienfuegos, and that be had retained the prize
vessels, which were laden with Spanish cargoes,
subject to the action of the government at Madrid.
Another report states that he had released the
prizes, and that they were to have sailed from
Cienfuegos on the 11th, but as they would be subject
to recapture it was considered more probable that
they would be held under agskilt sweburity fee
future disposition.

In the House of Representatives, on the 15th, a
resolution requesting the Secretary of the Navy. to
supply a sufficient force to suppress privateenng
was adopted. Ben. Wood, of New York, offered
a resolution providing for a national convention, to
devise measures for the restoration of peace to the
country. It was laid on the table by a vote of 92 to
51. Bills to increase the efficiency of the army
were reported and referred. A select committee
was ordered on the subject of a general bankrupt
law, to report the next session of Congress. Mr.
Vallemdigham offered resolutions condemning the
President's action in reference to war, but they
were promptly laid on the table. A bill to define
and punish conspiracy was passed by a vote of
123 to 7.

On the 10th the committee on commerce, in
response to a resolution directing inquiry as to
what measures are necessary to suppress privateer-
ing, and render the blockade of the rebel ports
more effectual, reported a bill authorising the Secre-
tary of the Navy to hire, purchase, or contract for
such vessels as may be necessary for a temporary
increase of the navy, the vessels to be furnished
with such ordnance, stores, and munitions of war
as will enable them to render the most efficient
service. For the purpose of carrying this act into
effect, to suppress piracy and render the blockade
more effectual, 3,000,000 of dollars are appro-
priated. The bill was referred to the committee
of naval affairs. A bill authorising the President
to call out the militia to suppress rebellion was
passed unanimously. The bill authorising the Pre-
sident to accept the services of £lOO,OOO volunteers
was also passed. A joint resolution, conveying the
thanks of Congress to Major-General G. B. M'Clel-
land and the officers and soldiers under his com-
mand, for the recent brilliant victories over the
rebels in Western Virginia, was unanimously
adopted. The bill to promote the efficiency of the
volunteers, and for other purposes, was passed.
In the Senate on the 15th the Army Appropria-
tion Bill and the bill providing for an increase of
the military establishment, were pained. A bill
providing for the confiscation of the property of
rebels was introduced.

On the 18th the Senate passed the Navy Appro-
priation Bill. The resolution approving the acts of
the President in suppressing rebellion was dis-
cussed by Mr. Breckenridge of Kentucky, in
opposition to its adoption, and the further con-
sideration of the subject was adjourned to the
18th. An executive session was held, and the
Senate adjourned.

INDIA.

There is no news of importance by this Overland
Mail. We have Calcutta papers to June 22. The
Englishman of that 'late says
The five days which have passed since the despatch of our
last overland have brought us no fresh news from the
north-west, at least none at all likely to interest our borne
readers. The subject of the famine, as far as this up-country
papers are
i mucerued seems to have worn itself out, and Altu-
s= is only made to t when an opportunity occurs of pitch-
ing into the central and local mormittees, for rupporied mis-
management. The various chaise, is the native army are
being actively carried out all ogee the country, and police
reform is progressing favourably.
The weather, which was so inclement here at the time of
our lest report,: seems to have done no great harm any-
where, beyond the usual undermining of Imre and houses ;
and has been succeeded by most delightful weather here in
Calcutta, where, up to date, we have had scarcely a hot
day mace the early part of May. We are sorry to say that
death has, notwithstanding, been unusually busy this season
among the European community.

The printer of the ./Vil Durpan libel on indigo
planters has pleaded guilty, and Las been fined
ten rupees. Re gave up the name of the Rev. Mr.
Long, as the gentleman from whom the manuscript
was received.

There has been a monster native meeting at
Madras to petition parliament for. the restoration
of the Ilabobahip of the Carnatic.

CHINA.

We have news from Hong-Kong to June 12 ;
Shanghai, June 3. The following is from the sum-
mary of the China Mail :
The state of affairs in Japan for some time back has
been such, that the absence of news implies a maintenance
of those friendly relations with the powers of this almost
newly-opened country which were resumed upon the recall
of Mr. Alcock from Yokohama, assuming thaw to hays
been suspended at the time of that gentleman's flight
from Yedo. We have no information regarding Japanese
matters at present, beyond the facts that a newspaper has
long been on the eve of establishment at Nagasaki,
that a work entitled " The Elements of Jammers Gram-
mar" hu just been published at the London Mimics,
Shanghai, with the name of Mr. Rutherford Alcock as
author. We do not attach much importance to a rumour
that the Japanese will send embassies to the treaty powers
for the purpose of begging off that article in the various
treaties which opens Yedo from January let, 1862. The
matter is of some importance, and until the facts are cor-
rectly ascertained it is unnecessary to comment upon them.
We are informed that all is tranquil at Pekin, and again
it must be admitted that no better news could be desired.
The totally new circtunstanoss of our ainleunador's presence
in that city are apt to induce a little anxiety, not less for
his safety than for his behaviour; and it is something to
know that affairs in Pekin have in no way been
disturbed since the date of our last intelligence.
From Tientsin we learn that everything goes on smoothly,
that trade is moving, and that our friends,
military and civilian, are hapy and comfortable,
The haat has been considerable there, about noon
reaching 89 deg. on the thermometer, but this high tem-
perature has much less of what is unhealthy about it than
the heat of the tropics has. We reported some weeks ago
that the insurgents were approaching in the direction of
Tientsin ,• it now seems that they have disappeared from
the Clis-li and Shan-tong provinces, and are supposed to be
in Hamm. Their movements, and the reasons for those
movements, are a subject of very vague speculation at the
best.

The following account, which we find in the
North China Herald of Ist June, is the first shadow
of a misunderstanding between ourselves and the
rebels :

On the 24th ult. Captain R. Dew and one or two other
naval and military officers went up the river in her Majesty's
gunboat Flamer, to deliver a letter to the commander•m-
chief of the rebel forces in this, neighbourhood, intimat-
ing that any interference on their part with boats en-
gagedin conveying silk for foreigners from the pro-
ixg districts to Shanghae would be treated as
a hostile step, and warning them that if they ap-
proached within two days' march of Ningpo they would
come into collision with the British forces. They pro-
ceeded about 40 miles up the river in the +termer, and then
in ship's boats, by creeks, to Tsingpo, when a small party,
ushers of Oapinialitewe wide hey essay-
isga white deg on a best book, left the boat and advanced
towards the gate. On their approach the walls were
manned, and a fire from gioplls and guns was kept up
upon then,. They exhibited the letter, to indicate the object
of their visit, but the firing continued. No other course
was left than to retire ; this they did after placing
the letter in the cleft of a bamboo and sticking it in the
ground. Thu occurred at the same place where the im-
perialists were lately repulsed end 22 of the Chinese Foreign
Legioo killed or wounded. They then returned to the
Flamer, and arrived here late on lust Saturday night. The
French steamer Contest, with a small iron steamer having
on board the French admiral and other officer', accom-
panied the British party up the river, but returned without
proceeding to Tsingpe.
We believe a patty will go up again next wed( to do-
omed an ecology. on which occanion the gun-boat will he
taken within range of the city wall.

ELECTION SATURDAY AT ETON CoLL•or.. —Not-
withstanding the impression which appeared to be enter-
tamed that ' Election Saturday," which is one of the most
agreeable of the annual festivals at Eton College to past
and present Etonians, was this year to be shorn of its
pleasant attractions, there was a large attendance of the
nobility and gently at the college on Saturday to partici-
pate io the festivities erjoined by the royal founder,
Henry VI. The customary Latin speech delivered on these
occasions was given in the quadrangle by Austen-Leigh,
1113., " captain 'of the colleges s for the ensuing year. It
was elegantly couched. With scarcely a single exception
all the other speeches were delivered with considerable ani-
mation and spirit. At the termination of the speeches most
of the visitors adjourned to the college chapel, to inspect
the improvements effected in that sacred edifice during the
last few years. Among the principal of these are the msg.
nif icent stained glass windows, the gift of the Rev. J.
Wilder, one of the fellows of the college. The usual elec-
tion dinner took place in the college hall. at 3 o'clock, where
covers had been laid for about 150 guests, the collegers
being also among the number. The principal event of
Election Saturday is of course the regatta, or annual pro-
cannon of boats from Windsor-bridge to Surly-hall and
back, and accordingly some thousands of spectators assem-
bled in the Braces, to witness the start. 'l be usual display
of fireworks on a gorgeous scale took place from the eyot
on the Thames. The vacation will commence on Friday
next, at the close of the examinations. The boys of the
lower school return on the 18th Sept. ; those of the fifth
form Sept. 19 ; and the remainder on Sept. 20. There are
now form,
more than 800 boys in the school, and ad-
ditional buildings are in progress to accommodate the in-
creasing numbers.
RAILWAY COM 31 ITT Saturday, after a
preliminary inquiry extending over two weeks in the com-
mittee of the House of Commons, and a similarly pro-
tracted period of inquiry in the committee of the House of
Lords, of which the Earl of Stiadbroke is chairing°, the bill
of the Newcastle, Derwent, and Weanlale Railway was
thrown out. The measure was indirectly promoted by the
Loudon and North-Western and North itrituli Companies,
who subscribed to it, and opp.i.ed by the Stockton and
Darlington and North-Eastern Companies, the contest in-
volving a fruitless outlay of many thousand pounds. The
committee have still to dispose of the bills of the West
Hartlepool Company. The committee that was appointed
to inquire into the question of companies subscribing or
guaranteeing monies to be employed iu the undertakings of
other companies have reported their opinion that an addition
should be made to the standing orders of both houses to the
effect that when in any future bills a provision is inserted
fur this purpose proof shall be required before the exa-
miners that the company has consented to the same at a
special meeting of proprietors holding at least three-fourths
of the paid-up capital—such approval, end the sum agreed
to be subscribed, to appear in the notices by advertisement
required by the standing orders, sail if env company autho-
rised to subscribe to the undertaking 01 another company
shall petition against say alteration by the Commons, the
petition may be referred to the Standing Order Committee
to report whether it be reasonable.
The following form of oath," says the lesdepert-
cianr,', " was taken by the Kings of Hungary from the time
of King Andrew (1,2221 down to that of the Austrian
Emperor Leopold 11., and was not refused by any Austrian
Sovereign, not even Maria Theresa : ' If I, or any of my suc-
cessors, at any time whatever, should attempt to infringe oe
=ll?privileges, it shall be permitted to you and your
to defend yourselves without being treated as
rebel..'" _ _ _

The governor of Avellino Lao written to Colonel
Rheas, the commander of the Hungarian legiou, expensing
hie gratitude, and that of the inhabitants of the province,
for the powerful assiiitance the legion had rendered in
freeing the province from the brigands that had infested it.
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