The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1861.

• possess, we may expect to find not only, accord-
ing to the telegram, " a general disposition to do
" what is right," but a willingness to recognize the
substantial justice of our claims.
But of course the great point, after all, is not
so much the state of public feeling at New York,
as the discussions and decision of the Washington
Cabinet. And there is nothing in these telegrams
to exclude the growing conviction that the reply
of the American Government will be a pacific
one. We have u yet only the vaguest rumours
from Washington, but these rumours state the
Cabinet were discussing the demands of the English
Government with moderation. This weightydiscua-
sion would not be concluded in haste. The caution as
well as the anxious conscientiousness of the Pas-
, siiieNr afford a sufficient guarantee of due delibe-
ration in the matter. Mr. LINCOLN, though •
man of no great power, has displayed all along a
strong desire to act rightly, in harmony with the
stri:t claims of justice and the requirements of
public law. And his Message contains a decisive
expression of this resolve in a passage expressly re-
[erring to belligerent rights and duties. The Pas-
?UDEN; we may be sure, therefore, will insist on a
full consideration of the whole matter, and it must
be remembered that the French despatch would
arrive opportunely to assist the deliberations of
the Cabinet. Mr. SEWARD had, it is understood,
already prepared the way for pacific action by
instructing the American Minister here to inform
the English Government that Captain Witxra acted
entirely on his own responsibility, without any in-
structions from the Washington Cabinet. It is
almost useless, however, to speculate farther,
when all doubt will be at an end so soon. Under
all the circumstances we cannot but hope and be-
lieve that the American Government will decide to
do us justice, and that its reply will accordingly be
a pacific one.

LATEST INTELLIGENCL

FRANCK
A decree is expected to appear in the Moniteur
within a day or two, fixing the opening of the session
of the Senate and of the Legislative Corps from the
17th to the 90th of January. It is in the discussion
on the address in the Senate, that Prince Napoleon
will deliver the speech which has been spoken of
for some tune. " This-discussion," says the /ma-
pendance Beige, " will embrace all questions of
foreign and internal politica, if one may judge of it
from the numerous inquiries which his imperial
highness has made at all the departments of
government"

ship Bavaria, Captain Heir, which left New York
on the 14th December and touched at Cape Race
at 2 am. ea t►e 19th, arrived this morning. She
brings 76 passengers and a general cargo.
On the 14th, off Sandy Hook, the Bavaria spoke
the Hamburg ship Electro and the Mecklenburg
barque No. 5 ; on the 15th, in lat. 40.39 N., lon.
69.20 W., the barque St. Bernard ; and on the
20th, in lat. 48.43 N., lon. 46.8 W., the British
steamer Australaaian.

The Bavatia, experienced easterly winds through-
out her passage.
OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL

QUEENSTOWN, llsc. 29.

The Royal Mail steamship Canada arrived here
at 4.30 p.m. to-day,embarked the mails, passengers,
and latest telegrams, and proceeded for Halifax
and Boston at 5 p.m. All well.

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Reuter's offioe, from the Peninsnlar and Oriental
steam Navigation'Company, Dec. 30 :

BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.

The Mooltab, with the Southampton and Mar-
seilles portion of the above mails, left Alexandria
on the night of the 27th instant. The Behar,
from Bombay, and the Nepaul, from Mauritius,
reached Suez on the 24th instant.