New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-30
Great Britain.

Great Britain.
Housx OF COnAoEs, Monday April l3.-The
House reasseU'Hied to-day alter The recess. On the
order for goin. into Committee OF Supply upon tie
Civil Service E lmate,, Mr.. A. Smith moved that
Class be referred 10 Select Committee.
Sir G. Grey proposed lis lostpoueDept, and the
motion was wilbGrawr, and the IL J0se went into
COMMITTEE commencing with Class 3 Certain votes
were agreed TO and resolutions ordered TO be re-
ported.
The Local Government act ilS38) amendment bill
passed through Committee.
Amendments aud certain new clauses were made
and added 10 the Telrgaphs bill.
The report CT tie Savirg- Bank acts was agreed
10, and leave gwen 70 bril- IN Il bill.
Sir Ii. WilOnShty obtained leave to bring In
bill to consolidate and aueud tie laws relating TO
Saviogs Banks.
House. or CoaAoFs. Tuesday. April 1.-THE
House adjourned ont II respect 20 tue memory OF
Sir @. G. Lewis, who died on Monday.
The Princess of Hesse aud Der daughter ore pro-
crossing fayoTlbly.
The Times saws: There appears to be allibe usual
curiosity % to the Budget OF Thursday next. Is
we are reducing our war expenditure, il is likely
enough that we shall also r,ouce our war taxes viz
the Income tax and duty ON tea. Some She III ED
sngraveTstave been arr,sled or the manufacture oil
American greer bacts
By the arrival Of tie Calcu.ta mall rapers and
Correspondence have been received from Calcutta 10
March y; Hong Kong, March |, and Melbourne TO
February "a.
The Solicitor TO the Treasury wss engaged in
private inquiry into the merits ii TIE case affecting
the alleged Confederate gUnooat AiexardTs, and "
wGs expected that the matter would soon be ripe
for Investigation in a court Of law.
The Irtsk Times SAYS; yesterday corning the
h9ntrsal C9mpapy Line se n9%lP i s Eoron.
ToupE men r. reasonably believed - be recrui Ell
irapI for tie Federal srmi-s. They were lodged
and LED IN the city BY Anecan a. enis and kFp' TO-
aetter Until The steamer arrived al Kinsstown.
fhey were then conveyed 10 small steamer TO
Kingstovn and placed Oh board. O,tensitly they
are engaged TO cons ract a raj way al Chicago"
Tie L 'adOH Obse vsr, under The hesding OF
"Misstatsments Of tie week, and marked : commu-
oicated' has tie fOllOwiog; "rhere is no ruth IL
the pretended Exposures Of Federal tae,ics,' snd
setting forth that tue Government OF tEe United
States have paid agents AID emissilries employed 20
yet I'D meetings OF sympathy with the North, Nc.
No truth in TIE statement that persOns are author
lied 10 enlist, in Ireland or elsewhere ~ Great
Britain, men for the Uuised States army. No truth
in the publication purpoTIing 10 he Federal blun-
ders' OF the American Consul at Liverpool aud the
Foreign Office in e' aiiou TO the sailing OF the japan
Confederate steamer No foundation for TIE dsln
that The PeterhoHi Is eiTcy Innocent vessel, AID
above susy icion, but, on the contrary. there II
strong impression that portion Of her cargo, at
least, was shipped under u contract sanctioned by
Mr.. Mason thai the clothing Ou The 6ills OF iadlnS
was uniforms, tM boots cavalry boots, &c, with
'villainous ssltpetsT' for ballast"
An eugrayer at Sheffield, aid one Of bic workuen,
uCtss-knowu rs " gre, nbacks." Large numbers Of
these notes, vary Dg Ia value from s. TO $40, are
said 10 have been forged in Sheeld and sent thence
to New York.
The L0ndon Shipping G0zette suggests that the
Brtrh Admiralty should instruct the commanders OF
cruisers on the West InCA station 70 convoy vessels
Whose papers are Ia order, aud respecting whose
destination there Is no reasonable ground Oi suspl
cion leaving vessels which fail 70 produce evidence
OF being engage III legitimate commerce 70 TIE con
sequences OF their acts.
Advices from s.. Johns TO March % had reached
England by the West I1dia mail steamer. A letter
from that places says: ST. Thomas Ia fast becoming
mere Federal eta ion, aud the arrests VI ships be
eOn.e more aud more INSCRIPTIONS. NO less than
Union war steamers are expected ~ arrive son, ard
the United States Consul stated that 5,OOQ tnbs O
anthracite coal were 10 be sent TO form depot
Strange occurrences arr dHllv bsppeniDg here
caused by the preseuce q on war sleame o
which keep up steam 10 hprbOr, and the eonimabd
srs of which act III al extraordinary manner. Or
the Goth March tie British steamer Neptune left the
harbor, bound for Havana, III ballast, and was pnr
Iued, though uusuecs ssiully, by the Union steamed
Wachusets. On the Path tue Ii itisb steamer Dol
phin sailed for Nassau, win d general cargo. Win
IN 10 minutes she chased by the NacLuset
boarded, captured, and cent To Key West with
prize crew OF board. The Wachusett returned Il
st. Thomas, aud her Maestye ship Nile waA tbeI
IN hsrbor, bot not until rs hours after her return
until the Nile bad lett, Old the TACT trans pif,
that tue Wachusett had l6 Of the crew of the Dol
phlD ou Ooaru.
They were subsequently, landed IN state Of des
.itution, aud will De sent hume the Atrato as dis
tressed British subjects. Tie Dolphln, il appears
was bound to Nassau, 1nd tue crew Engaged onl,
70 that port II being intended that she should b,
sid there TO the Inquest bidder"
The following letter from Robert Boyd Laml
dor Majesty Consul nj ST. Thomas, agen, 70
idoyds, and also for he Liverpool Underwater
A.socialion). was posted IN The Uuderwnter's o,m
al Liverpool; ,,,oo,. -.
To THosAs Corhr esq, Secretary " O"6e'v'!ss'I ''e
loa, Liprp0ot - 49,, -
SIni On ,hs oath inst. the British steamer Dc
ain ian This mort for add Immediately ssr"trd
81 captured the Dolphin and scut her TO key West
.t.rrs Of pnss crew. she returned hee ana aHd
ts ersv Oh tbs Do phn tho home by TINS mail Sesnie
10 stated thai Fedora commander, Lave acc eeu "
tssy viii tsks eli email .tssmvb bound " isrwsio ntoou
sal. forsigs post, presence Of sonie Of hei hessS
.hips wsud them differently, iDleTruplihE - 'n
sfs, Tia senuasTos Of this place. =, n r.up
Your oDedicnt servant H. d. LAND
Ira London Time. IN lie City Article say
- The recent iniimsIioa from the Foreign ON
which seemed " Indicate that, provided Tie Cnil'
states Govessnoent alIege legal pretext, 10 matte
whether IL be unsupported ~ direct proof or eve
rational assumption, the Federal crui ,.rs VIII
fully entitled 10 carry III Our vessels Gr adJudic
tl0a ia ias5 prize courts IL regarded Ny tne CONNIE