The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-09 00:00:00

THE DI:CHIES.

A letter from Kiel gives some details of the
late resignation of the members of the Holstein
government :

That act (it nye) wee caused bye serious dispute which has
broken oat between the government of the Duchy and the
Federal Commissioners on the subject of the tioancee of
the country. The latter demand that all the fresh surplus
receipts shall be banded over to thew., in order to leave
to the Prussians only empty coffers, while the former
wishes to preserve that money to the canary, in order to
have it at the period of its indepeodeeee. The amount
now in question is 800,000 waxes (3,000,000 fr.), which are
in the public treasury at Reodsburg. Some time since a
sum of 1,600,000 mares (more than 5,600,00010 was
removed to fiamberg.

(1107ZIen TZLIGRAM.)
THE OVERLAND MAILS.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.
MALTA. DAc. 8.
The Euxine will leave for MareeWes at midnight.
The Delhi left for Southampton to-day at 7a. m.

THZ BANK OF FRANCE.

Mursal unari.)
PARIS, Du. 8.

The following is the return of the Bank of Franoe
for the week ending today, together with the cor-
respending figures of the previous amount : _

Dee. 8.

Doc 1.

Minos. - r.
Capital of the Bank
Pro4ta in addition to capital
(Art. 8, law of lass it, MD 6,063,421 6 9,542,216 98
Reserve of the Bank and its
branchte 22,106,760 14 11,106,750 14
Reserve in landed property
Notes in circulation
Bank notes to order and reselple
payable at sight.
Treasury accounts—:stirrent
dltor
Current accounts, Paris 163,0118,937 48 131,081.164 72
Ditto branch banks
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry interests 20,177,964 6 19,10,711 18
Rediscounted the lank ilk
months LUAUS 17 2,618.721 17
Sundries

ustoramo 67 1,212,149,454 91

Dec. & Dec. 1.
CRIDITOR. it. Fr. 4t
Cash in hand and In branch
banks
Commercial bilbi overdue
Commercial bills discounted,
not yet due
Ditto branch banks
Advances on deposits of bunion 14820,058 96 19,812,758 96
Ditto branch banks 4,951,910 0 4,004500 0
Advances on French public se
cantles 14.790,900 0 14,473900 0
Ditto branch beaks

Advances on railway shares
and debentures
Ditto branch banks 17,804.050 II 17,000.000 0
Advances on Credit Fonder
Bonds
Ditto banks
branch
. 1117,500 0 414,400 0

, .
Advances to the State (conven-
tion 10th June, 14571
Government stock Keene 11.000,750 14 10,005,750 II
Ditto disposable 118,040,787 SG 36.088.707 01
&mites Immobiliefes (law Ind
June, 1857)
Hotel aml furniture of the bank*

8,34485 8 8,455,181
Expenses of management
&menu

1,299,070.195 67 1,232,329,636 92
Certified by the Senator, Governor of the Bank of France,
(ShiDad) ROOLASD.

THE INCENDIARY ATTEMPT AT NEW YORK.

The New York cor.espondent of the Tinto,
writing on the 26th ult., says New York was thrown
into • stets of panic last night by the discovery of •
horrible attempt to burn down the city. Between 9
and 10 o'clock fires were discovered in eight of the
principal hotels, to two of which theatres were atteched,
and also in Barrinm's Museum, which was crowded
at the time with women and children. The means
adopted by the incendiaries were the same in each
instance. Some person or persons unknown en-
gaged a room at the hotels, placed phosphorus and other
combustibles under the beds or in the bed-clothes, and set
fire to them, and then retired, locking the doors after them.
These attempts were, oo doubt, intended to be simultaneona,
but from some cause not explained an interval of
an hoar or an hour sod a half elapsed between the
earliest and the latest. A great hotel was the worst
building in the world for the purposes of an incen-
diary, inasmuch as the constant liability to fire in
such crowded edifices renders extra care and caution iodis-
pet:amble. And such care and caution are invariably em-
ployed, each establishment of any note maintaining its
own fire engines and other appliances for extinguishing •
conflagration. Fortunately, in every instance, the tire
was subdued before much damage was done. The question
as to who are the coospirstort—for a conspiracy it must be
—is generally answered this morning by the sasertion
that they are Southern emissaries. In my letter of
the 21st of last mouth I drew atteation to an article in a
Richmond journal, which specially recommended that New
York and Boston should be set on fire in 20 places on •
windy night, in retaliation for the atrocities committed
by General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and
by other Federal generals in other places. It is probable
that Confederates in the city acted upon the advice,
though not impossible that • gang of thieves seized
hold of the idea, and endeavoured to carry it into effect
with the sole object of plunder. Bat neither Sheridan's
seta in the Shenandoah Valley nor the burning of New
York by political incendiaries, if inch they be, can be coo.
sidered legitimate modes of warfare, or anything but a
shame, a scandal, and • disgrace to the cause on behalf of
which they are committed."

WEATHER RKPORT.-CrHIS DAY.)

itIDAY, DICCUUNI 9,, $ LK

L L W.
&this . TRU U LW.
5.60 39 cir.
Leith
Ardrossan 34.60 46 W.
Greencastle 29 61 97 W. 8.1.
Galway 516 40 && W.
Velentla 24.65 1 B.L
2 Cape Clear 494 40 L
QUeellologn% 49.6641 Z.N.L
Liverpool 29.73 41 6.5. c
ac 676•66 29.65 44 B.S. W.
Pembroke— 49.7141 3.
Pensumi /9.72 47 3.
Brest 46 &&W.
L'Orieut.. 89.71 46 8.1.
Rochefort MSS 43; &
Plymouth 79.73 641 N. 17
Weymouth 20.77 43 &W.
Portsmouth 51.79 42 5.3. W.
Loodoo lila 36 Z.
orver .. 2997 66 W. 6.97.
iatrawr 56 76 41!
sairtarova ,29.7$ 39 W.11.W.
/hid& 19.73 40' W.S.W.
liellornlai %St 37 cc W.

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