The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-08 00:00:00

ROME.

The Roman Observer of the sth publishes the
speech addressed by the Pope on New Year's-day
to the officers of the French army. We already
know the substance of this speech. The following
is the most salient passage :—" If the French army
is glorious by its valour in combats and by its
discipline in the time of peace, it is yet more so by
the mission which it fills here, for it is the noble
instrument which God employs to sustain the legi-
timate rights of the chief of the catholic religion."

POLAND.

A Warsaw letter of the 3rd saps:

The examination of the 66 political prisoners is nearly at
an end. The defence of the sixth and last division will
probably take place on Monday. There will then remain
only nine persona to be heard. Then commences the task
of the judge who will have to pronounce the sentence.
This work will be the more difficult that be will have to
decide aa to the real responsibility of each one of them, in
the midst of the reticence of some, and the complete denial.
of others. The individuals moat compromised by the reve-
lation' during the inquiry have taken to flight, one of them
being the instigator of the attack on the Grand Duke.

(armies nuicisma.)
SPAIN.

MADRID, JAN. 7.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
Senor Mon spoke in support of the amendment,
referring to the entry of the Spanish troops into
Vera Cruz, which he said bad been the first cause
of the dissatisfaction of France.

He asserted that the Spanish ministry was aware
of the intention of France to overthrow the govern-
ment of Juarez, and to establish a monarchy in its
stead-

Senor Mon continued thus—" The French go-
vernment had communicated to Senor Calderon
Col antes its scheme of putting forward the
candidature of the Archduke Maximilian
for the throne of Mexico. It was not
for General Prim to constitute himself a judge
of the intentions of Prance. The claims of the
allied powers were settled by the convention of
Soledad. The conduct of General Almonte ought
not to have occasioned any apprehension in General
Prim."

Senor Mon will continue his speech to-morrow.
MADRID, JAN. 7, EVENING.

The Madrid journals of to-day announce that all
the resignations recently teudered have been ac-
cepted by the government. These resignations
agitate both the conservative and liberal parties.
The Madrid papers also state that the news that
Don Juan de Bourbon is about to return to Spain
is entirely unfounded.

SUSPENSION OF • BANE AT LYONS. —The bank
of MM. Guyon and Co., of Lyons, ham been fawned to sae.
peed its payments. This disaster has indirectly MUM from
the cotton crisis, the teak having bad heavy business bana-
lactions with a manufactory at Terme (Rhine). The "Sta-
tion is now said to be not so bad as was at first supposed,
and the bank has been formed into • 'obit-stock company,
the creditors being the shareholders. The suspeasioe has
. been followed by several distressing circumstance: a met. chant of Lyons, who had 300,000 fr. deposited in the bank,
has idea committed aikido, not being able to support the
idea of hie money being loot. The manufactory above re•
toned to has since been closed, throwing from 1,000 to
1,200 workmen out of empl.oyment.
THE NEGROES IN V IROINIA. —A letter from
Southern Virginia says that the pogrom in that metiers are
now free to all Wiest' and purpose. Farms are cultivated,
and other brioches of industry go on as before, by the aid
of coloured hands, bat their labour is paid for, and paid for
well, too, for the average wages received by the esehires is
12 dole. per month. One man who did own one year ago
250 heed of " nigger'," DOW confesses that he likes the
erraocipatMn proclamation because it makes the " niggers"
work better. Those who Lave remained with him are paid
liberally, And he is satisfied. That sufficiently accounts for
the increased amount of work performed—(N. Y.) /wi-
lt/aver, Standard.
ST7IPATHT WITH PASSIM= LINCOLN AND THE
IrmuniAL CAUSE. - -00 Monday morning a number of gentle-
men sympathising with the cause of the Federal; and the
endeavour, of President Lincoln to maintain the Gala;
held a meeting to consider the beet means of giving • public
expression to this feeling. A committee was formed, Mr.
James Taylor being requested to act as chairman and Mr.
J. A. Lanford as secretary. It was arranged that an ad.
dress, exprearier of sympathy with the Northern cause, and
abhorrence of the attempt of the South to form a coated*.
racy based upon slavery, should be drawn up, and the
=rasps taken to obtain the elitists'''. of the balm-
it.—B'nniagenat Dail, Pod.