The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-23 00:00:00

THZ PRUSSIAN CHAMBER.

3C Grabow, after having been elected Pre-
sident, addressed the Chamber on the 20th inst.
as follows :

Geatlseaso,—The alma* unanimous election you hays
dart made has conferred upon me for the next four
weeks a difficult task. I ma warmly hops to meow-
Oink it es 'moat of the weakeem of my sight,
sad of my hewing. Nererthalers, I wile, in mad-
amities of the great proof of Madams which you hare
shaded me, and of Ilse coadirmes with which you homer
me, and for which I uprose to yea my deep mined*, to
oadearour to discharge sty difficult defies by denoting to
them all my easrgies heartily sad emescientionsly, aad with
combat impartiality. Bat, to ceder that I may be molded
to nosed is this, I mot eripostly solicit your ineidgeat
Madame sad your swergotio support.
Clostlmes,—lt is my priamay sad invariable on-
wisdom that we ma, sows of is. separate fidelity
towards the awed reinessatative ci our idagiom
ham fidelity towards the pee*. It Imy issasraablo
had that we gen an laid as seared the marina-
Usual right of the deumni, M which our royal mambo, gave,
only a bow amaths ago, a religious mono%
in the prommes of two other members of the
isgislailws power, mid of the 111101111116 ammobled far that
pp m. W. aB desire sin to proems sad coasolidate the
seisssidplesiered rights ci our people, who will be always
food, heart sad soul, with lore sad fidelity, in good is to
evil time, at the side et the &Arad haws of Hobsozollara.

Let es. them set to week, la amain with the aroma
mid with horeasny swami auselvea for the teal achlews
meat et the maditedica, sad far the development of a
legidatlon which has been amunmeed is a grand epoch.
May we messed, while tombs( in a solid and dandies
denser the emelitational date is Pendia, is scattering the
doubts and the eoatradiatime which dill oppose theta-

edam to oar widens for the teridaatim of Grimsby, row
participMad is by an ties German ma*.

(aura's min.)
ITALY. •

TURIN, Jay. 23.

Monsignor Carl, an agent of Cardinal Antonelli,
has been arrested at Leghorn. He was staying at
the Capuchin convent

SPAIN.

The Official Gazette
bells IL is enceinte.

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MADRID, JAS. 21
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FRANCE.
MAREIRILLEB, JAIL 13.
K Fonld's report has exercised no influence on
the sugar rearket hose.

THE BRAZIL&

RUMOR AYRES, Doc. 14.
(Per Preach Awry Raternadurs)

General Flores has taken possession of Banta Y
Row, the late governor, and General Lopez,
have Bed to the :done, whither hoops have bees
sent to pursue them.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Exchange on England, 643 a. to b7s. ; on France,
86 to 864.

ITILNAIIBUCO, Dix. 31.

Heavy arrivals of sugar have taken plea) and
there are large stocks on hand. There is no
material alteration in prices. Channel browns are
quoted 80 to 100 rein per arroba lower. Cotton-
-10,500 to 11,000 rein per arroba. Freights in
glemand. Exchange to the amount of 70,0001.
sterling has been negotiated on London at 26a. id.
to 265. id. per milreis. The Tyne arrived here ou
the 29th instant.

RAIIIA. Dza.

The sugar market is flat : holders ref uaed to sub-
mit to a reduction in prices. Cotton remains with-
out alteration. Cooua stocks are exhausted, and
the article continues in demand. The stock of
hides is small. Freights nominal. Exchange on
London, 90 days' eight, 26f. Considerable sales of
brown sugar have taken place, at 2 dole. 50c. and
2 dole. 100 c. per arroba.

" M. Blanqui," says a Paris letter in the Journal
is Havre " who wam undergoing at St. Pelagie him sentence
et intprisolawat for getting up a secret society, has just
ebtainsd peculation to be transferred to a inassoorde-winti:."

The donut de Castries, brother of the Duke de
Ceetries, mid father of the Duchene of Magenta, died in
Palil c Friday last, in the tsith year of his age. His
fumed obiegaien wen performed ha the church of St. db.
tilde ott &today with peat pomp. The church was crowded
with the elite of the Faubourg St Germain.

A grand festival of the different Prussian orders
of nobility wee held on Sunday at the palace at Berlin
when the knights and posameors of orders who bed been
decorated during the course of this year, and also at
the coronation in October last, were presented to their
Majesties. After the presentatios, the King and Queen,
followed by the chief court °Melds, the commimioners
el the orders, the heights, Arc., proceeded to the royal
chapel, which was already filled by a number of per-
sons who had received invitations. The general super-
intendent, Dr. Hoffman, preached the sermon. At
the conclusion of the service a grand banquet took plies
In the White Hall, the Picture Gallery, and the Knights'
Hall. The Crown Princess was not present, bet scampi
the visitors were the prisons and princesses of the royal
lore, and also Prince Augustus of Wartemburg, Prism
William of Sadie, Duke William of Mecklenbiarg-Sehweris,
Prince Henry of Hesse, and other royal personages. The
Quest Dowager attended the ceremony at the palace, being
the first time her Majesty has appeared is public sins the
summer of 1867, when the late King was first taken
seriously ill.
. . . .

The'lVazione of Florence relates the following :
"M. Batter°, a laws singer of the Argentina Theatre at
Roma, thought proper daring one of the performances to
play the music of Chuibaldes hymn on the piano. The
air was hailed with deafening applause, which led to
remonstrance op the part of the pulice. R. Biolchini, the
manager, reosived a formal order to give the muaician a
severe reprimand."
Prince de Joinville, Count de Paris. and Duke
de Chartres, accompanied by their suites, left the Bre-
rood House, New York, for Washington, on the 10th
instant.

The New York Herald says :—" The public fre-
quently get the names of the three United States Senators
Lane confounded. Joeeph Lae was one of the first repre-
sentatives in the Senate front the State of Oregon, and his
term expired with the last Congers. He was killed a
politically by running on the ticket with John 0. Breads-
ridge for Vioe-President, io 1860. James H. Lane was
sistent to the Senate from Kmeam,bet has reeently accepted
• haipadier-sseeralsbip in the army. Hoer, S. lane is aow
else of the senators from Indian►'

A snit by Mr. Dion Bondi:snit against Messrs.
Fox rad Lingard, managers of the Bowery Theatre, New
York, to recover $2,500 damages for performing the play of
the Orioreme, which was the alleged copyright property of
the plaintiff, was commenced on the Ilth before Judge
Shipman, in the Untied States Circuit Court.

AMERICA.

THE WAR AND THE SINEWS OF WAR.

The Nest, York Herald of Jan. 11 observes that
"the two great questions which now monopolise the
public mind are, first, when are we to have a
great and decisive battle ? and second, are they
doing anything in Congress to save the government
and the country from the ruinous consequences of
a threatened irredeemable and constantly deprecia-
ting shinplaster currency To these questions the
Herald replies as follows :
We are happy to say, is reply to the hot of these pies.
hoes, that the army is in motion—that the nivenil deleek-
merle of the powerful column of General BosS, fa Rea-
tacky, from different points, are cloning around the rebel
inland stronghold of Bowling-gross ; while from oar own
stronghold of Cairo a formidable flotille, with a =ropes&
Leg hod force, is on the eve of starting towards the fortified
rebel camp at Columbus on the Mississippi river. The rebel
army at Bowliag•green is supposed to be not lees Oust
65,000 men, and their army at Columbus is set (lowa
at about 20,000. On our side the shame*
foram of General Buell will, it is believed, present so og-
graph of no lees than 70,000 men ; and the eolanse of
Owrsl Welernand, from Giiro, with some Important
retateseemeets from General Smith, at Paducah, will
'mount to 30,000 zoos. Both of these moving columns We
admirably equipped •sd amply !provided with good artil-
key; and from the splendid fighting qualities already die-
played la evsay sort of encounter by our Western Union
troops, we have me imitation in submitting the prediction
that before the end of the present meth we shall have
some grand and decisive Union Theories in the West.
At the as time the Herold' naval expo :Olio* hr moved
down from Anespolis to Hampton Raids (Foetus Massie"
and is only waiting the signal for a dm k upon the enemy at
woe important point or two no the Southern nehord.
The practical knowledge derived fame the Gape Hatteras and
Port Royal expeditions baa eoalriliated materially to mks
this expedition of Burnside • certain susses spinet
any point which it may heal, and to Justify the whist
that Burnside, having dislodged his enemy from his GM
position, will instantly follow him up, disperse bin forme or
capture them, and Artie at gtheir main arteries of inland
communiestion between! Virginia and the cotton slates.
Simnß•esously with the thunders of our artillery is the
West we may expect to hear of the shell* est of the
enemy somewhere in the soca-east by the Burnside expe-
dition.

But what of our grand army of the Potomac ? Is General
'Peleliu, with his two Imsdrod Amend mm, to 1111111112
stationary all this time? Beaureprd, it appears, is mew
this impression ; for he has pat hie troops at Gintrullis
and along Bull Baia end the Occutian, activeiy to work
in the erection of log hats for their winter quarters.
But this signifies nothing. We premise, on the cori
trary, that, as General "PClellea has not proceeded to
the building of log hate, he expects soon to pat his army
in motion. We think, too, that the intelligent reader will
be able to discover, from the other army movements indi-
cated, that they are but parts of a grand system of com-
bined apsestions, in whisk the army of the Potomac will
strike the heaviest and Main( Nom The facts we hare
recited are Balkiest to chow that the grand winter elm-
sign of our army and Navy, which will inevitably croak
this rebellion, has already began, sad that, so far as our
army and navy are seaweed, then is so longer any ground
for emplaiat of a waidetal sad &smiling inactivity.
The essay and navy are is manse, sod we shell not have to
wait much lacer far some decisive results.

Of the Simeon of the North the Heralcasays
Oor mood ciention, which refers to the sinews of wee,
sod to the prospects of slasonsiblis, broad, and oomprshen-
siva 011•1111111111 al Oongromionsl legislation on the subject,
we asesot answer so sslisfselorily to our readers. The
Hoses of Itagrasesteliven, paid a in gold, appears still
to be lomat of the fad &g rid in New York is milling
at 3 to 4 per cent. premises. And why this premium,
with • speeds bags of throe hundred millions in the
ccantay 1 It arises from the abeam) of any pro-
vision as the part of Congress for the interest and final
redemption of the present sad proposals* paper money
brass on the part a/ the government. An expenditure of
six hundred millions • year upon • cash basis of sixty mil-
lions of receipts is shaking the madames of the country is
Treasury paper sad all other sorts of paper money. The
safety of the Treasury and the interests of the financial,
commercial, sad all other business classes of the country
demand • cash bash for these war expenses of the Trea-
sury of two hundred millions, or additional direct and indi-
rect taxation on the part of Congress equal to one hundred
and fifty million. income to the Treasury.
The war is programing finely ; bat the sinews of war will
surely fail no unless Cosmos, dropping this worse than
useless agitation of slavery, and thaws dismal/in( *skin
concerning the leaders of our army, shall promptly interpose
to save the country and the Treasury. We want one hun-
dred and forty or fifty millions more actual cash re-
ceipts for the Treasury. Let them be provided by
taxation, and the work of sustaining the pupa imam
of the government and of our banks upon the par
basis of specie will be simple and sasy. Next give us •
general bankrupt law, to lift from the shoulders of our busi•
uses classes some of the oppressive burdens resulting from

this rebellion, and our people will not complain of the
extraordinary doing upon them to sustain our army, the
Treasury, and the currency of the country, fressallhe dangers
el a financial revulsion.
As the army is in mafiosi for a vigorous premonition of the
war, we call upon Owings to provide the AIMS of war
without further trifling, apdvoratien, or delay.

taxtrruts ISLOGRAMILI
THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR CANADA.
PORTLAND, JAN. 11.

(Per Norwegian, yid Londonderry.)

A despatch received here announces that Mr.
Seward has telegraphed permission for the British
troops en route for Canada to land here, and pan
through Maine to their destination.

COMMERCIAIi INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JAN. 5, 11 Evmum.
_ _

Cott°. dull and heavy ; middling U pland, 35e. Bread
skiffs heavy. Exchange on London :—/lankone bills, 1141;
gold, 4 per tient, premium, dull. Stocks buoyant. New
York Ceuta,* 831; Illinois, 63 ; Erie, 351.

SOUTHAMPTON, Taussoar.
The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Borussia, Captain Trautman, from New York
on the 10th, at 2 p.m., arrived off Cowes at
1.23 am _ _ _

The Borings brings 46 passengers for Hamburg
and 40 for Havre ; she has also on freight 133,400
dole. for England and 260,338 doh. for Havre.
During her voyage she spoke the following ships
Steamer Alma, bound for Liverpool ; she left
on the same day as the Borussia, and was with the
Borwisia until the 15th at 3 p.m. On the 18th
passed an English steamer at 10 a.m., with four
toasts, a black funnel with one white rim round,
supposed to be the Glasgow, in let. 49.10, long.
32.50, steering westerly. On the 19th, at 9 a.m.,
saw an English steam frigate in lat. 49.32, long.
25.50, steering N.W., bound west.

Suavvriso ExrxDrnow TO JAPAN.—The screw
sloop Swallow, 9,466 tons, 6040ess power, Meeter-OoeP
mender E. Wilds, fitting in the Medway for a lengthened
surveying expedition to Japan and the adjacent waters,
has been inspected by Captain J. Washiegtoo, F.H.8.,
principal hydrographer of the navy, and Capt. H. M. Don-
, ham, the eminent nautical surveyor, late of the Herald,
surveyiugship, under whose direction she has been fitted
with everything required in the prosecution of her im-
portant mission. A number of the most modem and
valuable surveying, astronomical, and other scientific in-
Mennients have been put on board, in order that the vessel
may leave England in as perfect condition as possible.
The wardroom bas been converted into a chart-room.
and, as the number of °Moms attached to the ship is much
larger than under ordinary circumstance', a portion of the
steetage has been taken in for • ward-room, thereby
materially curtailing the comparatively limited accommo-
dation for the ship's company. An application has accord.
isgly been made to the Admiralty for the vessel to be fitted
with • poop, but Do directions to that effect have yet been
give by their lordships. A topgallant forecmtle has hem
erected, which will prove of peat Denim for berthing a
portion of the ship's company in • wsrm climate. The
sloop has been altered in her rig from ship to barque, so
as to render the work easier to the men. She is only armed
with • 32. pounder pivot gun mid four 12. pounder
mm, as • means of protection against pirates, who infect
the water in which she will principally be employed. Her
ballast is to be shifted, so as to bring her down 12 inches by
the stern

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(I'loll OUR von,

PARLS. WLDNIXDAT EVICIMIG.

The evening journals are naturally very sparing
of remarks upon M. Fonld's financial report. To
say nothing of the circumspection rendered noes-'
sexy by the press laws in France, it is obvious that
a journalist would be presumptuous in taking upon I
himself to pronounce any decided opinion, at an
hour's notice, upon an elaborate state paper on
such a thorny subject as finance, which one of the
most competent men in Europe, with all the official
means of knowledge at his command, has taken
months to prepare. The Pays points out as leading
features of the programme that there is to be no
loan, and that there is no confirmation of a recent
report that the state forests were to be sold. The
Opinion Nationale expresses no other opinion than
that "the foreign policy to be inferred
from the document may be summed up
in the single phrase—hope of the main-
tenance of peace." The Passe ventures to
think the minister extremely sanguine when he
bases his calculation of a surplus upon the pre-
sumed excess of receipts over expenditure in 1863,
"in spite of the commercial and industrial situa-
tion of the country, in spite of the late deficient
harvest, in spite of the numerous factories shut up,
in spite of the civil war which desolates half the
world, and in spite of the various exceptional cir-
..

cumstauces of the times in which we live." The
Fresco also thinks that the poorer classes will lose
more by the tax on salt than they will gain by the
reductions on household furniture and trade licenses
specially intended for their relief. The Temps,
while expressly reserving its judgment on the re-
port as a whole, expresses disappointment at the
small reduction of the army, and thinks that with
every possible retard for the dignity of France
• normal force of 400,000 men is not necessary. It
also objects to the relief of certain classes from the
taxes above alluded to, as not a sound democratic
measure. The people should, it argues, be aoous-
tomed to feel practically that every citizen is bound
to contribute according to his means to the neces-
sary expenses of the state, and there should be no
such thing as privilege for the lower class any more
than for the higher.
At the Bourse the financial statement was
received with very mixed feelings. Sales for
realisation of profits were so numerous that the fall
at one time assumed the proportions of a panic.
Towards the close of business there was a b,tter
feeling, but, after many fluctuations, the Bents left
off, with a fall of 60c. for cash, and 45c. for account,
at 69fr. 700. andeefr. 96c. Mobilier fell 12fr. 50c.,
and the Italian Loan So. The Lyons Railway fell
Mr., and Southern 3fr. 75c. The other lines were
weak, but closed with little change.
The Pays, in a paragraph from which it is to be
inferred that there has been something mysterious
in the preparation of the expedition to Mexico,
makes a merit of not having sooner alluded to what
it calls the " rumours accepted by some journals."
So far, however, from contradicting those rumours,
it confirms them in all essential particulars. It is
at pains to deny that there is any augmentation of
the naval force originally destined for the Mexican
waters, and I am not aware that the contrary has
ever been stated, but it says that the new military
corps will be 3,000 strong, including 250 cavalry,
and 550 Zonaves. That is no contradiction of
the statement that the entire force will con-
sist of from 6,000 to 7,000. The reason given for
the augmentation is the large force sent by the
Spanish government—so that jealousy of Spain and
not the requirements of the service to be per-
formed is put forward as the reason for this con-
siderable displacement of troops. The only fact
stated by the Pays which differs materially from
the news already current is that Brigadier-General
Lorene will only command the extra corps to go
out early in February, instead of taking the
command in chief of the three armies.

It is stated this evening that in consequence of
serious news from Havamuth the departure of
General Lorence's army, which was to have taken
place from the sth to the 10th of February, will
be hastened, and that the entire force will be at
sea before January 30.
_ .

The Opinion Nationale expresses itself as opposed
altogether to the part which Franc© is now playing
in Mexico.

The commercial treaty with Prussia, which was
announced, almost officially, two or three days ago
to be on the eve of signature, still hangs fire. The
Berlin cabinet is not satisfied with the last French
proposals, and has re-opened the negotiations in the
hope of obtaining further concessions.
The Opinion Nationale Nays as "Latest News" :
It is ailirmed,and we reproduce the news under all reserve,
that the English government has determined categorically
to proponnd the question of the recognition of the South at
the opening of Parliament, and is firmly resolved to have •
decision one way or the other.
IL Charles Edmond, an old personal friend of
Prince Napoleon, has on his recommendation been
appointed librarian to the Senate,in the place of the
late M. Viellard.