The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-26 00:00:00

POLAND.

The session of the Council of State of the king-
dom of Poland was opened on the 10th of June by
Aide-de-Camp General Count Ltitlers, acting as
Lieutenant of the kingdom. He spoke as follows :

Gentlemen,—ln opening the present ;melon of the Council
'of State of the kingdom I am happy to be able to bring to
your knowledge a new and striking proof of the incessant
solicitude of our Emperor and King for the welfare of the
country.
The Emperor has deigned to inform oe by a telegraphic
despatch of the Bth of June that on that day his Majesty
appointed hie, Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Oonstso-
tine Nioolaievitch his samiestnik in the kingdom of Mead.
The Marquis Wielopolaki has been appointed Superior Chief
of the Civil Administration of the Kingdom. His Majesty
has ordered me to continue to fulfil the functions entrusted
to me until the arrival of his imperial highosis.
In making known to you these resolutions of our most
gracious sovereign, I dean it superfluous to dwell upon their
high importance, convinced that you, yourselves, well know
how to appreciate in all its extent this proof of the confi-
dence which his imperial and royal majesty accords to his
subjects of the kingdom.
I, therefore, hope that the whole country will respond to
the expectations of the Emperor and King, and will mart-
buts to the accomplishment of his high and benevolent in-
tentions, and that the arrival of the august brother of 14
Imperial Majesty well render possible the commencement

of ; DOW eta of welfare for the kingdom.
I declare the Session to be open.

MOROCCO.

Advice. from Tangiers state that Morocco is still
torn by intestine dissensions, risings being frequent
against the authority of the Emperor, provoked by
fanatical marabouts, or fresh pretenders to the
throne, from among the male branches of the
descendants of Abderrhaman. The Emperor was
about to take the field, and had left Rabat to attack
the revolted tribes before Fez.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, WZMITADAY, 9.55 P.m.
(Per steamer City of Now York.)
NEW YORK, Joys 14,

General Halle* reports officially that General
Beauregard, with the main body of the Confederate
army of the South-WFst, has retreated upon
Okolana, as originally reported. He has boat from
20,000 to 30,000 men by death, capture, desertion,
and other casualties. He still commands a force of
from 80,000 to 90,000 men. It is reported that he
has despatched a portion of his force to the aid of
General Kirby Smith at Knoxville, in Tennessee,
and that Nashville is in danger.
General Stonewall Jackson has made good his
retreat from the Valley of the Shenandoah, though
closely pursued by Generals Banks, Shields, and
Fremont, and has escaped over the Blue Ridge
Mountains en route to Richmond.

SOUTHAMPTON, Rum 26.

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Eason* from New York on the 14th, passed
Hurst Castle at 12.35 p.m.
Her news has been anticipated.

(aroTra's Tzczanxs.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, JOllll 36.

The Moniteur of this morning publishes a decree
by which, until further orders, the different cus-
tom-house clearances on raw sugars imported from
Cuba under the Spanish flag will be received at
the time of re-exportation as refined sugars, with
the benefit on drawback, and with a deduction on
the sur-tax, for navigation, of 2 francs per 100
kilogrammes.

ELECTORAL HESSE.
CASSEL, Jona 25 (Evening).

A ministerial decree, dated the 24th inst., Lae
been published to-day, ordering the election for
the Diet to take place in conformity with the
elector al law of the sth April, 1848.

CASSEL, Jolts S 6,

All the members of the town council and the
municipality have expressed their distrust of the
new ministry in an address forwarded to the Elector
yesterday evening.
The departure of the Elector is fixed for 11 o'clock
this morning.