The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-09 00:00:00

POLAND.

BERLIN, JAir. 8.

The Norddeutsehe Zeitung of to-day says The
Poliah refugees abroad are again agitating, and a
fresh outbreak is probably in contemplation. It is
reported from various quarters that she Poles are
preparing as insurrection in the governments of
Lithuania and fiamogitia, and that armed refugees
will land on the Baltic coast of those provinces."

DENMARK.

OOPENHAGEN, .I As. 7.

The Minister of Finance has submitted a bill to
the Rigsraad throwing the coasting trade open to
all nations who will grant • similar privilege to
Danish shipping.

SPAIN AND ST. DOMINGO.
MADRID, Jut. 7.
Marshal Naretiez has submitted a bill to the

Congress abolishing the decree of the 19th May,
1861, declaring the Dominican territory to be rein-
corporated into the Spanish monarchy. The pre-
amble of the bill says :—" Spain believed that the
Dominicans were desirous of living under Spanish
protection, but resistance has become too serious
to render it possible any longer to maintain such
an illusion. It would be a conquest, and the
policy of Spain is not one of conquest."
A favourable impression has been produced by
the above proposition.
The draft of the address in reply to the royal
speech has been read in the Senate.
Seventy-ose new senators have been appointed
from the Congress.

A Paris letter, in the indepeadonse of Brussels,
says :—" A germ! reorganisation. 'kWh would reader
public instruction gratuitous and obligatory, begins to be
seriously talked of. The ideas of M. Dim and of M. O.
Robert, B.metsry•Oeoersl of the Ministry, are very decided
in that seam."

The Fremdenblatt alone of all the Austrian
*rails declares openly is fsvoar of tho pars sad simple
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annexation of the dimities to Prussia, on condition of an
absolute engagement taken by Prussia to assist Austria in
ease of any 'Mack whatever from abroad on her rights, in-
tense, or posessekna.
THE FRENCH CLERGY AND THE ENCYCLICAL—
The Union publishes the text of a letter which the Arch.
bishop of Cambrai has just addressed to the Minister of
Public Worship, acknowledging the reception of the minis-
terial circular forbidding the publication by the bishops of
the first part of the encyclical letter of the Bth December,
and of the syllabus annexed to it. The reverend prelate
complains that the biehops alone should be preveuted from
publishing a document which especially coseerus them aced
their flocks, while all the enemies of the church are per.
milted to publish it with whatever commentaries they may
please. After quoting a long passage front a letter which
he himself addressed, some eighteen years ago, to the then
Minister of Public Worship on the occasion of a similar pro-
hibition, he adds that he is Dow the more astonished at the
present restriction imposed on the catholic clergy, that the
most anti-Christian and even atheistical doctrines are
allowed to be freely disseminated, and he uks whether it
is too much for him to claim equal latitude for catholic
instruction. The archbishop concludes by &rowdies that
whatever obstacles may be opposed to the communications
between the Vicar of Jesus Christ and the catholic clergy,
no human governments can relieve the bishops from the
obligation of tranamitticg his instructions to their diocesans.
MAIL STEAMERS DUE THOM AMERICA THIS WEIR.

—The following steamers are due at Liverpool this week
with the American and Canadian mails, viz. :—The Kaogs-
roo, North American, and Africa. Ito two former steamers
were to leave—the first New York on Dec. 31, and the
second Portland on the same date, and may be expected,
the Kangaroo off Crookhavee or Queenstown in the course
of Wednesday night or Thursday morning next, and the
North American off Greenometle on Wednesday 'ext. On
Saturday rent theAfrim, from Bcato4on the 4th of January
and Halifax early oe the morning of the 6th, may be ax.
rioted to reach Crookhaven or Queenstown.
017TWASD ANZIIICAN MAIL ST/Lilllll3lll. OD
Wednesday next the Limas Compaay's stammer Glasgow
will leave Liverpool for New York with the United States
mails ; the Liverpool box closing at 10 o'clock a.m., and
vii Cork at 8.30 p.m. The Allan Company's steamer
Hibernian will sail on Thursday for Poetised, Haim, with
mails for Canada and the United States. Letters, he. will
be remised at the Post.oSios until 9.30 a.m., sad vik Derry
until 8.30 p.m. On Saturday the Canard Company's
steamer Cuba will be despatched for New York with the
United Statessed British North American mails. DAters
&c., intended to be forme/dad by this stammer will be re-
ceived at the Liverpool General Post aloe until 9 o'clock
a.m., and by way of Queenstown until 8.30 p.m.

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APROPOS as Borne !—A German journal relates
the following story : The regiment of Prussian infantry (No.
60), while on its return from thednobies, stoppodatSpaadam
and some of the men were billeted with a master shoemaker.
After they had left to continue their journey, an apprentice
of the shoemaker foal, in the room which had been occu-
pied by them, a pair of boots, which he naturally boppoeed
had belonged to one of the soldier*. The lad, who had be.
come familiar with his master's guests during their short
stay, started off at once after the regiment to restore
the property to its owner he overtook the troops, but
not being able to find the men he was in search of,
he threw the boots oa a waggos, with a paper on which
was written —"Will be claimed by - their owner."
On the apprecticea return to bis roaster, he received
a beating with a strap for his pains, as the boots he had
carried off were found to Delon to one of the shoemaker's
workmen, who claimed another pair in their stead. The lad,
nothing distrunged, at once wrote the following letter to
thelkinn ' Dear Lord and Kiog—l am a poor apprentice
shoemaker, but a rest freed of the arm, and I shall one
day become a valiant soldier myself. If threw a heir of
boots on a waggon which followed the regiment (No 60),
believing that they belonged to one of the men who had
hose billeted with us. It tarns out that the boots were not
the soldier's, bat one of our workmen's, and he calls on me
to replace them. Dear Lord and King, lam is great
trouble. Try and find out what has become of the boots,
and take care to seed them back to my comrade,* A few
days after the municipality of Spandau received by a
&Soft courier the order to inform the apprentice that the
Kiss would pay for the boots is question.
THE DZYIL IN BADEN. —A letter from Loerrach,
in Haden. says:—" The cure here recently addressed the
fallowing language from the pulpit :—' Fathers ad mothers
—Your moat formidable adversary, the devil, is mows
you, and is eodeavouring to lead yoe astray. I refer to
the sew scholastic law. Watch and pray-religion is in
danger. I will shortly tell you morn' Being summand
helots the Weasel of police for an abase of eadesiaeltrel
authority, the we was onedenaned to live weeks' imprimis-
meat and the payment of eania."
Mr. Edward Watkin M.P., Provident of the
Grand Trask Railway of &nada, bed as interview as
Saturday with Mr. Oulwell, at the -Colosial-offlae, with
Niemen to the strent seas from Om is, sad to the ems-
quest threatened preseeditrpw the wart of the Americas
government to adopt tb errget pervert system for pas-
sangen, sad a d tranrinatroa of all pods paise:4We=
, the Sista sad the bid& Neel AA
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