The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-22 00:00:00

FRANCE AND PRUSSIA.

The Liberte of to-day heads its leading article
with the words "La Guerre Nationale," and then
proceeds as follows :
There is now scarcely any possibility for donbt—war
between Frusta and France is almost inevitable. Every
day which passes without the evacuation of Lcxemburg
by the Prussians aggravates the situation, for it is an addi
tional day of hwuiliation for France.

(Rarities TELEGRAMS.)

MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF FLANDRES.
BERLIN. APRIL 22.

The marriage between the Duke of Flanders and
the Princess Hohenzollern will take place here in
the catholic church of St. Hedwig, at 3 p.m. upon
the 25th inst.

The members of the Hohenzollern family, the
King of the Belgians, the Count of Flanders, and
the Prince Bishop of Breslau are expected to-
morrow.

The Prince-Bishop of Breslau will peform the
ceremony, at which a distinguished company—in-
cluding the Princes of the Royal House, the diplo-
matic body, the ministers, and the generals will be
present.
A court dinner will be given in the White Saloon
at the Royal Castle after the marriage, and a
soiree at the Crown Prince's palace in the evening.

In the forenoon of the 26th the members of
the Belgian and Hohenzollern families will attend
Divine service at the Church of St. Hedwig, and a
do'jetiner will be given at the royal palace in the
afternoon. In the evening the King of the
Belgians and the newly-married pair will receive
the diplomatic body, after which a court will be
held at the Castle, followed by a concert.

ROME.
ROME, APRIL 21, EVENING.

To-day being Easter-day, the Pope bestowed the
usual benediction, ,srbi et orbi, from the balcony
of the Vatican, in presence of a large multitude of
persons, including many foreigners. His Holiness
was enthusiastically received.

SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, Arm. 22.

The National Councillor, M. Heer, of Glarus,
is about to proceed to Berlin, as Extraordinary
Ambassador from the Swiss government.

INDIA.

BOMBAY, Aran 16, 5.30, r.w.

71b. shirtings, 6r. 10a. ; 811 b. ditto, 6r. 10a.
40's mule twist, 13a. Cotton dull : Dhollerah,
230 r. Exchange on London, h. Hid. to ls.
Four per Cent. Government securities, ; Five
per Cent. ditto, log ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent.
ditto, 108. Freights to Liverpool, 60s. to 655.
The latest London date is April 12.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE HANSA.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 22.
The North German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from
New York on the 11th, arrived here to-day, with
118 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen ;
35 sacks of mails, and 24,000 dollars in specie for
London.

Since the 13th the Hansa experienced strong
westerly gales throughout the passage. On the
12th the spoke the Bremen barque Atlantic. The
Oldenburg barque, Fanny Kircluder, arrived at
New York on the 11th instant.

NEW YORK, Aran, 11, MoRxING.

The petition of Judge Black, Charles O'Connor, and ex-
Senator Coward to the Supreme Court on behalf of the
State of Georgia, requesting that tribunal to grant an in-
junction to restrain the Secretary of War and Generals
Grant and Pope from executing the Reconstruction Act
in Georgia, is based substantially on the same grounds as
the recent ►ppeal of Judge Sharkey and Mr. Walker in
behalf of Mississippi.
It is reported that if the Supreme Court refuse the in-
junction in the Mississippi care the petitioners will attempt
the indictment and arrest of General Ord for treason
against the State.
General Pope has prohibited whipping and maiming as
punishment for crime in his district.

General Sheridan has declared the recent election of
Livingstone for the parish of Louisiana null and vold.l
The Senate has ratified the Russian-American treaty ;
there were only two dissenting votes. The treaty cedes to
the United States all Russian America and the adjacent
islands. The present inhabitants are to be protected in
their rights of liberty and property, and to be permitted to
choose whether they will return to Russia within three
years or become citizens of the United States. The pur-
chase money is now said to be ten million dollars in gold.
The Senate has passed a resolution asking the President
for copies of any correspondence that has passed between
this government and Mexico relative to the treatment of
prisoners of war captured by belligerents in Mexico.

The American consul in Havana has remonstrated
ag►inst the enlistment of Spaniards in Cubs for the army
of the Emperor Maximilian, as a violation of the neutrality
law. A statement has been forwarded to Washington
showing that 200 men have been enlisted for the Imperial
service.

The Senate has rejected the nomination of ex-Senator
Stockton as United States minister to Vienna.

The Jersey Legislature has rejected the bill for enfran-
chising negrose.
The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill for enfran-
chising all women of legal age.
The New York Republican and Democratic Conventions
have assembled at Syracuse to nominate delegates to the
State Constitutional Convention.

The republicans have pared a resolution favouring negro
suffrage. The democrats passed a resolution condemning
the course of Congreu.

The democrats have carried the municipal elections at
Albany and Hartford by increasing majorities.

NEW ZEALAND.

The following telegram has been received by Mr.
John Morrison, agent for the government of New
'Zealand:
" Calle, April 17.
. , .

" Intelligence from New Zealand to the date of
March 16 states that the Governor was making a
tour through the Middle Inland, and was every-
where enthusiastically received.
" The country was tranquil."

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 5 30 r.v.

Accounts from Mexico, dated the 13th inst., con-
firm the statement that the Emperor Maximilian
has offered to surrender upon certain conditions.
Juarez, however, demands an unconditional our-
render.—Times.

Lady Sebright was on Thursday last delivered
of a son, who survived his birth but a few minutes. Her
ladyship is going on favourably at her residence in Grafton-
street.

Among the passengers by the steamship Great
Eastern in her hat voyage were Cyrus W. Field, M. Du
Chaillu, and Bishop Jackson, of lowa.

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The Russian American Telegraph Company
spent 3,000,000 dollars before they gave up the project.
Their lines extend to the Simpson River, 830 miles north
of new Westminster, the capital of British Columbia,
and there was no physical obstacle to their reaching
Behring sea and the embouchure of the Anwar. By their
surveys the company have ascertained that the Steeken
River is navigable for 150 miles ; the rivers Knitchpak
and Yokon 1,000 miles ; and the river Anader 250 miles
from their mouths.

EXPEFSIF FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, SUNDAY Emma.

It now appears that the news which caused the
rise at the Bourse yesterday was a roundabout
telegram of the Haves agency, dated from Vienna,
setting forth that a despatch had been received
there from Berlin repeating news telegraphed from
Paris on the morning of April 20, to the effect that
the Great Powers, whose opinion had been asked,
had succeeded in proposing an " acceptable "
compromise of the Luxemburg question. Here
is a vicious circle with a vengeance. The
same agency which sends the good news fro
Vienna has a second despatch, dated a few
hours later, stating that the Vienna Gazette thinks
the first despatch " too affirmative," and that
although " efforts " are making which are not
unimportant, there is a wide chasm between these
efforts and an acceptable proposition. So that a
canard, hatched in Paris, set flying in Berlin, and
killed in Vienna, is served up to French readers
as a precious dish.

The Journal des Debuts contains a long article,
which would be highly important if reliable,
giving details of the story which I suppose served
as the basis of the Havas despatch. The Debuts
cites from one of its correspondents the following
extract of a letter, purporting to describe the effect
produced in Berlin by a question asked by the
English ambassador, whether it was true that
Prussia contemplated the annexation of Holland.
This inquiry caused us some surprise, although it was
made in the mostdelicate, courteous, and conciliatory way
possible, and without the slightest deviation from the
spirit of good feeling and friendship which prevails be-
tween Berlin and London. This attitude has produced its
fruits. It has afforded M. de Bismarck an opportunity of
showing himself in his turn moderate and conciliatory, of
I protesting the sincerity of his expressed wishes for the
maintenance of the pesos of Europe ; and of declaring
I that if that peace is to be disturbed it will not be
his fault. M. de Bismarck says that Prussia and
Germany have need of peace ; and by w►y of illus-
trating his meaning in a striking manner, be em-
ployed one of those picturesque images which he
often uses—as for instance when he recommended the
federal parliament to put Germany in the saddle and then
to leave it to him to see that she marched onwards. This
time he said :—" When a man has made a good dinner and
has his belly full, he thinks of nothing but his digestion.
That is the case with Prussia—she has made a copious
repast and must now digest it, and this digestion is no
small matter. One, two, or three years will not suffice—
even ten years hence her digestion may not be completed
and she will not think of any new enterprise." But it does
not appear that M. de Bismarck positively repudiated the
designs imputed to him concerning Holland, or denied
that he had endeavoured to persuade that country
I that it would be for her interest to join the Northern
Germanic confederation. He disclaims, however, all idea
of force, appealing only to the practical good sense of the
Dutch, and feeling persuaded that time most infallibly
bring about the result which be anticipates. M. de Bis-
marck seemed to wish to excuse himself by saying that he
was not alone in Europe in thinking that the union of Hol-
land with Germany would be a step equally advantageous
to the two countries ; that for the last five years the
question had been discussed everywhere—even at Vienna,
St. Petersburg, Paris, and London—and that he felt certain
it had been broached at Compiegne on the occasion of the
King of Holland's visit to that chateau. Truth, however,
compelled him to say that France had always said
that if Holland were to become part of Germany
she should require Belgium as an equivalent, and
that to complete the compensation the Dutch colonies
might be divided between the two countries. AL de Bis-
marck did not say that either Prussia or France had
taken any resolution on the subject, but he did give it to
be understood that the combination was considered de-
sirable by both of them, and that they were perfectly
ready to realise it when the time should be ripe. But we
are informed that the effect of the question asked by Eng-
land has been to put ► stop to Prussian pressure upon Hol-
land, and to prevent it from being renewed for a long time
to come, so that the only question now awaiting a solu-
tion is the special one of Luxemburg, which nobody be-
lieves of sufficient importance to be a cause of war.

The Dibats, to whom I attach the entire re-
sponsibility of its news, goes on to mention as
nearly settled a delightful plan of general peace
and conciliation, according to which the fortress
of Luxemburg is to be rased, the province
annexed to Belgium, and France and England are
to guarantee the neutrality and independence of
both Belgium and Holland. The DObata concludes
by giving its own solemn opinion that " this
arrangement, which would settle the Dutch affair,
would be of a nature to give new guarantees to the
peace of Europe and reassure numerous and power-
ful interests." So no doubt it would if there were
anything serious in the story. But 1 doubt
whether it will float even as matter of discussion
for so much as three days to come.
Meanwhile I can assure you in spite of all official
denials, and the prosecution of the Acenir .National,
that preparations for war are going on most
rapidly in France. Metz and the other fortified
places are all bustle and activity. Thirty-four
batteries of artillery which had been laid up are
ordered to be put on a war footing immediately.
The real reason for suppressing the military bands
in the cavalry was to get 2,000 additional
serviceable horses. Generals about to take com-
mands are advised to look out for aides-de-camp
who can speak German. Cavalry reserves, which
would not in the ordinary course have been called
out till January next, are ordered to be ready in
May. Various provincial papers speak of pur-
chases of horses, grain, and all other kinds of mili-
tary subsistence.

The LitiertE, the only evening paper which ap-
pears on this Easter Sunday, contains the follow-
ing very pertinent paragraph :