The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-16 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(BRUTZIeI TZLZGRLIM)

FRANCE.
PROSECUTION OF THE " AVENIR
NATIONAL."

PARIS, APRIL 15.

The Arenir National is to be prosecuted for
having promulgated false news in having asserted
that military preparations were being made at
Lyons, and that certain warlike steps had been
taken by the War Department.
In to-day's sitting of the Legislative Body the
whole bill relating to imprisonment for debt was
adopted by 112 to 97 votes.
The bill conferring a pension on M. de Lamar-
tine was passed by 148 to 24 votes.

SENTENCE ON ADMIRAL PERSANO.
FLORENCE, Aram 15.

The sentence of the High Court of Justice on
Admiral Persano pronounces him guilty of dis-
obedience, incapacity, and negligence, and con-
demns him to retire from the service, to be de-
graded from the rank of Admiral, and to pay the
costs of the trial. •

THE LUXEMBURG QUESTION.

BERLIN, Aram 15, Swim°.

The New Pnissian ( ("roes) Gazette of this evening
publishes a telegram from Luxemburg, announcing
that numerous addresses to the King of Holland,
petitioning for the maintenance of Luxemburg's in-
dependence, are in circulation in the Grand Duchy,
and are receiving thousands of signatures.

THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT.
BERLIN, Aram 15.

In to-day's sitting of the North Gorman Parlia-
ment Count Bismarck announced that the federal
government would accept most of the amendments
to the draught of the constitution if the house
would give way on the questions of the remunera-
tion of the deputies and the army arrangements.
In the course of the debate which ensued Count
Bismarck said, "If the opposition prevents me
from completing the work which has been begun I
shall request the King to relieve me of my post."
The parliament subsequently agreed to the
first fifty-nine articles of the draught constitution,
rejecting all the new amendments brought in, sad
striking out by MI against 80 votes the article
referring to the payment of the deputies, thus re-
scinding As former resolution in favour of such
payment. A complete understanding between the
government and the parliament is now considered
certain.

RUSSIA.

T. PETERSBURG, APRIL 15.

The students of Finland have asked for permis-
sion to hold a meeting with the view of bringing
their grievances to the knowledge of the Chan-
cellor of the University, Czarewitch, and the Czar.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University has refused
to give the required permission.
Religious ceremonies will be held in ail the
churches of this city to-morrow, to celebrate the
anniversary of the Emperor's escape from the at-
tempt made upon his life last year.

BOMBAY, Aram 12, 6.15, rat.

. .
71b. shirting., sr. 14a. ; 811 b. ditto, 6r. 14a.
40's mule twist, 13a. Cotton quiet : Dhollerah,
245 r. Shipments of the week, 48,7110 bales. Ex-
change on London, 2s. Four per Cent. Govern-
ment securities, 854 ; Five per Cent. ditto, 1041;
Five-and-a-Half per Cent ditto, 108. Freights to
Liverpool, 60s. The latest London date is Bth
instant.

CALCUTTA, Aran. 11.

B}lb. shirting', Br. 2a. ; 40's mule twist, Ba.
Exchange on London, 2s. Four per Cent. Govern-
ment securities, 871 ; Five per Cent. ditto, 106;
Five-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, 109. Freights to
England 36e.

AMERICA.
(NT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NSW YORK, Aram 15, 6 P.M.

The Supreme Court has refused to allow Mis-
sissippi to apply for an injunction to restrain Pre-
sident Johnson from executing the Reconstruction
Act, but has allowed Georgia to file an application
to restrain Mr. Stanton and Generals Grant and
Pope.
The North German Lloyd's steamship Deutsch-
land arrived out on Saturday.

Closing prices :--Gold, 134 g. Sterling exchange
on London,lo9. 6-20 United States Bonds, 1093 ;
Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 55i. Cotton : Middling Up-
land, 27}. Petroleum, refined, 26.

(Emma's TELEGRAM.)

The Inman steamship City of Paris, from New
York on the 6th inst., arrived at Queenstown at 5 p.m.
yesterday (15th April), with 3,600/. in specie, and 77 pas-
sengers. After landing the mails and passengers, she pro-
ceeded at 5.20 p.m. for Liverpool.
(Per the City of Paris, via Queenstown.)

NEW YORK, APRIL 6, Mower°.

John Sharkey and Mr. Robert J. Walker have peti-
tioned the Supreme Court at Washington, on behalf of
the State of Mississippi, to grant an injunction to restrain
the execution of the act of reconstruction, which the peti-

tion and the accompanying argument aver to be uncon-
stitutional, null and void, inasmuch as it violates
the pledge of the national government to protect
the rights of the State in the Union, violates the
constitutional right of each State to regulate the
suffrage within its limits, substitutes military right for
civil law, suspends the Habeas Corpus in time of peace,
and sanctions arrest and punishment without due process
of law or trial by jury. The petition even that Mississippi
cannot, under the constitution, withdraw or be expelled
from the Union, consequently the acts of secession and re-
construction are alike null and void, and citizens of
Mississippi cannot forfeit their political rights by seces-
sion, except in cases where they may have been
individually tried by jury. The petitioners claim
the subject to be within the jurisdiction of the
. _

Supreme Court, and state that if the Reconstruction Act
is thereby pronounced constitutional, Mississippi will
yield implicit obedience to it■ provisions. The court will
Lear the application for the privilege to claim the injunc-
tion on Friday next.
General Schofield has issued an order for the registra-
tion of voters in Virginia. All registrars are to be ap-
pointed on the recommendation of a board of army
officers, and must be army officers or loyal citizens of high
standing.
General Pope has issued orders announcing that the civil
officers in his district are to remain in office until the ex-
piration of their terms of office, provided they administer
justice impartially, and do not impede reconstruction. No
elections are to be held until the registration is completed ;
all official vacancies are meantime to be filled by appoint-
ments made by the commanding officers.
The entire volunteer force in Canada has been placed
under martial law.
The maseacre at Fort Buford is discredited.