The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-09 00:00:00

ITALY.

FLORENCE, JAN. 8.

It is stated that the negotiations with the Papal
court on the question of appointing bishops to the
vacant sees have terminated. The bishops will be
appointed by the Pope in concert with the Italian
government, and it will thus be possible to omit
the formality of the erequatur. The question of
the reduction of the number of dioceses has not
yet been discussed.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 8.

An Imperial decree has been issued prohibiting
the importation of pork and preparations of pork
into Russia and Poland, on account of the frequent
occurrence of trichina diseases in Germany.

THE PARIS BOURSE.
PARIS, Jix. 8, 3.30 p.m.
The Bourse has been quiet. Rents. closed at
70.00, or 20c. lower than yesterday.

AMERICA.
(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)

IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
NEW YORK, JAN. 7, Evens°.

A resolution, distinctly impeaching President
Johnson, has been introduced in the House of
Representatives.
Gold, 1341. Sterling exchange on London, 1091.
Illinois, 1204 ; Erie, 07 ; 5-20 United States Bonds,
108. Cotton, middling Upland, 35i.

Acet DENT TO THE QUEEN OP HOLLAND.—A
letter from the Hague, dated the sth inst., and published
in the Avenir National of yesterday, says :—" The Queen
met with an accident to-day. While walking from her
own palace to that of her eon, the Prince of Orange, she
slipped upon the snow, and fell with such violence that she
became insensible. A soldier who was on the spot raised
the Queen, and one of the King's aides-de-camp having
hastened from the palace, they carried her into the royal
apartmenta. It is hoped that this fall will not lead to
serious consequences."

THE QUEEN OP SPAIN AND THE MUNICIPALITY
or MADRID.—In reply to a loyal address recently pre-
sented to her by the municipality of Madrid, the Queen
of Spain said :—"I acccept with genuine satisfaction the
demonstration of attachment which you have expressed
towards me in the name of the City of Madrid. I feel as
you do, that the first conditicn necessary for the pros-
perity of the municipal interests is the preservation of
public order. I thank you for the assurances of loyalty
which you proffer to me, the King, my dear husband, and
the Prince of the Asturias, and the Infanta., my beloved
children. May God graciously fulfil your desires and the
wishes you express for the prosperity of this heroic city,
in which I was born and educated, which has been the
f ,vourits residence of my court during so many years, and
to which my familyis indebted for sacrifices that will never
be effaced from my memory."
LETTER FROM THE EMPEROR DiAXIMILIAN.
The France publishes the following letter from the Em-
peror of Mexico to M. bins, President of the Council of
Ministers :—" My dear Sir,—The gravity of the present
condition of our country has led us to call to our aid the
councillors of the crown, in order that, by their clear and
prudent judgment, we may arrive by legal means at a
solution of the existing difficulties. A weighty duty is
now imposed upon us, but we have a thorough conviction
that the welfare of the country demands its accomplish-
ment. After reflection, free from all party prejudice and
passion, after a long and conscientious examination of the
position, we have arrived at the conclusion that it
might be our duty to restore to the Mexican nation',
the power which it bad confided in us. The fol-
lowing are the reason, which confirm us in this
opinion. First, the civil war still continues, with
grief we state the fact ; it stains the devastated
territories with the blood of thousands of our country-
men,
and is every day assuming vaster proportions :
second' , the hostility of the United States towards the
monarchial principle is daily becoming more marked ;
thirdly, our allies have declared it impossible for them,
from political reasons, to continue their support, and
it has even lately come to our knowledge that there
have been negotiations between the French and United
States governments with the object of corning to an
agreement as to the means of putting an end to the civil
war which has so long been ravaging our country.
Considering the opinion of the great majority of the
American people, it would not be possible, they Sar,
to attain that end, except by founding, by the aid
of those two powers, a new government of • republican
form. Although it has pleased Providence to destroy the
happiness of our domestic hearth, and although our
courage and strength have consequently been unduly tried,
we should not for a moment hesitate to make any sacrifices
for the welfare of the nation, if we had not well-founded
reasons for believing that our person would prove an
obstacle to the pacification of the country. These are the
motives for calling round us the counsels of the ministers
—who have already given us so many proofs of their ad-
hesion and fidelity—with the object of finding a solution
for existing difficulties.—Miwithuit."