The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, M. 1.4 24.

The Pattie of this evening says :—" We believe
that the Czar will breakfast at the Tuileries
on the let of June, will be present on the
following day at the Longchamps races, and will
dine in the evening at the Tuileries. On the
4th, the Emperor Napoleon will give a banquet to
the diplomatic body, and the guests will subse-
quently be present at a gals performance at the
opera. On the 6th there will be a review at the
Place de Carrousel, and a ball at the Rnsaian
Embassy. On the 7th there will he a ball at the
Hotel de Villa ; on the 9th, a grand fête at 'Ver-
sailles ; and on the 10th, a court ball at the
Tuileries. The Czar will leave on the 11th, after
taking dijelimer at Fontainebleau. The Crown
Prince of Prussia, who had altered the arrange-
ments for his journey, will arrive here at 6 o'clock
this evening."

THE VISIT OF THE SULTAN TO PARIS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 23.

The Sultan's journey to Paris has been postponed
for a fortnight. The French Ambassador accom-
panies him, and his Majesty will be escorted by the
English and French Mediterranean fleets from the
Dardanelles to Toulon. It is considered likely that
the Sultan will also visit England.

THE LUXEMBURG TREATY.
PARIS, MAY 24.

The ratifications of the treaty negotiated at the
London Conference are said to have been sent
from the Hague to London on Monday, and from
Florence on Tuesday last. The exchange was
expected to be completed on Thursday or Friday.

THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.

PARIS. MAY 24.

An official telegram received here from the city
of Mexico, dated the sth inst., announces that the
Emperor Maximilian was at Queretaro, which place
continued its defence. The besiegers had made no
fresh progress.

GREAT FIRE IN THE TOWN OF BRODY.
BERLIN, MAY 24.

A telegram received here states that the town of
Brody, on the frontier of Austrian Galicia, a
well known commercial depot, has been in
flames since yesterday. The conflagration is stated
to have assumed large dimensions.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, MAT 21.

At a banquet given yesterday evening to the
Sclavonian members of the Ethnographical Con-
gress of Moscow, the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion, Count D. Tolstoy, said :—" You are not
deputies elected by your fellow-citizens in accord-
ance with usage ; nor have you any formal powers.
We also are not official persons here, but as
northern and eastern Sclavoniane must welcome
you as brethren from the west and the south. In
our meetings, our expressions of sympathy, there is
nothing of a combined character ; political
calculation is not lessened by the statement
of our community of feeling ; on the con-
trary, any such is rather thereby increased.
The tie between us is not based upon
vacillating external relations, but upon the in-
ternal bond existing within ourselves, created by
our history of 1,000 years, our language, our
common Sclavonian idea, and the Sclavonian
heart's blood that runs in our veins. Listen to
the beat of a Sclavonian heart. Does the heart of
a foreigner beat like it ? What sceptic will venture
to doubt the permanence of the bond between us,
or the great future Providence has marked out for
the mighty Sclavonian race ?"