The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-30 00:00:00

LETTER OF COUNT WALEWSKI TO THE
EMPEROR

PARIS, MARCH 30.
Count Waleweki has addressed a letter to the
Emperor, in which he says :
" Personal differences, independent of my will,
having arisen between some members of the go-
vernment and myself, I do not hesitate, in the
interest of harmony and concord, to pray your
Majesty to accept my resignation of the post of
President of the Legislative Body."
The Emperor, in reply, accepts Count Walewski's
proffered resignation, while expressing his regret
at this step and thanking the count for the proofs
of devotion which he has afforded to the imperial
dynasty.
The Senate yesterday rejected the proposal to
send back the bill upon primary instruction for
fresh deliberation in the Legislative Body.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MARCH 30.

A conference is asserted to have taken place
between Cardinal Rancher and Baron von Banat,
resulting in an understanding by which the ministry
will obtain the absolute support of the Austrian
clergy.

BAVARIA.

MUNICH, MAscif 30.

The Minister of War is stated to have tendered
his resignation, on account of the delay in carry-
ing out the bill brought forward by him for the
reorganisation of the army.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, MARCH 29, Burma:

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
the bureau of the presidency was definitively con-
stituted.

Signor Mari, the President of the Chamber,
made a speech in which he said :—" Dangers for
Italy do not exist in party rivalries, but in the
financial condition of the country, which must be
remedied at all cost. Other nations, after passing
through wars and revolutions, and being reduced
to extremities, have examined and adopted the
remedies which their position required. Why
cannot Italy do so also I The representatives of
the nation ought to be animated by full confidence
and they will be successful."
The Minister of Finance then brought for-
ward the appendix to the budget with modi-
fications, and the bill for the provisional exer-
cise of the budget for three months. He also
announced that to-morrow he will present several
financial bills and report on the state of the
treasury.
To-morrow morning the bureaux of the Chamber
will examine the bill for the provisional exercise of
the budget, and immediately afterwards it will be
discussed in the plenum.
A meeting of those deputies who are favourable
to the government will be held this evening. The
Minister of Finance will, it is believed, be present
in order to make an exposition of the financial
projects which ho is shortly to lay before the
Chamber.

ROME.
(via Marseilles.)

ROME, MARCH 27.

An enthusiastic ovation was given to the Pope
during his progress from the Vatican to the
churches of Santa Maria Minore on the festival of
the Annunciation. The carriage in which his
Holiness was riding was covered with flowers by
the people.

SPAM

MADRID, MARCR 29.

The Penaawiento Espanol announces that Senor
Nocedal, the new catholic deputy, has written a
letter declining to become a candidate for the pre-
sidency of the Congress, as he is opposed to
liberalism and the parliamentary system of govern-
ment.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, MAsca .10.

The Bank of Russia has reduced the rate of dis-
count to 7 per cent. The rate of interest for
advances upon securities remains unchanged.

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, FIB. Ti.

The discussion upon the tariff question has been
renewed in the Victoria parliament. Additional
taxes have been imposed, which has created great
excitement in the colony.

AMERICA.
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 30.
The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Teutouia, from New York on the lith inst.,
arrived here to-day with 122 passengers for this
port, Havre, and Hamburg, but no specie.
She was detained hours off Staten Island by
a heavy snowstorm, and experienced strong north
and north-easterly winds throughout her passage.

(BY ATLANTIC TRLIORAIII.)
NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 6 r.w.
At New Orleans a new police force is to be
formed irrespective of colour.

Closing prices :—Gold, 1341. Sterling exchange
on London, 109. Five-Twenty United States
Bonds, lon ; Illinois, 11& ; Erie, 58i. Cotton:
Middling Upland, 31. Petroleum, refined, 27.