The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-24 00:00:00

PRUSSIA AND ITALY.

According to the Avenir National M. Von Use-
dom, the Prussian envoy in Italy, is to receive in a
few days, credentials as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the Confederation of
the North to the Court of Florence. The Italian
Correspondence says " that the news has had the
most favourable reception in Italy."

(axonal ?meows.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, Die. 24.
The Constitutionnel of this morning, in reply to
a statement in the Weser Zeitung, recalls the speech
of the Emperor at the opening of the session, in
which he said that France frankly accepted the
changes which had taken place at the other side of
the Rhine.

THE HUNGARIAN DIET.
PE3TH, Dzc. 23, EVENING.

The Upper House of the Diet has unanimously
adopted the bill regulating the debt of the empire
and the Customs Convention. The house further
agreed to the Jews' Emancipation Bill, by 64 votes
to 4. The election of the delegates will probably
take place on Saturday.

AMERICA.
(lIT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, Dsc. 24.

The severe storm which raged yesterday, prevent-
ing the departure of the outward-bound steamers,
continues, but with less severity.
The Borussia, from Hamburg, and the Caledonia,
from Glasgow, got safely in and landed their pas-
sengers without accident.

The storm caused a partial suspension of business.

A telegram from Sandusky, Ohio, says that the
water in the bay has risen five feet, causing much
damage to the shipping and warehouses.

NEW YORK, Dse. 23, 6 P.M.
The North German Lloyd's steamship Hermann
arrived out on Sunday.

Closing Prioes 1334. Sterling exchange
on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds,
1081; Illinois, 1294 ; Erie, 723. Cotton : Middling
Upland, 14.

_ . .
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.
Petroleum, standard white, 24i0.
(aania's ricsaaatt.)
ARRIVAL OF THE WESER.

SOUTHAMPTON. Deo. 24.
The North German Lloyd's steamer Weser, from
New York on the 12th inst., arri►ed here to-day with 80
passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, 34 sacks of
mails, and 141,617 doh. for London and 1,500 doh. for
Bremen.

NEW YORK, Dix. 12, MORN 1141).
A bill has been introduced into the Senate declaring
null and void all laws and eats of the Confederate govern-
ment.

Mr. Morrell made a long speech in the Senate in favour
of the purge of the bill providing for the payment in
gold, after the 4th of January, 1869, of all legal tender
notes not bearing interest, and authorising the sale of all
surplus gold remaining in the Treunry after January,
1868.

In the House of Representatives Mr. Banks announced
that the Secretary of State is preparing papers to submit
to congress relative to the trial and imprisonment of natu-
ralised American citizens in Great Britain.
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Mr. Washburn., of Wisconsin, made a speech in the
house against the congressional appropriation for the pur-
chase of Walnisaia and St. Thomas.

The Tennessee Senate has rejected a resolution request-
ing Tennessee to send a delegation to congress to sustain
the confiscation policy of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens.
It is reported th►t a majority of the National Republican
Committee is in favour of the nomination of General Grant
to the Presidency.
Senator Wilson has addressed a OSUMI of the Virginia'
Con qention, advising moderation in council.
The report of the revolution in Durango (Mexico) is
contradicted.

NEW YORK, Dsc. 13.

A telegram from Havana dated the 11th instant states
that it is reported that President Benz bad offered the
Bay of &mane to the United States for the loan of
1,000,000 dole. in gold. Small bands of revolutioniats still
continued to flock into Hayti.
Very heavy weather prevailed in the Gulf of Mexico.
An arrival from Honduras reports that an earthquake
had occurred there. It was also stated that severe shooks
of earthquake have been felt in Venezuela and among the
island' in that vicinity.

We read in a letter from Rome :—" It is likely
that political antipathies will render moat places of public
resort in Rome unfrequentable this winter, judging by
what took place the other day at the Dantesque Hall,
where several members of the corps of Pontifical Zouaves
took tickets for the concert. Their presence save rise to
• demonstration of unpleasant feeling among she rest of
the audience, and several persons made an injudicious dis-
play of their aversion to the uniform by leaving the hall.
In such cases a trills may lead to a general row, and cones-
quently we must not expect very crowded attendances this
season in places of public amusement, although we are
promised Don Carlos at the Apollo, with Jaoometti, Stolz,
and Sterhini; and the Argentin► often a varied bill of firs
in the way of opera betra."