The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING; MAY 29, 1867.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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FRANCE.
PARIS, MAY 28, EvrsiNc.

In consequence of the representations of France
and Austria, the arbitrarytueasures adopted towards ,
the Jews by the government of the Danubian Prin-
cipalities have at once been withdrawn.
The Viceroy of Egypt is expected here about
the 15th or 20th of Juno' and will remain in Paris
ten days. It is asserted that his highness has
been invited by the Sultan to make the voyage to
France with his Majesty, on board the same
steamer.

A fresh disagreement has arisen between the go-
vernment and the committee on the re-Organisation
of the army. The question at issue has reference
to the duration of the annual term of service of the
National Garde Mobile. The committee desire to
fix the duration of this service at 11l days yearly,
whereas the government demands that it should
last 25 days ; it is, however, hoped that an ar-
rangement will be arrived at.
The Patric of this evening asserts that the sub-
ject of the confidential negotiations between the
Prussian and Danish Governments is the future
position of Alsen and Duppel, which Prime's
desires to retain. The retrocession, it adds, offered

by the Prussian Government would comprise the
territory of Apenrade, containing 30,000 inhabi-
tants.

At 11 o'clock this morning the Prince Imperial
reviewed the Vosgian Rifle Volunteers. After the 1
review, his Imperial Highness, who was loudly.'
cheered, invited the volunteers to accept a dijethier 1
at the refreshment department of the Paris Ex- 1
hibition. The Emperor has promised to arm this
volunteer corps with needle guns, and there is a
question of giving a large development to the sys-
tem of volunteer corps, especially near the fron-
tiers.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN,

MAT 2R,

EVENING.

A grand dinner took place 'at 5 p.m. to-day at
the Royal Palace. Prince Oscar of Sweden, who
has postponed his departure on account of the
approaching arrival of the Emperor of Russia, was
present. The King of Prussia leaves for Paris o n
the 4th proximo, and returns to Berlin on the
14th. His Majesty will be accompanied by
General von Moltke. The Czar and the Czare-
witch will arrive here at noon on the 30th inst.,
and will at once proceed to Potsdam, where
they will be received by the royal family. At
5 o'clock there will be a family dinner
at the royal castle, and in the evening
the imperial guests will pay a visit to the theatre.
They will leave for Paris on the 31st inst., and will
return through Stuttgardt and Darmstadt to Pots-
dam on the 15th June, taking their departure on the
16th for St. Petersburg. The Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin will come to Berlin to meet
the Czar. Two Russian horses, with silver trap-
pings, have arrived hero, as a present from the Czar
to the King of Prussia.

THE QUESTION OF A GENERAL DIS-
ARMAMENT.

BERLIN,

MAT 28, EVENINO.

The semi-official North German Gazette of this
evening publishes an article on the question of a
general disarmament, in which it says, " We know
but of one way of effecting this object, viz., that
one great power which might wish to bring about a
reduction of its army should offer to take the
initiative, whereupon other powers could make
known what reductions it would be possible for
them to effect in their military forces. We are of
opinion that this initiative belongs to France ; but
we doubt whether she will be inclined to take such
a course."

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, MAT 28.

An address of the Bing and Queen of Denmark
to the Danish people has been published here, in
which their Majesties thank their subjects for the
numerous proofs of universal sympathy they have
received, and for the manifestation of a fidelity
and devotion doubly valuable from having arisen
in times of affliction.

ITALY.

FLORENCE. MAT 28.

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The financial contract for the liquidation of the
ecclesiastical property has been definitively signed.'
The Chamber of Deputies have determined to
continue their sittings uninterruptedly.

AMERICA.
THE EMPEROR Md.X.D&ILIAN.
(BY ATLANTIC TII.[OtA2L)
NEW YORK, MAT 713.6 rat.

The San Luis Potosi Journal states that Juarez
has ordered the Emperor Maximilian and his
officers to be shot.

The Royal Mail steamship Scotia and the Trans-
atlantic Company's steamship Tampico arrived
out to-day.
The steamers Aleppo, from Liverpool, and Arago,
from Falmouth, have arrived here, and the Nova
Scotian at Quebec.

Closing prices. —Gold, 137. Sterling exchange
on London, 109/, firm. 5-20 United States Bonds,
104 ; Illinois, 115 i ; Brie, 59. Cotton ; Middling
Upland, 27. Petroleum, refined, 24k.

(iiromes TELEGRAM.)

The Hamburg and American steamer Ham-
from New York on the 18th Met., arrived at
Southinipton yesterday (May 28), with 288 paniengers for
that pert, Havre, and Hamburg, 27 auks of mailfor
London, 440,432 dole, in specie for England, and 21,000
dots. for Hamburg.
(Per the Haramonin.)

NEW YORK, MAT 18, Mons xo.
The amended IWasissippi petition for an injunction
to restrain the carrying out of the Reconstruction
Act was finally dismissed by the Supreme Court, on the
ground that it had no jurisdiction.
It is reported that Judge Starkey is gone to Mississippi,
to endeavour to procure an indictment against General
Ord for treason against that State.
Mr. Seward has been examined before the Judiciary
Committee relative to the assassination of Mr. Lincoln.
The committee have also summoned General Burton, to
testify otemerning his oceversations with Mr. Davis.
The negro stevedores in New Orleans became riotous on
Thursday last, beating the policemen and instating the
mayor, who was endeavouring to restore order. The latter
applied to the military authorities for aid, whereupon
•ineral Mower addressed the rioters, declaring that if the
disturbance continued he would rake them with grape and
canister. Upon hearing this the rioters
The firemen'. parade takes place in New Orleans to-day,
and troops are held in readiness in case any riot should
take place.
At a meeting of the citizens of Mobile, held on Thum-
day last, resolutions were passed denouncing the recent
attack on Mr. Kelley. Mr. Kelley was invited by the
mayor to repeat the speech, and was promised his protec-
tion, but he declined, and left for Montgomery.
A negro orator at Galveston, while aspersing the white
race, was interrupted by the national soldiers who were
present. A fight ensued, in which pistols were used. The
negroes are generally found to be armed.
The negroes at the Carbon-hill Coal Mines, in Virginia,
have been disorderly„ and threatened to seise the property.
The proprietors applied to General Schofield for pro-
tection.

Mr. aeis is still staying at the New York Hotel. He
leases on Monday for astecis..

It is reported that Juarez assured Mr. Seward's mes-
er that Maximilian's life would be spared if he wee
sap

QUEENATOWN, MAY 28.—Tile Inman steamßhip
City of New York, from New York on the 18th inst.,
hers at 10 p.m. to-day with 912,500 dole. in specie
and 109 passengers. After bunting the plumage= and
sasi/a she prosesded, at 10.30 p.m., for Liverpool

:EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(no* cum owx asaszeromfrant)

PARIS, TurADAT EvianNo._

The news that the King of Prussiliwas to be
here on Sunday, June 2, was incorrect. But the
Emperor has received positive intelligence that he
ia corning on June 5. According to whispers. at
court the Emperor looked far from pleased when
he got the news. He would rather not have had
him here at the same time as the Czar. Prepara-
tions are now haetilymaking to receive the King of
Prussia on the ground floor of the Pavilion Mar-
Dan, in the Tuileries.

The"gentlemen of the long robe are getting a
very fair share of the profiti Which the Great Ex-
hibition scatters plentifully ititiong various dames
of cilium The issue joined between M. Bernard,
the lessee of the "chair monopoly," and the pro-
prietors of the various restaurants, cafes, and beer
shops is a remarkably pretty quarrel as it stands.
The arguments have lasted several days, and the
matter now stands over till Friday, when the impe-
rial advocate Chevrier will deliver his opinion.
After reading several witty speeches in the files of
the legal journals, I pity the judges who must de-
cide between such nicely balanced reasons. Each
speech seems irrefutable until you come to the
next, and I confess to the weakness of being almost
convinced by the one I read last. Nothing could
be more plausible than the ease !made out by M.
Niaolet for the plaintiff. His client, M. Bernard,
the contractor for the chairs in the Tuileries
Gardens, upon which it costs the public two
sous to sit down (or four sous if an arm
chair), was sought out by the Imperial
Exhibition Commissioners as a man whose
experience qualified' him to provide the
requisite sitting accommodation for tired visitors
to the Exhibition. He paid a very large
sum of money for the monopoly. It was distinctly
stated in his contract that, in consideration of his
undagtsking to provide the large number of chairs
uttered, he was to have the exclusive privilege of
letting them, not only in the park walk and alleys,
but on the ground floor of the Exhibition building
itself. Even before the opening of the Exhibition
on April 1, when he found that the eating and
drinking shop's, which occupy almost the whole of
the outer ring of the building, proposed to put two
rows of chairs before their doors, he protested, on
the ground that such an infringement on his dearly-
bought privilege would make his contract a
ruinous one. Knowing the uncertainty of the
Paris climate, he had looked particularly to
the exclusive right of placing chairs on the
asphalte pavement of the outer circle, which
is sheltered by a projecting roof from the rain.
As a matter of fact it has been wet and cold almost
every day in April and May. The public have
hitherto scarcely used his chairs at all on account
of Ike bad weather. The space under cover on
w*h he claims to put his chairs is clearly either
a part of the promenades of the park, or of the
ground floor (ret de chatissec) of the building. It
cannot be ano man's land. And yet on that
space, *so important to him, he sees thousands of
people, under the pretence of taking refreshment
which costs them very little, sitting down to rest
thtiftuelves to his grievous damage and injury. An
economical French family—say a husband, wife,
and child—frequently asks for a single glass of
beer and shares it among the three. Such a
family may for a chope of six sous, only the
price of three of his chairs, sit down as
long as they like in front of some of the Gorman
drinking shops, and of course as they thus get
beer for nothing, they will-not hire his chairs. All
this seems most difficult to answer. But what say
the counsel for the eating and drinking houses ?
Why, that they had contracts with the imperial

prior to that of M. Bernard, in which
l• it was shown by snaps and schedules attached, that
.they *ire to hatfe%t*Oetsws of tables• (Mande their
establialunents. iihat although nothing was ex-
pressly said about it is against all reason
and all custom as a guide to a reasonable con-
struction to suppose that the breakfasting,
luncheon, dining, and drinking public was not to
to be allowed to sit down when using these
tables. That the space inside the restaurants,
beer shops, Ac., is far too nairthv to 'accommodate
a sufficient number of customers to afford a profit.
That they expressly calculated upon the outside
space which is now in tine weather invariably
utilised by all caLs in Paris. That when it comes
to be very hot, as, notwithstanding the hesitation
of summer to develop itself, must presumably be
the case very soon, the public will not sit within
glass windows, but will absolutely demand to be
seated out of doors ; and, finally, that if M.
Bernard pushes to the extreme extent his mono-
poly of the right teastract money from the sitting-
down public, they may retort upon him that they
have an equally good monopoly of the eating public,
and that consequently they may complain of the
numerous people of small means who, frightened
by the stories of the high prices charged in their
establishments, provide themselves with biscuits,
cakes, and sandwiches, and sit down to eat them
upon M. Bernard's chairs. Next week the court
will probably give judgment.
Another less extensive litigation arising out of
the Exhibition occupied the court of appeal on
Saturday. M. Dreher, of Vienna, is the largest
brewer in Austria. At his Kleinschwechat brewery
and various others he produces 400,000hectolitres of
beer per annum, and he pays in excise and octroi
duty the enormous sum of 3,003,000 fr. Some-
body has said that one day's consumption of Bar-
clay and Perkins's porter would flood all London.
Dreher claims that he brews on a much larger
scale. Dreher has a shop in the Exhibition where
he sells for 40e. the glass of beer—very good and
refreshing beer, as I can testify—which in Vienna
costs but ;lc. The extra profit in Paris (not mak-
ing allowance for carriage) is, therefore, 166
per cent. Dreher has 'lately turned out his
Paris manager of the beer shop, a M.
Likey. But Likey says he is a partner, and
that is the question which the court has to try.
For the present the court in an interlocutory
motion has decided, contrary to the opinion of the
Judge-Advocate, that Lacy's dismissal must hold
good until the case can be argued on the merits.
I select the following from an oppressive heap of
court news, as a piece of intelligence more interest-
ing to a philosophical mind than much that goes
by telegraph :

Madame Rachel, the celebrated enameller of the ladies
of the royal courts of Europe, has arrived in Paris for the
season. For further particulars, apply, Re.
The Bourse was firmer. Rente rose 10c. for cash
and 17it. for account, closing at 69fr. 75c., and
69fr. 77ic. Italian rose 30c.