The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Srpr. 5.
The Spanish plenipotentiary to Mexico has ar-
rived at Havana.

It is believed that the Cortes will be opened in
October.

Tranquillity prevails throughout the Peninsula.
MALTA.
VALETTA, Sm. 3.

Half-a-dozen isolated cases of sickness, mostly of
a fatal character, and which have been pronounced
by the police physicians to be cholera, continue to
occue daily at Sliema and Saint Dulcians, and other
hitherto heaiihy localities.
Fatal cases of diarritcra have also occurred in the
14th, and of fever in the Bth Heidelents. Clean
bills of health are nevertheless issued.

A telegram from Tunis of the 4th inst. announces
the cessation of cholera in that city, and the issue
of clean bills of health. The government coupons
have been paid, and trade was active.
THE BANK OF FRANCE.
PARIS, Sam 5.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day shows the following changes as com-
pared with the previous account :

INcar.Lsz.

Cash . . . .
Notes . . . .
Advances . . .
Current accounts

. . . fr. 12,500,000
. . . 4,000,000
. . . 600.000
. . . 500,000

Treasury balance . . . 333,000
Dscsrass.
Bills discounted . . . 2,400,000

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Java, from Boston
and Halifax, arrived at Queenstown at five
p.m. yesterday, with 72 cabin passengers and
22,244 dols. in specie. She landed all the mails,
consisting of 128 sacks, passengers, and latest tele-
grams, and proceeded at 5.15 p.m. All well.
The Java performed the passage in six days 15
hours.

(Per the Java.)

KEW YORK, AUGUST 27, Evzigneo.

President Johnson, in consequence of the ill-health of
General Thomas, has appointed General Hancock to suc-
ceed General Sheridan in the oommand of the fifth district.
General Sheridan is to proceed direct to Fort Lawrence, in
Kansas, to assume the command of the department of
Missouri, and General Thomas is to remain in command of
the department of Cumberland.
President Johnson has issued an order removing General
Sickles, and appointing General Canby to the command of
the second military district.
General Sheridan has removed the City Attorney and
City Surveyor of New Orleans, and ordered the jurors to
be chosen from among the registered voters. It is reported
that all the members of the cabinet have notified to the
President that they will willingly tender their resignation
if requested by him so to do. The national troops have
been repulsed by the Indians near Fort Hayes, in Kansas.
Reinforcements have been sent forward.

The yellow fever, still raging on the coast of Texas, is
slightly abating at New Orleans and Galveston. The fever
had disappeared at Kingston, in Jamaica.
Advice@ received here from Matamoros to the 15th state
th►t Canlu had proclaimed in favour of Ortega, and
Escobedo with 5,000 men was marching against him.
According to advises from Havannah to the 22nd inst.
via Key West, the Captain General Hanzano bad resigned
and Lersitedi had been reappointed. Great mortality
prevailed among the coolies ►t Cuba.

It was reported that Cabrail, the president of San
Domingo had acoepted Mr. Seward's offer of 5,000,000
dole. for the purchase of Samana Bay, and had sent •
messenger to Washington to complete the negotiation.

THE STAR DIVER AT BRIGHTON.