The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-08 00:00:00

ROME.

ROME, MAY 7.

The official Journal of Rome states that there are
both omissions and additions in the account pub-
lished by Signor Celestino Bianchi, of Florence,
relative to the audience granted to him by the Pope.

SPAIN.
MADRID, MAY 7, Et-canto.
The Queen of Portugal has left this city for
Paris.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
FALMOUTH, MAY 8.

The steamer United Service, Captain Wilson,
from the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived here
with 30 passengers, a mail, some specie, and a large
general cargo.
Her dates are Algoa Bay, 30th March ; Table
Bay, April 2 ; and Madeira, May 1.
After landing some of the passengers she pro-
ceeded.

ARRIVAL OF THE PERA.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 8.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pera has arrived here.

She left Gibraltar on the 2nd, and on the same
(lay spoke the Delta, on the 3rd the Nyanza and
General Lee, on the 7th the Hermann, the British
ship Shannon, and the French ship Arequipa; the
two latter were steering up Channel. The British
war ships lately at Gibraltar left on the 2nd for
Malta. The transport Orontes and the French
transport Allier were at Gibraltar.
The Pera brings 19 passengers, but no mails or
cargo, having come home for repairs.

AMERICA.

(BY ATLANTIC TZLEORAPIL )
NEW YORK, MAT 7, 6 P. N.

Gold, 1381. Sterling exchange on London, 104.
5-20 United States Bonds, 108 ; Illinois, 114 ;
Erie, 62. Cotton: Middling Upland, 27/. Petro-
leum, refined, 25.

The Inman steamship City of Limerick arrived
here to-day ; the Cunard steamer China at Halifax,
and the Canadian steamer Nestorian at Farther
Point to-day ; and the Cunard extra steamer
Tarifa, and the National Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steamer Denmark, arrived out yesterday.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom ovz ow, coaasermanarT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

The rumour which prevailed in Paris last night
that the Conference had been adjourned, is said to
have had its rise in the fact that Lord Stanley,
apprehending a debate in parliament, last night,
which might have necessitated a Cabinet Council
to-day, had informed the Prince de la Tour
d'Auvergne, and the other plenipotentiaries, that
the Conference would probably have to be put off :
but that the expected debate standing over,
this notice was rescinded. A Luxemburg journal,
the btu Laud, which since the King of Holland's
bargain with the French Emperor was first made
public has attracted attention by writing articles
which might have been dictated by the Home-
office in Paris, says that the following four con-
ditions have been as good as agreed upon :-1. The
evacuation of the fortress by the Prussian troops,
at a very early day ; 2. The immediate dismantling
of the fortress under the surveillance of foreign
officers ; 3. No more troops to be kept in Luxem-
burg than are strictly necessary for police purposes ;
and, 4. An engagement on the part of the King
of Holland not to dispose of the Grand Duchy
without the consent of the five great powers. This
paragraph is quoted by all the Paris papers of this
evening, but it must evidently be taken with all re-
serve.

There is quite as much doubt as there was yes-
terday as to the result of the Conference.
The rise at the Bourse, when there was but a
small amount of business done, is attributed en-
tirely to the manoeuvre of placarding " discounts"
for speculative purposes, which is now carried to an
extent qualified by many as reprehensible and
fraudulent. The France says the rumour of a
coming loan of 500 millions is utterly unfounded ;
but the Liberte says all sensible people know that
whether there is war or not a loan there must be to
pay for the warlike . preparations already made.
Rente rose 25e. for cash and 32ic. for account,
closing at 681 r. 25c. and 68fr. 12ic. Mobilier rose
12fr.50c., and Italian 05c.
The Presse, apropos of the news that Bavaria has
finally joined the Northern Confederation, throws
out a hint that France may possibly object in the
Conference that she does not know who she is con-
tracting with, that there is no such power as
Prussia having a legal international existence, and
that nothing which the Prussian plenipotentiary
may sign can be relied upon as binding the Ger-
many " one and indivisible," which seems fast
assuming form and body.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

WRDNFADAT, MAT 8, ♦.Y.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.)
The home met et 12 o'clock.
HYPOTHEC ABOLITION (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Mr. CARNEGIE moved the second reading of this bilL
The dislike existing amongst the Scotch farmers to the
law of hypothec was, he said, of old date ; but a recent
case (Barnes v. AUen) had very much intendfied that
dislike, and, in his opinion, made legislation flexing.
A royal commission had been appointed to inquire into the
subject. and had made a report and recommendations,
which, however, did not satisfy the Scottish fanners.
From that report be (Kr. Carnegie), as one of the conito6.
'loners, had dissented along with four others, but never.
toeless government had made it the basis of a bilL That
bill did not satisfy the farmers, who were of
opinion that nothing short of total abolition
of the Law of hypothec would be satisfactory,
The nature of the law of hypothec as contrasted with the
English law of distress was this, that the crop i. live stock
might be sequestrated for the rent of the current year,
and might be followed by the landlord and seized where.
ever it was found, and no matter in whose ponesrion. In
, recent case it had been held that the landlord could seize 1
' crop of oats even after it had been sold and converted into
meal in the store of a middleman. He (Mr. Carneie)
thought the power could go only one step further, and pre.
serve the landlord's right even after the meal had been eon.
vertel into porridge. (A laugh.)
Mr. H. BAILLIE moved that the bill be read that drc
six months, observing that the bill of the government o^
the same subject would meet the necessities of the Mite
Mr. BAXTER, in supporting the bill, said he had never
met with a tenant fanner who was not in favour of it, oh.
ject. The present law was entirely feudal.
Mr. B. COCHRANE opposed the bill, which, be
was not supported by the report of the royal commimion
on the subject.
(Left speaking.]