The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

THE BERLIN CHAMBER OP COMMERCE.

The following petition in favour of the mainte-
nance of peace has been presented by the Berlin Chamber
of Commerce to his Majesty the King :
" This Chamber of Commerce, called upon by their
duty towards the commerce of Berlin, and urged thereto
by the pending danger of war, venture to approach the
throne with the humble request to avert such • misery
from the country.
" Prussia owes the state of prosperity to which she has
arrived under the rule of the Hohenzollern to the in-
dustry of her citizens. This prosperity is threatened with
annihilation. The very fear of the ►pproaching war has
already acted prejudically on all commercial enterprises.
" The real outbreak of a war in Germany would destroy
the fruits accumulated during decades of peace ; would
swallow up the capital amassed by the sweat of our brows ;
would rend asunder the commercial communications so
laboriously established ; would ruin the wellbeing of the
people for many years to come, and would thus endanger
the real power of the kingdom.
" There are cases where, the honour of Prussia and of
Germany being really endangered, the greatest sacrifices
would be a duty. If the honour or independence of our
Fatherland were threatened, the Prussian people would,
as formerly, willingly undergo all sacrifices and dangers.

" But we cannot admit that such is the case in the pre-
sent instance. Even victory in a civil war would bring
ruin with it to Prussia.

"As representatives of weighty interests in the pros-
perity of the people, we feel it is our duty, ere it be too
late, to approach your Majesty with the following dutiful
petition.
" May it graciously please your Majesty to disperse the
fears entertained of an iniquitous war, and to restore to
your people the blessed security of peace."

The homeward Australian mail, owing to an
early arrival at Sues, was expected home on the 16th of
this month, but through the breaking down of the Mae-
cilia in the Mediterranean, the Nyanza, with the Austra-
lian mail, is not expected home before Thursday next.
THE WAR WITH PARAGCAY.—It is stated that
the Brazilian minister has received a telegram announcing
the succemful passage of the river Parana by the whole of
the allied forces, under oover of the iron-clad squadron.

GARIBALDI AND Guitzez.—The Diritto publishes
the following letter from Garibaldi in reply to an address
from the Democratic Society of Greece :—" Caprera, April
10, 1866.—My dear friends,—l not only agree to belong to
your society, but I am grateful for the confidence you re-
pose in me. I will serve the cause of Greece with the same
devotion as that of my own country, and I regard you as
brothers. Let the ancient classic land of Leonidas shake
off the yoke of its oppressors, and the brightest day of my
life will be that in which I am able to take a place in your
ranks. With affection and gratitude, I akin, &c., G. GARP
BALDL—To my friends in Greece."
INDIGNANT Vutimins.—The Richmond Examiner
says "the epoch of our self-abasement" has arrived, and
lifts up its voice in lamentations as follows :—" From this
unnatural collocation there springs a keen sense of con-
tamination to all in whose veins pulses the true Caucasian
blood, and the personal insult is merged in the indignity
offered to the whole race. 0 Tempos ! 0 mores ! How
rapidly we degenerate ! It does not take our oldest citizen
to recollect the day when no man would have dared to
affront this community in so flagrant • manner." All
this agony of despair is occasioned by the publication in
the Richmond Timm, • paper almost as radically Southern
es the Examiner itself, of an announoement of the mar-
riage of two coloured persona in the same column with
other notices of the kind. The high-toned journal con-
tinues at mush length in the same strain with the passage
above quoted, pronouncing the insertion of the notice
among` the announcements of white marriages " • SPOC;1;80
of miseegenatton," " disgusting beyond expression, •
" revolting association," " immensurable oatrage,"
with many more epithets of the issue sort.—Roston either-
sine, Man* 3L