The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-24 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, MA 24.

The fling of the Greeks arrived here yerterds
morning, and Ins left again for Copenhagen,ril
Hamburg and Kiel.

Herr von Person arrived here yesterday, with
despatches from St. Petersburg. He had a priAte
audience of the King, and was subsequently
received by Prince Frederick Charles and Gums
Bismarck.

RUSSIA,

ST. PETERSBURG, May 23, EVENitI..

The ticlavonian members of the Ethnograph,,
Congress of Moscow were presented to-us) to
Prince flortchakoff, who, in reply to their address,
said :—" My successors in office will defend the
interests of the Sciavonian race as I do. The hos-
pitable reception accorded to you by the Russian
people renders any intervention in that respect on
the part of the government superfluous."
The Sclavonian deputies requested Prince Gun-
chakoff. to present them to the Emperor of Rlngly,
but the Minister declined and referred them to
the Austrian Ambassador, who undertook to .nes-
tion their desire to the Czar.

CRONSTADT, MAY 2'

The navigation of the Nova was opened to-day.
The steamer Neva has arrived here from Lubeck,
and other steamers are in eight.

ITALY,

FLORMiCE, MAT

The aft..ettts d'ltalia of to-day states that the an.
vention relative to the ecclesiastical property, not-
withstanding the withdrawal of Messrs. Rothschild,
is about to be signed, and will be immediately laid
before the Chamber.

The Italia announces that the negotiations in
reference to the above convention will probably bo
concluded to-morrow.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY

The Corresponderieia of to-day states that the go-
vernment has announced to the committee on the
budget that they will very shortly introduce a bill
relating to the public debt.

CHINA.

SHANGHAE (v, A Tsmsn,), ArnlL4.

The Nienfei have appeared in great numbers
north of the Tangtze, and have captured and
burned several villages.
It is reported that the American gunboat Aspenlol
has bombarded a place in Formosa, where the crew
of the American ship Rover are supposed to ham
been murdered.

A great fire has occurred at Pekin.
Advioes from Japan state that the French
Admiral had returned to Yokohama from his visit
to Osaca. The Japanese showtd him great courto.
The troops who were intended to act :gam
Prince Choiehu have been dishanded.

AMERICA.

(BI ATLANTIC TILICIIAPIL)
NEW YORK, MAT 23,6 rig.

Tho Fenian. are preparing a new invasion d
Canada. Troops are being concentrated on tbi
frontier.

The steamers Europe, from Brest, and Peniisit
wants and Manhattan, from Liverpool, arrived bee
to-day.
Closing prices.—Gold, 1382. Sterling enchants
on London, 1091. 5-20 United States Bondq,lo4;
Illinois, 1153 ; Erie, 60. Cotton : Middling
land, 27. Petroleum, refined, 244.
rho above telegram arrived in London at 5.5 is
taday.l

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(ROW OOR OWN CORI

PARIS, THUBSIUT Busse
The 2lfonittur, from which the news was takes
that Prince Oscar of Sweden had gone to Engbal
for the Derby, now corrects itself (but of mem
without acknowledging its former error), and ar
flounces Olathe left Paris on Sunday for Latium
with the intention of proceeding thence directa
Stockholm.

The Prince Royal of Prussia and the Princess s/4
expected in Paris this evening. Although doubts
continue to be expressed whether the King of
Prussia will come at all, it is reiterated that
visit will take place about the 14th or 15th of June.
The Emperor of Austria is to be here in •InlY
circumstances permit."
It will be remembered that so long ago as :14
the Prefect of Police seized at the shop of M. *sod
Levy, the publisher, all the sheets printed 3
" History of the Princes of the Royal lin!'"i
Condit," by the Duke d'Aumale. The Pitied
Police acted in pursuance of an administrative
order of the Minister of the Interior, and cot
any decree issued by the Prscureur linp.rial of a
judge of instruction. The seizure of the pr,rertl
was not, therefore, and could not be follool
by any prosecution. The course taken by .4..re'
ment excluded the idea of any crime or mode'
meanour. The Minister of the Interior urdervi
the work to be seized merely heam‘c tt "
written by the Duke d'Aumale, and $
did not please him that a book of shicii
of the exiled Orleans Princes was the author sh.di
circulate in France. But unfortunately t,.J'
no law even in the almost all embraeivg
d'etat code to warrant such a proceeding. M. LI,
the publisher, at first applied to the Mm;-to
the Interior to restore the copies seiz,..d : fent
tionary refused to do so unless upon the eor.htos
that they should be taken abroad and an undo-
taking given not to publish them in France.
Levy declined this condition and brought all actm,
against the Prefect of Police. lie was iinolute4
on the ground that the act complained of !'1.4
committed by a functionary not rcsi"l7lbl.
to the ordinary tribunals, and that the
only remedy, if any, was in the Council ei Sta't
To the Council of State the injured ribl''her'
representing a still more injured author, accord:ae,
applied, and, after an unusually long delay. lt.tdra
ment has at length been given. The Council
State tells M. Levy that " questions Tattive td
the validity of the seizure of a book arc n 4
among the number of those which may be In.1":111
into " before the Emperor himself in his eo:1
of State." In another part of the judpoent
same principle is reiterated in the following tent
—" The acts complained of are political acs,

lit It at 1. 118 1.. r ,•1

,„,:a Sate. ' We have hem,
. art .61 pure, iannixod tyranny -
• .1:00.11 and inexcusable conlisca-
r which, according to the
in Fiance, there is no re-
., „MI law, against the press, harsh
luough they ht., have nothing h. do
,att r. I .let ally French lawver to
t•ou I make that the Prefect
more right to take the Duke
than he would have to take any
.r h. turn any man out of his
. a hurtling shame anti a disgrace to
,„,i,,,, •iiat the head of the police should he
'L.

. h.. wet and lined unseasonably
;,.,;iu•;cva the Universal ExLihi-
„
„rue, t loa %%ell attended, but by
• sui•i pruuvincials rattier than Parisians.
..hr•olti it to day and fuunnil
• •o 1 than I haul yet seen, except um
iarticularly remarked that it was
• marl crowd, but

one comprising

cr '.JI classes of society from all
A•, .A•iAtrian pleasure train has just
I (,1, passengers. The Vienna " Cook"
. rin, them here and hack, and give
!• imard and lodging for 140 florins a
i•• v.iineas)- not dear.
1 u •I• ;:s again heavy. Itente fell lac.
•!, account, closing at li9fr. 75c. and
:eft ..11 without change. Credit
. :11!fr. 5t c., and railways were about
cfr. .25e.