The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-12 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(annits numums.)
THE CRETAN INSURRECTION.
THE GREEK STEAMER ARCADI FIRED
UPON.

JUNK 12.

Intelligence received here from Athens to the
6th inst. announces that the Greek steamer Arcadi,
being pursued by four Turkish war vessels, took
refuge at the Greek island of Cerigotto, where she
was blockaded and fired upon by the Turks. One
sailor was killed and two wounded.

The Greek government, upon being informed of
this event, despatched a frigate to protect the
Arcadi.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 11.

Admiral Vezzin Pacha, with two iron-clads, two
steamers, and 8,000 troops, sailed yesterday for
Crete.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 12.

The Czar and his sons left here yesterday by rail
at 7 p.m. At parting the two Emperors warmly
embraced each other. The Czar proceeded for
Germany, with Duke Vladimir, by the Eastern
Railway, and tho Czarewitch left for London by
the Northern line.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Juxs 12.

In yesterday's sitting of the Italian parliament
Signor Ferrara, the Minister of Finance, announced
that he had instituted proceedings against M.
Brasseur for defamation of character. He denied
that he had ever accepted the propositions to alter
the law of the 7th July, 1866, which he promised
to retain intact. He also denied that he had agreed
to the proposal for restoring the ecclesiastical pro-
perty to the clergy, and said that the church would
be able to reject or modify any of the principles of
the church property bill which it might regard as
adverse to the national aspirations.

SPAIN.
MADRID, JrxE 11, EvE:uxo.

The following are the particulars of Senor Bar-
zavallaruis bill for the conversion of the public
debt into a 3 per cent. consolidated stock :—For
100 piastres of Deferred Stock of 1831, or let class
interior, and 32 piastres or 172 fr. 80c. in cash
200 piastres of the new stock will be given.
For 100 piastres 2nd class exterior, and 28 piastres
or 161 fr. 20c. in cash, 150 piastres, new stock, will
be given. The same amount of the new stock will
also be exchanged for 100 piastres, 2nd class in-
ternal and 35 piastres, or 189 fr. in cash.
The issue price of the new stock is fixed at 40.
The result of the operaticn will be that the exist-
ing stocks are converted into a S per cent. Consoli-
dated stock at the following prices :—First-class
Interior and Deferred of 1831, at 48 ; 2nd class
exterior, at 32 ; 2nd class interior, at 25.

MADRID, JUNE 12.
The statement that the Queen would visit Paris
and Rome during July is officially confirmed.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(IiON OUR OWN 001

PARIS, TUESDAY Evans*.

Before the Czar left Paris for Fontainebleau this
morning he received at the Elysee a deputation
from about 300 English residents who have signed
an address congratulating him upon his escape from
Berezowski's pistol. The idea of the address ori-
ginated, I believe, with the Rev. Mr. Forbes, of
the Ruo d'Aguesseau Chapel. The short time
that necessarily elapsed between the concep-
tion and the execution accounts for the
small number of signatures. In point of fact the
address might be more properly described as one
from the clergymen and congregations of the Rue
d'Aguesseau, Cour des Caches, and Rue Marbeuf
churches than from the English residents at large.
The deputation consisted of only eight or nine per-
sons, of whom the leaders were the Rev.
Mr. Forbes, Rev. Archer Gurney, Rev. Mr.
Gardner, Mr. J. W. Furse, and Mr. Pyne,
churchwardens of the Rue d'Aguesseau, and Mr.
Davis, an independent minister. Mr. Forbes read
the address. The Czar, in reply, said in English,
" I thank you very much, but I speak more easily
in French "—and then said in the latter language
that he deeply felt the sympathy expressed in the
English address, and that it contributed materially
to alleviate the distress which the painful event
had caused him. He then shook hands cordially
with the Rev. Mr. Forbes, and probably thought
the ceremony over. But Mr. Davis, on the part
of the independents, improvised a rather long
speech, which his Majesty patiently listened to.
Mr. Davis particularly thanked the Czar for his
complete toleration of protestants, and for
allowing the free circulation of the Bible
throughout his dominions. When he had
finished he presented the Emperor of Russia with
a volume containing specimens of translations of
the Bible in 120 languages, and also a New Testa-
ment printed in Chinese. The Czar looked at
these curious books with great attention. He
shook hands with Mr. Davis, and then the deputa-
tion withdrew. The Crarewitch stood behind his
father's chair all the time.

It is now avid positively that the Queen of Spain,
who hesitated about the visit for a long time, will
leave Madrid for Paris immediately after the pro-
rogation of the Cortes on the Ist or 2nd of July.
She proposes to go to Rome from Paris.

Berezowski s trial will probably come on early in
July. The legal journals say that now that the first
excitement caused by the crime has passed away,
they shall not think it right to publish any further
particulars of the facts disclosed by the judicial
" instruction" going on.

The Bourse was weaker to-day, and yesterday's
rise, which occurred in a poorly attended market,
was more than effaced. Rente fell 20c. both for
cash and account, closing at 70fr. 35c. and 70fr.
45e. ; Italian fell 10c. Mebilier, although the
statement of ita affairs published in the Moniteur
is considered in some quarters rather better than
the last, did not improve on the strength of it, but
fell lfr. 26c.

M. Floquet, after the provocation he received
from the Pays, which treated him as an accomplice
of Berezowski, sent two friends, M. Glair Bizoin,
the deputy, and M. Drdo, the barrister (son-in-law
of M. Gamier Pages) to the Pays office to inquire
whether the article in the number of June 8, signed
by M. J. de Latouche, in the name of all the staff of
the paper, was written with the intention of producing
a challenge from M. Floquet. M. Grainer de Cas-
sagnac and his son, M. Paul de Caaasagnac, replied :
" There the article is ; it is what it is ; and M.
Floquet may understand it as he likes." There-
upon a challenge was delivered to K de Latouche,
and a meeting was arranged on the following condi-
tions :—" 1. A duel shall be fought between M.
Floquet and M. de Latouche ; 2. The weapon is to
be the sword ; 3. Tho combat shall cease after the
first wound which may render the continuance of

the rencontre unequal or impossible." The meeting
took place yesterday at Celle St. Cloud. M. Glair
Bizoin, whose ago alone should, in my humble
opinion, have kept him out of such an affair, ap-
peared on the ground with M. Dr6o, to
second M. Floquet. M. de Latouche was
waited upon, as the prizefighters say, by the
Cassagnacs, father and son. After two passages of
arms, which lasted about five minutes, M. Floquet
had received two wounds in his right hand. He
wished to go on, but the surgeon in attendance in-
terfered, and gave it as his decided opinion that, M.
Floquet having lost a great deal of blood from his
first wound, there would be an inequality contrary
to the written conditions if he were to continue
fighting after the second. It would appear from a
paper signed by the seconds of both parties that
the fighting men of the Pays were not very ready,
notwithstanding the opinion of the surgeon, to
forego their manifest advantage, for it is stated
that they only acceded to the demand that the
combat should cease on the " positive and reite-
rated requisitions of M. Floquet's seconds."