The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-19 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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FRANCE.
PARIS, Jena 18, Eynon'.
At the commencement of to-day's sitting of the
Senate, Baron Dupin rose to enter a protest in
favour of the principles of humanity and inter-
national law, which he feared were about to be
violated in Mexico, in reference to the Emperor
Maximilian. This protest, which was seconded by
M. Troplong, the President, was received by the
assembly with loud cheers. The report of the com-
mittee on the budget, which has been laid before
the Legislative Body, says that the estimates for
ithe military expenditure will be exceeded, and a
!special proposal will shortly be brought forward
on the subject. "No anxiety,' it adds,
" need, however, be felt with regard to
the present or future state of the finances.
The ordinary revenue of 1868 shows an incon-
testable surplus of 124 million francs. This
surplus will hereafter increase, as several items of
expenditure which are temporary and transitory
will shortly disappear, and the state of the finances
was never more clear and straightforward than at
present." The Patrie of this evening draws atten-
tion to a despatch received from Jassy stating that
the persecution of the Jews is carried on less osten-
sibly, but continues nevertheless. The authorities,
it says, persist in placing the will of M. Bratiano
above the law of the land.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Jintz 18.
The Emperor Napoleon has promised to Ray a
visit to the King of Prussia in October. The King
and the royal princes will go to Leignitz on the
27th inst., returning the following day. Upon
the 3rd of July his Majesty will be present
at the festivities in this capital for cele-
brating the anniversary of the battle of KOnigs-
gratz. It is understood that the King leaves
for Ems upon the 14th. After his stay at
Ems his Majesty will go, by way of Baden and
Sigmaringen, to London, returning to Berlin in
October. At the beginning of July the Crown
Prince will undertake a tour of inspection, after-
wards againarisiting Paris, and subsequently pass-
ing some time at the sea-side. At the review yes-
terday the Czar distributed orders to the com-
manders of the troops. Count von Bismarck and
Prince Oortschakoff had a prolonged interview at
Potsdam yesterday.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, JIM 18.
The official Evening Post says :—" An obscure
journal of Prague recently published a statement,
which was subsequently reproduced by other
papers, to the effect that Austria's offer of her
good services to obtain a revision of the treaties
of 1&56 had been rejected by Prince Gortachakoff,
with observations which showed that Russia had
taken up an attitude hostile to Austria. This
statement is a pure invention. The facts of the
case are the following :—A despatch from the
Austrian cabinet to Prince Metternich, dated
Ist January last, proposinr, a settlement of the
' Eastern question, broached at the same
time the project of • revision of the
treaties of 1836. The proposal in question
not having, however, met with any encouragement
at the hands of the ther Powers, Austria allowed
the matter to drop." The Evening Post adds :
" The further statement that Russia, in the Lux-
emburg question, had, in the event of certain con-
tingencies, formed combinations with reference to
Galicia of a very unfavourable character to Aus-
tria, we leave to the Russian government to for-
mally contradict."

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jusz 18.
The Grand Duke Constantine, with his family,
will, in the course of the present month, pay a
visit to Copenhagen.
Great satisfaction prevails among the Polish
inhabitants of the Government of Kiew, in conse-
quence of the amnesty which has been proclaimed
by the Czar, and it is proposed to send his Majesty
an address of thinks.

CHINA.
HONG KONG, MAT 25.
Grey shirtings, 3.50 dole. Tea, nothing doing.
Exchange on London, 4s. 4d.

SHANGHAI, MAT 20.
Tea and Silk season closed. Exchange on Lon-
don, Gs. lid.

AMERICA.
(DT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, JUNZIB, 6 P.N.
It is considered probable that there will be a
session of Congress in July. The Royal Mail
steamship China arrived out to-day, and the
Transatlantic Company's steamship Pereira yester-
day.

Closing prices :—Gold, 137 j. Sterling exchange
on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 110 f.
Illinois, 1201. Erie, 604. Cotton, middling
upland, 27. Petroleum, relined, 24.

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