The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-24 00:00:00

CHINA AND JAPANt

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(rid Alexsadala.) ' • '
HONG' HON* VW Id.
Intelligence received from Pekin aiiiiiSancitie
the Empress Dowager has resigned lifair,er4tisi 441
Prince Kung is again at the head of affsirs. It is
reported that Fierigkofan has been defeated by the
Nyenfei rebel. The position is considered alarm-
ing, as the Nyenfei are collecting in large numbers
in Shantung and Ronan. Complicated• questiolis.
are arising between the Chinese and French govern-
ments on the subject of propagandism. Ehe report
that Bhaochow had been opened on treaty terms
appears to be tmtrue.
News from Japan states that the ministers' 4niss•
sion to °sacs has proved suocessful, thcl'ilie treaties
have been ratified by the Mikado. Tte)orts are
to be opened to trade on the lieJeauary, sna the
tariff is to be revived. Considerable Weibioinent
prevailed among the Daimios on the. subject, and
the Mikado and thaTyooon wine •at ore time in
danger, but the affair ended well *heath! Sanction
was given.
(By Overland Telegraph ILO 414)
The Nienfei have again shoin theinselvps.
An alarming mutiny has occurred among the
Coolies on board the ship Pride of the Gana.
The captain was murdered.
Tea advancing. Silk active ; export to date,
49,500 bales.
HOW HONG, Jae. 1.
Total export of tea" to thlte, '102,750,000 lbs.
Exchange on London, 4s. 7d.

AMERICA.

The Inman steamship City of Dpudon, from New
York on the 13th instant, anived at Queenstown
at 10 a.m. yesterday, with the mails, 190 passengers,
and 171,694 dole. in specie. slie landed 30 pas-
sengers, and proceeded for 14warpool at 10.35 a.m. ,
NEW YORK. Jae. 13.
The diplomatic correspondence laid before Con-
gress includes an intercepted letter from Captain
Maury to Mr. Benjamin Wood, which 'says
"The South is connected with the Gwynn enter-
prise. Napoleon will give him ail the aid
he desires. He will go out as director-general
in charge of a very peculiar kind of colonisation."
In July Mr. Seward enclosed the intercepted cor-
respondence to Mr. Bigelow, and requested him to
present it to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and
to inform him that any favour shown by Maxi-
milian or the French government to the
Gwynn, or any other Confederate colonization
agents, would tend to increase in America the
popular impatience at French intervention,
because it would be regarded as imparting
dangers to, or. at least, as a menace,
' against the Unite & States. If these
statements are to be believed, Mr. Seward as-
sumes, with the President's sanction, that the
Emperor Napoleon has deserted his position of
neutrality.
On the 14th December last Mr. Seward writes
to Mr. Bigelow :—" Your despatch of Nov. 24
seems to discourage on our part expectations
of an early withdrawal of the French from
Mexico. It must be remembered, however,
that the opinions on. that subject which
you received from M. Drouyn de Lhuys were
expressed not only without the Emperor's positive
sanction, but also in the absence of any knowledge
on the part of the French government of
the definite conclusions of the President on
the subject discussed. It is desirable to leave
no part of those opinions open to mis-
apprehension. It is signally desirable that we
shall be authorised to infer that such expositions
of imperial views as are given to us in the
name of the French government are made with
the Emperor's approval."
The New York Herald states that President
Johnson has positively determined to reconstruct
his cabinet, retaining two of its present members.
It is rumoured that Mr. Stanton will supersede
Mr. Adams in London.
Mr. Sumner has stated in the Senate that Mr.
Seward will be absent for three weeks.
Twenty-two regiments have been mustered out
in Texas.
Preesident Johnson has sent to the Senate the
reports of Mr. Stanton and the Attorney-General
upon Mr. Davis's trial. Mr. Stanton states that Mr.
Davis was captured, and is still held by the military
power. He now awaits the demand of the proper
government authorities for his trial, upon the
charges of treason, inciting to the assassination of
President Lincoln, and murdering Federal soldiers,
The government decided to try Mr. Davis first fs
treason, but this is delayed in consequence of
Mr. Chase, the Chief Justice, refusing to hold a court
under present circumstances in the judicial district
of Virginia. The Attorney-General supports the
postponement of the trial of Mr. Davis and other
rebels until civil authority is completely restored in
the districts where the offences were committed.
The government has informed the house that
the executive bad no official data on the subject of
the alleged kidnapping of Madame Iturbide's child
by Maximilian.
In the Senate the military committee has re-
ported a bill, fixing the future strength of the
Federal army at seven regiments of artillery, ten of
cavalry, and sixty of infantry. One new regiment
of artillery and two of cavalry will consist of

coloured troops.
The aggregate strength of the army will be sixty
thousand.
Advioes from 'Valparaiso are to the,9th inst. The
blockade of certain ports still continued.
The flagship Ville de Madrid was at Coquimbo,
and the ironclad Nominal& at Caldera, en route to
Valparaiso, on the look out for the Esmeralda, of
which nothing since has been heard at Coquimbo.
On the 2nd the Chiliana suooeeded in capturing
the crew of the store ship Salvador Vidat, while
blockading a frigate at sea, and overhauling pasting
vessels.