The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-20 00:00:00

HANOVER.

The city of Osnabruck, in Hanover, in answer
to an address forwarded to the King of Prussia,
lhas received a reply, in which the following pas-

.110 sage occurs :
You have rightly remarked that I bad no intention of
incorporating the kingdom of Hanover. Events have,
waver, overruled my intentions, which tended, accord-
ing to the words of my late brother, to a unity of the
various German nations. You know what efforts I
made in that direction, with your late King. But
what you are perhaps not aware of is that be-
fore the affair at !Amgen Balsa, when the sword was
already drawn from its scabbard, I reiterated my previous
offers on the subject of the admission of Hanover into the
northern union and the maintenance of her neutrality.
The King of Hanover has formally denied the
existence of the proposals to which King William
now refers. --

TZLEGBaIIB.)
RUSSIA.
ST. PNTERSBUB.O, Nov. 20.
During his stay at Moscow the Prince of Wales
was requested by the Metropolitan Philaret
to convey to the Queen of England the wish enter-
tained by his co-religionists that her Majesty
might bestow her sympathy and protection upon
the Christians in the East. The Prince replied,
" England desires to protect and foster the spread
of Christianity throughout the world."

FRANCE AND ITALY.
PARIS, Nov. 20.
The Moniteur of this morning, referring in its
bulletin to the circular of Baron Ricasoli, says :
" The language of Baron Ricasoli furnishes another
proof that the Italian government is resolved to
faithfully execute the September Convention and
cause its stipulations to be respected."

ITALY.
FLORENCE, Nov. 19, Evsmo.
General Fleury has arrived here.
Mr. Odo Russell has returned to Rome.
On Thursday next the municipality of Florence
will give a grand banquet of 150 covers to the
representatives of Venetia, who will accompany
the King on his Majesty's return to the capital.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
PLARSEILLEB. Nov. 20.
The Tanjore arrived at 2 a.m. to-day, having
been delayed by bad weather.
The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m.
The Tanjore will leave at 10 a.m. for
Southampton.

OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN
MALLS. _

MARSEILLES, Nov. 19.

The Messageries ImperialessteamerPeluse left
here at 2 p.m. to-day with the outward India,
China, and Japan Mails. She had 68,0001. for
Alexandria., and 48,0001. for India and China, and
a full cargo of merchandise.

AMERICA.
(By ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE REDEMPTION OF THE UNITED
STATES FIVE-TWENTY BONDS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.

Secretary McCulloch has replied officially to an
inquiry made by Messrs. L. P. Morton and Co.
relative to the manner of payment of the prin-
cipal of the 5-20 Bonds.
The Finance Secretary says :—" 1 regard, as did
also my predecessor, all United States Bonds as
payable in coin. The bonds that have matured
since thebuspension of specie payments have been
so paid, and I have no doubt that the same will
be true with all others; this being, as I
understand it to be, the established policy
of the government. The 5-20 Bonds of 1862 will
either be called in at the expiration of five years
from their date and be paid in coin, or be permit-
ted to run until the government is prepared to pay
them in coin."
The Inman steamer City of Boston arrived out
yesterday at 10 a.m., and the City of Limerick this
morning.
The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen has
also arrived out.