The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-09 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, APRIL 9.

The Senate rejected yesterday evening, by 97
against 69 votes, the motion brought forward ex-
pressing regret at measures that were adopted by
the government against Marshal Serrano, its late
President.

THE BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 9.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigatbm
Company's steamer Delta, with the above mails,
arrived off the Needles at 11.5 a.m. to-day.

AMERICA.
(BT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, Aram 8, 6 P.B.

The Government will oppose the motion for
petitioning the Supreme Court to stay the execu-
tion of the Reconstruction Act.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Closin,g prices :—Cold, 1351. Sterling exchange
on London,lo9. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1094;
Illinois, 112 ; Erie, 55k. Cotton : Middling Up-
land, 28i. Petroleum, refined, 27.

The Cesarewitelt with his young bride will leave
St. Petersburg early in klay to be present at the celebra-
tiun of the silver wedding of the King and Queen of Den-
mark. It is said that before proceeding to the Danish
capital to join the family gathering, the King of Greece
will go to St. Petersburg to demand the hand of the
Grand Duchess Olga, eldest daughter of the Grand Duke
Constantine.

A letter from St. Petersburg says :—" Roger
has corns to fay us a visit, and ho has sung at several con-
certs; but, though his reputation secured him • very
favourable reception, his failing powers are not likely to
prove attractive for any length of time. As the Italians
are not to sing at St. Petersburg next winter, some of
them have taken refuge at Moscow, where Grasiani is in
treaty with the director of the imperial theatres, as the
celebrated baritone intends to engage a company for the
ensuing season. If his terms are accepted, the speculation
is likely to be a profitable one. Wieniawski, the violinist,
is going to London for the season."
One of the great attractions of the Russian cafe
at Paris is probably found in the singular eciatnme of the
attendanta,male and female, who are dressed in the richest
and gayest silk attire, the men wearing a kind of blouse
fastened to the waist by a ginlle, and the women wearing
the old Russian costume, principally to be seen sow in
Moscow, and oonsieting of robes of the richest material,
richly jewelled and embroidered, and for headdress a
caftan, also embroidered with gr.et splendour.
The birth of a stn to Marshal Canrobert is an-
nounced in the French pa: ers. The Emperor and Empress
will stand as godfather and godmother to the infant

During Passion Week several salons wi 'I be closed
in Paris, and will not be open for the reception of company
until after Prater, when many ball. will be given.

REM ARKS
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The Ifcrabl is authorised to co:dridiet the st:;te-
ment to the effect that the detention of tio liodio y
ship at Plymouth, for China, was owing to the ,t oe of oar
relations with Spain. The detention is entirely due to
sanitary causes ; the fact being that several ea.:, of .•wall
pox have occurred on board. Their lord.liips have thrre•
fore determined to keep the vessel at Plymouth until all
fear of the re-appearance of this di,easo has Ay:
The longest river on the American continent is
the Mississippi, 3,1110 miles in length. The longe,d lino of
railway is the Illinois Central-700 miles long. The
longest bridge is the Victoria, which spans the St. L.w•
reaps at kontreaL