The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-11 00:00:00

LETTER FROM THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.

The Aerosol de St. Peteraborst of the 3rd publishes
the following letter frogs the Empress Marie Alex-
*arouse to Cost Michel Wielhoreki :

Coast Lobel Yettrievitak,—Approeiatiag the gasetose
aratioteat wheat led 'oar eta to ewer the dodge to p to
the aid of tilt naafi:tit mew* ear brave 'Wien emended
a the army at tha Crimea, I minded to Itim ia this
towed week the eetsotellehmost of lay views sad [standees.

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choice sad my asildesee by wigs mamma, sad as hide-
fitlestele activity, which wets Joked is the Ride of lager
mat 'abeam to him feelings of humanity sad ardent
seal Thermo& of roasted may Mama& of mostaiss
families ham blamed sad still bine the attending so fell
of istassity ea/ Herialas esatiniest whisk your win
lavished apes them. Itgsm as plasm to thisk that es
his return to Petersburg I Mallet hare the heartfelt joy
of expresisg to him my asters gratitude kr hie assiduous
labours, and for Masi so well &amid my wishes, sad
serried them sat with go meek news He had already
worthily rossiged • tgatimeay el the high Satisfied= of hie
Magsty the Imperer, st the period of hi visit to the Crimea.
The Meat High has otherwise ardaisal. It is with bees
wormy that I ham learned the premature sad wipeeted
&p.m a year sea. I appresime the "Meat of year pat,
sad I am %alibis as express the interest sad sympathy with
what; It bakes mo. Ow samelatics remeing to you
arrow—it la the sweet awash( that your sea, 'a hi. arm
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wild', Is the pegfenassia of Mg profendomal dads; gad
that Dias* gram hag rented kin as sad that every
Christian sup .sey.
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bream ef Mrs that I Wrest myself Is you. It use la the
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laperlebeble kw.
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(811.0 i) MAUL
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•s. Pidersbelg, Dia 26, 1866.

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teem **Caw esateisthe hereditary thrifty et Coast et the
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the Stasi by the mesas with width he his owlet est. la
spite et a =snits& et elietseies, the sides to Japes as-
Med le his by the late Sewer Nisholso et Oarless ste•
awl."

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versed the Bewail dada" t►e wee& of Desomber bet Thu
sunhat of valeta *Mei punt deft Yell yeas woo KIM,
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THE COUNCIL OF WAR.

ST SVISIASSfI

PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING.
A Council of War has assembled at the Tuileries,
under the presidency of the Emperor. It is coos.
posed of the following members :—The Emperor, the
Prince Napoleon, the Duke of Cambridge, Prices
Jerome Napoleon, Lord Cowley, Sir Edmt.nd Lyons,
Admiral Dundee, Sir Richard Airey, Sir Harry
Joon, General della Mamoru, Marshal Valliant,
Count Walewski, General Canrobert, General Boo-
gigot, General Niel, General Martimprey, Admiral
Hamelin, Admiral de la Grasiire, and Admiral
Penaud.

The Moniteur publishes th. monthly returns of the
Bank of France to yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 10. We
give the most important items, with the correspond-
ing figures of last month, en regard :

Jan. Dan.
Coin and billion, Paris 81,184,346 .. 86.614,747
Ditto ditto branch banks 118,426,113 .. 132,286,937
Bills discounted, Paris 236,766,409 200,912,313
Ditto branch banks
Note, to cinslation. Paola 612,432,000 .. 496,519,300
Ditto branch banks ..... 95,606,660 .. 86,336,000
Tonality deposits
Private damns, Paris
Ditto branch banks

THE BRAZILS.

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80IITHAME

I, FRIDAY MORNING.
'!tie Tay has arrived with Smith African Mails,
having left Rio on Dec. 14.
Bb. brings news of a revolution in Monte Video;
esourals tribe and Flores have triumphed. The
lbws were deluged with blood.

At Rio the eheiera had diminished.
Pernambuco was highly excited at the price of
sugar in England. Business is active at Rio.
The Xing of Portugal opened the preliminary ses-
sion of the tortes in person, on the 2nd instant.
In the course of hie speech he stated, that in conse
queues of the partial failure of Cereals, and
the rise in the price of provisions, which
has arisen from various causes, a law on this
important subject will shortly be submitted to the
Cortes.

The Tay brings news that at Rio several persons
of high standing have been impriooned by order of
the Brazilian Government, for being connected with
the late attempt to land slaves on the Gout.