The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-20 00:00:00

THE POLISH MONUMENT.

The inauguration of the Polish monument at
Rapperschwyl, in the canton of St. Gall, took place on
the 16th inst. The proceedings were opened with an elo-
quent addrees by Count Plater. The Chairman of the
Municipal Council of Rapperschwyl, the Landman of St.
Gall, Herr Kinkel, and M. Anatole de la Forge, of the
Slick, also spoke. At the dinner in the evening, at
which there were three hundred present, Count Plater
read letters from eminent men in all parts of Europe,
wishing well to the cause of Poland. Communications were
also received from the working men's associations of
England, Belgium Switzerland, Hungary, Germany, and
Holland. Speeches were delivered by General Perusal,
M. Henri Martin, the French historian, Herr
Kinkel, and the American consul at Zurich. There
was enthusiastic applause when the consul protested
against any oppressive alliance between the United
States and the persecuting government of Russia. The
following is an extract from Count Plater's opening
address :—" The international character of this day's
celebration which is intended to perpetuate, by a monu-
ment, the memory of Poland's long-continued
struggle, and the presence of so many eminent men
of different countries and of representatives of Poland,

give great significance to this
decimated, despoiled, blood-etai

tonatzation. Poland
to-day as it wan a

hundred years back, only awaits an opportunity to enforce
her right, for right is the basis of modern societies. What
would become of Europe if the Mongol-Musoovite Was
were substituted for European ideas, that is to say, if the
right of the strongest were substituted for that by virtue
of which peoples preserve their traditional nationality and
independence r

The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria yes-
terday accomplished his 38th year, having been born on
the 18th August, 1830.
Prince Napoleon has proceeded from Havre in
his yacht to Boulogne.
A communication from Gotha in the Incllpaul-
atlCl Belga eaye:—" The news has been received here that
on the 23rd June the German expedition to the North Pole
on board the Germania had got free of the ice. The vassal
was ut degrees north latitude, and 15 of the west longi-
tude; proceeding north."
It is said that M. Thiere is occupied in the com-
position of a "History of the Restoration," in ten vote.,
which will form a sequel to his "History of the tlmpire."

The Cancan is being danced every night at
Florence with great success. A Florentine feuilletonist
says :—„The dancers and the dance are very amusing,
but it ought to be performed with closed doors."
An Exhibition of Bees has just been opened at
Moscow, under the auspices of the Acclimatization Society
of that city. It comprises aenUedion of hivesof all times and
all countries, of instruments and utensils employed in api.
culture, and of the perfumed honey furnished by the bees
which suck the plants known popularly by the names of
Ivan-tchai and Koporski.tchai. The honey and the wax
are shown in all their stages, from their appearance in the
comb to that which they present when variously prepared
for commerce.

The once famous tenor Roger has written to the
Paris journals to announce his return on the French
stage ; be has, however, he declares, abandoned opera for
the drama, and will make his reappearance at the Porte
Saint-Martin in Mme. George Sand's new play of Cads°,
which is to be read on the 24th and at once diexibuted.

M. Pasdeloup has become the manager of the
Theitre Lyrique.
The Company of the Theatre Francais arrived in
Paris from Marseilles two days before the Emperor's Me,
having completed its month's tour. During that period
it played 23 times ; at Dijon, Lyons, Toulon, Nice, and
Marseilles. Those performances produced 3,0001., or on
an average, more than 120/. each time. The reception at
Dijon was exceedingly warm; at Lyons and Toulon
somewhat less so; at Nioe, again most cordial ; but at
Marseilles it was enthusiastic. This first campaign was
only an experiment, and will probably be repeated next
year.
At Cologne, Hamburg, and Leipsic M. Am-
bruise Thomas' Henekt is in preparation, and will follow
Mignon. Those two operas are about to be represented
in all the principal theatres in Germany.

At the Politeama Theatre of Florence has just
been produced the Fills dells 6doe.

FOREIGN NEWS.

(THIS DAY.,

RUSSIA, PRUSSIA. AND THE EAST.

According to the German journals the interview
between the Czar and the King of Prussia was to
have taken place in September, but in conse-
quence of intelligence from Paris the Czar, in an
autograph letter to King William, requested
an immediate interview at Schwalbach. The
interview was so confidential that neither mon-
arch required the presence of his foreign minister.
According to the North-East Correspondence, the
Emperor offered the King his alliance, and his
efforts to bring the states of South Germany
into a more complete union with the Northern
Confederation in exchange for the King's support
on the Eastern question.
Several of the continental journals persist in ex-
pressing their belief that Admiral Farragut is in-
structed to demand from Turkey the free naviga-
tion of the Dardanelles in accordance with the
recent vote ofiCongress, and that ha will be sup.
ported in his demand by Russia.
Constantinople letters of the 12th announce that
the Grand Vizier has issued instructions to the go-
vernor of Albania to act with energy in sup-
pressing every attempt at disturbance.