The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

MORE WAIL NOTES.

lu an article occupying 71 columns of La ,
Liberte, M. E. de dirardin exhibits the present
situation of Franco, and concludes by indicating •
declaration of war against Prussia as the neces-
sary preliminary to a general disarmament. It is
impossible, he urges, that France can disarm in
tho presence of an aggressive power like Prussia,
and it is equally impossible that France can con-
tinue to endure the burdens which a situation of
armed peace imposes on her. He imagines a
letter from the Emperor to his Minister
of Foreign Affairs, requiring him to ask
Prussia to call a Congress to discuss the
state of Europe, and in case of non-compliance
be puts into the mouth of the Emperor "an ad-
dress to the French nation," which would be equi-
valent to a declaration of war against Prussia.
Supposing, be concludes, that instead of those two
documents being tho production of a journalist
they wore the bons-fide work of the Sovereign
himself ; if, instead of appearing in La Libern,
they appeared in the Moniteur Uniserset, what
would be thought of thorn
The Berlin correspondent of the North Mist Cor-
respondence writes :
Count Beraidorff, the Prussian Ambassador at London,
having passed a few days at Ems, and the views of the
British cabinet became naturally the subject of conversa-
tion between him and the King of Prussia. The count
assured his Majesty of the friendly and sincere feeling of
England towards Prussia and Germany. Lord Stanley
admitted the right of Germany to work out her own des-
tiny without any foreign interference, and was of the same
opinion as Prussia that all intervention in German affairs
from abroad ought to be repelled. Count Bern.storff also
expressed his belief that England would employ her in-
fluence in preventing any attitude of hostility towards
Prussia from any quarter. On all sides there
are assurances and declarations of peace; and
yet, strange u it may seem, there is nothing but
apprehensions of war in all diplomatic and military
circles. I have had opportunity of being convinced of
this several times lately, and the declarations of Marshal
Niel and of M. Rouber have put the climax to these ap-
prehensions.

THE POLISH MONUMENT AT
RA.PPERRegyim

The monument to be erected in commemoration
of the Confederation of Bar at Rapperschwyl is now
finished. Count Ladislas Plater, in the following
letter, invites the friends of liberty and of Polish
nationality to participate in its inauguration on the
16th of this month :

On the 16th August will take place, ou the borders of
the Lake of Zurich, in Rapperschwyl, the inauguration of
the monument erected to perpetuate the memory of
Poland's everlasting struggle. It is an homage of the
friends of liberty to the principle of indepen-
dence, to the vitality of Poland, and to its
martyrdom. It is an " international " protest
against a century of injustice. A protestation of right
against force. At the very moment when a blind and im-
placable policy is endeavouring to annihilate Polish na-
tionality and to take away from millions their religious
faith and even their language, a monumental protest of
public opinion cannot fail to be highly significant. This
international solemnity will be honoured by the presence
of illustrious persons from all countries, and it gives us
hope that it will contribute to gain fresh sympathy for
the cause of Poland. A well-known writer in Germany
has already published a work with the title : " The re-
storationof Poland regarded as the strength of Germany."
The light begins to dawn, and the adversaries of yester-
day may become the allies of to-morrow. Having made
arrangements with the municipal authorities of Rapper-
schwyb who have given me proof of noble sympathy, I
feel bound, in the name of the subscribers of the different
nations whom I have the honour to represent, to invite
to the solemnity of the 16th all those to whom liberty and
national independence are dear.
In the name of the subscribers to the national Polish
monument, Count LAMMAS PLATER.

(Timm Nunrifra's AGENCY.)
SPAIN.
MADRID, JULY 31.

It is stated that the French government has
given permission to General Prim to reside at
Vichy.
Senor Gonzales Bravo has arrived at La
Granja.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA.
QUEESTOWN, AIMS! 1.

The royal mail steamship Cuba, from New York
arrived here at 3.15 a.m. to-day, with 68 cabin
passengers and 203,000 dole in specie. She landed
104 sacks of mails and seven passengers, and pro-
ceeded for Liverpool at 5.30 a.m. All well.

(Va. Queenstown.)
NEW YORK, Jul.: 22, Noon.

The House of Representatives by 79 to 68
votes has passed a bill as a substitute for
the Senate Funding Bill, providing for the
issue of Bonds free of taxation and redeemable
in coin at the option of the Government after 40
years, and bearing interest at the rate of 3 63-100
per cent.; the issue to be sufficient to cover all
outstanding obligations and exchangeable at the
option of the holders for all bonds other than 3
per cent.'
Congress has passed a concurrent resolution
declaring the fourteenth constitutional amendment
fully ratified.
The House of Representatives committee on
elections report favourably upon the credentials
of the Alabama representatives.
The Lousiana Legislature has passed a resolu-
tion asking the aid of national troops to repress
the lawlessness of the Northern parishes.

• The Bill passed by Congress on the 27th July, as an-
nounced by cable, dealt specially with the 5-20 Bonds.

(Per the Hammon* Mel Southampton.)
NEW YORK, Jtrrn 21, NooN.

President Johnson has vetoed the bill pro-
viding that such lately rebellious states as had
not been restored to representation in Congress,
under the Reconstruction Act, shall not partici-
pate in the presidential election. He declares the
bill to be revolutionary and unconstitutional,
being based on the assumption that several of the
States were out of the Union. The bill might
enable Congress to control the approaching presi-
dential election, and Congress had no authority to
exclude from the electoral college any State
because a portion of the inhabitants had joined
the rebellion. The Senate, by 4,5 to 48, and the
House of Representative, by 134 to 36 passed the
bill over the veto.

President Johnson has sent a message to Con-
gress, recommending a constitutional amendment,
providing that the President be elected by direct
popular vote for a term of six years, and be
ineligible a second time, and that Senators be
elected by the people instead of by a vote of the
Legislature.
The Senate have passed the Bill reducing the
standing army, and have rejected the nomination
of Mr. Smyth as Minister to Vienna.
Five Louisiana and two South Carolina members
have been admitted to seats in the House of Re-
presentatives. President Johnson has nominated
Henry M. Watts Minister to Austria, General
Roommate to Spain, and General McClernand to
Mexico.

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fourteeleir. Bnethlmoodist ificlauotionalilYsm4nn°uncedendmunt htthoett
ratified by the requisite number of fitatos, and
now part of the constitution.

Negro riots in Millican, TfiX/K continua. The
rioters an+ entrenched, and defy tint oivd sal
military authorities.

THE BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE kIA
SOUTHAMPTON, euuun I.
The Royal Mail steamer Seine, with the otho‘..
mails, has arrived here, with 72 passengers,l.7lv
in specie, 4 packages of dianiond.i (vsl.. • n
stated), and 3,469 packages cargo.