The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-01 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

On the 2Gth, in reply to the municipal authori-
ties of Berlin, who waited on him to pay their
respects, l,is Majesty delivered an address, of
which the following are the principal passages :
We have passed through many serious momenta, which
caused great grief to my deceased brother. Those days we
have happily surmounted by our common action. But, as
they may return, we will not entertain any illusions as to
the future. If we remain firmly united, and if every one
does his duty, we shall come happily out of all events
whatever they may be ; we shall not do so unless we are
firm. I wish for the liberty of all, and I have prepared
for it, but everything in this world has its limits, which no
one can go beyond without endangering the whole. I will
not, therefore, suffer the bounds of liberty to be exceeded;
and I rely on your support to assist me.

The Emperor Napoleon will open the French
Legislative Seri= of 1861 in person, on Monday next, at
1 o'clock precisely, in the Grand Salle dee Etata at the
Louvre.

M. Fould arrived on Wednesday at Marseilles
bum Toulon, and left immediately for the Pyrenees.
A St. Petersburg letter states that on the 18th tilt.
the usual ceremony of blessing the waters of the Neva, in
front of the winter palace, took place in the presence of an
immense crowd of people.

The Indipmerienie, the journal of Alexandre
Dumas at Naples, announces that an English steamer is to
run regularly between Naples and Gaeta, and that, ou pay-
ing 18 ducats (about 75fr.) for the faro going and returning,
anyone may have the pleasure of witnessing the bombard-
ment of Gaeta for twenty-four hours.

Some sensation has been caused in Madrid by
the troops on duty, on the occasion of the state visit of
the Queen to the church of Atocha, to render thanks for
being in "an interesting situation," having prevented the
members of the senate and congress from taking the places
indicated for them in the cortege, as it passed by the
Prado. According to the journals, this incident arose from
a misunderstanding.
The letters from Berlin mention the failure of a
money dealer id that city, who bad absconded after commit.
ing forgeries. His liabilities arc not supposed to be ex-
tensive.

The following singular statement is made by
the Nuresiburg Courier :—" A German refugee, compro-
Weed in the attack of Frankfort., Herr Koerner, settled in
the United States, at Melville, in the state of Illinois,
which numbers amongst its 12,000 inhabitants 8,000 Ger-
mans. A distinguished lawyer, he was elected by the ksiir
Ware, and discharged for some tune the functions of Vim-
Governor of Illinois. He was on intimate trims with Mr.
Lincoln ; and it is to the votes of the Germans inhabiting
the five states of Illinois, Indians, Ohio, lowa, end Wis-
consin, that the new President is indebted for his majority.
Herr Koerner, who had placed his oratorical talents at
the service of his friend, is to be appointed Minister of the
United States at Berlin. The political refugee returns to
his country as an ainbeesador."
THE PASSPORT SYSTEM IN BELOIICH.—The fol-
lowing note appears in the official part of the Belgian
Noniteur :—" lu order to facilitate international relations,
the Belgian government has decided that the verification of
nports at the frontiers shall be suppressed from Fe-
-1 next. Nevertheless foreigners shall oontinue to
17071;gject to the formality of passports if they require to
stay in Belgium. The visa remains obligatory fur travellers
belonging to countries in which our country are subject to
this formality. The exeepti, us established in favour of the
Netherlander; and the inhabitants of the adjoining French
do is and of Rhenish Prussia are maintained.
HE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF STRIA.—TIIO re-
sult has shown that no such measure was ever required, nor
was it of the slightest practical utility. An army of 24,000
Turks had arrived at Damascus, sad had suppressed the
movement before the French corp. had landed. It was proved,
therefore, that Turkey could suppress an insurrection in her
own territory more rapidly as well as more effectually than
her too ready coadjutor. Even, therefore. if insurrection
were now active in Syria, there could be no pretext fur the
continued occupation of that country by a French army.
But much more le that the case when all insurrection has
been Ion; suppressed. Not only would such an act be
therefore altogether gratuitous and wanton, but it
would perpetuate those ill feelings between the
rival races of the Lebanon which it has already
chafed into activity, and which nothing but the dis-
I appearance of the French standard will subdue. We
have repeatedly shown that, so long as that standard re-
mains near the Lebanon, the conciliation of the Marmite
and the Drum with each other will be impossible. The
French occupation is doing daily harm in the quarter in
which it exists, and its oontiuuance would also carry with
it a virtual repudiation of the independence solemnly gis
ranked by Primes to Turkey in 1856. We trust that the
French mot will, on reflection, be led to withdraw•
say cep to the other powers, whisk those powers
y cannot combine to osseeds.—Post.