The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-16 00:00:00

action. I rejoice with equal pleasure to

representatives of the united principalitie. of N r. , ,
of Luxemburg. Gentlemen delegates, per fc • t
that I experience a particular satisfaction in 1...m2
on to open this conference, because it is a wurk ..1 _
on which you are about to enter. To pre4erve awl
solidate peace—that precious guarantee of a better 1L...,
isnot this theloudly proclaimeddosire of all theg....lw
whose representatives are here met? Fur my port I
no nobler mission than to work incessantly for it, t,
plishment. Now, there can be no doubt the imp...,
and the extension of the telegraphic system is 9u.•
most powerful mewls to this end. I know there ar

tics who will tell me that a long date of peace j..;
Europe ended almost with the period when railnii In
telegraphs had extended with wonderful rapidity, :oil
in the course of twelveyeanowehave had insuccessien ::.r .
sanguinary wars, whilst the other hemisphere has
dew of a civil war uncuiampled in history. ltiii I
you, is it just to impute these to the marvellous cowl.,
of human genius :• Must it not he admitted, on the • 7.
troy, that the latter have served to abridge and to tu....•
gate calamities which would have been spared to
if that long state of /IMOD had been bet' •
employed in preventing them ? Let us there',
unreservedly rejoice over the progress which
lilies of communication amuse to civilisation. "1:-.
promote not only the material well-being but the nit.,:...
teal advancement of tuitions, but they are especially
UM in maintaining friendly,relations between them. r.
telegraph especially transmits whilst there is y.. 1 1, ~
counsels of prudence and inieleration, it arrests posseer.....
acts, it explains misunderstandings, and it rest r..
fidence sometimes in as many minutes a+ it
days and even weeks to accomplish. Hail
year a straing example of the extreme utility 6i
graph in political crime:et We ought to remends•l 11,
sudden collision which threatened to rekindle tie:

extinguished flames of war was averted, cut
reason to doubt whether the Cabinets, if teleg.‘l,;:.
not in exigence, would have been able to avoi•l 0.-
It is not neceigary to speak to you of the
lopmect which telegraphs have given to
affairs. And is not this great and ince.tant
the best pledge of a future of peace and proipenty
then, is an object worthy of the noblest aspir,iti.et,. •.: :-
most intelligent study, of the most perbevrting drr.•
congratulate you, gentlemen, beforehand on h.v.c..;
tributed to attain it.

TILE CONFESSIONAL LAWS OF t.

The confessional laws recently by
Austrian Parliament, and sanctioned Lc tI But-
pore?, are strongly opposed by the
torah are published by them, in which th.-.•law•
are openly declared to be of no elt-t, sari th..
regulations of the Concordat alone binding.
catholic consciences. The Bishop of Britain pro-
nounces sacrilegious and threatani Hitlt acd,aul-
tiad comure those who shall submit to thew
Re find, however, that they are already Is :aria;
good fruit in other parts of the ompir,.
The Tyrol has hitherto been, of all the pni-
vinces of the Austrian empire, the taint
in religious toleration. The muniaipul r.anm it •tf
Botsen has just granted right of domicile tea 3
foreign Jewish banker, this being the first tits
such a favour has been accorded in the T) rul to 3
stranger not belonging to the Boman a.atk,ll
church.

(REVI/Elia TELLORLILS.)
ROUMANIA.
BUCTIARFST, Jun

The Ministers have withdrawn their resilpistos.
A decree from the Prince has flissnle...l O'
Senate, and new elections have been urden,l. Th.
two Chambers are to reassemble within forty dlp.
in the meanwhile the sittings of the (Thrush. r
Deputies will continue until the 22nd of Jung•.

AMERICA.
FATAL POLITICAL RIOTS AT
WASHINGTON.
(Arrival of the City of Baltimore, via gamesters )
NEW YORK, Jera
B 7 genera's Consent, the trial of Mr. Davis ho
been again postponed until November next.
Mr. Sumner has introduced a resolution into dr
Senate, declaring the constitutional responsilalllY
of senators voting at the impeachment trial.
In the House of Representatives, refioltitime
eulogising Ex-President Buchanan were reje,tel
by 73 against 46 votes.
Rioting occurred at Washington on Teethe.
night between the blacks and whites. Two of
the latter were killed. The former, elated with
the success of the republican ticket at ChiLa3°.
were the aggressors.
Mr. Woolley is still imprisoned.
Advicea from Vera Cruz state that Marque'
publicly denies the betrayal of Maximilian.
Civil warfare still continued at Lima On
May 14:
Strong apprehensions of a war are entertain ea
between Chili and Peru.
The Inman royal mail steamer City of Balti-
more, from New York on the 6th inst., arrivid s 1
Queenstown at 4 a.m. this morning with 410,000
dole. in specie. She landed her mails and pzucn
gers, and proceeded for Liverpool. All well.
SOUTITAMTTON, Joss
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The North German Lloyd's steamer Baltimore.
from Baltimore, has arrived here with 124 pm'
sengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, WI
980 Packages of cargo. The Baltimore exPerii
enced fine weather throughout her passage. sea
permed on the 7th and Bth instant many large
as
alagnifioret icebergs. On the 2nd she spoke tio
Bremen schooner Christian; sth, the ship Atigust6

id', the British ship home Webb; 7th, the barque
Simb Douglas ; 13th, the ships Elizabeth, YeD,
Tleame. Martha : 1 ith, the barque Mary. from
V:tlparaisti, and the ship William Tapsimtt, bound
t with emigrants.

(IlErttles
The riot in Washington seems to have originated
n a difficulty between a ta•gro participating in the
11101 t
• •119.. over a radiral triumph in the municipal
I :Ili it'll ;Intl a White democrat who struck the
:Uld who was then set upon and cut
. . .

:t razor so badly that he died.
ney.rtoes tilt% backed sevens saloons,
1.11,1.. they claimed to have been drugged by
1, fredommts furnished by the proprietors. Forney
',aid to bare incited the negroes by an inflantma-
i :.peeett. and at one time it was feared they
, :,ttnek democratic newspaper offices.

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THE WAR IN PARAGUAY.

(nErrEn's itt.winAs.)
Rio DE JANEIRO, MAT 24.

or tho 3rd May, 3,000 of the allied troops took
of that portion of the district of Chaco
is opposite to Ilmuttita, and from which
fortress received its supplies. The Paraguayan
• revs attempted to oppose this nwvement, and
derwards to retake the position, but, according
to the Brazilian accounts, were routed.
The fortress is now said to be completely in-
etded.

President Lopez is alleged to be arming 4,000

women.

The Enizilitin budget aliosca a deficit of 74,000

.:nt~~e,

The resumption of specie payments at Monte
1".,1ra will positively take place on the Ist June.