The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-07 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAT 31.
The Garette of to-day contains a decree, ordering
the construction of a railroad (at the expense of the
state), from Alcazar de San Juan to Ciudad Real,
passing by Manzanares and Almagro. The works
are to he publicly adjudged by definitive concession
to the lowest bidder, the proposal presented by Don
Antonio Alvarez serving as a type, but modified in
some particulars. The guarantees of the road will
be, lit, the responsibility of the state ; 2nd, the road
itself; 3rd, the proceeding of the same ; 4th, the en-
gagement entered into by the province of Ciudad
I Real to pay half. of the deficit which may result be-
tween the proceeds of the road and the in-
terest of 6 per rent. on the shares, by
means of which the state will pay the works.
The contract can be given to companies or to indivi-
duals. The price offered by the state for every
Spanish league of 20,000 feet is 3,800,000 reels in
shares of the railway. In this sum is to be comprised
the cost of a subterranean electric telegraph with all
its apparatus.
Amongst the rumours industriously spread about
the city, the taking of Mahon by the English still
obtains. The Espana of yesterday thought it worth
while to contradict it. _

il/N1 1.

Bravo Murillo returned yesterday from Aranjuez,
where he had, it is said, a long audience with the
Queen. Many conjectures of a probable modification
in the cabinet have bees made in consequence. There '
is now, perhaps, more foundation for rumours of this
sort than there has hitherto been. Should the very
general belief be confirmed, the ministers that will
be sacrificed to tho new combination will be those of
foreign affairs, war, and public works. Neither coups
d'ettat nor protests by the moderate party are talked
of for the present. The Clamor Public° reappeared to-
day, as a literary, scientific, and commercial journal
only. It will resume political articles as soon as its
responsible editor shall have been acknowledged by
the government. The Heraldo will appear to-
morrow in a similar limited form.

The Diario Espanol of June 1 says :
The news that reaches us from the provinces is without
interest, except so far as relates to railroads, An English
company has under taken the line from Grande to Mama.
MM. Mosby, Brothers, are at C .rdova. They have had en
interview with the governor of the province on the subject
of the Andalusian line. At Tern the works have been
commenced on the line which is to unite that town with Tro
cadero and Catlin.

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.

The Cologne GaretieiWaiee that the antagonism of
parties in the Zollverein congress is at its height and
must immediately lead either to concessions or to
open rupture. In the sitting of the 25th ult. the
Wurtemberg delegate not only repeated the Bava-
rian proposal (for taking into consideration the
Vienna programme of eastoms union) but also a writ-
ten memorandum signed by the coalesced mem-
bers of the union and Baden, declaring that
the Prussian answer, to the Bavarian pro-
' position was not at all satisfactory; that
they must insist upon the full discussion of the
schedules A and Bof the Vienna protocol. The ac-
ceptance or rejection of this proposal they declare
will be the measure of the aid which they can render
in reconstructing the Zollverein, since they hold fast
by the principle that the consideration of the Zoll-
verein treaty and of the Vienna projects must pro-
ceed simultaneously. The Prussian plenipotentiary
is to give the answer of his government this day,
June 7. The Kenn Zeilung remarks truly: "The
coalition, which at first seemed disposed to disavow
its doings at Darmstadt, nowiboldly takes the initia-
tive, and drives Prussia into a defensive position.
And still we see no firm resolve, worthy the north
German monarchy.

ITALY.
THE CASE OF EDWARD MURRAY.

ROME, Mar 31.
Up to the 29th inst., no permission had been
granted to Mr. Moore Her Britannic Majesty's
consul at Ancona, to visit Edward Murray. Aspectal
courier arrived at Ancona by steamer fro& Trieste on
the morning of the 26th, bringing instructions from
her Majesty. government to Mr. Moore, which had
been forwarded by electric telegraph to the British
vice-consul at Trieste. It is inferred he will have to
act energetically.
Exchange on London, 494 g. Roman Five per
Cents., 98.
TUSCANY.

A letter from PaLanza, of the 29th ult., in the
Opinion of Turin, announces that the firm of Tala-
chini and Co. (Tuscany), have taken the contract for
the railway line which is to connect Como with
Oallereti and Leven° on one side, and Sato Calende
on the other. This line is of great importance, in a
military point of view, on account of the fortifications
of Laveno, situated on the Lago di Garda.