The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

FRANCS.

PARIS, OM 5.
General Montebello will return to Rome at the
end of this week.

Herr von Bismarck is expected in Paris this even-
ing on his way to Biarritz.
The Patrie of this evening states that K Mer-
cier, the French Ambassador at Washington, will
replace K Barrot at Madrid.
The same journal says, "Private letters from
Rome state that up to the 2nd inst. the Pope was
impenetrable with regard to the Franco-Italian
Convention. Cardinal Antonelli also allowed
nothing to be gathered from him on the subject."

RECOGNITION BY PRUSSIA OF KING
GEORGE OF GREECE.
BILkiLLt4, Ocr. 5.
- • • - -

Advice. received from Athens state that Herr
von Schmidthels, the Prussian Plenipotentiary at
the court of Athens, has presented to King George
a communication from the Prussian government
recognising the stew dynasty in Greece.

MODIFICATION OF THE BAVARIAN
MINISTRY.
MUNICH, Ocr. 5.

Herr von &break, the President of the Council
and Minister for Foreign Affairs, has at his own
request been relieved of his functions.
Her von Neumayr has beau temporarily appointed
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Herr Pfeiffer,
Minister of Commerce.

Herr von Schrenk has for the present retired into
private life.

AUSTRIA AND THE ZOLLVEREIN.
VIENNA, Ocr. 5.

It is stated, on reliable authority, that the nego-
tiations at Prague between Austria and Prussia
relative to the Zollverein question have only been
postponed, and not broken off. Herr von Hock,
the Austrian representative, will return to Prague
after receiving verbal instructions from his govern-
ment.

THE PARIS BOURSE.
PARIS, Ocr. 5, 3.30 r.x.
The Bourse bas been firm. Routes closed at
65.85, or the same as yesterday.

ITALY.

(mom ova cam CORIMPONDINT.)

TURIN, Oct. 3

There is no doubt that the Convention of Paris
is looked upon at Vienna as a sort of challenge, as
a second edition of Louis Napoleou'a famous words
addressed to Baron Hubner at the Tuileries recep-
tion of the Ist January, 1859. The news of the
stipulated convention had scarcely reached the
councillors of Francis Joseph than orders to hasten
the armaments of Verona, Mantua, Legnano, and
Peachier& were sent to General Benedeck. To-day
we Lave the confirmation of this fact, which is
moreover corrohorated by the information I re-
ceived from a gentleman who left Verona on Satur-
day morning. According to my informant,
the earth works which have been erected for
the defence of the Tonale military road,
have been armed with 18 rifled guns, and
with four mortars of 24. Mantua citadel, the
"tits de pont " of Saint Giorgio, the works which
defend Pajolo, Pistols, and those on the Osune
stream, as well as the crescent of Belfiore and the
bastions of Pradella, have all been placed in a state
of defence, or, as the Austrians say, on a war foot-
ing. The garrisons of Mantua and Verona are on
the eve of being increased, for I bear, from a re-
liable source, that the municipalities of those cities
have received the order for making the necessary
preparations for the arrival of new regiments, both
of infantry and cavalry. New and extensive forti-
fications are also being constructed on the
left bank of the Po, between Sermide and Ponte
Lagoscuro. The defences of Borgoforte and Sal-
lett*, I am told, have also been strengthened by
new forts. If, therefore, we do not yet hear the
clanging of arms, we are almost witnessing the
great military preparations Austria is making.
. . . .

The Italians in their turn are redoubling their
activity, and the war-office of Turin is busy from
nine o'clock in the morning till night. The hammer
of the arsenal here does not rest even during the
night, and the same occurs in those of Piacenza,
Bologna, Alessandria, and Casale. In consequence
of the transfer of the capital to Florence orders have
been given to have the fortifications of Bologna
greatly increased and strengthened. New forts will
be raised on the left side of the river Reno, for the
erection of which 20,000,000 francs are required.
The large railway station itself will be turned into a
strong fort, and a new one will be built at San
Felice gate.

There is a swarming of workmen from all parts
of the kingdom in the dockyanls of Naples, Genoa,
and Castel'smart., which shows that the Italian
navy is not idle, but preparing itself to assert by
deeds its superiority over the meagre and timid
Austrian fleet anchored at Pols. The Italians, in
short, think that if they are conirelled to renounce
Rome, at least for the present, Venice—the noble,
the self-denying, the martyr Venice—will be united
to the Italian kingdom not later than next spring.
It is a characteristic of agitated times to see men
who are bent on mischief spreading about all sorts
of absurd news in order to keep up the excite-
ment of the people. This sort of men, who
come to the surface of society as frogs come to
the surface of the water after a storm, had begun
by spreedingabout that parliament would not be
convoked in Turin, but in Milan. When this
assertion was contradicted, they mentioned Reggio,