The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY. F. 29.—.-APPOINTII ENT& —Lieu-
tenant H. H. M. Magrsth, to the Pembroke.
Assistant-Surgeons Dr. G. V. {Wright, J. Hide, S. Terry,
W. M. Power, T. Pursell, and Dr. E. L. Voss. to the
Victory, for Hasler Hospital ; Dr. A. Mitchell, P. Burgess.
It. J. Swestman, Dr. J. Pringle, sod Dr. T. Italhern, to the
Royal Adelaide, for Plymouth Hospital.
Midshipman C. S. Ls Straw to the Prisms Royal.

WOOLWICH, Put. 29.
An Admiralty order has been received, to the
effect that in the month of June meat 28 lads will be
admitted by competitive examination at the dockyards of
Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Deveoport, for the appoint-
ment of naval engineers. Candidates must be between the
ages of 15 and 18 years. Sews. will be admitted at Wool-
wich, eight at Portsmouth, and eight at Devooport ; and
those who par the competitive examination will serve six
years io the steam factory department before taking up the
appointment.
Some interesting experiments were carried out this day at
the Royal lumina. in the presumes of Colonel Lefroy, Cap-
tain Heyman, and Quartermaster Bea henna, of the Ordnance
Select C'AXlMllitielb ; Liwl Colonel Shaw, Amistant Super-
intendent, and Captain Boyle, lostroctor, of the Royal Ca-
rriage Department; .1. Anderson, Assistant Superin-
tendent of the Royal Gun Factories, and other officers, to
test the efficiency of an improved patent fire engine, manu-
factured by Mr. W. Roberts, of Minoan, for the War
Department. The result was highly satiafactory, and a
favourable report as to the merits of the engine for service
in government establialimeets will be forwarded to the War-
office. Some experiments which were flied to take place
in the practice range were not carried oat on account of the
unfavourable state of the weather.

The following notice was issued from the General
Post-081es yesterday :—•• The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam
Navigation Company having again failed to provide a packet
to convey the mails from Galway for America, which is due
course should be despatched on Tuesday the lit of March
next, the service on this occasion most be omitted."

VOLUNTEER REVIEW ON EASTER
MONDAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF Till RIMERS.
• • "' • •

SlR,—WouldTotTo;Fujin;l,7tnakrug known to
my brother volunteers that haviog received the official
saortioa of the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, and the most
kind and liberal acquiescoece of Lord ()motley, the lord of
the maser, to hold the Easter If °relay review on the into
proposed (Ms, the wasters part at Blackheath, near l;oild-
ford). the review will be held there on that day.-1 am, &c.,
111, Beneatedreet, Feb. 2. rxußo.

AGRICCITCRAL HALL—A very short recess has
served to clear away all traces of Messrs. Strange and
Pnlleya's gigantic hippodrome, sad to erect a light and
capacious amphitheatre for pure circus performances, which
was opened last night by Mr. John Hecderson. Most of
the leading members of the old company are retained by
the new manager, and what the entertainments lose in
display they gain in compactness. The circus is well
lighted, and the seats are well arranged in the usual circus
form. The programme contains a great variety of gymnastic
and equestrian tricks, all of them good, and some of them
novel—the bare-backed riding of Mr. John Powell being
particularly graceful, daring, and perfect. Master Perks on
Ids pet pony is still a pleasing attraction, and Mr. Hender-
son, in addition to his labour, as manager, goes through
hie exceedingly clever balancing performance on a swinging
wire. Mr. Arthur Barnes heads the vaulters ; the clowns
are still amusingly personated by Mews. Thorn, Ghee, and
the Brothers Conrad ; the horses are spirited and well
trained ; the dresses and the ring discipline are good ; and
the band is effective. The sew mum), we believe, will rely
last size weeks, and there is every prospect of its being
successfaL

MILE. RONELEAT'S LITTLE EVENING PARTY.—Mr.
Parry again oders us an opportunity of enjoying the humour
of his comic emus, Mrs. &akar, Little Domini Party.
The public would appear to be still unostiated with the at-
treetroas of the moat euccomful of his aorta, after three
hundred representations. enjoyed by all classes of society,
royalty not excepted. The scene bow concludes the even-
ing's eutertaisossat.

DENMARK AND THE 03NI7ERENCE.
• COPENHAGEN, Ps. IE4 r.m.
' 'The Dag►ladett of to-day publishes an article in
which it says :—" The English government opposes
the violent acts of Germany by empty demonstra-
tions. It accepts the sophisms of Germany in
order to avoid war. A conference on the baais of
a personal union between Denmark and Sleswig and
Holstein would be the destruction of Denmark's
freedom and independence. Under such circum-
stances the integrity of Denmark is worthless.
The Danish people must before all look foe delive-
are from their own exertions, and prosecute the
war with the greatest energy. The fall of Denmark
must be bought with blood. Diplomatic strokes of
the pen shall not wipe out a nation of a thousand
years' standing."

THE RELATIONS BETWEEN PRUSSIA
AND AUSTRIA.
BERLIN. F. 29.

The Norrldetasehe Zeitung of to-day says :
" Intelligence received from Vienna confirms the
existence of a complete understanding between the
two great German Powers on the Danish question.
The Emperor Francis Joseph has expressed to
General Manteutiel his approval of the policy of
Prussia, and his satisfaction that the friendly re-
lations between the cabinets of Vienna and Berlin
are an fully re-established." The Norddeutache
Zeitung adds :—" This understanding guarantees
the energetic continuation of the policy which the
two great Powers consider it right to pursue
towards Denmark. It is therefore of minor im-
portance whether the conference takes place or
not."

RUMOURED ARMING OF THE FRENCH
IRON CLAD FLEET.
CHERBOURG, Fes. 29.

The Vigie de Cherbourg asserts that the Minister
of Marine has sent orders for filling up the crews of
the iron-chid vessels before the 15th March, and
the arming of those vessels within the shortest pos-
sible time.

GALICIA PROCLAIMED W A STATE OF
SIEGE.
BREIILAI7, FEB. a

The Schlaiache Zeitung publishes a telegram from
Cracow, dated this day, stating that two placards
had been posted up in that city at the corners of
the streets : the one being an Imperial manifesto,
the other a proclamation declaring Galicia to be in
a state of siege.

LEMBERG, Fn. 29.

Galicia and Cracow have been placed in a state
of siege, and the laws for the protection of personal
liberty and inviolability of domicile have been sus-
pended. The reasons assigned for this measure are
the existence of treasonable societies within the
Austrian frontier, and the enlistments made for,
and assistance given to, the Polish insurrection.

LEMBERG, F. 29.

An ordinance issued by the governor to-day
orders all perrons not entitled to wear arms to
deliver them, together with all ammunition, to the
public authorities within a fortnight, under penalty
of fine or imprisonment. All persons not belong-
ing to this city are ordered to obtain permission
for their stay from the police within forty-eight
hours.

NEW SPANISH MINISTRY.
MADRID, Fn. 29, Envin.

Senor Mon and the Marquis of Novaliches have
succeeded in forming a new cabinet. Senor Mon
will have the support of Marshal O'Donnell and
other principal personages belonging to the dif-
ferent parties in both Chambers.

MADRID, Fu. 29.

The usual monthly auction for the sinking fund
of the Passive debt took place to-day. The prices fixed
by the government were for the first-class internal,
44; second, 30 ; second foreign, 34.50. Tenders
were sent in at 50 for the first description, 29.59 for
the second, and from 35 to 37.5 for the third.

FRENCH SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO
MEXICO.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes a long
report from M. Duruy, the Minister of Public
Instruction, upon the advantages to France, and to
the world generally, of sending out a scientific com-
mission to Mexico. M. Duro), begins by referring
to the valuable information respecting Egypt ob-
tained by the " colony of saran." who followed
Napoleon to that country sixty-six years since. Be
thinks that the results obtained then are a guaran-
tee of those that will be obtained now ' • and that
while the explorations to be undertaken will be as
useful to trade as to science, " they will perhaps
advance the solution of the problem put forth by
Prince Napoleon twenty years ago, of the cutting
of the American isthmus by an interoceanic
canal." " The Emperor," he adds, " might
in this, as in so many other things, see
realised the mighty and fertile conceptions of the
exile." The report concludes by recommending
I that a committee should be formed to organise the
expedition, follow its progress, and prepare for the
learned world an account of its labours. The minis-
ter also recommends that a credit of 200,000 franca
(8,000/.) should be opened to defray the expenses
of the expedition. An Imperial decree follows
approving M. Duruy's suggestions and appointing
the members of the commission. Among the num-
ber are Marshal Valliant, Baron Gras, Michel Che-
valier, Vice-Admiral Jurien de la Gravure, Milne
Edwards, Baron Larrey, Viollet le Due, arc.

The Pope Lan given an official denial in the
Giornak di Roma to the statement of the Milan papers,
th►t Kin( Victor Emmanuel is on steeliest terms with
him, and continues to keep up a friendly correspondence
with him. The denial states that his Holiness entertains no
relation. whatever with the Italian King.

A further instalment,, being the third, of the cot,
respondence on the affairs of Sleswig was pub-
lished yesterday evening, occupying 236 pages,
and consisting of 311 despatches, or extracts
from despatches, with their inclosures. The earliest
of the new despatches is dated Sept. 30, and the
West Dec. 19, 1863. There are 64 despatches from
Ike Russell to the British ministers at Vienna,
Berlin, Frankfort, Copenhagen, and other capitals.
In October the British government was making
those attempts, in which it ultimately succeeded, to
induce Denmark to rescind the Patent of March 30,
by which the crown had placed Holstein on a
fasting distinct from the remaining parts of the
monarchy, in order to remove all pretext for the inter-
ference of the Germanic Confederation. The Danish
Minister for Foreign Affairs objected to maul the
Patent, because, he said, it would be in vain, for
the German Confederation was aiming, not
simply at the position of Holstein in the
monarchy, but at other parts of the King's
dominions (Sleswig) which were not within the,
competency of the Diet, sad, Denmark would be
compsaled to oriat.their peeksodone in this respect
In the eon Deumark gave way. There is a
despatch of Sir A. Paget, dated Copenhagen, Oct.
14, which, among others, shows how strong was the
pressure put upon Denmark by our Foreign-office,
with a view to induce it to follow a particular line
of policy.
In the middle of November, just before the late
King of Denmark died, the Constitution for
Denmark proper and Sleswig was voted by the
Rigsraad. On the accession of King Christian,
Earl Russell, though reluctant to interfere, and
unable to urge the King to take a course unpa-
latable to his subjects, popular feeling being
strongly in favour of the Constitution, instructed Sir
A. Paget to represent, if questioned on the sub-
ject, "that as his Majesty desires, doubtless, that
the proposed mediation should lead to a good
result, the probability of its doing so might be
greatly increased if his assent to the constitution
were to be suspended until a settlement of the
international question was effected, or at least had
made some progress." At the same time the British
government renewed its offer of mediation at Frank-
fort, or more accurately directed its minister
to ascertain from the President of thel
Diet and from the ministers of Bavaria
and Prussia whether the Diet would be disposed
to aceept the sole mediation of this country on the
international questions at lame, namely the eels,-
hone of Sleswig to Denmark proper and the Ger-
manic Confederation, and the position of Holstein
in the Danish constitution. But the death of Fre-
derick VII. gave an opportunity for opening the
succession question, which many of the German
governments were well disposed to raise.

On the 28th of November the Frankfort Diet
excluded the Baron Dirchinck Holmfeld from its
sittings, on the ground that the question of succes-
sion to the Duchies was in abeyance. This step
was taken at the very time when the Diet was send-
ing an army into Holstein for the purpose of Fede-
ral execution, on the ground that Christian IX.
was not fulfilling his duties as a member of the
Confederation • and when the Diet by so doing
I was, as Austria and Prussia alleged, recognising
him as Duke of Holstein. In December, the
entrance of Federal troops into the Duchies having
become imminent, Earl Russell stated to the
Danish minister in London " that her Majesty's
government could not pretend to advise the Danish
government not to resist execution, but that, as far
as his own personal opinion went, he thought that
such resistance would be, at least, imprudent, and
would only increase and aggravate the present
difficulties."

In Lord Bloomfield's despatch from Vienna, giving
an account of the Austrian contingent to the army
of execution in Holstein, this singular observation
occurs :—" I understand that to guard against any
fraternisation between the Austrian soldiers and
the Holeteiners, it is intended that the Imperial
advanced brigade shall be composed of Hungarian
and Polish regiments." On the 16th of December,
Sir A. Buchanan, acting under instructions, en-
deavoured to obtain from the Prussian government
a precise statement of what was desired of Denmark
in satisfaction of the claims of Germany, and for
the preservation of peace. X. Bismarck said :
That unless Lord Wodehotise could induce the Danish
goverment to remit the new Danish constitution from
coming into force on the let of January next. his mission to
Copenhagen would be fruitless. I (Sir A. Buchanan) sug-
gested that it was perhaps expecting too much, in the pre-
sent state of public feeling is Denmark, that the King
could revoke the constitution without his being allowed
time to oommunicate with the leading members of the
fligeraed, and to convince theca of the necessity for such a
MY/Olt ; but his excellency replied that his Majesty must
change his ministers and Gad others who would do what
was required for the maintenance of the integrity of the
moaareley, without fear el public opiates, for if the Prussian
government bad given way to the public opinion of Prussia,
or to a vote of the Chamber of Deputies, they would have
already proclaimed war to Denmark in support of the preten-
dOSS of the Prince of Augosteaburg.
Lord Wodehouse received his instructions as
special envoy to Copenhagen on the 9th of Decem-
ber. The instructions are very general, and relate
chiefly to the treaty of 1852. The present seriesof
papers is broken off at the date of his arrival in
Denmark, but there is adespatch from him relating
the purport of &conversation he had with X. de Bis-
marck at Berlin. There is also one by Earl Rus-
sell, the last in this collection, on the constitutional
question in Sleswig.

RELIEF FUND FOR THE WOUNDED DINES
AND THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN.