The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-05 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID. Acacia 4, Evernos.
Vice Admiral Lobo has gone, vitt the Antilles,
to join the Spanish squadron in the Pacific.
A council of ministers took place to-day, at
which administrative measures were discussed.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, THCISDAT EVENING.

The following article in the Patric sufficiently
resumes the impression made here by the latest
news from Vienna concerning the conditions of
peace :

The astooishenent caused in the political world yesterday
by the article in the Vienna Ga:ette was very great and
very justifiable. Nothing could be more unexpected then
the declaration of the Austrian journal►—it was so maim-
patio& t►at up to August 1 the very cootrary was looked
for at Vienna. According to our letters everybody
in diplomatic circles in Vienna knew well that the
cabinet of Berlin was fully resolved upon the
unconditional casks of the duchies to the two
powers. M. de Bismark meant to reserve to himself
the tallest /Mite& as to the ultimate regulation of the legal
and political situation of Etisswig-Holserih. Bat M. de
Reehberg, being warned by the protest& of the minor Ger-
man states, acid somewhat uneasy about the Rendsburc
affair, took advantage of the knows hesitation of the King
of Prussia, and the positive wishes of the Papaw of Auk
trio., to play a bold game. He insiated upon the insertion in
the preliminaries of peace of the reserve in favour of the
Germanic Confederation. His mows so surprised himself
that he hastened to make it public by seeding the article
which has made inch a gnat sensation to the Vienna Gazette.
Our Vienna correspondeat says that in certain political
circles this success, the first that Austria has obtained is
the Danish question, is considered as the prelude of more
shims differences between the cabinets of Vienna and
Berlin. The question of the succession in the Duchies may
possibly give Prussia an opportunity to take her revenge ;
and M. de Bismark may seek to repair the check he his wet
with in the (*ripe of the Duchies to the confederation by
attempting to acquire the moral domination of the new
state. With this view he will patronise the candidature
of the Duke of Oldenburg, which is supported
by Roes* and who, in case of moors, would give
up hie present duchy to Prussia. Bat Austria remains
staunch to the Duke of Augustenbarg, and maintains that
the Diet has the sole right to decide the question of
snocessica.

The cleverness of Austria in thus bidding for
that influenoe with the petty German states, which
she had lost, is generally acknowledged.
The Pays does not redeem its promise to "prove"
to-day the inaccuracy of Mr. Intyard's statements
relative to Mexico. I suppose the statistics which
it desires to serve up to the public require more
manipulation than it had calculated.

There is a persistent rumour that no report
of the trial of the "thirteen " accused of forming
a society of twenty will be permitted. Some say
that the journals will be privately ordered not to
notice it ; others, that the presiding judge will re-
ceive an intimation tantamount to an order that
it would be pleasing to government if reports were
interdicted by his authority. The Temps says it
has hitherto received no "invitation" to be silent,
and, while liberty to speak remains, it protests
against the idea that publicity, which is the general
rule applicable to trials, can be interfered with in
this case. It cannot imagine any danger to "pub-
lic order" in a full and open statement of the rea-
sons which induced the government to prosecute
MC Carnet., Gamier Pages, &c., for holding an
electoral meeting. The trial begins to-morrow.
The Northern Railway Company of Spain has
changed its programme for the inauguration of
the section which is to traverse the Pyrenees in
this respect—that the first train is to start not from
St. Sebastian but from Irun. It is there that
the King of Spain will take his seat in the car-
riage which is to bring him to France.
Some of the journals announce that a son of the
King of Siam is about to arrive in France and
enter the School of Saint-Cyr.

Baron Ricasoli, if not already arrived in Paris,
is expected immediately, and it is said that the
object of his journey is to make • contract with the
house of Rothschild for the construction and work-
ing of the Southern Italian railways.
The "celebrated banker" who had • pugilistic
encounter the other evening with two gentlemen is
the grounds of the Champs Slyake concerts was
no other than M. Mires. He at first spoke of
bringing an action, but has now written to say that
be will not trouble the law courts with the matter.
The Bourse opened heavily in consequence of the
fall in Consols and the rise of discount in London ;
but some large purchases towards the close of the
day made quotations better. The ultimate fall in
Rents was only be., and Mobilier roes Mr.
General Fleury, director of the imperial breed-
ing studs, has just addressed to the prefects, pre-
paratory to the meeting of the councils-general, a
circular in which, after calling attention to the
advantages likely to result from popularising a
knowledge of anatomy and physiology so far as
applicable to agriculture and rearing horses, he
expresses a wish to see a course of instruction esta-
blished in every department relating to the breed-
ing of cattle. The circular dwells on the utility of
such information for all persons engaged in rearing
oxen, sheep, dc., aa well as the production of
vegetable substances.