The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-05 00:00:00

AND RUSSIA.

BERLIN, MAN= 4.
The official Staatsanzeiger of to-day says :—" We
are authorised to declare, as a mischievous inven-
tion, the statement made by the Parisian correspon-
dent of a Belgian paper of the 2nd inst., in re-
ference to the origin of the Convention of the
Bth February between Prussia and Rnsaia and its
pretended modification." The Stoatsanzeiger con-
tinues :—" A false light was thrown upon
the Convention, by the unfounded assertion
of this correspondent, that the initiative of
the Convention was due to the Prussian ministry;
that they resolved to conclude it through fear of a
revolution in Prussia • and finally, that Russia
bad proposed a modification of the Convention,
peroming the impression which it had produced in
England and France."

The same journal also contradicts the assertion
of a Berlin correspondent of the Austrian'otn:al
Der Botochafter' of the 2nd inst., accordingto
which the object of Prussia in concluding the n-
egation was to extend her territory to the Vistula
and the line of the Narew.

THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF
PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Essen 4.
In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
Herr von Sybel moved that the obligation of
military service should be so regulated that the
yearly levy for the army should amount to 80,000
men ; 80,000 of whom should join the infantry,
and 20,000 the other arms of the service.
As regards the infantry, Herr von Sybel
proposee that one-third should be drilled
and perform active service for two and half
years, and the remaining two-thirds for half a year,
after which they would be dismissed to form the
military reserve. With respect to the other military
bodies, it is proposed that their term of active ser-
vice should be two and a half years.
Herr von Sybel's motion was supported by the
number of members necessary to allow of its being
discussed. It has been referred to the military
committee of the house to be reported upon.

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN SPAIN.
MADRID, Manna 4.
The Official Gazette of to-day publishes the fol-
lowing additional ministerial nominations :—As
Minister of Justice, Senor Monares ; as Minister of
Marine, Senor Mata-Aloe ; as Minister of Public
Works, Senor Lopez. .

The 'Chambers will be opened shortly.
The Madrid papers express satisfaction at the
termination of the ministerial crisis.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, Misca 4.—ApPoncrimirs.—Com-
mender It. A. E. Scott, to the Fuqual.
Lieutenant G. N. Stnallpieco, to the Sotlej.
=I.T. Nina, M.D., to the Pembroke.
t-Psymaster H. B. William., to the Cornwallis.

CHATHAM. MANum 4.
By the removal of the invalid depot and the
Fart Pitt General Hospital from this garrison to Hadley
Hospital, accommodation will be provided for 1,000 addl.
time' offkars and men. it le, therefore, the intention of
the atithoritiee to remove the 4th depot battalion from Can-
terbury to this garrison.

The volunteer commanding officers, at their
meeting on Tuesday, had a project laid before them for
marching their re4metive metropolitan regiments to the
InternaMonil Exhibition at South Kensington, nadir cer-
tain arrangements, on Monday next, the day of the royal
wedding ; but after considering the matter it was resolved
to have nothing to do with the proposal, thus leaving the
volunteers to exercise their own inclinations as to amuse-
ments on that day.