The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-18 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The semi-offlcial Oat Correspondenz of Vienna
has the following. on the presence of the Belgian
King. in the Austrian capital :
Universal sympathy is felt for the experienced monarch
who for more than twisty years has so wisely and right-
eously reigned over a land which was entrusted to him by
Providence, under circumstance' of unusual difficulty.
Setting aside all speculative combinations, the meeting of
crowned heads is a satisfactory event, as, by leading to
friendly personal relations, it affords a further reiterant',
for the maintenance of general peace, that moat valuable
of earthly blessings. Belcium, whose history is intimately
connected with that of this empire, is a rich and thriving
country, which can command the beat and most sincere
wishes of Austria for its prosperity and free development.
The visit of his Majesty King Leopold to the capitals of
the two most prominent German states—which are at the
same time great BuropFan powers—sufficiently proves that
the value of a most friendly and intimate connexion with
Germany is fully appreciated in Belgium.

ITALY.

PARMA.

Baron Thomas Ward, Minister of State to the
Duke of Parma, returned to Parma on the 12th,
from his mission to Vienna.

TWO SICILIES.

The Ofteial Jounial of the Two Sieilies' of the 4th,
publishes a royal decree, establishing a Neapolitan
Consulate General at Calcutta, and appointing M.
Stanford to that post.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY 14.
The Marquis de Velunia is appointed ambassador
from her Catholic Majesty to his Majesty the Empe-
ror of the French.

SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS.

A summary of the following appeared in the Er.
press of yesterday :
The Royal Mail steam ship Severn, Capt. Spratt,
arrived at Southampton yesterday with the Brazil
and La Plata mails, and dates from Buenos Ayres,
April 3; Montevideo, 6; Rio de Janeiro, 14; Bahia,
19; Pernambuco, 22; St. Vincent, May 2; Teneriffe,
8; Madeira, 9; Lisbon, 12.

CONFEDERATION.

When the Prince left Buenos Ayres on 3rd
nit., General Urquiza was about nine miles from the
city, supporting the Buenos Ayrean gauchos with a
federal force, but proposing to attempt new negotia-
tions before resorting to extremities. A history of
the month will be found in the following letter of
our correspondent :
BUENOS AYRES, Aram 2.
The negotiations fur a permanent adjustment of
our political differences, which were exciting so
much hope amongst us when the last mail left for
England, have proved entirely abortive, and we seem
to be as far as ever from internal peace. A month
ago you were informed that the commissioners nomi-
nated by General Urquiza were joined by others
appointed by the ruling party in Buenos Ayres,
and had laid down the external conditions
under which negotiations were to proceed ;
about this, indeed, there was little difficulty,
but it is astonishing that the commissioners did
not ascertain their powers, or at least the nature
of the concessions likely to be acceptable on either
side before entering upon their task, because for
want of this the acts of one set of negotiators have
been disavowed by their principals, and the work
on which so much depended has been brought to
nothing. On the 9th of March the commissioners
terminated their labours by reporting a treaty to
which were attached the names of Lorenzo Torres,
' Nicolan Anchorena, Jose M. Paz, Dalmacio Velez
Sarsfield, on behalf of the government of Buenos
Ayres; and of Luiz Jose do la Pena, Pedro Ferrel,
Fecund° Zuviria, acting in the name of the Pro-
visional Director Unpin.