The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS. JAN. 1.

Prince Metternich Winneburg, Ambassador Ex-
traordinary of the Emperor of Austria, was received
yesterday by the Emperor Napoleon, at the Tuile-
ries, in private audience, in order to deliver to his
Majesty the insignia of the order of Saint Stephen,
conferred by the Emperor of Austria upon the
Prince Imperial.
In placing the insignia of the order in his
Majesty's hand, the Ambassador said :
" Sire,—Wishing to afford your Majesty a fresh
proof of friendship, my august sovereign has
charged me to deliver to the Prince Imperial
in his name, the insignia of his order of
Saint Stephen. His Majesty desires that
the heir to the throne of France should early
learn to appreciate the sincere interest which he
entertains towards him, and which will never
cease."

The Emperor, in his reply, said he should him-
self thank the Emperor of Austria by letter for
the proof of interest thus displayed towards his
son, and for which he was deeply sensible. His
Majesty added that the Prince Imperial would al-
ways remember this high mark of solicitude on the
part of a sovereign for whom his father professed a
sincere friendship.

THE NEW ITALIAN MINISTRY.
FLORENCE, JAL 2.
The following is the complete list of the new
Italian Ministry :
Genl. Della Marmora President of the Council
and Minister for Fo-
reign Affairs.
Signor Chi Ives
Signor Jacini
Signor Scialoja Finance.
Signor Defalco
General Pettinanco War.
General Angioletti
Signor Berti
the portfolio of Agri-
culture and Com-
merce, ad interim.
To-day the Ministers will take the oath to the
King.

THE POPE AND THE FRENCH ARMY.
ROME. Jig. L

The Pope, receiving the congratulations of the
French officers, presented to his Holiness by
General Montebello, expressed his fatherly
affection and gratitude towards the French army
in Rome, and added, "This year especially
I must express my thankfulness, it being perhaps
the last in which I can bestow my blessing on
them."

His Holiness, in conclusion, said that after
the departure of the French army the enemies
of the Church and of the Holy See would perhaps
come to Rome, but remembering the example
of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, the
Pope would pray for the French army and the
imperial family, and the whole of France, and even
forpoor Italy, afflicted by so many evils.

THE RUMOURED INTERVENTION IN
GREECE.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jur. 2.
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The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day contra-
dicts the rumours of intervention in Greece by the
Protecting Powers. The futility of the efforts in
that direction that have hitherto been made is con-
firmed, but the article says that all action in the
question must be purely moraL Possibly an ener-
getic manifestation on the part of the protecting
Powers might exercise a salutary influence, by

B. ,T. W. F. Its D. I. R. 8.
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Nairn 29.60.
34 B.W. 2 5 W. ose '0.75 2
Aberdeen
Leith 29.62 41 8.8. R. 4 6 &W. to V. 13 3
Greencastle — - - -
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Liverpool
Holyhead.. '2973146 &S.W. 5 8 W.B.W. er 0.16 4
Penzance :129.94'47 B.W. 4 7 W. her 0.2 s
Brest 30.08 48 8.. W. 6 6 W. re p. 04 6
L'Orlent 110.12.48 &W. 4 6 W. ho 4
Rochefort 30.26.37 &IL 2I 4 B. W. ee 0.06 6
Plymouth 29.99,48 W.B.W. 7. 5 W. ho 0.12 6
Weymouth 110.02 49 B.W. 5 6 W. co 0.23 4
Portsmouth 10.05 45 8.8. W. 3 5 W. ce 2
London 30.04 64 LW. 6 W.S. W. c P. 06 -
Yarmouth _ 130.04 40 B.W. 3 4 N.W. be 2
Bcuborough 129.46 37 B.W. 14 IW. c 0.0 2
Shields t 9.70 39 B.W. 2 2 B.W. c 2
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WEDNESDAY. ON NOl
W. N.W. to 001
strong, squally, some
snow or rain.

tABLE.
MEW THURSDAY.
na. Chiefly south-westerly,
fresh to a gale.

Westerliantiiinitherly, Winn& &W. to N. W. and back.
strong, squally, un• strong, squally, un-
settled. settled.
As next above. Portrunitn. A 2 next above.
%%8 w, to &5.F.., IL • arias. Southerly and westerly,
fresh to strong, fresh to strong.
unsettled
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Northern—Scotland. Western=lreland. Waal, and adjs.
metes. Southern=Enslish Channel alai May of Biscay.
Easterimßastward England and North Sea.

Gustav Werner, the proprietor of the Zoological
Gardens at Stuttgart, has been very nearly killed by one of
his own Hone. His life was only saved by the presence of
mind of his daughter, who seized a wooden bench, and
smashed with it the glass windows surrounding the cage.
This diverted the rage of the animal, and caused him to
release his bold of Werner, who was instantly rescued from
his perilous position. His wounds are severe, but his
recovery is expected.

The sanitary authorities of Barcelona have come
to a very strange resolution. In consideration, it is said,
of a report having reached Spain that a " tendency to epi-
demic diarrlices" has lately shown itself among the popu-
lation of London, these authorities, acting upon "superior
orders," have forbidden English vessels to laud their pas-
sengers without quarantine, either at Barcelona or at any
other point of the coast for 20 leagues north sad south..
It is not known whether similar measures will be equally
extended to other ports nearer to the English shores. as it
would seem but ten natural. It is said that the British
minister, Sir John Crampton, has addramed strong remon-
strances to the Spaniah government upon the subject.

•
QUARANTINE AT CIVITA VECCHIA.—JANUART
1866.—The following information has this day been re.
oohed at the Foreign Office from the British Vice-Ooenal
at avail, Vecchia, dated December 24, 1865 : " I have
received official information from the local authorities here
that, from the date of yesterday. the 23rd instant, it has
been decided that vessels, pemeoprs, and crews of vessels
arriving from Marseilles and other southern French porta,
and from the mut of Spain, are to be admitted to free pre-
drill° ; the effects of parssgere and crews, however, to be
subjected to a process of disinfection by chloride of lime.
I have also further to report, without, however, having
received official notice thereof, that the Papal anthmitiee
at the frontier no longer demand or require a °ordinate of
residence, for a siren period, in an uninfected locality, and
that the disinfecting process by fumigation, of the person,
at Montalto. and of luggage here, has likewise been dam.
tinned, so that the a se to Item by both hod sad
see may again be end as beag free sad eaismpeastl."
PATENT OFFICE, h1178111:111, BOUTH KINSINOTON.
—Number of visitor, for the week coffin Deo. 30, 6.710 ;
total number mince the opening al the stiesess free daily
(12th May, 18583, 990,179.