The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-26 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGEN CE.

(asursais Taxasams.)
THE WAR IN GERMANY.

LUNDENBITRO, JULY 23.

In .the engagement which took place before
Presbiug yesterday the Bth Prussian division
wile opposed near prumenau, by the 2nd Aim-
trian army corps and the Mondel brigade. At
noon the Prussian Bose brigade was in the Aug-
trian rear. The principal Prussian attack was in
progress when the fighting was broken off by the
arrival of the intelligence announcing the conclu-
sion of a truce. The Austrians, in older to reach
Presburg, had to pass the Boas brigade. The
latter rested for the night a quarter of a German
mile before Presburg, but withdrew this morning
within the line of demarcation.

BERL/N, JOLT 25.
It is rumoured that the Grand Duke of Olden-
burg and the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha will re-
ceive an increase of territory under the proposed
new Confederation. The Prussian Chambers will
probably be opened by the Minister of Finance, as
the King and Count Bismarck are detained at the
head-quarters of the army by the important nego-
tiations which are taking place.
The address signed by the principal inhabitants
of the town of Leer, soliciting the annexation of
East Friealand to Prussia, arrived here to-day.

WIESBADEN, Joni 25.

The agitation for the union Of the Duchy of
Nassau with Prussia has greatly extended since
the departure of the Federal army. A deputation
of the principal manufacturers have proceeded to
Berlin with reference to this question.

BERLIN, Juts 26, Evintro.
The semi-official Norddeufacke AUgenteine Zeitung
of to-day contains an article pointing out the
peaceful tone assumed by the Vienna press. The
article adds :—" It appears that among the ad-
visers of the Emperor only a small coterie, the
soul of which is Baron von Beust, endeavoured to
dissuade his Majesty from consenting to the pre-
liminaries of peace, but its efforts will probably be
unsuccessful." The same journal says :—" In
consequence of the attitude of a portion of the
Saxon civil authorities, and the contumacy of the
commandant of Komigatein, radical changes will
shortly be effected by Prussia in her relations with
the Saxon administration." A Prussian marine
depot has been opened at Geestemtinde, in
Hanover.

PARIS, JULY 25, Evanwo. '
The Menikair du Soir states that Austria did not
accept without pain and hesitation the bases of
peace involving her withdrawal from the Con-
federation. The same journal says :—" It is
asserted that one of the burgomasters of Frankfort
committed suicide yesterday in order to avoid fur-
nishing the Prusaisuis with information which
would facilitate the collection of the oontribution
laid upon the inhabitants by General Manteuffel."

PRUSSIA AND THE FEDERAL FORTRESSES.
MUNICH, JULY 25.

Apprehensions are entertained here that Prussia
will claim the refund of all the sums expended by
her for the maintenance of the Federal fortresses,
when her proposals for a settlement with Southern
Germany are put forward.

THE PRUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF
FRANKFORT.
(orriclAL.)
BERLIN, JuLy 25.

According to authentic intelligence from Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine, the report that General Man-
teuffel had threatened to bombard that city and to
give it up to pillage if the contribution demanded
by him were not paid is entirely without
foundation.

FRANKFORT, JULY 25.

The Prussian Commandant Roder and Civil
Commissioner Diva have issued an order dissolv-
ing the Senate, Council of Burghers, and Legisla-
tive Assembly. The former Senators are to carry
on the government, as magistrates, under the super,
intendence of the Prussian administration, and to
give effect to the latter's decisions. They are en-
; joined not to do or allow to be done anything con-
' trary to Prussian interests. All the municipal
and police authorities are to act in the same spirit.
Commandant Roder has assumed the poet of
administrator of Frankfort, Civil Commissioner
Diest having been called away by the government
to fill another administrative office.

(no* ova own commeronsimr.)
PARIS, WEIWINIDAY
The Moniteur dre Soir contains the following
political explanations • I
The conciliatory efforts of the French Cabinet • have 11
produced a first result—the belligerent powers consent to
the conclusion of an armistice and the opening of nagotia-
tions for peace. The conditions on which his Majesty's
government offered its good crams are now perfectly well I
known. Austria had decided to'abandon Venetia, and thus
the 'abject matter of the contest for which Italy took up
arms was removed. On the other hand Prussia had
obtained such Important and rapid advantages both in the
north and south—that the moment came for appealing-to I
the wile sentiments of the Courts of Vienna. Berlin;
sad Florence. The French government relied upon the
influence of its counsels, and the spirit of moderation of
the three cabinets to attain the object it bad in view ; and
its expectation has not been disappointed. France will
continue the part of a friendly mediator in the delibera-
tions now about to be opened, and she will continue to I
employ her influence to facilitate the work of pm:Moab=
to which she has convened the belligerents It was only
after painful hesitation that Austria accepted bases of
peace involving her expulsion from the Germanic confede-
ration ; the souvenirs connecting this power with Ger-
many are indeed the oldest in her history. However, time I
may judge from the language of the Austrian press, the
feeling of regret caused by this samillos bee net been.
equally strong in all the provisoes of the empire. For
many years past there has bon mush difference of
opinion es to the proper share of the German
element in the Austrian government. That els-
meat has hitherto preponderated in the constitutional
organism of Austria, but it is not predominant if we
consider the extent of its territory and the composition of I
its population. The Austrian government has itself ad-
mitted that, in order to strengthen its internal authority,
and establish a real cohesion between so many peoples of
various nationalities, it was necessary to adopt the idea
of a just equilibrium ; and the work of conciliation in
Hungary undertaken by the present ministry has this pre-
cise object. Taking these grounds, several organs of
tpinion think that Austria should seek within herself for
conditions of strength and prosperity, and that when less
occupied with the affairs of Germany, and re➢eved from
the costly burden of Venice, she will be freer to de-
velop. the immense resources contained in moat of the
eastern provinces of her empire. It is moreover known
that the project of reform lately presented to the diet by
Prussia, while implying the rupture of existing ties be-
tween Austria and Germany, leave a door open for new
relations in the future. It results besides, from a con.
venation which M. de Bismarck had at Brunn with an old
member of the Austrian Reicharath, and which is at this
moment the theme of much discussion at Vienna, that
the court of Prussia is not opposed in principle to reci-
procal treaties between Austria and the governments of
Southern Germany.
The two important points of the above manifesto
seem to me, Ist. The expulsion of Austria from
the Germanic Confederation—a fact which has
been lately disputed ; and 2nd. The absence of
the alighted hint that France is to get any exten-
sion of territory on the conclusion of peace.
The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has dismissed
with costs an action brought by the shareholders
of the Mediterranean Submarine Telegraph Com-
pany against the executors and next of kin of the
late Mr. John Watkins Brett, claiming • sum of
upwards of two millions of franca, on the ground
of alleged fraud and mismanagement. The court
held that the transactions called in question were
completely covered by a meeting of shareholders
held before Mr. Brett's death, at which, with a
full knowledge of all the facts, it was voted by a
large majority that so far from his owing anything
to the company he was a creditor for 1,0001.
The Bourse continues to decline. Rente fell
121 c. for cash and 15c. for account, closing at 68fr.
Clic., and 68fr. 70c. Italian fell lfr. 30c , closing
at 52fr. 75c. Mobilier rose lir. 25c.
The Vie Parisienne has been seised, preparatory
to a prosecution for some caricatures of a very
harmless character of the internal arrangements
and discipline of the Imperial Girls' School at St.
Denis.
The Lilfrerte, quoting some observations of the
Daily News on the Hyde-park affair, subjoins to
the quotation these lines, to contrast the freedom
of the press in England with its slavery in France :
—" These are the terms in which an English
journal dares to speak of ministers the day after an
rh•eute."

PADUA, JOLT 19.
• It certainly will not be the fault of the Italians
if another battle is not fought to avenge Oustozza.
They have crossed the Po and the Adige, they
have occupied a great many towns, and thrown
their outpost& as far as they can ; they now give
araldini's corps d'armde the name of " Army of
operation;" but all to no effect. This army consists
of 15 divisions; and is marching every day fifteen
miles or so further eaat. Another army, destined
to lay siege to Mantua, Verona, and Venice, has
beei formed, and General La Marmora has been
entrusted with the command of it. This is how

the Italian forces are now divided, and unless
Lthingsshould turn out better for Austria, it is pro-
bable that the siege guns will have more work than
those of the army of operation. Such has already
' been the case with Borgoforte, which as far as the
WC de pont is concerned, with all its works
stretching . out on both aides of the Po, is
only a thing of the past. The heavy
guns the Duke of Mignano bad posted at
Borgo di Motteggiana, did their work' to perfec-
tion, and the fort opposite bearing the same
L=Wit9ift with those of Rocbette, Bocce di.
and Sailetto, were razed to tits ground, and
' finally taken possession of by the Italians the day
before yesterday. The firing is reported to have
been tremendous, and the explosions very fre-
quent. The losses are heavy on both sides, but a
great deal heavier on that of the Austrians, as the
garrison of the Motteggiana fortress had to bear
the most terrible cross fire and to pass the Po
without any cover. By this capture the whole of
the right bank of the river is now free, and the
second Italian corps d'arm6e is able to invest
Mantua from the south as well as from
the west. It might even get round to the east,
as the garrison inside Leguago, if there is any
now, and that inside Verona are too weak to
attempt any hostile movement out of the range of
their own guns. Should they even be strong
enough to do it, superior instructions from Vienna
recommend, I have reason to believe, complete
inaction.

The advanced line of Cialdini's corps will, I I
think, be pushed to-night beyond the Piave; in
the meanwhile, Treviso, Monte Belluno, and Quero
are by this time strongly occupied by the Italians.
There are no more Austrians in Feltre or Belluno,
for they evacuated those places yesterday, retreat-
ing north through the Cadorre mountains. The
road they follow is a military one they have par-
tially improvei and partially constructed lately,
and it leads to the very source of the Piave, and
then through a pass in the Julian Alps into Ger-
many. Such a retreat, however, can only have
been effected by a small portion of the 7th and 9th
Austrian corps d'armde, as the headquarters are
already at Gorizia, which is quite in another dire&
tion. Gorizia is on the line of the shortest route
to Vienna, and also to Hungary.
It may then be definitively announced that,
with the exception of a few points, the whole of
Venetia has by this time been abandoned by the
Austrians.
From Garibaldi I hear that almost all the
Stelvio Pass has been occupied by the Italians,
who have thus secured another issue into th
Tyrol. It is fortunate for him that he can find
some way to employ his soldiers, however difficult
advancing may be in a country where there is no-
thing but mountains, and where everyone of them
may be easily defended by an enemy. As with
everything else, however, operations linger even
at Garibaldi's headquarters, and the general state
of affairs and forced inaction of the army tell upon
the bold plane he had formed at the beginning. It
must also be said that the defence Austria has or-
ganized in the Italian Tyrol is a very sting one,
and that Austrian Tyrolese volunteers give no
little trouble to the Garibaldians, whose officers are
always made a target for the deadly precision of
the mountaineers stutzen.
Prince Napoleon is expected to arrive at Rovigo
in a day or two. Rovigo is now the King's head-
quarters, as his Majesty entered the town yester-
day amid much enthusiasm. Prince Napoleon's
coming does not, 1 need scarcely say, excite quite
the same delight. The soldiers, at all events,
would willingly dispense with his presence. They
feel that he most likely comes on a peace errand,
and that he is probably empowered, if necessary,
to drop a few ugly hints about French intervention.
This, coupled with the arrival of a French frigate
before Venice, and with the tone of the French
papers, the LibertE and the Journal du Debate ex-
cepted, excites much anxious feeling. Then the news
which comes from Germany, of the battle of Aschaf-
fenburg, and of the probable capture of Frankfort
and Vienna, would leave Cialdini very little to do,
should he even be allowed to do it.

PADUA, Jett 20, 7 P.M.

Signori Visconti-Venosta, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and Jacini, Minister of Public Works, ar-
rived at Cialdini's headquarters this morning, from
those of the King at Rovigo. Prince Napo-
leon is now there, having come with all
his suite, in the fullest of uniforms, to
give perhaps additional weight to his mission.
What this mission is no one seems to know as
yet, and will not for some time. At headquarters
it is regarded with apprehenaion, and the arrival of
the two ministers is thought to be connected with
it. Anyhow this ministerial excursion is not, I
know on usual routine business.
Garibaldi had a success yesterday morning at
Condino, in the valley of the Chien., six miles
north of Storo, beyond Dare°. Nicotera had been
repulsed the previous day, but his attack was only
one of Garibaldi's many master strokes,for it served
to mask the principal movement. Whilst Nicotera
was attacking the enemy in front on the
road, Garibaldi himself debouched from a mom.
tain pass almost impracticable to anyone, fell upon
the back of the Austrians, outflanked them, and
compelled them to abandon Condino in all baste.
This village is now held by the Italian volunteers,
and will shortly be left when they march further
north.
I was going to close the letter when I received
the important news that the Austrians have
evacuated Chioggia and Brondolo. This is positive.
TREVISO, JOLT 21..
I am hare once more, while the head-quarters
of the " Army of operation " are still in Padua.
I think that by this time I ought to know
all the ways of getting to Treviso, unless it
be that from Vienna, which I have not yet been
allowed to try. It is a way that Cialdini would
like to follow now. Meanwhile he was still last