The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-29 00:00:00

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VENETIA. Ak
It is reported from Venetia that a oomminakeimf,
Austrian Engineers is. making a-minute inspection
of the numerous forte along the line of the Adige,
and that the soldiers of the reeeres on furlough
bail been called-fn.
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AUSTRIA AND PRUSSiA-
BRUSEIRLS, Mame 29.

The independence Beige of to-day publishes
telegraphic intelligenoe from Weimer, according
to which the Sing of Prussia gave his consent
on Monday last to certain military arrangements,
which, although only of a preliminary nature,
indicate that war is almost inevitable.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAIM 28, EViitio.

Senor Rios Row, president of the Congram,
Senor Silvels, director of Public; Instruction, and
same other members of the Congress who abstained
from voting upon the motion of Senor Fages for
the reduction of the army, have tendered their
resignations.

ARRIVAL OF THZ BORUSSIA.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAsca 29.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Borussia, from New York on the 17th inst., passed
the Needles at 11.10 S. M. to-day.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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The Avenir National hears from London that a
few days since Lord Cowley and Baron de Budberg
had an interview with the Emperor upon the
A.ustro-Prussian difficulty. Lord Cowley ;1
said to have reported to his govern-
ment that Napoleon 111. did not think a
war could be avoided, but he was resolved to
reserve his complete liberty of action, and to inter-
fere only when he should see his opportunity. M.
de Budberg, the Russian ambassador, shared the
Emperor's opinion, that war was imminent ; but
Lord Cowley himself thought an arrangement might
yet be made. This is news too specific and interest-
ing not to be contradicted.
The German news was read much more warlike
at the Bourse to-day, and considerable uneasiness
was felt about the article of the Moscow Gazette,
commented on by the Dibate. Route fell 271 c.
for cash, and 171 c. for amount, closing at
68fr. 321 e. and 88fr. 30c. Most other securities
were extremely heavy. The Italian Loan fell 720.,1
and Credit Foncier 15c. Mobilier, however, rose
llfr. 25c.
K Emile 011ivier says in the Praise to-night
that it is impossible for the government to remain
long in its present provisional situation. Although
it seems not to like to advance, he "knows"
that it is not less disinclined to • risk a retrograde
step. But the force of logic must push
it one way or the other—either onward to
the "sate additional," or backward to
the primitive constitution of 1852. If it will nob
trust " liberal democracy," it has no refuge but
" Cesarian democracy," and "it remains to be seen
whether the latter is practicable in France."
The Patric feels moved to contradict news which
it states to be in circulation, representing that
Baron Saillazol's mission to Mexico was not going
on well. The only contradictory tact which it ad-
vances, however, is that the French envoy had seen
the Emperor Maximilian at Cuernavaca. It admits
that on Feb. 25, the date of the latest news, " no
arrangement had been made." It anticipates that
the official answer of Maximilian will be brought
by the Panama, which is expected at St.. Nazaire
on April & The contingency of a dilatory answer
is not referred to.

A despatch from Algeria of March 25, speaks of
a combat near Geryvi'le between a column com-
manded by Chef d'Esoadrou Gomband de Siniville
and some southern Arabs, in which the French per-
formed " prodigies of valour." The Commandant
Sdniville received a ball in the thigh, and a yatagan
cut in the breast, but, though most severely
wounded, was likely to recover.
The third chamber of the Civil Court of Paris,
presided by President Vignon, has just decided'
that a contract to pay a commission to a matri-
monial agent is null and void as being against
public policy and essentially unmoral as giving the
agent a manifest interest to bias the judgment of
the parties. This decision, should it be maintained
by the Supreme Court, will be a heavy blow to a
profession very largely practised in France. A
great many cases have been decided the other way,
and the advertisements of matrimonial agents teem
with extracts from judgments laying it down that
their vocation was perfectly lawful.