The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-08 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Jtraz 7.

The presentation of the loyal address to the Em-
peror from the inhabitants of Pesth and Buda took
place to-day. His Majesty, in thanking the depu-

tations said :--` At the present serious moment,
when unexpected foreign complications compel me
to defend my crown and the interests of my mo-
narchy. I find great comfort and support in the
earnest devotion of my people, and as such a mark
of devotion do I regard the loyal address of the
inhabitants of Pesth and Buda.' According to
intelligence received here the Porte intends to
station a flotilla of war vessels upon the Dalmatian
coast in order to prevent any attempt being made
to disembark Italian volunteers.

VIENNA, Juin 7, EVILNING.
The Neue Freie Presae of to-day states that Baron
von Werther has read to Count M.ensclorff the Prus-
sian despatch upon the convocation of the Holstein
Estates, announced yesterday, and at the same
time informed him that orders had been sent to
General von Manteuffel to enter Holstein, and
re-establish the previous co-dominion. " Instruc-
tions were thereupon telegraphed to General
von Gable= to the effect that in the
event of the Prussian troops entering Hol.
stein he should avoid all armed con-
flict. Diplomatic relations between Prussia and
Austria will cease the moment that the Prussian
representative at the Diet shall leave Frankfort.
Should a collision take place between the two
forces the Austrian army of the north will advance
against Prussia."
Opinions generally concur in regarding the Pros-
sign despatch as bearing the character of a protest.
The Wiener Abendpost publishes an article ener-
getically contesting the assertion of the Berlin
Staatsanzeiler that Austria, by her action at the
Federal Diet in reference to the Duchies, had vio-
lated the Gastein Convention. The article con-
cludes by declaring that no legal agreement existed,
and that Austria decisively protests against such
an interpretation of the Convention.
The Presse asserts that Baron von Werther de-
clared to Count Mensdorff that Prussia would
forcibly prevent the assembly of the Holstein
Estates.

According to the Nene Frendemblatt, Austria re-
gards the entry of Prussian troops into Holstein as
a breach of the Gastein Convention, and the for-
cible occupation of the country as a casus belli.

THE FEDERAL DIET.

FRANKFORT-ON-TIIE-MAINE, Jutn 7.

At the proposal of Austria, the military com-
mittee of the Federal Diet to-day recommended
that the contingents of Electoral Hesse and the
Thuringian States should occupy Mayence, and
that the troops of Nassau and Darmstadt should
remain available for active service. An extraor-
dinary sitting of the Federal Diet will take place
to-morrow. In the event of the proposal of
Prussia for the garrisoning of Mayence by troops
from Bavaria, Darmstadt, and Nassau being
rejected, it is believed that the Bavarian proposal
for the evacuation of Mayence by the Austrians
and Prussians will also be rejected. Should the
Prussian troops remain in Mayence the Austrian
contingent will likewise remain there.

was received to-day by the Emperor, and expressed
the thanks of the King of Prussia forhia Majesty's
efforts to maintain peace."

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(mow OUR owl CORRHIPOSDZST.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EMMA

On the momentous question of the day there is
little new to be said here. Not the least doubt is
expressed in any quarter that war will begin almost
immediately, and every ear is listening for the
sound of cannon. Various circumstances tend to

throw into stronger relief the proof of an alliance
for war purposes between Prusais, France, and
Italy. .

" General Govone, who had lately been at Ber-
lin, charged with a mission by the cabinet of
Florence, has just passed through Paris on his
way back to Italy. The belief is that he is the
bearer of the last arrangements entered into be-
tween the two governments in the hypothesis of
war breaking out." Such is the paragraph going
the round of the journals. I take leave to amend
it by reading three governments, instead of two.
Why otherwise should General Govone have come
to Paris 1 A " short war" is what the optimists
among the official writers are now going in for.
But this war once begun will assume proportions
beyond the French Emperor's control.
Count de Goltz, the Prussian minister, bad the
honour of being received by the Emperor at 2 this
afternoon for the purpose of thanking his Majesty
in the name of the King of Prussia for the efforts
he had made to preserve peace. This is a charac-
teristic little scene in the farce. _ _

The Bourse was very heavy, but with little
change. Rente for account rose Mc., closing at
62fr. 90c. ; Italian fell 25c., and Mobilier Mr.
The Taponnier divorce case has just been brought
to a termination before the Civil Court of Geneva.
M. Hebert, of the Paris bar, not being able to at-
tend, no pleading took place, the other counsel
simply reading the conclusions at which they had
arrived, as they did not wish to repeat the argu-
ments used by M. Hebert, or to oppose them in
his absence. The judge, in summing up, pro-
nounced in favour of the divorce, and the tribunal
gave a verdict in accordance with that decision.
This verdict is of no value in France, and the un-
fortunate young lady cannot there marry again.