The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-30 00:00:00

MY NEW NOVICL.
In 2 vols., al ail Libraries.
CIR CZ.-

TROY " BELGRAVIA."

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roais.—At the request of the government of Victoria,
the transmission in the mails sent via Panama of news-
pipers, books, and pockets of patterns or samples of mer-
chandise, addressed to the colony of Victoria will be dis-
eritinwed, and is future only such letters and packet. I
will be sent to Victoria by that route as are fully pre-paid
at the letter rate of postage, viz., dd. per half ounce, and
are specially addressed to be so forwarded. No altera-
tion will be made as regards the transmission of news-
papers, books, sad patterns in the mails vie Suez.
RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS =YORE PARLLIMENT.
—Yesterday, in the House of Lords, the following business
in railway and other private Ms was transacted In
room D their lordships passed the bill of the North British
Railway (Carlisle deviations), which has been frequently
adiourned, and ordered it to be reported to the house,
with certain amendments. In room C their lordships pro-
ceeded with the West Cork Railway Bill, which was or-
dered to be reported, with certain amendments. In
room A the select committee on the Railways (guards and
Passengers' communication) Bill was further proceeded
with, and their lordships ordered another adjournment
until this day (Tuesday) at 1 o'clock. There was no busi-
ness transacted in the House of Commons committees.

BELFAST CENTRAL itsiLwAr.—An extraordinary
putrid meeting of the shareholders in this railway was
field yesterday at the olSoes No. 2, Westminster-cham-
bers, Mr. Rtlmger in the chair, when the following reso-
lution was unanimously agreed to :—" Resolved that the
sum of 100.0001. which the company are by the Belfast
Central Railway Act, 1864, authorised to borrow on mort-
gage, shall be and is now authorised to be borrowed,
enter in one sum or in several sums, at the discretion of
the board of directors, and from either the Public Works
Loan Commissioners or any other corporation, or any per-
sons or person, and for each number or numbers of years,
and at such rate or rates of interest, payable at ouch pe-
riods in each year, and generally upon such terms and con-
ditions u the board of directors shall in their discretion
think fit, and for securing the repayment of each sum of
money so borrowed in pursuance of this authority, and the
interest thereof, at the correct or appointed times, the
board of directors be and are authorised to mortgage the
undertaking and the future calls of the shareholders of the
Company.”

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NATIGNAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S RE-
GoNITIGIPTION SCH CM E. —At an extraordinary general
meeting of shareholders held in Liverpool yesterday, Mr.
W. Rome (the chairman) stated that the shareholders had
all but unanimously responded in favour of the scheme of
rvcoo struction, by which the liability upon theold shares will
be removed, and preference shares at 8 per cent. created.
The directors bad received applications for 19,300 of the
20.000 shares, the remainder being in the hands of share-
holders who were mostly out of town. In fact they had
only received three objections to the scheme, one from
.4. 'envoi sharebroker holding ten shares, another from •
Jew. and the third from • holder of five shares. On the
notion of the chairman, seconded by Mr. Hinman, a reso-
lution in favour of a windingup and reconstruction was
unanimously adopted.
Bourn ICtiosiNoroit Mosstrx.—Visitors during
the week ending July 27 :—On Monday, Tuesday, and
Satarday,free, from 10 a.m. to 10 pan., 10,613; cm Wednes-
-47. Thursday, and Friday (admission tkl.), from 10 a.m. till
L.Tn-.1.670 ; National Portrait Exhibition, by payment,
; total, 14,355. Average of corresponding week in
slewws, 10,634. Total from the opening of the
11iv,861.783.
011fen.L PALAcm.—ONE SHILLING DAY. —MOM-
bAY. JULY 29.—Adndesions is payment, 6,340 ; ditto
by 110x0 ticket., 1,319 ; tots/ viadtarm,

(seuria's TZLIGILAMS.)
PRUSSIA AND FRANCE.
BERLIN, JVLT 29, EVILYTNO.
The semi-official North German Gazette, replying
to the article in the Paris Muniteur du .Moir of
Saturday, denying that the French government has
sent any note to Prussia on the subject of North
Schleswig, says :—" We must point out that there
has been no question of a note from the French
government in reference to this matter, but of a
simple despatch, the alleged import of which was,
like our contemporary, the Cross Gazette, repro-
duced from a number of the Vienna Presse."

The North German Gazette, in another portion of
its columns, says :—" The article of the evening
Mostiteur to which we have referred, certainly
causes all the combinations connected by the
Prussian press with what they presumed to be
the diplomatic action of France, to entirely
fall to the ground ; it would therefore
be superfluous to devote any further consideration
to the assertions of the Vienna journals relative to
French mediation in the North-Schleswig question ;
it would also be needless to inquire into the ac-
curacy of the statement received here from Copen-
haof the expected arrival in that city of M.
MeCI, French Minister of Public Works. Such a
discussion would very greatly conduce to delaying
that result which the Monitenr hopes to attain,
namely, a cessation of the uneasiness of public
opinion. This object, however, does not certainly
appear to enter into the plans of the French opposi-
tion, who continue, as is proved by the late speech
I of Baron Dupin in the Senate, to excite passions
!in the most unmeasured manner." _ _

The New Prussian (Cross)Gaz.ette of to-day says :
—" The article published in the evening Mouitenr,
denying that a note had been sent to Berlin by the
French government on the subject of Schleswig,
cannot refer to the announcement made by us, as
we spoke of a despatch not of a note."

BERLIN, JULY 29, EVZIYING.
Zeidiers' Correspondence of this evening says :
"The denial of the Moniteur is only so far correct
that all that took place was the reading of a de-
spatch to the Prussian government by the French
Charge d'Affaires, and this alters nothing in the
facts of the case. We hope that this despatch will
cause no change in Prussia's treatment of the
North Schleswig question. It was alreadystrikingly
offensive enough on the part of France to take
upon herself to interfere with the establishment of
the Customs' Union, and to attempt, by warnings
and even by threats, to prevent the South German
governments from joining he custom parliament.
But all this was not addressed direct to Prussia.
Now that we are directly addressed, it is
to be hoped that the government will give
a thoroughly clear reply. We do not desire hos-
tilities, still less have we any need to keep out of
the way of them. We hear with pleasure that our
relations with Austria are still perfectly satisfac-
tory. The Vienna cabinet appears desirous that
its policy shall be controlled by the conviction that
an alliance with France against Germany would be
fatal and ruinous for Austria herself."
It is believed that Count Bismarck will meet the
King at Ems at the beginning of next month. He
will afterwards come to Berlin, to be present at the
sittings of the Federal Council. The elections for
the North German Parliament are certain to take
place before the end of August. The Hanoverian
notables who have arrived in Berlin to confer with
the government on the state of Hanover had their
first interview with the Minister of the Interior
to-day. The King has finally decided upon the
flag of the North German Confederation. The
special flags of the States of the Confederacy will
cease to be used from the evening of the 30th
September, and the new flag will be hoisted on the
morning of the Ist of October.
The Bourse Gazette maintains that a note from
the French cabinet has been recently forwarded to
the Prussian government, and says :—" The note
commences by simply asserting the right to express
an opinion with regard to North Schleswig. As it
proceeds, however, the despatch abandons this
moderate point of view, and rather adopts a tone
of advice claiming consideration."

PARIS, JULY 29, Evwfixq.

To-day the Emperor held a review in the Bois
de Boulogne. The King of Portugal received yes-
terday a deputation from the French and English
societies for the abolition of the slave traffic. His
Majesty and Queen Maria Pia will take their de-
parture on the sth of August. The France of this
evening reproduces the article published this
morning by the Moniteur, and says :—" The public
mind will not be entirely reassured until the dis-
positions and attitude of the cabinet of Berlin re-
spond to the loyal intentions of the cabinet of the
Tuileries, and until the Prussian official journal is
as explicit as the French Moniteur. France wishes
for peace, and unfeignedly accepts the state of
things which events have created in Germany, but
at the same time requires that Prussia shall confine
herself within the limits of the treaty of Prague,
and fully acknowledges that she has no more con-
quests to make."
The Patrie of this evening says :—" It is very
true that the execution of the treaty of Prague has
led to conversations between the cabinet of Berlin
and the representatives of the Great Powers, but
that has been the case for the last two months,
namely, sine the date of the first Prussian and
Danish despatches on this subject. It is likewise
true that France and Prussia have privately made
known their impressions relative to this treaty, as
also that Herr von Thile, who at present replaces
Count Bismarck, has received, as frequently hap-
pens, the French and Russian representatives, and
that during one of these interviews M. Lefebre,
replacing M. de Benedetti, who is absent, was
better able to define the policy of the French go-
vernment, which had been informed of the contents
of the last reply of Denmark. Irrespective, how-
' ever of this, there is nothing either in the diplo-
matic action, or in the attitude of France or
Russia, to justify or explain the rumours which
have lately be circulated by the press."