The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF courn

BISMARCK.

BERLIN, NAT 7.

This afternoon, about six o'clock, a well-dressed
man fired several shots from a revolver at Count
von Bismarck in the Unter den Linden.
The would-be assassin was immediately arrested,
having been seized by Count von Bismarck him-
self, who was not wounded by any of the shots.

BERLIN, MAT 7, 11 p.x.

The attempt upon the life of Count von Bismarck
was made at 5 o'clock this evening as the count
was returning on foot along the Unter den
,coulat Linden, after having had an audience of the King.
Upon reaching the Schadow-strasse he was fired at
frees behind by a man who discharged at him two
barrels of a revolver Both shots, however, missed the
count, who immediately turned and seized the man.
In the straggle which ensued between them, the
itassasin fired three more shots from his revolver.
Bismarck remained unhurt, with iiiii—,aaarii;
tine of a alight eoutusion. His clothes were also
burned by the nearness of the three last discharges.
The perpetrator of the attempted assassination,
who was immediately arrested by the police, is a
man, 22 years of age. It appears that he came
from Hohenheim, in Wurtemburg, with the de-
liberate intention of assassinating Count von
Bismarck.

THE IMPENDING WAR.
VIENNA, Era 7, EVENING. ,
Orders have been issued for placing the whole ,
Austrian army on a war footing, and for cones- ,
troiting the army of the north on the Bohemian
and Silesian frontiers. In view of the danger of
war the government intends to convoke all the
provincial Diets throughout the empire. It is
stated to have been resolved to utilise the eccle-
siastical property in providing for the expenses of
war, and the government is reported to be now ne- ,
gotiating in order to obtain advances on the security
of this property. It is confirmed that the Austrian
reply to the last note from Prussia positively rejects
the demand of the latter Power that Austria, in
view of the Italian armaments, should disarm.
Intelligence received in Vienna announces that
armaments are being carried forward in the Middle
States. The Directors of the National Bank are
stated to have protested against the emission of
bank notes by the government. Count Mulinen is
said to be the bearer of important communications
from the French government in reference to the
declaration of Italy that she will not attack Austria.
In Vienna little credit is attached to the reports
asserting the probability of a Congress.

BERLIN, MAY 7.

Prince Frederick Charles will take the chief
command of the Prussian army. A despatch is
believed to have been forwarded to Stuttgard by
the Prussian government demanding explanations
respecting the armaments which are going on in
Wirtemberg.
It is asserted that the second division of the
guard have received orders to hold themselves in
readiness for a forced march, and that their desti-
nation is Gorlitz, on the Saxon frontier.
The Narddeutiehe Zeitung and the Kreuz Zeitung

of to-day announce that, from patriotic reasons,
they will be unable to publish any further infor-
mation respecting the locality and extension of the
Prussian armaments, more especially with reference
1 to the expected military movements.

FLORENCE, MAY 7.

Intelligence received here from all the Italian
provinces reports great enthusiasm in favour of
war. The National Guard are offering their ser-
vices, and the soldiers called upon to join their
regiments are everywhere readily coming forward.
Prince Humbert has taken his departure for Lom-
bardy. General Prim has left this city for Paris.
A royal decree has been issued ordering the
forced currency of the notes of the National Bank
of Tuscany for all payments throughout the Tuscan
provinces. In the debate to-day in the Chamber
of Deputies upon the financial projects of the go-
vernment, Signor Scialoja, Minister of Finance,
accepted the proposals of the committee, but stated
that he would not consent to any reduction of the
taxes he had proposed.

GENOA, MAY 7.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the depar-
ture of the Thousand of Marsala, a great demon_
stration took place in this town. Shouts were
raised by the crowds of " Long live:the King ! Ga-
ribaldi and war Five hundred Genoese have
offered themselves as volunteers during the last two
days.

NAPLES, MAY 7.

The municipality of Naples has voted annual
pensions of from 200 to 2,000 francs to Neapolitan
soldiers who may distinguish themselves, and to
the families of those who may be killed in a war
against Austria. The municipalities of Crema and
Palermo have adopted resolutions to a similar effect,

BP CIA, MAT 7.

The country surrounding Mantua has been inun.
dated by the Austrian engineers, and the forti
Seations of Pesehiera and Legnano have

strengthened.

TOULON, MAY 7.

The Italian iron-clad frigate Varese, having been
ordered home immediately, left here to-day with
a crew composed of sailors belonging to the mer-
chant navy.

THE NEUTRALITY OF SWITZERLAND.
PARIS, MAT 7.

The Patric of this evening states that Switzer-
land, in view of the probability of war, has •ob
tained a declaration from the Great Powers re-
affirming her neutrality.

RE-ELECTION OF MAZZINI AT MESSINA.
MESSINA, MAY 6.

Mazzini has again been elected to represent
this town in the Chamber of Deputies by 329
against 203 votes.

INCREASE OF THE BELGIAN ARMY.
BRUSSELS, MAY 7.

It is stated that the Belgian government shortly
intends raising the effective of the Belgian army
to 80,000 men, and that the orders for recalling
the men on furlough are already signed.

An important work, by. Gounod, called " TJlyeeee,"
is about to be produced for the first time in this country
at a conoert to be given at St. James's-hall on the Bth of
next month, in aid of the funds of the Hospital for Con-
sumption. A cantata by Weber, which has not been per-
forms 1 hare for 20 years, will also be introduced, besides
Mendelssohn's music to " Midsurimerplight's Dream." The
attractive character of the music, and the wids-spread
interest felt in the above popular charity, cannot fail to
create an eager demand for tickets for this assent.