The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-08 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE MILITARY ARMAMENTS OF EUROPE.

We find the following in the Muuiteur Soir.
It will be seen from it that the great increase in
the armies of Europe is for the purpose of mutual
respect and keeping the peace :
The military question is on the order of the day in
almost every country in Europe. It is not only so in the
Case of great powers like France, England, and Austria,
but of small states like Denmark and Holland, which
are replacing their system of armament and re-
organising their armies. The general principle adopted is
that of obligatory service for all citizens, and
a division of the army into an active service force and a
reserve force. The moment the great powers adopted this
system, it became necessary for the other states to follow
the example. In the project for the confederation of
North Germany obligatory service is required. Austria
hsa adopted the same principle in all the provinces of the
empire. The four states of South Germany have agreed
to enforce the same system. Sweden and Denmark '
have proposed to their Chambers that every Swede and
Dane should be enrolled. Holland is desirous of increas-
ing her active army from 55,000 to 70,000, and of
forming a national guard of 106,000 men. Finally, in
the south of Europe, Spain and Italy are endeavouring
to augment their effective force and a commission,
appointed by Victor Emmanuel, is engaged on a project
which, by declaring every Italian liable to ser-
vice, would raise the Italian army to 500,000,
of whom 300,000 would be in active service, 100,000 for
filling up gaps in the service, and 100,000 reserve. The
whole of these preparations is not a menace to the peace
of Europe, but a guarantee of the mutual respect which
the powers owe to one another. If the military art, like
other sciences, has made program which renders a change
in its armament indispensable, it must not be forgotten
that armies are not required merely for war : they maintain
public order ; they develop° ideas of discipline and order,
and contribute, even in time of peace, to the force of
nations and to their dignity.

THE ROMAN EMIGRANTS.
A Florence letter in the Dihnts contains the fol-

lowing

It is alleged that the Roman emigrants are about to
cause grave embarrassment to the pontifical, and conse-
quently to the Italian government. The emigrants are
very numerous, about 12,000 it is said. They intend to
enter Rome all at once as to their own homes, according
to the suggestion of Garibaldi. However pacific the entry
may be it is difficult to believe that some trouble will not
be caused to the temporal power. This project is attri-
buted to Professor Filopanti, of Bologna, who is one of
the chiefs of the advanced party.

(asusn's Tasozmie.)
THE EASTERN QUESTION.

VIENNA, MARCH S.

The Prem of to-day says :—" Russia agrees in
principle with the proposal of France to recommend
to the Porte the cession of Candis and the greater
portion of rheas&ly and Epirus. But she considers
this proposal merely as a point of departure for the
solution of the Eastern question, which requires the
concession of the acknowledged political and civil
tights of the Christian subjects of the Porte. Eng-
land declares that these proposals entirely upset
the Paris treaty of 1856. Further negotiations be-
tween England and France on the subject have led
to no result, but Russia has announced her inten-
tion of making an official proposal for the provi-
sional settlement of the question on the basis of
the French propositions."

THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES.
MUNICH, MARCH 8.

The resolutions of the military conference at
Stuttgard have been ratified by all the South Ger-
man governments, who now declare the object of
their understanding to be the establishment of a
common military organisation similar to the Prus-
sian military system, which will enable them to
defend the integrity of Germany in common with
the other German States. The conference deferred
the adoption of a resolution respecting the future
garrisons of the fortresses of Ulm and Rastatt.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, MAUCH 7, Evrsnic.

The Council of Ministers resolved to-day that
notwithstanding the adverse votes of the provincial
Diets, the principle of a general obligation to mili-
tary service should form the basis of the conscrip-
tion for the present year.

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.
VIENNA, MARCH 8.

Prussia has officially informed the Austrian
Cabinet that the obstacles to the conclusion of
a treaty of commerce between Prussia and Austria
are not yet removed. Austria has declared
herself ready to resume the negotiations
with Prussia on this question immediately after
the return of the Austrian commercial plenipoten-
tiaries from Florence.
The Council of Administration of the Creditan-
stalt will propose, at the next meeting of the share-
holders, the payment of a dividend of fully 5 per
cent.

THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
VISIT OF THE EMPEROR.
PARIS, MaRCH 8.

The Moniteur of this morning says :
"The Emperor paid a fresh visit yesterday to
the Champ do Mars. His Majesty expressed his
satisfaction at the activity with which the works
connected with the arrangement of the Exhibition
are being carried on, and particularly remarked
upon the large number of objects already sent by
foreign exhibitors. He expressed a hope that
French exhibitors would not allow themselves to be
forestalled, and that each would make it a point of
honour to be perfectly ready by the 28th March."

EXECUTION OF THE MURDERER LEN HIRE.
PARIS, MARCH 8.

The murderer Lemaire was executed at 6 o'clock
this morning. An immense crowd surrounded the
scaffold.

AMERICA.
(lIT ATLANTIC TRIACRAPH.)
NEW YORK, MARCH 7, 5 P.R.
On Monday the House of Representatives will
adjourn its sittings until the month of May.
The proposal for the impeachment of President
Johnson has been referred to the Judiciary Com-
mittee for investigation during the recess.
Closing prices :—Gold, 154 Sterling exchange
on London, loBi. 5.20 United States Bonds,
109} ; Illinois, 1144; Erie, 54. Cotton : Middling
upland, 304.

" The carnival," writes a correspondent, " is
certainly defunct in Paris, as, without the exhibition of
the Bceuf-Gras and its peregrinations along the streets
and boulevards from one rich house to another, it would
pass away every year completely unnoticed. On Tuesday,
with the exception of some children, scarcely a fancy dress
was to be seen anywhere, unless in the cortige of the day.
The crowd in the public thoroughfares was immense, and
wherever the ox and its retinae passed along all traffic
became for the moment impassible. The Monitcor has ex.
plained the true ch►racter of the plaster figure which
stretched forth its arms over one of the cars. It repre-
sented the Genius of France inviting the natives of all
countries to the Paris exhibition. At night, as is usual
on the Mardi Gras, all the masked balls and dancing
places were crowded to excess."