The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-14 00:00:00

THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA

TO ITALY:

The Florence correspondent of the Liberti, M.
Jules de Precy, writes as follows, under date of
May 9 :
To-day the Prince of Prussia visited the arsenal of
Spezzda, where the Minister of Marine was in waiting to do
the honours. On his way the Prince stopped at MA'AM-
Camara to review the National Guard. The municipality
nudes him a present of a statuette n marble. To-morrow
the prince is to visit the works of Mount Cenis, and he will
be accompanied by the Minister of Public Works. Now
th►t the heir presumptive to the Prussian throne
is no longer in Florence, the question may be asked,
what could have induced the Italian government
so seriously to affront Austria as to invite the Archduke
Victor and the Prince Royalof Saxony, both near relations
of Prince Humbert and Princess Margaret, to witness the
triumph of the conqueror of Sadowa at Turin ? The Prince
of Prussia is connected by no ties of blood with the
dynasty of Savoy, and might very well Lave chosen
another moment to pay a visit to Italy. But this, it
seems, would not have answered the purpose of N. de
Bismarck, who so managed that the acceptance of the
invitation of the Prince of Prussia made the Archduke
Victor and the Prince of fiaxooy stay away. As
to the Plince of Prussia, his mission was to provoke
a series of nianifeatations which had a palpably
anti-French character. He fulfilled this mission with much
tact ; he multiplied hiniatlf with wonderful energy and
danced with Italian ladies of all degrees without number ;
he made a point of encouraging the officers of LiB staff to
fratcr-ni•e with the Italian officers ; he went into ecatacies
about the artillery he saw at Turin ; and as to the fo rsag-
For,, be expressed a wish that Prussia had ten battalions
like Grum To political men he paid the utmost possible
attention, letting them talk as long as they like and listen-
ing to theta, which is the greatest compliment you
can Pay to Italians, who complain that their
own countrymen have not patience to hear. The Prince,
without pronouncing the word Rome, insinuated that
Prussia, having no engagements withthe papacy, could wore
easily than any other power solve the Roman question in a
manner satisfactory to Italy. In a word M. de Biamarck
wanted an anti-I:leech demonstration in Italy, and his
charge d'affaiits, the Prince of Prussia, Las made one for
him.

(REITER'S TELEGRAMS.)

BUDGET OF THE NORTH GERMAN CON-

FEDERATION. ----
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BERLIN, DIAv
The Federal budget for 1869 was brought in at
the sitting of the Federal Council yesterday. The
total expenditure is estimated at 72,734,601 thalers.
of which the ordinary budget amounts to 68,683,817
thalers,viz.:—For the Federal chancellery, Federal
council, and North German parliament, 198,913
Dialers ; for the consulates, '275,1;50 Dialers ; for the
Federal army, 66,340,275 thalers ; for the Federal
navy, 1,868,979 thalers.

The extraordinary expenditure is calculated at
4,0:7,0,784 thalers, viz.:—For the Federal chancery
and council, 150,000 thalers ; for the general post
administration, 27,999 thalers ; for telegraphs,
322,780 thalers ; for the Federal navy, 3,550,000
thalers.

The expenditure will be covered by the revenue
to the amount of 50,477,743 thalers, and by the
contributions of the Federal government to the
amount of '22,256,853 thalere.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, MAY 14.

In yesterday's sitting of the committee on the
budget the principles were discussed according to
which the unification of the public debt is to be
carried out.

Herr Ilopfen, who was supportedby Dr. Brestel,
the Minister of Finance, made the following pro-
position, which was agreed to by the Committee :
The rate of interest shall constitute the basis of
conversion for the various classes of the unredeem-
able debt, and the quotation prices upon the I t.uirse
shall serve as the basis for the unification of the
unrodeeniable and redeemable debts, and also fur
the different classes of the redeemable debt.

AMERICA.

(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH THROUGH ML REUTER'S AGENCY.)

NEW YORK, M 1:;.

The Cunard steamer Australasian arrived out at
8 am. The Inman steamer City of Washington and
the Gluon steamer Nebraska also arrived out to-
day.
The shipments of specie by the steamers having
to-day for Enrope are 450,000 dols.
Closing Prices :—Gold, 1391 ; sterling exchange
on London, 110; 5-20 United States Bonds,
1842, 109 ; ditto, 1885, 1071 ; 10-40 Bonds, 10:11 ;
Illinois, 146; Erie, 691. Cotton: Middling Up-
land, 30. Petroleum, standard white, 31.
Flour, extra State, 10 dols. ; Corn, old mixed,
1 dol. 18e.

Another morganatic marriage has just been con-
tracted in Germany. Prince Sayn-Wittgenstein has
espoused fildlle. Amelia Lilienthal, the daughter of a
wealthy merchant at Berlin.

The Monday soirees dansantes given each spring
by the Empress at the Tuileriee will commence this year
on the 18th instant. The second will take place c n the
25th, and the last on the let Jane.

Madame Miolan-Carvalho gave her first represen-
tation at Brussels ou Monday, in Gounod's Itoutio a
Juliette.

A Madrid letter states that the Italian operatic
season just closed in that capital has been a successful
one. Tamberlik, who remained after the departure of
Naudin, performed wonders. Galletti rang five times in
the Famttrite with great applause, but she did not appear
in Off/to, as several times announced. The director, de-
siring to allow a period of repose to Tamberlik, bronght
out La Sonnambula with Palermi as Elvis*. Norma was
given for the benefit of the singers common fund. A
Madrid lady, non-professional, sang the part of the
heroine ; Mdlle. Sonnieri that of Adalgiea, Tamberlik was
the rollio, and Selva the Oroveso. _

A bronze Roman coin of the age of Phillipue
the younger, A.D. 249, has been dcg up at Carisbrook, in
the Isle of Wight, not far from the remaios of a Roman
villa.

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The copper ore from the Cape of Good Elope is
now sent direct toSwansea from the Cape in sailing vessels
instead of being sent to England in the Cape mail packets
and from thence to Wales. The Cape Copper Mine is in-
creasing in value.
The Tasmanian, which has just reached home
with the Wed India mail, made the passage from St.
Thomas in It days 16 hours, which is one of the quickest
passages on record. Occasional slight shocks of earth-
quakes are still felt nt St. Thomas. The Danidi flag was
still flying on that island. When the Atlantic steamer
goes on to Colon she will, it is expected, call at Jamaica
every alternate fortnight, the urns as the intercolonial
steamer now doer. Colon is an unhealthy place on account
of the swamps, but disease there takes the form of ague,
while at St. Thomas it takes the form of yellow fever.

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I LIVERPOOL, MAY 14.—The Inman steamer
City of Boston, which left New York on the 9th inst. for
this port, hrinp 775,000 dole. in specie.
INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL, MES-
SINA, Mar 13.—The Delta panted Mtlll4olll at 6 p.m. to.
day, re route for Marmilles. All welL —MALTA, MAT 13.
—The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above, left at
4 p.m. to-day for Elontharoptoa, where she may be looked
for about tha Ziad hat.

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017TITAND INDIA AND CHI/CA MAILS, MALTA,
MAT 13.—The Nyanza, from Soatbaraptoa tad last.,
arrived at 7 a.m. on the Iltb, mod loft at 2 ran. for
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