The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-07 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Ocr. 5.
The state of the Infanta Donna Maria de le Con-
cepcion leaves no hope of her recovery.
The statement that the question of delivering up
the Neapolitan archives to the Sardinian govern-
ment had been settled is unfounded.

The frigate Helios Carmen was successfully
launched yesterday.
The Madrid official Gazette of to day states
that 47,000 Spanish troops, of whom 25,000 consist
of regiments of the line, are now in the Spanish
Antilles.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(FROM ova OWN CORRZSPO:CDENT.)
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENINU

Some of the French journals have sent special
correspondents to Oompihgne, but they are likely
to find very little to write about. Tho Me; on
the reception of the Kiug of Prussia will be next to
nothing. The company of the Theatre Francais
has gone down to play to-morrow evening at the
private theatre, but nobody out of the court circle
will be admitted to the performance. There is a
talk of some pheasant shooting in the preserves,
but there will be no grand stag hunt. All the
rumours from Compiegne tend to confirm the
assertion which the Berlin journals have been at
great pains to impress upon the public mind, that
the King's visit is of an " essentially private
character." Some of the CompiNgue tradesmen
had hung the Prussian flag from the first floor
windows, but they have been ordered to take it
down ; and the decorations intended to be made on
the road from the railway station to the chateau,
and for which the municipality had voted a con-
aiderable sum of money, are countermanded.
The Pays, which yesterday announced as "latest
news" that the visit of the King of Holland was
postponed, now says under the same heading, and,
of course, with equal authority, that no change
has been made in his Majesty's arrangements.
All the government journals contain paragraphs
affirming that corn is cheaper in all the great pro-
ducing countries, and that the price of bread in
Paris—now lfr. the 41b. loaf—cannot fail to be re-
duced very soon.
The Marseilles journals state that the case of the
King of Italy e. the King of Naples, which was set
down to be heard on October 19, stands over till
the end of the month to suit the convenience of M.
Berryer, who is retained for Francis 11.

The news of the death of Princess Marie do
&Inas is contradicted ; she had a severe attack of
brain fever, but is now quite recovered, and is ex-
pected at Baden, from Wiesbaden.
There is a batch of news from Madagascar. Queen
Ranavolo died on Aug. 18, and Priuco Rakoto, her
son, was proclaimed iu her stead King of the
Oven, under the name of Radatea 11. His cousin
and competitor for the throne, Priuco Rambousalem
(sic), had. been murdered, and the Queen's old
privy councillor R311781111Z, the head of tho
Malgache party, had been got rid of iu the liko
way. The new sovereign is reported by French
'correspondents to be very favourably disposed
towards France. The Mouiteur de I'lle de la
Reunion gives credit to a report that he has solicited
the protection of the Emperor Napoleon. Several
French merchants established at Tamatave have
gone to Emyrue, where the king resides.

Tho French Amlemy proposes to givo a special
prise of 3,000 fr. for the best essay on the following sub-
ject :—" The necessity of conciliating, in the critical history
of literature, the improved sentiment of taste and the prin-
ciples of tradition with the learned researches sod historic
intelligence of the genius of different ',copies."

The Italian Opera at Paris opened on Friday night
hat with Cimarosa's Vafrsrnosio Segreto, and with the
lame cast aa that of bat year, wiz-, Mmes. ream, Allaadi
and Battu. Salad was the tenor, with Radial and
Zucchini.

M. Goddard, the aeronaut attached to the France.
Said army during the campaign of MS, made au ascent at
Florence the other day in the balloon which he used for
field service. It is vary simple, the requisites casuist*
simply of an iron stove (like those used in Germany, only
having no pipe), which might be carried on one mule
the balloon itself (apparently of linen) packed in the ear
would not overload a second. To fill these about half a
load of straw was consumed, and in half an hour the ie.
Elation was complete. The scene when the balloon roes
was very amusing, the Italians clapping their hands like
children, and uttering little truisms with pleasing simplicity.
"Ah ! now it is round !" " The rope's cut ; it will mount
on high !" " Ah, bravo! As it ascends it seems to grew
km!" M. Goddard descended in safety near Fiesole.
In Friday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
at Vienna, the Minister of State, M. de Schinerliog, entered
into a statement respecting the unsatisfactory results of some
of the colleges of the Jesuit. in certain parts of
Austria, and concluded, amidst loud cheers from the lefts
by stating that for the future the exceptional favours
awarded to those institutions would be 'Wished, and that
they would be subjected to the rules applied to other
religious corporations.