The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-04 00:00:00

sately to Austria aid Prussia, and that the
free conferences should be held in avedea. The
Emperor of Russia h said by the Zreuz Zeitung
to have spoken Iraq favourably of the former of theet
two proposals. las not in a position to contradict
the statement of the Erma Zeitung, but I am able to
assert, that it is directly at variance with the earlier
reports forwarded from Warsaw by Count Branden-
burg. It is true that some changes may have taken
plies in the views of the Austrian diplomatists, but
it is not likely. To-morrow will bring, I hope, suc-
cinct inform►tion eh all that is doubtful in this

important matter.
Thu Minister d War is in daily communication.
with the King, with whom he had an audience this
morning early. In his hotel there are evident signs
of grass press of business; orderlies and aidee•de-
camp hurry to and fro; numberless junior °Seers,
and not a few general officers, are in daily attend-
ance ; in fact, everything shown the ministry of war
has obtained as activity seldom seen in a state of
pace.
The post from Frankfort has again not arrived
The mail and passenger trains are stopped in conse-
quence of the railway between Giessen and Clunters-
lmen being required for the transport of troops.
In Cablents the landwehr has been called oat. The
staff of the Prussian corps of observation on the Her
frontier is at Eisenach. The advanced posts of
the Bavarians were at Alum' on the 28th.

M. de Peraigny, the ambaseador of the French re-
public, had an interview yesterday with the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, in which he took occasion to con-
tradict the statements made by the Times, respecting
the menaces of France on the Schleswig Holstein
question. The Deutsche Reform reports this fact in
an official paragraph, and states that the communica-
tions made by M.de Persigny were of a very different
character from that hitherto ascribed to France. The
paragraph in question, however, refers solely to the
affairs of Schleswig Holstein.
The Schleswig Holstein Stadthalterschaft express
their readiness to propose an armistice for twelve
months, provided the Danish governoseut will consent
to withdraw its troops beyond tke line of demarcation
fixed by the preliminaries of peace of the 10th of
Icily, 1849. This line extends from Flensburg in a
north westerly direction to Tondern theStadthalter-
@chat being earnestly desirous of peace, are not
likely to raise any serious objection. to the proposed
commission on Hamburg. An article on the &Mew
wig Holstein question in the Deutsche Reform, which
is now believed to receive its inspirations from
the foreisen office, refers to the despatch of
General Radowita, printed in the Doily News
of Saturday last, in which the proposals for
the mixed commission in Hamburg are made
to Denmark. "Thu proposal," it says, "will de-
stroy the plans of all those who wished to facilitate
the restoration of the old Bundestag by means of the
Danish question, but the affair itself will be simplified
and accelerated, as much as it would be confused and
delayed, if it were wantonly entangled in the Garman
constitution crisis." Atter alluding to the conscienUone
observance of the conditions of the peace by Prussia,
the article continues: "If, moreover, Prussia seeks to
promote the immediate cessation of hostilities by
urgent counsel to the Stadthaltereohaft [which she
cannot deliver in the name of the Bund, because on-
provided with the necessary authority], she only
proves what she has always felt, the most honest
desires in the interest of peace." The remark which
is printed in brackets in the article, and in large type,
would seem to invite the Band to confer upon Prussia
powere for the purpose of interfering more authorita-
tively. A letter from Frankfort throws out a hint
that the (next step taken by the Bundestag in the
affairs of Schleswig-Holstein will be a demand on the
Stadthalterschaft to cease the hostilities and to reduce
the army.
The Queen was to have left yesterday for Dresden,
on a visit to her sister, the Princess John of Saxony,
but owinx to the unpleasant advices which arrived
from Warsaw, the journey of her Majesty was de-
ferred.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is slightly
indisposed, was visited by his Majesty yesterday fore-
noon.

The Gazette publii=hes an ordinance from the
Minister of Ca' ..._ , introducing postage stamps
into Prussia. They bear, like the English postage
stamp, a portrait of the sovereign of the country.
They are of four kinds: on white paper with orange
coloured print, on red paper, on blue, and on yellow
paper with black print. The first are for letters the
postage of which is under half a silbergroachen, the
ascend under 1, the third under 2, and the fourth
under 3 silbergroschen. The stamps are to be had
solely at post-offices, and will come into use on the
15th of the ensuing month (November).
P.S. 9 o'clock.—l have just learnt that the infor-
mation brought by Count Brandenburg is of a more
conciliatory character than war at first supposed.
There are good prospects of a pacific solution of the
questions at issue. Austria will probably convene
conferences at Vienna, which will be attended by
Prussia. Manteuffel and Radowitz are at variance.
One or other will probably leave the ministry.

BERLIN, Ocre.3o.—Yoluatary Lou., 1061; Now Loma,
Four. ancl•a-Halt per Ceutt.,loo4 ; National Debt, 86; Com-
mercial Marine Sociatj'a Premium,ll9ll ; Beak 8he:0497;.

AUSTRIA.

With reference to the signatore at Frankfort by
Lord Cowley of the protoool by which the
peace between Prussia and Delimit* ie ratified, we
do not attribute to that document (which we pub-
lished on Thursday) the importance which the Times
assigns to it. We consider it merely as the de facto
acknowledgment of the Diet, as representing a certain
agglommtion of German states.