The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-08 00:00:00

SPAIN.

DISSOLUTION OF THE SPANISH CORTES.
The absolutist ministers of Spain, beaten on their
first appearance in the Chamber, have dissolved the
Cortes. Their candidate for the presidency of the
Chamber, M. Tejada, obtained on the Ist but 107
votes; M. Martinez de la Rosa receiving 121. The
dissolution, as the telegraph informs us, followed im-
mediately. What else followed we may yet have to
learn. If the ministers acted with decision, the op-
position behaved with courage. Both parties knew
their risk', and doubtless were prepared to play
their part. It was no secret that the ministers were
prepared to demand such "reforms" in des acestitu-
tion as would enable those whom intrigue/audacity
had pined far dm moment in power to dispose of all
the ....as et dm country, and to nuke its laws
with or without the control of a Cost's. eed that the
press was to he subjected to unhsardist restrictions.
Brea a ftWcif amber scald sot 'adore this, and
the e.lssfiaa ct Y. Martian de is Rosa as the repre-
sentative ot the sggssitiaa shows how powerfully the
send.e.t et a amass hatred has masentrated men
of ell ageism mast the government. In dimly-
ing the OM" IL Brave Murillo braves all the
pruisigel paolarados, reitaaas. tbo pregraistaa,
and a& do WNW/ Maw who ass polond to
inflames vr4th the army. Whether Ira is opal to
the reetset, a few days oust show. He has see-
volts& as paper, a new Oates for next spring; hat
between sew and then much may happen.
The Masiiewr oontradicta the rumour that the
Nee& nt bad exerted some influence over
et that with regard to its absolutist projects.
The Aram of Madrid of ths 30th ult. has the
following:
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, Du. 4.

A regretable incident marked the proceedings of
the Second Chamber this day. The chamber, you are
aware, is at present engaged in verifying the oleo-1
tiona of its members. Against the return of one of
these, Prince Lychnowski, a protest was presented
in the name of an elector, who called upon the cham-
ber to declare the return invalid, inasmuch u the
freedom of election had been violated by a proclama-
tion of the Landreth Elsner. M. Graff proposed a reso-
lution, which bore the names of many members of the
constitutional opposition and the Left Centre, and de-
clared the election of I'rinoe Lychnowski to be null
and void. In his proclamation M. Elsner had maid,
"Ile who votes against Prince Lychnowski is the
enemy of the King:" "The government will know
how to punish the constituency if the prince be re-
jected," and so on. Upon the debate the Minister of
the Interior said, "The conservative cause is the
cause of the government. I therefore before the
elections called upon the landraths not to regard
them with indifference, but to proclaim openly the
desire of the government to hold high the banner of
conservatism, and to do all they could to promote the
election of good men. I am happy to be able to say
that the landraths have done this, and that they have
been eminently enema- ful." Having delivered him-
self in this wise the minister left the chamber. On
a division M. Grand's motion was rejected by a ma-
jority of 96 in a house of 316 members. The catholic
fraction voted against the liberals.
M. von Bruck is expected soon to arrive at Berlin,
on a special mission from Austria on the Zollverein
affair. What proposals he will bring it is impossible