The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

MOBILISATION OF THE ARMY—HERR VON
USEDOM'S MISSION—FREE TRADE.
(7110111 TIN COWSPONDINT 01 THS DAILY 'awe.)
BERLIN, Jas. 11.
It has been asserted by several German newspapers
that Prussia has declared her readiness to accede to
the wish of Austria, and mobilise bar army, and it is
even stated that an army corps of observation on the
complete war footing is to be drawn up on the eastern
frontiers, to be ready to act with the Austrian corps
in Galicia. It is farther added that this arrange-
ment was the object of Colonel de Manteufel's late
missioa to Vienna. I am, however, enabled to con-
tradict entirely these reports, as being tterly
u devoid
of fact or even partial foundation. If the Prussian
government considered Austria's demand for an im-
mediate mobilisation to be founded on the stipulations
eentained in the treaty of the 13th April, of course
she would not fail to fulfil her engagements, bat she
does not think herself bound to take such a step at
Ithe present moment.
A circular of M. Dronyn de l'Huys to theiFrenah
embassies abroad refers to the special mission of
Herr von Usedom to London. The French govern•
mast professes to have no knowledge of its object,,
and adds that if it is intended to come to any sepur
rate understanding with England, it must result in a
signal failure.
Prussia has hitherto shown a laudable desire to
emancipate herself from the trammels of the old
and exploded system of protecting duties, and
to follow in the wake of free trade, especially
with regard to corn and other articles of food. It
has therefore caused no little astonishment that she
should now suddenly swerve from the principle and
take such a directly contrarry course as to propose to
the other members of the Zollverein an immediate
prohibition of the exportation of corn and potatoes
for an indefinite period, to be relaxed eventually
against an ad valorem export duty of 30 per cent.
Unless this step be looked on as a political demon-
stration in favour of Russia, it is difficult to account
for such a very extreme measure, for which there is
no plausible reason to be found, for with very few
local exceptions the harvest throughout the whole of
the Z,llverein States has been abundant, certainly
far exceeding an average crop, whilst it will ruin the
great export trade of Stettin, Dantzig, and the other
Baltic ports in a material point of view, and cause a
moral degradation of Prussia's commercial policy in
the eyes of her own subjects and the world at large.
It France and Belgium have interdicted the exporta-
tion of corn, it may be said in extenuation that in
those countries there is a strong feeling on the sub-
ject, mainly owing to the long-existing prejudices
deeply rooted alike in the people and th:-, govern.
ments. Bat in both those states the results ham
been most disastrous, for their once flourishing trade
has been crippled, and prices have fallen, whilst they
are left to their own resources, fur no merchant would
send them supplies knowing that he must submit to
realise them at any price offered, as he would not be
permitted to take his corn to any other market.
That Prussia has forbidden the exportation of
horses tatty be more easily forgiven, fur it is not a
great hereabreeding country, and io the present
meserhda state of affairs she may require all the
baron she may have for the use of the artillery ail
the remount of the cavalry.
Most of the German states have followed (of
'seem) the example of Prussia and prohibited the
exportation of horses. Hanover alone allows free
egress, but as all the roads to the south are stopped
up b 7 the Prussian barriers, the only available land
exit is the frontier of Holland.

MILITARY STIPULATIONS OF THE AUS-
TRIAN AND PRUSSIAN CONVENTION.

The following is the text of the military article
annexed to the convention concluded on the 20th of
April last between Austria and Prussia, and the
fulfilment of which has lately been demanded by
Austria :
Art 1. Austria engages to add to tho force of 150,000
men whieh she has infiungary, on the Danube. and on the
Save, 100,000 men, which shall form her second army. This
shall be done whenever the necessity for it shell arise, and•
at periods determined on in concert with Prussia. The
troops mobilised in Malicia, Transylvania, Moravia, and
collected in Gallicia, either as one army or as detached
army corps, shall remain in close relation, with the Prus-
sian troops.
Art. 2. Prussia engages on her part to concentrate, as
circumstances may require, 100,000 men within 36 days in
the manner folios leg: One-third in Esstem Prussia, and
the two remaining thirds at Posen or Breslau. She en-
vies, moreover, to raise her army to tie strength of
200,000 men should circumstatices require it, and she will
enure to an understanding with Austria respecting the entire

measure.
' Art. 3. The military coaveuti'•n of the Germanic confede-
ration preserves its full force with respect to Austria and
Prussia.
Art. 4. The Prussian Minister of War and the corn-
manderia chief of the imperial army mutually engage to
make to each other the communications necessary for en-
suring the maintenance of the armies at the effective
strength aforesaid, for their organisation and their concen-
tration at the time and place ogre d on.
Art. 6. Austria and Prussia will reciprnealljaccred it supe-
rior °Seers to each other, as soon as Prussia shall have
placed her army on a war-footing, so as to arrive at a per-
fect undentanding relative to the meruree that may become
necessary. Officers will be ac,etdited later to the two
armies.
Art. 6. The direction that will have to be Riven to the
two armies when united, shall be based nn this principle,
that the object of the support mutually afforded by the two
powers is merely to repulse an attack.
Done at Berlin this 20th of April, 1834.
(Signed) 0. TH. VON MANTTCTIML.
111:411Y, BARON Hess,
General of Artillery.