The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, J.tx. 25.

The Finance Committee of the Lower House of
the Reichsrath has terminated its examination of
the demand of the government for a credit of ten
million florins for the Slaswig expedition.
The proposition of a section of the committee to
grant five millions to cover the Austrian propor-
tion of the expenses of Federal execution, instead
of ten as asked by the government, was passed by a
large majority.
The resolution proposed by several influential
members against the policy of the government in
the Skeewig-Holstein matter, and declining respon-
sibility for the !consequences, was agreed to, in
spite of the energetic opposition of almost all the
minister, by 18 to 17 votes.

PROROGATION OF THE PRUSSIAN
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
BERLIN, JAR. 23.

The Chamber of Deputies to-day ordered the !
committee on the budget to immediately report
upon the vote on the budget given oa Saturday last
by the Upper House. The committee accordingly
made their report, which proposed that the vote of
the Upper House should be declared mull and void.
This proposition was adopted by the house. Count
Eulenburg then read a royal message, stating that
the Diet would be closed to-day at 3 p.m.
At the hour appointed the Diet was domed to-day
by the President of the Council, who read the speech
from the throne. The following are the most im-
portant passages :
"The Chamber of Deputies has maintained
the ground which led to the dissolution of the pre-
vious chamber. The house has rejected the bill
referring to article 99 of the constitution, and
has not discussed the budget of 1863. In
the budget of the current year it baa
struck out items which are indispensable for
the public service. The house has also re-
newed the resolution of the previous chamber
upon the military budget, without having discussed
the preliminary bill establishing the obligation to
military service. For that reason the Upper
House, in the exercise of its constitutional rights,
has rejected the budget of 1864, as amended by the
Chamber of Deputies. _ _ _

"The goverment has carried out the vote of the
Chamber with regard to the Polish members ar-
rested for high treason, but does not consider it
conformable to the respect due to public justice
and to the dignity of the house.
" The house has also refused the required loan
proposed by the government, to afford the means
of carrying out Federal execution in Holstein, as
well safes the maintenance of Prussia's position as
a great power, and her honour in the further deve-
lopment of the conflict, and likewise for covering
the portion of the expenses of the execution falling
to Prussia as member of the German Confederation.
The house big rejected this vote although the King
had pledged his word, in his reply of the 27th De-
cember, that the money should only be employed
for the protection of the right and honour of the
country.

" The house has passed resolutions, by which
the majority, in the event of warlike complications,
takes part beforehand against the Prima= father-
land.

" Renouncing, therefore, for the present, the hope
of bnnging about an understanding with the Cham-
ber, the government considers it its duty to am for
the maintenance of the State, and relies herein
upon 'the growing support of the country."

FRANCE.
THE DEBATE UPON THE ADDRESS.
PARIS, JAN. 25.
The debate on the address was continued in the
Corps Legislatif to-day.
Paragraph 5 was adopted, after the rejection by
225 to 16 of the amendment of the opposition, re-
quiring education to be gratuitous and obligatory.
Paragraph 6, relating to distant expeditions, was
next discussed. Three amendments were brought
forward referring 'to Mexico—all demanding the
termination of the expedition and the recall of the
troops.

M. Gudroult spoke upon the amendment of the
Left, demanding that the troops should be imme-
diately recalled.
M. de Beauverger replied.
The debate will be continued to-morrow, whoa
M. Thiera will speak.

BERNE. JAN. 25.
Lefebvre, the French Commissioner, and IL

Oorni, Attachi of the French Embassy at Turin,
have arrived at Lugano, sad transmitted to the
President of the Ticino government a request for
an inquiry concerning Mamie' residence and that
of the four Italians at Lugano, on acconnt of the
conspiracy against the Emperor's life.

The following is the reply of Herr on %mark I
to the speech of M. Schulze, in the House of
Deputies :
Gthtlems&—The last speaker has gives a new meaning
to the Loudon protocol, and draws from that document the
Tight al thoesesion of the house of Augustenburg. The
opmkag growths his coeclusion on the samamprion that the
protocol "galantine the rights of the Diet, ma far all they do-
pes& epos teethes. But that cannot, under soy circum-
scathey blithe meaning of the London protocol. The prin-
cipal sNbie ef that deciument, Art 2. emtablishos the right
of the enesendeu in favour of Christie& 11. to all lands
under the Ijnaish sceptre. It would have been useless to
come 'P • cooolumsou bed it been itheadest to
eine' Bee by another. The lest speaker
has reproashed no with doing nothing for " Germany."
Geutlemen, there must be a great charm in the weed
" Germany "—(" Very truer)—for I leeriest every*** wither
te speak of it, eadoetherieg to turn it to the advantage for
party purposes. We hare seen times when tt was German
to turn to the Diet for support, and whoa it was time to
pursue a progrentive policy towards it. You have re-
proached us with having ignored Germany in order to
promote private interests. T cue return the same repreeth
you ipore Prussia because it suits you to do es—you wish
to °Derider I reale as a domain of the National Vermin, he-
; CUM it suits your interests. The last speaker has brought
1 forward an entirely new phrase—he said that the minor
Suites inclined to Primula for the maintenance of their in-
dependence. The history of the last fifteen years teaches
quite the cookery ; the minor States have inclined
to Austria sines the treaty of Brogans, because
they considered their inclopendethe wee more is.
clangored by Prey is thee by Austria. We have long bad
to contend at the Dist against the latter in consequence of
the coalition mused by the natural anxiety of the minor
States for the sovereignty, and I have myself participated
is these oimetratt A new state of Sleswig•Holstein, such as
they wish for, would in a great masers look to us for
support, for we Amid have a country which would be in
, the same position cowards Denmark ma a re-established
Poland would be towards Prussia. Our object is to live
is pesos with the Scandinavian States. How we are to
attain this object, if it is to be attuned, does not. depend
• upon us. The speech of the mover, and the °Geologies'
which be drew from the Fremont state el things, acespel
to go further is* the dies"-ion lima was my latea-
tine. We may presume, as we madder the speaker
the representative of the majority, that you well
i reject the lose, &ad that I the deosived is the
confidence that I pissed itt you. Your priecipal
' motive for rejecting the lose le your want of confides°, in
the present 'simile,. I have tthrefore eeked myself,
What comet we, the Prussian ministry, di to pia your
confidence? It would barn to completely 'goon the
Prussian °epithetic& the Prussian history, and the teeth;
j of the Premien people, by consenting to estathisk the dem-
i run of this hone.;
the
Pruett andthissealseg
hoaee by wciott
I drawing counwd
ter-sipsethems of the sathisters. Yea have
Plainly expressed this in the report, and a preview
claration from me that it was a question at a straggle be.
theta the Hones of Hohenzollern and the Herod the
Repreemitatires has hem cesfirosect It is iseposeible te
conduct a calm, orderly discussion with words with whisk
the speaker combat us, for you will admit that that
which would be allowable in iudividual deputies is
not suited to me in this piths." The minister thee pawed
ea to different parte of the report et the committee, sad
mid "At page 7 you make the right of UM crows es war
acid pesos doped upoe your vote. At page 8 you expose a
resolution to force the government to adios. That exceeds
your coutitutimsal eighth If scything an wrest the cow
stitution out of the heeds of the mows, it is this weed. One
dans no longer say, I sot in the interests of Pruett; sad I
act as • Prussian. An open avowal of attaskissat to Ass-
' sins interests sad Premiss thrionality is cm year part ham-
' Able, and well understood interest is naturally such as you
thdentand it. At page 15 you say that at your biddiog
the King should carry on a war of conquest in order to win
Sleswig for the Deka al Augustenberg. If we wish to pas
your confidthom we must give ourselves up to you. What
thee would the oilcloth,* be other thee parliament ministers,
but with God's help it will sot come to that. According
to your version of our constitution the Kim would boa per-
sonae with less influence over the affairs et Preemie Shea
any influential functionary with whom it is thosseary to
negotiate in order to obtain a majority. You disavow oar
glorious past in not recognising our position • and in placing
Pew under the majority of a Diet, you place Party illtsiesis
above the WIMPY of the country ; you do not
, feel, pit your resolutios proves it, for the Premise
people. This is why you with to express certain supped.
Nees in reference to thee:edition of the fineries army; that
; very thing shows how far you are from the people. If the
Punish& pee* felt as you do, I should have to my that
, Prussia had outlived herself. But we have not yet Co..
to that I remind you that Frederic& William I. declared
• that beforeall he would break Ike power of the Junkers,
sad that he would substitute ia their stead the sovereignty
as • rock. This rock, pathless& I *WI ia &Rideau% and
it forms the lath upon which rests the position of Prude
so a peat power, and that you shall not shake either by your
reathatioe, your votes, or year Haikeell Vieth&