The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

ITALY.

PIEDMONT.
TURIN, Mar 19.
The ministerial crisis appears to hare taken an
entirely new turn since yesterday. and, though no-
thing iv as yet positively decided, it is more probable
that Count de Carour will re-enter the ministry than
that lie will be excluded from the nen combination.
The Marquis Thomas Spinals has declined the port-
folio of finance offered to him, and no one can be
found capable or willing to be the successor of Count
de Cavour.
As I ebee my letter • ncw combination is an-
nounced, and it is stated that the cabinet is recon-
stituted with its former elements, minus Count de
Cavour and M. de Gulvagno. M. Cibriano takes, it
is said, the department of finanoe, and M. Beacom-
pagni that of justice. But this arrangement, if real,
can be only temporary, and by the cad of the month
M. de Caeour will, there is every reason to believe,
mum his proper post.
A letter dated Turin, May 18, states that M.
Ratazzi, upon learning that his election to the pre-
sidency of the Chamber was leading to the decompo-
sition of the ministry, went to the King and offered
to resign his office, if such a step should appear
fitter to secure the integrity of the cabinet.
Ring, it is said, replied that he was more than ever
decided to persevere in the course hitherto punned
with so much benefit to the country, and that he
would not intermeddle with the prerogatives of any
of the other powers of the state. M. Ratazzi left
the King profoundly impressed with his Majesty's
frankness, good sense, and loyalty'to the constitution.
The Journal de Ilorin, of the 21st, states that Che-
valier Cibrario has been named minister of finance
mi interim, and that M. lionoompegni has accepted
the portfolio of M. °dream). M. Giulio, a member
of the Senate, was likely to succeed M. Parini. The
Gpiisione says that the crisis may be said to be ended.
The cabinet of Azeglio will continue to a:tt, as if it
were fully constituted.
TUSCANY.

The Comte de llonteesuy, minister plenipotentiary
of France to the court of Florence, arrived there au
the 19th, after a short absence.
Marquis Cosimo Ridoldi has resigned his post of
councillor of state at Florence, in consequence of the
late decree of the Grand Duke, abolishing the con-
stitution.

GERMANY.
PRUSSIA.

A banquet of 400 io;;;;Toaplace on the 21st in
the White Hall of the Royal Palace, at Berlin. The
Czar, wearing a Prussian uniform, sat between the
Queen and King, the latter, with the royal princes,
wearing the dress of Russian generals. The King
of Prussia, rising from the tabhi, gave the following
remarkable toast :—" In my own name, in the name
of my army, and in the name of all Prussian
hearts, I drink to the health of his Imperial Majesty
of Russia. ord preserve him to that portion of his
world which he has given him for an inheritance, and
to our epoch, to which he is indispensable!" The
Emperor replied, " Clod save your Majesty !" and a
little later rose and said, " I drink to the King of
Prussia and his noble army."
M. de Heeckeren, who missed the Coat at Vienna,
arrived at Berlin on the 19th, and at awe applied
for an interview with the Emperor of Ramie and the
King of Prussia. Whether the farmer, who ha de-
clined receiving the ordinary niesalises of the diplo-
matic corps, will think it worth while to depart from
his rule to hear/ Louis Napoleon's waarr•pisoe as-
surance from M. de lienhans appears uncertain._

MAT 22.
It is confidently reported that the eabinet conscil
yesterday resolved, with but ono dknontient voice,
not to mamemble the Chambers for the sake of
altering the ormalitation of the Pint Chambor, bat
to carry set the somstmenta at the charter, and hrth-
with to hens a law hr regulating the election of the
hundred and twenty elective -atuniera, who, however,
will probably form the whole Chamber, as
the King will not nominate peen, and the
princes will not deign to take their seats till
the Chambers shall have passed a law giving
to the crown full arbitrary power for modelling the
First Chamber. It appears to be the settled plan of
the Promisn government not to break the charter by
fares, but to make it sdbservient to its own anilu-
lation ; the reset:mists hunt the poor constitution,
till, like the beaver is the fable, it bites off with its
own teeth what gave it and might lead to
the prargatios of his