The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE FRANKFORT CONGRESS.

The Europe of the 12th publishes a manifesto
which the Senate of Frankfort is to placard in the
town and environs. It declares that the Emperor
of Austria has taken a glorious and patriotic initia-
tive, and that he has done honour to the city of
Frankfort iu choosing it for the seat of the Con-
ference. The manifesto terminates with these
words :

Citizens!—Unite with the Senate in worthily receiving
the Emperor sod his house, whose glorious recollections are
allied to those of our ancestors. Let us also receive well
the other princes and the representatives of the free towns
assembled here to sustain the cause of the common country.
The Lloyd of Pesth says that it is in a position to
give precise information as to the nature of the
federal reforms which are to be proposed by the
Emperor of Austria to the Frankfort Congress.
The programme of the Emperor will contain a pro-
position for an application of the spirit of the
constitution of February to the institutions of the
Confederation. In that case there would be a
national representation at Frankfort composed
of an upper and a lower chamber. Deputies
elected by the chambers of the various states would
sit in the latter in the same way as in the lower
chamber of the Austrian Reichsrath, the members
of which are nominated by the provincial diets 3f
the empire. The Austrian representatives in the
future 'assembly of Frankfort would be chosen by
the limited Reichsrath. The deputies of Galicia
and the other non-German provinces of Austria
would not take part in this election. The Upper
Chamber of Frankfort would be composed of the
German sovereigns themselves, and the united
chambers would take the historical name of
Reichstag (Diet of the empire). The vote of both
chambers would extend to all matters of parlia-
mentary competence and would be conclusive.
The Paris Prase says :

In Prwisia people are exclusively occupied on the subject
of the Frankfort Congress, and public opinion, deeply
affected by the inferior position in which the initiative of
the Emperor Francis Joseph places Prussia, praises the
King for hie refusal to comply with the invitation of the
Emperor. It remains to be seen whether this refusal will
not completely paralyse the plans of the Austrian govern.
meet. It must not be forgotten that the consti-
tution of the Confederation requires unanimity in the
votes of the states before any modification can be
introduced into ita organisation. It must also be
recollected that Austria has only 8,000,000 of
subjects within the Confederation, and that while
at Vienna they aim at unity through the sovereigns,
the liberal party in Germany are desirous of
unity through the people. Under such circumstances, the
proposed task is difficult, not to say impossible; but whether
the Emperor of Austria succeed or not, he will have the
honour of having conceived a splendid dream, and history
will owe him an honourable mettion even though his plan
for resuscitating the Holy Empire should never be realised.
A Frankfort letter says :

The coming Congress phcea us in the greatest embarrass-
ment. How shall we worthily receive, and, above all,
lodge all those august guests? Since 1813, we have not
enjoyed such an honour, and our part is now more difficult
to perform than then ; we ourselves belong to the
guests, and have, at the same time, to do the
honours of our city. Deputations will be sent to
the different railway stations to receive the sove-
reigns. The Emperor of Austria in to alight at the Tour.
and-Taxis palace, and his suite will occupy the Hotel de
la Cone d'Angleterre. All these details of reception and
lodging naturally occupy us much more thou the political
side of the Congress. When to the above is added the
arrival of the Queen of England, who will pass through this
place on the 15th or 16th on her way to Coburg, an idea
may be formed of our embarrassment. Queen Victoria
will alight at the palace of the Grand Duke of Hesse.

(111131MICS TILEGIUMP.)

PRUSSIA.
VIENNA, Accrsr 13.

Very animated conferences took place yesterday
at Gastein between the King of Prussia, the Crown
Prince, and Herr von IJismark.

It is asserted that Prussia intends to secede from
the German Confederation.
The Crown Prince left Gastein yesterday.