The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-11 00:00:00

SPAIN.

We have received the Madrid journals and cor-
respondence of the Uth. A letter of that date gives,
however, the following details respecting the Queen,
and the legal proceedings against the as,,ssia
Merino :

It appears that the sinister countenance of the re.
gicide left a strong impression on the mind of the
Queen, and for • long time she suff,red from a hind
of nightmare which distui bed her repose; this pain-
ful reeling has entirely disappeared with the it'll.
To-day, for the first time since the attack, • smile
has re-appeared on her lips. She received in her arms sad
fondly embraced the little Princess Royal, who thrives re-
markably. It is expected that the next bulletin will
announce her Majesty to be perfectly out of danger, sad
this news will be received with enthusiasm by all the pop-
lotion of Madrid. The ministers respectfully announced to
the Queen, who at different times demanded that the cul-
prit should be pardoned, that public indignation would
itself execute justice on the wretch if the ut-
most severity of the law was not inflicted on him.
The King, who since the event has suffered the
greatest grief, was bled this morning. Queen Maris
Christina is constantly at the bedside of her august
daughter. The Minister of Justice has published the fol-
lowing report According u it results from despatches
which have emanated from the President of the Territorial
Tribunal, the charge instituted against Manuel Martin Me-
rino, on account of the horrible attempt of the 2nd, having
been received, the documents were sent to the reporter to fir
the period of the trial. The documents were soon after re-
turned to the counsel of the prisoner, who demanded a fresh
examination into the intellectual state of Merino. On this
proposition being rejected, the prisoner was ordered to
brought before the Territorial Tribunal this morn-
ing." In consequence of the confirmation by this tribunal
of the sentence' of the first judges, Merino has already
undergoae the first part of his sentence, that of civil deem-
dation. On one of the balconies of the prison of the Sile-
dro, where he is confined, and in presence of an immense
crowd, the Bishop of Majorca proceeded to the degradation
of the criminal, by taking from his dress as a priest, and
caring the disappearance of the tonsure. Up to the time
of his degradation the regicide had preserved great calmness,
or it should rather be tailed extraordinary insolence, pre-
tending that he bad no other object in attacking the
Queen but to render a service to the human
race. The physicians have declared that Merino
is perfectly sane. Since his fate has been
made known to him he has been much cast down.
It is stated that the prisoner directed the attention of the
president of the tribunal to three flower pots which were in
the kitchen of his apartment, and in one of which were
buried 60 gold quadruples (5,760 fr.), and which, according
to some accounts, he wished to be sent to his relations, and
according to others, distributed to the poor. All the military
precautions which haul been adopted at the time of this at-
tempt have been discontinued, and The capital is perfectly
tranquil. Thousands of persons Huck to the churches to
return thanks for the preservation of her Majesty. The
news of the regicidal attempt is said to have caused the
most painful impression at Seville, Sarragoesa, Burgos, Val-
ladolid, Valencia, and other cities."

ITALY.
LOMBARDY.

The Official Milan Gazette of the Sth states that
the number of recruits for Lombardy this year is to
be 8,630, taken from two classes, those of 1830 and
1831. In 1849 the number of recruits was 8,00,
and in 1850 they were 7,693, from one class each
year.
TUSCANY.

By a decree of the 30th alt., the Grand Duke of
Tuscany hie ordered a new levy of 1,400 men.

GERMANY.

BERLIN, Fla. 7.

The scheme which the Prussian government seems
at the present moment to favour, as a substitute for
the existing constitutional form, is as follows:—
Firstly, a senate sitting permanently, with the right
of legislation under royal sanction, and with full con-
trol over the administration ; the senate to be com-
posed of the royal princes and mediatised dignita-
ries, the ministers, high officials, and military corn-
menders, great landowners, to bo invested with an
hereditary peerage, and men of eminence in science,
art, commerce, or manufactures, who may be nomi-
nated at the option of the crown to the senatorship
for life, the nobility, as such, not forming an clement
in this supreme organ of the state power; second'''.
a restoration of the provincial diets, to assemble an-
nually for the promotion chiefly of local and admi-
nistrative interests; thirdly, a united diet to assemble
every three years, with the right of petitioning Om
crown, reporting on matters submitted to it
by the government, and of sanctioning or re-
jecting laws for altering the public burdens
and the rights of person or property ; fourthly,
the communes, circles, and departments are
to have elective colleges, on which all admini,trative
business, as far as possible, is to devolve, " in order to
satisfy the popular desire for taking part in public
affairs ;" but of course these colleges will be so cau-
tiously trammelled that they merely bear the respon-
sibility, while the officials keep the whole manage-
ment of public acts. This schemo is nothing morn

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