The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1862.

LATthT IN'lbLbliihiSCh.

PRUSSIA.

The Prase of to-day says :

The rumoured change in the Prussian cabinet will merely
be one of persons, sot of system ; and the principle of
resistance will continue to direct the council* of the govern•
meat. The lower chamber, however, remains as firm as ever,
and it seems even to gain in unanimity. Even the moderate
mioority who were inclined to make conceasions have declared
through M. von Vincke that it no longer believed in the
ministerial promises. The members of the former liberal
government, Count von Schwerin and M. Platow, openly
censure the government for their indiscretion in opposing
the rights of the crown to the legitimate control
of the members. They cannot excuse M. von
der Heydt for having dared to insinuate that the
attitude of the chamber might lead to measures which were
not foreseen by the constitution. A compromise is thus
rendered impossible, and consequently the most exaggerated
rumours are credulously received by au excited public. It
is even said that King William intends to abdicate in favour
of his son. There is probably not the least truth in the
rumour, but it provs how mach men', minds are 'agitated.
While the King of Prussia would transform questions of
financial economy into questions of royal prerogative, the
representatives of democratic ideas are stirring up Germany
with a view to the establishment of a new central power as
the organ of the German nation. The sentiment of
Unity gains ground every day, and is developing itself out-
side the sphere of sovereigns and governments. The latter,
however, remain inactive, bemuse Austria on the one side
and Preemie on the other flatter themselves with the hope
of converting this sentiment into a means of promoting their
individual supremacy. Perhaps both are wrong. The
German democrats must be too well acquainted with
the ambitious aims of Vienna and Berlin to make
themselves the blind instruments of these powers. More.
over, even if they are not successful now, it is useful that
the people, taking counsel from themselves, should actively
concern themselves in the affairs of the country,
and hold national assemblies, tending to secure in a
pacific way liberties guaranteed by the public assent.
In Austria, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg the members have
openly agreed to meet at Frankfort in order to discus, their
programme. Another assembly is fixed for the 28th of this
mouth at Weimar, and a third for the 6th of October, at
Coburg, under the patron►ge of the Duke of Coburg-
Gotha. The deputies are convoked at Coburg as a general
assembly of the Nationalverein, but it is publicly settled
that the question of • national parliament and a central
power for Germany shall bold the first place in the discussion.
A correspondent of the Inde'pendatwe says that a
well-informed pert on in Berlin has stated that
General Von Wrangel had an audience of the King
and tendered to him the following' advice :—"I
advise your Majesty to dissolve the present cham-
ber, if it should persist in refusing the credits de-
manded by the Minister of War. If the next
chamber should also refuse, dissolve it like-
wise, and proceed in this course till you think the
time has arrived for calling on me and my collea-
gues."

AUSTRIA.

The None of to-day says

Austria, which at this moment keeps Prussia in check, is
not more exempt than her rival from embarrassments of all
kinds which fetter her movements. The curse of Austria,
as is well known, is her financial position. Her desire
to influence the destinies of Europe costs her
dear. It appears from the report of the com-
mission on the public debt published in the Giveite of
Vienna, that this debt has been increased in the six months
from the lit of October, 1861, by 36,000,000 fiorMs. This
deficit, which is always increasing in a frightful ratio, is the
gulf in which the Hapsburg monarchy will sink. Neither the
illusory reductions of the army, which make so moth noise,
but are never realised ; nor the fiction of a constitution which
satisfies the German provinces, but against which Hungary,
Croatia, and Gallicia protest, can supply this disjointed
aggregate with the living and regenerating force of which the
Viennese papers talk so much. The misfortune of the A ustrian
empire is the policy of its cabinet—a policy which adheres to
olOmditions, which is hostile to all progress and liberty,
which, (smothering national aspirations and blindly
opposing all national movement, is driving the pre.
sent generation towards a better future. The address
of the Austrian Serbs has touched this sore when
they demand a radical change in the tendency of
the Austrian cabinet as regards the Eastern question. The
opposition which Austria encounters, if not from the Ger-
man governments, at least from the German populations,
shows that in the West likewise the traditional policy
of the Hapsburgs is unpopular, and awakens the
most legitimate distrust. If Prussia has commtt: d faults
it does not follow that Austria is right. If the present
crisis ia Prussia should be solved in a liberal, constitutional,
sod popular way, the German Austrians who are recruited
from the reactionary party, the timid and terrified of the
confederation, will soon find tluit,the ground has been cut
fro.n under their feet.

(ZZLITIR'S TIMM
SWEDEN.

grocKHoLm, SM. 23. Evsinso.
A large Garibaldiau meeting was held to-day in
the Exchange.
An address was enthusiastically voted, express-
ing sympathy with Garibaldi, and urging the
speedy evacuation of Rome by the French.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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A letter from Biarritz, of the 21st, says :—" The
Prince Imperial has just given a grand dinner to the two
companies of Grenadier and Voltigeurs of the 93rd, who
are on duty at the imperial villa, and are lodged near it in
tents. All the soldiers were seated at one long table to a
sumptuous repast, very different from their ordi-
nary military diet. In the midst of the dinner
the Prince made his appearance, and all the guests
immediately rose, but be requested them to sit down again
sad go on with the work before them. The Prince, after
walking through the room, went out and played with
' several eiildreo of all climes, who were oe the lawn. The
Emperor and Empress were present, watching the frolics of
the young folks with evident pleasure, until the dieser-bell
at the villa summoned the young people to pariah, of a
repast prepared for them also."
PRIIRENTB FOE THE KING OF MADAGASCAR.
The presents offered by the English government to the
King of Madagascar, Radama IL, consist of tea class, and
contain among other objects the portrait of Queen Victoria,
a Bible magnificently bound, a parasol, a scarlet mantle, •
sword, • gnu, musical Instruments, • silver cup, • pair of
silver goblets, and several uniforms. The value of these
articles is about 40,0001 r. The government of the Em-
peror of the French has also made magnificent presents
to King Radium, a part of which, consisting of arms, mill.
tary uniforms, and court dresace, were sent in the month of
December last under the care of Baron Brossard de
Corbigny. In addition, IL Lambert, on his return to
Tananarive in June last, was the bearer of two crowns,
destined for the King and Queen. The royal flag of
white with a red border ; in the coatis is a
=".eselr is
gile, standing on a globe, with a crown above its
ead.