The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-15 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1864.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(azuria's nisawas.)
REJECTION OF rHE AIISTRO-PRIISSLIN
MOTION.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, JAN. 14.
At the sitting of the Federal Diet to-day the
Austro-Prussiau proposal was lost by 11 to 5.
The proposal is as follows :—" That the Confe-
deration should require Denmark definitively to
suspend the November constitution with regard to
filleswig, and should at the same time notify that
in case of) refusal the Confederation will be com-
pelled to obtain a pledge for the fulfilment of its
just demands by the military occupation of Sim-
wig. That the Federal Diet shall also request the
military committee to submit propositions for
raising the forces possibly required for the occupa-
tion of Blestrig to the necessary strength.
After the vote had taken place Austria and
Pruesia declared that they would take the matter in
' hand themselves.

Electoral Hesse and Mecklenburg having each
rose vote, and the following woven States, viz.—
_ _

Lichtenstein, Waldeck, the two branches of Reuss,
Schaumburg Lippe, Lippe-Detmold, and Heine
Homburg, together having one vote—agreed with
Austria and Prussia.

The other. States: partly declined the proposition
absolutely, and partly acceded to it conditionally.
Even, however, where absolutely favourable to
Austria and Prussia, these latter States would not
constitute the required majority of votes.

Saxony and Bavaria, and acou;e other States lodged
a protest against the vote, which was replied to by
a counter-protest of Austria and Prussia.

THE GERMAN INTERVENTION IN
HOLSTEIN.
HAMBURG, JAN. 14.

The frost has become very severe, and the ice
upon the Elbe is now so strong that carriages can
cross at Hamburg.
It is stated that the directors of the Berlin-
Hamburg Railway have received orders to have
their line in readiness for a large transport! of
troops.

SAXONY AND THE DANISH QUESTION.
DRESDEN, JAL 14.

Mr. C. A. Murray, the British if inirdee at
Dresden, addressed on the btb inst. a note to Baron
von Banat, the contents of which have now
become known, Mr. Murray says " that the ,
most serious consequences would result should the
Federal troops enter Sleswig before the powers
who signed the London protocol had stated their
views on the succession question." The note
further declares the conduct of the Federal troops
in Holstein to be contrary not only to the resolu-
tions of the Federal Diet regulating the Federal
execution in Holstein, but also to justice; and
Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemburg must be made
jointly answerable on this account.
Baron von Bengt, in his reply, complains of the
offensive tone of Mr. Murray's note, of the rash-
ness of his assertions, and his ignorance of the real
facts of the case, and says :—" The conduct of the
Federal troops in Holstein is a matter which does
not concern foreign powers."

DENMARK AND THE CONFERENCE
PROPOSED BY ENGLAND.
COPENHAGEN, JAN. 14.

It is stated that Bishop Monrad, the Minister
President, declared to the extraordinary ambassa-
dors of England and Russia, Lord Wodehouse and
Councillor Ewers, before their departure from
Copenhagen, that the Danish government would
willingly accept the English proposal of a con-
ference for the settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein
question, although of the opinion that it would
scarcely lead to any result.
But in any case the powers who agree to the
conference must take care that in the meantime
not a single German soldier crossed the Eider.
Should this nevertheless take place, the Danish
government is resolved to enter upon war with all
energy, and to prosecute it as long as the re-
sources of the country would permit.

RESIGNATION OF THE BELGIAN
MINISTRY.
BRUSSELS, Jas. 14, Ersento.
The ministers placed their resignation in the
hands of the King this afternoon.

THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN.
PARIS. JAL 14, Emma.
The Archduke Maximilian is expected to arrive
here early in February.

THE PARIS BOURSE.
PARIS, J. 14, 3.30 rat.
The Bourse continues heavy. Rental closed at
66. 65, or be. lower than yesterday.

THE " SCENE" IN THE CORPS LEGIS-
LATIF.

WIDAISDAT NIGHT.
I bear that there was • most stormy sitting in
the Corps Legislatif to-day, although the evening
papers say nothing of the scene that occurred.
M. Ades Fevre, while speaking on the amend-
ment of M. Anoel, and several other members of
the majority, requiring that the electoral law
should be better defined and surrounded by more
complete guarantees, was continually and violently
interrupted by the ultra section of the government
members. In the course of his speech he de-
nounoed the system of official candidates. Speak-
ing of 1848, he affirmed that the elections were then
free and conducted with fairness ; the provisional
government had courageously accomplisheditetaak,
and although he bad bed but a very humble share
of power, be folly accepted the responsibility
sought to be cast upon his absent friends. Be
well remembered men who were now in the majo-
rity of this chamber crying, " Vire la Republique."
and admitting that the provisional government had
deserved well of their country ; and when a lamen-
table insurrection broke out that they could not

prevent, not only the army, but citizens from the
roviantwoesene forward- to defend the country.
Here the interruption became deafening, and in the
midst of it a member of the opposition shouted
out, " Yes they defended the institutions in
broad daylight, and not by night"—an allusion,
probably, to the Coup d'Etted. M. Jules Fevre,
coming to the Paris elections of 1863, said that the
unmistakeable meaning of them was a demand for
immediate liberty. The Duke de Morny denied
this, and said that Paris bad voted for so many
deputies by name, and bad voted nothing else.
M. Rouland, the President of the Council of
State, rose to reply on behalf of the government, and
commenced by saying that M. Jules Favre's speech
was not " loyal." Thereupon the members of the Left
rising simultaneously from tbeir seats protested most
energetically, and demanded that the minister
should be called to order. The Right loudly
applauded, and an indescribable tumult arose. At
length, however, M. Rouland, who seemed quite
taken aback by the storm he had raised, consented
to withdraw the obnoxious word. Returning to
the vote for Paris, the minister uttered the favourite
phrase, "Paris is not France ;" to which M. Picard
speedilyrejoined, "No, but it is the brain of
France." "Itis a diseased brain, then" said the
minister. "Cure it," retorted Picard.
Amidst these and the like amenities the debate
was adjourned.