The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-18 00:00:00

GERMANY.

Our •Orrespoodent writes:
BERLIN, 3Ltscx 13.
1401. r. from Dresden asau,t very punitively that the nob-
mounossein appointed to devil.ra the eleven-vote project,
has. i• ..ins. tioener of the continued opposition of the minor
it ate., rent:any nel• d v, ry consitlemble modification% in
that proposal. The mature of the modification, are not
stated., but it is sups.. ol that thi y include an in-
crt• .sc of two or four to the eleven votes originally pro-
to be given to the Dupre Ildth. fowl., however, that
r:ri very little importance attoehos to the labours of the
tomoweimi, berated if Prussia and Austria cannot agree.
Prow,. Schwarsentwor mote nds, $.l I learn, to gait Drvaden
with las allow, awl n turn to Frankfort. where, with or
without Prowia, the alteratkow of the federal constitution
will he proceeded with, in the full conviction that, sooner
os l'innsia must ju the old boat, and that her
no-
lay.l ploy mow recoil upon he rself.
io note of Lord l'alincriton to the court of Vienna was
Pr still on the nth instant, and in underdond to declare
th.t an alteration of the treatW• of ISO, which would go
materially increase the nom-fierrmin p•wcr of Au-trig in the I
confederation, cannot le permitted uithout the
uniltnided wee lit Of all porn,' to those treaties. The ad
of the whole of the Austrian precinct n is described
ag ▪
sl.ingo mos to th.• balance of power in Europe ; and
tv.h a, any derisive sh p he taken in the matt. r,
Lord Palmerston verianirornds that direct negotiation
should he catereil into with all the great posy rt
el., art, part.. to the tr. ati. s of 1815. Although
lrord l'alnierston in this not, ri (rants from gluing yuy
new on the tinaution, be give. the Awdrian government
very plainly to noilerstand flint Logi toil will in no cow
go.- an wounditional assent.
31sarn 14.
It . sriJ to-day that the vueresmon lIUI ntion in the king-
d.,n, of Ilan 'Ter, where the h. it to the throne is perfectly
Cool, lias Is -ti settled in the following manner. On tilt
Ith of the present king his son, the blind crown prince.
is I. Ntl,C`Clt hirn, but at Olice to Abdicate in favour of his
owe ow, a child is years of age. A regency is to be
Mop,• n•-,41 during the minority of the child.

UNITED STATES.

A summary of Om new' brought by the Baltic, Irma
N,'. York, aapetm.i in yesterday's Etpren.l
re the 27th ult., in the Senate, a hill limiting
the liability of shipowners was paaaed by a
vote of 214 to 21. On the Ist instant, a message
Lon President Fillmore, ii*lsning information
cementing the difficulties between the Dritiah and
Niewagua authorities was presented ; also u peti-
tion from the governor and legislature of 1 telaware iu
favour at' the Liberia steamers. Subsequently. up
to the: period of its adjournment, after midnight of
the Ith instant, the Semite discussed a variety of
spciial trills, Diplomatie Apprpriation. Naval and
Dm-hours, tCe. steanert were raised an ia-
ertased greet. On the tlrd instant, in the Douse of
Repreamitutiveri, Mr. Nl'Clernsind, of Illinois, moved
to take up the Scutt& revlution, requesting the Pre-
prident to authorise OM of the United Status vessels
in the Alediferranean to curry Kossuth and his corn-
prnimrs to the United Staters. The resolution was
pearl by u large majority. Sulvaquently, " The
shellfire* of the house was affested by much mas-
s:cm and shunting among a crowd outside the bar,
near (1w main entrance. ' A fight,' was the cry, and
members and lobby loungers run in that direction.
All war excitement. The Speuker rapped with his
hummer, calling loudly upon In riflemen to take their
mats, and for the Serjcant-at-Arms. It appeared
that Messrs. Clingham and Stanley had burn
exchanging sharp words, and were coming
to brisk blown, but were prevented from getting
Irirt. 'Us tempest occupied only a few momenta."
Complier rejected all measures fur new steam lines to
Norfolk, Canton, a:e. A sharp debate had taken
plate in the house, between Metcrs. Alien and Ash-
man, of 11w Massachusetts delegatirm, in regurd to
an alleged donation of rartitiff dollars front certain
mereluerta and hooks in New York and Beaton to the
Secretary of Stale, Mr. Weirder. The bill for the
establishment of cheap postage has pureed, end will
come into operation on tilt. Ist of July. A protracted
debate on the hill for the Improvement of Rivers and
Harbours was lucid in the Senate, calliug forth un
extraordinary display of political strategy. The bill
was finally hot.
(In the 211 h ult. a terrible tornado nearly da-
atn,yed the town of Fayetteville. Tennessee.
Samuel Geodrith, the aorlitrenowned author
of Peter Parley's Ilistorimi,- had been nominated
ermsul at Paris in place of Robert Walsh, resigned.
The appointment in to take effect on the Ist of April.
A letter from Washington, of Feb. 27, in the
Trihrme says :
II am given to understand that no negotiation of any ile•
at:nation, supplementary to the llulwer and Clayton to sty,
taken pliwe with ref...tier to Central American affairs.
The British Minister having mooned this government that
the extra diplomatic proceedings of Consul Chatfield would
be ilieavowed by England, so far us the United States emits(
justly make them subject of t.omplaint, sighing further
wa urremary or passable until a minister from Nicaragua
should arrive. There is little doubt that the semi of Chats
ticlits proceedings is to be found in the fact that a debt of
stoic magnitude, considering die cesium. of Nicaragua, is
claimed by British subjects, and twisted by the N 4.411411.111
government and geoid,. The hoyiettt of duties in the loon of
San .I man wasjustdied opal dw same priewiple that induced ,
the United States to collect import duties in the ports of
Stevie°, and it has been under tie warm.: of applyiag the
data* to the payment 14 the interest on the debt. The I
grainuen of the altar consists in the fart that laird Val- I
naersbas unequivocally beaked the pretenviour of Chatfield
pro. oitiv to the I:ulher and Clayton Treaty, with all the I
authority of the Itritish goaernment. 'the United States,
with law rights on her side and stipulated relinquishments
on tilts other. now comes forward in OW character of purl- 'I
ii..nor between Eastland and Nicaragua, claiming the right
se an intcnsted party. .% minister. duly acercilited—and
who. by the way. i, an aerompliviiml diplomatist-110•1 re-
present.. tlw Nicaraguan government: nal a thorough ex-
rowans of the *ow a hat pet uliar relations exioing between
aialand and that republic may be lookied for With Oil
able head of foreign aids.., it is not two march to expect
that the government wiil NOM In• abbe to adjust
between the two rountriev. and obtain a thorough re-
civilian' of the obligations of the Bulaer and Clayton
Treaty, in king' spint.
Farm Sisal, Yucatan. we hate accounts to the 12th
ult.. stating that. owing to the protracted war with
the Indians in the interior, warmly any country pro-
duce now to market, and it watt extremely high.
The government treasury was exhausted, and the
artnt of about 17,000 troops were without pay and
clot Tung.
From Canada our accounts are entirely unim-
portant.
From Vera ('rue, Mexico. we hate. rqi New Or-
teens% full amounts to the Sth ult.: being the date of
oar letters by the West India Mail. Congress was
discussing the tariff question. Jeuhnusiou existed
amongst the members of the cabinet. Fears were
entertained fur the safety of the Tchuantepee treaty.
Masses. bored. Ferias, Soto, Cuevas, and Obiguibel
hod been apprjuted a conimitue, on the part of the
senate. to take charge of the treaty. Much Ikrallut: had been made with the electric t.tegraph from
Cruz to the capital. Senor License would not accept
the apismut meta of minister to London. Al. Manuel
Pavan had consequently late nominated. During
the last days of January a tonductu kit the city of
Mexico for Vera Cruz with more than a reiLiou of
dollars.

The Cambria W to ►ail from New York on the
Bth inst.
Four perfrfrowfr had beet► remitted for trial at Bottou
fur u..frifrting the crape of the slave Shadrawk.

NOVA SCOTIA.

The Halifax Hume of Assoubly was oceupied
most exclusively on the 19th and 20th with the con-
sideration of legal of jyyte—glis bills, shipping fetss,l
markets, post-udice affairs, &a:.
The suhject of erecting . telegraphic lines through-1
out the extent of the province was exciting some at- I
tent ion.
'fhe New Brunswick(' announces that the bill to
incorporate the European and North Anterivan Rail-
way has pared the house. The bill provides that
the province shall tuke stock in the proposed under-
taking to the amount of 230,0001.. and issue deben-
tures to that amount, the balance to be paid by pri-
vate subscription. The bill provides that for every
pound subscribed and paid up one acre of go era-
ment land will be allowed. Them can be no doubt
that the sum necessary to construct the railway
through this province Will be readily subscribed, and
the mechanics of St. John's, N. 8., have made an