The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

assurances of the foreign powers," will be pro hoc rice
suppressed, and a sort of vague expression of the hope
of the continuance of European tranquillity sub-
stituted for it. The marriages will be alluded
to with the greatest circumspection and tact,
something being said about private happiness, &c.
Ihe greatest point of difficulty and difference has
been the expression in which the Cracow affair shall
be alluded to ; one party being for a strong declora-
I Hon in favour of Polish nationality, and the other
desiring a simple statement of the protestation that
has been made.
We give elsewhere a letter from our correspondent
of Constantinople of the 23rd ult., from which it
appears that the government of the Porte has not suf-
fered itself to be bullied or wheedled on the subject of
Cracow, and that, although Turkey was not one of the
subscribing powers to the treaty of Vienna, it has
nevertheless protested in a very spirited manner
against the spoliation affair.
P.S.—lt was reported on Sunday that overtures
had been made to M. Dufaure to enter the cabinet,
which that deputy declined. His ambition is said to
be the presidency of the chamber. M. Martin (du
Nord) Keeper of the Seals, was still indisposed, and it
was said would be compelled to withdraw for the pre-
sent from the business, in which case he would be re-
placed by M. Hebert, Procureur-General of the Cour

The Madrid mail of Jan. 4 was received on Sunday
in Paris, but brought no political news of importance.
Lujan and hlendizabal made speeches on the
3rd, in the Chamber of Deputif s, in a tone of much
moderation. The verification of powers were con-
tinued on the 4th. The election of M. S ,rtorius was
confirmed. The commission of verifications had re-
ported on thirty elections, but the Chamber was not
expected to be constituted before the 15th, nor would
there be any important debate until then.
The following are the principal heads of the speech
of M. Mendizabal:
The Minister of the Interior has Raid that one of the two
consequences of his administrative cares, ought to be the
creation of a government according to my idea, he ought to
have added national government. After four yearn absence,
it seems to me as if 1 were awakening from a long sleep,
and of my dreams there remained to me but one remem-
brance, one thought—that my happiness would be complete
if, on the day of the inauguration of congress. I might make
my voice heard to the nation. (Hear.) What I wished to
say, and what I do say Is, that it was reserved to the present
congress to raise its voice with force, firmness, and unanimity-
to express the wish that a veil may be drawn over
all the political errors in which we may ell, more or
less, have fallen. (Sensation.) This, gentlemen, is the
only means for creating a national government. Exclusions
only prove one thing, the weakness of the institutions (and
remember that many of you contributed in drawing them
up), or a great artlessness on the part of those in power ( old
remember that you enjoyed it during that period), or a great
importance of the excluded. Forget not the people who, tor 12
years, have made so many Raeritices—the people who have
seen illustrious men shed their blood to fix the constitutional
crown of Spain firmly on the brow of Isabella 11., our tdueen.
Let us forget the past, and only con,ider the future pros-
pects of our country. I should not hesitate to bring forward
a proposition on the subject, but that glory is reserved to
the deputies at the other side of the chamber. It
I will be our duty to second their endeavours; it is
then that we wig be truly. strong, and. they will
repeat on us the words of a virtuous Spanish citizen :
Beware, the abyss at your feet will receive the one and the
other, some will fall first, the others will tollow. A ter-
rible truth ! When called upon the deputies of the mine-
. ri.y of the congress will give their support to so patriotic a
• measure. Such are my present sentiments, the same as in
1113.), when I returned to my country after twelve years of
painful emigration.
It was said in Paris on Sunday that M. Martinez
de la Rosa was called to Madrid to use his influence
in reconciling those differences in the cabinet, which it
was feared would produce a crisis, especially by rea-
son of the pretensions of M. Mon to the presidency of
the council.

PARIS, JAN. 10.

In your number of the Bth instant, you state that
there is a schism amongst the members of the Opposi-
tion, and that M. Thiers now remains alone opposed to
his old friends. These I take to be party rumours
given out by the ministry. It may be that MM.
Duvergier d'llauranne, de Remusat, Vivien, 0.
Barrot, Chumbolle, and Leon Faucher, differ in
opinion from M. Thiers or the question of the Spanish
marriages ; but these partial differences will cause
no schism in the ranks of the Opposition. The
members whom you mention are too deeply sensible
of their duty and of the importance of the circum-
stances, either to disagree or to approach in disorder
their common enemy M. Deka- To-morrow, as won
as the speech from the throne shall have been deliv-
ered, the members of the Opposition are to assemble
at the house of M. Odilon Barret, to deliberate upon
the line of conduct to be pursued, and fix a decisive
plan of tactics. To this plan all the members of the
minority will conform.
Much has been said, and, perhaps, with better
foundation, of a separate alliance between M.
Dufaure and M. Billault, whose common anti-
pathies are to be united against England, and will
tend towards the formation of a new tiers parti.
That M. l)ufaure should perform such a mauceuvre is
probable, and hatred of M. Thiers is known to be his
principal incentive to this s'ep. But M. Billault has
given no reason for such a severe judgment from
public opinion. No doubt he approved of the Spanish
marriages, but vtich approbation is far from causing a
rupture between him and his political friends.
The state of isolation in which France has been
placed by the acts of the present ministry, leaves a
wide field for the criticisms of the Opposition in the
debate on the address; but unfortunately the Opposi-
tion has not, as it ought to have, the sentiment of its
power. And the proof of this is evident in the polemic
carried ou by the Constitutionnel, which insists that
' the Opposition ought not to discuss the foreign ques-
tion. In each a case to abstain would be to abdieate.
0.

CONSTA.NTINOPLB, Dec. 23.
Before the incorporation of Cracow was generally
known kere, Count Stunner, the Austrian internuncio,
received instructions from his government to lay
before the Grand Vizier all the documents connected
with that extraordinary. event, and to urge upon
Reschid Pasha the propriety of approving of the con-
duct of the Northern Powers, or of at least remaining
neutral. The iuternuncio manifested the greatest
anxiety to have an immediate reply. His first inter-
view with the Grand Vizier lasted from nine o'clock
in the morning till tor in the afternoon. But to the
arguments and entreaties of Count Stunner, Reachid
Pasha answered that the opinion of the Turkish
government could only be made known after the meet-
ing of the grand council, which would take place as
usual at the end of the week. The intermincio thew
sent in a long memorandum, in which, after detailing
all the circumstances, according to the views of the
cabinet of Vienna, connected with the extinction of
the independence of Cracow, he alluded to the im-
portance which Austria attached to preserving theami-
cable relations which for many years had existed be-
tween that power and the Sublime Porte ; that the
interests of Turkey and Austria were in many points
identical ; that they had a long line of frontier in
common, and hinted that some concessions might be
made which would prove advantageous to the autho-
rity of the Ottoman governinent in the Danubian pro-
vinces. The Porte, however, has not only refused to
approve of the incorporation of Cracow, or even to
remain neutral; it has gone further, it has protested
against the measure. The sense of Reschid Pasha's
reply to the internuncio was, " that the Porte was
most anxious to preserve the friendly relations which
had so long existed between Austria and Turkey;
that the government of the Sultan would be always
willing to accede to any just demand on the part of
the Cabinet of Vienna, but that in the present instance
the principles upon which they acted, and to which
they were determined to adhere, rendered it impos-
sible for them to comply with the wishes of Count
Stunner; that the Turkish government was not a
party to the Treaty of Vienna, and therefore could
not be sepposed to be immediately interested in any
event which might affect the object for which that
treaty was made ; that, however, the Porte would
only prejudice the interests of the Ottoman empire,
as well as its own character in the eyes of Europe,
did it in any way express its approval of the event
which formed the subject of the internuncio's memo-
nr.dum ; that the Porte regarded all treaties as
sacred, which on no pretext were to be altered but
with the consent of each of the parties by -whom they
had been signed, and that therefore it was forced to
express its regret at the conduct of Austria towards
the republic of Cracow."
It is impossible to approve too highly of the manner
in which the Turkish government has acted in this
matter. All feelings of immediate advantages, or the
possibility of any semis events which such an act