The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-10 00:00:00

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Borzoi.—St. Germain, 412 50; Venailles (tight bank),
162 60 ; ditto (left bank), 162 50 ; Paris and Orleans, 835 ;
Paris and Rouen, 680 ; Marseilles and Avignon, 193 ;
&mhos's and Bale, 136 25; Centre, 386 25; Orleans
and Mardian:, 398 75; Mortis, 468 76 ; Paris and Straa-
bourg, 361 25; Tsars and Nantes, 246 26; Dieppe and
1 Facemp, 196.

ROME DEC. 31
•

The chief authors of the scene of May, 1849, when
the confessions of the churches were burned, Cicero-
acohio and Carbonarello, have been condemned to
fifteen months of forced labour.

GIUMPAL But, says a letter front Tann, dated Jan.
3, died at Aleppo, on the Ilth December, after a short illness.
Re died a biammiman, and thus received all the honours due
to his rank.

GALE AT LIVERPOOL—A very smart gale sprung
up Ia the neighbourhood of Liverpool early on Thursday
waning, but abated towards daylight. As the wind blew
from the S.W. quarter, great Alan were entertained for the
shipping is the Channel, bet the only cuualtie3 reported are
a few small craft aahzre. Is all eases, the mews were saved.

GERMANY.

DRIPATCE.

BERLIN, WEDNI•DAT EVIWIRO.

In to day's sitting of the lit Chamber, the debate
on the address was closed. The minister declared,
after a speech of Champhatmen's, that the govern-
ment wee decidedly opposed to all revolutions. The
simple order of the day wu decided on by 92 against
35 votes. _ _

The interrogation of M. Ammon was left un-
answered by the Premier, because it wu too general.
and that it might be prejudicial to reply to it.
Matzke has withdrawn his motion for a provisional
budget.

A correspondent of the Cologne Gazelle writes
from Berlin on the 7th :—A note trom M. 'Mantenif,l
requires that the Chamber should decide whether his
post u deputy be forfeited by his nomination to the
presidency cf the cabinet and ministry of foreign
affairs. P. ussia has reason to be on her guard against
Austria's commercial plans with respect to the Z./11-
verein. That Austria will leave no means unlit-
tempted to destroy the Z diverein needs no proof, and
we may fairly conjecture that many of tLe smiler
states have been idluenced by her, on learning that
she is striving to translate the Zollverein c.ingress,
which was broken off in Cassel, to Dresden.

Our correspondent at Dresden writes u follows :
DRESDEN 'Ay 6.

The first commission, in which Austria presides,
for the sett'ement of the organisation of the supreme
authority, together with the extent of territory of the
confederation, has held several eittiogs without
coming to any result. Divers plans, the nature of
which is not communicated, have been laid before
the commission and diecnssed, but not one has
met with general approval. The plan which
the Austrian minister proposed, appears to have
been that which was mentioned in a former letter;
viz., a sham kind of division of the executive power
between Austria and Prussia; but with an additional
authority by its aide in the shape of a council of
three, composed of a representative of Bavaria, one
for the other minor kingdoms, and one for the grand
duke, which was to decide all questions in dispute
between the two powers. This plar, which b.rore the
appearance of an approach to the dualistic prin-
ciple, will, I believe, be found to hare been
the origin of the various statements of the
union of the two ministers, and of the settlement of
the main points in a manner favourable to Prussia,
by which so many persons bave been deceived. To
this plan neither Prussia nor the minor
.principalities
can or will agree, and the first commirsion is under-
stood to have separated in a hopeless manner. It will
not meet again for some time. The second commis-
sion in which Prussia presides met to-day. Baore it
lies the section of the constitution on the powers
and authority of the chief organ of the con-
federation, its relation to the individual states,
as well as those of the latter to each other.
It is not expected that any result will be ob-
tained in this commission. Indeed, as the ques-
tion now stands there appears to be but very slight
probability of the Dresden conferences settling the
affairs of Germany. Prince Schwarzenburg will
not, under any circumstances. consent to the establish-
ment of the dualistic principle in the government of
Germany. The influence and power of Austria must
remain paramount; and in order to elect this more
thoroughly he wishes to mediatiso the smaller
states of central Germany, which have always
been most faithful allies of Prussia. The share in the
taxation of the confederation hu been made a vital
question by the Ket.g of Prussia, and is, in point of
fact, the only question of great importance to Prussia
in the settlement of the political port of the affairs of
the confederation. It has been wen that Austria
gives but a sham consent to this demand ; in all other
qaestons however, Austria may be brought to terms,
for the Prince Schwarzenberg has discovered the
error made by the Austrian government in permitting
he eat tblishmmt of the &therein under the influ-
ence of Prussia, and he, therefire, attaches very little
or no importance to any of the other political points
in question. The political organisation of Germany
has become a matter of secoadary consideration
when compered with the immense victory to be
gained over Prussia by the destruction of the Zoll-
verde. To effect this all the machinery of Austrian
diplomacy, and even threats, will be used.
An important item in the Austrian plans is, that
during six years the duties on corn, cattle, and
all raw materials shall be abolished. It cannot be
denied that a proposition more advantageous to the
Hansa Towns, Hanover, and many perm of Prussia.
could not be made. To the province of Silesia it
would be a real blessing, seeing that it suff,rs most
from the want of tree trade in grain and the frequent
recurrence of bad years.

Du. in six years Austria proposes further that a
commirmon, or general organ for the protection of the
interests of mull commercial system shall be esta-
blished; each system to send three rerrsentativis.
Tne Zollverein three, the Steuervert in three, and the
liens' towns three, and the Austrian states three.
Toe b dy of nine to decide by a majority all ques-
tions respecting the relations of the tariffs of the dif-
ferent beetle., and each body of three to decide equally
by et majority of vo'er, all Teleions relating to the
tariff of the body they specially represent.
Combined with these plans, the Austrian govern-
ment ha another scheme for withdrawing the reve-
nues of the states of Germany from the influence of
parliament. She intends to propo eto the govern-
ments of the Zollverein the introduction of a tobacco
monopoly, the consumption of which article has
increased of hte years so enormously in Ger-
rn.try, that, if well managed, such a mono-
poly could not fail to set the governments to a
great degree free from the anxiety and constquences
of a refusal of the taxes by the parliamente. Not
satisfied with this, the Austrian govtrnment goes still
further and intends to recommend priociples of taxa-
tion to Germany which the moat enlightened modern
political ecsinomists reject. Tire Austrian govern-
ment is desirous of carrying out in Germany the prin-
ciples of indirect taxation more thoroughly than has
ever yet been attempted, and, as I am informed, has
drawn up a plan for the general taxation of etch
country on this principle. The government of
Austria hos drawn up these great plans with equal
skill and dexterity, and if the energy and determina-
tion with which they are promoted be equally great.
Prussia will lose all the power which the Zollverein
so uselessly placed in its hands.
BEULIN, JAN. B.—Volantary Lou, 1061 ; New 1•011.11,
Four and a-Half per Cent.., 091; Natloasl Debt, 841; Cone-
inercial,Merise Society. Ptennuts,l2B ; Bank Shane, 951.
VIZNNA, JAL 7.—Firs pis Cent. Metalline's, 951;
Pour-and-a-Halt per Cents., ditto, 821. Bank abuts,
1142. Exchange on London, 12.40.

MALTA, Jew. 2.

I have in my former letters announced to you the
arrival of the fleet in this port, after a long absence.
The Oberon has received orders to proceed immedi-
ately to England, and was last night ready for sea.
She has not, however, yet left port.
Lieut. Drury, R M., placed at the bottom of the
list of lieutenants by sentence of a general court-
martial, goes home by her, as does Lieut. Forbes,
8.A., on leave till Jane next. En,ign Dunne,
44th, also goes home on leave, but not per Oberon.
On Tuesday the case against Lieut. Barchard,
Lieut. Micklethwaite, and Ensign Colpoys, 44th Re-
giment, was decided in the Criminal Court, to which
they had been committed, before Dr. Y. Bruno,
LL.D., one of her Majesty's judges. As I announced
in my first letter, the charge of premeditation was not
substantiated, nor could it have been. Ensign Colpoys,
is whose favour as a pacificator the prosecutor him-
self deposed was acquitted. Lieutenant Bernhard
was found guilty of a common assault, and sentenced
to a fine of six pounds; whilst Lieutenant Mickle-
thwaite was found guilty of an assault, and the using
of olprobriotur language, and sentenced to suffer an
imprisonment of fifteen days, to commence from the
first day of his incarceration by the police, and to pay
a similar fine as that to which Dr. Suchard was
sentenced. Ilia imprisonment will therefore cease on
Saturday morning next.
Mr. Arrowamith made some efforts to quuh further
proceedings, but it is reported here that the Governor
interfered to prevent it. Be this as it may, the
Governor gave a party on Monday, but neither the
colonel nor the major, nor, as far as I can learn, any
of the 44th were present. Few of the garrison were,
however, invited. His Excellency is very un-
popular.

THE AUSTRIAN CUSTOMS LEAGUE TARIFF.

The Augsburg Allgenieins Zeitung, under this head,
gives the draft of a projected tariff, copies of which
have been sent to the various states whom it is pro-
posed to include in the new cantons, league. The
following are the rates proposed:—Duty on coffee,
11 florins per quintal, being 7 kreutzers less than the
present duty in Austria, and 1 1 above the ZAlverein
duty; sugar, 14f. per quintal; crushed sugar for
the chocolate manufacture, 7 fl., being a reduction of
16 krs.; cocoa, reduced from 12 fl. 30 kre. to
7 fl. 30 krs.; pepper, reduced to 10 if.; herrings and
dried fish, 1 fl. the quintal ; olive oil, imported into the
Adriatic Haven, will pay 2 fl.; linseed, rape, and
cocoa nut oil, 45 krs., and undenominated fats 45 kn.
The customs treasury will sweain yearly a loss of
30,0008. by the reductions in oil and fat. Chocolate is
to be reduced to fifteen florins. Firewood will
pay an import and an export duty of 25 kreutzers
per 100 cubic feet, and a transit duty of 10 krs. ;
common woods for manufacturing purpoees, 45, and
10 kre. under the same circumstances. Cochineal

and Indigo will pay 45 krs. per quintal ; sulphur, 5
kre.; lead, 29. 30kre. ; raw iron, 45kre. ; rolled iron,
28. 30krs.; quicksilver, 7fl. 30krs. The greatest re-
duction:of duty Is that on raw cotton, which is lowered
to a merely nominal sum, viz., 5 kreuzers. The cus-
toms treasury will sustain a loss of 680,000f1. under
this item. The export duty on raw silk is reduc dto
25kre, in order to assist the Lombardian provinco
against the competition of the East Indies.
The commission cannot come to any agree-
ment on the question of the duty to be imposed on
eaten yarn. Six florins is an admitted rate for the
lower numbers of yarn. The majority of the com-
mittee do not desire to establish any distinctions of
fineness, as the distinction is very difficult to carry
out in practice, and as scarcely any numbers above
80 are spun in Austria. The ministry wish for a duty
of 6 florins for all numbers op to 61, and of 7 fl.
30 km for higher numbers. The spinners who
have been consulted are favour of a duty of
7 florins on lower numbers, and of 10, 12, 13,
25, and 30 florins on the higher. Worsteds
fixed, as hitherto, at 6 florins; liven yarn is raised
from 21, to 6 florins; but a drawback of
florins is guaranteed upon finest and medium linen
fabric!. Coarse fabrics are subject to an average duty
of 20 per cent. on the value. Leather is to pay duties
—fine, 12 O. 30 krs. ; common, 78. 30 krs. Leather
wares, common, 23 fl. ; medium, 50 fl. ; fine, 100 fl.
Common paper, the eporco centner, 45 krs. ; fine
piper, the netto centner, 7fl. 30 krs.; coloured and
ornamental paper, 25 fl. The export duty upon rags
is materially reduce", viz., to 2 fl. ; while the manu-
facturers asked for a duty of from 4 to 5 florins, as in
the union tariff. From these particulars it mill be
seen that the aim of the authors of the new tariff is,
on the one hand, to pre mote domestic industry by
making sacrifices of revenue to cheapen raw mate-
rials, as cotton, sulphur, tallow, quicksilver, indigo,
and cochineal ; and, on the other hand, to dis-
accustom the manufacturers to protection by a
moderate admission of foreign articles. Tile govern.
ment is setting a good example; the rates proposed
for lead and sulphur show that it is ready to sacrifice
its own monopoly for the good of the whole, at a time
when the sulphur works of Bohemia are appealing to
munificence for support. The export duties have
been so lowered, that a loss of 200,000 flories is ex-
pected in that item. The commission started from
the principle, that the export duties should be abo-
lished on all articles whose exportation it is not de-
sirable wholly to prohibit. But for scientific and
statistical reasons the principle was deviated from, in
order that the customs tables might supply a record
of all the movements of commerce, and thus

the unaccustomed figures 1,2, 5 and 10 icreu'zere ap-
pear in the new tariff for quintets of exported wares.
For the same reasons, the duty of 5 krs. has been
laid on imported cotton. According to nathentic
statistical tables, the importation of raw cotton
into Austria amounts to 424,460 eenhaers, which
would give a revenue of 3.5,000 flu. at the new rates ;
hardly the cost of their collection. The transit dues
arc, on the contrary, slightly ii.creasr-d, bat are still
lower than those of the ZJllverein. A few valuable
manufactures (Parisian ornaments, silk waree,shawle,
I,atiste, of which a large quantity find their way into
the Danubian provinces by way of Leipsic), 30 krs.
per centner is to be paid. The concessions to the
7Allverein are worthy of notice; a fact which, in the
opponents of the measure, is made a ground of re-
proach.

SEVERE GALE AT BRISTOL, AND IN THE BRISTOL
CNANNEL.-00 Wednesday afternoon a very heavy gale,
which weft d from S.W. to W.N.W., wan experienced in the
Bristol Chancel, as well as in the city of Basta and the
surrounding neighbourhood. A good deal of damage was
done to shipping as well se to house property, when
situated WOO, elevated points. The barque Berbice, for
Aberdeen, drove and went ashore near the mouth of the
river. The crew took to the rigging, where they remained
till the tide receded, when they left her. A boat in attempt-
ing to go to them was oversrt, but the hands mart ashore.
The trow Dolphin, laden with coals from Sydney, anothr r
trow, seems unknown, and the shop William, from Bullo
Pill to Cardiff, with iron ore,foundered in the river's mouth,
but their crews were happily saved. At Clifton a house near
Portland-place was stripped of its tiles, Fee., and a quantity
of furniture was forced by the gale out of a window and fell
upon a hackney fly, which it greatly damaged, but fortu-
nately without injury to fare or driver. At Mr. Itouch's
timber yard, near the sea banks, a large shed, 40 feet long
by 20 feet deep, was thrown down and scattered over the
yard. A recently erected brick wall neer the Linatkllr.
Dock 'dotard:l, was levelled with the ground, and retire
were stripped of their tiles at more than one point of the
city. Our correspondent writes that there were more than
one narrow escapes; but up to the time of his writing he
had rot heard of anv injury to life or person.
STORM AT PLYMOUTIL—On Wednesday Ply-
mouth was visited by a very severe storm, the wind
blowing terrifically and the rain falling in torrente. The
elves and tiles of several houses in many of the streets flaw
elf in all directions, and great danger was incurred by
persons walking. One chimney stack was blown down in
Notte-street, fortunately striihout doing any damage.
During the day some anxiety was felt for the homeward
bound ships in the channel, the sea running very high, and
the storm continuing without any abatement. In the
course of the afternoon the Three Brothers, Mr. Peak,
muter, belonging to Mr. Yeo, laden with cora, from the
Mediten aaaaa , got on the rock. during the gale at
Deadman's Bay, where she remained for several howl.,
until the flow of the tide, when she was got off with some
amount of damage. Further down the Catwater the
schooner Heroine, of Dartmouth, got on the C►rpenter's
Poin,, but was shortly afterwards got off--Plymoulls
Journal

DEPARTURE OF THE BRAZILIAN MAlL.—Yesterday
being the day for the commencement of the running of the
Brazilian steamers, ucder the new contract between the
Wes. India Company and the Government, the Rlyal Mail
Steam packet C'mpany's steamer Teviot, Captain &vett,
left Southampton with the mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Te-
neriffe, Peraszobaco, Bahia, Brazil, Monts Vide*, end
Buena Ayres. The mails ware much larger than were
expected. The Teviot took out also 44 passengers for the
various places on the route ; amongst whom were Lord and
Lady Eastnor, for Madeira, and Admiral Grenfell, for Rio.
Her cargo consisted principally of specie, in gold and silver,
to the amount of 67,0351., chiefly for the Brazils.
CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF
THE CHEAT.—Yesterday the annual general meeting of the
governors of this charity was held et the London Tavern,
John Masternian, Esq., in the chair. The minutes of the
last court having been confirmed, the secretary read the
third annual report. This document, after expressing grati-
fication in the prosperity and increased usefulness of the
institution, proceeded to state that during the put year
2.573 persons obtained relief ft, in the charity, making a total
since its formation, in 1848, of 7,489. The majority of the
patients have resided is the City and adjacent districts, but
many have bean received from other and distant localities.
The financial sheet showed that at the close of 1849 there
rum sized a balance of 311. 71. 11d., and during the succeed-
ing twelve months donations and subscriptions to the amount
of 6,0931. 13,. 3d. had been received. The expenaiture of
the year amounted to 1,2771. 156. 94., making, together
with 301. 15s. 64. expended on account of the new building,
a total of 1,3001. lie. 34., and leaving a balance of
3,8161. 91. 11d. to the credit of the institution. Three
thousand five hundred pounds of that sum having been depo-
sited with Messrs. Overend, Gum, y, and Co., at 3 per cent.
interest, there remained at the bankers 3161. 9s. Ild. at the
close of the year. From numerous plane submitted in com-
petition for the proposed new hospital at Victoria-park, the
committee had selected the design of Mr. F. W. Ordish.
That plan afforded accommodation for 80 in-patients, as well
as the necessary details for the out-patients department.
The cast of erecting the central portion was estimated at
9,0001., and the committee were anxious that this part should
be completed at once ; the contractors were already actively
engaged is enclosing the ground with stuns coping and iron
railing, and it was hoped that the building would be com-
menced during the ensuing summer. The report, after
stating that her Majesty and Prince Albert had become
patrons of the hospital, and had accompanied the announce-
ment with a donation of 1001, proceeded to state that
similar contributions had been made by the City corporation,
and the worshipful companies of Goldsmiths and Grocers.'
Oa the motion of James Foster, Esq., seconded by H. B.
Gamey, Esq., the report was adopted unanimously. The
treasurer, trustees, and committee for the present year were
then sleeted, and a vote of thanks to the medical and other
°Mien, and to the hog. chairman, cloud the bueinees of tke
meeting.