The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-29 00:00:00

GERMANY.

FRANKFORT.—THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY,
MAY 24.—The assembly resolved to nominate three
committees : the first, to report on the subject of a
constitution for Germany ; the second, to report on
the subjects of labour, trade, and manufactures, and
the third, to report what motions and petitions ought
to have precedence. The first and ascend committees
are to consist of thirty members each. The president
intimated that the president of the commission sent
to Mayence had written that order was re-established
there, but that strong feelings of mutual exasperation
prevailed among the inhabitants and the Prussian
troops. The commission proposed to remain at
Mayence till after the funeral of those who fell in
the late affray (which was to take place on the after-
noon of the 23rd), as apprehensions were entertained
of fresh disturbances being excited by the ceremony.
There are two Austrian officers on this commission,
which is composed of five members of the assembly.
MAY 25.—The president read a communication from
the Archduke Palatine of Hungary, signed by the
minister, Count Bathyany, intimating that Messrs.
Pazmanoly and Smiley had been appointed envoys to
the assembly, with a view to promote commercial and

industrial relations between Hungary and Germany.
This communication was received with unanimous
applause. The members who are to compoeo the
three committees appointed yesterday were elected to
the committee of theconstitution. Among others chosen
were, Messrs. Maximilian von Gagern' Mittermater,
Beckerath, R. Blum, Soiree, &c. Some discussion
arose on the subject of the deputy from Limburg,
who hesitated to take his seat, as that duchy had ais,
sent members to the States-General of the Nether-
lands, now in session. The matter was referred to a
special committee, and in the meantime the deputy-
was invited to take his seat.—[The latest intelligene,
from Cologne represents %loam estranged, but still
subject to exceptional military control.]
PRUSSIA.—The latest intelligence from this state
is contained in the fallowing extract from the letter
of our Cologne correspondent :
COLOGNE, MAY 20.
The opposition to the projected new constitution eutionues
OO the increase, not only in this city and in Berlin but in
numerous other places throughout the kingdom. A tolerably
strong opposition party is already formed in the Nationel
Constitueat Assembly, and chiefly on the ground that the
government, which is merely looked upon as a provisional
one, had no right to draw up the draft of the emstitution,
until the National Assembly itself had decided upon the
general principles which should form its basis. The dreg
itself of the constitution was publicly burned a few nights
afro, in an enclosed spot opposite the palace of the Prince of
Prussia in Berlin' and cbariv.ris (or cat-music, as midi de-
monstrations are called in Oermany) were given to all the
ministers. In the Constituent Assembly there are at pre
sent 30 noblemen, 44 clergymen, 3 °thorn, 35 state employes,
87 connected with the administration of justice and frftb
the law, 11 medical men, 29 professors and teachers, 22
tradesmen, 33 manufacturers and mechanics, 44 iacded pro-
prieuns, 23 magistrates, and 2 day labourers.
Prussia complains bitterly of the refusal of HVIOT, r to
send further troops to Schleawiru Holstein.
There are at present about 40,000 troops assembled in or
near Berlin. It has been resolved, by what may he called the
cite gauche of the National Assembly, to put a question to
ministers respecting the concentration of so large a body
of military near the Prussian capital.
The crops ere v. ry promising throughout Prussia.
AUSTRIA.—At Vienna the arrival of the Emperor
at Salzburg was authoritatively announced in the
s' official part" of the Wiener Zeituny, of the 23rd or
May. The fact is simply stated unaccompanied by
any details of the journey, or the reasons for under-
taking it. Two articles signed by M. Koch appear in
that and the preceding number ; the first of these
devoted to an attempt to prove that after the events
of the 15th the Emperor's safety required that he
should withdraw from Vienna; the second to an ar-
gument in support of his not returning to the capital
till security has been given for his safety. In the
latter view the editor expresses his coincidence. It is
stated in the Allgemeine Zeitung, of May 23, that M.
von Wesaenberg has accepted the portfolio of foreign
affars in the imperial cabutet, and that he is already
on hie way to Vienna.