The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-13 00:00:00

LONDON, IiONDAY EikENIN94

MEGRAPMO

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'MEIN, Our. U, Emma.

The Minister of Finance has published the
budget for 1863, which contains the foiowingltenia:
Francs. e.
Ordinary expowlitere 763,343,2M 24
Extraordinary ditto
Diagonal= on the whole expen-
diture
Ordinary revenue
Immo=
Extended Wiry revenue
Dsldt
Diminution
Adviess from Sicily announce that tranquillity

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prevails.
The Italia of this evening asserts that the persona
arrested at Palermo on suspicion of having com-
mitted assassinations on political grounds have

made important revelations to the authorities.
The Gazette di Torino of this evening publishes a
letter from Signor Confortf, declaring that his Tilt
to France and England has no political object
whatever, and that he has not received any mission
from the government.
The Chamber of Commerce of Messina has unani-
mously resolved upon offering a steam-frigate as a
present to the government.

FRANCtX
TOULON, Oar. U.
Primes Napoleon and the Princess CAotilde bare
left this port for Lisbon.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Ocr. IL
In the Upper House to-day the vote upon the
proposition of the committee upon the budget was
taken by calling over names. The proposition was
rejected by 127 to 39.
The budget as amended by the Chamber of Depu-
ties was also rejected by 150 to 17, the ministers
voting with the majority.
The second portion of Herr von Arnim-Baytzen-
burg's amendment, referring to the re-establishment
of the budget as submitted by the government, was
carried by 114 to 44. The ministers were not pre-
sent during this vote, and eight members ab-
stained from voting.

BERLIN, Ocr. 12.

The various parties of the Chamber oiDeputies,
exoept the conservatives, held a meeting to-day in
their usual place of assembly, to consult upon the
course rendered necessary by the resolution passed
yesterday by the Upper House.
Count Schwerin presided. Drs. Simeon and
(Theist proposed a resolution declaring the vote of
the Upper House void, and stating their reasons for
that conclusion.

The party following the leadership of Baron von
Viucke and the Centre were only desirous of taking
steps in the event of the vote arrived at by the
Upper House being officially ratified by the Cham-
ber ; but the majority wished to adopt measures in
any CUE.

Dr. Gneiat considered that the government was
in duty bound to present a new budget.
The meeting separated without coming to a deed-
Rion. The different parties will aequaint each other
this evening withthe resolutions at which they have
arrived.

The official notification of yesterday's vote of the
Upper House was made to the President of the
Chamber of Deputies after the conclusion of the
meeting,
The next sitting of the Chamber is appointed to
take place to-morrow forenoon.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETEDSBURA. Ocr. 12.

The Northern Post of to-day says. that the
Council of the Empire hss at present under con-
sideration laws relating to a reorganisation of the
police courts and to the communal administration.

The diets of the governments are to be composed
of delegates chosen by the various district assem-
blies, and are to represent all classes of the com-
munity. The annual meetings of the governmental
diets are to last for 21 days, those of the district
assemblies for seven days. The executive functions
of every government will be administered by a
council of regency chosen by election.

POLAND.

WARSAW, Ocr. It

The state of siege has been raised in the goveen-
ment►l districts of Lublin and Augustow, with the
exception of the towns of Lublin, Suwalki, and
Siedloe.

The council of the district of Sledlce has been
dissolved for exceeding its legal powers.

INDIA.

The following is from the overland summary
of the Tines of India (Bombay), of September 12 :
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Mr. Mead, of the Harkens, and Mr. Judge, of the Amain
Company, wars drowned on the morning of the 6th Sep-
tember at Calcutta, by the upsetting of a boat.
A public meeting will be held in Bombay on the 17th, at
which it is rumoured that the governor will preside, to take
into consideration means for alleviating the great distress
in Lancashire.

The preliminary inquiry into the charge againet Captain
Smales, perimeter of the 6th Dragoons, at the police office,
has ended, and the magistrate has committed the case to
the sessioo.

Lieutenant Jackson, who stands charged with flogging his
servant to death, is likely to be sent to Mooltan to be tried
by a general court-martial.
The native primers concerned in the notorious Morrell-
gunge ass have his, sentenced by the High Court, and 11
found guilty of riot attended with murder and abductioa.
Dowlut. Cbowkeydar, is to stiffer death. and 10 others to
be imprisoned for life. The alleged leader of the affray, Mr.
Denis Healy, will be tried for complicity.
The Rajah of Cochin has abolishal the tobacco monopoly,
which hitherto existed within his territory.
The Ameer Dust Mahomed had suffered great leas at
Bayanbaug, but was *drawing oa Herat. It was rumoured
that troops had been promised by the Shah of Persia for
the defence of Herat.

A lariecin;ictiey of cotton u lying on the bank;
of i
of tt!
lodes, which the owners will not ship on socoun
creased river freights.

Feral. Site in-Scrip COLLISION. —Particulars
have been received in the City of a collision which took
place near the sunk light on Thursday night, and involved
the loud a collier brig and Rye of her crew. The-ill-fated
vessel was the brig Elisabeth (coal baled, Captain Robert-
son, belonging to Shields. She left the Type for London a
Sunday, end between 11 and 12 o'clock on the night is
question, when some three mike to the outward of the
sunk light ship in the East Selo, off the Essex coast, •
large screw steamer was observed about boll a mils ahead.
The weather was quite elem. aid AID moos was at, the
wind blowing fresh E.N.E. it is maid that the steamer wee
bailed, but so answer was heard. The twig's helm was pet
apart, and what course the steamer took has not correctly
transpired, but she ran into the collier's port bow with eon-
utterable force and cut her down. The names of those who
are reported to have perished are John Thomas, William
Smith, John James, Robert Smith, and Charles Jackson
(boy). The captain is stated to have suomeded in gettlni
on board the steamer, which is demonised to have goes so,
aid her same LI yet has Dot been communicated. James
1 Wilson, the mate, was ' Iced
i landed him at Char picked up
b y
a Dutch
gab*
which