The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-09 00:00:00

GERMANY.

FRANKFORT, JUNE 6.—ln yesterday's sitting of
the constituent assembly it was resolved, on the
motion of M. Auersperg, to nominate a committee to
report on the best means of national defence, the
means of recruiting the army, and the arming of the
people. The committee was authorised to examine
witnesses—professional and others—respecting the
most efficient method of organising the national
guard. and placing the defensive establishments of
Germany on a footing of equality with those of foreign
states, with a view to obtain materials for its report.
M. Hoffken moved for a committee on the Bohemian
elections, but the subject was remitted to the com-
mittee for scrutinising the returns of members, with
instructions to report on the elections in those coun-
tries which are inhabited by a mixed German
and Sclavouic population; and to submit to
the assembly a draft of a measure for giving
full effect to the will of the German people. The
deputies from Limbourg were next declared qualified
to take their seats, and the committee for scrutinising
returns instructed to invite them to do so. It was
remitted to the committee of international relations
to report on the relations actually existing between
Limbourg and the kingdom of the Netherlands.
Lastly, tt was resolved to admit the deputies from
the grand duchy of Posen to take their seats ad in-
terim. It was also resolved that the question raised re-
specting the legality. of the incorporation of the grand
duchy of Posen with the Germanic Confederation
should be referred to the committee on the constitu-
tion, or the committee on international relations.
PRUSSIA.—BERLIN, JUNE 6.—The Preassische
Shads An:riger of this morning contains a minis-
terial announcement of the finally mijusted boundary
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of that part of the duchy of Posen which is to be
organised and administered according to Polish laws
and customs. Some alterations have been made on
the line originally proposed, in order to meet objec-
tions raised in part by the Polish and in part by the
German inhabitants of the duchy.
AUSTRIA.—VIF.NNA, JUNI: 3.—The affairs of the
empire become daily more complicated and alarming.
The official part of the Wiener &dung of this morn-
ing contains a ministerial rescript relating to the an-
nouncement in the Prayer Zviluny of 31st ult. that a
provisional government had been established at
Prague. The ministers state that as soon
as the official announcement of this extra-
ordinary step reached them, they despatched
a representative to the emperor on the unconstitutional
nature of the proceeding. At the same time they
forwarded instructions to the head of the provincial
government in Bohemia, warning him of the ille-
gality of the step, and charging him at his peril to
abstain from giving it effect. Intimations were also
forwarded to the governors of all the provinces, in-
forming them that the pretexts under which the
proclaimers had established the so-called provisional
government at Prague were false, and that the
assumption of authority by the provisional govern-
went would not be recognised or tolerated by the im-
perial cabinet ; and charging them to resist and sup-
per all similar attempts in their respective provinces.
The avowed object of the party in Prague which
has taken the step of nominating a provisional govern-
ment is to transform Austria into a federal empire.
They declare: "The relation in which I lungary has
stood to the rest of the empire has been the most con-
sonant with natural justice: our aim is to place our-
selves in the same relation to the other provinces, and
we will accomplii.li this though the way which leads
to our goal may be long and tortuous." fhe ex-Prince
of Servile, Milosch Obrenowitsch arrived at Agram,
with • passport for Prague, on the 21st ult., but
partly on account of the circumstances of the times,
and partly on account of his being exiled with his
family from the province, he was detained by the
local authorities till the pleasure of the authorities in
Vienna could he known.