The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-19 00:00:00

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0, JUNE 11

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RANC'E.
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The Portuguese Minister has delivered
Emperor Napoleon the insignia of the Grand Cross
of the Order of St. James of the Sword.
Prince Wittgenstein, side...de-camp of the Em-
peror of Russia, has remitted a letter to the Em-
peror Napoleon from the Czar, together with the
insignia of the Russian orders which have been con-
ferred upon the Prince Imperial.

AUSTRIA.
AUSTRIAN QUARANTINE ORDER FOR
VESSELS FROM EGYPT.
VIENNA. Jun 1L

In consequence of the reoeiptof a telegram from
the Austrian Oonsul at Marseilles that two persons
suffering from cholera had arrived there by, Vie
last mail steamer from Alexandria, the Minister of
Marine bas ordered a temporary quarantine of
seven days for all vessels arriving in Austrian
ports from Egyptian provinces.
In pursuance of this order the steamer Brindisi,
which arrived yesterday at Trieste from Alexandria,
was not allowed to disembark her passengers or un-
load her cargo, and was subjected to quarantine.

ITALY.

noszNcE, JUNI 19.

The King left yesterday for San Rosso&
♦ meeting has been held at Palermo for the pur-
pose of protesting against the negotiations between
the Italian and Russian governments.
Yesterday a meeting of working men's societies
took place here in order to elect a committee in
view of the approaching elections.

(uurzs's muss.)
CLOSING OFRU BSSIAN DIET.OTH HOUSES OF THE
P

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BERLIN, Jun 17.
The Diet was (domed to-day by Herr von Bismarck
in the name of the King with the following

speech :
His Majesty the King has delgeed to charge me with
the mission of closing In his name the sittings of both
houses of the Diet of the moauchy. The country
owes to the co-operation of the Dist with the government
during the past merlon the renewal of the German Zoll-
verein, the conclusion of commercial treatise with France
and Austria, with England sad Belgium, the sew mining
law, the regulation of the Silesian tithe laws, the law for
the better provision for military invalids, the construction
of railways on the Saha, in the Eifel, and In Thuringia,
as well rt • number of other nodal and salutary laws.
But positive and decided results could only have been
obtained with the government, if, in the face of political
dissensions the welfare of the fatherland had remained the
supreme object and bighted rule of conduct for all parties ;
but this has not been the case. The dearly-expressed inten-
tion of the majority of the Chamber of Deputies to prepare
difficulties for the present advisers of the crown has led to
the rejection of the Road Bill, of the Bank Bill, and the bills
for the construction of roads and railways In Eastern Prussia,
and has thereby been detrimental to the material "elfin of
the country. By the rejection of the military law it vu
intended again to call is question the new organisation o
the army created with the co-operation of former diets, and
proved efficient by the military events of the past year,
this endangering the external misty of the country.
The Chamber of Deputies withholds from the government
the means for the establishment of a fleet corresponding
to the circumstances and requirements of the present day ;
it refuses the assistance demanded for gathering in distrait'
of the victories obtained in the last year with so much costly
blood. Yee, it has separated itself from the brilliant deeds
and succemes of the army by now refusing its
ulterior consent to the defrayed expenses of the
war, as it formerly refused the loan demanded.
The budget, the settlement of which is stipulated accord-
ing to articles G 2 and 99 of the constitution by the co-
operation of all the elements concerned in legislation, has
again made shipwreck this year upon the refusal of the cham-
ber to grant the indispensable means for the support of the
military establishment. The Chamber of Deputies has re-
fused demands the government was compelled to make ;
it has passed resolutions the government cannot execute.
In plain of the agreement hoped for, the session again claw
with the home.= of mutual estrangement of the powers
oonvoked for 430-operation.
His Majeety's government his only one object in view—
the preservation of the rights and honour of the King
and of the country, as stipulated by the charter.
and, as they can and must subsist, side by side.
No service is done to the country if its chosen representa-
tives stretch forth the hand to seise rights which their
legal position in constitutional life denies to them. It is only
by making use of this position to 00-operate in the work
begun, and hitherto carried on by our prince of making
Prune great and happy under strong kings, that you will
fulfil the trust placed by the King's subjects in your
hands. His Msjesty's government strives to execute to the
beat of its ability the charge intrusted to it in • similar
sense by its royal muter. Not led astray by hostile and
reje3tless opposition in speech sad in print, strong in the
consciousness of its good right and good will, it will main-
tain intact the orderly progress of public, affairs,
and most powerfully represent the interests of the
country abroad as well as at home. It entertains the
conviction that the mane it has hitherto pursued is a
rightful and salutary course, and that the day cannot now
be distant when the nation, as has already been shown by
thousands of voluntary voices from it, midst, will also ex-
press its thanks and gratitude to its royal muter by the
mouth of its legal representatives. lam desired to thank
the Upper House in his Majesty's name for the fidelity and
devotion again displayed in this ssesioe. By his Majesty's
desire I herewith declare the session of both Houses of the
Diet closed.
After the ceremony of proroguing the chambers,
Herr Grabow, president of the Lower House, made
a speech, in which he enumerated the events of the
session, and continued as follows :
The debates have furnished a gloomy picture of the
internal condition of the country, and have confirmed
what I stated in my speech at the oponing of the Cham-
bers. The speech from the throne complain, that no
understanding Ku been arrived at, bat what the govern-
ment demanded was the submission of the Chamber.
The efforts to transform a constitutional into an absolute
police and military State have reached the utmost
but they will wreck upon the loyalty of the people lithe
constitution manifested by thrice re-de:dog its representa-
tives. The session has not been without results. Com-
mercial treaties have been sanctioned, and measures for the
extusion of railways pseud. Let 111 gather around the
constitution and the Sovereign who has sworn to protect it.
In conclusion, the President proposed three cheers for the
King. Herr Teddel thanked the President in the name of
the Chamber, and Herr Grabow then proposed that sheers
should be given for the ooestitutios and the people.