The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

FRANCE,—Capt. nel, who has just arrived at
;np." OD member,
ideo, makes the following re port
ths's-Ilthf of September, in 6 deg. 29 m. latitude S., and 29
no I r
aftersngiude W., I observed a curious phenomenon.
61„a• Isnu°tes ix, when the sun was still high in the
mis
luminous body, appearing to be of the size of a
,irtwurie's-pound cannon
movingpear in the east at an
• shout 4.3 deg., towards the west, where it
did 30 deg. above the horizon. This meteor left
which was visible for thirty-flye inlnutes. About
ita disappearance, there were three re-
like that of a cannon within the space of • second?'
rbERMAN Y .--VIENNA, OCT. 19.—The Emperor
„,& has decided on introducing oral pleadings in all
was Diplomatic Diplomatic neotiationu are now going ~.
0 the Courts of• the Tuderiea, of Vienna, of Berlin, and
erelative to an intervention in Switzerland, should
veq' 're it. It is added that • special conference
l- heldualt Vienna, or at Paris, on the subject. Lord
expected at Vienna on the 21st. Sir R.
on sows on the point of departure. The Emperor has
su"tiled the order of. St. Anna,... first clay, to Prince lel-
..se Kara Georgesettsch, of seem —The latest received an
coasts from Ofen, of the health of the Archduke Palatine,
age that no hopes arc now entertained of his recovery, and
his death is daily expectedsc.
h.T. hie court
According Vienna is still
seat
r residence of on .runn. to o
retains
Nelienna and its fauhou contain 8,776 houses
es 729 clergy, 3,242 nobles, 6,023 government'
513'868 (milt s under fifteen years of aee 17,589 on
employes, 34,721 3" f The '
the recruit list, 16,421 menu factures. entire, population
of Vienna is 410,947 souls, without comprising the garrison
and pawn through.
NAUMBOURG, OCT. 21.—0 n the 20th inst. the
delegates of the town received a royal cabinet order, dis-
solving the city council for its having refused to nominate a
deputy to the Diet, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the
president of the province. The. citizens are ordered to p '
teed immediately to the election of a new council. The
delegates dmututed are declared non-eligible for the term of
Should the assembly refuse to name a deputy, the
g years.
Shing threatens not only to deprive the town of its Tot*
in the diet, but to deprive it of its municipal institutions.
MATENCE, Ocr. 22.—0 n the 21st inst. above 500
of the most respectable citizens of Mayence assembled at the
Frankfurt Hotel to draw up an address to the Grand Duke,
entreating him to ward off the danger which menaced the
administration of the law in the Rhenish Hessen provinces
by the introduction of a new code of laws.
WURTEMBERG.—STUTTGARD, OCT. 23.—A royal
ordonnance has just been published, as follows: "Dating
from 24th Oct., inclusively, until farther orders, a duty of
2.5 per cent. is fixed cn the export of all species of grain from
the customs union, on account of the union. Transactions
in a contrary spirit to this ordonnance are liable to be
punished conformable to the laws of the Customs union.—
Given at Stutteard, 27th Oct., 1846.—Signed, Witaterat."
MUNICH, Oct. 19.—For three days past we have
had in our vicinity a great degree of beat, most extraordinary
for the month of October, which appeared to forebode the
approach of an atmospheric phenomenon. In fact, we have
received from the mountains the news that a terrible hurri-
cane visited the valley of Schledorf ; the roofs of the houses
were carried off, the church and the houses razed to their
foundations. A panic seized the inhabitants, who sought
refuge in the cellars, when suddenly a fire broke out in
every part of the village, and in a short time there was not a
single house, or even a cottage, that was not consumed by the
fary of the elements. The village is entirely razed to the
ground, the neighbouring forc't is on fire, and the flames
OM be seen from the gates of the capital. We have not re-
ceived the particulars, but there is every reason to suppose
that the calamity is not confine el to the village of Schledorf,
but that others have experienced a similar fate.
In the month of February last the police autho-
rities of Inspruck issued an ordonnance, prohibiting, undsr
pain of imprisonment, the performers of the theatre of that
town from writing or getting inserted in the public journals
criticisms on the performances there exhibited. One of the
best actors of the company, M. Amechle Beruth, notwith-
standingahis prohibition, scut secretly to Vienna a series of
articles, in which, whilst speaking of himself with great
modesty, he made severe remarks on the other actors of In-
spruck, and particularly on Mlle. B—, the jeune-prcmiere.
That actress suspected the source whence the critiques ema-
nated, and, by the intervention of some powerful personages,
she bad a domiciliary visit made by the police at M. Bern• h's
lodgings at the beginning of the present month. Rough
copies of the articles were found amongst his papers, and when
M. 13eruth again appeared on the board* the friends of the
actress hissed him outragei,usly, and forced him to withdraw.
This affront caused M. Beruth such acute affliction that the '
next morning he blowout his brains. On his table was found
a letter addressed to the manager, declaring that, being
wounded in what he held dearest on earth—his character as
an artist—he felt life to be insupportable, and had deter-
mined to die. Ile terminated his letter by pardoning all
preens, and particularly Mlle. S—, an artist, he observed,
"endowed with considerable talents, and whom he had en-
leavoured to warn against the irregularities of her powers."
I)F.NMARK. COPENTLAGEN, OCT. 9. The
Danish Chancery has issued a circular to the different royal
colleges and high authorities of Denmark, dated 15th Oct.,
to the following intent :—" The Princ-ss Royal of Den-
mark, Caroline Charlotte Marianne, born Duchess of Meck-
lenburg-Streik:, having expressed the desire of a divorce,
owing to continued illness, her health being entirely under-
mined, and the Prince Royal having, with great regret,
given his consent, his Majesty the King annuls the mamage
',occluded June 10, 1841, by the Prince with the Finceu.•'
TIIE KIEL MANIFF.STO.—The nine profeaaora of
the University of Kiel, who drew up a memorial in reply to
that of the commission appointed by the Danish Chancery,
intended to justify the lettere patent of H a Majesty the
King of Denmark, have just published that document at
Hamburg, in spite of their Sovereign's prohibition. The
conclusions of this memorial, which bears the signatures of
nine professors, are that the royal law of Denmark in nowise
penile the succession of Schleswig; that the rights of the
collateral males are incontestable • and tkat the duchy is,
witn regard to the Royal family of Denmark, in the same po-
sition as that of Hanover with :respect to the Royal family of
EnBland.—hobs Zeitung.
SaflLEsw IG-HOLSTEIN.—The government of Scues-
vvig and Holstein has addressed two circulars to the different
authorities of the duchies, exhorting them to take energetic
measures to calm the public mind and to quell any attempt at
exciting a movement in the duchies.
OCT. 20.—The Duke of Augustenberg arrived here
on the 10th. In the opening of the Assembly of the States,
which was to take place on the 21st, the town of Schleswig
intended making the following declaration to the assembly,
to prove that it is, and ever will be, a German city :—" 'to
the high Assembly of the States of Schleswig : We, the un-
dersigned citizens and inhabitants of the town of Schleswig,
make the folios ing declaration to the Assembly of the States,
requesting them to draw it up in a protocol, and to make it
public. 1. The duchies of Schleswig and Holstein are inde-
pendent states. 2. The duchies are inseparable from each other.
3. The male line alone can reign in Schleswig and Holstein.
4. We acknowledge Germany a oar fatherland.We are Ger-
mans by language, customs, and sentiment, and devoted with
affection to our country. But we do not wish to be allied
with Gerrnanysimply by language, customs, and sentiments;
we wish rather in a governmental point of view to be closely
and firmly joined to Germany, and we declare ourselves to
coincide fully with the request made by the former assembly
of the states of Schleswig and Holstein to the throne—
lamely, the union into one assembly of the two assemblies of
Schleswig and Holstein; publicity of their proceedings;
liberty of the press; a separation of our financial adminis-
, Dation from that of Denmark, and the speedy develop-
meat of our institutions to a more liberal constitution, better
adapted to the spiritof the age. We place full confidence in
the prudence and deliberations of the assembly of the states
of Schleswig; but warned by late events we exhort it to fol-
low boldly in the path entered upon by that of Holstein ; to
uphold all the privileges of our country, and to procure a
sure guarantee for our nationality by a close union with
Germany. We are convinced that ill the inhabitants of the
country are ready to join our declaration. We can say, that
as far as it is in our power, the Assembly of the States may
rely upon our support of all measures tending to the benefit
of the land." But a few days, says the Frankfort Gazette,
and the Assembly of the States of Schleswig will be sitting. I
The eyes of all are turned towards its movements. This is
the field and very ground of the great question, the cense-
euencesof which are of such importance to Germany. The
question cannot be finally decided in this session, but great steps
maybe made towards its solution. Deputations are expected
from every part of the duchies. Precautions have been
taken by the authorities, and the garrison of Schleswig has
been n greatly increased. The troops in the fortress of Rends-
bore have also been reinforced and have received orders to
. be ready to advance on Schleswig at a moment's notice. A
letter from hamburg, dated 22nd Oct., announces that M.
Semler has bean elected president of the assembly of the
States at Schleswig by a majority of 3 votes. M. Beseler is
of the German faction, and the government endeavoured to
prevent his election.
ITALY.—Rumr--The papal government, taking
into consideration the poor harvest of the present year, has
obliged the dealers in grain to reduce their prices. Under
the date of the 10th October, Cardinal Gizzi has addressed a
circular to the delegates of the provinces recommending
them to procure work for the labouring classes.
THE NETHERLANDS.—THE HAGUE, Ocr. 26.
--The Second Chamber of the States-General had a public
meeting to-day, in which M. Bruce presided. The President
announced that the committee for drawing up an answer to
the speech from the throne had considered the objections
made in the methane and bad in consequence re-examined
the draft of the treaty. The President added that the
documents it was on, would be distributed among the
members, and that the discussion of it might be put upon
the order of the day for to-morrow (Tuesday) at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, which was agreed to. In the sitting of the
Second Chamber of the States-General on Saturday a royal
message was brought in, accompanying a project of law for
the purpose of indemnifying persons who have lost bonds
!p9rsi the treasury. A message from his excellency the
minister of Foreign Affair', transmitted to the Chamber a
ropy of the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded on
the 29th of July between the Netherlands and Belgium.
AMSTERDAM, Ocr. 24.—We are happy to announce
that
the number of patients that have been brought into the
two ta,Pitals of this city begins to be on the decrease.
From the 10th to the 16th October, 425 patients were admit-
ted ; and in the last week, from the 17th to the 25th inclusive
only 386, being a decrease of 39.—Letters from Rome, of
the 12th instant, state that her b ',sty the Queen of the
Netherlands had been complimented, in the name of the
Pope, by Cardinal Gizzi, the Secretary of State ; and on that
day his Royal Ilighness Prince Alexander, her Majesty's
son, had naid s

GREECE.—Arucvs, Ocr.ll.—ln the Bitting of
the 9th inst., the Chamber of Deputies adopted the budget
of the Minister of War, u proposed by the Government.
The opposition withdrew from the Chamber in discon-
tent. General Andreas Loudon, Minister of War during
the ministry of Sept. 3, and afterwards Minister of the
Interior, wider 2,lavrocordato, bas just put en end to his
existence. His friends attribute his death to an accident.
He is deeply regretted.