The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

eki has undertaken the formation of a new ministry,
which consists for the moment of Von Bees', Ruben-
hots% and Behr.

The central commissioner, Von Watzdorf, is gone
from Dresden back to Weimar, haling considered his
mission at an end. The Saxons are by no means
disheartened at the king's answer. Deputation
upon deputation a-rives from the provincial towns.
T 6 communal guard of Dresden hes declared unani-
, measly in favour of the constitution, and resolved
Vat, notwithstanding the answer of the king, they
will turn oat on parade on the 4111 of May, to swear
solemnly ' to the German constitution.
Travellers from Dresden add the following supple-
ment to the above intelligence which is furnished by'
the papers:—Yesterday a part of the garrison re-
ceived orders to turn out. The soldiers refund to
obey. Therefore, a despatch was sent to Leiptig for
the Glamors. The Leipeig people got wind of this,
and, surrounding the troops, declared they should not
go. Thereupon the soldiers gave the people assumes
that it was not their intention to stir. The people,
however, to make sure of their detention, took up the
rails of the Dresden Railway, by which means the
communication is for the moment cut oft

The lut news is that Dresden is full of barricades;
but for the moment no attempt has been made on the
part of the military to take them. Meantime a good
many shots have been fired from the arsenal, by which
about 20 people have been killed and wounded.
The Deutsche Refocus, of this eveairg, says that
the King of Saxony, on the point of setting out for the
Konigstein, was hindered by disturbances which had
broken cut in Dresden; but that, according to the
latest acoounte, things had taken a more favourable
turn, which would permit his departure to-day.
HANOVER.—We have dates to May 4.—The
Poll technic School has been closed by government
until the 14th instant, and the ceps of students dis-
armed. The police have forbidden the procession
en moue to the palace on the 7th. for the purpose of
demanding the dismissal of minister.. The troops
are wavering between the king and National Assem-
bly. Pruden troops areaxpected in the capital,
and, on the whole, affairs are alaradng in Hanover.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THu DAT. 29
29
The May Session of the above court commenced this 22
morning, before the recorder, Aldermen Gibbs and Moon, ei
itc. Toe number of prisoners at prevent contained in the 61
calendar is 130, but this will probably be increased to 200 25
before the ward jury' are discharged. The recorder briefly lA.
addressed the grand jury, and after observing that none of 22
the cases appeared to him to require any partkuler observe- 13
tions, he proceeded to call their attention to an act of parka- 114
meat which came into operation on the let net, by which 174
animportant alteration was made in the punishment of 25,,
simple larceny. Formerly, he said, persons convicted of that "
offence were liable to be transported for seven years, but by 100
this act the power of the court to inflict the punishment of so
transportation was taken away, except in cases where the 90
offence was committed by the tenant of a furnished lodr,ing, 13
the value of the property taken being more than U., or where 1°!
the party convicted had been twice previously convicted of a 'a
similar offence. Hu lordship concluded by ohms inn that 10
this was an important alteration in the law, but it was not 17
fir them to argue upon the policy of such an alteration ; all So
they had to do was to 11110 that the law, as sanctioned by the ,
legislature, was properly carried out; and with this view he L',4
had felt it his dety to mil their attention to the subj•ct. The
gread jury then retired. too

AGRICULTURAL MEETING AT WORCESTER.—On
Saturday afternoon a meeting of about 600 of the principal
agriculturists of the county of Worcester was held at the 32
Shire-tall, Worcester, Mr. J. Dent, the high sheriff of the 1200
county, is the chair. The principal speakers were Sir J. 24
Pakington, Bart., M.P., General Ligon, 111 P. Captain 18,1
Bashout, 51 P., Meows. T. G. Cartier and F. Woodward, 50
magistrates of the county, Mr. Taylor, banker, of Binning. SO
ham, the 11011. W. Coventry, the lies. J. Pearson, MT. 52,
Hudson, ate. Resolutions were prop Ind in accordance with 1,41
the views of the agricultural body as to the existing distress
among them, and culling upon the representatives of the g
county end boroughs to support the prayer of their petition
to both houses of the legislature. Sir J. Pakington diens- 60
proved of the desponding accounts given of the 'wriest". 3°
turista' prospects. He would not promise to support them to 3
the extant of upholding high prices and the system of en- pi
elusiveness, but he would vote for a fair protection to the 20
farmer; and Re also held out to them the bore of being re. St.
Hired from the county.rates,
_which he would pre.pne should is
be paid by the landlord. Mr. Baldwin, of Birmingham, n
le
proposed an amendment in favour of the abolition of the a.
douse on malt and hops, but he met with no supporters. The so
Jostling lasted between four and five hours. 40
STATISTICS OF THE PARIS EXCURSION.—This party l
was composed of 24 manufacturers, 42 merchants, 77 litho- '•
pendent gentlemen, 14 country gentlemen and &mere, 16
physicians and surgeons,l3 barristers and solicitors, 3 county 16
magistrates, II retired tradesmen, 10 engineers, 13 whole-
sale tradesmen. 70 retail tradesmen, 10 clerks, 9 artists and 100
musicians, 8 bankers, 5 students, 6 mariners, 6 army and 33
navy officers, 3 ministers, 31 ladies. And there came, from 25
London, 140; Scotland, 15; Ireland, 9; Nottingham, 8; 12t
Birmingham, 18; Manchester, 9; Liverpool, 8; Derby, 9 , 10
Wales, 15 ; other towns in England, 130. 40
ROSSINI IN DANGER.—The Messager des 27aelfres 20
gives the following account of the first acts of violence 124
towards Rossini at 8010 net "In August or September last, 23
the Austrians, after having beaten the Piedmontese, attempted
to penetrate into the Roman State., and a corps-d'armee
took possession of Bologna. Tho peasants afterwards Jr _vs *5
out the Austrians—a provisional government and revolu- Bt. I
tionary tribunal were organised—twenty tenons were con• se
deemed to death, some as having belonged to papal commis- St. I
glens, others as having been functionaries under the short
Austrian rule, and others again—and among them Rossini— St'
for having refused to succour with their purse the volunteers R.
who had hurried in to act against the Austrians. The mo- 20
fives of the decision of the revolutionary tribunal were true 10
with respect to Rossini, who had refused to give I
his money to support the peasants. The execution Is,
of these sentences were con Ced to various per 11
sons, and Rossini fell to the lot of three democratic artists.
They, however, determined not to execute the sentence of 29
death, and, goiug to Rossini, told him what bad occurred, so
and recommended him to subscribe fur a certain sum. The
composer agreed to all they suegestel. The next evening 13
the people collected in the square to receive an account of 8,
the manner in which the sentences had been executed. One 2,5'
of the three artists then declared that he had refused to ens- as
cute the sentence against Roc/alai, and, alter passing a high 13$
enlogium on him, he took of his hat, and commenced sing-
ing a notional hymn which Rossini bad composed. The peo-
ple joined in the chorus with enthusiasm, and separate" 20
with loud shouts of " Rossini for ever ! " Such was the way
in which the author of " William Tell " and "The Bar- 10
biers " escaped a first time from death. It appears that the 20
consequences of the second popular condemnation were more 1g
grave than those of the first. SO