The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-05 00:00:00

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.—We have received letters and journals
from Berlin up to the 3rd irst.
The official examination of several wi,tnesses res-
pecting the conduct of those members of tho National
Assembly who voted for the suspension of tee pay-
ment of taxes, ieduees the tithef that there will be a
" monster trial" of the ex-members of the left.
In fact, it is asserted that orders have been
already given for the arrest of 167 of that
party. It appears by an article in the semi-
official paper of Copenhagen, that the Danes are
resolved not to evacuate the island of Alaen It is
asserted, however, that they have no intention to in-
vade Sleswick-HOltrein, and that the coccentration of
troop. in the above island is merely a measure of
precaution against any attack on the part of the
inhabitants of the duchies. The people of Berlin
and Hamburg, however, place but little faith
in the pacific protestations of Denmark. The
Preussiseher Stases- Anseiger states that the Em-
peror of Russia had lwrowed, "as marks of special
favour," the order of St. Anne, of the first class, on
the Danish minister of marine, and the order of St.
Stanislaus (also first class) on the Danish vice-admiral,
Ss &liter.

BAVARIA.—The ministerial crisis is at last over,
Herr Von Bei.ler I acing accepted the post of Minis-
ter of the Ilverior.
AUSTRIA.—Our advices from Vienna reach to the
30th ult. It appears, by an army bulletin, published
in Vienna on the 30th Dec., that after the withdrawal
of the insurgent Magyars from Raab, Windiachgratz
ordered Major-General Ottinger to make a forced
march towards Sabolos, and to pursue the enemy.
Major-General °Longer came up with the latter on
the 28th, and imm.-clia.ely commenced the attack.
One of the insurgents' regiments (the so-called
"Prince of Prussia's one ), 800 strong, was
nearly cat to pieces by two divisions of cuiras-
siers—the survivor. being taken prisoners. Amongst
the killed was L'eutenant.-Captain Bzel, who had
joined the insurgents, and been raised by them to the
post of seder. The imperialists, moreover, took 707

other poisoners (belonging to the Heaved battalion),
including 200 wounded. On the 29th Windischgra*:
continued his operations.
A speech dthvered by the Chevalier Von Sehmer-
ling) late president of the central ministry at Frank-
fort), at a public meeting of his electors in Vienns, is
exciting much attention in that capital. Ho observed
that he bad been called in Frankfort to the head of
the ministry at a time when almo,t every one be-
lieved that the old empire of Austria was at an ecd ;
that its boundaries in the direction of Italy would be
the Brenner aid the Karst; that Gallicia would be
abandoned, and that there would be only a diplomatic)
intercourse with independent Hungary. He (the
speaker) had never despaired of Aursia, and had
always predicted that it would extricate itself frem
its internal ai.d external difficulties, and show itself
to be still one of the great powers of Europe. He
was always of opinion that Austria should not give
up one foot of territory, and that the integrity of the
empire should be maintained. After lamenting the
recent occurrences in Vienna, and commending Win-
dischgtatz, the speaker expressed the conviction that
the relations of Austria to Germany would be, to a
great extent, settled in a few weeks, and that his
presence in Frankfort, in the capacity of plenipoten-
tiary of the Austrian government would not be es-
quired longer than that time. It was scarcely
possible that before the expiration of that period the
Austrian diet could commence the discussion of the
draft of the constitution, inasmuch as the result of the
war in Hungary must be previously awaited. He
demanded, therefore, of his electors leave of absence
for a few weeks. This leave was granted at a meet-
ing of the latter, on the day following the delivery of
the spasch.
It is stated that Prince Paul Esterhazy will be
shortly sent to London, as ambassador extraordinary,
to announce a* the court of St. James's the accession of
, Francis Joseph to the imperial throne of Austria.
According to letters from Lemberg, the Austrian
• authorities are still doing all they can to put down the
Polish "element" (that is to say, all Polish tendencies),
' and to foster the Ruthenian one. Those Poles who
some time ago returned to Gallicia, from their respeo-
, tire places of exile, have received orders to leave the
• country again.