The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-31 00:00:00

and others of similar social position. The Minister of
**Home Department rep'ied, protesting
.that the
government desired everything to be done to a legal
way, and that, moreover, he could not be responsible
fir eretything done by those who we-e not in his
immediate superintendence. Zaragoza, the political
chief then made a long speech in the defence of the
moderado party's conduct in the municipal elections.
With respect to dead men's votes having been
registeret,- it had been done by both parties ;
bruise when •proprietor died it often happened that
his tazes were continued to be paid in his name with-
out the governmentknowing anything about it. The
police agents whom reference had been made to had
trading establiehmentaiby virtue of which they voted.
In fine, there had been illegal acts, but the greater
part were in favour of the progresaista party, who
then
had
been beaten on its owe ground. Colonel tujan
made a speech, but to a " beggarly account of empty
bout." and the house was subsequently counted out.
The duel between the minister and Sanchez Silva
has not taken place, their friends having agreed to
hush the thing up.
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GERMANY.

INSURRECTION IN SERVIA.
We have received a letter from Pestb, dated Dec.
22, which confirms our Vienna correspondent's in-
formation respecting this event. We extract the
following from the letter in question :
" For the last ten days all communication from
Belgrade has been interrupted. woeerchants
f from
the Banat were, the day before yesterday, re
passports. It is reporzed here that the whole Banat
and military frontier is in insurrection."
VIENNA, DEC 26.
To-day lam assured that the attempt to prepare
the Croatians for the reception of the March cons itu-
don has excited disturbances of a sericus character in
that province. The clergy were commissioned by the
government to set forth from their pulpits the
great advantages which would accrue to the pea-
santry from the abolition of the robot or feudal
service, and other excellencies in the new charter.
These sermors have been anything but well received.
In upwards of thirty places riots have taken pla-e,
and three of the priests have been hanged. Six
battalion! were sent from Agram to reduce the die-
tubed districts to obedience, and in many places
conflicts ensued between the military and people.
Some of the peasants have been banged. It is ex-
tremely difficult to ascertain the state of Croatia, as
facts of this sort are not permitted to be published
in the newspapers.
I have not succeeded in obtaining any further in-
formation respecting the movement of the S rebate*.
A formal protest, signed by the Scrvian notables at
Carlowitz, against the reoitoodina has b en sent to the
government here. General Mayerhofer, who lest
some days ago for the Banat, is expected not to meet
with a very civil reception on his way to Temeswar.
The letter of Gustav Fritz from Widdir, to Gen.
Bontourline, which appt art d some while ago in the
Daily News, was traeslat, din the if of yes-
terday evening, and has produced great sensation
here. I hear nothing else talked of.
Oar Berlin correspondent writes:
BERLIN, Dec. 26.
The Austrian Lloyd contains an article from
which it appears that the plans entertained by the
Austrian government against the more intim eta con-
federation have not by any mans been reb ,reioned.
proserticl saes that "as Prussia is determir ed to
, d with the convo,ation of the Die tat Erfurt,
and as, on the other hand, the refusal of the democra-
tic p-rey to take any part in the elections of deputies
to that diet leads to the conclusion that a p rl t imen t
will be elected from which it is not to be expected that
it will throw out the Prus-ian project for the
constitation of Germany, Austria, togettAr with the
otter kingdoms, must take care that the ac, ivity
ref
the E, fart parliament shall be confined within well-
defined limits." The Constitutional correspondent
devotes considerable space to a discussion rf the atti-
c's from the Austrian Lloyd, clearly showing that the
meaning of the paragraph quoted above is rt rtectly
urd Wood by the Prussian cabinet.
Yesterday her Royal Highness the P. ineess Dear-
lone, daughter of Prince Albrecht, was betrothed to
the Cr teen Prince of S axe Meieingen. 'f he ceremony
of exchanging rings to* place in the cabine of her
Majesty the Queen in the pretence of all the members
of the royal family.

MODIFICATION OF THE BELGIAN NAVIGA-
TION LAWS.