The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-25 00:00:00

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.—BerIin pipers, of the 22nd inst,, bee
reached us. Matters in the capital were in
same state. The refusal to. pay taxes will not, it is
affirmed, place the ministry in any momentary dis.
becau-e they have still the greater portioa cir
the ten millions of the voluntary loan at their di.
MM. von Grabow and Von Bickerath are at Poteink
as well as Messrs. Simon and Hergenhaht, fru
Frankfort.

The sections of the Assembly still at Berlin moil
firm in their determination to stay in the capital,
It had been reported by the members of the Iligtd,
that from 40 to 50 of the Left Centre had come ore
to them; but this rumour is unfounded. So far frou
any of the Left having gone over to the govern:am;
they assert that they are gaining adherents kat.
Right itself, and that their number now burin
from 240 to 260. Among those who have opt*
joined them is the cx-Minister of Trade and eon.
merce, M. Nlilde, a man of the most mochnve nen
If the Left adheres to its resolution of nmainingia
Berlin, and is thus augmented in number, toe prop,ct
of the government getting a legal majority to lint.
denburg is hopeless. The next step mutt then be t
dinanktion.

The Cologne deputation had arrived in Berlin It
is known that the demands of the municipality fatted
from the King the concessions of the lith of Mud.
They now demand the immediate dismileal of the
Brandenburg ministry, or they cannot answer for the
peace of the lthine provincte, already excited by the
execution of Robert Blum. They were to hue had

an audience with the King on the 20th.
It is stated that the King has declined, for the pre.
sent, receiving any active aid from the central ems.
tive, which had offered to send troops to the Nina
provir cm Ten thousand more military have arrival
in the vicinity of Berlin. The arrests are still now&
' rous, but few are detained in custody more than 21
hours.

The legal functionaries find themselves in a
difficulty of acting, caused by the collision betimes
the law of the land as it exists and the state of stela
The judges of the Court of Appeal (Appllatieo
gericht) have decided by a majority that they cans,
during the present state of the city, hear any cues of
political prosecutions. The military auditors shoat•
tend courts-martial, and are equivalent to ourjaip
advocates, have also decidedly refused to enema
their functions in case of any civilians being bre*
before the military courts—they consider they no
debarred from doing so by the law of 1845. To mat
the difficulty thus occasioned, General Wrangel ha
received orders to proceed in such cases exordia/to
the very simplest form of trial known under military
law.

The Chief President of the province of Silesia, Pin.
der, has published a proclamation, declaring his rs
cognition of the resolution of the Assembly relative
to the non-payment of taxes, and stating, if he is
called on to act according to that resolution, he dull
be prepared to do so. He has communicated to the
ministry his opinion that the vote was forced fray
the Chamber, as the only defence possible against the
unconstitutional measures of the ministry; but any
anarchical or republican attempts against public order
and the constitutional monarchy he will put down is.
stantly—the solution oVthe question must bea peas►
fill one. As a consequence of his letter he has tea
dismissed from his office, and M. von Sch'einitahr
been named to succeed him. A proclamation ham
him to the inhabitants of Silesia, calling on theist°
pay taxes, and remain in the path of legality, appear'
in the Slants Anzoger. Troops have been forwarded
to Silesia.

At Breslin the agitation continues to be very greet.
The city has not yit been declared in a slate of Up
The disturbance there originated as follows :011111
l9i h the leaders of the burgherwehr appeared at the
gluing of the civic committee of eecurity,acd demob,'
1. Forthwith to have the royal treasury doh
placed under the protection of mon who possess the
confidence of the people, in order that the money
may not be employed for the Brandenburg minhell.
2. T!..at men possessing the confidence of the peach
be summoned front the provinces. Hereupon
tensor Regenblecht, Messrs. Siebeg, Rosier, Grad,
Ludewig, and Fromberg, declared that they
would resign. Proposal No. 1 was then me
ried with the following amendment—That the
committee for public security do take necemly
steps for placing the treasury chests under nor
veillance, in order to prevent the employment of the
taxes and stite monies for the Brandenburg ministry.
A deputation was then appointed to wait on the pee
'Atka. In answer to which that functionary declared
that he had that day written to all the govenuneat
treasuries in the province, not to pay any moths
without his permission. When this declaration of the
president of Upper Silesia was made known to the
people assembled in front of the Senate House, great
contusion ensued. The majority insisted ;hat s
provisional committee should be proclaimed, arid
the landwehr raised the cry to arms. Upon this
the generale was beaten, and a deputation of the land.
wel-r demanded of the magistrates to give up all the
arms which were stored in the Senate llonee, or they
would be seised by force. This demand wu peremp
torily refused. The Senate House was, according to
latest accounts, strongly guarded by the burgher.
wehr, and numerous military picquets were stationed
in the suburbs.
Gen. Von Sehreckenstein is to be commander-ire
chief of the troops in Silesia. The Supreme Court d
Judicature, in i.s sitting on the 19th, rescinded its
resolution fur suspending the administration of jos
tice, in consequence of a protest of stveral membee
who were not present when that resolution was passe&
the members who framed it not forming a quorum.
AUSTRIA.—At Vienna, on the 19th instant,
previsions were becoming very dear and even emu
There was comparatively but a scanty sunply d
corn in the country, particularly since the kW
seizures made by Kossuth, who paid in Ilse-
garian bark-notes. Moreover, large supplies wen
required for the army, and measures had benefited!
r, sorted to, in the agricultural districts, to compel the
farmers to sell their corn to the commissariat. 3"
want of silver is pretty felt in Vienna ; and eves
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well-frequented places of public resort it often hit
pens that a one-florin note is cut into two parts
order to enable the proprietors to give change far 10
half. It is asserted that the Vienna firm of *rise
child and Co. has resolved to break up its establish'
meat in that capital. General Bem is in PDX
' Mercantile &deices mention the destruction by fire d
the large cotton manufactory of Liebig and Co., at
Reiehenberg, in Bohemia.
' WURTENIBEIIO.—We have news from Softie
gard of the 17th inst. It will be remembered that
the chambers had voted a reduction of the coil list,
and that the King had refused to ratify this resolu-
tion, which he conaidered an encroachment on the