The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-02 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Nov. 26.
The money is said to be all ready for the payment
of the half-nearly dividends of the home and foreign
debt. M. isturitz is expected to r..reivc the order of
the Golden Fleece on the occasion of the Queen's
deliverance.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

In the sitting of the Volksthing on the 20th of
Nov., Kompmann inquired of the government when
it intended to lay before the Chamber the promised
explanations respecting the political rel3tions of Den-
mark. The prime minister replied, that the govern-
ment were actively engaged in prosecuting the re-
gulation of the affairs of the country, but could not
name any period when the foreign policy could be
submitted to the Volksthing. The foreign minister,
Bluhme, explained that the negotiations were still
pending, that the intentions of the ministry had
been much misrepresented by the foreign press, but
that if the interests of their country could be promoted,
the ministry were willing to resign. The sitting was
most noisy, and very great dissatisfaction was ex-
pressed by many members. Oda Lehmann an-
nounced tfiat he had placed a proposal in the hands
of the president of the Thing for a patriotic ad-
dress to the King. It was to be discussed iu the
next sitting.
A report is printed in the Berlin papers that the
Holstein contingent is to take the oath of fidelity to
King Frederick VII. on the Ist of December, and
that the command will immediately after be as-
sumed by General Bardentleth. The uniform of the
officers of the contingent remains the same as under
the provisional government, with the addition of the
royal insignia and colours.

GE It NJ AN Y.

BERLIN, Nov. 21

The September treaty and its probable treatment
at the hands of the new ministry iu Hanover conti-
nues to create great anxiety. All the batteries of
Austrian diplomacy are in operation to procure its
annulment. 1)r. Hock, the great commercial diplo-
matist of the Austrian government is Hitting to and
fro among the minor courts, appearing and disap.
pearing with equal rapidity where least expected,
spinning an intrigue here, uttering a threat there,
promising a decoration to this court councillor, and
opening his portfolio of bank-notes to 'hat newspaper
editor. He is most active, and he is not alone in his
labours. Dr. Hoek is the type of a r.unierous body,
with the exception that he is the acknowledged
public agent ; the others labour in secret. Prussia,
to all appearance, remains totally inactive. M. de
Manteutfel believes that the great advantages which
must be added to those already enjoyed by the
members of the Zollverein through the junction
with Hanover, will suffice to counteract the
insidious whisperings, open threats, and pro-
mised bribes of envious, grasping Austria. lie
is in the right, if the treaty is safe, its recogni-
tion and execution certain. In the meantime
there is a growing party among the Hanoverian
manufacturing classes, whose opposition to the treaty
is most decided; and another party, who, speaking
through the press, openly advocates the insertion of
the wedge which Austria so much desires, viz., the
conclusion of a treaty of commerce between the Zoll-
verein and Austria. One of the main points to which
the labours of the Austrian diplomatists are at this
instant directed is the conclusion of some kind of
agreement which shall give to Austria the right of
presence, if not of vote, in the councils of the North
German commercial politics.