The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-29 00:00:00

GERMANY.

All the intelligence from the German states is con-
tained in the following letter from; our correspondent
at Cologne :
COLOGNE, JUNE 27.
Nething positive, or rather nothing official. is known re-
'pectins/ the formation of the new Prussian ministry. Never-
theless it is all hut certain that Herr Auerewald has 'suc-
ceeded in forming an administration, he being president of
the council; Kuhlweller (of Aix-la-Chapelle), minister of
the interior ; Milde, minister of commerce ; Itodburtue,
minister of public worship; Von Schleinitz, minister of
foreign affairs; Hanemann, justice; Von Schreekenstein,
war ; and Maereker, justice. The next post, however, may
bring the intelligence that this combination has been broken
up ; for there is, according to all accounts, an immense dif-
ficulty in composing a new minietry. Meantime consider-
able excitement prevails in Berlin, and the various political
clubs display the greatest activity. The members of the
democratical central committee have received orders to quit
the capital.
Twelve counts, eighteen barons, and several members of
the lower order of nobility, residing near Konigsbere, have
forwarded addresses to the ministry pro lens. at Berlin in
favour of the establishment of a first chamber (a species of
House of Lords), in the formation of which due regard may
be paid to large landed property ; and in support of their
address they refer to the English House of Lords, as to an il-
lustrious example, and declare that in that house the English
people view the chief support of their ri ;hts and liberties.
On Thursday next the trooos of the duchy of Mecklenburg
Strelitz will march through Hamburg, en rotate for Schleswig
Holstein. The family relations between that duchy and the
Danish court render this step a very delicate one on the part
of the former, the divorced wife of his Majesty of Denmark
(a Mecklenburg princess) receiving a handsome annuity
from him. The duchy, however, es a portion of the Ger-
manic confederation, has been obliged to obey general orders.
According to accounts from Vienna, of the 22nd inst., much
excitement prevailed amongst the working classes, although
20,000 of them were employed at the expense of the state,
which daily expended from 8,000 to 10,000 florins. We have
letters here from l'rague up to the same date. The city is
tranquil, and the houses have suffered less damage titan
might have been expected. Counts Villani, Boucquoi, and
several members of their families, are in custody. Some
other leading members of the conspiracy were summarily
executed, after having been taken in arms. Several German
journals depict in forcible terms the excesses committed by
the Czechs, and communicate the plan of the
conspiracy, the main point of which (according to
those journals) was the massacre of all the Germans in
Prague. The statements of German journals, however,
must not ho implicitly believed, as proved by the atrocious
calumnies they propagated respecting the Polish inhabitants
of Posen.

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According to the Breslau Gazelle, the Emperor of Austria
(King of Hungary) is expected at Pesth on the 30th inst.
The insurrection was still spreading in several parte of Hun-
gary, particularly about Neusatx, where the discontented
Servians and Illyrian' were (according to accounts from
Perth of the 19th) awaiting the attack of the Hungarians.
It has been officially stated that 40,000 more troops are re-
quired to put down the insurrection.
On the 24th, the Frankfort Constituent Assembly was still
occupied with the discussion of the motion relating to the
establishment of a central power. The groat paint of debate
is whether that power, when created, shall have a veto, or
shall be obliged to promulgate the decrees of the assembly.
During the discussions, Herr Raveaux, the Cologne deputy
and popular orator, spoke in warm terms of the National
Assembly of France, and asked the members to rise from
their seats in acknowledgment of the friendly behaviour and
expressions of that body. Nearly all the members of the
Constituent Assembly immediately rose up amidst loud and
long-continued cheers from all parts, including the public
tribunes. The debate was resumed yesterday (Monday), but
the result has not yet transpired. Immediately after the
adjournment of the house the Freach Charge d'Affaires,
accompanied by hie secretary, waited on Ilerr Raveaux, and
warmly thanked him for the sentiments he bad expressed
with regard to the French republic.

ROME JUNE 18.

The Roman Gazette of last night contains the
Ilreport of a stormy debate (extending over fourteen
columns) in the Roman Commons, touching the eva-
lcuation of Vicenza by the papal troops, and the gene-
ral conduct of the war. Bonaparte (Canino), who
would seem to take on himself the office of leader on
the opposition benches, and who is supposed to look
on himself as the embryo president of a future repub-
lic, was violent to a degree that frequently required
the interposition of the speaker, Sereni. He in-
veighed in no measured terms against the poltroonery
and inefficiency of the pontifical officers, moat of
whom, he said, had " obtained their promotion
in evil days, and owed their epaulettes to
their personal baseness and bigotry." Dr. Farini,
a member of administration, moved thereupon that
"the thanks of this assembly are due to the Roman
soldiers who did not despair of their country before a
superior force, and that the Swiss guards, who fought
in defence of Vicenza, deserved the rights of Roman
citizenship." A boisterous discussion ensued, which
occupied the day,concerning ministerial responsibility,
deficient ammunition, Hannibal, the merits of Carlo
Alberto, and other topics, when the doctor carried his
vote. Professor Orioli, who heads the conservative
section, powerfully aided Count Mamiani, the premier,
who fought his own battle well. A sum of two
million dollars was voted for continuing the war.
The speeches on both sides were vigorous and spirited.
The Commons sit in the spacious edifice of the Can-
eelleria, which, like other colossal structures, has been
quarried out of the Colosseum.
The press this week has exhibited its power. There
lurked in the post-office a Tyrolese bearing the
chivalrous name of Hofer, but whose office, instituted
under the late ;government, was to sift and ex-
purgate the journals of Germany and suppress any-
thing that might be unpalatable to the then existing
system. The Pallatle of the 12th inst. made a furious
onslaught on this office and its holder as incompatible
with a free press in Rome. On the 15th there ap-
-Ipeared in the newspapers& notification that Hofer had
" obtained permission to resign." Let him begone to
Croatia, Moravia, Styria, or any other barratro della
Tedeschcria, and exercise then and there his inquisi-
torial functions, is the cry of the PaNde.
Gioberti left our city on the 12th, escorted by
mounted earabiniers as guard of honour. We
have news of his triumphant reception at Perugia,
and of his entry into Ancona on the 13th, cheered by
magistrates and population.
The dividends due on the Rothschild loan con-
tracted by Gregory in 1831, and hitherto payable on
the bourse of Paris, have, by a late decree of govern-
ment, been made receivable here, owing to the un-
satisfactory and perilous state of that commercial
mart.

Yesterday was the second anniversary of the elec-
tion of our gracious sovereign, and the usual con-
course of his faithful subjects, with music, torchlights,
and evrieas, crowded the avenues of the Quirinal last
night: to-morrow the two chambers go up in formal
deputation of homage and fealty.
We have here the usual amount of rev. and right
rev. squabblers from Ireland about education and so
forth; but as nothing has been achieved by either of
the belligerents worth notice, and you are as sick of
such doings as the Romans are, I drop the subject.

NORTH AMERICA.—MExtco.—The following
are decree published by the new president, Pena y Pena:—
"Ministry of Finance. Manuel de la Pens y Pena, Presi-
dent of the Supreme Court of Justice charged with the
supreme executive power of the United Mexican States, to
all the inhabitants—lmow: That inasmuch as one of the
obstacles to the advancement of the typographical art is the
elevated price of the materials, and among them that of
paper; that the protection of this art is not only of interest

to an important branch of industry, but also s 4 the
diffusion of useful knowledge, and the irud-uction
classes- that, established in favour of objects so 6,16,a
the freedom of importation of books priuted aiso7l
clut,--ti:
which either pay no duties at all, or a small
only, to burden the paper in which these books may be
printed here would be to oppress native in favour of fore*
industry ; that the diminution of these duties in actuality is
convenient for affording fresh resources to the goveranatatt
therefore, in exercise of the faculties with which I am in.
vested, l have thought proper to decree as follows: Thy
duty on the import of paper, sized or halteizt d, prom f,
printing or lithography, shall be reduced to ten per cent. csa
the invoice value. Ordered to be printed and published,.
To D. Luis de la Kola.—Queretaro, May 3, I h t‘t
Misittivlir OF FINANCE —His Excellency the Provisional
President has been pleased to direct to me the following
tree ; " Manuel de la Pena y Pena, President of the SA.
prem. Court of Justice, charged with the ax,etiti‘e pose*
of the union, to all the inhabitants of the republic—kilos:
that inasmuch as the habilitation of the port of the Blau,,
' nillo was decreed by the national congress in Ikcernbes,
1845, and that the decree in accordance was only not sane.
tinned and published because of the revolution which Molt
place in the same month ; considering cqually that the he.
bilitation of the said port is of great utili•y for coma",
and in particular for*the territory of Colima, I have deer
and do decree as follow.: Art. 1. The port of the Mum, eek
nillo remains habilitated for foreign commerre and the cent,
log trade. Art. 2. The corps of customs officials of them
to be established in conformity, shall be on the same SWb
sa
is designated for the maritime custom.housea ut the stony(
class. Given at Queretaro, the let of May, I,s h, MANtim
PENA Y PENA.—TO I). Luis dc la Rose.