The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Betas 7aluny contains tho following royal
patent, touching the new 'Loll tariff, to be brought
into operation on the Ist Feb., 1832 :
We, Francis Joseph I.,hy God's grace Emperor of Austria,
have, by the council of our ministry, found reason to intro-
duce a new general Austrian Zoll tariff, to which, fur im-
port and export transit, we give our high sanction, and
order as follows :-1. The present law, from the Ist Feb.,
1852, will come into operation in all the crown lands of the
empire. 2. From the day when this new tariff begins, for
the first year, a reduction of duties of 10 per cent. on
the present tariff will take place on the most important of
these articles of which the import has been hitherto forbid-
den; for webs, dresses, ornamental articles, fine and common
metal wares, and jewellery. 3. For the first year the entrance
duty on raw cotton is fixed at 1 gulden the soil ccntner, and
fur raw cotton yarn at 8 guldens the roll centner ; after the
expiration of this term the duties mentioned in the tariff
wi❑ be first exacted. 4. Our Minister of Finance and
Commerce is charged with the publication and execution of
this ordinance.
Vienna, Nov. 6, 1841.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

In the siting of the Danish Chambers of the :nth,
the government were called upon by Mr. Kampman,
to give some explanations of the political relations of
the country. The prime minister answered that at
the moment the government could give no explana-
tions with respect to foreign affairs. This declaration
was very ill received by the Chamber. The former
minister, Clausen, then spoke at length and with
great effect against the delay. The minister of fo-
reig"n affairs justified the refusal of the government
to enter into explanations, as negotiations on the sub-
jects alluded to were then pending. He warned the
chambers against giving any credence to the asser-
tions of foreign journals which, he said, were on these
matters very far front being correct.
The programme of the Danish ministry is not yet
(Nov. 28) made public; but all the papers give it to
be understood that ministers have at last come
to an agreement on this subject. It is said further
that the former" Provincial" Estates are to be provi-
sionally- assembled in both the Duchies of Schleswig
and Holstein; but that all persons compromised in
the late insurrection are to be excluded from them.
The re-establishment of the former administrative
junction between Schleswig and Holstein is not to
take place. The king claims full sovereign right
over the two Duchies; and the Danish government
is to demand of the Bund the annulment of the de-
cree of the 17th September, ISI6, with reference to
the concessions then made to Schleswig.

MALTA, Nov. 22.
At half-past eleven, p.m., of the 12th inst., the
Tagus, with the governor on board, tired a gun at sea, and
shortly after entered the harbour. Captain Shone. R.A.,
the aide-de-camp, went off immediately with Mr. Leah, the
assistant•seerctary to government, the aides of General
Ellice, and other officials, to pay their respects, his
excellency having decided on landing: on the following
morning, at 10 o'clock, which he did with the customary
ceremonies.
On the 20th, at daybreak, Sir W. Parker and his fleet,
standing towards the island, were announced from the signal
turret of the palace, and during the day entered in the fol-
lowing order:—Queen, Trafalgar, Superb, Gauges, Indefa-
tigable, Terrible, Spiteful. l'ltcton, which was with the
ships oft* port, parted company without entering, and pro-
ceeded to Corfu, where she will bo joined by the Modesto
and Encounter, steam-frigate, in a few days, fur service
among the islands.

Ganges and Superb, ordered home, will probably quit the
flag of the admiral in ten days, on their homeward route.
Vengeance, accompanied by the Encounter, steam-frigate,
which had been at Ale:amine, pending the railway misun-
derstanding, both arrived in Malta harbour on Friday
The engineers had commenced their labour on the day
prior to the ships leaving.