The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-05 00:00:00

THE AUSTRIAN REICHSRATH.

VIENNA, Jumg 4, EVtNING.

In to-41*y', sitting of the Lower House of the
Reichsrath the debate upon the address in reply to the
speech from the throne was resumed. On the motion that
the general debate should be closed, speeches were deli-
vered by Herr von Becke, Minister of Finance, and Baron
von Boyd, President of the Ministry. The former
justified the administration of the finances under
the circumstances in which the government had
been placed. He pointed to the recently improved
position of the country's finances and the increased
receipts from taxation throughout the empire, and an-
nounced that the government had received an offer of a
loan of six million dorins at 4 percent. interest. He assured
the house that the principle of the unity of the monarchy
in the distribution of taxation would be maintained. Baron
von Beset appealed to the house to give a fair judgment
upon the position of the forcing relations. He declared
that Auntria's influence and credit abroad could only
be regained by the decisive settlement of the
understanding with Hungary, and by the introduction of
a liberal system in the other portions of the monarchy. He
stated that the government did not reject the draft of the
' address, but warned the house not to mistrust Hungary,
adding that without the compromise which had been ar-
ranged with that kingdom Austria would nut have
taken part in the mediation in the Luxemburg
question. He strongly complained of the con-
duct of the Slave population, whose hopes and
aims, he said, could only be satisfied by open and loyal
struggles in the Reichsrath. "The government and the
Reichmuth," he added, " will attentively but benevolently
watch any agitation of the public mind proceeding from
the interior, but will strictly and severely guard against
all agitation from abroad." Baron von Beust's speech was
loudly cheered. The debate on the paragraphs of the
address will commence in this evening's sitting.

Barnes DIARY.—The Washington correspon-
dents have succeeded in enlivening the dulness of their
late despatches with Booth's diary, for which they have
been half frantic for some time. They got the President's
copy ; for Mr. Stanton, who had the original and who
knew the utter baselessness of General Butler's charges,
refused, in pursuance of his well-known policy of never
replying to defamation, to give the diary to the press.
There is nothing in it of any oonsequence, though of
course nothing connected with Booth's crime can be with-
out interest. The entries begin on the day of the murder,
and in parts they read very much as if the criminal ex-
pected that it would fall into the hands of his pursuer, ;
and in other places, where he confesses to himself the
enormity of his guilt, and almost cries out against his own
crime, the book reads as if he had meant it for his own
eye alone, or for the eye of • friend, being natural and
honest in tone and certainly very touching. He rants, of
course, and talks of fame and country and tyrants ; but
plainly the pangs of remorse were among the miserable
man's sufferings through all his wanderings till his
wretched death.—New York Nation. May 23.
The United States government pay 5,000 dollars
for the round trip to the Bremen and Hamburg Steam
Packet Companies for conveying the German, Endiett, and
' American mail.