The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-18 00:00:00

AUSTRIAN TROUBLES.

The convocation of the Diet of Transylvania has
been indefinitely postponed ; the Diet of Hungary
is dissolved : the Diet of Croatia has prorogued
itself, or has been prorogued ; the Reichsratli has
adjourned for the vacation without having
voted a sin/le law for securing liberty to
citizens. A Vienna journal publishes an analysis
of the address which the Croatian Diet issued
before separating. "If this analysis is correct, it
will probably be a long time," observes the IPbats
of to-day, "before Europe sees such another docu-
ment. The Diet, while keeping for its King the
Emperor Francis Joseph, considers that it has
nothing in common with the government of the
rest of the empire—not even that of foreign affairs ;
so that the Emperor Francis Joseph might on the
same day sign a treaty of commerce with the
Porte as King of Hungary, and declare a war
of extermination against him as Kiug of
Croatia. What a pleasant situatiorefor a sove-
reign of a tranquil mind ! But this is
only a bagatelle. There is one thing which the
Croatian Diet cannot pardon the Emperor—it is
the having convoked it. The Diet itself declares
its convocation illegal. The King of Croatia, it
seems, has not the right to convoke the Diet ; that
duty belougsj to the Ban. Consequently, the
Emperor Francis Joseph, in bringing the
Croatian Diet out of nothingness, has com-
mitted against that very same,Diet, which would
not have existed if he had not convoked it, a.reirre-
parable outrage. Here there occurs to the mind
of an impartial observer an endless series of rea-
sonings. If the Diet has been illegally convoked,
it is illegal ; if it is illegal, it has though it were
not ; if it does not exist, why does it discuss ad-
dresses 1 if it discusses addresses, why proclaim
that it has not the right to disown them I" etc.

PRUSSIA.

KONIGSBERG, WIDIZIDAT Nowa.

The Archduke Charles Louis of Austria arrived
here at 8 o'clock last night. At 10 o'clock a special
train brought the ambassadors and foreign ministers.
The Hereditary Granil Duke of Russia arrived
in the course of the night.
A disastrous tire broke out last night at the
Mittelanger. Two warehouses filled with corn and
brandy, and also some livery stables, were burnt.

(asirrsa's riusossits.)
KONIOSBERO, Ocr. 17, EVZNING.
To-day, at the reception of the functionaries,
aeputies,taTh—Talier persons.tinvited Ito witneTistiLe
coronation, the King, addressing the members of the
Prussian Diet, said :—" I desired to summon the
representatives of the chambers to my presence
even before the coronation, and I thank
you for having complied with my wish.
The rulers of Prussia receive their crown
I from God. To-morrow, therefore, I shall take
the crown from the Lord's table and place it on
mylLead. Thisiis the signification of the expres-
an,l' King,' by ithelgrace of God,' and therein
sanctityof the crown, which is inviolable.
I know that you will thus understand the meaning
of the act which I have summoned you to witness.
The crown has been surrounded by new institu-
tions, by virtue of which you are destined to afford
it the benefit of your:counsel. Won will advise
me, and I shall listen to your advice."