The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-17 00:00:00

GERMANY.

BERLIN, JUNE 14.
The Prussian plenipotentiaries have been instructed
to return from Frackfort immediately, if Austria pm.-
si+ta in ber demands.

he Vossiesehe Zeitung says a secret military con-
vention was concluded last year between Austria,
Bavaria, and Wurtemberg.
The official account of the constitution of the Pro-
visional College of Princes for the Erfurt Union has
been published, as follows :
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There were present, in the tint Curia Prussia repre-
sented by Von Sydow, the substitute of Van Dedowitz
In the second Curia: &me Weimar, Sale Reiteingen,
Size Coburg Gotha, Saxe Atteeburg, Anhalt Dessau, Anhalt
Kiithrs, Antsalt Bernburg, fichwaraburg Sondershsusen,
Scewatzburg Rudolstadt, Reuss (elder branch), Dross
( younger branch). All these states were represented by Von
P.o a, the minister of Anhalt D wan.

la the third Curia: Brunswick, by Col. Mode, as substi•
ruts for Dr. Liebe; Meeklenhurge Schwerin, by Von Shack;
Oldenburg, by Col. Mons ; Hamburg, by Syndics, Banks ;
Lubec, and Breams, by the same, a. substitute for Syndicus
Elder and Bargermeister Smidt.
In the fourth Cads: liahrn, by Baron Meysenhug.
In the fifth Curia: Names and Lippe, by Vollprseht ;
Waldeck, by the same, as substitute for Dr. Liebe.
The legitimations and powers of the plenipoten-
tiaries having been read,
Von Sydow (Prassia) said—Gentlemen, the powers of the
representatives from the greet majority of the united peer's-
meets having been proved, I am able, in the name and by
command of my government, to declare constituted the Pro
vie onel College of Princes for the United German States.
Having read a note from the King of Prussia, in his eta-
, rower of Vorstand of the. Union, announcing the appoint-
ment of Mannteuffel and &blend,' as ministers for the union
daring the existent), of the provisorissm, the president pro-
ceeded :—The two first acts are hereby aanuuneed through
which the intentions of the convention et the 26th of May,
1849, will washy come into operation. This is effected for
the moment only in the shape of a provisorium; nor
do all thew German government' take par: In it
whose active eo•operation we were tally justified
in expecting But nevertheless It is done with the eonvic.
tion that a successful result will not be wanting to a national
work undertaken in good faith, promoted by confidence and
self sacrifice, and hued equally on the undoubted right of
ponies who have voluntarily joined in It as upon a public
necessity. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the day is no
longer distant when the desired definitiewn shall succeed
the narrowedprovisoriims, as the strong protector of true
freedom, but an unconquerable barrier to political or social
revolution. To obtain this end the Ishii, my most gracious
master, will, as before, mike great voluntary sacrifices, en
peeling equal truth and perseverance from his allies.
The Provisional College of Prussia will doubtlessly be
at fire' principally directed to the projects of law, the speedy
diecussion of which is requisite, in order that the parliament
of the union in its next meeting shall find the explanations
of the most neeemu7 legislative questions fully ;srepsreds
' In these labours the chief consideration suet be equally to
procure greater acknowledgment of the shaken governmental
authority as to give fresh strength to the undermined
foundations of popular m.rals. The sooner the erectien of
strong and free institutions shall afford the required security,
the sooner will the material wants of the present time be
gratified, and fresh demands be made upon each branch of
industry. For the short time during which! shall represent
the Prussian plenipotentiary now absent, I beg to repeat my
re quest that you will accord me your full confidence, and
' will believe the assertion of my warm sympathy with you in
this great work. In oone/usion, I am glad to be able to
utter words of honest gratitude to those men who, with
self-sacrificing faithfulness, have belonged to the Vernal-
tungs-Itath, which has now ceased to exist. Many of them
are at present in Franktorton-thc-Maine. By Divine mist-
twee may the united activity of the present and the absent
Grown with the tallest sums, their tabours for the weal of
the German fatherland.

The speech of the president Was well received.
Tne Assembly then proceeded to business; but the
matters discussed have not yet been published. They
adjourned at two o'clock, until Saturday the 16th. In
future the College of Princes will meet in ordinary
course every Tuesday and Friday.
Manteuffel and Schleinits are appointed ministers
for the onion.

The National and Urioithlor were oonfisoated yes-
terday morainic. Several other journals have been
stopped in the poet-offioe. A vendor of newspapers
has ban arrested.

The Prince of Pinola is expected from St. Peters-
burg.
Blllo3lf, JONI 14.--Volustary Loan, 105 i National
Debt, 851 ; Cosaterdal Maria. Societys Premium, 1031;
Bask Blues, 961,

VIENNA, Juni 12.
The Casette of to-day at lest contains the long ex-
peeted ordinance for abiliabing the Hungarian-Aus-
trian custom. frontiers. This admirable measure, the
credit of which does not belong to the present
ministry, as it was naturally superinduced by the
events of the revolution, will not fail to give a new
direction to all the relations of Austrian trade within
the boundaries of the empire. The whole empire is
divided into two customs territories, one of which
is f eased by the kingdom of Hungary, with Croatia,
Slavonia, the Woywodeschaft, Serbia, and the military
frontiers with Transylvania; while the other consists
of the rest o' the *spire, with the exception of Dal-
matia, which still possesses it. particular tariff. On
the let of October, however, this division will cease to
exist, while certain modifications are already intio-
duced, particularly with respect to the importation of
cattle for slauzhtering. The admirable results of tue
aboliti n of this absurd old system will soon show
itself in an enormous increase in the traffic from one
province to another, and when the old customs limita-
tions on the trade between Hungary and the other
provinces shall have ceased altogether, the market
price of many of the necessaries of life will undergo a
considerable redaction throughout the empire.
Vienna, which lies very close to Hungary, will be
most essentially benefited by it. The prices of meat
and bread in Vienna are, generally speaking, higher
than in any other part of Germany, notwithstan
its close proximity to the granary of all Europe. E;r
Hungary, too, this measure must be of great advan-
tage. In times of peace Hungary produces a super-
fluity of the means of life, which the farmers, wine-
growers, and stock-breeders were formerly unable to
dispose of in consequence of the high customs duty
preventing the importation of their produce into
Austria, where it was required. Some kinds of wine
grown in Hungary are quite equal to the light wines
of France or the Rhine.

The custom-houses on the borders between Austria
and Hungary are to be continued, and the officials
will continue to discharge the duties of their offices
until all objects of government monopoly have been
fully regulated. This part of the new ordinance re-
fers apparently to the tobacco monopoly, which the
government do not intend to part with. Hungary is
the only provirce in the empire in which tobacco is cul-
tivated, and all the other provinces draw their supplies
thence through the imperial tobacco manufactories,
and the customs limitations are maiutair.ed by the
government to prevent any introduction of the
Magyar tobacco into the German aid Italian pro-
vinces to the loss of the state. But from the let of
October next all other customs duties will cease to
exist between Hungary and the other Austrian pro-
vince!, and all kinds of goods may be carried to and
fro without e.tt'er import or rap in diry.
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A naval education institutionais to be at
Triest ; plans for a great arsenal ern in preparation.
Several frigates and smaller men of war are ordered
to be built.

VIZNNA. JUSR 15—Fire per Cent. bletalliquel, 911 ;
Four and-e. Half per Cents., 83; BaLk B.,aete, 1,120;
cz-
ccanga on Landon, 12 2.

SWITZERLAND.

GENEVA.

Toe municipal elections for Geneva have terminated
in the defeat of the ultra-radical party, an immense
majority of conservatives having been elected. The
electors have felt the necessity of uniting against the
administrative system of M. Fazy. At B. me the
triumph of the liberal conservative party is also com-
plete. Tne eh cion of Cilonel Kuril to the presidency
of the chief ciuncil by 117 votes, and those of such
men as MM. Bloch de Reichenbach and Moschard,
men who have figured in the Sonderbund, prove that
the socialist party have to expect a strong cppoei-
tion. The alarm is very great in the ranks
of the revolivionary party. It is said that another
note has been received from Prussia on th,. subject of
the presence of the refugees in Switzerland, and com-
plaining of the conduct of those who inhabit the fron-
tier cantons. The Swiss government is called upon
to put an end to the socialist propaganda, and
threatens in case of default to close the fruitier on the
whole line. Such a measure would be most injurious
to the manufactures of Bale, Aran, and Zurich. The
intelligence received here from Wurtemburg appears
to announce the abolition of the constitutional system
in that country; the adjournment of the chambers,
'pronounced by the decree of the 3rd instant,
forebodes a proximate dissolution. M. lklatvice Nlohl,
leader of the democratic party, has put forth the
strongest effirts to procure the impeachment of the
minister Wackter Spittler, but without success. The
country at present is tranquil, and should disturbance
arise the Prussian troops stand in the duchy of Baden
ready to maintain the authority of the throne.