The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-30 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

Aftei has oicepleigrani! Attisek 7
the National Medea of Berne has jest lanai, by h .
majority of 64 to 36, that tho French. tiessfar
tem gall be carried out in Bwitserlasd. A.
Council of the States had already voted it in Dean.
her, this decree of the Federal Assembly now homes
an obligatory law.
A letter from Berne of the 25th says : The aegits-
tioe which has long prevailed in the canton of Berne
with regard to the integral elections hes new
reached its height. It is fortunate for both parties
that the important day (stlafty) approaches. The
result, under any circnatstanom, may be readily fore-
seen. The future government will find in the new
Grand Council an opposition which will render its
task of governing a very difficult one; the liberals
will number from 90 to 100. There will be then
lawn presented to the Grand Council a petition, with
8,000 signatures, demabdieg the revision of the eon-
stitution, and agitation will then recommence, the
ground of it being only changed."

GERMANY.
PRUSSIA.

BIIFTIRT, Aran, 26.
The proceedings of the Stearntutus commenced at
10 o'clock. MM. Lepel, C.erlowitz, Liebe, aed Redo-
wits, represented the government The report of the
commit'ee of justice was brought up. The chief
question discussed in that document is, whether the
proposed amendments to the project of law relating
to the High Court of the Union, are to be discussed
as conditions of the acceptation of the whole law, or
merely as recommendations to the governments ; and
further, whether the law on the High Court is to be
considered as an organic portion of the constitu-
tion. They recommend the acceptance of the law an
a whole; the communisation of amendments to the
government, with the explanation that in so far as the
resolutions agreed upon by the two houses may not
receive the sanction of the governments, the originally
proposed clauses of the bill shall stand. They fur-
ther recommend that this b.ll be not regarded as an
orgario law; that the same conditions shall apply to
the bills to be introduced on high treason, and the
discussions thereon; and, lastly, that the bill just
passed, regulating the proceedings of the High Court,
be taken out of the category of organic laws.
Camphan.en said it appeared to him that this was
merely a question of a special law of the union, and
by no means affecting its existence or condition.
Should the alterations of the law go up in any other
character than that of a decisive resolution, the
hotels would sink from a legislative to a deliberative
body. Birnbaum contended that should the propo-
sals of the committee not ba accepted, the govern-
ments would be by no means bound to the letter of the
original project
The first and second clauses were accepted, the re-
=lining are to be discussed at a later period.
Tile discussion of the report of the canstittation-
committee on the diverging resolutions of the two
'houses. The committee recommend the acaeleance
of the resolutions agreed upon at the confirence of
both committees. Team were given in our yester-
day's report. The committee of the Volkshaus object
to the amendment to clause 184, which leaves to
imperial legislation the determination ci the princi-
ples on which the representation of individual
German states shall be settled. The committee of the
Staattnhans recommend the same. This is the single
point in which the reports disagree.
Section 101, giving to' the Volkshans the right of
ultimate decision on the budget in cases where an
agreement of both houses should be found impossible,
raised some discus,ion. Von Patow said the object of
the proposal was not to offer up the rights of the
house to propitiate the Volkshaus, but to strengthen
the position of the Reichs•Vorstand. For intratee,
without this amendment, should a resolution of the
Volkshaus be rejected by the Staatenhaus on account
of the scantiness of the note, the whole budget would
be considered u not framed, and tEe Reichs-Vorstruad
would be left without financial resources, at least for
some time.

On a div:sion the recommendation of the committee
was adopted, the votes numbering .50 to 33. The re-
mainder of the recommendation of the committee was
t hen aocep'ed.
The discussion on the law of treason then came on.
To sections 5-8, relating to the constitution of juries
on trials for treason, the committee proposed an
amendment, requiring the selection of jurymen by lot
from the members of the assembly.
Brandis declared himself opposed to the connecting
of the functions of jurymen with the office
of a deputy. Birnbaum supported the pro-
position. If they could not tolerate political
opinions in jurymen, they would be com-
pelled to forego the advantages of trial by jory alto-
gether. The people would feel confidence in entrust-
ing the support of its rights and the vindication of
the law and society to those whom they had elected
to defend its political rights.
The amendment, as well as the remainder of the
committee's resolutions, was then accepted. The house
passed the usual resolution reservirg the original
clauses in case of rektion of the amendment by the
government ; and then adjourned at 3 o'clock.
The Volkshatue met at 10, and after despatching
formal business proceeded with the blll on the con-
stitution of the high court. CJrnmiseary Lepel re-
lated the difficulties which had been encountered in
the committees of both houses united for the conside-
ration of this subject. The Volkehaus had passed re-
solutions making the office cf judge iecimpatible
with any other public function. Tee Staatenhaus had
resolved to pass its amendments, net as conditions of
its acceptance of the law, but as propositions made
by that body. Should this house not take the same
course the task of completing the law would be ren-
dered very difficult.
Vincke expressed great satisfaction at the 'rank.
nese with which the government had accepted the
en bloc passage of the constitution which it had for-
merly opposed. In order that they might enter upon
a normal parliamentary course, nothing more than an
immediate installation of the executive of the union
would be necessary. He saw, however, no gr:und
for desiring the hasty termination of the present par-
liament. They wished the constitution to be com-
pleted ea early as possible, but before votiog they
must know what legislative validity would attach to
their decision.

Von Gerlach said if merchants were to decide
matters of trade and manufacturers technical
questions there was nothing unreasonable in asking
that the princes of Gennany should be permitted to
decide questions arising out of their own affairs.
Now, however, it appeared that the half of the judges
were to be appointed by the parliament. Could any
one doubt that these elections would be made in the
spirit of party ? Tne court wu to publish its decisions,
which were forthwith to have the fierce of law. Those
would be a fine illustration of revolutionary character,
meanwhile where would be the Bundestaat, a here the
Erfurt parliament ?
Stahl then proposed his amendment, giving the
nomination of half the judges to the Iteiche-Vortl ind,
and of the remainder to the College of Princes. The
speech in which he supported this project was nearly
a repetition of Gerlach's. The amendment was lost ;
the votes standing 137 to 67.
Section 17 concerns the nomination of the adminhe
trators of the realm by the lteichs-Vortland. I' gives
the right of temporary nominations to the Minis•er of
Justice. The committee propose t,l give this right to
the high court. Commissary Lepel besought the house
not to pus a vote of mistrust in the future minister
by anticipation ; but the amendment was adopted.
The remaining recommendations of the committee to
the end of the report were then adopted.
Towards the close of the sitting a communication
from the President of the Staatenhaus was read, in-
forming the chamber of its acquieec. nee in the
amendments proposed to the too homy by the joint
committee. President Simeon thee proposed to this
house to declare the agreement of the two chambers
without reference to a committee. 'fhe house then ad-
journed. The law on the regulation of pror ediuge of
the High Court in disputed cases comes on for discus-
sion to-morrow.