The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-01 00:00:00

GERMANY.

BERLIN, JAN. 27.
The second chamber, yesterday, in a double sitting,
which lasted from ten till four, and from six till mid-
night, went through the discussion of the propositions
of the King's message from first to last The main
result of their labiur is, that with the exception of
Art. 4, on entails; and Art 6, on ministerial respon-
sibility, which it has modified, all the propositions,
partly unaltered, partly with such amendments as the
government had agreed to accept, were passed, and
generally with decided majorities. The two cardinal
points, which were made a cabinet question, were, as
I mentioned yesterday, the peerage, and the high court
for the trial of political offences. Upon the first, Ar-
nim's amendment, of which I shall presently point out
in detail the slight shades of difference from the
Ring's proposal, was passed by a majority of 181 over
149. A considerable difference was indeed made in
the constitution of the High Court by Durres amend-
ment, which introduced a jury. This was passed by a
majority of 224 over 100. The Deutsche Reform de-
claring itself to-day satisfied with this result, we may
conclude that ministers do not conceive the material
alteration introduced by Dune's amendment into one
of the cardinal points on which they staked
their existence, sufficient motive for resign-
ing. According to Arnim's amendment, the
Upper House cannot exceed in number 240. The
number of the royal princes being 8, and the Reichs-
unmatelbarsu 15, it further appears, that ander pre-
sent circumstances, the crown cannot create more
than 11 peers for life, nor more than 86 hereditary
peers. The points in which this proposition (Lifers
from that of the crown are not material. In the first
place, the crown is not to have the right, which it
claimed, of excluding any of the royal princes.
Then 30 of Arnim's elective peers are to be chosen
by the deliberative, instead of the executive munici-
pal boards, or by the common councils, instead of the
mayors and aldermen. The university peers are ex-
cluded. The whole number is somewhat increased;
and there is a difference in the electoral divisions,
which in the crown's proposition coincide with the
provinces. But the main point of distinction is, that
Arnim's motion puts off the formation of this new
house until the 7th August, 1852. In the meantime,
the electoral law of December, 1848, is to be adopted.
JAB. 28.

The committee of the First Chamber has moved
the adoption en bloc of all the resolution, of the
Second Chamber relative to the royal message.
The Saxon government has laid before the chain-
bees a bill on the right of association and assembly.
The chambers have voted the removal of the state of
siege at Dresden.
The Danish poet Oeblenschlsger is dead.

The Cologne Gazette, in a telegraphic message
from Berlin, dated the 29th, states that four districts
elected Camphsusen I but that that gentleman de-
clined the honour, in consideration of his former
constituents.
The Upper Chamber has to-day closed the general
discanion on the royal message of the 7th inst.
Art. 1 (the Press), 2 (the Lendaturm), 3 (the Bur-
gergnard), 4 (the period for the dissolution of the
Chambers), and 9 (the electoral districts for the
Second Chamber), have all been adopted. Art. 6
(ministerial responsibility) has been rejected.
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VIENNA, Um. 26.
The expedition under the command of Colonel
Mamala against the insurgents of Cattaro draws much
attention, although the government organs either
make light of the matter, or are completely silent. In
feet, it can be no trifling affair that at this season of
the year causes so considerable a force as 6,000 men,
with several batteries, to be sent to the extreme
southern point of the long strip of littoral belonging
to Austria cm the east side of the Adriatic.
Colonel ?demobs, commander of the expedition to'
the Booche di Cattaro, is fully commissioned to declare
the whole district under state of siege.
An important ordinance appears in the Wiener
Zeitung on the organisation of the gendarmerie.

MALTA, JAN. 23.

The council of government held their second meet-
ing on the 15th, when the regulation, ss presented
by the governor, were all agreed to, in consequence
of a threat held forth by his excellency, that if he
met with any opposition to his projects, he should
close the council, and recommend the home govern.
meat to recall the boon.
A petition to parliament, and another to the Queen
in council, are being prepared, praying for the re-
moval of Mr. More O'Farrell.
A letter from Smyrna states that the French squad-
ron, camsietiog of six line-of-battle ships, a fngate,
and three large steamers, anchored in that port, from
Oa les, en the 6th inst. They will leave immediately
fat Tisk&

The am from Greece has caused no little excite-
ment bun. We have DOM twenty Greek wads in
port, end the mad e:pecfts en embargo to be laid on
Wu, Iddsil is not believe will be the cam

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