The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY

namely : Monsignor Forneri, the Roman Nuncio et
Par's; Monsignor Gramollini, late Governor of
Rome; Monsignor fiavelli, Minister of the Into; liar;
Monsignor Morichini, late Meunier; and Monsignor'
Roberti. The Pontifical State is to be divided into five
departments, each under the direction of a csrdinal.
The provinces included in each di partmeat to be
governed toy lay presidtes. Monsignor Gonella is to
be named Papal Nuncio at Mussels.

LOMBARDY.
The Milan corrospo,,deLt of the Concordia of
Turin lam under date of Ai ril 15, that, in the be-
ginning of June, an army of 60,000 men will be
assembled, under the pretext of mancentring, at La
Summa and Oaßorate.

TURIN, APRIL 16.
The debates which have just taken place in one of
the legislative assemblies here (the Chamb. rof De-
petit e), on the subject of thegifferential dative, cannot
but be interesting to your readers, inasmuch as the vote
came to affect the commercial interests of England (in a
favourable sense), and the question of free trade ; and
also, because an incident, which arose out of the de-
bates, has brought ioto question the imputation, on the
one part, of a disrespectful feeling towards England
and the English, in an eminent capitalist settled in
London, but now a member of the legislature of this
country (Count Henry d'Avigdor), and his formil and
strenuous repulse of that imputation, which he gave
as a motive for an article which he published
in a newspaper with which he is connected, and
whence resulted a dael, of which ye n have probably
had notice, with Count Camille de Cavour, a highly
respected and talented member of the legislature, who,
like his antagonist, has been in England, and pro-
fesses a high esteem for the English and their institu-
flocs, also an advocate for free trade, and in this case,!
it would seem, d:sposed to carry the principle feather
in its immediate application than his antagonist.
For the present I shall abstain from any personal
expression of opinion on the subject, either of the
merits of the question agitated in the Chamber of
Deputies (the result of which you have seen in
the papers), or of the incidents relative to the
duel which took place in consequence of
them ; but send you, in the meanwhile,
the following exposition of the facts relative to
the duel. A law had been presented by ministers to
the Chamber of Deputies relative to the suppression
of the differential duties, which had occasioned a long
discussion during several days. Although all parties
admitted the principle of the bill (that of free trade),
still there were two systems in opposition as to its
application. Some wanted only to admit it in favour
of those nations which should adopt a perfect recipro-
city ; others wished to authorise the government to
grant the suppression of the differential duties even
towards those countries which, without granting a
similar suppression of duties on their part,
were disposed to grant equivalent commercial ad-
vantages to Piedmont. Among these latter was Count
de Cavuur ; among the first, Count d'Avigdor, married
to the daughter of the London capitalist, Goldamidt.
During the discussion Count d'A vigdor had expressed
himself in rather unmeasured terms, to the effect that
when in appearance the English tovernment adopted
liberal measures, it reslly considered nothing but its
own interests; and ;that other nations would be but
dupes it in their own legislative measures of public
economy they allowed themselves to be drawn into a
blind imitation of British ccmmercial enactments.
Now Count de Career, who had him for an swage-
mist in the discussion, inserted in the Ri.orgirsento,
a newspaper notoriously order his direction, an ace
count of the debate of that day, in which appeared
the following passage:
The most singular Mature in the whole of this disco slow
it the language used by S gaol d'Avigdor. lie repeats at
every moment that I,s belongs, for we do not know how
=say years, to the Free Trade Society, and no sooner duos a ;
legislative disposition present itself which is in harmony'
with the principles held by that society, than be opposes and
embus it. 11. proclaims himself a follower of Cobden, and
sp, ski in the language of the most thorough protectionist ;
he dit. tires himself English is his habits ard by his int..
rests, and he hi/Meets contempt end inculcates suspicion
against England and the English. From which confusion of
ideas and sentimints results an olin podrida of common.
place sayings, of mph .e.o, a rid c estrailictioos commits. g and
dehatiag each other. . . . Although we cannot kiwst,
like Signor d'Avirdor, t I torn yew.' 3.9166 it• to Cabana's
system. yet we haste confidt Jur is the force t.f pti..riplt s
and persuaded as we are that fiber y unair . s turns, is ,
adanted to : solve and reinvigorate ell institu'ion', se can- t
not in any way dtatinzuish a germ of ruin and ors ruction
for trade is a reform which is hardly tL: first step in the ;
path of its complete end f: e brit iv* eassatipation.

Upon this attack, which though rather vicaeinus
was within the limits of newspaper po!. mice, Count
d'Avigdor replied by a paragraph in his p :per, La
.Charlie, of a moat violent nature, agains. Count
de Carole, and containing such phrases as to induce
Count de Cavour to send two of his frier.ds, the advocate
Capelli and Cunt Henry Martini, both uismbers of
parliament, to demand whether the expreasiors con-
tained in that article were intended personally for M.
de Cavour ; and, on his answer in the affirmative, a
challenge and hat ile meeting ensued, the c
of the duel being the following:—The two udverearies
being placed at the distance of tbir:y paces, each
was to have a right to advance five puees,
with five minutes' time for each to fire the fleet
shot, which either could do at will ; the second
shot was then to be fired within one minute's time.
The signal being given, each advanced slowly two
paces, when M. d'AriAd-r tired his tilict, and missed
his adversary ;M. de Cavour then immedi ly fired
in hie turn, and likewise without effect. d'Avigdor
then advanced towards his adversary, and the nditir
was afterwards settled.

A► to the que►tion at issue before the Chamber, as
frequently happens on such occasions, the vote come
to was a mess., termine betwcen the two systems ad-
vocated by the contending parties, and was decided
before the duel took place. The differential duties
were abolished, as of right, fur those nations which
grant reciprocity to Piedmont, and authority given
to government to grant the same privilege to such
other nations as shell give in return equivalent ad-
vantages to our maritime flag.

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.

We have news from Erfurt of the 20th inst. The
Staatenbaue has completed the revision of the con,ti-
tution and additional act. It has also discussed the
electoral law—having decided by a majority of niuc
that the electoral law of the constitution of May 2t; (a
less liberal one than that in the Prussian charter)
should come into force all over the territory of the
union. It is doubtful whether the decisions will coins
into effect, and probably the Vulkahaus will not ratify
the vote uf the Steatenbaus in this matter.

It hu been rumoured that the parliament would be
adjourned for a short time, to enable Prussia to have
more time aid leisure for negotiating with Austria
and the small states.
BERLIN, Aram 19.
As I perceive that the price of coin in the Prussian
searkete particularly in the Baltic pats, from whence
England is supplied, is • matter of interest to the
English public at this moment I have obtained quo-
tations from two of the chief ports, to which I also
subjoin the quotations in Magdeburg and Berlin.
As in each case the market quotation is the first price,
that paid to the grower, and in order to show the
price for which trie grain can be delivered in Eng-
land, I have added the following necessary expenses,
Is. 6d. &quarter for cleaning and delivery on board,
3e. a quarter freight, and 2e. a quarter for Baltic
dues, assurance agencies, &0., which together with Is.
duty levied In England, make 7s. 6d. • quarter. Ac-
cording to this calculation, wheat might have been
delivered in England from Konigsberg on the Gth of
April, at from 28.. 6d. to 365. per quarter, accord-
ing to quali ; and from Stettin on the 12th instant,
at from 33e. lld. to 37.. 6d. per quarter, according to
quality. In Magdeburg on the 14th in-
stant, the prices were much lower, varying
from 275. to 34e. per quarter; while in Berlin
on the 15th they were fully equal to the prices in
Stettin, being from 345. to 378. per quarter. At these
prices, however, no business is doing; all order. from
England are limited to so low • figure that the agents
hers are compelled to decline them:

ERFURT, Aean.l9.
At ten o'clock this morning the Staatenhaus re-
sumed the adjourned debate on the report of the com-
mittee on the constitution. To section 124 on the
competency of the Neich's-Geracht, or state tribunal,
amendments were proposed by Eichorn and Wetzel,
corresponding to the.* of Stahl in the Volkshaus.
The two propositions were declined, and the com-
mittee's original draught confirmed.
The 126th section—" the supreme court is itself
to decide whether canes tall under its jurisdiction or