The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, hexes 1.
Great hopes are entertained by the court of a sue-
awful result from the Prises of Prussia's visit to the
Emperor of Russia, at Warsaw. It is amfidently be-
lieved, from certain Emulsions recently used by the
Raman ambassador, Herr von Meyendorff, that but
little persuasion will be necessary to establish the
Prussian policy in the favour of the Emperor.
Too great reliance mart not be placed in
the certainty with which these hopes are
announced by the ministerial journals. Their
fulfilment would imply a total change in the policy
of the court of St. Petersburg, which saw iu
the Germanic confederation an organisation sufficiently
powerful for defensive, but without sufficient continua-
tion for offensive, purposes; its restoration therefore
must, without a totalphangs in the views of Russia, be
more consonant to her than the establishment of a
narrower union, in which people and not governments
Loren the basis of union, in which popular re-
presentation affords an equally satisfactory guaran-
tee fur both offensive and defensive purposes.
Ore other circumstance must also be remembered
in weighing the probable result of the Warsaw con-
ference. It is this—the good understanding and
friendship which formerly existed between the Czar
and the ter apparent of the Pi mien throne has of
late years suffered considerable diminution, from cir-
cumstances which are not very well known. The
fact, however, is so, and it cannot but be of great im-
portance in a conference in which the opponents of
Prussia will be the closest allies of the emperor and
the upholders of a similar despotic policy.
In the yesterday's sitting of the agricultural con-
gress the report of the committee was read on the
alteration proposals in the tariff of tho Zollvereio. It
cow, enoes with an expression of deep regret that the
agricultural interest are by them proposals eared oa
to make fresh sacrifices, by the reduction of the pro.
teetion hitherto afforded agricultural products against
foreign competition, and by the increase in the duties
on articles which are iodispeneably necessary to the
agriculturist. The report considers the agricul-
tural the most important interest in the king-
dom, but at the same time closely connected
with manufactoring industry; and that, therefore,
the attention of the government ought to be carefully
employed in preventing its being injured by
a system of artificial protective duties. In conside-
ration of these reasons, the committee recommend to
the congress to signify to the Minister of Commerce
their total disapprobation of his recent proposals.
The report then enters on the several alterations pro-
posed, with the result of the divisions in the com-
mittee. In the discussion which ensued, the majority
of the members of the congress spoke against the
system of protective duties, and in favour of entire
free trade. The advantages of the Zollverein were
highly spoken of, and the necessity of combined ac-
tion between the agricultural and industrial interests
of the kingdom. The report of the committee was
adopted
Lucien Jerome Bonaparte arrived yesterday.
A paragraph in a Munich paper states that Saxony
has at last finally withdrawn from the convention of
the 26th of May.
HAMBURG.
Our correspondent writes
HAMBURG, Mir 31.
The Constituent Assembly is about to be dissolved
do lure by the senate, as it has long been (le fact() by
its own acts. Nobody takes much interest in the
matter; the popularity of this body has long evapo-
rated. The city is very quiet; whether because or
although it is occupied by Prussian troops is uncertain.
Not a few citizens assented to the new constitution
in the hops that the Prussian soldiers will leave as
soon as it is carried into operation. Some suspect
that the senate wishes to retain them still—
I believe without any grounds. These tromps
cost our government from 3001. to 4001. per
diem. In the present state of oar finances
it is barely possible to make ends meet with-
out this extra burden ; a new tax must be invented
and impaled for the maintenance of the Prussian
soldiery ; and our finance committee are at their wit's
sad.

To judge by the preparations both of the Danes and
Schleswig-Holateiners, one would suppose that war
was to be renewed immediately. The Danes are
bringing up their whole force; and the people of the
duchies will not a second time be induced to postpone
their preparations for defence by pacific talk.
We had many visitors during the Whitson holi-
days from all parts of Germany, most ofthe rest of our
large towns being either in a state of siege, or police-
ridden.