The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1850.

4. The right of union shall be ssectioned foe the future,
bat solely in sesombusee with Art. XL of the Bandestag,
and with the proviso that the eentral power shall poesess
the right of supervialoe, in order to prevent any onion con-
teary to the pries:4les and laws of the Bond.
I 6. It is settled that it is neousuy to create a strong executive
I power in the Band, bat whether this ought to be Austria'
and Prussia, or a Tries, or a directory of more governments,
rem Mos undecided, and depends on the arrangements to be
' adoted by the conferences. On this point Austria wished
it to be understood that under any cirenmetassoes the greatest
power would always be in the bands of Austria alltiyirs
but it was questionable whether this wild be
formally.
6. Tee gentian of the co-presidency of Austria end
Prussia la the deliberative federal assembly shall be put off
untds future period.
7. If lioleh refuses to obey the intibitorinns issued by
the Buodestag for the cessation of hostilities, the ssecutivs
manures resolved open by the Bond shall be proceeded
with, and Prussia shall remain passive.
8. Preemie sossents to the intervention of the Bundestag,
and the esseative measures ordered by it in Hesse Cased.
Such were the terms to which Count Brandenburg
agreed in Wumw, notwithstanding their complete
departure from the tenor of his inatructions. The
' compliamoi and wheedlings of the Czar were too
' much foe the weak but honourable mind of the man
; whom death hoe now removed from all earthly blame.
The public M however, now in a position to judge
rightly of the other Prussian statesmen who were
connected with this matter.

We ham dates from Dresden to the 25th instant.
A shed meeting of the delegates took place on
he 24th, but the proceedings were secret. It wu
said that a satisfactory understanding prevailed on all
points, but that the result will be withheld from the
public until it has become an aooomplished fact.

The exorbitant demands of the Austrian, or, more
serrectly speaking, the Diet's commissioner in Cas-
sel. Field Marshal Count Leiningen (tor as such he
=himself) has raised a cry of indignant dis-
sr every class of our population. For nearly
time weeks the electorate has been groaning under
the weight of a terrible oppression. Bavarians prey
on all our cities and villages, although the Hussies.
had before well nigh exhausted the country. The so-
aped Diet has at present, in the person of Count
LeMingen, unlimited dominion here. The Prussian
commissioner plays quite a subordinate part ; for
nearly all that he has till now pledged himself to per-
form has been proposed by Count Leiningen. At most
General Peucker acts but as subaltern to the Austrian
oommissioner. Every point that General Peacker
insisted on his been conceded. On the tax question
the authoritieu have yielded, and have promised sub-
mission, provisionally, to the ordinance of the 4th
September; but Count Leiningen is not content with
tau. With 5,000 soldiers at his back he demands as
unconditional surrender—the recognition of all the
ordinances, the disarming of the citizen guard, andl
what not. The authorities and the people have
yielded and suffered for the sake of peace.
The following order was on the morning of the
22nd sent to all the authorities :
" All the public authorities of the city of Camel are
hereby commanded by the undersigned to obey the
electoral ordicancee of the 4th and 28th of September
of the present year. Declarations in writing to this,
effect are required by the undersigned to be delivered
in by 12 o'clock to-morrow, at the bureau of the un-
dersigned, in the Hotel of the Roman Emperor.—The
Civil Commissioner of the German Diet,
" COUNT LEININGEN.
" 111eleangen, Dec. 21."
The High Court of Appeal having objected to this
order, on the ground that they had come to a different
agreement with General Peucker, Count Leiningen
replied that he knew nothing of any Diet's commis-
sioner of the name of Peucker who had any right
to come to such agreement.
CASSEL, Dec. 23.
The following proclamation was yesterday officially
published and placarded about the city :
In the name of the Iligh German Diet, and by virtue of
the lull powers conferred by it upon me, it is hereby decreed,
Jet. That every transgression spinet the regulations
adopted as the necessary consequence of the state of war
shell have for its consequence a state of siege (Re Jostens:sp.
stand), on the declaration of which ill the lune:ions of the
civil and police authorities will be tran•ferred to the military.
2nd. During discontinuance of the state of war, the bearing of
fume and ensigns of all descriptions is forbidden ; the special
order published yesterday applies to the disarming of the
city guard and watchmen. Disobedience will be followed
by compulsion and other measures. The district directors
are empowered to allow the possessors of game grounds
to UV arms, as an exception to this rids, oa
their obtaining a written permission to that efitat.-
3rd. During the continuants of the state of war no 'settings
either for political or other purposes can be held. Pulitiiel
unions, so far from being an exception to this rale. are
hereby dissolved. Unions which have no political objects
must have • special penniesion from the electors' authorities
for their continuanes.-4. Newspapers, journals, and all peri-
odical publications must he 'inn srly authorised by the autho-
rities or the government before they can appear. The New
Preussiselte Zeitesig, the llornisse, and the roklsbote. are
suppressed, and their presets confiscated. The electoral
authorities are hereby authorised to publish those ordinance',
and are made answerablo for their execution. The military
ere placed at their disposition, on requiremert, for this
purpose. COUNT TON LIININUIN,
Cassel, Dee. 22, 1850. The Diet's Civil Commissioner.
The arms are nearly all delivered up. The frays
between the Bavarians and Prussians continue. Many
seizures took place yesterday. At present no news-
papers appear. Prussian troops were expected to
arrive to-day. The Bavarian light horse are now
quartered in the villages, that the Hessian hussars
may find quarters hers.

FRANKFORT, Dec 24
There is a report here widely circulated that GAL
Peucker has made an energetic protest against the
new compulsive measure of the Diet's commissioner.

Our correspondent writes as follows, from Frank.
fort, December 26:
The supporters of the ifree-trade system will wel-
come the new Austrian Customs' Tariff an a step for.
ward in the right direction, though it cannot be said
to go the desired length. It emanates from the
Minister of Commerce, Von Bruck, formerly a
merchant of Trieste, and the principal founder and
promoter of the useful company known as the
" Austrian Lloyd's." This new tariff comes
into operation on the lot May, 1851, when
the hitherto existing tariffs of 1829 and 1838 will
expire, and with them the prohibitive system so tena-
ciously adhered to by Austria. With the exception
of silt, gunpowder, and tobacco, which have always
been considered as monopolies in the hands of the
mate, all articles of consumption and manufac-
ture may be freely imported and exported, on
payment of the fixed duties ; but it must be
added, that all explosive articled, and those
which are dangerous to the public safety, are
subject to certain restrictions and surveillance on
the part of the authorities. Many article, which now
pay a heavy import duty will be quite free, and that
of others greatly reduced. The goods are elsesified,
and the tariff &Tided into thirty-two principal,
classes. It is to embrace the whole of the Austrian'
monarchy, including Hungary and the Italian pro-1
vines, and the duties are to be paid in one uniform
coin, the standard of which is fixed at the so-celled
"florin of convention," or twenty fiorios to the mark
of fine silver. The new tariff is to remain in I
force for five }ears and a half, during which period no
alteration can be made in the duties without the
empress concurrence of the estates of the empire.
The negotiations which have been pending for a
long time lostwr en the governments of Wurtember
sad Baden, concerning the construction of a branch
railroad to connect the principal lines of those two
states, have at length been brought to a successful
mmainatiou, and the treaty ratified by the respective
seversigos, subject however to the consent and appro-
bation of their parliaments. According to the treaty
the new railroad wi'l commence at Bietigheim, in
Wirtemburg, and end at Bruchsal, in Baden, passing
through the town of Bretton, It is to be built on the
narrow guar of 4 ft. Sh in. English, as all the
railroads in Germany are, end to be wide enough
to allow of a double line of rails being laid hereafter.
The grand duchy of Baden, reserving its seignorial
rights, cedes to the Wirtemburg government the c
struction and working of the railroad, and the ground'
necessary for the line and stations will be furnished
by Baden, in conformity with the existing law of
expropriation. The work is to be commenced forth-
with, and the whole line completed and opened
within two years.
Neiman sends to the Dresden conferences the former
Minister of State, Baron Dungero, accompanied by
the Ministerial Councillor, Dr. Bertram. Tees* two
statesmen arrived at Frankfort this morning, and
proceeded immediately to Cued, ex route to Dreads&

IMPORTANT DRSPATOH FROM THE
AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.

Prince SchWareeithelgrbeniniffreseed to themore im-
portant of the 'Malden eir tbe Emperor in foreign
countries the following
You have been isfermeilealret limpet* of the 27th
ult., that dr Sopa is bed demanded ef me in
the meet MierMit Want as Interview, and that eons
house later:ep= me by the telegraph that, In put-
leases of the Wiens of the King of Prussia, he
iambi pr he Glianes without even waiting ler my
aver. His Majesty the Emperor considered it his duty to
meet the wishes so ardently expensed by the Bing. I
emsequentiv received the order to repair to Moats,
where I conferred on the 27th and 29th ult. with the
liinkirise _M. de MenteuffeL It was necessary to vaneptish
wee Meanies, in order that an effort at
Wahl et that moment produce any result. But:rtrasa
forfora angle instant forget how many interests were at Melte
if, in the actual position of Europe, a awed bowels Ann
trio and Prussia was not avoided; and We tally relogalood
how favourable wee the acimmage of elloomeioserat =Oki
us to meet ea such ea vaunts the dome Oa* of a de.
imbed a reminded., of ea lams pre is Prank. Oar
sincere desire wee to le Oboe efforts, and to eon-
tribute es mask es peaslbie la earestag to them a victory over
pemions and fatal preteuslees. Woken, then, been very much
deepened to prove by ell means in our power that we were
my far from politics by the immense advantages of oar
position to humiliate Prussia, or to deprive her of the por-
tico of influent, she is justly entitled to. We, moreover,
sought to appreciate the benefit which would remit from •
simile reconciliation es highly as our duties permitted
to as. The subjoined meiotic' anteing the result of the cow
farness of Wants. This preteeol bee received the approval
of the Emperor, oar most gracious muter, and also, se I
learn from a dispatch '
from Berlin, that of his Majesty tie
Ring of Priebe. We have just recommended it Woe*'
allies, is ceder that they may eqully give it their approval.
It will net escape your:notice that the imperial sableset,
while emending to a creation of the Isolated pagdea el
Prussia in the affairs ef the Germanic Confederation, will'
not have desired to make any sacrifice which would not
have been made without prejudice to the Messtial
object of the policy followed by Austria and by the other
German governments that have remained faithful to their
duties as members of the Confederation. In order
to understand that it could not he otherwise, it is
sufficient to cast a glance on the position we occupied
previous to the conferences of Ohnies, and on that we
shall be ready to take in consequence of these conferences.
Austria entered into the lists to maintain the federal con.
stitution of Germany .eree,ed by treatise. It became our
duty to enforce our absolute rights on this fundamental
queitloa, in which the foreign powers themselves, is It
appears to us, could not remain completely, and
without danger, neutral. From the very commencement
we Dave acted with confidence in the moral force of this
position, and we have renounced, with general approbation,
any thought of exercising the lout constraint with respect
to the members of the Confederation who thought they
could withdraw themselves from the recognition of the
legal organ of the Confederatioo. When these members
of the confederation became thus excluded from their task
of watching in common over the affairs of the Confedera-
tion the mums of extcutinn were necessarily limited to
repel the attacks that might be attempted spinet the action
of the federal Diet, acting in virtue of the appeal that might
be made en it by the States which recognised it. It became
necessary for us to prevent such attacks, and we did so by
obtaining from Petunia, from the commencement of the
last
month, the solemn assurances that the execution of the
federal decisions in Electoral Hesee and in Holstein should
not encounter any opposition.
Prussia has corrob3rated those assurances at Oimuts. In
place of a simple laity: fairs which was not without grave'
inconvenience, she has offerdher active eoioperatioa in the
sense of the federal decisions. Under these .circumitancea
ft becomes necessary to appreciate the great value of this
recent and happy cheap., with reference to the grave qua-
lions which affect the Confederation. We have disclaimed all
pretensions of &share in the direction of the federal affairs oat.]
side oilseed forms, and disclaimed such so loos u it could be
feared that a concession in this respect might become, in the
bandaof those who were lately our adversaries, a means of sl-
ing in question the fundamental basis of theConfederation,end
the accomplishment of its dodos, and of thus putting In peril
the equilibrium and tho peace of Europe. But if these fears
were successfully removed, it positive guarantees could be I
obtained that the action of Prussia would be in harmony
with the object of the confederation, we ought to suggest
to ourselves the question if in this case it would not be
more advantageous for the federal body as for all Europe,
while awaiting a complete re•orpoismien of the Confede-
ration, to open once more to the menaben who were not
any longer separated from us but by mere difficulties of
form the means of participation in the attire of the confe-
deration.
The Imperial cabinet could not hesitate to reply in the
affirmative to this question in presence of the engagements
nistrected by Prussia at Olmutz. Even some time pre-
viously the constitution of the union of the 28th of May,
1949, had been abandoned, and there was consequently a
Probability
.that the deliberations commenced with respect
to the revision of the federal poet might be arruged so as to
secure the approbation of all its members.
It was for thou reasons that it was agreed at Olmutz to
ant In common and en conformity with the decisions of the
Diet in the attain of Electoral Hesse and of Holstein. In
this state of affairs we were enabled to undertake to persuade
the Elector not to continue his /Mutations against the
stay of the Penni= troops in his state', and to suggest that
by an express request addressed to the Prussian government
he should aff trd that government an opportunity of taking
part—without any violation of the law—in the measures
intended to pacify the country.
A. for Holman it wee the decisions adopted at Frank-
fort, in the name of the Confederation, in which Russia
undertook to co-operate. It is a great smisfaction to us that
the execution so warmly desired by all the powers who
signed the treaty concluded with Denmark. is one of t.e
first objects for the accomplishment of which the members of
the Germanic Confederation have again united.

COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS.
Yesterday the annivereary festival to celebrate the
ffiendation of this inetitatioa, established for the benefit of
the children and orphans of eouneereial traveller', took pins.
at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street. The Loan
Mayo' in the chair, supported by the Sheriff, the Mayor of
Bagel, John Mastermen, Re*. H. T. Hughes'
Sala Beggallay, Eq., R. Beggellay, Req., H. Timis, Elq.,
inileisk Horton, Reg , T. Tupe, Reg , Arthur Wilco:on,
Big, R. M. Cole, E.q., Bristol, J. 0. Shaw, intl., Bristol,
Thomism; Req., Bristol, Robert Clothe, Jun., Eq.
The guests numbered in all nearly 250 gentlemen, and the
galleries wen graced by a goodly assemblage of ladies. The
vocalists engaged on the occasion were Miss Dolby, Mr.
Machin, Mr. Young, Mr. Horne, and Mr. Lend, and their
exertions contributed greatly towards the hilarity of the
evening. A new sone, entitled " Pity's Tear," written by
Mrs. Cefiley and composed by Mrs. Walsh, was sung by Miss
Dolby, sad was received with rapturous applause. The
words being appropriate to charitable occasions, an animal
amount of excitement was displayed throughout, and en
encore was enthusiastically demanded. A word of praise le
justly due to Mies Dolby, not only for the manner in whieit
she sang this song, bat for the kindly sympathy she appeared
to display towards the object by which it was dictated.
The general feeling manifested by the guests throughout
the evening gave abundant evidence of the fact that the
cause of the Commercial Travellers' Schools continues to be
well supported by thou whose sympathies ought naturally
to be directed to the welfare of the institution.
The arrangements for the dinner were carried out with a
due regard to the general convenience of the guests, but there
wee some nun to red
fault with the accommodation
afforded to reporters, who were placed in • position so far
removed from the speakers that it was extremely difficult for
them to hear what was said. Grace having been sang,
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the health of ber
Majesty. He was quite sure that in this meeting, as on all
other emmions of a similar astute, loyalty was a charecterbtie
inherent amongst them all. He need hardly remind them
that if ever there was a time when they were called upon to
drink the health of the Quin in an unequivocal manner, it
was at the present souse. He would, therefore, offer no
prefatory remarks on this subject, but would at ones pro-
pus to them the health of our beloved Queen.
The tout was responded to with the venal loyalty and
enthusiasm, and was followed by the national anthem, in
which the whole of the company joined in chorus.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed "His Royal Highness
Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the other members

of the Royal Family."
The toast having been responded to,
The CHAIRMAN gave " Prosperity to:the Commercial
Travellers Schools." As this was the first appearance he had
made at a public festival since he bad had the honour of
being the chief magistrate of the City of London, he trusted
that the present company would extend to him their for-
bearance and kindness whilst he proposed to them the next
toast. (Cheers.) It was a task which to his mind was so
interesting and so overwhelming thst he felt it extremely
difficult to give utterance to his 3WII feelings on the occasion.
(Heer, hear.) But on looking round the room he recog-
nised many countenances which be often bad the pleasure
of meeting in transactions of business ; and he knew that the
gentlemen by whom he was now surrounded were all men of
business, whose motto was " deeds, not words." He there-
fore considered that he was in some measure freed from the
anxiety he had felt lest their expectations with regard to his
powers as chairmen should not be completely realised. He
need not, however, do more than ask them to tarn their
attention to the farther end of the room, and observe the
interesting scene in the gallery (where the children now re-
ceiving their educaticn in the schools were assembled). The
healthful appearance of those children offered, in his opinion,
the strongest appeal to their hearts and Christianfeelings ;
and his present conviction was, that nothing he could
say or do would produce so much effect upon their minds
as the eight now presented to them. But then et-

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children of their less fortunate brethren would not be made
in vain. Let him all their attention to the object for which
they were assembled—it was not merely to enjoy the
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season of theinkindlyfeel
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year, to engender sentiments of brotherly end good fellow-
ship. He said this because it was palpable that come el
them had attended at this festival with an intention to
subecribe their guinea towards the institution—but he
wanted something more than this—he chimed their hearty
concurrence and increased assistance on the present in-
teresting occasion. They had begun nobly, and he trusted
that they would continue their good work in so charitable
a spirit that the public might know that under his auspices
and aided by their support the duties of the Lord
Mayer had not been inefficiently performed in Menses,
to this praiseworthy institution. It should be reed-
head that the institution was not designed for the
purpose of granting pensions to certain persons in age or
infirmity, or alleviating the diseases to which the human
frame was subject, but its object was to educate the orphan
and necessitous children of their brethren, and in such a
manner that at some future period their position in society
might entitle them to sit at the present table, fully appm
elating the benefits which bad been conferred upon this.
(Hear, hear.) The education of the youthful population of
this country was of paramount importance at the present
moment, and if ever there was a period when it was recces-
eery that the youthful mind should be properly instructed,
whether in a political er moral point of view, it was at the
present time. (Hear.) He was quite sore that the fume
prosperity of this country depended upon the education of the
people, and he moldered it a part of his present'
duty to impress this feet upon their attention, becouss he,
would not help thinking that there was no one amongst this I
company who had not some reason to feel ioterested in the
moms of such an institution as the Commercial Trwellen'
School. How many children were there, whose parents
(formerly the associates and companions of those now pre-
sent) being removed from them by the stroke of death or
nrieortune, had been left to the charitable consideration of
their,frienthe In whatever station in life such children
might hereafter be placed, he trusted that they would have
good reason to bless their kind friends who appeared here to-
day, and that they might feel that some portion of the good
they experienced had been caused by the beneficial exertions'
of those who had met the Lord Mayor on the 27th De-
cember, 1830. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that notwith-
standing his feeble advocacy of the cause of the institution,
many persons who had attended here with the deter-
mination to give five gains., to the charity, would be in-
duced, before they left the room, to subscribe ten gulasaa.
(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) His lordship concluded by
reading the following letter, which he had received from
Mr. George Moore, the insurer to the institutioa, and
which he stated was well worthy of so old sad valued a
friend of the Commercial Travellers' School
5, Bow Churchyard, Friday Evening, DEC. 27, 1860.
My dear Lord Mayor,—My doctor will not permit me
to support you in person to-sight ; I therefore enclose you a
cheque for thirty galena, being tea guineas each for myself
and partners, Mr. Grostock and Mr. Copestake. When you
so readily responded to my request nearly twelve months
since, to preside to-night, I hoped, as treasurer, I should
have had the pleasure of reporting that we had raised the
whole of the building fund we have only raised two thirds
of It, and we have still about 4,0001. to get of the 12,0001.
Will yon, with your usual eloquence and convincing lan-
guage, stimulate your peen to form deputations for the
purple of canvassing Liverpool, Leeds, Bradford, and other
largo towns, and which towns, I doyen not, will respond to
the all in the same generous and noble manner as Menthes
ter, Bristol, end Glasgow have done ? Thus we should soon
have a building without debt, which, as treasurer, I have a
very great ambition to arrive at. Will you tell the commercial
rasa of the United Kingdom that only • quarter of tint
number have subscribed, and tell thoseano that have not yell
sabsoribed, that their treasurer, as an old traveller, foal
hanillated that every commenial traveller In England an-
not afford to give his galena a year ? A very little economy
(H. per day) would enable the institution to educate, main-
tain, and clothe the orphan of every decreased brother, and
make the destitute widow's heart rejoice.—Believe me, my
dear Lord Mayor most gratefully yours (signed) 0101011
Moonz.—Ths Right lion. the Lord Mayor.
At the conclusion of this letter his lordship observed that
he treated that the example of charity *min cannined
would be followed by ell those who felt any interest is thn
welfare of the institution. (Cheers.)
A list of subscriptions was then read including 100 phi=
from the National Mercantile Life Assurance Company, IX
guineas from the Baron Lionel Brainchild, and several sum
of 10 guinea'. The children of the seinen wan affissued•
paraded round the room, and their healthy appaloosa wee
the subject of general oommendation.
The tout having been enthusiastically responded to,
The Bev. Mr. HUGHES acknowledged the tout. Ks
responded from the bottom of his heart to the 'outburst
which had been so ably ;expressed by his lordship in his
address at thecommenosiaost, not exactly of the proesadlay,
but of the speeches of the evening. His lordship had said
that there never was a time in the history of this kingdom ,
when the education of the young on wound principles wu a
matter of greater importance than at this moment. He ins
sure there was no cue present who did not cordially respond
N that sentiment, and who was not prepared to pledge him.
self to Garry it out politically to its fullest extent. (Hear,
bear.) He had often felt that there was no class ef the Goa-
vanity to whom the country was more isdebted than the
commercial truant. We were assentially a onanssetel
pooh On tads std wasameste air prosperity and our
material greatness as a nation depended. there was no
clam of the offransualty wisest integrity and fidelity was of
more importance to the country than that due whose chil-
dren were maintained in the Inalitation they were now met