The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1850.

GERMANY.
BIRLIN, Jan. 17.
Mom what I hear le-day Ilmee
_seams less chases
was meprised in well4afeented quireare rater-
se an awaited mdseseasdlag between the sown,
s, and skswebem I tied that all three
=efiew mins ilellewein in adhering to the pod-
ib Sy lave Velleletively taken up than was at
(thatespeeiblk II labs well ts explain them pe-
tms clean,. !be King's amigo speaks for itmlf.
The main papillae love been thrown out by the
sonamilless- al bee direws. The ministers will
resign the present abeenhers cannot come to as on-
limes/An with the assn. So far the position of
the ministers is peefiestlysiMitutional. They might,
indeed, go one step further and dissolve the chew
bees; but they are fully aware that no additional
chances for the admission of the propositions would
be gained by that. They must therefore make up
their minds to resign or to govern without any
Chamblee at all. Now, arbitrary in may respects
as the present government has Mn, it has never
shown any decided symptom of a design to do away
altogether with the parliamentary . system. It is
indeed possible that Brandenburg might carry that
devotion to the sovereign by which he is distin-
gaished to, the extent of unconditional sub-
missioo ; but Manteuffel and the rest could
hardly follow him in such a oourse! for the
simple reason that when the King is prepared to
govern without a parliament, other perms than Man-
teuffel are in waiting to take the reins. It is hardly
necessary to say that these are Gerlach and party,
who have long had the King in their hands, and who
are unquestionably the suggesters of the royal men-
age. The avowed object of these men, both in the
chamber', and in their organs of the pram, is to de-
' =present representative system. It must be
that they have shown in the pursuit of this
obiest no little address : and they have hit on the right
moment to strike their grand blow. In fast, the weak-
nese of the eonstitutioaal party has covered them
with universal contempt : the revised constitu-
tion is, thanks to them, an emasculated work ;
sad the parliamentary system has been brought into
discredit by its stamp being set upon so abortive a
production. In such oases the many are too apt to
forget that the lite of the tree may be precious, al•
though the fruit borne during an unpropitious season
be crabbed ; and they witness its destruction with
iadifference, not duly weighing how long they may
have to wait for another plant of the same stock.
P.S. i hear that Count Arnim Boyzenburg has de-
stined the task of forming an administration. Camp-
bansen was sent for by a telegraphic despatch from Co-
logne by the ministers to use his credit with the King
to prevent the latter, if possible, from going too far.
Gamphaneen is the most conciliatory spirit in the
world, but unfortunately his influence isnot verygreat ;
and he is rather a conductor of the wishes of the
crown to his party, than a conductor of the wishes of
his party to the crown. It is now said that Gerlach, i
who is certainly a clever fellow, wants not to be mi-
nister, but to have a ministry to receive what are
called his inspirations. The difficulty is to find
ministers who will be content with such a source of
inspiration. Everybody sees the danger but the
poor King, who is so perfectly convinced that
the majority of his subjects hate the constitution in
Prussia as much as himself, that he may be pushed
to perilous lengths by the party whom he trusts, and
who shrunk front the responsibility of countersigning
the measures which they recommend. The centre
party of the chamber, headed by Riedel, wavered un-
til yesterday, and then they decided to vote against
the king's message, which has settled the fate of the
propositions in the 'mad chamber.
FRANKFORT. Jaw. 16.
Should you not have already received the informa-
tion from your Berlin correspondent, permit me to
anticipate him in informing you that there is every
prospect of a speedy and satisfactory solution of the
new dilemma into which the Prussian Chambers
have been forced by the royal message, delivered to
them at the very moment when they and the country
believed that their arduous task was fully achieved.
Never was there a legislative assembly in a more diffi-
cult position than the present Prussian Chambers.
Elected on the one hand by a minority of votes, when
public opinion despaired of any favourable result from
the struggles for constitutional government which had
been successively made and failed, they had to en-
counter in the other house the opposition of a violent
and able reactionary party, supported by a general re-
actionary movement throughout Europe. It is only
now that public opinion begins again to be roused,
when new dangers threaten the shaken state of con-
tinental Europe.
The elections, which have just taken place for the
new legislative body have resulted very favourably
to what may be termed the uni.arian, or, as
it is here ftlled, the Prussian party. So decided is
this victory, that Frankfort, which has till now stood
aloof from the allied states, which will constitute the
federal German state, with the parliament at Erfurt,
will be forced within a short period to juin those
states. I ought to add that the interest for that par-
liament increase. with the approach of the elections,
and already the pat which the population takeJ in
that interest is in Berlin and other places by fax
greater than that for the present Prussian chambers
was at the time of their election. Meanwhile the
Federal Commission carries on its business, with
perfect harmony reigning between the Prussian and
Austrian members of the same.

WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN

MAILS.

The royal West India mail steamer Great Western,
Captain Woolfe, arrived at Southampton yesterday
forenoon, with the West India and Mexican mails,
which were landed under the charge of Lieutenant
Kiddie, RN., Admiralty agent. The dates of her
mails are as follows : Vera Cruz. Dec. 17 ; Havanneh,
27 ; Honduras, 30 ; Jamaica, 22 ; St. Jago de Cuba,
19; Demerara, 19; Trinidad, 21; Barbadoes, 29 ;
Antigua, 30 ; Martinique, 29; Grenada, 23 ; Porto
Rico, 28 ; St. Thomas, 29 ; La Guava, 19 ; Tobago,
26; Ismael, 16; Dominica, 30; Porto Cabello, 19;
Guadeloupe, 30; Montserrat, 30; Nevis, 30; St.
Kitts, 30 ; Tortola, 1; Bermuda, 7. She brings
23 passengers ; and am et her cargo is specie to
the amount of 202,000 dolls., on merchants' account,
and 66,000 dolls. on account of Mexican dividends.
On the 16th ult, the parser of H.M.S: Sappho
(which ship left Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 18th
November) arrived at Belize with intelligence that
his Alp had struck on the 6th December, at 4.30
a.m., on Seal Rock, 48 miles S.W. of Belize, on her
voyage to Amor. A schooner was immediately sent
to her assistance. When the puristr left the Sappho
her false keel was off, her rudder was unshipped, and
she was making two feet of water per hour. Her guns
had beet thrown overboard. It appear', however,
that her mow had succeeded in getting her into deep
water, and hopes are entertained of the saving of the
Ip.
The West India steamer Clyde, which left South-
ington on the 2nd ult., with the Mexican mail, vie
Deennela, experienced dreedlul weather on her
entward voyage. She was unable to make Bermuda
la seesequence ; she was driven southward, and was
net able to make Bt. Thomas before the 28th nit. Her
outward Bermuda mails were left at St. Thomas,
and she proceeded on to the Gulf, via Porto Rico and
Jamaica. The Great Western, being at St. Thomas
when the Clyde arrived, took the outward Bermuda
mails, ;brought out by the Clyde, on to their desti-
nation.
Hes Majesty's ships Wellesley, Plumper, and
Hecate were at Bermuda on the 6th inst. The latter
world be ready to sail on the Bth inst. The Viper
sailed from Bermuda for England on the 3rd.
The West India royal mail steamer Thames, which
brought up the Guff mails to Bermuda was bound
for New York.
The Great Western made a splendid run from Ber-
muda to Southampton in thirteen days on her home-
ward/map in lat. 38.35, lon. 48.20. She exchanged
somber' with the ship Miltiades bound for Liver-
PSIL
Very little news arrived by this mail. In Jamaica
the three petitions for the suspension of the present
political constitution of the island have been &seem-
bated throughout the various parishes fat signature.
Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the contem-
plated change in the communication with the island
end England, by the contemplated cheap of from
Ihninightly mails to intervals of three weeb between
sash..
The bill which has been introduced into the House
of Assembly for the purpose of raising the interest
d= on the public debt by means of an extra imposi-