The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-11 00:00:00

'Ube Court.

OSBORNE, Itrwn 10.
The Queen and the Prince, aceoutpanied by the
Duchess of Rant and the Prince of Lainingen, walked at an
early hour this morning in Osborne Park and grounds.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger
members of the royal family, walked and rode in the park.
There was no addition yesterday to the royal dinar
Ply

A deputation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Taylor
(Glutton), the Rey. W. Bracellidiabureb), Mr. Anderson
(Chairman of the Parochial Baud, Glasgow), and Ur.
Thomson Aikman (from Glasgow), had an interview with
Lord John Rumell_yesterday, at his official reeidence, in
Downing-stmt. The deputation was accompanied by Mr.
Maanecor, M.P. Lord John RuassU was acoompanied by
Sir George Grey.
A deputation of Sufferanee Wharfingem had an in-
terview with Earl Granville yesterday, at Milo office of the
Board of Trade. The deputation eresiated if Mr. Alderman
linnt_Pbsrf, Mr. George Smell, Mr. Willson, Mr. Parker,
and Mr. C. Griffis.
A deputation of Legal Quay Wharangars, easeigt^
isg of Mr. Garber, Mr. Bodily. Kr, Stennett, Mr. Bell, sad
Mr. Kalil, had an interview yesterday with Berl Granville.
The Building Committee of the Royal Commhslon
for the Exhibition of 1861 set yesterday in the New Palace
of Westminster. Than were mond Mr. MAIM (chairman),
Mr. Barry, Mr. C. R. Cockerel, and Mr. T. L. Donaldson.
Colossi Reid, R.ii., attended es chairman of the Ereentive
Committer. Mr, Digby Wyatt and Mr. Owen Jones were
present.
Mr. Macgregor had an interview with Earl Gran-
ville yesterday at the Board of Trade.

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Boaass-84. Clersaalia, 383; Verrill's (right bank), 153; Paris
spg Wrenn 733; Parts and Rouen, 551 S• • Roues and Harm
szs ; sad Avidness. 172 50 ; Otrasbatirg and Bakt, 106 75;
Orleans sada Memo, 143 75; Orisons and Borderaz, 390; North,
443; Psis sad WWll:ours 131 IS; Tours sad Nana" 117 6O;
Maps sod retaasp, 176.

MADRID, Jots 15.--Three per Coate., 33 9.16. Four
par Cents.. 121. Five per Cents., 12j. Passives, 3 16-16.
Coupons, 71 oast. Bank o 1 Bt. Ferdinand, 86 earn. F..z-
change on London, 60.30.

Tun NEW Comm.—Pray, air, can you lame any
umber of the Mouse of Commons to find out why the
lately Cosigned mown has not been icruck at the Mint ? It
is WA to have been withdrawn beosuse it was limier to de-
prive the public of it than. to settle use squabbling about it
amongst the inferior ofileers of the Mint. And when are we
to have the forint—C. M.

GERMANY.
PRUSSIA.
BRUIN, Jelin &
The tenth anniversary of his Majesty'. acceseme
to the throne of Prussia will be remarkable in history
for the publication of a law against the freedom of
the press, severer than any which existed previous to
the days of March, 1848. In one respect the pre-
mut law Mats from the previous eras; it does not
reintroduce the censorship. The censorship was,
however, always 000sidered an impractical, imperfect
measure, and its duty is, therefore, transferred to thb
post-office. Among the 14 clauses of the act, the first
Is certainly the most important. It gins to the poet.
office the power of refusing to forward or receive
orders for any newspapers. As most newspaper. are
subscribed for at the post-offices, where a special office
is established for the purpose, and, as the post-office
has a monopoly of all parcels weighing less than forty
pounds, it will be lathe power of the government, by
mews of the post-office, to cripple the circulation
of every opposition journal in each a manner that it
Fast prove an unprofitable speculation. The Berlin
journal against which this measure is particularly
directed, are the Abendpost, and the National, and
the Unoahkr. The circulation of the two first is
principally provincial, while the letter is mainly me-
tropohtan. In the case of the National and the
Alkendpost the goventnent then can co ,trol their in-
fluence over the population of the provinces and smaller
towns. The large sumo required to be deposited as
caution, are not of the importance which perhaps may
be ascribed to them. The Abendpost and National are
the properties of shareholders, to whom it will not be
difficult to raise the sum of 5,000 thalers. The
Unoahler, too, has a very large circulation among the
lower orders of the metropolis, and the sacrifice of one
year's profits will enable its proprietors to provide the
necessary amount of caution-money. Ice Berlin there
is a species of journalistic publications, common to
the rest of the Continent, called lithographed cor-
respondences. They are a kind of modern
news-letters, lithographed, and in general contain
earlier intelligence of current events than can be
found in the newspapers themselves. They have all
a certain political tendency, which is displayed in a
kind of leading article to their daily letter. To the
proprietors of these publications the depositions of
the large sum of 5,000 dialers will be impossible, and
they must therefore cease with the let of the ensuing
month. The smaller class of journals which appear
weekly, the comic periodicals, which are perhaps the
most hated of all the journals, must, if they are able
to procure the requisite caution-money, so completely
alter the tone of their articles as to deprive them of
all point and saliency. Such will be the effect of the
new law on these. The punishment by fine or im-
prisonment of publishers, agents, distributors, vendors
&c., are not so very severe ; nor is it needful that they
should be, as the government can at any moment con-
trol more than half the circulation of every news-
paper, and can by legal proceedings, which in such
cases require but a short time, destroy the newspaper
itself. They are however sufficiently revere to pre-
vent a general transgression of the law.
I stated above that the first clause is the most im-
portant in the act. Such is the case with regard to
its direct action in the prep. The last paragraph
however, equally important for it withdraws from
trial by jury all offender* who shall distribute, pub-
lish, sell, or print, prohibited periodicals. This with-
drawal is founded on Par. 94 of the constitution,
which leaves to a law to dec de what press, political,
or criminal offences shall not be tried by jury. It
most, however, be regarded as the commencement of
a series of such exceptions, which, from the loose
wording of the clause in the constitution, may be car-
ried to any extent.
I am assured that the law would have been mach
severer, but for the opposition of the king himself,
who is very favourably inclined towards the provin-
cial prees, the majority of which is very loyal and
conservative.

The official account has just been published of a
frightful accident which happened on the 2nd inst. at
a place called slewe, not far from Marienwerder, in
Eastern Prosaic. It appears that a body of pilgrims,
in number about 200, proceeding to a religions cere-
mony at Lonk, were crossing the Weichsel at Mewe,
in the ferry-boat, which suddenly upset, and upwards
of 100 unfortunate beings were drowned. The
cause of the accident was a leak in the upper
timbers of the fore-part of the boat, which only showed
itself in consequence of the heavy load depressing the
beat below the usual water line. The appearance of
the water created a sudden panic in the pilgrims,
who all rushed to the stern-poet, causing it to sink
below the surface, and the water to rush in and fill
the boat, which instantly turned over. Had the un-
fortunate people remained quietly seated no danger
wou'Al have been incurred, for the leak was but trifling.
Only fifty bodies had been recovered on the evening
of the sth.

P.S.—While closing my letter, I learn that the
Nattonal and Abendpost have both been suppressed thie
evening.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

The attempt on the part of the Duchies to conclude
a peace by means of direct negotiations, has failed; the
Danes having obstinately refused to treat on the basis
proposed by the three men of confidence, notwith-
standing that it had received the sanction of the
Russian Ambassador, Count 3leyendortf. As this is
evidently the last attempt by the duchies to negotiate
a peace, a few words of explanation are desirable.
The men of confidence who proceeded to Copenhagen
were not appointed or entrusted with any mission by
the Statthalterschaft, bat were elected by a portion of
their fellow countrymen, and were to endeavour to
conclude a peace. Since their arrival in Copenhagen
they have made several proposals, all of which have
been rejected. The last, which must be considered
as the final one, since they have already left Copen-
hagen, was a proposal drawn up by Count Reventlow,
and submitted by him to Count Meyendorff, the Rus-
sian ambassador at Berlin, whose sanction it received.
The terms of this proposal were that Schleswig and
Holstein should receive a common viceroy, but sepa-
rate chiefs of departments, with separate administra-
tion, both to be chosen by the King of Denmark from
a list of names to be proposed by the present Statt-
halterschaft ; that a landesversammlung should be
elected in each duchy, on the basis of a law to be
agreed upon by the king and the present Statthal-
terschaft ; that the Schleswig Holstein army should
be reduced to the strength of its federal coatiugent;
and that this provisorium should continue in force
until all the questions in dispute were settled, includ-
ing the right of succession. The Statthalterschaft
disapproved of the terms of this proposal, but ex-
pressed its readiness to lay it before the landesver-
sammlang, that the representatives of the people
might decide, provided it came from the side of the
Danes. The Danish government has, however, re-
fused to listen to the plan, and, as has been already
stated, the men of confidence have left Copenhagen.
It is stated that the mulish obstinacy of the Danish
government on this question has been much increased
' by the tone assumed by our ambassador in Copen-
hagen. Sir Henry W. Wynn is said to have assured
the Danish government of the countenance
and support of Lord Palmerston. The nego-
tiati?ns between the Danish and human
plenipotentiaries have remained pretty much in the
same position they were after the rejection of the
simple peace by the Danes. In the duchies the in-
habitants expect the revival of hostilities and
anxiously hope that they may be commenced by the
Danes. On several recent occasions the inhabitants
of Kiel have been excited by the appearance cif their
port of several Danish men-of-war. On the sth last.
they were again disturbed by the approach of one
line-of-battle ship, two frigates, and throe large
steamers.