The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-18 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

PUBLIC BUISINIIIL—ORDERS OF THE DAY.
SICOND R/tADIMOS Goviramest ;
Parliamentery Voter, Le. (Ireland): Elections (Inland)
Bills.
Rarour.---Distremad tiaras Advance and Repaymeat of
Admires (Ireland).
Coloirrrass.—Party Procrioas (Ireland) ; Pinta
(llsedresey) Repeal Rills.
NOTICE OF QUESTION.
DIIIMANI AND RUSSIA.-111r, SANDARS, to oak the
noble ler the Secretary for Faro _Affairs, if It be true
that the Danish goverment trio rehrea to renew the armi-
stice of the 10th of July last; arid, if so, whether the noble
lord considers as a natural coasequecom the renewal of the
blockade of the Premise parte of the B sltic and the Elbe.
NOTICE OF MO nos ON ORDER OF THE DAY.
Oo question of soma reeding of Australian Colonies
Governorat Bill, Mr. SCOTT, t• snore that that stage of
the bill be postponed until further papers on the 'rubric be
laid on the table of the house.
INDEPENDENT NOTICES OF MOTION.
Bremer or viz Horr—Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
That upon Thursday, the llth day of April art, lad every
alternate Thursday following, orders of the day have prece-
dence of Retires of motions.—Mr. MACKENZIE, to move,
r an renamed, that spa Thursday, the 11th day of
April near, and every Thar day followlag, onion of the
day have precedres of notion of motions ; bat that the right
shall sot -Ise reserved to her Majesty's mintsters of
government eras at the bead of the list.
LANDIARD AND TINANT (lIIRLAND) BILL—Sir W.
SOMERVILLE, to ask for leave to bring in a bill to pro-
vide esupeasation to tenants foe improvemenli effected by
them la sorsa arse, and to mead the law of kindles d and
kart in Ireland.
firmness' Lumens, Ac.—Lord DUDLEY STUART,
to move for tetras of toe amber of licences granted for
hawking for the yew ending the 6th day of October, 1849,
distinguish*/ garni Irma* aid *sal for gold and silver.
Of the amount paid for lierseer, distinguishing the amour
of general Borer sad those for gold and silver, for the said
year ending the feth day of October, 1849. Of the number of
parsons committed to prison for kawkinz without Wear or
licences for the said year ending the nth day of October, 1849.
Oi the time served to prison by such venom committed to
prison ke the said year ending the sth asy of October, 1849.
Aed of the lost incurred for the support and keep of
each penes committed to prison flr hawking with-
out Ileenee or licences, for the said year ending the btb
day_ of October. 1849, and the general rawest thus incurred.
klautorinrux Woannottas.—Mr. WYLD, that the
report el Dr. Farr and Mr. Grainer. to the General Board
of
Health, ea thirty-iipht metatrobtan workhouses, dated ,
the 26th sky of March, 1849, be upon the table of the '
boner, and Ward.
?ruin Llneuter—Mr. BWART, to nominate the
Beset Committee ea ?obits Libraries Ewart, Lord
Seymour, Mr. Disraeli, Sir Harry Verney, Mr. Charter*
Mr. Banbury Mr. George Ham
Hamilton, Mr.
Ikorerain, lie. Mires. Mr. Creswell Lewis, Sr John
Weir, lie. Tklabaseme, Mr. Mariason, Mr. Kershaw, and
Mr. WyM,
hectare-a or LANDS Btu. Mr. CORNIWALL
LEWIS, bill I. authorise the reknit, of certain lands, in
permases of the Fifth Aerial General Report of the In-
skean Quadrants for England and Wake, and t• ea-
Ina the proseediage la the matter of the Comma Wood
berme.
CotIITT ALLOWANCI TO Pooa PAISONIIIII.—Mr. CLIF-
FORD, stand the rams paid sannally by each esunty,
under re Aet 63 Geo. 3, e. 113, for the maintenance it pose
primmer la the Queen's Beer sad Fleet Prison; to whom
W mewl is paid, and the umber of poor prisosere at pm
geniis receipt et it.
GA. CONIPANTIII.—Mr. HUME, rotors et statement,
km eery gam asempaay established by eat of parliament to
the United Kingdom, stain/re s naval acts et parliament
gain whir essabUshed, the Mee per 1,000 cable feet at
whisk ear amormy soceepseades have snored gee in each
of the three years sire 1846 to 1649, and the avenge pries
of the soak lased by the crimpy la each year for the saw
period; aka, stria; the assort of lied capital Jarred by
ezhocgineempeay, and the rats per rat. of dividendto the
ee proprietor on their stares in each year sire
tint date Oa ratiasation of Parliameatary Papa, No. 734,
of San, 1847).

gfte erinvos.

OUTOODICI NAILS.

TM nails fir Gibraltar, Malta, Greene, the lonian Lianas,
kW. Ceylon, India, and China, via Sonthamptonorii,
bs marls ap an the satralreg el Feb. 20.
The nails for British ,girth America and the United
States will be made up en the evening of Feb. 22.
TM sails vid Mermalles, to the Mediterranean, Mcm,
Cl..,ey left, Mose Mons, tte., will be ad. .p oa-Ae
ovening of Feb. 2.5.
The nails for Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar will be made
sp on Feb. 27.
TM West India Mails, inelodieg Berland., Havanna,
1f...., Honduraa, New Orleans, and Mexico, and excluding
Oise ime Madeira, St. Joan•de-Nlenseinta, New Granada,
CMS, end Pernowill be made up on lamb 2.
The nails far bladosia. the Brasile, sad Buenos Ayres, will
be node up ea the a Kush 4.

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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18.

Tnn summary which we gave on Saturday of Loral
PAtmeerrox's despatch and counsel to the Bing of
DENMARE, showed that his lordship very justly
attributes to the obstinate and reactionary policy of
the cabinet of Copenhagen the delay in the settlement
of the Schleswig question. The letter of our corres-
pondent which contained the sammal., also described
the plans of the absolutist party in the north for over-
throwing the Danish constitution, n-consigning the
Danish peasant to see vitude, tearing Holstein from
Germany, and giving Russia a firm and formidable
footing in that kingdom which commands the en-
trance to the Baltic.

Our Berlin correspondent at the same time for- ,
warded to us the report that the King of DINMARK
had actually refused to renew the armistice which
'spina on the 10th of March. The report, however,
seems to have had its rise in the fact that the King of
DENMARK, in concert with his allies of Austria and
Russia, has rejected thou term+ and that mode of
accommodation, which was formally proposed by Eng-
land and accepted by Germany and Prussia.
The chief of those conditions was, what might be
supposed most favourable to Denmark, and which
certainly was very distasteful to the Duchies ; viz.: the
seThstusufigkeit or establishment of Schleswig as an in-
dependent duchy. Lord PALMILRBTON, in proposing
this, must have considered that he laid down a
principle most welcome to Denmark, and most calcu-
lated to reduce Denmark to grasp at and accept it.
That Prumia and Germany also accepted the condi-
tiow is a proof that neither were opposed to peace
and to a speedy settlement.
This fair prospect has been destroyed, and these
terms of peace rejected, by the concert of Den-
mark, Russia, and Austria; whilst these powers, with
the audacious determination to prolong strife and
keep the chances of war open, have literally turned
round, and adopted those demands which Prussia and
Germany originally made. Thesa three powers now
require that Schleswig and Holstein shall not be
separated, but shall form cos body. And this, which,
when put forward by the Duchies, was treated u
the most arrogant and unheard of preVnsion, and
was, of course, set aside by Lord Reurristow,
is now come round to and revived by
Austria and Denmark with the most unblushing
effrontery and the most perfidious faith. The Powers
opposed the anion of the duchies, when it was evi-
dent that Holstein must remain German. Eat now
that there is a chance of breaking up the project of
German nationality, those same Powers, re-demand
the cline union of Schleswig and Holstein under the
rule of Denmark, in ceder that Holstein may
be dragged away, politically and commercially,
from Germany. Those acquainted with the north
i.f Europe, and who know what it would be to sever
the relations between Hamburg and Altona, and give
one side of the Elbe to a Duo-Russian and anti-Ger-
man power, may judge bow likely such a scheme is
to succeed or to lead to a pacification.
Prost* of course, resists. Pruseis very consis-
tently adheres to the proposals made by England, u
the rational basis for accommodation. And the nines,

Is sossaleg the Premien tCI raising de-
, hp, sad preheating . and ng war. is
tamely masking itself 'rpm of the aselatiat
powers, Melilla dlsir tliskssie sad sliPessibll their
31Cmai ImeisM pelley.
tie noes ismosloyed by this abseitlat
pima le bully the Forefp:edlos in laglood. ind-
ite** is no lees Wives. the beaked Urns Vitale.
The Emperor of Roam - has as army el 230,000
saes in Pohlad, foe the impeding of whisk oven in a
Onward search, he has already entered Ms mired&
no Haden loan raised here has enalika bit te gd
the to mesary credit and to make the atoireil 04.1
'mom it has. however, become se sateeisos to
whet me this loam has been tuned. that we see it
already into is the market from 41 to 11 prelim'
Yet we are not of those who bakes in Rambo
ilairilp to make war. Like a certain duke, who bo-
om ambarreassd from his nieoutrullable desire to
have a great mass of ready money before him at soy
Gest, the Czar loves to have great military resources
at kis call and his disposal. It is to negotiate and
intimidate, however, more than to fight. And such,
no doubt, is the aim and the tactics of the Russian
army in Poland.
The Prussian cabinet has responded in the same
spirit and with similar aims. It has asked of the
Chambers fall power and credit to keep the army on
a war-footing if necessary. The demand was granted,
and so fully understood, that it was incited less by
vote than by acclimation. If the Hones, therefore,
wishes to consult the interests of British trade, by
preventing the recurrence of war and blockade at
the mouth of the lille, it will apply its
advice and censure to the Danes, Austrians,
and Russians, who prevent the acceptance of the
terms of asoonimodation offered by England, in order
the,t they may Danify Holstein, and Ramianies both
Derma and the Dnehies.
We have praised the attitude assumed by the
Premien government in this affair. And we are glad
to use this, feeling itself to need support, it seeks
that moppet where it can best be found, in consulting
the interests of its labouring and industrious
dames. One of the first acts of the Prussiai
idolatry after the royal oath to the Constitatise
bee been, we see, to renew their proposal
he abolishing the tax on slaughtering cattle sad
P4O core, as well as the class tax, which
heavily on the lower clams This is to be
by a graduated income tax, those with imam
only 0 thalers being exempt, those up to 1,200
paying about 21 per cent., and so on. If the Presidia
essatitation be too favourable to wealth, it ale be
admitted that such principles as these make the eight
compensation, by oompelliog that class, which mpg,
meet political influence, to enjoy the least final
exemption. Need we point out what an honourable
contrast the Prussian fiscal system will present to the
English in this.
In addition to these projects of domestic improve-
ments!, the aim of German unity is pursued with firm-
nese. In this object, and the means of attaining it,
the Berlin cabinet has come to a complete accord
with the OAGERN party, which ensures it
* somplete majority in the Reichstag. As
NM
as the German parliament meets, the pro-
ps* of constitution, as laid down in the Three
Zings' Bund, will be laid before it as s whole ; and
instead of discussing or altering the articles, it will
be accepted and ratified altogether by the Assembly.
flue the constitution, such as the Kings of Sixon
ley Hatrovsa at first accepted, will remain open kit
*sir adhesion, and will receive it as soon es they see
the utter powerlessness of Russia and Austria to omen-
toast the efforts at establishing a new German sys-
tem Cl unity, replacing the old Diet, or confederacy
et Lap, by the new parliament, or confederation at
metar interests on the principle of general represent-