The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-15 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The news from Berlin is vague as regards minis-
terial change or cmduct in the great question now
agitating public opinion.
The Qiogn Gazette contains the following tele-
graphic despatch, dated the 12th instant :—" The
Deabelte Reform contradicts the report that two of
the ministers had repeated their applications to be
allowed to resign. The ministry are again declared
to be of one mind on the maintenance of Prussian
honour. The differences which otherwise prevail
are postponed until everything threatening has
been overcome."

A Berlin letter of the 11th says:
" It was to be expected that the Baden affair would
be used to divert attention and complicate oar
difficulties. A decided rejection of the pretensions of
Austria in this matter has been announced in either
the first or the second of the notes sent hence to
Vienna. On this point, at lent, unanimity seems to
have prevailed within the ministry. It is not so with
the German question, or with that of the Union. On
these the German party and M. Manteuffel are in
a minority. It is asserted that the latter re-
qaires the definitive constitution of the union,
the calling of the parliament, and the guardian-
ship of the Schleswig Holstein interest. But
the reports in circulation are exceedingly
contradictory. The rights of the duchies, which
M. Manteuffel would preserve, are explained to
be a military intervention in Holstein in case the
Danes should cross the Eider. Gagern, however,
sufficientlyucertained in his interview with the minis-
ter that there are no hopes of this. It is now
stated to be just possible that Austria will refuel after
all to subscribe the protocol of London. General Von
Wrangel is again in Berlin, after staying some time in
Potsdam. The report that the King of Denmark is
about to abdicate in favour of Duke Peter of Oldenburg
has circulated here for several days, and is now brought
from Paris. The best informed politicians treat this
as an invention. More credit is given to the rumour
that Austria intends to send a corps of observation,
I composed of Bavarian or Hanoverian troops, into
Holstein, and that the cabinets of St. Petersburg and
• Vienna are in correspondence on the subject. Russia
, throughout the Schleswig-Holstein affair has shown
• herself indisposed to any concessions to the duchies.
Radowits has had an interview with the Prince of
Prnesis,and at its close he delivered a memorial contain-
ing his views to the latter. The result is said to be that
the Prince is converted to his views. Radowitz,
however, declined to exchange hie irresponsible posi-
tion for a ministerial office. In higher circles it is
considered that a willingness to undertake respon-
sible functions can alone justify the present partici-
pation of Radowits in the affairs of state."
We have further news from Berlin, under date the
13th inst. Up to that time no reply had then re-
ceived from Vienna in the matter of the protest
against the calling together of the restricted diet at
Frankfort. People in Berlin do not generally see how
Austria can get out of the predtcement into which she
is placed as regards this diet, which it has declared
its inability to call together, leaving the are of so doing
to the plenum, which has dissolved itself. It is
said that the "four kings" will take the initiative in
getting up the engere Rath. Meanwhile, in case this
dist should meet as proposed, Austria has got over the
scruples of Hesse Darmstadt, which is ready ti send
its envoy t thus the goer= of nine, that le so muck
desired, would be formed. Letters from Frankfort,
of the 7th inst., bring the curious intelligenoe of the
re-amoszablage of the plexary diet in secret sittings.
The Augsburg Gazette states that in these secret
sitti gg the subject oft debate was the state of affairs
in Holstein. The following, it says, is the