The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-16 00:00:00

arra. la the framing of en& a law is not claimed
zr.of the chambers. 14 'and 15 accepted. The
will not come cm in the chambers before, a late
day in next week.
The declaration of the Thmlochs Reform, mentioned
in my letter of yesterday, that the ministry will
stand or fall by the propositions of the crown, is con-
firmed by a private letter of M. Manteuffel to a
deputy.
BERLIN, Lax. 13.
In the tail-piece to the revised constitution pro-
poaed by the king, five articles alone are likely to
rase any discussion in the Chambers. These are :
The extension of press restrictions; the power to
create new entails; the abolition of ministerial re-
sponsibility ; the peerage; and the erection of a spe-
cial tribunal for the trial of political offences without
jury. Of these the first curbs thought; the sewed
binds properly ; the third converts the constitutional
king into an arbitrary despot, and degrades the pea
pie's statesman to the kitg's valet; the fourth pulls
down merit to exalt an heir, and cliea's the people

out of valuable services to bestow influence on. here-
ditary incapacity ; the fifth is a star chamber.
The . committee of the First Chamber has
accepted the two first propositions, rejected the
third, not Ceeided on the fourth, and rejected
the fifth. The Chambers would probably act as this
committee has done as far as the propositions them-
selves are concerned; but it has been noticed that
when either hens. has in • fit of indignant virtue
parried an 'sunk on a constitutional principle, the
next day is marked by a weeknees which looks like
treachery, and the same motion clothed in the form of
an amendment is allowed to pus. Thus was it with
the control over taxation by the Second Chamber.
Therefore it is probable that at first a peat show of
resistance will be made, and that the main principle.
of the changes propoeed will return afterwards, dis-
guised in a new dress, and be thankfully accepted.
It has been given out that if they are not accepted
" ministers will resign," but the alternative ought to
be added—" or the Lhamber dissolved." Meanwhile,
on the 26th of February, the First Chamber will die a
natural death, its commission then expi, lug. The
committee of the Second Chamber will limit its deci-
sion to an unqualified acceptance or rejection of the
propositions, while the committee of the First Cham-
ber makes advances towards an understanding with
the crown. Camphausen returned to Berlin yester-
day, and took part in the discussion of the committee
of the First Chamber. Von der Heydt called upon
the members of the committee to show their patriot-
ism by exhibiting the same spirit of self-sacrifice as
the ministers, and admitting the demands of his ma-
je,ty. This was thought carrying the usual ministerial
cant beyond the bounds of decency, and Von der Heydt
was reminded that his conception of the nature of
patiotistn was not quite just.

The Cel vie Gazette says, in a telegraphic despatch
from Berlin, that the committee of the tit cond
Chatnise has rejected Par. 10, respecting the creation
of the haute tour ; also Par. 13, respecting the
validity of the ordinances; bat has accepted, Pars.
11 and 12; the former refers to the judicial prosecu-
tion of officials, and the latter coo tams the opening
sentence to l'ar. 105.
A second edition of the same journal contains ano-
ther telegraphic message from Berlin, on te.e evening
of Mond..y.
A compromise between the Chambers and the mi-
nistry .s regarded as highly probable
The committee of the Upper Chamber have deeded
upon moving the rejection of Pats. 9, 10, std 13 (re-
spectirg the S cond Chamber, the special political
law courts, and the validity of ministerial ordivaneee),
and the adoption of Pars. 11 and 12 (resit( eing the
prosecution of officials end the opening ecuteedes of
the parochial laws).
VIENNA, JAN. 8.
The year has begun with an inundation of ordi-
nances. On the 3rd there appeared a fit arc:el state-
ment from M. Krause. Some tit xterty is exhtb ted in
draping the ragged state of the Exchequer, and the
most is made of the reduction of t:-.e army proosised
in the Emperor's proclamation on New Year'a day.
Unfortuuately the public is equally incredulous with
regard to the accounts given of the past, and the eeo-
nomies promised for the future. A man who gravely
assumed the ti.ores for genuine would be laughed us
Napoleon's bulletins were made to produce a moral
effect; and so are the accounts of M. Krauss. The
cramps of the money-market have been alighey re-
lieved by this narcotic; the Fire per Cents. fur the
moment have ceased to fall, and Foreign Each-nage to
rise. Frequent allusions are made to the
Reichstag, and it would stem as if the Fi-
nance Minister were desirous cf distirgninh-
ing himself from his enileeenes by displaying
his veneration for constitutional forms. On the 4th
I.llowed the ger.eral ordinance concerning the orga-
nisation of tl.e provincial Landtags : on the 5:11 th,
organisetion of the Landtag of Lswer Austria coun-
tersigned by all the minieters. The effect pneiueei
on the public mind by these decrees has been irrita-
ting in the extreme. I shall recur to this impertant
subject in a future letter: in the meantime, let me
direct your attention on some of the electoral prim-
stone. The candidates are only allowed to address
the voters front the hustings during the two first
hours; so that should there be eight candidates,
which is possible, each will be allowed 15 minutes to
sit forth pis political views to the constituency. The
Landtag is to be called in the November of every
year: wherehy the convecstion of the Reichstag, the
composition of whose upper house depends on the
Landtags, is put off at least till the year 1851, a piece
of information which for the rest had previously
tonnd its way into the columns of the Lloyd. Dr.
Bach has earned for himself, by bis lion's share in this
perfidy, an additional lead of unpopularity.
In Croatia, Styria, Sclavonia, and Syrmia the dis-
turbances assume daily a more menacing character.
Even the ministerial Reicli.neitittsy dares no longer to
deny the truth, and publishes an article (which I
inclose), sufficiently indicating the greatness of the
danger. The rebellious Mete of the country in this
article is ascribed to the manifesto of 1)r. Palseky.
which is stated to have fallen like a stroke of lightning
on the South S:lavonians. It is possible that the
Czech leader's voice may have contributed to sustain
the impulse towards a more unshackled nationality ;
but long before his celebrated letter appeared the
news from the Lower Danube was not less alarming.
Important intelligence may be soon expected from
this quarter.
To-day the weightiest matter I have to communi-
cate is, that we are on the eve of a change of ministry
in a sense still more reactionary. Prince Windisch-
glitz is expected on the 1 i th. He comes, I under-
stand, from his retirement to assume a leading
position in politics. He must now be enunted
as the man on whom the court depend
for carrying out their schemes of absolutism. It is
highly probable that he will be minister of war and
president of the council. The position of &timer-
zet.berg is considered as no longer tenable, even by
the court party, from the blundering policy he has
adopted on the German question. The rumour which
was general during the last days of the old year, that
the Austrian troops had entered Salley, seems to
have been not wholly devoid of foundation. In feet,
the order was given to the commander of the Bohe-
mian corps (Formic to occupy that kingdom, and was
imparted to the Prussian ambassador, Count Berns-
tort. The latter protested, and observed that in case
of such an intervention a Pruden army would also
enter Saxony, as the Saxon government had not
applied for Austrian assistance. In oonerqueuee of
this emphatic and unexpected deciarsoio t, a telt gra-
ehic despatch was sent to the Archduke Albert to
countermand the movement.
On the last day of the year a soldie r was con-
demned to 'run the gauntlet. His comrades turned
out, as commanded, but when he ran thiou:h the
lines not an arm was uplifted to strike bum. I lx-.
sieve they thrash offenders in this way with their
crosshelte. This was aby no means uninteresting in-
cident to close the first halt of the 19th century with;
and is, I understand, the first instance ever known of
ouch a demmistration of manly dihnity ott th part of
the common soldiers. They disdained the function
of executioner imposed upon them by officers less
civilised than themselves. This unanimous and silent
protest on the part of the men agaiest a both roue
mode of punishment, and rejection of the base 'chance
hod on them to become instruments ef torture, has
s mething about it well worthy of attention. Tne
top of society in our days must be taught by the
bottom.

Awearmsg.—We understand that Vte government in-
spector is expwv.ed on ttondisy, to gn over the p irtinn of the
main line betwixt Limpet !dill and P.irtleth.n' and the nom
completed hell of the Mantras branch. Both, Rd bt lieve,
will he °Pee° for Passaprr traffic in a feW thereafter.
—.Vomit as Review,