ertetsmi.—The intelligence from Austria.received during the week, has been scanty
to a degree, and may in fact be summed up in the following almost unintelligible telegram of the 12th inst. from Pesth : "The discussion on the paragraphs of the address proposed by M. Deak, the presentation of which to the Emperor had been agreed to in principle, was continued to-day in the Chamber of Deputies. "M.Deak and the members of the Right left the House on the re- jection of their proposal to insert certain words in the address in reference to the abdication of King Ferdinand.
"It is currently reported that M. Desk intends to withdraw his proposed address." The proposal to state grievances in the form of the address had, it will be remembered, been carried by 155 to 152, and the present rupture is therefore not on the form, but the terms of that document. 11. Beak must have been defeated by the ultras, as h.s proposal was to demand the formal abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand, but recognize the existing sovereign as his natural successor. His op- ponents if we mistake not, wish to recognize Ferdinand alone, until the abdication is formally complete. The address has done its work, and its presentation now could only lead to the prorogation of the Diet, which the Hungarians are annons to avoid. The Prussian Parliament was prorogued on the,6th instant, with a speech of little interest from the King, and will be dissolved before November. The candidates are already addressing the electors, and the great article of faith with the Liberals will be the reduction of military service from three years to two. The Prussians seem to be growing weary of the Landwehr which is not compatible with a busy people. The King, it is said, intends to make a formal entry into Konigsberg, the ancient capital, and there receive the oath of alle- giance according to ancient custom. The Cabinet, however, is a little puzzled how to avoid certain feudal forms which the nobility are desirous to maintain, and which would be regarded by the people as a sign of reaction. Reports are rife of a diplomatic rupture between Prussia and England, on account of the Macdonald affair, but the facts appear to be simply these. The Government of Prussia is irritated by what it considers an impertinent interference with domestic concerns, and has directed its Ambassador in London to decline any further corre- spondence on the subject. The quarrel has already been pushed beyond the limits warranted by the importance of the dispute. Prus- sian officials are insolent to travellers, but not more so than to their own people, whose affair it really is to whip them into oourtesy.
It is remarked, in connexion with the Polish question, that fifty estates have been offered for sale in Posen in the past six months. They all belong to Poles, and have nearly all been purchased by Germans, whose industry and thrift enable them to eat out the care- less Poles. The land is passing rapidly from its old proprietors.
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