The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-27 00:00:00

GERMANY.

THE ZOLLVEREDL
BERLIN, APRIL 21.
The protocol with which the Vienna oonferenc_
concluded, and which I reported yesterday, is to-day
into the back-ground by the publication of the Darm-
stadt resolutions, an authentic copy of which, appears
in the rossicke Zeituny. They are embodied ie
three separate documents. The first, signed by the
ministers of Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Hesse
Cilmegnsa Rene Darmstadt, Namely and Baden, is to
the Mime:
The insebsoudy movies it as their own
MISS to strive, el the see Imsll, for thi
dm st 110 ealstiai idherala Wawa sel=isi:
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eadloavour that the late negotiation, at Thema for a treaty
of sommorce and subsequent memo auks between Aus-
tria sad the Zollverein, and the results OSA was to may
eel ''main labour in vain, but that an aellesseselhog be-
tween Austria and the Zollverein may be oillsotod OW-
teweleaudy with the renewal of the latter, and Its --'-lien
thsemb the accession of the Steuervetein. On thee' giesinie
tee andoesigerd, in the same at ink respective goner
eosin sontrelly pisep themselves:—
Meetly. To modes sad alga as Vines the protocol
formes rho seadasiee of the aegetlaUons of the waiver-tea
there as the irate et buds. • aad B, reserves the -
nitive orelemat at He terldh as °secreted lemma the
ocarsiseionere usesabei at Megan
Soneedly. At the apses. at the esaference in Berlin,
forthwith to de that a aegetbrim with Amnia on the
basis of these drafts of tralties is regemied as arressary.
Thirdly. To lay the drifts of treaties A mad 3 sonso as
possible before the loan conferee's, sad to ante that the
Austrian cabinet be Invited to Reptile *mem
:17tom Fourthly.—Ao m thee ''_'Henn lead sot have
taken place, net Se 10 • 06;4=i...the negatelloas
for renewing aad the
The plempotudierp Baden declared that, in
ease that other governments hen represented should
concert further steps five the attalmnsat of the fore-
going purpose, be should be hinds,* from becoming
to each
p=ent, though the same
initself, be &dad* ; but that
would dun* its cordsdasee at the
Batik sonterinee as mach hie to
*vases in mordenes with the seweed of the
other germinates hen repreoested, sad especially
topsoils** with them before delivering sq de-
si flesiastien. The ratification se the point
Vt to be exchanged within *days, through
silloilliati ion of the respective plenipotentiaries at
the Frankfort Diet.
(Signed) VON DALWIGIL, VON SCHENCK, VON DER
ORITTIN, BEM, VON NEURATII, RtEDT,
BAUNBACH, WITTGENSTEIN.
The two other documents aro Aligned by the same
portion with the exception of Baden.
The second document runs us follows :
._ _ .

illumine the l'ensdem government has notified the ex-
*Wes of its simems to the Sollverein and thereby
rembeel giseetie the eontinuance of ita 'customs union
with ism* ileasay, Warta:ohm, and both
Hews. The geresiamats of the said states make the fol-
lowing •
agemsmat :
Firstly. The said governments reoognise• the Zollverein's
treatise of 1103 and 1841, with the agreements subsequently
Wed, to be further existing between and binding on
the
111081001. Thal hereby pledge themselves to
earl ether, Set try wiu est mem his as esswment or
twstf ea esemserce or customs dads' with any ether state
, mess under their unanimous asseatioa and
marl elasest.
Theesit it is amiss their visit, Vieee the pre-
sent asecest is give rise te • wider 'mash in Gemtmay as
regards sake of esmeseres sad emessok but will sil rather
strive at all doses to preetees the greatest pessible salty in
this rasped; meerlhslem. is ems a ewes= mien shall not
be effected between the sad see fir more Genus states
with unanimous anuent, they seal then put the existing
Zullverein's treaties in 'area he the Zoilvercin, which will
then consist of Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, Nassau, and
both Hews.
Fourthly. In this latter ease, the said governments, in
order to make timely arrangements, will cause their pleni-
potentiaries to assemble in May, 1863, at Munich, or any
other plaoo agreed on.
The third document is as follows :
In place of the proposed secret article to the draft of
treaty C (for a customs union between Austria and the
Zollverein), prepared at the Vienna conference, now on the
point of terminating, the governments of the undersigned
plenipotentiaries propose to the Austrian government fur
its acceptance the following clauses:
Firstly. Further negotiations shall be entered on between
Austria and the said six governments for the modification
of the said draft of treaty ft, and ^ Utftr.lN settlement of
the same shell " "on :.: possible be concerted.
pledgee itself to the said six govern-
ment.Secotnldilyon. " la c
de w ith them this said treaty C (either un-
e.ttered or with such modifications as shall be unanimously
agreed on) ; and especially to give them, as stipulated in
the said treaty, the guaranty for the receipt of their custom's
revenue, in as far as the governments express their wish for
such guarantee before the 31st of January, 1803.

Thirdly. Oa Pia alma bead, ad I. consideration hereof,
the:paid al: geverainsata *die thanaelves to Austria, that
they will Olt no MSU semis& Wen the let of January
NM a treaty fee the pesisagatina" of the Zollrerein with
Freak, valor beery this peelsd aa agrownent between
1= and the whale of the Zallverehs's states, as their
reistioasezally esainawas and customs duties,
shall hava hos
rwarsldy. Tha ratillsadsa of the present compact shall
be entlimnpad, by the lab April at the latest, through the
ammilladaa of the respostive plealpsteattaries at the Frank
eat Dist.

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These documents speak for themselves so plainly
uto need but little comment. The first is nothing
more than what was contained in the Vienna pro-
tocol, and merely pledges the parties to oppose and
upset the programme which M. von Mantenffel laid
down for the direction of the Berlin conferences.
Tho second, however, forms a new southern
Zollverein, ender the protection of Bavaria,
and is tantamont to the ejection of Prussia from the
Zollverein, in case it shall attempt to resist being
dictated to by the abettors of Austria's projects. The
third
provides for the projected new Bavarian ZoU-
verein a port of refuge in Austria in case it shall be
unable to weather the sea alone.

The question is, firstly, whether there is not some
portion of sham bluster in these compacts; whether,
namely, secret articles have not been appended,
enabling the parties to recede in cue they find that
they have intemperately pushed matters too far ; se-
condly, whether the six governments have taken
these steps at the instigation of Austria, or rather
been misled by Bavaria, which, perhaps, aims at
playing a trick both to Prussia and Austria, namely,
by separating the southern states from Prussia, and
afterwards not letting them join Austria, but keeping
them under its own rule. Tho whole affairs is
strange in the highest degree. But it has
filled the free-traders here with exultation ; they
hope and believe that Prussia has now nu
alternative whatever, but to east off the factious
southern states, and form with Hanover, Oldenburg,
Brunswick, Mecklenburg, and the Hansa Towns a
thorough-going free-trade union. The next sitting
of the conference is said to be fixed for Monday,
when I suppose the courteous deportment hitherto
observed will be exchanged for open declarations of
irreconcileable opposition. The commissioners to the
conference were to-day presented by M. von Man-
teuffel to tho King, and entertained at the royal
table. It must have been interesting to watch the
countenances of the parties on the occasion.