The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-26 00:00:00

GERMANY.

A telegraphic despatch from Hanover announces
that that government had published in the official
Gazette the royal ordonnance for carrying out the
commercial treaty with Prussia. As far as lianovcr
is concerned this treaty will lead to an augmentation
of customs duties.

In making this publication, the Ilanoverian go-
vernment suppresses the free port of Barburg.
A letter from Berths of the 21st, in rho Ind:pen-
dance Beige, gives some details concerning the com-
mercial treaty signed between Prussia and Austria
on the 10th. It says:
The principal treaty is followed by separate articles, and
then by a final protocol. The other document.) embrace .-
Ist. A detailed list of the objects which in the commerce
between the two countries shall be either freed from all
duty, or subjected to a small amount of duty. 2ndly. A
list of articles which may be visited with export duties
between the two countries. 3rdly. A customs list'
(solllsartel). • And 4thly. A table of various coins,
and their value (nswask.artel). As to the articles, the
let declares that the contracting parties engage not to
trammel the reciprocal commerce of the two countries
by any prohibition of importation, exportation, or
transit. To this there are these exceptions :-Ist. To-
bacco, salt, gunpowder, playing cards, and almanacks.
2ndly. Sanitary reasons. And 3rdly. Cases of war. Ac-
cording to Art. 23, commissioners are to meet in the course
of 1833, to decide on the measures to be taken for carrying
out the treaty. Art. 2.5 flees the duration of the treaty
from Ist of January, 18.51, to December 31, 1865. In the
par 1880, the commissioner named to that effect are to
examine the question of the Customs Union, and in ease it
cannot be effected, they are to seek out facilities of com-
merce of a more extensive kind than those provided for by
Art. 3of the treaty. Art. 28, which is one of the most im-
portant of the whole, runs thus :—" The other German
States forming tart of the Prussian Zollverein, on the Ist
of January, 1804, will be allowed to accede to the present
treaty; the same faculty is reserved to the Italian States,
which are or shall be united to Austria in a customs'
union." Art. 27 (the last) declares that the ratiiimition of
the present treaty shall take place in the course of a month.
The treaty has been communicated to the states of the
coalition, and the re-opening of the customs conference will
take place immediately. The Zollveretn is looked on u re.
onsutnted.
The Emperor of Austria has received from all the
courts of Germany messages of congratulation on his
escape from the knife of Lebenyi. To mark the oc-
casion, Baron Sins has placed at the disposal of the
government 10,000 florins, in 6,per cent. metalliques,
for the establishment of a hospital, aid the bonier,
Stametz-Meyer, has given 5,000 florins to be dia.!,
tributed to the poor of Vienna.
A Dresden journal states that the events at Milan
have determined the authorities in Saxony to exer-
cise a strict surveillance over everything, either
' nearly or distantly connected with political intrigues.
Several individuals who have been in the habit of
wearing hats of an eccentric shape have been ordered
to lay them aside ; and the Sokvonian round hats,
with or without ribbons, have been also prohibited.,