The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-20 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY

EVENING,

GERMANY.

Russia is understood to be favourable to the re-
construction of the Verein, and adverse to the for-
mation of a third " commercial " group of States..
In the Augsburg Gazette we find the following:—
"In the early part of this month, M. de Meyendorff,
Russian Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, banded
to the Austrian Cabinet a note in which the Czar de-
clared himself in favour of the preservation of the Z )1-
verein, and consequently against the formation of a
third group of German Customs, which would furnish
fresh facilities to radicalism and foreign influence. The
Emperor of Russia does not in any way pretend to
meddle in the affairs of Germany, or to trace out the
limits which Austria should make in the interest of her
commercial policy, but he desires for the interest of
Germany that the petty states should attach themselves
to one of the great Powers of the Germanic Confedera-
tion. I 3 therefpre, they wish to detach themselves
from the Zollvereirt, they should rally to the side of
Austria."

The following address has been issued by the
German manufacturers who are favourable to the
maintenance of the Zollverein

"To the Trading and Commercial Interests of the
German Customs Union.
" Since the year 1848 the commercial activity of Ger-
many has been oppressed by the nightmare of our po-
litical circumstances, which has paralysed the spirit of
enterprise and fettered intercourse. More recently this
difficulty has been increased by the uncertainty as to
the future extent of the commercial territory and the
i.npending modifications of the existing tariff. And now
we are threatened with the worst that can befall the
commercial activity of Germany, and its interests gene-
rally—a breaking up of the Zullverein itself. This, in
a material point of view the most important and bene-
ficial creation of the century, the Trade and Customs
Union which has existed for 18 years, a work which to
preserve,h
and extend, ought to be the first
o
ge man Government, appears at the
tyrb object
es
Darmstadtee ntt every
n strengthen,the
rhe German Government, appears at the
present in the highest
tiolutitns,
degree endangered: for, in fact,
of the authenticity of which
there can be no doubt, attack the very existence of the
institution. No one can be for a moment uncertain on
this point, that the North German Governments, united
7th of September, cannot comply
with
t u
which would reduce them, more or
by
sct:he aty of
demands, th
less, to passive instruments. All that is most calami-
tous and un-German appears by them to enter into the
agoal% laughed a usguhbes
yf and the phantom of a division of
commercial territory into two hostile camps,
ospuhrenraetioofnpaolssibil it
lat and despised, seems about to
ance. Its realization would pro-
nounce the doom of German commercial enterprise. The
trading interests of North and South Get many—of
nottak e shapeon g
Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, and Wurtemberg—are all
alike affected. The consequence of such a division must
be explained to all of them, and the steps necessary to
prevent it must be considered. The undersigned, there-
tore, invite all connected with the mercantile and ma-
nufacturing interests of the Zollverein to assemble at a
meeting at Halle, on the 27th of May ; they are con-
vinced, considering the urgency of the present state of
affairs, that every State of the ZJllverein will take an
active part in the proceedings."
This is the first public appeal that has been made
to the parties concerned.
The Emperor of RUSSIA, on leaving Vienne, pro-
ceeded on the 12th to Prague to pay a visit to the
ex• Emperor FERDINAND. His MAJESTY arrived at
twelve o'clock, and found a large crowd near the
railway station waiting to see him; he proceeded at
once to the château of Hradschin, where the ex-
EMPEROR resides. After breakfasting he left for
Dresden. Prince ALBERT of Saxony left Dresden
to meet him. After attending the anniversary of the
marriage of Prince CHARLES of Prussia, at Potsdam,
the EMrEROR is to proceed to Warsaw to attend the
military mateeuvres. In the month of July the CZAR
is to return to Potsdam for the EMPRESS.
The Earl of WESTMORELAND, the British Ambas-
sador at the Court of Vienna, gave a grand ball there
on the 13th, at which the Emperor of AUSTRIA and
several members of his family were present.
A Vienna letter of the 14th states that during the
stay of the Emperor of RUSSIA in that city, he bad
several conferences with the Austrian Minister for
Foreign Affairs, at which Count NESSELRODE was
present. It is stated in the same letter that some
angry notes have been exchanged between the Aus-
trian and Prussian Cabinets on the subject of the Cus•
toms' conferences, but that a compromise is expected
through the intervention of Count NEssELRoDE, in the
name of the Emperor of RUSSIA.
The Austrian Government has, it is said, resolved
on important reductions in the War department.
A letter from Munich informs us that Prince ED-
WARD of Saxe Altenburg:,died on the 15th.
The Bavarian Chamber of Deputies has, says a
letter from Munich, resolved to request the Govern-
ment to withdraw the two Bills on the press, and the
trial of political offenders, and to wait for the revi-
sion of the code on these points. It was thought that
the Government would comply with the request.

EGYPT-
A remarkable phenomenon took place at Cairo on
the Ist inst.":—A regular contest between the Kham-
sin or wind of the desert and the North wind, the
latter was at length the victor, after a hurricane of
unheard of violence. Trees were torn up by the
roots, and the magnificent garden of Choubra and
others in the environs of the city were seriously in-
jured. Never in the memory of man was thunder
heard, or hail seen at this season in Egypt. The hur-
ricane was succeeded by a heavy rain, which listed all
the night of the Ist, end on the following day the
Khanisin was more suffocating than ever.

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DEATII OF THE HON. JOON C. TRACY.—The
EXERCISING THE OUTa
death of this gentleman, which took place on the 4!h inst.,
at Wibella, Fran ce, have placed the Lord Sudeley and family
in mourning.
London division of the enrolled Out Pensioners wEre called
up for a week's drill on Monday last in the Regent's-park, at
the rate of four hours a day. When they have completed
the week, they will muster,
at Chelsea Hospital, for the laitifieuly =agog acrd
pithq Et
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long
sualluel add maim.