The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-20 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The Emperor of Austria arrived in Berlin at noon
last Friday. His visit to the Prussian capital is
considered in Germany as an event of the highest
political importance. The object of it is said by
some of the German journals to be the settlement
of the Zollverein question, by others the affairs of
France. His Majesty is the first Austrian Sove-
reign who has visited Berlin. _

We read in a letter from Vienna of the 12th, in
the New Gazette of Prussia—" It is known that the
French Envoy, M. de la Cour, informed the Minister
of Foreign Affairs at the end of last month, of the pro-
clamation of the Empire, and of the adoption of the
title of Napoleon 111. by the new Emperor. Count
Buol declared that he would only reply to the official
notification. This notification was contained in a
dispatch, dated Paris the Ist, and it was presented
on the sth by the French Envoy ; it contains a
detailed account of the motives which have led
Louis Napoleon to take the Imperial crown, and
gives the assurance that the new French Govern-
ment will not violate the territorial arrangements
of the treaties of 1815. This dispatch was pre-
sented on the same day to his Majesty. The day
after, the 6th, a note was sent to our representative
at Paris, conceived nearly in the same spirit as
those exchanged at an earlier stage of the affair ;
that is to say in a spirit which cannot completely
satisfy the Emperor of the French. It is concluded
from that, that diplomatic negotiations are about
to be entered into on the subject, and that they
will not be confined to Vienna and Paris." _

It was stated several days ago in some of the
German journals that Prince Frederick Augustus
Albert, brother of the King of Saxony, who is 25
years of age, and a colonel in the army of his
brother, had left Dresdon for Prague, for the cere-
mony of betrothal with the Princess Carols Wasa.
This statement was afterwards contradicted, but it
has again been revived, and some of the German
journals give it very positively.
We read in the Union :—" The Count and Coun-
tess de Chambord are to leave Frohsdorf on the 19th
for Venice. On the 10th, the Count and Countess
went to Vienna to pay a visit to the Emperor of
Austria, who invited them to dinner. The Coun-
tess sat next to the Emperor, and the Count de
Chambord next to the Dowager Empress. In the
evening, the Emperor visited the Count de Cham-
bord at the palace of the Duke of Modena, which is
always placed at his disposal when he goes to Vienna.
It is known that the Emperor of Austria stopped
at Dresden on his way to Berlin. We are informed
that the object of his visit to Dresden was to con-
clude the arrangements for his marriage with the
Princess Sidonia of Saxony. She is the sister of
Prince Albert of Saxony, who is to marry the
Princess Wasa. It is said that the Emperor of
Austria has had a part in bringing about this latter
marriage."

NORWAY.
Letters from Christiana, ofthe Bth, state that a
new religious sect, called the Readers, because its
members pass nearly all their time in reading the
Bible, but calling themselves the True Believers,
were rapidly spreading in Laponia and the northern
parts of Norway. Their fanaticism is excessive.
At Cantokeino, in the district of Gaparando, they
wanted to make two tradesmen adopt their creed,
and on their refusal murdered them and set fire to
their houses and stores, not leaving until the latter
were reduced to ashes. The wives and children of
the victims only escaped on abjuring their worship
and adopting the new one. When news of this
lamentable affair reached Drontheim, in Norway,
troops were sent off to prevent further excesses.