The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

BAVARIA.

Munich continues to be in a most agitated state.
Several arrests took place on the Ist May. Most
stringent measures have been adopted for preserving
the public peace.

BADEN AND WURTEMBURG.
The city of Carlsruhe has been declared in a state
of siege, and is occupied by large bodies of troops.
Several arrests have taken place at Stuttgard.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE.
The Frankfort Committee of Fifty have voted a re-
solution, urging the Germanic Confederation to keep
the promises made to the Poles, and declaring that the
Poles shall be allowed still to pass through Germany
on their return to their native land. The Germanic
Diet has referred to a special committee the motion
of Prussia, that the Germanic Confederation in
general shall seize Danish vessels as a reprisal for the
Prussian ships captured or detained by Denmark.

SWITZERLAND.
According to a letter from Switzerland, the Direc-
tory has replied to an overture from the King of
SARDINIA for an offensive and defensive alliance
between the two countries, by a formal declaration
of its desire to pr-serve an absolute neutrality in the
differences which at this moment agitate Europe.
This answer is said to have been given to the Sar-
'inian Envoy on the 2d inst.

,NIVIARK AND THE DUCHIES.
A reinforcement of 1,000 men has been dispatched
from Copenhagen to the army in the island of Fuhnen.
The advance of the troops of the Confederation into
the kingdom of Denmark has been officially com-
municated to the Provisional Government of Holstein
the following dispatch from General WRANGEL.
It is dated Fredericia, May 3 :
"I have the honour to acquaint the Provisional
Government that yesterday, on the anniversary of the
battle of Gross-Gorschen, the German troops under my
command crossed the frontier of Jutland at Bolding,

and on the evening of the same dr,y took possession of
the fortress of Fredericia, the most important tete du pont
of Denmark on the mainland. The i3lfemy retreated trom
the frontier of the Danish province and the strong posi-
tion at Bolding without offering an) r resistance, and Fre-
dericia itself opened its gates to a p itrol of the advanced
guard of General Von Bonin. All the Danish troops
had passed over into Fiihnen, taking- the greater part of
their materiel with them; but seven cannon which had
been buried, and a considerable qu tultity of ammuni-
tion and provisions fell into our heir ds. The enemy
appear to have had some into ,n tion of holding
out against us in Seefort, as thethemo.vt had been newly
pallisaded. I have already given tl to necessary direc-
tions for the destruction of this fort. 41. t three o'clock this
afternoon the German banner was h oisted on the flag-
staff of Seefort, and saluted with 101 discharges of artil-
lery. As long as this banner wave s there, no toll will
be raised from vessels passing the Li tt le Belt. I cannot
sufficiently praise the courage and en d urance with which
the troops under my command met t 11,e dangers and sup-
ported the fatiguing marches that have led to these
glorious results.

" WRANGEL, Com) n ander- in- Chie

By dispatches from General HA LKETT it appears
that the head-quarters of the Hanoverian troops were
still at Nubel, but were to be re 13 loved on the 3d to
Ulderup.

The armed Danish ships are cruising between
Alsen and the main land, firing uccasionally at the
German troops, but, it is said, w ithout occasioning
any loss.

The Representatives of the Foreign Powers in
Copenhagen have been officially informed that the
blockade of Stettin, Stralsund, 3tock, and Wismar
commenced on the 2d of May ; that of Pillau and
Dantzic on the 3d; that of the n touths of the Elbe
is delayed till the 10th, but the lat ter measure is pro-
visional only, and is left liable to further considera-
tion. It is satisfactory to hear that all neutral
vessels carrying mails, or in the .service of the post-
offices, and having no cargo expose d to seizure as hos-
tile freight, arc excepted from the blockade.

Letters received in Ham burgh from the prisoners
on board the Dronning Maria, in Copenhagen, describe
their treatment by the Danish anthorities as having
been better than it was at first represented.
The Swedish journals express much sympathy for
the position of Denmark, and condemn the "lust
for conquest" exhibited by the Germans. A Swedish
General had arrived in Copenhagen on a mission to
the Danish Government; both in Sweden and Nor-
way increased activity in the naval departments has
been observed ; but whether Denmark has really
received any offer of support from these Powers is not
known.

Commerce and business are suffering in Ham-
burgh from the blockade of the outports. The pro-
bability that the Elbe will be closed on the 10th ha
already had the effect of causing the holders cs
stocks of goods to limit their sales, as the interruption
of supplies will increase the demand for what is
already in hand.

In addition to the exception of mail packets from
the blockade, it is ascertained that goods belonging to
states hostile to Denmark, carried in neutral ships, if
they were loaded at the port of departure before the
decided outbreak of hostilities was known, will not be
confiscated.

ITALY.

ROME.

A letter from Civita Vecchia, of the Ist, says:—
" The people of Rome, aware of the uncertain policy
of Pius IX. in the Italian question, has been stimulating
him for some time past with addresses, to induce him to
declare war against Austria. Ile assembled the college
of cardinals, and in a consistory made a speech which
caused the greatest anxiety throughout Rome. He said
that all he had done up to this day was the mere fulfil-
ment of the memorandum of 1830; that he could not, as
the head of the Church, declare war against his children
in Christ; that if the other princes of Italy had taken a
part in the struggle, they had been driven to do so by
their subjects ; that the Pontifical troops had received
no other mission than that of defending his
own states, and that if they had crossed the Po
they had transgressed his orders. Meanwhile
great preparations were in progress. The Ministry
resigned en masse, but Pius refused to accept their re-
signation. On the 30th ult. the whole general staff held
a sitting. The municipality went in procession to the
Pope, to demand explanations as to his policy, and re-
commend him to abdicate. The civic guard took pos-
session of all the gates of the city, and had orders to
let no one, whether priest, bishop, or even the Popo
himself, leave the town. The spirit of the ten thousand
civic guard is excellent. It is said this act of Pius IX.
was caused by numerous protests of German bishops,
who threatened him with a schism should he declare
himself the enemy of Austria. On the 29th the excite.
mem was extreme. The Pope has been allowed time to
consider till the 30th. It appears that, should he refuse,
a Provisional Government would be established. Te-
renzio Mamiani was spoken of as the future Minister of
Foreign Affairs. The Pope would retain the title of
Bishop of Rome. There are scarcely any troops of the
line in the capital."

LOMBARDY AND VENICE.
Letters from Milan, of the 3d, confirm the intelli-
gence of the capture of Pastrengo by the Sardinian
army,

The 211ilan Gazette, of the 2.1, anounces a further
advantage gained by the Piedmontese army over the
Austrians. It says--

" The news of yesterday and of this morning have
been received at Milan with universal joy. The opera-
tion of Pastrengo, as a military movement, is magnifi-
cent. The road to Tyrol is now intercepted.
Peschiera remains isolated; and the passage of the Adige
is secured.

"During the night after the affair of Pastrengo, the
Piedmontese army took possession of Bussolengo.
notification, which has reached the Provisional Govern-
ment of Milan, speaks of the passage of the Adige, exe-
cuted at Pontona, and of the probable capture of a body
of sixteen hundred Austrians, detached by Marshal ila-
detzky on the right of his army. The victory of Pus-
trengo has been saluted with 20 guns."
Letters from Venice, of the 29th, say that General
LAMARMORA had taken up a position, with a consi-
derable body of troops, to oppose the advance of the
Austrian General NUGENT.