The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-05 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

On the 30th ult. there was a meeting of the Town
Council of Berlin, at which it was decided-Ist. That
a proposition fcr a law should be submitted to the
National Assembly, declaring that " all damages to
property resulting from riots, excesses, &c., shall be
paid for by the city. 23. That a deputation of
magistrates and town• councillors should pray for
an audience of the KING, in order to explain to his
MAJESTY the real condition of the city, and the sen-
timents of its inhabitants ; and that they should avail
themselves of this opportunity to obtain from the
KING and from the Prince of PRUSSIA a contradic-
tion of the reports which attribute to them, and those
about them, reactionary tendencies." It was likewise
decided that the Ministry should be requested to
station two battalions of infantry and a regiment of
cavalry in the immediate vicinity of the city, for the
purpuse of aiding in producing order. A proposition
was then made to visit with special fine or otherwise
all those who had "cowardly forsaken" Berlin during
and after the events of March. This motion was al-
most unanimously rejected, because the measure
might lead to vexatious and arbitrary inquisitions and
proceedings. It was further decided that the magis-
trates should forthwith compile a code of regulations
for the Burgher Guard ; that all so-called "flying
corps" should be reduced or amalgamated with the
battalions of their respective quarters ; and that the
"flying corps" of pikemen "should on no account be
organized, or admitted into the ranks of the com-
panies."
On the same day a tumult threatening serious con-
sequences arose in the vicinity of the Arsenal, in con-
sequence of the removal of arms in a lighter. The
workmen employed on the canal first abused and then
pelted the Burgher Guard detachment on the deck.
The latter retaliated and were about to use their
butt-ends, when further mischief was put an end to
by the arrival of reinforcements. Eventually the
lighter proceeded in safety to the limits of the city.
On the morning of the Ist instant, about seven
hundred unemployed workmen, for the most part in a
state of extreme apparent poverty, assembled near
the Town-hall and proceeded up the Linden, four
abreast, in perfect order and silence, to the abode
of the Minister of Public Works. Not finding
him at home, they threatened to carry their peti-
tion for employment to the National Assembly, and
returned in the same order and silence, with the
intention of executing their menace. In the mean
time the bugles of the Burgher Guard battalions
of the quarter sounded to arms, and all the avenues
leading to the House of Assembly were occupied
with detachments, which prevented all access, except to
deputies or persons furnished with tickets of admis-
sion. The workmen finding themselves anticipated,
departed quietly, and the Chambers rose without
being interrupted.

Heavy and incessant rains have fallen in all parts
of the country during the last few days, so as to
occasion serious apprehensions for the harvest. The
crops have been already much injured by the hail-
storms and hurricanes that prevailed during the pre-
vious week. Potatoes continue to promise abund-
antly, and no symptoms of disease have been dis-
covered. Business upon 'Change was more than
usually active. Securities of all kinds opened and
closed at advanced prices. The Three-and-a-Half
S. Sh. S. reached 74, a rise of two per cent.; Rus-
sian English Four per Cents., 75. Railway shares
were all in favour.