The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-25 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, of May 20, says, in conse-
quence of events which have recently taken place
in Paris, the Government has resolved to detain all
the Polish prisoners in the fortress situated between
the 'Weser and the Elbe, instead of giving them their
passports for France, until peace shall have been en-
tirely established in the Grand Duchy. This mea-
sure will, of course, include Minnosrawsxr, who
was already at Posen on the 18th, at the hotel of
the Commander-in-Chief. These events have
shaken the confidence of the maintenance of
peace with France, and the necessity of a
more intimate union with Russia is sensibly felt,
that empire not having taken any direct part in the
negotiations conducted at London for the regulation
of the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein. The Cabinet
of St. Petersburgh has, however, sent a note to our
Cabinet a few days since in very decisive terms, de-
manding the most speedy re-establishment possible
of peace with Denmark, in default of which the
Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will take similar mea-
sures to those adopted by Sweden. The Prussian
Ministers, who are also very desirous for peace, have
decided, from the new phase of affairs in Poland, to
show themselves more favourable to the conditions
proposed by Russia than they could have been under
other circumstances. An English courier, who leaves
Berlin for St. Petersburgh to-day, carries with him
the reply of the Prussian Government ; and it is
hoped that the conclusion of peace will speedily ensue.
In Mayence a petition to Parliament is in prepa-
ration from the shipowners, praying that general
regulations may be made for the due navigation of
all the rivers of Germany. The authorities in Ma-
yence have been exerting themselves of late to restore
to the Rhine the advantages derivable from steam
tugs, and the use of which has been prevented by
combination and acts of violence on the part of the
boatmen.
COLLISION BETWEEN THE TROOPS AND
THE CITIZENS AT MAYENCE.

The reactionary movement to which we hare so
frequently alluded has received its baptism by blood
at Mayence. A more wanton and unprovoked
butchery than that recorded below it has seldom
been our lot to record. Who for the future will be
mad enough to trust to any promises of the King of
PRUSSIA ?

On Sunday last a collision took place be.
tween the Prussian soldiers stationed in the for-
tress of Mayence and the citizens, in which the
latter were aided by the Burgher Guard and the
Turners, and the consequence was that six of the
Prussian soldiers were killed and about sixty
wounded, whilst on the part of the citizens the

numbers killed were four, and about twenty wounded.
The soldiers, who had been drinking for the last few
days in Mayence, having received their extra war
pay, were annoyed by the constant abuse which they
heard on all sides of the King of PRUSSIA. Excited
by drink, they first drew their swords, and then
arming themselves, attempted to take possession
of the Caserne of the Burgher Guard. It
was in this attempt that the conflict oc-
curred, and the result ;was the defeat of
the Prussian soldiers, who had to fly to their bar-
racks. The Governor of the fortress, General Von
Husen (a Prussian), issued, at ten o'clock on Sunday
night, by beat of drum and torch-light, a proclama-
tion declaring the town of Mayence in a state of siege,
and threatening to bombard it in case the arms of

the citizens were not delivered up in two hours
The proclamation of the Governor was to this ef-
fect :

" Since arms have been made use of, and se-
veral soldiers have been killed and wounded, the
Governor has determined to adopt the following
regulations :
" 1. All the arms of the Burgher Guard and Turners,
such as guns, rifles, swords, and pistols, are instantly to
be delivered into the hospital and the barracks, and given
up to the Prince Suenbert Ileusch, who will give a re-
ceipt for them.
" 2. The Burgher Guard is dissolved, and can only be
again organised with the permission of the governor of
the fortress.
"3. The management of the police is taken into the
sands of the governor of the fortress.
"4. There are to be no public meetings, and no persona
are to collect together in the streets. Every command
to disperse is to be immediately obeyed. Every disobe-
dience to such command to be followed by an arrest, and
arms to be used if necessary.
" 5. Every order issued by the governor of the fortress
for the maintenance of peace is to be obeyed.
6. The strongest measures will be employed for the
punishment of persons who have been guilty of murder.
Such persons shall be tried by a mixed commission.
7. If, v‘ithili two hours after the publication of this
command, the arms are not delivered up, the town will
be bombarded.
(Signed) "VON HUSER and TILZER."
Upon the representation of the Burgomaster and
other authorities of Mayence, the Governor was in-

duced to postpone the period fixed for bombard-
..

ment till twelve o'clock next day, but he had
the railroad to and from Frankfort stopped,
within nine miles of Mayence, at a place called
llochheira, The railroads, too, in other directions,

were stopped, so also were the steam-boats, so that
no means were afThrded to the citizens of either ob-
taining aid or seeking for it, nor even of procuring
provisions beyand the supply in the town, all the
gates being beset by soldiers, and no ingress or egress
permitted.
Such was the state of things in Mayence on Merl"
day morning, when the Burgomaster had the Gofer"
nor's proclamation printed, to which he appended the
following address:—
"Fellow Citizens,—The command of the Governor 0
have every description of arms delivered up has
not
been obeyed. It was only in consequence of the pressiag
invitations of the civic authorities that the threat of issi
night has not been carried into effect, and the time Per:
mitted for the delivering up of the arms has been pro;
longed until twelve o'clock this day. Meanwhile th:
gates remain closed, the steam-boats cannot depart, 513 i:
all access from without is prohibited. It is the interim:
of all to contribute as much as they can to
compliance with the order to deliver up the 902°'
and save us from the most dreadful of all calecor
ties. It is plainly the interest of all the inhsb.,Lia
tants instantly to deliver up their arms at the town-1107
and to follow implicitly the commands of the Govero°ol
as we can alone on these conditions hope that the prest,
miserable condition of the town can be put an end ir.
that the inevitable consequences which through :if,
longer duration of them must arise, may be as sPee
as possible avoided.
(Signed) "THE BURGOMASTER RAO'
"May 22, 1848."
This proclamation and the address produced their
desired effect. The citizens saw that they vier.
locked in a town, the bombardment of which if°
inevitable. The Burgher Guard was dissolved;
all the arms delivered nearly at the time prescribe:
and by half-past one the Governor issued order
which permitted the communication by the railrel'
and the Rhine to be re-opened.
The state of exasperation, or rather of hatred:4
which prevails between the Prussian garrison 8061:,o
people of Mayence, the subjects of the Grand 01::A
Of HESSE DARMSTADT, still continues. It Was stew-
at Biebrich (on the Rhine) on Monday last
_b.,,,.0111
passenger from Mayence that day, that in the eu"—zi,
of Monday morning, whilst the state of siege c°,,,
tinued, a citizen, venturing to approach the for
was deliberately aimed at by a Prussian soldier frw
the walls, and shot dead on the spot.

BAVARIA.
The Legislative Chamber of Munich has PI!
laws imposing a property-tax, and securing for
future the responsibility of Ministers.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-IVIAII4°.O
A report has reached Frankfort that the celebr! •
Republican HECKER has been shot in a duel /,,tilie
nephew of General GAGERN. It is a report, ""
ever, to which much credit is not attached. tif)
The German Parliament (or constituent asseow
has resolved that the short-hand reports of eig.o
day's proceedings shall'be printed and published
day in extenso. The Committee charged with 001
matter declare-Ist. That the Assembly d°e;tl3oo
make itself responsible for the correctness °' del
reports. 2d. That they are to be sold at the lorsper
possible price that will cover the cot of 1:,40
and printing. 3d. That application has beel3-4
to all the post administrations throughout 4-,erP--
to allow them to be delivered free of postage'