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 Misaoslawsix, 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 have 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
PitUIBIA ?
. 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 PRUBSIA. 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
liuseu (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

• di •
Si • nce 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 J3urgher Guard and Turners,
such as guns, rifles, swords, and pistols, are instantly to
be delivered into the hospital tied the barracks, and given
up to the Prince Suenbert Ileurch, who will give a re-
ceipt for them.
"2. The Burgher Guard is dissolved, and can only be
again organized with the permis3ion of the governor of
the fortress.
of the police is taken into the

"3. 'l'h• management _ tb.
hands of the governor of the fortress.
"4. There aro to be no public meetings, and no persons
are to collect together in the streets. Every command
to disperse is to bo 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, N$ ithin 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-

tnent 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
llochheim. The reiloadsa teo giber directions

were stopped, so also were the steam-boats, so
tht,i
no means were afforded to the citizens of either cu'
taining aid or seeking for it, nor even of procuricg
provisions beyand the supply in the town, all
the
gates being beset by soldiers, and no ingress or egres's
permitted.
Such was the state of things in Mayence I\-I°//.
day morning, when the Burgomaster had the Greer-
nor's proclamation printed, to which he appended the
following address :
e
"Fellow Citizens,—The command of the Governorntot
have
every description of arms delivered uP siog
.been obeyed. It was only in consequence of the
invitations of the civic authorities that the threat oP f list
night has not been carried into effect, and the
witted for the delivering up of the arms has been Pro'
Meanwhile tl3l'd
time Pear:
longed until twelve o'clock this day.
gates remain closed, the steam-boats cannot de art, and
all access from without is prohibited. It is the to a
of all to contribute as much as they can
1:00,
compliance with the order to deliver up the
and save us from the most dreadful of all
caiabi•
ties. It is plainly the interest of all the .
ir:,,wies
tants instantly to deliver up their arms at the toy/Iror,
and to follow implicitly the commands of the G°/err:9ol
as we can alone on these conditions hope that
the 19„-d to;
miserable condition of the town can be put an
e:
that the inevitable consequences which throng '
longer duration of them must arise, may be 0 We
as possible avoided. A rfl.
(Signed) "THE BURGOMASTER RP-
" May 22, 1848." d their
This proclamation and the address produce era
desired effect. The citizens saw that they 1.0,0
locked in a town, the bombardment of whichi ed;
inevitable. The Burgher Guard was diss°%lbej,
all the arms delivered nearly at the tittle Preseridi
and by half-past one the Governor issued t;
which permitted the communication by the 111'r
and the Rhine to be re-opened. h tt4dl
The state of exasperation, or rather o' to
which prevails between the Prussian garrison °polo
people of Mayence, the subjects of the Grlnd toti
of HESSE DARMSTADT, still continues, It IN sbi
at Biebrich (on the Rhine) on Monday last
cod
passenger from Mayence that day, that in th co'
of Monday morning, whilst the state of sieg,e trri
tinued, a citizen, venturing to approach the °too
was deliberately aimed at by a Prussian soldier
the walls, and shot dead on the spot.

BAVARIA.
The Legislative Chamber of Munich has
torP°;
laws imposing a property-tax, and securing '
future the responsibility of Ministers.
AFRANKFORT-ON-TH:E-TVIO)
report has reached Frankfort that the celebti,lp
nephew Republican HECKER has been shot in a duel 3,e
report,
of General GAGERN. It 19 SI
eveTr,hetowhich much credit is not attached. 00
German Parliament (or constituent Oef oz
has resolved that the short-hand repqrts of
day's proceedings shall be printed and publittlitilia,
radayimeaatkt
make
n ed xe tce l natl. oe
_.
iTsth.eTChoamt mthietteeAscsheamrbg'ealy riot-fit:oi°'
ritself responsible for the correctness °pet
opo.rhts. 2d. That they are to be sold
cat
the der
possible I.e price that will cover the cost °I
to
arnting.
to allowthtehepmostto
h eadministrationsdelivere
d fr
free
7 gp
ahsetnot;:e
3d. That application has I),enrokrif
H 0 L L A ND .—L LIVI 13 tißG.oooit'td
TIIE HAGUE, MAY 21.—The neviIf'sill'oo
Provisional Minister of War, Major Ge,ili to•Jjl,la
arrivedsoon
ohfriosm Nertigensbosch, in this eseocit'
and
receivei after repaired to the War I:lePt
portefeuille from the late Idiniliti,tbia
r 22.—An address has been agreed uP°oooibert
of the
as well as in many others, to the SecOci pre
otnficituhseelySFtuatendS:mGeenlitearlalL, ilagwa.inst
TAhret .1,
Gil
d 8
r3e of ofttbasielltitotjet
Chambers.igned, and has already been lien 14/e
~,,,„ 'oill,
MAESTRICIIT, Mir 19. Two procia- tint' 12' -hgal
been published this day,by the Go of
Duchy of Limburg, in
rg, in consequence. to.i,
received from the Hague.
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These proclamations are addressed g° ft kb llf!io
tents of Limburg, and were called I°'" vi t,-,1
neroneous opinions which were entertaineturgew,
bewreregulation of the Germanic Diet, 14i°1' IV (56);
veraorgarded as a Netherlands province.ptisb°ll.lll,
Limburg
says that the Netherlands Govern°, by Obibci
by the
.treaties and by the fundanientsl is% . tini`,
tor/ ' boos
is declared a Netherlands terr ,41 al
part only is attached Germany 4 feu'
the. to by -ht, tei
that these treaties are respected equalif "IA tlio -bt
in
Diet and by the whole of Germany, 11°- l'bs-rst
regard
Limburg as a Netherlands province',l,, fele
t. those parts of Limburg which are bound by the di,plsi
the
thef local administrations are percnitted,o' a fedellti
bond;
eudederal banner, in token of the recogni osect°
the Government
m thise o
tcan
as onlybeen beob
tdaoinnee
da.ft lot ha:Li:v:oo;d blai
that P-,ticAl
aid
clamation, the Government says,
statede the previous declaration of the 13°'Int i, s'
end.
of Limburg, all ignorance on this P°loetnfla°o
n . That the inhabitants are therefore
sodc red
to respect the existing laws, and to ovoid i,joba
every
fitleygaglenvsijoblence, the nuthoritpioetVibriej:
being
BELGIUM. 301 is
BRUSSELSfIik,s,
A:1
NEW ISSUE OF BANK-14.°*',ntergw,P;
Government has received a verf sroHoo, 1,-0
The
report from the Belgian Consul at VIP 00°1.0
sop, ecting the commeree of Chili, and other
citilif I
connexion with Belgium. This report is etobell America, 4.: ocs°°;
opfainsthihe.edwbyestern coast of South
several documents relative te
the pottsi„
which have entered and quitted :Al pr c 4114;;
1847 ships
of the sales of the prineir ill iiiej
tions from Belgium to V'elpereis4i redo',
and thcoraing
the weights, measures, and coins of Chill rods
to the measures, and coins of '
Moni„weights, isf'c'
_. ur Bee, May 23.
toioffnelds- the law laswTra'dobpytead ,10 d
the. Charaber°'. '',lie V
ic.g.tca new emission of , bank-notes of the o,:i
!'. '''
Gfonlirale, for the encourager' .te, iOll4,
Royalby ordinanco gtbo,
tional manufactures. The amount of n°o fro)
for The
this object is not to exceed 20,00°ItioiP
charged
Government nominates three C°n-ocieti
the g. 0135, SPel
e to inspect the operations of
tonsure the execution of the existing conveeti_osat ,
as propose to the Government such generill f of 0,,'
_t may be deemed suitable to the interest'e'lla el
sates ; and in case of approval, to suPei,l/ 0 pcie:ii
Gbeing‘, carried into effect. The estate of P"ari 11.1
nerale shall be published at least once °ot ofl'i
months, and the balance of accounts at least
000,h°1
.every year. The Government is to reeeiv°lll.liots ''i
interest of 4 per cent.; and, in order to flicloo'etlo
service of the Treasury, the Government e'-` ern°
supplementary emission of bank-notes to the
of 12,000,000 f. Moniteur Be4re, MAY '13,,,„' ~siel-4
The Prince of PRUSSIA is expected at Pi' -0,
011101
day (24th). General Ceulicarr, being sliar. so,'
of the KING, has gone to Ostend to receive 11'
Highness.

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DENMARK AND T .HE DUG .te
l'
RENDSBURG, MAT 21.—We bare received of it
~
Bence of slight importance from the segittortefs,ti
shoeme bridge
tim time
f engagedboats,
A General HALLZTT has removed his head- Picio
haPveenbraedene.forT
completed • , they have left afor ships in
passage
middle of it. aoP
onalit liSiocoild'esbti.l.s'lV
steamer,
On the 19th several gun-boats, aCO or;
appeared on the Apenrade, but thee.: 0,13 c
manoeuvred
left, with the exception of one gun-blortbeo(
for a considerable time on the fte,
bank, which was lined with the free corP;t lop/
repeated signals had been made, she sent sib. a foliPj
with eight men. They were received with
dd, oil
of musketry, by which several were woli_, of tbe
they were forced to retire ; in doing so anotrm ye
men was wounded by the continued firing•
~,ht to re(
as they had reached the gun-boat theY s°liibhor, f
venge themselves by a smart fire, which etas
passed ineffectual. On the 20th, a p*ills tbePri
noitre
appeared on the bay probably to recoil .
11.
ef
tifications for the Hanoverian nine poundeirivo,oo%
Under date of the 18th instant, Gerlerill_ prof ,
the Commander-in-Chief of the Prossiaffing • colii,
Jutland, has issued a proclamation, illiethe ;0100,8
tribution of two millions (spezies) uP°13,,,, Dot
tants, as a guarantee of indemnity for the ootielo
done to German commerce and shipping'. aOOO :a,
his intention of returning the nionef ll Ofx'Perjro
Danish Government will have made 8 0114)
tion for the losses incurred by tilito die
the inhabitants time to the 26th inet4iii •.1