The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-29 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The Cologne Gazette states, on what it represents
to be good authority, that the protests of France and
England against the entrance of Austria with all her
states into the Germanic Diet was not rejected una-
nimously, the Ministers of Holstein and Luxemburg
having been of opinion that it ought to be accepted.
The Weser Gazette states that the Germanic Diet
intends to suppress all the gambling-houses in Ger-
many from Ist January next.
The King and Queen of PRUSSIA left Berlin on the
25th ; the former for the Baltic provinces, the latter
for Dresden.

The reigning Duke of ANHALT and DESSAN, by
decree of the 21st, dissolves the Diet of the two
duchies, and suspends Art. 50 of the Constitution,
which requires a new Diet to be convoked within GO
days after a dissolution. The DUKE issued a procla-
mation to the people on the occasion, in which he
says—

The German Governments have agreed to resist
energetically any dissolution of existing relations.
They will not suffer the domestic repose and welfare
of peoples, which are based on the free development of
commerce and manufactures, and on the respect of
legal authority, religion, morality, reciprocal confi-
dence and well-ordered family relations, to be any
longer menaced. They will not allow the German
people, who arc so great by their virtues and by their
devotedness to their sovereigns to lose their most pre-
cious rights."
The Government of the states of the Zolverein
have ratified the resolutions adopted in the general
conference at Wiesbaden, for modification of the
tariffs.
It will be remembered that some months ago, M.
Maw, the editor of a Harnburgh journal called the
Mephistopheles, was severely beaten by six Austrian
soldiers for an article in his journal which they re-
garded as insulting to the Austrian army. These
soldiers were brought to trial a few days ago, and
merely sentenced to a week's imprisonment. On the
other hand, a hair-dresser who was the cause of the
disturbance at llainhurgh between the Austrian sol-
diers and the inhabitants of St. Pauli, has been tried
and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
A letter from Rastadt, in a Frankfort journal,
says—" We learn from a good source that the two-
fifths of the contingents of the German federal states
have received orders to hold themselves in readiness
in order that the military organization of the Grand
Duchy of Baden may be completed."
The Deutsche Allgenzeine Zeitung has been seized
and confiscated by the police at Leipsic, for publish-
ing, under the head of " Great Britain," a notice of,
and translations from portions of, Mr. Geanseoex's
letter to the Earl of ABERDEEN on the treatment of
the Neapolitan prisoners of state.

LEVANT MAIL.
By the Levant mail we have received C
nople journals to the 14th, and Athens journa
anissttaonttiii;
18tb, both inchr,ively. They are destitute
news of importance. It appears by the
Courrier
•
b
article, which we extracted from °follat
d'Athenes, that the bsrpigokanendagoet;irneraGarr ,
been so frequently all'hoi:th un-
checked :
stopped the mail ou
" A band of brigands recenitlyz4,
any and took from the
bank-notes. Two
the road from Sparta to Trips° 1,
bags all letters which enclosfacos blackened, and the
of the robbers had their
v well dressed, and armed
whole of them were Taighty, travellers had baen
with costly weapen•
btyhes2saineroada
Walelt On the
brigands, attacked the
3d Calamata, accon3nPk ,
, , -, i in the commune of Ypate, and
stopped and robbed 1
had last year de-
nouncedvillage of Chtan - - inhabitants who
ehenut on. les.On .._e following day he
h •t* ti, 1
ie e of Kampia, and, after robbing all the
to the vil g
went.et fire to and destroyed it. He told the
inhabitants, b
killed
° one
rn° ft
to the
Villagers that he had procured a list of all traitors, and
that he might
chastise 311 those who persecuted the brigands,
chastise them at his
leisure. In order to inspire his
victims with greater alrrm, he told them, ' At the village
of Kyriacochori you will find Captain Protopapas, and at
Schwa Colonel Pharmakis are quartered; go and ask
them to assist you.' Sixty brigands attacked the village
of Goustartza, and robbed all the inhabitants, and the
village of Merali has met with a similar fate."

VI SIT OF THE COURT TO SCOTLAND.—Her Ma-
jesty and Royal Family are not expected at Balmoral Castle
1111' it the end of August. It is not yet determined whether
the Royal party will proceed first to Danrobin Castle or not;
but the visit has been so long promised, and the preparations
so extensive and long-continued, that it is fully expected
her Majesty will this season reach this almost " Ultima
Thule " of her dominions. There has not been much building
at Balmoral since last visit, but some additions to the out-
offices have been made, the grounds are kept in the best
possible order, and the public are excluded, except in rare
cases.—Perth Courier.

An Industrial Exhibition, under the patronage of
his Excellency Sir Edward Head, is to be held in the city of
St. John, New Brunswick, on the 9th September next.— To-
ronto Chronicle.
ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.—A general
meeting of the subscribers and friends of this society, esta-
blished for granting annuities to decayed merchants, bankers,
professional men, tradesmen, and their widows, was held yes-
terday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing
five annuitants on the funds, from a list of 139 candidates,
viz., two men and three women. Mr. Henry Pownall took
the chair, and briefly addressed the meeting : after Which
three women and two men were elected as annuitants, and
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, who
acknow-
ledged the same, and the meeting broke up,