The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-12 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

BERLIN, OCT. 28.---If we may believe the reports that
are in eiriAllation here, a Commercial Congress, consisting
of Envoys from all the States already belonging to the
German Commercial Union will meet in this city before
the end, of the year. It. will be, in general, a consequence
of the discussions in the Congress at Vienna, where the
great commercial question was constantly brought forward,
but by no means discussed in such a manner as to lead to
a definite result. One special object of this Congress at
Berlin would be, to deliberate on the condition upon -which
the South German States, which have already intimated
their wish to join the Union, can be received into it, for it
is taken for granted that it has not yet been found practi-
cable to arrange these conditions. -
The bankruptcies which have lately taken place here are
chiefly ascribed to unfortunate speculations in wool, the
prices of which it is well known have fallen considerably
within about a year.
We have also heard a great deal lately about a proposed
Commercial treaty between Germany and France, but in
general people do not seem to believe that the powerful
monopolists of France will give up the prohibitive system,
which is so profitable to them.
FRONTIERS OF SWITZERLAND.—The new canton of
the Basle country, the very certificate of whose birth Iva::
stamped with the black seal of death, is already struggling
'in the agonies of dissolution. The President of the Govern-
ment and of the Tribunals, the Councillors of all de-
scriptions, &c., are indeed not tired of their dignities, but
the country people are tired of the Presidents and Coun-
cillors ; they find the game rather too expensive. The com-
munes of Gillukenden, Aluttenz, Sissach, &c. already declare
openly for a Union with Berne ; every sensible person has
long seen aware that this phantom of Government in
Basle country could not last ; Licstal, the capital, will pro-
bably be unwilling to lose its new rank, but on the whole,
Basle country would gain more by the union than Berne.—
Frankfort Papers, Nov. 5.
MEININGEN, OCT. 19.—Our inhabitants of the Forest
of Thuringen have been greatly benefited by our accession
to the German Commercial Union. Nobody hardly re-
members such a brisk trade, and the productions of the
country are in extraordinary demand. Never were slates
and slate-pencil in such request as now ; it is calculated
that of the latter from 7 to 900,000 are made every day.
The great demand for this article, however, is not to be-
ascribed so much to the Commercial Union, as to the great
extension of elementary instruction in France, England,
and America. In those countries, and in a less degree in
Germany itself, schools for the people are daily becoming
more numerous, and the use of the slates of Thuringen is
nearly universal. This is possible even in remote countries,
as five dozen of slates cost at the manufactories only 14,
16, and 18 groschen (2s. 4d., 2s. Bd., 35.), and slate-pencils
3 0r.4 groschen per 1,000. In a single forest, in which in
the year 1820, 29 fathoms of wood were furnished for
slate frames, 237 fathoms have been sold within the
last year, for the same purpose. The town of Sonnenberg
is flourishing in an extraordinary manner ; one handsome
house is built after another, and merchants'AWho formerly
carried on their business with one and two shopmen require
now six, eight, or even ten.—Allgenteine Zeitung, Nov. 6.
TURIN, OCT. 24.—1 have still to give you some infor-
mation respecting the negociations carried on here, or rather
the kind of mediation which the Cabinet of Turin has
taken on itself with regard to almost all the great European
questions. I must observe that the co-operation of our
Court has been chiefly called for, in the discussions which
have taken place between the great powers for preserving
the tranquillity of Italy. There is no doubt that it had
rendered great services in this respect, and that it has
contributed to remove many misunderstandings which
have repeatedly threatened the peace of Europe. Its
activity was shown not only in the Roman differences,
but was likewise manifested in the unexpected ever.is
in Naples, to warn the young King against the mistakes
which would have brought him and all Italy into danger.
It may be supposed that all the Italian Govertr,nents feel
a certain distrust Of Foreign Powers, and that the intrigues
in which their diplomatic agents frequently cagage, in order
to gain influence, are then but means of increasing this dis-
content. At Naples in particular grrJat aversion prevailed,
and every attempt of Foreign (6.4 is not Italian) Courts
to effect a change of sentiments would have failed but for
the intervention of our Mir:ctry, and the policy of the
Neapolitan Court could not, possibly have been changed as
it has been lately. It ni:ay be truly said that this change
has been effected by o,ur influence, and that though our
own interest was alscl concerned, our Court has done great
service to all Italy, and even to Europe, by opening the
eyes of the Neapolitan Government, and inducity, it
to abandor, a course which must most inevitably have'
brought incalculable evils on a people, which, being wholly
unused, to self-government, would have indulged in all the
excelses to which the impulse of freedom once given usually
br:Ags with it. What would have become of Naples, what
would have happened throughout Italy, as soon as the Press
and the Tribune had been opened in that country, and the
ardent imagination of the Neapolitans had been encouraged
to take a part in writings and speeches in the affairs of Go-
vernment ? Happily this course was abandoned in time,
and the right road resumed, in which alone the welfare of
the southern nations of Europe at least is to be found. The
monarchical principle is now maintained in Naples, and we
have the merit of it. But this mediation, which is now
matter of notoriety, our Court, notwithstanding the contrary
views of the French journals, continues to be very active in
equally important questions as those that concern Italy. I
will not speak to-day of the influence it exerts in Spain. I will
revert to the negociations which have been carried on, and
are now proceeding with regard to Algiers and the East.
If the Court of Turin does not come forward so officially
as in the negociations relative to Italy and Switzerland, it
has been frequently consulted, and has acted in favour of the
Porte, Not only have our diplomatic agents and Consuls
in Turkey and Egypt repeatedly had the ungrateful task of
allaying the violent explosions of personal passions, and of
correcting misunderstood political motives, but our diplo-
macy has been active in Paris and London, and has con'..ri-
buted to preserve peace. I must be very much mistaken if
we have not very lately been concerned in negociation-3 which
are still covered by a thick veil, which, however, the all_
exploring press will perhaps soon draw aside, for the bitter-
ness with which the Ultra-Royalist Journals o; Paris treat
the representatives of the great continental pr,wers since they
were at Fontainbleau, is not accidental, nr,t a mere effect of
ill-humour, but must have some foundation. We may
nelieve that an approximation between those Courts and
the Parisian Cabinet is intended, or has 'already been ef-
fected, which all agrees with the views of Ultra-Royalism, to
which the throne of Italy is an eye-sere, and whose foreign
relations it regrets to see consolidated. In particular, an
understanding Tim.,
-le ek.been come to respecting the dan-
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