The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-31 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

The Kolner Zeitung has a letter from Berlin of the
28th ult., staticg that the invasion of Electoral Hesse
by the Bavarian and Austrian troops was originally
intended to come off on the 23d ultimo, and that the
Prussian armies took their positions according to this
contemplated measure. The invasion did not, how-
ever, take place, and whether it is only adjourned, or
whether it will come off at a later period, will depend
on the decisions now taking at Warsaw. The same
paper states from Dusseldorf and Coblentz that the
16th Regiment of Foot at the former place has received
direct orders to take the field, and, that the younger
corps of the Landwehr have been summoned to take
their place in the army and assemble at Coblentz.
The Kolner Zeitung, of the 30th inst, states, in its
second edition from Vienna of the 26th, that the offi-
cial news of the march of the two corps in the Tyrol
and Vorarlberg and the announcement that a part of
the Italian army is proceeding to Germany, added to
the military preparations now going on at Vienna and
in Austria Proper, have created a violent panic on the
Exchange. The price of silver has risen by 41, and its
elo,ing price was 21, while gold stood firm at 28. The
only consolation which the Austrian stockholders
have is, that war is utterly impossible without a na-
tional bankruptcy, and therefore they disbelieve the
possibility of a war. " These men," adds the cor-
respondent of the Kolner Zeitung, " forget the bank-
ruptcy of 1811, and there is no reason why the same
event should not take place in our time. The first
cannon which Austria fires against Prussia is the
signal for a break down of her finances; it is bank-
ruptcy and the repudiation of her notes which must
sick down to the level of the notorious French As-
signets. Even the friendship of Russia cannot assist
Austria in her painful position. Russia can give
guns and bayonets, but no money. It is conse-
quently almost passing belief that a real war is in-
tended. Still this trifling with serious events is most
reckless and criminal. It proves that the re-establish-
mens of absolute power is the last and only idea
which pervades the rulers of Austria, and that even
credulity herself must now despair of the realization
of the Charter of the 4th March, 1849."
Advices from Cassel are of the 27th instant. Fifty-
two of the officers who have sent in their resignations
have received the Elector's permission to quit his
service. The rest are still retained.

The Kolner Zeitung states, from Frankfort of the
27th instant, that the Elector, terrified by the ap-
proaching Contingencies and the danger which might
result to him from as advance of the federal troops
into his territories, has entered a solemn protest
against the intervention of Bavaria. The Federal
Council, feeling that nothing but energetic measures
could help them in this dilemma, has dispatched
Count Rechberg as Civil Commissioner, with instruc-
tions for Prince Thurn and Taxis, the Commander
of the Bavarian army, to send his troops immediately
into Electoral Hesse, and to follow them with his staff.
The Prussian agents at Frankfort, on hearing this
news, immediately dispatched a messenger to Berlin
to ask for further instruction.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES,

The proposal made to the British Government by
Russia and France has caused a considerable sensa-
tion. A very emphatic article has appeared in the
Hamburgh Nachrichten representing the Duchies and
the whole German people as ready to back Prussia
to the utmost in any such event. The Commander
of the Prussian garrison, General Von Hahn, is re-
ported to have arrived at Kiel, where it is stated he
appeared in plain clothes.