The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-14 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The retreat of the Prthsian troops from the Elec,
torate continues.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
It is disputed whether General WILLISEN resigned
the command of the Holstein army or was deprived
of it by a direct act of the Stathalterschaft. That
there have been differences of opinion between them
has long been known. The following extract from
a letter from Kiel gives the reports there on the
point : _ _

" Disputes had arisen between the Stathalterschafc
and the commanding General on the appointment of
officers, the plans of operation of the army, and its dis-
tribution. On the course to be pursued under present
circumstances a complete difference of opinion arose.
The General would not undertake any further
attack on the enemy, and wished to dismiss the Pm.,
sian troops in the service. In consequence M.
11-3 i ler the Stathalter, after a previous sittit g
cf the Council of State, gave General Willisea his dis-
miaal without his having demanded it; the pension of
2,000 thalers yearly is expressly scoured to him. The
command was offered to General von Baudissen, who de-
clined it on account of bad health; it was then given to
General von Horst."
Extensive preparations have been made for an at-
thetack o
enn thweathe Danish lines, but it has been deferred by
oper.

NEW CHURCH OF ENGLAND.— We are informed,
and have no reason to doubt the accuracy of our informa-
tion, that it is intended by some of the more influential
Tractarian clergy, who are expected forthwith to secede
from tie Anglican Establishment, to form a new religious
community, which, at present, they call a New Church of
England ; but which, it is supposed, they will designate the
Primitive Church of England. Some of the parties to whom
we refer have conscientious scruples against recognising the
Supremacy of the Pope; others cannot bring their minds to
acquiesce in the propriety of worshipping the Virgin
Diary; while others consider the doctrine of priestly celi-
bacy as altogether unwarranted by Scripture. Besides,
consequentl the example of Mr. Bennett
were they to join the
several of the Puseyite clergy, Who, it is believed, are
areon marriedthe e v e
men,o of followingand,
Church of Rome, or, as the favourite expression is, " become
reconciled" to that church, they would at once be divested
of their clerical importance, and be reduced to the humiliat-
ing necessity of submitting to be lost amidst the host of un-
distinguished laymen. The New Church of England will be,
it is said, based on the principle of recognising the right of
every clergyman within its pale to practise whatever ritual
he may prefer; the understanding however being, that the
ritual, as well as the doctrines, will be essentially Romisb.
It is understood that ample funds for erecting new churches,
and carrying on public worship in them, will be at the dis-
posal of the leaders of this embryo new sect.—Advertiser.
PLY MOUTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE —A special
meeting of this body was held at the Exchange on Tuesday,
the Right Hon. the Earl of Morley, the chairman of the
chamber, in the chair, when it Was resolved to memorialise
the Lord Chancellor in favour of the permanent establishment
in Plymouth of the District Court of Bankruptcy, and a
resolution was passed to assist the directors of the Screw
Steam-ship Company in establishing Plymouth as the port
of arrival and departure of the Cape mails.—Plymouth
Journal.

SALE OF A WIFE.—The Stockport Mercury tells
a strange tale of a sale which is alleged to have recently
taken place at the New Inn, Norwich End, in the county of
Derby, between George C., agent to a gentleman in the
neighbourhood and Elisha G. cattle dealer, by_the said G.
offering to sell the other his wife, for the sum of 5,. is.,
which was the more readily agreed to in c•nstquence of the
purchaser being a widower, and very desirous to obtain so
fair a partner for so trifling a sum. After some consultation
it was arranged between them that the purchaser should go
to claim his purchase on the following Monday, which he
did accordingly, and on entering the house he made known
to Mrs. G. the purport of his visit. The unfortunate wife
gave vent to a flood of tears at being thus shamefully dis-
posed of.

APOTHECARIES •HALL. -- The following ore the
names of the gentlemen:who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, Decomber 12, 1£.50: William Morse
Graily Hewitt, Badbury, Swindon, Wilts; Henry Tenfold,
Brighton ; John Chamberlayne Barry, Draycot, Chippen-
ham, Wilts; James Jeken, Dover; Lucius Warrillow, Bir-
mingham ; Albert Fleming, Birmidgbaru ; Samuel Morris,
Colchester ; Henry Manley, Crediton, Devon ; Thomas
Henry Stocker Pullen, Sidmouth, Devon. The registration
of the medical students attending the metropolitan schools
has been concluded at Apothecaries-hall. 1,116 students
have been registered for the medical session, 1850-51, the
largest number since the session 1842-3. Of these 371 are
new students.

AN ACTIVE SHIP AND CREW.—The new schooner
Lady Louisa Stuart, of Nairn (at which port she was built),
lately accomplished a very speedy voyage, having made the
passage from Nairn to Seaham, discharged, loaded a cargo,
and accomplished the return trip all within nine days! Vcy•
ages of this kind add to the reputation not only of a vessel
and its master, but of all connected with her.—lnverness
Courier.

The Cologne Gazette of the 11th inst. states that
the Rector of HESSE has determined not to return to
Cassel, but will fix the seat of his Government, for
the future, at Fulda; he may, however, now see fit to
modify his arrangements, as the cholera broke out at
Fulda on the 11th.

The King of PRUSSIA has appointed MANTEUFFEL
President of the Cabinet, and Von RAUMER Minister
of Public Instruction.

The opening of the Dresden Conferences has been
postponed from the 18th to the 25th. The sum-
monses to the different German Governments to at-
tend them are issued in the joint names of Austria
and Prussia.

Letters from Vienna of the Bth state that Austria
has determined to support a proposition for a liberal
reform of the German Diet. The reduction of the
Austrian army is ordered.
Tlae new Austrian tariff has been completed. Some
of the measures will be introduced at the beginning
of the next year. Oa the Ist of May, 1851, the
whole system will be in operation, and the export
and import laws published in 1829 and 1838 will
become null and void. The goods which are li-
able to duty are divided into 32 principal, and these
again into inferior classes. The Customs must be
paid in imperial florins (three pieces of 20 to the
florin). With the exception of salt, gunpowder, to-
bacco, and preparations liable to explode, all goods
can be exported and imported without any special
permit being requisite. The new tariff is particularly
favourable for raw materials of all kinds. Many ar-
ticles which are now subjected to heavy duties will
' be entirely free, and the impots on others considera-
bly reduced. The duration of the tariff, which is for
the whole of the Austrian dominions, is fixed at five
years and a half, and no change can be made in it,
except by decree of the Imperial Diet (and this is not
very likely to happen), or in case of a Customs Union
with Germany and Italy.