The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-15 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

It was rumoured in Berlin on the 11th that an al-
liance, offensive and defensive, had been concluded
between Prussia and Hanover.
The following is from the Deutsche Reform, the
Berlin Ministerial journal, of the 11th :—" Cabinet
Councils are now being held every day, and some-
times even twice a day, under the personal superin-
tendence of his Majesty the King. The last Councils
were held with respect to a certain Austrian dispatch
which we have already mentioned, and the contents of
which have since received a fuller explanation by dis-
patches which have been received from our Ambassador
at Vienna and by other diplomatic communications.
We are not at liberty to enlarge on the contents of
these dispatches, but still we feel compelled to express
our full conviction that in the great sacrifices which the
Government imposes upon the people by the late exten-
sive demonstration of forces (ilfachtentfaltung), it has a
still more urgent duty, as, indeed, it has a much greater
certainty of being able to secure to the Prussian Monar-
chy, together with the speedy establishment of the
foundations of the future German affairs, that posi-
tion which of right belongs to it. What the Prus-
sian people demand and pay for by their sacrifices is
the final restoration of a definitive and suitable state
of right (Rechts-zustand) in Germany, not at any
price but with a view to the restoration of a state of
things which is suitable to the honour, the might,
and the interests of Prussia. The Government knows
how to respect these feelings, and its resolution to
appeal to the military forces of the nation was for the
purpose of giving full satisfaction to that longing.
And the Government felt that its object would the
more surely come within its reach, if it relied on the
patent and energetic support of the country. To the
best of our knowledge, the Government still hopes
that the States which oppose it will take notice
of this, its peremptory will, and that the sentiments of
our people will carry their proper weight with them,
and that consequently the calling out all the military
orces of the kingdom may hurry us on, on the road
of sneedier negotiations, to an establishment accord-
ing to the treaties of the guarantees for a suitable
share of power for Prussia, in Germany. Prussia is
indeed resolved and prepared, in case of need, to fight
for these guarantees; but surely every one will join
his Government in considering that the late measures
, are of a more beneficial result, if our object can be
obtained without loading on Germany the curse of an
internecine war. Of one thing, however, the nation
may be certain, viz., that her sacrifices shall not be in
vain, and that the result will be a speedy, thorough,
and honourable solution of the German question."
A battalion of Baden foot and a detachment of
artillery passed Dusseldorf on the 11th inst., on their
way, by rail, to Cologne and Coblentz.
We add the following details to the news which we
have already published in our Afternoon Edition.
The greatest confusion prevailed at Cassel on the
11th inst., when it became fully known that the
Prussians bad not only retreated from Fulda, but that
they had likewise neglected taking a new position at
Iliinfeld, and that preparations were making to eva-
cuate even Hersfeld, which is one of the principal
points on the military road. The way to Cassel is
thus open to the Bavarians and Austrians, and it is
even expected at Cassel that the capital, too, will be
given up by the Prussians. The Prussian Commander,
it is said, thinks his forces are too weak to occupy and
defend the two roads from Hlnfeld (by way of Vacha)
to Eisenach, and from the same place by way of
Hersfeld to Cassel. Still it seems extraordinary that
the whole of Lower Hesse is thus left open to an in-
vading army, especially since a treasury, containing
30.000,000 of florins, is almost unprotected at Cassel.
The head-quarters of the Prussian forces in Baden
are at Mannheim.

Austrian troops still continue to pass through
Bavaria; 800 men of the Wellington foot came to
Niirnberg on the Bth; 1,600 men of the same corps
were announced for the evening of that day. It was
expected that the whole of the Vorarlberg corps
would have passed through Bavaria on the 12th.
The city of Bamberg is literally crammed with Aus-
trian troops.

The 13;varian papers of the Bth state that the Diet
of the kingdom will be convoked on the 15th of nest
month.

The Wanderer, a Vienna paper, has the following
statement of the negotiations between Prussia and
Austria:—" Baron Rosenberg and his dispatches
have arrived from Berlin, but it appears that our
Cabinet is not satisfied with the renunciation bythe
Prussian diplomatists of the Union. The: treaty of
the 26th of May is to be annulled, and the Federal
Diet of 1815 is to be recognised as the sole
central power for Germany—of course under Aus-
trian Presidency. It is not considered to be
enough that Prussia promises not to oppose the
intervention in Hesse and in Holstein, nor
will its proposal of a free conference satisfy the
Austrian Minister : on the contrary, Prussia, accord-
ing to the provisions of the Vienna Closing Act,
ought to do her duty to the Confederation. Besides
these, the evacuation of Hamburgh and Baden are
peremptorily demanded by Prince Schwarzenberg and
his colleagues."
In consequence of the ambitious pretensions
put forth by the Court of Vienna in relation to
the composition of the Diet, and its demand
that all the crown lands of Austria, including
Hungary and Lombardy, should be included
in the Federation, which would give Austria
the right of calling on all the members of the Fede-
rutioa to furnish their quota towards puttin down
any attempt that might be made by Italy or Hungary
to throw off the Austrian yoke, and thus . relieve the
bankrupt Emperor in some measure from the conse-
quences at the expense of the sol-
vent on—Lord Palmerston has,
States of
o hisf the dishonesty,Federati
it is said, addressed a note to Prince Schwarzenberg, '