The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

HAMBUKGH MAIL.

BERLIN, DEC. B.—We are authorised to state that
there is no foundation for the assertion given in several
journals, that among the persona arrested in Poland for
political offences there, is an officer. Several arrests
have, however, taken place since our communication of
the 11th of last month, and the investigation is proceed-
ing pith all possible diligence ; but as, from the nature
of the case, the strictest secrecy must be observed, all
the accounts of the results given in the journals are
merely founded on conjecture. We must also designate
as a fable, destitute of all foundation whatever, the
statement published in the Weser Gazette, that " the
people in the little town of Samter had risen, and made
an attack on the depot of the landwehr." In fact, the
tranquillity of the Grand Duchy has been nowhere in-
terrupted, though there is no want of such reports to
alarm the peaceable inhahitents.
P.S.—M. Dunker, the Director of Police, was sent to
the kingdom of Poland, furnished with special powers
by the Russian and Prussian Governments, to trace there
the threads of the conspiracy. The authorities here have
in their hands a proclamation by the conspirators, which
appeared also in the kingdom of Polland, and the origin
of which is traced to Paris. A discontented Russian
Prince, residing in that city, is said to be the author of
it. The erre: ts in the kingdom of Poland continues,
and very serious notes have been aAlressed to the French
and Belgian Governments, under whose eyes the plot
is said to be continued.— Unive, sal Prussian Gazette.
HANOVER, DEC. B.—The illness of our Crown Prince
is not so serious as might have been inferred from the ac-
counts published in some foreign journals. It was only
a severe cold which obliged his Royal Highness to keep
to his room for a few days. He is now rapidly recover-
ing, and will soon be able to go out.

-MARRED!, DEC. 3.—The affairs of the German
Catholic community have arrived at a new stage, The
congregations, both here and at Heidelberg, applied at
their very outset for licenses from the Government for
the public celebration of Divine worship. In answer to
this, a Ministerial rescript has been issued, to the
effect that their application cannot be complied with
till they form a recognised chief with complete civil
r;ghts, or at least till they have applied for and obtained
for,nal toleration as a religious community. The so-
callkA German Catholic Church will make, as such, but
little progress in this country. The appearance of some
persons has injured it here; but it would he a great mis-
take to suppose that the religious movement which
spreads more and more would gradually give way to the
old indifference ; on the contrary, the idea of a union
of Roman Catholics and Protestants in one Christian
Catholic Church is much approved of in many quarters.
We believe that a decided crisis in that direction may
very probably not be long delayed.
WARSAW, Nov. 21.—The Jews in the kingdom of
Poland are again subjected to another restriuion. It is
well known that one of their principal trades was the
manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors. An ukase of
the Senate has now been issued, which almost entirely
puts an end to that branch of their trade. They are
not to brew beer, to distil brandy or liquors, &c. ; they
are not to sell them b) retail, nor to live in inns, taverns,
or public-houses of any kind, nor to employ Christian
servants to do it for them.