The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN

GERMANY.

FRANKFORT, Ocr. 7.---It4Pears that the King of Prussia,
towards the close of the audience which he granted on the ,
2d inst. to the Berlin Court of Aldermen and Town Council
(who presented him with the celebrated address respecting
the religious movement in this confederation), expressed a I
wish that no publicity would be given for the present to the
proceedings of that day. Hence the silence of the Berlin .
journals—not a word on the subject appearing in them up to
the 4th instant, although they had not forgotten to state, at
the proper time, that the town council had taken upon them-
selves the joint responsibility for the address which was drawn
up by the Court of Aldermen. Important portions, however,
of the King's reply have somehow found their way into the
journals of this city and of Cologne. It appears the alder-
men received orders to present their address at a solemn
audience on the 2d instant. They accordingly proceeded to
the palace in their robes, and with all the outward appear-
ances of civic dignity. They were very graciously received
by their amiable Monarch, who ordered the chief burgomaster,
Krauswick, to read the address ; which, after eulogising the
present religious movement, and asserting that it might lead
to much good if the state would undertake to guide it, briefly
alluded to the two great religious parties at present existing
—" the old historical one, with its literal faith and exclusive
orthodoxy; and the movement one, which will not be re-
stricted by human ordinances, but will seek the spirit of
truth in its very source"—and concluded by beseeching his
Majesty to convoke a committee from all the provinces of the
state, in order to draw up a system of Church Government
in conformity with the public spirit. The King, in his re-
markable reply, stated that he had delayed receiving the
address in order to give the chief authorities of the city
ample time to consider whether they ought to venture upon
such a step as they had taken, for he could not admit that
they had a positive right to come to him on such an occa-
sion. It must appear to all very singular that the head
magistrate of Berlin should hand him a theological docu-
ment. As the Reformation had rejected the supreme
head of the Church, the reformers had conceded his rights
to the state. Those rights were accordingly those
of the Crown, the burden of which uas thereby increased ;
he longed for the time when he could make over that burden
to the Church itself. It was one of his principles that the
Church should be formed by itself. His father, who was
now in his eternal rest, had left the Church a precious jewel
—viz., the Synod. The late Minister of Public Worship had
considered the Synod worthy of little attention, and so the
convocation did not take place. The present Minister and
himself (the King) were not afraid of the light and of publi-
city. If the Synod would speak out, then he should do the
same. If they remained silent, he should follow their example.
He could not admit that the board of aldermen had sufficiently
considered the interests of the Church or maintained the Prc-
testant brotherhood. Under Frederick the First the 70,000
inhabitants of Berlin had more spiritual pastors than its pre-
sent population of 400,000. Even when the want of church
accommodation was greatly felt, the civic authorities had
raised difficulties in the way of the renewal of it. An Eng-
lish community had asked for the joint use of a church in
the city patronage, and been refused, whilst the new Dis-
senters had two churches granted to them without, as he
believed, even making this demand. With respect to the
contents of the address, he was sorry to find that they had
called the believers in the Church a party. " Gentlemen,"
continued his Majesty, " you are the first who have ventured
to give that name officially. And yet those believers are
men who have taken an oath, and who wish to keep it.
There are, on the other hand, ecclesiastics who have volun-
tarily and openly taken certain oaths in holy places, before
the very altar of God; but who have broken them, and have
gone about the country in order to stir up the people. These
things you have not mentioned, and I must, therefore, ex-
press to you my serious displeasure. Gentlemen (concluded the
King), you are my friends, and lam your true friend. The
bond which, during more than four centuries, has connected
the prince and the city, will keep us still longer united. Such
is my hope, and with it I now dismiss you in peace." These
important remarks of the King made, as might be expected, a
serious impression on the minds of the auditors. The de-
putation shortly afterwards left the palace. On their appear-
ance in the courtyard of the Royal residence, they were
greeted by the assembled crowds with great cheering.

LICENSES FOR KEEPING BILLIARD TABLES.—At
Greenwich Petty Sessions, on Saturday, held for the hun-
dreds of Blackheath and Little and Lessness, application was
made by Messrs. Suter and Bristow, solicitors, on behalf of
several persons for licenses to keep billiard and bagatelle
tables, &c. Mr. Bristow, on behalf of his clients, observed
that under the Act of Parliament which came into operation
on the previous day (10th October), he had to apply for
licenses. He was aware that there was a difficulty in the
case, as the eighth section of the Act specified that notice of
all such applications should be given ; such notices to be
placed on the doors of the parish church, and also on the
doors of the premises of the person so applying for licenses,
on three consecutive Sundays, in the month of July, the
same as if the parties were applying for a license for a new
ale and spirit house. If the magistrates took that view of
the case it would be a great hardship upon those parties for
whom he applied ; as, in the event of their permitting such
tables to be used, it would leave them open to the persecu-
tion and extortion of common informers, who would, no
doubt, be on the qui vive to sue for the penalties under the
Act. Similar applications had been made to the bench
of magistrates at Canterbury, who, although they had taken
this view of the case, and refused to grant the licenses, had
tacitly given their consent to the parties applying to use
such tables until the usual period of the ensuing year (1846),
for making such application. Mr. Suter then, on behalf of his
clients, made a similar application, urging upon the atten-
tion of the magistrates the manifest intention of the Legisla-
ture, when they passed this Act, to have been that temporary
licenses should be granted for the protection of the public, but
that through inadvertence some such clause had been omitted
in the framing of that Act. The Bench then called upon Mr.
Finch, their cleak, for his opinion, when that gentleman,
having read the ninth section, which enacts "That such
licenses shall be granted only on the usual general annual
licensing day, or the adjournment day thereof, for the district,"
&c., observed that he was decidedly of opinion that the Bench
had no power under the Act to grant any such licenses except
on the above-mentioned days, which must be fifteen days of
the 25th of August in each year. That, although the effect
of this would be to prevent persons keeping public billiards,
&c., for hire, and those who kept them for the amusement of
their customers, it would not by any means affect the Licensed
Victuallers, who were specially exempted by this Act, and
were permitted to keep the tables, subject, of course, to certain
penalties under 9th George IV., cap. 61 (the old Games and
Wagers Act), which was not repealed, if they knowingly
suffered gambling for stakes or liquors to be carried on in
their houses. The Bench expressed their great regret at their
inability to accede to the applications which had been made,
all of which were accordingly, much to the chagrin of the
several applicants, refused.
ALARM OF FIRE AT THE OLYMPIC THEATRE.—

During the performance of the first piece on Friday evening,
the screams of a female, and a rushing noise, resembling the
sudden escape of gas, was heard, which caused some persons
to raise a cry of " Fire." The effect was an instantaneous
rush of a great portion of the audience towards the doors.
Tne confusion and alarm was, however, speedily checked by
the presence of mind of Mr. J. Br..wne, the stay-manager,
who came forward, and assured the audience that there was
no danger to be apprehended; and that so far from the house
being. on fire, the entire alarm had been caused by water.
The fact was, that one of the attendants in the pit-saloon,
requiring some water, had turned by mistake the cock of the
large pipe in the pit passage, from which the water rushed
with such violence as to terrify the poor woman, and send
her screaming for help with all her might. So that, instead
of being roasted to death, the people in the pit ran a much
greater risk of being drowned.
THE ZOLLVEREIN DUTIES.—It is, no doubt, known
to our readers, that the congress of the Zollverein has been
sitting at Carlsruhe for some time, to consider certain pro-
posed alterations in the duties on yarns and manufactured
goods ; and, amongst others, a proposal for greatly increas-
ing the duties on cotton, linen, and woollen yarns. We now
learn that the deliberations of the congress ou these important
questions have been brought to a close; and that, for the
present, the duty on yarns (cotton, linen, and worsted) will
not be increased. It is understood that Prussia, the great
opponent of the increase, had consented, by way of compro-
mise, to an increase which would raise the duty on cotton
twist to 3 1.3 d Prussian dollars percentner (about 10s. per cwt.
English); but this offer was refused by the deputies of the smaller
States who insisted upon a much higher duty, and who, no
doubt, will again bring forward the subject on the first fa-
vourable occasion. Though no change has been made with
respect to yarns, we are sorry to learn that a very great in-
crease has been made in the duties on figured worsted, and
cotton and worsted goods,. which, from the Ist of January
next, are to be raised' fitint 30 to 50 Prussian dollars per
centner (i.e. from 41. 10s. to 71. 10s. per cwt. English). This
class of goods comprises all the fancy fabrics made in Brad-
ford and Huddersfield, such as figured Orleans, merinos, Pa-
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tioned will be a severe blow to the Yorkshire manufacturers.
—Manchester Guardian.

DISTRESSING CASE.—A train of very common-place
circumstances have led to the tragical death of a respectable
wife and mother at Braehead, Carluke. Mrs. W—, whose
husband was in service at Braehead-house, had the Privilege
of supplying herself with pot-herbs from the garden; but it
came to be suspected that she had put forth her hand up on
some of the superior kinds of fruit, and she was instantly
commanded to leave the place at the ensuing term. This
affront affected her so strongly, that she became melancholy,
and somewhat disordered in mind; and though upon mature
investigation she was cleared of all blame touching the fruit,
still her mind did not recover its usual tone, and on the
morning of the 29th ult. she was found lying on the floor
with a razor near at hand, just expiring in a pool of blood.
After her funeral the authorities judged it proper to have the
body disinterred for the purpose of its undergoing a surgical
operation, has
and the result is, that her husband been com-
mitted to gaol on suspicion of murden—Glasgow Courier.
FRAUDS ON CHEMISTS AND PERFUMERS—On Sa-
turday evening, a person of rather gentlemanly address and
appearance was apprehended, who has for some time past
been victimising the chemists and perfumers in different
quarters of the town. The following will show the prisoner's
usual mode of procedure. Upwards of a month since, he
called at the shop of Mr. Rodd, in St. Martin's-le-Grand,
and, having selected some bottles of macassar oil, announced
himself as Mr. Lawrence, the assistant secretary to the
General Post-office, and carelessly observed that the bill
might be sent to his office there for payment, as lie had not
money in his pocket to pay without changing a cheque. He
took the small package with him, and the bill was afterwards
sent to Mr. Lawrence, but that gentleman of course knew
nothing of the transaction. Tyrrell, one of the Post-office
officers, being sent to inquire into-the matter, ascertained that
the individual in question had no sooner obtained the
macassar oil from Mr. Rodd than he took it to the shop of
Mr. Keeling, in St. Paul's Churchyard, stating that he had
purchased it there some time previously; but that his phy-
sician would not allow him to use it on account of a peculiar
state of health, and, it being useless to him, he requested
that they would return him a portion of the pnce paid for it.
Part of the money was accordingly paid to him ; and the
officer found that be had practised the same kind of trick upon
numerous other tradespeople. On Saturday evening, he re-
peated his visit to Mr. Keeling, who, however, recognised him,
and handed him over to the police. He had then with him a
large skin bag and sponge, and other things, which had, no
doubt, just been obtained from some of the trade. He will be
examined before the aldermen at Guildhall this day.

POTATO PANIC.—The reluctance evinced by the
farmers in the neighbourhood of Appleby, to expose their
potatoes for sale, noticed in last week's Journal, still con-
tinues. There was again but one cart-load in the market on
Saturday last, and which was sold at an exorbitant price.
We imagine the growers are entertaining the idea that the
disease raging amongst potatoes in the country will create
such a scarcity as to enable them to dispose of theirs in a
short time, because they have steered clear of the malady,
at whatever price their conscience will allow them to ask.
They strongly remind us of the foolish Da
killed the goose that laidhim a golden egg per, ecn"
ethed:f fable, who
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pectation of becoming as rich as a king at onar• tZe. in
derivable fromwhich is, that "those who covet 'great moral
are often too sharp for themselves, so become pccif""
Carlisle Journal.

THE RIVER PLATE
PLYMOUTH, Ocr..l2.—The brig Magnolia, Captain Thomas
Johnson, left Buenos Ayrea on the morning of the 7th of Au-
gust, and arrived at Plymouth on the 12th of October-62
days' passage. At the time of her departure the greatest con-
sternation prevailed, and a warlike collision WAS hourly ex-

petted. -
The crews of the Argentine squadron had been brought to
Buenos Ayres by the English steamer Firebrand and the
French steamer Fulton, and in the latter, on the morning of
the 7th, was General or Admiral Brown. The English flag
had been hoisted on board one of the Argentine squadron.
On the arrival of the Firebrand and 1, ulton, the beach at
Buenos Ayres was crowded with Englishmen and ether fo-
reigners, anxiously awaiting the news from Monte Vide,'-
The English resident landowners (with their labourers)
bad abandoned their estates, and Captain Johnson, with mile.*
masters of British vessels, had, about 10 days before leaving,
received notice from Captain Hotham, of the war-steamer
Gorgon, to be prepared, if required, to take British subjects
on board.
On the 7th of August there were at Buenos Ayres the
Gorgon and Firebrand steamers and the Dolphin schooner,
with some other British vessels-of-war; but at Monte Video
there:was a far greater fleet; consisting of English, French, and
Brazilians—the latter under the orders of the English com-
manding officer.
The Buenos Ayreans had sunk vessels in the river to pre-
vent the approach of the combined squadrons, and they had
proclaimed a severe conscription. Every male born in the
country, of sufficient age, was liable to serve, whether of
native or foreign parentage. Everything was looking war-
like, no native labourers could be obtained, and the streets
were deserted.
The exchange at Buenos Ayres had fallen to 314, and
Captain Johnson was obliged to give 300 per cent. more for
his provisions than be would have had to pay six days pre-
viously —Freight :-61. dry hides, offered for the continent ;
31. 7s. 6d. green hides, given for London.
There was rather less than the usual number of English
merchant vessels at Buenos Ayres, but plenty of foreign
ships, whose numbers were daily increasing, The Magnolia
goes to Cowes for orders, and will probably discharge her
cargo at Antwerp. She has brought passengers one of the
firm of Moore de Vici (formerly merchants at Monte Video),
his wife, two.sisters, child and servant, who proceed in the
brig to Cowes. The Magnolia sailed in company with the
English brig Constance, bound to London, and the Prussian
brig Carl, for Havre.
MANIFESTO OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH
MINISTERS. _ .

We have received, by way of Brazil, accounts from Monte
Video to the 7th of August. They are most important. We
learn from them that Mr. Ouseley and Count Deffaudis de-
manded their passports from the Buenos Ayrean Government,
and left the Buenos Ayrean territory on the Ist of August.
They landed at Monte Video on the 2d, and one of their first
steps alter arriving there was to address the following mani-
festo to Senor Santiago Vasquez, the Monte Videan Minister
of Foreign Affairs, and to cause it to be published for the in •
formation of the public. It is as follows :
" Monte Video, Aug. 4, 1845.
" The Government of the Oriental Republic accepted, on
the 11th of July, with a warmth and confidence which tes-
tify to the most honourable spirit of conciliation, the media-
tion undertaken by England and France for the purpose of
putting an end to the war which the Government of Buenos
Ayres still persists in carrying on against the republic of
Uruguay.
" The Government of Buenos Ayres, on the contrary, has
unfortunately refused all the overtures and propositions which
have been made to it by the undersigned Ministers Plenipo-
tentiary of England and France, to establish that mediation
on a peaceful basis. In the first instance, it has refused that
suspension of hostilities which international usages and the
principles of humanity commanded under such circumstances.
Subsequently it has also refused the demand which has been
addressed to it to withdraw from the territory and the coast
of Uruguay the Argentine troops and squadron, whose alli-
ance with a certain number of Orientali and of foreigners,
paid for the open and avowed purpose of imposing by
force of arms a change of government on that country,
form a direct attack on its independence. This it has done,
although the latter of these demands was founded on the ex-
press terms of treaties which the Government of Buenos
Ayres itself has signed, in the conclusion of which England
and France have taken a part more or less direct, and in
which they have recognised in the most explicit manner the
perfect and absolute independence of the republic of Uruguay.
" In this state of things the undersigned consider it neces-
sary to enter into fuller explanations than they have hitherto
had the honour to present to his Excellency the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Oriental Republic, of the object and the
spirit of the mission which they are called upon to accom-
plish in concert.
" The object.of this mission is that which is indicated by
the treaties of 1828 and 1840—that is to say, the perfect and
absolute independence of Uruguay. Now, in ,order that that
independence may exist, it is necessary that the troops, the
squadron, and, with them, every description of Buenos Ayrean
influence, should disappear from the country, and that then
the people of the Oriental should be left in-perfect liberty to
elect by the methods traced out by the laws and the consti-
tution the chief who shall preside over their destinies. It
has been attempted to justify the persevering attacks of the
Government of Buenos Ayres against the Uruguay by the
part which foreigners have taken in the defence of that
country. But those foreigners did not take up arms until
after the invasion of the republic by the Buenos Ayrean
army ; they have not taken them up, like the Buenos Ayrean
troops, by the orders of their respective-Governments, and
for the accomplishment of ambitious projects, but on their
own accord, and to protect themselves, their families, and
their prcperties, from the violence and the spoliation which
threaten them. In fine, all these foreigners, have no more
ardent desire than to return to their peaceful and useful oc-
cupations so soon as the re-establishment of the Oriental re-
public in complete independence, shall enable them to do it
with safety.
" The spirit of the mission which has been intrusted to the
Plenipotentiaries of England and of France is that of the
most perfect disinterestedness. The undersigned will not
condescend to refute the absurd calumnies which attribute
perfidious projects of invasion to the mediating Powers; but
they declare, in common, that they do not claim, in any way,
to reserve to their own Governments any share of that
domineering and illegitimate influence which they combat,
and will ever combat, on the part of the Government of
Buenos Ayres. Whoever may be the ohief whom the
Oriental people think fit to place at their head, provided
he is chosen with perfect freedom and by the fair application
of constitutional laws, the undersigned are ready to recog-
nise him in the name of England and France.
"The only kind of influence which the undersigned desire
to exercise in the republic is an influence of peace and recon-
ciliation. They wish to persuade the Orientals, of all par-
ties, to put an end to civil discords, which can only profit their
common enemy, and precipitate their country into an abyss
of evils. The undersigned have further need of the sincere
and unreserved concurrence of the Oriental Government to
bring. about this holy work of reconciliation; and they know
sufficiently well what are its patriotic intentions in that
respect to have any fear in asking of it the solemn assurance
of its entife concurrence.
"The undersigned avail themselves with pleasure of this
opportunity to renew to his Excellency the assurance of their
high consideration.

" GORE OUSELEY.
" Baron DEFAUDIS.
"To his Excellency Senor Santiago Vasquez,
Minister of Foreign Relations, &c., at Monte Video."
In furtherance of the determination of the Governments of
England and France "to combat now and ever" the claims of
the Government of Buenos Ayres to dictate to the people of
Monte Video whom they shall have for their President,the Eng-
lish and French squadrons have seized upon the blockading
squadron, and sent off Admiral Brown and the crews of his
vessels to Buenos Ayres, in the French steamer Fulton and
the English steamer Firebrand. They have also established
a strict blockade of the Bucio, Of Colonia, and of the other
ports in the Monte Videan territory through which Genaral
Oribe derives all his supplies, except those of beef, which he
obtains by plundering the country, and have landed 1,500 to
1,600 French and English marines, a force quite sufficient to
deprive Oribe of all chance either of taking the city of
Monte Video, or of remaining for any length of time in the
Monte Videan territory. Up to the latest accounts he continued
to defy the orders of the English and French Governments,
but his resistance is purely ridiculous, and must cease very
shortly, either from defeat or the mutiny of his army.
Meanwhile, the grand object of preserving the Independence
cf the cast bank of the river Plate, and thus of rendering it
impossible for the Buenos Ayrean Government to cut off the
intercourse of European nations with the interior of South
America, has been completely effected. •