New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-24
GERMANY.
Things In General.

The questions which the Dresden Conferences
were called TO settle seem to be far from being
arranged Is ever Nobody knows what will be
DONE or whether Austria or Prussia will have the
upper hand at last The latest report is that Prus.
sia rather than agree to the demands of her rival,
will fall upon the Frankfort Confederation exactly
as il was before the revolution. The Conferences
have adjourned for q fortnight on the motion o.
Prussia.
1t is stated that a Convention has been con.
cluded between Austria and Denmark Denmark
proposes TO enter into the Austrian Customs MON,
abolish the Constitution of March, lS4S, and adopt
q representative system of estates. In return,
Denmark receives a guarantee for all her Prov
inces. In the case of an extinction of the male
line Of the royal house, the crown will revert to
the Duke of Oldenburgh.
The last part of the statistical reports OF NJ. Di
etrici gives the following results of the Prussan
official census The collective population, at the
commencement of the last year, was 1888 200
souls OF these, 100000 were of the Evsngelic
church. 100000 Catholics, $4,000 Jews $4,000
Mennoniten, and 200 Greek Christians. The
Jews are spread over all the provinces of the mon
arcby. The Mennoniten are principally found In
the province Of Prussia and on the Rhine. Greek
Christians are only found in the Russian colony
founded by the late King in Potsdam, and II w est
Prussia, where they are called PhaLopponeR -
The whole population has increased by 900, 900
since the former census, at the close Of 1876 and
the increase is the most marked among the Jews
In the beginning of the year 1850 the whole nun
Der of men in active military service was 10000 ;
thus divided Cavalry, "a 900 Infantry, 100000
Artillery, 10000; with $4,000 of the Landwehr
In 1876 and l647 only $4,000 men were kept on
foot, so that the army had been increased in and
after lS46 by $4,000 men, or this force $4,000
were beyond the bounds of the Prussian State,
viz, 90 900 in Baden 5000 in the fortress of Lux
emburg, 5000 ia Mayence, $500 in Frankfort
$500 in Hamburger, and 5, 800 in Holstein. There
are in the army 6,3s7 commissioned officers, 2ss
military officials, and ls9 600 non-commissioned
officers and musicians there is therefore about
one officer TO every 80 men. The number OF in
vaids is 800; of the Gendarmery, 1000 The
soldiers reduced to the second class for mlscon'
duct when they become liable to cornoraI pn9ifh-
mentl amanst % sv0 per cent. on the whole oil the
army This small proportion is explained by the
fact that no man with any stain on his character
is allowed to enter the military service.
The Constitutional states that the German
feet or rather the relics Of it, are about TO be sa
crihced The Frankfort commission has reported
to the section Of the Dresden Conferences which
takes charge Of material questions the rulnous
condition of the fleet and requires a considerable
sum for the repair of the ships This money there
10 little chance Of raising. Austria will have no
thing to do with feet en- c0mnGRdtte aud applies
her revenue TO the support OF her own vessels
The southern States, the people OF which have
never seen anything larger than Rhine steamer,
n raft or a fruit barge, cannot be made to under
stand that nation without ports or colonies can
really require feet and their Governments do
not care to expend money on things of which they
scarcely know the names. Prussia has bought
ships and steamers but OF late on its own account
not that Of the German Marine Department. AS
it bore the expense it thinks it may as well secure
the sole property. Hanover suggests that the
question should be decided by reference to all
the States. Austria proposes that the fleet shall
be divided among the Governments in proportion
10 the sums they contributed toward it.