GERMANY.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 223, 19 July 1848, Page 3

GERMANY.

Ir was in a cabinet council held at Berlin on the 28th Feb., that it was decided upon the 'Ith, 7tli, and Bth divisions of llu> Piusshn urmy should immediately march to the frontiers, and orders to tint effect were issued. On second thought, howuvcr, these orderß wero recalled, and commands issued instead to the different commandcrn to be rrady to march at two days' notiio. Amongst the many reports in circulation respecting the alliance between Austria and Prussia, one generally credited is, that in case of a serious outbreak in Loinbardy, Prussia is to occupy the kingdom of Bohemia, so as to enable Austria to draw oft" her troops to the south. This rumour may, however arise from the fact that the sixth division of the Prussian army has been ordered to the Bohemian frontier. As might have been expected the greatest excitement prevails in the Grand Duchy of l'oicn. The Poles look anxiously forward to the course of events, and their hearts thiob with new hopes, though they dare not give loud utterance to them. On the evening of the Ist March, General Count yon Gioben, commander of the gairison of Diisscldorfl', held a council of all the staflT-ofliccis under his ordcts. The recent events in France were laigely discussed. On the following morning oidcrs were issued for all the men on furlough to join their respective regiments, and the ti oops wcic oideied to be ready to march at a moment's notice. The greatest activity is visible in the bai racks. Simil.u activity is visible in Cologne. At the latter city the co)p:, de icsetve lus been placed under arms. A letter from Manhcim on the Ist instant says that ordcishiive been lcceivcd thereto allow thcficc passage ol throe regiments of Hav.uun troops, who aie to occupy Geimcishicm and Landau. A scene of a curious nature occurred at Mayence on the evening of the Ist March. It ia customary during the Carnival to form masquerading societies under all sorts of denominations. The recent events in Fiance have completely maircd the joyous festivities, and in a grand meeting of the Narien-vercin, or Fools' assembly, on the cveninn in question, all the woithics with one accord, pulled off their conical caps with bells attached, and solemnly declared that it wn« no time for jesting, and that all good citizens should meet to petition the Government to miike the concessions which the spirit of the ago required In the twinkling of an eye the Narren assembly was changed into a pu'-lic meeting for the despatch of business, and befoie they broke up it was decided that a deputation of no less than two hundred cit zens bhoul 1 proceed to Darmstadti to petition for "liberty of the press, a civicgunrd, a diminution of the army, and a German Paihuinent !" Oh the 2r-d the Deputation proceeded to Diirmitadt, and w<ls to preient it on the 3id, A deputation from Offenbach arrived the same day, and the cit zens of Daainstadt proposed presenting an address of a similar nature. Accuidmg to the laws of Daimstadt such petitions arc prohibited. The Stated are s.tting at the present moment. A letter from the Hague dated the 3id instant, states that tho militia hud been called out. The Cologne Gazette gives the following account of the movement at Wies uiden— Wiesijaden, March 3.— The first number of a journal free of censorship, has appeared this morning. We extract the following account from it : — This day, March 2, above 4000 Citiz in juscniblcd on the square before the theatre to discuss nine resolutions, demand' ing concessions from the Government. The resolutions weie carried unanimously. A deputation of teven Citizens headed by llcrr Yon Hcrgcnhan, was then appointed to wait upon the Minister of State, Yon Dungern (the Duke being absent,) to demand his sanction. The assembly resolved to await the result in the square, and occupied the intervening time by speeches and patriotic songs. An hour elapsed, and the meeting began to evince symptoms of impatience, when the deputation was observed returning, and was hailed with enthusiastic cheers. Piocurutor Hcrgenhan announced that their two first demands (arming of the Citizens, and delivery of 2000 stand of arm* to them,) had been granted by the Minister, who promised to lay the remaining resolutions before the Duke. After some demur, the people were prevailed upon to disperse, convoking a general meeting for the 4th. The Civic guard wa» at once organized. The other demands arc— entire libcily of the press, convocation of a German Parliament, an oath to the Constitution to be tuken by the troops, right of meeting public and oral, trial by jury, declaration that the domain belonging to the Btnte shall be under the controul of the ad. ministration oftheitates of the Duchy, the* immediate convocation of the second chamber, foi the purpose of forming ft new electoial law, on the basis that eligibility is not dependent on wealth, and supprcbsion of restrictions oti religious liberty. Each state of Germany will have its mouvement, and obtain concessions, and the great point of attraction will be the Diet of Frunldoit. The Diet has already given up the idea of a universal law of the press for all Germany, leaving it in the option of each respective state to exercise 1U own judgment in tho matter. This decision of the Diet, which was made known on the 3rd, caused great joy. The decree, however, adds, that it is granted under tho guarantees which protect as much as possible the other federal sates and the whole confederation, against an abuse of the freedom of the Letters from Berlin of the 29th February state that a despatch had arrived from St. Petersburgh with the ratification of a tieaty of alliance between Austria, Russia, and Pjussm, by which the two latter undertake to assist Austria in Italy. The columns of the army Invebcen put in matching older. The Bth division is stated by a German paper to have been otdeietl to the liontiers in France. A telugiaph despatch is reported to have been received at Puns, dated horn Met/, sfh March, staling ih«u the Piussian authorities at Saai-Louib had oideied all the Fjcnch to leave the town.

A letter fi Din I'eilin <<f the second instant'saji — "Thes'ato of our money mnrkot U slili more oppiusscil, still some tiansaclions were done fo-das' foi a (Miisi(lt'Ml)lu .iiuounl, Avlnlst two d.i} > since tliru- was »citlifr biiyeis nor st'Hoi-.. A slight Hinrlioiiition is visil>lt>. lour Berlin houses have stopped payment, with liabilities ton cons'ulorablc iiinoinit." — turning Cluwuclc, March 8.