GERMANY.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 361, 29 September 1849, Page 3

GERMANY.

In the sifting of the National Assembly of Frankfort, on May 10, the Ministry announced that the Vicar General of the Empire, not being (Imposed to ogrop to the programme which had been presented to him, pointing out the course he ought to pursue relative to the constitution, they desired to resign* A new Minis try was to be formed. A discussion ensued on the spot, on a proposition of M. Reden, thui conceived :— " All practicable means are to bo adopted to resist the measures by which Prussia has endeavoured to stifle the public voice, in interfering with Saxony without any right to do so." This proposition wai adopted. The assembly then sent a deputation to communicate the resolution of the aisembly to the Vicar General, wishing to know if he would execute it. The Archduke John replied that he could give no opinion till a new Ministry was formed. This reply was lent to the committee of thirty, who aic ordered to make a report thereon0. The last news received at Berlin by the Government | from Dresden is up to noon of the 9th. The Prussian and Saxon troops had gallantly taken possession of Alstadt, the old town. The Government would enter into no negotiations with the insurgents. The soldiers weic received at liberators, the unhappy inhabitants running to embrace them. The best understanding existed between the Prussians nnd Saxons. General IJollcben was at Bautzen with 1200 men, only two liourß' march from Dresden. At Pusseldorf, on the 10th, all the forts were in the hands of the troops, and the town put in a stale of aiege. The town of Elberfcld is full of barricades, and the troops forced to retire. There has been no disturbance at Reuss. The Government of the Grand Duchy of Baden, on the 9th, proclaimed the constitution of the Germtn empire. The conferences of representatives of the German Governments on the German queition have commenced at Berlin. Austrian, Hanoverian, and Bavarian Plenipotentiaries take part in them, but it is not btated how many Government! are represented.