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For the week, German affairs supply little movement. The as-

sembled Ministers at Dresden have agreed to use the utmost dis- cretion; and the only important rumour that has oozed out is, that the project of a Bavarian League or third " collectivity" is gaining ground. The restoration of the Elector in Hesse-Cassel has been followed by tyrannical seventies: leading citizens have been tried before courts-martial for their conduct during the dispute between the Elector and his State, and some of them have undergone the sen- tence of beating with sticks. Coercion seems to be certain for Schleswig-Holstein; Prussia having arranged that troops for that purpose shall pass through her territory.

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