3 OCTOBER 1846, Page 11

From a source deserving of credit we learn that Prussia

has proposed a considerable increase in the duties on yarn' as a compromise to the mem- bers of the Zollverein, who are clamorous for protecting duties. The duty on cotton-yarns to be raised from 2 dollars to 3 dollars per hundredweight; that on linen-yam from * dollar to 2 dollars per hundredweight ; and cm

linens from 11 dollars to 20 dollars per hundredweight. Some notion is entertained at Berlin that this proposal will be rejected by Bavaria, Wir- temberg, and Baden, the protectionist states, as being insufficient.

A correspondent at Frankfort touches upon the popular point in the Schleswig-Holstein affair- " The diplomatic declarations which we were led to expect would take place relating to Schleswig and Holstein have appeared. The King of Denmark, in a Royal proclamation, explains his published letter as not containing any threat of severing Holstein and Lanenbarg from the German federation. The Frankfort Diet reosnmends the Germans not to let their ardour to resist encroachments kindle into a passionate flame, that must prevent their distinguishing the merits of the respective parties in such a delicate case. The proclamation of the Frank fort Diet contains, however, what, we suspect, the Germans were more desirous of obtaining than the sovereignty in

over Holstein: it acknowledges, for the first time, that the people has a will of its own; although that will is to be schooled by the groper authorities. The proclamation 'recognizes the good-will shown through- out Germany by the people on this occasion, but recommends the respective Governments to take proper steps to prevent the ardour displayed from degene- rating into passion.' Can the Germans seriously believe that their Northern neighbours set much value upon forming an integral part of the confederation? We distinguish, of course, between the people at large and the family whose claim to sucaed is threatened, with their numerous clients and retainers."