26 JANUARY 1867, Page 2

Prince Hohenlohe, Prime Minister of Bavaria, has formally announced to

the Chambers that the King's Government, in the event of any attack being made on Germany, will place its army at the disposal of Prussia. When subsequently pressed to be more definite, he added that he should consider an Austrian war on Prussia a war by foreigners on Germany. This declaration ends the last chance of a Southern Confederacy, and immensely improves the prospect of a union of all Germany as one State. It, indeed, almost compels Hesse, Wurtemberg; and Baden to make a similar declaration.