The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-24 00:00:00

GERMANY.

Since the late attempt on the life of the Emperor,
the most minute surveillance is exercised clz er,
strangers.
The Council of War of Prague has condemned
three students to be flogged for a demonstration in
favour of Kossuth.
A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, March 22,
says that the report, current for some days, that
M. de Bruck was to be sent to Constantinople as
*Austrian Ambassador, gains ground. The funds
were firm.
The Berlin Cabinet has expressed its resolution
to maintain its integrity, not only on the federal
question, but also in its relations with England.
The intended congress of crowned heads is thus
rendered impossible, the Premier, Baron Man-
teuffel, having utterly repudiated any hostile feel-
ing towards Great Britain.,
Considerable interruption to the navigation has
been experienced at Hamburg, in consequence of
the low water preventing vessels from entering and
leaving.
The extensive premises of M. Rossbach, at Bar_
men (Rhenish Prussia), containi▪
ng 10,000 tuns of
oil, have been destroyed by fire. The total loss is
estimated at 100,0001., and 1,000 persons are de-
prived of occupation.
Reports not totally unfounded are current that a
schism has taken place in the Prussian Cabi.aet,
which, unless arranged, menaces to produce the resig-
nation either of the Minister-Presi▪ dent or the Minis-
ter of the Interior, or at least that of the Under-Se-
cretary of State for the Home Department (brother
to Baron de Manteuffel). The cause of this dissen-
timent is said to be the recent extension of powers
accorded to the Berlin President of Police, who, by
an arrangement sanctioned by the King, but, as ru-
moured, without the consent of the Prime Minister,
is now made general comptroller of the whole -po-
lice of the kingdom, and placed at the head of a
special department in the Home-office, subject only
to the pro forma superintence of the chief of that
department. Every wellwis▪ her of this country
must earnestly desire that this dissentiment, which
seems to rest upon a point of form more than of
fact, may be arranged in such a manner as not to
deprive the Crown of the services of the eminent
man who, from the month of November, 1848, untll
the present period, has afforded so many proofs of
his courageous and patriotic▪ devotion to his So-
vereign and country, and of his statesmanlike and
enlarged views, both as regards commercial and
abstract diplomatic policy. This is the more to be
desired, since the centralization of the police powers
in one active and energetic hand seems to be, a
measure fraught with general advantage. Under
every circumstance this centralization presents a
direct tangible point to those who may have to
complain of vexatious or harsh conduct on the
part of subaltern police functionaries, who were
hitherto in a certain measure independent of the
Berlin president, and amenable in the first instance
only to local authorities.
The reports of the British and French fleets hav-
ing been ordered to the Turkish Archipelago, ac-
enrn pa.uiod. by the rumours of Count Menschikoff's
haughty and peremptory proceedings at the Porte,
have caused a most uneasy sensation in Berlin,
although no apprehension ought to be entertained
of either of these events leading to anything more
serious than the further humiliation of the ill-fated
Porte, who will be let to pay lets pots casses as well
as it can. This Government, according to the
assertions of those who ought to be well informed,
is anything but disposed to side with the enemies of
Turkey, but meantime it is so hampered by northern
and southern connections as to render it expedient
to steer a natural course.
The vernal equinox has brought a renewal of
winter under the most distinguished form in
Prussia—heavy snow, with sharp frosts.

ITALY.
Three persons, convicted of having taken part in
the movement of the 6th of February, have been
executed at Milan. Five-others, convicted of rob-
bery, had been also condemned to death. Three
had suffered ; the sentence of the others had been
commuted into ten years' imprisonment.
The Pope, at the request of the Dutch Govern-.
ment, has created an Archbishop of Utrecht, and
four Suffragan B ishops.

SPAIN.
MADRID, MARCH 18.
M. Martinez de la Rosa has been elected Pre-
sident the Chamber of Deputies btwo belonged
y 142 votes.
Of th of e
four Vice-Presidents elected,
to the Opposition.
The Three per Cents. were at 43g.

TErIiKEY.
The Paris papers contain no fresh intelligence
ut
from Constantinople, b
rove that France has less
the Constitutionnel pub-
lishes a long article to p
interest in the Turkish question than almost any
other European Power, for that, "as regards the
question of the Holy Places, France finds herself
at present satisfied and disinia and Russia at Con-
The Ambassadors of Austr
stantinople have requested that Monte the gro
same
be
placed under the protection of Austria,
under the
in
position as the Danubian principality
protectorate of Russia.
The rumour that the mediation of Prussia. had
been solicited by the Porte, on the question of the
Holy Places, is now contradicted.

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or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of
the sender, except, however, as regards registered letters,
the postage upon which, as well as the registration fee,
must be paid in advance.
THE LATE FIRE AT DONCASTER CHIJRCH.--The judicial
investigation into the origin of the late lamentable fire,
which resulted in the total destruction of the parish
church of St. George, at Doncaster, was brought to a
close on Tuesday evening last, in the council-chamber of
the Guildhall, after seven different adjournments. Since
the receipt of the able letter of Mr. Braidwood, of the
London fire-engine establishment, and the evidence of
Mr. Taylor, the superintendent of the Yorkshire fire
brigade, the inquiry has been solely directed to the state
of the flues. It has been shown by men of nearly 30
years' experience that the flues were defective, and, in-
stead of their being swept three times a year, they have
only been doneonce. Mr. Lister, the coroner, summed up
the evidence in a very clear and lucid manner, directing
the attention of the jury to another case in point—the
fire at Windsor Castle, and alluded to the leading re-
marks on that subject in the Times, after nearly three
hours' deliberation, the foreman handed the following
verdict to the coroner :—" In the absence of more
conclusive evidence, the jury find that the actual
origin of the fire is involved in mystery ; that it was
accidental ; but they incline to the opinion that the pro-
bable cause may be assigned to the state of the north
flue, the defective and unsafe construction of the heating
apparatus, and particularly the negligence and inatten-
tion of those who had charge of them. The jury can-
not close their inquiry into this awful visitation without
strongly impressing upon the town-council the lamen-
tably defective supply of water, the want of sufficient
fire-plugs, and another and a more powerful engine,
with sufficient hose for sudden emergencies." Mr.
Nicholson, one of the jury, handed the following docu-
ment to the coroner, which was read :—" That the offi-
cials to whose custody the church was confided are
highly reprehensible for not having had due regard to
the appointment of fit and proper persons to attend to the
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Earl of Harewood has promised to attend the public
meeting, which is expected to prove a most enthusiastic
demonstration of the feelings of the county generally.