The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

THE GERMAN POWERS.

The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna that the
negotiations between the Austrian and Prussian
Cabinets are rendered difficult by the great irrita-
tion of the former against Russia, to which Prussia
is said to incline more than is agreeable to Austria.
According to the correspondent of the Cologne
Gazette, the determination of the Russian Govern-
ment that its armies shall cross the Danube has
given great dissatisfaction to that of Austria, although
every assurance has been given that in all the ope-
rations of Russia the political and commercial inte-
rests of Austria shall be respected.
The Grand Puke of Saxe Coburg Gotha has re-
turned to Gotha, from Berlin. The object of his
visit was, says the Hamburg News, to persuade the
King of Prussia to join the alliance of the Western
Powers, his Royal Highness feeling that if such a
step were not adopted, Prussia would become iso-
lated from the other German Powers.

A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, in the Cologne
The discussions in the committee Gazette, says :—"
on the loan bill are still continuing. The commit-
tee asked for explanations, and particularly as•re-
gards the negotiations 'with Austria. M. de Man-
teuffel did not refuse to give them. Yesterday he
appeared before the committee, but his explana-
tions were not considered satisfactory. The mem-
bers of the Right proposed that the explanations
should not be made public. This was supported
by the Government, but the committee has not
consented to it. The Government having admitted
that it has no immediate need of the loan, the com-
mittee is of opinion that it will be right to await
the development of the situation, which will enable
the Government to give more precise explanations,
and the Chamber to act with a full knowledge of
facts."

A Berlin letter, of the 25th, states that the King
of Prussia had passed a tranquil night, and that
there was no increase of fever or of the swelling of
the face caused by his recent accident.

M. de Severin, Russian Ambassador at Munich,
gave a brilliant fete on the evening of the 22d, to
which 400 persons were invited. The French and
English Ambassadors were not among the number,
but those of Prussia, Austria, and Hanover were
present.
A Vienna letter of the 23d states that the Gth
corps d'armee of Austria has just been placed on a
war footing.

THE GREEK INSURRECTION.

The Nouvelliste of Marseilles says :

"A letter from the Piraeus of the 17th mentions the
expected arrival of two Envoys Extraordinary from
France and England with the last propositions of those
powers to the Greek Government. It is stated that
King Otho will leave Athens and proceed to the Morea,
in order not to receive these diplomatists. The Greek
Government only exists by name in the provinces. No
one pays any taxes, and when the collector arrives the
tax-payer is found cleaning his arms, and he replies to
the demand of the functionary by saying—' What do
you come for ; we have given everything to the insur-
rection, and we are preparing to join it.""
The Journal de Constantinople is equally formal
in its accusation against the Greek Government.
It says :
" In the conspiracy which was discovered some time
since at Constantinople, having for object to excite the
Christian population of the empire, 46 Greek captains
were found to be engaged. They were in frequent rela-
tion with their countrymen at Athens, and the Russian
agents who were scattered over the Danubian principali-
ties and Roumelia. They had for chiefs at Constanti-
nople M. Caimacam, a superior employs in the Russian
post office at Constantinople, and Baron Elsner, who
was arrested with some of his accomplices. From the ex-
amination into the affair, which is now almost brought to
a close, it appears that these chiefs were in direct corres-
pondence with Menschikoff, to whom they announced
that the insurrection in Greece and among the Christian
populations of the Turkish empire would break out and be-
come general as soon as the Russians should have crossed
the Danube. The insurgents were then to masgacre
the Mussulmans and the Catholics of the European pro-
vinces of Turkey. From the arrival of Prince Menschi-
koff at Constantinople up to the moment of the discovery
of the conspiracy these wretches were incessantly en-
gaged in exciting the people to revolt, holding out to
theta all kinds of lying promises in order to bring them
over to their views. All these efforts have failed before
the intelligence of the people, who, confident in the
solicitude of the Imperial Government, know that their
welfare can only be increased by their respect
to the laws and their • submission and devotedness
to the Imperial authority. The anarchists have
only found companions worthy of them in the
prisons and the bagnes of Greece, among the officers of
the army of that kingdom and in tho aides-de-camp of
the King. Our correspondent at Athens writes us under
date of the Bth that the army itself, which was on the
frontier, marched over to the insurgents with their band
and with the royal flag flying at their head. This is not
an evil ; for, as the veil of hypocrisy has fallen, Europe
will see whether the Greek Government is not connected
with these acts of turpitude. The repression will not be
more difficult and will be more general : and the guilty
will receive a lesson which will benefit them now and
hereafter."