The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

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Die Speech from the Throne, which will be deli-
vered at the approaching opening of the Diet is now
under discussion in the Cabinet. It is conceived in a
very conciliatory spirit. The late break between the
popular Representatives and the Crown is treated
with much moderation; but the German question is
taken up very decidedly, and Austria's position to
Germany disputed. The Ministers have also decided
that the state of siege shall be continued.

BAVARIA.
MUNICH, FED. 18.—The following letter was read
by Count BRAY, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the
sitting of the Chambers yesterday :
" Letter from the Bavarian Ambassador (Baron
DE CETTO), in London, to Viscount PALMERSTON
(Private.)
" London Dec. 22, 1848.
"My dear Lord Palmerston,--1 called upon you
this morning in Carlton gardens, but you had just
left, and I was told at the door that you would pro-
bably be absent a fortnight. This is a very long
time, and I therefore take the liberty of telling you
in writing what I had proposed telling you by word
of mouth.

"In regard to the project which has lately been
mooted of placing Prussia at the head of
the German Union, the report has been
spread and appears to have reached Mu-
nich, that England would not object to such an
arrangement, on the supposition that the other
Princes of Germany have no objection to give their
consent. The consequence of such a pre-supposition
are too important to permit us to give grounds, and the
KING is anxious that you should be immediately in
formed that as far as he himself is concerned it is
wholly without foundation. His MAJESTY intends
not only not to give his consent in any wise to the
said project, but he will not tolerate the establish-
ment of an hereditary Imperial Germany in favour of
any one, and if this notion, which has been more than
once mooted by the Central Committee in Frankfort,
ever again make its appearance, the KING will be
compelled expressly and decidedly to declare that he
is opposed to it. This he is entitled to do by virtue
of the guarantees of the treaty signed in Vienna by
the Great Powers, and this duty is imposed upon
him by the duties which as Prince he has sworn to
fulfil. Events in the present day travel with such
immense rapidity, I concluded I could not inform
you of it one moment too soon, and this it is which
has induced me to send you this letter, instead of
waiting for your return. As, however, I feel that as
yet I am only authorised to communicate with you
verbally on this subject, I shall be greatly obliged to
you if you will regard what I now write as if it had
come from me by word of mouth in the conversation
which I should have so had with you had you been in
town.

" Yours, &c.,
" VON CETTO."
The following extract from a letter from Count
BRAY, to the King's Ambassador, Baron CETTO, in
London, was then also read :
" MuNicx, FEB. 7.—ln reference to the homo-
geneous project which is propounded at Frankfort, it
is in portatit that the erroneous views relating to it,
and which, as it appears, have received some credit in
London, should not be suffered to exist. As the offer
of the Imperial Crown to Prussia is mainly treated of, the
KING our master, notwithstanding the intimate bond
of friendship which unites him to that power, could
not do otherwise than protest against a project
which aims at the exclusion of Austria from the Ger-
man Confederation. This obstacle is, however, not
the only one. Neither could there be the slightest
notion of referring to the treaties of 1815. The
subject now under discussion is a peculiarly national,
and domestic affair of Germany; wherefore it is not
our intention to suffer any foreign powers, whichever
it may be, to meddle with it, and it will therefore
suffice that you designate as false tlie pre-supposition
of the concurrence to the project of the erection of
a unitarian and hereditary central power, of which
you have spoken, and against with the majority of the
National Assen.bly have since decided. '— Cologns
Gazette, Feb. 24.

ENMARK AN]) THE DUCHIES.
A letter from Copenhagen, of the 12th, states that
the Danish Government has proposed a prolongation
of the armistice for three months, on the condition
that the principle of neutrality established be the basis
of the convention of Malmoe.

RUSSIA.
The Kolner Zeitung has a letter from Posen of th•
21st inst., stating from " an authentic source," that a
strong detachment of Russian Guards is on its march
to the Vistula, and that it has passed `Vilna. The
Russian Guards are not generally employed to form
a cordon, or to make part of an army of observation.
The Kolner Zeitung adds, that it appears the EMPE-
RoR is preparing to rouse himself from his former
position of a passive spectator.

HANOVER.
The resignation of the Ministers has not been
accepted by the KING.

ITAL Y.

The Genoa Gazette of the 2d publishes the protest
made by the POPE at Gaeta against the decree of
the Constituent Assembly, deposing him from power.
The intelligence from Rome is to the 17th
instant. On the 14th the Executive Committee no-
minated the following as Ministers :—MAZZARBLLI,
to be Minister of Justice and President of the
Council ; AURELIO SAPP', Minister of the Interior;
GIOVITO LAZZ XRINI, of Justice ; CARLO Ruscorix,
of Foreign Affairs, Gurccrom Finances; STERCINI,
Public Works ; POMPLIO DI CAMPELLO, War and
Marine.

The Prince of CASINO has been elected Vice-
President of the Republic.
The Electoral Colleges are convoked for the 11th
March, to nominate members for ad the municipalities
of the State.

In the sitting of the Roman Constituent Assembly
of the 13th inst., the Minister STBRBINI, in the name
of the Minister of Finance, presented a Bill providing
that all ecclesiastical property shall henceforward be-
long to the State, and that all alienation of the said
property, w hether real or movi,able, shall he considered
null and void. A projf,ct was s aed by Deputy TAN"
TOI to the same effect, but directing aiso that proper
provision slr,uld he lii ;1& for the support of public
wors,:tp. and tiw. I he f tier Cuur h ,hail be
gran ed to agricuiturists upon a ground rent. The
first and third :,rtivies of the Ministerill measures
were voted by urgency ; the remainder, with au
counter project, were sent to the committees. •

.
Citoorai ) us unannieiusiy adopted the fol
lowing Address in reply to the Speech from the
Throne :
" Sire,--The Second Chamber of the States General
vividly appr, ciates the importance of the duties which
the fundamental law imposes upon the nation. We de-
sire to contribute to the accomplishment of the enlarged
mission to which) the Legislature is called, for the conso-
lidation of that ietinatte, onion between th. Government
and the nation which gives energy to power. This is
hAt your Majesty- desired when by your Royal word
you decided upon the reform of our institutions. This
aim, in our opinion must tend to the development of the
liberties and the rights by the fundamental law guaran-
teed to the people of the Netherknds, and the organiza-
:jun of the g)vernment which it prescribes.
" We believe, Sire, that from the moment the Go-.
verntnent shall in this manner become a national power,
all the present difficulties of the st.t.te of our finances
will be surmounted.
These difficulties are augmented by a deficit, and
even if that deficit should be covered they will not then
disappear. They r, quire especially not only that our
system of expenditure, but also that our fiscal system
should be established on a new basis. The nation will
be all the more ready to comply if it be thoroughly con-
vinced that the sacrifices required of it are reasonable
and just, and will be employed in a suitable manner.
"To a willing mind will be joined the ability to make
these sacrifices of industry if it sees its vital principle—
liberty of action—respected by the Legislature and the
Government, and if it finds in both a due appreciation
of its interests.

" The colonies and possessions of the kingdom in
other parts of the globe have an equitable claim upon
the solicitude of the nation. We conceive it to be our
imperative duty to make ourselves thoroughly acquainted
with the affairs of those countries, and zealously to sup-
port any measures which are necessary to the advance-
ment of their prosperity. The nation will never forget,
Sire, that it is you who have called it to exercise the
lights whence our freedom emanates; and we esteem
ourselves happy to be able to assure you of its deep gra-
titude. The King and the people have mutually ap-
proached each other, and under this conviction we rally
round your Majesty for the purpose of entering cou-
rageously, and in confident assurance of the Divine
blessing, upon the new era which you have opened.to,the
Netherlands.—S'taats Courant, Feb. 23.

PRUSSIA.
Advices have been received from Berlin to the 23d.
A compact has been definitively entered into with
the Prussian Government by the collective Anhalt
dukedoms (Dessau, Cothen, and Bernburg), in
virtue of which the military forces of these states will
become an integrant part of the Prussian army. This
compact is confidently stated to be merely the pre-
cursor of similar arrangements with other German
States. llesse-Cassel is named as one of these, and
the present visit of the Elector to Berlin is attributed
to the negoti ,tions now in progress to this effect.
With respect to the state of the siege of Berlin,
there appears to be no prospect of its being imme-
diately raised. The magistrates have rejected the
petition of the deputation of the city for the removal
of the state of siege by stating that it not onlyconrinued
to exercise a most beneficial influence on the various
branches of trade, but was indispensable to the public
satety in the present unstable condition of our social
and political relations.