The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-27 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

Hanover is reported to have come forward with a
project which is likely to add to, rather than alle-
viate, the present difficulties of the German question.
It proposes, namely, that Austria and Prussia shall
divide the supreme power between them, not aiter•
nately, but conjointly. This chiefdom to be sup-
ported by a Council of State, consisting of repre-
sentrepre-
sentativesfrom all the other States of Germany.
'This
Chiefdom and Council of State is intended to
replace the Curatorship of Prussia and the College of
Princes, as proposed by the Triple Confederation.

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
COPENHAGEN, JUNE 20.—The day before yest?r-
day, in the afternoon, the Prussian steamer the Oder,
carrying a flag of truce, entered our roadstead. She
had on board the Chamberlain Quaade, Secretary
to Baron Reedtz, the late Danish mediator at
Berlin. The Chamberlain was kept under quarantine
at Klampenborg, but his dispatches were sent on
to the Government. This event has caused great
surprise and curiosity in the capital, but there can
be no doubt whatever that they are connected with
the pending negotiations for peace. The greatest
secrecy is preserved on the part of the Government.—
Hamburgh Papers, June 22.

A proclamation , , FILANGIEBT had an-
nounced to the Sicilians that the eldest son of the
King of NAPLES would reside at Palermo, and
govern Sicily as Viceroy, and that the Sicilians who
had been made prisoners by the Neapolitans in the
waters of Corfu, and had been detained at Naples
since July 1848, in consequence of their connexion
with the expedition to Calabria, would be set at
liberty, with the exception of the chiefs. The Cos-
tanza, a Palermitan journal, ventured, after the lapse
of several days, to ask FILANGIERI when the arrival
of the VICEROY might be expected, and who were
the chiefs who would not b 3 set at liberty. The
printer of the journal was immediately arrested and
imprisoned, and the journal itself suppressed, and the
King of NAPLES has disavowed the promise of
FILANGIERI, both as regards the Viceroyalty of the
Duke of CALABRIA end the liberation of the Sicilian
prisoners. The band of a battalion of the National
Guards having one evening performed some Italian airs,
I'll,v:cunt ordered the chief of the battalion to be
arrested, and in order to obtain his great object,
which is a virtual dissolution of the National Guard,
FILAEGIERI published on the Ist of June an ordi-
nance prohibiting from serving in the Nation: 1
Guards—

Ist. All those vs ho had served in the Sicilian army._

2dly. All those who, during the thirteen months of
the Sicilian revolution, had professed opinions fa-
vourablW to the revolution.
31. All those who were not Palermitans.

The National Guard is likewise prohibited from
appe:aing in arms, passing in review, or performing
any military duty without the express permission of
FILANGIERI, or his Deputy, and he menaces certain
officers in the National Guard, with whose language
he expresses himself as displeased.
The 7th article is as follows—lt has been observed
that in many places in the city, and even this very day
in the Place Bellaro, that the Royal armorial bearings
which are placed at the commencement of all the
ordinances of the Royal authorities have been soiled
and covered with filth. If the National Guard does
not see these proceedings it is a proof that it per-
forms the public service carelessly, if it does see
them and not prevent them, it would be still worse,
as that would furnish a proof of a connivance, or at
least a toleration worthy of reproach.
Letters from Malta, of the 11th of June state,
that the venerable RUGGIERO SETTIMO was
still in the island in a state of excellent
health. He says that his only consolation
under the catastrophe that has overwhelmed his
country is, that his conscience is completely pure, and
that he has nothing to reproach himself with, and
feels no remorse. The Governor of the Island,
Admiral PARKER, and all the authorities, treat this
venerable patriot with every mark of profound
respect; he, however, leads a retired life, and refuses
every invitation.