The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

FRANKFORT.

There is every probability that the Diet will agree
to the proposition making the supreme Headship of
the Empire hereditary, and that the King of PRUSSIA
will be elected to the vacant office. M. SCRAMBLING,
who was considered the representative of the Austrian
party, has resigned the office of Minster of the
Empire, and is succeeded by M. HENnir Vox GA-
GERN, who is the leader of the Prussian party.
It is said that M. IMIOLKE, Minister of Justice, also
intends to resign, as he does not wish to form part
of an entirely Prussian Ministry. Austria has
formally declared her intention not to contribute to
the formation of a German fleet, and has recalled
her representative at the Customs Congress. M. DE
SCHMEELING was desirous that the National Assembly
should resume negotiations with Austria on the ques-
tion of German utility; and he was unsuccessful in
his endeavours, and he therefore resigned. There
now remain but two parties—the Prussian party and
the Austrian party.
When the German Parliament first met, there was
every disposition to elect the Emperor of AUSTRIA to
the headship of the empire, and thus restore to him
his old title of Emperor of Germany ; and as a proof
of the existence of this disposition, we may mention
the election of the Archduke JOHN as regent. To
what are we to attribute the sudden change in the
feelings of the Assembly, but to the disgust which
all Germans feel at the recent massacres at Vienna.
The murder of ROBERT BLUM has cost the house
of Hapsburg the empire of Germany.
The Frankfort Assembly in its sitting on the 14th
came to the following resolution by a majority of
274 to 187 :—" That no decision of the Diet which
has not yet obtained the sanction of the head of the
empire be repeated in the same session ; but that, if
any decision of the Diet be brought forward in three
successive sessions, and be confirmed without any
alteration, such decision to have the force of law even
if the sanction of the head of the empire do not
follow." It will be seen, therefore, that the principle
of a suspensive veto is acknowledged.

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
The report that General Vox BoNIN intended to
resign the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Schles-
wig-Holstein army into the hands of the Government
caused great consternation among the inhabitants,
and they voted a unanimous address to the general,
entreating him to retain the command, and pro-
mising that his endeavours for the maintenance of
discipline in the scarcely organized Schleswig-Hol-
stein army should not only meet with no opposition
in the country, but have its warm support.
h General BONIN was evidently moved at this proof
of confidence, and dilated on the necessity of strict
' discipline in the army. It was impossible, the Gene-
ral said that he should be able to state the motives of
his command to every individual soldier; he was re-
sponsible to the Government and to the country ;
that he. would submit to the Government, whether in
respect to the openly declared sentiment of the
country, it considered that he could act with con-
fidence as General of the Schleswig-Holstein troops;
and if this were the case he would exert all his
energies as heartily as heretofore for the benefit of
the country.
The deputation waited on Count REVENTLOW, and
he replied, in the name of his colleagues, that he be-
lieved he could give the assurance that the Govern-
ment was of the same mind as the deputation, and in
compliance with the wish of the country would in-
duce the General to recall his decision.

A letter from Schleswig states that General Vox
BONIN has sent Lieut.-Colonel Vox ZASTROW to
Berlin, in order, if possible, to effect the recall of the
mandate commanding the return of all Prussian
officers who had been in command of the various
Schleswig-Holstein battalions. One of these officers,
Prince WALDIMAII, who commanded the cavalry
brigade, has meanwhile resolved to return to Prague.
KIEL, DEc. 14.—General approbation is expressed
at the fact that the six battalions which marched into
this city again yesterday from the cantonments at
Rendsburg, on hearing the intelligence that General
VON BONIN intended to resign the command of the
army, immediately resolved unanimously to send a
deputation to the highly venerated General at Schles-
wig-Holstein, entreating him to remain at the head
of the Schleswig Holstein army.—Hamburghßorsen-
halle, Dec. 15.