The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

NEUCHATEL.

The Frankfort journals publish the following
extract of the proces verbal of the proceedings of
the Diet relative to the Neuchatel affair
" In its sitting of the 18th, the representatives
of Austria, Bavaria, and Baden announced that
the steps taken in the name of the Germanic Con-
federation had not met with the desired success.
The Swiss Federal Council had, in fact, acquainted
the Prussian envoy at Berne that it could not con-
sent to the preliminary and unconditional release
of the prisoners of Neuchatel, but that it was
always prepared to enter into negotiations for a
pacific solution of the question ; the President of
the Swiss Federal Council communicated this reply
to the other diplomatic agents at Berne, and de-
clared, moreover, that from the same motives he
could not pay attention to the support given to
the demands of Prussia by the Germanic Con-
federation, but that be perfectly appreciated the
sentiments of good nethbourhood which had dic-

tated this resolution of the Diet ; and that, on his
side, he endeavoured, as far as it was possible, to
introduce similar nutiments into the difficulty in
question. After this Communication the repre-
sentative of Prussia addressed the Diet. He com-
mencod fy expro sing the gratitude of his govern--4
ment for the unanimous good feeling which its:.
exal:ed co federates had manifested for its wishes
as well in the wording a; in the ex'cution of the
resolution of the 9th Nov. He afterwards an-
nounced, while expressing regret at seeing the dis-
appearance of all hope of the re establishment c I
violated rights by negotiations, that nothing rt
tnained for the King but to enforce his just demark"
by calling out the military force necessary to attai
the object desired, and opening the negotiatie; is
necessary for securing the free movements of the re
troops. The Prussian epresentative submitted ;it
the same time to the assembly a despatch, in whic
the Prussian Cabinet made known its resolutime
to the Courts of London, Paris, St. Petersburg,
and Vienna. These communications will be made
known to the different Governments by their in"
scrtion in the minutes."

CYPRUS.

A letter from Larnaca, in the island of Cyprus,.
of the sth, gives the following account of the ex-
plosion of a powder mapzine, briefly mentioned in
telegraphic despatch In the night of the 27th
Nov. the town was thrown into consternation by a
,remendous explosion which shook all the houses
AS though a violent earthquake had taken place,
and was instantly followed by a shower of stones
find brands of fire. The powder magazine of the
naval arsenal, which contained 20 barrels of powder.
and 150 b rxE,,s of cartridges, had blown up. Ralf
the building is now nothing but a heap of ruins,
and a large khan, the public baths, and several
shopsand caf6son the public square were con3plett
shattered. 18 persons killed. The greatest alai ra
was felt fog tlae safety of another larger maga:sn
containing 140 barrels of powder, round which the
burning fragments had fallen, but fortunately It
was preserved through tho courageous conduct .0f
a French riedical man, named Foblant. At tb e
imminent risk of his own life, and in spite of in-.
numerable obstacles which surrounded him, he had

the larger magazines opened, and the powder re-
moved. By his exertions he also saved the lives
of severalpersons who bad been buried beneath the
ruins. lte doctor was ably assisted by M. Saila-
tine, the lead of the French Consulate here. The
local autiorities, however, were very remiss in
their du;y, and lent no effective co-operas on
whatever Osman Pacha, the governor of the
island adtres3- d a letter of the following JAY to
the docto!, thanking him in the warmest teriAs for
his courateous conduct."

SPAIN.
Our acounts from Madrid ar? of the 19th inet,t.:
In cousquence of the late amnesty several Car
chiefs had ?resented themselves at Junquera, anu-
among then the Brigadier Domingo Forcadell.
Lord _Hoyden had given a grand dinner at whi_ic"
the membe's of the Corps Diplomatique and °the',
high persoiages attended.
The three eldest daughters of the DukeP
Duchess obluntpensier had hen decorated Wit
the cordon-A the ladies of the Royal Portugl 1t35(/
order of Sant Isabella.