The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-29 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin of the 25th, in the Co-
logne Gazette, says :—" The report which has been
current that the government intends to fortify
Berlin is completely unfounded, but, on the other
hand, it is in contemplation to strengthen the.
works of defence which already exist at Spandeau."
The New Gazette of Prussia publishes by autho-
rity a denial of certain statements made by Belgian
and German papers respecting the Duchess of Or-
leans and her sons. Thus, it asserts that it is not
true that the Duke de Nemours has visited the
Duchess at Soden, or that her Royal Highness has
been at Hamburg, but it says that the two princes
were in the latter city at the same time as M. Thiers.
It declares that it is not true that Gen. Drolenvaux
has replaced Geu. Trezel as gouverneur of the Count
de Paris, or that the Prince having attained his
majority is not in need of one ; but that, neverthe-
less, Gen. Trezel will continue to remain with him
as a guide and a friend. It asserts that the Count
de Paris and his brother did not accompany M.
Thiers to Ostend, and that ou the very day on which
a Brussels paper gave an affecting account of their
departure for that place, they might have been seen
labouring hard to extinguish a serious conflagra-
tion which had broken out at Eisenach. Lastly, it
says that it is not true that the Count do Paris is
to publish any manifesto on the occasion of his
having attained his majority on the 24th, and it
adds that in order to avoid anything like a demon-
stration on that occasion, the Duchess had deter-
mined to quit Eisenach and to spend some time in
travelling.

HOLSTEIN.

IMPEACHMENT OF M. VON SCHEEL:

KIEL, August 25.--At the present moment when
political events of greaterimportance have become
somewhat rare, it may be interesting to you to
know that the proceedings which, in January
last, the Diet of this duchy at Itzehoe resolved
to adopt against M. von Scheel, the minister of
Foreign Affairs in Denmark, were this day, after
several adjournments, brought forward in the High
C..urt of Appeal in this town. They had created
much interest throughout the duchy, and before the
hour fixed for the sitting of the court a considerable
crowd had assembled, and as soon as the doors were
opened the portion of the hall set aside for the
audience was completely filled. The number who
obtained admission might be about 250, but as
there were no seats except for the judges and coun-
sel, for whose accommodation two-thirds of the whole
chambers were allotted, there was little com'ort for
the spectators. There was no bench for the judges,
but they took their places at a large table, and
as they were dressed in embroidered uniform
and wore swords, had little of the appearance of
a judicial tribunal. The counsel had no pro'essional
costume, and there was only one of these on each
side—M. Frederici, as the accuser, and Mr. B tr-
gum, for the accused, who was not present, but
who was pet mited to appear by his advocate.
M. Frederici, who spoke for upwards of two hours,
dilated upon each of the grounds of the unconstitu-
tional acts with which the minister was charged—the
arbitrary removal of judges, the appointment of un-
qualified persons to offices of importance, the corn-
pul,ory measures as to the Danish currency, tko. ;
and having, in a clear and concise manner, cited
all his authorities and the evidence he could ad-
duce in support of the written pleadings which had
been lodged, he confidently anticipated a favour-
able judgment on behalf of the Diet, for whom he
appeared, and such as would secure to the Duchies
in future all the benefits of constitutional govern-
ment.
M. Barge n, on behalf of the accused, entered
into some preliminary arguments as to the compe-
tency of the accusers to proceed with the cause in
court, but, setting these aside, he proceeded to
combat with much acuteness the arguments of his
opponents.
M. Frederici replied, and at the departure of the
post M. Bargum had, according to the practice
bete, commenced his rejoinder; but it is not ex-
pected that any judgment will be pronounced for
some days.