The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-09 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin of the 7th says The
First Chamber yesterday discussed the bill for sus-
pending the usury laws. Art. 1 and 2, which
ratify the royal ordonnance temporarily suspending
that law, were adopted after a short debate. The
Chamber then took into consideration the follow-
ing resolution proposed by the committee The
Chamber of Nobles wishes to make its reserves in
o' der that the idea may not be deduced from the
approbation given to the ordonnance, that such
approbation removes the serious objections which
can be brought forward against the definitive aboli-
tion of the usury laws. An amendment for erasing
the word definitive' was proposed, which was
adopted, as was the resolution so amended, and
the bill was afterwards passed in its ensemble."
The German, Journal of Frankfort says :
" It has been alleged that Prussia intended to
propose to the Germanic Diet to demand from Den-
mark its reply relative to the duchies within a
iven time. This assertion is unfounded, for we
learn that Prussia is entirely agreed with the other
federal governments in thinking that the Diet
ought for the present to stand to the resolutions
proposed by the committee, seeing that no sufficient
motive exists for adopting auy other. Iu fact, in
converting the proposition of the committee into
a resolution, the Diet would for the first time for-
mally manifest the wishes of the Confederation;
and ulterior resolutions cannot be taken untilthese
wishes shall have been notified to Denmark, and
the latter shall have returned some reply to them."

DENMARK.
A letter from Copenhagen of the 3d gives some
account of the discussion iu the Supreme Councilon the proposition of the six deputies of Holstein,
already mentioned. It says :
" The debate on the second reading of the Holstein
proposition to the effect that the labours of the session
should be confined to the most urgent and administrative
and financial measures commenced yesterday. The
proposition was defended by M. Kirchoff and M. Renek,
on the ground that the pending negotiations with Ger-
many relative to the Duchiesof Holstein and Lauenburg
rendered it necessary, and they alleged that soma of the
measures brought forward by the government were
not of pressing importance. In the sitting of this
day the debate was continued. One of the six deputies
demanded that the proposition should be referred to a
umuitiee, but only three members supported him.
MM. Mourier, Devit, anu de Scheele spoke against the
proposition, and the President of the Council declared
that if the Council were to adopt it he would commit
suicide. He added that Danmark was not isolated. On
a division, the proposition was rejected by 41 votes
to G."

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 3d have arrived.
On the previous day, being the anniversary of
the Queen's escape from n,srissination, her
Majesty went to the church of Atocha to at-
tend a thanksgiving service. The Cabinet had
sanctioned the project of erecting a statute to
the late M. de Mendizahal. The authorities of the
city had seized in a house near the palace, 500 re-
volutionary NOW:nations, 400 namkAts, 501U0

swords, and a quantity of cartridges. The Con-
gress was continuing. the debate on the address,
Some of the journals complain that it had given
rise to unseemly squabbles between certain mem-
bers. In the Senate, it was expected that a vio-
lent attack would be made on General de la Con-
cha's administration of Cuba. It was believed
that a bill would be presented to the Cortes, autho-
rising the province of Navarre to execute, at its
own expense, a railway uniting the French and
Spanish lines.