The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-15 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

Advices have been received from Lisbon to the 9th.
The Chamber of Peers had decided, by a majority of
27 to 22, not to call upon the Count THOMAR to
state whether or not he bad made an affidavit in an
English court of justice, in the course of the pro-
ceedings instituted against the Morning Pest. This,
considering that the Count had recently created 13
new Peers, is tantamount to a defeat. The Duke of
SALDANHA, who voted against THOMAR, was the
next day sent for by the gums, and dismissed from
his office cf Lord Nigh Chamberlain.
The unpopularity of the Count DE THOMAR was
very great, and serious apprehensions were enter-
tained of an outbreak.

The British fleet was in the Tagus. The Prince
and Princess DE JOJEVILLE were still at Lisbon.

SWITZERLAND.

betters from the frontiers of Sw•itzsrland, of the
11th, state that considerable agitation prevails in the
cantons of Geneva and Vaud, particularly at Lau-
sanne, Nyon, and in the neighbourhood of Yverdun.

GERMAN Y.
In the morning sitting of the Second Chamber of
Berlin on Tuesday, the Minister of War laid on the
table a Bill for granting to the Government an ex-
traordinary credit for military purposes. This
measure was imperiously demanded by the continued
maintenance of the army above the peace-footing.
The Government would gladly seize the opportunity
when if offered of diminishing the armed force. The
great means that would be necessary in case of a war
to mobilize the army could not be suddenly pro-
cured without immense exertion and inconve-
nience. Therefore a timely foresight was to be
recommended. The Government would apply reli-
giously the assigned means to the end pointed out
and only with consent of the Chambers, which the
Ministers believed would gladly co-operate in con-
ducting the affairs of the Prussian and German
fatherland to a satisfactory goal. The debate was
then opened by MANNTEUFFEL, on the report of
the Committee on the municipal ordinance.
The necessity for the adoption of this measure is
occasioned by the menacing tone adopted by Russia
in relation to the assembling of the Erfurth Par-
liament.

The Austrian Government intends, state the Con-
eitutionnel, to convoke " honunes de cgnfiance" of the
Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom, who are to meet at
Vienna for the purpose of giving Their advice on the
future organisation of thq provincial diet of that
country.
There is a great deal in the Vienna journals on the
affair of Galece, and some violent attacks are made
on Lord. Palmerston. A Vienna letter of the 3rd,
referring to the subject, says :—" The Envoy Extra-
ordinary of Greece, M. ZOGRAPHOS, has had a confer-
ence with the President of the Council, Prince
SCHWARZEIVIIERG j and it is said that the Prince has
given him the assurance that the Austrian Govern-
ment will support all measures which may be taken
by France and Russia to maintain the rights of
Greece, as guaranteed by the treaty of 1832. An
arrangement of the affair is, however, expected."
A letter from Vienna states that at Pesth an impor-
tant party has been formed among the Magyars to
demand, not only the abolition of the old Constitution,
but th© adoption of absolutism.
A letter from Pesth of the 3rd states that already
70,000 honveds have been incorporated in the Aus-
trian army, and that the incorporations still continue.
A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin of the 13th
inst., in the Kolner Zeittmg, announces that the fol-
lowing gentlemen have been elected by the Lower
House of the Prussian Parliament to represent that
House at Erfurt :--Baron Patow, Otto Camphausen,
Messrs. Ambronn, Riedel, Lensing, Hessee, Brok-
hausen, Bartm Henry Arnim, Baron Bodelschwlng,
Count D,
.y