The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-28 00:00:00

GERMAN Y.

A letter inn.: of the 24th inst. says that
the Prussian Minister, Count Brandenburg, is in-
structed to mike the following proposals to their
Msjestiea of Russia and Austria. In return for its
adjournment, and, consequently, its sacrifice of the
Parliament of the League, Prussia demands that
Austria shall consent to " free consultations." Re-
t•pecting the constitution of Germany, Prussia con-
sents to all the Austrian States (viz., Gailicia, Hun-
gary, Croatia, and Lombardy) forming part or the
Cuu.f?deration. Prussia consents further to sacrifice
the Parliamentary pirt of the future Central Power,
and in return she demands a perfect equality with
Austria. The German question is, for the present, to
be left to itself. In the He9sian and Holstein ques-
tion Prussia offers to go with Austria.

The Augsburger Abendzeitung states, from Munich
of the 22d instant, that the King of Bavaria bas ra-
th,lr unexpectedly returned to his capital. The
fortress of Bamberg is being victualled for three
months. The Bavarian horse (Cuirassiers) at Land-
shut have left that place, and proceeded in (brad
marches in the direction of Regensburg.

CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE ARCH-
BISHOPRIC OF WESTMINSTER.

The following pastoral letter from Cardinal Wise-
man was read from the pulpit yesterday, in St.
George's Ca'hoiic Church, Southwark, and in all the
other Roman Catholic churches and chapels of the
London district.

Nicholas, by the divine mercy of the Holy Roman
Church, by the title of St. Pudentiana, Cardinal
Priest Archbishop of Westminster, and Adminis •
trator Apostolic of the diocese of Southwark.
"To our dearly beloved in Cnrist, the clergy secular
and regular, and the faithful of the archhiocese and
diocese, health and benediction in the Lord.
"If this day we greet you under a new title, it is
not, dearly beloved, with an altered affection. If in
words we seem to divide those, who till now have
formed under our rule a single flank, our heart is as
undivided as ever in your regard. For now truly do
we feel closely bound to you by new and stronger
ties of charity ; now do we embrace you in our Lord
Jesus Christ with more tender emotions of natural
love ; now loth our soul yearn, and our mouth is open
to you (Cor. —2), though words must fail to express
what we feel on being once again permitted to address
you, for it cur parting was in sorrow, and we durst
not hope that we should again face to face behold you
osir beloved flock, so much the greater is now our
consolation and our joy, when we find ourselves not
so much permitted, as commissioned to return to you
by the supreme ruler of the church of Christ.
" But how can we for one motnent indulge in selfish
feelings, when through the loving father's generous
and wise counsels, the greatest of blessings has just
been bestowed upon our country by the restoration of
its true Catholic hierarchical government in commu-
nion with the see of Peter.
"For on tb 29th day of last month, on the feast of
the Archangel St. _Michael, Prince of the Heavenly
Host, his Eeriness Pope Pius IX. was graciously
ple.ssed to issue his letter apostolic, under the Fisher-
msn's Ring, conceived in terms of great weight and
dignity, wherein he substituted, for the eight apostolic
vicarites laetetotore existing, one archiepiscopal or me-
tropolitan and twelve episcopal sees : repealing at the
same time 'and annulling all dispositions and enact-
ments, made for England by tbe holy see, with refer-
ence to its late form of ecclesiastical government.
" And by a brief, dated tte same day, his Holiness
way further pleased to appoint us, though most un-
worthy, to the Archiepiscopal see of Westminster,
established by the above-mentioned letters apostolic,
giving us at the same time the administration of the
Episcopal see of Southwark, so that at present and
till such time as the Holy See shall think fit other-
wise to provide, we govern and shall continue to
govern the counties of Middlesex, Hertford, and
Essex, as ordinary thereof, and those of Surrey,
Sussex, Kent, Berkshire, and Hampshire, with the
islands annexed, as administrator with ordinary juris-
diction.

" Further we have to announce to you, dearly be-
loved in Christ, that, as if still further to add solem-
n ity and honour before the Church to this noble act
of Apostolic authority, and to give an additional mark
of paternal benevolence towards the Catholics of
E igland, his Holirwss was pleased to raise us, in the
private con-,istory of Monday, the 30th of September,
to the rank of Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman
Church. And on the Thursday next ensuing, being
the 3.1 day of this month of October, in public con •
sistory, he ci,:4ivered to us the insignia of this dignity,
the cardinaVstical ho!, assigning ug afterwards for our
title, in th'.; private consistory which we attended,
the church of St. l'udentians, in which St. Peter is
groundedj r I)eileved to have enjoyed the hospitality
of the noble ansi partly British family of the senator
%Purleng.

0 "In ti,st same consistory we were enabled our-
selves to a,k for the Archiepiscopal•Pallium for our
new See of Westminster, and this day we have been
invested, by the b4nds of the Supreme Pastor ani
t-Puntitr himself, wi'h this badge of metropolitan
`jurisdiction. •
" The great work, then, is complete; what you
liave long desired and prayed for is granted. Your
NEWMloccpb I,cpuntry hqs received a place among the
""-"";4„ :,.r,lnic.Jfes which, normally constituted, form
..., /...:'15.K.:,t, -,;41..(04 aggregate of Catholic commi-
t,
.a, ti.., '.• n -- Cisth9tic England has been restored to orbit
1 ~.7,, 4vy IlAt,ecciesiastice.l firmament, from- which its
ris,s. , tighk.litil, 10n,13 vanished, and begins now anew its
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