The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-19 00:00:00

GERMANY.

A letter from Frankfort of the 13th says, it is not
true that the Plenary Assembly has been dissolved.
On the contrary, it has solicited far more extended
powers.

We read in the Independence of Brussels
According to a rumour in circulation at Berlin on
the 10th, Prussia was preparing to consent to an act
which appears to be only a new concession to Austria,
namely, to consent, although not participating in it,
to the establishment of the restricted Council, on con-
dition that by the side of that council should continue to
subsist the Central Federal Committee, which is com-
posed, as is known, of two Prussian and two Austrian
members. That would be certainly a bastard sys-
tem, of which the smallest inconvenience would be to
create two central federal authorities, or, in other
words, to augment the occasion of conflicts, and
[ complicate the situation, already complicated be-
yond measure. Therefore, we do not think that
this new proposition of Prussia can be looked on
as a serious one, supposing that it has been
really made. It can only be a new step destined
to prepare men's minds for more complete con-
cessions with respect to Austria., Our last letters
from Berlin, of the 14th, announce to us that it was
rumoured that Austria had sent in her reply, and had
rejected the proposition.. As to the difference relating
to the Baden troops, Austria, it is said, has accepted
the proposition made by Prussia, to submit the mat-
ter to a tribunal of arbitration composed of seven
members—three Prussians, three Austrians, and the
seventh, a foreigner."
The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Berlin,
of the 14,h, which states that the KING has addressed
a letter to M. DE MANTEUFEL, Minister of the Inte-
rior, in which he declares that the Union cannot be
abandoned on any conditions. It is supposed that the
difference which has arisen between the Berlin Cabinet
and that of Vienna, relative to the passage of the
Baden troops, will be submitted to arbitration.
A letter from Dresden, of the Btb, in the Augsburg
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already voted by the Second Chamber by 50 votes to
3, declaring the present Assembly of the States com-
petent, abolishing the provisional laws of Nov. 15,
1848, which established a new electoral system, and
several other modifications in the old constitution now
again in force.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Cologne Gazette, which is a great supporter
of the cause of the Schleswig-Holsteiners, publishes
the following :
" The reports received of the re-completion of the
Schleswig-Holstein army give reason to expect that
General Willisen was about to order an advance. This
probability was increased by the fact that the Danish
army had been weakened by the sending of
tro ps to the west, and the extension of their whole
line from Friedrichstadt to Eckernforde. These
hopes, however, appear not likely to be immediately
fulfilled. It is announced to-day that the army will
limit itself to the defence of Holstein. The strategetic
motives for this resolution are" not known. The su-
periority of the Danes cannot be the only reason, for this
is unimportant in degree, and, indeed, only sufficient to
give laurels for the Holsteinere to pluck. For political
reasons it is certainly to be regretted that the Hol-
steiners can undertake nothing, for the business becomes
protracted, and its decision falls into the hands of
diplomatists who are disinclined to the inhabitants of
the Duchies, and consider them as rebels, and would
now treat them as conquered rebels. A report from
Eckernforde and Lubeck announces that the com-
mander General Krogh, has been positively or-
dered to remain in the strong position extending
from west to east from Friedrichstadt to Eckern-
forde, and there to await a decision, either from
negotiation or the recommencement of the war.
Rumours of as impending peace are not waot-
na.d as mediators. ing, in which England, Austria, and Russia
are by turns me
Accord-
ing to the New Prussian Gazette, an English envoy is
now at the Danish head-quarters with definitive instruc-
tions from Lord Psimerston for proposing a basis of a
recouciliatioe. A Russian agent is also in Schleswig:.
The fact that since the Bth of this month they have
somewhat receded is connected with the attempts
at mediation in our reports. Austria, too, is
takieg a part, and sends M. Birgeleben as 'a com-
missioner. Negotiations respecting the stationing
of a corps of observation in Holstein have been car•
tied on between Austria and Russia: the latter Cabinet
has strongly opposed the proposition, and the mission
of M. Biegeleben may be to procure the co-operation
of the Bund in the Austrian project. It is stated
that Austria will desire, first, the dissolution of the
Schleswig army, and then call upon the Bund to take the
affairs of the Duchies in band. The reports concerning the
Danish army current in Berlin speak of the assistance
rendered by the Russian war and transport ships, by
furnishing provisions and ammunition to the Danes. It
is stated that the losses of the Danish army are being
supplied by Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, and English
officers, those of the two last nations leaving their native
service for that purpose, the others serving with the per-
mission of their Governments. The loss of General
Showever, irreparable. It is from the
?tile first and second grenadier regiments,
aSSnendheidtehiPsePhejgargu:aeirdris,s that officers are alone permitted to absent
themselves to serve in the Danish cause.

ITALY.
The Risorgimento of Turin publishes a note, dated
the 19:.h ult., addressed by Cardinal ANTONELLI to
Marquis SPINOL 4I the Sardinian Ambassador at
Rome on the subject of the abolition of ecclesiastical
privileges in Piedmont, and in answer to a note of the
Sardinian Cabinet, dated the 28th of June. The Car-
dinal discusses the assertion of the latter, that " a state
may change its political forms without the consent of
the Court of Rome," and contends that in that case
the conventions of a state with the Holy See would
alvrays be subordinate to the changes which might be
made in the laws of that state. He briefly alludes to
the concordats solemnly concluded with Piedmont,
and
.then proposes the question " whether a state,
particularly a Catholic one, may, on
.chang-
ing its political organization, disregard the disciplinary
rights of the Church without the consent of the Holy
fee ?" a question which be answers negatively, on
the ground that the Church is to be perfectly inde-
pendent of the civil power, as, not having territorial
limits, she is every where the sole arbiter of her dis-
cipline, and being, by divine institutions, a true and
perfect society of a superior order to that of civil
societies.
If the principles of Cardinal ANTONELLI are carried
out, it is clear, upon his own showing, that civil
society must cease to exist, and that there can be
neither civil or religious liberty where the pretensions
of a Church such as this are tolerated : the only pos-
sible government under such a state of things is a
has b. been es.pelled from
grinding and unreasoning sacerdotal despotism.
Signor BIA.NCIII GLOVINI, a Lombard refugee, and
the Editor of the Opinione,
Turin at the requeMc of the Austrian Mmis.ter.
In a correspondence in the Armenia. it is stated
the Council of State ; 3. On
that five of the Roman organic laws have been
printed—viz., 1. On the Consults of State ,2. On
the Municipalities ; 4.
On the Provinces; and 5. On the Council of Minis-
ters and on the Ministries.

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THE NEWLY-APPOINTED CARDINAL.--.-Dr. Wise..
Roman Catholic Bishop of the London di,trct, left town on
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