The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-24 00:00:00

GERMANY.

A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, dated yester
day morning, states that the final propositions of the
Prussian Government for a settlement of the affairs
of the Duchies were not likely to be accepted. The
dispatch adds, that the efforts made by the Prussian
Government to obtain a prolongation of the ad interim
Commission of Frankfort had failed ; but that the
negotiations of Austria for assembling a Congress
of Plenipotentiaries to replace it were likely to be
successful.
The Chamber of States cf the Parliament of Er-
furt terminated on the 20th the revision of the Con-
stitution, and adopted the additional Act. It decided
that the electoral laws shall be brought into effcct in
all the States of the Union on the 20th. A letter,
however, says that it was doubtful whether the Peo-
ple's Chamber would a there to this law, and still more
doubtful whether the different States would allow it
to be carried into execution.
A letter from Cologne, of the 20:1), states that a
rather sharp discussion had taken o!ace 13:ttween
tha
Princ3 of PRUSSIA and th2l3lEhop o TBEVES, relative
to the 'oath of th 2 C )nszitution required to be taken
by the Catholic clergy who hold situations. The
Prince formallY d,.clared that the Catholic c'ergy
would be required- to respect the Constitution, and
the Bishop formally asserted that they would no-
allow the Constitution to encroach on its rights and
privileges. In t1..3 course of the interview the
Prlnee intimated that the Holy See would be ap-
plied to, to regulate the relations bAween the
Prussian Government and the Catholic clergy.
A. Vienna letter of the 18'.h states that the corona-
tion of the Rnperor of AUSTRIA is to take place on
the 18th August, the Anniversary of his birthday.

The Piedmontese Gazette quotes a letter - from
Rome, of the 7th, stating that a second instalment of-
the Rattpichild loan bad arrived there, consisting cf
hullicn and napoleons to the amount of a million
and a half of. franc% Fire prelates, according
to this account, are to be raised to the dignity
of csrdinals, namely : Alons7gnor Fonari, the Ro-
man Nuncio at Paris ; Monsignor GrassEAllini, late
Governor of Rome; Monsignor Savelli, Minister of
the Interior; MonAgnor Morichini, late Treasurer ;
and Monsignor Roberti. The Pontifical State is to
be divided into fire departments, each under the direc-
tion of a cardinal ; the provinctts, included in each
department, to be governed by lay presidents..
Monsignor Gonella is to be named Papal Nuncio at
Brussels.

The statement cf the Augsburg Gazette about an
explosion cf combustibles at Rome was not. altogether
unfounded ; bat there was a great error in the date.
It was stated that the explosion took place shortly
after the Pons had passed on the 12th. It occurred
on the 10:h, two days before his arrival. A letter
from Rome of the 14th, in the Constitutionnel,
say:.—" On the evening of the 10th, the enemies
of order who for the last few days have been en-
gaged in covering the walls or Rome with placards
insulting to the Church, to its venerable head, and
to the French army, have attem. pted to alarm the
people by spreading sinister reports and by causing
the explosion in the Via delta Vignuccia of a box
full of projectiles. Fortunately, at the late hour at
which it took place, the detonation did no mischief
beyond breaking some windows, and arousing . the
people from their sleep. In the morning of the 11th
similar placards were distributed, but they did not
present the illumination at.night. The same evening
a soldier on duty near the Quirinal saw about twenty
individuals assembled around tve gate of the palace,
opposite the convent of the Adoration. He gave tba
alarm, and they fled in the directions of the Quattro
Fontane, leaving behind them pickets of matches and
two bottles of spirits of turpentine, which leads to
the supposition that they were about to attempt to set
fire t. the palace."