The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-29 00:00:00

GERMANY.

'The following particulars relating to SEFOLOGA,
the man who attempted to assassinate the King of
PRUSSIA, appears in the Prussian Stoats Anzciger
" The assassin, Maximilian Sefologa, of Pot,dam, is
tbay him
subaltern.
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htoighclyertsifiatastfeascto ob-
tained
Two years ago he was seized with mental alienation,
31 years of age; he was brought up at the Orphan
Asylum at Potsdam, and substquently served in the
artilleryaie
conduct
for which be was treated at the hospital of Spandau; but
he was not cured, and his conduct since has left no doubt
of his insanity. Thus h© imagined tha; he was the
inventor of chocolate and of gun-cotton ; and
one of his favourite projects was the foundation of
a colony, wih the assistance of the Boy of
Tunis. Up to the very day of his mad attack upon the
King ho was permitted to live at the barracks, wore the
dress of a subaltern, and enjoyed a pension of two dol-
lars per month. He has frequently presented t') the
King his project of colonisation in the form of petition.
Probably these petitions were of such a nature that it
was not thought worth while to take any notice of them,
and this may have impelled the unhappy man to the in-
sane act of which he has been guilty."
The Constitutional Gazette again asserts "that Sefologa
fired off the pistol while in the act of presenting a peti-
tion to the King. Public thanks to Almighty God for
the preservation of the King have been offered through-
out his Majesty's dominions."
The Norden Blatt contains the protest of the Court
of Berlin and of the Governments of the Fund
against the character of the Germanic Diet, which
Austria attributes to the Congress of Frankfort, and
against the presidency which she wishes to assume to
herself. The document, after a long preamble,
lamenting the coolness and differences between the
Courts of Vienna and Berlin, and its hopes that, by
conciliation and frankness and mutual efforts, the
basis for a union of the whole of Germany may be
agreed on, says, " We do not hesitate to declare that
we will not consent to any revival of the Diet which
does not guarantee to all the Governments who approve
its necessity the principle of a free union on the basis
of a federative state. We salute the members of the
Confederation at Frankfort in the confidence that we
shall find ourselves acting with a common solicitude
for the welfare of the German nation, and we are
happy to express to the Cabinet.
cf his Majesty the
Emperor of AUSTRIA our confidence that in this soli-
citude, and in this particular sense, he will unite with
us in overcoming the difficulties resulting_ from the
nature of the present circumstances."
The German Reformer says a large camp is being
formed near Lowich, where the CZAR intends to have
a grand review:, for the entertainment of those Sove-
reigns who are about to me et him at Warsaw.
On the 23d the Prussian Council of Administra-
tion assembled under the presidency of N.
.inow.
The Government has made the necessary arrange-
ments for the constitution of the College of Princes.
i
The Sovereigns will be invited to send to Berlin as
soon as possible their Plenipotentaries, in order to
proceed at once to the formation of the curias.