The New York herald., 1870-02-22
GERMANY.

The Herald Special Reports Of German ID.
pIomncy-The Prussian Legislature-Iiasty
AdjOurnment-Finance- ClOister De-
bate-The Empress Of Austria-A New Critic
ON the Ecumenical Council-Warning TO the
italian Bishop-Bar0n Boust and Austria.
BERLIN Feb. 8. 1870
comic paper here of this weeK, contains two
columns OF remarks respecting the HERALD corre-
sp0ndence with and OF Count Beust. IL is very
cleverly written charging the Chancellor with being
an imitator OF Count Bismarck In seeking the
HERALD as an instrument of spreading 'his news
disclosures to the world. The whole satire betrays
feeling OF pique at the manner IN which the Count
quoted FROM previous number Of the same paper
proposal Of adjournment has been brought be-
fore both houses OF the Prussan Diet BY the govern
ment, IL having thought ft to hasten It on by the
wish OF summoning the Reichstag not at the close
OF this month, but on the 14th inst This will
have the effect Of cutting on the pending discus
sion on the Circuit Administration bill and some
other bills, but the committee OF the lower cham
ber to whom the adjournment matter has been re-
ierred, will doubtless acqulesce. But, strange to
say, strenuous opposition cones from the other
house, headed by Count Lippe, who commands some
forty votes and deemed 1t expedient to call meet
ing to consider the question last sunday. such u-
expected obstinacy on the part OF the peers places
the government in considerable embarrassment, as
the Reicnstag cannot be convened without both
houses concurring In an adjournment.
curious circumstance has lately come 70 light,
assuring US that former Minister or Finance pre-
maturely disposed Of half q million dollars out OF
railway loan, and unauthorized by law. This has
caused considerable excitement among the liberals
who determined to slit the matter to the bottom
and force government TO demand an lndemnity The
ex-Mntster, conscious that the debate on this queS
tion would cast serious slur ON his acts while IN
office, has quietly retired TO the sunny South and
Withdrawn completely from the cares OF public life.
His successor proved himself perfect disciple Of the
tmnrnypmADt mOrtHQ0e L
tempting to increase the tax and stamp duty on
records and transfers; thus openly avowing that any
improvement In the laws must bring with II contrl-
It ls doubtful whether tho cloister debate, looked
Iournment lit does il Is reported tnat Count Bis
marck WIN come to the rescue OF the Euenburg-
Muhler twins.
Another question, intended to be laId before the
Minister Of War, respecting the obnoxious custom OF
biletlng sick soldiers on farmers and country pe0-
vii vii most likely Be cut or also BY the M proposed si
Private advices from Austria state that the En-
press II highly incenEed NJ the capital city and
firmly resolved to stay away from IL a. long pos
siblc. the return even OF the Cardinal, Prince
SchwarzenDerg, to Prague Is supposed 10 he doubt
fu tnssmuch az his Holiness has offered him the
See OF Sabina
4 work has just appeared at Turin, entitled
"Cr0ce Spada innanzi al trlbunale del C0ncilio,
observation del Parroco Mongini," which creates
considerable remark. The cross and the sword are
made here the symbols Of the dualsm predomi-
nant In the Holy See. Under the sign OF the cross
tine autnor combats the perniclous tendency OF the
Ecumenical Council towards the dogma OF infalli-
bility. "You wish TO curc,n says the euthor,
"the SICK world by means OF the Syllabus But
In point OF fact there disease existing and II
there were the patient would say, .KedlCe cltrGte
fps,nn y Physician, cure thyself- Ii with these
doctrines you have failed to cure che Old World you
will be the less able 70 cure the New Under the sign
OF the sword he condemns and disputes the temporal
power OF the Pope. He calls upon the Italian bishops
to apply their Joint efforts TO the annthatOn Of ts
unholy ana unjusti1able dualisn. lie c0njures
them In truly touching and mplorlng language to
act In Dehaf OF Italy, which would be the greatest
sufferer, and calls TO their remembrance the stern
opposition made In former Councils &c Jerusalem,
Nice, Base, Constance ana Trent
VIII the Italian bishops listen TO the suppicating
voice Of their patriotic c0untrymen2 That Is the
question TO be decided, the solution OF which IL
of no ordinary dif1culty. May they listen to his
warning In the concluding chapter, wnere he says:
while you are striving to preserve the temporal
power see that you lose not the spIrltual.n "