The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-23 00:00:00

CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCH TO COUNT

HATZFELD.

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Tl-;E
spa tch ‘,!;,iiiit I.latzL-4,1, Cr, Pi
Minister at Paris, alluded to in the Prussian
cular despatch of the Bth inst. :
BELLIN, MARCH 2, 1855.

"Monsieur le Comte,—l have had occasion more than
once to mention to your Excellency confidential conversa-
tions that I had had with the Marquis de Moustier, in which
he, doubtless under orders from his Government, showed a
susceptibility, not to say complained of the language and
proceedings of the King's representatives at this, that, or
the other Foreign Court. These insinuations, generally im-
pregnated with more or less bitterness, most frequently co-
incided with conversations that you have had with the Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs of France. I have, as you know,
preferred not to enter on a coarse of similar recrimina-
tions. I could, indeed, have met them with others, for
we certainly have not been without indications of the at-
titude and language of the French Government, of a cha-
racter not very friendly to Prussia, and very little con-
formable to the desire expressed by the Cabinet of the
Tuileries to approximate, and as much as possible assimi-
late, the political views of the two Governments. But I
have refrained from following in this path, because I believe
I have made the experience that correspondence of this
nature seldom results•in a real understanding, and usually
only contributes to envenom a state of feeling originally
engendered by mistrust. Nor should lon this occasion
depart from this habit, if the last communication of the
nature above described made to me by M. de Moustier
did not seem to bear a peculiar character. Its subject
was the language represented to have been held by
Herr von Bismarck Schonhausen at the sitting of the
Germanic Diet, of February 22, on the subject of the
motives which dictated the Federal resolution of Bth.
I confess to you, M. le Comte, nothing could have sur-
prised me more than these remarks, emanating from a
foreign Cabinet, on what had passed at a meeting of the
Diet, of which we were at that time ourselves almost with-
out any detailed official reports, the minutes of which were
not, and perhaps are not yet at this moment, printed.
His Majesty's Government was accustomed—and, for its
part, will not abandon the habit—to consider the delibera-
tions of the Germanic Diet, as the expression of the na-
tional independence of Germany, and therefore screened
from all foreign interference. In this view we are certain of
finding other Governments to coincide with us, who like our-
selves, will never admit this foreign'surveillance to be ex-
ercised on Federal resolutions before they have been trans-
formed into actions, and thus have passed into the domain
of publicity; these Governments will share in our just
surprise at seeing even the confidential language of their
Representatives at the Diet exposed to foreign surveillance
and criticism.

" It will suffice for i7.e to say, M. le Comte, that I should
think I was derogating from the dignity of Prussia, as a
German Power, if I defended (against the reproaches of
foreign Cabinets) the language held by its Representative
at the Diet. Moreover, the motives of the Federal Resolu-

tion of February 8 have been committed to writing. It is
possible that they are not to the tasteof all themembersof
the Confederation. In that case it is free to them to ex-
press themselves frankly and openly to their German
co-Federals. But to those who do not like to see the acts of
the centralorgan of Germany falsified by ex post facto inter-
pretations it is also free to verify and attest their general
scope, without their being exposed in so doing to the totidly
unfounded reproach of making demonstrations incompatible
with their political position. Nothing is more remote from
the intentions of his Majesty's Government than to make
even the appearance of a demonstration against the West-
ern Powers. Herr von Bismarck Schonhausen's instruc-

tions prove this. But on the other hand, we must hold by
the preservation of entire independence in our political
convictions. The French Government gives us to understand
that our attitude at the Diet is not in harmony with the
spirit of General von Wedell's mission, and that this con-
trast would oblige the Cabinet of Paris to be more exacting
in the conditions of approximat ion than the General seemed
to be instructed to agree to. We deny the correctness of
this argument. For certain the desire of an approximation
is on our part very sincere. It was, however, not we who
demanded to be admitted to accede to the treaty of De-
cember 2, and if the French Government deliberately
seizes every pretext to show us its distrust, it is we, as it
appears to rue, who are entitled to doubt the sincerity of its
desire to come to an agreement with us, and certainly
the means it employs are not well chosen for arriving at
that result. It is evident that as long as our two Cabinets
have not succeeded in coming to an understanding as to their
general political attitude, that of their representatives
abroad will not be as nearly assimilated as we could wish,
while on the other hand, it follows a 3 a matter of course,
that as soon as the identity of our political views has been
documented in au obligatory form, this harmony would
not be long in exhibiting itself equally in the language and
the action of their organs.
"I beg of you, M. to Comte, to take the preceding re-
marks for your guide in your confidential conversations
with M. Drouyu do Lhuys. Your personal relations to
that Minister will enable you to impart to your language a
character at once free and yet friendly.

Believe me, M. Corao, the east-trances, Sze.,
" MANTEUFFEL."

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MARCH 22.

The Hebdomadal Council having appointed a commit-
tee " to inquire into the great diminution of B.A. de-
grees, and to suggest remedies for the evil, if any suggest
themselves to their mind, and to consider generally the
subject of the University examinations and the studies
therewith connected, and to report on these subjects,"
members of Convocation are invited to favour the com-
mittee with their views on the subject, and to forward
their communications to the registrar on or before the
Ist of May next.
Mr. Chambers Hall has presented to the University
his entire collection of works of art ; amongst them are
some valuable paintings, drawings, prints, etchings,
bronzes, and antiquities. The munificent donor has ex-
pressed a wish that the same may be deposited and pre-
served in the University galleries. A vote of thanks to
Mr. C. Hall from Convocation will forthwith be pro
posed. This gentleman formerly resided at Southamp-
ton.

CAMBRIDGE, MARCIt.22.
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Pearson, Joh.
Wobster, Trill.
Rees, Joh.